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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
Sounds Like Old Times.

A seedy-looking fellow dropped into
the city editors room, and, failing to
borrow a half-dollar, he begged to mar
rate his experience. 81 used to be an
officer of the State, did. was sher-
itf, and member of the Legislature, and
constable, and clerk of the courts, and
Judge, and candidate time and again,
and had a high old frolic, did, 81
don't believe it," said the city editor
"Why don't you?'' because | have a
letter here which says you are thief
and liar, and scoundrel and q vii
lain, and a traducer, and perjurer,
and defNllter, and a low-down brawl-
er, and a lover of all that is vile and
wicked, and dishonest, and abhorrent 10
decent people, and a" ''Ah, ha!
stranger, 60 on and read that all over
again, and read it loud. 1t sounds like
old times. 1t brings back the days
when l ran for office. 1t reads like an
editorial in an opposition paper, and
brings again to my memory that bless
ed period when 1 felt like l was some
body and life was worth living. O.,
glorious hours of the past, will ye ever
come back to me?" and the tears rolled
down his cheeks as the city editor pro-
nounced again the magic words, and
then gave him a quarter to sober up
with. .-LouiSrille Courier-Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
Some Gypsy Lore,

1.-THE day of the week on which you
are born" said fortune-teller to q re-
porter for the Washington Star, sis the
best to commence business. Fridays
and Tuesdays are the luckiest for wo-
men, though women fairly shudder
over regarding Friday lucky day.
Sundays and Mondays are the best for
men. Never enter new house or sign
a lease in April. June, or November,
and avoid the 18th for any kind of en-
terprise. The lucky days for business
are the three first days of the moons
age; for marriage, the 9TH, 9th, and
18th. Ask favors on the 18th, 10th, and
18th, but beware of the 10th and 21st.
These are all the moons age. To an
swer letters choose an odd day of the
moon; to travel on land choose the in
crease, and for ocean the decrease of
the moon. Start new buildings in
March. Don't marry on your birthday
or on any martyrs day.
(Which are some of the most promi-
nent signs of events, as it were, that
cast their shadows before?" the repor-
ter asked, realizing that he was getting
enough points to set up as fortune
teller himself.
Thousands of them.' answered
Celia, ''but can't think of many now.
Here is one that have never known to
fail: If you meet a white horse, if you
are going on particular business, it
means success. If it is piebald horse,
it means that whatever you have asked
for will be given you. Another: If q
pigeon that does not belong to you flies
in your house it means success. If it
rests on bed, death. If there are two
pigeons, there will be wedding. New
er tell dream before breakfast The
same dream three times is friendly
warning. Had William the Second
and the duke of Buckingham paid at
tention to this they would have escaped
death as they did"
How about cards? Do you ever use
them?''
''Sometimes; but the planets and
stars have much more to do with us.
AS we are born we are controlled.
Planetary influence is thing the sci
entists of later days laugh at, but who
can say they are better informed than
the astrologers of old. For myself 1
depend more on the science of astrolo-
gy than on cards, though palmistry
helps out"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
TUsCARAWAsR RRANlH

TUsCARAWAsB BRANCH
Trains leave Bayard at II So a II. and $40 II
m. arrIre Minerva IL % p. III and $50 >, IN
arrive Dover i-29 p. m. and Z 05 p. NJ, New
PhIladelphia 30 p. IN 720 p, N. Returning
leave New Philadelphia al 90 a m. anITI5 n
N Dover at 7.30 a. m and IS p. m Miperya
at ~ M and $40 p, m. Bayard at 9.55 .
M and 45 p. m.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
For the Young Folks.

