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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
Nine, 0utrey,

Nine Outrey is slender and graceful,
with dark hair, gray eyes. and pale
complexion, one of the most refined and
elegant women of her circle and rather
the leader of the diplomatic ladies so
cially for many seasons. Before her
marriage to the distinguished French
man she was Miss Helen Russell, of one
of the old and wealthy families of New
York. The Russells were among the
earliest to perceive the advantages OF
Newport as a summer residence, and
their handsome villa on Bellevue avenue
has been point of social attraction for
more than score of years. Nine. Out
rev possesses herself a charming resi-
dence at Lenox, Mass, and has spent
several summers there with her family
of little ones M. Outrey retires now
from the diplomatic service, and will
hereafter reside at Paris, where Nine.
Outrey's mother and many of their rel.t-
tives have their homes. Owing to deaths
on both sides of the family, the OEtreys
have been in deep mourning during the
last year of their stay in America and
have been almost retired from society.
The minister's successor, named some
months ago. was nj. RouStan, the fire.
brand of red republican, whose duels
and doughty deeds have exercised the
sister republic for some years. Grave
! doubts are expressed now as to whether
/ M. Roustan will come at all, his mali
cious countrymen accusing him of fear OF
| the ocean voyage and of distrusting the
friends who would have charge of his
interests during his absence.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
Ecoentrioiti6s of Hotel Guests.

'tDo You see that man going off with
that bell boy?" asked clerk in one of
the leading hotels in this city of re-
porter, says the Detroit Free Press. AL
affirmative answer was given at which
the clerk continued: THAT man is
worth hundreds of thousands of dollars
and is at the head OF business which
probably amounts to upwards of mill
lion dollars year, vet he cannot write
his own name. He stops with us four
or five times a year and I always regis
ter his name for him without asking any
questions, for | know of his inability,
and he knows that / know it,
How about his bill? | should think
hotel clerk might cheat such man."
said the reporter.
''We never cheat anybody" said the
clerk in an injured tone, and he contin-
ued: 81 pity the clerk who tries to swell
old IS bill | don't know whether
he can read figures or not, but you may
bet he can tell mighty soon whether his
bill is right or not, even to a centr'
The above remarks led to a very in
teresting chat, during which the clerk
related Il few of the eccentricities he has
met with during twenty years which he
has spent behind hotel desks. One of
the oddities was told of well-knowD
star actor who never takes meal out
side of his own room, yet who never
eats anything-at least in the hotel
beyond Graham bread toasted, black
tea, cold roasted or smoked meats with
q dessert OF toasted cheese and crackers.
81 presume the simplicity of this diet is
the cause of his eating his meals in his
own room,' said the clerk.
Another interesting note was of q
wealthy mana resident of this city
who seldom misses an evening that he
does not visit the hotel reading-room
and spend from one to two hours read
ing the Detroit daily papers.
A novel way of carrying money was
revealed by the clerk, who told of a
guest who always has from $500 to ST.
900 on his person and upon reaching
the hotel hands the clerk package
done up in tissue paper in such way as
to look like package of tobacco or q
roll of calico or anything besides bank
notes. ''His package of cash has be-
come so well known to the clerks that
when they see it in the safe they re-
mark, Hello, old Tissue is here again. :"
Illustrative of some of the trials ho-
tel clerk has to put up with, was told
the hobby of an old man who insists on
having two rooms with connecting
doors, Il man to remain in the room and
keep awake with. the gas turned on full
head while he sleeps. Fear of sudden
illness and possible death, (which fear
has existed seven or eight years, to my
knowledge" is the reason the old gen
tleman requires a companion.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
Nothinr Like Paner,

