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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-25

Peoples Party (Greenback) Con.
ventiOn.
A Convention of the Peoples Party
will be held at Town Hall, Ravenna,
o., Wednesday, Oct. lst, ct 2 o'clock
p. M, to nominate county ticket.
All voters not in accord with the two
great parties are invited to attend and
participate i'll the proceedings.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-25

An assortment of Dairy Goods, such
as Cooley Cream-rs, Swing and Barrel
Churns, Floating Thermometers, etc
at 4. +. THoMPSoN'S.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-25
MARRIED

SELDEN-GREEN.-Sep II, 1874. ut the
residence of the brides parents. by Rev An
drew Wilson. Mr. Oscar q Selden and Miss
Luella Green. both of StreetshOIO'.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-25

Buy the Hoosier Grain and Fertilizer
Drill, that distributes evenly all kinds
of grain and fertilizers without change
of cog wheels. Sold by
T. F. THOMPSON. RAvENNA. 0.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-25
Did You Try Them?

Blaine and Logan, also Cleveland
and Hendricks Cigars, kept at the
Candy Store. The best five cent Cigars
in town. Also. choice Georgia Melons.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-25
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.
THURSDAY, SEPT, 25, 1884
MAPLE GROVE CEMETERY.
Winter fG,nd Table, 1SSs-3,

Gates open at o,'clock A. M; close at 8 P. NJ.
Bell will be rung ten minutes before closing, as
notice TO Carriages to Lave the grounds.
Sunday Time Table.
Gates open at O'Clock A. M; close at 8 P n
PHILU l.. KING, SEXTON
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-25

Remember the place to get yOui
school books and supplies is at
r. Ii. STILES.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-25

The Victor Glover Huller,
That beats them all. Sold by
Il. +. THOMPSON.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-25

Fairbanks & Forsyth Scales at
S27.tf T. F. TRoMPsoN's.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-25

Two second hand Grain Drills for
sale cheap II. f. THOMAsON.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-25
THE MARKETS.

hAfhNnAs Oept- H. lcc4.
FL.oUR-New Process. $3.50 Pastry 81 A
per sack; o. 4 III 3d.
FEED-Bran. 90c. per 100 lbs; Middlipgs
&1a5; Chop 81. 80; Corn Meal. I'll 80; Oil Meal
New. Process. SIPS. Old. $500; Cotton Seed
Meal, $l75
WHEAT-s0cts
CORE-shelled brings 65c.; ears, 33c.
OATS 40cts new 50 cts
.kYE-No. brings 6Oc.
BARLEY-None in market.
MAY-selling at si4 q SIS; according to
quality. Ready sale.
BEEF-Per eWt.. 81 90.
RoGs-Dressed.s 81 O0@$ per cwt,
LARD-City rendered l2Kc.
SMOKED MEATs-City sugar Cured Hams
selling at l5c; Country 14c.
Shoulders. City cured selling at 14c Dried
Beef selling at 49,.
POULTRY-small supply in the market
Chickens, dressed, buyers pay 12 cents; live &c
Turkies, dressed. l2c. live 10c,
BUTTER 70c
CHEEsE-Boxed s4a.; Retails 1a @ l5c.
EGGS buyers pay i4s per doz.
POTATOES-Buyers pay 40c pr bu.
DRIED APPLEs-6c.
BEANS-Choice handpicked in good demand
at s8 90 per bu. Medium 81 75.
VINEGAR-Pure cider retails 20c per gal
TALLOW-Buyers pay exc.
HIDES-Green. trimm ed .No.1, &c. NO. 2. 41ac
TEATHERS-Best retail at 75c.
WHITE LIME-$1 10 per bbl.
WATER LIME-$1 60
.sALT-Diamond sells at ~ aa; fine 81 40.
SwooD-Stove 81 6O13 90; 8 feet wood 81 90
. IS 80 per cord.
Coffee A sells for Sc
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-25

Am agent for number of Inanufac-
turers of Threshers and Engines.
IT, r. THOMPSON.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-25
School Books.

