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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-12

In ono OF the games between the fa-
nous Yale Base Bali Club and coun-
try club In 1868. the score stood l44 to
DC. The country nine. famous for PROV
ess In hitting, had It's bats madeof huge
square pickets "whittled" down at ono
end. Another team bore vast round
beams OF Eastwood as large as a man 8
thigh. bored out and charged with cork
70 make them light --..--
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-12
DOG FOR DOG.
How IN Express Messenger Recovered
Lost Package.

Mr. James c. Edwards, who is now
wealthy and prosperous broker of Third
street. in this city, SAYS the Cleveland
Herald, began his career of manhood
as an express messenger on one of the
Illinois railroads running to and from
st. Louis. While quite young in the
service, he gave evidence of that quick
perception and prompt decision which
have since, when applied to higher
walks Of life. earned for him the high
reputation which he now enjoys, and
which Jay Gould may yet live to envy.
And. strange to say, as illustrating the
humble origin of great events in human
IS in national affairs, the inspiring cause
In the case of Mr. Edwards was II dog.
In his capacity as express messenger,
Mr. Edwards had been made the cIISto-
dian of q fine dog. which had been ship
ped from some point in Illinois to Pao-
la, Kan. AT Carrollton this animal,
which had been tethered to the ring of
tho safe in the express car, broke from
his moorings just Us the train was about
to start, and clearing the platform with
q bound, was soon on his way across
wheat field Mr.. Edwards pulled the bell
cord. The conductor asked him what
ming Off" ''- the dog" said the
conductor; ''we cant stop train for
dog. So on went the train, plungin9
ahead at tho rate of thirty miles an
hour, and ut that speed nearing the
point ut which Mr. Edwards must &C
count for the dog intrusted to his charge.
Visions of m enraged superintendent
and y grand bounce rose before the
youthful messenger, when, suddenly
glancing at the way bill and reading:
"One Dog-Paola, KAN
bright idea struck him. It was not a
pointer dog, q setter dog, Newfound-
land dog, but simply q dog. No do
scriptive list accompanied the canicular
consignment. The clouds which had
lowered upon the brow of Edwards
rolled away as if blown by magic
wind. II know what to do said he
to the conductor. to whom he had pre-
viously related his dilemma. ''How
soon will we DO In East St Louispn
"Due there in nine minutes and half, p"
said tho conductor. At the end of the
period named the train rolled up to the
railway depot. There was head stick
ing out of the express car; 1t belonged
to young Mr.. Edwards. "kook here"
said he to an Irish Iaborer who was
standing on the platform, ''got any dogs
hcre?" Eyes, lots Of 'em running round;
there's half dozen In sight" Catch
one of them and give it to me. and III
give you half dollar" Done almost
as soon as said. The Irishman handed
In dog and tho messenger handed out
half dollar. With the remnant of
the rope which tho preceding animal
had broken, Mr. Edwards tiod the new-
ly acquired dog to the express safe and
duly tagged him
One Dog-Paola, Kan
Arriving at the express office in this
ritr Mr. Edwa rds uas ahla tn nhocE off
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-12
a nlnsa Nall

A young lady had narrow escape
at fire in Now York few nights
since, About half OF her back hair was
burned. Fortunately she was not in
the building at the time, having put on
her other hair and left the house only
half an hour before the fire broke out
NorrtSt0U7s Herald
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-12
The Action of the Heart.

