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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02
An Odd SIGHT in New York,

On Sixth avenue elevated railroad
train the attention of the passengers in
the second car was attracted to strange
spectacle. A huge policeman with q
brown mustache, under which his white
teeth CLEANED good naturedly, sat by
as tiny n child as over was seen without
its mother. The little creature was bare
headed, although the rain plashed
drearily on the car windows. She wore
pink apron just big enough for a doll,
and her two little bluc-stockinged legs
failed by foot and a half to reach the
floor. Her fair hair had been done up
some time before in wee Marguerite
pi9-tail. Her dark eyelashes dropped
wearily, and on each grimy little cheek
a steady current of tears had furrowed
its way through the dirt and left sooty
streak TO mark its course.
Sha was half asleep during her un-
familiar trip, but every time the train
stopped. with a grating of brakes and a
whiz of steam, she woke up in fright
and turned her little head to see what
the glare of the station lights might
portend. Upon which the monstrous
policeman, with kindly smile, would
pat her vigorously with his vast right
! hand until the midget, out of Difference
to the tremendous percussion, dropped
into the Land of Nod again.
They were certainly the oddest couple
that Sixth avenue elevated railroad
train ever carried anywhere. The wom-
en- aboard looked enviously and COM
passionately at them, while the brake
man at each end could not keep his
eyes off the fantastic sight.
In due time the train stopped al
Blocker street. The monstrous police
man rose like young Goliath to his
feet. He took his rubber cape, and
wrapped the wee creature up in it as
tenderly as woman could have done
it; the baby face, with its dark, blinking
eyes, turned comfortably up to his
own, the quaint little head resting upor
his broad shoulder as if itnever had any
other support, and then the giant, with
the infant snugly asleep, strobe out O
the car and plunged into the rain anc
the darkness.
He was one of Captain Killilea's
bachelor patrolmen taking to police
headquarters child whom he had founc
at o'clock lost and exhausted.-Nea
York World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02
"Torpedoing" an Oil Well.

In his illustrated article on ''Striking
Oil, :" in the July Century, E. V. Small
ley says: When well fails it is usual
ly "torpedoed" to start the flow afresh.
A long tin tube, containing six or eight
quarts of nitro-glycerine, is lowered in
TO the hole and exploded by dropping a
weight upon it. The tremendous force
of the powerful explosive tears the sand
rock apart and loosens the imprisoned
oil and gas. Nothing is heard on the
surface save the sharp report like pis-
tol shot. but the ground heaves percep-
tibly, and pretty soon the oil comes
squirting out in a jet that breaks in spray
above the lofty derrick The ''torpedo
man" Is one of the interesting person
ages of the oil region who is seen with
most satisfaction from a distance. He
travels about in light vehicle, with
his tubes and his nitro-glycerine can,
round trot, taking the chances of m ac-
cidental explosion, and whistling or
singing as he goes. Sometimes the
chances are against him, and the blow
of u wheel against stone sets free the
terrible force imprisoned in the white
fluid in his can. There is no occasion
for funeral after such an accident, for
there is nothing to bury. Man, horse
and buggy are annihilated in a fash,
and an ugly hole in the ground and a
cloud of smoke are all that is left to
show what has happened. The torpedo
company buys new horse and hires a
new man, and there is no more diff
Guilty about one transaction than the
other. The business of 'torpedoing'
wells is in the hands of a single COM
pany, which has made a large amount
of money from a patent covering the
process of using explosives under flu
i'd. Most oil producers regard the pat
ent as invalid, because nature supplies
the fluid in the well into which the nitro
glycerine tube is lowered; but the
courts have sustained the patent. Some.
times well-owners torpedo" their wells
stealthily by night to avoid the high
price charged by the company. The
operation is called ''moonlighting," and
many lawsuits have grown out Of it.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02
What CAUGHT Him.

"Hold on minute!" called man at
the postoflice to another who was hur-
rying off yesterday.
Cant do it-great hurry-see you
later" was the reply.
II say, hold on!''
Cant possibly do it--got to be at
the bank in three minutes"
"Say!"
Cant do it-so longr'
"See here" persisted the man, 81
want you to step into the alley here and
see a horse I'm going to buy. l want
your opinion of HIM"
'Oh, that's it! Well, l don't mind il
l do" and he cheerfully wasted three
quarters of an hour in sizing up a $50
horse. 1t is the only thing which never
| fails to hit.--DeLroI Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02
The digar as a Social l.orca.

