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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
Laborers in Panama.

Robert L. Knox, who has been con-
neeted with the Panama Railway for
six months, has just returned home,
and gives startling description of life
and death among the Iaborers OH the
Panama Canal. He says that Panama
comes nearer being hades than any
place he was ever in. The laborers
die of like cattle when murrain strikes
them. II went down one day to see
the canal laborers at work." said he,
land will never forget what | saw.
The weather was soft that day, and
fifty or more fresh colored fellows had
been brought in. In the afternoon the
heat and the air had their effects upon
them, and one by one they fell. l saw
one man hit on the head by the exca-
waiting machine, He was killed. The
body was Immediately hoisted into the
dumping tube, sent through the ma
chine, and that was the last seen of
him. At night when the men are
through work they begin a debauch on
smuggled whisky, and then they fight
with knives and kill each other In a
big city you can see human nature in
bad forms, but the worst forms of vice
practical in New York and London
and Paris are nowhere when compared
with what can be seen every day on
the Isthmus,"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
italian Love Charms.

There are some pretty love songs in
Capri. To win a girls heart the lover
must steal hair from her head and
tie it to one of his own. So long as
the knot holds firm his love is re-
turned. This resembles the charm
used on the sacred hill of Monte Yer
gine, near Naples. There betrothed
pilgrims fasten broom twigs together
with strip of rag. and until the twigs
part their love endures. Rags fiutter
on every bush along the path to the
great sanctuary, and married couples
often return there to examine their
united twigs. lll-matched pairs prob
ably scorn to renew the pilgrimage.
Love-sick maids and men mix drop
OF their blood in little wine and
persuade the object of their affections
to drink it. This is an infallible love
philter. A man may also win girls
heart by pricking her name upon a
fg-leaf, and letting the wind blow it
away,-Enaltsh 4Alsssrs.sS AaeasiHs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
Ia beauty Dying Out?

A question much discussed in par
lors and clubs, saws the Philadelphia
Times, is whether beauty is dying out.
generally accepted: First, that beauty
among women and young girls in the
larger cities is rarer than five or ten
years ago; second. that ugly women
are more numerous. and, third. that
the higher and more exclusive the cir
Gle, the more fashionable and elegant
the surroundings, the less, as rule,
the physical attractiveness of tho
women. Opinions differ as to the
cause or causes, for there are prOba-
bly many, but in the main it seems to
be agreed that the luxurious and high
" artificial manner of living so much
in vogue, and the wear and tear of
prevailing fashionable dissipation are
much to blame for the result. That
there is great decadence in physical
attractiveness among the young women
and girls just entering womanhood in
the cities cannot be doubted. Take
the most popular thoroughfares, the
theaters, and the great public gather
ing, such as balls, and how rare is a
genuinely pretty girl or beautiful wo-
man, 1t is not many years since it
was very ordinary occurrence to find
girl or woman on Chestnut street so
unmistakably pretty that passers-by
turned to look at her. The songs, the
ballads, the poetry, and the fiction
were full of references to beauty,
| whereas now beauty is but rarely sung
and even in fiction most of the heroines
| are commonplace.
But the scarcity of beauty is not con-
fined to fashionable society, a circum-
stance that goes to show that fashion,
able dissipation is not the whole root
of the trouble after all. ii was the
common remark a few years ago that
the prettiest girls in Philadelphia were
to be found behind the counters in the
large dry goods shops. and to a large
| extent it was true. Now, it is almost
impossible to find girl that can be
really classed as beautiful in one OF
| these establishments. Where there is
girl in any of the stores that is at all
pretty-such is the prevailing low av-
| erage of beauty-she is immediately
talked about and the people who pa,
tronize the establishment, none more
so than the ladies of fashion them
| selves, say to one another: "Have
you seen that pretty giri at what-do.
you call-emse You must go and look
at her. There is nothing scareer al
the present moment than beauty. and
with its scarcity comes livelier and 9
more general appreciation of it. a
new American beauty or fresh i'm
poetation of beauty from anywhere
| sets London. the fashionable metrop
1 oils of the world, in futter. Al
through the summer season the lead
ing topic of conversation at Newpnrt
and the subject of every correspon
dents pen from there were the two ac
knowledged beauties of the place. A
every watering-plaee and resort the
presence or absence of beauties wai
the point nn which everything elst
| turned The beauties OF nature a,
Mount Desert were never heard of uu
til tile beauties OF society began going
there. and what has made it the great
est resort of the past two seasons ha:
been that there were more beautifu
women there than anywhere else.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
Chasing Adeteors.

