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The Evening critic., 1884-12-11

DESPITE all the ridicule heaped upon
the use of truisms, 1t is we'll to say occa.
sionally that Grover Cleveland will be the
next President, although this statement is
the barest kind Of truism. Some people
are in danger Of forgetting the fact, and if not
reminded their fond delusions may be rudcly
dispelled after tho Fourth of March. We
would not hint that the persons who forget
that Mr.. Cleveland will be President are to
be found in certain Democratic newspaper
Offices. We would not suggest that perhaps
Mr.. Cleveland, and not these sagacious
editors, will choose the next Cabinet. We
would not imply bare possibility Of the
next President Of the United States imi.
tating the present Governor Of New York
and pursuing policy of his own. Perish
the thoughtl Not for worlds would we in
timato that some Of our esteemed contem-
poraries are premature by forecasting the
course of the next Administration.
The Evening critic., 1884-12-11
The sewer ON II street Northenat,

FnIyeEp X.MAs CARDS, only &c. each, at SC
Store, 13O 7th at.
The Evening critic., 1884-12-11
PROPOSALS.

DRoposAIs FOR CONSTRUCTING TWO
l. SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA.
The Evening critic., 1884-12-11
FlOurl FlOurl FlOurl

We offer Flour lower than any house In the
country.
The Chicago Grocery Company, SOC ssventh
street, offers -four at rock-bottom prices;
Ceres, s6.75 bbl,, s1.69 Il Dbl, s5c. Is Dbl.
Sterling, s6.o5 bbl., s1.5S Y bbl., 70c. Il Dbl.
GILT Edge, 5000 bbl., 81. 80 (; bbl., roc ls Dbl.
Golden Hill, 1915 bbl, 81 IA "a bbl 72c. "a bbl.
Swiss Process, 1926 boil, s1,5S u Dbl, zoe. u
bbl.
Cooks Delight, s5.25 bbl., s1.35 u bbl., CSC.
4, Dbl.
Send your order by mail Or telephone to the
Chicago Grocery Company,
9O6 Seventh st. N. w.
SAVE MONEY.
The Evening critic., 1884-12-11

The Chicago Grocery Company, S06 Seventh
street, offers Brown Sugars for &c. lb., Almost
White sugar for &c. lb., Standard A Sugar for
Glac., or 10 pounds FOR 63c.; Granulated Sugar
for &C., or 10 pounds for 6sc.; out-Loaf Sugar
for TIC, or 10 pounds for 73c.
Send your orders by mall or telephone.
Telephone call, 1892.
our Coffee and Tea boat anything In quality.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27
In the Jaws of q Shark.

Alfetto, the Spanish diver, who has
been at work ON the wreck of the At
lanta, near Morehead, thus speaks of
an adventure had by him a few days
ago: At the time | was at the bottom
of the sea. ] was just about to signal
to be drawn up for a moments rest,
when | noticed a shadowy body moving
at some distance above me and toward
me. In moment every fish had dis
appeared-the ve:v crus':,c.al,s iay
SIT .i,,.: ...c ...ilI and the cutie fish
seurried away rs fast as they could.
fist thought was that it was the shadow
o: Il passing boat. But suddenly feel
ing of terror seized me. L felt impeiled
to lice from something, knew not
what A vague horror seemed grasp
ing after me, such as child fancies
when leaving q darkened room. BY
this time the shadow had come nearer
and taken shape. 1t scarcely needed
glance to show me that it was a man
eater, and of the largest size. Had l
signalled to be drawn up then it would
have been certain death. All l could
do was to remain still until it left. 1t
lay off twenty or twenty-five feet, just
outside the rigging of the ship, its body
motionless, its fins barely stirring the
water about it's gills.
1t was a monster as it was, but to
add to the horror the pressure of water
upon my head made it appear as if
pouring flames from its eyes and mouth
and every movement of its fins and tail.
seems accompanied by n display of fire.
works. was sure the fish was thirty
feet long. and so near that could see
its double row of white teeth. Invol-
unfairly l shrunk closer to the side of
the vessel. But my first movement be-
trayed my presence. l saw the shift
ing eyes fixed upon me; it's tail quiv-
cred as it darted at me like streak of
light. Z 4shrank closer to tho side of
the ship. l saw it turn on one side. its
mouth open, and heard the teeth snap
as it darted by me. 1t had missed me,
but only for moment. The sweep of
its mighty tail had thrown me forward.
saw it turn, balance itself, and its tail
quivered as it darted at me again.
+ There was no escape. 1t turned on its
back as it swooped down on me like a
hawk Oh 2 sparrow, The Jaws opened
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27
An Engineers Story.

