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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-17
A GirI,a MuStaChe.

1t was the face of a handsome bru-
nette just verging into womanhood.
On her upper lip and slightly shading
its scarlet hue grew dark siiken mus
tache that on a dude would have been
cherished and cultivated as the chOic-
est treasure on earth. Her head rested
in a metal plate connected by wire
with galvanic battery on the table.
The doctor took up from the table
at his elbow something that looked
like an ebony pen staff. This also was
connected with the battery. In the
end was a very fine gold-plated needle.
The doctor looked cautiously over the
young lady's dainty little mustachc,
and. at length singing out'a hair, III
serted the point of the needle down by
the hair-bulb and. pressing a little
spring in the handle, turned on the
current from the battery.
When the electric current ran down
the point of the needle the Young lady
the tears came 20 her eyes. This lasted
only for a moment, for as soon as q
little froth appeared around the needle
it was removed and the hair dropped
out. After forcing out about a dozen
OF tne n;llFS on each Siuc Ol tue up ING
doctor stopped. The young lady re-
moved her head from the metal plate,
wiped her face with Il scented pocket
handkerchief. and tripp,d g"yly to the
mirror. She took long glance OF in
tense satisfaction and gleeiuliy remark
ed that they would soon all he gone.
Then she put on her hat aud left, after
having madc an appointment for an
other sitting.
so you remove mustaches from the
young ladies who are unfortunate
enough to have such hirsute adorn-
ments!' remarked the reporter. .'Wlll
you tell me how it is donep"
1.-The operation is not very new" J"
was the reply. ''lt has been known
and practiced for years. especially in
the East The electric current decom-
poses the salt in the skin into acid.
which goes to the metal plate, and the
alkali which accumulates around tho
needle destroys the ha,r-bulb so that
the hair can never reappear. This
method is also very useful in removing
the ugly bristles that grow in moles,
for the hairs are then large in size and
few in number. 1t is only necessary to
spend few seconds on each hair and
but few minutes on a dozen, after
which a rest OF several days is taken to
allow the Inflammation to disappear
before undertaking any more.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-17
HoIe-in.the-Day.

A tall young man, with a complexion
of the rich color of the ripe chestnut,
and with limbs as cleanly cut as those
of Michael Angeles statue of David,
called upon President Cleveland the
other day, and asked the appointment
of cadetship at West Point. 1t was
young Hole-in-the-Day, the son of the
noted Chippewa chief, and now the
king of all the Chippewas. l met him
this morning. He is about Is years
old, is over six feet tall, and he has an
eye like that of young eagle. A
romance clusters around him, and it
was at Washington, where his father,
the noted Chippewa king, met the
woman who became his mother. 1t
was in 1867 that old Hole-in-the-Day
came here on business with the presi-
dent. He was made much of by the
newspapers. feted by society, and at
the National Hotel, where he was stop
ping, he was spoken of as the rich In
dian king, who owned the greater part
of the lands of the Northwest. At this
hotel there was pretty Irish chamber
maid, who did up the old chiefs room.
The two met. They looked, and from
their eyes sprang love. Chief Hole-in-
the-day, who had met the bellies of
Washington, passed them by. and
chose the chambermaid. He proposed.
She accepted. They were married,
and she went back to Minnesota an
Indian queen. From the marriage
sprang this boy, who has now inherited
his fathers position. The old king be-
got the jealousy of some of tho Indian
tribes by his union with a white wife,
and they suspected him of treacher-
ously giving away their lands. They
assassinated him. Mrs. Hole-in.the-
Day still lives. Her boy has the true
military bearing about him and he
looks and walks like tho king that he
is. He dresses in American clothes,
and talks pure Anglo-Saxon. Gov.
Ramsey is pushing his claims here. and
he will probably receive an appoint
mcnt.- Washington Cor. Cleveland
Leader
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-17
LOvemaking In ENGLAND.

