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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-04-25
Captured BY a Blind Detective.

There used to be young man who
sold cigars at a stand on Winter street
or thereabouts. Ordinarily the sales
were of single cigars or small pack
ages of cigarettes, and the dealer, being
exnert in the handling of coins, had no
difficulty iu making change. Some
times paper money would be given him
and then the blind man had to trust
the honor of his patrons not to give
cOunterfeits. One day man came to
him who wanted to buy lot of cigars.
and offered $5 note in payment. The
blind man trusted his honesty. took
the s. bill, and gave what change was
due him in silver. The bill proved to
be counterfeit. Some time afterward
the swindler, feeling secure in the
Inability of the dealer to identify him,
came back to the blind mans stand and
bought cigar.
"I should think" he said nonchal.
antly to the dealer, "that you'd some
times have counterfeit money passed
on you
20, no." said the dealer, "nobody
would impose on poor blind man like
me-"
Sop" said the sharper. His victim
had thrown him off his guard. "Evi-
IDENTIFY" he thought, ''the blind man
succeeded in passing the bill, and no.
body discovered that it was bad till il
got into the third or fourth hands. So
here's chance to get him again"
"Of course" said the sharper again,
aloud, nobody would come such u
game on you. By the way, got loi
of cigars of you while ago that were
good. Got any. more of the same
SCRIP"
Yes, SIR"
"An right. I'll take another s.
worth"
The blind man got up like a flash
and seized him by the arms.
so you're the man that passed the
counterfeit 50 bill on me. are you?" he
exclaimed. ''llelp! theft"
There was crowd on the street, and
the man had plenty of help to secure
the swindler, who was promptly march
ed off to the station, where quite q
supply of counterfeit money was
found on his person.-Boston Tran.
scriDf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-04-25
Ruth Hawkins. ct ais. Defendants.
"ILLIAM A. HAWKINS, who resides


Ruth Hawkins, ct ais, Defendans
"ILLIAM A. HAWKINS, who resides al
wv Marshall. Lyons tommy. Minnesota, ana
Thomas German, Edward Ze,man, William ZeI.
| rie. German. heirs of Nc, German deceased
who reside with heir ia her. Weestling German
| at Stockton, New Jersey. will take notice that
Slin,on Noung, administrator of the estste of b
+. Hawkins. deceased. on the 20,h day of Sep.
tember, 1883, flied his petition in the Probate
Cout of Portage ''ount., Ohio alleg' Dg hat lie
p.rsonsl e. Ia,e u saiu decedent is inso lcient IA
pSy $ deOs and tbs cna~ ~ges of aumi listering
his estate; tnat ne Uieu seized in fee simple oi
toe following rest estate, 20 wit: Situate in q e
County OF Gcaugd auu StSle of Ohio. to wit: Be-
ing part of lot NO in the oWnship of Troy ia
said Couuty, and bounded as follows; Beginning
in the center of the highway at he north east
conner of lot of Ia I'd decided by W. +. PRATT ano
Marcia Pratt, to Dravton q let; thence west o,.
said Gillet's norIu line chains and 81 linEs 10
u post; i"e ice uortu s clAns aod 81 LINKS. 40 a
post; thenre east ch ins 81 hnAS 10 he cent? r
of saiG hisn' y; thence sou'h along be cente,
OF Il nj 1w"y to lne place OF oegiuAing co -
!;iIiag Sl1o-lOJ acres of LAID, as surveyed 6v y
W. Beals.
Also: ano,her lot of Land. ii uste in the owa
ship "f Hiram, County OF poltase. and Sta.e
Ohio, known as nart cf loI No. ia said owa
saip, ard bounded as follows: Commencing in
he cenler \. aud ). road raiing f-2m the VIII
lase of aIrisOn 10 The l.. aud W. ten, er road a.
ponL where The r'ver road intersects tue liz I
mentioned roau Ia, zee no herlv 20 feet; thence
westerly lOO feet ,uence Souther'v 20 the cen e.
OF river road; thehce clSterlv along the center u
sald liver toq 10 ne piave of bcRiuuing. ,uisi
ing VIZ lb r.dS ~ ii. hat u % a. WIZ l.
widow OF ii Il" ga, is eu i,'ed o tieuse o
I ne pr. yer o. hc nion is forthe de .erminj ing
the i'krt> of Rn,1 Hawkins therein, aud tina,
said . operiy besu 20 pay lbe dec aud cha'.t.
aS aiole I'D.
William A. HtSlins and Tho above nau,,
heirs Of Meta Zsnrau are hct ebv roii6cl .he
ther have been hade pttieS defendants - sa
petition. aud Ihat they are ipqnireu u auswe
the same "H or osi1re the IS h dlv OF Nav, t'.
CLiNrO YOUNG. Administrator
ot the estate of u. r. tlawhin~ deceased
CoNANr X HANsELMtN, AuNs. 10 6w
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-04-25
Information From q Woman.

