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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18
Wales Sons.

A good deal of chit chat is current
in English circles respecting the young
sons of the prince of Wales, says Mrs.
Hooper in a London letter to the Phil
adelphia Telegraph. The eldest, Prince
Albert Victor, is far from being pOpul'
ar. He is accredited with being sly
and underhand in his dealings, and
something of a hypocrite withal. The
best report current respecting him is
that which declares him to be really
and persistently attached to his pretty
cousin. tile Princess Victoria of Teek,
and deaf for that reason to all other
matrimonial propositions. His august
grandmother, so saith rumor, will by
no means consent to this betrOthal to
his fair young lady love. the queen hav-
ing always cherished a strong dislike
to '.the Cambridges," and especially to
the merry and sweet-natured duchess
of Teck. The future king of England
might go farther in search of a wife
and fare great deal worse. Indeed,
what with the law prohibiting the
marriage of one of the royal family
with Catholic, it is hard to discover
in all the ..Almanach de Gotha" a
marriageable princess, outside of his
stow his much-coveted hand. Prince
George, his younger brother, is rapid
ly becoming the darling of the English
people. He is bright, handsome
youth, overlooking with fun and ami
NAL spirit, and is said to have inherited
the good nature and kindness of heart
of his father, while his elder brother is
thought to resemble too much that
most unpopular of the royal family OF
England, the duke of Edinburg. In
fact, as blunt English gentleman re-
marked to me: 1T would be a much
more agreeable prospect for the En-
glish people if we were looking for
ward to the reign of George V. instead
of that of Albert Victor l." But | un-
derstand that the prince of Wales, when
he comes to the throne, will be known
as Edward VII, in which case his son
will probably reign as Edward VIII.
The prince Of Wales is said to favor
for his son an alliance with the Prin-
cess Clementine of Belgium. but in that
case the young lady would have to
change her religion. The fair Clemen.
tine is of an appropriate age, being
Just 16. The princess OF Wales, on the
other hand, is reported to cherish de-
sire of uniting her eldest son to hel
ysung niece, the Grand Duchess Xenia
only daughter of the ear of Russia
and to use her best efforts to keep hin
single till the grand duchess, who is &
few months over Is, be old enough
to marry. The great unpopularity o
a Russian alliance in England viii
cause this project to fail, if, indeed, i
ever existed. Meantime the young
gentleman has passed his twenty-fourtl
birthday. At that age his father ha'
been two years married.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18
A Shooting Incident.

Four Europeans who had been out
after tiger in the Maimensing district
were. says Calcutta paper. returning
at the close OF a very long day, and
had almost reached the factory where
they were to dine and pass the night.
when the captain ordered halt. The
''line" at once pulled up. and he said:
81 hate seeing loaded rifles taken into
a house (it was the old muzzle-loading
days), more especially where there
are children. l propose that we fire
ours off," ''All right" said another,
''but we have not had shot all day;
what do you say to a 'poolP'" There's
nothing to fire att observed third.
There's that gurrah." said the cap
tain, pointing to an earthen vessel
which some ryots who were working
at little distance had as usual brought
their days supply of drinking-water
in. Very good" said the fourth,
'but, what with bad light and the dis
tanee, it's by no means an easy shot. L
propose that we each put chick on"
How shall we decide as to the order
of firing?" said one. "Oh," replied
the captain generously, commence at
your end of the line" The mark was
by no means an easy one to hit, for the
distance was well-nigh hundred
yards, the guns smooth-bOres, and the
light that deceptive kind which one
gets just between daylight and dark.
But, on the other hand. the hunters
were exceptionally good men, all ex-
cellent shots. either of whom could hit
a running deer from the back of an
elephant twice out of three times.
Fire away" said the captain. No. 1
grazed the right side of the vessel, and
it was thought must have hit it. No. 2
went just over it. No. = went a little
to the left. Thank you, gentlemen"
said the captain. "I'll trouble You for
those Il rupees" He raised his gun as
he spoke. and The next moment the jar
was covered with earth; the bullet had
cut the ground beneath it. Presently
the vessel was seen to wriggle, and
then to kick, while feeble cry pro-
claimed it to be baby. Consterna-
tien was depicted on every face. The ele-
phants bolted, the sahibs jumped down
and rushed to the spot, the parents rum
ming from the opposite direction. The
little mite hadn't been touched and was
carried off by the father and mother
with great rejoicing. They also took
the ''poor' along with them. and right
glad the sahibs were, under the cir
cumstances, to part with it.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18
A Thousand Years Ago.