Make no mistake, cigar is Il great
arbitrator. 1t helps break the ice, it
bridges over the gulf of embarrassment
in meeting unexpected or undesirable
parties; it is a sort of passport to good
fellowship and kind treatment. 1t
tides over THAT awkward first few min
utes when you sit down to Il business
confab with strangers or men that you
are q little shy of, and it fills in the odd
moments when you are waiting to see
which way the cat will jump. BY the
attention which you must give your
cigar you gain time for deliberation,
and 1t somehow gives you an appear
ance of fortitude and composure which
you don't feel in the least. Why, let
two men light cigars and sit down to
make contract. and I'll guarantee
they'll get per cent. better terms each
side than if they previously whistled
and drummed on the table between
spells. So, in a business way, l think
it Is often an advantage to smoke. If I
were newspaper man should learn
that and shorthand the first thing
Lafayette lIfadr ! Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02
The First ENGLISH Train.

On the 10Th OF September, 1890, the
Rocket and several other locomotives,
built on the same model, were ready at
Liverpool for the grand opening of the
Liverpool 81 Manchester Railway.
was a young shaver then. but [ was
there, went all the way from Ramsey.
Huntiugoonshife, way down in the Isle
of Elyfens, with my father to see the
''new tangled failure" but somehow it
did not prove failure after all, and
but for one sad, serious accident, was
a glorious day and decided triumph.
What day that was for Liverpool!
Every instrument of music in the city,
and for hundreds of miles around, had
been got together and were being scrap
ed, blown, beaten, twanged and oper-
ated upon at once to an accompani-
ment of church bells and booming cam
mons. Every house top was crowded.
flags were floating from every available
eminence. Thousands upon thousands
of people lined both sides of the road
for miles, with expectation, to be ripen-
ed into wonder and admiration marked
upon their faces. And didn't the Man.
chester ale flow! Barrels were tapped
in the streets, and temperance was no.
where.
It was about 11:30 in the forenoon
when all was ready, and the Northum-
brian led the way. There were four
carriages to each engine, making eight
separate trains, carrying altogether near
upon 1000 people. The road was a
double track, but both tracks were EN-
ployed, the first train monopolizing one.
and the other seven following each 9TH
er on the parallel line. The start was
at length made, without any mishap.
Away went the first passenger trains
ever run in England (or elsewhere, }
down the Sutton incline and over the
Sankey viaduct, seventeen miles to
Parkhurst, the Northumbrian carrying
Wellington, Peel, William Huskisson,
M. P. for Liverpool, and other mobiles,
accelerating or retarding her speed on
the south line to permit her crew to ex-
anime any points of interest or see the
other trains skim upon their way. All
went well up to this point, but here oc-
Cured that fatal accident which made
the opening of the first railroad a day
Of mingled joy and sorrow--joy for the
success of the undertaking, and sorrow
for the catastrophe, which deprived
Liverpool OF its newly elected member
of parliament, free trade one of its earl
lest champions, and Great Britain one
of her most experienced diplomats and
eloquent orators While the locomo-
tives were taking in water Mr.. Huskis-
son quit his carriage and went to shake
hands with the Duke of Wellington.
While SO doing the Rocket passed on the
other line, the M. P, became confused
and frightened, and in his furry ran on
the track. In vain the engineer tried
to stop the engine. 1t ran over the
statesman, breaking both legs and
thigh, and otherwise SO injuring him
that he died the same night, after being
carried to the vicarage of Eccles. The
journey of the trial trains was made to
Manchester, but a gloom which could
not be dissipated had been cast over the
day, and the triumph of the engineering
consummation was saddened by death.
London Letter.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02
The Art of the Light Of Other pazs.