1t was the evening Of the graduating
exercises in a philanthrnpical institu-
fion. Said the reporter to the lady in
charge rustling around in the dignity
of new black silk:
..How many graduates have you?'
go. dear me, are you reporter?
Just dread to see one coming in. They
never get anything right. 1 never
knew one to. think they do it on
purpose. It is too mean for anything.
/ hate"
But will you tell HE the number of
graduatesP"
30, ever so many, and they are just
fhe brightest girls. o, it is such a
wonderful thing that this institution
can educate them rs it does. 1t is per-
fectly splendid. l don't suppose it's
any use to tell you about it. for you
won't get it right any way"
..WhaS do they graduate imp"
..Why, everything most. That's the
idea of the institution, to make them
SO self-reliant and ready for emcrgen-
cies and"
WHO are the patrons of the institu-
tion?"
%, nice people. Everybody ought
TO be interested in it. They would be,
too. if the papers took it up In the
right way. but they won't. They never
get anything right. the reporters-O. !.
/ can't tell you how they twist things"
"How many instructors do you en-
ploy?"
%, we have the loveliest teachers.
I'll go and ask Miss B-to come and
tell you about them. She knows them
personally-all the little family his
tory. YOU know. But of course we
don't want You to publish that Papers
are Just filled with every ones private
affairs now. 1t is just horrid, but ]
suppose the reporters don't care what
they say if they just get their pay.
Excuse me, I'll go and speak to Miss
Smith," and she rustled away. The
reporter waited while they counseled
together, and, approaching. heard:
80. / think she's lovely in that dress.
You know / advised her to put those
reyers on-so much more becoming
than a plain waist. o. there's that
dreadful reporter. I'm tired to death
telling him about things. You tell him
and put those violets up little nearer
your chin.
Il? Why. don't know anything
about it, and I'm busy; I'm on the
flower committee"
..Well, we might as well let it go.
I've told him all about it, but he'll get
Il all wrong, any way. 1t is perfectly
awful the way those reporters miscon-
strue things and never get anything
Eight. "-NeU York Sun.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-04-25
MRS. A. I. PARSONS

We haue hbe a. ne i'1e ., NiNiderV
'd MIs Ctf ~ g",tP 1a q" "Ns0tfWea&
NJ 10O s. "ShIa T,imWcd Hcis dad
B0pRei8 d',I. 0t immeSse e50rh of
UaL'i,aWe6 Hdis Bonae|s ord 3.j,a.
miags, ia 0R ne 'diesi Nocst},sa. saa
0ting ~ - 1tooSe fbe ,rost toSt',i,oes
Schoo' Hofs Fsfoait' NoH hornets.
Ready made Aoes1jag Goods
We ro.Ty o tofgo ''O. & ~ R,j6et;
Uadef,coor .fo.' SUm.Be. Hosie, y,
Gloves AID Miti..
Don't Jordet zee Sch ne re'eb oted
e. Ceatime,t Ma Gtora.
Ladies and Ch3d.'eR's Co.y,sJ Waists
and CorSciS
Our Muslin Uadu wacs coanot be
eTcelied.
Coit, tchether tcsnisa 10 mcaose
Of not.
MRS. A. II. USoNs,
No. . Opera Block. RAvfNxA. q
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-04-25
Too Exciting.

