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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-03-29

Inc play tnat mas maze Hi America Laugh.
at eclipses all former funny plays in this city
for years."-N Y. Herald.
"'Skipped by the Light of the Moon Is one of the
funniest performances now before the American pub
lc."-N. Y. Times.
"'Skipped BY the Light OF the Moon will simply
last as long as thu re is laugh left in New York
City,. Y. Telegram.
"Such Laughter ii evokes wherever it is pro
duced has never before been heard within the walls
of any theatre in this ciy."-B0Ston journal.
"'Skipped by the Light of the Moon has PLAYED
the most successful engagement ever known in the
BIZ ~ Theatre. '-BOston Herald.
1.-THE screaming farce comedy, Skipped by the
Light of the Moon, lay claim to the longest and
most successful run of all the funny plays produced
in this city for the past two seasons."-N. Y 7ri-
buHe
"'Skipped by the Light of the Moon has done the
largest weeks business of the season, and is n
doubleday the funniest of all funny plays seen
in this city, CleUeidad Herald.
at is especially worthy OF record that the climax
of this extraordinary performance, reached at the
last momen; before the curtain finally came down,
was funner than any that had preceded De
froH Free Press,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-03-29
State News.
ANpRosc0cGrs

The Breifun's Mills bow who rsn axav :,
fight Indians short time ago. has beer
brought back. He was found below the Rio
Grande and almost on the borders of Mexico
in one of the widest regions on the contioen,
The boy had got enough of it and was ouite
ready to 60 home.
CUMBERLAND
sad incident was connected with the re-
cent death of Mrs. Susan NJ. Leayitt of Po,t.
land. A telegraph message sent from Port
land to Mr.. and Mrs. Leavitr in reg.rd n
their daughter. should have read "Hsttie i.
doing well. will write {" 1t read. ..Hattie i.
diving, will write" 1t was a heavy stroke 10
the mothers heart, and in her frail condition
was more than she could bear.
Chas. French, of Brunswick, was taken in
sane Saturday morning, and went to all the
stores and banks demanding the loan of a
hundred dollars. On account of being re-
fused he grew violent and required two keep
ers. Monday he was taken to the insane
asylum.
The Courier Gazette reports that the Rock.
land 7. NJ. c. A. has bought of W. P. Hur.
ley the o. II. Perry property on Limerick
street, for the sum of $500
There were l6l interments in the Rock
land grave yards in the year ending March
LIST. Thirtv-four died of consumption.
A committee of the knights of Labor have
had conference with the Bodwell Granite
Company, of Vinalhaven, and satisfactory
agreement to both parties was reached by
which the workmen secure slight advance
over winters wages.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-03-29

Fred Lennox-Walter Lennox, Jr.,
AND A
Brilliant COterie of Omedians.
Prices rs. so and IS cents. Reserved seats at
Hunts Music Store methodist
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
Another Resurrection.

Noble man! Mighty martyr" muir
INJURED the seedy man who stood in the
Riggs house gazing at the portrait of
Abraham Lincoln which hangs there.
81 have often been consumed with re-
morse when but staym and his voice
dropped INTO silence with dull. sicken-
ing thud, and he looked about appre-
hensively.
"Are we alone?" he asked.
In view of the fact that there were
about forty people around the stranger
was compelled to confess that they we're
not
mo matter" said the seedy person
bitterly. II have carried my secret too
long. When look into that face the
past rushes back upon me with fatal
force. You have heard of me as pirate
in the Mediterranean sea, as an Arab
leader us No. in Phoenix park, as the
man who victualized Niksic, as-worst
OF ala preacher in Georgia, but you
can not guess my name"
The stranger confessed humbly that
the seedy person was too International
for him, but he would venture a quarter
on it.
Then listen" hissed the seedy man,
clutching the coin, land bear the secret
to your grave. l am John Wilkes
Booth"
Both counterfeit" murmured the
stranger softly as he reflected that the
quarter was rather a poor article OF
lead Washington HGtchet.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
He Went Home Ill.