An old author gives this sketch of
matters at that time: In the year 800
after Christ what was the state of
Europe? The Goths, Visigoths, the
Vandals, the Franks, the Huns. the
Normans, the Turk, and other bar
barian hordes, had invaded and over
thrown the Roman empire and had es-
tablished various kingdoms upon its
ruins. These hOrdes of savages had
destroyed not only all the works of
civilization, but civilization itself.
Ignorant as they were of everything
that distinguishes and elevates human
nature, they broke up the schools,
abolished arts and manufactures,
ruined the monuments, prevented COM
merce, and reduced the conquered
nations to their own condition, in
augurating in the most complete man
uer the reign of the brute force and
mental darkness. At the time we be-
gin our specific examination we find
that in the so called Christian nations
there existed no science worthy of the
name and no schools whatever. Read
ing, writing, and ciphering were
separate and distinct trades. The
masses, the nobility, the poor and the
rich were wholly unacquainted with
the mysteries of the alphabet and the
pen. A few men known as clerks, who
generally belonged to the priesthood,
monopolized them as social class of
artists. They taught their business
only to their seminaries and appren-
tices; and beyond themselves and their
pupils no one knew how to read and
write, nor was it expected of the gem
erality any more than it would be
nowadays that everybody should be q
shoemaker or lawyer.
Kings did not even know how to
sign their names, so that when they
wanted to subscribe to a written con-
tract, treaty or law, which some clerk
had drawn up for them, they would
smear their right hand with ink, and
slap it upon the parchment, saying,
witness my hand" At a later date
some genius devised the substitute for
the seal. which was impressed instead
of the hand, but oftener beside the
hand. Every gentleman mad q seal
with peculiar device thereon.
Hence the words now in use, Witness
my hand and SEAL" affixed to modern
deeds. serve at least the purpose of re-
minding us of the ignorance of the
Middle Ages.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18
RED NOSES.
Other Causes than Drinking that Lead ts
the Rubefaction of Human PrObOsces.

A very common error, says the
American analyst, is the belief that
red nose OR chin and pimples or "blos-
SONS" about that part of the face are
the result of hard drinking and are
ALWAYS indicative of that vice. With
many persons this is the case. The ac-
celeration of the movement of the
heart, the rapid heating of the body.
and the slow weakening of the blood,
three of the chief results of the use of
alcohol upon the system, too often
find expression in the unsightly symp-
tons mentioned, as well as others more
serious.
But these symptoms often arise from
other and very different causes. In
some instances exposure to the sun
light will produce results hardly dis
tinguishable from those Of alcoholic
indulgence, and more especially with
those with impure blood or whose
habits have not been marked by the
regularity demanded by health. Tight
lacing or even mere wearing of stays,
no matter how loosely these may fit or
how soft and flexible the material from
which they are made, frequently exer-
else the same effect in every regard.
Mdul n NOhhdh uho oOSss-
ent maid has acquired the reputation
of being hard drinker and from the
appearance of her face, when, as q
matter of fact, her only fault has been
the desire to look attractive and its
foolish expression in the compression
of her waist and abdomen. Gluttony
| is another common cause OF red nose
and cutaneous disorders of the face.
And in this regard gluttony does not
mean the eating of large quantities OF
food, but merely of more than sys,
tenn requires. Two and half pounds
of nutriment per diem may be gluttony
for young man or young woman who
takes little or no exercise and passe;
the day reading light literature or idly
conversing, where five pounds would
be abstemiousness to young collegiar
playing ball aud rowing twelve hour:
out of the twenty-four. Many disease:
and more particularly the affections o.
the erysipelas class tend to expires.
themselves in and upon the nose ane
face, not only in all of their forms ant
stages, but even after having beer
nomipally cured they leave or imprin
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18

