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The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20
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CHRONOLOGICAL MUGwUMPs.
ION Citv Derrick

ION City Derrick.)
The grasshopper has proportionally one
hundred and twenty times the kicking
power of man. They must be the Mug
Wumps among insects.
II ALL COMES FROM BOSTON.
Boston Globe)
Prohbitionists of Kennehunkport, Me-,
are making some hard talk about The liquor
law, which they pronounce "a deluson and
snare" II the law in Maine is no better
than The liquor, the Term is rightly applied,
A WARNING TO MAINE LEGISLATORS.
(Norristown Herald)
An exchange contains an account of sa
man dying as he was shoyelling off the side
walk" A sidewalk is generally put down
10 stay, and the man who undertakes to
shovel it off deserves 10 die in the attempt,
1t is easier to shovel off the snow than to
shovel off the sidewalk.
VOLCANIC CHARACTER OF EUROPEAN
SOCIETY
(Aibany JournaD
A crowd of idle workingmen bowling at
Gladstone's doors in Downing stree, Lon
don, and mob of socialists tearing down a
German flag in a procession at Paris yesier-
day, indicate the volcanic character of the
foundation of European society. An erup-
ton may not be far off.
THERE is BUT ONE KIND.
(St. Louis Globe-Democrat.)
There is bat one kind of democracy, and
if Mr.. Cleveland has that he will be accept
able, and will be pronounced good and
faithful servant; if he have it not, no meas
ure OF efficiency, no quantity of zeal will
atone for the want. The leader is mere
accident, to be changed from time to time
as occasion may serve, but the cardinal
principles OF the party are fixed by canons
of stupi dity with such exactness and perma-
nence that the laws of the Medes and Per
slams are transient compared to them. If
Mr.. Cleveland recognizes this fact, there is
plain sailing for him; if not, bed of thorns
will be downy pillow compared with the
one on which he will lie,
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

The possibility that Bayard, Lamar and
Garland will 20 into the cabinet is causing
considerable alarm among the Democrats
who realize what puny body of men the
Democratic Senators will be with these
three taken out. Except for voting power
the Democrats could better afford to lose the
entire balance OF their representation in the
Senate than these three men. With the ex-
ceptioA of Beck of Kentucky and Voorhees,
of Indiana there would be nobody left
able to cope with such Republicans
as Sherman, Edmunds, Morrill,, Hale,
Frye, Hawley, Eyarts and Hoar. The
Democratic representation in the. present
Senate as whole is very weak, and the
substitution of Henry B. Payne for George
81. Pendleton and the possible addition of
Morrison are not going to make the next
Senate any stronger.
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

The ten hour law as far as it relates to
minors is good thing. But we should
think that women of full age and stature
might be trusted to take care of themselves.
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

There is said to be general disinclination
on the part of Democratic members of the
House and Senate to credit the story that
Dan Manning is booked tor the treasury de-
partment. They think he is not prominent
enough for the position. They never heard
OF him, they say, until year sgo. 1t must
be recollected, however, that they never
heard OF Cleveland until about two years
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

Whether O'Donovan Rosa and Capt.
Phelsn want Mrs. Dudley and Short prose-
cuted or not ought not to make the slightest
difference. Mrs. Dudley and Short are
both offenders against the laws of New York
State. and Rosa and Phelan are witnesses
to their offences. If they will not appear in
court voluntarily aud testify they ought to
be brought in by force and made TO testify.
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

Mayor Humphrey of Bangor has just de-
clined denomination. The disease is
catching,
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

Greek has lost its grip on Harvard Base
ball and boating, however, are still firm.
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

"a None genuine without bunch of green HOBS
on the white label Shun all the vile poisonous
stuff with "Hop'' or 'Hops'' in their name.
jan23 FMW&&w1mnrm
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

Some of she Miscellaneous Expenditures
of the Author of the Declaration of Nm
depeudeuce,
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

The grasshopper has proportonally one
hundred and twenty times the kicking
power of man. They must be the Mug
Wumps among insects.
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20
W A l. 2 ZEN G.
ST0CKBRIDGE