AS with each stroke the heart pro-
iects something like six ounces of blood
iuto tho conduits of the system, and as
it does SO somo 20 times every minute
and 1900 times in an hour, this implies
that it does the same thing 100, 800 times
in twenty-four hours, 30,000,000 times
in a year, and more than $500, 900. 600
times in a life of seventy years. The
mechanical force that is exerted at each
stroke amounts to q pressure of 13 lbs.
upon the entire charge of blood that has
to be pressed onward through the
branching network of vessels. Accord
ing TO the lowest estimate that has been
made, this gives an exertion of force
that would be adequate, in another form
of application, TO lift 120 tons one foot
high every tWenty-four hours, Yet the
piece of living mechanism that is oaIlod
upon to do this, and do it without =
pause for threescore Years and ten with
out being itself worn out by the effort,
is n small bundle of flesh that rarely
weighs more than eleven ounces. 1t is
in the nature of the case, also, it must
be remembered, that the little vital ma
chine cannot be at any time stopped for
repair. If it gets out of order, it must
be set right as ii runs. Tostop the beat
ing of the heart for more than the brief
est interval would be to change life into
death. The narrative of what medical
science has done to penetrate into the
secrets of this delicate force-pump, so
jealously guarded from the intrusion of
the eye that it cannot even be looked
into until its action has ceased, is never
theiess, long history of wonders. BY
means of tho spygmograp-a writing
style attached to the wrist by q system
of levers and springs pulse is made
to record actual autographs of cardiac
and vascular derangomont.
One year operation of the Gladstone
land act, has kept in the pockets of tho
Irish farmers some $50, 600, 000 When
the intentions of the trainers of the act
are fully carried out 1t win effect saw
ing yearly TO these farmers of fully one
fourth of the Irish rental, and will, II ts|
believed, give them an equity in their
farms equal to halt the fee-simple
value, - ~------- - ----~~~t
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-12

Yellow is the prince of colors now
Every victim of the iaundice is in the
height OF fashion.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-12
One Dog-Paola, Kan

Arriving at the express office in this
city, Mr.. Edwards was able to check off
all tho property in his possession ac-
cording to the way-hill. The East ST.
Louis dog was duly forwarded to Kan
sas, but whether there was any protest
against the exchange made on the road
Mr.. Edwards never ascertained. He
still asserts that while the 50-cent dog
was not as good looking as the original
he was good enough to save his situa-
ton as an express messenger.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-12
TRAINS WESTWARD.
rra,ns 40. s,45,asd II run daily

Trains 30. Sd, sazd II run daily.
Palace Sleeping Coaches on trains No, 3, 4,
and IL between Cincinnati and NowYork dsily.
l. slscping Coach on No. ahd between Gin
o,nnaH and Hefnells ville ana between Glove
E.lan,I and Hornellsyille daily. except sunday.
parlor ears between LIornellsville and New
York. Sleeping Coach on No. and 10 betwocn
Cincinnati and Boston daily, via Albany,
Hotel CoSch On trains No. and IL botweon
Chicago and Now York daily via Mansfield.
Train No.. connects at Mansfield with
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne Chicago Railroad for
Chicagoand all points In theNorth- " est Con-
neesioBs at Leavittsburg for Youngstown and
riHsb,irg; at Meadvi1le, for OIL City; at CORY
for Titusvilie; at jamestown for Buffalo ami
Nisgara Falls; at salamanca for Bradford
and Rochester iaud at Binghamton for Albany
snd Boston. -
Cioso connections at Cincinnati with trains
for tho South and West.
No stop-over' allowed upon local tickets.
e A. r., CLARK,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
ta CLEVELAND. o.
~ j. M FERRIS,
General Manager,
sS CLEVELAND. O.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-12
.BLIcRgc cOLORED SILksI

Which we can GUARANTEE TO our
customers.
Also. a nice line CASHMERE G FOULE
MIXTURE,
NUNS VEILINGS in all new shades.
ALL WOOL BUNTINGS In Plain
Mattlcsee and Lace Stripe.
ALL WOOL BLACK and COLOR'D
CASHMERE, at very low prices.
Black and Colorcd SILK VELVETS
and VELVETEENS.
GUIPURE and SPANISH SILK
LACES.#
BLACK AND CCLORED SILK
FRINGES.
PLAIN BROCADED MORE AN
TIQUE- STRIPE SATIN.
PASSAM ENTRIES AND BEADED
rs OKN NAMENTS.
TWILLED and BROCADED SILK
PARASOLS.
LADIES' SACKING~ in all the New
Shades.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-12

The removal of William Penn's old
house from Lotitia street, near Second
street, Philadelphia, TO the. entrances TO
Fairmount Park, Phiiadelphia, win
shortly be made The house was built
by Colonel Markham, before he landed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12

