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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26
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 Towels has done well 70 ;u,n hs Aut1 tion rom novel wri,rg to ihe viaflR oi plays, Tor II A io ihe iasi r.tntd ifat.th of literary work Il ai his ialtris tttm h.At adapted In sscirT his ressls nos, people ssp over the nait<nse ara de zeflp'tte pafiiaLa ss fspidiy 4a possible tn orc.f "a gsi io ihe dialogue, winch hc never iaiis io make bnVht. ~iiiy, ard ap- ptopTtafe 10 tte ohsfatiets ttpfestEttd Aufh biis "i plsy ~utng a he has done for the mag g%urss have been exceedingly happy efor's. I he FArloI ar ta iuIl at ,kc fnosf deleair humof snd abounds n sha'. on ihc stage. would te " cstf h- ing si'uaiions. iiia Last effort, "I he Reg gistci a. all ~ill iesiiiy ~ho have bad ihs pleasure If reading IL is enc of the best things. m its way that has been pro dnesd of late All these things 70 to show hal Ho~eiis might. ~iih proper study of stage effect fshish he may already have made, fol ough, ws kne~ ]. become 4 sue cessfui writer of comedies lie would aci wisely ln transferring rhts lnsesimsn, of brsin capital to thIs held of literary industfy for tao reasons he ls better adapted for Y, and there is mere money in II.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26

grocery and double your business. by keeping it clean. giving full weight. treat ing everybody kindly. keeping good gro, eerles instead of poor ones, and wearing clean shiu and smile instead of a dirty shnt and tro~n, as you do, Gould -"
 That ~ill do. you can 70. and the groeetyman lc, the bcy cut and closed the grocery ,c go to dinner. ~hllc the boy ~en' io the barn Ia iced hts pas ,roiet
 I'd s's Shs
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26
The Reason.
New YorL Morniag Journal. ]

ss~ York MorAiag fcarsal.
 "Why Is barber called sn artist sp asked young lady of her sweetheart. "Oh, 1 suppose Us because he draws bl ood." replied the young man, feeling of the court plaster shieh covered the lass cut on his chin.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26

An Ohio man has been found dead and n is not exactly known whether he committed suede or was murdered. As he had no office, | s supposed that he committed suicide. .- Eosfoa Heyald.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26

Dig gsas.s for old follies and errors, ' says Ella Wheeler. That's the way to do. dear Ella but where ozn you get enough cemetery room for all the corp3es = -LozsfzlHs Co1,i<y- Journal
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26

An Indianapolis man is writing Three Nights on Roof" With Indianapolis authors there seems io he always room Al the top Lo1isviAk Courier Journal
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26
He Passed In.
Carl Pr.,l-i's Weekly

Carl Pr.tzsi's Weekly '' Will you be kind enough to pass me in, said very poor specimen of Jour nallst to doorkeeper of the theatre. Well should say not
 - am journalist
 "fou have the symptoms will ad- mt
 Then, ST. am entitled 10 admit tance.~ sad ,he scribc.
 No; in here. slr.'
 "lfyou wiii no; perrni; me ,o pass my self in.7 persisted the journalist. will you step aside and allos me to pass you n
 He passed.
 The drum wc beet ourSelves dukznt sownd loud as tse drum osr nabur
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04
A Very Strange Story.

