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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-04-24
A Story OF an Elephant.

There is beautiful story of an old
elephant engaged in battle on the
plains of India. He was standard
bearer, and carried on his huge back
the royal ensign, the rallying point of
the Poona host. At the beginning of
the fight he lost his master. The s.ma-
hout," !" or driver had given him the
word to halt. when he received fatal
wound, and fell to the ground. where
he laid under heap of slain. The obe-
dent elephant stood still while the bat
tie closed around him and the standard
he carried. He never stirred foot, re-
fusing to advance or retire, as the con-
tlict became hotter and tiercer, until
the Mahrattas, seeing the standard still
flying steadily in its place, refused to
believe that they were being beaten,
and rallied again and again round the
colors. And all this while, amid the
din of battle, the patient animal stood
straining its ears to catch the sound of
that voice it would never hear again.
At length the tide of conquest left the
field deserted. Mahrattas swept on in
pursuit of the flying foe, but the ele-
phant, like rock, stood there, with
the dead and dying around. and the
ensign waving In its place. For three
days and nights it remained where its
master had given the command to halt.
They then sent to village, 100 miles
away, and brought the Mahout's little
son. The noble hero seemed then to
remember how the driver had some-
times given his authority to the little
child, and Immediately, with all the
shattered trappings changing as he
went, paced quietly and slowly away. .
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-04-24
A Monster Of the Southwest.

The lizard family attains great per-
lection in the southwest, climaXin@ i'll
the horrible creature called the G.la
Monster of A iona. This is a big
black lizard. ii ON IL foot to four feet
in length. H. has Il p: il of vii II nous,
bead-like black eyes in his head he
meath couple of horny eyebrows that
give his face an uncommonly ferocious
expression. Around his neck is broad
band of beautiful yellow, and am con-
vinced that should recently imported
Irishman run afnul of one of these
vermin he would consider himself in
the presence of the devil himself. wear
ing the colors of the prince of Orange.
The Arizona prospectors tell the
widest tales about the poisonous quail
ties of the Gila monster. some even
claiming that the reptile kills its prey
by breathing on it. Its poison is con-
tanned in minute cells at the base of q
number of saw-like teeth. Though
naturally sluggish brute. it at times
exhibits the most frightful quickness,
darting like a flash upon its prey and
seizing the same between its jaws,
which it shuts and keeps closed with
the strength and tenacity of q swapping
turtle. Meanwhile the poison slowly
exudes and penetrates the wounds
made by the teeth, andif the victim be
an animal of lesser degree than man,
faintness and death speedily ensue.
The poison differs from that of every
known venomous snake in being an
alkali, while that of serpents is acid.
1t acts directly on the heart and brain
without local effects of serious ma
ture.-Santa Fe (M, MY Cor. Cleve-
land Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-04-24

Moltke's life is passed in busy regua
larity; for, Notwithstanding his .ad-
vanced age, he does not abate his
labors in the least. His time is divid-
ed between Berlin and his home. at
Kreisau. At Berlin he occupies a wing
of the General Staff building, fine,
roomy dwelling that looks out upon
the monument commemorating the
three wars whose extraordinary sue
cesses were mainly due to Moltke.
His time is marked out with military
exactitude, never broken except when
he attends the sittings of the Reichs-
tag, which is only on occasion of a
military debate. Moltke is o staunch
conservative, but not an ardent poli!i-
clan. That department of the German
Empire he leaves with absolute conf
dence in the hands of his colleague,
Bismarck.
Winter and summer, Moltke enters
his study at the stroke of seven A. M.
Here he drinks his morning coffee.
smokes a cigar, and writes until the
stroke of nine, when his business let
ters are brought to him, which he
reads and dispatches. He then ex-
changes his dressing gown for his uni
form, and is ready at eleven to receive
his adjutants, to hear their reports and
issue his orders. While at work ha
partakes of simple lunch, and when
his adjutants are gone resumes his
writing until the stroke of two, when
the work is pushed aside. He then re-
ceives the higher officers of the staff
and listens to their reports. This end
ed, which may be longer or shorter
according to circumstances, Moltka
goes for walk. It is no unfrequent
thing to encounter him in the busy
streets of Berlin, peeping into the shop
windows which appear to have an at
traction for him. At four he takes q
frugal dinner in company with his
family, and the hour of dinner is for
them the happiest of the day. Then
the taciturn man becomes loquacious,
and delights his hearers with his
charming, cheerful talk. From five to-
seven he again devotes himself to
writing; from seven to eight the news
papers are perused. At eight he once
more rejoins his family at the tea table.
after which follows game of whist in
which the great strategist is naturally
proficient. The game over, the even
ing is generally ended with music, to
which Moltke is devoted. At eleven
he retires to rest.
Moltke is the ideal impersonation Of
a German officer, in his rectitude, his
unquestioning devotion to his SOW
ereign, his narrow visioned patriotism,
his want of imagination, his self nega-
tion, his stern, unbending, unelaslic
devotion to his profession and the du-
ties it entails; a man who, taken as a
whole, is rather the representative of
an older day, when life was more inim-
ical, before that advance had been
made toward fulfillment of tie angel
ic greeting, '.Peace ON earth, good
will to men," toward which we fondly
hope mankind is tending. But judged
from the elder platform, he is splen-
did figure. Century.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-04-24
Relics Of the Mound Builders.

