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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-16
A MAGDALENE'S HOME.
Description of 0hicago's House Of the Good
Shepherd and Its Noble
Work.
Unfortunate Women Who Forget Their
Sins and Trouble in Haven
of Rest.
Parentless Children Cared For and
Taught to Lead a Life of Purity
and Usefulness.
Unceas1ng Efforts of the Sisters In
Charge to Lessen Little the
Worlds Wfckedness.


n a city as large as Chicago
there must of necessity be
a large number of that I'M
fortunate class known as
fallen women, yet, large
as the number undoubted-
ly is, it is nevertheless true
that no adequate provision
ihas ever been made for
taking care of those who
are anxious to reform, or
for those who eventually
haoop,o danan5apt Tho
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-16
minnesota Fal, Circuit.

The Minnesota fall circuit includes the
state fair at Hamline. the Saltwater meet
ing, Sept. to II, and the Southern Min
nesota fair, which is held at Rochester Sept.
Is to IS. Reference has been made to the
splendid program of the Minnesota state
fair, entries to which close Aug. 25. this
bringing the closing date within ten days of
the meeting The purses offered to trOtters
and PAGERS are as follows: To trotters in
the 800, 2:37, 2:30, 2:27, 1925 and 2:20
classes; to PAGERS in the 2:32. 2:25 and the
free-for-all classes. The meeting at Still
water takes place Sept. 7 to II, entries
closing Aug. 80. The program calls for
contests in the 800, $40, $50 and 2:25
trotting classes, and the 2:45 and 1926
pacing classes; there is also free-for-all
pace or trot, two running races completing
the list. The Saltwater track is full
mile, and has the reputation of being a very
fine one, and it is likely that the purses at
this meeting will receive their full number
of entries The Rochester meeting takes
place Sept. Is to Is. the entry list closing
Aug. 80. The trotters will meet in the 3,
2:4O, $50 and 2:25 classes; the PAGERS i'll the
2:25 and the free-for-an classes. There is
also purse for five-year-old trotters and
PAGERS in training in Olmstead county dur
ing the season of 1886, double team purse
and two running races. The purses are
from $50 to $500 each, and ought to COM
mand large patronage. This constitutes
very strong and in all respects very re-
sponSible circuit, and certainly cannot fail
to attract the attention of horsemen.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-16
MIR. Grattan,s Herod.

Mr.. M. T. Grattan of Preston, Fillmore
county, has Morgan Stallion, that he calls
"Herod, King of the Morgans." which is
regarded by horsemen as an unusually good
animal. and by Mr.. Grattan as about the
best i'll the world. Hehas trotted in 2:2415
at eighteen years of age. which shows that
combined with great speed he has also
great courage and stamina. Last week Mr..
T. B. Livingston of Midway, Wis, visited
Preston stock farm to get the pacing mare,
Snow Flake. and naturally having desire
to see Herod move a little the old horse was
hitclled to sulky for the first time this
year. Of course not much was expected Of
him by any one except his owner, who has
recently asserted that the old horse has now
more speed than he had the day he got his
record. Mr.. Livingston simply wanted to
see the manner of going of the stallion he
had selected to mate with the speedy rela-
tives of the great PAGER, Dan d. After
slowly warming up he went along an easy
half mile in 1:lS1a, and then was given a
fast half making it in 1:13H. When the
length of the Preston track, LOG feet more
than a mile is considered and its notorious
slowness, this performance of twenty
year-old stallion. actively engaged in the
stud must stand as very remarkable one.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06
His Life Was Saved.