A remarkable story comes from Scho-
harie county, New York. The writer
says that few miles from Schenectady
resided a couple, whose names are not
given, the wife being much the junior
of her husband. They had lived to.
gether happily until few days ago,
when the awful discovery was made by
the husband that he was the father of
his wife. having married her in total ig-
nOrance of the existence of any rela-
tionship between them, while the girl
was equally ignorant on the subject.
The explanation of this peculiar mar
riage is that eighteen years ago the son
year-old girl and settled in Esperance,
Iowa. They lived there several wears.
In the first year of marriage a dau9h-
ter was born to them. The Young wife
soon wearied of her husband. and TAX
ing her child with her elopcd with
drummer. She lived with him AT Chi
cago and her husband could find no
trace of her,
The daughter was unkindly used by
the man. and being high-spirited she
fled from home at the age of IA. On
the train she met gentleman who dis
covered her situation and placed her in
the home of res ectable family. The
gentleman was much older than the
girl. but their friendship soon ripened
into love. When the girl became IL
years of age the two were married and
moved 10 Schoharie county, the former
home of the bridegroom. They soon
became the happy parents of little
girl aud We're living blissfully together.
Now. the yonng Wife mothers lover
mad died, leaving his victim unproyided
for. She learned that her daughter
had married and settled in Schoharie
county, and she resolved to seek her
out and make her home with her. When
she arrived on the scene what was her
horror to find her former husband and
daughter living innocently together as
man and wife. Realizing the wrong
she had done she immediately returned
TO Schenectady and took the first train
for the west, The husband and wife,
or father and daughter, are almost fran
tic. They realize that their present re-
lations must be broken and that their
child is u living monument to their i'm
nocent crime. The names of the par
ties are concealed for various reasons.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04
The Mission Of Christian Ethics.

From an article by Bishop Henry c.
Potter. in the November Century. we
9note the following: The mission of
Christian ethics to our modern social
science is 10 speak not only a word of
warning. but also a word Of encourage
ment. That branch of science has con-
cerned il self largely in our own gener-
alton with The relations of capital to
labor. with the improvement Of mems
homes and streets. of prisons and aims
houses and hospitals. One of the most
encouraging fe.kures of the social pro-
gress of our time has been the hearty
and often generous interest which land
lords and capitalists. men of science
and men of the various professions,
have shown in bringing every latest
scientific discovery to bear upon the
practical elevation of the poor, and the
physical and intellectual Improvement
of the less favored. The immense sums
of money spent for placing educational
advantages within the reach of the
masses who spend their lives in daily
toll. and the snms. scarcely less vast,
which. i'll our mother country, if not in
our own, have been spent in building
model cottages and tenements, and ev-
en- factories. for the poor, is a demon
stratiOn of this. But in all this expen-
diture of money and wealth there is of
ten involved an experience of discour-
agement which it is idle to ignore. The
classes who are most benefited by these
reforms do not care for social science
Model dwellings and rules of hygiene
are equally distastefnl and uninterest-
ing to them. If you appeal to them to
conform their lives to wiser rules of
cleanliness. temperance, frugality, and
forecast, too often You appeal to them
in vain. Essays on light and drainage
and ventilation, which laboriously you
circulate among them, are left unread.
Even the most elaborate and costly
schemes for their advantage fail of any
practical effect. 1t is tolerablv well as
certained, for instance, that the Pea
body lodging houses have not reached,
or, at any rate, have not greatly bene-
fitted, the class for whom they were de-
signed. These have stunned homes In.
yolving rules of decency, cleanliness,
and ,Self-restraint, which would have
been to them intolerable. as they would
have summed prison. and the Pea
body model tenements became the
homes of the better class of skilled me-
chanics, and even of clergymen and
other professional men, by whom they
were in no sense needed. In other
words, no argument of the science of
sociology by itself was strong enough
efficiently to reach the class to whom it
was addressed ,,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04
Women as Photographers.

