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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
Fishing at the Flats,

They have every data about fish at
St. Clair Flats. The boatmen have got
it figured down SO fine that nothing is
left for the imagination to work on. L
asked one of them how many fish he
imagined passed up the government
canal per hour. and he promptly replied:
Il don't imagine anything about it
| know. The number is exactly 3, 200
per hour. Twenty-four times that gives
you the correct figures for day, and
if you can multiply that by S65 days you
have the number for year.
'.But won't those figures vary?"
'''No, sir, not 8 vary. II you think
they do, prove it,
''What is the average catch per capita
of people who come up here to tish?"
'sSeven three-pound bass and three
four pound pickerel. p"
THAT is, if they hire one of your
boats and 90 out?'
Certainly. Under other circum-
stances they never catch fish,
.'Do you believe that fish ever sleep?"
mo, sir-not if there is any biting to
be done. If you should stand on the
would 90 to sleep all around YOU"
l. L
dred pounds of bass and pickerel could
l dispose of fifty or sixty pounds any
where up hereP''
''Yes, sir. We always pay ten cents
per pound for all over fifty pounds
weight. | would give you draft on
New York"
''How large a fish did your ever see
caught up hereP,
He weighed exactly thirty-four
pounds. That is, L don't mean the
sturgeon hauled in here every day or
two We don't count them. This was
a piekerel. "
do those who go out to fish ever
catch any small ones?"
Never. The limit is two pounds. "
Il suppose people sometimes go out
and do not get bite?"
Never heard of such case, sir. >"
''Is there such thing as good or bad
luck i'll fishing?"
mo. sir. 1t is always good luck
..If | should bring my own lines and
bait and boat would 1 catch anything?"
mo, sir. You could count on being
upset and drowned. p"
do fish bite ont of curiosity or from
hunger?''
'sFrom Il sense of duty, sir. They
desire to see our Investment here grow
and build up"
You were speaking of sturgeon. II
sturgeon is hooked will he make a
run for it and tow the boatP"
"He will
"Would | be certain of tow if
went out with your"
Certainly. We couldn't do business
here if we could not guarantee such a
trifing matter as that.
When we returned at dark, and
charged him with the fact that | hadn't
even had nibble, he coolly replied:
Certainly not; | supposed you went
out simply to see the country, and there
fore didn't 60 near any of the fishing
grounds. The wind was also in the
wrong direction. 1t was also too late
in the day. Fishing! Why. if you
want to catch fish come up here to-
wr'-Detroit Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
EXnioSiYa hnast Iiart,

We were lying down along the Rap
pahannock some time in the fall of
1868, when Andy said one day: Look
here. Harry; let g have some roast beef
once I'm tired of this everlasting fry
ing and frizzling, and my mouth waters
for good roast. And I've just learned
how to do it. too; for l saw a fellow
over there in another camp at it, and
tell you it was a successi You see, you
take your chunk of beef and wrap it up
in cloth or newspaper, and then you
get some clay and cover it thick all over
with the clay, until it looks like q big
forty pound cannon-ball; and then you
put it in among the red-hot Goals, and
it bakes hard like a brick; and when it's
done, you simply crack the she'll of,
and out comes your roast, just prime!'
We at once set to work, and all went
we'll enough till Corporal Harter came
and was looking after more paper. Har-
ter fumbled around our beef, saying he
did not believe we could roast it that
way.
''Just you wait, now," said Andy,
coming in with the clay; ''we'll show
YOU
So we covered our beef thickly with
tough clay and rolled the great ball into
the campfire, burying it among the hot
ashes and Goals, and sat down TO watch
it. while the rest of the boys were boil
ing their coffee and frying their steaks
for dinner. The fire was good one,
and there were about dozen black tin
cups dangling on as many long sticks,
their several owners lounging about in
a circle, when, all of sudden, with a
terrific bang! amid a shower of sparks
and ashes, the coffee boilers were scat
tered to right and left, and a dozen
quarts of coffee sent kissing and sizzling
into the fire-and our poor roast beef
was a sorry-looking mess indeed when
we picked it out of the general wreck
We always believed that Hartcr had
somehow smuggled cartridge into that
| beef of ours while our backs were turn
/ ed -''Rccollectio'ss o. a Drumnser-6oy," :"
tn ST. Nicholas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
Female Sharnsrs at SARATOGA.

