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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-03-28
Pats Conclusion.


Gim' me rope, fore it seems there's no hope
An al that want is a loopat the ind of IT;
Or GIN me gun, f. T. me coorse is now run
Ill he dead ere the naybors have time to get
wind of it.
Shure better be dead
In me cOwld churchyard bed
Than to think after all me cujOlin' an faith
cry,
Yen he married SO soon
To that clumsy bosthuon-
Och, the curse of the crows on ye, Peggy o.
Slatthery.
How ! suffher all night till the welcome day
light
With imps from the ragions infarnlal atm
me-
An the divils so sthrange, as tho wantin' a
change,
With their torturin' whips all a-dashin' and
bHttin' me-
And me heart is pierced thro'
BY the falsehOOd of you,
AS though undher the foOrce of a galvanic
batthery;
But solemniy vow
That I'll finish it now
An its all on account of ye, Peggy O'Slat-
But 'twould make ye too proud whin I'm
cowld in me shrcwd,
Sich a fOine-lOokin' specther beside We to
linger, shure;
'Tis not that ye'd care no, the devil a hair,
But the beautiful girls L let slip thro' my
fingers, sure;
Tho 'twould set ye at aise
I'll not die if you plaise--
Tho yer fayther is rich an owns half Inni-
scatthery;
If yer loikes / can't find
must be very blind,
So the top of the mOrnin', Miss Peggy O'Slat-
thery,
New York Sum-
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Fidelity to Duty.

The Emperor of Russia has just
decorated and rewarded a private
soldier whose fidelity to his duty recalls
the stories of the Roman sentinels who
persisted in the destruction of Pompeii.
When the recent earthquake destroyed
small Russian town in central Asia
this soldier was on duty in the military
treasury Although the houses were
crashing around him this faithful
fellow stood m6tionless, waiting death.
The only sign which he showed that
he appreciated his situation was the
fact that he raised his hands as soldiers
do at prayer. Fortunately sergeant
in the street saw him amid the ruins
and ordered him toquit his post, which
lie did right willingly.
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Seeing the Sights.

Countryman: 1--we read a lot about
the gamhIing places in big cities, aud
I'd like to see the inside q one" Po-
liceman: Gambling is agin the law.
No gambling dens in this city" "
Really, now; none?n mot one. "
Hackman (slowly driving past J:
"Hack?" Countryman: '.Guess not L
did think O. hiring hack fer to be
taken to see one of these ERE gambling
places I've heard so much about, but
-" Hackman: Jump right in. ~
Philadelphia Record
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Chinese AstrOlOgers.

The household of the Emperor of
China includes umbrella-bearers and
seventy-five astrologers, says the New
York San. The astrologers, who cor
respond to the signal-service bureau
of the country, predict every day the
weather for the morrow. IF they pre-
diet rain the umbrella bearers take
day Off If they announce fair weather,
on the other hand. the umbrella bear
ers. mandarins of the oyershOe, and
mackintosh men report at the palace
at $50 a m. The Emperor of China
may be a heather Chinee, but he
knows enough to copper his astrOlOg-
gers and meteorolOgers. As an in
stance of the sagacity of the Chinese
imperial family in this regard we may
mention the signal refutatiOn of judi
cial astrology made by Hung-Beef-
Tung, graduate of the present em-
peror. Chow-Chow, president OF the
imperial college of astrolOgers, came
to Prince lungs palace one morning
and said: Scion of 10000 genera
tions of Hungs, your poor servant has
dreamed dream. Me seemed that
thou and l were transformed into great
black dragons. Our wings were OF
equal length, and with equal flight we
scared through the upper all"
''Well," asked the prince, gracefully
polishing his middle finger-nail with
the fiat of dagger of the first dynasty,
'::wllat of it. young feller?"
This. my puissant and most gra-
cious lord. that thy life and mine shall
be long and of equal length. Astrology,
Col. Hung, is infallible."
You are liar" cried the prince,
and slit the astrologer's weasand. And
it seems that Chow was liar. For
old Hung survived himself twenty
eight years and would be alive now if
he had left opium alone. Since ChOw's
death the Chinese astrOlogers have, by
imperial order, confined their predic-
tions TO the weather. If they make a
correct prediction they are executed.
but thus far none has incurred the
! penalty. The Americal signal-service
/ bureau has still something to learn
from Chinese methods,
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Election Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given to the qualified yo-
IN ters of Ravenna Village District that the
next annual election will occur on Monday
April 1st, 1899, aud will be held at the town
h n, Ravenna. o.. between the hours OF &
O'Clock a. M, and O'Clock p Ut, at W hich time
two memeblS s of the Board of Education of
Ravenna Village District, will be elected to
serve for period of three yeaiSin place OF E. X.
Wait and w. Il. Hoicomb, whose terms of ser
vice will expire ON the third Monday OF April,
1889. By order of the Board.
JOHN Z. BEATTY, Clerk,
Ravanna. Ohio, Mar. is, 80
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question of relative Importance s Are you going to
purchase this
the place where
Such the confident
the product of the mills
Parlor Carpet become faded dingy?
patterns from soc ngan the list
FULL VALUE YOUR MONEY, EVERY be
buying Lowell look for the hollow stick in the
of Carpet-which has been their Trademark
SQUARES,
SMYRNA in design andbe
Hemp Csrpets-Carpet Lining
When desired, will make
Estimates Churches, and Society
IINOLEUNT-
floor covering merits and durability become
CLOTH great variety.
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HHd 1rauEriRsIk In

