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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-07-25
Sunday, July as, 1886.

WHATEVER divergent views may
prevail regarding immigration there
seems to be "A unanimity of opinion
that stringent measures should he
adopted TO prohibit the immigration
of European paupers, lunatics and
criminals. A law prohibiting the inn
migration of these undesirable classes
does not amount to anything, as there
is no effective way to enforce the law.
They come in spite of the laws die
tum, and il becomes necessary for
Congress to devise some means br
which to secure an enforcement of the
law. or the many suggestions that
have been made concerning this mat
ter there is none more practicable
than the suggestion contained in the
report of the committee of the confer
ence Of charities and corrections which
had this matter under consideration.
The committee recommends that our
immigration laws shall provide that
all immigrants before being permitted
to land in the United States shall pro-
duce a certificate endorsed by the con-
sular or commercial agent of this coun-
try residing in the country from
which the immigrant came, stating
that he is neither a criminal, lunatic
or pauper. This is really the only
way to head off this class of immi-
grants. OF course when they reach
here the government officials have no
means Of ascertaining the status of the
immigrants in the country from
whence they came. The time for the
Investigation to be made is before they
leave their native land, where all the
facts concerning their personal history
are available. This plan would also
give our consuls something to do and
an opportunity to earn their salaries
ST. Paul Globe.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-07-25
sending Out siIkworm Eggs

The agricultural department at WASH
ington has just sent out large quantities
of the eggs Of the silk worm by nnil to all
parts Of the country. 10 has now been
satisfactorily demonstrated that the leaf
OF the Usage orange makes as good silk as
that Of the mulberry, and that the worms
will feed upon il and thrive. The depart
ment il IN receipt Of letters from girls In
various parts OF the country, saying that
they have made from $40 to SOD by rails
ing silk In this way-Scientific American.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-07-25

IN sixty days the first gun of the
presidential campaign of lSSs will re.
sound through the Pine Tree state.
One would hardly believe that Maine
was on the eve of as lively aud stir
ring political campaign as ever took
place within her borders. Such an
era of tranquility prevails that even
the party organs have not yet entered
upon campaign work. This season of
political tranquility will last thirty
days longer, and then the pot will
boil. 1t will be four weeks cam
paign. A large force Of imported
speakers will take the stump. The
Republicans have enlisted as speakers
Senators Allison, Logan, Hoar and
Allison. Congressman Burrows, Gros'
venor, Mckinley and Hiscock, Gov,
ernor Foraker, Ex-Governor Foster
and Lieutenant Kennedy, of, Ohio.
A draft will be made on the home force
of speaking talent. The clarion voice
of Blaine will be heard at least once.
1t is whispered that his proposed
speech will be one of the boldest and
most aggressive that he ever made.
The Democrats count ION having the
services of Senator Voorhees,, Congress
man Randall, General Cary, Of Ohio,
and Colonel Fellows, Of New York
beside their home forces. The prohi-
Ditionists who are engineering third
party movement, also intend to have
more or less talking by clerical gentle
men, principally belonging to the
state. 1t is not unlikely that ex-Gov-
ernor st. John may speak. Under
her system Of biennial elections Maine
is the first state to speak for the presi-
Dental campaign of 1888, and there
will not be another election until
after the next presidential nomina.
tions have been made.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-07-25
Green Turtles Brough. to New York.

From 5000 TO 5000 green turtles are
annually brought to New York, and they
sen at an hFerage OF nIteeh n, cents per
Florida, the West Indies and tie shores
Of the Spanish main. Occasionally one is
caught rs far north as Long Island. They
are caught in nets, and also on the beach
when they come up to lay their eggs.
They do not bite or snap. Their food is
green stuils In warm weather. with an
occasional bath, they will live six weeks
without food. d.-Inter-Ocean.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-07-25

A TRAMP has confided to an Omaha
reporter that In order that his hands
may be calloused like those Of work.
ingmen he carries hickory stick
which he grasps and twists as be
walks, thus keeping his hands in a
condition to deceive any justice before
whom he may be arraigned as "vag.n
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-07-25
Notice for Publication of Time.

