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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-03-08
Model Rules For q Club.

The following are the rules of club
in small Russian town in the Tcher-
nizeff district:
l. 1t is prohibited to enter the club
with creased boots.
2. Tradesmen are not allowed to en-.
ter the club in their working clothes,
which exhale the disagreeable odor OF
fish, grease. or leather.
8. A dress-coat must be worn at al
New Year or Easter dances; anyone
appearing in velvet waiscOat or 4
green necktie is fined l ruble; the fines
cover the expenses of the band.
Them embers are especially request
ed not TO use the window-curtains a:
pocket handkerchiefs; offenders of this
sort will be expelled from tine club.
3. During the dances, members
smoking in the ladies room will be
fined % kopecks, the fines to be ex
pended in toilet powder and eau de
cologne for the ladies.
6. During quadrille flirting is pro-
hibited, and no one is allowed to steE
over the bounds of deeency.
Z. 1t is strictly prohibited to get in
decently drunk, as has happened be
fore now.
8. 1t is prohibited to strike partner
in the face. You may hit him in the
stomach if you have sufficient provo
cation.
9. In the case of disagreement al
billiards, it is strictly prohibited to hi
partner with cue. and throwing
chalk at him is equally disaereea ,Ie
Wait till you get him outside before
you punch him.
This club flourishes!-Manchestei
(En9land) Umpire.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-03-08
A Romance of the War.

A few days ago face which retain
ed traces of great former beauty was
pointed out upon the avenue, and the
following story was told of its posses
sor. says the Washington Critic: Dur
ing the war her betrothed lover, while
serving as an officer under the banner
of the eonfederacy. learned incidental
ly of her serious illness in Albany, N.
Y. He obtained leave of absence.
passed through the lines, and, after
almost incredible escapes and hard
ships, succeeded in reaching her side
in her northern home. Upon her re-
covery he attempted to retrace his
steps, but was seen and recognized in
New York city and arrested as spy.
After due trial before a competent
tribunal he was found guilty and con-
demned to be shot. The lady in ques-
ton was a niece of Cardinal (then
archbishop Manning. and the whole
force of the catholic clergy was
brought to bear upon Mr.. Lincoln, in
order to secure Communication of the
sentence. This was done in effect, for
the unfortunate man was permitted to
marry the woman of his choice, and
then both were banished to Paris.
where they lived under the surveillance
of the American minister until the
close of the war. Such indeed was the
condition upon which his life was
spared by the president The brave
confederate's wife is now a widow. and
her eldest son is cadet at West Point
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-03-08
A Horrible Sight.


Chicago's Ex-Mayor, Carter III. Har-
rison, in a recent letter to t. Chicago
Maui writes from Bangkok, Siam:
We then went to the square for the
poor, and, to our surprise, almost nor
ror, newly dead body had just been
laid on it. 1t was limp and hardly
cold. 1t was of an old woman-a COW
ering was laid over the middle of the
body. but the head, bust, arms. and
legs We're bare. Just as we entered
vulture flew over, then another and
others. Two or three dogs were walk
ing about close by. The birds hoped
about the body, but did not seem salts
fed it was dead. Presently one OF tile
dogs stole up and commenced to tear
piece of flesh from the cheek.
Rapidly the birds closed in, commence
ing at the eyes. The sight was so
sckening that we all turned and went
out. not looking back. 1 saw the re-
lations of the dead squatted in a sort
of she'd temple close by, while robed
priest was reading from bamboo leaves
the service for the dead. l felt that if
these, the relatives of the dead, were
not Mortified at the mangliHg of their
loved dead, it was sickly sentimentality
for me so to be, so | returned. ] had
not been absent five minutes, but in
that time the vultures had come in
such numbers that they were squirm-
ing, tossing mass over the corpse.
Five dogs were there by this time.
swapping and growing and trying to
drive the birds away SO that they
could get at the feast Presently the
birds seemed for the moment satisfied
and hobbled off. Then the dogs went
in. But one OF the attendants, seeing
our disgust at the dog part of the
drama, drove them away, when the
vultures again returned. In less than
thirty minutes from the time the body
was laid there the bloody, gorged
birds flew off, one by one, and
left the bare skeleton for the dogs to
pull at the sinews and at the tough
hands and feet, which their beaks could
not tear.
At first we were all shocked by the
sight, but very quickly this feeling
passed of. l could not help feeling it
was not whit worse than laying
loved one in the ground to become
food for worms. The vultures seemed
but lifting ministers-it is their call
ing, and has been so for countless
ages. For countless SUGGESTIONS of
generations they have been aiding
man in this way to get rid of his dead,
instead of putting them in the ground
to feed worms and poison the waters
of life. But there was something hor-
rible in the dogs performance. He is
mans friend, and man takes care of
him. | did not after that pass a Sia-
mese cur that did not feel desire to
whack him over the head.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-03-08
An Eccentric Character.

