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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16
Curious Lamps of Long Ago.

The first lamps were probably the
skulls of animals, in which fat of some
kind was burned.
Among the many beautiful works of
art excavated at Herculaneum and
Pompeii none are more exquisite than
the candelabra
Egyptian records say that the lamp
was invented in Egypt, but it is more
than probable that lamps originally
came from India or China.
Lanterns were also known to the
ancients. They were of a cylindrical
form and built up of iron bars, the
intervals between being made of trans
lucent horn.
A tive-lamp stand from Herculaneum
is shown at the Naples museum. The
platform of this candelabrum rests up
on three lion feet, while the stem is q
tree.
When lamps began to be made of
earth or metal they were in the form of
shell, and in the earliest lamps we
find the shell reproduced in earthen-
ware, stone, or metal.
Many ''statue lamp-stands'' have
been found in Pompeii, and among
them one is preserved in the Neapoli-
tan museum which represents an image
which is doubtless meant for Silenus.
In Zetland at the present time
travellers may see the shell of the
''roarin' buckle" the fusus antiquus,
hung up for lamps, to which, indeed,
their shape very well adapts them.
Lamps have been found of marble,
granite, bronze, gold. silver, ivory,
onyx, and other valuable materials,
and the labor expended on some por-
lions of their construction seems almost
Incredible.
The most common form of lamp in;
Great Britain during the early midc'
ages was that of the ordinary stone pot,
either round or square, from the side
of which hung wick of twisted cord
OF piece of rope.
Another very beautiful lamp-stand
was found at Hercnlaneum. 1t repre-
sented the figure of boy standing by g
column little higher than his head.
One arm is extended, the fingers hold
ing the chain from which the lamp is
suspended, the other hold the TRIM
mer. The statue is about two feet
high.
The ancient wicks consisted of few
threads, which were inadequate to soak
up the oil, and constant trimming and
adjusting were necessary in order to
preserve the light at all while the smoke
and smell inseparable from this kind of
light are insufficiently attested by fire.
quent illusions in the writings of the
ancient poets.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16
Explanations Wanted.

The free whisky organs have been in
vited several times to explain these
things, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
but they don't respond:
Why republicans in 1872 favored put
ting salt and lumber on the free list.
Why they have changed their minds.
Why in 1884 the Republicans favored
reducing tariff taxes
Why they have changed their minds.
Why the republicans placed hides on
the free list in 1872.
Why the tanning industry was not
ruined thereby.
Why no pauper-made leather or shoes
of Europe came over.
Why the leather industry prospered
more than ever before.
Why more workmen were employed.
Why they got better wages.
Why, in short, the republican tariff
theory didn't work.
Why the price of wool has steadily
declined under protective tariff.
Why the reduction of duty on wool in
1888 was followed by an advance in
price instead of decline.
Why the lowest point in the price of
wool was reached under the highest
tariff.
Why sheep in Ohio have decreased in
der a protective tariff.
Why the sheepof Ohio decreased over
200, 600 in numbers during one year
1SS1-2-when the highest wool tariff
existed.
Why the price of wheat has declined
right along under a protective tariff.
Why the price of corn has declined
under a protective tariff
Why wages have declined under a
protective tariff.
Why strikes and large bitter conflicts
between employees and employers have
been common under a protective tariff
Why the workingmen of this country
have lost more by ten fold in strikes and
lockouts caused by attempts to reduce
their wages under a protective tariff
than they could have got out of the
tariff tax if they had received every
cent of it.
Why the cost of living has increased
under protective tariff.
Why anarchy and socialism have de-
veloped under protective tariff.
Why trusts have grown up under a
protective tariff.
These are only a few of the many
points that the people would like to
have the advocates of high-tariff blessed
ness explain. 1t may not be as easy as
to howl about rebels and rave over the
bloody-shirt and cry out that Great
Britain is upon US, but it would be vast
ly more sensible.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16
An Awful Deed OF War.

We were camped at Cleveland, Tenn,
when Captain Woody, United States
volunteer, was sent in charge of 8
squad of men to Georgia, II miles east
of Spring, at which place he came in
contact with four confederate soldiers,
capturing one, the other three making
their escape. After having disarmed
the poor man he cut one of his ears
off, and then amused himself by shoot
ing the man several times in the face.
After he was dead he dragged him into
the woods and there left his remains.
Mounting his horse he returned to the
camp to boast over the cruel murder
he had done, carrying the ear in a let
ter of mine that i had sent by him to
friend. When he arrived at camp,
before dismounting he handed me a
to your letter." and to my great sur
prise it was my letter with the ear of
the murdered man in it.
/ saw many men killed and wound
ed during the war, and was wounded
myself, but, taking the dead mans ear
in my hand, with purple color and
the dry blood on it, gave me the most
powerful shock of all my experiences
during the war. While Woody was
sitting on his horse in front of me,
bOasting over the victory he had gain
ed and large crowd of soldiers had
gathered around him. 1 gave him back
the dead mans ear, remarking to him,
"that he would die horrible death for
the crime he had committed, and that
God would shorten his days" In a
short time from the date of this incl
dent his health declined and he was
discharged from the army and went to
his home in Polk county, Tennessee.
Afterward he was shot and wounded
badly by an unknown party, and be-
fore he recovered he was taken with
consumption and lived about ten
months. He died unprepared to meet
his God.-PeterS6urg Tirginian.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16


