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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
How to Fight a Dog,

1t is clear. from the description of the
Struggle with Mad Dog" contained
in your paper, that fighting n dog forms
no part of the training of the MetropoA-
tan police. and as it is an important
branch of the art of seli-defence, L sub
nit this for your Information. The re-
quisite weapon is Il stout stick or trlinch-
con. to be held by Il hand at each end,
acrnss the chest, close to the body. The
dog, on flying Mt the neck, is to be re-
ceived with the middle of the stick,
pushed with the greatest force and rap
idity across the throat of the dog. The
brute, being thus thrown back, isito be
struck on the nose; and should he re-
new the attack (Which is not likeiy) the
dose must be repeated. Before bull
batting ceased in England, u man of
prowess, who will long be remembered
i'm Wensleydale as Deaf jack fought
for a wager. and thus conquered the
most savage bulldog in the district. The
dog came up II second time, but could
not be induced to attack again. The
stick was only two feet long. An Illus
tration of the method will be found in
the tailpiece TO ..Bewick's Birds (Han-
cocks Edition, Lid, vol. L., p. 1879.
Req. G. q. iPrdy, IN So. james Go
zette.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
Tommy's Reward for Returning $4,640
to the Owner.

Tommy Burns, the freckled-faced
newsboy of the Union Depot, is a dis
gusted boy. Besides selling papers,
Tommy keeps en- eye on things general
ly about the depot, and particularly on
elongated cigar stumps. A dusty trav-
eler from Arkansas walked into the
ticket office this morning, and swinging
faded overcoat between his legs he be-
gan negotiations for the purchase of a
ticket to Louisville, Ky. Securing his
ticket, he was referred to the baggage
room to check q box which he dignifed
with the appellation of a trunk. AS he
turned to leave, the benjamin dropped
on the floor, and little Tommy picked it
up and handed it over to the ticket
agent. Shortly after this Sergeant
Burke was standing i'll the ticket office,
when the Arkansas emigrant rushed fran
tically in and proclaimed the loss Of his
coat. ''Well, it's not worth much, is it?'
asked Sergeant Burke, whose quick eve
sized up the rest of the stranger S habili-
ments.
''No; the coat amt worth much, but
it's got ,6IO sewed in the inside"
At this point in the discussion Tom
my's red Uranium popped up in the
group, and he shouted, Il found your
coat, mister" The stranger was given
back his coat and 4,640. and t,,rningto
Tommy Burns, said, .I'll make you a
present, boy and taking Il 81 bill from
his pocket he gave it To the boy with a
great flourish. He said his name was
&. w. Bonnet; he came from Fayette-
vile, Ark, and was on his was TO Il place
near Louisville to buy a farm.-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
TEuups in HOGS.

have heard and read, says a CORES
pondent of the National Lire Stock
Journal, Chicago, a great deal about
the cure of thumps in pigs. The COM
plant usually comes from those who
have their sows overfat at narrowing, or
keep them confined in small pens or
yards. the sows having perhaps been
overfed for fairs. think breeders mako
a sad mistake in feeding their best brood
sows for the '.show pen" We are COM
PEELED by most fair associations to either
show our sows in pig. or to swear they,
have produced n litter within the year;
they are fed, likewise, to the detriment
of the next generation of pigs. Where
sows are fed SO high before farrowing,'
and kept in close pens, us they are COM
PEELED to be during the fair, it is very
injurious to the constitution of the pigs.
Let your brood sows have access to
grass, clover, or rye pasture the year
round; give them plenty of fresh dirt
and water, and don't feed them too rich
food. Get the best boar (Of whatever.
breed you choose), always pure-bred
one, and you can raise healthy pigs. that
will make good feeders, to return a fair
percentage for your labor and feed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
No New Jokes.

There is absolutely nothing new in
jokes. They never die. The Jokes that
are familiar to us are those which our
ancestors enjoyed. They are found in
the most ancient literature that re-
mains, and in hieroglyphics of the ruin
ed monuments of dead empires. Their
unchanged existence through these ages
does not allow that these, like the earth
and man, may have been created by a
process of Development; they must have
been created absolutely, At some stage
of the work of creation the jokes were
launched into being, and they have con-
tinued to reyolve by their own gravity,
the same as the planets. None of them
can be annihilated any more than mat
ter, nor can another be added. No per-
son who attempts originality can get re-
cognized as wit, but any man can,
who has talent for memoriZing the old
stock jokes and funny stories, and for
working them over on all occasions.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
The Growth of New York CITY.

