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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-09

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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-09

000Funny Selections, Scrap Pictures, etc, and
OJUmany nice Sample Cards for two cents. Hill
Publishing Company, Cadiz, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05
How Big Are the Waves?

1t Is very common phrase to speak
of the waves during a storm as s'run-
ming mountains high" but this really
means nothing. Accurate measure
ments made by Scoresby proved that,
during storms. waves in the Atlantic
rarely exceed 43 feet from hollow to
crest, the distance between the crests
being $50 feet, and their speed 325
miles an hour. More recent observa-
tions in the Atlantic give from A feet
to AZ feet as the highest measured
waves; but such heights are rarely
reached, and, indeed, waves exceed
ing 80 feet are very seldom encount-
cred. The monsoon waves at Kur:a-
chez breakwater works were found to
dash over the wall to the depth of 18
feet, or about 40 feet above mean sea-
level.
The greatest heights of waves on the
British coast were those observed in
Wick Bay-sO famous for the excep-
tionally heavy seas which roll into it
being 373 to 40 feet. Green seas to
the depth of 25 feet poured over the
parapet of the breakwater at inter-
walls of from seven TO ten minutes,
each wave, it was estimated, being a
mass of 10000 tons of water. and this
continuously for three days and nights.
The iron pile lighthouse erected on
the Bishop Rock was carried away by
unbroken seas striking the dwelling,
the floor of which was IS feet above
high water. A tower of granite was
subsequently erected on the Bishop,
and in 1860 the waves carried away
the fog bell. weighing cwt, at an ell
ovation of 100 feet above the sea. In
the Shetland Islands block of stone
have been quarried at the height of 20
to IS feet above the mean sea level.
But these instances of the action of
the waves during storms sink into in
significance when it is mentioned that
blocks of concrete, weighing 1850 to
1900 pounds respectively, were car
ried away by the repeated assaults of
the wild rollers of Wick Bay. The
depth to which wave action extends
has been differently estimated, but it
varies from 40 to $50 feet, as shell fish
which are known only to live at these
depths are thrown upon the shore DUR
ing heavy gales, and it has been ascer-
tained that shingle is moved in depth
of so feet. For all practical purposes,
however, so far as harbor works are
concerned, it is found that there is
little movement of materials under l8
to 20 feet below water. the foundations
of breakwaters hitherto constructed
not having been disturbed below these
levels. Scotsman.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05
Winter Wood-LOre.

OF all the feats common to hunting
life aud woodcraft, none seems to me
half so wonderful as tracking or trail
ing. As practiced by man tracking is
wonderful enough; but far more mar
velous is the power by which dog or
fox can follow its prey at full speed,
guided only by scent, without erring
or being led astray.
To US, the word scent has but little
meaning; it is the name of a power
with which man is, comparatively, al
most unendowed. We go into the
woods and see nothing but a leaf
strewn ground, thinly Scattered over
with herbs and thiekly planted with
trees; we see no quadruped, and find
no sign of any, perhaps, save the far
away chatter of a squirrel. But our
dog, merrily careering about, is pos
sessed of a superior power. At every
moment of his course he is gathering
facts, and reading wonderful record
of the past, the present, and even of
the future. Here" says his unseen
guide, sis where deer passed a min
ute ago" or IAN hour ago." ''this was
the course of fox week ago;' that
was the direction in which a rabbit
there was weasel after himT
Such is the curious record of scent,
revealed to the dog but hidden from
the man, and even inexplicable to him;
for though we have a theoretical
knowledge of the subject, it is too i'm
perfect to make us fully understand
that not only has every kind of ami
NAL, but each individual animal, its
own peculiar scent. Thus, the dog
can distinguish not only the bucks,
does, and fawns of the deer tribe, but
can pick out of dozen the track of
the particular buck that he is follow
ing, and never leave it or lose it.
Moreover, he can tell by the scent
| which way the animal is going, and
he Is never known to run backward on
a trail. Now, when we compare this
wonderful power with our own feeble
sense of smell. we will be ready to ad-
NIT that it is faculty of which man,
comparatively, has little.
Let US suppose that you were to
awake some fine morning and find
that. as in the old fairy tales. mighty
genius had conferred on you a new
and wonderful faculty, that enabled
you to go forth and read the running
records with even greater accuracy
and ease than can the hound-what a
marvel it would be, and how intensely
interesting its exercise to a lover of
Nature! And yet this very miracle is
what actually takes place every year
in our northern country. The great
genius is old Boreas, and the means
by which he confers the new power is
the first fall of snow.-Ernest E.
Thompson ias st. Nicholas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05
1t Might Have Been.