The old adage used to be, nothing
like leather 1t should be ''nothing
like paper" Paper is used for almost
everything. Among the things made of
paper exhibited at the Berlin Exhibition
not long since, were paper buckets,
'bronzes,' urns, asphalt roofing, water
cans, carpets, skirts, whole suits of
clothes, iewelry, material for garden
walks, window curtains, lanterns and
pocket handkerchiefs. The most strik-
ing of the many objects exhibited in
this material was, perhaps. 9 fire stove,
with a cheerful fire burning in it. There
were newly-invented railway carriages
and carriage wheels, chimney pots,
flour barrels, cottage walls, roofing tiles
and bricks and dies for stamping, all
made of paper. Attention has frequent
ly been called to the value of ordinary
sheets of paper as a substitute for bed
clothes, or, at least, an addition to bed
clothes. The idea seems to have sug-
gested the fabrication of ''blankets'
from the cheap material, and if al that
is said of them is true, they ought to he
extensively used.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
Dog and Telephone,

Brutcs-at least domestic ones--share
the advantages of scientific advance
ment by the human race. Dogs can
hear their masters voice farther off
than they could once-and smart dog
soon learns where to listen.
A gentleman in Warren, r. l., who
has sometimes assisted in the transmits
sion of messages by telephone, owns a
beautiful pet dog named Pat. The dog.
having lost sight of his master, went to
the telephone Office in search of him,
and the operator, understanding the OBJ
.ject of Pats visit, called for his master
at place bethought he might be, and
informed him that Pat was looking for
him, and was Immediately answered,
and placing the instrument to the dog 5
ear. he at once evidently recognized his
masters voice, and started for the door.
greatly excited, and asked in dog a
language to be let out that he might go
in pursuit of him -Pfovidenoe lestxaak
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
For Married People.

You make mistake when, in your
anxiety for your home and home com
forts you send your husband to his So
cial pleasure alone, thus compelling
him to seek enjoyment away from your
restraining influence.
You make mistake when you econo-
mize in things that would tend to your
wife's good looks OF health, thus depriv
ing her of her very means of growing
daily more and more attractive in your
own eyes. and cheating yourself out of
much domestic enjoyment.
You make mistake in being careless
of your person or dress, which forms
one of the principal pictures on memo
rvs wall, the mother or wife in neat
home attire.
You make mistake when you but
ton your small change in your pockets,
excusing it by the reflection: Il have
not enough for myself; when l have
more than want will divide" You
make an inexcusable mistake right
there.
You make mistake when he comes
home, fretted and tired with life's cares
and struggles, that you do not divert
his mind by some cheerful story or
song, and make him feel that no mat
ter how cold and unfeeling the world is,
there is one sure haven of refuge, un-
failing, to which he is more than well
come.
You make a mistake in not taking in
to your business confidence your wife
she who is to use and distribute earnings.
Her skill and foresight would save you
many heart and headache, if she
could only see things as you see them.
You make a mistake when you set
your children an example of disrespect
for their father, who has the first right
to their and your obedience and atten-
ton.
You make a mistake when your son
comes to you, and in broken tones con-
fesses his error and weakness, that you
do not comfort and strengthen him tC
do right, instead of giving censure and
reproof.
You make a mistake when you leave
your young daughter to learn by sorrow
and experience the lessons she should
have been taught at her own tireside.
You both make terrible mistakes il
not walking firmly and honestly, side
by side, in the paths you want YOU
children to follow.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20

With Horn sound begins the interest
in Spitzbergen. as the place was the
scene of a cruel tragedy as was ever en-
acted. The story has in it all the dra-
matte elements OF Il thrilling novel OF
the old schools, and finds fitting de-
nOuementi III the mines of Siberia. On one
of the innermoSt islands of Horn sound,
st few years ago, were found Il heap of
nine skulls, said to be those of Il Russian
crew murdered by Il party of English
whalers. These mur,lerers were never
discovered, but another and still more
remarkable discovery was made in the
wear 1858 by q Norwegian sea captain,
near this place, and it is Of this Iintend
TO tell. It is the commonest occurrence
for ships that venture up here to lose
one Or more men 4 trip, and so when
the other members Of the small crews
say five or six men-return home and
report that they have lost comrades, no
particular attention is paid to the news
beyond the little circle widowed by the
lost men.
1t happened somewhere about 1S49
that the crew Of a Russian whaier made
their way to Archangef and reported
that they lost their captain and two men
on Spitzbergen through an accident. de-
taiIs'of which were given. The captain
and his men were mOurned, and in 1t
little while the affair was forgotten. liz
1858, however, the Norwegian captain
in question, while out hunting for rein
deer, found three human skeletons, ana
beside them gun from which the stock
was rOtting. On the barrel of the gun
were scratched number of inscriptions
in Russian, which the Norwegian was
unable to make out. He brought the
gun home with him, and sent it to Arch:
angel, where it was found to contaiA
the history of the captain and the tw.r
men, previously reported as having bee1
killed by accident. The Inscription toll
how the owner of the gun and his two
men had been basely deserted by thu
others of the crew, for whom they wers
out procuring food, and left to die Ct
exposure. Those of the crew then alivs
were arrested and sentenced for life t.,
work in the mines of Siberia. The poQr
captain and his men must have suffered
terribly, for, from dates on the gun-ths
last of which was March Sit was learn
ed that they had survived a greater part
of the winter
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20

