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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-15
"Alle Gone"

He had been dropping into the office
off and on for several weeks, and had
been given reasons for believing that his
visits were welcome. The other Satur-
day he entered with hasty step and
bland smile and began:
..Say, old boy, want"
''Sir!'' said the other as lie rose up
with face as cold rs marble.
whats the matter? l was just 60
ing to say to you that needed"
''Sir! have you any business to trans
act with this Officer sternly demanded
the other.
"Well-ahem-you know-you know
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-15
- ---

The London Spectator admits, in the
matter of Christmas cards, that Eng
land is fairly beaten out of the field by
America.
One of those cheap bits of copy-book
sentiment is now travelling around in
the newspapers to the effect that this
world was not made for mourning, be-
cause the flowers are not black. On the
same theory it is not made for dancing,
because the ground is not waxed; nor
for fishing, because the whale don't
bite; nor for smoking, because people
don't like to stand to windward of g.
center; nor for burnt cork, because
minstrel jokes were all originated by
Noah in the ark nor for sensible men,
because editors keep clipping such
trash.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-15

Rebel to the end, Arab, Just after the
communication of his sentence, refused to
sign note prepared by his counsel for
signature by all the prisoners, thanking
the Khedive for his clemency. Il have
declared, according to Moslem law
said he, ''that Tewfik Pasha has ceased
to be Khedive, and I crnnot recognize
him as being so now; but | will thank
the Egyptian Government" The word
lug OF the note was accordingly changed.
this was parallel to the conduct OF
tie old Shci5h Euai. who was asked ~
the court, during the trial, il he la
sigre1 the deposition of Tewfilz. No,
be said, but if you bring it to me now
l will do So"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-15
..Cnnd morning sirr,

"Good morning, sir?'
The man with the bland smile backed
out and down stairs, and as he reached
the street he gasped out:
s'Wonder how on earth he knew l
was going TO say that l had a little bank
note to pay and was short just $50.
Well, there's six weeks more of the
incest kind of planning knocked into a
cooked hat.n
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-15

The United States census shows that
of the whole number of farms the larg-
est proportion occupied by actual own
ers is in New England-91 per cent.
The next largest is 80 per cent, in the
Pacific States; in the West it is 70 pei
cent; in the middle West and in the
middle group it is 78 per cent; in the
South it is 60 per cent,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-15
TRAINS WESTWARD.

Trains NO. ), anu ~ run daily.
Palace Sleeping & Coaches on trains No. ]. 2, 8
and - between Cincinnatiand New York daily.
Sleeping Coach on No. and 12 between Gin
cinnati and Boston daily. via Albany,
Hotel Coach ON trains No. 5 and l2 between
Chicago and New York daily via Mansfield
Train No. connects at Mansfield with
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne Chicago Railroad for
Chiea goand all points IN theNorth- west Con
nection> at Leavittsbnrg for Youngstown and
Pittshurg; at Meadville. for Oil City; at CorrJ
for Titusviile; at jamestown for Buffalo ami
Niagara Falls; at Salamanca for Bradford
and Rochester; and at Binghamton for Albany
and Boston,
Close connections at Cincinnati with trains
for the South and West.
horsepower allowed upon local tiekets.
a. f. CLARK,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
CLEVELAND, 0.
j, M FERRIS,
General Manager.
CLEVELAND, 0.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-15
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-15

Fogg was at the opera the other eve
ming, and sat in front of ayoung gentle
man who showed his musical knowledge
by humming the airs as they occurred.
At the close of the first act, Fogg turn
ed around to say, in voice sufficiently
loud to be heard by score of others:
81 am very much obliged to you sir, for
the little concert you have been giving
me; you are very kind, but, to tell you
the truth, they made so much noise on
the stage that didn't enjoy it nearly so
much as | ought" The young gentle
man said nothing, but he looked vol
umes. During the second act he omitted
his obligato, and the stage people had to
get on as best they could without it.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-15

The dispatches report that the brain
OF Gambetta weighed 1,100 grammes,
or less than 80 ounces. The maximum
weight of the healthy brain in man is
about Ga ounces, and the minimum
about 81. The brain of Guiteau weighed
494 ounces, that of Daniel Webster
about 81 ounces, and that of Napoleon
BOnaparte about the same The brain
of mulatto who recently died at Gin
cinnati weighed 81 ounces, and that of
Cuvier, the naturalist, about the same.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-15

The Denver Tribune has this bit of
juvenile philosophy: 4 small boy was
once chided by his venerable grand
mother because he preferred lying abed
to going to Sunday School. Grand
mother said the boy. 'the Christmas
and Santa Claus season have passed.
have concluded not to worry any more
about my immortal souls welfare until
just before the Sunday School picnic
season recurs."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25
Gems OF Thought.

