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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
The Horse on the Prairie.

A young farmer came galloping over
the prairie to us while we trotted along.
Now, if you have never seen the horse
on the prairie, you have never seen him
at all. He belongs there. Until you
see him in his home, you can never re-
alize how tame picture he makes cur
veting in the streets of a city, or pranc-
ing through the thronged drives of a
park. But out here-the day is full of
sunshine, the air of December is brac-
ing and pure, and on these plains it is
exhilarating as champagne. AS far out
on the pale brown prairie as you can
distinguish objects you can see the NOV
ing speck on the horizon, and watch it
coming into clearer view as you see a
ship sail in sight at sea. The figure of
the man and horse seem one the mo-
ton of the easy gallop is regular as mu-
sic, rising and falling in perfect Ca
dence. As they come nearer, the figure
of the horse, perfect in outline and
graceful in every movement, the long
tossing mane, the easy seat OF the rider,
riding with straight knees and long
stirrups, and by and by the muifled tlut-
ter, rather than clatter, of the hoofs on
the turf, and back of and around all this
the background Of far-reaching
prairie diinpling in all shades of brown,
and the setting of sky blue as tur-
quois, with the wide, wild sense of per-
feet freedom, Il universe in sight, makes
picture that you never want to forget,
and could not forget if you would. We
all wanted to shout rs the rider gall
loped up, and, with CHEEKY Hello"
to our driver, went swinging on. l
have seen beautiful saddle horses in
Fairmount Park, and l have watched
riders in Central Park, pounding their
saddles with the trip-hammer ease of
the English riding-school; have seen
the ''hyers" and their wonderful jock
eys, throwing the miles away like so
many seconds in Jerome; l have seen
armies of cavalry sweep across the bat
tle-tield, while the ground fairly rocked
and trembled under their charging feet;
! have watched, thrilled with excite
ment, six-gun battery go wheeling
and laundering into position in the very
face of o charging column at time
when minutes meant hours, but l think
i never saw the horse when he seemed
so much part of the landscape; when
all the freedom and beauty of earth and
air and sky seemed to be made to har-
monte with him, his strength and beau
ty and grace, until j watched him
sweeping over the great skyencircled
prairies of the West.-R. J. Burdettc IN
the Burlington (Ioa0a) Raa9k-Eye.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
Grand Falls and Beautiful Grottoes In a
River of the Northwest.

For two or three miles above the
Shoshone Falls the Snake River flows
through immense chasms, with walls on
either side hundreds of feet high. The
river is full of rapids for miles, the de-
scent being SO great AT the upper
Shoshone Falls, known as the Twin or
Little Falls, the river is divided by an
island, and the two streams rush over q
precipice and fall into pool 175 feet be-
low. AS viewed from the bluff hum
dreds of feet above, the sight is grand,
and from below there is still more to
admire and awe the visitor. Some four
or five miles down the river we come to
the great falls. where the entire river de-
scends in sheet 210 feet. Some thirty
or forty miles further down stream il
Solomon Falls, extending quite dis
tance. The greatest of these falls is on
ly twenty feet, but the forms and great
number of the falls and cascades make
it very beautiful.
But q short distance above the falls is
the most remarkable sight we have ev-
er seen. In the high bluffs along the
river there issues numerous great
springs, the waters of which fall over
the rocks and are lashed to silvery
SIfeanlS anu spray Ill Inelr ucScenC. Ine
first OF these pours over 4 cliff in a semi
circular form and falls over 200 feet.
AS seen from the opposite side of the
river it is very beautiful. Further down
the river is a much grander sight. A
stream of water equal to that of a small
river pours out of the bank and falls
over the rocks in silvery streams of al
most every conceivable shape and form,
while the spaces between are lined with
green moss and shrubs, SO that it pre-
sents an appearance OF an immense
grotto.-Onaaha Bee. .fAe5- ~4.,A5
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
How Frenchwomen Are Loved,

