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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-30
A Spider aud A Frog.

A gentlemen tells the Mecklenburg,
Va, Democrat, that in company. with
another. he was walking along the
banks of stream when their attention
was drawn to a noise near them iu the
water. 1t was aseertained that the
noise was caused by fight between a
monster spider and frog. Whenever
the two came together the spider would
seize the frog with his poisonous fangs;
the frog would then by q supreme
effort shake his enemy off and hop
away to a peculiar looking plant which
grew near, and after biting of por-
tion of the leaves and eating then
would return to the combat with re-
newed energy. The two gentlemen
watched the Interesting combat for a
long time, when one of them conclud-
ed that he would keep the frog away
from the plant, which it seemed to be
using as an antidote for the poison of
the spider. So when the frog as usual,
started for the plant after being bitten,
he kept him away; the poor fellow
made frantic efforts to get at it, but
was prevented, and in few minutes
the poison of the spider, not being
counteraeted, took effect. and the poof
frog expired Immediately.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-30
ALonely Old Man.

/ saw an old-fashioned one-horse
carriage driving down the avenue to-
day. The body stood high on its
springs. the paint was rusty, and the
curtains were ripped here and there
and were sagged and blistered. 1t was
drawn by stiff-legged white horse
that walked with the dignity of age
and distinguished service. The driver,
an old colored man, wore no livery. but
wore linen coat and high-crOwned
stiff-brimmed straw hat that were the
counterpart-except for longer service
of the coat and hat worn by the old
gentlemen who sat alone on the back
seat of the carriage. On the front seat
was a market basket.
The old gentleman was a striking
looking person. He appeared to belong
to a past age, as did his horse, his car
riage, and his driver. The whole rig
seemed to have Just come from the
seclusion of sorrow and to be in
mourning for the dead bygOnes. The
old mans locks were heavy and long,
but white with age. The broad should
ers were stopped and the face wore an
expression of deep abstraction and
utter loneliness. 1t was a strong face,
with heavy forehead and determined
chin, but marked throughout with
lines of sorrow.
The old man is Judge Holt, who was
in Buchanan's Cabinet, and was after
wards Judge Advocate General. He
lives in great seclusion in a large
house on Capitol Hill, surrounded in
part by brick wall and in part by a
high iron fence. He drives out in this
old rig to the market, but he goes mo-
where else, has no companions. and l
have never seen him stop his carriage
to speak with any one. or even to look
from the window to bow. His house
stands on high terrace with consider
able ground around it. and within its
gate his old servant is his only COM
panion.- Washington Letter.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-30
She Dropped the Hint.

Letter from your grip" asked q
travelling man of Billy Bliven, who
was intently perusing finely written
missiye-
''Not exactly. l thought she was
my girl till tore open the envelope"
What does she say?"
'Oh. nothing much. She's literary
in her tastes, and in this letter she
pauses to remark that for my own
benefit she would drop the hint that
condensation is one of the greatest
arts of letter-writing.' When / think
it over, / don't believe that it's a very
good sign when a girl talks that way"
-zhe Merchant Traveller.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-30
In the Shadow of Bunker Hill.

Modern Bostonian (who has only been
over about six months, to his friend the
Alderman)-Good marnin', Mishter
O'Toole. Could yez have the kindness
to tell me phwy the shops do be closed
and the flags a-hyin'g
Mr.. O'T0ole-lt do be the Swim
teenth, Dennis.
Modern Bostonian-The Seventeenth,
is itP Saints aloive, do yez have two
Saint Patrick's Days to the year in
Amerika?-Pnck.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-30

"You can't fool the voters" shouts
An esteemed contemporary. Well, no;
1t isn't necessary. anyhow. About ns tns
time the campaign begins to get red
hot the average voter is liable to MAKE
a fool of himself without any assls-
tance. You're going to join a march
ing club. of course, aren't your 20 pe
wes--&xr&sssS. -0
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-30

81 tell you, Straightedge, that Cross
cut is tower of strength to his party.
His is name to conjure by" Yes, y
said Straightedge, 81 should think it
would be, he's the trickiest man ever
kRew,neRstrdette.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-30

.sWho was that man you were quar-
reling with, BrownP" He's q member
of Mutrie,s nine" Ibid be, hit your
s.Naw; he struck at me three times, but
he didn't hit Ms."-4Sms.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-30
Business Cards.

