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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14
T. H. PHELPS
A, w. BEMAN,

A TFoRNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
"A Law. Once over BELDINa & Ann
GTRoNG's, Main St.. Ravenna. Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14

I. I. SIDDALL,
Attorney st Law. 0,uce il phenix Block
Ravenna, Ohio 9td
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14
F.E. HUTCHINs. We. THOMAS.
HUTCHINS s. THOMAS,

ttorneys at Law, Ravenna, Ohio. OAioe in
Empire Building. Mr. Hutchins will attend
as all Germs OF the Common Pleas and District
Courts IN Portage County. Ally.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14
J. WAGGONER, M. d,

Phvsiclsn and Surgeon, Office East end Of
Phenix Block. Residence. corner of Main
and Prospect Streets, Kavenna, Ohio.
Ofdce hours: 8 to q. m, to- ana Z 10 Pm
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-10
u PORTRAITS.

IF the "ball" or cushion-like sur
face Of the top joint Of the thumb be
examined it can: be seen that in the
.centre--as,, indeed, in the fingers
alsoLis' a kind of spiral formed Of
fine grooves in the skin. The spiral
is, however, rarely, if ever, quite
perfect There are Irregularities or
places where lines run into each
other here and there. Examining
both thumbs, it twill be, seen that
they do notEexactly match, but the
figure on each thumb is the same
through!life. If. the thumbs of any
two persons are compared it will
further, he found that no two are
alike. There may, be, and generally
is, a." family resemblance" between
members of the same family as in
other features; there are also nation
al characteristics, but the individuals
differ. All this is better seen by
taking t"proof impressions" of the
thumb. This is easily done by press
ing it on a slab covered with a film
of printers ink and then pressing it
on a piece Of white paper, or a little
aniline dye, Indian ink-almost any
thing-may be used. '""' 49, '''T
The Chinese take, advantage Of
this to- identify their important
criminals, at least in some parts of
the empire. We photograph their
faces; they take impressions from
their thumbs: These are stored
away, and, if the delinquent should
ever again fall into the hands of the
police, another impression at once
affords the means of comparison.
The Chinese say that, considering
the alteration made in the counte-
nance by hair and beard, and the
power many men have of distorting
and altering the actual features, etc,
their method affords even more GER
tain and easy mea of Identification
than our plan of taking the crimi-
nails portrait, Perhaps we might
with advantage take a leaf out of
their World Of Wonders.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-10
~spAr1oNs.

Experimental stations are II of
the latest agricultural crazes, and
very useful erazes\they are. 1t is
stated that the first one was organ
lied about thirty-ive years ago in
Germany, in a rich agricultural dis
trict, where a club Of intelligent
farmers organized a club to solve
certain problems, for the solution of
which by individual experiment
they had not the time. They Sc
cured a farm, put a competent per-
son in charge, and thereby co-opera-
tive committee work made their ok
periments. The improvement was
so successful that other communities
made a like move, and afterwards
the state took it up. Now there
are about 100 such stations in Ger
many, and in Belgium there are
four. The English experiment had
a different origin. The institution
came to America, however, from the
German origin. Connecticut was
the first American State, North
Carolina next. Now there are quite
a number of these stations in other.
States.-B. p. Poore, IN Amer, Cult.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-10
SUNSHINE AND LEEP.

Sleepless people-and they are
many in America-should court the
sun. The very worst soporifc is
laudanum, and the very best, sun
shine. Therefore it is very plain
that. poor sleepers should pass as
many hours as possible in the sun
shine, and as few as possible in the
shade. Many women are martyrs,
and yet they do not know it. They
shut the sunshine out of their houses
and their hearts, they wells,
they carry parasols, they do all pos
sible to keep off the subtlest and yet
most potent influence which is in
tended to give them strength and
beauty and cheerfulness. is it not
time to change this, and so get color
and roses. in their pale cheeks,
strength in their weak backs, and
courage in their timid souls? The
women of America are pale and
delicate; they may be blooming and
strong; and the sunlight will be a
potent influence in this TRANSITIONAL
fion 4tineta,t Doesn't l9fG i-Tft 5dt .ala
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-10

distinctly seen an intermingled mass
of fourishing legs and whisking
tails, and in a moment the popu-
lous etown" is deserted. Not a dog
is visible, and the whole, spot
is apparently untenanted. But in
a few minutes 8. pair Of dark eyes
are seen cleaning at the entrance
of some burrow, a set Of glisten-
ing teeth next shine through the
dusky recess, and in a. few minutes
first one and then another prairie
dog issues from his retreat, until
the whole community is again in
lively action! mi nnl II I.unll
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-10
DOG TOWNS.