railroad engineer now in the en-
ploy of the Louisville and Nashville
line, at Louisville, related the follow
ing to reporter of the Coarier-JOur-
nal of that city the other day:
1t was during the trouble of 1877,
and most of the boys had left their
engines" began the engineer, "when
Charley Smith and me were running
old 106 on the night express between
Pittsburg and Cincinnati, a little over
800 miles. We left Pittsburg at 6,1O
and made the run in about twelve
hours. As 1 said, most of the boys had
left their engines, and we were terribly
shorthanded; so the Superintendent at
Cincinnati came to me and said, says
he: Jim, you see we are short, and
there is no way to do and run without
doubling on the boys. Until further
orders you will take the Columbus
accommodation up and bring No. :
down. The accommodation was
scheduled at 1880, so this just gave
us little more than an hours rest at
Cincinnati. But it couldn't be helped,
and we started out, getting back just
in time to step from the accommoda-
tion and take out the express from Gin
cinnati through. We run this way five
days, neither Charlie nor me ever see
ing bed, let alone lying in one, dur
ing the time, when I went to the Sup
erintendent at Pittsburg and told him
we were broke down and teetotally un-
fit to run. Take out the express to-
night, Jim,' says he, and you shall
have three days lay-over when YOU
get to Cincinnati Well, Charley and
me started LOG out, and were getting
along niceyl when l began to browse.
The last thing l remember seeing was
Charlie putting two shovels of coal in
the furnace, and then get up on the
box. when l was of, and an earthquake
could not have reused me. Old LOG
always took water at Uhrichsville, and
as we passed there and neared the
switch at Trenton without blowing
down, Harry Watson, the conductor,
sent the boys to the brakes. And it
was none too soon. The switch was
open, and 106 and the baggage jumped.
Charlie and me were jerked back upon
the tender and rolled off on the ground.
Now comes the strange part of the sto-
ry. Watson, busy arranging for the
relief and tending to badly mashed
finger. never thought of Charlie and
me, as we laid there at the side of the
track for three hours sound asleep.
When we were at last discovered Wat
son thought us both dead and had US
carried on shutters to the relief, where
they began chatting our hands and hunt
ing for injuries. The rubbing aroused
us, and we looked around to see where
we were. Neither had a scratch or a
bruise. You see in rolling down the
hill we had struck lot of new grass
and weeds that had been cut and piled
up near the track, and we were so
completely worn out that the fall did
not wake us. So we laid there and
slept until Watson found us
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27
The Future of Our Earth.

If the force at the back of all growth,
all complexity, and all change on earth
is that which the sun has steadily sup
piled to it through countless ages, and
still supplies, it is plain that when this
force fails, as fail it one day must,
there will be n steadily declining de-
velopment and rapidly increasing de-
generation of things, an unloing by
regressive decompositions of what has
been done by progressive combinations
through the succession of the ages.
The disintegrating process may be ex-
pected to take effect first upon the high
est products of evolution, and to reach
in deepening succession the low, lower
and lowest organizations and organic
compounds. The nations that have
risen high in complexity of develop
ment will deteriorate and be broken
up, to have their places taken by less
complex associations of inferior indi-
viduals; these in turn will yield place
to simpler and feebler unions of still
more degraded beings; species after
species of animals and plants will first
degenerate and then become extinct rs
the worsening conditions of life render
it impossible for them to continue the
struggle for existence; few scattered
families of degraded human beings,
living. perhaps, in snow huts near the
equator very much as Esquimaux live
now near the pole will represent tho
last wave of the receding tide of hu-
man existence before its final extinc-
ton; until at last frozen earth, in
capable of cultivation, is left without
energy to produce living particle of
any sort, and so death itself is dead"
DR.. Maudsley in Body and VIZ.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27
A Rowing People.

