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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22
Women in the Water.

Fragile woman, so often considered
as mere plaything for a. man, has
more than once both astonished man
and humiliated him by her exploits OF
endurance in the water. 1t is the fact,
however, that woman can float more
easily in the water than man, because
she has the advantage over him in hav-
ing smaller bones in proportion to her
total weight than man has, and has
also larger proportionate amount in
her body of adipose matter, which Is
lighter in water, than man has. But
nevertheless, for fragile vessel she
has performed feats on the frisky wave
more marvellous even than those ac-
complished by her male rival, and has
done them far more gracefully, for it is
an undeniable fact that though women
can not walk as gracefully as men, she
excels him in her grace of movement
in the water, and becomes in It's en-
brace as fair a nymph indeed as ever
fioated in the mystic waters of Greek
mythology.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22
Our Cat with the Scarlet Fever.

The ways of our cat '.Becky" are all
ways winning, and sometimes remark
able, but the feat which has made her
famous is-catching the scarlet fever.
Many persons do not believe that q
cat can take disease from human be-
ing, but this cat did it most undoubted-
ly, and was very seriously i'll for more
than week. 1t began by her insisting
on visiting the patient, her young mis-
tress, though the latter was too i'll to
notice the little animal lying on the
bed, and when at last Becky was forci-
bly, driven from her post, it was too
late, for customary symptoms of the
disease plainly showed themselves.
She was violently sick, and her throat
and tongue became SO infiamed that
she could not swallow; (no one thought
to find out whether there was a rash
under her fur), but at all events she
grew thinner every day, as she could
neither eat nor drink, and the physician
in attendance prescribed for her an easy
death by chloroform. However, some
one suggested putting hot poultices on
her throat, as this treatment gave great
relief to the human patient, and accord
ingly flax seed meal was applied, Becky
submitting without struggle. Some
times it seemed as if the poultice was
hot enough to scald her, but she bore the
heat bravely, evidently knowing what
it was for.
One morning, the person who took
charge of the poultices, was awakened
before light, by puss, who, after "claw-
ing her vigorously, went to the table
under the gas-burner where the linseed
was heated, and sat looking up wistful-
ly. 1t was very evident that she want
ed hot poultice, for the one last put
on was quite cold, and after obtaining
what she had come for, Becky went
down stairs again contented.
In few days she was convalescent,
and spent most of her time before the
fire in the invalid's room, making weak
attempts to lick her coat, which through
neglect had lost all its gloss.
The first sign of returning appetite
showed itself when she endeavored to
eat the cork of the cod-liver-oil bottle.
She probably thought it would give her
strength, she being a reflective cat
and particularly fond of fish. This case
of scarlet fever is an absolute fact, as
can be certified by several Witnesses
Isabel Sn,ittsoD TN american Aqrtcul-
tx7-ist for MOT
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22
Ancient EARTHQUAKES in Iscbia.

The most ancient of the recorded
eruptlons in Ischia was that of Montag-
none, to which is ascribed the origin of
the vast crater of regular form that still
existed before the recent earthquake, in
state OF perfect preservation, in the
northwestern part of Ischia. About
40 b. c., successive eruptions at Point
Comacchia gave rise to the vast flows
of Manecoco and Bale, which extended
far into the sea and prolonged the
point to the north. Numerous efforts
have been made since these ancient
times to plant colonies on this unstable
land, even then fertile and covered with
a luxuriant vegetation.
Lyell, who made long exploration
of the island in 1928, relates that first
the Erythreans and afterward the Chal-
cideans, who had settled in the island
before the Christian era, were driven
away by the incessant earthquakes and
the mephitic exhalations escaping from
every point. At later time, 2S0B. c.,
Hero, king of Syracuse, tried to found
a colony there, but it was soon driven
away by a formidable explosion preced-
ing the great flows of lava which gave
rise to the masses now forming the
pTOHlOuCOTloS OF LdTO anu CamSO.
The same fate befel the Grecian colo
nies which afterward tried at different
times to occupy the island. The erup-
ton that forced the retreat of the first
Grecian colony gave rise to Monte
Rosato, that cone of projections the
sudden formation of which is compara-
BILE to that of Monte Nuovo. The last
named mountain was raised in Septem-
Der, 1888, in forty-eight hours, at Puz-
Zuoli, after a succession of formidable
shocks which occasioned great disas-
ters in the Phlegrean fields and de-
stroyed a great number of Roman
buildings. These two mountains of
volcanic erection, formed under similar
conditions, at two distinct epochs cor
responding in each case with period
of repose in Vesuvius, and distinguished
by their regular form, which may be
compared with that of the classic vol
canoes of the chain of the pay sof Au-
vergne. Both, terminating in a vast
crater, have emitted, like the volcanoes
Of Auvergne, only a single flow of lava,
which seems to have exhausted all
their energy. A long period Of repose
followed. During more than a century
'Ischia the Joyous" as it was called,
rested in perfect tranquility. The pleas
ure-loving Romans made of it the most
enchanting resort in the world; all
their magnates had villas there.-Pop-
~1or Science Monthly for NoUember.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22
How Mans Surroundings Shape His
Ra1iefs

