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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26
GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK
BY CORNELIA NEPOS.

was coming up the street to-day,
hurrying home to dinner, when brass
band struck up "My Grandtather's
Clock" 1 was in haste, but stopped
to hear it, not because l particularly adj
mire the air, but because there came be-
fore my mental vision a most distinct
memory of a childish adventure of my
own, connected with my grandfather's
clock. In recalling it, am well aware
that much of the story must have been
told Inc by older people, but my own
share will never leave my memory.
1 was six years old when my father
died, and my grandfather offered home
to my widowed mother and myself.
know now that poverty alone would
not have driven my mother to accept this
offer, but she knew that she had an in
durable internal disease that might spare
her life for years, but would make it diff
cult for her to earn living. She could
take charge of my grandfather's house
keeping, but was often compelled to re-
main for several days together in her own
room.
To say that my grandfather was an i'll
tempered tyrant gives but faint idea of
his utterly unreasonable demands and
love of power. Sometimes he would not
speak to any member of the whole house
hold for a week; he would refuse to come
to the table when meals were served, and
| give way to furious rage when, two
hours later, the food was set before him
utterly ruined by delay. Only the ex-
treme genteness of my mothers DISPOSE
ton made her life endurable, and she was
happy only when alone with me, direct
ing me to sew and knit, and allowing me
to help her when she was able to make
| delicacies for the table.
Our sitting-room was on the first floor,
and was a combination of study, library,
sewing room, and school-room, for in the
cold weather it was the only place in the
house, excepting the kitchen, where we
| were allowed to have fire. The dining
room between sitting room and kitchen
shared the warmth of each. In one corner
of this sittingroom, where every article
was of the fashion of century before,
was the clock that governed the household
movements. 1t was ten feet high, and
four wide, with a mahogany case and
two partitions as the sides where the
weights hung. The pendulum swung
by itself in the central division, and
above was the big white face with the
dial. There was no mechanism about it
excepting the clock-work to record the
time and strike the hour, but it was ,
reliable time Keeper and the especial OBJ
ject of pride to my grandfather. thinl
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26
Two SCOOPS"

When the Prince of Wales visited
America, the New York Herald man On,
scoop on all his esteemed contempos.
ries by holding a wire against all comen
This was at Niagara Falls, and there wa:
but one wire at that time to New York
The Herald reporter started sending in
his messages, and until he had finished
none of the other men could send in
theirs. He telegraphed every mortal
thing that he could think of, described
all the suits the Prince of Wales wore
and what the Duke of Newcastle said and
did, and what every member of the suite
thought and were likely to think about
and finally he had to fall back on the only
book available, copy of the New Tesla.
ment, most of which was telegraphed to
the Herald in New York. By the time be
had finished with the volume it was then
too late for any of the other newspaper
men to send in a special. If the men in
the Herald Office read all the dispatches
that came in from the New Testament.
the big sum of money paid for the tele-
graph bill would not have been alto.
gether wasted.
In America the only trouble that core.
spondents have is to get the news. Once
they have that, there is no doubt abou.
its being telegraphed. In Europe the
correspondents have another difficulty to
contend with, and that is, even after they
have their special information, and after
they hand it in to the telegraph Office il
is sometimes not sent. During the trouble
some times in Spain a while ago, news.
paper correspondent found that no matter
what information he managed to get il
was never forwarded from the Spanish
telegraph Office. The Government of the
day took care that no news that it did not
wish to go abroad should be sent. This
correspondent then wrote to his friend in
London that when he received the next
dispatch he was to count every fifth word
and cable only every fifth word to New
York. He wrote his dispatches after that
on this principle. Whenever he got .
good piece of news he telegraphed long
rigmarole to his friend in London, which
when read as it was sent appeared to be
a long talk of financial and domestic
troubles which were bothering him at that
ime, but when every fifth word was taken
out it gave the news he wanted to send.
This the Spanish people never got ION to-
and so the correspondent secured many
scoops for his paper.-DetrOit Free Prsa
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

"English pickpockets," says the Lon
don Graphic, ''have hitherto carried OFF
the palm among such light-fngered gen.
try. but statistics gathered BY the Partisan
police show that the British now only
hold the third rank. The Spaniard is
the most skilful of all, and does his work
with two fingers only. while the Italian
comes next, operating much in the same
STYLE"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

of his ''plucky little girl, who was Wort;
two boys"
He forgave me for stopping his cloe,
for the first time in his memory, and w,,
gradually won to a sort of surly pooa
nature to my mother, and more liberal e,.
penditure in housekeeping. Indeed. !,
was soon remarked that ''could do anv.
thing with the old gentleman, and | wa,
his favorite until he breathed his last !,
my arms, leaving me his fortune, includ.
ing his clock.-Neu York Ledger.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26
Parchment.