We caution our readers to put no re-
lance in stories about meteors which
come very near those who were startled
by them. We were fooled once, about
thirty wears ago. by one of these bril-
liant wanderers in space. 1t passed
right over the Litchfield fair grounds,
apparently, and struck the earth over
on Chestnut Hill. We were SO fully
convinced that it buried itselfin Litch-
field soil that we cogItated upon the
advisability of going over to unearth
the thing. :,
.Pshaw. Joe," said the good old
father when we reported the matter on
our arrival home. sit was more likely
hundreds of miles away" ''lt can'i
be, father" we replied; III. B. Graves
saw it and said he should think il
| possed over John I'll. Hubbard's house
! ur at least not farther down than the
! lair grounds. Why, father, We hearo
itr'
| The next days New York papers
weakened our faith in our ability tt
i calculate ON meteoric distance. Th'
same brilliant sphere was reported b.
telegraph as having boen seen by ,peo
! pie II Kentucky, aud few days late
4 westward bound TRANSATLANTIC steam
| er reported having seen it ! 500 mile
out al sea. : Finsted (Comn.) Herald
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
Yet He Loves Her.

Man finds any amount of fault with
n woman, vet works tooth and nail to
get her. He calls her extravagent.
Vet yearns to pay her bills. She's
heartless but. he devotes months to
anding the spot whore that heart
should be. She's tickle, yet he
struggles for place in her affections.
She's tickle, Yet he struggles for a
place in her affections. She's timid.
but he, noble creature, has courage for
two. She's a fraud, but darling.
She's goose, but duck. She's
snippy. and sweet. In fact, she's a
chameleon, in the very latest style OF
spots and dots and feathers and tixings.
She's 1.-THE and graceful and dainty
and dear-and changeable as the wind.
Yet she's most desirable article o!
household furnishing, and there are
| mighty few men who want to get along
without her, chameleon---in hustle
though she be.-Sa's Francisco Report
4
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
RENToN,s HAIH GRO WEH.

All who are BALD, all who are be.
coming BALD, all 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 1t
have grown hair. 1t never fails to
stop the hair from falling. Through
sickness and fevers the hair sometimes
falls off ia a 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 II ontains
no sugar Of lead. or vege.SDle or min
eral poisons.
1t is a specific for falling hair, dan,
druH, and itching OF the $, alo.
The Hair Grower is a hair food, and
its composition Is almost exactly like
the oil which supplies the hair with
it's vitality
Ifyour druggists have rot 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, 1888-01-26
Remains of a Volcano.