Modern novelist Ito stranger just
arrived in Boston from Hayscedville):
81 like your placid countenance, sir.
What is your walk in life?" Stranger:
ME? 1 live bout ten miles from
Hayseedville an raise chickens fer a
living with incubators." Modern
novelist, ''Ah, incubators! Methinks
l scent clue to great American
novel at last. Do all the chickens
hatch?" Stranger: mo some of 'cm
don't hatch an some of 'em what do
hatch die" Modern novelist: die!
Horrors! l fear the literary materials
to be found on an incubator farm
would be too exciting for modern
taste. "-Peek,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-04-25
SPRING Millinery.

MF stees ia ve,v nompte,r ~ Rttraetive
eW1,Ha ~ mahV 40 elt o., ,Atuer WITH Q
Ibll iHe OF
llAfS, BOkNEfF, Ff0RERs,
ULu'f u weEAtus,
hife,, Wutte 60 'iu'v iae" noe q lInm leE.
ggoS9-- 'he prr. tiesi have eva saowa,
iasPidtn, Fancy, uu staple Ceiors
pRN y "N'lS=Ioid, II c. dee iI laaetfgi
Ue igas Iu tulorinks.
Crane Hod Nuns veilina
otD la DlE'' Rnb BABES CAPS.
ConGde"t lbHi eap nie6 Q AZ, al inspection
OF nv bt0ck T. mYiCd,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-04-25
Teachers Examinations.

/, &INATIONS Will ne heldcommencinS
IL at 8 o'ol'ck a. m. and closing at p. IN.
cn the FIRST SATURDAY of each month; alsc,
the THIRD SATURDAY in October, November.
February and March.
The examination on the THIRD SATURDAY in
February will be held>at Garrettsville; that on
the THIRD SATURDAY in March. at Kent. All
others at the High School Building, Ravenna
No certificate will be ante-dated.
BY order of the Board.
ID46 O.. HAYMAKER> Clerk
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-04-25
IEGAL NOTICE

The Stnte of Ohio. In Probate Court.
CoInty of Portage. =. Case No. L IS.
Clin,on Young. AdMiuisi TOR of the eS, a.e of b
L. Hawkins deceased. Plaintiff
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-04-25
Married Four Times.

: An Ithaca woman, who is only %
wears old, has been married four times.
One husband is dead, one is in state
prison, one il divorced, and she ivea
MilA tbs faREtha
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
Ministers Who Succeed.
From an Exchange.

from an Exchange.
St. Paul says the world is to be saved
by the foolishness of preaching. There
is good deal of foolish preaching.
What wonder if stand-up essays, stepped
in poppy Juice, Should send the congre-
cation to the land Of Nod Who is to
blame when barrenness follows tie SOW
ing Of nothing? The reason why many
a preacher has not better luck" in fish
Ing tor men, affirms a successful pastor,
Is that he will insist upon whipping a
stream already fshed out, or in tying
to catch salt fish in fresh waters, or in
flying for salmon wnere only mudfsh
abound, and not infrequently in angling
on dry land.
Sometimes, too, the preacher makes
the mistake of absorbing all functions
into himself. But he should train 9TH
ers to work. What are the deacons for,
or the elders, or the members The
reason why the gospel fleet has been
out on so long and lrultless a voyage,
says another expert, is because the cap
talns of the vessels have been trying to
work their ships alone, carrying the
crews as passengers and themselves
doing the steering, handling all the sails
from jib to pennant, besides washing
The deck and working the guns; only
occasionally calling on raw hand, who
Obeys the order to reef a sail by casting
out an anchor.
The men who succeed in the ministry
are those who have the faculty. native
or acquired, Of calling out ana adjusting
the activities of the brotherhood. They
lead the charges they order; but see to
it that the others follow. One man, in
this gunpoWder age, cannot storm and
capture a redoubt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
HINTS TO HOUSEkEEPERS.

