davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20
Missouri Cor. of The Culttvato
A Remarkable Admission.

"Were you acquainted with the mur-
dered manP" asked the prosecuting at
torney of witness for the defense in a
murder case. The willingness of the
witness to say all that he could in be-
half Of the prisoner was very apparent,
BY the way.
II know'd him; he was de honestest,
best
Never mind about his honesty. You
say you knew him."
"Yes, sab, an Ise proud ter say
nebber know'd sich q noble
Nobody asked you about that. What
was the condition of his healtha Was
he not in robust health?"
mo, sab! He was de feeblest niggah
l eber seed"
"He was killed by the accused, was
he not?"
Il can't say so, sab. My idee am dat
he was in sich bad health dat, eben ef
he hadn't been killed when he was, he
would hab died anyhow at least two
days previous, sab. ."-Ieras StftinSs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20
Fermentation Of Bakers Dough.

1t has hitherto been supposed that the
fermentation of bread dough set up BY
sour leaven, or beer yeast, was = real
alcoholic fermentation. We learn from
a paper in CoD.pees Refadus, that G.
Chicsndard has investigated the sub
ject microscopically. He found that
the SacchGromyces cereUisig put into
the dough very soon disappeared and
numerous microbes, which he took for
bacteria, made their appearance. These
bacteria multiplied with great rapiditp
on the yeast in dough, and they can be
be cultivated in water containing yeast.
Hence he concludes that the beer yeast
favored the growth of these microbes.
An analysis of the gases evolved during
fermentation proved the presence of "a
per cent of carbonic acid, while the rest
consisted of hydrogen and nitrogen.
The composition of these gases is simi-
lar to those formed by the putrefactioD
of albumen
From this it would appear that the
fermentation of bread does not consist
in liquefying the starch by alcoholic fer
mentation, but in the conversion of one
portion of the insoluble albumen of the
gluten first into soluble albumen and
then into peptone. Starch is first de-
composed by heat in the process of bak
ing, forming soluble starch and som<
dextrine. The cause of the fermenta.
ton Is, however, bacterium.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20
The Result of Ambition.

Competition is the soul of trade. A
case like the following, which happened
in an obscure village in Westphalia, de-
serves to be mentioned for its originali-
ty, strikingly illustrative of the above
axiom. The selectmen of said village
proposed to give to the lowest bidder
the privilege of cleaning the school
house and making the fires in the same
for one calendar year, u privilege for
which the incumbent had hitherto been
granted the round sum of y marks
per annun. This year a competitor
came forward, and, after repeated I'M
derbiddings, finally offered to do the
work tree gratis for nothing. Unwill-
ing to be ousted, the party in Office
thereupon actually agreed to pay /
mark into the village treasury-nay,
went up to marks, but was in the end
oVerold by the persistent office-seeker,
who offered to pay marks 60 pfennigs
tor the ,lncalculable privilege OF clean
ing and making the fires in the school.
house'~Amsrica's Register,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20
The Power Of Water.

The properties of water are only par
TALLY understood by those who have
never seen it under high pressure. The
Virginia City Water Company get their
supply from Marlette Lake on the
Tahoe side of the mountain. They get
it through by Il long tunnel, and are
then on the crest of a high mountain
opposite Mount Davidson, with Washoe
Valley between. To cross this valley
by fiume would be almost impossible,
so the water is carried down the noun
tain side to the bottom, and crosses
under the V. & T. Railroad track, on
the divide between Washoe and Eagle
valleys, then up again to the required
height in iron pipes. The depression
created in the line of carriage is ], ,720
feet, and the pressure on the pipes is
800 pounds to the square inch. One
pipe is II inches in diameter, and is
quarter-inch iron lap welded, and 18
feet long, with screw joints. There is
little trouble from it, but the other,
which is twelve inches in diameter, and
is riveted pipe, makes more or less trou-
BILE all the time. The pipe is laid with
the seam down, and whenever a crack
is made by the frost or sun warping 1t,
or from any other cause, the stream
pours forth with tremendous force. If
the joint is broken open, of course the
whole stream is loose and goes tearing
down the mountain, but usually the es-
cape is very small The break last
week was less than ive-eighths of an
inch in diameter. and yet the water in
the ilume was lowered an inch and d
half by it, and the pressure went down
fifteen or twenty pounds. Captain
Overton says that fifty inches of water
went through it. 1t has been probably
a year in cutting out, and was made by
little stream hardly visible to the ma
ked eye, that escaped through joint
and struck the pipe two or three feet
oft, eating away the iron until the pres
sure inside broke it through. When
such break occurs the noise can be
heard for half mile, and the earth
shakes for hundreds of feet around. A
break the size of knitting needle will
cut hole in the pipe in half an hour.
Such breaks are repaired by putting q
band around the pipe. pouring in melt
ed lead, and tamping it in. Such 3
stream bores through rock like a sand
blast. The flying water is as hard as
iron, and feels rough like file to the
touch. 1t is impossible to turn it with
the hand, as it tears the flesh off the
bones, and if the fingers are stuck into
| the stream, with the point up, the nail S
are instantly turned back, and some-
times torn loose from the hesh.-Ren0
Gazette.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20
How To DO Il,