The following may serve to while
away some long winter evenings: Can
you place newspaper on the floor in
such way that two persons can easily
stand upon it and not be able to touch
one another with their hands? Answer
Yes; byputting the paper in the door
way, one-half inside and the other half
outside of the room, and closing the
door over it, two persons can easily
stand upon it and still be beyond each
others reach. Can you put one of your
hands where the other cannot touch itP
Easily; by putting one hand on the ell
bow of the other arm. Can you place
a pencil on the floor in such way that
no one can jump over it? Yes, if place
it close enough to the wall of the room.
Can you push chair through finger
ringP Yes; by putting ring on the
finger and pushing the chair with the
finger. You anput yourself through
a keyhole by taking q piece of paper
with the words yourself written up
on it and pushing it through the hole.
You can ask question that no one can
answer with mo-" by saying what
does Yes spellP You can go out of the
room with two legs and return with Six,
by bringing along a chair with you.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
Saved His Character,

A horse-car was proceeding up Shaw
NUT avenue on Saturday afternoon, and
among its freight of precious human
lives it bore six young men, all ire
proachably dressed, and, to their own
minds at least, of engaging personal
appearance. Bunched up in a corner,
also, was man whose linen and COM
pleXion gave color to the opinion that
he was engaged in the plastering trade,
and whose features indicated that he
was of Hibcrnian extraction. The car
was crowded and bumped along slowly,
and presently there entered q young
woman of considerable charm of feat
ures, and looked about for seat. In
stantly the plasterer and the six elabor-
atel ly-adorned young men got up and in
one breath rendered her the choice of
seven separate and distinct seats. She
accepted that which was offered by one
of the gilded youths, whereupon the
plasterer and the five remaining young
men sat down again. Presently q color
ed woman with q big bundle came in
and hung on to a strap while the young
men remained in their respective posi-
tions, as if cemented thereto. Thereup-
on the plasterer, after looking up and
down to see that nobody else arose, got
up and said:
''Plaze to take this safe, mum. l Of
fered it to the young Teddy over yander
whin she got in, but she tux one that
one O. thin byes alongside gave to her.
So you take this, for begorra! if |
should kape it from yez after offerin' it
to the other Teddy the folks aboord the
car moight think | was a masher, an
I've got charackter to sustain.'
And thus speaking, he took his old
clothes and a kit of tools that he fished
up from under the seat to thefront plat
form, and the youths looked out at him
and gazed at one another, and knew
not what to say, and there was silence
in that car for the space of a block and
a half-BOStOn Journal
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
Life's Mockery,
"Give me another doughnut."
Do.o MoTlo.l-orS1 -oioo ;e,

''Give me another doughnut"
Refine McCloskey's voice is husky
with grief as she speaks these words,
and over the dimpled cheek that looks
so fair and white in the moonlight the
bushes are chasing each other in rapid
succession. TO her right are the Cat
skills, their SUBMITS bathed in flood
of silvery light, while at their base lies
the placid Hudson, its shimmering sur
face rejecting the twinkling stars that
are looking down in all their silent
splendor from the azure zenith. Direct
ly in front of the girl, and lending to
the tout ensemble soft warmth of col
oring not otherwise obtainable, is q
large jar. Immediately behind it stands
Hercules Perkins.
81 am going away" he says.
The girl does not reply. The shad-
ow of the doughnut-jar conceals the
look of haunting fear that passes across
her face, and the white lines around the
dropping mouth are not seen by the one
whose words have caused their pres
ence.
"Shall you miss me?' he said.
The little white hand that rests upon
the back of chair is trembling now,
GhhN III buO oCCP bAO"h OyNo OhSiS etA y
hot tears of sorrow and pain. Sudden
ly Refine speaks.
go away" she says in agonized
tones. ''Go away before | tell you that
which had best remain unsaid," and
sobs choke her utterance.
A great light breaks upon Hercules.
Stepping quickly to the girls side he
places his arm around her. Tell me
truly. sweetheart" he says, edo you
love me?'
For answer she places a soft white
arm around his neck, and as he bends
over to kiss her the other hand reaches
forward. feels cautiously around for an
instant, and then, with a wild cry of
agony, Refine McCloskey falls forward
in a sWoOn.
The doughnut-jar is empty Chicago
Tribune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
It Stopped at Cabbage.

