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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12

The most valuable and money-mak-
ing patents are those which are OBJ
tanned upon small articles. The ere
turn ball." which sells for ten cents,
yields to the holder of the patent an in
come equal to that on q capital of five
hundred thousand dollars. The rubber
tip on the end of lead pencils, which is
used for erasing false marks, is also Sc
cured by patent, and for every tip used
the manufacturers pay royalty to the
inventor, which gives him an independ-
ent income. The consumption of these
pencils is very great, and the simple
idea Of tipping them with rubber has
placed the man who originated it be-
yond the reach of need in the future, so
long as he clings to his patent. An
other very simple but very valuable in
vention is the gummed paper wrappers,
which obviate the necessity of using
mucilage or paste to secure papers for
the mails. The patent is on the appli-
cation of the gum to the wrappers. aud
a royalty is paid to the inventor OF eve
ry wrapper thus prepared. AS the num-
Der Of wrappers used daily in the for
warding of mails amounts to hundreds
of thousands, the income derived bv the
inventor from his royalty will be seen to
be magnificent one. The eimlet-
pointed screw was patented in 1916. 1t
is familiar TO everybody, and millions
have been realized from its manufac-
ture. yet so simple is the principle that
the wonder is that it was not thought
out and applied almost as far back as
the age of iron. The patent shoe-tip,
now universally used in boys shoes,
has brought its inventor somewhere
about two millions of dollars. Proba-
bly, the most valuable patent in the toy
line ever taken out in any country is
that which secures the Plympton roller
skates to its holder. Skating on rollers
bears but a faint resemblance to skating
on ice, but it is exhilarating sport, nev-
ertheless, and sprang at once into pop
ularity with the young of both sexes.
In Brazil and tropical countries where
ice is unknown and skating impossible,
except upon artificially frozen ponds,
the rollers were greeted as veritable
godsend, and rinks with smooth earth.
ern floors sprang up like magic. The
value of the patent on the roller skates
to its holder is estimated at over one
million dollars, and he expended over
one hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars in legal expenses alone to pre-.
vent the patent from infringement in
England. The dancing negro, which
can be seen in any toy-shop, and which
is simply a figure of Dinah or jun.
90 balanced by wire, which is moved
rapidly up and down by system o1
clock work in the box upon which il
dances provides an income for itS in.
ventor of thirty thousand dollars year.
The common needle-threader, to be
found on sale at nearly every street cor,
ner, is worth ten thousand dollars a
year to the man who thought out the
problem which might easily have been
solved by q boy Of ten years, only it was
not. And these are but IL few of the
trifies which have enriched men.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12
The Outcome of Miseegnation.

The marriage of Ada Deyo, a pretty
and accomplished white girl, and the
adopted daughter of John Deyo,
wealthy farmer of Gardiner, Ulster
county, N. Y. to a negro who worked
for Deyo, in the autumn of 1880, was
widely reported at the time. The girl
is now an inmate of the Sullivan coun-
ty poor-house, near Monticello, N. Y.
Miss Deyo was engaged to be married
to an estimable young man, but the en-
gagement was broken, and shortly af-
terward she ran away with the negro
Sampson. The pair went to all the
ministers in Kingston, but were unable
to get anyone to marry them until Miss
Deyo had been transformed into a ne
gress by the aid of burnt cork. When
asked recently why she left her hus-
band the young woman, after mo-
ment's hesitation and crying, replied:
'You see, as long as they kept coming
to see US, and everybody was excited
over our marriage, John was veFy kind
to me. He protected me from inquisi-
tive people. kept up my courage, and
appeared to love me as did him. But
he gradually changed. and after ont lit
tie boy was born he was never the same.
Finally he failed to support me, and us
/ was unable TO work for myself. came
here" Mr.. Deyo has repeatedly offer
ed to give her . homo IL she would on
" leave Sampson. -''s-'@~~'-"'''~~ ,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12
Where Cattle Come From.