English girls seldom marry before
the age of % or %. Some marry we'll
at the age of 80. A marriage in England
is not arranged in a few days or oven
a few months. A young man of about
20 engages himself to q young lady of
y1S, and the'lovers refnain engaged
for three or even five years. These
are the woman's good time. During
the engagement she enjoys almost all
the sweets of married life without any
OF IT'S troubles. and she is free. Some
times she does her best to make the
engagement last as long as possible.
She prefers to murmhr words of love
to her betrothed to shutting herself up
with him in some -semi-detacbed cot
tage wherein to bemoan on the high
price of bread and butter and coal. On
the day she is married she is settled,
as they say in England; that means
she is esta ablished. / would define this
word settled" more correctly by say
ing that her business is done for her.
l do not wish at all to convey the idea
that woman finds no happiness in tho
English household; nothing is further
from my mind. think, on the con-
trarys she can enter with more confi-
dence than can her sister across the
channel, because, she assumes less~re-
,sponsibiiity and because her mother
has invariably versed her most thor
oughly in domestic economy. Women
in England know nothing at all about
thoir husbands business, no more than
q clerk knows about tho affairs of his
employer; and it is even q difficult
thing Tor her to say whel her he is max
ing fortune or on the verge of bank
ruptcy. When her husband dies, an
EnglishwemaK who has no fortune may
become governess, housekeeper, or
q nurse. That is servitude. An En-
giishman gives his wife so much a
month for household expenses and so
much for her wardrobe-her wages. as
it were. She evinces no surprise when
she learns one fine morning that her
husband is taking her to a sumptuous
abode, nor when she learns that they
must move some evening in the dark
withont uaaking. anoise. She goes
with the furniture-in double sense.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-17
Kissing the Parsons Wife.

There is usually such an odor of
sanctity surrounding the parson that
some of it naturally extends 10 those
who constitute his family, especially
his wife, who is expected to set an
example to every woman in the town.
This assumption of superiority
scious oftentimes-gives keen relish to
any little contretemps which proves
them as common clay as other mortals.
Mrs. Blank, though anything but a
blank, is the wife of pastor of snug
little church in a snug little city,
where they are both loved and fully
appreciated. She is on the sunny side
OF forty, with fair, sunny face. which
is dimpied and pleasant 10 look upon.
One day she was turning sharp anglo
OF one of our many arcadcs, when a
gentleman in haste to catch certain
mail rushed round the corner with
such force that lie almost upset the
lady before he saw her. The collision
was SO sudden and unprepared for that
Mrs. Blank could not maintain her
balance against such odds, and per-
cciving this the gentleman gallantly
threw ont both AIMS and caught the
lady to his bosom to save her. OF
course he glanced down to discover. il
possible, what manner OF woman he
was thus publicly and unceremoniously
embracing, and was delighted to be-
hold the familiar face of his pastor 5
wife almost touching his own. Poor
man, what could he do, more or lessP
The cheek was SO fair, the smiling lips
SO full and kissable, the temptation
was so great, "smackr went his
bearded lips and away struggled the
lady, blushiug like any schoolgirl
Envious men who had witnessed the
bricf pantomime tapped him approving
ly, ladies smiled, obviously, perhaps at
their rctreating sister, and picking up
his scattered mail the saucy kisser
started forward again. bnt who should
obstruct his path this time but Rev.
Mr.. Blank, husband of the lady he had
just kissed. He was laughing good
naturcdly, and the kisser realized that
he, too, had witnessed the play.
Determined to pat a bold face on the
matter, he offered his hand and asked:
'.Brother Blank, if a pretty woman
ran into your arms ami put her red
lips so close to yours that you could
feel the breath and almost taste them,
what would you do?"
kiss her, just as you did," answered
Rev. Mr.. Blank.
'.All right, all right, parson; good,
sound advice; and if ever my wife runs
you down and puts her lips up close TO
yours, you may kiss her aud we'll call
it square.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-17
The Gallery Gal Expresses Her
OpiuiOn.s