The peculiarities of natural objects
supply molds in which the metal of re-
ligious faith, already lying latent,
readily sets. And not only directly,
but indirectly, DO they shape the forms
of faith. The rushing river, Q. e., not
merely attracts the reverence of the
primitive man to itself, but by its swift
and treacherous motion, its sinuous
course, and snake-like hiss and CLEAN,
it is personified as mighty divine SER
pent, and next makes sacred by asso-
citation the serpents OF the country
about. The sky, personified by the
ancient Egyptian as a heavenly goose.
enyeloping and Matching the .cosmic
egg, made sacred henceforth all geese
to the pious dwellers by the Nile. In
climes like Egypt, where the skies are
rainless and the whole aspect of nature
equable, almost unchanging, there the
gods are marked by calmness of bear
ing and serenity of nature. We must
90 to the slopes of the Himalayas or
the ridges of the Apennines to find the
howling Rudra, with his attendant
Maruts, the Founders, rushing wildly
through the glens, or to see the bullocks
slain in honor of Jupiter Tonans, the
Thunderer. In cold and temperate
climes it is the enlivening and warm
ing sun that is loved and adored; but,
in the sultry air of the tropics, the sun
and the sky of day become evil and
destructive deities and affection is
transferred to the refreshing sky Of
night.
So, also, in their ideas of heaven
and hell, there is natural contrast
between the faith of the man of the
tropics and the man of the Arctic
zone To the first, the future home of
the good is some abode of GOODNESS,
some garden of the Hesperides, OF a
breezy Olympian height, and the place
of punishment place of fire, To the
Icelander, hell is the place of cold,
worse far to him than fire, and heaven.
some comfortable hall surrounded by a
hedge of flame. Again, in hot climes,
| where the soil of the river bottoms is
deep and rich, and nature teens with
productiveness, there the gods are
| credited with the same sensuous ma
ture; religious ideas are apt to revolve
about the mysteries of procreation, and
the worship of the people is apt to in
clude not few impure rites and SYM
bols.-Prof. James Z. Bir6y, IN Popu-
lar Science Monthly for November.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22
Lengthening Short Women,

The London World tells of new contri-
vance for making ladies taller. The wo-
man who is to undergo this process is
cased in very tight corset, and her feet
are placed in shoes weighted with fifty
pounds of lead each. She is then
placed in a machine consisting of a
ring, which encircles her waist, and is
suspended from the ceiling at such a
height as to prevent her feet from
touching the ground. The pressure of
the corset forces the upper part of her
body upward, and the weight of the
shoes stretches her from the waist down.
ward. 1t is estimated that the extreme
length to which the spine can be
stretched by the process sthus described
Is two inches, and that the knee and
hip joints can be stretched an inch and
a half more. Thus three inches and a
half can be added to the height of al
most any woman who has the courage
to undergo the trouble and pain neces-
sarily connected with stretching pro-
cess lasting, with brief intervals, dur
ing five or six months.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22
Changing Clothing.