When we read of $4,000 head of cat
tie being driven every year from Texas
to the Northern markets, and when we
are assured that in 1870 as many as
100000 were driven on footto Colorado,
Wyoming and Kansas, besides thou
sands shipped by steamer to New Or
leans and elsewhere, we are surprised tC
learn that this immense drain on the
herds of Texas does not perceptibly de-
crease the number of cattle in the State.
When we visit the great ranches OF
Western Texas we are no longer sur.
prised, but rather wonder that the
United States hold people enough tc
eat and use all the cattle we see. II
has been found, from careful eXamina-
ton of the Census Bureau reports, that
to every 100 persons in the United
States there is required eighty head OF
cattle, and that this requirement has
not varied 1 per cent in thirty years.
Taking this as basis of calculation, we
find that the Northern and Eastern
States have less than the requisite num-
ber, and it is to these States that the
East looks for her beef supply.-Fro1h
s'Ihr0ugh Teras."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12
Some Bang-up Stories.

A Georgia negro. while fishing. fast
ened his line to his leg for safety. He
was soon seen to go overheard. and
when his body and the fish were recov-
cred 1t TOOK tt1a CoroneS two dnya to,
determine whether the negro drown
ed the fish or the fish drowned the ne
gro
In Bayou Chicot, La. fuli-grown
wildcat leaped upon Mrs. Griffith
Thompson. fastening his teeth in her
left arm. She grasped the savage beast
by the throat and held it until it was
choked to death. although it was biting
and scratching her all the time
A small red squirrel attempted to
jump from one tree to another as VIM
Miles, of New Chester, Pa, drew on
him. The squirrel fell into the Brandy
wine. 1t hardly touched the water
when several bass came to the surface,
and, pulling the squirrel under, drown
ed it.
Silas Hutchinson, of Pooopsin Town
ship, Pa, relates as fact that he saw
one of his cows come up suddenly out
of the Brandywine, where she had gone
to cool, and as she ascended the river
bank black bass about eighteen inch
es long hung to one of her teats. Find
ing itself out of water it let go and wig
gled back into the stream.
A big pickerel, hooked by J. F. Win
thron, of Hydetown, Pa, lay so quiet
that it was q query with him whether he
had fish or a snag. After trying to
worry it without success a happy
thought struck him. Taking the fish
line In his teeth, he established telephon-
ic communication, and yelling ''Hellop'
at the top of his lungs, the fish darted
like shot, and was so active that it was
with difficulty secured. 1t weighed five
pounds.
A Wyoming man saw Texas steer
standing on the railroad track, and
knowing that the express train was due
tried to induce the beast to move. Sew
eral pieces of board thrown at the fero-
cious monster failed to move it, until
at last, as the train rushed down the
track at lightning speed, he seized the
steer by the tail and twisted it like
wet towel. At this moment the train
struck them both and the result was
stupendous. The steer was found two
days afterward browsing peacefully in
a corn field, with two driving wheels
hung on its horns. No trace of either
the man or the engine has been heard
of since.
The bossest snake story we ever heard
of has just come to light IN Twiggs, as
follows: A few days since, while cer-
tain farmer was cleaning out his fence
corners, huge rattle-snake struck at
him, but, missing the intended victim,
sunk its poisonous fangs deep into the
hoe-handle which the man held in his
hands. In less time than it takes to
write it; the handle was swollen to such
an extent that it bursted the eye of the
hoe and split into thousand pieces
With the aid of two crowbars and an
old army musket the snake was killed.
The farmer skinned it, and now uses the
hide for wallet, in which he carries
corn to his hogs. The wallet will
hold three pecks and two quarts of she'll
ed corn. Surely Twiggs deserves the
belt.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12
How tn Suim

There really is no mystery in learn
ing to swim-an accomplishment which
is possessed in perfection by the most
stupid of frogs. More than once 1 have
explained how any one can teach HIM
self. The trunk, less the arms, is heav-
ier than water; with the arms, it is
lighter; all, therefore, that a person has
to do is to acquire the habit of drawing
in the breath when he is preparing to
make stroke, and expelling the breath
when he is making it. Let any one do
this and keep calm, and he will fil.d
that he can swim. But, perhaps, IT is
better to acquire confidence by preli'u-
mary course of floating. To do ii is
it is only necessary to lie fiat on the
water, stretch out the arms with ie
palms of the hands downward, thro W
back the head. and whenever the bo,iy
sinks low, slowly to fill the lungs with
air.-LondO7, Truth.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12
WHOLE No. 1877.
Egyptian Soldiers,