Course and Extras at City Hall
COUBsE-0ih Entertainments. March ar,
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Tickets SI00.
COURsE-GOIh'Enter nInrrb as,
STODDARD LECTURE.
Tickets 30 and rs cents.
COURSE - 18TH Entertninmenl, March
95lh, HUNGARIAN COURT
BAND. Tickets 80 cents.
EXTRA-lHareh as, Matinee and Even-
ing, HUNGARIAN COURT
BAND. Evening ticKets so cents;
matinee rs cents; all tickets ressrv-
ed; course tickets exchanged for eth
or extra If desired.
COURsE-g2ih Enteriainment, April 3,
SrODDARD LECTURE.
Tickets so and rs cents.
ExTRA-STODDAR LEOTUREs. tx
ira Course April 15, ~, %.
Course tiekSR O 90 and 81. 25; chill
dren under II, 20 and 75 cents. Pat
rons OF the 'Stockbridge" 20 cts. and
Si.00.
COURSE-sYmPHON ORCHESTRA.
Tickets exchanged for either OF the
Stoddard extras if desired.
TICKETS to all of the above now on sale at
Stockbridge's Music Store.
HALF FARE on NJ. c., G. T., P. s. o. R. RS.
teozO div
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Thrifty ElOpements.

1t may sound strange if l mention
the fact that. Notwithstanding the low
manageable age fixed by law. elope-
ments are common. 1t is true they
are of a quite peculiar sort, and they
might be divided into elopements with
and elopements without the consent of
the parents on either side. This Gus
tom so illustrates the character of the
not dismiss it with too brief mention.
Elopement with consent Is an import
ant matter. The young pair are agreed
and have the full acquiescence of the
parents ON both sides. But every
marriage calls for wedding. and 4
farmers wedding is, under ordinary
circumstances, no child's play. The
relatives and friends must be invited
from distances extending to fifty or q
hundred miles. The substantial part
of the feast is rather a secondary affair
to the farmer richly provided with farm
products and cattle, but then drink
must be furnished, and the national
drink is dear, and will be consumed on
such occasions in immense quantities.
In order to escape the expense of this
provision, which would be borne equal
ly by both families. the parents of the
bridegroom advise him to elOpe with
his beloved, and her parents advise her
to consent to the elopement. After re-
ceiving the blessings of the crafty
parents, the young people steal away
into the bush. On the next day the
friends set up cry as of murder, beat
around for while, and laugh in their
sleeves. The young couple must of
course come back after little while
and receive forgiveness, but there can
be no wedding-feast after such ''scan-
dal." The latter is confined to a mar
row circle. and the brandy is saved.
"Siberia and the Eriles," By DR.. AZ
fred Brehylt --.
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Too Bashfui to Get the Dog.

Talking about Maine," continued
my old friend, '.that reminds me of
something that happened down our
way when / lived there-when L was a
boy. 1t was in a country town. A
young fellow (very bashfuD was out
riding with his girl one afternoon,
when he saw an old farmer coming
down the road in his hay-rigging. On
the seat beside him was a little girl.
" Pm going to have some fun with
him, SAL said the young swain, haul
ing up side of the old farmer. The
farmer drew up and the young fellow
bawled out, nudging Sally: Say,
stranger. I'm powerfully struck with
that there dog of yours, and I'd like to
buy him., hin , a.. - !,
think an all-ired heap of that dorg
myself, and guess L amt particular
abaout sellin' of him.
1.-The farmer saw he was being
'guyed, so he said: You pear to be
likely young cuss, and you've got a
gol darned hanson girl there with
you. l tell you what FL do; You
throw your arm around that ere gal
and give her good smack and don't
mind givin' yer the dorg.'
That was enough for the bashful
young man; he whipped up his horse
and went ON. They rode along in sill
ence for an hour or more. Sal in her
corner and Bill in his. Then Sal sort
of edged up to Bills side. turned scar
let, and, looking coyly up into his
eyes, said: Say, Bill, it pears to me
that you didn't want that dog power
full bad, did youp' That settled it; it
broke the ice, and one of their grand
children is going to school down here
nown
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Abnorm al Animals.