H. B. DICKINSON,
TTORNEY AT LAW.
II special attention given to Probate bnsi-
ONCE over Second National Bank. Ravenna,
Ohio.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-04-21
A Story About a Hen.

A woman in Westfeld who makes ga
feature" of raising fowls and selling
eggs. recently found that her hens
were dying off because unable to di-
gest a certain kind of food she gave
them. There were dozen or more
moping around, their crops full of the
food and all seeming likely to follow
the two or three already dead. AS a
last resort the woman took one Of the
fowls into the house, and with sharp
pen-knife opened its crop and removed
the contents. The wound was then
carefully eFewed up and the fowl
placed in a warm box. After couple
of hours it was taken out of the coop
and put among the other fowls. Asat
morning tls1Good woman heard cliff
tering on her Bacnss.eps anarp tapping
at the door. Looking at, she saw the
hen she had operated u ,4arfheeInlly
leading a dozen or more as its a41icted
companions, all with tAeir heads
up and asking almost as
plainly as words that they be given the
same treatment which had relieved
their leader. Springfield Mass Re-
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-04-21
Squaws in a Prize Ring.

The Washoe and Piute Indians Of
Nevada have found out new and con-
genial amusement. This is in pitting
their squaws against one another in
rough and-tumble fights. In these
fights no rules are observed; every
thing goes-hair-pulling, scratching,
biting. gouging of eyes and kicking
are as legitimate as a blow strai hit
from the shoulder. When two robust
young squaws have been stripped to
breechclouts the bucks squat about
them in a ring and the battle and
the betting begin. In a recent
battle near Jacks valley, Smoke
Greek Sam, q Piute, backed his squaw
against the mahala of Big Mouth Jim,
a leading man among the Washoes.
Two hundred dollars in silver and sew
eral ponies changed hands on the re-.
suit. Smoke Greek Sans squaw was
the victor, and Sam won two ponies
and over twenty dollars in coin. The
fight lasted nearly an hour, and when
it ended the two squaws were covered
with blood. Not much halr was left
on the head of either. Big-Mouth
Jim's mahala was dragged out of the
ring with but little left of either ear,
while Smoke Creek Sans squaw had
one eye hanging out ON her cheek. -
Tirginia (Neu.l Enterprise.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-04-21
FULL OF FUN,

-'Mamma, said little girl, .'Tve
slept just sixteen hours. l went to
bed at eight and got up at eight
"A man who did not recognize a
metaphysician explained that he had
never metaphysical before. -SJJsngs.
When you consider how the banju
is fretted it's no wonder it makes such
a noise. Merchant Traveller.
Joking about her nose, young
lady said: Il had nothing to do with
shapingit 1t was birthday present. I"
-Freeneam's Maqazi,se.
You must come and see me, my
DEAR said lady to a little girl of her
acquaintance. DO you know my
number?' 'Oh, yes, ma am" re.
sponded the innocent child. Papa
says you always live at SKIES and sew
ems"
Mrs. Biggins-':Ah, Mrs. stig.
gins. it's not every woman who has
husband like yours. They say he is
very indulgent. Mrs. Stiggins-
There! told oshua that if he kept
on indulging on the sly somebody
would find it out. "-TSd-BHs
Your husband is self-made
man, I believe" remarked gentle
man to Congressman wife. ''Yes.'
she replied, her plumage putting up
with pride; Eyes, he is the Anarchist
of his own fortune. Washington
Critic.
well, I never; the new diseases
they have nowadays!' said Mrs. Pellet.
Il asked the doctor how Mr. Spleen
was. and he told me, with very sober
face, that he was convalessening Los.
ing his flesh. poor man. s'pose that
means. "-Namtucket Inquirer.
First Tramp Changing back)-
"Wot's the use goin' in there? Halt
dozen bars have refused us trust
already" Second Tramp-"What the
country demands is an investigation
of the Trusts, and that's what T nj on.
So come along. '-Te1as Sitzings.
-Dumley Ito landlady)-"How true
it is. Mrs. Hendricks, that u woman's
work is never done?" Landlady-
Very. would like to see you mo-
ment after dinner, Mr.. Dumley, before
you go out" Featherly (whispering) |
IL say, Dumley, some womens work |
IS always dun IN Y Sun.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-04-21
TOMBS OF MCNARCHS.
What Has Become of the Intermediate
Kings of France.