The Provencal women are the state
Hest, most queen-like specimens of their
sex that l have ever seen. Tall, we'll
formed. strong, with piercing black eyes
and bronzed faces. they charm the eye
and attack the heart of the lover of the
beautiful. There is ever, too, a smile
upon their lips, reflection of the suns
rays from their pretty faces, as they
chatter in their rich old Provencal dia-
lect.
In any other country than France
these faces would photograph them
selves upon the hearts of men, and
rouse passion which only its return
could soothe. Men would love, live,
fight or die for the women of Provence
at least EnglShmen would-but such
things are unknown in France. / do
not say unknown here only, but unknown
in France. The Paris exquisite may af-
feet a taste in women as he does a taste
in horses. He may even spend his
time and money in their pursuit; but as
q nation, and with but very rare eXcep-
tions, the love of woman as woman does
not exist in France.
To the Frenchman the woman is ev-
erything except his hearts loves. She
is MS business partner; IN IacC, Lne man.
aging partner of the business while no
lives in his cafe. In the country she is
his laboring man, his purse-keeper, his
adviser, otter his master. To the pro-
fessional man sbe is tho mother of his
| children, the bringer of certain dot to
the family store. In politics she is the
center around which men congregate.
In religion, the deputy and representa-
tive of all mankind at church. But in
the heart of Frenchman she has no
place and no home.
When 1 say generally of France, ]
say particularly of this place, and all
country places are made as
! business partnerships are made, with a
due regard to business arrangements on
all sides, and without any reference
whatsoever to any impulses of the heart.
Only few days ago one of our hand
soonest young fellows gave up one Of
our prettiest girls, whose parents are
rich, because the sum of hard cash to
! be handed over to him on the day OF
marriage was not equal to his demands.
He will now, of course, look for another
wife as he would look for another farm
with sole regard to its incomebringine
| prospects.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02

The Indianapolis Saturday RevieaO re-
marks that the tendency of modern taste
is to abolish tho epitaph entirely. ''The
name alone on the tombstone tells its
own story and speaks Metruth." 1t does
not tell the story, however, which in
many cases strangers would like to oknow;
and it will be long before friends of the
dead consent to let the epitaph 60 en-
tirely out of fashion. But really there
would seem to be no need of carving
doggerel on the marble. One of the
most touching epitaphs ever penned is
in Spring Grove, at Cincinnati, on the
monument of Louise Kirby Piatt, first
wife of Don Piatt:
''To thy dear memory, darling, and my own.
build in grief this monumental stone.
All that il tells of life in death is thine;
All that it tells of death in life is mine.
For that which made thy purer spirit blest,
In anguish deep has brought me great unrest;
You, dying, live to find u life divine;
I, living, die till death shall make me thine"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02

Mrs. A. w. Brooks, of East Eliot, in
the State of Maine, has q cat 13 years
old, for which she has been vainly Of
fered $50. This learned pussy will stand
up at the word of command. bow slow
ly or quickly as directed, walk around
the room on her hind legs only, dance.
turn somersaults, go through the mo-
tions of holding a jewsharp in her mouth
with one paw and playing on it with the
other, NEW when ordered to speak, kiss
her paw to visitors, hold a saucer of
milk on her forelegs, and lap the milk.
and stand on her hind feet and with her
forepaws catch bits of bread or meat
thrown to her, like a baseball player.
Her kitten, year old, will turn somer-
saults. The same lady had a hen which
always wipes her feet on the mat on en-
tering the house, and if asked, ''How do
you get your living, biddyP" will scratch
on the floor, look to see if she has
scratched out anything, and then look
at the questioner to see if the answer is
correct.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
The 0nhan Hn11on

The house is of one story, box-shaped,
and built around hollow square. The
front door is on level with the street.
The house has huge openings, extending
from floor to ceiling, considered to be
doors and windows. The last are IRON
barred, without sash or glass. There is
one great door, through which column
of infantry might march, and through
which the family carriage has its en-
trance and exit, horses and all. Every
thing that goes and comes must pass by
the way of this stately portal. By it
enter the marketing, the charcoal, the
baggage and the horse-feed; the doctor,
the visitor, the young man who is in love
with Dolores, and the tax-collector.
Out of it and into the street go the sta
BILE and kitchen refuse, the beggar with
his aims, the visitor with his hat in his
hand, the bride to church and the coffin
to burial. The key of this massive gate
is as large as q eridiron.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
Wedding Pines.