One of the most eccentric and wide
" known characters in Western Mass
achusetts is Bill Pratt. a resident of
Williamstown, who is looked upon as
a sort of college fixture by the stu
dents. The Boston Journals Will
Jamestown correspondent has this to
say of him:
"Bill' has amused college student
and summer visitor alike for many
years. He is old, how old no one
knows, but certainly in the neighbor-
hood of so years, as he was bound out.
when II boy on the farm of the late
Judge Buckley's father. He has made
a living by saving wood, beginning
this work as far back as when wood
stoves were in use in the college build
ings, and continuing it to the present
day. In his younger days he saved
enough to purchase a little place on
the Cold Spring road, but being both
cred by bad boys, some of the citizens
interested themselves in his behalf and
purchased a small lot within the viii
lage, Just north of the Mansion House,
and erected small building upon it.
Here "'Bilr' aud his wife Susan lived
happily until his wife's death last fall.
Since then Bill has failed rapidly,
and but for the watchfuf care of the
neighbors would have died. Recently
he called two citizens into his hovel
and from an old bureau brought to
light two stockings well filled with
coin. In one was found just $50,
mostly in silver dollars, showing that
though '.BilI' could not count, he knew
the value of the coins. In the second
nearly $50 was found. 1t was "Bilrs"
custom whenever he received paper
currency to go to the bank and ex-
change it for coin. ''Bilr' cannot read
a word, yet he has a most tenacious
memory. His harangues, jumbling to-
gether all the theological, metaphysi-
cal and scientific terms he has heard
in this college town, are models worthy
the imitation of sophomore orator.
Many a coin has ssBilr' received for
his famous speeches. ''Bill" always
recognizes the old graduates on their
return and always claims fellowship,
remarking: Il used to be in your
class" OF late years ''Bill' has de-
veloped u remarkable musical taste,
beginning with piece of broken gas
pipe, from which he evolved some most
remarkable noises. From this he adj
yanced to the harmonica, with a tin
can accompaniment, and when dressed
i'm his regimentals "a cast-off cap and
cape of the old college Garfield bat
talion) afforded endless amusement to
the many summer visitors. The old
mans friends are fearful that his re-
markahle life is nearing its close.
About Il month ago lie narrowly es-
capped serious accident from blow
on the head from his AK, which caught
in IA clothesline when he was chop
ping. However, his vitality Is great,
and he may live to greet his out-of-
town friends another summer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-03-08
Don't Compromise Fire Policies.

An Indiana gentleman named How
ard recently lost his house by fire, and
the insurance company, of which he
demanded payment of his policy. re-
fused on the ground of the conceal
ment of some material fact Rather
than suffer a suit. the company at last
paid him S25. for which receipt was
given, surrendering and cancellng the
policy. The artful Mr.. Howard inn
mediately employed this $25 in bring
ing suit against the company, and his
jury of intelligent fellow-eitizens, after
being assured that a corporation is
soulless, fiesh-devouriug monster. gave
him a verdict for $1,000. But it
wouldn't work. You can't have your
cake and eat it, too. The receipt was
an insuperable bar, said the court, to
this action. OF course if the receipt
were fraudulent, it might be set aside,
but if Howard wished it to appear that
the receipt was fraudulent, he must
return the $25. As he had failed to do
so, he couldn't claim the 81 POO.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-03-08
Where Her Talent Lay.