Notice for Publication of Time.
coTTGs or pf cssTEE PROBATE COURT
In the matter q the SSis Sssn for p1S sime
JOHNSTON PRATT, snroin,ed Snr
Deceased. proving will etc.
Pursuant to m order Of said court, made on the
twenty second day Of July, 1886, notice is hereby
given, that Monday, the ninth day OF August,
lss6 at 10 o'clock, m, Of said day at the court
room Of said court, at the court house In the
county Of Custer, has heen appointed rs the time
and place for proving the will Of said Johnston
Pratt deceased and for hearing the application OF
Mary Jane Morrison for the issuance 10 her OF let
tiers testamentary, when and where any persons
interested may appear and contest the same.
Dated July %, 1885 WILLIAM c. sTABHLE,
Ex-Offieio Clerk.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14
Somewhat Annoying.

] maintain that there ought 10 be
reform in the length of tongues and
shafts to vehicles. Perhaps | am pref
udiced in this matter, but | am honest.
/ was walking along Nicollet avenue
yesterday afternoon, when had occa-
sion to cross the street. Naturally OBJ
servant, it was not strange that L MOTTO
ed several teams coming down the av-
enue at a spanking gait. But ! didn' t
mind them, because / knew there was
an ordinance requiring them TO slackn p
at the crossing, and another requiring
them to give pedestrians the right of
way. Knowing this leisurely kept on
my way, knowing full well that under
the wise provisions of the ordinance L
was amply protected from all harm
from fast driving. But / never thought
of those internal shafts. Just as l reach
ed the corner of the street the tongue of
a double buggy struck me in the left
side, about four inches below the heart,
and, passing entirely through my quiv-
ering vitals, came out through my back
in q most disagreeable way. l was
very much surprised, and had scarcely
removed the piece that broke off in the
wound before the shaft in passing
buggy pierced the right side of my alb
domen and glided around on the inside
until temporary opening was found
between two ribs. This was positively
annoying, and fear lost my temper
and was real cross to the drivers, who,
of course, were not to blame. 1t was the
long shafts and tongues on the vehicles,
sticking out yard to the front of the
horses. l don't complain now, but you
must admit that it was calculated to an
noy a sensitive person. Truthful James
in Minneapolis Tribune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14
What a Young Couple Did.

A charming family hotel was built
in suburb of Boston two years since
1t was finished with all modern con-
veniences and inconveniences. There
were electric bells in row at the door,
SO that the afternoon caller could ring
up nine different and peaceful maid
servants before getting into communi-
cation with the family she came to see.
There were fire-escapes and telephones
and elevators and speaking-tubes and,
for aught l know, submarine cables.
But the crowning joy of all was the fact
that no children were allowed within its
walls. 1t was built for the accommoda-
ton of childless couples, and to ten
childless couples We're the suites let. How
great was the calm of that sheltered re-
treat until one ill-starred morning when
the cry of an infant shrilly and piteous-
" broke the stiffness. Horror and in
dignation on the part of the nine guilt
less couples: SO weak is humanity, that
before the end of the second year there
were children in seven of the ten fami-
lies. The ehildless young couples were
childless no more, and when the owner
of the building complainedto 10 his friends
of the unfair treatment he had received
at the hands of his tenants they all
laughed in his face and advised him to
let apartments TO bachelors.-B0ston
Cor. Pr0eidence Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14
Substitute for Leather.