Full often in our lives has come a day
When, pausing where two paths divergent
lay,
We pondered. deep aud long, which one to
chO"Se.
Fearful that, either followed, We might lose
The rare enj0ym ant of happy hour,
Or grateful incense OF a fragrant flower,
Or glimpse of some fair land where shines the
Or giant groves. and where the rivers run
Through turrowed feids, and through the
OF cypress trees that weep upon the banks.
We fear to lose so much; hut knowing not
The changeful chances OF onr future lot.
We set out boldly on the chosen track,
And then so often comes the looking back,
The baiIici strife our cherished goal to win,
The nournful, hopeless cry, lit might have
been"
Sometimes the soul. when with great sorrow
wrHng,
Recalls time, long fed, when lightly hung
The course of future years in Fate's great
scale,
And sees how, all unwittingly, an influence
frai
AS morning dews. that on the grasses CLEAN,
Destroying the even balance of the beam,
Unknown 10 Us the deep decision made,
And turned our path from sunshine into
shade.
A passing thought, a look Il irfing deed;
A word unspoken iu an hour of need,
Or spoken when tHere better left unsad;
Some written line that we by chance have
read;
All these can shift the scene with subtle
hand,
We never think that such little thing
Can ever such tremendous sequence bring,
Until too late, and then we backward turn
The page that We have filled and dmly burn
The light of other days in vain regrets
For Opport unities gone by. The spirit frets
Against its destiny, and deep within
Our hearts we mourn for what we might have
been,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05
Chocolate and Cocoa.

There is not much difference be-
tween chocolate and cocoa. They are
both made from the seeds of a tree
that grows in Central and SouthAmer-
lea and the West Indies. Humboldt
first made the three known to Europ-
cans. 1t is an evergreen and bears
flowers and fruit the whole year. The
fruit is a long pod containing 20 to 80
beans in rose-colored sweet pulp.
Twice a year, in June and December,
the fruit is gathered, and the beans
are separated and dried in the sun.
The manufacturer roasts these beans
about as coffee is roasted, aud they go
through several processes of crushing,
grinding, ETC., to remove the acrid
oils and the grit, and finally the finely
pulverized mass is mixed with sugar,
if any kind of sweet chocolate is to be
made. Cocoa is the name given to the
bean in its native country, aud also to
the powdered forms of it in the mar
ket.-Go0d Housekeeping.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05
A Strange Spanish Sect.

The London Chronicles Madrid corr
respondent telegraphs: Your readers!
may remember that some time ago u
drew attention to very remarkable
phase of religious fanatieism in the
little village of TolOx, in the provinces
of Malaga, which has led 10 State.
prosecution. The devotees of the re-
Igion, l may call to mind, took it into.
their heads, or, rather, were led to be-
lleVe by their leader, a woman who.
declared herself prophecies, that the
highest form of religion was to con-
duct the mundane affairs of this life in
the simple garb of Adam and Eve be-
fore the fall. This was bad enough,
and led, as l have said, to the inter
vention of the crown; but it was not,
their only divergence from the ways of
ordinary mortals-another portion OF
their doctrines being to infiict upon,
themselves wounds in the hands,
breast, and feet such as are shown I'M
representations of the crucifxion..
They also burnt all, or nearly all. their1
worldly possessions, in the belief that
higher power would provide them,
with food. Their behavior, indeed,j
was such that, as stated, the govern
ment felt called upon to interfere, and
day or two ago number of the lead4
ers OF this strange sect were put upon
their trial. Already the most extra
ordinary revelations have been made,
apart from what may be called the
spiritual manifestations which these
misguided people declare have BEEN
made to them. The most interesting
feature in connection with the trial
have been the experiments in hypnot-t
ism which have been made on the de-
PENDANTS by medical specialists-this
being the first time hypnotism has
been resorted to in Spain in the inter-
ests of justice. In nearly every case
the defendants proved to be .'good'''
subjects. Many of the experiments
tried by the doctors were of the most
extraordinary character. One of the
accused, for instance, when in a state
of hypotism, on being ordered to per-
spire, broke out almost instantly in a
state of profuse perspiration, whilei
another. who was ordered to ascend 81
very high mountain, being the while
IN an ordinary room, behaved as If he
were actually climbing, his breathing
becoming difficult aud his heart beat
ing violently. When this man was
told that he had reached the summit
and might rest awhile, the symptoms
of exhaustion gradually disappeared,
Others were pricked with long pins,
and gave no evidence of what was be-
ing done to them. The trial will last
several days longer and will probably
result in merely nominal punishment
being imposed upon the accused. who
for the most part seem to be merely
harmless, weak-minded people.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05
Nearly Perpetual Night in Alaska