The use of parchment was known at 3
very early period. The invention is &C.
credited by some historians to Eumene
H., King of Pergamos, who reigned W.
159 B. c.. but according to HerodotS
the Indians wrote on skins before thai
time, and it is certain that parchment was
made and used in Egypt centuries before
Eumenes lived. Parchment that In coiOf
and delicacy might well compare Win
modern paper was manufactured IN syrA
and Arabia. The ancient processes OIL
making parchment did not differ essenu'
ally, probably, from those now In Use
For certain purposes to which parchment
is applied no substitute for it has eve.
been found. The finer sorts are caiiu
vellum, and are prepared from the SAID
of calves. kids and lambs. The ski y
first freed from hair, then put IN lil'
pit to cleanse it from fat. The Pc" >
then stretched on frame where II
first scraped with a flesh knife, then cav
fully rubbed down with pumice s'On'.
Lastly it is polished with finely powoei''
chalk or fresh Stacked lime ana 'n'-
dried gradually, being stretched O''
sionally to prevent its wrinkhng'
green color is given TO the parcnin'''
with a solution of crystalized verdesi.
to which little cream of tartar anu hi'.'
acid have been added, and blue '0.''
with solution of indigo. The nea"
parchment that is used for drum-neau' .
made from the skins of older caves .
goats and wolves; that for battledoi'.
from the skins of asses. Inc KILN :.
yellum sometimes used in blnuiHs
made from pig skins. All OF 'n'''
prepared by essentially the same Pl 49,.
used in making vellum.-Ch'eG9' D''
Ocean.
1 ,.tarn0SPS
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

There is every probability, states the
New York Times, that Japan will soon
become entirely independent of other
countries as regards its coal supply, vast
coal fields having been recently discovered
on the islands of Kinsio and Yesso.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

The Atlanta Constitution alleges that
New York is a centre Of misery. The
police estimate that $4,000 people walk
the streets not knowing where to sleep at
night. and $4,000 others sleep as best
they can, not knowing where to get q
breakfast in the morning"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

1t is alleged, observes the New York
Commercial Adcertiser, that the sale of
bananas, which in 1888 were imported to
the value of SO, 1000 ian increase of
$500, OG0 over the year previous), is in
terfering with the sale of berries.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

Paris papers consider that the King
of Hollands address to the State General,
in which he asked that &c, 900 troops be
kept armed to defend Dutch neutrality,
is grave event, indicating expected
German action.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

It is asserted that during the EXPOSE
ton Paris shopkeepers have raised prices
fully fifty per cent, but only to
strangers.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

1t is estimated that visitors and ex-
hibitors at the Paris Exposition will leave
1920, 900, 900 in Paris.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

1t is estimated by the head of one of
the largest banking houses in New York
city that at least 800. 100000 will be
sent to Europe this year to meet travel
ers' credits. This is an immense drain
on the financial resources of the United
Stnio.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

Idaho Territory is actively bestirring
itself in the matter OF securing admission
to the Union.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

The large coal fields recently discovered
in TOnquin, China, are expected to revo-
lutionizc the shipping traffic in the
Orient. !
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

Owing to neglect on the part of the
city government the city of Boston is
without Potter's field in which to bury
her INDECENT dead. y
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

Scientists seem to be unable to decide
whether death 10y electricity is always
painless or not.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

Figures show that the sustaining
limit Of the globe will soon be reached.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

The white population of Texas increases
more rapidly than the black.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26
CHE meeklp Alesse,1ger.
Published Weekly
AT
st M artinsviIle, L a.
BY
EASrIN 4 BIENVENU.

Buenos Ayres comtcmplates holding
worlds fair.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26
There is a well-grounded idea in En-

There is a well -grounded idea in En-
glish army circles that there are too many
officers in proportion to the number OF
privates in the service. A scheme has
accordingly been devised by which many
of the generals at present in receipt of
large pay for more or less ornamental
service shall be dispensed with. Natu-
rallythe proposal has aroused considerable
au.aconism. and it is not at all certain
that it will be carried cut, however much
it would be of benefi: TO The taxpayers.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26
TIE oPIATEs WERE FOR FER.

