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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-05-28
THE IMPORTED
NORMAN STALLION,
LA FETTIE,
No. 2SO9.


BE was sired by Jaspal No 2s 6. Vol 8. N.
standing as hyeeder. and he by the Govern
ment approved Stallion. Entrepid q. sire
Balsae 1st. g. e. sire. Banco ID. Dam. Belle
De Gauderville dam of the Government Stall
lion privalli); dam Mime Marlr; e. g. dam
Fleur de Mora.
N. La Petite. his sire and full brother
were purchased from the Inspector of the
French Government. and were imported by
Messrs. Ruthraff Spencer & Co July, 1924 For
more extended pedigree, see Vol 8. N. r. n ii.
DESCRIPTION,
The Imported Norma Stallion. La Petite, is
a beautiful seal brown. no white marks, black
legs, name and tail, most excellent feet and
weighs 1910 pounds, la Petite is model draft
horse. short legs. plenty of bone ana muscle
hardy constitution, and an easy Keeper. He Is
own brother to the prize winning stallion Ledre,
owned by j. l. Maine. of Delaware Ohio. His
sire JaSpal No. 2S06, Vol. Il. r. N. H., import
ed same time with La Petite. has had his ser
is draft blood you want-pure and of the best,
direct from the French Government stables,
call and examine La Petite. and il you know OF
| bette bred Norman stallion. or better In
dividual. free from vice. blemish, or bad color
then use the better one.
TERMS:
To insure. Si5. Persons parting with mares
before known to be with foal. will be held fol
insurance A II accidents at owners rlsE. Grea'
care will be taken, but will not be responsible
for any that may occur.
The Season for Smuggler. Jr., and La Petite
commence. April 10th, l. 90. and closes uly 10th
| 1890. The Stations will be at my barn one
| mile East of Ravenna Court House during the
| entire season.
p. Fl. BEA N.
| JOSEPH POOLER, KEEPER. 1884
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-05-28
A Proper Compensation.

Two Harvard youths, making a Pc
destrian tour in the Scottish Highlands,
were iR the habit of stopping at small
farm-houses and asking for milk, the
charge for which was invariably PEN
ny glass. Calling one Sunday at a
romantic-looking cottage in beautiful
Glen Nevis, they were sourly received
by the cotter's wife; and though the
milk was supplied, the proffered two
pence was refused, with solemn ad-
monition as to the improperly of such
doings on such day. The collegians
were turning away with courteous
word of thanks, when the woman made
her meaning clear. INA, NAP she
cried; I'll no, TAX less than saxpence
for br'akin' the Sawbathin hin-Ha9per's
WGqGzipe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-05-28

30, sacred firms. hoH pioud yc lookl
How high you lift your heads into the say.
How huge YOU are how mighty and how free /!
Ye are the things thar tower, that shine, whose
smile
Max glad, frown is terrible, whose forms
Robed or unrobed, do all the impress wear
OF awe divine -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-05-28
Baskets and Boxes.
UBRIQUE FOR 1890.

Recorded with pedigree. in the Percheron Stud
Books of France and merica- American num-
ber. 516I . French number. 5E54
u UBRIQUE weighs over 1871 roHnds, and is
now so well known as to need no description
here. His blood is the best ard his half-brother
Urban. owned by W i. ElWoCd. of Illinois, won
Sd prize in a class of 16 at the American Horse
Fair of 1882, at Chicago, beating Brilliant and
other fine show horses
PEDIGREE.-Steel gray, I9h hands high weight
lee0 pounds; foaled May 15 1888: imported 1856,
by NJ w. Durham; bred by NJ augusta Mace,
Canton OF GAGE. Department of Crne, France
Got by Picador (5S99), he by Picador belonging
to the French Government, he by Favori belong
ing to NJ Dupont; dam, Mignehne t5655), by
Rustique-
UBkIQUE will max the season of 1880 as fol-
lows From Monday evening until Tuesday
evening of each week at A. II. Loomis one half
mile east of Randolph. beginning May 5th.
Fridays and Saturdays he will be at George
Dutter's. in Free iom, one-haf mile south of
Drakesburgh The balance of the time he will
be at the stable of Il S Cotton. one mile north of
New Milford who will. this season. last care
for and oblige. and be glad to show him and his
colts on all days except Sundays, when no busi-
ness will be done.
TERMS Single service, SO. 10 be paid when
mare is bred, and to apply on insurance in case
of return To insurea standing colt, SIS, to be
paid when colt is ten days old Best OF care will
be saken, but 1 will not be resi- onsible for cci-
dents a colt now from the best horse will. at
most, cost only from S5 TO SO more than from the
cOarsest scrub. CHAS Il. BINGHAM.
NEW MILFORD O. 1132-1m
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-05-28
TORONTO IBDALLIII. 1868.