Many persons lose life every year by
an injudicious change of clothing, and
the principles involved need repetition
almost every year.
If clothing is to be diminished, it
should be done in the morning, when
first dressing. .s-
Additional clothing may be safely
put on at any time.
In the Northern States the undergar-
ments should not be changed for those
less heavy sooner than the middle of
May; for even in June a fire is very
comfortable sometimes in New York
parlors,
Woolen flannels ought to be worn
next to the person by all during the
whole year, but thinner material may
be worn after the first of June.
A blazing fire should be kept in every
family room until 10 o'clock in the
morning, and rekindled again an hour
before sundown up to the first week in
June, and from the first day of Octo-
Der.
Particular and tidy housekeepers, by
arranging their fireplaces for the sum-
mer too early, oftentimes put the whole
family to serious discomfort, and en-
danger health Dy exposing them TO slt
in chilliness several hours every morn
ing, waiting for the weather to moder-
ate, rather than to have the fireplace
or CRATE all blacked up; that is, rather
than be put to the trouble of another
fixing up for the summer, they expose
! the children to Group, and the old folks
to Inflammation of the lungs. The old
and young delight in warmth. 1t is to
them the greatest luxury. Half the
diseases of humanity would be swept
from existence if the human body were
kept comfortably warm all the time.
The discomfort of cold feet or of 9
chilly room many have experienced to
their sorrow; they make the mind peev.
ish and fretful, while they expose the
| body to colds and the infiammations
which often destroy it in less than 8
| waek.-Halrs Journal Of Health.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22
Two.
a winters morn

In the bitter gloom of a winters morn
a babe was born.
On the mighty oak boughs the frost lay hoar;
But the warmth and light shrined the happy
face,
So softly pillowed with down and lace.
The bells clashed out from the reeling spire,
The night was redeemed by many fire;
The cottage smiled for the joy at the hall,
As the poor man answered the rich mans
call,
And his lot for day was less forlorn,
Because a little child was born.
In the bitter gloom of winters morn
A babe was born.
The snow piled high in the narrow street,
Trodden and stained by hurrying feet;
On the hearth the embers lay cold and dead,
And the woman. who crouched on the damp
straw bed
.Muttered curse as the drunken sport,
Swelled up to her lair from the crowded
court,
Riot without and squalor within,
To welcome a wall to world of sin,
And pitifui life was the more forlorn,
Because little child was born,
In a smiling home amid sun and flowers,
Calm, and beauty, and culture and wealth,
To give power to life and grace to health;
Gentle influence, thought and care,
To train the darling to love and prayer
The stately heirlooms of place and blood,
To crown the flower of maidenhOod,
With childhood's pearly innocence kept,
On the folded leaves where the sunshine
slept
So sweetly and richly formed the cup
Life held, where the happy girl grew up.
Where "home" was vague and empty word
A child grew up;
Where oath and blow were the only law,
And ugly misery all she saw;
Where want and sin drew hand in hand,
Round the haunts that disgrace our Christian
land;
A loveless, hopeless, joyless life.
Of crime and wretchedness, struggle and
strifel
Never a glimpse of the sweet spring skies,
To soften the flash in the wild young eyes;
Or drop of peace in the poisoned cup
Life held, where the reckless girl grew up.
On a summer eve as the low sun set,
A woman died,
At the close of long and tranquil life,
HonOred and guarded, mother and wife,
With gentle hands whose work was done,
And gentle head whose crown was won,
With children's children at her knee,
And friends who watched her reverently;
Knowing her memory would remain,
Treasured by grief, that scarce was pain,
Wich her hearts dearest at her side,
Blessing and blessed, the woman died.
On sunny's eve as the low sun set.
A woman died.
She had fought the failing fight so long,
But time was cruel, and hard, and strong,
Without Wi faith without prayer:
Without trace upon the page,
From desperate youth to loathsome age,
But sin and sorrow, wrong and chance,
And bitter blank of ignorance;
With not hand to help or save,
Without a hope beyond the grave,
Tossed in the black streams rushing tide,
UnmOurned, unmissed, the woman died.
And we are all akin runs the kindly creed!
oh, the riddle of life is hard to read.
All The Year Around.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22