+ 10 get weak sermons, discourage
your pastor. To get strong and Joyful
ones, encourage Naturalization. -
--Endeavor to be always patient of
the faults and imperfections of 9th
crs; for thou hast many faults
and imperfections of thine own
that require reciprocation of forbear-
ance. If thou art not able to make thy-
self that which thou wishest to be, how
canst thou expect to mold another in
conformity to thy will.
I'm conversation seek not so much
either to vent thy knowledge, or to in
crease it, as to know more spiritually
and effectually what thou dost know.
And in this way those mean, despised
truths, that every one thinks he is suffi-
iciently seen in, will have a new sweet
ness and use in them, which thou
didst not so well perceive before--for
these flowers can not be sucked dry
and in this humble, sincere way thou
shalt grow in grace and in knowledge,
too.-Leighton.
Americans do not lack feeling, but
they are sadly wanting in the express
sion of tin the little Differences, the
tender courtesies, the free, ready signs
of affection that make home so satisfy
ing and contenting. To give TO the
ite-haired father or mother not only
respect but confidence, to tell the joke
and secret to them first: to accord to
them cordially the central place in the
merry-making, seem trivial matters.
Yet it matters much to them who at the
end of life begin to think that they are
useless and forgotten; and to question
whether they shall be missed when they
60 out into the nearing mighty. Y.
| Tribttne. So 20 a4+0
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r : -vfD
True Piety.t

Z Piety is not mere spiritual prudence.
Religion is shamefuily misrepresented
when commended simplyas wise in.
vestment because, both in this world and
the next, it will pay so grandly. Piety
is, indeed, the highest possible pru-
dence, so that the man who lives for
self instead of duty and God, for the
enjoyments of this life in forgetfulness
of the offered ennoblement and bliss OF
Heaven is I" fool" as well as sinner.
as nothing else can. But the man who
seeks religion for the sake of the re-
ward, either present or future, will
never find either. He is not seeking
re'i3ion, assimilation to God; he is seek
ing the reward. His pretended piety il
like the selfishness in the guise of love
which courts a maiden not for herself,
but for her fortune. God is to- be loved
and Obeyed because he Is our Father in
Heaven, infinitely worthy of our love.
and not merely because obeying Him
will promote our happiness. Christ is
toFbe accepted and followed because He
is theinspirer and a tern of every vir-
tue, and not merely because accepting
Him Is necessary to salvation. We are
to do right and live the Christian life
everywhere and always, because il is
right and Christian, not because we
hope to bepaid for it. And the more
thoroughly we do SO, the more entirely,
we ignore the element of personal adj
vantage and make our Christian life the
expression of a simple and loving 10y
atty to Christ, the richer and more niu-
nifeent will be the reward which that
life will bring U.s. htca70 AdUGnce.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25
r Top-Dressing Pastures.

The renovation of pastures deserves
to occupy prominent place in the
operations of farmers until there shah
have been made a decided improvement
in them. Various methods of renoya-
ton have been recommended. Each
must select that method which seems
best adapted to his situation, and most
likely to accomplish the object. If the
pasture is well seeded to grass, and only
seems iexhausted,a the application of
fertilizers is indicated. Top-dressing
with barn manure will produce excel
lent results proportionate to the amount
applied. Top-dressing with meadow
mud, rOad-washings, plaster of Paris
and ashes, produce good results. An
instance Of the; value of meadow-mud
applied as a top-dressing to light,
gravelly soil, is given by Mr.. Flint, in
his work on Grasses and Forage
Plants" IAN interesting experiment
fell under my observation not long ago,
where common meadow-mud, rich barn
and liquid manure, impregnated with
lime, were used as atop-dressing on diff
ferent parts of the same field. The
mud was hauled out in the autumn, and
thrown in heaps, and there left to the
action Of the frosts and SHOWS of winter.
In spring, it was spread about the same
time, and the other manure was ap-
piled. Strange as it may seem, the
part to which the mud was applied APP
-peared TO far the best advantage :,
Light soils generally win be bene-
flied by, dressings which render them
more compact and firmer. Clay and
mud are beneficial to such soils. The
county of Norfolk, in England. is said
to owe much OF its fertility to the appli-
cation of mud and clay to its sandy soil.
Great improvements in sandy soils have
been made by the same means in Bel
GUM. Such applications improve the
texture of the light soils, and enable
them to better retain moisture and fer
tilizers. twenty-five to thirty carloads
to the acre have been found to be suf-
ticient to greatly increase the product
iveness. The washings from the roads,
which accommodates In holes and bol-
lows by the roadside, promotes the
growth OF grass. Every one has noticed
how rank the grass grows in such places.
The road washings contain, besides
some putrescent animal matters. q
quantity Of fine sand which, applied to
loamy or clayey soils promotes the
growth Of grass ~ z. Farmer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

