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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-16
Mans Dual Life.
BY WILLIAM REID.

self-eniqma even 10 this hour
MAN ponders on the mystery of mind
The Genius of II universal power
Ihat dominates DER life of every kind;
1hie pressing onward, with presumption
blind,
Some madly dare where others stand agbast,
Or grasp the future while they look behind
10 link the iieCting present with the past,
And with expanding views extend minds en-
pire vast.
And yet man lives not for himself alone,
But for the world, which nc both serves and
SwayS;
For though his spirit sits upon its throne
His life in bondage its behGst obeyS,
And initiates its dark, unstable ways,
In httul passion or despOtiC will,
Or midst its VanitiCS consumes his days;
Or one, some noble purpose to fulfil,
Makes war against its sins and serves it better
still.
The inner life disdane the worlds control.
And is world within itself, unseen
ct seeing ali-fOr there the naked soul
RCiGns absolute, intangible in micn,
And in its moods, impassioncd or serene,
II pcrmeatcs the sense OF everything
In !itc's great COsmOraina, where each scene
Reflects itself as in q magic ring,
Cr concentrated view ofall that change may
bring.
The conscience, monitor and judge within,
Sustatns ifc's actions in their moral poise,
Or awcs the foul III its besettng sin,
Or bids suspected innocence rejoice;
And whispering ever with its quickening
voice,
Approves, condemns, or leads US to discern,
Ere inClinntion fixes on it's choice,
That virtue is shiCld-while vice, we learn
Prompts guilt-pursued by Nemesis, implaca-
bic and stern.
Or thoughts are sacred-egions of the mindl
That fan its flame with many colored-wings,
Or soaring through creations uuconfined,
Pass the dread bounds of all created things,
To where Eternity's vast glory filings
Sublime prOfuGity around her flight,
Until imagination pregnant brings
Its aerial ministers from realms of light
To feast the brooding soul with some newborn
delight.
And hence the poet sweeps the thrilling Tyre,
And glOws with inspiration in his song,
Or wreathCS his flnCieS with immoral fire;
While ecstasy intiamos q vital thrOng,
And bears his soul triumphantiy along
Until it minglcs with the stream of time,
Where all his thoughts to deathless fame be-
long,
InwOvCn with the magic of his rhyme,
AS heavens glory blends with Natures forms
sublime.
The inner life we live unto ourselves
Contains a feast of intellectual fare,
Which, like library with wel-tillcd shelves,
Presents a study for the soul to share;
For it crccts its sanctuary there,
And rcvcls i'll its secrctiYe retreat,
Or shuts the door upon the worlds rude stare
To hold communion with spirit meet,
While fcaSting on sweet hopes, and memories
as sweet.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-16
Coughing Down Bores.

Englishmen like public banquets and
after-dinner speeches. But no matter
how long the dinner the speakers must
wholesome custom which the listeners
Immediately observe-that of coughing
them down. A stranger, present at one
ished at hearing the violent catarrhal
trouble which suddenly SEXES upon the
whole audience when some would-be or
ater becomes q bore. A writer in Lip
pincott's Magazine tells how several
speakers were thus silenced at the din
ner given in London to Charles Dickens
on the occasion of his departure for the
United States:
On this occasion, after the British flag
had been waved long enough, and over
barbarous Abyssinia in particular, a GER
tain Captain Somebody of the Navy in
his speech, kept on carrying it round the
world, with q running talk on ships and
naval reforms in general. A cough or
two having no effect, he received a
broadside which sunk him at once, and
silence at once settled over him.
The same fate awaited Mr.. Tom Tay.
lor, the dramatic writer. Having been
for some years in the organization OF
volunteer rifle companies, it fell to his
lot to return thanks to the toast to the
volunteers. Hearty cheers awarded his
earlier remarks, but instead of wisely
stopping when his audience were
pleased, he diffused his critical observa
tions over such wide surface that he
had to be admonished by a scathing
fire.
Needless of this, he went on, all reas
on having apparently fled, and fatuous
| ly strove to withstand the tremendous
volley which now assailed him. 1t wa
useless He staggered for an instant
and then dropped into his seat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-16
II Was AliYa.'