w nat mas Become OF the intermediate
Kings of France.
In one indistinguishable mass they
lie beneath the high altar of St. Denis.
From Clovis down to Louis XVI, their
stately monuments indeed still stand
around the church, but the tom BIS be-
meath these monuments are empty.
For the bloodthirsty revolutionists of
1898 the murder of the living King
was not enough. The dead also must
be rooted out-their very ashes de-
stroyed. No less than fifty-one tombs
were, by decree of the convention.
rif1ed and despoiled. The bodies of
Kings, Queens and Princess in every
stage of decay were tossed indiserimi-
nately into two great trenches dug
without the church. The corpse of
Henry ~. (surnamed the GreaD was
found in nearly perfect preservation.
A soldier wantonly cut off his beard
and wore it on his own lip as a mus
tache. Another was stuffed into a
glass case and made show of to
crafty idle curiosity. The recently
inferred bodies of Marie Antoinette
and the unhappy Louis were also cast
out into the ditch, and some attempt
was made to burn them. but ap.
parently with only partial success.
For when Louis XVIII. caused the re-
mains of his ancestors to be withdrawn
from the common trench Ito be re-
buried In consecrated ground) it was
still possible to separate these two
from the rest, and they were placed in
temporary wooden shells until. no
doubt some more fitting receptacle
could be provided. That time. how
ever. never came. After the July
revolution even their effigies were re-
moved and hidden away in the dark
est corner of the crypt, and when we
visited the spot some few years back
the unfortunate Louis and his stately
Queen still lay in their pauper coffin.
A long, narrow slit in the wall. guard
ed by iron bars, showed US the interior
of a plainly -arched vault, Immediately
beneath the chanceL The two dusty
looking coffins, of common, implanted
deal. stood side by side, facing from
north to south. Placed in little niche
above them small
Etruscan lamp gave forth a feeble
light. and enabled us to see that they
were supported by strong wooden
trestles, painted black. Several rows
Of other similar trestles stood in read
mess around, but few of them were
occupied, and those chiefly by tiny
collins Of little royal children Pail
Mall Gazette.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-04-21
ABSENCE OF MIND,
A Man i'm Whom 1t Is Developed to an As.
to@ishing Degree.

'.Now be sure not to forget" said 6
lady. playfully shaking her finger al
her escort as he arose to stretch hi:
legs between acts, and turning to a
lady friend, explained: HE is so alb
sent-minded."
0'Does he forget your letters and err.
rands?'
''Oh. no, indeed! He is so absent
minded l never intrust any to him.
But he forgets me. Why, only last
week he went out between acts and
never returned. I went home alone
and found him peacefully smoking
his cigar before the open fire, quite
oblivious of myself and the theater. ]
was very indignant but when l be-
gan with tears in my eyes; How
could you go off and leave me SOP"
the whole occurrence seemed to flash
upon him. He sprang to his feet de-
claring he had been worrying all the
evening about something he had for
gotten. and SO overwhelmed me with
loving protestations that I couldn't
talk to'him very seriously"
How sad! l wonder if all men are
so afflicted My usband is. Why. ]
remember one day he arose from the
dinner table, and feeling slight un-
easiness in his eyes, began operations
upon them with his tooth-pick, nearly
destroying his sight,
How unfortunate.
Yes and one night asked him to
replenish the fuel in the CRATE, and in
a fit of abstraction he brought in hod
of water and poured it on to the fire,
scalding himself and bringing ruin to
every thing"
Ooh, how perfectly awful! But
hadn't begun to tell you the worst
about my hus band. Why, it was only
week after our marriage, while
walking down Woodward avenue arm
in arm. he SO far forgot himself as to.
imagine he had an extremely burden
some bundle under his arm, and
offered newsboy quarter to carry it
for him.
But wars yer bundle, mister, the
little fellow inquired. And. will you
believe it, my Benedict deliberately
handed me over to the small boy, and
/ was so mortified
Her voice was drowned by the or
chestra. Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-04-21
ASPARAGUS CULTURE.
Methods Successfully Practiced by Well
Known Market Gardener.