The city of Gouda, so famed for the
old stained glass in the Cathedral, and
more generally associated with the man
ufacture of Dutch pipes, is about fifteen
miles from Rotterdam. Among the va
riety of pipes made there is one called
the wedding pipe; it is three feet three
incnes long in the stem; the bowl is Or
namented with coats-of-arms. The
Dutch make festivals of the copper we'd
ding, the silver wedding, the golden
wedding and the diamond wedding. On
the occasion of the copper wedding the
stem of the pipe is ornamented with
copper leaves twining all the way up
the stem, and at each successive festival
the leaves are renewed according to the
date of the commemoration, which sell
dom passes the golden. In Amsterdam
l once saw diamond-leaved pipe which
had been prepared for seventy-tifth
wedding. Good Words.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
A Rig Head of Steam.

Topnoody made up his mind that he
was not going to be bossed any longer
by his wife, so when he went home at
noon he called out imperiously, '.Mrs.
Topnoody! Mrs. Topnoody!" Mrs. T..
came out of the kitchen with q drop of
sweat on the end of her nose, dish-rag
tied around her head, and rolling-pin
in her hand. ''Well. sir" she said,
sswhatIl you have!.' Topnoody stagger-
ed, but braced up. ''Mrs. Topnoody, l
want you to understand, madame
and he tapped his breast dramatically
81 am the engineer of this establish
ment.' ''Oh, you are, are you? Well,
Topnoody, I want you to understand
that r'-and she looked dangerous
am the boiler that will blow up and
sling the engineer over into the next
county. Do you hear the steam escaping,
Topnoodyp'' Topnoody heard it, and he
meekly inquired if there was any assist
ance he could render in the house work.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
The Fallen Lean
nY CHARLES E. BANKS.

Down from a trembling branch, like silent
tear of grief,
To the murmuring stream below, fioated fall
ing leaf.
Out on the flowing brook, smooth as a wild
birds song
Caught by a lily's stem, floating again along.
Down where the cataract wild dashes it's silver
spray
One moment whirled above, then over on
away.
Swift where the whirlpool dark boils like a
maddened brain,
Round and about is tos't, then wildly on again.
Out where the river wide spreads like an op'n-
ing scroll
Out to the hungry sea-lost is the leaf, and
soull
Only the parent stem misses the gentle weight!
Only the hearts of home list for the clicking
gate.
Brook, stream, and river wide-fair, false, and
treacherOuS sea-
Lifo's everchanging tide-Death and Eternity.
Chicago Tribune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
The Bostonian's Bet and How He Won It.

Inc B0Sc0nianS bet and How he Won lts
A young man in Boston remarked to
a loading comedian Of one of our popu-
lar theatres that he was anxious to at
tend one of Nine. Adelina PATHS con-
certs-I believe the second-to hear the
world-renowned songster sing the beau
tiful melody, '.Home, Sweet Home"
But my boy, you're not going to pay
$5 for seat, surely, remarked the COM
edian.
mo; you see we must crush the mo-
nopoly of these foreign artists, and yet
must hear Home, Sweet Home and
above all the fair Patti" responded the
admiring youth.
"But how, my dear fellowP You don't
know herp''
''Well, I'll write to her, and 1 bet III
get an answer"
Yes" interrupted the comedian,
with a laugh, requesting you to pur-
chase your ticket at the box office"
mo; on the contrary, the letter will
inclose ticket"
"a bottle of wine you don't get it."
'Done. You've lost" remarked the
young Yankee.
He accordingly wrote letter, inclos-
ing ticket of a lecture by somebody
on John Howard Payne, the author of
Home, Sweet Home," stating that he
was q friend and companion of the dead
Payne, having been present at his death
bed in Tunis, Africa, in 1851. He also
remarked that it would be the sincere
wish of his life to once again hear the
beloved song of his old friend.
Nine. Patti Immediately returned a
letter inclosing one of the best seats in
the house, the young man thus winning
the wager.
But the amusing part of the story is
yet to be told. The young man went to
the concert naturally shaky, in fear the
seat might have been marked that was
to be occupied by the pseudo-companion
of John Payne, in the event of which an
interview was inevitable concerning the
last moments of the author of Home"
AS he was proceeding to his seattle
third from the aisle-an old gentleman
was about to seat himself on the first seat.
With presence of mind our young friend
remarked to the elder party that he had
better take the seat he was to occupy,
as it was far more desirable, and that,
as he was to go out several times dur
ing the concert, he would be sure to
greatly Inconvenience him. After few
selections an usher approached and re-
marked to the old gentleman that Nine.
Patti requested his presence behind the
scenes, much to the old party's aston
ishment. He demonstrated, remarking
that he was at loss to understand the
diva's request, but at length he COM
! piled. There he was cordially received
as the old companion of John Howard
Payne, and the situation can be better
imagined than described. Well, the old
gentleman's heart went pit-a-pat, pit-a-
pat, while our young friends went pity
Patti, pity-Patti. ti.-BOstoaa Globe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
Why James Buchanan Never Married.