Substitutes for leather have been wide
" introduced in the construction of
boots and shoes, and many of these are
admirably adapted for the purpose. Bat
a comparatively short time ago only real
leather was used. Leatherboard, pam
cakes, artificial leather and strawboard
were unknown. The use Of inferior ma
terials originated in New England. 1t
was at first an attempt at deception.
and resulted i'll the discontinue of the
manufacture who undertook it. There
was certain make of cheap pump-sole
brogans offered in small lots weekly at
auction, which had become standard,
both in feature and in price. This shoe
was quite familiar to certain jobbers.
On one occasion q buyer noted for his
keenness detected singularity that led
him to an investigation. Using his pen
knife he discovered that the manufac-
turer had substituted common paste
board, with a veneer of colored paper of
the same hue as leather, for the leather
sole. These shoes fell to prices that
comported in some degree with their
worthlessness. 1t is quite possible that
this transaction conveyed the germ of
the idea which afterward bore fruit in
strawboard and kindred Materials
Shoe and Leather Reporter.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14
A Monkeys Trick.

An old monkey sat cozily asleep in a
snug corner, with a friend nesting
against him and indulging likewise in Il
comfortable snooze. Presently a Young
skylarker approached them somewhat
timidly; and, squattinG beside his
friend, sat quietly for some seconds,
then suddenly, as if possessed by some
malicious inspiration, he reached his
arm out cautiously, behind the slumber
ing friend. and gave the elderly MONKEY
whacking box on the ear. He, waking
in Just wrath, and unsusyicious of tie
truth-for the ulprit was now sham
ming sleep and looked the picture Of IL
nocence-flew upon his friend with an
Indictment for assault, and chivied him
with monstrous clamor round and
round the cage, while the culprit sat re
garding them and jabbering with JOY.
Some little time after the performance
was repeated, the old monkey and his
friend having settled in the corner, and
the assault and wrongful punishment
occurring as before. Once again the
trick was tried, but the friend who had
twice suffered was shamnling sleep this
time, and caught the culprit in the act,
and, with the help of the old monkey,
gave him good drubbing, which, in
deed. he well deserved Philadelphia
Call.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14
Utilizing Drain Water.

Prairie farms in the West are often,
in late summer, insuticiently supplied
with water, while the soil in the spring
is saturated. Drainage is becoming
very common. and is indispensable in
most parts of the West, where the land,
in the Winter, is so filled with water
that the roads are in many places i'm
passable. The object Of draining is to
get rid of this water, but if this object
can be secured and the water utilized,
the only valid objection urged against
thorough drainage, viz: that the water
is carried off from the soil and wasted,
will be avoided. We should learn from
the experience of other countries in this
respect. British India, for instance, has
a rainy reason and dry season, and
the large Winter rainfall, is stored in
capacious reservoirs, for use in severe
drouths which follow Now the Sum-
mer drouths in the West are at times ex-
ceedingly trying, and very great incon-
venience is suffered for want of water
for stock, while at the other seasons the
drains are carrying off enormous guam
titles from the land. Most of the rain
fall comes in the Winter, and is suff-
cient to cover the entire surface of
farm to the depth of two feet. This wa
ter flows away useless, and as much of
it as possible should be stored. 1t may
be stored in cisterns dug all along the
lines of these main drains, and the over
flow from these cisterns would pass off
through the lower drains. Watering
places may also be made for the stock
near these cisterns, and pumps could be
used to bring up water when the drains
are not flowing. A windmill would
raise the water into trough, and the
overflow from it could run back into the
cistern, so that the trough would be al
ways full without wasting drop. The
cost of the work could be easily made
up in one year by the saving of labor in
watering twenty head Of stock.--Argri-
cUltaTl8t
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14
Tho Inch and the Ounce.

