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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21
The First Visitor to the Yosemite.

In all that has been recorded about
the Yosemite no satisfactory evidence
has ever been produced as to the first
white mans footprints on the level
where the beautiful Merced seeks egress
from tho rock-bound chasm. We con-
cede that honor to Louis Sammann, u
Mono County man now residing at
Mono Lake. Louis is q pioneer. an
old hunter and u guide in that portion
of the Sierra. and figured in many
escapades during the Indian troubles.
He has abundant proof of memoir
able trip into the valley in 1861. When
hunting for game he followed the sinu-
osities of an Indian trail from the di-
rection of Coulterville and brought up
in the vicinity of Bridal Veil Fall. He
had killed deer and, being nearly
worn out with fatigue. was seeking the
nearest waller when he came unexpect-
Gdly upon large camp of hostile In
dians, which had the effect of settling all
desire for thirst. AS may be supposed
his visit was of short duration.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21

There is no class of workmen in
the country" says the New York Jour
nal Of Commerce, $50 miserably fed.
clothed and paid as the clergy. There
Is no class OF mon to whom others,
high or low. rich or poor, faithful or
unbeIievers, so uniformly go, and from
whom they so uniformly receive help
in physical as well rs mental suffering
and nned -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21

OF the 225. 600 registered voters in
New York City, but 1881 admit that
they are liable for taxation on personal
property The total assessed value OF
personal property in New York City
last year. on the opening Of the books
before the process of swearing-otf be-
gan, was f.. 1O8. s22. .924. but this sum
dwindled to $197, 100000 when the
owners were separately called upon.
Jay Gould paid on 1000. 900 only. the
Astors on $3.OO0.O0O. Mrs. F. ID.
Morgan on $500. 900. and Miss Cathe-
rine Wolfe on $4OO. 600.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21

Biologists report the existence, in q
line across Central Alabama and Miss
issippi. of strata of green sand beds
and decomposed sandy calcareous beds.
in all some twenty feet in thickness,
which are impregnated with phos-
phoric acid. Though the geological
position is different, the general char
acter of these phosphate beds is much
like that Of the South Carolina phos-
pilates; and their commercial value
may prove to hs equally great
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21

John G. Emo, the late New York bank
President who made way with some
four millions of the banks money, is
described US very young man, who
prides himself on his fuzzy little mus
tache and his good looks. He evidently
paid more attention to his mustacha
and his looks than to his bank.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21

The catch OF the cOd-fishers this
season is unusually large. Tho out
look Of the baarder who hates goldfish
hslls in therefore, very gloamy>
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21

DR.. Henry Lehman. chemical .x-
pert. lectured in Philadelphia few
evenings ago. TO Il semi-professional
audience, on what he calle! Euthapasia,
or the property of putting certain use
less individuals comfortably out of tho
wav. His idea was thus expressed:
''fhe evolution of humanity to
higher form cannot be accomplished
without some method of preserving
and propagating the best of the species.
Had we, as human beings with all our
present powers, been placed on this
world in association with race as
much above lis in capacity and power
as we are above the lower animals, a
system of selection would have been
applied which in few hundred genera
tiOns would have produced q much bet
ter humanity" Having laid these
foundations. the lecturer asked to
what extent the law might control life
''in cases where to the certainty of a
fatal disease is added intense physical
misery" and in the cases of the birth
of monstrosities and idiots.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21
2. B. CONANT,
I. III, PHELPS

TTORNEK Az LAW, Rayenna, o.
a Onico in blackstone Block, North Chest
nut streeI, RaveHna, Ohio
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21
g. Ii. GRIFFIN,
w. w, WHITE, M. D.,

DENTIsT. Ofiice over First National Bank
~ Onice hours from IA. m. to u. m.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21
Meissonier's wasgish Gardener.

Meissonier had gardener who was u
good boIanist and n great wag. lie
know the seeds of all sorts of plants,
and Meissouier was always trying and
always failing to puzzle him.
81 have rot him now" said Me.s-
sonier To some friends Mt dinner
party, and he showed them a package
of the roe of dried herrings. Then he
sent for the gardener. All the guests
smiled. The gardener arrived.
do you know the seeds?" Meis-
sonicr asked.
The gardener examined them with
great attention.
20 yes, said he at last, ''lhat is the
seed of the polpus iluximas very rare
tropical plant.
''llow long will it take the seed to
come up?" he asked.
Fifteen days" said the gardener.
At the end of the fifteen days the
guests were once more ut table. After
dinner the gardener was announced.
m. Meissonier," he said, .'thc
plants are above the ground.
''Oh, this is little too much, said
the great painter, and ali went out into
the garden to behold the botanical
wonder.
The gardener lifted up q glass bell,
under which WAS little bed carefully
made and in which three rows of red
herriugs were sticking up their heads
The laugh was ~ ainst Mcissonier He
discharged the gardener, but took him
back next day.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21
A. N, FARR,

A rTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
n LAW, Onice over Peter Kings Grocery
West Aain ST., Ravenna. Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21

PhysIcian and Surgeon, OFFICE. East end of
Phanix Block up stairs, RaVenna, o. Resi-.
dence on Pratt Street, west side. first hons
annfh nf Matn Ttn 6ms
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-03-07
FOREIGN.

QUEEN Tahiti arrived at Paris We'd
nesday.
THE advance of the English troops
on Ieb commenced at daybreak We'd
ncsday.
The police authorities of Paris are
convinced that the Irish revoutionists
have made that city the headquarters in
Europe for the preparation of their
dynamite schemes.
WILLIAM II. HUNT, United States
Minister to Russia, died Wednesday
morning.
TIE military attache of the Russian
embassy at Berlin, visited Bismarck
Saturday, and assured him of the
Cars warmest friendship for Germany.
TIE Car of Russia has offered Gen
rral lgnatieif the civil Eovernorship of
Turkcstan, with charge of the admin
istratlon of all the Central Asian pro-
vinCes.
THE Grand Duke Michael, of Russia,
arrived at Berlin, Tuesday, to Congratu-
late the Emperor William on the seven
teenth anniversary of his entry into the
Russian order of st. George.
ADvICEs from Madagascar state that
the natives have succeeded is landing a
number of krupp canon and other mu-
nitions of war An English colonel has
obtained eommaud of the Malagasy
army, and will soon attack the FrenCh
forces.
LETTERS to George Anderson, a mem
Der of the British parliament show six
teen suicides and two murders at Monte
Carlo since the lst of January. 1t is
~ a
the district have been paid TO suppress
all mention Of these tragic events.
THE Chilians have entered Tolaillo
| and imposed a compulsory tax of 100,
600 soils. Congress opened at Peru yes
terday. 1t is reported the Chiliap troops
in the interior received orders to con.
Centrate at Chosica.
! 1T is reported that FL Mahdi with the
main body of his army has left Ara and
is marching on to Khartoum via Duem
! General Stephenson telegraphed to Lon.
! don Sunday. advising an Immediate al
vance from Trinkitat. The Secretary oil
| State for War ordered an immediate ad
vance.
| FIFTY-oNE thousand photographs oi
| Col Sudeikin's murderer have been cir
| Culated throughout Russ a. A reward
! of 10000 roublCs is offered for his cap
! ture, or 5000 roubles for information
leading to his arrest.
1T is stated that Russia has voluntarily
offered England a pledge to stop a
Merv and use her influence with tht
! khans of Bokonhara and khiva to ia
! ciiitate English commerce.. 1t is alsC
stated that the Russian government ha.
invited England to join in the construe
rion of canal from Aral sea to the In
! dian frontier.
! Wash
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-03-07
FOR THE farmer.
Iowa leads all the States in tn
number of her he gs.

Iowa leads all the States in the
number of her htgs
Lysander S. Richards, of East
Marshfeld. Mass, writes to the Mas>a
cau,etts Pioughman that he plane
potatoes last season that had turned
green from exposure to the sun, and
saw no difference in the yield.
Mr.. w. T. Hutchinson, the we'll
known Michigan apiarlst, says feeding
bacS extracted honey to the bees Tor
the purpose of geItsag the more valu-
able comb honey is proftless. In his
most successful experiments he has
only succeeded in getting back two
pounds for every three fed.
1--WE do not" says City and Cous-
Try, appreciate how much the frost
does to set at liberty In the ground
the plant food that may be locked up
in it. Water, IN freezing, expands
about one eight of It's bulk, and with
tremendous force. Water, confined
in the hardest rock and frozen, will
burst it asunder The smallest part
lcles of soil, which are really but
minute bits of rock, as the microscope
Will show, if frozen while moist will
be broken still finer. This work
will 60 on all winter IN every part OF
the soil reached by frost; and, as
most soil contains more or less elments
that all growing plants or crops need,
good freezing is equivalent to the
addition of fertilizers.
1T occasionly happens" we are
told, that pasture must be plough
ed in order to obtain a good sod, free
from weeds. In that case 1t is lmpor-
tant to seed well a great variety of
grasses adapted to pasturlng. A square
foot of sod taken from a rich natural
pasture, such as was capable OF
fattening one large OK and three
sheep to the acre, was found to
contain 1000 grass plants on the
square foot, consisting of twenty
different species. For seeding land
for a permanent pasture. Charles
Flint, in his work on Grasses and
Forage Plants, recommends mixture
as follows: Meadow fox tail, two
pounds; orchard grass, six pounds ;
sweet scented vernal, one pound !;
meadow fuscue, two pounds, red top,
two pounds; Kentucky bluegrass, four
pounds; Italian rye grass, four pounds
best perennial rye grass, six pounds
timothy, three pounds: rough stalked
meadow, two pounds, perennial
clover, three pounds and white
clover, five pounds, making in ali 40
pounds Of seed per acre. Such seed
ing would allow a little over LOO
seeds to the square foot.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-03-07
LATEST TFLEGRAMS.
Wa SHiEGTON.

