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Sharp County record., 1888-02-16
STORIES Of THE RAIL.
Some Remarkable Experiences Of
a Railroad Man.

Il was" said the man with the
wooden leg, station agent on the B,
& R. railroad for good many years,
and several things occurred there
which were the talk of the line and
which you may find interesting enough
to publish. My station was both in
significant and important. While it
was only hamlet in population, it
was railroad crossing. While every
train seemed to be in hurry 10 get
away as fast as possible, all engines
had to take water or coal, and various
trains had to pull in on the long siding
to let various other trains pass.
The policy Of our road was mig
garlly. The object was to get every
thing cheap, and to work every man
to the limit My station building was
little better than a shed, and 1t was
impossible to get any repairs or i'm
provements | was required to act
as telegraph operator, ticket seller,
freight agent, switchman, chOre boy,
and all else, and did not have an hour
could call my own l had a cot in
the office, and was on call during the
night Let 'em sound my call while |
was in the deepest sleep and inside Of
twenty seconds | was ready to answer.
/ should have had q frst-class assist
ant at my station, but the company
would not permit it. Imust either do
the work alone or get out for some
one who could and would, and so |
kept hanging on. month after month
and year after year. always thinking
about going. but never making up my
mind to do it, The situation was
grave enough to keep my nerves un-
der constant strain. Train Dispatch
ing was not the art it is now, and il
regular got behind her time it caused
confusion all along the line
One of the queer in cidents occurred
after | had had the station about two
years. 1t was in the fall Of the year,
with a great deal of nasty weather,
and trains were continually late The
last passenger train on the road passed
me, according to the schedule, At l0.30
p. m. The next one passed at 7:20 a.
m, and it was supposed that the
intervening time belonged 10 me-
If the night freight was on time.
and if did not get call
on the instrument and if there was
no special on the line, and if dozen
other things did not occur, | could
sleep from eleven to six. 1t may have
occurred that my sleep was unbroken
five nights in year. On all other
nights | was turned ont from one to
three or four times. The night freight
should reach me At 12:O5-fve minutes
after midnight. She never left nor
took up a car at my station, leaving
that for the day freight. but made a
stop of seven or eight minutes for coal
and water. II there was a special on
the line, or if there had been an &C
cident the freight might have to side
track and wait, but such a thing was
rare.
''As rule. was always asleep
when the freight came in, but some
how or other / knew of her arrival
knew of it without waking up, and
Sharp County record., 1888-02-16

In poultry show in New York
some of the turkeys weigh learlJ
fftv pounds.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12
GhePidan's Ride.

Much of Sheridans reputation as a
profanity expert may be attributed to
Buchanan Reads poem describing
Sheridan's famous ride from Winches-
ter to Cedar Creek. Sheridan, accord
ing to Read, road down the lines with
a terrible oath, which was so soul-in-
spring as to bring the demoralized
and scattered soldiers back to their
senses and instil them with new COUP
age.
Sheridan was accompanied on that
ride to Cedar Greek by two staff Off
GERS, Brig. Gen. George A. Forsythe
and Col O'Keefe. THIS is what Sheri-
dan said, according to Gen. Forsythe.
when he rode up and met his soldiers
fleeing from the enemy: Boys. those
of you who are not towards follow me,
for I'll sleep in that camp tonight Or
I'll sleep in hell!'' The effect of these
words, Gen. Forsythe says, was magi-
cal. The boys turned with a cheer and
followed Sheridan to Il man.
A few years ago Gen. Sheridan, in
conversation about the origin of Mr..
Reads poem aud how it came to be
written. said that e idea was first
suggested by James E Murdock, the
elocutionist and actor, of Cincinnati.
Mr.. Murdock was around Sheridans
headquarters after the battle of Mis-"
sionary Ridge. He was there to bring
back the body of his son, who had
been killed in action. There was
some delay in getting the body, as the
enemy occupied the ground where his
son fell. Mr. Read Was also at Sherl-
dams headquarters frequently. The
general said: ''On Sundays he (Mur-
dock) always used to recite poems to
the troops around headquarters, and
there was one of Browning's that the
| boys never missed chance to call for.
1t was great favorite with me, don't
YOU know, Just as it was with the SOL
diers, and we never let the old man Oft
without his reading it. 1t was the
story of the ride from Client to AK.
"Well, you see, after the battle OF
Cedar Greek there was published in
Harper's Weekly story of my ride
from Winchester, and picture of me
on the back of old Rienzi. Murdock
had agreed to recite a poem at the
| sanitary fair that was being held at
Cincinnati at that time, and Read had
| promised to write something new and
appropriate for him. But when Muir
dock called on him for the manuscript,
the afternoon he was to recite, he
hadn't touched pen to paper-said
| he didn't know what to write about.
| Well, Murdock had just seen man
who was in the battle, and was full OF
the story, being friend of mine, you
see; so he pulled the copy of Horper's
Weekly from his pocket and repeated
to Read all that the officer had told
him. Read jumped up and locked
himself in his room, wrote the poem
off-hand in an hour, and got his wife
to make copy and hand it over to
Murdock before dark. The latter was
delighted with it, and read it at the
sanitary fair that night.
when did you first see it?"
| 1.-The first l saw of it was in the
newspapers. One of my officers
brought it to my tent one morning in
the camp down in the Shenandoah
| yalley."-Nea0 York World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12
Worlds Dispansary Medical Association,
663 Main ST., BUFFALO, N. Y
BENTON,s HAIR GROVER.

