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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-04
Tie Number of the Stars.

The total number of stars one can
see will depend very largely upon the
clearness Of the atmosphere and the
-keenness of the eye. There are in the
whole celestial sphere about G, 900 stars
visible to an ordinarily good eye. OF
these, however, we can never see more
than fraction at any one time, be-
cause a half of the sphere is always be-
low the horizon. If we could see
star in the horizon, as easily as in the
zenith, a half of the whole number, or
5000, would be visible on any clear
night. But stars near the horizon are
seen through so great a thickness of
atmosphere as greatly to obscure their
light, and only the brightest ones can
there be seen. As result of this OBJ
scuratiOn, it is not likely that more
than 1000 stars can ever be taken in
at a single view by any ordinary eye.
About 1000 other stars are so near the
South Pole that they never rise in our
latitudes. Hence, out of 5000 sup
posed To be visible. only 1000 ever
come within the range of our vision,
unless we make journey towards the
equator.
As telescope power is increased, we
still find stars of fainter and fainter
light. But the number cannot go on
increasing forever in the same ratio as
with the brighter magnitudes, because,
if it did, the whole sky would be a
blaze of starlight. If telescopes with
powers far exceeding our present ones
were made, they would no doubt show
new stars of the twentieth and twenty
first, ETC., magnitudes But it is high
" llah u 10 hot hn- Of
successive orders of'stars would not in
crease. in the same ratio as is observed
in the eighth, ninth and tenth magni-
tudes, for example. The enormous la
Dor of estimating the number of stars
of such classes will long prevent the
accumulation of statistics on, this ques[
ton; but this much is certain, and in
special regions of the sky, which have
been searchingly examined by various
telescopes of successively increasing
,apeFtures, the number of new stars
found is by no means in proportion to
the increased instrumental power. If
this is found to be true elsewhere, the
conclusion may be that, after all, the
stellar system can be experimentally
shown to beiOf finite extent and to con-
tain only finite number of stars. In
the whole sky an eye of average power
will see about 5000 stars, as / have
just said. With a telescope this num-
Der is greatly increased, and the most
powerful telescopes of modern times
will show more than 60,0O0,000 stars
OF this number, not one out of one
hundred has ever been .catalogued at
all. In all, 314, ,926, from the
first to the 81 magnitudes, are con-
tanned in the northern sky; or about
coo, 600 in both hemispheres. ALI of
these can be seen with 3-inch object
glass. E. S. Holden, an the Cen.
takTU
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-04
Kant's Idea or a Good Will.

We speak of good meat, good bread,
good wine; by which phrases we mean
either things that are palatable, and
so give pleasure, or things that are
wholesome, and by conducting to health
conduce to pleasure. A good fire, good
clothing, a good house, we SO name
because they minister eitherto comfort,
which means pleasure, or crafty the
esthetic sentiment, which also means
pleasure. So it is with things which
more indirectly further welfare. as
good tools or good roads. When we
speak of good workman, good
teacher, a good doctor, it is the same;
efficiency in aiding others well being
is what we indirectly mean. Yet again,
good government, good institutions,
good laws, cOnnOte benefits yielded to
the society in which they exist; bene-
fits being equivalent to certain kinds
of happiness, positive or negative. But
Kant tells us that good will is one
that is good in and for itself without
reference to ends. We are not to think
of it as prompting acts which will
profit the man himself. either by con-
dacing to his health, advancing his
culture, or improving his inclinations;
for all these are in the long run con-
duceive to happiness, aud are urged
only for the reason that they do this.
We are not to think of a will as good
because, by fultilment of it, friends are
saved from sufferings OF have their
qualifications increased; for this would
involve calling it good because of bene-
ficial ends in view. Nor must con-
duciveness to social ameliorations,
present OF future, be taken into ac-
count when we attempt to conceive a
good will. In short, we are to frame
our idea of good will without any
material out of which to frame the
idea of good; good is to be used in
thought as an eviscerated term.-Her-
bert Spencer, in the Popular Scaence
Month[u.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-04