As the Jews had mystical rever-
ence for seven. and the ancient Welsh
and Colts for three and tho Greeks q
perfect philosophy constructed out of
The harmonies of all numbers, so the
Romans fell back upon scale of or
more properly scale with base Of
six. Accordingly, as they divided the
pound into twelve unscias so they also
divided the foot, which was the stand
ard of linear measure, into twelve Sec
tions, and they called these unicia too.
But how did they get the inch origin
ally?-for that, and not the inch, is
the unit. There seems to be NO pre-
else information. They would divide
any unit into twelfths, and prevail
ing notion was at one time that the
linear unicie was really the original,
and was then transferred as name to
a weight. This though plausible. is
hardly the case. Sometimes. especial
ly in old-fashioned books, written at
time when philology was not what it
is now, it was the fashion to derive the
unicie from the same word in the
Greek, because after the revival of
letters in Europe the admiration of the
Greek became so great that whenever
similar words were found in it and
some other language it was always
said that other language borrowed
them from the Greek. This is very
far from being always so; and in the
present instance the very reverse ap-
pears to have occurred. The ounce is
literally the twelfth; and thus we see
at once the sense of speaking of an
ounce of land and an inch of milk,
Just as of an inch of a mans will or an
inch of interest for money on loan.
1t was always the twelfth OF a unit
twelfth of an hour; twelfth of jugerum,
that half acre which the two oxen
plowed in a day; twelfth OF sextarius,
or equivalent to our pint twelfth OF
the entire hereditas; twelfth of the
principal lent on hire when it was
money as usury-i. e., over eight per
cent. 1t is accordingly rs much q mis-
take to say the primary meaning Of
word Is linear, which is to say that
it comes straight from the Greek into
the Latin, and thence on to us. The
riddle is plain enough when we get TO
the true origin of the word-a twelfth.
Once, indeed, it used to be said that
the true origin was that the word
meant a thumb breadth, because its
equivalent poileS in linear measure
was often used in its place. But this
is not the case.
Some of the old Latins themselves,
moreover, thonght it meant literally
the unit; but even this will not hold
beside the proper signification of
twelfth The pound weight was really
never divided by inches or ounces. 1t
a 1fx-i,t he Lolf h,r
thirds, by fourths and by sixths. Aud
here. again, We sec what convenient
base a system of twelfths is for divis-
ion compared with system of tenths.
which could only be divided evenly i'll
two ways-by two and five. Fer seven
ounces they used the literal seven
twelfths; for eight ounces they said
two parts. l. e., two-thirds; for nine.
wanting fourth, which with us feads
like roundabout way of expressing
three-quarters; for ten, wanting o
sixth; for eleven, wanting a twelfth. -
London .staHddrd.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14
A Child and 6 Wasp.

| Among the pas enger' on the st. Louis
express on the Erie Railway, between
Port Jervis and Jersey City, yesterday
morning, was very mach over-dressed
woman, accompanied by Il bright-look-
ing Irish nurse girl, who had charge of
= self-willed, tyrannical 2-year-old boy.
of whom the ovcr-dressed woman was
plainly the mother. The mother occu-
pied seat by herself. The nurse and
child were in q seat Immediately in
front of her. The child gave such fire.
euent exhibitions of temper and kept
the car filed " such vicious wells
and shrieks that there was a general
! feeling of savage indignation among the
I Passengers. Although he time and
again spat in his nurses face, scratched
her hands until the blood came and tore
! at her hair and bonnet, she bore with
! him patiently. The indignation of the
passengers was made greater because
the child's mother made no effort TO cor
rect or quiet him, but, on the contrary
sharply chided the nurse whenever she
manifested any tirmness. Whatever the
! boy yelped for, the mothers cry was,
uniformly:
LET him have it, Mary"
By the time the train passed Turner'S
| the feelings of the passengers had been
wrought up to the boiling point The
remark was made audiblv here and
| there that ''It would be worth paying
for to have the young one chucked out
of the window" The hopeful mother
was not moved by the very evident an
noyance the passengers felt. and at last
|. fixed herself down in her seat for a com
| Portable nap. The child had Just
Isl. AL Al ~ 4,x. s, -,
| hundreth time. and was preparing for
! fresh attack, when a wasp came from
| somewhere in the car and flew against
! the window of the nurses seat. The
| boy at once made dive for the wasp as
it struggled upward on the glass. The
| nurse caught his hand, and said to him
coaxingly:
Harry mustn't touch! Bug will bite
! Harry!n
Harry gave a savage yell and began
/ to kick and slap the nurse. The mother
! awofze from her nap. She heard her
! sons screams and, without lifting her
mead or opening her eyes, she cried out
! sharply to the nurse:
why, will You tease that child so,
Mary? Let him have it at once!'
Mary let go o. Harry. She settled
back in her seat with an air of resigna-
ton, but there was sparkle in her eve
The boy clutched at the wasp and final.
ly caught it. The yell that followed
caused joy to the entire car. for every
eye was ON the boy. The mother woke
again.
MARY" she cried, "let him have it,
Mary turned calmly in her seat, al
with wicked twinkle in her eye said:
''Sure, he's got it, mrmr
This brought the car down. Every
one in it roared. The child's mother
rose up in her seat with jerk. When
she learned what the matter was, she
pulled her boy over the back of the seat.
and awoke some sympathy for him by
laying him across her knee and warm
ing him nicely. In ten minutes he was
as quiet as a lamb. and he never opened
his head again until the train reached
Jersey City.-N. T. San.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14
PILESI PlLESIII