-AAo ~A& ~ SAAo ~-Ao Vi 0bAoA Ody %
Talk about accidents in art. l was
looking at one of Ryder's enigmatical
pictures in the American Artists Exhi-
bition when an acquaintance came up.
''Did you ever see Ryder paintp" he
asked. mo! Well, then, you've Il treat
in store. have enjoved it. He lays in
a picture by slapping his palette-scrap-
.ings pell-mell on the canvas, and then
painting whatever their eccentric dis
tribution may suggest to him., Twas in
his studio one day looking at his work.
One canvas attracted mo especially; it
was clump of trees, overshadowing a
pool, and with white figure alongside
the water. That figure makes a good
spot there | said.
Figured said he. Il didn't put a
figure in it ae
why, here it is ~
''He looked at it and laughed.
It's candle dripping he said.
But it d oes help it out. doesn't itp'
''And he scraped tho paratiine off and
painted in figure in its place. IN Y.
NesOS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02
Be Careful What Carpet You Select,

1.-The other day man wrote his name
on the register of Philadelphia hotel
and was shown to neat room on the
second floor above. In five minutes he
came rushing down the stairs Che was
in too great hurry to wait for the ele-
vator) and, painting for breath at the
desk, yelled out:
.Icawn't keep that room, you know;
why, the carpets got snakes in It'll!
s.The man had red face and red
der nose, and saw at once that his pc
culiar condition had caused him to mis-
take the figures on the carpet for
snakes. So, without asking any ques-
tions or trying to explain away the de-
lusion, l sent him to room where the
tho carpet is in big squares, like a chess
board. ."-TR Hotel Clerk.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02
The Office Bow,

Is the Office boy idleP
No; he is not idle; he is frantically in.
dustrious; he is killing himself with hard
work
Will it take him long?
Unfortunately yes; he is very tough.
What is he doing now?
Rather ask what is he not doingP He
has the faculty of doing SO many useful
things at the same time that it is i'm
possible to guess what he may not be at.
He is probably at this moment engaged
in sweeping out, dusting. tidying up the
several rooms, going on few scores of
errands, and quietly awaiting opportu-
mites to be useful.
Does the Office boy ever make any un.
necessary noise?
Oh, dear, no; he never whistles OF
plays the devils hornpipe on his desk
with his lily-white fingers; he was never
known to raise his voice in unseemly
believing. No, my dear sir, you have
been misinformed.
Is the office boy ever rude or dis
courteousp .r- ...,..l
! Not bit of it.. He is courtesy itself.
His bumps of veneration and reverence
cover his entire head. He looks up to
AAS O"PiOy0A lo q eupcLlOI UolH%. h0
would sooner 60 without his meals for n
week than once omit the .'sir" after yes
or no, or to return thanks for the small
est favor. "a +'~%
Then you think the Office boy is not to
be improved? -
Assuredly not. It would be like at
tempting to paint the lily or gild refined
gold. No, sir; the Office boy is the one
perfect thing in nature. ..,
Do you love the office boyp
Consumedly. Without him life would
be unlivable. The thought of having to
part with him is the only shadow that
darkens the way to the silent tomb.
Do you know where he is now?
All, now you ask the something that
nobody can answer. l only know that
he is not in the office. He is SO consci-
entious, you know. He absents himself,
fearing that he may disturb somebody,
or be in somebody's way. But he never
is in the way. Oh, no. John! / say!
hello! John! Where in thunder is that
boy now, l Iwonder.-Bosto,s Transcript
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02

- A younester Of a dozen years went to
pass the W6itsuhtide holidays with his
prandmother in, the country. In the
evening when they sat down to dinner.
the grandmother cried, t'Oh,. .myl
There are thirteen Of Tus!'' Don't be
worried grandmother, cried the yspng-
ster, y win eat for twoP' 4. -:. -...:....., .,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02

why didn't you marry your husband
fifteen years ago; he would have taken
you thenP asked an Austin lady of o
newly-married friend. II know It, but
fifteen years ago he was too old to suit
me, ,"-zsTgs SJtings,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02
Proposed Amendment to the
Constitution Of Ohio.
Section Eighteen of Schedule.
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 50.