A graduate of Vassar some years
ago married and went to her husbands 5
home, where it was suggested by some
friendly relative that she should make
John some shirts. The first shirt was
unsatisfactory, and indeed the sewing
was picked out three times. When,
no ever, a week later the young bride
showed a check of $50 for magazine
story she had written, and in another
week a check for $50. the wise aunties
meekly and generously acknowledged
at once: Yes, Mary, perhaps it will
be as well for you to give out the sew
inp."-B6ston TTdUeter.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-03-08

Friends of the Van Zandt family say
that they are dissatisfied with Amer
lea and are preparing to go to Europe,
with a view to living there the re-
mainder- of their lives. Miss Nina
doesn't seem to have lost much flesh
mourning for her proxy husband, but
her father is said to have expressed an
opinion that this country isn't free
enough to suit his ideas, and he wanta
To try living under q monarchy
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-03-08

Scene. Madison Square. First actor
Don't detain me, old boy, I'm just IN
from Pittsburg. and I'm in great
hurry Second actor - Where are
you going? First actor-Pm going to
see q ehiropodist-TsEa$ Sifts.g&
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-03-08

Rafael Luna. after reaching the I'M
common age of SO years, is now enjoy
ing his honeymoon with Petra Negrete,
a young woman of %, whom he has
lately married in Guanaiuaro.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-03-08
C. ID. INGELL,

A TTORNEY AT LAW and Notary
~ Public. Office in over Mrs. Smiths Milli-
cry Store Mantua station. Ohio. 542-tf.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-19

SALMON CRUMBs.-Under this ma me
dish prepared in the following manner is
much in use and greatly esteemed in the
north of Ireland: A quantity of cold boiled
salmon is divided into very small frag-
ments and mixed with bread crumbs, an
egg or two well whiSked, butter, salt, pep
per and a little vinegar; after which it is
put in pudding dish and baked in an oven.
The proportion of the ingredients is not
very definite, but is variously regulated,
according to taste. Vinegar is often used
along with it when it is eaten.
POTATOES AND SARDINEs. par
boiled potatoes half an inch thick. Melt a
piece of butter i'll stewpan and put in a
LAYER of half the potatoes A couple of
chopped onions and some parsley must be
steamed with a piece of butter In a small
stewpan. Chop Sardines or anchovies and
stir them into the latter. Stew for a few
minutes, then spread them over the potatoes
III the stewpan. Cover with the other half
OF the potatoes and stew them ten minutes
or the whole may be done in the oven, with
the dish covered
PEACH Blossom CAKE.-One cupful of
powdered sugar and half cupful of but
ter, creamed together half a cupful of
sweet milk; beat the whites Of three eggs
10 a stlff froth; stir butter, sugar and milk
thoroughly together, add the whites and
lastly to cupful Of flour in which one tea
spoonful of baking powder and one-half
teaspoonful of corn starch have been sifted.
FlaVor with lemon or peach. Grease cake
tin and line with paper. Bake in mode
rately quick ov, II, and when a straw will
pierce the cake without sticking, take from
the oven and sandwich with finely grated
cocoanut and pink sugar. Frost sides and
top with clear icing and sprinkle this with
powdered pink sugar.
A CHOICE PIGEON PIE.-After the bird
has been thoroughly washed inside and out
and dried, fill it with highly seasoned and
very savory veaa force meat Rub the out
side with compound of pepper, ground
allspfce, one pounded Glove and about the
same weight of cinnamon, nutmeg and
grated lemon peel. Put into the stewpan
one teacupful of lemon juice, one of orange
juice, four or five spries of parsley and the
same of sweet marjoran and thyme. Let
this commence to boil; then put in the bird
and allow it to stew very slowly for nearly
an hour. Keep the pan closed the whole
time and send to table as hot as possible,
garnished with slices of lemon and red cur
rant jelly or pieces # cold aspic
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-19
The Pear Crop.