While engaged in improving the
ground around the old Catholic Church
in Ysleta, New Mexico, some parties
dug out of the ground large silver
lamp. Investigation and research
proved that it had been brought over TO
this country from Spain about 154S By
Cordovan, the well-known prospector
and settler. The lamp is of the very
finest silver and very heavy and valua-
BILE. 1t was sent to Santa Fe, New Mex
leo, where it was cleaned and FURNISHED
and returned to the church, an object
of curiosity as well as valuable relic
and ornament. This church was con
structed in the year 1880. under the au-
spices of the Franciscan friars. Pas0
Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
The Editor, the Hopper-Grass and the
Snake,

The editor of the Swainesboro, Ga,
Herald went out hunting on Saturday
evening, and while hew chasing a jay
bird from tree to tree, a large chopper
grass flew up i'll front of him and
frightened him very much, and he (the
editor) Immediately shot the poor little
thing; after he had killed the hopper
grass he, in brave, defiant manner,
said: Now, scare me again" He
walked on looking every minute for
another ''hopper-grass" to scare him
again, but he had not gone very far be-
fore he discovered a large coach whip
had wound itself around his leg, prepar-
atory to giving him whipping, he got
scared again, he kicked and pranced
around considerable, until he got the
snake cxtricated from his leg, and i'm
mediately dispatched his snakeship.
He did not stop to look for any more
Jay BIRDS ''hopper-grasses,'' and
''snakes,n but struck a bee line for
town, where he arrived nearly out Of
breath.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
One of Puck's Tracts,

Yes, little boys, it is very naughty to
be naughty, and if you do what you are
told not to do, you will in the end wish
you had not, and you will not find any
thing in the Story Papers to console you,
either.
Listen to the story of District Tele-
graph Messenger, and how his sin laid
him out.
Like all District Telegraph Messengers
he was very bad little boy. His uni
form was always dirty, and he smelled
of fish and cabbage, and he never took
off his hat in the house, and he always
left parcels at the wrong addresses, and
he never knew where any place was,
and he was rude and uncivil.
But one nice day "a wise old gentle
man sent him to s. watchmaker's with
an order for little parcel, and hurry
up, and ride both ways. So the boy
went quickly and got the parcel, and
put it in his trousers-pOcket. He thought
it was a watch. But it was Pedo-
meter
A Pedometer is an instrument that
registers every step you take. And this
Pedometer commenced registering right
off. just as the boy commenced letting
himself out.
First the boy went three blocks out
of his way to see q safe hoisted to the
third story of building. And the Pedo-
meter registered that little trip. Then
he met some other messenger boys, and
played tag for while. And the Pedo-
meter kept on registering. Then he
saw policeman taking drunken man
to the station, and he joined the process
sion for few blocks. And the Pedo-
meter was right on hand with its little
register; then he met some messenger
boys, and they had nice little game OF
| par. And every time he went over an
other boys back the Pedometer regist-
cred.
And when he was quite ready, he re-
turned to the old gentleman and gave
him the parcel, and said he had ridden
both ways, and that the matchmaker
had kept him waiting.
But the old gentleman was ascientifio
old gentleman, and when he looked a
the Pedometer, he was so much inter.
ested in the phenomenal record the boy
had made that he went around and tolC
the Company about it, and kept OF
worrying the Company, until now tina
boy has more time than he wants to play
tag and leap-frog and get larruped by
his kind parents.
Boys, be good and don't fool witt
Pedometers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
Before and After.
BY r. A. JACKSON.