81 should hate to have husband who
'lowanced me every time l wanted to
buy anything" said Mrs. Simms.
"When tell Simms that want 4 little
change to go shopping with he doesn't
hum and haw as some men do. He just
takes out his pocket-book and says,
Certainly, my dear; how much do you
want, a five or temp" " ''And what do
you sayP" asked Mrs. Smith. "Oh. 1
never say anything. He gives me the
money right off without waiting for me
to answer" .'And how much does he
giveP" "a dollar generally-unless he
has some change handy. But then it
isn't the amount that [ care so much
about 1t is the readiness with which he
responds to my request that makes me
think so much of him.-BostoH 1ra11s-
c]'iDt
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20
Agricultural Intalligano, !.

A gentleman accompanied by his lit
tie son took stroll out into the fields
that were white unto the harvest. Phey
met sturdy farmer, whereupon the
gentleman remarked:
That's fine field Of oats you have
got there"
Don't you know the difference be.
tween oats and wheatp' asked the
sturdy farmer, contemptuously.
mo, don't"
IL thought every donkey knew that, "
courteously returned the rustic.
You see, pa" said the gentleman {
little boy, who had not taken any part
in the debate, ''you see, pa, if every
donkey knows the difference, it's luck y
you said you didn't Teras Siftings.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20

The falsity of girl who, being nat
urally pallid in the cold, gave her
cheeks u deceptively increasing glow
while out sleigh-riding is exposed by
the Cincinnati Enquirer. She slyly
dabbed on the red little at time.
inst fast enough, she confesses, to make
her companion think that the cold was
DOING it. 1.-The wind was blowing on
ms from the right on the way up, she
saws. land so L Redeemed my cheek on
that side first. Then we turned back,
and gradually touched up the other.
Oh. I'm fraud, I am," >.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20
The Bast Fenoinp ,

The best fence for general purposes,
where extra neat work is of no considera-
ton, is composed of posts, common
split rails and barbed wire. The posts
are the same as for other fences, but
they are set nine feet four inches apart
The rails are cut ten feet long with
cross-cut saw, and split as much like
slabs as possible. These rails, without
any trimming except little at each
end, when they are too thick for ten
penny nail, are nailed with the ends on
alternate sides of the posts. This is
done so that the rails of each panel are
out of the way Of the rails of the next
panel. By this method the rails can be
nailed just as close together as desired.
and all openings can be made pretty
close, even when the rails are somewhat
crooked. have tried to nail both ends
of the rails on the same side of the two
posts, and Notwithstanding much time
and labor was spent in trying to make
a close fence, had to give it up as
failure. and adopted that just described.
Four rails are nailed as close as desired,
at the bottom, then three strands Of
barbed wire at the top. This fence can
be made by the hands on the farm, and
where there is timber onthe place, allthat
is wanted is wire, nails and staples. Ii
everything has to be purchased. it will
cost per mile:
6s7 posts delivered, 10 cents. 5s.T0
25O0 rails 81. 80 per 100 delivered. ..... $3.50
100 pounds tenpenny nails, l-2 ......... $50
20 pounds staples ID cents........... 500
5S7 panels, putting up, cents each. <6.96
1000 pounds painted barbed wire Tl-s
ceub.....'..' '....''.'.-. .'...'..'''- 'o'o~
s2sIsd
If the timber is on the farm, costing
nothing but the labor, then the cost peg
mile would be:
6S7 posts, cents each oh...................$ 1881
g. 500 rails rs cents per 100 OO.,........... 1875
100 pounds nails, Ia cents. .............. 40
20 pounds staples, 10 cents. s........ s0O
Labor putting up up........................ 24O0
loo pounds painted barbed wire ......, 1900
$l4l.&
Missouri Cor. of The Ct,ltivGtor.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20