The expedition undertaken by Mr.
Caldwell (who was aided in his equip
ment by funds from the Government
Grant Committee of the Royal Society
is perhaps the most Interesting, be-
cause the animals which he has gone
to study are of large size and already
more or less familiar. The Ornithor-
hynchus and the Echidna are hairy.
quadrupeds (mammals) peculiar to
Australasia, which differ from all 9TH
er hairy quadrupeds in having. like
birds, but single aperture to the ex-
terror for the intestine and the ruimo- =
genital canals, and in having the skel-
eton of the shoulder girdle and some
other features of structure are similar
to those of reptiles. Like those of
reptiles, their bodies are comparative
ly cold, instead of being kept in def
mite ''blood heat" 600 degrees Fahr.)
as are those of all other mammals. 1t
had often been reported, and some
kind of evidence had been given to
support the statement, that these
strange beasts lay their eggs like birds
and reptiles, instead OF retaining the
egg-like structure within the body and
allowing it to develop to a certain con-
dition of maturity as do all other hairy
quadrupeds. One of MIR. CaldwelPs
objects was definitely to ascertain
whether these animals lay eggs or not.
and, of more Importance than that. to
examine minutely the whole history of
the growth in the egg, and to COM
pare it on the one hand with the cor
responding development of birds and
reptiles, on the other with that of or
binary hairy quadrupeds or mammals.
Mr. Caldwell has found out all
about these animals and collected them
in quantities. The Echidna lays a sim
gle egg, which she then carries about
her in pouch formed by fold OF skin
on the ventral surface of the body,
similar to the kangaroo's pouch.
The duck-mole, on the other hand,
! LAYS two eggs at time and does not
carry them about. but deposits them
i'll her nest. an underground burrow
/ like that of the mole. Naturalists are
awaiting with great interest Mr.. Cald-
! wells account of what goes on inside
these eggs while the young one is
| growing there; that is to say, an ac-
| count of the differences and resem-
| blances between the structures which
gradually arise in these mammals
eggs and those which are familiar to
us as occurring in the case of the COM
mon fowl.-E. Rag Laakester, in Pop
alLdr Science Monthly TOR September.
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mond sat down and tried to sip little
of the cold, smoky tea. But every
mouthful seemed to choke her.
20, mother" she said, 81 can't eati
Do, mother, help me! Advise me lit
tie. Remember, you yourself were
young once-perhaps had two lovers,
like mel"
my DEAR" coaxcd Mrs. Villars,
''rm sure your duty's plain enough.
About yourinclinations l don't pretend
to say"
'.And my duty?"
els TO obey your parents and marry
Lorenzo Richardson.
''Then L will. mamma" said Rosa
mond, convulsivcly swallowing Il great
lump in her throat "rll marry Mr..
Richardson. You can tell him so to-
morrow when he comes"
That's my own dutiful girlr' cried
Mr.. Villars, shifting his knee and half
turning round. 81 thought you'd come
10 your sense after awhile. Cheer up,
old ladyf' to his wife. .'there's bright
days ahead for us Vet, and all owing to
our little R"samond."
But at dawn, while the faint star
light and the pink flush of coming sun
rise struggled together, Rosamond
Villars came to her mothers bedside
pale as a ghost.
Mother, can't do itr' cried she.
''No, L can't marry that old man when
oil my heart is given to Cecil Pirett'
Old Alexander Piret met the girl at
the door with a troubled, inquiring
countenance, but Rosamond ran sobbing
into his arms.
''lf it was the king, with a palace
full of diamonds, l couldn't give up
Cecil for him. Papa Piret, I'll marry
Cecil If L have to scrub floors for liv-
ing! breathlessly uttered she.
80, so, my little girl. Bien, it is
well. And now for the news 1 kept
back yesterday" said the old French
man. Cecil has made his fortune.
He is even now on his way back to the
United States. L don't know much
about the affairs of those gold-mining o
places, but it seems Cecil was wonder
fully lucky in his choice of land. And
when he comes back, my Rose-of-the-
World, he will make you richer wo-
man than half a dozen of yonder bald
headed old Richardson's! Courage, my
love! The king and the palace of dia-
monds arc nigh at hand''
''Oh, NJ. Piretr' gasped Rosamond,
sis it really true?" /
''As the blessed gospel, my daugh-
ter"
''But why didn't you tell me yester-
dayP'' s ...
because, Rosamond, l saw that
yesterday your whole nature trembled
in the balance. left it to yourself and
your own soul. If you had elected to
marry the old suitor your parents fa-
vored should have mad no pity in my
heart. But God be thanked, you are
true to your own loyal heart. And my
Cecil would have been q rich man this
day if he never had seen the golden
shores of Australian
And when Rosamond Villars was the
wife of q millionaire her father and
mother were forced to own that her
instinct had led her Alright.
And Papa Piret, released from the
daily drudgery of music lessons. was,
perhaps, next TO the groom, the hap
piest man in all the wide world. .-New
York Daily Neaos.
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Trains depart from Ravenna as foiow>
Through Car Arrangement.

