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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-14

indeed, he kept his eyes bent on the pa
per, then lie threw up his head, and con-
fronted this wife of his with face in
deed as pale as her own, but with no
shame in it.
80 that is what you have been lay
ing to heart against me ever since the
beginning of our wedding journev?" he
said, coldly. ''And you knew me SO
little as that-and yet you married me!
Why, if your own hand had witnessed
to something shameful against you, FL
lice, do you think would have believed
it--and not rather have known, past
doubling, that there must be some mis-.
take, some explanation, of the seeming
accusationP"
He drew out his memorandum book
as he spoke, and turned over tho leaves
until he found the place where the one
had been torn out for his scribbled note
to her. 1t had not been torn out close
to the binding, but so that there was q
narrow strip of paper left that had run
down the page, and that had the ending
of those three lines in Ellice's possess
sion. 1t was their ending which Maui
rice Worthington was offering to her
now.
Read" he said. sternly and coldly.
81 will not read" she said, with q
choking sob in her voice. ''You can
never forgive mel can never forgive
myself. But will not read, to show
you have trust in you-utter trust
although it comes too late"
And then, with a low, sudden cry,
she stretched out her two hands to him.
"Too late! Oh, but you must for
give! You cannot still condemn me to
the misery of these long weekst'
''And what becomes of your mistake
in thinking you could bear to belong to
anyone?"
eff we are one, then l belong just to
my other SELF
land you escape unpunished for the
bitter pain you have been giving metz
'Was not my punishment enough,
Mauricep"
''No." He drew her to the window,
and made her sit down on it's broad, low,
cushioned seat, taking his place beside
her. "You must pay the penalty which
L exact; you must read this and listen
while | tell you all about it
He had laid the torn leaf in the book,
so that it matched the lines. They ran
now-Ellice reading them aloud, with
quivering voice:
you ask me why I'll not marry her.
Simply because she is rich"
81 was writing of you to my sister,"
he explained. lit is way l have of
scribbling to her on the spur of the mo-
ment on anything that comes to hand.
Her last letter had been rallying me on
rumors she had heard of you and me.
On the page opposite this l had already
told her that l loved you; on this was
recording my resolution not to marry
you. But that same evening love over
mastered pride, and l asked you to be
my wife. thought had torn out all
of the unfinished letter, but it stayed to
punish me like all good broken resolu-
tons"
''Mauricer'
'.Ellicer'
He was laughing down at her, and the
girls face once more, despite its tears,
had frightened like a very April sky.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-14
An Initiative Race.

The colored voters are beginning to
understand politics as well as if not bet
ter than most white voters. Their nat
ural disposition to lie and steal, as crops
out in the cases of Whitaker and Flip
per, is of great advantage to them dur
ing political campaign. One of the
candidates for an Office at the munich
pal election in Austin, not long since.
relied on the fidelity of an old family
servant to help him out among the col
ored voters. The candidate was beaten.
After the election he was told that the
colored political friend had voted against
him. He did not believe it, but meet
ing him one day the ex-candidate said:
an give you a dollar, Jim, to tell ME
whom you voted for"
81 voted agin you, boss"
.Well, here is the dollar for your can
dor''
''Look heah, boss, if yer am gwine ter
pay for dc candor, mout as well own
up voted agin you free different times.
Three dollars NOAH, if you please, boss"
This is almost as bad rs the way SEN
ator Voorhees, treated our representa-
tive, Reagan. (Te1.) SJtings.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-14