For years, during the summer sea-
son, newspapers generally have fire.
quently published directions for reviv-
ing partially drownedpeople; but to this
day it is no uncommon thing for s lot
of fellows to mske an exhibition of the
blacklist ignorance by taking a person
who has been under water for short
time and finishing him by rolling him,
head downward, on barrel. -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20

Mr.. C. d. Swart, Cannonsville, N. Y.
lost COW, and examination after show.
ed q darning-needle in her heart, sup.
posed to have been swallowed with ap.
pie parinQs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20

ward foot. or that both the forward and
the hind feet were of exactly the same
form-conditions which, to say the least.
are extremely improbable Fourth
We find, as before stated, that in one
or two of the series the central portion
of the impression in the line of its long
diameter is somewhat more depressed
than at the border, which is doubtless
owing to
THE SOLE OF THE SANDAL
having, when moistened by contact
with the mud, yielded slightly to the
pressure. This, as an isolated fact, be-
comes of great import, rs it would in
dictate that if the tracks were of quad
ruped they were surely made by ami
mails of different species. And finally,
upon carefully studying the impressions
upon the ground, we find that the
angle of the foot varies in several Sc
ries, in some the curve being much
sharper than in others; and while this
fact may be easily accounted for on the
supposition that the form of the foot
gear varied according to the taste or
the caprice of the wearer, yet it will
doubtless prove to be work of consid-
cradle difficulty to make this fact har-
monize with The quadrupedal theory"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20
A. e. STEPHENSON.
CHARLESTOWM, O.,


lowing unexeelled varieties, which have inva-
riably received the higeest concentrations
wherever exhibited, taking the First Premiums
in every competitive test as to Hardness, Size,
Flavor. and Prolific Bearing.
WHITE ANN ARBOR GRAPE-Hardy, pro.
life, large and delicious. Ripens ten days or
two weeks before the Concord Never mildewr
nor rots. Second size, one year Old small, 90
cents each.
We the undersigned, having been appointed
by the Agricultural and horticultural Society
of Washtenaw Co Michigan, to act as Judges
October. 1889, had under consideration ~ va,i
eties OF Grapes, and it was their decided opin-
ion that the White Ann Arbor ~ Seeding was
far the most desirable of the lot.
For size fGo0r and beauty, it took the lead OF
all our standard varieties. and we believe it
Will yet become one of the most popular Grapes
IN this country. MARTIN CLARK,
J, ID. WILLIAMS
Committee,
ANN ARBoR, MICH, Dec. %. 1882.
RUSSIAN. .MULBERRY-HAR beau
titul, quick growing tree for the lawn while
tile fruit is valuable for table use. By mail
IL to 10 inch size, Is cents each, $1.6O per dozen
THE WAGER PEACH.-This is, without ex-
ception. the best and richest Peach we are ac-
quainted with. for table use and canning pur-
poses. 1t is Sf good size, yellow skin, and he, h
as yellow as gold; thick meated, small pit,very
hardy, aad one of the most abundant bearers OF
from the pit. One year old trees, by express, Z
to fe-t t, 25 ceuts each; $3.50 per dozen.
WATERLOO PEACH a to 8 it. IS cts. each
] he largest and best very early peach grown
Ripens about middle Of July.
big BOB"-THE COMING Strawberry
The biggest and most uniform in size. the best
favored and most productive. and the vines the
naFdlss bsr o Price by mai 81 S5 dEl OF
Ravenna, March 80, 1883 762-2m
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20

Golden weddings seem to be numer-
Gus now all over the United States
You must hurry up and have one, if
you wish to be in style. Lowell Citissa,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20

All NecessarieS for the Burial
of the Dead Furnished on short
Notice and on the most Reason
able TERMS COnsiderate At
tentiOn Guaranteed.
A. B. FAIRCHILD,
Undertaken,
Residence on Pratt street, third house South
on West side.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20
J. FL. NICHOLS.
i IL DuSSELI

Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Oftce
" Phenix Block over Second National Bank,
RavcBna, Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20

TTORNEY ATE LAW, Counsel in
IN English and German. Once over Fiath's
Comm q store Phenix Block, Ravenna, y.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20
Business Cards.