A Middletcwn, Conn, letter SAYS:
The recent discovery of the remains of
a volcano near Mount Lamentation,
the highest peak in the chain Of
Meriden hills. las excited the keenest
interest in scientific circles. 1t has
furnished Il new key to the geological
history of the Connecticut valley. The
discovery was made by Prof. w. n.
Davis, of Harvard university. He has
been engaged in making an exhaustive
study of the trap-rock of this state,
and he made his happy discovery of
volcanic ruins while searching for an
entirely different class of geological
phenomena.
Mount Lamentation has been visited
by large numbers of people during the
past few weeks. The various scientific
associations of the state, and several
geologists of national repute, have care
fully examined the interesting curios-
ity. No volcanic cone or crater is still
visible, but the phenomena of the place
clearly indicates that in the trassic age
violent explosive eruptions of a regular
volcanic type were frequent. Geo
logists have long known that the trap
rock of the Connecticut valley came up
in a molten condition and afterward
sol dified. T lis liquid mass sometimes
solidfied in iissures in the earth and
sometimes ovcrhowed the surface like
lava streams, and was subsequently
covered up by a STRATA of sand stone.
Prof. Davis has discovered what is
technically known as an ash-bed. II
is deposit formed when molten lava
is thrown high into the air by violent
explosions, and comes down in u con-
fused mass, coarse and fine. In the
tr;assic period when these eruptions
occurred there must have been regular
cones and craters of the usual type,
but these have all been ctfaccd. IL is
very probable that other ash-beds may
exist in the range OF Meriden hills.
The geological history of this region
has always afforded rich field for
scientific research, and the recent vol
canic discovery has given a greater
scientific boom to it.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
No Children.

I think the difficulty between labor
and capital would be easily settled if
the rich could only understand how
much the poor feel for them. sympa-
thize with them, says writer in the
San Francisco Chrontcte. Let some
body tell them that the poor pity them
and would really like to do something
to tighten the burden of SO much
money. There is an awful lot of gen
uine kindly sympathy among the Ia
boring classes. When family wants
to hire n servant, the lady of the house
becomes aggressive and assumes the
servant has to be suspected to begin
with. Then the servant gets mad and
there's trouble. So many ladies COM
plain of the selishness of servants.
No; it isn't so. Poor human nature is
not so bad as that. | have heard of
women seeking employment SO full of
thoughtfulness and kindly feeling and
sympathy that they should make rich
ladies blush at their harsh opinion.
Now, here is case in point: A lady
friend of mine advertised for servant
a few weeks ago. She put in the usual
small ad, and as an explanation, which
she thought demanded by the circumi-
stances. she put mo children. dis
| tinctly in the advertisement. She had
found one that suited, and was, as
| usual. little anxious as to how she
| would turn out. There came ring
at the bell, and stout woman came
| in with two children. She was ushercd
| into the darlor.
ibid You want to see mep" asked the
| lady.
Yes, ma am"
..Well, what eau do fof youa'
II feel sorry for you. maam
/ ..WhyP'
"Yon advertised for a servant,
ma am
II did"
/ land your advertisement said you
| had no children. and my heart just
bled for you to think you should be SC
desolate, ma a'am, and I've come in an.
swer 10 your advertisement, ma am.
well. but
81 said to myself ma am. Here's a
poor, desolate woman as hasn't got nc
Chick nor child, maam, to console
herself with, ma'am.
s.But-i--"
sIknow it must be hard, ma'am
and I've come TO offer myself for th,
place, and I've got two children
ma'am, as will liven you and the hous'
up. ma'am."
..But I've got servant now.
..Oh. indeed. Good morning. Come
children.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
Mutual Impulses.

How wonderfully quick the young
American can be was rather oddly.
but one could not but think prettily,
illustrated on the street yesterday,
said lady. 81 was passing along in
a rather hurried manner. absorbed
with my own thoughts, when was
made conscious of the presence of two
charming little chubby-faced urehins,
sitting upon the curb. apparently play
ing, by hearing one Of them say, Who
is that lady?' responded to by the 9TH
er with. She's very pretty lady,
when the first little fellow Immediate
ly chirrupek. 'rH give that pretty lady
kiss could not resist catching the
little fellow to my heart, and then and
there distributing a liberal supply to
both. h.n-Phiidtiel1ltia Cali.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
A Knowing Dog.