The ability of the average understand
ing to follow Mr.. Emerson through one
of his lectures, and tell afterwards what
the real gist of it was, suggests compari-
son with the old lady's accuracy who
undertook to repeat notable recipe for
cooking ''coon." After minute de-
scription of the method of dressing, the
seasoning, etc., to make ones mouth
water, her conclusion was, ''And then
and then-you bile it or bake it, for
git which, b. P. Shillaber, writing to
the Hartford (Ct) Post, tells how bus
mess man reported Emerson.
One of our merchants, very nervous
man, who had directed his mind more
to the sale of dry goods than intellectual
cultivation, had q ticket to hear Mr.. En-
erson given him, which he improved,
and sat without moving a muscle till
the close, apparently delighted.
The lecture was upon Chance" in
which the lecturer took almost ii not
quite, evangelical ground regarding
mysterious Providences which control
human affairs, though not, may be, in
the same terms.
Chance, however, as an agent, was
at discount, but not an impossible
ity, and full OF the beautiful parts which
he had comprehended. the dry-goods
man next day was enthusiastic in his
explanation.
s'Well," said he to friend, 81 had q
treat last night, let me tell you"
''What was it?"
"Oh, Jim Gates gave me ticket to
hear Geo. B. Emerson. lecture"
''You mean Ralph w. Emerson, don't
you?'
Eyes, that's what l said Twas cap
ital"
"'Chance,' and the way he handled
it was mastery. His illustrations were
very fine. For instance, ship on the
sea with her sails blown away, her rud-
der unshipped, the sea making a clear
breach over her, and arriving in port,
saved, through it all. 1t was grand"
"Well, did he show how she was
saved?
Eyes, he proved to dot that twas
either by Providence or chance, but l
couldn't exactly make out whichi''
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-14
An Exploded Fraud.
The Mecklenburg Declaration Shown to Be an
Obvious Forgery

Obvious Forgery.
Another historic fraud, one which has
boen imposed upon the people of the
United States for more than half CEN
tury, has just been exposed bv writer
in the New York Satn. The statement
has been generally accepted, and has
gone into most of our histories, that on
May 29, 1775, some say May 81, 1775,
series of resolutions were adopted at
public meeting at Charlotte, Mecklen-
which is so nearly identical with that of
the Declaration of independence as to
warrant the claim of priority of action
by the people of North Carolina, and
the reference that Thomas Jefferson, in
drafting the declaration of the Conti-
mental Congress, copied for the most
part the language of the Mecklenburg-
ers.
The San knocks the warn higher than
Gilderoy's kite or Mother Shipton's
prophecy. 1t shows that the first known
of the mysterious document was in 1919,
when it was published in Massachusetts
papers. Then John Adams first heard
of it; and not having the experience of
the present day in regard to Morey let
terS and other forgeries, he was disposed
to think it genuine document. He
wrote to Thomas Jefferson. asking how
it was possible that the paper could
have been concealed from him so long.
Jefferson in reply pointed out its spuri-
GUS character, called attention to the
fact that the names mentioned as pres
ent at the convention were dead, and
added that no allusion to it had any
where been made, prior to this publica-
ton in Massachusetts, whereas if any
such important action had been taken,
the whole State and country would have
rung with it. Jefferson having decided
it hoax, gave himself no further con-
Germ about it.
The most positive testimony against
it is internal evidence furnished by it.
self. If the claim made for it by the
North Carolinians be valid, then Jeffer-
son quoted it in writing the Declaration
OF l776, for quarter of its words are
found consecutively in the genuine doc
ument The draft by Jefferson is of
historic record, and SO are the additions,
changes of words and other amend
ments made when he submitted his draft
to the consideration of the congress.
But this Mecklenburg declaration has
these changed and interpolated words
in their regular order as they stand in
the original Declaration-a most con-
vincing proof that the Mecklenburg pa
per was made subsequent TO the Declara-
ton of 1776, instead of antedating the
latter more than year.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-14
The Graduate.

Now watch this young strut OF
youth as he comes forward with his es-
say on Rome. How full of life and
proud grace is his step. How confident
he is of the fact that he is about to cleo
trify the world with his marvellous store
of knowledge of ancient history. How
bad he seems to feel because, in his
opinion, the governments of the nine
teenth century are unworthy to be COM
pared to the governments of ancient
Rome or Greece. In the eyes of this
knowing youth the steam engine, cleo
tricity and the press are nothing COM
pared to the ordinary palaces and monu-
ments built by the hands of the miser-
able slaves of ancient times. If this
youth had his way, how he would revo-
lutionize affairs. How he would away
with some of the prosy things of to-day.
and in return restore to us the glory
and grandeur of old Rome and old
Greece. But the youth has his own
way but for moment, and therefore he
breaks loose for all that's out. To-mor-
row he goes out into the great big world
and gets lost. To-day he is too big even
for the fine clothes he wears. To-mor-
row his clothes will prove too much for
him, therefore he will leave a part of
them in the care of an uncle. We may
never hear of him again, and he may
turn up some day as q reformed drunk
ard, and again electrify us with his elo-
quence. But the chances are that we
are safe, that this ambitious youth will,
on leaving the stage to-day, be inveigled
into some large store where in the fu-
ture he can devote his powers of oratory
on dry goods boxes, and on his fellow
workers in the basement. - Detroit
ChGf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-14
Pionics,