An old man bowed with years, whose many
storms and burning suns
Have shattered, twisted, scared.
a blooming youth. The present is his time:
his swift hope rlIIh
Forth eagerly. The future is unfeared.
Frosts of old age and shadows of the past can
find no dwelling place
With mornings sun and manhoOds dawn.
What wonder that the youth should say with
half cOntemptuOus face,
Poor wretch! 'twere well that he were
gone"
Another gnzes on that feeble sire-he too, a
youth;
But in his past enshrOuded is q bier.
With what wiStful tenderness he looks and
signs,
IF mine were only hcre!'
o magic DEATH thy wand transforms not only
those who die,
1t touches with sweet memory's spell the liv-
ing ear and eye.
Music, that others cannot hear, doth lend its
SOftening powers,
And dusty paths to other eyes are blossoming
Ger with flowers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
Oscar Wilde's Story Of Rosatti's Wife,

AT my request Mr. Wilde repeated the
story he had told in Boston to the poet
John Boyle O'Reilly's guests, of Roset-
It's wife-a beautiful woman, with q
wonderful glory OF red gold hair, who
had entered his life to mold and color
it with her love and to shape all his
work. One day, in the act of raising
Venetian glass filled with wine to her
lips, she died. No one knew why
With her life passed away ell his inter
est and his hopes, and the sonnets
which he felt to be her work as much
rs his, he put into u leaden casket and
had buried with her in her coffin. Some
years after his friends begged that he
would restore TO the world the poems,
and, at last, they prevailed upon him to
| allow them to be taken from the grave.
To do this, they applied to Mr. Bruce
| Ga secretary and the authority, | sup
pose) who, Mr.. Wilde humorously said
could understand q thing that was an
export or an import, or that had Il name
on the stock exchange, but to whom
| the word poet conveyed nothing, and
who was lost i'll amused astonishment
that anyone could think that poet 5
works could confer honor upon Eng
| land. However, in the end permission
was given, the grave was opened, the
coffin lid raised, and behold, the beau
tiful red hair had grown to great length,
and wound about her grave-robe; the
leaden cashet had broken by weight of
the earth upon it, and the wonderful
hair had grown in and around the SON
nets, and made a lace-like mesh on ev-
cry page.-Fiorence l. Duncan in quiz,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
Probably no author in the nineteenth

Probably no author in the nineteenth
century has shown as great degree OF
courtesy to autograph hunters as Mr..
Longfellow. many reluctant authors
having admitted that their silence I'M
der written application OF their impati-
ence at personal request has been met
with the remark, ''Why, Longfellow
sent me his at once Only successful
author knows the tax this can become,
and even Longfellow's compliance fail
ed at last
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20

A mining company in Siskiyon coun-
ty, California, recently turned off an old
horse which had been working whim
in their claim for twenty-seyen years,
and is now 33 years old. He appears
still hale and hearty, and seems to take
much comfort in his release from har-
ness. $780,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
A Fair Inferance.

$50 this is the Quaker City" said q
stranger, as he arrived in town, and
made for the nearest saloon. 'GOsh!'
he exclaimed. after swallowing a four
finger dose of the fiery poison. Il don't
wonder Philadelphia called the Qnak-
er City. That whisky is mean enough
to make any man quake"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20

There are some wicked people who
would be less dangerous if they had no
good qualities
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20

All Necessaries for the Burial
of the Dead Furnished on short
Notice and on the most Reason
able Terms, Considerate At
tkntiOn Guaranteed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
Business Cards.

MISS L. e. JACKSON,
MEILLINERY GOODS of all kinds, Opera
Nk Block, Ravenna, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
G.. III. GRIFFIN,
WHITE, III. D.,

@ENTIST. Office over First National Bank
Once hours from a. m. to d. m.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
A. N, FARR.