A Rock Island train had Just left Mo.
line, ILL.,, and was slowly crossing the
big iron bridge over the wide waters OF
the Mississippi when tall passenger,
with huge mustache and watery eyes
jumped excited to his feet and shouted
Conductor! Hyah, conductor! Are
we in Iowy yet?''
No." responded that official; ''but
what if we ain't?'
Then stop this train. Stop her,
quick, l say. Stop hertz
''But 1 don't see any reason why the
train should be stopped"
stop her, tell ye. By so doing you
can save the life of one of your passen-
gers. 1 beg of you stop the train
The conductor, wondering at the
cause of this strange request, hesitated
a moment, and then reached for the
bell-cord. In few seconds the train
came to standstill, when the excited
passenger again inquired:
'.Are you sure we are not in Iowy?"
The conductor looked out of the car
window and assured his passenger that
the train was still in Illinois.
Then" replied the man with the big
mustache and watery eyes, .you have
saved my life. / thank you. Only a
few minutes ago read this little hand.
bill, which says dinner is now ready in
the dining car, and that no liquors will
be sold while the train is running
through Iowa Please. Mr.. Conductor,
hold your train here two minutes till
run back TO the buffet and get my bottle
filled. Do the Legislative galoOts out
this way think Kentucky gentleman
could ride clear across the State of Iowy
with an empty bottle" Chicago Her
aid
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06
The Only Chinese Empress.

At the age of fourteen, the strong
willed Princess Woo became one OF the
wives of the great Emperor Tai. And
she proved so gracious and acceptable
stepmother to young Prince Kaou, that
as the records tell us, he grew very fond
of the girl queen and, within a year
from the death of his great father, when
he himself had succeeded to the Yellow
Throne, as Emperor Supreme, he recall
ed the Queen Woo from her retirement
in the HISTORIAN mission-house at lung
Chow and made her one of his royal
wives And when in the year 603,
Kaou-tsung died, she boldly assumed
the direction of the government, and,
ascending the throne, declared herself
Woo How Tsih-tien-Woo, the Empress
Supreme and Sovereign Divinei g.
History records that this Zenobia of
China proved equal to the great task
She governed the empire with discre-
ton, !" extended its borders, and was ac-
knowledged as Empress from the shores
of the Pacific to the borders of Persia, OF
India, and of the Caspian Sea.
Her reign was one of the longest and
most successful in that period known in
history as the Golden Age of China
Because of the native prejudice against
woman, Chinese historians have en-
deavored to blacken her character and
undervalue her services. But later
scholars now see that she was a power
full and successful queen, who did great
good to her native land and strove to
maintain its power and glory.
She never forgot her good friends and
protectors the HISTORIAN priests. Dur
ing her long reign of almost fifty years,
Christianity strengthened in the king
dom and obtained footing that only
the great Mahometan conquests of five
centuries later entirely destroyed; and
the Empress Woo, SO the chronicles de-
clare, herself Offered sacrifices to the
great God of all" When, hundreds of
years after, the Jesuit missionaries pene-
trated into this most exclusive of all the
nations of the earth, they found near
the palace at Chang-an the ruins of the
HISTORIAN mission church with the cross
still standing and, preserved through all
the changes of dynasties, an abstract in
Syriac characters of the Christian law,
and with it the names of seventy-two at
tendant priests who had served the
church established by O-lo-pun.-E. S.
Brooks, in st. Nicholas for AprH.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06
The Sewing Circles Noble Work.

Hobbs-I do envy you ladies the
pleasures of the sewing circle, Just
think, too, of the vast good accom-
plished by your nimble fingers for the
poor.
Mrs. Fogg-Yes, we are all so in
terested in the work. / don't believe
you could keep any of US away from the
meetings.
Hobbs-What is the result of the ses-
sions of the winter, so far?
Mrs. Fogg-Well, we've decided that
the minister's wife is lazy, good-for-
nothing woman; that unless young
Spriggs proposes to Miss Brown soon
old Brown will be justified in using
stern measures; that Mrs. Bangle is a
deceitful woman in telling around that
her bonnet cost S25 when it didn't cost
any such money, for Mrs. Ham bought
one almost as good for S5; that Miss
Barnes is the homeliest woman in town,
and a few other things of minor i'm
portanee. Then, besides this, we've
about resolved to devote two weeks of
next winter to sewing for the poor of
the village.-Iid-Bits.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06
A Lady's Aversion to Raw Oysters.