Arab girls have little to do with Sc,
lecting their husbands. The men nearly
always fix that up among themselves. :
A bold warrior sees girl whom he
loves in another tribe. He rides up at,
night, finds out where she is sleeping.i
dashes up to her tent, snatches her upl
in his arms, places her before himi
on the horse and sweeps away like the!
wind. If he happens to be caught hei
is shot. If he is not, the tribe fromi
which he stole the girl pays him visit
in a few days. The dervish, priest Of
the tribe, joins the hands of the young
man and the girl, and both tribes joinf
in the merriment All the bravest
men steal their wives, but there are
some who do not Their method is a.
little different. OF calm, moonlight
highland moonlight in the tropics Isl
far more beautiful than here-you may
see an Arab sitting before the tent of
his inamorata picking a stringed instru-:
ment something like q banjo and sing
ing song of his own composition.
This is his courtship. They are the
most musical people in the world.
They talk in poetry, and extemporiza-
ton is as easy with them as it was with
the Scalds of old. If the girl is obsti-;
nate he goes elsewhere and seeks to
win another girl with his songs and
music. Sometimes the fathers make
up the match, but always the girl is the
obedient slave. Her religion, her peo-i
pie, her national instincts, the tradi-
tions of her ancestors, all teach her to
be the slave of her husband. The pow-
er of life and death is in his hands, and
she bows before his opinions with. the
most implicit obedience. 1t is only
when the fair faced Frank comes with;
his glib talk of woman's highest dutieSl
and grander sphere, with his winning
manner, with his marked respect, sol
tiattering to a woman's soul that She
leaves her husband, forsakes the teach
ings of her childhood, gives up homo
and friends, and risks death itself to,
repose in his arms. They are as fine
riders as the men, and as fearless.
They can 90 almost any distance with
out fatigue. They are fine shots and
don't know what personal fear is.
The women of these people are mod.
est and more faithful than the women
of civilized countries. Indeed, it is the
rarest thing in the world to hear of
conjugal intidelity. The women ma
ture at IL and II, and are old at 35.
When young they are very beautiful.
They have soft, dark skin, flowing hair.
and soft. languishing eyes. They are
passionate in their loves, but after mar
riage all their affection is centered in!
their husbands. If woman is found
to be untrue to her husband she is in;
stantly killed, together with her lover.
But this seldom happens De
Funk, IN LOUISVILLE Courier Journal.
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and the long, shining teeth gra,ed as
they closed on my metal harness. 1t
had me. | could feel its teeth grinding
on my copper breastplate as it tried to
bite me in two, for, fortunately, it had
caught me just across the middle, where
was best protected. Having seized
me it went tearing through the water.
could feel it bound forward at each
stroke of its tail. Had it not been for
my copper helmet my head would have
been torn off by the rush through the
water. was perfectly conscious, but
somehow l felt no terror at all. l
wondered how long it would be before
those teeth would crunch through and
whether they would strike first into my
back or my breast. Then thought of
Maggie and the baby, and wondered
who would take care of them and if she
would ever know what had become of
me. All these thoughts passed through
my brain in an instant, but in that time
the connecting air tube had been snap
ped and my head seemed ready to
burst with pressure, while the mon
ster's teeth kept crunching and grind
ing away on my harness. Then felt
1liO OOAN "oIOA UO9AA W pun IL oio
heard the bubble, bubble, bubble, as
the air escaped into the creatures
mouth. began to hear great guns
and see fireworks and rainbows and
sunshine and all kind of pretty things;
then thought was floating away on
a rosy summer cloud, dreaming to the
sounds of sweet music. Then all be-
came blank. The shark might have
eaten me at his leisure and never
would have been the wiser. Imagine
my astonishment then when l opened
my eyes on board this boat and saw
you fellows around me. Yes, sir, l
thought was dead and ate up, sure.
Alfetto was found by his comrades q
few minutes after the swapping of the
line. He was picked up insensible,
with several holes punched in the me-
tallic part of the diving suit.-Pamama
Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27
Some English TabIe-sauces.