A sure cure for Blind, Bleeding,
Itching, and liberated Piles, has been
discovered by DR.. William, ian Indian
remedy )called DIR. WILLIAMS INDIAN
OINTMENT. A single box has cured
the worst chronic cases of twenty-five
years standing. No one need suffer
five minutes after applying this wen-
derful soothing medicine. Lotions and
instruments do more harm than good
Williams Ointment absorbs the tu-
nors, allays the intense itching, (par-
ticularly at night after getting warm
in bed,) acts as poultice, gives in
slant and painless relief, and is pre-
pared only for Piles, itching of the
private parts, and for nothing else.
For sale by Fl. Waterman, and mail
ed OH receipt of price. S1.OO.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14
Toboggan Costumes at the Canadian
CAPITAL.

Most tobogganers wear q white
blanket coat trimmed with red or blue;
knickerbockers, buff moccasins, and
tuque, red and blue, white OF red, or
sometimes entirely crimson or garnet.
The white coat with red facings would
be to me intolerably insipid but that it
has dash of the savage in its inartistic
uncouthness. White and blue are a
little better; there is at least no sugges-
ton of greasy, indolent Indian. Those
of truer taste are adopting myrtle green,
trimmed and slashed with cardinal or
crimson; and warmer, richer and
more picturesque costume, with its
tuoue to match, and crimson sash tied
negligently about the waist, one could
not well conceive. Costumes" are be-
coming conspicuous in the streets during
winter, but some are satisfied with tying
a sash of some denomination of red
about the waist of a black cOver-coat,
which is not ill-becoming. This is a
favorite expedient of the Governor HIM
self, and his secretary, Lord Melgund.
1t is only during these late years, how
ever, that this picturesque apparel has
become conspicuous in the streets. OF
tawa has adopted the fashions of Mont
real, the home of ice-carnivals, of the
toboggan and the snow shoe; and you
see on winter mornings everywhere in
the streets the fair young Canadian girl.
her eyes cleaning and roses in her
cheek, in bottle-green, crimson or Ma
genta coat, hurrying along with her
music portfolio under her rarm.--Ednla4nd
Collins. in Olttiu0
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14

DR. Quain, an eminent London ply
sician, remarked, in the course of his
recent ''Harveian oration,'' that fifty
years ago patient could command no
anesthetic to induce insensibility to
pain, no antiseptic to promote the
healing of a wound. no choral TO pro-
duce sleep, no antipyretic in general
use to control fever He showed that
III the past forty-five years the mean du-
ration of male life in England and
Wales has been increased by two years,
and that of woman by three and q
half, the greater portion OF such in
crease being subsequent to childhood
and prior to decrepitude,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14
Special Noticel
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 WAIT 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 we'll known
dealers.
As the movements leave our hands
carefully adjusted and regulated ior
immediate use, we hold ourselves di-
rectly responsible to the wearer of the
watch for its satisfactory performance,
BUT ONLY WHEN SOLD BY OUR CHOSEN
AGENTS. We understand the extraor-
dinary guarantee of excellence made
by WAIT BROS, and given out by
them to the public, and are prepared
to make good the assertions of our
representatives in that particular.
Very Respectfully,
ROCKFORD WATCH co.