nurse-in-chief, wearing the prettiest of
putfcd muslin aprons, and sick-rOOm
toilets. Gladyswas transformed into
a Sister of Charity, without the uniform;
but, in her delirium, Clara motioned
them away.
on never came near me before,
she said. You wouldn't Speak to me!
You told me the parlor was not for an
upper servant like me! Why do you
come to me now?"
"Poor darlingr' said Belle with Grim
son spots glowing on either cheek.
''She is quite out of her headr'
''She doesn't recognize u.s." said
Gladys sweetly.
But the doctor was shrewder than
they thought. He comprehended it
all.
The March tempests were bowling
down the chimney-place when Clara
Brighton first fell i'll. 1t was early in
April when at last she sat up in a
cushioned chair.
81 do hope your recovery won be
very tedious" said Mrs. Brighton, '.be-
cause need this room very much. DR..
Cecil has engaged the suite through for
his own use.
Il will try not to be in your way"
said Clara meekly.
81 think he is going to be married."
added Mrs. Brighton complaceutly.
He has never exactly proposed to
Belle, but she has every reason to sup
pose that-'
''Oh. auntr cried out Clara, her pale
cheeks flushing up like roses, is it
possible that you do not know-that
he has not told you-"
Child" said Mrs. Brighton severe
ly, what on earth do you mean?"
I'VE are to be married." said Clara
simply. HE has asked me to be his
wife. And he has ordered hangings
and furniture for the rooms to suit my
taste.".,
For an instant Mrs. Brighton was
struck dumb. Then recovering her
self with an effort, she kissed Clara
effasively.
my dear, I'm sure / congratulate
you. And the girls will be delighted"
The Misses Brighton were apt
daughters of so accomplished IA mother.
To hear their greetings to Clara no one
would ever have suspected that they
had been angling SO long and steadily
for DIR. Cecil themselves.
But the doctor knew that he had
won prize. And Clara was radiantly
happy. And, under these circum-
stances, what mattered it who else was
dissatisfiedp
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-04
The Vanderbilt Tomb.

5 The mausoleum asitis now represents
an outlay of over $250,000. 1t is built
into the crown of a hill-the highest
point in plot of twenty-five acres.
which is being converted into beauti.
ful park under the personal direction
of Frederick Law Olmstead, the de-
signer of Central Park. All the woods
which concealed the front of the tomb
are cleared away, and the workmen
are now. engaged in cutting, filling,
and grading, and otherwise complet.
ing the approach to and surroundings
of the tomb. A force of landscape gar
deners are also at work, and the result
will be the conversion of the twenty
five acres of hill and dale, woodland
and meadow, into the finest park in
America, at an expense of over $780,.
900.
Profiting by the unfortunate expert
ence of A. T. Stewards family, writes
New York correspondent of the
Cleveland SM8, the Vanderbilts have
taken every precaution to guard
against their dead being interfered
with in any way. Besides placing
them in so strong a tomb, the com.
bination of whose lock is known only
to member of the family, they long
kept half dozen of Pinkerton's men
on constant duty at the tomb. One Of
the guards watched during the day; the
other five took turns during the night.
They carried a time clock fitted for
twelve different keys, and every fifteen
minutes during the night the guard
visited different points about the
mausoleum, inserted the little keys
fastened at each place and gave the
turn that registered the exact time Of
his visit. Twice a day the little slips
of paper are taken out of the clocks and
forwarded to the New York office.
The view from the front of the tomb
is one of the finest in the world. 1t
faces the east and looks out across the
Narrows and to the ocean. Through
the Narrows, seeming almost at your
feet, streams an endless procession of
vessels of all kinds, from the coasting
sloops to the great ocean steamers.
Directly from in front of you stretch
the green lawns of the cemetery, with
the white tombstones glistening in the
sun, and beyond that are the waters of
the bay, dotted by the white wings of
the ships, and fretted and crossed by
the curling smoke from the steamers.
In the distance you can just make out
the buildings massed about the Battery.
Over all this moving panorama of sea
and sky, of land and air, comes the
strong, fresh wind of the ocean, filling
your lungs with health and your soul
with gladness at every breath. One
could not ask fairer spot to lie in
death than this wind swept summit,
looking out on one hand to life and
turmoil, the smoke aud CRIME of the
harbor, and on the other to the free,
unknown, unsolved ocean. Surely a
royal resting place have the Wander
bilts chosen for their dead.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-04
Got to Thinking How Funny 'TwouId