Colonel Dye has much to say con-
corning the fighting capacity of the fal-
lahin. and seeing that he speaks from
experience. gained both in the baFrack
and the field. his structures possess 40
the present moment a more than ordinary
value. His estimate of the Egyptian
peasants soldierly aptitude is very low.
Through gifted with a wonderful power
OF physical endurance, and u docile and
good campaigner, the fellah is neith-
er combative nor intelligent, has not a
spark fpatriotism, dislikes and distrusts
his officers, and hates soldering with SO
intense u hatred that. in order to avoid
1t, he will often cut off one of his fingers
or put out one of his eyes. When Col.
Dye was in Egypt the artillery; as well
as the cavalry, consisted exclusively of
fellahin. The gunners were taken from
class superior to that which supplied
recruits to the other arms of the ser
vice. The officers, moreover, were bet
ter instructed than their brethren of the
line, an advantage which they owed to
the eXertions of the commandant of the
artillery school, a highly educated
French officer. To the teaching of this
Frenchman probably the stout defense
ASSSA11iJ " 0IiO AOl L. 6lt AlSASu-
dria is in some measure due. A great
drawback to the efficiency of the fellah
as lighting man is the shortness of his
sight, resulting from ophthalmia. So
defective is the vision of Egyptian SOL
diers, says Col. Dye, that hardly any of
them can see further through rifle
sight than few rods The eyes of the
black soldiers are better Under the
same conditions he can mark 80 to 40
per cent more hits than his Egyptian
comrade. This superior shooting may,
however, be in part due to the negro's
greater nerve, confidence and eagerness
to excel. The black regiments, being
otficered exclusively by Egyptians, are
IN no way better organized than the
other regiments; albeit, the negroes being
Injured from childhood to war and the
chase, they make far better fighting
material than the fellahin. With the
exception of q few who have risen from
the ranks, the higher officers are the de-
scendants of Turkish fathers and Cir
cassian mothers. They are generally
sufficiently brave, but cruel, avaricious,
corrupt and fearfully immoral, mentally
inert and physically lazy The younger
regimental and staff officers are, for the
most part. the sons of pashas and beys
In government service. trained in the
military schools established by Ismail.
They are inferior, morally and physic-
ally, to the men they command.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12
A Few Words From the Horse.

Don't beat our sore sides so hard and
so often, and we shall be stronger and
better servants to you. You know how
oppression only makes you set up your
back, but you will do anything for q
kind master. Don't ride and drive us
about till we are ready 10 drop, aud our
wind is almost broken, and we are reek-
ing with heat and rough usage. Pray
let us have little more water when we
stand, weary and thirsty, with our poor
dry tongues, unable TO ask for it. You
have felt the suffering of thirst. ''And
for PHYS sake the horse would say,
'..loosen this torturing bearingrein; we
toss and shake our heads. or we try to
keep them still, and nothing gives us a
moments ease. You, master, would
suffer severely if your head We're held
in such a position, and we could do
more work and much better without it.
Please remember that we can always
hear your voice, and shall understand
what you want us to do SO much more
quickly if you speak to us quietly, than
if you roar at us. and drag our tender,
worn mouths about. We get so puzzled
and frightened when you are in a rage
with us, that we only founder and
plunge, and make you more and more
angry. Our last entreaty is, that when
we get old and past our work, you will
not let our poor, wasted bodies stagger
along under some load. when our lives
have been spent in your service, but
that you will reward us by having us
Immediately put out of our pain.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12

poor mans family to support him until
he could work again" broke in Mrs.
Hastings.
But | would be u foreman all my
life rather than miss one experience [
have had," said Mr.. Hardy. THE
question is, Mrs. Stretton--can [ have
Eflic?''
II think she has settled the question:"
answered Mrs. Stretton, with gentle
laugh, the worry fading out of her face
for once.
'.And poor nanny won't have to be
bothered about rent any more, will
she?'' Effie asked, pleadingly of her
lover.
"No, indeed! nor about anything
else. And you won't have to earn your
living any more by cultiyating onions"
with kiss on the rosy mouth.
And Mildred realized that she had
missed the chance she had watched for
ell the summer, while Efiie-hoyden
Eflie-had planted onions, paid the
rent, and won a sensible, appreciative
husband
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12
AYanged.

