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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-01-07

to the Bayou This place had great amount
of decaying vegetation and when these animal
bodies festered and decayed and fermented, the
yellow fever poison was entertained there and |
broke out with terrible fatality.
The home of Cholera is in Bengal. on the banks
or sides of the Ganges river. A great many dead
animals are thrown into the river, and wash
down .stream to place where another river
comes in. and lodge there. and In hot weather
they decay, and with decaying vegetation and
OVERLOOKING of low lands. the wash of the river
in hot. scorching temperature breeds poison
that generates cholera. But it does not occur
every year. only when the poison becomes very
rank and deadly The inhabitants become in
some measure acclimated. They may communi-
cate the disease to others without having it
themselves. Emigrants may come from infected
districts in apparent health. and break out with
the disease in the middle of the ocean. The dis
ease is ripened by the confined air or bilge water
of the ships. Acclimated soldiers may join those
who are not acclimated and communicate the
disease to them without having it them elves.
This disease is spread by the pilgrim on the road
to Mecca. They used to o.On foot. now they go
in ships, and the disease spreads q little faster
If these Mahomedans were converted to Christ
iauity and would stay at home. the spread OF
cholera would be confined to a smaller space and
much crippled. The time may soon come when
the dead bodies. instead of being thrown into
| the river will be cremated. with the abundance
of refuse decaying matter. The world will be
saved as by fire. Furnaces are already built on
the Ganges. and there soon will be more. and
cholera will be robbed of its fatality. Cremation
has got start. and. it will go on faster than it
ever has gone both in the old country and in the
United States. The piles of street garbage will
ascend in smoke. the millions of pounds of sewer
filth be carried up to the skies instead OF being
discharged into the rivers. and dead animals will
not pcllute the air much longer. in such way as
| they do now.
The disease most likely to exterminate the
human race has not been mentioned. 1t is callad
aspecifc disease and prevails most in large
cities among fashionable froficing people. Its
not confined to the parties .who first contract it,
| but descends to the third and fourth generation
The assertion is not made that the human race
will ever be destroyed by a contagious disease.
but what disease is NEST likely to effect that
destruction if it ever should occur.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-01-07
California Cork Trees.

The available forests of cork trees
are already relatively extensive, al
though hardly sufficient to supply the
demands now made on them, or which,
as the world grows in prosperity, must
be made on them, for there is hardly
any end to the uses for cork. and none
of the substitutes for it which have yet
been tried are very satisfactory or
promise to take its place to any great
extent.
The latest estimates of existing areas
of available cork, oak forests make their
extent from 100000 to $500. 600
acres, of which about one-half, includ-
ing those on its African possessions,
belongs to France. The wood of the
cork oak is heavy, cross-grained, and
of a yellow-brown color; it shrinks and
warps badly in seasoning. and decays
rapidly when exposed to the action OF
the atmosphere. 1t has little value in
the arts, but furnishes useful fuel and
makes good charcoal. The inner bark
is rich in tannin, and trees too old or
unfit to produce cork are cut for the
sake of the inner bark.
The cork oak is an interesting tree
to Americans, as its cultivation now
seems destined to become an important
industry in California, where the
climate and the soil in many parts of
the state are admirably suited to pro-
duce it. This is not mere theory, as
trees have been growing now for
several years in California, and have
already produced crops of cork of ex-
cellent quality. 1t is probable that the
tree will grow rather more rapidly
in California than it does in its native
country, says the Pittsburg Dispatch,
although the quality of the soil, the ex-
posure in which the trees are placed,
local climate and the treatment which
the trees receive will influence, OF
course. the rapidity with which the
bark is developed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-01-07
A Royal Baptism.