Such rapid improvements have been
made in farm implements that it is get
ting to be serious question with the
farmer what he shall buy, and what he
can afford to do without; whatever he
decides to buy he hardly becomes famil-
lar with its use before such. improve.
ments are made upon it that he is in
doubtif he can afford to use IL, because
theimproyed one will do so much more
workwith less strength. To Keep up
with the times and buy all of the ma
chimes that are really labor-saving, that
are now found in the market, wouldn
only require large outlay of money
for the purchase but also large out
lay for aStorehouse large enough to hold
them. l-r.s -,s
On very large farms it is important,
and in fact profitable to have complete
set of improved farm implements, from
q hand-wheel hoest to a threshing ma.
chine, but on small farms the OUTLAY
for an entire set of improved nipple.
ments is too large, so the small farmer
IS compelled to makeAa selection thai
will conform to his means and the size
of his farm. If his farm is so small tha
he keeps but one horse; the difficulty o.
making selection is greatly increased
because he finds many of the best i'm
plements are made for two horses, so he
must either get another horse, or con
tinue to-ilse the old implements. Z (
The large farmers have an advantas,
oyerthe small farmers, by being better
able TO have a complete set of the most
improved implements, Manufacturer
of farm implements should try t.
equalize this difference, in a measure
by making some one-horse machine:
whenever it is practicable; unless thi
is done the small farms will eventual,
become improbable for mixed farming
and the owners will have to resort K
specialties; or neighborhood of small
farmers will have to join together an,
purchase, to hold in common, the large,
and most expensive farm implements
This could be done in good neighbour
hoods. For example, a manure spreadel
or threshing machine could be owned
by several neighbors, and be made {.
serve each one when wanted, byya Gttl
previous Arrangement This practice Il
already adopted insome portions of tn,
State. When the parties are goot
neighbors everything goes smoothly
care must be taken not TO unite will
men who are all self. -MassGchusett
PtOugtHdn. ~.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

According TO Prof. Wikier.. no
plant is more benefited. by a constant
supply of water than is the strawberry.
-Mucilage is . handy thing to haze
in the house. But If the bottle is empty,
and the stamp or envelope does not
stick, probably not one in a hundred
knows that honey is a very good substi-
tute. i7--V1 4 80 ri = -ri.f.-r.s
Cream Sauce: Heat one tablespoon
tul OF butter in skillet, add a teaspoon
ful of flour, and stir until perfectly
smooth; then add gradually one cupful
OF cold milk, let it boil up once, season
to taste with salt and pepper, and serve.
-<Chfcdgo Jour1tal. T.-To0- ~ 20.
"A good way to use up bits of cold
turkey or chicken lis to cut them in
pieces. Of, uniform size if possible, make
a batter of milk and flour and an egg,
sprinkle pepper and salt over the cold
fowl, and mix with the batter; fry as
You do any Kind of fritters in hot lard:
drain we'll; serve hot. This is good
breakfast dish.-N y. Post.
Many so-called cases of pear blight
on ounce stock are not blight at ALL but
are simply the killing of the ounce
roots from being planted too shallow.
ihe ounce root is very tender. and in
Localities where winters. are severe
should always be heavily mulched. As
the ounce likes cool, moist soil, the
mulch may be left on during the.follow-
ing summer - Chicago Herald. 5Cgu'rGf
For polish to clean up and brighten
Old furniture. pianos, etc, dissolve four
ounces orange shellac in one quart OF
ninety-five per cent alcohol; to this add
one quart of linseed oil and one pint io1
turpentine when mixed add four ounces
of sulphuric ether and four iouncess OF
aqua ammonia; mix thoroughly and
well before using. Apply with, "a cloth
or sponge, and rub the surface "a, which
7 i. Is applied until the polish appears, -
Detroit Post, I'd ~ "a
II 1t is a great mistake. says an iex-
change, to Let horses out to pasture I'M
til after the spring work IS all done.
/ One feed OF grass will spoil horse :
appetite for hay, and he viii be in poor
condition for working. no matter how
highly fed with grain. Many good
farmers keep their horses up all the year.
A healthy. man will work through the
summer. with only an occasional day OF
recreation besides Sundays. Why
should not well-fed horse do the
same?-N.eY Herald t0 .
T. b, Terry, in the Country Gentle
man, reminds farmers that n - stitch in
time saves labor in looking after po-
tato beetles as well as in any other
business BY picking off the first
beetles that appear, the second crop
VIII be largely diminished. For those
who escape, and there are always some
he uses a pan with a handle and long
paddle With these implements man
need not stoop, and can gather from
two rows at once, the tops are not
Injured, and there is no danger of poi.
SON. .-r.
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a sagaei0us shepherd Dog.