She was fair as lily, graceful
cloud of pale pink sheen. as she swept
around the ballroom. He was New
York dude of the most inexpressible re-
finement His Manhattan eye was
caught by the. vision of beauty. She
was dancing with little rotund man
with beaming countenance.
"Wbo is that tall, respondent
beautyw he asked.
"Who? That one dancing with
TubbyP"
"Tubby! What horrid name! 1 sup
pose it is she mean"
That's Miss -"
''She is the loveliest being have ever
seen. She is glorious. Will you intro
duce meP"
Certainly. Come along"
The dance ended and the New York
swell was led up to the beauty.
"Miss =, this is Mr.. Van Slack, of
New York"
Mutual bows, and then the introducer
whispered to the belle:
Look out He's a dude of the first
water, pure old blood"
The beauty's lip curled little and
her eye twinkled. The New York dude
beamed upon her. He patronized her.
He was high-fown and brilliantly sem
timentaL No California girl permits
that from New Yorker, so she waited
her chance. She was dancing with him,
and as they whirhed around the little
rotund man bumped up against them.
'.Stupidr' he said testify.
''Oh, don't mind him. Tubby's got
his keg full, that's ALL" she answered,
with naughty curl of the lip.
And the sentiment died out of the
New York dudes nature and he went
home sick
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
A Cape Breton Parson.

He was tall, angular parson of the
old severe Presbyterian type. As the
local idiom has it, "You would know
by his English that he had the Gaelic. "
He was preaching in a brother parsons
pulpit to q congregation who We're
strangers to him. Descanting on the
lamb as type of gentleness, meekness,
ETC., he said:
1.-The lamb is qntGite and kind. The
lamb is not like the other beasts. the
lion and the tiger and the wolf. Ie
will not be runnin' away from the
lamb. No. The lamb is kaind; the
lamb will not eat We, whatever.
And there is food in the lamb. too.
Oh yes, you will be KILN the lamb and
the sheep when the cold weather will
come in the winter. You will be want
in some good strong food in the winter,
and it is then you will be KILN the
lamb.
..And there is clothing in the lamb
he is good for the clothing. You will
TEX the wool off him, and you will
mex clothes for yourselves. And how
would you and look without clothing?'
etc.
At the close of the exercises he gave
out the following very peculiar notice,
to explain which l must state that
ravages had been made among the
Presbyterian flock by the influence of a
divine of Il different persuasiOn: "And
there will most likely be 4 family from
X. that will be baptized here after
meeting on Friday night, but''-here
he leaned forward, and added, in a
loud stage-whisper ''yeH no be SAYING
a aUord about it, dear brethren, as do
not think they rant it knoWn. ."-Hdr-
per'S WaQdzine for JulY.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
Love in a Cottage.

Come from the city TO our cottage home
Screened with the honeysuckle's trellised
vines;
Leave for a time the dust and glare: and come
Where the dews fall-the sun scarcely
shines,
Where morning birds trill each delicious note
That echoes from the hillside and the rocks;
There in our scented bower, Wen read about
The rise and fall of stocks"
Fshaw! unromantic, plodding man, has life
No other aim than that of s0rdid gain?
Leave fools to carry on the sordid strife,
And Ger their musty ledgers rack the brain;
Let us so forth where hyacinths unfold
Their purpling petals-where the sun has
lent
The starry crocus all its wealth of gold
"At thirty-three per cent.
Oh, what a brute and Is there then no charm
In clOver-scented fields and purling rills2
Why, there Is beauty even in Il storm,
When ii is wrestling with the plumed hills,
And when the whispering twilight sets the
seal
or silence with IT'S oool and quenched light,
And to and fro. dim forms are seen to steal
Our chickens every night"
Oh! that had q friend with soul attuned
To the neglected yearnings of nay own,
Instead of barbed words that seek to wound,
My voice would find a sympathetic tone;
Together We would roam DER lawn and mead,
And start the thrushes from their leafy
screens,
Where our unite5 souls could love, and feed
ION bac,K cooked with green's
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
Governor Tod's Spelling.

An old gentleman who was on init
mate terms at the White House during
the war, said to the Boston TraUeller's
correspondent the other day: ''Stories
about Lincoln are plenty enough, but l
will tell you one which 1 can vouch for
us being true, and which, as far as nay
knowledge is concerned, has never been
in print. One of Lncsln's most es-
teemed friends was old Ex-Governor
Tod of Ohio. He wasIa quaint old
character, and Lincoln loved him for
his honesty. ability and native shrewd-
ness. At one time he thought of Tod
in connection with the SecretarEhip of
the Treasury, but afterward he gave
him foreign mission. One evening
when Tod was in town Lincoln invited
him over to the White House. They had
long chat together, when Lincoln finally
said: Look here, Tod, how is it that
you spell your name with only one d?
| married q Todd, but she spelled her
name with two DIS. All of her relatives
do the same. You are the first Tod
ever met who spelled his name with so
few letters Old Tod looked at Lincoln
for moment in his peculiarly quizzing
manner, and then replied: Mr.. Presi-
dent God spells his name with one d,
and what is good enough for God is
good enough for me- Lincoln used to
repeat this story TO some of his more in
innate friends, and every time he did
so he would laugh until the tears ran
down over that furrowed but grand
foon ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
Letter Carrying in Savage Lands.