by Toronto, 567s, by Toronto Grief. Fl. 2:s4z<; /;
lst dam, Peggy, by Abdaiah. !, the sire of Rys-
dicks HGmbletonian, 10. the grand-sire of
George Wilkes. 5l9 2: 20; I'd dam by Lillian, by
Engineer I'd, Toronto. 1851 lst dam by Fly
ing Cloud, 134; 2d dam by a bdallah. 1.
TORONTO ABDA Liza II is q fine locker; has
trotted full mile in 2:24A. He is the sire hf
Polly b, 2: sSSl. trial 2:22. and others
If you think 1 am rot a Well-bred horse, come
and see me. and L will show you am locker
and a trotter-trot without boots or weight. 1
am 152i hands hi5h. weigh t100 lbs. am STAN
dard by breeding. so is my sire and dam.
Mambrino L ohaWk and Tor nto Abdallah
will make the season at my residence in Roots
town. commencing April 1st, closir g December
1st. 1899; except on Fridays will be at Ruggle's
stable. Suffield; Saturdays 1T Vial's stable.
Mogad3re. TER u.s.
TORONTO ABDALLAH TO insure, $40 90
MAMBRINo Il OHAwK 1000
To be pal as soon mare IS known to be with
foal. failing TO attend regular or part
ing with mares before they are known to be
with foal. will forfeit The Insurance. 1 will not
be responsible for accidents
113J-.ms S. n. ANDREWS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-05-28
For that fsr away land Of Chosen

We were rowed back 10 our boat in a row
boat, armed by ten men-of-war. When on shore
Mr.. Davis tried to pluck some pretty autumn
leaves, and there was man. laborer, passing
who stopped and helped him. 1 thought tha!
was kind
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-05-28

A good many options on phosphate
lands in southern Florida have been
surrendered because the phosphates
didn't materialize.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-05-28

Life is too short to waste much of it
in humoring people who need clubbing.
-MttUaukee Journal.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-07-18
A Gritty Little Maid.

Some Young men are not so well in
formed in the requisite formalities toward
the feminine sex as they ought to be,
writes Clara Belle to the Chicago Times
from New York, and 1t was one of this
order that put young woman on Bow
ery horse-car the other night and left her
to get to Harlem alone while heswent in
an opposite direction to Brooklyn See
ing her safely ensconced in the car the
Young man thrust a five cent piece INTO
the hand of the conductor and jumped
from the platform. In few moments
the conductor entered the car and stood
before the girl awaiting her fare. She
looked questioningly at him and said
nothing.
Fare, miss, (" said the conductor.
The girl blushed. ''Jimmie-I mean
didn't the young man pay my farea"
asked she.
''He paid his own fare, not yours, ,"
replied the conductor grufiy.
''But he didn't take ride. he only
put me on the car
"That's all right. He rode all the
same. want your fare"
The girl made movement toward her
pocket and then hesitated. Springing
to her feet she murmured, as the tears
came into her eyes: 'Let me off, please "
"Whatr exclaimed the conductor;
''You amt got the price of a ride. Oh,
pshaw! you kin ride free, then"
But the meek little Harlem maid, with
her smart 81 hat and well worn jacket,
was game. Her pretty mouth settled
firmly over her white teeth. "You will
stop the car and let me off, " said she, as
imperiously as princess.
Two men passengers offered nickels for
the girl to the conductor, who was now
insisting that he did not require any fare.
The girl thanked. them. 81 wish to get
off at once, " she cried, fixing her big,
angry eyes upon the conductor.
II made a mistake, miss, " said the lat
4 YER II non Z }rrsrr--s-- -
The girl futtered out to the platform
and as gracefully and sure as a bird
swung from the step, while the car wa.
dashing along at a sharp pace, and van
ished in the Bowery crowd. happen Il
know that she walked home, distanc
of four miles. New York surely ha
among its working ranks girls whose prid
ought to win them coronets. Il duches
could not have outshone in dignity o
poise this timid young Harlem maiden.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-07-18
An Electrical Supper.

At a supper gwen in Baltimore every
thing was done by electricity. The pres
sing of an electric button notified the
band to play, the dancers to dance. In
the supper-room was track of small rails
on which was an electric car or basket
about foot long and thirty inches wide.
This car conveyed the viands from the
buffers apartment. The butler placed
the courses in silver trays upon the car
and sent them along the electric railway.
The car stopped long enough IN front oil
each plate for each guest TO help himself
The car was also supplied with electric
bells. Under the tables were music
boxes operated by electricity which PLAYED
during the supper. Not drop OF cot
fee or bit of ice cream was spilled by
the electrical waiter.-Ne1s York Wor'@
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-07-18
The Sound of Light.