Dry paths tend to comfort outside the
house and cleanliness within.
HEARTHs of gray marble may be
cleaned by rubbing them with linseed
oil.
A CREAKING hinge can be cured bv the
use of a black lead pencil of the soitest
number, the point rubbed into all the
crevices Of the hinge.
WHITE silk, a wedding dress, for in
stance, NAV be kept for years, without
acquiring the slightest tint of yellow, if
wrapped IN linen sheet that has been
deeply blued, and over this two or
three thlcknesses of heavy brown
wrapping paper.
NEVER leave stone pot having cover
OF the same material in a place where
anything hard is liable 10 fall on or be
thrown against it, as, for instance, un-
der nails on which swimmers, iron
spoons, ETC., are hanging. Even SO light
an article as large tin funnel. when ac-
cldentaly knocked from its nail. has
been known to hit and nick the cover of
a crock happening to stand under it.
When cover is once notched, it will
soon crack entirely across, and then.
sooner or later, break
IHE excellent washerwomen of Hol-
1oAN anu DolSluLu, WHO get up ID0lf
linen SO beautifully white, use refined
borax as washing powder, instead of
soda, In the proportion of one large
handful of powder to about ten gallons
OF boiling water. Borax, being neu-
trail salt, does not in the slightest degree
iniure the texture of the linen. Those
who try this will be pleased with the
result. 1t is also nice to wash blankets
or wooden goods in this manner.
ANYTHING knit or crocheted of white
worsted may be washed more easily in
dry flour than In soap and water; and
from the flour bath it will come out as
fine, new and fieecy as when it was first
made, while ii washed in soap and wa
ter it will look decidedly ''stringy." So
If you are the possessor of any soiled
white worsted work, sift some flour, in
to which plunge the article, where you
may rub and squeeze. if you will not
wiring it, to your hearts content. When
supposed to be clean, shake out all the
flour you can, and hang it out of doors
in gentle breeze for an hour or so.
If the work has been properly perform
ed, you will find it as beautiful as when
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
Claim TO BE the Best.

That queer sect OF ''Faithists'' at New
Orleans has taken the name of the Kos
mon church and issued an address to
the public of which these are the open
ing sentences:
Friends inquiring about the Kosmon
Church as to what it is ard who are its
founders, etc, are respectfully in
formed that it is not founded by any
man, nor clique, nor sect of people, but
1t is the outerowth of many advanced
thinkers interested in human develop
ment. For which reason no names are
published, SO no one can say this man
or that one is doing this for fame or no.
torietv. The Kosmon Church embraces
all that is good in Brahmanism, Bud
dhism, Christianity, Mohametanism
and Confucianism. For pageantry and
mpressiveness in rites and ceremonies
the Kosmon Church excels all other
churches that now are or ever have
been. 1t takes in all that IS devotional,
grand, sublime and instructive in all re-
hgions, ancient and modern. The Kos
mon Church is in religion to the
learned and wise what the kinder
garten is intellectually to the child.
Its whole method is instructive, with
out lectures and arguments, and the
whole service IS congregational
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
Once GeneraI-Once Senator.
From the New York Star.