Three scientific men, Emin Bev, DIR.
Junker, and Sig. Casiti, have for two
years been virtually prisoners in the
depths of Africa, says writer in the
New York San. Hemmed in one side
by the followers of the mehdi, they re-
treated southwark until they were stop
ped by hostile blacks not far from the
sources of the Nile. There they now ara
in the Unyoro country, waiting for the
succor which two parties sent out under
Drs. Fischer and Lem are trying amid
great difficulties to carry to them
Though cut off from all hope of escaping
by their own exertiOn, they have been
able to send a letter to their friends.
The fact has been frequently illustrated
within the past year or two that the
castaway in savage lands can often
make his sad plight known to the friends
whom it is utterly impossible for him to
reach except by letter.
The messenger who bore the missive
of these unfortunates to Victoria NyanZa
was probably just like those who, until
recently, were wont to travel over the
same road from the Egyptian outposts
to the great lake-an almost naked
savage carrying his letter in split stick,
which he bore high above his head when
walking through the tall, wet grass.
Postmen like this have done a great
deal of letter-carrying through African
jungles, and they have proved faithful
and expeditions.
The missionaries of the north end of
Victoria Nyanza for some months past
have virtually been prisoners in Rubaga,
and until recently none of them were
permitted to set foot outside the town.
Yet in the dark days when no white
man could possibly reach them, and
they hardly dared to hope that their
lives would be spared from hour to hour,
they managed several times to COM
mnnicate with their friends in England.
Hidden in the garments of Arab traders,
their letters safely reach the coast, and
were read in England about three
months after they were written. In the
same way number of white captives
of the mehdi have contrived TO send
tidings from their prison huts in khar-
toum to friends in Europe.
Six hundred years ago the man who
wished to send a message north from
the south end of Cochin China placed it
in the hands of courier, who was re-
lieved when about twelve to sixteen
miles on his way by second courier,
and thus the letter was transferred from
post to post, the couriers travelling at 4
sharp trot, carrying the letter as far in
one day as the ordinary traveller could
Journey in three. Exactly the same
method is still employed TO carry the
mails over this route. Along the royal
road that skirts the sea from Saigon
through AMMAN to Hue the couriers still
hurry at an extraordinary pace with
their mail snugly slowed away in bam-
boo tubes.
The method of carrying the mail in
savage lands is here aud there improv-
ing. 1t is now possible, for instance,
thousand miles up the Congo river to
affix to a letter postage stamp bearing
the portrait OF the king of Belgium, and
the words '.Free Congo State, put it
into civilized mailbag. aud send it
on its journey to the sea- This is a de-
cided improvement on the black native
with the split stick.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
Through Car Arrangement,

No ], Pullman Palace Sleeping Coach. Hor-
No. B, Pullman Palace Sleeping Coaches, and
regular Day Coaches. New York TO Chicago via.
Marion. and Chicago & Atlantic Railway lno
change for any class of passengers). Also,
Pullman Sleeping Coach Kent to Cincinnati.
and Parlor Gar Kent to Peoria. via Spring.
field and l., b. & w. R'y. Parlor Car Salaman-
ca to Cleveland.
No.5. Pullman Buffet Sleeping Coach. New
York to st. Louis. via Cincinnati, in conncc-
Buffet sleeping Coach, New York to Cleveland.
Solid Train, New York to Chicago, consisting
of Pullman Smoking, Day, Sleeping and HoLel
Coaches, via. Marion and Chicago Atlantic
Railway.
No. 4. Pullman Buffet Steering Coach and
Regular Day Coaches, Cincinnati to New York
(no change Tor any class of passengers). Also,
Pullman Buffet Sleeping Coach. Cleveland to
New York.
No. g. Pullman Sleeping Coach, Cincinnati
to HornellsvilIe; Pullman Palace Sleeping and
Hotel Coach Chicago to New York, via. Mari
on and Chicago Il Atlantic Railway.
No. -. Pullman Palace sleeping Coaches
and regular Day Coaches. Chicago to New u OFk
via. Marion. and Chicago Il Atlantic Railway
(no change for any class of passengers). Also,
Pullman Sleeping Coach, chicago to Albany
and Boston, via. Marion, and Chicago Il tan-
Coach. Lincinna att to Kent
No .stop-over" allowed upon Local Tickets.
A. e CLARK, Asst General Passenger and
Ticket a gent Cleveland, o.
IN. CLEMENTS. General Superintendent
J.E. SHARP. Agct,
Ravenna, .,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
A Daughter of Virginia.

