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Ex-President Hayes Library.

A correspondent Of the st. Louis Globe Demo-
crdt thus refers to the private library of ex-
President Hayes and his love for good books:
Few of our public men are more assiduous
readers of good books than ex-President Ruth
erford b. Hayes, and the library in his Fremont
home Is perhaps one of the most valuable of
Its kind in this country. There are 1000 vol
umes, chiefly books of reference and biograph-
zeal works. Since his retirement to private
life this library has been one of the ex-Presi-
dents cnief pleasures Hours are spent by him
in his library, and everything is forgotten in
the interest of the work in hand Gen HAYES
absorbs everything he reads and his retentive
memory enables him to remember and quote
an author at ease.
He loses himself completely in book and
time Is forgotten by him when reading Not
book Is placed upon the library shelves but it
Is first read, and often re-read. and a work
must have some intrinsic merit before it is re-
posed into its proper place. The library is
methodically arranged, is deliberately cata-
logued by subject. author and a digest of its
contents. Much of this work has been done by
the ex-President himself in leisure time His
books have cost Gen. Hayes over 80, OOO and
to his mind. his library is a most ragged and
unfinished structure. He adds to it contin-
uany, and Is always on the watch for books
that interest him. The ex-President has the
means wherewith TO crafty his tastes, and no
one encourages them more than he
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n9oNAs DOWLING, Auctioneer.

ONE ELEGANT BREWSTER BRoUGHAM, WITH
COLLINS AXLE, IN PERFECT ORDER,
AT AUCTION.
On SATURDAY, JANUARY TWELFTH. 1889. at
TWELVE O'CLOCK, in front of my auction rooms I
shall sell the aforementioned Carriage, built by
Brewster, of Broome street, New York. Can be seen
hue Georgetown, b. G. THOMAS DOWNING,
ta0
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At the restaurant: "Waiter, bring me some
Eastport behring's in cottonseed oil"
waiter-.'Not - the bill, sah." 'sNever
mind the bll-bring me Q box Of sardines."
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BOWLING, Auctioneer.

VERY COMFORTABLE AND WE'LL BUILT TWO
STORY BRICK DWELLING No. 1922 THIRD
STREET NORTHEAST AT AUCTION.
On TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY FIT
TENTH, 1889 at FOUR O'CLOCK, in front of the
premises, shall offer at public auction Lot 81 Of
Patrick O'Donohues sub of square 149, improved by
a comfortable two-story brick dwelling, containing
seven rooms, being No 1922 Sd street northeast.
Terms easy and made known at sale. All convey
ancing and recording at purchasers cost. 81 90 de-
posit required at the time of sale
jsg-dts THOMAS BOWLING, Auct.
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vNUNCANsoN BROS. Auctioneers
TTRUsTEEs SALE OF Two-sroRY FRAME BorsE
No Ills TWENTIETH STREET NORTHWEST