N sTuAhT D. L. ROCKWELL.
STUART Sc ROCKWELL,
ArTORN NEYs AND COUNSELORs 9
At LAW, Ravenna, Ohio Ofices IN Poe
Building, nearly opposite the Etna House
and Court House,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-20

Z. B. CON AMI,
n TFORNEV AT LAW, Ravenna, o
"A unice in Blackstone Block, North Chest
nuL street. Ravenna, Ohio.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-13
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

Mr.; vANDERB!LT's HORSES, It'll. -.
HARTFORD, June ~ l.ian II; Hanaer1,.e ish MS
SsG's SsG sI ana S, '5ss otGer Vr horses. Ss
THE PILGRIMS TRIAL TRIP.
PROVIDENCE, June l2.-Ihe steamer Pilgrim,
with several hundred persons board arrived at Newport
to-day her trial Trip.
NEwBURG n. Y. June II The mother OF Joseph
Chryste Of Providence L. s here looking for her son
who disappeared month ago he was tTehylou' yea'so
''' DRUGGISTS STATE CONVENTION.
s,ia Sepon was opened here to-day. There large
attendance OF pharmacists from all the c'ne' anu Na.esh
THE MASTER cAR.BUILDERs ASSOCIATION. -.
CHICAGO June t2.-lhc Master Car -bullders'
Ss e Ss mdTnnS Mayor son
N'' TEwKsBURY ALMsHoUsE ELECTION.
BosToN, June 12.-lhe Board OF Health, Lnnacy
and Charity at meeting elected DT O. irEnS fsae
ESCAPED RIsoNERs CAPTURED.
HupsoN n Y. June l2-Fanring. Conners
Riley and collins four Of the prisoner. who escaped from
Jail last sunday we're arrested 's III 'ho y"
CANON BERNARD's SECURITIES.
BosToN June l2Ths contents ne 81, Of the vault SD
pany we're found entirely OF foreign securities said
- THE SOUTH STAIRCASE OF THE CAPITOL
ALBANY, Juno 12.-Ihe contract for the grand era, a
the sGqh q S Of Ss GP U1 Tsy Su
the stairs on the opposite side for s2oSOOO
CASHIER BARTON ACQUITTED.
porcuKrEPsIw. June 12.-In the case OF The
People against Barton late cashier OF the Fshk
Natona Rank Indicted for embez1 enept In approPiubB
funds OF the bank Judge Brown In the Crcut court toay
directed q verdict OF acQuttsl
SAILING WITH SUPPLIES FOR OREGON. 49,
CHESTER Penn. June 12.-The new iron sailng
shin e Stabuok cleared from Roachs shipyard today
fr The Pacific with valuable cargo consisting pn
cpay of machinery Tor locomotives anu steauDV ANU '"P
plies for railroad oonstruouon
SUIT AGAINST RAILWAY. -,
TppNToN lime 1.-THE suit of stephen v White,
reyer cf the GrOcers Bank Of New York CITY against INC
% Railway came before the United states circuit Court
on 1mSndamus proceedings to-day Judge Nixon took the
papers and reserved his decision
OPPOSED 10 SECRET SOCIETIES.
Albany, June 1.-THE General Synod OF tlc
formed Dutch America today passed resolutoh
Of Masonry other oath bound orders aad
etonng an the synod 10 discourage their men,
hers from Joining secret societies
NEW PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AT VAssAh
PoUGHKEEPsiE, N. Y, June l2.-rhe Trustees 0t
yssar college elected Assistant Professor Manuel j.
nrannou OF Harvard College Professor OF Rhetoric anu
Engsh Iierature succeed Professor j. baekus VINO
Principal of Packer Institute BIo0kVn
THE MAssACHUsETT LEGISLATURE.
BosToN June l2.-The Joint Special Conmittee
nm Prorogaton despite the Governors statement tna e
would request the subject met this ater
decided 70 ask the SovneE 70 pvokue 'no -os
atare untll August2I.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-13
DISSERTATIONS or THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.
RETURN OF THE SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION FROM
CAROLINE ISLAND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC SEA.
fnyr pcp Ipur To TIN