A happy hilarity was observable in
his gait, and his talk indicated a great
flow of spirits as he sauntered up Vine
street last evening. His name was
Smith, for this occasion only, as he will
not be liable to give another matinee of
the same description, and don't care to
be put down as astar in the programme.
Some of the boys, intent on wickedness,
had removed small cigar sign of a lit
tie Indian maiden, and had substituted
a saddle-cOlored little lady of mixed de-
scent, whose bare legs hung down on
each side of the pedestal with a grace
and ease only attainable by the true
child of nature.
Smiths attention was called to the
supposed sign, and assuming Romeo
under-the-b balcony tone and attitude, he
advanced saying:
.'Uututored child of the forest (hic),
come to my embrace" and suiting the
action of the words, he encircled as
amazed little piece of color as ever was
the recipient of such demonstrative at
tentions. Above the uproarious laugh
ter of the spectators, the voice of the
now animated sign was heard:
"You lemme lone, now, or I'll tell
nah. G'way."
Smith was astonished. Wiping the
perspiration from his forehead, he turn
ed to the appreciative crowd and ex-
claimed: "Great Jehosephat, id if
(hic) ever knew the thing was alive be-
fore. e."-Drunln1cr
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-16
Panclastite.

Something About the Newly Discovered Explosive
The pre-eminence long enjoyed by
dynamite as an explosive power has now
at last provoked rival. The new agent
of destruction has received the name of
Panclastite, and is highly spoken of by
those who have assisted at the prelimi-
nary tests of its efficacy. The two COM
petitors of the highest honors in this
branch of the art Of killing were pitted
formerly against one another at the
port of Cherbourg few days ago, when
the old-established favorite seems to
have been beaten by several lengths.
The experiments were conducted in this
way. A number of holes were bored at
low water in the rocks which are cover
ed when the tide comes in. Some of
them were filled with mining charges of
dynamite, and some with panclastite.
but the quantity of the former was in
each case double that of the latter.
Nevertheless, when the charges were
fired beneath the sea the effects of the
explosion were invariably, as it is said,
much more severe in the case Of the
new than of the old compound. The
trial was repeated several times in diff
ferent places by placing the rival
charges in different formations of rocks,
but always with the same result. Nor
is it necessary for there to be more re-
sistance to the one than to the other
agent. When charge of panclastite
was laid at the side of a railway line
and ignited it shattered the metal into
pieces and did still more damage to the
sleeper than would have been done by
dynamite The credit of the new COM
pound seems, therefore, to be establish
ed beyond the risk of doubt. There is,
however, this important difference be-
tween it and the old agent of destruc-
ton, which may be deemed an advan-
tage for one or the other, according to
the purpose intended. The force neces-
sary for exploding dynamite is repre-
sented by the blow of 12-pound iron
weight dropped on it from height of
about nine inches, and common mining
gunpowder is exploded by the same
weight from a height of about two feet.
Panclastite, however, will not explode
when struck by the same weight at any
height less than thirteen feet, so that it
is apparently safer as well as a more
powerful material.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-16
MysteriouslY Missing Ships,

What becomes of our missing ships?
Time after time we learn that Board of
Trade Courts find it impossible to an
swer this question. Many vessels that
leave our ports apparently in q most
seaworthy condition are never more
seen or heard of, and no amount of in
quiry serves to throw any light on the
cause of their disappearance. Like the
HermeS, whose loss formed the subject
of an investigation at Greenock recently,
they may start with every prospect of a
fair and prosperous voyage, with what
is thought to be a safe cargo, properly
slowed. and under the charge Of a cap
tain and crew equal to any emergency.
And yet, with all these advantages, the
lamentable fact remains that many
share the fate of the Hermes, simply
vanishing, and SO helping to increase
the melancholy record of missing ships.
A valuable abstract which has just been
prepared of the returns issued by the
Bureau Veritas brings out some inter-
esting statistics connected with the rec
ord. 1t shows that the total number
of sailing vessels and steamers lost
throughout the world during the last
two years reaches some $500, and that
of these more than 800 were reported as
missing. OF all the maritime disas-
ters, therefore, that occur it is found
impossible to account with any degree
of accuracy, for at least one-tenth of
them. Guesses on them may, of course,
be made. There is always the chance
of collision to be taken into considera-
ton, or of some flaw in the structure of
machinery which, though it escapes the
vigilance of the surveyors, may unfit
the ship to meet the usual perils of the
deep. There is also the probability that
some of the vessels may have been able
to sneak away in an improper condition
perhaps overloaded and with an in
sutficiency of freeboard. Glasgow Her.
aid.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-16
Nantucket, Past and Present.