/ do wish the custom of having raw
oysters at parties would be abolished. l
never knew q girl who at heart did not
loathe the sight of raw oyster, but
many do not have the courage to ex-
press their sentiments, A raw oyster
has an unfinished, an untidy look. and
then every man thinks it is his bounden
duty to bring you big plate full of the
disgusting looking things all mixed up
with chicken salad, bread, croquettes
and everything else, and the conse-
quence is that, however much you may
want to eat the salad, you simply can't
because it has been saturated in the
Juice of the raw oysters. And if one bit
of juice drops on your dress it is ruined.
| have Just found out why the gentle
men persist in piling the ladies' plates
with raw oysters. Gentlemen like raw
oysters; every lady who has given a
party knows that. OF course, the mans
first duty is to wait on the lady. He
can't stop to get any oysters for himself,
and he is in a tremor of fear because he
thinks none will be left when he is
through his very agreeable task of wait
ing on the-until now-happy miss.
He knows very well that she will not
eat the horrid things, and so he craftily
piles her plate with the choicest he can
find, and after she is through with her
utterly ruined supper he takes his plate
off in a corner and eats the oysters.
This is the result of my most careful in
vestigation at the entertainments have
been to during the last month. know
whereof 1 speak oh, girls. if you wish
to be disenchanted, just watch a man
eat raw oyster!-Fdfr Contributor 10
the PhitadsEghsa Record S-~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06

was suspected of having administered
poisonous drugs to his niece with view
to the advantages which would accrue
to him in the event of her death.
"And would you never have made
yourself known to me?" asked, when
she had made her brief explanation.
Il should never have dared tor she
said timidly. 1T was such dreadful
unmaidenly thing to dor
ut was the loveliest, and incest, and
best thing in the world to do" | told
her, kissing her biushing face, and 1
still think so, though twenty years have
elapsed since Mary MarstOn Kingsley
became my wife.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06
About Bedding Plants.

In regard to bedding-plants, the gera-
mum still stands at the head for a con-
tinuous Towering bedding-plant that
will stand the hot suns, strong winds,
and changeable weather of our New
England summers. Beds made entirely
of them, or bordered with coleus or
dwarf blue or white ageratum, are salts
factory all summer. The best white
edged geranium for a border is
Madame Salleroi. 1t grows about six
inches high in a rounded clump, has
medium-sized leaves of green with white
edge, stands the hottest sun without
browning. If you invest in it you will
not be disappointed.
One or two shades of the same color
are more effective in bed than mixed
colors. The double have more lasting
flowers than the single. The single
blooms are scattered by high winds and
showers, while the double ones hold
on. For a fine scarlet bed try B. X.
Bliss-good foliage, intense scarlet semi
double flowers that measure from an
inch to two inches singly. A pure rose
pink bed can be made of Emile de Gira-
din-double flower, green foliage with
out zone, good sized trusses. Queen OF
the Fairies has a perfect shaped flower
of salmon pink, double. The varieties
are almost endless.
For a late show in the garden the
salvias are brilliant, easily grown. A
small plant set out the last of May will
bloom from the last of July onward; as
the weather grows cooler the scarlet
tassels glow with more intense color.
The blue variety, S. patens. is different
in growth and Hover, but snowy. The
flowers are deep, intense blue, unlike
anything else; the roots are tuberous
and can be kept In the cellar with dahl
las during the winter. The single dahl
las are snowy and bloom until late.
They are a great attraction to bees,
butterflies and humming birds; will
grow easily from seed il planted the
first of April. A group of double holly
hooks make good show during July
and August. II the main stalks are cut
off as soon as Towering is over, the side
shoots will start out and bloom until
frost. If you want single specimen OF
Gamma, try the new Ehemanii. The
foliage is fine green, and the flowers
are as large as a gladiolus. crimson in
color. The Gamma requires deep, rich
soil, plenty of water, and the sunniest
place. A group of half dozen bulbs
of Hyacinthus candicans will make a
good show from August on. The flower
stems are from three to five feet high,
with white, bell-shaped flowers. The
bulbs can be left in the ground, or
lifted like gladiolus. N. J. Plum
stead, in Good Housekeeping.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06
A Modest Humorist.