The prairie dog is a burrowing
animal, and the spot on which 1T
congregates is Utterly hOneycombed
with it's tunnels. a There is, however,
a kind of order observed in the
"dog towns" as these warrens are
popularity called, for the animals
always leave certain roads or streets
in which no burrow is made. The
affairs Of the community to be
regulated by a single leader, called
the big dog, who sits before the
entrance of his burrow and issues
his orders from thence to the COM
munity. In front of each burrow a
small heap of earth is raised, which
is made from the excavated soil,
and which is generally employed as
a seat for the occupant of the bur-
row.. As long as no danger is APP
pretended, the little animals are
all in lively motion, sitting upon
their mounds or hurrying from one
tunnel to another, as eagerly as if
they we're transacting the Most i'm
portant business. Suddenly, a sharp
yelp is heard, and the peaceful
scene is in a moment transformed
into a whirl of indistingnishable
confusion, Quick barks resound on
every side, the, air is filed with a
dust-cloud, in the midst (which isin-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-10
@istellaneous.
@ B-N4u al ~ .t-ff: tfUn.
q" THE SAME AGAIN..
Statistics Regarding the Drinking Habit

f.a.fs5.a Ftl-s --F .t:i -. .tfsfr
80 There are t9O9,98O persons, adult
males for the greater,part, employed
in, the manufacture and sale of
liquors in the United States. This
is one to every sixty of the entire
population. These men, mostly
able-bodied, are taken frem produc-
tive, that is to say, well-producing
employments. They are a tax on
the workers, adding no one element
of prosperity to the common wealth
of the nation. At the low wage
which all of them could earn, they
would receive for the 800 working
days of the year S212, 1884, 600. Who
can estimate the loss of permanent
wealth that this aggregate of wages
implies and suggests2
The Federal statistics show that
there .aIeflfih II theO United States
100000 persons daily incapacitated
fcI- labor by reason Of liquor This
number includes. the, drunkards,
the insane, the criminals, and pau
pers dragged down to these classes
by the direct and recognized
influence of using Intoxicating
drinks. At 81 a. day in a year Of
800 days these 100000 persons,
placed hors du travda by the drink
ing habit, could have earned $780,
900 900, which, added to the other
totals of money cost, and the loss
of the services of the army Of
makers and sellers, estimating
these services on the wage basis
only, amount to the aggregate Of
81, 171,291,51S per annum.
"This vast sum- writes Mrs.
Thompson, ''is S23 per capita for
every man, woman and child in the
country. 1t is nearly equal to our
entire gold, silver, and paper circu-
lation combined. 1t would, build
and equip 10000 miles of railroad;
pay the cost of the public schools
for fifteen years; erect and maintain
$4,000 colleges; send out and sup
port 200, 900 missionaries; pay the
entire national debt of the country,
national, State and municipal, in
less than four years; construct 600
frst-class ocean steamers; erect and
maintain $3.50 hospitals, libraries,
or homes for the aged; provide one
third of the people in the United
States with homesteads of 100 acres
each; u the Post Office Depart
ment for thirty years; support the
navy for seventy-fve years; pay our
foreign consular service for 1,725
years; purchase, at 81 a barrel'
167,327,359 barrels of flour, and pay
the salary of the President of the
United for 23,425 oyearsr'-Ieras
SJJtings. '' 1-'f -'df '-. ."'.'' .
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-10