Why, in the Spring of the year, do
picnics become epidemic, and young
and old, rich and poor, rush off into the
woods to eat their lunch under the trees,
and be fed on by ticks and mosquitoes?
1t is simply because for tens of thous-
ands of years man was in nomadic
condition. He wandered about with his
family in the woods. living on berries
and being annoyed by insects, and
though man has become civilized and
lives in a house, yet. nevertheless, about
once year an irresistible desire to re-
turn to his old vagabond life comes over
him, and he just has to go on picnic,
of the year, and puts sweet oil on the
tick bites. Just so with woman garden
ing. Until quite recently woman had
to do all the hard work in the fields.
She had to dig up the ground, plant the
crop, and gather it, until it became sec
ond nature to her. Her husband was
kind enough to encourage her to keep
on by shaking stick at her when she
wanted to sit down and rest, but it was
below his dignity to work. Such was
the condition of woman from the begin
ming of time. 1t will be remembered
that Adam was too lazy to gather in the
apples, so Eve had to do it for him. OF
course all this is changed now. All that
most women do in the way of hard
work is to dress up and go to parties,
but every Spring she cannot resist the
impulse to put on her worst clothes, and
drudge with hoe out in the front yard,
as she used to do thousands of years
ago Toronto Globe
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-14
Rosewood and Mahogany,

Rosewood has been the leading wood
to veneer piano-fortes for the past
thirty or forty years. The best comes
from Rio Janeiro, some of which Is very
rich, but varies considerably in different
places where it is cut. Bahia rosewood
is generally longer, heavier and harder
to work, but some of it is handsomely
crossfigured. As people generally de-
to staining the light wood very often,
which may be known when legs and
arms, etc, of furniture and piano-fortes
look unnaturally dark. At one time
manufacturers used to cut rosewood We
neers in ribbons to veneer picture frames,
but soon rosewood was initiated to such
perfection by staining that the demand
for rosewood veneers for picture frames
ceased altogether.
1t is impossible to initiate mahogany
by staining so as to deceive, or mend
bad places in the wood, as is done in
other kinds of wood. The wood is rich
in color, close grained, heavy and dur
able, and unlike rosewood and many
other woods, does not fade, but gains
colors by time and grows darker
The best mahogany known grows in
the Island of St. Domingo. and the
finest of all on the south side of that is
land.
A piece of furniture veneered with
handsome mottle-headed St Domingo
mahogany looks as if it were full of life
as you move before it, and shades ev-
cry way, while piece of furniture We
neered with fully as handsome veneer
of Cuba mahoganywill not shade every
way as the other will, but shows best if
you look at it from certain Positions
Cuba mahogany also is much more apt
to have dark or black marks or stains in
it, which, when they occur, greatly less
en- its value.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-14
Plantation Life in Louisiana,

On the plantation each negro has Il
little patch of land, which is his to cul-
tivate and sell the products is long as
he remains here. This gives the labor
erS little interest in their work, Dro-
notes competition and zeal, and retains
them on the plantation. 1t is negro
nature to shift about from place to
place. These laborers at Belle Grove
are the genuine plantation negroes, hav-
ing been born and reared here. They
are 'happy-go-easy- thought
for-the-morrow' race. jeff" is case.
He is about 10 years Of age, very black
and very bright. His feet reflect the
SUMS rays and are always seen before
his head. His office is to feed the chick
ems, turkeys, dogs, and cats, brush
soiled linen, black boots, pick bouton-
nieres, run errands. ,ind at dinner or
breakfast to take long palm-leaf
branch and slowly fan away the flies
Mary has just ''taken 'ligion." She
says the minister ':gives her prayers"
and that saves her from ''de debbil."
Here is portion of her daily prayer:
''Member the landlord of the plantation
is most particular manner. Hold him
in the palm OF thy right hand; make
him such man as he orter be; rough
shod his feet with the pepperation of di-
vine grace; hang his tongue on the gos-
pei hinges. And now, Lor', when Thou
done 'memin' him and all roun' de
world, member poor ungrashus me, and
hear my unworthy groans." If space
would allow, we might mention other
appeals equally as forcible which drop
ped spontaneously from the mouths of
':Christses chillun." Sunday I attend
ed their meeting. Suffice it to say that
such expressions as, Use gettin' hot,'
"Hold me, Brudder Washington, ''Sis-
ter Davis, hold me down." were many
and emphatic, and accompanied by
lively clapping of hands and frantic
gestures, which increased in tone and
measure as they grew ''hotter' Dur
ing my sojourn at Belle Grove l saw
nearly every characteristic of darky
life, even to one of their most fashions
BILE "break-downs. .'Sway your love
ly partner" ;" Hug her tight" 'Ise used
to when Ise boy,' Promenade, take
your time" "Get up dere, you GAL"
leave your lovely partners on de fo,r
ETC., were the words which reached us
as we stood looking on. 1t was novel
sight, and one shall not soon forget
NeU Orleans Picdy,s,ae.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-14