The Boston Courier says they were
sitting together in the warm parlor,
saying little but thinking much. But
lovers do not need to say much to be
companionable.
The little clock on the mantel fol-
some time had been the only speaker.
Its tick, tick, tick, tick, seemed to the
youth to say: tKiss her, kiss. her, kiss
her, kiss her." To the maiden it said:
Leap year, leap year, leap year, leap
year." and its reiteration of this phrase
forced the maid to break the silence:
'tHow funny some people arel" she
said
''FunnyP"
yes; some people who are going to
get married"
"Ohr'
''Yes; some want to be married in a
balloon, some, on the middle arch Of a
bridge, some in a boat, some. in rail-
road train, some on horseback, some on
the edge of precipice, some down in
a coal mine-"
Yes, have noticed it."
What is the object, wonder?"
Marriage, of course" :"
''But l mean their object in getting
married out of the usual way"
''Well, FL tell you what l think.
They get married in this way so that
they can tell their children and their
grandchildren that they were married
under peculiar circumstances, as, for
instance: Your mother and me, chill
dren. were married in coal mine,' or
'Your4 grandmother and me, children,
were married in balloon"
IN bet that's just the reason" said
the maiden.
'Of-course it is the reason"
There was pause. Then the maiden
with a glowing cheek said:
1--we been thinking, john"
"Yesp" he said, interrogativelv.
tive been thinking how funny it
would be-
'.Well, Bella, you've been thinking
what?"
'.lf, when the subject of marriage
comes up thirty or forty years hence,
yon could point to me and say, why,
children. your grandmother proposed
to me in leap year and we were mar
ried few weeks after"
John is very busy these days furnish
ing nice little cottage, and Bella is
superintending the making of her we'd
ding dress.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-04
Facetious John Allen.

One of Aliens best jokes was perpe-
trated on one of his "hayseed constitu-
ents" who paid visit to the National
Capital and had Allen show him the
sights. Finally the Congressman took
his delighted friend into the House
gallery and pointed out to him the
disting guished people on the floor be-
low.
s.Who is the leader of this house?"
inquired the Mississippian-
90" said Allen, modestly, "you will
find out when they call the roll. The
first man on the list is the leader OF
the House. They are just now getting
ready for call"
The Mississippian pricked up his ears
and listened. A moment later the
Clerk bawled out at the head OF the
list:
sJohn M. Allenr"-P Philadelphia Times
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-04

Robinson-I say, Dumley, that UNI
brella lent you last week / saw Jones
carrying this morning. Dumley-You
don't say so. / let Smith take it yes.
terday and he must have loaned it to
Jones. That man Smith can't be de.
pended upon.-Epoch.
1t is reported that 100000 cotton
wood trees have been plantedin South
vest Kansas this year.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-04

Inc sDrl0R mas 0eu WIN lJs e0l00 ana H1OWeE
The summer reigns in the radiant hour,
When noon burns sweetness from every now
er
That turns its face to the sun.
She reigns in the waning blue of the skies,
When the level light of late evening lies
On pastures golLen with memories
OF dear dreams, over and done.
o summer, sweet summer, when lover stray
Past the green mill-pool by the shady way
Through the fields soft-wreathed in the new.
mown hay,
And down through the leafIy lane;
when the young dream dreams and the old
folks stand
And look out over the quiet land,
And sigh mot sadly, if hand clasps hand)
That youth comes never againl
For the summer dies-as our youth must die
And vain are the prayer and the passionate
cry,
The roses and beautiful davs go by
With all their wonder and worth;
And SHOWS are over the lily head,
And a sheet of ice on the roses bed,
And love may die, now the leaves are dead
And the winter is lord of the earth.
Yet listen- sad heart, to the glad refrain
OF the brown winged birds in the brown
hedged lane;
Summer has gone, but she comes againl
Sweet summer never can die.
And youtb, sweet youth, is immortal too,
And will bloom again as the roses do,
And love Is eternal-if hearts be true
Though youth and the rose go bE. -
The Argosy.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-04
A diamond merchant of New York is

A diamond merchant of New York is
reported as saying that when the
African mines were discovered
there was very nearly a panic, which
was averted by combination of
large dealers who banded together and
bought a control of all the diamond
mines. Two great companies. the
Central Mining Company and the Kim
berley Company practically control
the diamond market of the world, and
no new diamonds are put on the mar
ket except as they permit, and the
price is Kept where it is by combina-
ton; and is not influenced by suppiyor
demand.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-04

my poor man." salu a woman who
had given some breakfast to tramp.
you eat slowly and in evident pain
yes. madam" sadly responded the
tramp, II had to sell the gold filling
in my teeth last week for food O,
starve.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-04