~
No ], Pullman Palace Sleeping Coach. Hor-
nellsville to Cincinnati.
No. :. Pullman Pala e Sleeping Coaches, and
regular Day Coaches. New York TO Chicago VIA
Marion. and Chicago Atlantic Railway ino
change for any class of passengers) Also,
Pullman Sleeping Coach Kent to Cincinnati.
Springfield and L., b. & w. R'y y
No. 8. Pullman Buffet Sleeping Coach, New
York to st. Louis. via. Cincinnati, in connec-
ton with Ohio d Mississippi R'y, also Pullman
Buffet sleeping Coach, New York to Cleveland.
Solid Train, New York to Chicago, Consisting
of Pullman Smoking, Day, Sleeping and Hotel
Coaches. via. Marion and Chicago Atlantic
Railway.
No. 4. Pullman Buffet Sleeping Coach and
Regular Day Coaches, Cincinnati to New York
(n0 change for any class of passcngers). also,
Pullman Buffet Sleeping Coach. Cleveland 10
No. 8. Pullman Sleeping Coach, Cincinnati
to H0rnellsville; Pullman Palace Sleeping and
Hotel Coach Chicago to New Y FORK. via. III ari-
ON, and Chicago & Atlantic Railway.
No. IL. Pullman Palace 81, eping Coaches
and regular Day Coaches Chicago to New y Ork
via. Marion. and Chic ag) & Atlantic Railway
mo change for any class vi passengers Also,
and Boston, via Marion, and Chicago & Allan
tic Railway, and Pullman Palace Sleeping
Coach. Cincinnati to Kent -
No "stOp-over +" allowed upon Local Tickets.
A. CLARK. General Passenger and Ticket
gent. Cleveland, o. -ss
CHARLEs PAINE, General Superintendent
Cleveland, Ohio.
j. e. SHARP. Aget.
Ravenna, y,
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Shipwreck Wood.

Seei how the freight flashes on the pane.
Look, how it fiickers to the raftered roof,
That almost gives its brightness back again.
So far the darkling shadows hold aloof.
See how it dances, and the warmth Is good;
But all my fire is made of shipwreck wood.
back;
viii found these beads one day at Elsinore;
And the gold band that clasps my rutfies,
Jack
Bought me with half his pay at Singapore
Each speaks Of love, and strength, and hardi-
hood;
But all my fire is made of shipwreck wood.
The sea is roaring over wandering graves,
Where all my best and bravest lie at peace
hear requiem in the moaning waves
That only with my parting breath will
cease.
The sea has given me work. and warmth, and
food;
But all my fire is made of shipwreck wood
All the Year Round.
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The achievements of imperial and
royal personages are hus summed up:
The Gar and the King of Italy are
splendid horsemen, but the Gar cam
not fence or shoot we'll. King Alfonso
Nil is a magnificent swordsmani the
Emperor of Austria is a ldead shot as
a sportsman; the King of Servia is
most remarkable pistol shot; the Crown
Prince of Germany is ii fine swordsnaan;
while the Grand Duke of Saxe-Coburg.
the Archduke Rodolph Of Austria and
the Grand Duke Vladimir are Of the
trst force with the foil. -s-sT~-~
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To stop runaway horse, the Rus-
slams have tight cord with slip
moose in it about the horses throat,
with the cord running through the sad
die ring and over the dasher at hand
for the driver to pull upon at the
horses hrst attempt to run. A little
ckoking stops him.
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Evarrice Manceau, of L'Avenir,
Province of Qdebec, has son only six
years of age, and he weighs LOG pounds.
stands 4 feet in height, measures around
the waist 81 inches, around the arm II
inches, and around the calf of the leg
14inches, and is smart and active.
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The two officers of the Moorish army
and their interpreter, who have been
instructed four months in gun repair
ing al the Winchester Armory, in New
Haven, have sailed for Morocco. They
will teach the Moors how to use and
repair American firearms.
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ROsamOnd's color dcepened, her lash
90 dropped. as she played nervously
with the little jet cross that hung at
her throat.
"They think 1 ought to break my
engagement, NJ. Piret. They think
Cecil will never return-or, if at all,
not for years! They say | ought not
to wait for his uncertain fortunes"
M. Piret looked keenly at her.
.'And what do you think, Rose-of-
the-WorldP" asked he. '.For. after
all, it is your decision which is to set
tie this matler!'
..Oh, M. Piret,", faltered the poor
girl, 'swhat am to do? 1t is hard to
see those love suffer, when one word
spoken by me would lift the iron grip
of poverty from their hearts and lives.
Papa says / am selfish even to hesitate
a minute. On, NJ. Piret, do help me
do counsel mel"
sit might be selfish" said the old
man, slowly, and still scanning her
mobile features; lit might be selfish,
Rosamond, if it was your own happl-
ness alone that hung in the scale. But
there is another person who is vitality
and nearly concerned-my son Cecil!'
Rosamond wruug her hands, while
the sparkling tears coursed down her
cheeks in torrents.
at is SO hardp' she cried, passion
ately.
Yet" said NJ Piret. Il would not
attempt through any feeble elcquence
of mine TO bias your decision. Ii your
own heart does not direct you Alright
no argument of mine could do so. Go
L on
it. Pray over it. and then decide as
you will. Tomorrow l will hear your
ultimatum.
.But you will kiss me good-by,
lust as you used. Papa Piret." plead
ed Rosamond, lifting her wet eyes to
| his face.
Il will kiss you good-by, just as
| used, Rose-of-my-Heart."
Rosamond Villar's home offered nc
particular attractions upon that rainy
June night. At best it was but one
floor, in dreary house which con-
cealed its character under the impos'
| ing title of French flats. The fire
| sulked; the chimney smoked; the faded
carpet looked comfortless and worm
the table was spread with no attempt
at the little retinements which make
eating and drinking rank among the
fine arts. Rosamond thought that the
remains of yesterdays Irish stew, weak
tea, and sour bakers bread, had never
seemed less appetizing than tonight.
MIR. Villars, one of those pretentious
artists who fancy that because their
pictures do not sell the whole world
must be in league against them, sal
moodily beside the lamp, his feet
stretched out, to the exclusion of every
one else, his hands deep in his pockets
Mrs. Villars, limp female, who wen
through the world with a chronic whine
and a perpetual face-ache, involving
flannel ban6age at most seasons o
the year, was signing over the pickle
Jar, as, one by one, she speared its con
tents with a fork.
I'D almost as soon die as to live ol
this way" sighed Mrs. Villars. Isl
down to your dinner, Rosamond-sucf
as it is. I'd have like to set goot
Joint of meat before you, but the butch
er says, up an down, as plain as pike
staff, that until that back bills settled
he'll trust no farther"
With an apprehensive glance towar'
the unappreciated devotee OF art, Rosa
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q, H. GRIFFIN
w. w. WHITE, NJ. D.,