Nantucket is raft of sand, fourteen
miles long, moorcd forty miles from
mainland. Over it constant sea breezes
move, and from it muititudes of people
60 bathing. sailing and fishing. Nan
tucket was bought of the Indians in
1859 for thirty pounds and two beaver
hats-about the price of two small cot
tage lots In 1873 small boats began
to put off for the whales which sported
about the island, and for many years
the descendants of Jonah's temporary
bOarding-house were thus captured. In
1865 the first whale-ship went to the
Pacific. Business increased, and, in
1910, Nantucket, with 10000 inhabi-
tants, boasted that she ''lighted the
world" But two great fires have de-
wasted the town, sand-bar obstructs
the channel, supplies are not obtained
as easily as at New Bedford, and to-day
there are but $500 people. Nota whale
ship sails from the dock, the young
men do not pace the quarterback. but
carry summer visitors here and there,
and old captains keep boarding houses
and open restaurants on the European
plan," as one of them told me.
Still there are interesting suggestions
"a IHc lOIIueI uitS ). w dlhS, VI pldC-
forms, are seen on the tops of many
houses, from which people once looked
down the bay to see friends and neigh
bors put out to sea for a cruise of three
or four years. Thence, also, longing
eyes were cast toward the ships coming
to town heavily laden with oil. The
old captains (they are all captains) tell
of exciting stories OF their adventures
among whales and sharks One good
woman told me that in the twenty-one
years in which her husband followed
the sea he was at home in all but eleven
months. The officers and crew always
went out on shares. The captain had
the twelfth to sixteenth 'lay'' that is
one barrel of oil to every twelve or six
teen barrels; the first mate had the one
twenty-tifth to one-twenty-eighth; sec
ond mate, one-forty- fifth; third mate,
one-siXtieth; cooper, one-forty-ffth; the
boat-steerers, one seyenty-seventh to
one eighty-fifth; seamen, one one-hun-
dred-and fiftieth to One-two-hundredth.
With ordinary success man could re-
tire at fifty with competence Green
| field Gazette.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-16
How the Doctor Laid for Him.

The late DR.. c., of Ashtabula, used
in the early days to take long rides
through the. wilds of Ohio. One day he
stopped at an old-fashioned tavern and
called for dinner.
Among the homespun dainties was a
glass of whisky beside his plate, which
he did not trouble. After dinner, when
paying his bill, the landlord said:
twenty-five cents for whisky"
(Which did not touch, and never
do" said the Doctor.
"Well, it was there, and you could
have had it." replied the landlord.
The Doctor said no more, paid his
bill and left.
Calling again not long after it was
noticed that the Doctor, upon sitting
down to dine, placed his medicine case
upon the table. However, nothing was
said at the time.
When he went to pay his bill he
brought in 81 for medicine and advice
But 1 have had no medicine" sale
mine host.
Very well," replied the Doctor, 81
was on the table, and you could have
had it; and also gave you good advice
all the while l was at table"
The nonplussed host squared &C
counts,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-16
A Feat in Surgery.
Transplanting Part of Rabbits Eve Into
Mans