which will
Sash Curtain Ma Shades Fixtures
Upholstery
shades. o Upholstery Gimps.
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PRnCLAMATION.

THE electors of the Village of RaveDna are
Il hereby notified that an election VIII be
held at he usual voting place i'll said village on
the LIST day OF April, 1889, between the hours OF
O'Clock u, Ii ana O'Clock p. IN. The follow
ing officers ace to be chosen: counciimen.
l marshal, ] waite tworks trustee, l aler of
weights aud measures.
Given at Ravenna this 18th day of March,
1889 JAMES W. HOLCOMB,
1912 Mayor.
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CARPETS, CURTAINS!


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competitors of woois We
We promise all present and prospective purchasers
prices
found
qualification Of and
In our eighteen years experience in business, have
AS in the the this method of
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Our stock for Spring. already bought and arriving will
consist Of the latest Novelties in Spring Overcoas Mems
Youths Boys and Chdrens Hats Caps, Funi hing Goods,
ngmens Garments Dress and Fancy Shirts, Underwear,
Umbrellas Gloves and Hosiery, unequaled low pnces
10 Our entire line of Woolens will be here in few
days, and will make order Suits Overcoats or Pants
according to style desired guaranteeing fit work and
ming, at lowest living prices.
Leave your orders with
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-07
Treading for CLANS.

A favorite amusement of many young
men who 60 down to Rockaway Beach,
N. Y, is treading for clans. Boats are
procured at any one of the. numerous fish
ing stations along the trestle work cross
ing Jamaica Bay, and the treaders row
out to the numerous sand bars in the bay
which are left exposed by the falling tide.
These bars are covered to the depth OF
several inches with seaweed and other
species of marine growth. Drawing the
boat upon the shelving bars, the clam
hunters remove their shoes and stockings
and roll their trousers above the knee.
Carrying basket to receive the CLAIMS,
they begin walking through the soft
ooze, in which their feet sink to depth
of about one foot: The clans are en-
bedded in the mud, and are easily de-
tected when the naked flesh comes In con-
tact with them. Half bushel OF these
toothsome bivalves is an ordinary reward
for an hours treading: But this amuse-
ment is not unmixed with pain. Now
and then the treader's feet come into
contact with the shell of an empty razor
clam. When this is the case he usually
dyes the salt water with some Of his
blood, for the edge of a razor clam IS al
most as sharp as its name implies. After
O sufficient supply of clans has been
gathered the young men retire to dry
spot in the sand and build fire, in which
the CLAIMS are roasted.-Neao York Sun.
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A USEFUL PREPARATION,