er paper, quoting the paragraph and
referring to the zOdiacal sign, added:
Senator Davis is found of having can
Ger in his stomach A third para
grapher cut it down, so that it read:
Senator Davis, it is currently reported,
has cancer in the stomach The Senate
adjourned shortly after, and Mr.. Davis
returned to his home in Bloomington,
Ill.
The cancer paragraph went the
rounds; was revived in Baltimore
paper, where the public was informed
that Senator Davis was hOpelessly af-
tiicted with cancer in the stomach and
was at his home in Illinois. The para
graph was telegraphed from Washing
ton IN every direction, and went un-
contradicted for two days. Meanwhile
kilograms from personal friends pour
ed into Bloomington from all parts of
the country to hear of his illness, hop
ing the report was exaggerated, trust
ing the ailment was not beyond medi-
cal skill, and so on.
''It was in the midst of the heated
term in 1873 when this happened. All
day long messengers went to his house
with anxious inquiries from abroad
The old gentleman with his $50 pounds
of solid flesh was thrown into q reek-
ing perspiration writing messages, as
suring all he was never in better
health. The annoyance did not end
there. The mail for week brought
him letters from friends, all of which
he was obliged to personally attend to,
until the labor became so great he sent
for stenographer at Springfield.
"Mr. Davis told me that reckless
joke and unwarranted statement cost
him days of labor when he needed rest.
besides considerable sum of money
for postage stamps, clerk hire, and in
paying for kilograms. When months
after it was explained how the story
originated he told me it was true he
was fond of crabs and so was his faith
er. The Judge actually turned pale
when he heard how the report about
him originated. Said he. My father
died of that kind of cancer in the stom-
ach; that is, he one day ate heartily of
crabs, which caused so severe q spell
of collie that he died before medical aid
reached him.
"The other Senator, and the last vic
tim of newspaper cancer in the stom-
ach before Mr.. Randall's case, was
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky. He
explained that in his case it was not
crabs, but he believed the work of a
grabbed physician, who for some cause
had become displeased with him. He
told a lady who was good gossip the
story confidentially that he had cancer
in the stomach; and she told it to her
friends eonfidentially, and finally the
public had this little confidence game
successfully played upon it by the
simultaneous appearance of the story
in different parts of the country."-
NeW York Herald
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18

vision of the tariff is condemned in ad-
vance by the chief party organ in this
city as "buncombe." 1t must be equally
encouraging to know that the north
western states-which in this case con-
stitute the constituency of buncombe-
will not be satisfied with ANYTHING the
republican senators can offer. They
won't stand free sugar or anything like
it, or free whisky or anything like that,
or any combination of the two. 1t will
not mend matters if the senators, after
refusing to go to the country on the
Mills bill alone, should be unable to
agree on anything else.-Neao York Times.
The republican senators are between
the sharp points of a dangerous three
horned dilemma. If they take up the
Mills bill there is danger that it would
pass. And then what would become of
their campaign spooks and "free trade
British bugbears? II they present Q
substitute they are pretty certain to dis
close rupture in their party wider
than a church door and deeper than a
well. And if they do nothing they leave
their party in the attitude of resisting
the reduction of useless taxation and
preventing the diminutiOn of demoraliz-
ing and dangerous surplus. The leading
republican organ recommends the latter
horn of the dilemma. 1t tells the sena-
tors to do nothing and warns them that
mo bill for buncombc'' is wanted. The
democrats could not ask for a clearer or
better issue than this would leave.
Against their policy of tax and surplus
reduction through tariff reform and in
ternal revenue abatement would stand
boldly out the republican policy. as de-
clared in the Chicago platform, of lavish
spending and free whisky. With the
issue thus Joined the result could hardly
be doubtfuL-Me,o York World
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18
Wait a Little.