Transplantng Part of Rabbits Eye Into
Mans
An unusual and interesting operation
was performed in the public eye clinic
that is held every Friday from l till
O'Clock in the amphitheatre of Jefferson
College hospital, which will no doubt
turn out entirely successful. 1t con-
sisted in transplanting the conjunctiva
(Which is the layer of tissue forming the
inner lining of the lids and reflected on
to the eyebalD of rabbit into the eye
of a man who was brought into the hos
pital couple of months ago, suffering
from a severe burn that had entirely de-
stroyed his sight. He is young Irish
man named Michael McMuliin, 28 years
old, just over from the old country a
few months, strong, well-formed.
healthy fellow, but as helpless as child
in his blindness. Shortly after coming
over he secured employment in a large
chemical works, and while handling
strong sulphuric acid the fluid splashed
up over his face and head, burning him
terribly and suddenly and completely
binding him. The right eye was de-
stroyed entirely, and the left one so in
jured that anchylo-blepharon resulted
that is, the lids grew fast to the ball,
the burn having destroyed most of the
conjunction 1t was decided by con-
sultation of the surgeons in the eye de-
partment to resort to this rare operation
with the hope of restoring the ball and
lids to their normal condition, and
afterward of securing sight to the in
jured left eye. The chief surgeon, after
some trouble, succeeded in getting a
healthy buck rabbit. large fine fellow
of the iop-ear variety. He was fastened
firmly to an apparatus used in expert
menting on animals, and ether being
administered to the man and rabbit
both were soon under the influence OF
the an9sthetic. Four of the operating
surgeons soon had the eyelid of the man
loose from its firm adhesion to the ball
and ready for the new. conjunction
which two others had carefully and
skillfully dissected from the left eye Of
the unconscious rabbit. The part,
still warm and bleeding, was rapidly
transferred to the under surface of the
mans eye-lid and neatly stitched to its
place. He was then removed to the
ward upstairs, and it is hoped that in 3
few days the wound will be entirely
healed. That much being accomplished.
another different operation will be re.
sorted to that will most likely restore
to the man the invaluable blessing OF
sight. -PhttGdetpftid Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-16
Adulterated, Drugs,

1t is astonishing how little suspicious
even suspicious people are of the drugs
which they take when they are i'll. They
are quite alive to the prevalence of
adulteration in other trades. but they
will swallow medicines hastily fetched
from the nearest chemists without so
much as a misgiving that they are not
in all respects what they profess to be.
Yet in nothing is adufteration so easy
and so profitable as in drugs. The taste
will sometimes do something toward de-
tecting it in articles of food, but in med
icines the taste is almost powerless.-
The patient classes the remedies he is
condemned to take under the general
heads of nauseous and not nauseous,
and he does not care to draw any finer
distinctions. Genuine drugs are often
extremely costly, so that the gains which
can be made by substituting other sub
stances for them may easily be very
large. Yet in no trade are the effects
of adulteration so disastrous as in that
of the druggist. Adulterated food or
drink may sometimes provoke disease,
but adulterated drugs are useless to cure
it. 1t is impossible to say in how many
cases deaths have been set down to the
violence of the malady or to want of
skill on the part of the doctor which
have really been caused by worthless
medicines. The doctor ordered the
medicines he thought appropriate, and
if actually administered, these remedies
would probably have been sufficient to
check the course of the disease. But
what was administered was not these
remedies, but counterfeit of them, and
though the patient did not detect the
difference, the disease did, and the pa
tient died. How to insure that drugs
shall be what they profess to be is one
OF the most importantproblems in prac-
tical medicine, and one to the solution
of which very few contributions have
yet been made SATURDAY ReUieU.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-16
The Wrong Plan.