The grim father was wild with de-
light when the prince was born. True,
he had daughters-Elizabeth and Mary;
but this was son, veritable heir to
his throne! On such an occasion it
was impossible to do too much, and
accordingly. the ehistening was cele-
brated with unusual splendor. Mag
nificent carpets, with hangings of red
silk and cloth of gold, decked the rooms
through which the procession was to
pass. A fire-pan full of Goals, with a
goode perfume" was provided to keep
were of solid silver, and all persons
concerned in the ceremony were ablaze
with jewels.
Then there was a grand procession
to the chapel where the service was
held,-first came the attendant noble
men and servants. bearing each torch
or. taper; next, Princess Elizabeth, af-
terward Good Queen Bess." herself
so young that she was carried in arms;
then, borne under canopy, the baby
prince, with train many times longer
than his body; then the Princess Mary,
who was to be godmother; then more
attendants, more tapers. and at last
the procession reached the chapel, and
the baby was duly christened. His
name and titles were proclaimed.
splendid gifts were presented, a Te
Deuns was sung, refreshments were
passed-the young princesses being
treated to spiced waters and wine; and
finally, with tremendous blare of
trumpets to conclude the ceremony,
the child was carried back to it's moth
er.
King Henry drew up with his own
hand list of rules ''for the best care
and management"-as he wrote it
"of the hole realmes most precyouse
joy ellie Jewell. the Princes Grace. :"
No strangers were to visit him without
special order (Which was seldom
granted); and no visitor must touch
the prince except to kiss his hand.-,S.
Nicholas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-01-07
The Man Had the Call.

A man with market basket on his
arm was slowly toiling up the incline
of the Brooklyn Bridge the other day,
when his attention was attracted to a
boy on the roof of a building about
two hundred feet away. AS soon as
the man stopped the boy began i'm
itating his walk, which was rendered
ungraceful by a lame leg. Owing to
the confusion it was impossible to hear
what each said, but the man with the
basket seemed to exclaim:
IF only had my hands on you I'd
a miruter'
And the boy seemed to reply:
Come. now, old chap, but don't
get husky over bit of fun"
The man on the bridge was taken
with sudden fit of coughing. The
boy followed suit. The man shook
his fist in the direction of the bridge.
Then the man seemed to be saying:
"Ah, you young wretch. you are
treading the path to the gallows!'
The boy gestured with his right
hand in imitation, and seemed to reply:
If was as crusty as you are I'd
have been hung long ago."
Then he put his thumb on his nose
and twirled his fingers in a spirited
manner. and it looked as if he would
come out a winner. Indeed, the man
had started on when he suddenly stop
ped. sat down his basket, and after
feeling for half minute, he brought
out hens egg. 1t was large, solid
looking specimen of what an American
hen can do, and the man spit on the
palm of his hand. The boy initiated
him. Then the man drew back his
right arm. The boy also initiated that
maneuyer. With raise on his toes
and suppressed chap the man let fly,
and three or four seconds later the egg
struck the boy on that part of the
anatomy vulgarly referred to as the
bread basket He doubled up and
then went to grass, and as the man
lifted his basket and passed on nobody
nor nothing had any remarks to make.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-01-07

EOdENb AOO1O JEAN OOoA2A IL.
PRINCE IMPERIAL.
KILLED IN ZULULAND 1ST JUNE, 1879.
Harpea's Bazaar.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-01-07
of the Prince Imperial.

There are many pleasant incidents
to be told of the Prince Imperial. The
deep melancholy ascribed to him GER
tainly did not appear on the surface.
He and boy companion would lie for
hours upon their backs, under the huge
trees of the park. and shoot with ar
rows at the birds that lighted on their
branches; or they raced over the wide
meadows of the estate, surrounded by
a pack of dogs; or the dogs were forced
to Jump and exercise at the caprice of
their young masters.
About the unfortunate boys horse
manship we have all heard time and
again. 1t is sometimes said that its
very perfection caused his death, as he
would not mount until every appendage
of his saddle was placed in exact posi-
ton. 1t is probable now, however.
that no more details will ever be added
to those already given of his last strug-
gle. When at Chislehurst, the Prince
delighted to throw himself upon a
barebacked horse and gallop round
and round a field. Sometimes the
park was chosen for these escapades,
and any friend or lady of the house,
hold who happened to be near was
chased round and about through the
mazes of the wood.
His room at Camden Place faced the
Commons sea of gorse, and was a
small, plainly furnished apartment,
lighted by two ordinary windows.
We looked from one of these at the
view that must have been SO familiar
to him; on its white Venetian shutter
was written in pencil in a cramped.
French schoolboy hand, Louis Napo-
leon, April "a, 1874" There is now on
the Common, nearly in front of this
window, stone shaft erected by the
citizens of Chislehurst to his memory.
This monument is a copy, though OF
lighter build. of that erected by the
Queen over the spot of his death in
Zululand. The tall column, capped
by a runic cross, can be seen from
every approach to the Common. On
it is engraved, between two Napoleonie
bees:
NAPOLEON.
EUGENE LOUIS JEAN JOSEPH.
PRINCE IMPERIAL.
KILLED IN ZULULAND 1Sr JUNE, 1879.
Harpe7's BdzGr.
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How to Handle a Wasp.