A very useful and simple preparation
that 1 have found beneficial to the plants
is made by mixing two pccls of sheep
manure, one peck of SCOT and two quarts
of guano in a hogshead of rain water.
Smaller amounts can be made by mixing
the ingredients in the same proportion.
The mixture should be stirred up thor
oughly for day or two and then quart
of quiclz-lime thrown in. The mixture
will then be ready for use. Weak and
tender plants should be treated with an
application of this manure about once
week during the Towering period.
Strong, healthy plants can stand an ap-
plication every day or two, but it is usu-
ally safer to dilute it with one-third of
clear water when such frequent applica-
tions are made. Orchids, roses, heaths
and other flowers will show marked i'm
provement, both in the growth of the
wooded stalks and in the production of
flowers and foliage. As soon as the
Towering period is over the applications
should cease. If kept up the plants will
be unduly stimulated and their growth
retarded in the end. Amateurs always
have tendency to 60 to extremes in us
ing such strong solutions Washington
Star.
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the big receptacle alluded to soon be-

the big receptacle alluded to soon be-
comes uncomfortably hot to the touch. At
the same time the reluctant lime is giving
up the gas it holds in volumes, which
pass out by an escape pipe and through
water, to cleanse the volatile fluid, pro-
ceeding thence to tube, which fastens
on to the mouth of the ten gallon tank
that is to be charged. The tank is pre-
viously filled two-thirds full of water, and
while the charging is going on rests in a
sort of swinging cradle, which keeps it
shaken violently, so tilaG as much as pos
sible of the gas is taken up. The pressure
with which the gas-composed Of twoparts
of oxygen and one OF carbon-comes
through the pipe from the bubbling gen
orator is tremendous, and the tanks have
to be made of heavily-hooped steel, to
keep them from bursting when loaded.
As fast as one tank is charged to the ut
most point another is attached to the sup
ply tube, placed on the shaking-cradle,
filled and corkcd up ready for shipment.
In this simple manner is soda water
made. There is one such factory here
the biggest in New England which was
in the business 100 years ago. In those
times soda water was sold in wooden
casks, and it was not so good as you can
buy nowadays, for the reason that the
barrels would not stand very high pres
sure. The occupation is regarded as
dangerous one at present, for occasionally
generator will explode and blow
whole building into everlasting smither-
Gems. Nearly all the mineral waters sold
are made by combining soda water with
solutions prepared by chemical formula.
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Birds and the Insects They Destroy.

The following birds are to be classed
among the most helpful kinds in the gen.
eral warfare against insects: Robins (cut,
and other earth worms), swallows, night
hawks, purple martins (moth catchers) !;
pewees Striped cucumber bugs, wood
thrushes and wrens (cut worms), cat birds
(tent caterpillar, meadow larks, wood
peckers, crows (wire worms); blue
throated buntings (canker worms), black,
red-winged birds, jays, doves, pigeons
and chippies (strawberry pests; quails
(chinch bugs, locusts), whip-poor-wills
(moths); hawks, all night birds, owls,
etc., tanagers and black winged summer
red birds (curculioS; nut crackers, fly
catchers, chimney swifts, indigo birds,
chipping and song sparrows, blackbirds,
mocking birds, titmouses, vireas, orchard
orioles.
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ANTIDOTE FOR ANTS.

I tried several methods to prevent ants
molesting bees, and found the following
far the most satisfactory: By use of
crowbar make hole in the middle of the
anthill down to the bottom, which is
easily found by the more open or less
compact earth. Then turn into this hole
gill of bisulphide of carbon, and fill and
crowd down with earth. As the liquid
is very volatile, and cannot pass out of
the now compactly filled hole, it quickly
evaporates and kills all the ants. If clay
be near, always use this to crowd into the
hole, as it is more impervious than is sand,
though by firmly pressing with the foot
the sand can be made to hold the liquid.
Kerosene may be used instead of the car
bon, but it is far less effective. So, too,
of carbolic acid. By means of syrup, so
covered by gauze that bees ale excluded,
the ants can be trapped in great numbers
and destroyed. Ihave often done tiis,
end by adding Paris green have poisoned
the ants.-Neao York Tribune.
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A HARMON in q Whales Blubber.

There has just been received at the
National Museum, in Washington, to be
placed in the fisheries section, an interest
ing souvenir Of the Arctic whale fishery
which Captain J. W. Collins, the superin-
tendent Of that department, greatly
prizes. 1t is an old-fashioned, hand
nodded swivel harpoon, which has quite
q story, as cleaned from the papers ac-
companying it.
While in the Okhotsk Sea last summer.
the ship Cape Horn Pigeon, commanded
by Captain L. Nathan Rogers, captured
whale, in the blubber of which was i'm
bedded foreign substance. On investi-
CATION this proved to be harpoon, broken
off at the junction with the lance, which
had been in the whale over thirty years.
On the hinge of the harpoon was stamped
in plain letters rs. T. D."-ship Thomas
Dickerson-and the name of the maker,
not so plain, could also be made out.
This was the first and only messenger
from the good ship Dickerson, which
sailed from New Bedford, Mass, in 1856
and was lost the next year in the very
waters where the crew of the Cape Horn
Pigeon secured the harpoon thirty-two
years later.-New York Herald. >,
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The Moods of q River.