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing Amendments to the Constitution
Be it ReSo10ed By tie General assembly of tie
State Of Ohio, That, At the general election to
be held on the second Tuesday of October 1888
approval or rejection two propositions to amend
the constitution of the state. as follows:
FIRST PROPOSITION
''The additional section" " in and with sec
tien eighteen of the schedule shall be repealed,
and there shall be substituted tol it the follow
ing:
1.-The general assembly shall regulate the
traffic in intoxicating liquors so MS to provide
against evils resulting thcretrom; and its
not limited by any provision of this cons titu-
tion.'
SECOND PROPOSITION.
"The additional section - In and with see
and th3re shall be substituted for it the follow
ing:
-'The manufacture of and tho traffic in in
toXicatng liquors TO be used as a beverage are
forever pr"h ibitod and the general assembly
shall prov d by law for the enforcement Of
this provisiua."
The electors voting in favor OF the said first
proposition shall have on their ballots the
words, . Regulation aud taxation of the liquor
traffic - Yes :" and those voting in favor oj the
said second proposition shall have on their
ballots the words, :. Prohibition OF into xicating
liquors-Ye " D..
IL either Of the said two propositi pns he Tins
approved by majority of the electors voting
in proposed shall constitute separate section
of article fifteen of the constitution,
o. J. HODGE,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
R. G. RICHARDS,
President Of tie Senate.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02

UNITED STATES OE AMERICA ONO
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
I,JAMEs W. NEWMAN, Secretary of Stale of
the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is 4 true copy of a Joint Resolution
adopted by the General Assembly of the State
OF Ohio, on the 4th day of April A. u 1873 as
taken from the original rolls filed in this Office
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. L have hereGD Dtn
subscribed my name, and affixed the great sea |
of the State of Ohio, ut Columbus. the 9TH day
of April. A. u. 1888.
JAMES W NEWMAN
lsEAL.l Secretary Of STATE,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02
BIG STOCK OF NOTIONS!

HOSIERY for Ladies', Gents and
Children.
KID, SILK and Isle THREAD
GLOVES.
BLACK and COLORED SILK MITS
Hamburg Edgings ard I',sertiags.
Plain and Dotted S,0isses.
Lace Curtains, dc.
Table Linen and Red DamasEs,
Linen Napkins and To,0els.
Floor and Table Oil Cloths.
OIL Shades, WindoU Failures, Curtain
Fringes, dc.
Ladies' and Gents Summer Under.
t1edr.
Large stock Of Ginghanas, Prints,
Sheettngs, Ticks, Deninss, dc.
Ladies' and Chtldren's Shoes, MEMS
Fine Boots and Shoes.
We keep constantly on hand a choice
stock of GROCERIES.
B~We cordially invite the public
to give us call, as we feel confident
we can SELL GOODS AS LOW AS
ANY HOUSE IN THIS COUNTY.
SNYDER & FREEMA IAN .
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02
TRAINS WESTWARD.

Trains no. 5. 4, 5 and II run daily. l
Palace Sleeping Coaches on trains No, 3. 4,
and IL between Cincinnatiand NcwY ork daily.
Sleeping Coach on No. and between Gin
cinnati and Hernellsyille, and between Clevc-
land and Hornelsville daily. except Sunday.
Rarlor cars between Holnells Vile and New
York Sleeping Coach on Nos and u between
Cincinnati and Boston daily, via Albany,
Hotel Coach on trains No. and IL between
Chicago and New York daily via Mansfield.
Train No. 5 connects at Mansfield with
Pittsburs. Fort Mayne IL Chicago. Railroad for
Chicagoand all points IN theNorth- west. Con-
nections at Leavittsburg for Youngstown and
Pittsburg; at Meadville, for Oil City; at CORY
for Titnsville lat James town for Buffalo and
Niagara Fails; at Salamanca for bradford
and Rochester; and At Binghamtop for lbany
G6seconnection at Cincinnati with trains
1or the South and West. W
Eo"stop-over" allowed upon local tickets
: 4 A. Il, CLARK,
zrB General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
CLEVELAND, ..
es.A j. M FERRIS,
kf General Manager,
80 CLEVELAND. Q.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02

Mrs. Enthuse: s'How envy you and
your garden, Mrs. SMITH Any one
would know these were fresh tomatoes
, Little Johnny (who has been in the
kitchen) )-"And right under Fresh To
matoes' there the biggest picture ever
saw. II runs around tho whole CAM
CnnfA L r-ot 4 n,,,,nnn 0i1 . Z
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-02