There is shepherd dog, owned out
on the Carthage Pike, near Elmwood,
which for sagacity entities him to the
honor of a professor. A few days
since gentleman, familiar with the
writer, was coming down Spring Grove
avenue, just above Chester Park. and
observed q little -eommotion 1.-THE north
end of the large covered wooden ave-
mile or SO above Chester Park. Ap-
preaching nearer he discovered Q flock
of sheep that had blocked the north
entrance to the bridge. Their owner
was patiently seated in q wagon. be-
hind them. apparently uncopcerned.
A large shepherd dog had been strug>
Cling for several minutes to induce the
sheep to enter the bridge and GO on
But they were evidently suspicious ano
did not darete venture into the for.
bidding place. Frightened at the dogs
barking and urging, the hindmoss
sheep kept crowdfng up while the
leaders obstinateiy held back. As in.
timated above the owner was uncon.
cerned, evidently confident that hi;
sagacious dog would solve the prob
lem. Presently the dog, discouraged
at his unsuccessful effort !. to drive.
leaped upon the backs of the sheep
which. in their crowded condition.
looked like one expansive floor, rar
along to the bridge entrance, 1eapee
upon the floor, and, seizing In hi.
mouth the wpolly neck of one of the
ewes, dragged her along onto the
bridge. Once on the floor of the
bridge. the old ewes suspicious were
aiiayed, and she trotted on across, fol.
lowed by the whole flock, while Shet
stepped one side, let. them all pass, and
then trotted along after. Az ). 3es
And yet there are men. silly enough
TO insist that dogs do not think Gle
cinnati Enquirer.
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aapps.rsnf ntradRtisssAa 81


"a Nothing Isl more common. than TO
find apparent contradictions, in the
language Of persons of yeracity,; ana
nothing is more usual than to find that
those scanning @discrepa neies, when. ax.-,
planned, afford fresh evidence of the
ltruthfulness of those whose testimony
has been impugped1a Thus it ie with L
the Bible. Its seeming DISCREPANCIES 3
become fresh-cyidencr@of -the-fruth.
For example, the Lord said of theloiis.J
obedient Jewish King by the .n,outh of
6eremiah the prophet; And. Zede- !.
'kiah, King OF Judah, shall not escape
Eopt of the hand of the Chaldeans. bht
shall surely ibe delivered into The hand
of the King of Babylon, and shall
speak with him, mouth to mouth, And
his eyes shah Behold his ewes: and %
shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and d
there shall he be until visit him; saith
the Lord. nAai Der xaxiiy 45.5g But
when the Lord spoke by the Prophet
Ezekiel of the captivity of Zedekiah
he said: my net will ] spread upon
him, and he shall be taken in my snare;
and 1 will bring him to Babylon. to the 4
land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he, not
see it, though he Shall die there"
! Eek. xii. 49, .''' a .gs.'.sb -
A. Il lie JEWISH nlStOff6fi, 0OSepnUS, IN
| forms us that thee King regarded, this
| threatening as self-contradictory. He Il
was to die in Babylon, and et-he was
not to see Babylon, and as he could not.
reconcile the two statements he ldisbe-.
lieved, both, ,,Josephus tells us that
1.-The two prophets agreed that the city
hshould be 'takeniby force, and Zedekiah
| carried into captivity. jeremiah said
the King should convey him prisoner to
Babyloh; while Ezekiel prediUtdd
he should not see that city. This ,Iap-
/ parent inconsistency in the prophecies
j! led Zedekiah to doubt, the truth Of the
4, whole, But it will hereafter be seen that
he was mistaken in his conjecturenn
Josephus' Antiquities, book K, chap. X.
T. Tdrk's Translation, aDre Nna7i9s sW
q When the prophecy was fulfilled alt
d, was plain.t 1.-The King of Babylon slew
the sons Of Zedekiah before his eyes; he
slew also all the Princes of Judah in
Riblah. Then he put out the eyes of Zede.
Kiah; and the King of Babylon bound
him in chains, and carried him to BaByQ
don, and put himin prison to the day OF
i his death. der. lii. I'D The s..self-
contradiction vanished when the guilty
King reaped the harvest of sorrow foI
which he had sown the seeds of sin. He
saw the King of Babylon. but he neversaw,
the city; he was led thither as blind
captive,' and there ended his days.
Church Onion. ores; niu' , .t'G.oclH r
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Just Like 'Em.