..What nerve YOU must have!' said
comnanion stroller to me recently as l
caught in my hand one after another OF
the common brown wasp and tWlrleo
them in my fingers. What nerve! for
| know, of course, that they must all
have stuno YOU. only you won't admit
If. Could do itP'' he continued. in
reply to my question. why, of course
| could do it, only am not such
foolr'
In vain assured him that the in
sects were harmless, in vain urged him
to clutch small swarm which crawled
upon the fence close by. But prejudice
is a difficult obstacle, especially IN
matters of this kind and | was obliged
to caress my wasps alone.
lit is all in the way you do it, OBJ
served, as I picked up two at once
from the summit of golden-rod. and
rolled them into one waspy Jumble be-
tween my fingers, and then let them
loose upon the wing, none the worse
bodily, even though somewhat richer IN
experience.
At length, after much persuasion,
my friends credulity was overcome to
the point of trial, and he grasped his
wasp with true heroism, holding his
breath meanwhile, and bringing all his
hypnotic power, as he said, to bear
upou the victim, and to this alone he
attributed his escape from the insects
sting: for he handled it without the
slightest harm.
3You are right" he said; ''it is all in
the way you do it."
But his next essay was not so con-
spicuous a success and express it but
mildly when 1 say that he has done
with tbis sort of amusement for all
| time.
There is, in truth, right way and a
wrong way in the handling OF wasp.
| The safest season for experiment IS IN
| September. You are now certain TO
| find your wasps in numbers upon the
golden-rods. Creep up slyly, hold your
open palm within foot OF the insect
and murmur to your inmost self the
| following brief sentiment,
"Polistes! Pol.stes! byrons! propon1tc
facienar'
and wait until the insect turns towards
YOU, which it is more or less certain te
do: then with a quick clutch grasl
YOUR prize. 1t is not necessary to hole
YOUR breath or wet your fingers, as i
commonly supposed; the above classic
charm will work quite as we'll with
out. After holding the insect in thu
hollow of your hand for moment, TAX
him boldly between your fingers. rol
him, squeeze him, and twirl him as yo'
| will: no amount of abuse will induc
him to sting. Perfect faith in the abov
will enable any one to handle was
with impunity.
PSI almost forgot to mention tina
it is always safest to experiment wit
sOhite-fa faced wasps, as these are dro,aes
aud Aaue no sting William Hdnatlto
Gibson, in Harper's Young People.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-29
Misleading nnnk Tillns.

A paper has been 'ead before the Library
association on the misleading titles OF
modern books. The subject is one in which
the book buying public is necessarily in
tcrested. There are many, even in these
shrewd and careful times, who purchase
volumes on the strength Of advertisements,
or after n casual glance at the names of a
book and its author The wiser mind
waits to know something about the wares
offered to it, but to many the mere title of
a book is aliuring, suggesting all sorts of
possibilities which may or may not be full.
filled Mankind does not learn by expert
ence, either personally or by deputy.
With the old standing example before
them of the ingenious countrymau who
bought Ruskin's work con the Construc-
tiou Of Sheeplolds' under the impression
that ii was an agricultural treatise, men
and women stiIl rush upon their fate in
the matter Of book titles. And they are
meanwhile fooled to the top of their bent,
The title we have Just quoted is. as every
body knows, by no means Ruskin's only
achievement in the direction of mslead-
iug-or at least mystifyiug-t public.
"Sesamc and Lilies, ~ THE Crown of Wild
Olivc,n THE Queen of the Air" "I'ors
Claygcra' these and others in their
time, have created quite as much conlu-
sion in the minds OF the simple and CON
filling,
And. fortified by so illustrious an ex-
ample, the book producers go on mystify.
ing and misleading, outdoing each other
in the perverted ingenuity of their iuyun-
tions.--Loudon Globe
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-29