Girard avenue is excited over fe-
male photographer quiet little we-
man who cares nothing for anybody,
and who goes about her work with the
mechanical don t-careativeness of a
man.
s'Some people have an idea woman
can't take a picture she said to
Ncms reporter this morning. "But
there's no reason in the world why a
woman shouldn't be able TO take Il neg
ative. print picture and mount 1t Just
rs we'll as man.
..And yet there are very few female
photographers.
Il only know of one other beside my
self who goes into the dark room.
She Juniata county woman. and
stepped into her husbands shoes-cam-
era, might say-when he died year
or two ago. Scores of Young ladies in
this city paint and finish pictures. bur |
am the only female photographer in
Philadelphia.
She smiled and looked around her
daintily furnished studio with evident
exlltation.
You are proud of itP"
Very 1901
grapherS so Small9 ----
Women don't like the chemicals.
That's one reason. They dislike to get
their pretty little fingers stained. In
taking tintvpes the staining ia a very
| marked objection. The silver bath into
which the tin is first plunged leaves
| an almost indelible bronze stain onithe
/ fingers. Then, when the picture has
| baan taE Ean from tho aamara the ahl0-
! ride OF potassium with which it is run
| gives the skin peculiar greenish-vei-
| low tin9e. Finally. the varnish. which
| follows coloring. stains horrid brown.
1t impossible to keep the fingers out
of the chemicals. and pretty women
with pretty fingers don't like it.
'.But that is not the only reasonf-a
.'Oh. no. The opposition of the trade
has a much greater influence in keep
inc women from practically phota-
graphing. The photographers will not
| give their female employees chance to
do anything but finishing work, and as
| a consequence girl leaves a studio af-
ter two or three years with no more
| practical ideas of how picture should
be taken than when she began. It's a
shame! But Just like the selfish Great
ures that men are added the little
woman, spitefully.
why" she said, Il never heard of a
woman in Philadelphia Photographic
studio who takes picture out and out.
| They get the back work. that's all.
| The men carry off all the honors. If q
woman does manage to get an idea OF
practical photography they wouldn't
have her in a gallery. The only chance
for her is to go in business for her
SELF"
what is the future of the female
photographer?'' .
| The ..only woman photographer
walked the length of the gallery. She
clenched her little chemical-stained
fingers.
photography is an art requiring Pc
culiar abilities. Those abilities women
possess to a more marked degree than
men. Woman" she said, and she took
another turn across the studio, Two.
man is the hephotographer of the future. y
| -.Phi[QdelDkiQ Necs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04
That Familiar Face,

At ball the other day, a young med
ical student came suddenly face to face
with dear, kind, fatherly looking gen.
tleman, with white hair, and of highly
respectable appearance. They both
stood transfixed. The same idea flash
ed across both of them.
Your face is familiar to me-very
familiar-but l can't remember where
we have met so often"
However, the friendly impulse was
carried out. They shook hands warm
ly, partook of a friendly glass, and de-
parted. still ignorant of each others 5
name and occupation. But the young
man was determined to solve the prob
lem, and he seized on q waiter and said
to him:,
Tell me. wai,er, who is that distin-
guished stranger with the long white
hair?"
And the waiter whispered slowly:
Please. sir. that's the pawnbroker :"
-NeW York .Star.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04
The Exclusive Briton.

The following aneedofe is told in re-
lation to the unsociable habits of Eng
ishmen who travel. An old American
gentleman was travelling from Liver
pool to London. Three gentlemen in
all occupied the carriage, and for an
hour after the train had begun its
journey never one exchanged syl-
liable with another. At last the Ameri.
can broke silence, and said: Gentle
men, am L. D / have come
from. / have been a merchant for
fifty years, and now lam living in
ease. am 80 years of age, and have
two eyes and one tongue, and, like q
great many of my countrymen, / take
a pleasure in using them. My eyes
feel the period in which they have done
me service, and can not read for the
motion of the train. Having intro
dueed myself, l trust, gentlemen, you
will not look upon me as pickpocket."
At this one of the gentlemen drew
ont his card-case, and gave his card.
This example was Immediately fol-
lowed by the other. ..Well, gentle
menr' said the American, ..you do not
seem to know one another; let me in
troduce you;'' and with that he crossed
his arms and presented the card of one
to the other. This was the beginning
of warm and long friendship. Lon,
don Echo.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04
PILESi PILELIi PILEsiII

A sure cure for Blind, bleeding,
Itching, and liberated Piles, has been
discovered by DIR. William, tan Indian
remedy y)caIled DK WILLIAMS INDIAN
OINTMENT. A single box has cured
the worst chronic cases Of twenty-five
years standing, No one need suffer
five minutes after applying this won
derfnl soothing medicine. Lotions and
Instruments do more harm than good
Williams Ointment absorbs the tn
noFs, allays the intense Itching, (par-
ticularly at night after getting warm
in bed,) acts as pOultice, gives i'm.
stant and painless relief. and is pre-
pared only for Piles, itching of the
private parts, and for nothing else.
For sale by II. Waterman, and mail
ed on receipt of price, $l.00.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04