known Market-Gardener.
President j. NJ Smith, of the Wis
consin Horticultural Society, whose
home and market gardening is justly
celebrated, gives a report of his aspar
agus which ought to encourage every
occupant of land to provide supply Of
this unequalled early green. His best
plantation is twenty years old and
yields annually a crop of us fine quality
as was ever raised in the United States.
The story of the way "this splendid
bed was made and is cared for, should
be influential against the mistaken idea
so widely prevalent, that the start and
culture are difficult, whereas, in fact,
no other product is SO easily obtained
and perpetuated:
Soil, sandy-loam; MANFRED very
heavily, then plowed, turning the
manure under; plowed to 10 inches
deep. burrows feet apart and about 6
inches deep, in no case more that Z
inches; burrows made with common
shovel pillow. Plants either one or
two years old from the seed, were
placed in the bottom of these burrows
about Is to Is inches apart, taking care
to spread the roots in their natural posi-
tons; this is very easy to do. After
the plants were so placed the earth
was drawn back into the furrow and
pressed down with the feet, and the
bed was finished. Since that time
it has been kept free of weeds
and grass. and every spring the tops
have been cut off and burned, good
coat OF manure put on and dug under,
using the common six-tined manure
forks for the purpose, being careful not
TO disturb the roots of the plants. The
result has been that since it came to its
best, about three years after setting,
it has never once failed to yield a
magnificent crop.
We cut some from it the second year,
but not much. In cutting care should
be taken to cut it clean as long as it is
cut at all. AS a market crop it is a
profitable one until there is surplus,
and then have found it to be as near
worthless as any crop we grow. To
my family and visiting friends, it is one
of the most delicious dishes that come
from the garden, and it is rare that
large dish of it does not find its way to
our table at least once a day from its
first appearance in early spring until
the season is nearly over, or until our
second sowing of peas are at their best.
One thing more. The reason for
leaving the tops on the buds without
cutting until spring is: When the
snow falls the tops catch and hold it.
1t remains there until it melts and is
the best mulch for the buds that we can
have. 1t always leaves the ground in
the best of order for early working,
and the plants can be started some
days earlier in this way than by any
other open ground method that l have
ever tried. Farmers RevteW.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-04-21
MADAME CARNOT.
The Clever Woman Who Now Presides al
the Etysee.