No 115S TWENTIETH STREET NORTHWEST.
By virtue Of two deeds of trust. recorded in Liber
land ecnrs Of The pisret of Coa4bis we 1 N se
ON THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF
JANUARY, A. ID. 1883, at HALF-PAST -FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, in front of the premises, al that piece
or parcel of land and premises known and distin-
gushed the ground plat plan of Washington city,
District of Columbia as and being part of lot num-
bered twentyseven C27l in square numbered one hum
dred l0O, beginning for the same at the northeast
corner Of said lot and running thence south along the
line of both street twelve 2) feet ten and one-hal
t10t0 inches, thence west fifty 800 feet eleven uD
inches, thence north twelve 2) feet ten and
inches to the place of beginning together with all the
improvements, ways easements rights, privileges TO
the same belonging or in any wise appertaining.
Terms: One-third cash; balance in one and two
years. notes TO bear per interest payable
annually. and to be secured by deed Of trust on
premises all cash at option Of purchaser deposit
at purchasers cost. Terms to be complied with in
10 days otherwise right reserved TO resell st risk and
cost of defaultine purchaser after days public
notice Of such resale IA some published in
ja9-d&ds JAS. p. RYON, irus'ees
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VUyRUsTrEs' SALE OF A COMFORTABLE FRAME
Il DWELLING HoUSE, NO: ll02 NlRGlNIA AVE-
NTEi o aIS THE SMITHSONIAN INsri-
BY virtue OF q certain deed Of trust recorded in
hber No 1899. folio BOP, ct seq one Of the land re
OF the party secured, viii sell public auction in
W WE'D JANUARY NINTH. 1859, at HALF.
situated in Washington city, D. C. and Known As lot
numbered nineteen 40, of Abraham y. Barker's re-
corded subdivision of part of original lot ca, in
square three hundred and twenty i've $3.50 impr9yed
house
Terms of sale: one-third Of the purchase money in
balance in two equal payments at one and two
with interest at cent from the day of sale and
by deed Of trust the property Sold all
sio6 viii be required When the property Is sod All
nveyancng at the purchasers cost II the terms OF
sale complied with within ten days from the day
erty The cost risk defauting purchaser.
after flye days advertisement in some newspaper
printed and published in the said city.
WILLIAM W. BOARMAN,l r-,,..oo.
GEORGE c. BOARMAN, irus'eos.
d2s-dkds GEO. W. sT1CKNEY, Auct.
OFFICE OF WASHINGTON DANENHowER.
" Real Estate and Insurance Broker. Ills st.
PERFMPToRY SALE OF AN ELEGANT LOT ON
EAST CAPITOL STREET, BETWEEN -FOUR
TENTH AND FIFTEENTH STREETS.
On THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JANUARY,
1889, AT HAIF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK p M wall
SELL to the highest bidder in front Of the premises all
of original lot IA. in square l05S, fronting 900 on
East Capitol street. by depth of lbs to 3O-fooi
alley; also side alley. deposit OF 800 required al
Terms cash and to be complied with within 10 day.
from day of SALE property viii be resod at risk and
'' - ''' ~ WASHINGTON DANENHowER
- Agent for Owner.
THOMAS BOWLING. Auctioneer. i4-d&d.
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First Stage Robber-''what did you git yes
terday, yerry?''
second Robber-sNothin'. There wasn't no
body in the stage 'ceptin' lawyer, two
plumbers and prima donna, an professional
courtesy wouldn't allow me to touch sem, of
course. "-TeyTs Haute Express.
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UyHoMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer.

ADNINIsTRATRIXS SALE OF SMALL LOT OF
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. FARMING INPLE-
MENTS, ETC.
On SATURDAY, JANUARY TWELFTH. 1882 AT
ten O'CLOCK, at the auction-rooms of Thomas
bowling, shall sell the above mentioned effects
jaO-3t MARY MCMAHON, Administrator.
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.

vUyRUsTrEs' SALE OF A COMFORTABLE FRAME
IL DWELLING HOUSE, NO. HOP VIRGINIA AVE
NUE., OPPOSITE THE SMITHSONIAN INsrI-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-21
Curious Russian Superstition.

A curiouslv unpleasant superstition
has just been revealed at trial in
Southern Russia. which ended in the
conviction of four peasants for the
murder of girl IL years old. The
superstition recalls that about thieves
candles narrated in connection with
the Whitechapel murders. These
peasants, it seems, were believers in
The superstition that candles made of
human fat rendered the bearers invisi-
BILE. To obtain these articles they first
attempted to murder a boy in forest.
They next tried 10 kill an old peasant,
thirdly Il Russian Clergyman, and be-
ing disturbed on all these occasions
they ut last Succeeded in numbering
SGkena Chtrkaschina. With the fat
from the child body they made can
dies. and with their lcip attempted 10
commit II robbery. The light of the
candies betrayed their doings. and on
being arrested they confessed every
thing. The evidence in court showed
the belief in the thieves candle super
siilion TO be widespread III Russia
London Letter.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-21
He Will Take After the Comet.

Young Mr.. Slaylate was seated in
the dimly lighted parlor the other night
watching a 17-year-old girl trying to
keep. awake long enough to see the
morning star rise. They talked as
tronomy.
II wish was star" he added.
smiling ut Ills own poetic fancy.
81 would rather you were comet,
she said, dreamily.
His heart beat tumultuously.
''And why?' he asked, tenderly, at
the same time taking her unresisting
hands in his own. ''And why?" he re-
peated, imperiously.
''O," she replied with a brooding
earnestness that fell on his soul like a
bare foot on cold oil-cloth, 'because
then you wonld only come around
once in every 1900 years"
He didn't say anything until he was
halfway to the front gate, when he
turned around and shook his fist at
the house and muttered between his
teeth:
''By the gods, it'll be a laundering
sight longer than that before l come
around again"
But by that time the poor girl was
in bed and fast asleep.-I'Og Stand
ard
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-21
Love at the washtub.