Portable electric lights, arranged to
hang on a button of ones coat. and
with parabolic reflector to conceu-
trate the light, with storage batteries
weighing Il pounds each, are made to
enable persons to read in railroad cara
by night. J
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-04

Four men met in Baxley. Ga, recent
~ weighing altogether l,Ol7 pounds,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-04

e. Y. LACEY,
4 TTORNEV AT LAW, and NOTARY
IN RUBLiC.
Il. O. o. BLOCH GARRKTTsvILIE, OHIO.
INSURANCE AGENT.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-04
Sweet Summer.

The spring has fed with its shine and shower
The summer reigns in the radiant hour,
When noon burns sweetness from every now
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-09
A Steel Cable in China.

A remarkable engineering feat has just
teen carried out in China in the face Of
unusual physical obstacles. This was the
stretching Of a steel cable of seven strands
across the Luan river by Mr.. A. de Linde,
a Danish engineer, aided only by un-
skilled Chinese labor. The cable is strung
from Two points 4,Gis feet apart. The
height Of n support is AL feet above
the present level Of the river and the sec
ond support 737 feet above it. The vertex
over the water is se~yenty-eight feet. The
Chinese cable is the longest but one in the
world. The telegraph air cable across
the Kistna has a span Of 5000 feet; two
similar cables cross the Ganges. one 2. 900
and the other $3.50 feet. A third line Of
1,13j feet crosses the Hooghly, and in
the United States there is one over the
Missouri Of 1900 feet-Indian Engi-
neeriDg.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-09
Symbols In the Cnfncnmhs.

The following symbols, borrowed from
the Scriptures, were frequently repre-
sented in the Catacombs, and relate to
the virtues and duties of the Christian
life: The dove, with or without the olive
branch, the type of simplicity and inno-
sence; the ship, representing sometimes
the church as safely sailing through the
food of corruption. with reference TO
Eoah's ark, sometimes the individual
soul on its voyage to the heavenly home
under the conduct Of the storm controll-
ing Saviour; the palm branch, which
the seer Of the Apocalypse puts into the
hands Of the elect as the sign Of victory:
the anchor, the figure of hope; the Tyre.
denoting festal joy, sweet harmony; the
cock, an admonition to watchfulness.
with reference to Peters fall: the hart,
which pants for the fresh water brooks;
and the vine, which, with It's branches
and clusters, illustrates the union of the
Christians with Christ according TO the
parable John XIV, 1-G), and the richness
and fullness Of Christian life.-prolessnr
Philip SchaiT in The CentuIy.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-09
JAPANESE
- Meaning OF Some OF the Figures Seen
on Jars and Fans.

on Jars and Fans.
The creation was, according TO ira
dition, brought ABOUT in this wise. In
The dim ages Of the past there existed a
trinity who dwelt in space. Later came
sther deities (Kami), with separate
~nistences, and after seven generations
hegotten from them, the creation, which
vas confined TO Japan, was decided on
md carried through in six stages, almost
similar to those in our Pentateuch, the
work being delegated to Isanaghi and
his sister, lsanami. From the goddess
prang certain terrestrial deities, among
whom were Ama-terasu, the beautiful
goddess Of the sun; I~sukoyumi, the
goddess of the moon, and Susano, god of
NE wind.
A story which finds frequent illustra-
lion in japanese art is that CT the quarrel
between Ama-terasu and her brother and
her consequent retirement to a cave,
whence she was inveigled by the dancing
Il a goddess, ~variously named Okame,
Ouzoume, or Uzume. 1t is narrated at
length in Grifis' "Mikado's Empire"
and Reeds Japan and is one Of the
fairy stories recently published In a de-
hghtfully illustrated form as a child's
book under the title of ''Yamata-no-
0rochi." Masks of the fair dancer are
10 be found in every curio shop. The
features o these masks are always
similar and have been handed down for
senturies-a narrow forehead adorned
With imperial spots of sable, pulled out
cheeks, dimpled chin and laughing
tenance. One of them is usually to be
seen in every Japanese house. In her
full length figures she usually carries in
her hands a bundle Of reeds and a dart
bound round with herbs and little bells.
Many ancient customs still exist which
originated in this quarrel, notably the 60
hei, or branches adorned with bits Of
silk and paper, which are hung in all
shinto places Of worship, the drum upon
which Ouzoume danced and the cocks
who 10Y inhabit the precincts Of the
temple. and which were then engaged to
attract Ama-terasu's attention by crow
ing in Concert. So, TOO, the cord Of rice
straw, which keeps away the visits Of
evil spirits, and the sacred FURNISHED cir
sular mirror, wher in the goddess beheld
her likeness, and which is the origin Of
the round mirror of metal which JAPAN
Csc women still use as their only looking
glass. The dancing Of Ouzoume before
the cavern is i'm lated in the pantomimic
dance still practiced in every japanese
village. Another frequent subject for
Illustration is Susano killing the eight
headed dragon after he had induced him
70 partake of sake set in eight jars. His
exploit is depicted upon the bank notes Of
the country. A sword, which he found
in the tail of the dragon. is one Of the
three sacred emblems in the imperial re-
gala. lie was the father Of Dalkoku.
the god of good fortune Art Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-09
Australian Bush Life,

