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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-21
The HAN Who Lived On.
ING along the highway between

Riding along the highway between
Eufaula and Union Springs Icame upon
a native Alabamian seated on log by
the roadside. He was a perfect picture
of ''all broke up" He looked sick, his
clothes were ragged, and he was bare
footed in May because he had no boots
to wear. He looked up in weary
way as l halted, and when l asked
about the road he shook his head and
replied:
Don't bother me, stranger-rm clean
gin out"
Whats the trouble?''
"Oh, everything everything. I've
had sickness and losses and lawsuits
and tribulations till my sand is all gone.
came out here to die all by myself and
I'm expecting every lninnit to hear the
toot of the horn
That's too bad"
"Yes, it's bad. The old woman she'll
have to peg along alone, and the chill
dren will have to dig out or starve, and
some other man will wollop my old
mule and kick my dog. It's bad,
bad. but I've got to go. They'll find
my dead body out here and plant it in
some swamp, and that'll be the last of
me-"
Cant 1 help you any way?"
Stranger, are ye blufing?"
mo"
Really mean it?''
''Of course"
''Then put yer hand right thar an
squeezed Them's the first kind words
I've heard in twenty Vars. Patch my
hide if I don't feel like living three
months longerp'
Have plug of tobaccoP"
''Will IP Will a drowning man boiler
fur raftP''
He took the plug and tore away a
quarter of it at one bite, and as the taste
began to como he cried out:
stranger, it's heap better than go
ing to Heaven! Yum! yum! Why, I
really believe I'll live till cotton comes
OFF,
"And here's some brandy which /
carry to use in the water down here
Won't you take pullp'
Won't IP Stranger, that's too good,
and can't believe 1t. l haven't tasted
brandy since Lee surrendered"
He took the flask and pulled away un-
til half the contents had disappeared,
and as he handed it back his eyes began
to shine, his hair pushed his old hat off,
and he cracked his heels together and
exclaimed:
Stranger, I'm going to live-going
to live all summer-all winter all next
yeari Pm a new man-pm right up to
the, mark again-and I'll go home and
give the family to understand that dad s
on deck and good for seventy-tive years
yet! Whoop! II you hadn't been so pow
erfully kind to me I'd bet my old hat
again cent that could lick you in
two minitsr'- Detroit Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-21
A Bonanza in Potatoes.

The potato harvest is over in the
South, and it has been a big and profit
able one. A Southeastern Virginia
correspondent says: That man." re-
marked General Roberts, pointing out
man in the crowd, ''sold $4,000
worth of Irish potatoes this year, every
one of which he raised on his own
place" That sounds incredible, and
vet it is true. The man alluded to was
Ambrose Lindsay, who lives on the
coast. near the Carolina line. Of this
enormous crop have no doubt $4,000
was clear money. Sol Haas told me of
a man at Norfolk who cleared $50, 900
on raising potatoes this year. and paid
off debt that had accumulated in bus
mess and threatened to ruin him. This
is the best year for potatoes ever known.
The last crop was short and poor, and
there was no stock to start the season
with. The high price of meat and bread
increased the consumption of potatoes,
and the heavy crop Of this year was
taken at high figures. Potatoes that
dragged at So barrel In New York
last year brought $3.50 barrel on the
Carolina coast this year.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-21
A WOMAN's PALSEHOOD.