Several days ago." said gentle-
man at Saratoga to newspaper corre-
spondent, 81 had an experience that
has made me inclined to be shy for the.
remainder of my stay here. When I
first came here l beanie acquainted with
a New York woman who has two daugh-
ters nearly grown. / met her through
some New York bank people with whom
l do business. She is fine-looking
woman, well-rounded, and always we'll
dressed. She has always had the appear
ance of having plenty of money. Her
manners were SO modest and ladylike
that l never thought of her except with
the most extreme respect. l talked
with her from day to day and became
moderately well acquainted. One day
we were talking about Lake George.
1t was late in the afternoon. Finally
she said in very easy way that she
had number of very handsome views
about Lake George, and that if | would
walk up to her rooms on the second
floor of the extreme right wing l could
see them. l went along, upon my word,
without thought of anything wrong.
When we reached the room found the
daughters absent. We were alone q
looked at the pictures moment, and
then when least expected it that wo-
man came and sat down in my lap, and
put her arms around my neck in way
that made my head fairly buzz | do not
pretend to be a Joseph, and to say that
| object to being carressed by pretty
woman, out am not quite a fool. In
a moment after the first move, She
reached over on the table and picked up
a piece of white paper. Please look at
that she said, and see if it is all right.
looked and an iced shower bath could
not have moderated soonermy pleasure
The woman who had been as light as .
feather now weighed a ton. She look
ed old and vixenish. The paper that
wrought this change was her hotel bill
for two weeks back for herself and
daughters. 1t was in the neighborhood
of $500 | paid it and got out as fast
as 1 could -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18


This was all. The next nay return
ed to nv home in the city. and MABEL
Byrne became only memory; strong
at first, fainter as time went on, Dut
sweet always. When l saw other girls
compared them mentally with the pic
ture my Imagination painted Mabel,
and they never seemed halt so fair and
sweet as she.
But then l did not see many other
girls. My bashfulness, instead OF
diminishing, seemed rather to increase
upon me as the years went by. lavoid-
ed society, and was SO much of recluso
from ladies that my mother was quite
worried lest | should become q confirm
ed old bachelor. Perhaps one reason
why retained my ditiidence was that
my pursuits were among books, and
not among people. 1 had made the
science of geology my study, and at II
found myself in :. comfortable position
as assistant professor in one of our best
colleges, the salary of which, with my
own income added, making me so far al
ease that resolved to devote my sum-
mer vacation to a tour in Europe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
The Little Black Teapot.

when the sky darkens down on q cold win
ters day;
When we long for the sunshine to come and
to stay;
When the angry wind RACES, and down from
each e.Oud
Comes the DRIFT that envelops all things in a
TO warm me. and cheer me. have something
at hand,
In the little black teapot that smokes on the
stand.
And this teapot, though tiny. is handsome and
bright.
With its mate. the small creamer, gold-border-
ed and white;
Then the sugar dish has, ON its handle q
And it makes as shrill whistlng as boy ever
heard.
And 'Forget-me-not;" this is its golden COM
mand,
Both to me and the teapot that smokes ON the
stand.
While pile Of cream crackers sutfices for a
I've no longing for winos-am d stranger to
punch;
And I never am called on for bills at the
bar,
So my credit is good and my paper at par.
When thirst I've a beverage ready at hand,
In the little black teapot that smokes on the
stand.
Let them pile on their silver. their service of
Let them sit at Delmonico's table in state:
Let them quaf at the capital Europes rich
wines,
And wiring the life-blood from the foreigners
vines;
I'm content-while 1 envy no lord in the
With the little black teapot that smokes on the
stand.
philadelphia Press,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

John Moranda played the hero sue
cessfully in Salt Lake City for week.
He carried one arm in a sling and said
that he had hurt it by fall. Then his
confederate, William Naylor, came for
ward with thrilling account of having
been robbed by highwaymen, who
would have murdered him had not
Moranda gallantly fought them off.
"He's so modest that he lied about his
arm" Naylor added, 1T is wounded
by bullet The scoundrels took NV
last dollar, but as soon as / get re-
mittance from New York he's cot to
take his reward" Both men We're Law
ishly entertained while pretending to
wait for the several hundred dollars be-
fore the time came for disappearing.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
A WmderfnI I,aka.