AT Rockledge we met a typical south
ern beauty, perfect in form and physical
development, with nut-brown cheeks,
through which shone the rose tints of
morning, and large, deep, lustrous dark
eyes. perfect face, and brow that
would have done honor to Juno, yet as
sweet, tender. and loving to little g.
year-old niece, modelled on the same
style of beauty. whom she fondled and
who showered her with endearing
kisses and contiding embraces as Venus
could ever have been to her tenderest
pet She was from Virginia, that old
mother of presidents, and happy the
country whose presidents may have
such perfect models of womanhood for
mothers.-Red Wing Adcance-Sun.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05

lit is wonderful what progress mis-
sionary work has made in China" OBJ
served Mrs. Snaggs," Yes" replied
her husband; "it has made great prog
ress, but to what particular instance of
that progress do you refer?" why, it
has not been very many years since we
began to send missionaries there, and
now the Chinese have sent Minister to
this country" P!ttsbHrg Chroatcte. -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05

El Telcgrdma, of Gaudalajura, Mex.
is the smallest paper published on this
continent 1t is five by three inches IN
size.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05

When run to its full capacity an
Akron, Ohio. match factory turns out
5000 600 matches in one day, ---~-<4
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
M e. MCBRIDE, M. D.

Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE in Poe's Block, over Grocery of Il. A.
VanNeSs,
RESIDENCE on Cleveland Avenue, oLh resluehce
North of Bowery Street. si7
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
G. III. GRIFFIN,

NENTIST. Olfce over First National Bank
ID Ofice hours from 8 a. M. to D. m.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
q n INGEII
E. w, MAXSON,

A TTGRNEY Az LAW and Notary
~ Public Office in over Mrs. Smiths Milll-
cry store ii antua station, Ohio. 642-u
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
r, Y. LACEY,

IN PUBLIC.
Onice with NJ. STU ART. North Chestnutst
RaVenna. ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05

Attorney and Counselor at Law possesses
superior facilities for making collections In
ali parts OF the United States. Office over
First National Bank, GarrettsVille, ohlos
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
EASTWARD.

+Daily.
Connections at Gallery junction with North
ern Division Trains
No. !, for Butler.
"13, for Butler, Fexburg and Clarion.
~ 5. for Butler and Foxburg-
" ., gets condection from Foxburg and
BuCler-
d" IL, from Clarion, Foxburg and Butler.
Through Sleeping Car between Allegheny
and Chicago on Nos. aud g. daily.
Through Day Coach between Allegheny and
Toledo on Nos. and daily, except Su uday.
c.. A. & c. Night Express leaves Orrville
Union Depot. at 1927 p. m j., daily, with
Throy gh Day Coaches and Sleeping Car for
Columbus and Cincinnats.
THOS. M. KING,
General Manager.
@, W. BAsSETT,
General Passenger Agent:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05

I. T.. SIDDALL,
Attorney ut Law. Oflce in Phenix Block.
Ravenna, Ohio 479
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
E.E uuTCHINS. w.B. THOMAS.
HUTCHINS Sc THOMAS,

tsorneys ut Law, Eavenna, Ohio. ONCE in
Empire Building. Mr.. Hutchins will attend
at all Germs OF the Common Pleas and District
Courts IN PoFtage County. l-ly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
Business Cards.
j. H. NICHOLS.

j. II. NICHOLSs
Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Office
in Phenix Block over Second ational Bank.
Rasenna, Ohio.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-08-13
PRoHIpIrIoN IN PENNSYLVANIA.