The largest stock of School book
and supplies at F. H. STILES.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-26

holly! the holly! and Christmas has
come after all.' greatly to the mystiii-
cation of their mother, until, while Phil
ran for hatchet, Katy told
her of the letter they had
sent In the barrel of greens. She could
hardly believe her ears, and still less
her eyes, when the cover having been
knocked of. they drew forth the con-
tents of that wonderful Christmas box.
"Herc are the skates, and the shoes. and
the candy, and the oranges. everything
the children wished for cried Katy. in
ecstacy; land beautiful hat and thick,
warm dress for both Nell and Noll. Oh!
won't they be pleasedn' "And you
older ones are not forgotton," said Mrs.
Holland, holding up two packages, adj
dressed to Miss Kate and Master Phil
lip Holland" and which We're found to
contain the prettiest suits they had ever
seen, together with various articles dear
to the hearts of girls and boys, and
which they declared t. be just what they
wanted; while even the mother was not
neglected, for warm blanket shawl,
and a kind letter enclosing ten dollar
bill, sent the grateful tears yelling to
her eyes, as she called down many bless
ings on the generous lady in her faroff
city home. who had so literally re-
sponded to the prayer of the hollv-ber
ries. So the stockings We're filled, and
filled to overtlowing; and it was a merry
sight that the sun peeped in upon next
morning, and caught two little white
robed figures capefing over the floor and
shouting with delight, as they declared it
to be the very best Christmas they had
ever known; while Katy, in her new
plaid dress, and Phil, in his natty blue
suit, smiled upon the children's Joy.
And not only to the Holland family did
the bunch of holly bring a merry { Christ-
mas. for many poor city home was
made glad and CHEEKY that day, by the
visits and gifts of the sad-eyed lady, who.
having once tasted the joy of giving, was
no: willing to stop. bnt scattered her
bount;es far and wide, becoming herself
much happier in so doing. -
From amidst rich wteaths of glossy
holly shone the sweet, pictured faces of
the little lost Helen and Robbie Howard:
but The Christmas angels of Charity and
Goodwill reigned in the saddened home.
and the mothers heart was comforted.-
dgnes Carr, in american Agriculturist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-26
VOL. 1O.-NO. 4.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A hens nest was patented at Wash
ington Washington Star.
1t is claimed for an Elmira On. Y.)
mechanic that he has invented . sue
cessful iron railroad tie.
An automatic dust and cinder de-
flector." to be adjusted to the windows
of railway cars, has been patented.
A foundry, machine and pillow
works which were burned in jackson,
Miss, were rebuilt. refitted with new
machinery with greater capacity than
before, and began turning out work
within fifteen days after the fire.-N. Y.
Sun.
A New York cigar dealer has in
vented a tobacco refrigerator for
keeping the weed fresh and moist while
exposed for sale. 1t is a cigar-stand
and tobacco-bOx combined, made of
polished white metal. aud divided in the
center by two perforated partitions. be-
tween which is placed wet sponge
n. Y. Herald.
DIR. Ladell has discovered that
prussic acld is an antidote to poisoning
with strychnine. Medical men will be
cautious in using it, however, as the
prussic acid, to be of any use, must be
given in doses which would be fatal
under any other circumstances Chica.
go journal.
A company of Southern capitalists
are preparing to build new manufac-
turing city on the south side of the Ten
nessee River, in Alabama. near Mussel
Shoals. The site is 100 feet above high
water mark, and it will be named Iron
City, 1t is at the head of navigation
on the Tennessee, and will be the ter
minus of at least three railroads, which
run through the coal and iron fields of
the SOuth.-Chicago Herald.
-Jewelry- making is the big business
of Providence, K |. There are 1S4
manufacturing establishments, employ
ing about $500 hands, and turning out
S5,775,97 worth of goods annually.
The manufacture began soon a'ter the
Revolution, and in 1sO5 there were four
establishments. The city also makes
eighty-seven per cent. of the screws
used in the country, and 2,34O,OOO
pieces of prints during the year.-Pror-
i'd ne Journal.
1T takes fully eighteen months to
convert tobacco into snuff, and it goes
through most elaborate preparations be-
fore it is presented to the public. Few
people are probably aware that. after
the same fashion as beer, tobacco is al
lowed to ferment SO as TO be thoroughly
picked. and is kept in this condition for
at least six months, after which it is
subjected to a steam temperature of 24O
degrees. When thoroughly dry it has
to be ground, which is done by means
of cast-iron mills. Over 400 women and
boys are engaged in one snuff factory
in Jersey City. i. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-26

Marine Pearls.