0RNTIsT. Once over First National Bank
Oface hours from q. m. to p. m,
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No more wires can be stretched over
the housetops in New York City.
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HEER RoTTLING..

-AyTNG purchased of Louis Giering his
II Beer Bottling Works in Kent. am pre-
psTgd to supply all customers with botfled La
.zxsr n The best quality. Also, Pop and other
&oft Drinks will IN promptly all orders
fron customers In Raysnna.
FRElERICK WUR0TER.
Kent Dassmhsr 1st. fa0 7e7-@
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phvsaeaan and Surgeon, 0EFIcK. East end Of
-. Thenix Block, up stairs. Ravenna. o. Resi-
dence On Pratt Street, west atdes HTss house
a ooufh of Main. 7ta-dms
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Teachers Examinations.

Examinations of Teachers will be held at the
High School House In Ravenna. commencing
at O'Clock A. n. and closing at O'Clock p. N.
on the following SATURDAYS. to-wit:
Third Saturday in Sci tember. first and third
Saturdays in October. and first Saturdays in each
month thereafter in 1885.
SPECIAL NoTICK.-No certificate will be ante.
dated. BIZ order Of the Board.
DID. PICKETT. CLARK.
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-uRE THoROUGHBRED ANGsH AN
COCKERELS,
ffou the great Egg Producers and Winter Lay
CHAS. A. LAUBERxs
5 Rsyeuns. @. February q. 1saSe
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PETER FLATH.

0sokhiar and Merchant Tailor, Hats, Caps
snd Furnishing Goods. Phentx Block. MAIN
&txaAf. BayonnA Ohio
V~t ID 5aaA- 50
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Af<oRney and Counselor at Law possesses
suparior facilities for making collections In
ri parts of the United States: once over
Eirat National Bank, Qarrettsvllle, ONO.
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q TNaELI.
e. VT. lMAXSON,

ArTORNRT AT LAW and Notary
4 Pnhifc. Once in over Mrs. Smiths Ailli-
Nv 9kores Nantua station. Ohio. b43-ei
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: O.sP. SPERRA,
Asxornsy at Law. ONCE in Wheeler's
Ruiiafnr Main 6t.y Rayenna. eoo