The Transactions of the Association of
the American Physicians" contains re-
port by DR.. S. Weir Mitchell of a number
Of curious cases of false sensations Of cold.
In some instances the feeling Of cold was
accompanied by an actual rise of temper
allure in the part affected This peculiar
sensation Of cold in one case followed an
injury, but in others the causation was OBJ
scure.
One rather remarkable case was that Of
a lawyer, 81 years of age. During the last
few years he has been annoyed by subject
i've sensations Of cold, which are increased
by mental application. To relieve these
sensations he wears three suits of the
heaviest kind of wooden underwear, three
pairs Of the heaviest wooden socks, felt
boots Of the heaviest material over his or
binary boots and shoes, and flannel band
age around his body AT night he wears
two Of the above mentioned suits, a fan
mel bandage, wooden socks, and sleeps I'M
der five wooden blankets on feather mat
tress, with n hair one under it, He always
keeps the night temperature of his room
ut so, and after hard day at court from
80 to 0j. The sensation Of cold is positively
painful, though his surface temperature is
normal
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-29

approaches them several STUDS unite at
once, they rcpulse the beast and sometimes
chase it, and neither the wolf nor the bear,
not even the lion, can capture horse or
even zebra as long as it is not detached
from the herd
When a drought is burning the grass in
the prairils they gather in herds of some
times 10000 individuals strong and mi
CRATE. And when a snow storm RACES in
the steppes each stud keeps close together
and repairs to a protected ravine. But if
confidence disappears or the group has
been seized by panic and disperses, the
horses perish, and the survivors are found
after the storm half dying from fatigue.
Union is their chief arm in the struggle
for life, and man is their chief enemy. Be-
fore his increasing numbers the ancestors
Of our domestic horse Che Equus prevail
ski, so named by Polyakon) have preferred
20 retire to the widest and least accessible
patcaus on the outskirts of Thibet, where
they continue to live surrounded by car
niyores, under a climate as bad as that Of
the arctic regions, but in a region inaccessi-
bic to man.-Ninctcenth Century
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-29
Foreign Notes.

Miss Games, the American prima donna,
will leave Paris for London, hHying signed
an engagement with CoycnJ Garden.
Gen Booth PROPOSES about July to
visit Cape Colony and India To- inspect
personally the condition of the salvation
Army in those ic ions He will be
absent abort nine months.
Capt. CaslU's work on Africa is shortly
to appear i'm an English edition The
captain goes largely into the subject OF
African products and what soils are best
suited for cotton, sugar, Ctc., and il is be
heved his hool, viii create a loom in
African commerce and Colonization,
In Uuiouist meeting at Birmingham
Tuesday night Mr. Joseph Chamberlain
said Home Rule was as dead as Queen
Anne; that Cladstaue must oithcrabandon
altogether, or accept all Of paruell's de-
mands. Home Secretary Matthews dwelt
on the nee ssity OF maintaining the
Unionist Alliance, ms the Irish party
would patch up their quarralsomc ways
Vienna advicos state that the emperor is
in communication with Bishop Suauch,
of GrossWardcn, in regard TO accepting
the place Of prince prHpnte OF hungary,
made vacant hy the deHth Of Cardinal
Simon The emperor rs deeply grateful
to Bishop Struuch for spiritual consoIa-
ton at the time ct Eudolphs suicide,
when other pr1lUtas stool aluot ON nc
Cuunt of the character of the uct
Great cxcitampnt exists in Spain over
the approaching elections and in BARGE
Iona public meeting i'm behalf of the
Conservatives almost resulted i'm Il riot,
the working people being either Liberals
D.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-29

This is the season for wet feet mean
mems feet, Women, rs a rule, wear rubber
oycrshoes, hut few men will undergo the
trouble india rubhers or arctics are sure to
inNjct A shoemaker the other day put me
up to u wrinkle that is worth trying. Ev-
cry one knows about porpose hide shoe
strings how durable they are, and all
that This same shoemaker showed me u
pair of shoes made of the same material,
and told me that they were virtually
waterproof on account of the porpoise hide
retaining SO much OIL The shoes were
fashionably cut and handsomely made
They do not polish well, but look neat
and once the feet are snugly incased in
Them slUsh and snow are held at defiance.
The cost is a little more than the ordinary
Caltskiu but they will outlast two Fairs Of
the latteE- Philadelphia Times
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condemnation Of Interesting Items of
Various Subjects.