A colored man living on Indiana
street, says the Free Press, lately had oc-
casion to ask the advice Of the patrol
man in that district, as to how he should
treat some boys who called him names
as he passed a certain corner.
II wouldn't mind 'em," was the re-
ply.
'.Jist what I reckoned on" said the
complainant. Il had my mind made up
to treat 'em wild proud disdain. But
dar's naybur O mine who frows clubs
at my dog an cusses my chilpcn.
Would you also come de proud disdain
over him?'
Eyes, think so.'
"An' dar's white man libin' round
de co'ner who say l stole his AK. 81
reckon dat proud disdain will fix him ii
keep it up long enough?"
ut certainly will"
"Wall, den it am settled dat l doan'
talk back in none O desc cases, but dar'
am one fing | want understood right
heah an now. De mex time l am in
joyin' an ebenin' siesta on de door
steps and a six-pound cabbage hits me
on de middle west-button dar' won't be
no proud disdain to be had in any groc-
cry fur mile aroun'! Pze gwine to ri2
up an yell fur revenge an shout fun
blood, an de ossifer who interferes wild
me am gwine to be rendered uncon-
scious fur forty-eight days!'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28

Some of the Jews from Russia seek
to be sent back to that country. They
find that people have to work for q liv.
ing here.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
Art and Mammon,

One day Alexander T. Stewart gave
a commission to a celebrated artist in
Paris to paint little Parisienne, and
offered to pay treble the ordinary price
if the painter would put heap of bead
work in the little lady's costume. THAT
is strange fancy" said the painter.
1T is not fancy at ALL" replied Mr..
Stewart. That picture will be exhib-
tied at New York. All the elegant wo-
men will look at it, and if they see that
the Parisiennes wear bead ornaments
they will buy beads. Now, my house
A. L. Stewart & Co.-has big stock
of these articles, and by that means,
you understand, - and the artist un-
.derstood enough to refuse the commits
sion.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28

1t is related that Buffalo man, who
had been in the coffee business fol
several years, was led to believe that he
was a sinner, and to come out on the
side of religion. The morning after he
had taken this step he reached his fac.
tory to find business suspended, and up
on demanding an explanation, his son
replied:
''Well, father, I didn't know what tc
do. L did not suppose after what you
said last night that you would mix any
more beans with the coffee. presumed
it would make q difference"
Eyes, it will make just a little differ
ence," calmly observed the old man.
''We have heretofore been mixing one
barrel of beans to four of coffee, haven't
we?"
"'Yes"
"Well, take out two of the beans
about two quarts. guess
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
Keeninp Still in Ohnrnh.

A lady visiting at River Park is the
mother of seven small children, all of
whom are exceptionally bright. One of
these, a four-year-old boy, showed great
reluctance to attend church, and was
constantly in disgrace when there. His
mother tried every means to induce him
to sit still in vain, until at last the little
fellow said:
Mamma, there's just one way 1 can
keepstill in church."
"What is thatP" asked his mamma,
eagerly.
'Just let me take off my shoes and
stockings SO l can wiggle my toes, and
I'll keep as still as micer'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
RAIN LINE-a0ENG EAST.

Accommodation train leaves Cleveland Union
Depot at $50 p. m, arrives Hudson 653 D. m
Ravenna 1870 p m.
All trains connect at Yellow Greek for heel
ing and Belaire.
HEzs@ Fast Line runs through Sleeper to New
1CrH. Day Express runs through SLEEPER to
Pittsburg.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
TRAINS WESTWARD.

Tralns No. =, ana II run daily.
Palace Sleeping Coaches on trains No J. 8
and IL between CinCinnatiand New York daily
Sleeping Coach on No 5 and - between Gin
cinnati and Boston daily, via Albany,
Hotel Coach on trains No. 5 and - hetweel,
Chicago and New York DAHL; via Mansfield
Train No. connects at Mansfield wit.
Pittsb burg. Fort Wayne h Chicago Railroad 10:
Chicagoand all points IN theNarth-west Goa
Piitsburg: ut Meadville, for OIL City: at Corn.
for IitusVIlle; at James town for Buffalo az,
Niagara Falls; at Salamanca for Bratlf3r
and Roche ter; and at Binghamton fer ALBANY
ami fSoston
Close connections at Cincinnati with trains
Tor the South and West.
No"stop-oYer'' allowed upon local tickets
A. h, GLSRE
General Passenger ana Ticket : sent.
CLEVELAND, o.
j. VI FERRIS,
General Manager.
CLEVELAND, 0
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
PORTAGE COUNTY HEDGE co
C.kW. BOYDSTON,
MANAGER .
Praluy Constructed Hslg arc the R pa and a Ear Enclosures