''The afternoon post, if you please,
ma'amr'
Mrs. Caryngton stretched out one
languid, jewellcd hand for the letters.
Then she leaned back in the depths of a
great easy-chair, q petite figure in her
azure, satin-lined neglige, and read the
address on each with drowsy, ennuied
eyes. A pretty little piece of pink and
white humanity, with fair loose hair.
and eyes blue and innocent as a baby's.
"Ahr'
She caught her breath with quick
gasp as she turned the last letter upper
most. A Misunderstanding letter enough,
square, thick, white, addressed in firm
masculine hand to ''Miss Vivian Grant
ley" But Mrs. Caryngton recognized
the handwriting with a sudden sharp
pain at her heart.
She sat there, quite motionless, hold
ing that fateful letter in one jewelled
hand, blind to the chill March sunshine
that crept in through the windows in
long, shining glances-blind to the wealth
and luxury around her-blind % all
save the superscription on the envelope
she held. This she turned over and
over in her white, sparkling hands.
She started suddenly, and looked at
the bright fire in the CRATE; then back
again to the letter she held. shrank,
paused, opened it, and with face from
which every trace of color had faded,
read:
"MY DARLrNG:-I have heard, with such
sorrow for you. how things have changed But
as mine must not live longer in disguise.
can but send this, asking you to meet me on
at bs Gd Sos e1nan
feel as write the words!-I will never leave
my wife again!"
And the letter was signed "Philip
Deane."
Mrs. Caryngton's hands fell nerveless
and trembling, but she read and re-read
the earnest words. Then she laughed,
the low, bitter laugh of desperate
woman.
"Her lover, and love him so!''
A moment more and the letter, which
swayed the destiny of two lives, drifted
up the chimney shrivelled, blackened
shred.
Then, snatching up the rest of her
correspondence, she passed from the
room.
At door in an upper corridor she
paused, turned the handle rapidly and
passed in.
At table in the centre of the school
room sat a slender, black-eyed figure,
with weary head bowed on tired. out
stretched arms.
"a letter for you, Miss Grantleyr'
Vivian Grantley sprang to her feet. a
great hunger in her wistful. girlish
eyes. She caught the missive eagerly,
looked at the pretty, womanly super
scription of an old school-friend, and .at
quick flash of hope died out like sum-
~: rs shisMallp" falteringly.
"Allr' in dignitied surprise. Ser
tainly, Miss Grantley."
II beg your pardon, Mrs. Caryngton.
| OF course it was all"
Then, as the door closed behind the
employer of the fatherless girl, Vivian
Grantley sank back with a low moan.
Loyal in prosperity, faithless in ad-
versity."
Could she have known of the letter
that had lain on Mrs. Caryngton's bou-
doir fire!
Next day. by the statue of Arehilles
in Hyde-Park. q stalwart, fair-haired
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-21
HARMONY in Human Life,

Our surroundings should be harmoni-
Gus with our life. 1t is not necessary to
sound the same notes to produce har-
mony. The word implies blending, but
it almost forbids repetition. Nature is
the great teacher. Her means and ends
are consistent with each other. Nature
understands too well the art of harmony
to attempt impossibilities. She is al
ways up to the mark, but she does not
overstep herself Where the soil will
not grow lilies and roses, she contents
herself with daisies, but lett to herself,
she will always cover mans mistakes
with carefully spun shroud. 1t is to
learn this lesson more perfectly that in
later life we are drawn away from man
kind to live with Nature. A fuller
growth takes place when we feel our
selves in unison with ell we see, and
intercourse with Nature restores In us
the balance that human conflict has de-
stroyod. Life in great cities is inimical
to harmony. The clash of interests is
too fierce, and those who live much in
great centres of human effort cannot
sustain the sense of harmony, unless
they come away for time. The form
and manner of modern society increase
the difficulty. The multitude of ac-
quaintances, and the little time given to
each, make intercourse necessarily brok-
en- and unharmonious. Conversation
takes the form of epigram, and each
sentence must be cast into such a form
as not necessarily to demand second
for its completion. By degrees, our
thoughts follow our words, and each
opinion becomes rounded and finished
off to fit into each question that may
arise. Nothing can be viewed as
whole-we are too near to its Details
So near are we IN great cities that it is
almost impossible not to take each de-
tail for the whole. Then arises irrita-
ton, from the sense of the unfitness of
each separate opinion expressed to bear
the structure of our whole line of
thought. We have uttered an epigram,
but we have not stated our judgment as
it really is. To do that requires time
and opportunity, which society, neglect
full of the individual in its care for the
whole, cannot afford to any one of its
members. The utterance, unfathered
and without offspring, must stand or
fall by itself, while we may be thankful
if we are not through it labeled and
placed in pigeon-hole to which we are
as foreign as dove to hawks nest
Then it is that we fall back for consola-
ton upon ourselves as o whole. LON
don Spectator.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-21
4 Weather Commas.