The torpedo, which has done good
service in the oil wells, may now be
used to facilitate the removal of great
accumulations of snow. The invention
is called Gunther's Torpedo Snow Plow.
1t consists of apparatus to be applied
to locomotives, by means of which,
when the locomotive is pushed into a
snow-bank, a torpedo is exploded
against firing block, so that a snow
bank will be shattered. The engineer
of the locomotive has complete control
of the firing, and, by successive explo-
sions, may advance through the thick
oct drifts
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22
What Shall we Do with Our Boys2

'EJohnnie" writes: ''Make chap
pies of them," ''Lord Masherville'
suggests: "Send the beggaws, aw, on
the stage" Oscar Wilde" ventures:
Teach them how to exist beautifully"
s'O'Donovan Rosa" hints: ''Begorra,
let 'em join the Brotherhood. ''Com-
mon Sense" wants them to 'join the
British army, so as to swell its numbers
into respectability." ''Bradlaughite"
asks; "What do we want with themP"
''Fellow-struck'' says that they should
be taught how to escort lady to the
theater, and then perhaps the ladies
will look after them. 'Lazybone' e's''
idea is that begging should be unpenalis-
ed; and Fum agrees with ga Father of
Five Young Sons, ''Give them an edu-
cation and a 910 note. ''-Frona Fun.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22
RAvENNA, O.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1888

His own wife was very beautiful
more lovely than Henry Vere's, per-
haps-but she did not possess nearly so
many womanly qualities as Kate, and
he secretly regretted that he had not
married the latter.
But regrets were useless. He had
been false to Kate. He had married
another, and Kate could not, even if
she would, become his wife.-Frona
Wedding Bells.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22

There is said to be as much a mania
in England for things American as
there is in America for things English.
1t is becoming all the rage in England
to travel in this country, and next
season we may expect flood of English
travel.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22

The Turkish woman is marriageable
at the age of nine years, and by Turk
ish law at that age she is competent to
manage her own property and dispose
OF one-third of her fortune. This is
pretty progressive for the Turkish girl;
put the American girl, at a marriage
aoie age, is competent to dispose of her
ontlre fortune-and her husbands, too,
u 1ne opportunity is given her,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22
Arraigning a Parrot.

A San Francisco policeman arrested
a parrot for using profane language
on the street. When arraigned before
a police magistrate, the bird told the
natrolman that. he was "liar" who
ought to ''shut up and "bag his
head" and amused the court by sing
inc I'm Mary Kelley's Beau"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22
Business Cards.

H. STUART. D. L. ROCKWELL
STUART & ROCK WELL,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS
AF LAW, Ravenna, Ohio 0nices in Poe
building. nearly opposite the Etna House
and Court House,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22
j. 81. NICHOLS.
7. RI. DUSSELL,

Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Ofice
in Phenix Block over Second Nationa al Bank,
RAvenna, Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22
P. B. CONANT,

TrORNEY AT Law, Counsel in
IA English aud German. ONCE over Flatn's
CluthIng store, Phenix Block, Ravenna, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22
r. III. PHELPS

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Ravenna, O.
N Onice in Blackstone Block, North Chest
nu. street. Ravenna, Ohio
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22

A rrORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
a LAW. Once over Peter Kings Grocery
WesL Main st., Ravenna. Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-11-22

It. R. MORATH, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon. once In Empire
Block where he may be found at all hours OF
day or night, except when absent on profes-
sional business. Hs
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03
LEGISLATIVE.

The bill substituted by the judiciary
committee for house bill 81" has PASSED
the house and will probably get through
the senate. House bill 81 was the lein
law originally introduced by Mr.. Green,
and which was referred to in THE
ENQUIRER some three weeks since. We
objected to the bill at that time on the
ground that it limited the amount for
which a lien could be taken-no action
being allowed if a debt were less than
SIS. The substitute is free from that in
justice, and altogether is good bill and
will cover the ground fully to the salts
faction of the working men of the state.
The senate passes an act providing for
a bureau Of agricultural statistics, but
summarilly sets down upon a bill to
create a bureau Of labor statistics. This
seems to US to be piece of absurd in
consistency. The agricultural interests
of the state at present are not of such an
extent as to reQuirea small wash-stand
to take care of them; while if Colorado
has any principal feature it certainly
must be that belonging to labor statistics.
But we can't expect full and complete
reform in legislation all at once. The
people will thin cut and purify the
Legislatures again in two years, and, if
they don't get their rights ere long it
will be their own fault. =.
Senate bill No. z has passed the senate
and at this writing is in the hands of the
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03