we have had the exclusive sale of the
Rockford Quick Train Railroad Watch
for the past three Yeas. No OTHER
PARTY CAN BUY THEM FROM THE FAC
TORY, OR HAS ANY RIGHT TO SELL
THEM. 1t seems to us much like boys
play to get angry and advertise prices
because they cannot buy the goods.
We trust the publication of prices will
continue through the whole list, as we
have no money to advertise goods not
in stock. Such desperate efforts will
not deceive any. The people know
that We have never cursed the place as
ready to be fenced in, because we were
going to leave it. They know that we
are not a travelling experimental irsti-
tuition, and they will continue to buy
their Watches, Silver Ware, etc., of
the Old Reliable Ravenna jewelers.,
Swift's Block
WATT BROTHERS,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04
FACTS ABOUT OWLS.
A Poets Feast-A Queer Cure for Drunk
enness.

asIwas seated on the piazza Of our
botol one evening watching the moon
no II came no out of the sea, an owl
~I;deJ by. and only for II moment was
soon as ic passed window through
which the light was streaming. intent
M doubt unon its mission. and appar-
emily uudistnrbed by the music, the
l,nn; of voices. and the red and green
! iioh,s that flashed up from the lawns
.,n Oce,n avenue Owls may often sail
sround the pier hotels at night, for
aupbt | know. hut it is not often they
are seen. Back in the woods they
make their home, and there their hoOt-
! ing is a. familiar Il sound as the croak-
| ;nS of the frogs The farmer has no
better friend Than the owl, and he who
Kills one does himself and the public an
injury. White OF Selborne, after tam
mo a pair OF owls. was convinced that
they brought mou,e 10 the nest, on
an AVERAGE. every five minutes from
sunset 10 daylight.
Owls were never an epicurean feast.
but there was formerly AN eccentric GO
MUS in Newport. Benjamin baldwin.
who ate them. and. tor that matter,
ANYTHING that had once had the breath
ol
Ell for dinner for himself md Mr.. and
Mrs. Wordswort lgiva the sequel in
his own words:
We AGREED there could be no pre-
text for making owls game and killing
them as delicacieS; but if ever You eat
one. hy all means Try ii boiled with on
ion sauce.
An omclet made of owls eggs is said
to be cure for drunkenness. Owls
are sometimes stuffed not for the ta-
BILE. but To draw crows within the range
of the sportsman gun. No love is lost
between the crow and the owl. and
when the latter is seen perchc-t upon
limb the former goes for him with the
celebrity and disregard of all those pre-
cautiOnary measures that usually mark
the movements of crow. So eager is
he 10 reach the object of his aversion
that he does not see the gunner until it
is too late TO beat Il safe retreat. The
Italians use an owl to catch small birds.
Only in their case the owl is tied to a
lperch in the open ground in broad sun
light. and the birds that gyrate around
him alight upon twigs Smeared with
bird lime. In this way they become an
easy prey. An owls sight, clear
enough and sharp enough nj night. is
none of the best by daylight. and his
foraging is done after dark. but a story
is told of colorcd fisherman some
where i'm North Carolina who. having
set his fish-lines, returned after a brief
interval, to find that n duck had taken
the bait, and that an owl which had
attempted to capture the duck had be-
come so entangled in the line that it
could not escape. Nor is this the only
instance | have heard of where an owl
meddled with line to its own destruc-
ton, Atone time the workmcn on the
Washington monument We're a good
deal annoyed to find that a plumb line
that reached from the top TO the bottom
of the shaft was frequently meddled
with. At last it was found that an owl
had taken up its abode in a part of the
shaft that afforded il shelter, and in
passing in and out it had disturbed the
line.-PrOcidence Journal,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04

Some of the customs of the Thibetans
are very curious. At parting junior
person takes off his cap, bows and puts
his tongue out. They pull their cheeks
in order to show surprise. Turning up
their big finger means approval, and
turning up the little one means the con-
trarv The rest of the fingers mean an
Indifferent quality of things or persons.
All the men and women smoke. The
nOmadic Thibe.an do not bury their
dead. but throMsthcm TO the wild beasts
and birds of prey. In the capital of
Thibet the clergymen decide as TO the
disposal of a dead body. whether it
shall be buried or thrown into the river.
burned or left as a prey for birds and
beasts
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04
Special Notice!
OFFICE. OF
Rockford Watch Co.