For many years we have had the
''weather-glass'' as foretelleF of the
weather that is approaching, but the or
dinary barometer of itself only gives the
atmospheric pressure, and il is well
known that this factor, unless taken in
to account with the degree of moisture
IN the atmosphere and the direction of
the wind, is not trustworthy guide
The quantity of water in the air which
can be condensed into rain, and wheth-
er the wind is cold and dry northerly
wind, or moist southerly wind, are also
important factors In the problem. A
good weather indicator ought therefore
to combine all these observations, and
this has been very ingeniouslY done by
Professor Klinkerfues, of Gottingen, in
bis newly-invented weather compass"
which takes its name from its external
likeness to mariners magnetic COM
pass. The weather compass gives in q
very simple manner prognostication
of the weather to be expected within the
next twelve or twenty-four hours, and
as its warnings are said to prove true
in majority of cases, it is likely to be
useful adjunct to the farmer and
convenience to almost everybody. IL
consists of an aneroid barometer, which
indicates the pressure of the atmosphere
by means of pointer on dial; Ebut
the pointer Is also connected to O hair
bydromeer for indicating the humidity
ct the atmosphere, and The connection
50 made that rise of barometer at
tended by decrease of humidity, both
of which imply fair weather, combine
to move needle or pointer in the same
direct8on-namely, that of fair weather.
On the other hand, If the rise of baro-
meter is attended by increase of moist
ure. the pointer is subject to the oppos-
ing forces Of the aneroid and the hair
hydrometer. The direction of the wind
Is also made to have bearing on the
position of the pointer and the indication
Of the DIAL but this bearing Of course
depends to some extent on the locality.
London Globe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-21
Self-Resuect Drunkenness,

Tom Corwin said to Don Piatt one
day after q stylish dinner: ''Is 1t not
singular D., that one never realizes the
pernicious effect Of hot rooms, wines
and viands until one encounters the pure
air of heaven? left that room sober as
Justice of the Supreme Court got
few breathfuls of pure air and I am
affected by it. A man, my boy, never
feels so much like moralizing as after
an indulgence, when his stomach Is full
of good food and his veins are fired with
generous wines. This drinking is vile
thing. 1t is an indulgence that gives
less pleasure and is followed by heav-
Ter penalty than any other poor, fallen
human nature is subject to. Take away
the lights, the laughter, the flowers and
food, the flow of wit and the flashes of
thought, and what can we credit to the
winep-a sense of having made beast
of ono's self. punctuated by headache.
Take my advice, my boy, and never get
drunk. There is no good in it and much
evil. 1t fills our jails, poorhouses and
shameful graves. 1t feeds the gallows
and beggars wives and children. Never
drink; but if you do-now mark my ad-
vice (take it into your memory as some
thing precious from friend)-if you
must get drunk get drunk among gentle
men. You will have headache all the
same, but you will retain your self-re-
spect-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-21
a Happy Neighborhood d .

''Mr. JONES'" began Smith the other
morning as they met at the corner to
wait for the car, sis it positively neces-
sary that your son must play the &C.
Gordon until midnight for six nights o
weekp'
Mot at all, Mr.. Smith," vas the
prompt reply. ''Not any more neces
sary than 1t Is for your daughter and her
beaux to sit on the front steps seven
pights per week and keep US awake un.
til o'clock in the morning."
my daughter, sir, has perfect right
to have beaur'
"And my son. sir, has legal right
TO play his accordionr'
Gentlemen, began Mr.. Thomas, as
he came up, II don't want to offend
you, for we are all neighbors, but if you.
Mr.. Jones. would clean out your alley,
and you, Mr.. Smith, would poison your
nuisance of dog, l believe I would
gain five pounds of flesh per week.
''Hello! Thomasr' saluted Brown from
the rear platform of the car for which
they had waited, ''Tve been wanting to
see you for week past. Your confound-
ed old horse stands and stamps all night
long, and none of US can get wink of
sleep. just for change, and to be
neighborly, suppose you knock him on
the head with an axp'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-21
a Monster Sky-Scraper.

The all-absorbing topic on the streets
at Brockport. N. Y, is that of DR..
Beebee's kite A few weeks ago the
Doctor told the boys of kite he made
IN Madison county. The story was
large and those who heard 1t doubted
the Doctors veracity, but the Doctor,
In order to keep his credit good, told a
couple Of young lawyers that he would
make another, if they would furnish
the string. to which they agreed. The
kite was made. and the string, which
was a coil of three-eighths rope, nearly
5000 feet in length, was ordered, and
sent from Rochester. The rope and
kite were taken out on South avenue.
and, to the astonishment of the hum
dreds of spectators, the monster shot
into the air like balloon.
The frame was made of lumber two
inches wide, by half an inch thick, and
was covered with MANILA paper. The
surface contained nearly $50 square
feet After the monster had foated q
mile high for couple of hours, the
problem Of getting it down was next in
order, and was not accomplished until
Mr.: Cary brought pulley and team
and hauled 1t down.-RocheSter Express.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-21
Boys in Germany.