A Condemnation of Interesting Items OF
Various Subjects
Ethel Towne, female forgcr is said to be
in Cincinnati.
Mrs DR.. Elizabe@ Miller is elected to
the Muncie, Iud., beard Of health.
The Bennett law in Wisconsin has been
killed by the Democrats in the Wisconsin
house.
1t turns out that two soldiers were killed
and eleven wounded in the Irving, Kan,
collision.
Ohio mine operators decline the PROPOSE
tons Of the miners, and q strike is next on
the program
At Niles, o., Adam Bush, II, fell in front
of an ore wagon Which passed over his alb
domen, killing him.
Philip Camp is camping far away from
MassilloU, o., where he is accused OF de-
faulting and forging.
Petitions have been presented to the
Wisconsin legislature to make Milwaukee
the capital OF the state
At Tilin, o., James Sweeney, Il Jail
guard, accidentally shot John Hartzog in
the head at Cal, Suyder's saloon.
Illinois, Nebraska and New Jersey
have joined the list of states whose lcgis.
latures have condemned the elections
bill.
bessie Wilson, "A, Of GAINESVILLE, was
Gle ,ked in her downward career by the
Newark marshal and sent home to her
mother.
Miss Scott who elopcd from Holmes
Vile, O., with married man j. Calvin
Bushey, has returned home, and j. Calvin
t.,s IN, 1pIfI
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-29

In the good old times" men lived nm
der the horrid shadows of frightful super
stitions. Now ii is to modern science only
that we owe our emancipation from the
yoke of this awful tyranny. Scientific ex-
plorers have been over the earth and find
ing no mouth Of hell, that is gone. Science
has explained earthquakes and volcanoes,
and now devils fight no longer in the bow
els of the earth Hltna and Nesuvius are
no longer yentholes of the pit. Astronomy
has shattered the follies Of astrology, and
people have found out that the stars are
minding their own business instead of
meddling with theirs, and eciipses, no
longer moon swallowing monsters, are
only very natural and well behaved shad-
ows
Since psychology is studied we know
that witchcralt is folly, and insanity is
only a disease to be treated and cured
Thus science, like mother going up stairs
to bed with her frightened boy, has been
with her candle into all the old dark cor
ncrs that used to make MS creep and Cringe
and shiyU with terror. Croakers always
have had special faculty for seeing
"breakcrs ahead and smooth water be-
hind. But the sober facts of history Justify
the statement that never was the ship of
human hope in stancher trim, and never
was a fairer broader sea ahead.
What then? Why, this: In spite of pres
emf ills and difficulties and corruptions
and discouragements, learn to see things
as they are. How many curse has this
Beryile, unreasoning worship Of the past
fastened upon usl As il an evil that has
stood thousand years was not as abomi
uable as one sprung up today We ought
indeed in church, society and state to rev
erenee the past as father Of the present,
but not so blindly as to keep errors and
fallacious systems simply because our an
cestors endured them. --Minot j. Savage in
Arena.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-29

NJ Baross the Hungarian minister Of
commerce. is not satisfied with the renown
which the introduction of the zone tariff
has gained for him, but Is coming forward
with another plan 10y which ho proposes to
give us the fastest trains in the world
This plan is for an electric railway for
passengers only, between Vienna and
Buda-p csth The distance Of 1856 miles
would beaohieved in two hours and half
One railway carriage would start every ten
minutes between in the morning and
midnight The only difficulty is the cap
ita required for the execution Of the prof
cct. which is no less than 100000 lorins
The fare from NicunU TO PcSth would be
10 Gurlns. Vienna Cor London News
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Professor Barrett, the city electrician Of
Chicago, proposes to remove the steam en-
gnrs BOW used 20 turn the bridges and
substitute clectrieity, lie claims by this
means that one man can do all the work
al each bridge and lessen the ezpsnse
greatly New Nork Journal
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, I'M, Aug. %, *
70 "a GreaL SoMth AmcricaE MedLcine O.:

To the Great South american Medicine Co.:
DEAR GENTS II desire to say to you that
have suffered for many years with very seri-
Gus disease of the stomach and nerves. tried
every medicine | could hear of but nothing
done me any appreciable good until was ad-
Vised to try your Great South American Nervine
Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure, and since
using several bottles of it must say that am
surprised at its wonderful powers to cure the
stomach and general nervous system II every
one knew the value of this remedy as do, you
would not be able to supply the demand.
j. A. HARDEE,