One of the most wonderful dis
coveries in science that have been made
within the last year or two is the fact
that a beam of light produces sound,
saws the american Art Journal. A beam
of sunlight is thrown through a lens on
a glass vessel that contains lampblack,
colored silk, or worsted or other sub
stances. A disk having Sits or openings
cut in it is made to revolve swiftly in this
beam of light, so as to cut it up, thus
making alternate flashes of light and
shadow. On putting the ear to the glass
vessel strange sounds are heard so long
as the flashing beam is falling on the
vessel.
Recently a more wonderful discovery
has been made. A beam of sunlight IS
made to pass through a prism, so as to
nroduee what is called the saIas- Snae-
trum or rainbow. The disk Is turned,
and the coIored light of the rainbow IS
made to break through it. Now, place
the ear to the vessel containing the silk,
wool or other material. As the colored
LIGHTS Of the spectrum fall upon 1t sounds
viii be given by different parts of the
spectrum, and there will be silence IN
other parts. ,
For instance, if the vessel contains red
worsted and the green light flashes upon
If. loud sounds will be given Only
feeble sounds will be heard when the
red and blue parts of the rainbow fall
upon the vessel, and other colors make
no sound at all. Green silk gives sound
best in red light. Every kind Of ma
terial gives more or less sound IN diifer-
ent colors, and utters no sound IN others
The discovery is a strange one and It L
thought more wonderful things vii
come from it.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-07-18

Before the Revolution the Virginia
planter raised nothing but tobacco and
maize.
T. Burweil Green, of Washington, Ga,
has biscuit that was baked at Manassas
Junction in 1861.
Recent Investigations have disclosed
the fact that the people of Great Britain
swallow over $500, 600 pills daily.
The biological school of the Univer-
slty OF Pennsylvania boasts of herba-
rum OF 90, 200 botanical specimens.
Some enterprising Chicagoans have Sc
cured John Browns old fort at Harper's
Ferry, Va, and win transplant it to that
city.
Mrs. Bornemann, of North Passaic,
n. j., has brought suit against John
Parnell for painting the legs Of her rooster
green.
"Garden snails wanted; one peck, =" is
the advertisement of New York man,
who says he wants the snails for medicin-
al uses.
The table upon which Oliver Cromwell
signed the death warrant of Charles I
was recently sold to London antiquary
for $40.
ton, consists OF about normal condi-
or female bees, several tnocesld -es---s !
and a queen.
Coffee was introduced into England in
1641, and the first cofTee-house in Eng
land was kept by Hebrew named
Jacobs, at Oxford, in 1850.
An educated and accomplished young
woman in Michigan has split twenty
cords of wood with her own hands and
neatly piled 1t up during the past win
ter.
Alta sale of Chinese porcelain in New
York recently very small rouge box,
less than two inches in diameter, was
sold for $3.50 It's price was gained by
its delicate peach-blow tint.
Nevada cattlemen are troubled by the
cruel trait of the magpie which leads it
to pick out the eyes of cattle. The spec
tacle of living animals with their eyes
picked out is said to be a common occur
renee.
Wax is produced by the bees eating
honey, and then hanging in clusters in
the hives as lazily as possible. The wax
appears on their backs. Other bees
take it off and manipulate it into
combs.
In the time of the conquest of Peru by
Pizzaro in 1884, the only domesticated
animal found among the Peruvians was
the llama, which served the inhabitants Of
the country the same purpose that the
reindeer does the Laplander.
The production of gold in California
began in 1S4s, the yield that year being
$4,000, 600; in the year following $40
900, 600, and $50, 900, 900 in 1850. The
total gold product of that State to date
is estimated at 81, 125, 900, 900.
The bamboo does not blossom until it
attains its thirtieth year, when it pro-
duces seed profusely and then dies. 1t
SAID that famine was prevented in India
in 1912 by the sudden Towering of the
bamboos, when so, 900 people resorted to
the jungles to gather the seed for
food.
No one knows who invented or made
the first umbrella They are figured in
the carvings at Persepolis, and old china
ware shows the Chinese shaded by them.
When first introduced into England by
inns HanwEy, about if1f6, tile hackney
coachmen and chairmen raised great
clamor against them, thinking that they
would ruin their business.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-07-18


Mr.. BiIius Cooking over his expense
account Maria, we spent exactly $50
more than our income this year. We've
got to retrench. "
Mrs. BilIus-"It wasn't my fault,
John. 1 didn't lose SIS on the election,
nor pay out $40 in club dues, nor spend
SOS for cigars, nor run through with
S120 in three days at the races, nor in
dorse a note for 5000 for mere ac-
quaintance and lose it, nor"
Mr.. Billus (still looking through the
expense account) -"Noneo these things
account for that $50. By Joye! Here
it isl Subscription for pastors salary,
S50l' Maria, we can't stand that The
preacher will have 70 get along without
anything from me this year. y Chicago
Tribune
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-07-18
Last Coin Spent by Abraham lincoln.