!
The story of Mr.. Ruchanan's $ courtship
and coratreteneps with his l;4dy-love which
induced him to live and die bachelor
has often been told, but the writer's new
er seem to have learned the real history
of the case, which was related to me
pverforty years ago by an intimata friend
and ncighbor of Mr.. Buchanan, the late
John Snyder, of Pittsburg. Pennsyl-
vania. Mr.. Buchanan after he return
ed home to Lancaster, Pa, after the war
of 1912, opened a law office, and his tall
ents and industry soon secured for him
large and lucrative practice, which ex-
tended over Lancaster and the adjoining
counties. He was large, fine-looking
young man, and his society was very
much sought after, especially by the
ladies. In the course of time he became
engaged i'll marriage to one of Lancast-
er's beautiful and accomplished daugh-
ters, high-ninded, Independent, but
rather naughty and domineering lady.
Professional business called Mr.. Buch-
anan to Il neighboring county, where he
remained for several days, and when he
returned, late in the day, he found his
Office filled with clients awaiting his ar
rival, who kept him engaged until after
the usual bed-hour at night, without
even atfording him an opportunity to
take his supper. As soon as he was re-
lieved from his clients he FASTENED to the
home of his lady-love, only to find it
closed and dark. Early the next morn
ing, however, he repeated the visit He
rang the bell, when a servant appeared,
and in response to his inquiry for the
object of his visit, was informed that
'sshe was not at home" This he knew
was falsehood, for he caught a glimpse
of the lady through an upper chamber
window as he was approaching the
house. He went away but never called
again. Both parties were too proud and
independent to ask or make an explana-
ton. The lady soon afterward went in
to decline and died. Mr.. Buchanan
never courted another lady, and, al
though fond of the society of the gentler
sex, he lived and died bachelor. Gin
ci7l7lati Enqutrey.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
She Thought it Was Just Too Lovely.

An Oil City young man was reading
in the Derrick, about recent doings in
the Arctic regions, and his best girl was
sitting near by, Watching the wagging
of his moustache as the words rolled
out. She was evidently more deeply
absorbed in the moustache than the
story He continued:
''She arrived at the mouth of the river
Lena about three months ago. The
Jeanette was crushed" "
"What?" quickly asked the girl start
ing up.
T" 'Jeannette was crushed by"
'sOh, but wasn't that just too lovely!
Only think, to be completely crushed"
''What are you talking about, dear
est?" asked the young man in surprise.
81 was saying how grand it was to be
crushed. Did you say it was Lena or
Jennette that was crushedp'
''Jeannette, of course
ooh, how ] wish had been in the
Jeannette's place"
Then the press of business neeessitated
turning down the gas, and the meeting
closed in harmony. oil city Derrick.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
A Long-Lived Race Of Tobacco Users.

ID. A. Hulett, member of the Demo-
cratic General Committee in Brooklyn,
while standing in the city-hall yesterday
smoking, said, when asked if hewas not
a great smoker:
s'Yes, an uncle of mine has just died
from excessive smoking. He was 81
years old, and both smoked and chew
ed My father refuses to take warning
by him, and, although he is now ninety
years old, he keeps on smoking and
chewing as he has done for u half-cen-
tury. A grandfather of mine died in
1850 after having used tobacco freely
for eighty-five years. Tobacco must
have killed him. He was within two
months of being 100 years old when he
died. ''-NeU York San.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
Why is Thia2

There is a species of slovenly pro-
nounciation which the dictionary certain
ly upholds We must not, for instance,
say howl for hovel, but we must say
grov'l for grovel. We are required to
say hev'n and elev'n for heaven and
eleven, but are at once out of the palo
of good speakers if we say Elm for
Ellen. To say devil for bevel, or bush'l
for bushel is to prove ones self vul-
garian; but not to say evil for evil is to
set ones self down as an ignoramus. 1t
is wholly wrong to say pan'l for panel,
put wholly right to say old n for olden
1t isreally impossible to account for these
differences. They are certainly IRA
tional, and the wonder is that they
should continue to receive the support
of orthoepiStS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
Venetian Women.