PROHIBITION IN PENNSYLVANIA.
-Iu the Philadelphia Times Sena.
tor Cameron is reported as follows:
We get light as We move along.
l think prohibition doctrines aud
the practical methods of carrying
them out are yet in their crude
stage. 1t will doubtless succeed,
but in a very different shape from
which We now understand it. The
rights of both sides will be respect
ed. The difference in the rebellion
was the people went to wal about
their pet doctrine. If the rebellion
had been put down 10 the first year,
l believe every STAKEHOLDER in the
South would have been reimbursed.
But the %protractiOu OF the war, the
sacrifice Of lives and treasure, pre-
vented such a desirable solution as
that. L don't think We Will fight
over prohibition. At all events,
not yet, and | believe before that
time the matter will be settled.
This is a nation of the majority.
Their will is respected. What the
majority want they will have.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-08-13
Your Home Paper.

Edger Times.
Friends when you are ab0nt TO
discontinue yOnr subscription and
patronage to Your home paper in
order that you may subscribe lOF
some more expensive aud better
patrOnizetl foreign paper, have you
ever thought that IL is the home
paper that is really the source Ot
most profit and pleasure to you
Your home paper is tue only II
that is directly identified with the
interests Of your home and the
neighbOrhOOd IN which you live.
Have you ever read in the columns
of any foreign newspaper anything
that so thrilled Your heart with joy
and pride as did the item rrlating
to your success and prosperity or
the advancement of your son or
daughter. OF the tender tribute paid
to some departed-all to which you
have clipped from the columns of
your local newspapers aud have
laid away AZ sweet mementOes TO
be rraal and RI read, each time with
greater INTEREST," Your home paper
is directly concerned I'll yOur well
fare aud the welfare of yOnr neigh
bors. No other paper will so will.
iugly speak the word of encourage
ment to your sOns and daughters.
No other paper eau feel the pride
aud interest in the noble achieve
ments of yourself and neighbOrs
that your home paper menifests!
Aud yet some Tidieule aud reject
their home papesAs being unworthy
a place alongside the larger foreign
newspapersin their homes. Friends,
is this generOHs-is this SensibleF
No, your first duty is 70 your home
paper in preference to all others.
No foreign paper, NO matt ! bow
ably edited it may be, eau possibly
have claims upon you until you
have first discharged the duty Jon
owe to your home paper. To It's
prosperity you can contribute Oy
words of encouragement and gen
erous patronage. No one thing can
do SO much toward the general
welfare of q town or community as
can your local newspaper. Ought
not business men and citizens gen
feel a deep interest in the
welfare OF their home paper aud
contribute generously to its sup
We are willing to devote
our means and energies together
with whatever talent we may pos
sess to the building up and impfoT-
ing of our bone paper. VIII yoo
assist us-wm yOa encourage US
will you patronise rs literally
An Affirmative to each Of thsss
questions will settle the whole mat
ter and We will guarantee that your
home paper will BE- 8 grand success
and be welcome weekly visitor 70
5yery household.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-08-13
She Was His Strawberry.

An officer who was p~atrOling
Mullett street the other day saw a
crowd of people at a corner, and be
FASTENED his steps to discover 4
man sitting OF the ground with bis
back to a tree, while a score of wO.
men and boys surrounded him.
When the officer made inquiries as
to what had happened a short, stout
woman with her sleeves rolled up
confronted him and replied
"He's my husband, He's a good
for:nothIng lazy bones of a man,
aud we've had a row."
"What about
"Well, pve had to support him
by Washing for the last year, aud
he's been humble enough up to a
week ago. Then he took fifty cents
of my money and vent to a fortune
teller. She told him that l would
die very soon, and that he would
marry a strawberry blonde with
$4,000 in cash."
"Seventy.fve thousand dollars,
my DEAR" sighed the man IN the
grass.
"YOu shut up! He ca ne home
stepping high and feeling smart,
aud half an hour ago be had the
check to tell me that | stood in his
road. In fact, he wanted to know
when l was going TO dep
~ merely inquired" grOaned the
husband.
Sand / merely left my suds and
jumped into him." she continued.
at was a pretty even thing in the
house, but when l got out where |
could swing my right l gave him a
couple below the belt aud tied him
up. Strawberry 600
second marriage-hump! I'm his
strawberry! When l get through
with him I'll make that fortune
teller see strawberries for the rest
OF her born daysp
"Well, be gentle" cautioned the
officer, as he passed on.
"Ohl l won't hurt nobody nor
nothing" she replied ; and as the
officer passed on she lifted the man
to his feet aud banged him up the
steps and into the house in a dOnble
entry style of booking that ratified
t he shingles.-DetrOit Free Press.