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Bertha's Indignation.
Il should SMILE"

81 should SMILE"
AS Bertha Redington spoke these
words she lay coquettishly in a ham
n ock that had been swung between
two giant oaks that reared their tall
heads aloft in the lawn at the edge of
which stood her fathers stately resi-
dence. A little foot enmeshed in a
siIken stocking, whose delicate tex ure
displayed to advantage the trim ankle
within, peeped out from beneath a
ieecy white dress, while the laughing
eyes and fair forehead of the girl were
surmounted by q coronal of sunnily.
golden tresses of which any hair store
might have been proud.
rs, you like iee-cream?" said Har-
old Mcintyre, bending over the ham,
mock and looking tenderly into Ber-
tha's blue eyes.
81 should smile, said the girl again,
getting ready to put on her slipper and
start.
"You are right" ssid Harold. "Ice-
cream is a good thing. Perhaps some
day next week l will buy you some"
The look of happy expectancy faded
from the girls face. What time is
it ?" she asked.
"Ten minutes to SIX" replied Har-
old.
Then" said Bertha, "if you start
right away you will get home in time
for supper"
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-29
Hydrophobia.

The chief surgeon at the Hospital of
Caen, France, has reported the cure
of a hydrophobia patient by a new
course of treatment. On May %, q
shepherd, 81 years old, was brought to
the hospital suffering from q dog bite
inflicted on the 10th of April. A
woman had be en- bitten By the dog at
the same time, and her death from n.y.
drophobia had greatly affected the
shepherd, who exhibited, when
brought to the hospital, unmistakable
symptoms of the same disease. BE
was therefore treated TO subcutaneous
injections of pilocarpine, one cent?
gramme at a time, which produced
copious perspiration and an abundant
salvation. Be WAS also given . COM
pound of hydrate of choral and bro
mide of potassium ; but the physicians
of the French Academy OF Medicine
attributed the cure-which was accom-
plished in a week-to the p~iiocarpine.
There is a possibility that the woman's
death may have so affected the mans
Imagination that lac showed symp-
toms Of hydrophobia without really
having the disease; but the belief is
general among French physicians
that q cure for hydrophobia has been
found.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-29
Electric Lights in Sea- Fishing.


A French paper reports a trial by
Government permission of an electric
lure for sea fish. 1t consists of an
electric light in a glass globe with a
device for sinkir g it to the desired
depth. As soon "a the light is turned
on the st a in its vicinity is illuminated
brilliantly, and the fish, over whom
! ght is well known to exercise an
irresistible influence at night, come
eagerly, and sometimes in large
schools, within the rays. They may
be seen from above disporting them
selves in the unaccusi omed brightness,
and little dreaming of the sinister pur-
pose with VIII ch the little fete is or
ganized for them. IL is then that
other fishing boats, armed with nets,
come up and set to work at the uncon-
scious victims, which they surround
rs well AS they can without interfering
with the apparatus connected with
the lighted globe. 1t may be suppos ed
that this device is calculated 10 oper-
ate with much deadly effect when
ever it is used and there seems to be
much doubt whether it will ever be
allowed as q recogn zed kind of fishing
within territorial waters. Indeed, the
license gran ed by the Government is
said to be merely provisional, and for
the purpose of testing the new ma
chine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-29

feet of gas per hour; but by increas-
ing the pressure and the con 'umpiion
Of gas a much higher economy can be
attained-so much a. $50 candles for
twenty feet of gas, it is said.
Possibly the feature of greatest Inn
portaDce In connection with this new
system is that Illuminating gas is not
required, for heating gas N Ters as
well, II not better. In ordinary gas,
it is well known that only about four
per cent. of the volume contains the
real, illuminating materials, but tn OBJ
tain that the coal has to be wastefally
distilled. If heating gas, as 1t is called,
will produce so brilliant q light, 1900
feet can be obtained from every on
of ordinary coal instead of only 10 900
feet. The gas, it is said, is completely
burned-there Is no waste in smoke
and the surface of the eauze being so
much larger than is possible with the
electric lamps, there is greater quantity
and less intensity in other words,
the light Is better distributed and is
more penetrating, while less trying to
the eye. $40,
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The New War Vessels.