Plain Melted Butter.-Take sauce
pan. put in it two ounces of butter and
one ounce of flour, blend these with q
wooden spoon over fire until they are
reduced to liquid; then add to them
half pint of cold water. stir over the
fire until it comes to boil; add twelve
drops of lemon juice, and q salt-spoon-
ful OF salt; put in a tureen ready for
use.
Anchovy Sauce.-Blend sauce and
make as above; adding three table
spoonfuls of cream and one table,
spoonful of essence of anchovy, with O
seasoning of cayenne.
Parsley, or Sauce la Maitre d'Ho-,,
tel.-Put two ounces of butter in q
saucepan, add three-quarters of an
ounce of flour; blend these together. and
add one gill of white stock; stir over q
fire until it comes to boil; then add
half gill of cream. seasoning of cay
enne and salt, twelve drops of lemon
chopped parsley. Serve. N Bake.
care not to let the sauce boil after thel
parsley is in, or it will turn the parsley
brown.
French Sauce.-Take one ounce Of
blend them together in saucepan; add
to them one gill of white stock. few,
grains of nutmeg, q seasoning of salt;
and cayenne, six drops of lemon juicc;t
then beat up the yolks of two eggs, add
half gill of cream; stir these into the!
sauce and thicken by the fire. Serve. ,
Caper Sauce.-Make melted butter asi
above; then add two teaspoonfuls oil
cream and tablespoonful of choppedi
capers, with strong flavoring of cay.I
enne.
Caper Sauce No. blend two ounces,
OF butter in saucepan with three
quarters of an ounce of flour; add to-
this one gill of white stock, twelve
drops of the essence of anchovy, little
grated nutmeg, teaspoonful of tara;
gon vinegar. and high seasoning Of
cayenne with little salt; add two ta-
blespoonfuls of chopped capers, stir.
these over the fire until hot, then draw
the pan away from the fire and add
little cream. N. B.-This sauce is es-
pecially good for all kinds of griddle
fish.
White Sauce.-Put in q saucepan an
ounce and half of butter and three
quarters of an ounce of flour; add to
these half pint of milk and half a.
saltspoonful of pounded mace; add a.
good seasoning of cayenne and salt, and
stir well over the fire until it boils; then
draw it from the fire and stir in care
fully one tablespoonful of lemon juice.
This sauce should taste sharp.
Egg Sauce.-Make sauce exactly as
above, adding half gill of cream, with
. the yolks of two hard boiled eggs
(boiled twelve minutes); rub through q
wide sieve; the whites to be chopped
finely and added to the sauce.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27
Penn's Wood.

Greelcy's Nev Yorker, for June 2,
1888, contained the following:
Pennsylvania-The following ac-
count of the origin of the name of
Pennsylvania is extracted from letter
written by William Penn, its founder,
dated Jan. 5, 1851:
"This day, after many waitings.
watchings, solicitings, and disputes in
council, my country was confirmed to
me under the great seal of England
with large powers and privilege, by the
name of Pennsylvania-a name the
king would give it in favor of my ia
ther l chose New Wales, being hilly
country; and when the secretary,
Welchman, refused to call it New
Wales, proposed Sylvania. and they
added Penn to it, though was much
opposed to it. and went to the king to
have take it upon him; nor could 20
guineas move it struck out. He said it
was past and he would the under sec
retary to vary the name; for feared it
might be looked on as vanity in me,
and not as respect in the King to my
father, as it really was" ,,1x
IR@ TN
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27
Under the Chestnut Boughs.

There's lad tonight far out at sea-
He may never be home again,
But, whether or not he comes back 10 me,
My heart Is his own, as when
We were side by side on day long fed.
When heard his eager vows,
And biushed at the tender words he said
Under the chestnut boughe.
They tell me sailors heart is bound
By bonds that break at Il breath;
Others, PEI haps, such love have found
But his will be mine ill death.
But whether he sleeps beneath the wave
Or over the crest he plows,
must always be true to the pledge gave
Under the chestnut Eoughs.
1t would grieve me less if the news were
brought
That he died in far-off sea
Than if, sitting alene tonight, thought
He could ever be false 10 me.
The lowland in winter garb Is clad;
Snow covers the mountain brows;
No onger i stand beside my lad
Under the chestnut boughs.
But feel that my love will come back some
day
From over the stormy sea,
As loyal and true as when, going away,
He whispered farewell TO me.
My heart goes out by the fOam-hecked shore,
And never Il doubt allows;
We shall surely stand as we stood before,
Under the chestnut bOughs.
The Clipper.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27
Convince this Young lady. Edgar.

Convince this young lady, Edgar,
she said. 'that your affection for me is
only that of dutiful son, and that l
shall have motherly affection for her
likewise when l become the wife of
your father, Edgar Bainbridge, senior. !"
And then Edgar took the chair his
step-mother-elect vacated, while the
elder lady and gentleman went outside
to arrange cushion in the carriage for
the sprained ankle.
What Edgar said. may be imagined;
but certain it is that Dollie drove home
with Miss Wilson, and was that lady's
guest until the following Thursday.
when her wedding-cards, too, were dis
tributed, and the bridal party consisted
of two fair, blushing brides.
The daily papers, in noticing the
wedding stated that the superb parure
of diamonds worn by Mrs. Bainbridge,
Jr., was wedding present from Mrs.
Bainbridge, Sr.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27
Rismarck,s Black Rider.