"StOp that hOrSe-car.
1t was balmy afternoon in August
all the world seemed wrapped in man.
tie of loveiness. The wind was signing
through lawn and garden in a drowsy
fashion, and the flowers that lined the
graveled walks of Boastcliff Castle
seemed to be beckoning with loving
hands to the Lady Esmerelda as she sat
in graceful poise on velvet-covered
fdateasil and gazed in a languid, dreamy,
no-washing-to-be be-done for three days
manner upon the pageant of nature that
was passing before her eyes.
But when the voice of one she knew,
one she had loved with deathless ten
derness in the halcyon days gone by,
came floating to her on the scented
breath of the morning, a thrill passed
through her, and the eyes, erstwhile so
listless, cleaned with the baleful fires
of revenge. Looking eagerly across the
croquet-g ground she saw Pizarro McGin-
ness, the man who had scorned her
love, coming across lots on a run, while
far in advance, and now almost opposit
Coastcliff Castle, was horse-car. The
girl smiled grimly to herself.
''Stop that car shouted Pizarro
again.
The smile had faded from the pretty
face now, but no look of pity took its
place. ''Divil stop will he get from
me- she murmured, and went into the
house.
In few moments there was rap at
the door. Esmerelda answered it, and
found Pizarro there.
"You lrave blighted my life, false wo-
man." he said. Il had job way out
on Blue Island avenue, and now / shall
lose it because you would not stop the
car" 4
''Do you mean this?' asked the girl.
kicking the dog off the front steps asshe
spoke.
Yes replied the man, ''you have
utterly blasted all my prospects"
Then" said Esmerelda, look of
holy calm and peaceful joy stealing over
her face, '.the Mulcaheys are avenged" "
Chicago Tribune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12
Imaginative Travel.

] have no need of stately ship,
No fear of II stately ship.
In chosen books take my trip
With the goodiest company;
And whether l read of Southern skies
Or the wealth of an Eastern port.
may see the world through an authors
eyes,
May dwell in camp or court
Through wonderful sketch books that be-
long
To an artist friend of mine.
/ visit the places of legend and song
So famous along the Rhine;
breathe the spirit of old romance
AS sail the Northern main;
l tread the Vine-clad wales of France,
And look for my castles in Spain.
The song of Venetian gondolfcrs,
AS they guide their moonlit boats,
L seem to hear, or the mountaineer's
TyrOlean echo notes.
L may see the heather's purple plumes
Among the banks and braes,
Or wander where the primrose blooms
Along the English ways.
1 seek the Land of the Midnight Sun,
Or trace the source of the Nile;
Ifind the cedars of Lebanon,
Or study Crete awhile.
Whenever tire of time ana tide,
No matter how far / roam,
have only to lay my book aside
To find myself al home.
The world Ia wide, and the world is fair.
And h0r0cs good to acc
But hearth and homo. ara friends to share
Arc all the world to me;
And 10 sigh IN vain for foreign sights
There surely Is no need.
AS long as people live to write,
And may live to read.
-[Harper's Bazaar.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12
A Petroleum Mans Protest.