The 1sd-BHS publishes the following
concerning a modest man who is known
throughout the entire country:
The Norristown Herald was one of
the first weeklies, not professedly humor-
Gus, to enter into what We now under
stand as paragraphing, as business.
1t made point of it as early as 1871
perhaps earlier-and made a hit with
it. The title of the column or two of
amusing comment on the follies of the
day which the Herald publishes weekly
is Editorial Etchings." Probably not
a tenth of those who see the italic le-
gend, Norristown Herald, in their IA
vorite paper with some regularity, after
bit of fun, ever saw this heading in
the paper itself-possibly there may
even be those who do not know that
Norristown is place not very far from
the marble stoops and white blinds of
Philadelphia. But every one must
know the quality of the humor they
make in Norristown, wherever the place
may be- or whatever sort of sheet the
-humor NAV come into the world under
the auspices of. The fact is, however,
that there are few weeklies, not of city
manufacture, which are more brightly
and shrewdly edited than the Herald
or present more comely typographical
| face to the world.
The editor, Morgan R. Wills, is not
the writer of the Editorial Etchings. "
They are written by ]. H. Williams, who
says of his life history that it may be
compressed into a sketch which would
read like this: ''Was born; learned the
printing trade; was married; still live.
| This modest account of himself it is per-
haps allowable to expand trit1e, ii
only Ito lend verisimilitude to an other
wise bald and unconvincing narrative. "
Mr.. Williams life has, in fact, not
been an eventful one. As he says, it has
been as even and serene ''as the exist
ence of q wax figure of Julius Cesar in
a dime museum" He was born in
Montgomery county, Pa. fourteen miles
from Philadelphia.) He suffered a com.
mon school education, where he was
made familiar with the four R's-Read.
ing, 'Riting. 'Rithmetic, and Rattan.
His stock of knowledge was increased
in the course of an apprenticeship to a
Norristown printer. During his devil
ship he began to contribute humorous
skits to the New York Merc1lry-using
the pseudonym of "B. Dadd," sug
gested by an Irish joke which he haC
constructed. He continued writing
though irregularly, for several years
until engaged as foreman of the Viii
mington Del) Commercial. When h,
left this post it was to accept the posi-
ton on the Norristown Herald, which
he now holds with so much credit tt
himself, and with so much satisfaction
to those exchange editors whose bust
ness it is to clip fun from other papers
Mr.. Williams was married early il
the sixties. and is apparently a con
tented and prosperous man-growin!
old, according to his own account, "a
the rate of twenty-four hours day"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06
A Little Giant.

know little giant, no bigger than tack,
Who can wrestle with a fat man, and throw
him on his back;
His knotted little muscles, almost too small to
spy,
Could turn you topsy-turvy and hardly seem
to try.
To tweak the nose, and pinch the toes, and I'LL
one full of woe,
Are jokes the midget loves to play alike on
friend and foe.
But he can do still greater things than make O
big man squeal-
He can split stone in splinters, or break a
bar of steel;
He can shape the dripping caves drops into a
crystal spear,
And clutch the falling rain SO hard, t will
turn all white with fear;
he can chain the dashing river, and plug the
running spout;
He can build a wall upon the lake and shut the
water out.
But If you want to see this little giant cut and
run,
Just build tiny fire, or step out and fetch the
sun.
Harold w Raymond, in "Jack-in-the-Pul-
pit" st. Nicholas for April.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06

MIR. Francis Parkman's winter home
is in the house of his sister, Miss Park
man, on the western slope of Beacon
hill, Boston. 1t is here that he does the
most of his literary work. His study is
q plain, comfortable room at the top of
the house, with an open fire. a small
writing-table near the window, and
shelves of books covering the walls.
The most valuable parts of his collection
are manuscript copies of public and pri,
ysts SocumentA ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06
REER BOTTLING.