A person who is now in Washington
Territory recently visited Medical Lake
in the vicinity of Spokane Falls, and
thus describes his impression of that
singular body of mineral water. He
says: The healing qualities of this lake
were first discovered by an old French
man named Lefevre, who had been
palsied SO that one side was useless, and
he had to be fed by the hand. He
went and padded in the lake every
day. for he lived close by it, and soon
Began to feel life in the beEumbed part
of his frame, and in few weeks he
was wholly restored to health and sen-
sation. | saw man there, now in
perfect health, who when he came to
The lake was a scab or tetter from head
- foot, and who had been under the
care of the army surgeons for more
than year, and was pronounced in
curable by them and discharged from
the army for that cause.
Even his hair had all sloughed off.
He and others told me that by bathing
eighteen days in the water and by
drinking it he was wholly cured.
saw persons there. and in Cheny who
had been cured of rheumatism, and
the record of cures of many diseases
by the water is wonderful, and | be-
lieve true. bathed in the water my
self. 1t is soft and peculiar, leaving
the skin as soft and smooth as a line
kid glove, and, although used to soap
my hair, it lathered like nice sham
The lake here has no outlet, is about
sixty feet deep, is rock-bound by basalt
which is the underlying rock of this
great Columbia basin-and is surround
ed by a beautiful growth of pine trees
and nutritious grasses. 1t is about one
and one-fourth miles long and one-hali
a mile wide. The product of evapora-
ton is said to contain the medical quail
tiles of the water. and, as one of the
evaporating works is now producing
seventy five pounds daily, people may
be benefited by using the powders
without visiting the lake, though it is
now resorted to by invalids from all
parts of Eastern Washington.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe says that
the novels of the day lack romantic in
terest. Human passion has come to be
anonymous with mawkish hysteria,
to be photographed without grace. and
by what strikes her as dry process,
which takes the victim in the middle of
an emotion, as horse is caught with
eu his feet in the air,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

A mild rebuke: An Austin teacher
overheard one of the larger boys in the
class whispering to the boy below him
that the teacher was donkey. The
teacher did not get angry at all. He
did not seize the boy by the collar and
draw him over the desk where he could
get at him conveniently. All the
teacher did was to remark placidly'
Harry, shall mark you deficient in
natural history, because you cannot dis
tinguish me from donkey. - Texas
Siftinqs. =
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
A Rare Old Bird.

If it wasn't for us plumbers you re-
porters would go dry for your funny
items" remarked a plumber on Satur-
day to the reporter who called to inquire
whether it would be cheaper to have a
hole in his penstoek pipe soldered up,
or burn up the house, abandon the lot,
and move out in the country and dig q
well.
Yes, you fellows are funny to.every-
body excepting your employers, but it
is d serious matter to them" retorted
the reporter.
But the funniest thing ever said
about plumber has never found its
way into print. A few years ago | was
down TO the Rouge on Sunday shooting,
and killed bird the likes of which |
had never seen before. 1t was water
fowl, but w'ut fowl it was' 1t was
all beak, wings and legs, and principal
ly beak. fetched it home, and the
next morning took it up to Prof. Sill
and asked him what it was.
- Goodness knowsr exclaimed Sill,
i never saw one before, but from the
length and size of its bill it must be a
Plumber bird -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

"A little girls mother told her if she
went out of the gate she would have to
whip her, and in an hour the young one
was picked up in the gutter, in the
midst of mud-pie making. Il thought
told you if you went out that gate I'd
whip you," said the mother, angrily.
"Bnt didn't do out de date, mamma, "
said the kid in a whimper. ''Yes. you
did. and you've been out in the street
for an hour, and look like pig ''But,
mamma, l didn't go out de date!'
les, you did, too, and I'm going to
whip you" II didn't go out de date;
l tum over q fence, an 90 tan't whip
me is time, mamma"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
A Skeleton Idol,