In the flush days of petroleum, when
thousands of gallons of the stuff
went bubbling down the creeks be-
cause there was no storage for it, a
stingy old Pitholer who had been drill
ing away for months suddenly tapped
reservoir and out came the oil at the
rate of 200 barrels an hour. He had
provided six empty barrels for such q
contingency, and when these had been
filled the dark liquid cut its way down
the hillside in a roaring torrent. No
one had tanks or barrels to spare, and
the old man could only tear his hair as
he stood by and realized that fortune
was oozing away from him. In the
midst of his despair he noticed a stranger
filling a pint bottle from the rushing
stream. stHold on-hold on, theren'
he yelled as he ran down the hill-''this
oil belongs to mer' ''Yes, l KNOW"
replied the other, ''but where 1000 bar
rels are going to waste, you can spare
me pint, can't youP" 'I-I suppose
l can!'' groaned the old man, ''but [
want you to understand that it's taking
a mighty mean advantage of my mis-
fortunes! Don't fill the bottle and
grease your boots toor'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12
PLAY,

Play, you think, comes naturally to
puppies, kittens, children, and llyoung
things-yes, if they lead natural lives.
But shut your kitten, for o week, up in
q box, without much light or air, or
even cotton reel to roll about, and see
how much it will play when it is at last
set free. Play is the voluntary
exercise of all our faculties under asense
of freedom; where we exert ourselves
because we Ike, and not because we
must, that power is developed by exer-
else and exercise only. 1t is, in fact,
branch of education that is very much
neglected. .--iIacmi5la1a' Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12

A lady living near Toronto became
very sick. The doctor ordered dose
of brandy The husband started for
the city TO get it, but thinking that the
priest who lived near might have some
brandy, he went to the priests house
and secured his flask Afterwards he
gave the priest money to replace the
borrowed liquor. The priest was fined
$75 for selling liquor without a license.
Justice is mighty and must prevail in
Canada, sse~~'~"--""-------e-~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12

A Jersey veteran is claiming pen
sion and seventeen years arrears OF
the ground of ''chronic laziness, con
tracted in the army
The best thing in bonnets continues
% be as IN the pasta pretty face, g&Ss
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12

As saloon was burning in New York,
the other night, friend of some of the
patrons said to pipeman, "For mercy's
sake play on the slatese --"'- - 4-'--S.<- u
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12

All NeceRSaries for the Burial
of the Dead Furnished on short
Notice and on the NEST Reason
able Terms. Conmderate At
tention Guaranteed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-12
CEURC AIS.

UNIVERSh LIST 80 BoY. ANpRsW WILSON
Pastor services every sunday at ~ :a0 q. N.
and 80 D. m Sunday school at la b p; NJ
Pastor,s residence on Diamond street. hrstdoor
north OF Main. =,
CONGsEa ApIOEAL - REV, A. III. HILLS,
Pastor Ser .ices OIL sunday at 10 80 A. N, anu
SOP NJ sunday 1Cnpci at 1915 r x EraJer
MeetfrE on rhursday Evening az I .5O.
Nj ~ t1JUiSE uSy. 81 3. kAEDOiPh Z ae1uI
Service. on sunday as 1890 A. NJ and :SO p M.
Sunday SShOol at IA 10 z. u. Prayer Meeting
on HAirsday Evening ltf SO.
Oi1C4PLE- RBY. n L. hTREAToR, Iastof'
Services Oh Sunday al 20 80 A. N, and :30 NJ
Sunday school atl2-i5 P. NJ. Prayer Meeting
on Thursday Evening At :G0 .cuo, ~
IMMACUL ATE CONCEP tION-CA ATHOLlS
REV. los, D,BowLEs Pastor services ato ana q
10 80 esch alternate sunday. sunday ochooa U a, az
y:3OP a. Bls-h Mass, sunday, July d, ana eacii
Alternate Sunday thereafter. Mass every week
auy nerning It 80. - -, "a,
GRACE CHUHCH-EPlSCOPAL 81.
REV j. W. GILMAN, Gector. Services on
sunday NJ 10 80 M, anu sabbath bchdol I'M :
e(Iatcly after service. Evening Service at
the usual hour.
CAKWOOUCHAPEil-- Eastwood street Rev.
b. A Boneweil Pastor Services sunday eve
ming at 80 Union Sunday School at O'CLOCK
D. N. each SuDday
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Business Cards.

MISS l.. q. JACKSON,
HETLLINERY GOODS OF all kinds. Opera
IVA Bloch, Bayonna. ..