Probably the best marine pearls come
from the Persian Gulf and Ceylon; in
the latter place The fisheries are under
government inspection and are let to
parties at various prices, the greatest,
perhaps, being in 1874, when the State
received over 100000. The profits
made by the capitalists and spectators
are. however. immense. as in 1897 they
realized over $4,000 and in 1898 over
81 ,O0o, 0O0. But in the present century
the "farms'' have decreased in value,
as in 1902 the yield was only $500, 600,
and in latter years hardly amounting to
500. 100. On the Indian Archipelago
the fisheries monopolized nearly all the
male inhabitants and realize them 4
handsome profit, amounting, together
with those of the Bay of Rengal, to over
100000. The banks of the Isle OF
Bohrein and the smaller fields of the
coast yield annually over 81, 100000.
Individual pearls of immense value
are By no means rare and many really
exist and others are vouched for by the
legacy of history. The beautiful SER
villa, mother of NJ. Brutus, received
from Julius ca sar 4 pearl valued ut
$50, 900. for which he begged accept
ance of SO poor Il gift: and the one
drunk by Cleopatra to show her devO-
ton 10 Antony was worth nearly Si0D,-
600. a pearl was found in Arabia in
modern times and sold by the noted
traveller. Tavernier, to the Shah of Per-
sia. that measured one and hall inches
long and was valued at SJ50,00o. An
American pearl was presented to Philip
Second in 1879, which cost over So
00C. Leo Y. had an extremely rare col
lection, one of which he valued at s7a,-
public presented TO the Sultan, Suliman
the Great, was purchased by them for
$4,000. The present Queen Of Eng
land owns Introduction Of pearls and
the royal pearls of all the Eastern coun-
tries are of inpstimable value.n
Are pearls successfully imitated:'
They have heen," was the reply.
"a number OF Years ago regulas man
ufactory was carried on in Italy. The
pearly matter was taken from fishes
scales and applied very successfully to a
glass ball; but an expert could not be
deceived. Sometimes it is necessary TO
Get up pearl to mater rare one.
Cheap limitations are made of glass,
quicksilver. paste, etc. They are, how
ever, sold in cheap jewelry and no pre-
tences made that they are real pearls.
FINK pearls come from mussels and
a'so from large shell found in salt
water; but they are quite rare and so
range high in price. .'-fH'laaetph''a
Times. 40 S.. -.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-26
italian Cookery.

There is wild del,sion in the world
that the Italians are natural cooks, and
that an Italian meal leaves nothing to
lie desired in the way to gustatory
pleasure. 1t is Il delusion of the widest
nature. Italian cookery, at least such
as we have found in hotels and private
families. is anything but good. as COM
pared with American or even English.
Like the French. they have an intilitive
knowledge of soups, which is natural,
as soup is the foundation, the basis as it
were, of Italian living. They take n
very little bad meat, and proper pro-
portion of vegetables, and with the aid
of salt and pepper and other condi-
ments, make soups that are appetizing.
if not especially nourishing. They are
pleasant and piquant. But when they
come to meats they somehow manage
to make them insipid and tasteleSs, and
their preparations. whether animal Or
vegetable, have a flavor of oil about
them that is disagreeable. Oil is excel
lent In its way. but the flavor needs to
be somewhat disguised to make it pleas
ant, especially as they use it in every
thing. Thev manage tolerable pastry
and confectionery, but their efforts,
even in this line, are not to be COM
pared with those of the skilled Ameri-
can pastry cook. Their beans are q
mockery. their roast beef 4 delusion,
and there is in their cooking lack of
substantiability of flavor that is d stress
ng.
There is more of the SAVIOR of life in
an American buckwheat cake. sirloin
steak fresh from the gridiron, or proper
ham and eggs. than can be found in the
combined efforts of b igade of Italian
cooks.
Whose goes away from America to
get good things TO eat wanders far from
home. There is no count V in Europe
so well fed. either with respect to raw
material or the methods of dressing It.
1t is a touching sight to sse party of
Americans sitting in Il hotel drawings
lroom after dinner, discussing wha. they
will have to eat the first night they
touch the happy shores where nature
has given man the proper material to
eat, and the intelligence to properly use
ft.-D. X. Locke. IN Toledo blaze!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-26
PITH AND POINT.