All who are BALD, all who are be-
coming BALD, ali who do not want to
be BALD, all who are troubled with
DANDRUFF, or ITCHING of the scalp,
should use Benton's Hair Grower.
EIGHTY PER CENT. of those using it
have grown hair. 1t never fails to
stop the hair from falling. Through
sickness and fevers the hair sometimes
falls off in short time, and although
the person may have remained bald
for years, if you use Benton's Hair
Grower according to directions, you
are sure of growth of hair. In hun
dreds of cases we have produced good
growth of hair on persons who have
been bald and glazed for years. We
have fully substantiated the following
facts.
We grow hair in every case no mat
ter how long bald.
Unlike other preparations it contains
no sugar of lead. or vegetable or min
eral poisons.
1t is specific for falling hair, dan
druf, and itching of the scalp.
The Hair Grower is hair food, and
its composition is almost exactly like
the oil which supplies the hair with
it's vitality.
If your druggists have not got it we
will send it prepaid on receipt of price.
BENTON HAIR GROWER Co,
Cleveland, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12
Names In the Northwest.

Eagle pass through which the Cana
dian Pacific passes, was named to pre-
serve its singular discovery. Walter
Moberly, q tprospector," was sent in
1865 by the Canadian government to
search for wagon route to the Pacific.
He searched in vain for days to find a
pass leading through the Gold range,
and was about to give up in despair.
One morning he noticed an eagle
fiying up a narrow valley. He follow
ed the direction taken by the bird,
and, discovering the only pass which
penetrates the wall of mountain,
named it Eagle pass.
Kicking Horse pass owes its origin
to prosaic fact. A member of a sur
veying party, while surveying, the
railroad route, was kicked by horse
just as they were beginning on the
pass. His comrades commemorated
the accident by giving the pass, the
name it bears. ''Moose Jaw" the
queer name of station on the same
railroad commentaries the fact that
near the spot 'white brave" mended
the wheel of his cart with the jaw-bone
of q moose.
The Earl of Dunmore used to hunt
in what was then known as the 'great
lone land" attended only by Indian
and half-breed guides. While passing
the creek near which Moose Jaw"
station now stands, he shot a moose,
took away the flesh and left the head.
On his return the Red river cart, in
which the goods of the party We're
carried. broke down, close to the spot
where the moose had been shot. They
had no hammer, nor could they find a
stone large enough to drive in the pin
to mend tine wheel.
Lord Dunmore happened to espy
the head of the moose, which had been
picked clean Of flesh, and with the
jaw-bone the pin was driven home.
The Indians named the place from
this trifiing fact.-Yonths Companion.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12
A "GaIney" Bishop.