the Etysee.
President Carnot's wife is clever
woman. lively and we'll informed, and
has made a great effort to restore
some of the social glories of P :.ri s,
which were so much obscured under
the Grevy regime. She was active in
pushing her husband and in keeping
his name before the public, and never
missed attending an official reception
so to her he owes to certain extent
his present henors. While she was
going to all these receptions she was
taking notes of the failures and errors
Of the hostesses, and has thereby
managed to avoid most of them, now
that she herself has to give them.
She is the daughter of a brilliant man,
Dupont White, translator of Stuart
Mill works in French. She speaks En-
glish with perfect fiuency. and is much
more fond of English than
Of French novels. George Ell
lot is her fayorite. but Ouida
and Miss Braddon she also likes be-
cause of their rapidity, which carries
her swiftly along to the denouement.
She has no son, which is a great grief
to her. but for consolation has four
pretty clever little daughters, whom
she trains with great care. She is ex-
tremely fond Of American women,
and since her elevation to the E!ysee
has been careful to have the United
States we'll represented by its female
citizens at all her receptions. There
are a number Of important French
men with Anne rican wives, among
them M. Waddin gton, who has been
Ambassador to England for SO long a
time. His wife was Miss King. OF
New York, the daughter of one Of the
presidents OF Columbia College.
Clemeneeau, to whom Sadi- earn OF
owes in reality his election, married a
Miss Mary Fl ummer, of Greenwich,
Conn. Nine. Clemenceau is a great
friend of the Presidents wife, and, in.
Iced. has become more French than
the French, rarely appearing at any
American house in Paris, with the ex.
ception OF the United States Mn
ster' 5. IN T. World
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-04-21
WORK FOR WOMEN.
How Domestic Knowledge Can BE Turned
to Pocuntary Profit.

How Domestic knowledge Can BE Turned
to Pecuniary Profit.
While there are many woman, busy
thinkers and willing workers, in farm
houses throughout the land anxious to
solve the problem of self-support. COM
paratively few expect to find any solu-
ton of it at home. They are willing
TO venture into unknown fields, to go
to the great cities and toll as telegraph
operators, as workers in industrial de-
sign, and in a thousand ways. where
they are required to meet increased
expenses of living and the competition
of the thousands who are drawn hither
by the attraction Of city life. Only af-
ter they have toiled for years and
learned how much drudgery is re-
quired to make a bare living in single
room in city boarding house, do they
turn back to. the remembrance of the
old farm-life with regret. Very few
women are wise enough to turn their
domestic knowledge to pecuniary profit,
and when they do they are apt to trust
their goods to some Woman's Ex-
change. instead of going to the city
themselves and making their own bus
iness arrangements with some grocer
OF agent, or with customers directly-a
Tar better method whenever practical.
When they think of doing any thing of
this kind, they instinctively turn to the
greater cities, though they may be far
- -, -
nearer by. The markets Of New York are
better supplied than these smaller
cities. 1t is not difficult to get good
French bread in New York, which takes
tho place of the domestic article, but
it is impossible to get even fair bread
in many of the larger and smaller in
land cities Any farmer who brings in
bread or homemade pies to these cities
viii meet with a ready remunerative
sale for his wares. 1t is just.three years
ago since wise young woman with a
strong affection for art, but stronger
common sense which kept her from in
dulging impractioable dreams, con-
ceiyed the idea Of becoming 'shome-
made baker She began by making
pies, taking care to use the best ma
terials, allowing only . small profit for
herself on each pie. She lived within
fifteen miles Of d city of eighty thou
sand inhabitants, and her father was
in the habit of going thither to retail
some Of his farm produce twice
week. Her pies found ready mar
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-04-21

ket; then she began to make wheat and
graham bread. charging only eight
cents loaf, and coming in COMPETE
ton with the bakers, as she made a
better loaf at about the same price.
Her father, whose name stands
at the head of her business, though the
daughter has done the work, is new the
largest baker in that city. His daughter
employs ten or twelve hands, and con-
tinues her work on plain domestic prin-
ciples There is room in that city for a
number of other just such bakers.
There is always demand in the cities
for cottage cheese or pot cheese which
is fresh and well made. The mass of
this product now furnished to city mar
kets is made by poor peasants from
Europe, who have primitive ideas of
cleanliness, and usually feed their cows
on Stops. Though there is law pro-
hibiting this, it is Systematically eva
ded, especially in the smaller cities.
Good gingersnaps usually find ready
sale. 1t is wise for woman to confine
herself to one thing at first, gain
steady market for that in the nearest
city. or even in large village, then
add some other household products
that she is sure that she can make well.
She must not expect exorbitant profits
or her customers will be few She must
keep strict account of her expenses
and income, and be content with small
profits, and many customers are sure
to come. There is always more demand
for good bread and plain cake than for
any fancy or rich cakes. " Y I1i6-
skyae.