There is great rejoicing among the ad-
vocates of tariff Doodle and untaxed
cocktails over a report that one of the
New York stalwarts, an old friend to
Conkling, has come out for Ben and
Levi. Forgetting that one swallow does
not make a summer, nor one reclaimed
stalwart an army, the organs of rum and
robbery are arguing that New York may
be wrested from Cleveland by the re-
turning Conkingites who revoltedagainst
Blaine This calculation greatly over
estimates the number of stalwarts who
carried their hatred and contempt for
the author of the Mulligan letters to the
polls, and fails to take into account the
muluitudes of voters of various shades of
opinion who. having found the adminis-
tration of Cleveland a safe, wise, and
conservative one, will oppose any
change. Cleveland's majority In New
York in November will be many times
larger than it was four years ago. The
Conkling stalwarts voted for Cleveland
for governor against Folger, and gave
him the stupendous majority of 2OO, 600
votes in that contest. The result OF the
presidential election showed that about
ninety-nine in every hundred of the re>
calcitrants had returned to the party
fold at that time y
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18
The wicked Harvard student.

The toughness of the Harvard stu
dent hath many degrees and many
forms of uncOmeliness, as witnesseth
two tales related as being veritable
history.
The first sayeth how good, and Sc
date, and quiet. and trim Harvard
youth determined in his inmost soul
that he was not doing his whole duty
in the estate in life to which he had
been providentially called unless he
became tough" He felt that without
some signal departure from the path of
sobriety and rectitude he could not
look upon himself as a true Harvard
man. He consulted nobody, but,firmiy
and quietly set himself to work to be
worthy of his privileges, and to this
end started off to Boston, intent upon
a solitary debauch.
The morning following this momen-
tOus event he went to the room of a
classmate, and for sometime sat in sill
ence, apparently waiting to have his
debauched appearance commented up
on. Nothing being said in this line he
at length broke out:
Il had devil of time last night.
tell you just raised hades!n
''Did yOu?" the other asked, in evil
dent astonishment. ''What in the
world was your racket"
"Well, SIR" the other answered, his
bosom swelling with all the pride Of
conscious iniquity. 81 went into C.'s"
one of the most innocent ladies' res
taurants in town-''and I talked to the
girls"
The second story was of a man who
really did indulge in riotous living,
and who on one occasion had been on
an especially outrageous spree. He
came into a room where a number of
men were gathered. He looked badly
used up, and it was evident enough to
a close observer that he was making
the most of his looks; but nobody COM
mented upon his appearance.
At length he could stand it no long
er, and howled out:
why the devil don't you fellows
ask me what I've been doing?n
One of those terribly keen chaps,
who in college have the frankness to
say the things which all their life they
have the power of seeing, looked up
and answered:
Because we know. You've been
getting cOnfoundedly drunk, so as to
be able TO talk about it"
The rebuke was so well merited, and
everybody so well understood it, that
it almost worked a great moral reform
in the young man by making him shy
of talking about his excesses.-BOStOH
Letter in Providence Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18

a tendency upon the system to the
same nnsightly and disgusting symp-
tons.
However serious or deep-seated the
causes. it is always possible aud easy
to cure and prevent the effects. When
ever the original source of the trouble
lies in constitutional disease, depraved
condition of the system, hard drinking,
oyerheating, sunburn, or tight lacing,
it cannot produce the blemishes de-
scribed until after the blood has been
snrcharged with humors and the vital
organs have become weakened in the
tone and activity. They are in every
instance the immediate cause of the
trouble. If they be stopped before they
reached their full development no
skin disease will break out. If they
be properly treated after that point the
disease soon disappears and the sufferer
speedily regains his beauty and health.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18
An Ainu Chief.