Il have just got down from Sitka,
Alaska. today" said John Williamson
at the American Exchange yesterday.
at is weird, wild place up there. 1t
is not so awfully cold, but it is pretty
nearly all the time night there. You
can't see the sun till II o'clock in the
day, and it goes down again behind
the mountains almost Immediately.
There is just a narrow strip of the
day in great big ocean of night.
Lamps have to be kept burning most
all the time, and men cant accom-
olish anything much trying to work.
1t is rather worse seventy-tive miles
farther north, at Killisnoo, where
was for a little while. Snow was
about eight inches deep, and the low
est | saw the thermometer was . de
grees below zero.
There are only about 800 people
now at Sitka, and not over 600 or 700
at Juneau. 1t is the same way at Fort
Wrangle. The population has
shriveled up great deal. Many peo-
pie have come away. They hate to
spend the winter there, it is so fear
fully long and dark. A lot more peo-
pie would like to get away, but they
have not got the money to come on. "
San Francisco Examiner.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05
A Chinese Cure For SMALLPOX.

Smallpox is due to causes partly
internal and partly external to the
suffering victim. The present season,
being the driest of the " hole wear, is
peculiarly trying to health. Same of
the conditions attendant on dry at
mosphere have an all-powerful effect
in bringing on mankind diseases, es-
peciallv smallpox. AS already stated
i'll these columns, it has been raging at
kOn"nan, in tue district of SIN III.
AT the present time it is prevalent in
Canton and Fatshau. Sad to relate,
children in great numbers are seized
with the malady and deaths are fire.
quent The last circumstance has in
duceI a certain benevolent and phil
anthrOpic gentleman to write US in
formation on the following remedy:
I'm a case of smallpox do not call
in doctor or resort To- drugs, for the
incompetent among doctors are more
in number than the competent, and
there is danger that the treatment ad-
ministered will rather kill than cure.
Refrain, therefore from sacrificing life
to the ignorance of quacks. The true
remedy is to beat drum in the
presence of the patient. No matter
what kind of drum. Several varie-
ties have been tried. and always with
the best results"
No sooner did this prescription
reach Us than we determined to test
its efficiency. One of our friends had
child afflicted with smallpox. The
child had been under the influence of
the disease for several days. 1t could
not take food worth speaking of, and,
moreover, the max eson the skin, in
stead of coming out, as they should
do when the disease takes a favorable
turn. were beginning to disappear. A
fatal sign!
We acted on the advice sent us,
and proceeded to beat drum at the
child's bedside. The results were
marvellous. The pock marks forth
with began to show, the child's appe-
tite returned, and as the drum beat
ing was repeated from day to day, re-
covery was rapid, aud finally became
complete.
The advice contained in the letter
above quoted is not all given. There
is one important addition to be made.
If the patient himself beats the drum
$50 much the better Canton Ka0onq-
PO.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05
Tomato Canneries.