Mrs. Shoddy says she has just
bought a new African for her baby.
1t IS very amusing to gaze at Ian
gushing dude, and hear him talk of
.the softer ."-Ttras Sifiin3s.
The most absent-minded man is the
professor who, when be hears himself
knoe king the ashes out OF his pipe, will
call out, "come in. - Gairest0n Ners.
-She-.I am fond Of poetry" He
..Are you. indeed? Doyou like Burns??"
She-'No, indeed; they are so extress-
ing. But, then, am not troubled much
with them. as Ma does all the cooking.
buffalo Express.
ITO err is human, to forgive divine"
is never quoted to us when we make
mistake We have to do the quoting for
Ourselves.-Detr0t Post.
The minister who ties the connu-
bal knot gets fee varying from 50 to
$50, the lawyer who unties it charges
from 300 to S5O0.-In'er Ocean. Which
only means that everybody has to pay
more money to get out of trouble than
to get into it. Don't be finding fault
with matters of course-COurier-Jou
nal.
bears squeezed on Northern Pa
cific," read Fifth-Ayenue lady recent
ly. "Were they caught between the
ears, wonder? What wild country
that must be, way out there. suppose
the locomotives must have bear-catchers
instead of cow-catchers.
Ancient History: A certain Humor-
ist, having applied for Situation. told
the Managing editor that he was the
author of the Joke about the Banana
peel. Whereupon the Managing editor
Hired him to Write personal Keminis-
cences of the Antediluvian Period.
caJo Neus.
A graceful writer one day wrote a
beautiful and sublime article showing
how easy twas to die. But when the chol-
era morbus struck him that night he
had four doctors called in, and the drug
gist at the corner took his family on an
excursion with the money paid for the
beautiful article.-THe Judge.
-Sniffen lin his own estimation the
rising poet of America): "Ah, do you
know, Miss Bracing, that my fancies
always come to me in my dreams?"
Miss Bracing: "Yes? that is perhaps
why they make other people so sleepy" !"
Sniffen, after a moments hesitation,
concludes that it would be well to retire
for a while.-Raiaideiphia CHAT.
An illustration of the ridiculous and
annoying way in which church choir
will sometimes run together the words
If a hymn is afforded by the remark of
a small boy in one of the front pews OF
a church in Boston. The hymn begin
ming. 1.-The consecrated cross I'd bear, !"
had Just been sung. and in the momen-
tary quiet which followed the perplexed
youth turned to his father and asked in
an earnest whiper: ''Say. pa, where do
they keep the oonsecrsted cross-eyed
7'-Chicoqo Inter OcedN
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-26
Carelessness OF Safe. .Depositors.

A friend of mine, who keeps her val
uables in one of our safe-depoSit vaults.
lost six bonds of $1,000 each the other
day. and did not discover her loss until
after she had left town; so she asked
me if / would inquire at the vault and
see if, by any possibility, she could have
left them in the little room where she
cut off her coupons. l made inquiry,
but the bonds had not been seen. Tell
Miss - not to worry, said the man.
ager: 'they are probably in her box
with the others. I have seen SO much
of this sort of thing that I never think a
thing has been lost until it is found
again With this encouragement my
friend came down and made search OF
her papers, and, sure enough, found the
missing bonds tucked away under 4 pile
of another denomination. Il supposed
you would. said the manager: ''they
are never lost. Do you see that Vault
and he pointed to one of the larger of
the vaults. '.Well, that is as full as it
will hold of things that have been
dropped around here by careless peo-
pie: and even people who could hardly
be called careless do careless things oc-
casionally. In that safe there are a
gold watch. Il pair of diamond ear
rings, bundles of bonds, envelopes
of coupons, and various other
things, and that is only one Of
several safes we keep for such articles" :"
..Do you know who owns them?"
.Some, yes: and we have informed the
owners. Others are waiting claimants.
Since you have been here a
gentleman has been in, cut of
several envelopes of coupons. and left
them here in his overcoat pocket. We
know who he is, as his name is on the
bank-book. He was evidently just GO
ing to make deposit, for his pocket
book is filled with checks and bills.
Whenever any one goes in one of those
little rooms to cut off coupons we go in
and make regular search when he
goes out. One man left tin box full
of bonds the other day. He thought he
put it in his safe, which he was very
careful to lock. When we sent fer him
he could hardly believe it possible that
he mad been so careless. Another thing
people do: they cut off their coupons,
put them in a envelope and put TIE
filled envelope back in the rack and the
empty one in a pocket. l picked
81 900 out of the spit;oon the other day.
A man cut his coupons and put them in
an envelope. He directed ii wrong,
tore it in two and tossed it, coupons and
all, away, directed new one and put i
in his pocket We have restored
Sl.OOO,0 600 worth of property to its own
ers in the fifteen years that | have been
here. All left around through care
lessness. Yours is not an exceptional
case at all: on the contrary, it is one in
q thousand. ~. Y Letter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-26
Proof Readers.