Inn W - L. VINE foh Liz.
r Mrs. Gabb-"What is the matter with
my husbands"
. Doctor-''Nothing, except that he
needs change. l prescribe opiateS and
rest"
!, Mrs. Gabb-"Shall give him the OPT
ates at oncel"
Doctor-"Oh, the opiates are not for
him; they are for You. - Once a Week.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26
A DESERVED FATE.

e Editor-'Tm sorry, Squaggs, but
you'll have to 60"
J Foreman-'Id like to know what I've
done"
Editor-"Well wrote about that Gal.
liant old war horse Colonel Billinger, and
you set it up that gallous old saw horse.
Its your place or my life, and l want to
I've. p-Ha,Yer's Basgr.,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-26

Aluminium for dental purposes L
to be coming into favor.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-11-06

Late Tuesday night. Officer Lewis arrested ore
L. W Dillon In obedience to a message from K er +;
directing his apprehension for pr liling ilr2. /
election Tickle in Keat. Il is claimed that Le
used summit County Democratic tickets. the =
tention h'ng to nu lify the .mense gains FIR Mr..
Phelps ceitiin to b" realized from his Republl
ran frIeni IL there. The yniing man halls ron Gin
cinnrti and was ostsnsibly engaged in sriici;u 2
orders tor the endorsement Of pictures. II wis
taken to Kent where his hearing Occurs to ".
Tuesday pfternonn. W. E. Marsh. nf the Ken
ward & Marsh meat M irket frm ,eturisig
from Edinhurg with Louis Schwaiiz.-r and whrn
the7 reached Ca,npb il-pntt.G e'ft ta' M. Marsh
was leadi g hind tie buck board bpca.n" fright
snel a some la lies who suddenly emerEed from
house ar by. and in his frantic endcAvnrs to
break away jerkri Mr. Marsh out on to the ground
severely hrusi,g hial and breaking rib in his
left side. lie WAS able to appear at his place OF
business this m"rnin :, hut cannot. of course. en-
gage in its business.
Council held its session Monday evening and
pas ed the pGy ordinance, accepted the report ns
the water works ira t-e@ sh wing S3j3 s. ceiptI
and baanae and s.it3I disbursements leaving
SIS b IN hand aud tha FIRE ''-pitt.nrrt -..rnrt
showing no fires for Octob r. Permits W Ie gtaf.t
ell To w W b. smith AMI john lee {" -p,.t up
frame buildings 0p The i'awley property iu " st
of the old Farmers Hotel to be used respectively
for a ii market and photograph gaIler,. rns
permits expire April /. 1881. Geurg. krtt grntn-
planned uf iuadequats drainage in ir ,nt + his
residence and Couilci decdrll to relneiv the II IL
by putting in larger tile. Andrews tei II
petition tor IL sidewalk ut the inters ct."n rt
Atlantic Street aud Clint IL Avenue UideI eli
{ nsirueted Sidewalk was lis" Ordered in front
OF the residence occupied by Dr. T. e. s,wnin. The
electric Light matter Was continued. there being
nothing Lew sino, tho last report in the Press,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-11-06