A few years ago the Episcopal dio-
cese of Kentucky appear' to be torn
up with dissensions about High and
Low Church views. The bishop un-
fortunately allowed his sympathies to
be drawn out to one of these parties as
against the other, and Hereafter, be-
coming disheartened and discouraged,
resigned the bishopric.
Tie present bishop, when called to
the diocese, was determined to ignore
these dissensions, and if possible to
harmonize this people, and bring them
into the broad, liberal views of the
Church.
For some time neither of these par
ties was able to discover whether his
sympathies were with one or the Other
party, until, an occasion presenting
itself in social circle, Il lady (witt
the curiosity of the sex) said, Bishop
what are your views? We cannot fine
out. Are you High-Church or Low
Church,"
Instantly the bishop replied, "Mad
am, am High, Low, Jack, and the
Game.
1t is needless to add that there are
no dissensions now. The Game ha
been won; Jack IS forgotten. Higl
and Low, rich and poor, are in har
mony under his inistry.-EdttoT'
| DrGlCer in HarpeY'S Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12
Stories of Big Snakes.

The sea-serpent has q fresh-water
relative, who, according to the natiYez
of the Amazon country, is many faith
oms in length, and appears successive
lY in different parts of the river. They
call it the Mai d'agoa-the mother OF
the water. Tie fable doubtless arose
from the appearance of some huge an
aconda, of Which,, it is said, some in
dividuals have been killed measuring
AZ feet in length.
One day native and his little son
10 years of age went up the river to
gather wild fruit. The canoe was
pushed on a sloping, sandy shore, amid
"A grove of wild guava and myrtle
trees. The father entered the forest,
leaving his boy to mind the canoe.
While the little fellow was playing
in the water, under the shade of the
trees, a huge anaconda suddenly
wound its coils around him. His cries
brought his father to the rescue.
Rushing forward, he seized the ana
conda boldly by the head, tore its jaws
asunder, and released his son before
the reptile had crushed his bones.
The water snakes inhabting the la
goons of Venezuela have the strength
and voracity of the boa-constrictor,
and, like them, kill their prey by crush
ing it in their huge muscular folds.
TIER jaws are furnished with a row
of sharp and crooked teeth, bent in
ward. With these the snake seizes its
prey and holds it securely until the
crushed victim drops.
In darting upon COW or bull drink
ing at the lagoon the snake aims at its
snout, and when once the terrible
fangs have been buried in the flesh the
animal seldom escapes. 1t is only by
cutting the snake in two that even the
strongest bull can conquer the reptile.
Sometimes . bull does cut its adver-
sary asunder in the struggle. Then
the victor proudly marches at the head
of it's troop of cows with half of the
snake hanging from his nose.-Yo"thS
COnDa7llOn.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12
Steel Air Ships.

DR.. Arthur De Bausset, of Chicago,
President of the Transcontinental
Erial Navigation Company, is in the
city placing contract for steel to be
used in the mammoth air ships which
he proposes to build. Each of these
ships will be c54 feet long and IA feet
in diameter. They will be cone-shaped
and made of steel, or, in other words,
a steel balloon. The vessel will cost
$3.50, 900, and it is the intention to
build several of them. Dr. De Baus-
set is the inventor of the mrOplane,
as he calls it. He says it is no longer
an experiment., but q fact, and that
during the present year he will start
on voyage of discovery to the north
pole and arctic regions. ''All bal
looms constructed heretofore" said he,
''have been of silk or fabric used as
a substitute therefor, and inflated with
hydrogen gas or common illuminating
gas. Instead of gas shall simply use
nothing but vacuum, which is light
er even than pure hydrogen. If hy-
drogen is only one-fourth the weight
of air, and coal-gas only one-half, why
use either, when by pumping out the
air vacuum will be produced? Then
there will be no weight to carry ex-
cept the vessel and its attachments.
1t is the atmospheric pressure which l
have to contend with principally in
using this vacuum. Nature abhOrs a
vacuum, and if an inventor were to
pump all the air out of silk balloon
he would have left on his hands moth
ing but a rag, as fiat as a pancake.
To provide against the danger of at
mospheric pressure / shalr build my
air ships of steel plates so thin as to
weigh less in the aggregate than the
air displaced. and yet strong enough
to withstand the pressure from with
out"
The inventor stated further that he
could easily develop a speed of 120
miles per hour. If the first voyage is
successful he will ask Congress to pass
bill adopting his ships for use along
the coasts for defense and life-saving
purposes. He thinks his air ship will
WELD powerful influence in the event
of war between the United States
and foreign power. The Americans,
with ships of this kind, could keep the
united fleets of the world away from
the coast. The serial ships, to do this
successfully, need only be loaded with
dynamite shells, which could be
dropped ON the enemies vessels
Pittsburg Cor.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12
Wild Dogs of Halalei.