The several tomato-canning factories
IN New Jersey put up from 200, 900 to
1000, 900 0~'cans apiece last autumn.
Farmers raise the vegetables and sell
them by weight at about S6 a ton.
The tomatoes first go into ''scalder,,
where they are immersed in hot water
while in a'basket, and soon lifted out
and taken to women, who skin them,
the most expert earning $3.50 to 81 a
day. The skinned tomatoes are put
into hopper, from which they are
mechanically forced into cans. To
prevent having light cans. woman
inspects each one. -
Generally each can is capped aud
soldered, one at a time; but machine
has been invented, and has been con-
siderably used. that will solder the
caps on ten cans at once, and the ma
chine can be operated by an unskilled
workman. The cans are next put in
hot water, where for an hour or more
their contents are scalded. After
cooling, the cans are again inspected
for imperfect ones. A few days there
after the labelling is done, and then
the cans are packed in cases for ship
ping.-Good Housekeeping.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05

An Indian urn. about the size and
shape of cocOanut, was exhhmed on
farm near Bridgeton, N. j. 1t is
comely in shape and smooth in work
manship, and Ornamented around the
neck, near the mouth, with the pecul-
lar impression found on the broken
pottery of the Indian village near Shi-
LOU. Indian remains and arrows have
been found here, and it is supposed to
be an Indian camp ground.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05
Tho Question.

Spake the youth Adam, to the maiden Eve:
'-Dost love me? Answer! answer. or diel"
Not sol" she said, with instinct to deceive:
Then downward glanced, and blushed from
No to Ay,
''Dost love me. love mc?" And denial failed,
With loves first kiss.-"Besure love thee"
Nay.
Not sure was he: with sharper doubt he wall
ed,
"Dost love me. love me2"-Tin upon a day,
Suspecting him by vaster thoughts beguiled,
QGoth she, more softly than the widowed
bird,
'Dost love me, AdamT' And his quick ears
heard;
With half sigh, and half yawn, lie smiled,
As one convinced: and thenceforth, DER and
DER,
Answered the question-which he asked no
more.
William Young in The Century.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05

B. Napoli. an Italian ranehman at
DAYTON. New, discovered one of his
cows choking on a potato. He thrust
in his hand and succeeded in pushing
the obstruction down the cows throat,
but when he undertook to withdraw
his arm the cow shut down on it like a
wise, and kept her hold until her jaws
were pried apart with erowbar. The
bones and flesh of his arm were so
crushed that amputation viii be
necessary. -------
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05

Women are always willing to speak
of the ages of other women. and VIII
discuss it with freedom and positive
assertion of facts calculated to con-
vince any man that there's nothing
private or reserved about it. But when
I comes to the age OF an actress, wo-
mans arithmetic gets involved.--B'!t-
fdio Express.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05

Teacher (to class of colored boys)-
How many seasons in year? William
Everett-Four. Teacher - Correct.
How mucn is seven and fourp Rufus
Eleven. Teacher Correct.
Now, Clarence Toombs, who was the
first man? Clarence promptly and
with surety of succes)-Fohty-fo'!-
It'd Bits.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05

The greatest elevation which has
been attained by man is 81, 900 feet
about seven miles-this height having
been reached during balloon ascent
made by Glaisher. At this tremendous
distance above the earth's surface
physical exertion is found to be almost
impossible, owing to the great rare>
faction Of the atmosphere.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05

Mrs. Sally Summers, of Jones
County, Georgia, has 365 grand chill
dren, l42 great-grand children, aud ~
great-great-grandehildren,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-05

During the last sixteen years $4,000
sailors on British ships have been lost
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-04-21
The Contagion of Yawning.