The pear crop of this section, says the
Tallahassee Forididn, will soon be an in
dustrial matter of large consequence. The
prospect now is that the crop of Leon county
alone will this season amount to many thou
sand bushels. Shipping to distant markets
would be the usual lottery business, in
which some shippers would draw prizes,
others blanks; some be treated fairly by
consignees and others unfairly; some ship
ments reaching glutted market and others
meeting demand more or less satisfactory.
therefore it would seem to be we'll for the
pear growers to adopt a system similar to
the Orange Exchange" plan successfully
lnaugurated through the efforts of Mr.. A.
>. Mann, the basis of which is that the fruit
De sold in Florida. The large dealers of
other States, each of whom supplies large
number of small dealers as their trade re-
qulres, buy at the auctions of the Exchange,
or at the groves at prices indicated by the
sales at auction, and the grower has no risks
Oh shipment or uncertainty of returns. This
method Of handling the orange crop has al
ready fully proved its advantages and will
doubtless relieve the orange growing bust
ness of most of its uncertainties and the
losses that will fall on individual shippers.
The heavy product of the LeConte pear in
oustry will soon make it a regular staple in
tne fruit market, like the orange-and to
sell 1t here would be a much better plan
IMAM making random shipments over the
country, exposed to all the mischances of
Quilted markets, risks of transportation,
incompetency, inattention OF dishonesty of
commission merchants. Becoming staple
o. trade, dealers will seek the pear at its
centres OF production when they find that
II VIII not come to them in their own mar
kets
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-19
Popular Science.
Soapstone paint is said to be an excellent
rust preventive for iron surfaces.
A 1.k e.. 4.ao

Soapstone paint is said to be an excellent
rust preventive for iron surfaces.
A late plan for treating sewage with cleo.
tricity has brought out the fact that such
schemes have been quite nuuerous-one pal
ent, involving eight electrical methods
dating back to 1858.
The London Times has an account of q
small vessel for a mission society in Africa
which is built entirely of delta metal The
vessel is II feet long, fet beam, with O
depth Of 3 feet. For convenience in trans
porting she was built in three sections.
1t has been said that finely polished lus-
terless surface can be produced in steel by
rubbing, after tenpering, on a smooth iron
surface with some ound oil-stone till il il
perfectly smooth and even, after which il
should be laid on sheet of paper and rubbed
backward and forward till IL acquires a fine
dead polish.
To glue leather TO castiron spread over
the metal thin, not solution of good glue
soak the leather with a warm solution OF
gal!-nuts before placing on the metal and
leave 10 dry under an even pressure. II IS
claimed tn { when fastened in this manner
il is impossible to separate the leather from
the metal without tearing it.
A series Of experiments have been made
at the Rochefo Arsenal, France, with a
view to provide for the concealment OF tor
pedo boats in action. The apparatus used
prevents the escape Of sparks and fire, and
10 has been said that il reduces the temper
allure of the SMOKE to 1907, at which tenn
perature, instead of rising, It spread over
the surface Of the water, concealing the
boat.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-19
Keeping Ducks for Profit.

But few farmers make speciality of keep
ing ducks for market. That is, while a
large majority of farmers keep few ducks
yet they do not give them the attention that
is sometimes devoted to hens. The duck is
an industrious forager and is able to pick
up large portion of its food, but in winter
it often goes hungry for the want of feed
ing, and hence does not lay. Where ducks
are rightly managed they lay more eggs
than hens, and the price of such eggs is
higher. The mistake made in selling ducks,
however, is in keeping them too long after
they have attained maturity. There is an
old maxim that 1.-THE duck grows very fast
and should be sold soon," and it is true No
adult ducks should be kept except only
enough to produce the eggs necessary for
Matching the young ones, and two brakes
and ten females will lay eggs sufficient for
Matching out over one thousand ducklings
The ducklipgs may be Matched by hens or
in incubators, and should be forced from
the start. They are enormous eaters but
grow accordingly, for of the large breeds
they can be made to weigh five pounds each
when ten weeks old, at which period they
should be sold, as they do not increase very
rapidly after reaching that weight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-19
LEGAL NOTICES.