"The wild dogs of Halalei," said c.
L. Ordway, who arrived here from
Hawaii few days since on the schoon-
er Lurline, ''are getting to be very
There are hundreds, II
not thousands, of them on Halalei,
and they are extremely destructive to
the goats and sheep that Craze there.
Owners of stock have expert native
Kanakas hunting for them all the
time, but they make little headway.
1t is rare that they kill any. They
are too cunning.
s'They have also tried trapping and
batting them with poisoned meat. but
this does not fetch them either. They
are willy and suspicious as a fox, and
refuse to have anything to do with
that which looks the least suspicious.
''In the territories of Idaho and
Montana" continued Mr.. OrdWay,
who is an En9lishman, 81 have heard
tnere are men who make business OF
killing wolves for the bounty and
skins, by placing bit of poisonous
tallow candle on stick, at Intervals,
round a circuit of many miles. The
sheep and goat owners tried this, on
the recommendation of an old noun
tainer, on the wild dogs, but they
wouldn't take the tallow.
These wild dogs are of a dirty yell
lowish color, with sharp, almost white,
noses and upright, sharp ears that
look as if shipped off with shears.
Their teeth are as sharp as needles,
and a couple of them stick out very
long.
'They are by no means particular
about using their legs, however. They
are very vicious, especially when their
Young are with them, and enjoy a
| fight. The Kanakas are afraid OF
| them. 1t is not known how these dogs
got wild, for everybody met at Hala-
lei told me they were always there.
..They are breeding pretty fast, and
the residents of the island don't know
what to do about it. They roam in
bands of from four to six usually, and
sleep in the lava-capped hills and
cliffs of the rocks. Lately they have
been getting away with not only the
sheep and goats. but the calves ever
up to year old.
Two or three wild dogs can easily
down yearling, while the others il
the pack stand round and nip the Othe
cattle and keep them at bay. One
the calf is down they cut his threa
and suck the blood.
..They are different from any othe
species of wild dogs l have ever We
heard of. 1t is thought that only reg
ular organized forces will be able t
thin them out, and the scattering resi-
dents of Halalei are now preparing t
make war upon them in earnest wit
imported greyhounds and guns loade
with buckshot." San Francisco El
d1lainer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12

A Chicago drummer is authority for
the statement $50 of course it is truth
fuD that he was in an Iowa town
where murder trial was in progress
and in which it was plain that a cold
blooded murder mad been committed,
yet the jury brought in verdict of
acquittal. A large figure of Justice
holding her scales aloft stood on the
dome of the court house. When the
verdict mot guilty" was announced,
the drummer says loud crash was
heard overhead. On Investigation it
was found that the scales had drop
ped from the hands of the goddess and
had been smashed into little pieces.
The scales have never been replaced,
for the country people believe they
would be out of place.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12
An Unimportant Omission.

The head usher had finished mar
shaling his forces in the church vesti-
bule, but his brows were wrInkled and
he looked anxiously about him.
81 know I've forgotten something" )"
he murmured, land l can't think what
it is. The flowers are all right, the
dominie's got the ring, the old man
knows where to stand to give her
away, the organist's primed-what the
deuce is missing?"
"Where's the bridegroom inquired
a sympathetic spectator.
"By Jove! that's it. Forgot to no.
tify Jack. l knew there was some
blamed little detail had Slipped my
memory."-PucE.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12

Prince Bismarck is still a hard
worker and is becoming a rich man.
The salaries from his offices are by
no means extravagant, but, added,
to the revenues of his estates and the
profits of his saw-mills and distilleries,
they bring his income to between
$10O,00 and $150.000a year. And, as
the Prince is notoriously economical, a
large proportion of this comfortable
income is annually saved
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12
EASTWARD.

