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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-26
eLARNEY's FAMOUS STONE.
Kiss 1t and Thereafter You Will BE Sus-
cessful In Love.

Blarney is quiet little village. dis
tant on the left mile from the station
at which we alight half an hour after
leaving Cork.
Overlooking it from slight emf
nence is a ruined castle built by Nc
Carthy, prince of Desmond" in the
early part of the fifteenth century. 1t
must be remembered that princes
were plenty as blackberries in the
days when Ireland was cut up into
little kingdoms and small tyrants
owned all the land, horses, estates and
people, body and soul. These were
the days when Ireland was "independ-
ent.n and for the return of which
home rule sighs to-day. Prince Nc
Carthy was proud man, for as our
guide informed us, He was descended
from Noah and came out of the arrack
wild him."
No one seems to know the exact
origion of the Blarney stone, or how it
derived its miraculous power. writes
John Goldman in the CbdutGxq1GG11.
1t may have been in the ark-ballast
bequeathed to the prince by his great
ancestor. In some way it found itself
on the very pinacle of the castle tower,
with the date 1908 carved upon it. To
kiss it has been the ambition of many
| generations, who have laboriously
climbed up to its dangerous eminence.
| There have been many accidents from
falling. The fashion is to kiss it on
bended knees, expressing wish at the
same time, the theory being that per-
suasiveness is communicated to the
lips that shall be effectual where love
is the, object.
Absurd as is the practice. the cere-
monv is most invariably performed by
all yisitars. Sir Walter Scott did not
find himself degraded by following the
general example. Like the toe of that
Statue of Jupiter which stands for St.
Peter in the Cathedral of Rome, worn
to the quick-if images have feeling
by lip service. so the Blarney stone is
being gradually kissed away. Then,
some thoussnds of years hence more or
j.. less, when the last atom disappears On
the last pair!of lips. the millennium
will come, for as fiattery brought sin
into the world. so when tlattery leaves
it sin may Ee no more.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-26
Large Coins.

The largest gold coin now in circu-
lation is said to be the gold ingot, or
'loof," of Anam, French colony in
eastern Asia. 1t is flat. round gold
piece, and on it is written in India ink
its value, which is about 1920. The
next sized coin to this valuable but
extremely awkward one is the ''obang"
of Japan, which is worth about 500;
and the next comes the 'benda" of
Ashantee, which represents value
of abott $40. The California $50
gold piece is worth about the same
as the ''benda." The heaviest silver
coin in the world also belongs to
Anam. where the silver ingot is worth
about SIS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-26
Becoming a Strong Writer.

Uncle Stephen, an old negro, had
come to cut the grass in the front yard.
and as Colonel Winter started out to
his Office he stopped to greet the old
man.
well. Stephen" said the Colonel,
81 hear that you intend to give your
son an education"
Oats what does. sab. l knows
what it's ter struggle along widout
larnin'. an 1 is 'termined dat my son
shan't trabble bar'foot ober de same
hard road dat did"
"a noble resolution, Stephen. l
wish all fathers felt so. Is your boy
learning rapidlyP"
''Ez fast ez er hoss can trot, sab.
Why, last week he wrote letter to his
aunt who Ibis mo- dan twenty miles
from yere. an after a while he gwine
to write to his udder aunt dat Ibis fifty
miles away"
why doesn't he write to her now?"
'Oh, he KANT write so fur yit. He
ken write twenty miles first-rate, but
l tole him not to try ter write fifty
mile till he got stronger wild his pen.
But he's gwine to git dar, l tell you.
Won't be more'n er year fo' dat boy
ken set down at one eend oh de gum
bronment an write er letter clar to
de udder nd."-Bran1oa BucEsau.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-26
A Mammoth Tank

The largest reservoir or artificial lake
in the world is the great tank OF
Dhebar, twenty miles southeast OF
Udatpur Rajportana, which covers an
area of p square miles; the masonary
dam is 1000 feet long by 95 feet high,
so feet wide at the base and 10 feet at
the to-.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-26
, A Bad Break.