I n the Court Of Ordinary of Chatham county,
h Georgia, February Term. l6SS-In the
matter of the PROBATE in solemn form of the
last win and testament of WILLIAM HEY
WARD GIBBONS, d. ceased
FRANCIS S. LATuROP as executor Of the
last will and testament of WILLIAM HEY
WARD GIBBONS, having filed his petition for
probate in solemn form of the said last will and
testament, and 1t appearing TO the court that,
ISABEL LATHROP, Of the county of Morris,
state of New Jersey and SARAH T. MCALLIS-
TER, of 81 city Of New York State of New
York are the next Of kin and only heirs at law
of the said WILLIAM HEYWARD GIBBONS;
and that the said ISABEL LATHROP aud
SARAH I. MCALLISltR can only be served by
publication. II Is ordered, adiudged and de-
creed that this order shall constitute citation in
said cause. and that the same shall be published
in the Savannah Morning News, a newspaper
published in the city of Savannah, county of
Chatham and state of Georgia, being the same
in which the county adVertis. ments are pub
lished on the 9TH, 18th, 10Th and 26th days Of
March and on the ID day OF April. and that the
said parties be and they are hereby cited aud
required to be and appear before the April
Term. 1883, of this court, to be holden on the
FIRST MONDAY, being the second day of
April 1888 and show cause. IL any they have,
why said last will and testament should not be
admitted to probate in solemn form as prayed
for.
FEBRUARY 14rH, 1898
HAMPTON L. FERRILL,
Ordinary G. c.
LAwToN & CUNNINGHAM, Proctors for the
Executor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-19
Senator Edmunds' Little Joke.
From the Chicago Mail

A story is now going the rounds of the
lobbies in Washington at the expense of
Senator Edmunds The Senator three sum
mers ago took vacation to the lower Can
adian provinces, and among other cities
which he visited was st. John, New Bruins
wick The old man was very facetious,
and he cracked many an alleged joke with
the reporters who called upon him. They
played off very childlike, and the Senator
was just beside himself with enjoyment.
He was laboring under the deluson that he
was fooling them, while they were really
working him for all he was worth.
There were about ten reporters in the
city, all told, and they, one after the other
kept up continuous round of interviews
The old man was amused at the questions,
and about o'clock in the evening he was in
high feather. He had never struck such a
crowd of raws in his life, he believed
He thought he would surround himself
with a little eccentricity, so after that hour
when a reporter called he went to the door
himself, opened 1t just enough to give him
SPACE to poke out the ear-trumpet which
he carried and then ordered the caller to
announce himself. The boys were not slow
to catch on. One OF them went out and
purchased pint of milk. Then he went to
see Mr.. Edmunds. Mr.. Edmunds played
his little ruse. The only thing that could
be seen was the bowl of the ear-tIs. apet,
while the voice came; "Who are yots~
There was no verbal answer. The repor-
ter promtly poured the pint of milk into
the ear-trumpet, and it was not until the
fluid was running in rivulets through his
whiskers and streaking his sDmber suit of
black that the Senator realized he had been
the victim of practical joke. There were
no moro interviews that night. Senator
Edmunds left the city by the early train
next morning, and never returned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-19
Mxe Your Farm self-sustainins.

TIE chief aim of our farmers, says the
Fyrido AgricuIturiSt, should be to make
teir farms self-sustaining. If possible they
Dshould produce everything they consume
Of course this plan cannot be carried out
literally, but nevertheless it should be at
tempted. So long as their corn cribs are in
Kansas and their smok e-houses in Chicago,
just so long will the Goddess of Prosperity
pass them by.
Many of our farmers, who have every
facility for making the best of gardens,
dine daily during the vegetable season on
canned vegetables from the North. Instead
of having their own orchards and being able
to gather peaches, plums, pears, ETC., through
the year, they send to a corner grocery and
buy a can of Delaware peaches or Califor-
MIA pears, as inSipid as they are expensive
And thus it keeps up the year round, what
they could raise at home they buy from the
North.
The matter of producing everything con-
sumed is, of course, more incumbent ON the
farmer than any one else, but the orange
grower or the fruit raiser is not excusable
for purchasing articles in New York that
he could produce in his own grove or gar
den. Ii our people will bear in mind the
fact that their prosperity will increase in
proportion to their produce and will labor
to one end-to raise as much and buy as
little as possible, they will find their purses
heavier and their hearts lighter each sue
ceeding year.