TDallYs
Connections at Gallery Junction with North
ern Division Trains:
No. for Butler.
.. 5, for Butler and Foxburg.
2 gets condection from Foxburg and
BuIier.
from Clarion, Foxburg and Butler.
Through Sleeping Car between Allegheny
and Chicago on os. and q. daily
LAKE DIVISI N.
Painesville and Youngstown Mail daily, eX-
eept Sundays, Leares Painesville 80 =. N |;
Chardon e6 East Claridon $50: Burton s.Ss;
Middlefeld 46; West Pennington 91O; war
rem 50; Niles 10 04; Girard 10 10; arrives at
Youngstown 10 80. Returning, leaves Youngs-
town / SO p. m tiirard So; Niles O6; w arren
293; West Farmington 8 "a; Middleaeld 3T;
Burton "a; East Claridon g. IS; Chardon AUS /;
arrives Painesville 4. 40
J,T. JOHNSON. sup't
O, w. BASSETT,
General Passenger Agent.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12

A newspaper in the north of Eng
land laboring under the delusion that
the late meeting of the American
board at Springfield, Mass, was a
convention of boarders, goes on to
comment upon the fact that so many
Americans prefer boarding. to keeping
house and to express the hope that the
example will not be followed in Eng
10 nd
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft, or Calloused Lumps
and Blemishes from horses, Blood
SPAWN, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Sti-
6es, S2rains, Sore and Swollen throat,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one
bottle. Warranted. Sold by Belding
& Gibbons, Druggists. .Ravenns, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12

A correspondent asks why it is that
cyclones, tornados, etc., occur on Sun.
day much more often than on any
other day of tine week. The religious
editor, having ruminated upon the
question, answers that the extra and
prodigious amount of wickedness dis
played on the day throws nature into
coRYultions. y --
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12
Teachers Examinations.

Examinations of Teachers will be held at the
High School building in Ravenna. commencing
at 9 O'Clock A. n. and closing at O'Clock n.
on the first SATURDAYS of each month. excep
Fe bruary and March, in which two months the
examinations will be held on the first and third
Saturdays,
SPECIAL NorIoK.-No certificate will be ants.
dated BY order of the Board.
rrrUETT CIs,h
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-04-12
Bucklen's ArnicaSaIve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for
SUITS, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores, letter, chapped hands, chill
olains, corns, and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles, 1t is guar.
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per
>nx. For sale hv q. p. Reed. Rsvanns
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Cleveland & Pittsburgh R. R.
Trains Depart from Ravenna Station as fol-
lows, Central Standard Time:
SCHEDULE TAKING EFFECT Jan %, 1887.

PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING CARS.
On Fast Line to Philadelphia and New York,
without change, Connecting in Union Station,
Pittsburgh, with Through Cars to Baltimore
and Washington.
No. sc makes close connection at Alli-
ance with fast through trains for Chicago and
Western points.
For Time Tables, Rates of Fare, Through
Tickets and Baggage Checks. and further in
formation regarding the running of trains
W d. ARMSTRONG,
Ticket Agt., Ravenna, o.
JAS. MoCREA, e. A. FORD,
Geu'l Manager, Gen, Passenger Agt.
Pittsbur9h Pittsburg
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Able FRICES i.
A. E. STEPHENSON,
ChARLEsToWN, O.

CHARLESToWN, O.,
Offers to the people OF Portage County the fol-
lowing uneXcelled Varieties, which Lave iuva-
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II every competitive test aS to Hardness Size,
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WHITE ANN ARBoR GRAPE-Hardy. pro.
ltne, large and delicious. kipens ten days or
two weeks before the Concord. Never nildews
nor rots. Second size, one year old. small, SO
cents each.
We, the undersigned. having been appointed
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Of w ashtenaw Co. Michigan to act as Judges
In the Pemologieal Department at their Fair in
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ion that the " " hite Ann Arbor" 4" Seeding was
far the most desirable OF the lot
For stse. FL0or and 6eautg, it took the lead OF
all our standard varieties, and we believe it
will yet become one of the most popular Grapes
IN this country. MABTIE CLARK,
I'D. WILLIAMS,
Committee.
ANN ARBoR. NICE, Dee. %. 1882.
RUSSIAN MULBERRY-HARD beau
tiful. quick growing tree for the lawn while
II to 10 inch size, 10 cents each. 81 80 per dozen
THEwAGER PEACH.-This is, without ex-
ception. the best and richest Peach we are ac-
quainted with. for table use and canning pur-
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yellow s sniGH o9i
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WATERLOO PEACH.-9 to IT. rs cts. each
The largest and best very early peach grown
Ripens about middle Of July.
| big BOB"-THK COMING sTRAwBERRY.-
The biggest and most uniform in size. the best
| favored and most productive, and the vines the
hardest, Price by mail. 81 co per ioz q y
per 100. A. e. STEPHENSON.
| Ravenna. March 80, 1888 762-2m