Almost every week the Office of the
editor or the publisher is besieged by
some hungry college graduate who is
sure there must be a great deal of proof
waiting to be read. He is aspiring tc
an editorial or legal or clerical position.
but is unfortunately reduced to such
straits that he is obliged to ask for such
"mechanical" (almost 'manual y
labor rs correcting proofs. Of course
he can do that, and when he wishes, he
can drop it and go on to something
higher. A great mistake. No profess
sion requires longer period of appren-
ticeship. A proof-reader learns some
thing new almost every day of his life.
To be successful, he or she must be able
to coordinate large number of forces
or qualifications, and focus them upon
the work. The reader must not only
be walking encyclopedia of knowl-
edge, but, i'll an age of cheaply and
rapidly printed literature. he must be
person of bottom, stomach, endurance.
vigorous as to occasionally endure the
strain of cramming two days work
into one. The proof-reader must have
falcon eye, trained to pounce upon an
error with intuitive certainty. 'One
must have the eyes of lynx or the
thousand eyes of Argus. if one purposes
to get book through The press without
u lie in it. The corrector must also
have clear, lucid understanding
alert, unclouded by dissipation. He
must be methodical in his habits, and,
to avoid suicide or insanity. must take
care TO get plenty of exercise, as well
rs recreation in the shape OF soothing
music and Iaughter-proNo oking comedy.
And finally, he must know how TO keep
the mind and the body permanently in
such condition of vigor that day after
day. year in and year out. lie can stick
to his desk, and 90 through the noun
tains of work that keep piling upon
him. Indeed. the widening of the cur
ricuum of life-knowledge, with the
diffusion of science through a thousand
popular channels, has put great strain
upon the faculties of the proof-reader.
and SO highly are. the services Of eXperi-
enced members of the profession valued
that, at the end OF fifteen or twenty
years work. they are as independent OF
rivals and of employer as are other
tirst-class artists and artisans, the only
rivalry connected with them being that
of the different publishers to secure
their work for themselves.-DoSt0n
HsrufH
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-26
Crushed.

:" How stupid / am,' said Birdie
McHennepin, languidly, executing a
respectable yawn act.
'That's true" remarked Gus
DeSmith, rather impulsively.
'.Sir!n exclaimed Birdie, "you are
mpertinent.
'.But you yourself just now asserted
that you were stupid"
II only said so without thinking"
said Birdie, petulantly.
Yes, and up to the time you spoke
I had only thought SO without saying
it,
Hang Grape on the door of Miss Bir.
die. Another lover scratched off the
list of one of the Austin bellies 1eras
Syings.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-26
n SAD VIEW OF LIFE,

. knew u man and knew his wife;
Great learning had they from. she schools
Yet candor forces me to say
They were a pair of -.
They had a son who early drank
From hard Experiences pool.
W no knew much more than older folks,
And also was a.
These parents bought this boy gun,
With little bullets. hard and cool
Upon the gun was s~eetly carved,
To our beloved ="
Our grave old fogy shook his head
And thereby gained much ridicule-
The boz went hunting with friend,
Another precious -.
Two walked away. and one ran back.
Says he: That gun was very cru'l"
The startled neishbors shricked and cried:
Where is the other -.
Last night / viewed marble slab,
All craven with a practced tool
And read thereon these stony words:
"Here lies a lifeiesS -
Boston Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-26

Digging out tarantulas and then
nests has become quite an industry in
Santa Barbara. Cal. The insects are
suffocated with gas, then stuffed, dried.
and fastened to d card The retail price
is fifty cents each, but many hundreds
are sold wholesale for three or four dol.
lars per dozen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-26

Probably the worst disgusted crowd
in Texas was a mob which went to
lynch a man and discovered tina 9
had already been hanged by a previous
party.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-26

The first recorded shipment Of
American cotton to Liverpool was in
l770.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-26

materials the house afforded; but with
these, bending low in the rudtly fire
light, the brother and sister composed
the very first letter they ever wrote,
badly spelled and worse written. but
tilled~with sort of simple. childish pa.
tilos.