ROCKFORD, ILL, May I:ah 1874.
Referring to the fact thai We have
appointed WAIT BROTH ERS, Of
Ravenna, Sole Agents for the sale of
our Quick Train Railroad Watches in
Portage County, Ohio, We desire 10 say
that no parties other than WAIT Bros.
or their employees, are authorised to
offer these Goods for sale i'm the terri
tory Indicated and that no warranty
whatever attaches TO our goods when
offered for sale by others than our duly
authorised agents Our good are sold
directly from the factory, and only
through competent and well known
dealers.
AS the movements leave our hands
carefully adjusted and regulated for
immediate use, we hold ourselves di-
rectly responsible to the wearer of the
watch for its satisfactory performance,
BUT ONLY WHEN SOLD BY OUR CHOSEN
AGENTS. We understand the extraor-
dinary guarantee of excellence made
by WAIT BROS, and given out by
them TO the public, and are prepared
to make good the assertions of our
representatives in that particular.
Very Respectfully,
ROCKFORD WATCH co.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04

This is the reason why cats wash
their faces after meals: A cat caught a
sparrow and was about to devour it, but
the sparrow said: No gentleman eats
me till he has first washed his face"
The cat, struck with this remark, set
the sparrow down and began to wash
his face with his paw, but the sparrow
flew away. This yexed Puss exceed
ingly, and he said: As long as live
] will eat first and wash my face after
ward Which all cats do to this day.
Old Fable.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04

Nellie Hastings, little daughter of
Mi Will and Carrie Hastings. of this
place, lays claim to six living grand
mothers-four great grandmothers and
two grandmothers. The great-grand-
mothers are Mrs. Mary Hastings. of
Westchester, and Mrs. Susan Dougher-
ty, OF Londonderry; Mrs. Eliza Stead
man and Mrs. Elizabeth Steel, of Free
port. The grandmothers are Mrs. JOS
eph Hastings and Mrs. George Stead
man, OF Freeport.-Freeport (0Aio)
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04

Richard HeOdum, poor Imam
who resides in Westmoreland County,
on the line of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, found package of money three
years ago. He advertised it, but it was
never called for, and few days SINCE
he opened and appropriated it. The
amount is said to be about S2J, 900.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04

All great men have some eccentric
habit. and now that Sitting Bull is be-
coming civilized he is not an excep-
ton. Whenever the great chief APP
pears at dinner he carefully unfolds
his napkin, spreads it on his chair and
sits upon it-Peck's San,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04
Ayers Sarsaparilla.
Ayers Sarsaparilla

forskheumatisnI. with entire success snd,
after careful observation. declares that, in
lis belief, there 10 no medicine In the world
equal 10 1t for Ihe cure CT Liver Disorders,
Gout, the effects OF high living, Salt
Rhsum, Sores, Eruptiens, and ali the
various forms CT blood diseases.
We have Air. IELASD's permission to invite
ali who may desire further evidence in regard
to the extraordinary curative powers CT
AYERS SARsAFARILLA TO see him person
ally either at Lis mammoth Occau Hotel,
Long Branch. OF ct the popular LeiGEd hotel,
Broadway, zIth and 2sth Streets, heG Isrk.
Mr. IELA-'D's extensive knowledge OF the
good ioiia W ,Eis unequaliei eTsdicaiSE Of
biood roisons enables him 10 eiIo iIquissrs
much Vai1a bic information.
PREPARED By
Dr.. J.C. AYer& Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold 02 ell Druggists; 81. six bottles fosss
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04

Little Rock, Ark. is deep in debt has no
good streets. and is almost without sew
prs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-04

There are over 10000 heads of fami-
lies in Ohio who follow WOOL grow ing
Tor Livelihood,