1t is said Sara Bernhardt is having a
great deal of trouble since she married,
owing to the fact that while she is on
the stage, her husband, Damala, is be-
hind the scenes flirting with the other
girls of the company This is pretty
tough, but Sara should try and make it
up by being unusually loving to some
actor. She could easily learn how to
do it, and it would enhance her value as
an artist. When she was here, and
played Camille, it seemed to us she took
the wrong course with her lover. In
stead of going up to him gently, looking
at him lovingly, and winding her arms
around him, and hugging him, and
showing him by her every move that
she loved him, lit is hard for US to des-
crbe how it should be done without a
working model and telling him that
he was the boss, and that she worshiped
him, and would rather be in his arms
an hour than be in heaven all summer,
she seemed to jump at him Historically,
snatch him around by the collar, fall
onto him and stick her. finger nails in,
and muss his clothes, and grin and show
her teeth and wrinkles, and look sick.
Sara ought to see Mary Anderson or
one of our American girls climb around
| the fellow they love.-PeckS Sun.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-16
The Thrift of French Women.

A Paris correspondent of the Newark
Advertiser writes: ''French women, Of
ten stigmatized as the most frivolous OF
their kind, are in reality the most thrift
ty-a virtue that frequently degenerates
into absolute parsimony. l saw a
striking instance of making the best OF
unregarded trifles the other day, when
dining with one who certainly has rep
utation for prudence. A cherry pie had
been on the table, and the mistress gave
strict injunctions that all the stones were
to be scraped from the plates and placed
in her store-room. l ventured to ask
the reason, and was told that not only
cherry, but plum, peach and all man.
ner of stones, whether cooked or raw,
were invariably saved, gently dried in
the oven and kept in a great jar. Then
said madame, in the winter, when the
fire burns clear and bright in the even
ing, fetch handful and throw them
among the glowing Goals. They crack
and sputter for q moment, send up q
brilliant flame, and, the whole room il
filed with delicious odor,'h
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-16

Maud St. Lisle was surprised and
pleased when the servant announced
that Mr.. Halford was in the parlor, and
wished to see her AS she entered the
parlor Percy arose.
s'Mr. Halford, l am pleased to see
you. My uncle has repeatedly invited
you to call, believe, and we have al
most despaired Of seeing you. Pray be
seated"
THANK you," said Percy, still stand
ing. Il called, Miss St. Lisle, to return
to you a treasure you lost this afternoon,
which | was fortunate enough tC
l." and he handed her the ring.
Tears filled Maud St Lisle's eyes as
she took the ring from his hand.
''Mr. Halford. | cannot tell you how
glad | am to recover this little bauble.
1t was gift from the aunt after whom
l was namcd-a dying gift, which
have ever valued highly.
"When discovered the loss. sent
Harry back to hunt for it; but he re-
turned unsuccessful, and you have
placed me under lifelong obligations to
you"
1t was Percy Halford's intention to
return the ring, and then seek his little
room, but when he entered his cham
Der the village clock struck the hour of
eleven.
Time passed on, and the acquaint-
ance thus commenced soon ripened in
to intimacy. There was so much that
was cOngenial between the two young
people.
Maud could so well appreciate and
encourage the aspirations of the ambi-
tious and persevering Percy, and Judge
Gray was not surprised when his niece,
one evening in September, entered his
library, and said:
Uncle, how would you like me to
marry?"
81 would be pleased to see you mar
ried, Maud, provided you married .
man worthy of you-one who could
rightly appreciate you for your worth
not fortune-hunter."
"'Tis such one think have found.
Percy Halford has asked me to become
his wife. He does not know that | have
fortune in my own right. He is poor
now, but he will not always be poor.
He must succeed in rising in the world,
and he has so completely won my heart
that fear shall be compelled to say
yes to his proposition"
Il am rejoiced to hear you speak as
you do. Percy Halford is noble gift
ed man, and worthy the love of any
woman. May you be happy, and may
Heaven bless you.''
And Maud St. Lisle did say yes. And
when October came, Percy Halford led
the proud and beautiful Maud ST. Lise
to the altar, his bride, and Maud told
him then that she was wealthy, that
they would not be compelled to live as
closely as he had dreamed it would be
necessary, and she looked up archly in
his face and said:
"Percy, the lost ring found me hus-
band.n
And he looked proudly on his bride
rs he replied:
'And the found ring bereft me of all
loneliness, and gave me, in return, Joy
little less than the JOY of Paradise
Verify, requited love can brighten all
things here below, and make this earth
almost a heaven.