Have younoticed that when you want
to take hold of anything-a bit of
thread, we will say-that it is always
the thumb who puts himself forward,
and that he is always on one side by
himself, while the rest of the fingers are
on the other? If the thumb is not help
ing, nothing stops in your hand, and
you don't know what to do with it.
Try, by way of experiment, to carry
your spoon to your mouth without put
ting your thumb to it, and you will see
what long time it will take you to get
through with a poor little plateful of
broth. The thumb is placed in such q
manner on your hand that it can face
each of the other fingers; one after the
other, or all together, as you please, and
by this we are enabled to grasp, as with
a pair of pincers, all objects, whether
large or small. Our hands owe their
perfection of usefulness to this happy
arrangement, which has been bestowed
ON no other animal except the monkey,
our nearest neighbor.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-14
Shirts,

If man wishes to fully appreciate q
shirt, he should select some nice warm
evening In August, rush home. and find
he has fifteen minutes to take bath.
dress. eat his supper. and catch the boat
for the beach. Providing the tempera-
ture is right. by the time he reaches his
clean shirt he readily believes that beef
is not the highest thing in the market,
and mercury still holds its own.
just as his head is completely envel-
oped, he finds the neck-band carefully
pinned together, with the head of the
pin on the outside, and each sleeve
starched perfectly tight shut; and after
overcoming these slight obstacles, he
discovers all the buttons have left, his
finger slips easily through the button
holes, his collar-button quietly glides
down the inside of his shirt, and when
in vain attempt to fasten his collar on
bone collar button, tho head comes off,
and trickles slowly down the back of
his neck, he actually feels warm The
neck-band has an edge likes a grip" saw,
and if he is fortunate enough to have
bosom ''open in 'front.'" by the time he
gets his studs through one eyelet, and
vainly sounds for the other, his temper
ature is rising, and when almost finish
ed, tries to button the sleeves, finds
they come only half way below the ell
bow. and he is compelled to realize that
the shirt is not his, and was sent to him
by mistake, he is hot.
Why, in the name of all that is rea-
sonable, man can never find clean,
whole shirt when he is in hurry and
must have one Immediately, is one of
the things mo fellow can find out''
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-14
Two Crops of Potatoes in One Season.


1t has been discovered that two crops
of Early Rose potatoes can be grown on
the same land in a single season, and
it is worth testing in this section. Take
young potatoes of this years growth
and dry for few days in the shade;
then put them in trench or cold frame,
throw water over them, cover with
few inches of dirt, and then place straw
over the frame to prevent too much
evaporation. At sun-down place over
them glass sash, and remove it the
next morning. In four or five days the
potatoes will sprout, when they can be
cut to two eyes and planted. Whole
potatoes do not answer as well as those
that are cut. Plant in checks two and
half feet apart, or in drills three feet
by eighteen inches, and cover lightly.
From the digging of early potatoes to
the middle Of August is the proper time
for the second crop. Cultivate them on
the level method, and do not hill. The
points to be observed are to use plenty
of fertilizer, as two crops exhaust the
land; select good seed, be sure that the
tubers were sprouted before planting;
plant shallow, and endeavor to take ad-
vantage of the season. Or, to give
more economical method the smaller
potatoes, provided they are good, to-
gether with large ones, if desired, may
be cut and bedded like the sweet pota-
to, and when they are well sprouted can
be taken up in the same manner, re-
moving all but the most vigorous
sprout, and transplanted. In doing
this it is well, if possible, to take up the
plant entire, with the earth and decay
ing potatoes adhering. The above isre-
commended by a fruit-growers and
be a good method for growing early po-
tatoes. as well as late ones.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-14
Embarrassing incidents OF Sleeping Uar