Col. p. w. Norris, assistant United
States ethnologist, left last night for
Little Rock and Texas after very sue
cessful search for prehistoric relics in
this section. He is accompanied by
Professor Middleton, who is engaged in
the same work. The. Colonel was
found at the Southern Express compa-
ny's Office engaged in packing away the
fruits of his Iabors, which will find
place in the chronological department
of the National museum at Washing
ton. An AUaldnche reporter called up
on him and examined a number of the
relics. There were five barrels of an
cient pottery. ETC.. obtained from
mounds at Pecan Point, Ark. about
forty miles north of this city. and near
ly two barrels of q similar class of rel
les found on Tyronza river, in Arkan-
sas. Among those dug up at Pecan
Point are some of especial value from
an chronological point of view. Thus, a
human head nodded in earthenware,
about two-thirds life-size, and evidenc-
ing no little skill in the plastic art is
believed by Col. Norris to be the only
specimen of its kind and degree of per-
lection ever obtained in this country.
1t forms a vase, as do, in fact, nearly
all the pieces of earthenware obtained
from prehistoric remains. The face,
apparently woman's, is almost round,
with small nose and well-shaped fea-
lures, The ears are pierced with five
punctures, and traces of pierces are
visible on the nose. Did the prehistor-
io mound-building woman wear nose
and ear-ringsp Peculiar ornamentation
in the way of straight lines interlacing
each other run across the face from ear
to ear, producing a fine effect when the
head is viewed from slight distance.
On the forehead appears what ethnolo-
gists term crown, but what to the un-
Initiated is only q slight protuberance,
and running from it backward to the
nape of the neck is a .'headdress" re-
sem mbling those found in Egyptian and
other antiquities. and probably intend
ed to represent cloth head-covering
of triangular shape. The last-named
feature was painted Il bright red, and
marks of this color were visible on the
lips, through which the teeth were seen
plainly. The remainder of the head
was of yellowish brown color. Two
smaller heads were also found at Pc
can Point, bearing close resemblance
to the larger one just mentioned, and,
like it, having MARKS of pierces through
the ears and nose. All these heads
were very evidently fashioned by the
same people. and possibly by the same
hand. Among the other relics obtained
were large number of vases, skulls,
etc., and mortars and pestles, probably
used for grinding corn. Some of the
vases were of high degree of finish.
having been enameled and painted. A
few were surmounted by heads of ami
mails, one of the finest of the collection
having what is probably hooded SER
pent, another turtle, and one very
plainly duck. Heads Of bats, mice.
and other totems were found in abund-
ance. The collection obtained at Pc
can Point Is valuable one, and the
earthenw are head described above will
no doubt add to the perplexity of those
engaged In this broad field of study
Menaphts AvalGnche.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-04-24
Feathered Pugilists.