Marriageable Young women are in
great demand In Queensland Australia.
The sexes In this colony are in the pro-
portion of 125 males to SO females.
The towns, however, retain more Than
their share of the fair sex, and in the
sugar-planting districts there is de-
plorable dearth of women. Nearly
all the land owners and large plant
ers are married, but most of the whites
i'm their employ are bachelors, and,
what ID worse, many of the poor fel-
lows haven't u chance to change their
condition IL. they wish to. The result
is that whenever a nice white girl goes
into the interior on the plan tations she
has TO get married 10 self protection or
else she is so pestered with attentions
as almost to drive her out of the coun-
try.
A remarkable case of sudden and al
most unprecedented matrimony oc-
cured on plantation near Winton Il
few weeks ago. A planter had been
to Rockhampton, aud had there en-
gagged strapping, good-looking girl
to assist his wife in her household
duties. After she had been in her
new home for several days she took
the washtub out of doors one morning
door the family washing. While hard
at work, with soapsuds up to her
elbows, along came squatter who
kept small herd of cattle in the
neighborhood. He didn't intend to
lose this chance to make the acquaint-
ance of woman. So he sidled up to
the washtub and began to talk. and
it wasn't long before she was giving
him more than half her attention.
After a while the young man owned
up that it was q case of love at first
sight as far as he was concerned and
he popped the question without any
ado. The girl said she was willing if
her mistress would endorse him as a
worthy young man. That lady thought
it would be good match and said so,
and quarter of an hour later the
brand new lovers, in their wOrkday
clothes, were footing it three miles
away TO the house of magistrate.
where the knot was legally tied, i'll
short order. The bride finished her
washing in the afternoon and that
evening she transferred herself to the
home Of the squatter, which she now
adorns, apparently as happy woman
as there is in Queensland.
A great many people do not like this
climate, for we are twenty degrees
nearer The equator than the residents
! of New York. But those who do not
object to our. superintendent sunshine,
which makes most of our days pretty
warm, though not unhealthful, are do
ing well; and any presentable young
woman who ventures into this colony
is apt to have her name changed al.
most before she knows it.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-21


The Albany Journal states that a
tramp called at the house of IA B,,il,lc-
hem widow, living alone. ai,nut z
o'clock in the morning. AMI offered to
saw wood in return for II breakfast.
The woman eyed him suspiciouSiy.
''Are We hungry?" she asked. Y.ss-
mum-hIngrier nor IL bear" sWrlI,
We can have Yer feed first. / guess"
He was given n bountiful meal At
its conclusion the tramp rose and took
ur his ngly-looking blud.rou. ..I'II
keep my eyes wide opcp tight" he
said. grinuing. land if | See Il man as
wants ter saw yer wood fer his break
fast I'll give him Yer address," Then
he opened the door and sloached out.
He had gone but a few steps when he
heard the widows sharp voice calling
a halt. He turned and with an oath
saw gun pointing sauarely ut him.
The widow ordered him to come right
back. lie came back aud sawed not
one but two cords of wood, killed and
plucked two chickens, whitewashed
the hen house and cleaned out the
COW stable. He will not repeat the
visit in hurry.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-21
Feeding a Big City.

The business of producing and pro-
viding food for mankind furnishes a
livelihood TO majority of the race.
Generals in command of armies of 90
600 or $4,000 men have been brought
to ignnminious defeat and flight for
the lack of power to supply them with
food, and yet population of two and
one-half million people in and AROUND
New York is supplied with food every
day and for every meal from all parts
of the world. Ten thousand head of
cattle are slaughtered every week to
provide New York with beef, and that
is not more than one-half the beef con-
sumed there. Some of the beef comes
on foot; the rest in refrigerator cars
from tile West. Swine are brought in
dressed; but sheep are all killed in the
city. The greater part of the fresh fish
supply of the city comes in refrigerator
cars from Boston and Gloucester; the
rest comes to tire markets in fishing
boats. Enough fish is kept ahead
in the cold storehouses to last the
city two or three weeks.
The vegetables come from almost
everywhere. Lettuce is mainly brought
from near Boston, where one firm slips
100000 worth of it each year. Euor-
nous amounts of celery come from
Kalamazoo, Mich. The South supplies
the early vegetables, aud some of them
come from Florida. They come in
refrigerator cars and because they can
be safely shipped and easily kept, they
no longer command fabulous prices.
But the bulk of the green vegetable
business is still done in the old way by
farmers who come in from their places
five to thirty and more miles away and
sell their produce from their wagons.
Some of them start in the afternoon
and drive all night, often sleeping in
their wagons and only waking when
their trained horses have brought them
to the ferries at one aud two o'clock
at night. The GInsevoort market is
the only place where they are allowed
to expose their truck" for sale in the
city, and there it is sold to dealers. In
summer time as many as 5000 wagons
a day are driven in,
The cattle on a thousand hills daily
contribute the milk that New York
consumes the next day. The farmer
gets from one and one-h alf to two and
one-half cents a quart fer it and the
consumer pays eight and ten. The
difference is divided among the rail-
roads, commission merchants and
peddlers, the. latter getting several
cents Il quart. One of the curious
things of the provision business is that
eggs laid in Holland and Germany get
to New York in less time than from
some Western States and are actually
cheaper than fresh eggs laid in this
country, the reason being that they are
rated as ''liined eggs" GOOD House
keeping.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-21
English Ignorance of America.