paid visit to the village chief, who
lives in a large house, part of which
is occupied by Japanese Christian,
who is trying to do missionary work
among the people. The chief, very
old man, received me sitting in front of
his cabinet of Japanese curios. He bow
ed, extended both his hands with the
palms up, waved them toward himself,
and stroked his long gray beard. These
actions were repeated twice, and were
accompanied by low, ,murmured greet
ing, which was translated to me as
meaning that he deemed himself highly
honored by my calls, and hoped would
enjoy myself during my stay in his
village. The Ainu, he said, were too
poor and too ignorant of the manners
of honorable foreigners to do anything
to entertain me; and a lot of cOmpli-
ments and pleasant things. His quiet
dignity of manner, and his low, musical
voice impressed me very favorably ;and.
althought he was dirty and clad in
rags, he looked the chief. X. Good
rich, ia the Popular Science Monthly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18
LINCOLN CHANGED HIS MlnD.
His First Meeting with Sheridan st City
Point,

A writer who claims to have been an
eye witness of the incident thus tells
the story in the Utica Herald:
Opposition now being at an end, it
was deemed advisable to bring Sheri-
dan at the head of his cavalry corps
around by the White House and City
Point to the left flank of the Army of
the Potomac in time to take part in the
closing scenes at Richmond and Peters
burg. To that end he left the valley,
pushing southwark until he struck the
railroad and canal. both of which were
most effectually destroyed for miles.
The former by heating and twisting
rails, and the latter by blowing up
locks and waste weirs, accomplishing
his work so quickly that he met with
little resistance. A full report in
writing was promptly made to Gen.
Grant, and forwarded by scouts, one of
whom passed around to the south OF
Richmond. The second went north,
while the third passed directly through
the City of Richmond, and was the
first to reach City Point. He was a
tall, wiry Virginian, with black hair
reaching to his shoulders, dressed in
Southern uniform. After dropping the
tent fly to conceal him Mr.. Lincoln
was summoned to receive from him
the report. The package consisted OF
some half dozen closely written sheets
of tissue paper wrapped in tinfoil. The
President soon discovered it was in
cipher and surrendered it remarklng
that he didn't believe he would be any
the wiser until it had been translated
The scout disappeared as quietly as he
had come, and soon after Sheridan''
report was laid before the President
who was intensely gratified as he reac
of the Union success. Two or thre'
days later Gen. Sheridan left his caval
nv at White House and rode across thu
country to City Point, where he en-
eountered Sherman in the Adiutan
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18
Lies Travel in Seven-League Boots

Speaking of affecting men in public
life with that dread complaint. cancer
in the stomach, II recall" said an old
Senator today, 1.-TWO reckless state
ments of this kind which related to
members of the Senate, and which gave
them endless trouble when each was
in perfect health. One was David
Davis. He was fond of soft shell
crabs, and daily at lunch during the
crab season had some served in the
Senate restaurant.
"A paragraph was published IN q
local paper saying that Senator Davis
fayogite dish was soft shell crabs, ARotA-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18
Free Whisky.

Free whisky, as proposed by the Re
publican platform, means an epidemic
of drunkenness. 1t means a premium
on intemperance. 1t means that man
can get drunk for a dime. 1t means
universal decentralization aud a saturn
ALA of crime and lawlessness. At least
that's what it would mean if it were
carried out But the American people
have too much virtue and patriotism to
permit such vicious and wicked policy
to prevail. They will keep the tax on
whisky and reduce the taxes on clothing,
food ana shelter er-IldiandpOlis Sentinel.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18
An Unhappy Smile.

Boggins (buying pair of trousers)
Two dollars and half Why,
they're too short; wouldn't them
at any price. They'd be no more use
to me than an ulster at pawnbroker's
in JULY
Bernstein-"Ah, moin friend, it's
blaine you vas nod a peezness-man.
De inderest on dot ulster keeps grow
ing while you vas asleep."-Judge.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18

NYOTICE is hereby given that have had all
~ lands controlled by me, known as the
James Reynolds farm. lying one mile north of
Ravenna, and the Torpey farm. in the north
east part of Ravenna. posted. and all persons
nremises for any purpose whatever. The law
protecting the rights of property owners will
Sc Strictly enforced as to these lands, regard
1esa of friend or foe.
1ga9-4w " j, hibuAEs
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-10-18
Business Cards.
J. n. NICHOLS.

Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Once
in Phenix Block over Second National Bank,
Rayenna, Ohio.