With the incoming harvest will come
a strong renewal of gambling at the pro-
duce centers, and every effort will be
made to skin tho small operators. The
vast clearings of the great centres of
stock gambling and dealings in futures
OF grain end produce represent In great
part the aggregate of the losses Of these
small dealers and the changes from hand
to hand of the winnings of
those whom they feed. When.
ever the temptation comes to some
weakling to risk hundred or two on
some game of chance, if he finds it too
strong to resist. let him seek the haunt
OF some three-card-monte dealer and
sink his surplus at once and have the
agony over, and get back to business
without delay or the indulgence of Sc
ductive hopes. Ifyou hear that some
body you know has made a handsome
sum on small venture, do not get crazy.
remember this, that when the losses
come, as come they must, YOU will not
near OF them, unless they are so extern
slve as to clean him out entirely.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12
-. The Lord and the Shilling.

The Lord and the Shilling.
From London Truth.
The following episode which happened
lately at one Of our fashionable hotels,
proves that virtue is sometimes more
substantially rewarded than the old ad-
age would seem to indicate: One even
ing rather late gentleman, great adj
mirer of mans best friend, saw some
magnificent dogs in the care of hall
porter. Having entered into converse.
ton with the Temporary keeper of the
Cerbeti, he learned that the owner had
lett no instructions as to their being fed;
he therefore took upon himself to order
a repast for them: They were still en-
ioying it when the owner returned, and
the good Samaritan, going up, told him
that he had been admiring his dogs, and
had ordered them to be fed. "Oh, thank
you! Here, take this"; and the owners
gratitude took the tangible shape of the
coin, recruiting sergeants dispense in
the queens name. The gentleman
smilingly took the proffered reward, and
said: II am Lord, and ] most heart
lily thank yon for the first shilling l have
ever earned: l shall have hole drilled
in it, and wear it as q charm. It may
bring ME luck" "Oh, my lord! can
not tell you how sorry 1 am at my blum
der. Pray give me back the shilling,
and accept my most heartfelt apologize
II beg you not to apologize. You have
made me feel quite proud man, and as
to the shilling, you must allow me to
keep it. that it may become an heirloom
in my family. where we have never had
an opportunity of earning money"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12

Cholera in its most malignant form is
moving towards Western Europe. and
the greatest alarm prevails in some quar-
tiers. Vessels and people are rigidly quar-.
antined, but all such precautions have
hitherto been unavailing. In one way
or another, and sometimes in the most
unaccountable manner, it breaks out in
cities and towns remote from the centre
OF the plague, and these in turn become
points from which it is d;fused through
out the world. Still, its progress may be
greatly retarded, if not altogether
checked by rigid sanitary measures. It
NJ many years since the cholera in a vir-
ulent form prevailed in the United
States, but the increased measure of
communication will be an added danger
OF infection, in case of it's prevalence in
Europe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12
Noted Rifle Shot Arrested for Murder

Noted Rife Shot Arrested for Murder
Staple Mills, PAX, .SrecsHl Telegram
Andrew g. McOaully, the noted rifle shot,
Who is really John Reed, has been stopping
at Dover Lake for the past six months, was
arrested to-day at 4 o'clock fer thu Murdet
of his sweetheart ut nyeaiAore, ILL.,, twelve
years ase. The murder created ! great sen
sation at the TIME. Thearrest To- day makes
it donhlS:s0, beins the exact anniversary of
the mn,tol The honor OF tracking the
scoundrel down to his arrest belongs to j. G.
Nugent, sheriff of Wright county, Mimi,
who has been on his track for over
year. Reed is q desperate
man. His exhibition Of breaking glass
balls in the alt, with tiae rivals the feats
of Carver. He had Just been giving AN *
hibiti0h Of this Hpd j moment before his
arrest, in which he brohe every kaii. He
had just laid aside his faithful rifle and
taken violin, which he also is master of,
and commenced playing for the dance in
tie Bowery, when suddenly Sheriff Nugent
stepped quietly through the crowd. placing
his revolver to the front, calling on Reed
to throw up his hands and surrender. The
desperate was taken unprepa red. Resist
ance was useless, and he quickly submitted
to being sbAckled.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12

In some OF the Eastern cities they are
boycotting the trade dollar, though it
contains nine cents more silver than the
standard American silver dollar. Since
the first movement looking to their ex-
clusion, the storekeepers have become
alarmed, and now refuse to accept them
from workiDgmen, who have received
them as wages. The latter have been
suddenly and unpleasantiy forced on
them. The trade dollar, as everybody
knows, is not a legal tender, and SO it
will not be very difficult to drive it out
of circulation. The total issue of trade
dollars is $50, 959,35
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12
Catarrh and RELIGION.