RETURN OF TIE SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION FROM
CAROLINE ISLAND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC SEA.
fBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNEl
SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.-The members or
the expedition sent to Caroline Island TO observe the
solar eclipse Of May O. arrived from Honolulu yesterday,
except Messrs. Preston and Brown, who remained at
Honolulu to make pendulum observations. The party
reached Caroline Island April 90 and were Joined by
the French astronomers two days later. The weather
favorable at the time Of the eclipse, and all the
observations planned successfully made No intra-
mercura planets were discovered Observations with
spectroscOpc were devised that tho cOrOna spectrum
opposite sides Of the could be simultaneously
examined showing that at the beginning Of totality the
1474 line was about twelve minutes In length the
eastern limb, and extremely short and faint on the
western Limb As the eclipse advanced this inequality
vanished, that at mid eclipse tho lines were
equal while at the end OF to;aity tie
conditions at the beginning were reversed
This change many times greater than any change
due the moons motion, and regarded by DR.. Hast
ngs conclusive proof that tho outer corona Is chic fly
due rcfactiOu. The dark lines were seen in the
corona, well bright hydrogen and magnesium INES
Toe English photographer Obtained negatives OF th:
corona or It's spectrum containing number or DnghI
lines and also the reversal OF the ues ut beginning snd
Meteorological observations showed rise IA the baro
metric pressure fell In temperature 10 that OF night
rise In humidity and no change IN either direction OK
velocity or Wiud. Radiator observations EnOWed tuat
the receipt OF neat by the earth almost wholly cesreo
The azmuhs Of tine shadow ringes were obtained ana
their distances estimated The French astronomers OBJ
taned photographs OF the AMI OF he SKY IN the
vicinity OF tue SUM- and observed dark lines In coronal
spectrun. The sDhere unusually quiescent.
The bright, with hye well-dedned sreamers
The usual observations OF contacts and the position OF
the station were made All th members OF tue expedi-
ton are In good health The French astronomers are ex-
pected at this port IN q few days.
PROFESSOR HoLDESs REPORT.
PRINCETON, y. j. June l2.-Professor Young, chair
man Of the Eclipse Committee Of tho National Academy
Of Sciences has received the following telegram
nouncng the Of the expedition which was sent
TO the Pacific TO observe the eclipse OF Nay o:
SAN Francisco. Cal, June IL.
American Eclipse Expedition arrived at san Francisco
June IL Holden reports Vulcan bright five and
half magnitude. Hasting5s observations prove the
corona be largely phenomenon OF dhractlon by the
grea change in length OF 1474 line east and west
sides Of No black lines in corona (spectrun),
but D." Fun observations with grating specr0scope,
prsmatlc telescope and intergrang spectroseope by
Rockwell, Upton and Brown. Contacts by Preston.
Engiisa and French parties -ccessiul.
e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-13
OFFERING a REWARD FOR MURDER.
THE TROY STRIKE RroTs-sERIoUs CHARGES AGAINST
AN IRON MANUFACTURER.

AN IRON MANUFACTURE
TROY, n. Y, June 12.-There has been
much excitement to-day nroInd the courtroom at the
second Precinct where slscher has been under exam
ton He is member OF tho firm owning
the iron works, aud is charged with having
instigated tho shooting OF Hutchinson by
saying that he would Gyo $l5 for
every one OF the strikers whom somebody would KILL
Though he ls not charged with the shooting himself he
was refused ball. and in the charge Of the Police Cap
TAIN At noon to-day Winestone removed TO the
hospital. His condition Httlc improved
and he rested comfortably after the ride
Coroner Green empaneled sury to-day ofresdents near
tie place where the arsy occurred, and the inquest viii
he held Thursday afternoon. In the court to-day
John and Thomas Jones were the hrst arraghcd tney
were charged with disoricry cOnducT, and their trial
vas set down for next Tuesday. They were released
on hall. seicher. White and Cauneid were then
asked for short delay, stating that new
warrant being prrpared against slcicaer charging
him with murder II understood that the accusa
OF beng accessory before the TACT was nOs recOS
niLed by the code The warrant was issued on
an affidavit or william b. Hagen. VINO alleges
that s.echer offered him reward for every Vnion
mouider whom he shot When arra!gned on tie new
warrant the accused men each pleaded not guilty ana
Mr. MOak demanded an Immediate ex animation. IL was
agreed that the examination should begin al ocIo
this afternoon. The prisoners were then returned 10 tne
custody OF the police.
. At 2 O'clock the preliminary examination OF the de-
PENDANTS begun before Justice Jennyss at me POcc
Court-room. Mrs. Mary A. Meeban rst witness
She SAID she rGnnlng up Congressst uriug
as they ran, but did not know who they were
White and Garfield were directed to s.and
up, but the witness could not identity them
draw pls. OILS, aud heard some one say, lmers0n IN
give you one" Imerson got pistol. White fired the
first shot, Witness saw Hutchinson Iall, but ana not
know who shot him. The inquest was adjourned uht
morning.