The new year finds this big, bustling,
hurry-scurry city with an increase of at
least 100000 in its much mixed popula-
ton. The increase may even be 15O,-
600. Of the 455,OOO immigrants who
passed through Castle Garden in 1881,
about $50, COO gave New York as their
destination. A great many of these
were bound for other parts of the state,
and many more made their way to
other states after looking around, but it
is safe to say that at least half of the
Whole number remained. The increase
from other sources was already steady
and rapid. There never was such q
year for crowding as 1881. The hotels
were packed, the boarding houses were
full, the tenements Oyerf1owed, the flats
were occupied from basement to top
story, and the private houses were all
tcnanted. And at the present moment
the crowding is greater than ever. The
chief difficulty met by newcomers is to
find places to live in. Houses or apart
ments are not to be had except i'm the
far uptown section, where most of last
years building was done. Through the
central part of the city, say between
Fourteenth street and Central Park,
there are-no vacancies for either rich or
poor. Every building has its full com
plenient of tenants, and persons looking
for apartments may search for days and
not find even n room. 1t is IN excellent
time for the landlords, and they all seem
well pleased with it. as they should.
There will probably be another upward
movement in rents in the spring. House
rent, like pretty much everything else,
is regulated by supply and demand. An
average advance of at least 10 per ceut.
is looked for when the renting season
opens. There is no sign that the rapid
increase of population will stop. The
census of 1880 gave us a total of over
100000. 1t must now be nearly L.
100000, and the rush goes steadily on.
The whole world is tributary to New
York. The tide that flows from Europe
is not the only source of increase by all /
means. All parts of the United States
contribute their quota. People are con-
stantly coming from every section of
the country to stay. They come to find
employment or engage in business, and
they swell the throng that makes New
York more and more cosmopolitan every
year. At the present rate of growth it
won't take many years to run our pOpu-
lation up to 100000. Counting Brook
lyn and the other suburbs, it is above
that figure now, but ii the wonderful in
crease keeps on, as it probably will, the
itself must soon reckon up
the grand total just named.-Letter to
Buffalo Courier.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
Not Appreciated.

An old lawyer. who says he plays mo
kind of musical instrument whateyef,"
has told the reason why he never learn
ed. When he was young law-student
he and his brother, who was studying
medicine, both boarded at home. and at
one time both conceived the idea that
they had more than ordinary musical
talents, and determined to cultivate
them. $50 John bought flute" he
said, lard bought fiddle, and turn
ing one of the attics into study, We
practised there half the night through.
1--WE didn't want anybody 10 know
about it, especially my father, who had
very strict notions as to the value Of
time and no taste for music. So to make
him think we were hard at work, had
quantities of law-books heaped up and
john had q skull and lots of bones scat
tered about, to-the horror of Betsey, the
housekeeper, who slept in the attic.
''She was once our nurse, and was
the only one who could hear us practis-
ing, SO we had no fears of her telling.
s'One morning, a week or two after we
had begun our musical night-work, we
were late at breakfast, and looking
somewhat unrefreshed, father said
''YOu mustn't study too hard, boysr'
'.NO, sir, not at all, !" we both answer
ed, snnilingly. e4s1sh 90
..Just then Betsey appeared at tho
door, and looked mysteriously at moth
er. -.
.'Yes, what is itp' asked mother, sur
prised at the fi,trry Betsey seemed to be
in.G- L''ta .xi5ei ~ lis io .
''Well, ma am, / want to say that In
have to lave you, ma am"
'.Leave me! why, what do you mean,
Betseyp'' ~ 90 i-tt.
Eyes, ma'am; it's the boys at last,
ma'am.. It's going on twenty-five years
that I've lived with you, and it's the
boys ut last. It's not Christian-like,
ma am; can't stand it noways.''
"Why, Betsey, what have the boys
been doing? DO tell US at once,''
"It's Mister John, ma am; and some
times Think Mister Tom helps him. He's
got some poor cretur up stairs, ma am,
and he torments him awful, all night
sometimes, ma am, when you arc asleep.
The poor crctur groans and screams
and almost shrieks. right out, and what
it suffers don't know, but it's dreadful.
know they say doctors must do
such things when they are learning,
but can't stay where such things are
going on. 1 never thought Mister John
was the one to do so, but he does, and
if it's all the same to you. I'll go, ma am.
''Mother saw that there was some
mystery about it, and telling Betsey she
would talk to her again, sent her from
the room, when my brother and were
called upon to explain.
''We never heard the last about that
poor cretur' up stairs, but that was the
end of my violin practice" - Hiiiimantic
(Ct.) Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
Rather Careful.