Some one has advanced the rough
statistical statement that in the United
States alone there are ten million suffer-
ers from catarrh, and the religious pl ess
has for many years teemed with Ca
tarrh cures" read with open-mouthed
interest on quiet Sunday afternoons in
New England villages aud Western from
tier towns, till the name of catarrh has
become blended in the mind with one
or another form of religious belief, and
the catarrh cures eagerly embraced o.
emanating from a religious fountain,
and, ignominiously failing, have threat
ened in their own fall to undermine the
very foundations of the faith, The pop
MAR idea OF catarrh differs also some
what from The medical, and approaches
much more nearly to ozsena; but tho
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12

There is no end to the practice of ex-
ageerating the crop yield, particularly OF
wheat. While almost every intelligent
citizen is pretty we'll informed of the
actual condition in his own locality the
general public Us rule is misinformed,
and readily believes the widest Yarns
in regard to the aggregate yield, which
fixes the price everywhere. The far
tner, of course is the sufferer, for the
bulk OF this crop is often disposed of be-
fore the facts are known. The specula-
tors who want the wheat of the lowest
price, spare no efforts to deceive the
public, and find unnatural allies in some
OF the newspapers. 1t is high time this
business Should be understood, even if
it cannot te stopped.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12

Vennor is still in the weather bust
ness, and here are his predictions for
July: ION the whole, July will be very
warm month, with more than an aver
age number Of violent thunder.sho wers,
On the 10th occurs the conjunction Of
Mars and Saturn at 1919 p. M, and on
the same day Jupiter is in conjunction
with Mercury. A violent storm NAV be
expected on that and probably the fol-
lowing day, with intense electrical mani.
festations along the coast on the North
Atlantic Ocean" 1t does not take great
prophet to say that July will be warm
month, July's are usually warm-and
then he does not tell why the conjunc.
ton OF planets should produce storms
and electrical man ifestations.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12

For several weeks now the reports of
the condition of wheat in the northwest
have been improving, while there is a
decidedly better feeling in regard to
corn. 1t is to be remembered that the
harvest has begun in the southwest, in
Kansas, and in some narts north of it.
save as affected by local drouth, floods
or possible cyclones, it is now possible
to Judge pretty accurately as to the
wheat crop, which will be short of that
OF 1887, but ola good quality, and will
be supplemented by exuberant crops of
grass and oats. With the prospect of a
seven million bale cotton crop, there is
every reason rather for anxiety as to the
disposal Of surplus products than in re-
gard to the precise amount of such sur
plus.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12
Funny Fancio1:

Funny Fanc1o9:
We hsts reoelved ! p@sll book sit
titled English Ii She Is Spokas' Did
this eman1te from the Hub?-Lifs.
A Washington girl IL years Of ago tried
TO shoot her father the other evening
because he told her in the presence of
her beau that 1t was time she was in
bed: She win probably run away and
Join cifc6t: :, : :',.:.| ii!
The frightful female shrieks heard in
Germantown few nights ago were not,
az at first supposed, made by . woman
who was being murdered by her hus-
band. They we're emitted by . young
woman in West Philadelphia, ten miles
distant, who, while crimping her hair,
dropped . hot slate pencil down her
back.-[Norr. Herald.
"You made little mistake In your an.
notncement yesterday sir" Every like
y. tits almost impossible not to nakeA
mistake .sometimes., What :, W. ,it?Ds
"You said me: and Lizzie Perkins were
bothered, when we are net Ecthered Ct
all. We are betr0thed, sir"
"My face is my fortune, sir" indig.
nantly responded q fleshy young lady
when her suffer delicately attempted to
sound her financial prospects. It is
certainly large one, tben," dryly re-
sponded the young man, as he took his
hat and cane to 1eav0.-Detr0it Free
Press. .*s
A colored man was hanging around
one of the opera houses the other even
ing in q. manner to show that he was
deeply Interested in what was going on
inside; and gentleman finally said to
him: :Why don't you 60 iii? Under the
civil-rights bill yon can take seat in tho
parquet circle:" @.Yes, sah! I knows sli
bout dat, sah!" was the Reply. '"Undet
cibel-rights ken take my seat in the
house; but under the present strain in
my finances couldn't buy two shingles
if hull opera-houses were sellin' for ten
cents apiece. sah."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12
Capt. Blakeley on SORGHUM.