~
Mr.. S. M. 1nman, a we'll known cot
ton operator, the present cotton
crop win not exceed 100000 bales.
'lo Some Western States maintain a
series of farmers Institutes at va
rious points during the Winter
months, and the result is the dis
semination of much practical infor-
nation They are attended and
addressed by the best farmers in
their respective localities, and the
discussions that follow the addresses
elicit facts which few farmers would
take the trouble to, write out for
publication. Ii 4sj.lH2ot hHn 4nj13gua
- Sir James, Paget has been tracing
the course in life of 1000 medical
students, taken at random from an
English institute He found that
twenty-three out of the 1000
achieved distinguished success; sixty
six had considerable success; 507
made a livihg;;'i124 had a very linn
tied success, not having made a
fair practice, within fifteen years
after graduation, and ffty-six failed
utterly. Nearly ten, per cent.
Cninety7six) Of the whole number
left the profession after beginning
either study or practice, eighty
seven died after entering practice
and forty-one died when students.
Young men should consider we'll
before rushing into any profession.
There is in the United States one
medical man in $50 of the popula-
ton; in England the ratio is one in
1900; in France one in $780, 1t
is evident that this calling is very
much o~vercrowded, and the same
is true Of lawyears and other call
ings. The distaste for manual labor
is the cause of thousands rushing
into professions, and many parents
believe that the school is the
panacea for all the hardships of life
when such is by no means the case.
The workshop or the farm is the
place to arn independence o.0oG -
The total number of varieties of
grapes now raised in. this country
IS not far from 800, and new ones
are appearing every year. ITO
Northern growers the most -impor-
tant quality is hardness or ability
to withstand cold Winters. Some
Western growers plant their vines
from eight to twenty inches in
depth, and before the ground freezes
in the Fall bend the vines over on
the ground, placing soil around the
crown, also at the ends Of the canes.
This method, when adopted, is said
to have proved a perfect protection
from injury by the %severest Winter
weather.-Americdn Agricuturist.
Our Western neighbors do things
on a. large scale. At Gilmore, ten
miles west Of Omaha, a company
have started a cattle "fattery," and
have expended 10000 in the cree
ton of big stables. There ire now
1850 stalls in readiness, and by
Winter the number will be increased
to 5000 stalls. In each stall they
will place a "critter," and the cattle
will be fed with food placed before
them through a system Of pipes and
cooked in enormous steam watts, hav-
ing a capacity Of 1909 barrels of
feed an hour. The company proposes
to gather in cattle from the great
Western ranches, fatten them in
these stalls and then ship to the
| Eastern markets in whatever form
pays the best. Individual feeders
in the East have not much chance
against a combination of this kind.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-10
LOVES ARITHMETIC.

She was one and / was one, r.sra ~-..sras-
Strolling DER the heather,
Yet before the year was gone
We were one together. '''''
Loves a queer arithmetician-tiEi f.i
In the rule of his addition .t,.fl.,f
He, lays down the propositions, 81.
One and one make one. ,
She and l, alas! are two,l IS -ra"tt 7d'
- Since, unwisely, mated, 81 .%u"itt-
Having nothing else to do, .,ff,isn.i
We We're separated. .:.
Now 'twould' seem that by this action
Each was made aIsimple fraction, '''"'
Yet tits held inilove's subtraction ,,'i.
-,ntOne from one leaves two. .TT uo,
.dT .nT.ft ,n ,l-,.s,r .-Uicag0' News. :
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-10
OUR FORESTS.

Robert w. Best, Forestry Division, Depart
~ |~IEal.f ment of Agricultural tss3 tEff 4
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-10
Our exchanges.

$500 yards of plant bed cloth
have been sold at. Wilton this sea-
son. Large plant beds must be the
order of the day FFtanhintton Week
l. 80 -"
Let the project be agitated and
let us establish an Institution that
will afford to the youth of our land
some instruction in those arts which
lay the foundation of a rich and
powerful commonwealth.-Tdr Rr-
er Taller. +, M q et''itt or'
Reports from ten silos in one
county in New Jersey state that en-
silagetmade more, better and cheap
er milk than other feed. Custom
ers once using ensilage milk prefer
it to any other. With corn meal
it makes an excellent beef ration.
i.o Mr.. Ut. Bowden, of. Glen AL
pine Station, raised, from two acres
of land last year, 1878 pounds Of
tobacco, for which he received
S265.S2, besides a full croprOf corn,
wheat and vegetables, There, is no
getting around the fact that it will
pay to raise more tobacco in Burke.
-NeW Era.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-31
A GOOD WORK.
A Dying WOman's Pathway SRaOethed
BY Kind Care-A Young WOmanss
Betrayal and Death-The Home For
The FrlendIess.