Mr.. T. Nj. Macdonald, secretary to
the Kings College Hospital, London,
tells the following story of a dogs
sagacity: At S:45. one Sunday. the
porter in charge of the entrance hall
of the hospital heard q dog barking at
the door, and coming out to send him
away found three dogs there, two of
them (white and tan terriers) stand
ing up on the top of the flight of steps
at the door, while the third, a long
haired collie, lay beside them close to
the door-scraper, sslooking"--to quote
the words of the porter who reported
the case to me-''very sorrowfup and
exhausted by the loss of blood.
As soon as the porter came out the
aud ran off. Seeing the sad plight
that the dog was in, the porter showed
him to one of the medical students who
happened to enter the hospital at the
moment, and he went into the front
surgery to get bandages and water TO
clean the foot, the dog meanwhile ly-
ing quiet and taking not much notice
of anybody. Wheu the surgeon re-
turned the dog had moved away from
the door, across the drive to the rail-
ings of the grass plot opposite the hos
pital
Ga examination it was found that
the dog had an artery cut on his right
fore-leg, with three-inch wound,
The leg was dressed and bandaged aud
the hemorrhage arrested. and the dog
lay outside the hospital on the grass
for q couple of hours, and then went
away. The bloed-stained footmarks
| of the dog were afterward traced back
to the spot where he had received his
injury ia Yates court, behind the hos :
pital, where there was pool of blood.
In the boarding between the court and
| the enclosure of the royal courts OF
justice hole, just large enough to ad-
nit dog. has been found, with sharp
bit of glass lodged under it, and II
would appear that the dog cat himself
in an effort to force his way through
into Yates court. 1t is clear from the
marks made by his pads that he took
! tte shortest possible cut TO the hospital
his track being afonnd three sides oi
the building, close under its walls. He
had made his way up Clements lane,
| through Grange court, round Carey
street, and up through the hospital
gates to the door; his two friends ae.
eompanied him up to the steps. and
barked till they attracted attention.
and secured his admission as an out.
patient.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
The Longest Way Round.

Mary was sent away from the din
ner-table because she misbehaved, and
told to go upstairs and tell nurse to
put her to bed. The family coming in
from dinner half hour later. found
her threading her way among the par
ior chairs and tables in most compli-
Gated figures. ''Maryl" exclaimed her
mother. didn't I tell you to go up
'tairs?" Mary looked up placidly.
''Ycs M. I'm going; I'm on my way
aow."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
The Story OF q Prescription.

A druggist tells this story at his own
expense. Said he: "A man came IN
with prescription. and noticed that
the paper did not bear the name of any
physician. l called the customers at
tention to it. and he replied that he
knew 'all about who wrote this pre-
scription. Never mind said he, who
wrote it. The doctor signed his name
and cut it off. What did you cut it
off forP asked eagerly. so that
wouldn't have to pay you his commits
slon,' was the innocent response. l
then tackled on 10 cents extra for luck,
but gave him a glass of soda with a
wink in it, and he walked out with the
air of man immensely tickled at the
success of his scheme. ."-Bostoa Ga
sstts.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

Overheard at the card-room at the
club, where four grave and silent gen
tleman are seated at whist. Enter
Dumley. Dumley-Aha, gentlemen,
whists Grigson Cooking up, rather
wearily)-No, Dumley; we are play
Ing four-handed solitaire! = Bosto,s
Transcript.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
Teachers, Examfnattons.

Examinations Of Teachers will be held as Ehs
High school building in Rsvenna commencing
at clock A. y. and closing at O'Clock ?. Il.
op the nrst SATURDAYS of each month, excep
p bruary and March, in which two months the
examinations will be held ON the nrst and third
Saturdays.
sPHoIAL NoTIGE.-No certificate viii be ants.
i<saf Rv order of the Board.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
Penn'a Agricultural Works.

steam Engines, Saw Mills. Hay Presses,
stump PuIIsrsaad Standard: d:AerieuEturaI
Implsments generally. Send for Catalogue
Al. FARQuaAK = soN. York, Pa.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

When bank boodler skips to Can
ada now it is in order to ask: WAS
t the lady OF the observation-disclosures
Times
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