A crusty-looking old gentleman, ac.
companied by the regulation well-fei
consort and couple of well-favoresl
daughters, entered the dining-room OF
Del Monte, and, as he tucked his napkin
beneath hisgenerous chin, turned round
and fixed fierce glance upon the wei
ter behind his chair. ''Look here, my
man." said the old party, sharply, ''be-
fore L give my order, want to ask you
a question Are you an italian count
in disgr,ise?'' ''Divil q bit,'' replied the
surprised coffee-splasher. 'tNor an
English nobleman, the unaccountable
delay of whose remittances has tempor-
arily compelled, &c.?'' mo, SIR
Nor graduate Of Harvard, and es-
tranged from your father, 81 rich Boston
banker, whose naughty pride is as un-
yielding as your own, &c. ?'' "Oi am
not" 'All right; here's dollar, and
you can bring in the grub. Now that 1
know you are not the regular thing i'll
walters now-a-days-that you are not
going to run off with one of my daugh-
ters, or pick my pocket can eat in
Deaco."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
Magnetic Attraction.
Where th, Nesdlo Of tic Compass Really reiats.

Where th, Nesdle Of tho Compass Really reirts
] beg to state that the reason why the
needle points in the northerly direction
is that The earth in itself is n magnet,
attracting the magnetic needle as the
magnets do, and the earth is a magnet
as the result of certain cosmical facts,
much affected by the action of the sun.
These laws have periodieities, all OF
which have not as yet been determined.
The inherent and ultimate reason of any
fact in nature, rs gravity, light, heat,
etc., is not known further than that it is
in harmony with all facts in nature.
Even an earthquake is in perfect har-
mony with and the direct resultant of
the action of forces acting, under general
laws. A condensed explanation i'll re-
gard to the needle pointing to the north
ward and southwark is as follows: The
magnetic poles of the earth do not coin
eide with the geographical poles. The
axis of rotation makes an angle OF about
twenty-three degrees with line joining
the former. The northern magnetic
pole is at present near the arctic circle
on the meridian of Omaha. Hence the
needle does not everywhere point to the
astronomical north, and is constantly
variable within certain limits. AT San
Francisco it points about II degrees to
the east of north, and at Calais, Me-, as
much to the west. AT the northern
magnetic pole a balanced needle points
with its north end downward in plumb
line. At San Francisco it dips about 63
degrees and ut the southern magnetic
pole the south end points directly down.
The action of the earth upon Il magnetic
needle at its surface is of about the
same force as that Of Il hard steel mag
net, forty inches long, strongly mag
netized, at distance of one foot. The
foregoing is the accepted explanation of
the fact that the needle points to the
northward and southwark. OF course
no ultimate reason can be given for this
natural fact in nature.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
Seven Years Old.
BY A. c. swINBURNE.