! ting the marrow they contain. They
viii often deyour all the bones of a
fowl and most of the smaller ones of 8
sheep OF calf, the last being quite soft.
The undigested portions of them that
are eaten will become part of their
dung and will be in the best condition
to use as fertilizer. The larger
bones will be at length mixed with the
manure in the pen. which during the
process of fermentation will soften and
partially decompose them. Bones can
be softened and partially decomposed
by mixing them with fresh horse dung.
The softening and decomposition may
be promoted by putting them in pot
with quick lime and causing it to slake
by the application of water. The same
thing may be effected by placing them
in tight barrel and covering them
with moist wood ashes or I've. In eth
er case there is an advantage in first
breaking the larger bones.
Ii large bones, like those of the
heads of cattle, sheep, and horses, are
buried under the grapevines or fruit
trees their roots will penetrate them
and in time appropriate all the fertil-
izing matter they contain. Bones kept
under the soil will decay in time, and
their influence will extend for con-
siderable distance and for many years.
1T bones have remained on the surface
OF the ground so long that all, or near
ly all, the animal substances have
been taken from them, it may be best
to subject them to the action of fire,
and then pulverize them with ham,
mer or the bask of an ak. Bones brok-
EN- in pieces of the size of grains of
corn or wheat will be readily eaten by
all kinds of fowls. Ifpulverized as fine
as coarse corn meal they will be eaten
by cattle and sheep, and will be of
great benefit to them. Every farmer
should save all the bones he can and util-
ize them in sonic of the ways above
described.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16
How Home Labor is Protected.

The sort of american labor" that the
millionaire manufacturers are so anxious
to protect is shown by statistics of the
nationality of the operatives in the Arm
ory Cotton Mills at Manchester, n. II.
OF the $40 ''one-third are French-Canadi-
ans and the rest of various nationalities,
only eighty, or one-tenth of the whole,
being native Americans And the pro-
tectionist paper that prints these facts
adds that s'what is true of this company
is also substantially true of all the great
manufacturing companies in New Eng
laud." This is the result of high tariff on
goods that all the people use and free
trade in the s.pauper labor" that produces
them.-lNeaC York World
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16
DIsPosING OF BONES.

All farmers have at length become
acquainted with the great value of
bones for fertilizing purposes. They
know they contain large amount of
phosphorus, which is needed for all the
higher order of the plants used as food
for man. They also know that they
contain lime and substances that pro-
duce ammonia. They think it is nee
essary to break the bones very fine, or
to dissolve them in an acid before they
can be of much value as fertilizers. 1t
is certainly advisable to treat them i'm
one of these ways if immediate results
are expected of them. If one is con-
Quoting farming or gardening opera
tiOns on land leased for a limited pc
riod, he would not apply bones to it
unless they were first reduced by
grinding or treated with an acid. He
Is looking for immediate results, and
knows that they can not be obtained
from bones that are entire, especially
if they become dried. Such bones will
remain in the soil a long time and
show scarcely any more changes than
stones.
Bones possess the greatest value at
the time they are taken from an ami
NAL or fowl They then contain q
large amount of fat, the hollow ones
incIose marrow and there is considera-
BILE flesh attached to them. These
bones, if large, are very hard to break.
Without suitable machinery it is al
most impossible to pulverize them. If
placed in fire the animal substances
will be consumed and the mineral por-
tions will become quite brittle. All
the substances, however, that are ca
pable of forming ammonia will be con-
sumed and lost in the atmosphere. 1t
is very desirable to save the animal as
well as the mineral substances that are
combined in bone. This may be done
by crushing them in a machine pre-
pared for the purpose or treating them
with sulphuric acid. Farmers, how
ever, are not generally in condition
to do either of these things. 1t will
accordingly be their best way to
put the bones under conditions favor
able to their decomposition and at the
same time nnfavorable to the loss of
any part of them that is volatile. Solid
as bones appear, nearly half their
weight is matter that is quite perisha-
BILE.
One of the best ways of disposing of
fresh bones is to throw them into the
pig-pen. The pigs will devour the
flesh that is ON them and will break
many of them for the purpose of get
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16
Taking Heed of the Morrow.