'.More care is taken in the training
of fighting cocks than was ever spent
In getting Slugger Sullivan ready for q
match, said an old chicken fancier,
Yesterday, in answer to the query of q
reporter. The speaker handled the
''birds'' in nearly every prominent
main that has been fought in or near
the city. He was one of the few who
escaped arrest at the recent raid upon
cock-fighters at New Hunting park.
Neatly-arranged coops, containing fine
specimens of the feathered pugilists,
occupy the whole of the third floor of
his residence When q match is ar
ranged the training begins. and until
the battles are fought the chickens are
constantly under the trainers direc-
tion. The first object is to harden the
flesh and by exercise to increase their
staying powers. This is done by run
ming them back and forward on a
wooden table by the pressure of the hand
After q certain amount of this exer-
else the chicken is weighed. and if its
flesh has not been reduced enough to
satisfy the trainer it is put through an
other process. The chicken is tossed
several feet into the air, and alights on
mattress placed upon the table. A
hundred times, possibly, the feathered
fighter goes up and down; when he is
put into q dark but well-ventilated bar
rel. A couple of hours are allowed to
elapse, when he is again brought out,
and two little soft balls fastened to his
spurs. Another chicken is equipped in
like manner, and the two indulge in
sparring match. This continues sever
al minutes. and while they strike each
other viciously no harm can result. un-
less one of the '.gloves" flies of. A
feature of the training is the feed Civ
en-. If the chicken needs little more
weight he Is fed on raw beef. Roasted
corn and the white of hard-boiled eggs
are the principal articles of diet, with
loaf of spiced bread. containing eggs,
sugar, rock candy, and a variety of
spices, for dessert. The latter is eaten
with relish. The maximum limit of
weight of a fighting chicken is six
pounds, while the minimum weight is
four pounds. The sport of cock-fight-
ing, according to the old fancier, has
largely increased in popularity during
the past score of years, and he declar-
ed that not week passes without q
rattling contest in some part of the
CITY. PHILADELPHIA Record
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-04-24

''It's duced queer, y know said q
dudish Englishman TO the conductor
during brief chat in a smoker on the
Pennsylvania road, ''and cawn't un-
derstand it. "
Cant understand whatP" asked q
drummer who sat in a seat behind.
81 beg pardon. y know. but l think
it is, ah, very strange that you Ameri-
cans make so much fuss over human
monstrositios, y know"
mot at all strange" said the drum
mer; Gin fact, We take pardonable
pride in them"
''You surprise me, SIR" gasped the
Britisher, opening his eyes SO wide that
his single-barreled glass fell out of it's
socket. why should such horrid
creatures be thought of SO highly. y
knowP"
because this is freak country"
chuckled the commercial traveller.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-04-24
Does Anyone Know Her Name? I?