The Minneapolis Tribune advertises
.'leggins for children with or without
feet"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard. Soft, or Caiioused LumPs
and Blemishes from horses, Blood
Spawn, Curbs, Spiints, Sweeney, Sri-
lies, Sprains, Sore aud Swollen throat,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of oDe
bottle. Warranted. Sold by Bedding
l. Gibbons, Druggists. ,Ravenns, o.
ITCH AND SCRATCHES OF every kind
cured in 80 minutes by Wo9LFoRD's
SANITARY LOTION. Use ne other.
This never fails. Sold by Belding &
Gibbons, Druggists, Rsvenna, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

Georgia critic on a homely bride:
t'Her face would weaa q calf"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

Through Coaches from RavennA 10 Pitts
ourgh.
On Fast Line to Philadelphia and New York,
without change, Connecting In Union Station,
Pittsburgh, with Through Cars to Baltimore
md Washington.
No. 3S makes close connection 1t Alii-
ance with last through trains for Chicago and
Western points.
For lime Tables, Rates of Fare, Througf
Tickets and Baggage Checks, and further IL
ormation regarding the running Of trains
wD. ARMSTRONG,
Ticket Agt., Rsvenna, o.
las MoCREA, Z. A. FOhD,
Genr Manager, Gen, Passenger Agt.
Pittsburgh. Pittsburs
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hhACON "A BILE L h1CEC &.
A. E. STEPHENSON,

cHARLEsToWa O..
oscrs to the people of Portage County the foI-
lowing unexcelled varieties, which ave inva-
wherever exhibited, taking the First Premiums
10 every npetitive test as TO Hardness Size,
Flavor, and frolidc Bearing.
WHITE ANN ARBoR aRAPE-Hardy, pro-
lihc, large and delicious. Ripens ter days or
two weeks before the Concord. Never rnildews
Bor rots.. Second size, enc year old. small. 80
cents each.
We, the undersigned. having been appointed
by the Agricultural and horticultural Society
Of " ashtenaw Co Michigan. &c act as Judges
October: 1854. had uAder consideration - vs:i
cities OF Grapes. and il was their decided opin-
ion that the ' White Ann Arbcr" Seeding was
far the most desirable of the lot
For siss Razor and beauty, it took the lead of
all our standard varieties. and We believe 1t
will yet become one of the moEt popular Grapes
In this country. MARTIN CLARK,
I'D. WILLIAMS,
Committee.
ANN ARB0R. MICE. Dec Es. 1883.
RUSSIAN. N.HULBERRY-HAR beau
siful. quick growing tree for the lawn while
the fruit is valuable for table use, BY mail.
a to IS inch size. Is cents each. 81 80 per dozen
THE WAGER PEACH-This is, without ex
ception. the best and richest Peach we are ae-
quainted with for table use and canning pur-
| as yellow gold thick mested, small pit, very
| hardy. and one Of the most abundant bearers OF
| any sort known. Il reproduces itself every time
| from the pit One year old trees, by express, Z
to feet. S ceuts each; ss.5o per dozen.
! WATERLOO PEACH.-s TO #. s5 cts. each
I he largest AID best very early peach grown
Ripens about middle Of July.
| "BIG BOB"-THR CoxINs srsAvsKRRY.-
| The biggest and most uniform in size, the bes.
favored and most productive. and the viEes th
| per 100. Al STEPHENSON.
Rsveans,Asreh 80. 1888 Tea-am
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

A rolling pin gathers a good deal of
dough. h.-SomerUitls Journal.
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No "stop-over" allowed up IN Local Tickets.
L. p. FARMER. G. p. A. New York City.
W. Z. kiNEA hSUN, A. G. p. A. Cincinnati, y.
Il. ii. s ULE. Gen. Manager, n 7. City.
}. z. sHA ARP. Aget,
Do
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Cleveland & Pittsburgh R. R.

An trains connect at Y eliow Greek for wheel
ing and Bellaire-