~ .
''Why, where have you been so long,
my dear Mrs Blankas "Oh! I've been
visitin' in the provinces-Boston, Phila-
delphia. Z and such PAGES, Thepl. pee-
pie in tbs, provinces don't know. .hothins.
Why, when told 'em about poor, dear
Jim Elliott's big funeral, and what a
nice prize fight there was the other
night in a saloon, and how the cops
got bamboozled, would you believe it.
them provincial ig gnoramusesdidn' seem
interested bit. y" = NIL . -
"Did you see anything that particu-
iarly struck your fancy when you were
looking around the furniture stores TO-
dayP' asked a young Sonlerville hus-
band of his lately made wife on her re-
turn from tour of furniture inspection.
Yes" she replied, II saw something
exceedingly pretty in looking glasses. "
s.I have no doubt you did, " he observed.
.sif you looked into them. " The halo
of a calm, sweet peace rests upon that
home. .,--re...,A t...i.f-
near Middletown, h6 remarked to a
friend whom he met on the Erie train
the other day. 'Is that SO? Well, you
do the fair thing by yourboys.' - Yes,
I try to-" .Is Daniel ambitiousP mo,
and that's his only failing. As an N
.centiye for him to buck in and make
the chips fly, took a mortgage back
on the farm for two thirds Its value.--
Daniel has got to git.up and hump, OF
I'll foreclosc on him.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-10-20
What the Barometer Knows About
Weather.


Higher barometer means that the mer-
curry is rising, and lower that it is falling.
Higher pressure is Synonymous with
higher barometer, and lower pressure with
lower barometer In case of higher ba-
rometer it indicates a colder and contract
ing atmosphere, and consequently dimi-
mutton of moisture
A lower barometer indicates an expand
ing atmosphere, with greater capacity for
holding moisture.
In case of rising barometer it indicates
decrease of moisture, and diminishes the
liability for rain.
A falling barometer indicates an in
creased amount of moisture and greater Ii
abilities for rain, and with it we have an
increased cloudiness.
When the barometer rises in cloudy
weather it is generally an indication that
the clouds will break and be followed by
fair weather.
A sudden change in the barometer,
either rising or falling, is a fair indication
of approaching high winds.
At sunset, if the sun goes down behind
or is obscured by bank of clouds, with a
falling barometer, rain win follow in nineteen
cases out of twenty on the succeeding day.
If the sun be obscured at its setting by
clouds, with rising barometer and cooler
winds, the chances are nineteen to twenty
no rain will fall on the succeeding day.
There are three fair weather sunsets
the red, yellow and green. Green and red
are exceptional, the green more so than the
red.
1t viii seldom happen that we will have
a rainfall on day succeeding one on which
any of the three above colors are dominant
at sunset the day before. 1t occasionally
happens, however, that rain will fall when
no indications whatever on the preceding
day would lead one to expect it.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-10-20
FURNISHING GOODS.

Our stock contains everything IN vogue IN
the way of Shirts, Underwear, Hose, Collars,
Cuffs, Handkerchief, Suspenders, Sleeve
Buttons and Scarf Pins, while in choice and
fashionable Neckwear we offer to the public
the finest makes at prices that cannot fail to
please. In short, our Furnishing Goods De-
partment contains everything needed in gen.
tleman's wardrobe. Please remember that
our prices are the very lowest.
HATS AND CAPS.-The exhibit in
this department will beggar description.
Hundreds upon hundreds of novel staple
styles and colors and shapes. We have ran
sacked the factories Of the most celebrated
makes in order to secure the most beautiful
specimens of Head Gear for Old Men and
Young Men, for Youths and for Children.
Come and see the styles. You will not be
coaxed to buy; but if you should invest dol
lar, it will go as far as a dollar fifty in any
hat store in Baltimore
BOOTS AND SHOES.-We have the
largest and best selected stock of Ladies'
| Shoes, Gentlemen's Shoes, Misses Shoes,
Boys Shoes and Children's Shoes in Balti-
more. 1t is impossible to give an idea of the
extent of our stock to those who have never
visited our Shoe Department. We are bound
up by no one manufacturer. We purchase
only where we can get the best goods for our
money. You who read this, examine our
stock and do likewise. Ladies' and Gentle
mems Shoe Departments separate.
EXCELSIOR CLOTHING COMPANY,
S. W. COR. BALTIMORE LIGHT STREETS,
Baltimore, Nd.
Largest Establishment in the State.
sept 8-tf