A Dying WOmaH's Pathway SRaoethed
BY Kind Garcia Young Woman's
Betrayal and Death-The Home For
The FrlendIess.
A correspondent says: One of the many
instances of the good work done at the Home
for the Friendless, 76 Clinton avenue, is as
follows:
In August 1882, a well-educated Swiss
woman asked and received permit to enter
the home with child three weeks old. She
had come to this country to hide her shame,
having been betrayed after courtship of
years. She was at the time of coming to the
home weak and sick for the want of care,
and at that time showed signs of consump-
ton. but it was hoped she would recover
with the constant and skillful treatment of
DR.. S. D. Gilbert, who has given his valua-
be services to the institution for the last
eight years, but medicine and kind care could
not arrest in her that dreaded disease,
slow consumption. There at the home
she and her child found harbor of refuge,
and she also found how to trust her Saviour
more fully, being prepared to meet her God,
and it afforded her much comfort that she
could trust her child to him and to the ladies
who had done everything for her and given
her every comfort While she lived. IL want
ed but few days of being four years from
the time she came to the home when she was
carried to her last resting place. Her funer-
al services were held at the institution and
she was buried in the lot, and the funeral
suitable for any lady and the general
appointments throughout, for which thanks
are due the firm of Lewis & Maycock, who
kindly conducted the funeral and have offered
the board of managers to bury their dead in
future. The son of this woman, bright in
telligent boy of four years, is waiting to be
adopted into some good family.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-31
w aIlingfOrd.
THE sEWFR CoNrRACT-THE SALVATION ARMY
TO LOCATE A BRANCH.


TO LOCATE BRANCH.
WALL1NGFoRD, July 30.-The contract for
the Center street sewer has been awarded to
H. Wales Lines, of Meriden, he being the
lowest bidder. There were five bidders and
their estimates were as follows Mccormack
& Cashen, SO, sos. 80; James Robinson of
Norwalk, $3,411 so; M. S. Austin of New
Britain, So, $50 80; L. NJ. Phelps, So, 372. 80,
and H. Wales Lines, So, 345. The sewer will
consume 900 feet of 2O-inch tile, $50 feet of
1S-inch tile, 900 feet of Is inch tile and 100
feet of 12-inch tile; be7ides there will be six
manholes and eight catch basins. The de-
tails of the contract are left for Warden
Dickerman and Engineer Mckenzie to ar
range, and the matter of assessing the prop
erty owners has been referred to Warden
DickermaD and Burgess E. M. Judd.
Wallingford is to have a closed registered
pouch exchange with New York every day
except Sundays, commencing August 16.
The Salvation army talk of locating per-
manent branch. Last evening they were Or
dered off the street by Officer Riley, but re-
fused to go and held their regular open
meeting at the corner of Center and Colony
streets.
Walter L. Cowles of Youngstown Ohio,
who has been visiting in town for a few
weeks, returned home to-day.
The National band gave very pleasant
concert last evening which was enjoyed by
many people,
w. q. Talcott is working in New York
city.
Frank Maxted is now night Waterman at
the Domestic COMPANY 8 factory.
w. N. Pile of Springfield, Mass, VIII
preach fo: the Adventists next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Jones have re-
tut led from their pleasure trip.
The fire department meet on Monday even
ing to talk up the matter of having a fire.
mems muster here this fall.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-31

sumner in the way of cream-eolored derby,
while he is usually vigorously putting away
at mammoth cigar. It is understood that
he is to change his costume only three times
day this season instead of six as he did
last summer, He is feeling duite low spirit
unable to participate in the
contests of this season. However, he will
probably show up his lively tantum team on
the boulevard during his stay here. One of
''the affairs of the season will be the
'tswell' ball at the dignifed Windsor Hotel
on August Oath. The hop at the United
States Hotel on the Oath inst. was fine af-
fair, very brilliant and attended by many
of the guests of the numerous other hotels:
The music was by Stubs celebrated orches
ira. Among the many ladies of note who
participated in the lancers and waltzes were:
Mrs. Addison Cammack, who is a beautiful
blonde and was dressed in a rich white silk,
beautifully decorated and trimmed; Mrs.
Frederick Nathan of Philadelphia, attired in
black silk, black thread lace with steel white
diamonds: Mrs. S. Levein appeared charming
in very handsome black satin dress, MORE
silk front and trimmings of jet, the high
corsage trimmed with white duchesse lace;
Miss Downing in golden brown satin, most
deliberately trimmed in black thread lace,
diamonds. Scores of others were bedecked
and bediamoned in the most artistic and be-
witching manner.
The following are reported among New
Ravens recent arrivals: Thomas K. IroW-
bridge. jr., F. B. Trowbridge, Mrs. G. B.
Rich, Miss E. A. Northrop, Miss e. Atwater,
Miss S. NJ. Benedict, Miss N. II. Benedict,
Miss A. ]. Pardee, Mrs. Frank w. Pardee,
Miss S. E. Benedict, G. Bretzfelder, Mrs. M.
E. Russell, E. D. Ticknor, II. E. Nelledor,
jr., Miss A. J. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
F. Day. Rooms have been engaged
at the Continental Hotel for Mrs. M.
A. Waterhouse and son, who expect to
arrive in Saratoga about August 9Th. Mrs
Waterhouse will bring her fine horse and
carriage with her on the boat to New ork,
thence up the Hudson on boat to Troy, and
then drive from Troy to Saratoga, about
thirty miles. Quite number of New Haven
people who are expecting to visit SARATOGA
in August are contemplating taking their
teams with them. Hon Charles l.. Mitchell,
with his family and stylish turnout, will be
at the United States Hotel in August.
Among others booked from New Haven to
arrive during the same month, we believe,
are Hon. N. D. Sperry, DR.. R. S. Ives, Hon
james Gallagher, Mayor Robertson. Will
liam 7. Hayes, the efficient stamp clerk at
the postofice, our popular city clerk, Charles
w. Willett, Deacon Lewis Fitch and family,
Councilman w. A. Beers and wife.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-31
Court Notes.