'.Ah, I'm so glad to see you," ex-
claimed the tired-looking woman who
took in the money and made out the
receipt in the office of photograph
gallery.
"But-but we have never met be-
fore" stammered the visitor.
True, but you are a man. You are
the first man who has been in here to-
day. There have been nothing but wo-
men-several hundred of them, guess.
They do fatigue me so. I'd rather wait
upon fifty men than one woman. The
ladies are never satisfied. In the first
place, there are not any samples that
please them. They are all the time
looking for some new attitude. They
don't want anything that anybody else
has ever had. They discuss all the little
things, such as their hair, colors, rib
bons, bangs. frizzes. position of the
hands. and so on. and change their
minds about fifty times. But the worst
is when the proofs come in. A woman
is never pleased with the first thing she
sees. She has 10 point out this sup
posed defect or that, and find fault
here and there, and talk an hour or
two about sitting again. 1t is right the
other way with men. They are easily
pleased. If they have any convictions
they arc convictions, and they express
them pointediy. They rarely change
their minds. The proofs generally suit
them. There is no doubt in the world
that, as a rule, men have better taste
than women, too. This may surprise
you, but 1t is fact The average man
will say: 4 don't know anything about
such Matters and say something SEN
sible and pointed about the work in
hand. Not one in twenty sits the
second time. 1t seems 10 me that every
other woman must sit twice, and every
fourth one three times. Pm SO tired .
Chicago Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-17
A F,H Nor. Points
INN Referring to the | m 4
l0DU above letter, we ma
will simply say,

We have had the exclusive sale of the
Rockford Quick Train Railroad Watch
for the past three years. No OTHER
PARTY OAN BUY THEM FROM THE FAC
TORY, OR HAS ANY RIGHT TO SELL
THEM. 1t seems to as 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
i'm 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 insti-
tuition, and they will continue to buy
their Watches, Silver Ware, etc., of
the Old Reliable Ravenna Jewellers,
Swift's Block.
WAIT BROTHERS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-17

The formula printed on some of the
German postal cards run thus: Only
a lew lines to-day" then follow i've
lines ON which to write, then God be
thanked. / am in good health and
hope to hear that you are also. The
weather is -; write soon, and give my
love to all. In haste" and here fol-
lows the signature. There is even
place reserved for postscript. 1t is
designed to save time in imparting
news trausmissible by this medium.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-17
Blu cklen's ArnicaSalve,

The BEST SALvE in the world for
cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores, tetter, chspped hands, chill
blains, corns, and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles. 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by g. P. Reed, Ravenna
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-17

Mrs. Muggs-"Ah. Henry, l fear
you love me no longer" Mr.. Muggs
5"Wnat foolish idea" No, it isnS t.
We have been married year, and you
are perfectly indifferent to me. can
remember when You loved ME madly.
Now you never speak of loye-never
refer to the past" .Well, my dear,
there's a reason for it. just now Pm
dealing SO heavily in futures that 1
haven't time to think of the past. -
RliLQaet,tsa Gail
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-17

A lake has just been discovered in
the Sierras SO surrounded by bold cliffs
that it is impossible to reach its shores
save by: one narrow cleft in the rocks.
1t has a circumference of at least a
mile, ami beautiful Hat surrounds it,
and is utilized for pasturage. 1t is
probably the mouth of some extinct
volcano, and is-exceedingly deep.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-17

There are 80. 600 dogs in Berlin, the
tax on'whfch brings $50, 600 marks into
the treasury annually.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-17
Special Notice!
OFFICE OF
Rockford Watch Co,

ROCKFORD, ILL, May 18th, 1884.
Referring to the fact that we have
appointed WAIT. BROTHERS, OF
Ravenna, Sole Agents for the sale OF
our Quick Train Railroad Watches in
Portage County, Ohio, we desire to say
that no parties other than WATT Bros.
or their employees, are authorised to
offer these Goods for sale in 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 goods are sold
directly from the factory, and only
through competent and well known
dealers.
AS the movements leave our hands
carefully adjusted and regulated ior
immediate use, we hold ourselves di-
rectly responsible to the wearer o: 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.
''fE kocRFuRB ociefSotsirY WATCH co.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-17