Flint River, Ca, like human being,
appears to have its moods. Now it will!
be all brightness and sunshine, its placid
waters scarce seem to be moving, but IN
its quiet, crystal depths the lordly mag:
nolias along its banks are reflected. and
the wild fowl plume their feathers over
its mirror like surface. Again, it looks
dark and angry. The water, OF yell
lowish red color, resembles the complex
ion of choleric man with his bile oil
stirred up. On it dashes, resistlessly bear
ing along great waves of foam, where it
has fretted over the rocks, or the limbs
of forest monarchs which it has angrily
uprooted and torn away, as worried by
up-country rains it has overfowed its
banks and swept all before it.-Atlanta
Constitution.
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Classifications Of POStofIlces.

The frst-class postofices are those the
salaries of whose postmasters are $4,000
or over; second-class where the salaries
are $4,000 up to $4,000; third-class where
the salaries are $1,000 up to $4,000;
fourth-class where the salaries are less
than $1,000. The salary of the postmaster
in turn depends upon the annual receipts
of the Office. Where the annual business
is $40, 900 to $45, 900 the salary is $4,000;
where the annual business is $45, 900 to
100000, $500; 100000 to $4,000,
$4,000, and so on. In second class Offices
annual receipts of $4,000 to $4,000 give a
salary of $4,000, and so on. In third
class Offices receipts from $1,000 to $4,000
brings a salary of $1,000, and SO on.
Fourth-class postmasters are paid accord
ing to the amount of stamps Cancelled
yearly. Where the total cancellation is
$50 OF less a year he receives 100 per
cent; for the next $100, go per cent. ;
for the next 5000, so per cent; for any
thing above that, 40 per cent Chicago
Times,
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A Mystery.

What art thou, o thou strong, mysterious
Might!
My beings deep
That mov'st?-that, still, by day and night,
Yea, cen in sleep,
At thine approach tremble, weep and sigh.
Say, whence dost WELD
Such sovereignty that, though I fain would
fly,
yet must yield?
And, alb! why art thou 80 strangely, wildly
sweet?
And wherefore art
In thine attained bliss, so short, 50 feet,
To human heart?
Say, hast thou learned the whirlwind's secret
force,
That, over hill
And dale, sweeps all before itin its course,
And then Is still?
Nay, rather art thou born Of that soft
power,
The gentle breeze,
That, wooing, bends and thrills the shudder-,
ing fioWer- .... ....
For thou'rt sneeze! ...
=. -" -New York tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-07
SAVE TIE NATURE HENS.

It is the custom of some farmers who
plan to make the most out of their poul-
try, to sell off the old hens when the
hens are fat, through laying and in de-
mand at good prices. This plan is a
commendable one, but care should be
taken not to sell the too young old hens,
if regard is had for the stock of the next
season. 1t IS none too early to lay the
plans for next springs crop of early birds.
The reason why the young old hens
should not be sold off now will be made
apparent by the following from the pen
of that poultry authority, P. Fl. Jacobs.
He says: ,
The pullet Matched in spring, say April
or May, will often begin to lay when she
is six months old (or sooner if of o small
breed), but she will not be fully matured
until she arrives at the age of one year.
The consequence is that while she will
lay she will be growing at the same time,
and Is therefore not competent to
produce eggs that will give salts
factory results when used for in
cubation. Her powers are doubly taxed,
and her offspring will break unless she is
mated with vigorous, strong and active
cock. Those who have taken pains to
secure fine, healthy pullets, have been dis
appointed in raising them on farms where
incubators are operated, as they lay small
eggs, and often begin to lay so carly as to
produce eggs no larger than those of a
pigeon. If eggs are desired for Matching
purposes, use hens that are in their second
year (over one year old), and mate them
with cockerel that is at least one year
old, and the result will be that greater
proportion Of eggs will hatch, while the
chicks therefrom will be strong and easy
to raise. It has been said that he'll be-
comes less valuable after she is two years
old, but it is safe to assert that she will
lay we'll until she is four years old, and
although she may not lay quite as many
as q pullet nearly grown, yet her eggs
will hatch better and a larger number of
chicks be secured from her. But, it may
be added, do not forget the fact that
pure-bred, strong, vigorous cocks must be
used in the fock.-Farm, Field and Stock
man.
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THE POINTS OF A GOOD BUTTER COW.