PosToFFICEs established: Wisconsin,
Bryant, Langade county. Posimasters
comm issioned: Edmund K. Cavileer.
! Pembina, Oak.
THE largest number of applications
ever received at the Patent Office III one
| day was received on Saturday, Eeing
258,
THE Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the st. Paul National Bank.
OF St Paul, Neb., tn commence business
with capital of S5O,0UO
THE house committee on invalid pen
| sions agreed to report favorably Repre-
sentative Matson's bill increasing the
pension of widows aud dependent
! parents of deceased soldiers and sailors
from IS to Sl2 per month.
THE Dakota people here propose to
! have the name of the new capital of
that Territory changed from Bismarck
! to LaskGr, and Congressman OchIltree
is very strongly in favor of it.
THE contract for the stonework on the
new government Z building at Peoria. has
been awarded to Straub & Co., of Buff
falO, the Invest bidders, and the material
will be buff sandstone.
LETTERS from New York state that
| there is no likelihood for the restoration
| of General Mackenzie. He has increas-
ed somewhat in weight, and his friends
! are allowed to see HIM at intervals, but
there is little in his condition to Justify
the favorable reports that have appeared
in some papers during The PAST week.
SECRETARY FoLGER will reply to a
resolution adopted by the house, asking
whether there would be any delay in
payment of the tobacco dealers claims
for rebate under the laws of last session,
that it would take the present force
ut the disposal of the department two
or three years te pay the $4,000, 600
| claimed as rebate. He will ask for more
! clerks.
THE Treasurer of the U. S. has prepar-
ed Il statement showing tho total coin
age of standard silver dollars under the
act of Feb. 2S, 1878, to March /, 1894,
was $166 t25, 1l9, held in treasury office
and mints, $l2G, 800 399; outstanding,
$39 309, ,120; of the amouat held by the
| Treasury there are held to redeem out
standing silver certificates $96,247, 72l,
leaving owned by the Treasury S30,574,-
GTS.
THE senate in executive session has
confirmed the following nominations:
Iioratien c. Burchard, Illinois. Director
of The Mint; Eugene O. Fechet Michi
gan, Consul ut Paso Del Norte; Daniel
Is. Dyer, of Kansas. agent for the
Cheyenne and Arrappahoe Indians in
Indian Territory; Henry NJ. Lawson,
Texas, agent of the Indians at Quapard
Agency, Indian Territory; postmasters,
j. +. ReIser, Upper Sandusky, Ohio;
VIM. IL. James, Berea, Ohio; VIM. j.
Sullivan, Leon, Iowa.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-03-07
The Mother of ParnelI.

PHILADELPHIA, March Mrs. Par
nell, mother of the Irish leader, is
the victim of various outrages and
petty prosecutions at Bo denstown.
where she resides. One night large
number of valuable breeding fowls
:sere found beheaded III their coops
On another occasion portions OF tho
fencing were torn down Later the
vandals damaged trees and outhouses
During Mss Fanny's life her pets
were two dogs, handsome ST. Ber
nard and red sett@r the rascals
were evidently well aware of this. for
they one night gave the animals meat
dosed with arsenic, and the following
morning they were found dead. Last
night milch COW was found dead in
its stall.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-03-07
Price or the Warpath,

BLACK RIVER FALLS. March The
largest temperance meeting held here
in Years was addressed last night by
Father Cleary, Of kenoSha, president
of the Catholic Total Abstinence
union of America Congressman
Prise was chairman. Father Cleary s
speech was enthusiastically received,
especially by the Irish, many of
whom came miles 10 hear it. The
speech was radical but pleasant and
aroused no antagonism 1t advo-
Gated prohibition and no license, and
dwelt at length on the fallacy of the
personal liberty idea especially ad-
vanced by the Germans, The feel
ing here on tne temperance question
is intense. The election to day pro-
ceeds quietly. The issue is license or
no license for one year. Bill
Price is in the harness and the tenn
perance people are confident of sue
cess
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-03-07
Chicago Market.