Orlando Hart died at his hom on South Wall
nut Street Monday evening "bout O'Clock of
neuralgia Of the henlt aLti lungs
MIR Har WI. bern in Vi ma, Irumbuli o
o., July "a. H. 1852. He cIm to Iiavenna ab Ut
fourteen Years ago from 3liss1e:d, diGh " he e
| C ,ming to RavenDa he has wcrkei more or less
| at the timer sra e nnrh of ihe ne b. i1g u"-
able to !, O. en- account of i'll health He is sur
| viz; d bv q ~ifs ami three children: Mrs Di'I
! wi ..f T. n;'cy. agent far the Sickle rlate
| 70 al az Cleve!and; Mrs. 6 Z i.,w,i. OF TwIns-
| barsa; Ed.' Hart, Il yoa < 30 OF IL ye trs.
who h IS recently eatared the Sickc II ,te D III e
| vi h his bruther n-ldw at Ciev id Il lie Is
| le vss three hrothar>: = l. and w e Bart OF
| Cleveland mi Eon Ainhonso TART. Solicitor ui
Internal Nev-uue ,tWIshi groa DC al firm
resilient, of tavern. an a sister. Mrs. els Z
Lung. If Hubhnd U.
| MIR Hart was u in IN Of eS m lay cha Icte
and enjoyed the Il ID III lei CO II :nce aad re
spect OF our cisiz, :. lie p .h,s- c
Ii qua ise> N At IN TX: NEE st r,-rrn.d
lind hearted an ru t t!:c hi 4ne,. ii ID.
Interests Of home a,,i s,'ci"iv ". e hou- Il.
hi, l.ts coud ne better gi zen tn - .t h,
was good m al " 10 always ii ii vna. he ;i,iu Z h
was right an,l never ksosiug wra gei hi
| fellow men ne was a IaeIn pa.- 1i UnItN i.Ja !
No IL F. L A N. und ~hJ>e auIrjns I'll.
, funeral was held ,hs aits:hooa fran his laI
residence, ssv. AndlsW Witlson ofisialnS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-11-06
RANDOLPH.

Correspondence.
The type sticker caused US to hurrah for EJin
burg last week. when We intended to hd,rah f IF
EmuIy.
Mas Eva Meacham was buried Friday after
services at the Disciple Church. Rev. knowi .s
officiating. She has been scs foI sulna time with
but verv slight hopes OF recovery she was in
every sense of tho word n lady and her death i,
mourned by Il host Of frsnds She Was quiet and
refined. and it can l.. truly said of her that she
had no enemies. except the dread disease thai
raused her do 'th, consumption.
Mr. David siuiisOn is repairing his scal. 5 south
OF the Center. andewill be able to tell You the
weight fNOur uck. hay. etc correctly anil in
all kinds of weather.
n public de alto was held at tho Town Hail
saturday night In>t by Msssr. Z. A Beans, Jas
saint, e. C.,CuIl and d. f. iingers being IA repe-
titiOn OF the ut 3 umbaugh's snhuoihouse
Two weeks since. 1t was we'll attended consider.
ing the clements.
A dance at the Rink Friday night. Nov. S.h
SUNDAY School Convention ut DiscSpfe hurch
next week. An oxceicnt program arranged.
There is IL dead north OF town, bai nu law
suit connected with it.
Don't forget the Literary at BrumLaugh' :
schoulhouse Saturday night of Ih.s week sub
lsct for debate: :tesolyed. TINT the u 5, has
passed the meridian OF her giory.''
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-11-06
- . -

Through the kindness If Mr and Mrs. i lao d.
permitted ta publish tho folio : lug extract
from u lettor written to them from \ ok nhoIna.
japan. By thSir isqghcr Mrs. +. " Dav which
will be read with lnterest by her many friends
here:-
We arrived. at Honolulu about 3 D. M Sep.
18th. haV n taken up just one week from san
Francisco. We watched the laid rs we up
proached it and oh how beautiful Inever saw
anything like 1t; the rocks rising oyer thuus
and feet out of the water. Some Of the Way the
rocks were b sre and pSrt of the way green. and
such beautiful sha,iesl 1t was not Ia blank wall.
out M NY peaks ssms high. some h CHER, some
near the shore some ris NJ back from the Others
U. SO lovely! We ronnte corner and beIor,
us in the distance lay the ships in the halboI
and houses were to bs among the trees
mountains rising at the back. We sailed on ano
| anchored before the city about n miles fron,
shore Ifyou could hAv. seen that pictured The
| beiuliiul green water between us and shore with
the whit foam rs 1t rolled over the shoal. then
| the city partly hidden among tho trees and he
hind ths mountains rising. SO pi@tuIesque! SO
| lo ely!
The missionaries on the island sent a |, tier to
us by little boat. in,i.ing us on shorn Mr.
and Mrs. MOyes. being OLD friends OF theirs " enI
| that Il light We hed bie tkf st ut "'clocs ne At
| mofntng ahd Mr.. Davis. Dr kInheai ard went
down u sih alt stairway which had low cred
| bcs ide The ship and stepped un into u iow boa
and were fOWei As hoTe by the natives. | enjoy
cd /, 50 mitch The ~a.rr War OF the most bcauIi
fui cJl y; Be-ids The ship IL " Us dee p biGe
! InFthsr LowLId shore u peacock LIue hnd Iheh 1t
greS gnte ami Iis n.er IL en. all ut oHl zig lit
Inc wavea;w:ie cAhIhg ever lhe shohl We
"a sd several Duu,s which were anchor ed 10
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-11-06