Being almost wholly uneducated, the
Venetian lady is naturally an invet-
crate gossip. Her tongue wags eternal
ly, and can only wag about the small
talk of her native town, for all beyond
it is an unknown world to her. Every
afternoon she goes to a reception of a
friend, when she is not herself receiving.
At these receptions there are twenty or
thirty women, and one or two stray
men. Each fresh arrival is handed
round to be kissed by all the ladies, and
when visitor goes those who remain
pick her to pieces rs crows do carrion.
Strangers in this they include even
Italians who are not Venetians-they
regard with distrust and dislike. They
appear to be on friendly terms with
them, but behind their backs they sneel
and jeer at them. No matter how long
they may have resided here, the line OF
demarkation is kept up. AS the Vene.
tian ladies talk patois among themselves
and as many of them are unable to talk
anything else, they never get over a feel
ing of awkwardness and constraint wher
with those whose language is the pure
Italian. When not either at home MOI
visiting, the ladies are seated on the
Piazza of St. Mare, where they NEE
the men of their acquaintance and in
terchange notes.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
Sober Second Thoughts.

81 don't care for money" said George
Sand, ''but for spending it,
When you make love to her the cold
woman says, mo-" the passionate,
"Yes;'' the capricious, "Yes and no.
and the coquettish neither "Yes'' mol
mo"
Do not marry, because your wife will
be ugly or she will be pretty. In the
former case you won't like her; in the
latter some one else will.
The men who make fewest conauests
among women of the world are those
who have the best opinion of them.
Services to be rendered reconcile
friends whom service rendered have
estranged.
Consultations console only those who
are willing to be consoled.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02

We sometimes wish that nature had
designed us for a hired girl instead of an
editor, so that we could have been more
independent. In this country ''a hired
girl is only another name for atfluence
and financial stability. 1t is not an un-
common occurrence for girl TO come
West, work at regular wages for two or
three years, and then, as an heiress,
marry bloated capitalist and settle
down. 1t is horrible fact that, unless
something is done to prevent the CEN
tralization of capital among the servant
girls of Wyoming, q revolution cannot
be aVOided.-LQrdnaic BoO2nerd1l0,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02
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An honest man is the noblest pursuit
of woman. - ..--s---.as>..

1t is said that Mexican ladies, even
among the wealthiest families, make
their own dresses, almost as universal
rule. Perhaps that is the reason why
there are so few changes of fashion In
that country.
Saint-Cyr is the ''West Point, " the ma
tional military school, of France. The
cadets of Saint Cyr are never allowed to
attend political meetings of any charac-
ter. Ten of them We're some time ago
expelled by General Campenon for LIST
sniag n a Reitiesl 9gatieA.,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02

Pueblo, Col, the rival of Denver, is q
growing and ambitious city, supplied
with water, gas, street cars, Herdics,
electric facilities, etc. 1t is the center
of large extent of agricultural, stock
raising, and mining country, and is also
becoming an important manufacturing
place. Dance halls and drinking saloons,
usual coneomitants of pioneer growth
are abundant, %s"r-~ 15,a9
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02

A veteran seaman in the naval asylum
of Philadelphia naively says: "History
shows that q sailor must get drunk, and
after twenty five or thirty years of hard
sea service he is entitled to get drunk.
But how drunk can he be expected to
get on 81 month"; This is rathel
short allowance for grog.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02

A time will come, and that soon when
all men will be convinced that there can
be no king without republic, and no
republic without a king; that both are
as insoparable Us body and soul. The
true king will be a republic, the true re-
public king. -NocaIiS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-02

Connecticut has over eleven thousand
more females than males. In the small
est towns in the State the rule gener-
ally is that the men exceed the women
in numbers. The cities show q surplus
efWe@sps