Few persons know that in the city of
Leadville, Col, there lives one of the
most celebrated women of her day.
Men at fashionable watering-places
rayed over her beauty and varied ac-
complishments. President Buchanan
is credited with saying: 1.-The only
woman l ever loved well enough to
marry. God bless her." And that
Stephens: ''The most beautiful, accom-
ever knew Worth her weight in dia-
evening before he was killed in battle,
said to a comrade: Il feel sad to-
night; why, cannot tell. Perhaps it
is my last night on earth. was think
ing of my old college days in Alabama
and the most attractive woman / ever
met. Well. it is all past, we are both
married, but l wish she may never
know sorrow" General Pat Cle~
burne, having premonition of his
death, asked this lady to write his
obituary if he should fall in battle the
next day. The battle of Franklin and
Cleburne's death have passed to his
tory. The touching little poem that
came out in the Memphis AUalanche
by this lady, and was so extensively
copied in Southern papers, is still re-
membered:
Brave Cleburne is sleeping
Where night dews are weeping
And pale leaves are falling
Like gift gems arOundi
Where sad winds are signing
And sweet flowers dying
To mingle their breath
With the ashes they love, &c.
In 1860 the Prince of Wales and
suite were in St Louis. A lovely
young girl passed Barnum's Hotel,
s'SeeT Look, my lordr the prince ex-
claimed, addressing Lord Lyons, ''isn't
she exquisite?'
For months touching little poems
were published in the Louisville Jour-
nal, and highly praised by its editor,
George ID. Prentice, who spoke of her
rs remarkable woman, full of genius,
Parepa-Rosa heard her voice and asked
her to sing. The great prima donna
threw up her hands in ecstasy, and ex-
claimed: Madam, what shame for
pride to keep that voice from the
world r'
This wonderful woman, with so many
gifts, has for fifteen years lived in quiet
retirement, forgetting and almost for-
gotten by the world that once did her
such homage, in perfect bower of
beauty Cher cottage), adorned by love-
ly paintings and sculpture from her
own hands and from European mas
ters.
One painting by Titan, an heirloom
from her husbands family. hangs on
the wall and is beyond value, Many
etchings, taken from southern Utah,
lie around. She has travelled for a
year in Utah, and relates many inter-
esting anecdotes of the Mormons. Her
husband is one of the most noted law
yers on the Western coast-a man of
great erudition, the son of ex-United
States Senator George GoldthWaite,
Alabama's most noted and beloved son.
Judge Goldthwaite is the criminal
Judge of Lake county, and his wife. the
subject of this sketch, is a well-pre-
served woman of about 40, looking
near 80, retaining much of the original
beauty of heart and person that made
her such favorite with the sterner sex
in years gone by. A happy, model
wife, she seldom visits, retains few
cultured friends and seems to have for
saken the fashionable world that once
adored her.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-04-24

The urchins of Brazos County, Texas,
know how to make life interesting for
the school-master. The Pilot tells of
one who was called up to be fogged,
but just as the hickory was raised over
his head he bumped himself like a
CAMEL, and butted his teacher in the
stomach. knocking him over q table
and bench into remote corner of
the room. Before the astonished peda-
gogue had recovered. his wind the
Young goat was gone.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-04-24

Mr.. F. j. Scudamore, who recently
died in England. was the originator Of
the postal telegraph system in that
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-04-24

A Philadelphia street is to be ex-
tended throug ii cemetery. requiring
the removal Of 1000 bodies at city ex-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-04-24

Louisville has barber shop in the
Turf Exchange which is managed en-
tirely by women.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-04-24
Business Cards.
,. B. CONANT,
I. FL, PHELPS
A. N, FAIR,

A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
IA LAW, Once over Peter Kings Grocery,
West Main st., Ravenna. Ohio.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-04-04
February LIST, 1884.


To Mark l.. Edwards:
~ OF are hereby notified that the. under.
signed has expended 500 III labor ana
enforcement upon the james Henry lode
clatm situated IN the Cuehtllo Negro DISTRICT,
snaorro rounty, New Mexico. being the sum
required Dee. 3lst 1852, and Dee. 3lst 1883 20
hold possession of the same under section
a32. of the revised statutes Of the United
states, and If within ninety days from tne
your proportion of said expenditure "a co
owner and the cost of thts advertisement
your interest will be forfeited tn the under
u med NJ II. DAY.
January 18th, 1884.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-04-04
january LIST, 1884,.

To John Steven, his heirs or assigns:
NOU are hereby notified that the under
signed have expended 500 on the Alta
mining claim, assessment for the year 1855
also 500 on the Highland Mary mining claim
assessments for the years 1852 ana 1888, both
claims being situated In the Apache mining
district, socorro county, New Mexico, and II
within the period OF ninety days from the
date OF this publication YOU shall fail or re-
fuse to pay your pror ortiono oil said expandI.
ture amounting in the aggregate 20 500, boz
| ridea the cost OF this advertisement, the said
mining claims will become the exclusive
property of the undersigned co.owners.
joins FULTON.
Fairs TgAuB.
| January let, 1884.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-04-04