Consul Flynn writes from Chemnitz,
Saxony:
II the German boys do not cut ND the
pranks and perform the tricks of their
American cousins, they enjoy them
selves in way that is entirely satisfac-
tory to themselves. They have, during
the summer months, in all large towns
and cities, large swimming baths, con-
structed like those in Chicago, where
they flock in large numbers in the even
lngs and on Sundays. They can have
all the fun of this kind they want, in
Guiding clean towels and neat dressing
rooms, for about five American cents
Then gymnasiums and museums are
we'll patroniZed. 1t is rare thing to
find Saxon youngster who cannot per-
form on the horizontal bar, on the
rings, or on the flying trapeze, feats
that would be creditable to profession
al athlete. The boys are generally well
developed, muscular and agile, and
good health seems to take a fancy to
them.
In disposition they are as amiable as
girls-more amiable than some girls
Their manners are pleasing. They are
polite and accommodating They do
not swear, ''chaw'' nor smoke. Fist
fighting is not to their liking, and vul-
garity is unknown among them. They
are sedate, quiet, peaceable and good
natured at all times, while in the pres
ence Of their elders they observe with
astonishing precision and wonderful
judgment the laws and regulations laid
down for their guidance at home and in
the schools.
The work which the small boy is
called upon to do in America is done
here generally by girls or full-grown
men. There are no telegraph boys All
dispatches are delivered by men in uni
form. There are no cash-boys, girls
generally filling such positions. Boys
are not called upon to run errands for
the public. Able-bodied men in uni
form, large enough to be trusted with
valuable packages, stand atevery corner
and are ready to come at your beck or
call. The newspapers are carried and
sold by men. There are no newsboys.
No idle boys are seen on the Streets
When they are not ut school they are
learning trade, and after business
hours they generally betake themselves
to some place whore they can exercise
themselves, or they study their lessons
SO as to be prepared for theiearly morn
ing class.
There are no street Arabs in any of
the German cities-no ragged urchins,
no Artful Dodgers, and no "wipe-nip-
pers." There are no sooty-faced, BIAS
phemous bootblacks. In q word, the
American small boy, of high or low de-
gree, would find his occupation gone,
whatever it might be, if he emigrated
to Germany. He would pine away and
die of a broken heart. Chicago Netos.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-21
An ANGEL Unalloyed.

The best natured woman IN the
United States lives in Austin. She has
been married number of years to Q
man named Ferguson, but she and her
husband have never had quarrel yet,
and he has frequntly boasted that 1t was
utterly impossible to make her angry.
Ferguson made several desperate at
tempts to see if he could not exasperate
her to look cross or scowl at him, mere
ly to crafty his curiosity, but the more
outrageous he acted, the more afable
and loving she behaved.
Last week he was talking with a
friend about what hard time he had
trying to find out If his wife had tenn
per- The friend offered to bet that if
Ferguson were to go home drunk. raise
row and pull the tablecloth full OF
dishes off the table, she would show
some signs of annoyance. Ferguson
said he didn't want to rob friend Of
his money, for he knew he " ould win;
but they at last made bet Of $50, the
friend to hide in the front yard and
watch the proceedings of the conven-
ton through the window.
Ferguson came home late, and, ap-
parently, fighting drunk. She met him
at the gate, kissed him, and assisted his
tottering steps to the house. He sat
down in the middle of the floor, and
howled out:
"Confound yer ugly picture. what did
you mean by pulling that chair from
under meP''
20, hope you did not hurt yourself.
1t is my awkwardness, but I'll try and
not do it again." and helped him to his
feet, although she had nothing in the
world to do with his falling.
He then sat down on the sofa, and,
sliding off on the floor, abused her like
o pickpocket for lifting up the other end
of the sofa, all of which she took good
naturedly, and finally she led him to
the supper table. He threw plate at
her, but she acted as if she had not no.
ticed it, and asked him if he would take
tea or coffee.
Then the brute seized the table cloth
and sat down on the floor, pulling the
dishes and everything else over with
him, in one grand crash.
What did this noble woman dop Do
you suppose she grumbled and talked
about going home to her ma, or that
she sat down and cried like fool, OF
that she sulked and poutedp Not q BIT
of it. With pleasant smile she said
'.Why, George, that's q new idea,
isn't itP We have been married ter
years and have never yet ate our sup
per on the floor. Won't it be fun--5ust
like those picnics we used to 60 to be-
fore we got marriedP' and then thit
angelic woman deliberately sat dowr
on the floor along side of the wretch
| arranged the dishes and iSed him
nice supper.
This broke George all up. He owned
up he was only fooling her. and offered
to give Ter the $50 to get herself a new
hat, but she took the money and bough
! him O new suit of clothes and box o
| cigars Heaven will have to be repair
| ed and whitewashed before it is fit foa
| that kind of woman. GatOestoss NeUs
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-21