[ saw Gen. Ames recently, the hus-
band of Blanche Butler. He was mill
tary commander of Mississippi just after
the war, and the first reconstruction
senator from that state. He came to
Washington young and fine looking, and
was considered great catch by the
young ladies in society General But
Ter was then in the zenith of his power,
and his daughter Blanche was one Of
the relgnlng queens Of society. She
was beautiful woman, tall and graceful.
dressed with exquisite taste, and was
noted for possessing many or her faith
er's gifts of speech. Ames sought this
lovely woman and married her, and for
a time they were the central figures in
the social circles OF the national capital.
How things have changed since then
From general in the army, United
States senator, and the glamour of high
lie, Ames has gone into the humdrum
duties of.a commission merchant in
Brooklyn. He has one son that his
wife named Ben after her distin-
guished father. Little Ben is great
pet In Gen. Buffers home at Lowell.
He is the one being to whom this stern
old man unbends.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
FARM AND HOME.
The Wind Across the Wheat.

The Wind Across the Wheat.
You ask me for the sweetest sound mine ears
have ever heard
A swecter than the riDDle's plash or triling of q
bird
Than tapping Of the rain drops upon the roof at
night,
Than the signing Of the pine trees on Wonder
mountain height;
Ana tell you, these are tender, yet never quite
SO sweet,
AS th murmur and the cadence Of the wind
across the wheat.
Have you watched the golden pillows in sunlit
sea OF grain,
Ere yet the reaper bound the sheayes to fill the
creaKing vain
Have you thought how snow and tempest, and
the bitter wiDlry cold,
Were out the guard an angels, the next years
bread to hold,
A precious thing, unframed by the turmoil of
the sky,
Just waiting, growing, silently, until the storms
went by
oh, have you lifted up your heart, to Him who
And listen, through the angel-songs, If but a
sparrow fall.
And then, thus thinking of His hand, what sym
AS the music in the long refrain, the wind across
the wheat?
1t hath its dulce. echoes, from many lullaby,
Where the Graded babe is hushed beneath the
mothers loving eye,
1t hath its heaven-promise as sure as heaven s
throne,
That ne who sent the mamma Will ever feed His
own;
And, though an atom only mid the countless
hosts who share
The Maker S never -ceasing watch, the Father s
deathess care
That atom is as dear to Him as my dear child to
me;
He cannot lose me from my place through all
eternity
You wonder. when it sings me this, there's moth
lug half 50 sweet,
Beneath the circling planets as the wind across
the wheat?
-Mdr0aret E. Sun0ster
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
Slaves in Zanzibar.

Nearly seven-eights of the population
of Zanzibar are slaves. Some owners
have LOCO. A negro boy costs about 500,
q strong workman about 300 or Sl2O. q
pretty young negress from $50 to 500,
Abyssinian women from 5000 to $500.
while the Jeddah, in Arabia, bring
fancy prices.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24

Mrs. SALLIE HANsFoRD, OF Oglethorpe
County, Ga, who makes living on her
farm In the Salem neighborhood for
herself and children, has in her pos
session pair of small scissors that her
late husband picked up on the battle
field in Pennsylvania during the war.
She says she has had them III constant
use ever since, end they are good for
many years to come.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
Currant Culture.

A new method of cultiyating this ex-
cellent garden fruit has been followed
for several years by Connecticut cor
respondent of the Country Gentleman.
He says of it: Il allow each year from
four to six new shoots to grow from the
ground surface on each bush, keeping
the soil well fertilized and cultivated
clean, destroying the currant-w worm
when it appears by careful busting,
especially Of the under surface OF the
leaves with powder Of white hellebore
applied when the dew is on. When the
currants are sufficiently ripened land
for perfection in making jelly they
should hardly all be red or ripe), the
pickers cut off with corn-knife or
hook every branch which is in
bearing, lay the branches carefully in
the garden barrow, wheel them OFT and
dump them in the shade, where they
afterward sit and strip the branches at
leisure. AS all the currants under this
treatment grow on new wood the frnit
is finer and more abundant, and the
dread of picking while squat like a
toad in the boiling heat OF July has
vanished. After six years of this aD-
parently severe treatment my old BUSH
es are more vigorous than when | COM
menced, and in better condition than
the new planting which 1 then made in
the expectation of killing out the old
ones and relying on the new"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
Crows in the Corn Field.