Embarrassing 1nC1QenCS OF sleeping var
Let me describe some of the expert
ence of Pullman's palace car. If the
cars are full. it is embarrassing to shy
man. What must it be to the fairer
sex? demonstrative in their endearments
both on the sears" and steamboats,, but
this beats ALL In the sections of
railroad car, as in the wooden house,
even whispered remarks are very audi
BILE, especially at night, when every
thing is still. For example, one even
ing, when we had retired, 8 low voice
was suddenly heard from the centre of
the car:
"Fanny-Fanny-give me kiss, and
say you forgive me.'
Then little louder:
"Fanny-Fanny-I can't sleep unless
you say you forgive me. Give me
kiss and say you forgive me-"
At last the voice of the penitent hus-
band regardless of the tittering from
the surrounding partitions, spoke again:
"Fanny-Fanny.lust one kiss and
say you forgive me-"
AT last peppery old Indian officer,
down at the end of the car, popped his
head out and shouted:
"Oh, Fanny, for goodness sake! do
give him kiss and let us get some
Sleep"
Even then amidst the outburst of
laughter from the other passengers, you
could hear the poor man catching
curtain lecture.
There! told you so! Now you see
what you have done! knew every one
could hear YOU"
But at last peace reigned, and possi-
bly, Fanny gave him the narcotic kiss of
Observation-Disclosures Quiz.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-14
Alexandria Bombarded,

II hear dey's bombardin' Alexan-
dria,' said old Cinderella, the ashes
gatherer, excitedly, to Critic scribere-
Gently.
Eyes, the fun's begun" replied the
reporter.
''It tain't no fun. sab! feel rale dig
nant ober it. used ter lib in dat town
and has a great deal OBJ feelin' for it,
and furder dan dat. sab. if my mem'ry
sarves me right, Use got family OBJ la
tions residin' dar now. What biziness
has dem Inglish boats got to cum up de
Putomack ribber and fling der bumb-
shells inter dat town, anyhowP'
You are slightly mixed, Uncle
Isaac" reioined the reporter. ''they are
bombarding Alexandria. Egypt, not
Virginia"
''Nebber mind bout tackin' on dem
Greek words. De Critic seq dey is bum
bin Alexandria, and 1 feel highly de-
moralized ober it. tell you, dem Ing
lish is too fresh, an Pm one OBJ de boys
dat's a-goin' down on de ferry -boattode
bumbin' grounds to help salt 'em away.
Now you hear me a-talkin'," and he
waddled off shaking his head and NUT
tering innuendoes against "dem fresh
Inglish dat dars to cum up de Putomack
and fling dere bumbs inter de town of
Alexandria. - Washington Critic.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-14
Sun Spots and Floating Ioe.

Professor Fritz, of Zurich, who has
studied the years when floating ice was
most abundant in the lower latitudes of
the Atlantic, declares that sun spots and
an abundance of detached icebergs are
synchronous. From 1888 to 1870, epochs
of maximum sun spots-and there have
been ten such periods-have been pret-
ty nearly the years of the greatest fire.
quency of floating ice. The masters of
the North German line of steamers, who
having kept detailed accounts of the ice
met with every month in the Atlantic,
show that from 1860 to 1869, very SIM
liar weather, with pretty nearly the
same temperatures, were found, and
that during these years the greatest
amount of floating ice was found. Now,
going back to the cause, the present
temperature is not caused by a cold
Arctic Winter, but rather by warmer
one, which has prevailed pretty uni
formly over the North Atlantic and
Northwestern Europe, and which has
detached larger proportion than usual
of Arctic ice fields. Sun spots may be
made to explain innumerable things
other than meteorological ones, for q
great many periods of human strife
show some coincidence with these solar
outbursts, commencing with 1888 and
ending with 1882.