DR.. J. B. Mobley, of Fairburn, Ga,
has curiosity, with history Of unusual
interest attached, in the shape of ten
cent piece-not dime, but a regular an
Gent ten-center. 1t runs this way:
On the evening of the 14th of April,
1865, the night on which President
Abraham Lincoln was killed, the Presi-
dent, before reaching the opera house,
walked into a drug store close by and
bought of the druggist bottle OF SMELL
ing salts. paying him therefor ten cents.
He handed the druggist the exact
change, this identical ten-cenr piece
Just as the President walked cut of the
drug store, Charley Lines, Union soldier
and a member of the 10th New York
Volunteers, entered the store and bought
a cigar tor ten cents, and handed the
druggist a twenty-fye-cent piece, and
the druggist said;
Here is ten cents Just paid me by
President Lincoln, and here isa ive-cent
shin-plaster.
Private Lines placed the ten-cent piece
in his vest pocket and went on his way
rejoicing in the flavor of his cigar The
next hour and a half brought the news
to the soldier that the President had
been fatally wounded at the opera house.
The soldier thought of the ten-cent
piece Immediately, being the last money
the President had spent while in life.
He valued it very highly, and in the fall
of 1866 he met with DR.. j. B. Mobley
and told him about the ten-cent piece he
had. The doctor laughingly asked
Colonel Lines what he would take for
the piece, and Colonel Lines remarked,
iokinglv, he would take S25 for 1t,
whereupon Dr. Mobley pulled out the
amount and handed it to him. Colonel
Lines wanted to back out, but Mobley
insisted, and finally received the piece
from the hands of Colonel Lines.
1t appears the drug store, mentioned
was only few steps from the opera
house, and. further, that the President
sequently, had no ticket to purclrHs9- NJ
he went in, and Colonel Lines stated 1t to
be a fact that the druggist said the Presi-
dent gave it to him At any rate, this IS
strong evidence that this is the identical
last ten cents Abe Lincoln ever disposed
Of during his life. 1t is dated 1927,
with the Goddess OF Liberty, and the
eagle with three arrows in his claws and
marked 1Oc.-AtlantG Constitution.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-07-18
A Hogs Affection for a Hen.

The large, blooded Poland China boar
Rob Roy III, owned in the town of
Wayne,N. Y, says New York Sun cor
respondent, has more than local repu-
tation, not only for his breeding, but for
the fierceness of his nature. He is of
enormous size. With the exception of
his owner, he Will permit no one to come
near him, and the only other living thing
on the farm that he ever had any friend
ship for was dominick hen, which had
been his almost inseparable companion
and attendant for more than year. The
big hog has the run of half an acre Of
ground, and he has rooted that over and
over again, for apparently no other pur-
pose than to provide the hen with worms
and other insects, without her having to
take the trouble to scratch for them her
self.
The hog and the hen could be seen any
day in good weather making the rounds
of the enclosure, the hog turning up the
ground with his great snout, and the hen
standing ready to seize the worm or bug
the roofing revealed. The hog would
watch the hen as she searched in the up
turned dirt for insects, the old fellow
granting contentedly the while, and APP
parently having NO object in life but 10
root for the hen. When she had gone
though one roofing of soil the boar
would niow up another one, and keep on
drrtiI inc -crr-1.n1s+-----sd-
Then Rob Roy III. would stretch himself
in the sun for a nap, and the hen would
either wallow in the dust by his side, or
perch on his body somewhere and wait
for her big admirer to wake up.
The hen always took her place on the
edge of the boar's swill trough when his
feed was poured in, and picked out such
morsels as his nosing about the trough
brought TO the surface.
A week ago another pig was turned
into Rob Roy's enclosure, and the big
! hog tolerated her presence. She fed at
the same trough with him, and all went
well until Saturday. The dominick hen
perched herself as usual on the edge OF
| the trough at feed time. The new pig
did not approve of this, and, with quick
and savage movement, caught the hen by
the neck and bit it in two before sh'
could sauawk. For moment Rob Rol
turned his head and gazed at the tiutter
ing and pirouettiug of the bleeding ant
headless body of his friend. Then he mad
one rush upon the dominick's slayer, ant
before his owner, who had been witnes
of the hens taking off, could interfere
Rob Roy had torn the other pig sofright
fully with his long tusks that she died il
a few minutes.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-07-18