Practical jokes are very often played
on a sheep station, especially on new
chums. The most awkward horse Is
given TO the newcomer. and the result
eagerly watched for. Perhaps the Aus
tralian 'buck jumper is the most diff
cult horse in the world TO sit. He allows
himself to be mounted quietly, and then
puts his nose between his knees. arches
his back like a cat, and usually unseats
his rider. They are sometimes taught to
buck jump, and strangers are challenged
TO ride them. Some.can eve buck right
out Of the saddle without bursting the
girths, and leave their rider behind on
the ground. The black fellows in a sta
ton are very expert riders, and will ieep
their seats after the saddle has gone
San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-09
Fish Frozen for shipment.

Frozen fish are imported into Mar.
settles by a society formed for the pur-
pose. A steamer lately brought there
some thirty six tons Of frozen fish in its
hold, the temperature Of which had been
kept at the freezing point by means of a
machine evaporating sulphuric acid. The
fish are caught with the net in various
parts Of the Mediterranean and Atlantic.
After arrival they are dispatched by
night in a cold chamber. Experiment
has shown that fish can be kept seven or
eight months al low temperature without
the least changc.-Boston Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-09

The best time 10 correct our faults Ia
while they are still our private property.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-09
The Dido In Paris.

A model II fashion IN Paris recently
appeared at the theatre in Ibis, as the
latest agony Ia evening dress: He wore
two studs; his coat collar and lnpcls were
Of mat silk the tail, Of his coat were
very short; his wais,coat buttone1 high;
his cravat was UNIFORMED; his gloves were
putty colo-el and without black stitch
ing; the hrim ~ his hat was fiat. and his
cane vas gid headed and richly EN-.
bossed. He carries a cane in order 10
keep his hands oat Of his pockets, which
is pronounced 10 be a re~prehensibls
fashion. -Paris Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-09
CURES ALL HUMORS,

from a common Dlotch. or Eruption, to the
worst ScrOfula. Salt-rheum, "Eever-sores."
Scaly or Rough Skin, in short, oil diseases
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Erysinelas, DOlls, ~CarhunCles, Fore Eyes. Scrof-
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white SwclllnFs," GOitrc, or Thick Neck,
and Enlarged Glands. send ten cents In
sIamp tor n large Treatise, with colorch
plates, on Skin Diseases, or the same amount
for q Treatise on ScrOiulous Affections.
"FOR TIE eloOo IS TIE LIFE"
Thoroughly cleanse It by using Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and good
digestion, a fnir skin, buoyant spirits, vital
strength and bodily health will be established.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-09
Selecting q Gancho LEADER.

It is related that a Gaucho army once
selected its leader after the following
exciting manner: A number Of totally
wild horses were driven into a corral
whose only exit was a gateway above
which was n cross bar. 1t was agreed
that whoever should drop from the bar
upon one NJ the animals as it rushed out
and break it then and there without
saddle or bride should lie their general.
The feat wal likely to cost the candidate
his life, but il was successfully accom- d
plished. Who will Doubt that the for
tunato man was fit leader for such an
army2-T. G. Harhaugh.