Among the most interesting speci-
mems on exhibition in the rooms of the
Winnipeg Historical Society are the
remains of huge reptiles, or the dino
saurians of the cretaceous era, some
what resembling the crocodile OF the
present day. In one of the ravines OF
the Saskatchewan the skeleton of one
Of the monsters protrudes out of the
side of cliff, like ~ spirit of fierce as
pect," and it has been worshiped from
time to time immemorial by tribe or
papan Indians.-COr. Toronto Globe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

Hot-water fountains will be all the
rage in New York this Winter Min
eral water is ceasing to retain is old
position in popular estimation as curs-
tive agent.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

rTORNEY AND COUN AT
IN LAW, Once over Peter Kings Grocery
West Main st, Ravenna. ohio.
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Business Cards.
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TTORNEY AT LAW, Counsel in
IA English and German. Office over Flath 5
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"A TTORNEY AT LAW, Ravenna, o.
IN UMce in Blackstone Block, North Chest
nuL street. kavenna, Ohio
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G. ID. INGELL
e. w. MAXSON.

AIT ,rnev and Counselor at Law possesses
superior facilities for MAX ing collections IN
ali parts of the United States. Office over
Fist National Bank, Garrettsville, ONO.
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LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES.
How t.se = nate and; Assembly have
Systenetized Their Work..


Systematized Their Work.
The committees in the State Senate Of
Nevada for the present session OF the
LEGISLATURE, chosen 10y the Senate, are as
follows:
On Election-Tolley, Westerfeld and
Marker.
On Corporation = Dennis, Henderson
and Parker.
On Ways and Misunderstanding, Ho-
bart, Fox, Williams and Taylor.
On Judiciary-Brumsey, Dennis, Gala
CHER, Henderson and Foley.
On Military and Indian Affairs-Smyth,
Dennis and Kaiser.
On Agriculture, Counties and County
Boundaries, Roads and Bridges-Dang-
berg, Rockhill and Gallagher.
On Railroads, Internal Improvements
and Manufactures = Westerfield, Kaiser
and FOLEY.
On Mines and Mining-Taylor, Smyth
and Rockhill.
On Public Lands-McConnell, Marker
and Dangberg.
On Federal Relations-Smyth, Ham
mond and Rockhill.
On Engrossed Bills-Westerfeld, Foley
and Parker.
On EnrOlIcu DlIls- W l4AlsiiAS
and Hammond.
On State Prison and Insane Asylum
Fox, Dennis and Marker.
two incoming officers were sworn in by
Chief Justice Hawley. 1t was altogether a
very pleasant ceremony.
On Mileage = Hobart, Rockhill and
Kaiser.
On Education, State Library and Public
Morals-Henders0n, Hammond and Foley.
On Claims, State Affairs and Supplies
and Expenditures - Mcconnell, Hobart
and Smyth.
On Rules and Joint Rules-Brumsey,
Westerfeld and Hammond.
IN ASSEMBLY.
Public Printing-Fox, Marsden and
Dale.
Enrollment-Hill, Morris and Muldoon.
Representatives., Dovey and Howell.
Election = Johnson, Pike, Melarkey,
Pratt and Morris.
Judiciary-Wells, Harden, Pratt, Gray,
Hines, Helm and Bell.
Claims-Fish, Williams, Hardin, Gal
land, TAFT.
Military and Indian Afairs-Pike, Per-
kins, Boskowitz, Melarkey and Galusha.
Counties and County Boundaries
Franklin, Muldoon, Johnson, Price and
Melarkey.
State Library-Galland, Hardin and
Pratt.
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liams and Franklin.
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Education Dovey, Pike, Morris, Hill,
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Contingent E1penses-Smith, Grey Of
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Federal Relstions-Helm, Wells and
Pratt.
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Annual Meeting..

THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF
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mia, on WEDNESDAY, the TENTH DAY OF
u 1873, at the hour of 1 O'Clock P. M,
Ior the purpose OF ~electing a Board OF Direct.
ors to serve during the ensuing yesr. and The
transaction Of such other business as NAV
come before the meeting. '
transfer Books will close on Saturday, Jan,
., !SSS. ct the hour Of IL O'Clock NJ.
dlStd d. B, CHISHOLM. Secretary.
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Gureka Daily 5entinel.


The following S a complete list Of out
standing assessments upon stocks listed at
the San Francisco Stock and Exchange
Board, with the dates upon which they
will become delinquent in the Board and
the day OF sale:
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