Offers to the people OF Portag. County the fol-
lowing uneXcelled Varieties, which ave inva-
wherever exhibited, taking the First Premiums
In every competitive test Us to Hardness, SIze
Flavor, and Prolific Bearing.
WHITEANN ARBOR GRAPE-Har,Iy, pro-
life, large and delicious. Ripens ten days or
two weeks before the Concord Never mIldews
Dor rots. Second size, one year old. small, 81
cents each,
by the Agricultural and horticultural Society
Of w aShtepaw Co Mirhigdl, "a act as Jud geS
liz the Pomol"gIG. i'ri.,i tGeut their Fdiv in
October. 1872. ha~ under CONSIDER .ttlnu - 81 j.
etle> OF Grapes. ana t,Ic;T Z, cited apio-
ion that !he = White Ann 4 ricr - seeding was
far the lI,.,>i Uie nr the let
t9T ss=s 5.fror asd 6sa=stg II took the lead OF
all cui i.H.itrd Varieties. ant heiIeye It
will yet tu,sue one o. the 10 ( popular Grapes
IL I'M, cVdEtTy- u AhTIS' LARK,
4, u WILLIAMS.
committee.
ANN ARsos MICH Dee a3 1882
RUSSIAN NULBERRT-HARDY heau-
tiu1. quick %Tow wIn. fCT the lawn " lie
the fruit Il valuable I..r table use, By mail
IL to Ia inch size. Is cent: each, 81 81 per dozen
THE WAGER PEACH.-This is. " ithout ex-
ception. the best anu richest Peach we are &C.
quainted Mith. for table use and canning pur-
POSES. 1t is II good size, yellow skin and ie b
as yellow II gold thick meated, small livery
hardy. and one OF the most abundant bearers OF
any sort known 1t reproduces itself every time
from the pit. One ear old trees, by express,
to feet. IS ceuts each; so per dozen.
WATERLOO PEACH-a to #. IS cts. each
he largest and best very early peach grown
Ripens about middle OF July.
"BIG BOB"-THE COMING Strawberry
The biggest and most uniform in size. the best
| favored and most prod ductive, and the vines the
| hardest, Price by mail. 81 co per doz or 81
per 100 A. e. STEPHENSON.
iiavenna, March so. 1888 7a9-9r
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-20
A HISTORIC WOMAN.
TeEaa Flfty Yeara 20 and Nou

Texas Fifty Years Ago and Now.
The Fort is honored by the pres.
ence and transient sojourn as q visitor
in our midst Of a venerable lady from
Houston In the person OF Mrs. Wynn,
for half century almost, a resident Of
that city. Our reporter was fortunste
though II was accidental, In meeting
her in company with some friends and
enjoying the pleasure Of "A very enter.
tanning conversation, Thig lady is q
native OfVirgiuia, and came with her
husband, q distinguished lawyer, to
Texas in 1887. coming up Buffalo
bayou on the boat that made the sec.
ond trip made by a steamer 10 Hous-
ton, locating and living there ever
since. She WAS then bride, now al
most threB-score and ten, though as
vigorous and active slmO8t as fifty
years ago
Mrs. Wynn landed on Galveston
island from her brig, borne In boat
through the breakers on the shoulders
of Mex lean prisoners, captured mostly
at the battle of San Jacinto the pre-.
vioua year At that time not single
dwelling YVES on the island. Houston
WAS almost equally houaeless. She
landed Mt the only place Of accommo.
dation there, with Gen. Houston, Gov.
Lamar and other notables, on the slte
Of the present Huichins house, where
four pole-pens were erected, covered
by one matched roof. The anniver.
sary Of the victory OF San Jacinto aud
the inauguration festivities OF Gov.
Lamar were held there, with such
primitive accommodations - herself
the only lady boRrder among two
hundred guests ut the rustic poie-pen
hotel.
This remarkable lady was pupil OF
me long-ago famous seminary OF Mrs.
Willard OF Troy, n. v. and shows by
her brilliant and classic style of con,
versation thehigh culture OF the grad.
yates Of that institution. She is de.
lighted with the rapid and substantial
growth OF Fort Worth, and predicts
for II permanent and prosperous N.
ture.
We ought tn add that Mrs. Wynp 1,
well up IN current events, and has def
mite views on tke leading topics thai
agitate society. Among these Is In,
right OF women 10 vote. In no Other
way, she claims, can the property
rights of women be secured, and I'M,
awful evils from the use OF intcxl
eating drinks be materially lessened.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-20
a PREVENTIVE
OF Typho- Malarial Fever and Cure
for Rheumatism at Last
Discovered