In the appendix to the report Of the com.
mission on the sorghum .tigar industry, is
a letter from Capt. R. Blakeley Of st.: Paul,
who is interested 1.-The Faribault refinery,
Minnesota. Capt. Blakeley gives an &C.
count of his connection with the refinery
from 1870 and the results of the mill, and
says:
Although they met with very good sue.
cess, we regarded the plan upon which VIC
had proceeded bad one, and have sqspen-
ded operations Until We can place on: mill
upon platform of DIR own. Our expert.
ence Of two reasons has convinced US that it
is ipposssble to depend upon the farmers to
properly grow and harvest the cane until
they have had instructions, and have been
made to understand that it is the most
profitable crop that can be grown in this
state With good cultivation, good land
and skillnl manufacturing, an acre of land
shoul Id produce 1000 pounds of sugar aud
twenty bushels of seed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12
RECORD or CRIME.

Eleven military prisoners escaped from
the guard-house at Fort Omaha 1t Oman.
last Wednesday night. They had all been
tried, convicted aud sentenced for various
crimse committed in various sections of the
department of the Platte, the sentancee
ranging from two to four years. They we're
to have been sent to Fort Leaven worth in
few days to serve ont thei, term ct the
military prison at that post. They escaped
by tunneling under the foundation of The
gnardhonse, which work was wholly com.
Rleted It 1890 O'Clock Wednesday night, and
the first two or three who made their exit.
sprang upon the unsuspecting sentinel and
overPowering him. bound and gagged him.
and they all fed. Their flight was not dis.
was to be changed. - -.
Fergus Falls has had . first clas scandal.
A year ago prominent doctor married q
belle OF the town, and last week the Young
vile went to the home of her father. and
the Doctor went CUNNING for another doc
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12

A New England contemporary has d.
rect information from 25O of the 500
WOODEN mills in New England, which is
to the effect that they are running on
less than two-thirds of their average ca
pacity, and 159 sets of cards out of a to-
tai number Of 2,l22 have been shut
down. These sets of idle cards are ca
pable of consuming 1909, 900 pounds of
wool Il month, which is about half the
total consumption of all the mills in the
United States. The real case is that
there are not enough people to wear out
the goods the mill is able to make. The
real solution is just what is happe ming
She shutting down Of the mills.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12
Love Is the Simplest Thing In the
World.

"OrlO.
From the Philadelphia Times.
AS matter of course love is the sim
plest thing in the world, and it is per.
fectly easy for any newspaper to tell
what 1t is. The only difficulty about it
lies in the fact that to different people
and in different seasons love Gomez in
different forms. That is why 80 many
have trouble to understand it. It comes
in the summer in the shape OF ice cream
and picnics, and in the winter it means
oysters and the theater. Sometimes it
means sleigh ride or q boat ride. and
sometimes it Is an evening on the front
steps, or an hour in the parlor, or q
swing on the front gate, but it is always
love. Love may come in less preten-
tious shape. It may appear in pint of
peanuts or in mouth1ul of taffv or in
ten cents worth of caramels. 1t may be
even the circus, Love is q pleasing
thing. which sometimes, endures
aud sometimes does't. 1t thrives verv
we'll when the sun shines. tut it gets u
good deal put out in storm. Young
people expect much of love. They
want 1t in great variety. and it is little
wonder that few of them know what it
is. There are people, however who
have lived long enough to know that
love is merely-absent-m