sometimes look at pretty boy and
think what pity it is that he's bound
to grow up and become man and get
married and drunk and wicked and do
all sorts of horrible things. And when
you look at the blue-eyed. fair-haired
little female child and think that some
day she is going to be pretty woman
with tight-laced waist, tailol-made
suit, false-hair, and touch of paint
on her face; that she is going to tib
and fiirt, and deceive and marry the
wrong man and have lots of trouble
well. you can't help asking: What
is the use of it all,"-Sdn Francisco
Chroaiele. .
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16

The enthusiasm for cooperation in
England seems to be dying out. OF
fourteen undertakings supported by a
London cooperative association one
has been wound up, one is ''in abey-
ance," one sat a standstill, one has
not sufficient capital, five only got as
far as the discussion of registration of
their rules. one is seeking government
contract, but wants an advance of
money, ,one is doing a good deal of bus
mess, but making very little profit,
about two the report is vague, and only
one. the Cigarette Makers Society, can
be said to be fairly successful.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16

AS the republicans are claiming New
York and Indiana, why can't we set up
a claim for Ohio with equal propriety?
But Ohio, seriously, is an uncertain state
this year. The tide is with the democ-
racy, and seems to be irresistible. Ohio
democrats are fighters from way back,
and in 1888 will not acknowledge that
they are whipped until they know that
q majority of the votes are against them.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16
RAISING COWS FOR PROFIT.

hAISlN6 COWS tOh PROFIT.
On the important subject of raising
cows for profit the Breeders Gazette
says:
+ The Hon. James Wilson of Iowa, OBJ
served in public address that ''where
men farm for dear life the cow is
the foremost consideration" Nothing
could be more true, for wherever the
farmer is harassed with debt, or when
ever he is struggling to make good q
start in life. it is the COW which comes to
his assistance, paying off his mortgage
in the one case and placing him upon
the high road to fortune and inde-
pendence upon the other. Her ca
pacities for good are almost unlimited,
and in no direction can the farmer so
surely improve his condition as in de-
VelOping and cultivating these capaci-
ties to the highest degree. Those who
keep cows, and as many of them as
circumstances will permit, and take
pains to have them good and of the
most improved sorts, and maintain
them in a manner favorable to their
thrift, find they are not only an agency
to which man can resort to save him
self when misfortune presses and all
else fails to bring relief, but that they
are also sure means of advancing the
farmers's prosperity at every stage of
its progress. But the cows seldom
have chance to show what they can do,
and to what a degree they are capable
of contributing to the fortunes of their
owners. Upon a large number of
farms they are not maintained in
sufficient numbers to fully accomplish
their mission, and ON a vast majority
they are of the common unimproved
sorts to whose development no efforts
have been given, and which are in
capable of realizing for their owners
one-half the profit which could be SO,
cured from highly improved animals.
And this is inexcusable in these days
when the improved breeds are selling
at such reasonable prices that every
farmer can afford the means to replace
his present inferior stock with that of
better character. or at least secure
crosses with which to grade up to
higher point the stock he already has.
If the average COW in her present estate
is worthy the good things said of her,
what words of praise would do her suf-
ficient honor if all the COWS in the
country were improved to the point
it has has been demonstrated it is easy
to bring themp
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16

A woman's motto: There's always
room at the bottom-for postscript OF
two.-PGck,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16
FOR THE FARMER.
Professor Sturteyant Experiments ol
Deep and Shallow Culture for
Farm Crops.

How Bones Can Be Treated So As to
Make Them of Value to the
Soil,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16
Business Cards.

R. RS.wEBB JOHN PORTER,
Garrettsyille, o. Blackstone Block, Ravenna.
WEBB s. PORTER,
Attorneys and Councillors at Law.
10l5 BLACKSTONE BLOCK. RAvENNA. o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16
TARIFF AND WAGES.

The False Claim of the Apostles of Pro-
tection-It Does Not Protect Labor.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16
PROFIT IN KEEPING SHEEP.