CHIcAao Mar 4.--wheat Sales ranged: 9i1
@9i7s for seller March, closed at 9lLs, gl1sda2l4
for seller April, closed at 926g s3S s69s196t4 for
seller May; closed al 9971a; No. red winter.
9oQt10O. Corn -5l5sa525s for seller cash: 5Iis0
G152 for seller March, closed at 6I7s@y; b25G for
seller April, closed at 52ssGt5214; 56IeGt5eA for
seller May, closed at 5o3s oats-3lA93s for
seller cash, Sl1A43lI9 for seller March 3l4M3iA
for seller April, closed at 3iss; i5Is@3oA for
seller May. Rye - 5816. Barley - 63A. Pork
17GO017.70 for seller cash; II GO for seller March;
II 75017 95 for seller April closed at 1870; i757A
OBS 90 COR seller May, closed at i790@17 92If.
The Drovers' Journal reports: Hogs-Receipts,
10000; shipments, s,iOo; steady but rather weak;
rough packing, o.9OQo ~ packing and shipping,
6 so@74o; light, 61oQ67o; skips, AooUe 90.
Cattle Receipts, 7OOO shipments, 1900. best
firm general mar! ct weaker exports, 6.506s7 90;
good to choice shipping, 59O06 40; common to
medium, 8 250l5 80. corn fed Texans, 5 25060o
Sheep Receipts, 1900; shipments, COO; weak but
active; inferior 70 fair, 3O00400 per 100 weight.
medium to good, 45o0525; choice 10 extra, 500
n6O0
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-03-07
FRESH FASHION NOTES

No jewelry should be worn on the
street.
Medicis collars are the fashion on
evening dresses.
The Langtry knot is still the fashion
able couture for street wear.
I Girls now wear bunches OF ribbon
on their corsage when they cannot
get flowers.
Panels of rich black lace, embroid-
cred with jet, are used as trimming
GA many black satin dresses.
The newest hankerchIsfs have JUS
the faintest suggestion of hem, and
are made of plain white linen.
The small muff of velvet, lace
fur, and even cloth, matching the
capots in shade and material, is the
latest fancy.
The high Greek coiffure, with
several fillets encircling the head,
takes the place with Parisians of the
small coil in the nape of the neck.
The few trained dresses lately
brought from the other side have the
princess back, under which disappear
the high pulled panier draperies.
Slate blue, carmine, and geranium
red, and gray in all tones, from the
palest dove color to the densest London
smoke, are the reigning shades.
Larger sleeves will be worn in the
spring.
All sorts of redingotes will be
fashionable this season
Dinner and reception toilets for
young ladies have demi-trains.
A pretty new walking hat of fine
Malan straw is called the 7-2o-S.
High coiffures have come back into
fashion, but the hair is dressed plain
In place of the poke bonnet we will
have a modified Dunstaele, called the
Mignon.
The new sattiens are like real satin
in appearance, and remarkably beautl-
full IN design.
Nearly all English and American
bonnets have ample crowns to hold
the coil of the hair.
1t is now the extravagant fashion to
use as much material as possible IN
the skirts and overskirts of dresses.
Black thread lace will be fashion
able trimmings, not only for black,
but for ecru, gray and pale blue dress
es. The French imitation lace is now
used by fastidious and wealthy WON
en-
A few ladies, leaders of Style in
New York, who ride to church, have
for some time past attended service IN
black or dark ottoman, and other rich
dresses, with demi-trained skirts de-
void of drapery or garniture.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-03-07
Hogs on a Drunk.
Popular Science Monthly.