"AlOnzO, darling, once at the seashore
you saved my hfel'
do not speak of it. L"
Il think said whether as a friend, a
sister or in still dearer relation l would
remember and recompense you"
"fou did, dear, you did; but
Zone moment. Until the present I
refused your entreaties to bake. To-day
l acceded to them. But remember my
VOW. Before put my work on the table
gave one of the cakes to Fido. Come
Out snd see him"
We dio go, and they buried the dog
81 s. 81, tie COX book in the same grave
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-07-18
The Bottom Drops Out of Lake.

In Sheffield, Ala, the new iron town,
q curious phenomenon is Puzzlng the
local scientists. From time immemorial
a lake of considerable depth and covering
several acres of ground has existed and
has been a famous fishing resort for
sportsmen. A few weeks since the peo-
pie in the vicinity were panic-stricken by
a fearful noise and subterranean rumb-
ling as of an earthquake In the morn
ing it was discovered that the lake had
entirely disappeared, the bottom having
literally dropped out, the water escaping
through hole fifteen feet in diameter
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-07-18
rricss plared on Green sailors.

The green hand, or landsman, is the
greatest source of fun aboard ship, and
the tricks that are played upon him are
legion. A standing joke is to dash
cupful of cold water into his berth, with
the warning shout: Turn out below
Ships founderingw But this has proved
dangerous, as on several occasions men
have been known 10 rush in such haste TO
the boats as to fall overheard, says the
Philadelphia Times.
Another trick that is sure to be played
on ''greeny" is to get him to place the
back of his neck in sling which IS made
fast to block and fall, and, with the
hauling part in his hands, hoist himself
aloft. The joke lies in his inability e
lower himself again to the deck TIN:
is also dangerous.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-07-18
CORDIAL BUT ILLOGICAL.

Jones was quite struck by the appear
ance of a guest at an evening party
whose name he did not know, but whose
face was familiar.
ssBeg pardon, F." he said, going up tc
him ii think we have met before ="
.eThat is my impression"
AIT wasn't at New Orleans, was ltf'
mo; I've never been there"
,.Nor l either" replied Jones IN
eurst IF Illogical enthusiasm.-Jad9s.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-07-18
PITH And POINT.

Handled without gloves-SOap.
A dead poet-The poet laurie ate.
A financial crash-The bank towel.
s'Gas is going up" as the aeronaut
said when he cut the balloon rope.
Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel
And four times he who gets his blow in fust.n
Atlanta Constitution.
A horse has the advantage over man in
one thing, he's worth more after he's
broke than he was before.-Berkshire
Neus
'Remember to sweep the parlor very
clean to-day, Mary. A gentleman is
coming this evening who will kneel to
me. Boston Budget.
''Tbis House For sailg' the placard read,
And ere there was a bid,
A Kansas cyclone struck the place
And, sure enough, it did
Whisesids Herald.
awake up, Chappie. Which of these
houses is yoursln Chappie "a little the
worse for wear)-'Zhe one thet-hic-
fish me -key-hic-of coursh,
shtupid. "-EP0ch.
Sue was stupid tonight said Fred,
''She yawned, as 1 could see
''Pm more TO blame than she, Joe said;
'She satup last night with me-
Epoch.
"Oh, my poor little lamb" said ten
der hearted lady at the butchers, 81
hate to order the meat and think I'm
helping to destroy the little creatures y
81 can send 'em around alive, ma'am, if
you say so, said the butcher.-Chatter.
Daughter-''Papa, George has asked
me to marry him and have said Yes. ,
Papa-"And would have said No "
Daughter (respectfully)-"That's what
YOU should have said, papa, if young
man asked you to marry him. - Wash
ingtOn Star.
A book agent says: ave can elevate
our business and make it a grand success
if our friend and brother will but lend a
helping hand and bestow upon us kind
word" As it is now, the book agent is
too often elevated by his "friend and
brother bestowing upon him helping
foot. "-Norristoto Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-07-18
Had Work to DO.

Young Brown (who has just left home
for the first time)-''I would like to be
called at three o'clock tomorrow morn
ing"
Hotel Clerk-''What, do you wish to
catch an early train, sir2"
Young Brown-''No, have button
to sew on my trousers.