by the firm Of Hughes Bros, manu-
featuring chemists of Dallas, Texas,
This enterprising firm have for the
last i've years been engaged In the
manufacture OF baking powders, wines,
cider, vinegar, etc. DIR. L. 10, Hughes.
who presides over their laboratory
has for the last forty yesrs been en-
gagged in the study and practice Of
medicine and chemistry. They also
nave Ia their laboratory Prof Geo. c.
Calhouni who has for many years been
teacher OF chemistry, also MIR. ].
Price Warrick, agrRdu8te Of chemistry
~ the University Of Philadelphia.
Ihese gentlemen in manufacturing
the various articles already mentioned
nave found II necessary to combat ex
cessiYe lamentations, whether viuous.
acet0ue or alcoholic, which have ever
stood IN the way OF successfully man.
uiactnring wine, vinegar and alcohol
IN our Southern climate. The experi-
ments have resulted in the discovery
OF an agent which completely obviates
this difficulty. This agent ia the ex-
tract OF the bark of tree indigenous
10 the state Of Texas. Carving their
experiments still further, they have
ascertRined that this same extract
as completely controls the only re-
manning fermentation known 10 the
arts and sciences, viz: Blood fer
mentatiOn, which Is the cause of fe.
yera as well rs Of rheumRtiem. This
agent they have combined with fine
extracts Of ginger and lemon. therebv
rendering 1t a most efiicacious as well
AZ delightful and palRtable beverage.
~ IL not only one of the best tonics in
it's effects, but the use Of il effectusIIv
prevents typho-malarisl fever. Attn
same time Il ia a sure cure for rheinna.
tlsin. DIR. hughes Extract of Lemon
ana Ginger is put up in cases of two
dozen bottles, and can be found al ali
hrst-class drug and grocery stores,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-20
Almost Prnpehr.

AS the reporter was wandering home
late last night and watching the pale
crescent OF the moon taking its horn
down behind the bars Of the western
horizon, he actually stumbled upon
and over an item PROSTATE across the
sidewalk lay the form of well-dressed
man, apparently llfeless. Visions 81
robbery aud murder rose before the re-
porter's mind, and when lighted
match showed the bloody, bruised head
the vision seemed about TO be realized.
Nothing lesa than IA three.line head
and a column will do this Justice y
thought the scribe Rs he turned the
blood'stained victim over 10 find the
fatal wound. Imagine hls disgust
when the fumes OF bad whisky greeted
him, and the supposed dead man mutt.
tered, Yes, yes, Pm going along
now" and fell back again. Yes,
Jou are going along, poor fellow, and
you're going down grade, too, - thought
the news man AS he wondered where
the sad.hearttd woman was waiting
anXiously at home for this husband.
bruised and wounded, with blood-olots
IN his silvered hair. II wasn't tray.
edy, but II had sermon In It.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-20
WACO.

The Postofice Raised TO First. Glass
Office.
Special.
WACO, Tex, Feb. 10.--The postof-
Zee in this city has been raised to the
dignity Of fist-class ofIice--One Of
the five in Texas. The change in
creases the postmnster's salary TO 5000
per annum and viii give him an in
creased allowance for clerk hire. A
number of the smaller money-order
offices around here will be required to
make their deposits with the Waco
post-ofiice The next improvement In
the postal line will be free delivery,
which ia anticipated before the year
CLOSES.
Benjamin Haber, one Of the oldest
merchants of this city, who made an
assignment IA few weeks ago, with
over $40, 600 liabilities, resumed bust
meas to-day in his own name, having
made satisfactory settlement with
all his creditors.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-20
TYLER.
Court Notes Another Railroad Out
let Promised.

ANk 4 AoAAAAnAus
Special.
TYLER TEX, Feb. lS.-John Price
and John knight, indicted for the
murder OF Conductor Frazier, were
brought into open court to-dsy and
their trial set for Monday, March ..
Great interest Is manifested in this
case and IL promises to be holly con-
tested. Messrs. Duncan & Hogg OF
this city have been employed by the
railroad company to assist IN their
prosecution, and Col. Spivy Of Hen
derson is defending them.
The district court docket Is crowded
with important cases, both civil and
criminal, and litigants and witnesses
are plentiful on our streets.
In spite Of dull times at other points,
Tyler II having a substantial boom.
In addition % our cotton oil mill and
other manufacturing enterprises now
In operation, aud our $4,000 public
building soon to be erected, our citizens
have just completed arrangements
with the Shreveport Compress com.
pany for the immediate building of a
compress here.
Col, Herndon, president Of the Kan.
sas Il Gulf Short Line railroad, re.
turned from New York to-day and
says they will nc once resume building
and soon complete their road 70 con
nectioD with Bremoud's narrow-gauge
thus giving us another southern outlet