Seven white roses on one tree,
Seven white loves of blamcless leaven,
Seven white sails on one soft sea,
Seven white swans ON ono lakes lee,
Seven white flOwer-like stars in heaven,
AL. are types Cnmcct tobc
For Al birthdays crown of seven.
H.
Not the radiance of the roses,
Not the blessing of the bread.
Not the breeze TINT ere day yrow is
Fresh for sails and swans, and closes
Wings above the siin ; great spread,
When the starshinc on the snow is
sweet as sleep on SORROW shed.
Ill
Nothing sweetest, nothing best,
Holds so good and sweet treasure
AS the love whcrcwith once biest
JOY grows holy, grief takes rest,
Life, half tired with hours To measure,
Filishis eyes and lipssnd breast
With most light and breath of pleasure.
w. s-,..
As tho rapture unpoliuted,
. As the passion undciiled,
Icy whpSc force al pains hcart-rooted
Arc frsinsiigIrcd and transniutcd,
Rccompcfiscd and rcconciIed,
Through the inpcriai, ,indisputed,
i.rcscnt godhcad of IL ch Id.
. brown, bright eyes and fair, bright head,
worth Il worthipr crown than this is,
Worth II worthicr song instead:
Sweet, grave, wise, round mouth, full fed
With the joy of love, whose bliss is
More than mortal wine and bread,
Lips whose words are sweet kisses.
vi.
Little hands so glad of giving,
Little heart SO glad of love,
Little suiil 50 glad of living,
q While the strong, swift hours are weaving
Light with darkness woven above,
Time for miTth and time for grieying,
Plume of raven and plume of dove.
VII
can give you but a word,
Warm with love therein for leaven,
But Il song that falls unbearl,
Yet on cars of sense unstiired,
Yc. by song so far from heaven,
Whence You came, the brightest bird,
Seven years since, OF seven times seven.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16

The Inspector of Prince Edward IS
land fisheries reports. a falling, of in,the
catch of mackerel, cod and herring; an
increase in the lobster catch, and no re-
suits worth reporting from the salmon
fishery. The canning of mackerel has
becomei great industry, however, 228,-
953 cans having been'put up last year
as against G,960 the year. before. OF
Holsters 6, ,332 1868 cans We're put up this
year, as against 1851 ,05O last year.
This would be avery satisfactory exhibit
were it not that the niackerel catch de-
creased, and that experts believe the
lobster fishery to be inimminent danger
OF destruction: nj slaE. eL--L a.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
- -, .t i-
A Heart Broken But Frugal Woman

Honesty and frugality lead to wealth,
so we have been told. We ARE therefore
great admirer of honesty and frugality.
We have frequently invited them to our
family circle. In fact, we try to keep
them with us as much as possible. But
we recently read in western paper of
a woman who, according to our idea of
thinking, carried the thing too far.
Her husband, poor man, died-her
sixth one, by the way-and when the
undertaken came to dress him up for
the reunion in the sweet sometime hence,
the poor heart-broken woman, with
tears in hor eyes and a screw-driver in
her hands. took the door-plate off the
front door. had his age added, and then
nailed it on his coffin with shingle nails.
AS she sadly turned away she remarked:
81 low I'll need q new name on the
door soon, anyway" e-..@ >
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
A Man to Whom Vanderbilt Gave Farm,
g., g Al lat l.,

The first wife of the late Commodore
Vanderbilt and the wife of Samuel
Carr were sisters. While Vanderbilt
was laying the foundation of his great
fortune, Carr was going backward. He
finally became almost destitute. Com
modore Vanderbilt then bought Il good
farm, stocked it, and turned it over 10
MIR. Carr as Il present; but il WAS not
long before Carr had spent everything.
He appealed for another trial, but the
Commodore was ineXorable. The re-
suit was that Carr had to be taken to
the Richmond County Poor-House,
where he has remained for the last
twenty years. Recently Mr.. William X.
Vanderbilt, the grandson of Commo-
dore Vanderbilt, interceded, and now
Mr.. Carr, who is 40 years old, is in st.
Luke's Hospital.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
. A Rough PASSAGE.

A gentleman on parting with his
clerks after,a particularly hard days
work, in which all had acquitted them
selves creditably, Remarked: Here,
boys, are some good cigars you can en-
joy tonight" The boys grabbed them
eagerly, but to their disgust found they
were all cracked and broke from being
carried in his pocket. They handed
them back without saying word.
"What's the lnatter?'' said the en-
ployer, in dismay. Don't you know
those are innported?'' - =
s.Well, they must have had a rough
passage" retorted one of the boys
Col,tltlb,xs Gt,DskoZ.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16

Chicago girls need looking after. Two
of them ran away with saddle-horses,
and now all the youth of that city gave
the young ladies wide berth, for fear
they will attempt to run away with tho
young men. Oscar Wilde is badly need
cd in the lake city to reach simplicity. 4
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16

Oscar Wilde is the nephew of an emil
nent citizen of Louisiana, who, before
he died, amassed considerable fortune.
If the young aesthetic should enter into
litigation and substantiate a claim cn
the property he may find the good things
Of earth even swceter than the Odor Of
faint lilies
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16