! Deane. The moonlight fell full on his
! face, worn, white, but lighted now with
that love, which is the master-key of d
life.
''Vivianr' with outstretched hands.
The old, familiar voice almost un-
nerved her. Shuddering, she called
back her woman's pride, and shrank
back little into the semi-dusk room.
Miss Grantley, if you please, Mr..
Deane.'
Vivian stillr' leaning eagerly for
ward, and speaking in quick, hoarse
tones. ''Perhaps-perhaps it was not
true. Vivian, for the sake of the old
times, when your love was wholly mine,
tell me why you were so cruel-why did
you not answer my letterP'
What letterP''
"Whatletter! Vivian, ,"-he had sprung
over the low window-sill, and was stand
ing beside her now-':did you not get
my letter? Did you not throw me over
for another? Mrs. Caryngton told me
there was favored lover''
''When?'
'|Three years ago this March,"
''MrS. Caryngton spoke falsely. She
knew then, as we'll as now, that Har.
court Brady was my uncle. Philip, tell
me all''
And he told her all, while statue-like
she listened.
Then they both guessed the miserable
truth.
''Philip-listenr'
She nestled closer to his side as the
sound Of laughing voices neared the
purple portiere.
so dear Vivian is really here. Lam
SO anxious to see her Ohr
A woman's shrill, surprised scream.
For staring at the figures in the NOON
light, stood Mrs. Caryngton. She re-
covered herself, and came smilingly for
ward.
"Such surprise, dear Mr.. Deane, I
But Philip did not see the outstretched
hand. He bowed coldly.
''We have just been talking, Mrs.
Caryngton, of your curious mistake of
three years ago. Vivian, dear, there
goes our old favorite, The Blue Dan
ube.' My darling, can you resistp''
And bowing slightly to the woman
who had played for and lost high stakes,
they passed to the ballroom.
And in her lovers shielding arms,
while ''over the midnight came stealing
the MORN" Vivian forgot how nearly
love and life were wrecked by one
woman's falsehood.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-21
Rosses too Slow for the Funeral.

Judge Wylie, who is trying the star.
route swindlers, had his little Joke about
the newspapers the other day. He in
timated that they had been trying the
case. ~ don't know what progress the
newspapers have made; may be they
have found verdict" said the Judge
They should have-long ago-not hav.
ing been hindered by technicalities o.
long-winded lawyers. The late Col
Isaac o. Barnes once attended the
funeral of deceased friend. The ex-
ercises wore long and tedious. While
they were dragging along Col Barnes
turned to stranger near him, and
whispered: "Did you know - (the
deceased)9" Every WE'LL" was the re-
ply. HE was mighty prompt man"
continued the colonel; II be had been
bossing this funeral the corpse would
have been to the ground an hour ago."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-21
Natures Photography.

Miss Della Moncrieff, of Boston, an
elocutionist, has experienced something
remarkable with lightning bolt. She
is visiting in North Framingham, and
while heavy thunder shower was pass
ing, was sitting with others on the piaz-
"a of Postmaster Williams house, which
was struck by lightning. She felt no
shock, but now she finds that on her
back is burned or stamped by lightning
aperfect representation of the large elm
tree which stands within few feet of
Mr.. Williams piazza, and very near
which she was sitting at the time. Two
children of the family were affected by
the same bolt, and one of them render
ed senseless. The tree was not injured
st aIl-BosEo73 Herald.