The POlNIS OF A GOOD BUTTER COW.
What are The fine points that make up
good creamery COVE is question am
asked to answer. presume butter
COW is meant, as the volume of cream
does not determine the butter value.
Cream separated from milk by intense re-
frigeration or by the centrifugal machine
requires about one-third more in volume
to make a pound of butter than cream
raised in silo pans at a temperature of
sixty-two degrees, and yet either of the
other processes may produce more butter
from one hundred pounds of milk than a
silo pan.
A good butter COW should have long
face, wide between the eyes, the eye alert
and expressive, and placed long way
between the horns. A COW with eyes
near the top of the head does not know
any more than man with eyes so placed.
She should have large muzzle, slim
neck and yellow skin, especially inside
the ears; the breathing should be regular,
the back and abdomen strong, the udder
wide where it connects with the body,
the teats squarely placed, and the tail
slim. Over and above all these points,
she must have the dairy form. The points
at best are only indications. The desira-
BILE dairy form is always seen in the best
types of Jerseys, Guernseys, Ayreshires,
and Holsteins. The best beef is
presented in the Shorthorns, Here
fords and most of the polled breeds.
The intelligent dairyman, with knowl-
edge born of experience, desire aud capac-
ityfor the business, never makes the mis-
ta of choosing his cow with 4 beef
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Air-slacked lime is sure remedy fol
the Shiny pear slug, and an easy one to
apply.
If the little chicks are dropping, look
for lice. You will be apt to find them
about the chicks head.
From observation and experience we
are persuaded that more young chicks
are killed by lice than by skunks g
minks.
In shipping hens and roosters have
them in different coops. Have shipping
coops high enough so the birds can stand
up in them.
Professor Golf, of the New York
Station, finds the really valuable novelty
in tomatoes tested the past season In the
dwarf champion.
Ground from which crop of potatoes
or early cabbage has been taken can be
proftably sowed in July to turnips OF the
intermediate or esrly varieties.
When the milk is transported or when
for any reason the setting must be de-
layed, no method of creaming gives as
satisfactory results as the centrifugal.
When shipping live poultry to market,
see to it that the coops are in good con-
dition, for they are sometimes handled
roughly, or a slat may come loose and a
fowl or two become lost.
Are you crowding too many chickens
in one roosting place2 Are you permit
ting chicks under four months to roost
other than on floor or cocp2 If so, cor
rect at once these mistsGes.
If you are sending a mixed lot of hens
to market it will pay you to grade them
as to quality and color. so as to have
each coop as even as possible. They will
sell more rapidly and at better prices.
Boxes in the kitchen windows provide
probably the best and most convenient
way to raise plants from seed for the
home garden. Sow seed about six weeks
before time to transplant to the open
ground.
A veteran peach grower states his be-
lief, concurred in by as good authority
as W. G.. Barry, that if trees are fed
pretty well with barn yard manure and
ashes they will not be troubled much with
yellows.
In the early fall months some of the
vegetables that sell well early in the
season prove attractive. A market
gardener suggests that lettuce should be
sown so that the crisp, green leaves will
prove palatable when cool days como
again.
There are three friends of the farmer
that wage inccssant war on the aphides OF
plant lice. These are the lady bird, the
syrphus fly and the lace fly, and every
farmer should make their acquaintance
and do all in his power to protect
them.
For permanent pasture Peter Hender.
son recommends either for fall or spring
sowing orchard grass instead of timothy
as the base grass, with other sorts in
their proper proportion, to give compact.
ness of sod, a view differing from usually
accepted Practlce.
Dame Nature plants her plums in
thickets. The "plum thicket" is
familiar childhood phrase. Therefore an
Illinois horticulturist argues that plum
trees should never be planted singly, but
will do best in clumps, including different
varieties that will aid each other in
fertilization.