"Make way for Bismarck's dispatch
carrier" cry score of voices, and as
friedrich strass, Berlin, is cleared,
great glossy bay horse, carrying tall
man in black, trots rapidly through
the center of the busy thoroughfare
toward the Central Railroad station.
The horseman looks neither to the
right nor left, and goes out of his di-
rect route for no one, vehicles and
pedestrians clearing the way as Ameri-
cans do for a fire engine. The .Black
Rider makes the same trip every af-
ternoon between 2 and 8 o'clock, and
Notwithstanding that the street is one
of the most frequented in Berlin, every
thing and everybody stand aside for
him.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27

A new form of mantel lambrequin,
on which much decoration appears, is
a straight brand of satin or plush fin
ished with an ornamental fringe.
Above this is draped another piece Of
plush of harmonizing color. This
crosses the mantel, being not over six
inches deep at its longest point, and of
course not concealing the embroidery
of the lower straight piece. At the
outer ends of the mantel it is caught
up with cords and tassels, falling with
the ends of the plush, which are at
least three-quarters of yard deep,
and are edged with fringe. boston
Courier.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27

The late Wendell Phillips was not q
rich man, but he was in independent
circumstances. He inherited consid-
erable money from relatives, and he
added to the sum quite materially in
his lecturing days.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27

Three girls, less than 9 years Of age,
daughters of respectable parents. have
been arrested in Schenectady, N. Y, for
shoplifting. Nearly dozen leading
merchants have been despoiled. The
parents have restored sufficient dry
goods and trinkets to stock store.
-~-CE cuHwkE5 SFT~C,N-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27

A locomotive has made 266 round
trips from Springfield to Boston, 1886
miles each, without ever going to the
shop tQE repairs. 70-~~~~4
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27
Business Cards.
J. Fl. DUSSELL.
P.B. CONANT,

TTORNEY AT Law, Counsel in
IN English aud German. ONCE oyer his
Clothing Store. Phenix Block, Ravenna,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-27
q. ri. GRIFFIN,

TOH PRINTING OF ALI Kinds
a .ky0mptly and neatly executed.
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TTORNEY. AT LAW, Rayenna, Q
IN Onice in Blackstone Block, North Cnest
nut street, RaveAna, Ohio
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-21
s1'he South Loses s6,eoo,0oO q Year
by Gin House Cotton Fircs."

! We have Just read that statement, Mr..
Editor, in one of the leading papers In the
cotton, growing States. II the statement 10
true, and we do not doubt 1t, how much
more important becomes the already won
derful invention made by our friends OF
Belton! If the Taylor g. Cox Fire Extin-
guisher were as highly appreciated as it
ought to be, and as extensively used as It's
s,sriis deniana, The popH!ss jonrns; soa!d
no longer astonish its readers by such fig
ures, and these millions o. money would
cease TO be turned into ashes. Six million
dollars That's q pretty big amount Tor
common countrymen like us to think about.
Six million dollars worth OF houses, ma
chinery and cotton destroyed by fra every
wear in the South, while Taylor d.. Cox
stand ready TO extinguish every spark OF
Ara and save every dollar Of that money
Surely the people Of the South are too In.
telligent and appreciativei TO suffer that
statement made again since this Invention
h as proved itself 70 be the very right thing
| In the right place. II it will not do eli that
is eiuimed for It, then have my own eyas
deceived me- One day last week our en-
| terprisine townsman, Mr.. @. E.i Hortoni
operated the Taylor 6 Cox Fire Extinguishss
er to the satisfaction and delight OF our
| entire community The floor and walls OF
hehouse to which fire was applied were
covered with straw, shavings and cotton,
and then saturated with kerosene oil.
In o space Of time 30 short as to be
almost unappreciable every inch OF space
In the building was filled with hre and
smoke. Mr.. Horton, that he might give
| the Extinguisher thorough test, did not
operate &c until requested by Spectators,
who seeing the fierceness Of the flames and
| the critical condition of the building
deemed It beyond the power Of any human ma
Invention 70 save tho structure. The
building was fairly throbbing With Its Vol. rS:
| ume Of kissing fame and rolling smoks
| On. and 30 sudden was the change, %
| Snicklv was tho FIRE extinguished, that It IA
I scarcely credible, certainly not npprecia6lt
J to one who has not seen II. Tho Taylor
nd Cox Fire Extinguisher 10 In our hum
yant3;ons 1 of the age. Wherever steam Il
r,sed 30 motive power the ExtinSuishe,
should be attached. WILLIAMSBURG WILLiAAssHoS'
February 18, 1884. $ .Gf