At discussion at the meeting of the
Come cticut State Board of Agriculture,
on the question "Can Crows Be Pre-
vented from Pulling Corn?" Mr.. Webq
salu he made an agreement with the
crows years ago that if they would not
pull his corn he would feed them.
when | SOW my corn for the crows"
says he, Il do not poison it, but | SOW it
in different parts of the field. They
pick it up, and while so doing pick up
many worms" Mr.. Ellsworth pursues
the same course and thinks an allow
ance of two quarts of corn much better
than 10 lose 100 or 200 hills of corn.
Several farmers claimed that by ap-
plying tar to the seed when planting
the crows will not pull the corn. Mr..
Day reckons the destruction of corn Nv
crows in New England by thousands
and thousands Of dollars. Mr.. Day has
succeeded in driving off crows by hang
ing small looking glass with short
string on slanting stake driven in an
elevation in the corn6eld. Mr.. Fem
said tarred corn was not an absolute
preventive. The looking-glass scheme
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
The Fruit Garden,

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gems in their garden. The professional
fruit grower especially needs all posi-
bic information on this subject
Remember that you should plant on
rich soil for propagation. A cutting has
no roots to send out 10 a distance for
food, and must have it near at hand.
More than tnis, rich soil is more moist
than poor and more porous.
Make the soil deep and fine. Hard
clay soil that bakes will not answer, I'm
less sand or muck is mixed with it lib
orally.
Plant and cultivate with care, and
give frequent attention. You seldom
hnl a success I'll propagation with a
propagating bed in the further corner OF
his grounds. Why? he wants it near
by, where he will be reminded of its
needs.
When about to propagate investigate
thoroughly and learn what varieties are
most worthy. DO not waste your time
on worthless varieties. Get specimen
bearing fruit on your place as early as
possible, and Judge by its conduct there
whether it will be profitable for YOU to
largely multiply it.
The profits Of propagation are great
From an acre you might realize 81 900
OF more. In propagating some species
the labor also is great. Consider that at
the start and do not expect large profits
from small outlay of time and attention.
Poultry Pickings
Carbolized sulphur. made by thor
oughly mixing with spoon or stick ten
pounds of sulphur with two drachms or
carbollc acid, is recommended for lice
on poultry. 1t is to De applied with the
I,oy 70 no q,,Q i n
the fowl. 1t will not injure setting eggs
nor little chicks, but is death to vermin
in twenty-four hours.
The hen-house should have a tight
roof and walls. If the shingles are old
and admit the wet, then surely trouble
will ensue. Damp floors will be sure to
bring colds, and these neglected soon
develop into roup, the most difficult dis
ease TO control known to the poultry
yard. Stop the leaks, patch the roof,
seal up the cracks, and so keep the hens
healthy, for surely they will not pro-
duce eggs if diseased.
Dust the nest-boXes once week with
insect powder, in order to prevent the
lice from driving the hens of.
During warm weather live poultry
suffer from thirst when shipped to mar
ket in ccops. The fowls should never
be crowded. Nearly all the coops that
come In contain twice as many fowls as
they should nave, and some OF them die
on the journey. Plenty of food, with
drinking cups at several points of the
coop. should be provided.
The Farmers Magazine says: The
special food to cause hens to lay are Sc
cret preparations, but the following is
considered good formula: Two pounds
each of bone, linseed cake, dried meat,
oats, oyster shells, all finely ground; one
ounce Of sulphur, two ounces of red pep
per, four ounces each of common salt
and copperas and one ounce of bread
soda. Mix the whole thoroughly, and
allow a tablespoonful of salt three times
week to each fowl. AS the cost of
these substances will be but little, quite
large quantity can be made at once.