We have much to learn from New
England and from the giant west. and
we have an equal part in their achiev-
ment; but the spirit and the germs OF
our own progress and future glory are
our own, or else we have to die out,
move away, or become absorbed by .
people worthy Of this. inheritance--
NQsAa1He AAaexican. s sss-sa-St
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16

A man was brought before the courts,
the other day, as vagrant, what is
your business?'' said the judge. II am
a gold beater," was the unbashed re-
ply. ''Why, the police say you never
do an honest days work." was the ans
wer. True, your honor" explained
the prisoner, 'but whip my wife every
day, and she's just as good as gold. she
;S g
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16

A remarkable use is being made of
potatoes. The clean-peeled tuber IS
macerated in solution of sulphuric
acid The result is dried between sheets
of blotting paper, and then pressed. Ot
this all manner of small articles are
made, from combs to collars, and even
billiard balls, for which the hard, bril-
liantly-white material is well-fitted. ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16

A Professor Cunning, up in Michigan.
is lecturing on '.After Man, What?' A
Fort Wayne editor, who has been there,
rises to remark that it is generally the
sheriff or some woman. -,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16

Farmer Janesbury says his hens al
ways lay in winter. All he has to do is
to casually remark in their hearing that
eggs have dropped down to ten cents a
dozen. Then they all go to work with a
will. -''
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16

81 don't like that cat. It's got splin-
tiers in its feet!' was the excuse of q
four-year-old boy for throwing the kit
ten away.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
An Experiment.

1t is said that if YOU have presence Of
mind enough to face raging bull and
look straight into his eyes he is powerless
to do you harm. We tried this expert
ment once and found it worked admira-
bly, The fierce animal tore the ground
with. his feet and beloved with all his
might; but something seemed TO hold
him back like magic and he did us no
injury. Perhaps we ought to add. IN
order to be correct historically, that tho
bull was on the other side of the fence.
We never try an experiment of that
kind without taking the proper precau-
tions beforehand York Herald. u
i. - =
e $4,000 worth of chewing gum i
9nth0rod in Maine every wear. a..o-,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16

Riding receptions are tho newest in
New York. They are held fortnightly at
= atssAjenable saassssisn acaaswya.S. : =
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16

A pretty girl is the best spark ar-
rester." -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16

A N, FAIR,
NYOTARY PUBLIC, Mantna. o. Con-
~ yeynnrfng CoIlections and Pension BIisi-
r-.ss promptly ATTENDED, to on the most reason
Anlc terms. oi--bA-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16

j. III. DUSSELL,
A TTOHNEy AT i4AW, Counsel in
N English and German, Office over Bci-
aisg K Armstrong; Drug store. Main street.
Rzvenua, Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
business Cards.

MISS L. e. JACKSON,
HEILLINEFsy GOODS of all kinds, Opera
IM Block. kavenna, ..
National Republican., 1882-12-09
CONInIlTTNE CIIAT.

Tho senate military committee has decided
TO report fayorably ON all the appointments
recently sent in by the President, including
those of Gen. Pope and Col Mackenzie.
The house judiciary committee has fixed
next Tuesday for the consideration Of the bill
for the relief of the supreme court, known as
the Davis bill. 1t provides for additional
justices.
The house committee ON commerce dis
1ussed the Presidents reference TO the river
and harbor bill at some length yesterday
morning, and also agreed to ask the secretary
Of war to state what appropriations made last
sessions were not in the interests of commerce,
The house appropriation committee COM
pleted the diplomatic and consular apprOpria-
ton bill which was Mt once reported to the
bouse. The bin appropriates $1,25s 255,
which is a decrease from the amount appTo-
priated for the current year Of 31S, $50. The
most important changes proposed in the bill
are consolidation of the Paraguayan and Bra
lillian missions, consolidation ofthe Uruguayan
aud Argentine Republic missions, provisions for
minister resident in Siam, where the govern
ment isnOw represented by aconsnl the consul
late at Palermo is advanced one grade; consul
lataat AlgierS restoredi q new consulatoes estalH
lished ut Malta; neutrality act expenses fixed
at $4,000; appropriations for consular OIL
GERS not citizens Of the United States increased
$4,000; special contribution made for inter-
national weights and meas0Ges to the amount
Of 81, $50,