Saturday afternoon. j. s. Smith had his left
hand verv badly cut whilo attempting to stop
the closing OF the west entrance door to his
grocery establishment. One of the clerks had
opened the door but failed to secure it ir IN
closing and strong current of wind caused 1t 10
slam shut with tremendous force. Two clerks
near By had their n, ms full of goods and could
not pu, them fow" quick enoaKh to reac" tins
door. Mr. smith h1i pan of butter in his arm
when he saw the impending crash. lie dforp. d
the butter, but Was just too la,e 10 reach the
door which was bloWr smut SO violently as to
break .rge pane OF glass set in its frame One
of the eces struck M. smith on the head ana
another ON his left han cutting deei' gash in
the wrist, seveliag an artory aud making aaoth.
er deep ineisi'n the eaui.c length OF The back oil
his hand. In. wound, bied very pr0fusely and
had. to be sew. up. Fo tunately he sus-
tanned no furiber iniur es and is able to Le 81
hts place of business
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-11-06
ATWATER.

Correspondence
Was it wrong tc ch lnge the Sabbath from the
seventh to the first day of the weekY A class of
people al Rattle Creek. Mich, Say yes it WAS a
sin to be punished. This writer does not see it in
that light ThesSon~et'nan is Lord also OF the
Sahbatha he has a right to change it. Tho best
writings of the Old Testament furetold the com.
ing of Messiah: the prophecies did not reach bs
yond his coming nd regn. Jesus saith unto her,
Woman. brlieve me; the hour cometh when We
shall neither in ths mountain nor yet ut Jsruss-
lem rship the Father" These words are uu-
derstood more plainly after we read of a danger
"f falling away. FIR m Paul's FriStle to the He
brews We learn that there was a tendency annug
the Christians to fall buck to Julnsm. The es-
tabishment of the new reigi n and worshjp that
Christ catne to introduce. could be effected as
long as the beautiful city. the pride of the nations
was standing. Jesus does not do his work by the
halves; He came and superin tended the destrue-
tion ot Jerusalem and SAW the Temple rased ,o
the ground. lie saw his prosecutors crushed
down and scattered neariy all over the world. lie
has, more need of the beautiful city nor the
Temple. God is spirit and they that worship
him must worship him in spirit ant 10 truth -
John 1 "a Seeing that il was the will OF Christ
that the Temple worship should be superseded
by the Spiritual Worship of the Father and hat
uis I'JectoFs u cluctiyerS snOnIQ be dl5perse Ell
among all nations anil never have nation as long
as they remnin in this state of unbelef is it pos
sbe to belisH that he will punish his friends and
truow%r hpsrs BECAUSE they the day on which
he rose fton the dead as dry of sacred rest
Such thought and beliefs satancal; it is as great
bIund-r as The Mi. critics made about the wo. III
coming to eui in the ear ls44.
Wear & lag to have a chandelier and red ector
To light our church The Mite so liable ia to bs
held at j. NJ. Whites next " e,iaesday evening
to raise money to help buy one Some exercises
are in store for those who attend
Rev. Nr. Bro" has reached his third eermou
on his rr .ves in Palestine. Ihe attendance was
large.
THANKSGIVING ey. ming will be attended If we
get our rehectors hy that time
}. II. james is home from akron and will stsy
till election is la s>ed.
W. Z. U. met with Mrs Mckay last week,
with fulP attendance.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-11-06
7. tf. Gle " Ell,
s--~1-'---.E
NOV. q, 1853.

1t is marvellous, when you stop to think of 1.-THE
changes In the methods business
twenty Then
annual annual" Grand Of
Winter Goods Spring h
establishment
picked
goods
ment OF buying
MUST u at find what they On The
no Immediate want wait till thing makes
AL this is but
occurring
Now what can buyers help but think Of esab-
lshmen offering allowed
ones store-bougt perhaps
Any given article that
may possibly be- aud often off"
months Don't naturally
ciass trade demands) establishment like
We lead the trade-our competitors all admit it
everybody knows it,
the largest The quality
OF which
OF trying claiming you
and patrons the difficult
tous buyer
pair the reputation that enjoy
We have things to show you this week in