". Mattieu Williams says that he
once witnessed display of drunken
ness among 800 pigs, which had been
given a barrel of spoiled elderberry
wine all at once with their swill.
.Thtir behavior was intensely human,
exhibiting all the usual manifestations
of jelly good fellowship, including
that advanced stage where a group
were rolling over each other, and
grunting affectionately in tones that
were distiuctively expressive of swear
ing good fellowship all around. Their
reeling and staggering and the expires
sion Of their features all indicated that
alcohol had the same effect on pigs rs
on man; that under its influence both
stood precisely on the same geological
level He quoted, also Mn Bujardin
Beaumetz and Audege's account to
the French Academy of Sciences of
their experiments during the three
wears on the effects of alcoholic diet
on pigs. Eighteen of these animals
were treated sumptuously, according
to old fashioned notions of hospitality,
by mixing various alcohols with their
food, In proportions about correspond
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-03-07
Only One Chance.
Galveston TasI,

A passenger on a small steamer
running along the American shore OF
Lake Huron hunted out the captain
and said:
Captain, the mate is drunk"
Yes, l presume SO, was the re
ply. That's his greatest fault-he
will get drunk"
Pretty soon the passenger returned
with further news. He had found
that the chief engineer had accidental.
IL been left behind.
''Oh, WELL" replied the captain,
''Some of the fremen viii put her
through all right"
In the course of half an hour the
passenger discovered that the boat
was overloaded, sbort-handed, and
leaking, and returned to the captain
and reported, and added:
Il expect nothing less than to be
blown up before we reach Lexington
MY friend, said the captain, IN a
fatherly way, =. that's your only
chance. We won't have a storm, the
mate is sobering up, the boys have
gone down to stop the leaks. and il
we can't blow you up and settle with
your widow for about $3.50 I'm afraid
you'll live for several years yet. I'll
go down and see If there's any chance
of an explosion
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-03-07
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

In train collision on the st. Louis Air
Line, near Louisville, Tuesday. both en-
gines were wrecked, and several paSSen-
gers were bruised.
THREE charrei bodies and a number
of bones were taken from the ruins Of
the jackson, Mich, fire Tuesday 1t is
now believed that six or seven persons
periShed,
A FALSE alarm of fire in the Royal
theater at Montreal, Tuesday afternoon.
caused panic. III which several women
tainted. were trampled on, and serious
ly injured
J. l. OsBoURNE & Cos butter and egg
house, the st. Charles Hotel and many
small residences At Lincoln, Neb., hurn-
I'd Wednesday evening, involving a loss
of SIS 000.
A TWO YFAR-oLp child of Millard F.
Davis, of keyser, w. Va, was fatally
poisoned by eating some capsules of
strychnine prescribed for her mother.
AT Evansville, Ind, Sunday, the
clothes of Mrs. Esther BoSard, aged
twenty-three, caught fire from the stove
| and she was burned to crisp. She
leaves husband an an infant.
ABRAHAM ELsEY, of Preston County,
West Virginia, became suddenly insane,
set fire to his house and burned il to the
ground. The crazy man attempted 10
burn his family but was prevented.
THR blizzard in Dakota and Minneso-
ia. Is the fiercest of the season in some
sections. Passenger trains, if not en-
tireiy stopped, are running on slow
time, and treights have been abandoned
until the weather mnderates.
| AT St. Paul, Sunday afternoon. the
large four story wareh ouse occupied by
| Mast. Buford & Co.. dealers in agricul
tural implements; the stove store OF
Brand & Co., and Glidden, Griggs & ca.
wholesale grocers, was totally destroyed
by fire. The loss is $i25, 600; insurance
$50, GOO.
FIRE DESTROYED the National and Nash
VILE hottest, two small frame building
on the corner of Nineteenth and Waze,
streets, occupied as lodging houses b,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-03-07
A Trick Ill uI,Ing Change.
n. Y. Tribune.

On a crowded Broadway car the
other day a passenger gave the con-
ductor a quarter and received back in
change two silver pieces. He was
about to put them in his pocket, when
second thought prompted him to look
closely at one of them. The conduc-
tor saw the scrutiny and Immediately
said:
Did l give you wrong change? Eh?
a three cent piece2 That's SO. I'll fix
it."
Suiting action to word he had mean
while exchanged the piece. On the
platform, a Tribune reporter, finishing
cigar, said quietly:
Couldn't work 1t that tine?"
''Nlxey," said the conductor I'm
out seven cents there. If he had put
it in his pocket now, Id have been
solid
DO you get them in often?'
''Oh, SO, so; if it's a crowded day, I
can work off ten to twenty See!
And he pulled as many as twenty
pieces from a side pocket. The re
porter pulled out a noe book and
scrlbbled a memorandum Said the
man, excitedly; For heavens sake
you're not going to give me awayY
He was still begging not to have the
trick exposed when the reporter step
ped off.