JAY GOULD sent $500 to Milwaukee for
the benefit of the survivors Of the hotel
fire, whereon the mayor INDUCED in the
following strain Of toadyish gush, or else
he intends it for the severest of sarcasm.
We hope the latter view is correct:
"Please accept my thanks and the
thanks of all our citizens for your magni-
fcent gift. 1t is timely, and should rank
you with the noble philathropIsts that
distinguish this age above all previous
eras in the worlds history"
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03

George Blair, in his address to the
Workingmen's Assembly of the State
of New York, at the recent convention
held in Albany, alluding to the labor
press, said: "The Importance of having
journals published in various localities
cannot be over-estimated It is we'll
known that if our principles and the
existence of labor organizations is made
known it has tendency to weaken the
opposition, and as nearly all the news
papers of the country are more or less
Identified with political organizations
and their interests it is natural that
they will say nothing in their papers
that might tend to give our organiza-
tons importance. (
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03

-af ..g W 8 4 /.
big meeting, unless you behaved with
unlawful violence. Our institutions and
habits rather encourage the peaceable
show of numbers as means OF per-
suasion. Ali organizations, political,
and charitable resort to it. But
you went there Jor said you would go,
with brass band. + I do not think this
implied violence or any threat OF Vlo-
lence. A trumpet or a trombone Is not
a deadly weapon, and music is not essen
tally wicked, or else it would not be
used, as at always is, in church and camp
meetings. In addition to-these charges
of conspiracy and riot, you are accused,
as Understand you, of bribery. The
miners whom you were tryingto convert
to your way of thinking had agreed that
they would forfeit $40 apiece if they did
not work a full year at the rates of wages
previously agreed upon between them
and their employers. This penalty for
accepting your doctrine and acting upon
it they could not pay without assistance.
Your association offered to give them the
necessary material aid. This does not
come within any common law or statu-
tory definition of bribery that know Of
I NAV have misconceived this whole
case, but assuming it to be correct in a
general outline, you are certainly in no
danger of being tried, for the district at
torney is gentlemen much too sensible
to ask a conviction on such grounds. /
am, very truly, your obedient servant,
81. S. BLACK"
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03

house judiciary committee. This is the
bill introduced by Senator Tilford and
relates to exemption of the wages OF q
married man from attachment or execu-
ton. This bill will undoubtedly pass
the house and become law; as there is
at present practically no exemption law
in the state, and allconcede the necessity
and justice of such law.
Mr. Bergh's bill providing for COM
missioner of mines and relating to the
safety of those employed in mining was
up in the house Thursday and after con-
siderable discussion, principally upon
the subject of a salary for the commits
sioner, was made special order for 10
O'clock Monday morning. ~s..
House bill No. 55, by Rockafellow,
relating to coal mines, was read Thursday
in the house for the third time. This
bill is intended for the protection of coal
miners. 1t provides for the appoint
ment of an inspector of coal mines, and
regulates the modes of ventilation and
other needed precautions and the fact
that it passed the house unanimously
will be good news to our thousands of
readers in the coal mines of, Colorado.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03

SYMPATHY with mur rderers? No, I
have none And for that reason I am
sick of the system that breeds murderers'S
commencing with those boss murderers
who sit on thrones and render the life
blood of the people tributary to their
own worthless lives: producing in the
end reactionary wave Of ASSASSINATION
by which they themselves are doomed
-Woman's World.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03
YOUR FRIENDS.

If you are anxious to see this paper a
success-and it is our aim to make it
such-we ask you to patronize the men
who advertise in its columns. We do
not say that because a business man
does not advertise with us he is not
worthy of your patronage, but we, do
claim that those who use it's columns
are such as have, your interests at heart,
and who uphold the cause we advocate,
and evidence such feelings by lending a
helping hand to your organ.