The Senate bill reported to-day au-
thoIizing the construction of number
of vessels OF war for the navy, appro-
priating Sl0,O 900. 900 for the purpose.
The bill provides for the construction
of six open hearth steel cruistrs, two
of them to be not less than 5000 nor
more than 5000 tons displacement,
and to be armed with four breech'
loading riied cannon, OF not less than
eight-inch calibre, and tweEty-one
breech-loading cannon of not less than
six-inch Galore; the remaining four
to be of not less thar 1890 nor o
than 400 tons displacement, and to
be armed with four breech-loading
rified cannon, of not less than eight
inch calibre, and fifteen breech loading
rified cannon of not less than six inch
calibre. The bill also authorizes the
construction of one steel ram OF not
more than 1000 tons displacement,
four steam cruising boats and four
steam harbor torpedo-boats. IL fur-
ther provides that the steel used III
their construction shall be ofdomestic
manufacture, and that one-half Of the
number Of vessels, including the Gu
ginss and boilers, shall be built in the
navy yards Of the United States. and
that the others shall be built In whole
or In part by contract.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-29
Feminities


1t is said that a woman, Miss Alice
HURLEY, is at the bottom OF the HeIze-
govinian rebellion against Austria. a
The Massachusetts legislature has
enacted that women may practice as
attorneys at law, subject to the ordi-
nary rules of admission.
Miss Belle Braden has recently been
elected, for the second time, treasurer
of the Wsynesru rg and Washington
railro ID, Pa. Sue also acts as pay
master, making the regular trips over
the road in the pay-car.
The school board of London has
nine nut among its members. The
male members do not like them q bit,
and charge them with obstructing
business with "their csaseless talk
and endless bick erings." But we
have not heard what the nine women
have to say in reply.
The mill owners of Patterson, N. j.,
tried locking their doors asst year on
circus days, but the girls climbed out
Of the Window. This year the city
authorities, instigated by the same
willy capitalists, charged a license fee
Of 81, 900. The circus, came just the
same, and 20 oOO mill girls attended,
| and the mill had to close. The circus
ia a W and so are the girls.
Teacher: ''John, what are your
| boots made off," Boy: "0f leather"
.eWbsre does the leather come from ="
"From the hide Of an OK" What
animal, ther efore, supplies you with
boots and gives You meat to eat ~
"My father"
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-29
OURANGELs

Oh not with any sound they come, or sign,
which ieshly ear or eye can recognize;
No curiosity can ompsss OF surprise
fbe secret Of that intercourse divine
Which ed permits, ordsins, across the line
Tne chaDgeiess line whicn bsrs
Our earth, from other stars.
Bot they de- come and go continually,
Our blessed angels, no less ours than His
rhe blessed angels whom we think we miss,
Whose emp y graves we weep ma ne or see
md vainiy waite as once In Galilee.-
One, weeping, watched in vain
Where her lost Christ had lain.
whenever in some bitter grief we ind,
Al a deep. mysterious sense
OF hidden comfort come, We know no.
wnence;
When suddenly we see, where we we're blind !
Where we had struggled, are %conteut, re-
signed;
Are strong where we were weak
And no more strive or seek
Tnen we may know that from the far, glad
skies,
To note our need the watchful God has
bent,
And for our instant help has called and
sent,
O al our loving angels, the most wise
And tender one, to point to US where lies
The path that will be best
The path of peace and rest.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-29
Look to Your Books.
Importance Of Reading.

No matter how obscure the position
In life of an individual, IL he can read,
he may at will put himself in the best
society that the world has yer seen.
He may with the greatest
heroes OF the past with all the writers
in prose and poetry. He may learn
how to live, how to avoid the errors of
his predecessors, and to secure bless
ings, present and future, to himself.
He may reside In a desert far away
from the habitations of man in soil
tude, where no human eye looks upoa
him with affection or interest, where
no human voice cheers him with its
animating tones If be has looks to
read, he can never be alone. He may
choose his company, and the subjects
of conversation, and thus become on
tented and happy, intelligent, wise
and good. He thus elevstes bis rank in
the world, and becomes independent,
In the best sen .e, of all debasiDg asso-
Citations and influences.