"AVING purchased of Louis Giering hia
Beer BQttling Works in Kent, am pre-
nart d TO supply all customers with Bottled La
ger of the best quality. Also Pop and other
Soft Drinks 1 will fill promptly all orders
rom customers in Ravenna.
-1 FREDERICK WURsTER.
Kant. December lat. 1883. 7S7-0
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06

Central Illinois farmers have con-
tracted with Tennessee parties to stock
the farms Of the former with quail
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06
FOR, SALE!

DJJRE THOROUGHBRED LA S Fl A
COCK EikELS,
from the great Egg Producers and Winter Lay
ars. Eggs in season at s. per 13
CHAS. A. LAURE BIT.
Ravenns. o. February 2h. 1885
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06
p. r. CONANT
7. IA, PHELPS

TTORNEY AT LAW, Ravenna, O.
IN Office in Blackstone Block, North Chest
nut street, Ravenna, Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06

J. H. DUSSELL,
n TTORNEY AT LAW, Counsel In
IA English and German. Office over FiAth's
Clothing Store Phenix Block, Ravenna,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06
PETER, FIATH.

Qfothier and Merchant Tailor, Hats, Capi
and Furnishing Goods. fhenix Hioek Maln
Street, RavennR. Ohio
net. IL. 1873. ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06

w. W. WHITE, M. D.,
Physisian and Surgeon, OFFICE. East end Of
Phenix Block, up stairs, Ravenna. .: Resi-
dence. on Pratt Street, west SIDE, nrss mouse
a0uth of Main 71f-6m+
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06
Business Cards.
J. II. NICHOLS.

Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Once
in Phenix Block over Second National Bank,
Ravenna, Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06
A. w. BEN AN,

A rroRNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
n LAW Office over BELDIEG & ARM
sTRoSG's Main St., Ravenna. Ohio.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-09-18

The ''sea serpent has at last struck
something; or rather the "sea serpent y
has at last been felt. Hitherto he has
only addressed himself to the sight. He
is now up the Connecticut river, and on
his way to Hartford he went under and
struck a boat that contained two men.
He nearly upset it and frightened the
men. Then he went on with his head
ten feet out of water. Here is conclu-
sive evidence that the thing which has
strangely changed it's taste from salt to
fresh water is not a "true serpent" 1t
is well known that true serpents " do
not run away from small boats, but coil
about them and swallow their occupants.
An unusual feature Of the dispatch n
tanning this news is that the men in the
boat are not reported to be either sober
or veracious.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-09-18


The New York Evening Post, hitherto
a strong gold paper, says in its financial
column: The squirt in the price of silver
last week in London was in all prob.
ability only the first symptom OF a
decided movement in England to remon.
etize it. England finds she will be com.
PEELED in self. defense to undo the wrong
done by her demonstration in 1876.
The United States has escaped from the
consequences of England's act of 1876,
simply because the balance of trade has
run for over ten years now in our favor.
We have of late years been creditors at
the worlds clearinghouse in London.
This has enabled us to draw gold. The
United States has been growing rich.
England is no longer so supreme in finan-
cial affairs. Capital is being gradually
transferred to this country, and except
to stop the unnecessary coinage of silver,
the United States has only to wait and
England will be compelled to re.establish
the value of silver, and by so doing will
allay any ap~prehensions that have ex-
listed about it here.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-09-18
NOTICE..

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN CLERK Of the Board Of County Commits
sioneis Of Eureka county, State Of Nevada
has this day received from the Assessor OF thu
Aforesaid county the certified Tax List OF
Assessment Roll for the year A. D, 1886; also
the original Tax statements for said year. and
that the Board OF County Commissioner OF
Eureka county. Nevada, will meet rs o Board
of Equalization In the Office of the County
Clerk, in the Courthouse. in the town OF En-.
reks. Eureka county, State of Nevada. each
day from the hour OF l o'clock P. NJ. TO
O'Clock p. NJ, from and including the 10th day
of September. A. D.. 1896. to and including the
4th day Of October, A. D 1886.
A. A. ANDRE,
Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners
By E: D. ~VANDERLIErH, Deputy Clerk.
Dated Sept IT, 1856. s17.td