Patrick G. Brown through E. P. Arvine,
his counsel, has brought suit before Justice
Pond against Michael Carroll to recover 800.
The case will be tried next Wednesday
night.
The case of Michael Sirroco, the italian
who is accused of knocking down Rochela
DeAngelis, his boarding mistress on East
street, kicking her and pulling the ring out
of one other ears, was continued in the City
court yesterday morning until to-day. 1t is
claimed that Sirroco attempted to stab the
woman.
Patrick Donnelly, Patrick Doolan and
Michael Ledwith, all downtown boys under
the age of 18 years, were tried in the City
court yesterday morning for rape. The COM
pla1nant against them was Mary Hughes,
Wallace street girl 10 years of age. The
evidence was conflicting and the court dis
charged all of the boys.
In the case of the Connecticut Spiritualist
Camp Meeting association against the town
of East Lyme, the Supreme court has just
decided that there was an error in the judg-
ment holding that the pavilion at the camp
meeting ground is exempt from taxation: but
no error in holding the cottages were ex-
empt A new trial is ordered. Reasons by
Pardee, Judge The suit involved the ques-
ton whether all or part of the property own
ed by the association in East Lyme was taxa
BILE. The association claimed that the part
of the property held for religious purposes
should be exempt; and the property owned
by them and not sc used they put in the list
at 81, 500. The town insisted that the entire
property was taxable and raised their list to
$12, 800, which was afterward reduced to
81, 900 by the Board of Relief. The case
was brought to the November term of the
Superior court in 1885 and judgment given
that 900 constituted the value of the asso
cations taxable property, and for the plain
defendant. From this judgment the defend
ant appealed.
Two Italians named James Francisco and
Antonio Laurie, both stevedores, were berore
the City court yesterday for fighting on the
Starin dock on Thursday night. Judge
Deming fined both men $15 each.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-31
A SERIOUS WOUND.

He Heard a Stzzling-It Was I'm Car
A BeIIfserent Cask of Beer-DenniS
Slattery's Misfortune.
Last Wednesday night Dennis Slattery of
154 Saltonstal1 avenue, an employe of the
Consolidated road at Belle dock, heard a sus-
picious ''sizzling" in a car that was being
loaded from the freight of the steamer G.
H. Northam and upon investigation found a
cask of beer liable to waste. While endeav-
oring to turn the cask so as to relieve the
pressure on the weak place the entire head
was suddenly blown out, striking Slattery
with sufficient force to knock him down, cut
ting bad cash in his nose and cheek and in
ficting serious injuries to his mouth.
DR.. F. H. Whittemore was summoned by
telephone and in his absence DR.. Elliott re-
sponded. He found it necessary to take nine
stitches in the wound, after which Slattery
was taken to his home. He will probably be
at work in week or ten days, but those who
know the circumstances agree it was mar
row escape from more serious consequences
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-31
Excursion.

This morning excursionists from towns on
the line of the Northampton railroad will go
to Mystic Island on the Elm City, The
steamer leaves Belle dock at 9 o'clock and
Canal dock at 9:15 a. m. These excursions
are growing more and more popular every
week, and Mystic Island is fast growing to
be one of the most popular resorts on Long
Island Sound.