Ex-senator and eX-Cabinet Minister
William Window has an idea that the
Importance of the American nation is
not fully recognized by the middle and
lower classes in foreign lands, says the
Minneapolis Tribune. He is led to
this from an experience he had last
summer when he landed iu Eng
land. He sailed from this coun-
try on the third day of the Chicago
convention. and during the eight
davis passage he was in such suspense
to know what was the result of the
convention as man of his interest in
public affairs can apprecite. Archi-
bald Forbes, the English newspaper
correspondent. was on the same boat,
and the two did some tall guessing
during the time they were out of sight
of land. When they were once on
British soil, Mr. Window said:
You are Il newspaper man Mr..
Forbes; take your augur and go find
out who was nominated"
The first man asked was a boatman
st the docks He had nearly forgot
ten the convention. but getting the
two national conventions mixed in his
mind he said:
Intl CiCClcu IiiC ohNJ
did before"
A little questioning revealed the
fact that the man knew no difference
between "a nomination aud an elee-
,:on, so Mr.. Window did not know
whether he referred to the st. Louis
convention or meant that the Chicago
| convention had nominated Blaine.
Another man was hunted up and asked
! if he knew who had been nominated
for president of the United States.
| The man asked what states he meant
| by the United States"
The United States of America,
said Mr.. Forbes. do you know where
America is?
IL have heard of Canada" was the
reply. Ills America the same as Can
ada?"
They left him. and Mr.. Window go
his first information on the result %.
the convention from scrap of a Ger
man newspaper, week old. which ht
found at hotel, and which the only
words he could read were two that ar'
the same in German as in English
s.Repiamia Harrison,"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-21
A WOman's Pride.

Last Monday evening a man and
woman were walking together on
Hyde street, says the San Francisco
EGamtner. The man. who is sort of
a curbstone real-estate broker, was tall
and rather handsome. His wife was
pale and delicate-looking. She was
pleading with him to come home.
The man. with hoodlum swagger,
affected to ignore her.
She pleaded harder, and the man,
annoyed by her persistence, snarled:
"Git home"
She renewed her pleading, and laid
her hand caressingly on his coat
sleeve.
He struck it away, and, seizing his
wife by the throat, shook her savage
ly.
"Oh, Phil, How can you treat me
sop sObbed the woman.
The man struck her in the face by
way of answer.
Then he lifted his cane. She cow
cred away from it, but hc brought it
down sharply on her shoulders. He
followed the blow up with vicious
push that sent her to her knees upon
the steps of arcsidence.
"Oh, my heart!' exclaimed the
woman, pressing one hand to her
bosom. Then she fell unconscious.
Without another look at his pros
trate wife, the man walked off twirl-
ing his mustachc and ogling ii couple
of girls who were passing on the other
side of the street.
A lady passing saw the PROSTATE
form ON the steps and rang the door
bell. The lady Of the house. tle wife
of Deputy Tax Collector Marion Will
son, opened the door, aud the uncon-
scious woman was carried into the
house. A physician was summoned,
aud she was soon strong enough to
speak.
81 am sorry that you were inconven-
fenced on my account" she7said. look
ing into their faces with all her wum-
ans pride. IL am troubled with
heart disease-I have had such faint
ing spells before. That is all that
allied me-"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-21
An Economical Bride.