P.B. CONANT,
A TTORNEX AT LAW, Ravenna, o
IN Office in Phenix Block, over Richardson's
Hardware store. l9-d
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j. III, DUSSELL,


A TTORNEY AT LAW, Counsel in
IN English aud German. ONCE over Bel
ding Il Armstrong; Drug Store, Main street.
RaVenna, Ohio.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-10-14

COAL RIVER RAILRoAD.-We
learn that a mortgage to a Phila-
delphia trust company for two mil
lion dollars has been recorded in
West Virginia, on the franchises
and coal lands Of this company to
secure an issue Of bonds for its ben
eft. We take this as a good indica-
tion that this road-One Of the most
important that can be built in West
Virginia, as it will open up one Of
the finest of her coal and timber re-
gions-will now be constructed.
This road will start from st. Adams
(Coalsmouthl station on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway and run up
Coal River, and-alloW us to say
be eventually taken up Guyandotte
river to the Crane Bluestone gap
Flat-top and to a junction with the
New liver branch of the Norfolk
and Western or with the Richmond
and Allegheny eXtension.-Ths Vjr-
qiniOS.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-10-14

Now suffering from wounds or disease Of
an. kind caused 10y military service are
entitled 10 Pension. widows. minor
children, dependent mothers or fathers Of
50 diers who died from the effects of their
service are also entitled Many invalid
peasiosers are entitled to an increase.
Careful assistance given in Delayed or
Rejected Claims, as many can be allowed
with but lille more evid3nc Complete
instructions with references sent on apDli.
cation. CHAS Il GEO. A. KING, At
toraey'at-La", 9l6 T St., Washington.
~ " (jyI.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-10-14
GOMSuIlaDtiOn.

1t is said that $4,000 people die
annually in the United States,
alone, from this disease. In some
sections of the country, one death
in every three is from consump-
ton. This can be, and should be
avoided; our people are too care.
less about an ordinary cough or
cold, and other symptoms of lung
and throat affection that leads to
this disease. You should arrest IL
while in the germ. Two or three
doses Of DR.. BOsanko's Cough and
Lung Syrup viii relieve an ordi-
nary cough or cold. 1t does not
dry up cough like many prepar-
atiOns en- the market and leave
the disease behind it, but acts d.
rectly on the throat and bronchial
tubes, removing all the phlegm
and morbid matter that accumu-
lates in the throat and lungs 1t
allays all irritation, and renders
the voice clear and distinct. Sold
by C.. w. BOWMAN, Druggist.
aug 5 ~.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-10-14

4 Observation-Disclosures there is
an extraordinary occurrence team
runs over q child without hurting
it mechanic falls from a third
story window, and in week after
he is at work again, we are wont to
eXclaim, "what a miracle !" So,
when Mrs. I. 5. Ererline, then of
Allegheny City, Pa, had been sick
with Consumption for a very long
time, had been told by several of the
best physicians of that city that her
time was but for a few hours, that
she must die, and when the use of
but one bottle of Peruad in a week s
time placed her on he feet again and
made her the heartiest eater of the
family, all the people around, as
with one rejoicing voice, exclaimed,
"What a wonderful miracle !" See
page 80 Of the ellis of Life Your
Druggist will give you one gratis.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-10-14
1t is related that Secretary Eyarts

1t is related that Secretary Eyarts
was once one of a party who were
visiting the Natural Bridge in Vir-
ginia. As is usual, after tarrying at
the top they descended and viewed
the wonder from below. While there
the story was told that George
Washington had once stood there
and thrown a silver dollar complete
ly over the bridge. Some of the
party pooh-poohed this assertion,
but Mr.. Eyarts gravely rebuked
them, saying: "You forget how
much farther dollar went in those
days. "-B0StOn Bulletin.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-10-14

Even when the course of true love
does run smooth, 50 weak and con-
trary is human nature that the jeaI-
Gus swain is apt to plague his mind
with imaginary perils, as the follow
ing correspondence will show. His
belief-"If you shud desert me deer
est mary believe i wood do like TO-
ner throw miself OVERLOOKED and be
swallored by a whale" Her sug-
gestion-"That would be very fool
ish. Remember that Jonah only
stayed down a short time. Alliga.
tors have stronger stomachs than
whales. Try an alligator. "-Brooh-
Ign Edgie.