rH
Two ladies who were bound some
where in company yesterday entered a
Woodward avenue car together, and no
somewhere they seated than both made
dive for their purses tod 9au% usr
Oh, let me payi" pleaded one. :. s.e.
{. Oh, couldn't think of it!'' -,
"Oh, do. now; 1 have just the
change" eii s't sA.fA ''l.
"Oh, but have tickets'' 1adi yu
Eyes, but you paid the last time.i'
But you can pay some other time.
Here. - ,.e.- a. 9
She was hurriedly searching through
her portemonnaie, but didn't seem to
find anything.
!. / told YOU / had - 80 ~.
And the second one began a search in
q wild manner, ensptying out pins,
needles and buttons, but no money.
IS Why!l,sI do declared gasped the
first. ..,,.i ga, d. 49,, 80,
"Strangest thing / ever sawr'' added
the second.
an pay for both" observed man
on the Seat opposite, and he marched
up, fumbled through his pockets and
held out battered quarter to the driver
The latter would not take it, and the
man marched out and slid off the plat
form in the, most solemn manner, and
at the next crossing the ladies said they
had taken the wrong car. rang the bell
and got of. Detroit Free Press. iBf9gs;
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oTtro BE coSTNuEDJ

"A Sc. Louis doctor asserts that an
old fellow on the state line, who claims
to be a root doctor, has but three med
jcines in the5 dispensatory. He names
them respectively Hibobalorum, Lobo-
bahirum and Hfiobustem- One Is a
cathartic, another an emetic) and the
last q frank pizen,p which win bust his
patients open. he makes the first by
peeling the bark downward, the second
by peeling it upward and the Last by
Peeling it around
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

This is a recent ordinance in the
town of Beliary, India: ..Resolved.
that as the loose monkeys in, the town,
have become exceedingly troublesome,
by attacking women and children car
rying eatables, snd- overturning the
tiles Of the roofs of the houses in the
town, these animals be caught and sent
out into the jungles, and that arrange
ments be made that monkeys may not
receive any injury while being seized. y
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Religious : Raeadi Ing
~ ~ u 4 vas u.
BE RRAFE.


]. ,snshs.ai Ia BE. BRAy'E.a.-.,s s,,.s,,.r.,
De trsrcs o Heart. and fear not earthly
,Cringe not to men. but make thyseIf a name il
Take up, thy cross, and walk erect through life.
Fight Tor the Truth, however fierce the strife
Yield to no folly, crush thy tempting sin. 80
And heed noimurmur of codnpiaint within.
Bend meekly down to sorrows Christening
Y - rod, 80 sI-fftn 1HF Tstr.essre.E f.rr
And chafe not at the wise DEGREES of God.
Stay thy most selfish and presumptuous viii !,
Whate er thy burden, bear IL, and be still
Lift thy sad doubling eyes to God above.
Know that His Name and Nature both are
love-
Love is the guardian 81 the gate OF Heaven. .
Through Love alone thy sins shah be Forgiven
But If thou latest. eveu in thought. 732 81
Apparent virtue via avail thee naught.y r g
Love God, thy Maker; love thy fcllow.men:
7 Love without stint: thou shalt not love in
vain.
Rouse thee, o Heart! and do thy work in
Love is the conQueror over sin and death
And when thou'rt free TO sock. thy native
isThou shalt find Love the light of Paradise.
I ~ H. &. s.rfT -ff -S'aS Nsoo'''fNfstsUtt.