Bride Cooking over the paper after
starting TO housekeeping)-Well, de-
clare! Cheap John 81 Co. are giving
away papers of pins. Actually giving
them away, and | need some badly.
Hadn't ] butlcr go there at once, dear?
Husband (dubiously) DO they give
them TO everyone that calls?
mo, of course not; but they give n
paper of Plus, English make. ass"rr-
cd sizes, With every 81 purchase.
Don't you seeP can easily think of
someihink else worth 81 that [ want.
Shalt g"?"
"Um-er-y-e-s; maybe it will lie a
good plan"
well, dear, order hack. PHI u
delphia Record.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-21

hands.
Gay strangers came in rich robes dight,
But he little raaidcn shGnned. their sight,
Andshaking her curIs DER her hlushiug face,
Fed away lie a fnwn that flies the chase.
When tbe strangers were gone said the moth
mid.
Nv bat was it dismayed thee, my darling
chili:"
30, mother, my feet were bare and brown,
] had no bonnet, and tbcn-this gown"
She held up the skirt of her faded frock,
Sadly rent by the rugged rock,
And she said, with n deep and loug-drawn
sigh.
"Wfll have such dresses as they by-and-byS"
Her mother smiled with grave, sweet grace,
As she smOothel the curls from tho half
grievcd face;
And said. "WEcn our ship comes in from the
sea
You shall have garments aud,all things free"
"when our ship GENES in!" said the little
one,
And away to the highest rock she ran,
And watched till iii. hts shadows dimmed the
shore
For. the freighted ship and its treasured store.
Long and often she watched in vaiu
No ship for her sailed over the main.
How mapy watchers in life there be
For the ship that hover comes over the sea,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-21
Wealthy Towns.

The wealihiet town of its size in
America is Brookline, Mass. of which
the assessment value is $407 AL ,92S.
The distinction claimed for BrOOkline
has been generally supposed to belong
TO Canaiuharie, \. Y. That village is
very small in comparison with the
Massachusetts town, and the number
of residents there, who are many many
times milliouaires. is considerable
greater than can he counted on The
fingers Of beth handS
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-21
The widow and the rra,,,,.

whose eyes had never known tear,
will tell you that they wept that night.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-21

Bently-"I understand that the beau
tiful Miss Beauregard has at last se-
cepted Poscyboy. Has her heart he-
come softened, | wander?" Salty
.sNn, her head | guess, ,-RxrttisqtoR
Fres Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-21
"when Our Ship Comes In."

A little child dweIt by the flowing sea,
And her home was the hOn- of p verify;
She ran with bare feet o'er the golden sands
And gathered shells with her small brown
hands.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-03-23
GENERAL ITEMS.

Codi ABdirs.-Charges on the canal
have been fixed at 40 cents per ton of
coal and / cents wharfage; total A
cents. a rebate of 10 cents per ton is
allowed on all coal destined to coast
wise points.
Recent disclosures indicate that the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad company
Is soon to take an important step in
the development of the Georges Creek
soft coal traffic to Philadelphia. A
very large coal wharf is to be built at
the Delaware, foot of SNYDER avenue,
on property which the company has
owned for some time. This will very
largely increase seaboard shipments,
and such companies as the Consolida-
ton aud the Georges Creek will find a
large extension of the market for their
product. The New York Engineering
and Mining journal in its last issue
says:
This week the Scaboard Steam Coal Asso-
citation issued its prices and made its new
'lron-clad' agreement operative. The prices
are: $500 f. o. b. Baltimore, and s.. 80 along
side New York. The new agreement went
into force yesterday, and it is to continue for
three years Each company is to pay in as
forfeit ~ cents ton on the coal it ships un-
I'll large forfeit be thus accumulated.
The Coal Tidde.-The record of
coal shipments by companies from the
Georges Creek region for the week
ending Saturday, March l6, 1889,
closed as follows, the figures indicating
tons of 2,240 TBS. :
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-03-23

THE JOURNAL has frequently shown
what "A collapse is the Noble Order as
a abor-reformlng organization, and
how it could hardly be otherwise with
ignorance and seltishness as its guard
ian angels. Even its name is an alb
surdity whose selection is an eternal
testimonial to the illiteracy of its
founders-men who did not know
enough to be at all abashed at the
magnitude and danger of the delusion
they were setting up to be worshiped
and obeyed by unthinking thousands.
But Mr.. Powderly, who ought to
know better-this high priest of Il
ghastly misnomer-Mr. Powderly still
contends that "education' is one of
the primary objects Of the Order. In
this land Of public schools, the pride