The advantages in raising sheep are
overlooked in many cases because of a
few difficulties in the way; but a COM
parison of the benefits to be derived
from sheep with the disadvantages
arising will show that the faults are
due more to the mode of management
than to the sheep. Among the objec-
tiOns to keeping sheep are that they
Craze too close to the ground, thereby
killing the grass; that they are subject
to loss from dogs; that they are liable
to foot rot and other diseases; and
that the best breeds demand too much
care. The first objection, that of graz
ing close, is really an advantage, for
it permits of utilizing the sheep on
fields that would afford no sustenance
to other stock, and enables the farmer
to keep flock of sheep where the land
would otherwise be valueless. 1t is
the close grazing by the sheep that al
lows of their use on poor soils, which
they enrich with their droppings there
by making possible a profit when such
lection that dogs destroy sheep is true,
but no farmer should keep sheep ex-
cept under conditions that fully. pro-
tect them from all kinds of depreda-
tors. To send a flock of sheep out to
roam at will, subject not only to dogs
but to all kinds of insects, as we'll as to
storms, Is not systematic mode of
keeping sheep. They are entitled to
the care and consideration that are be-
slowed on other stock.
The. .foot-rot aud other diseases are
often due to improper conditions.
3
locations, viii be subject to foot-root.
and other animals in the same manner,
will be subjected to disease also. That
the objection to sheep on account of
the best mutton breeds demanding ex-
ira care and attention is true is admit
ted, but that shch sheep give good re-
turn for the care bestowed is also true
While there be little or no profit from
the common fiocks that are turned on the
hillsides with no care, it has been de-
monstrated that the improved breeds
will yield a large profit after paying
for extra labor and food. The i'm
proved sheep will often weigh 800
pounds each, while the native sheep is
not up to 100 pounds, and in value the
difference of 200 pounds is far in ex-
cess of the cost. There is also a profit
in another direction, which is very i'm
portant yet frequently overlooked-the
improvement of the soil. When sheep
are allowed to forage over large area
the manure is too widely scattered, but
when the flock is confined to limited
space, and changed to new locations.
the droppings become of great value,
andno objections to- sheep can over
come the benefit derived in that way.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16

in Phenix Block over Second National Bank,
Ravenna, Ohio.
j. I'll. DUSSELL,
A TTORNEY AE Law, Counsel in
~ English and German. Office over Faiths
Clothing Store. Phenix Block, Ravenna,
P. B. CONANT,
TTORNEY AT Law, Ravenna, o.
~ Office in Blackstone Block, North Chest
nut street. Ravenna. Ohio.
/. H, PHELPS
TTORNEY AND OoUNSELLOR AT
IA Law. Once over BRLDING 4 ARM
ETRoNG's, Main ST.. Ravenna. Ohio.
A. w. BEMAN,
Attorney at Law. OFFICE, No. 260s
Broadway (1Sth Ward. Cleveland. Ohio. 77s
/. T. SIDDALL,
Attorney at Law. Ofice in Phenix Block.
Ravenna, Ohio 4T9
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-06-09

OREGON has bssu heard from. snd she has gone Republican notwithstanding most desperate efforts were made to win her to democratic way of thinking The republican majority in inc senate Is but two including Riddlebsrgsr, of Yir- ginis, and thIs fall it will be narrowed down to one, by the election of suocss- . - ---. sh------h- ---- -~f AiA Laxsse Q scr to Malone, which per force will c> democrat, the incoming Legislature be- ing of that political color. But to gel away with thIs one majority IS what has been troubling the democracy. This coming fall the senatorial term of Dolph of Oregon, will expire and if democrat could be elected to succeed him the de- sired goal would be reached, and to &C., complish this sn uns.inted amount of money and orstosy were placed at the disposal of the csmpsigners in ths, state. The Legislature on joint ballot number 90, and of this number the Re pubIicsns had a working majority of IS. To do away with this 19 every trick known to the wire workers of the dsm- oorscy was resorted to but without avail as is evidenced by the returns which show @ Republican gain of 3l members thus giving that party a majority of 5C instead of l9. and doubly ensuring the return of @ Republican SenstOr to suc- ceed Dolph. The Republican majority in the senate like the American Flag, is still there.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-06-09
Let Her Go Gallagher.
TUCsoN, June 6, 1888

TUCsoN. June 6, 1888. To rHR EDITOR OF THR CITIZEN:
 In this mornings editorial column of the Star find the following malicious item:
 Tt appears that the bill before con. gress providing for the sale of the uni yersIty lands in Arizona has been blighted. The expose of the Star rsth- er took the bloom of the ''cheek" of the l.ttle job"
 As l am the author of the Bill referred to and knowing that the editor of the aforesaid sheet knows thIs fact, I have the right Co imagine the article aimed at me; furthermore 1 wen, to Washington last January for the express purpose Of ohtsioing these lands with the kuowl- edge and by the consent end approval of the followiDg members cf the Board of Regents of the University of ArlEops Ds. J. c. R4ndy, ]. $. aansfeld, M. C.. SamapieEo, J. $. Wood, G. J. Rroskruge and R. Harrison. Now III justice to these gentlemen I demand tho EXPOSE that 1t speaks of, and as for myself wish to say that the suthor of above article IS such a well known liar l shall take no further notice of his malicious vsporings except in the courts.
 RssDec'fully,
 CHARLES M. STRAUSS,
 A Kicker.