NOTICE l. hereby given 20 J u. Dorsey,
N q. n. Wood. /. 4. Richards, Newton
nrsdley aud y G. fitzpatrick that the under
signed has expended sluu On tuch ~ the iol
tny,iug 4 claim., viz The Iiurdscrabble,
wolverine, dorsey, aud Dutch uirl, Il uated
In tie Apache mining district, soc"rr" eoun
~, New Mexico being the annual asses-intnt
/ du, lie, emb. 7 3Ist less on said claims made
necessary bv -ectian 2G3t OF the revised stat
IN, : of the United stutc8 in urderto hold pos
I session of the Same; aud that If you tail or
!. REFUSE to contribute your proportions a. co
| owners within ninety days alter this publica'
l tim ynur interests viii be forfeited To the
Andersigned according TO law,
anuary II, lss. FlkMMose
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-04-04

NOTICE is hereby given 70 Y : Gatlett
IN Il. W. Parker and knight Parker that
Fbe undersigned has expended SlOt IN labor
! nd improvements upon the copper hlhg
knrne situatsi in TIE Apache mining district
#ocorro county, New Mexico, being the as
Ees~meAt work required by section 23A OF the
vt-ed statutes Of the United states during
AZ year lss3 la order to hold possession OF
khe same, and TINT II within ninety days
#rom the publ alton OF this notice You -hail
#nl or reiase To- pay your proportion oil shch
|Zxnenditute anu tue cost ut this advertise
|pent YOUR interest ss Cu-nwuef shall htcolne
ID. h. WATERMAN
FebruarX lst. 1854.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-04-04
January, 18th, 1885,

NOTICE Is hereby given TO J. G. Sin.
v gleton that the undersigned nave eA-
pended Sl00 In labor and improvementsu upon
both the Rea del Monte aid the Copper Belt
mining claims situated in the Apucie mining
distriet socorro county New Mexico, the
same being the assessments due Dec 3ist lSoo
in order to hold the said claims under the
provisions of section 232i of the revised stat
ites of the United States and II Within ninety
DAYS from the date of this notice You tail or
refuse to contribute your proportion OF these
sums (sl00) rs your interests VIII
be forfeited 10 us according TO u
CHARLES OYER.
THOMAS YATES.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-24
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL.

LONDON. April %. nOOn.-ConsOls, 102 ZIG.
NEW YORK. April D, nOOn.-StOcKs weak
Money easy at l14lG2 per cent. Exchange
long 81 S7IS(d4 So; short, 81 S9l414 S91S
State bonds dull. Government bonds firm.
500 p. m.-Exchange, 81 S712. Money, IL
per cent. Sub-Treasury balances-COln $l2S,-
765. 900: currency. Sl0.46l. 900. Government
bonds irregular; four and half per cents,
ll3. four per cents, 1895; three per cents,
1905 bid. State bonds dull.
Speculation at the Stock Exchange, after
firm opening, became weak and depressed,
and continued so throughout the day. The
special features of the market were Canadian
Pacific, Missouri Pacific. Oregon Navigation,
Oregon TranscOntinental, Manhattan and
Union Pacific. Canadian Pacific was heavy,
falling on 30 per cent. on reports that an Off
Cial of the company had disposed of his hold
ings, and that there was a discrepancy of
100000 between the books of the company
and the Canadian customs account. Manitoba
was raided down 81 per cent, and later per
cent. Missouri Pacific fell of ~ per cent,
Oregon Navigation g, Oregon TranscOnti-
mental 2. Union Pacific IA, Quincy IA, North
west IL. St. Paul ], LackaWanna l3St Bake
Shore n, Kansas and Texas Is. Erie 10,
Northern Pacific l3S, preferred 10, Pacific
Pacific l3s, Wabash preferred IA, Western
Union ~. At the close there was a slight
rally of 140I per cent. in Pullman Palace,
Oregon Navigation, Manitoba and Wabash,
but the majority of the stocks traded in
closed at the lowest point of the day. Prices
were I4G314 per cent. below yesterdays final
sale. Omaha preferred and Erie preferred
were strong and higher. The former sold up ?
and reacted - per cent. Erie preferred rose
TO "a and fell OF per cent. The market ia the
afternoon was heavy on adviees from Chicago
that at the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
tripartite conference nothing was done. Sales
4Ol, 900 shares. the market closing at the fol-
lowing quotations;