There has been an amusing discussion
lately in Paris on the subject of Kissing
at theatres. 1t is interesting to note
that an attempt made in the last cen
fury to put stop to the practice proved
a disastrous failure The edict had
hardly gone forth, under the auspices Of
tho chief of police, when a first per-
Torrance came off. A gentleman who
was addicted VIGOROUSLY to hostile
demonstrations was "sandwiched, " by
way Of precaution, between two agents
Of law, and soon the curtain arose.
Every eye was directed towards the
inyeterate delinquent; but, to the
general surprise, ho' sat still without
making sign Ere long. however, he
began to yawn, and soon the two police
men took to yawning in sympathy.
Their neighbor5 unconsciously fol-
lowed suit, the contagion spread, and
in a short time pit, boxes and galleries
were yawning as they never yawned
before. Even the actors, with their
gaze fixed on the public could not resist
the example set them; and the uuIucky
author had the misfortune OF hearing
his most telling 'hits" launched forth
amid perfect chorus Of yawns
The embargo against Kissing was
promptly removed, it having been found
by experience that return to the old
system was infinitely preferable to the
new one inaugurated by the irrcpressible
Chcvalicr de la Moiicr, who made
perfect speciality Of his demonstrations
against new plays at the Comedio Fra2-
caisc and had particularly distinguished
himself by the uproar he created at the
first appearance Of Yoltaire's Tan
crcdc. -[St. James Gazette.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-04-21
SAVANNAH GA. SATURDAY, APRIL 81, 1888
A Rat.Catching Serpent.

Two summers ago we observed one OF
these small constructors in an unusual
situation. One-half of his body lay ex-
tended on the roof of q packing house
while the other half dropped through q
hole, and on the inside its bright eyes
watched the antics of several rats which
leased it as monkeys are said to do its
bigger brethren. Tho snake swayed
slowly back and forth and twisted its
body in graceful curves while the rats
scurried around on the beams and gradu-
ally drew nearer Suddenly there was
a quick swing, the long body dropped
downward till only the tail lay on the
roof-thcre was squeak of agony and
the snake pulled rat from the rafter
and its body was swinging back and
forth while the rat bit and scratched
vigorously, but vainly. Gradually fold
after fold was wrapped round the ro-
dent-then there was alternately a
swelling and contraction of the black
belt, and the rat gaped and died. For
some minutes the snake lay still, as if to
be certain that life was extinct in its
prey, and then began to crawl back
ward through the hole till part OF its
body agaio rested on the roof Then
the head and throat unwrapped itself
from the body of the rat, a critical ex-
animation was made, and by twist after
twist the prey was rolled back till there
was room Tor action. Then it caught
the head of the rat in its mouth and
swallowed it far enough to take firm
grasp, after which the rat was released
IRON the coils and the snake crept back
ward, holding its prey in it, jaws, and
finished it at its leisure on the roof, -
Palatka (Fla.) News
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-04-21
A Moor's Palace In Morocco.

1t was the palace Of the Moor Affair."
into which we were invited We
stepped from the cramped and dirty
street, incapable, one would have
thought, Of even hiding luxury or gram
deur, through an unpretentious door
way and found ourselves at once at the
foot Of broad staircase, broader, in
decd, than the street from which it led.
We here conducted to tho central patio
of the palace, its floor covered with
tiles, and its walls with tiles and carved
wood work. The Moor left no space
undccoratcd, and, where opportunity
was given his woodwork was painted
with endless, changing design and
Arabic letters, 50 suitable to symmesri-
cal ornamentation. The wives had been
dismissed before our entrance aud we
saw that this court opened on to their
rooms, fitted with diyan and couch.
Furniture in our sense was entirely want
ing with the exception OF the divans and
iA'"NJ Aiitte' anu N*s PgNAA5sg "|AAf AZ 80
women apartments, large mirrors. No
pictures or portraits adorued thu wallis
or were lounI ii the carving. The
Koran forbids. Ia the masters apart
meats there was as LITTLE and - the
balcony overlooking the garden,
divan and tea tray were all that be-
tokcne1 habitation. Railways Ted from
these apartments into Inc loag open
bathroom withmar3le sides and shallow,
running water, and leloro reaching the
garden we found other rooms belosglng
to the master with open courts and low
ceilings. All were alike ornamcated ia
graceful. conventional carving aad piint-
ing and ia c3lorcd tiles, so familiar in
the Alhambra. These Tetuaacsc retain
the secret ottleir manufacture and can
sua reproduce this pri5mqtic metallic
lustrc On q u-icolorcl surface. New
Y0r.. Times.