DR.. Worii iium (wrath) = Where is
the blooming chump who put up that
last prescription for Mr.. shaker?''
Druggist; (humility) - 1.-The head
clerk, sir; be has gone to dinner.
trust thereiis nothing wrong"
DR.. Workum (more wrath Moth
ing wrongP, Well, guess. Why, the
ass put up quinine in those capsules
by mista:ke for sugar of milk and
Shaker has got rid of that ague."-
bor,,,ohe1ticaL Era
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-26

Octave Thanet, the novelist, is an
Iowa girl, her real name being Alice
French. She has been obliged to go
away from home for material for her
stories, the scenes of many of which
are laid in Arkansas and the eastern
states. 1t is certainly remarkable that
she should have been able to overcome
the disadvantages OF non-residence so
completely as to portray with the fidel-
oddities and dialectic peculiarities of
Arkansas rural life. The material for
her sketches was collected mainly
during summer outings in the Adiron-
dacks and in Canada, with an occa-
sional winter in Arkansas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-26

Jaooe.rs-"Dr. Jalap is about as
skillfai a physician as l know. He
seems to understand case almost at
SIGHT, you know" Jiggers-"What is
he Giving you?" Jaggers cock
tall sthree times day. 1t is bringing
m9 round finely; although my recov-
cry is, of course. necessarily very
slow Jiggers Naturally. Boston
q T,.alnScript
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-26

sDaily Except Sunday. Alag stop. Meals.
Dark Faced Type denotes time from LOO p m to LOO
a. M: Light Faced from LOO a. m. to 100 p N.
JOSEPH WOOD, E. A. FORD,
General Manager, General Passenger Agent
S-2-a-I PITTSBURGH, PENN'A.
For time cards, rates of fare, through tickets,
| baggage checks and further Information re-
| oarding the running of trains apply to any
| Agent of the Pennsylvania Lines.
W. D.eARMSTRONG. Agent.
| Ravenna, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-26
Fashion Tip.

A tip for the summer girl: Mems
coat-sleeves are worn around the waist
on ramble in the woods, and around
the neck on the balcony in the dark
~ Y Herald
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-26
PROPOSED Amendment to the Constitution
Of Ohio.
II a X A TO N.

SECTION /. Be 1t resolped:Jy the General As
sen6Ly Of the State of Ohio, Ihat proposltlon
shall be submitted to the electors of this state
on the first Tuesday after the hrst MONDAY In
to amend s. seGtos tb OF a. Afsie bn
so that IL shall read as follows:
ARTICLE XII.
SEC. .. Laws may be passed which shall tax
by uniform rule all moneys, credits, invest
ments in bonds, stocks. joint-stock companies,
orr otherwise; and all real and personal proper
ty according to the true value thereof In money
In addition thereto laws NAV be passed taxing
rights privileges, anu av sucn drect
hut burying grounds, public school houses
houses used exclusively for public worship, in
stitutions of purely public chtrlty; pubic
property used exclusively for any public pur-
pose, and other property. may. by general laws
be exempted from taxation ana tne Value OF OF
all property so exempted shall, from time to
time, be ascertained and published as may be
directed by law,
DESIRING O to vote for such amendment may have
placed upon their ballots the words "TaXa-
ton Ameadment-Yes,'' and those opposed to
such amendment may have placed upon their
ballots the words Taxation Amendment
MOI
on the first day of January. 1872
NAL r. HYSELL,
Speaker of the House of RepresentatIyes.
VIM. ANCE NJ AROUIS,
President of the Senate.
Adopted April a. 1891.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OHIol
| OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
7. Daniel ]. RYAN, Secretary of State of the
State of Ohio do hereby certify that the forego-
| ing is a true copy of joint resolution adopted
| by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio,
| on the 24th day of April, A d. 1891, taken from
| the original rolls filed in this Office.
| In testimony whereof, [ have hereunto sub
| scribed my name and affixed my ofli-
| TsEAL1 cial seal. at Columbus, the 25th day OF
april, a. ID. 1881.
DANIEL J. RYAN,
Secretary of State.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-26
BETWEEN sAYARD AND NEW PHILADELPHIA.

SOs. 336 and ;}3S connect at Wellsvile for
Steubenville and Bellare. Nos. 33S and 3i2
| sounect in Union Station, Pittsburgh, for the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-12
THE LICENSE AMENDMENTS.

The views of Mr.. Brooks author of the
present high license law, with regard to the
action of the Legislature, indicates dispo-
sition to make some amendments to the law,
although there is somewhat perplexing
indefniteness as to the direction in which
the amendments will change it.
MIR. Brooks own amendment contemplates
bringing wholesalers, bottlers and brewers
under the same regulations as retailers
This would be an extension OF the stringent
restrictions of the law upon improper sales;
but we may DE pardoned for doubling
whether it is the class of amendment that
wholesalers, brewers and bottlers will agree
to. On the other hand the amendment for
reducing the license fee in cities of the
third class and requiring licenses to be issued
in proportion to population are unmistak-
ably in the direction of easing up some of
the strong features of the act. The first
proposition has already been noticed in these
columns. The other is an especially pecu-
liar one. 1t casts aside all considerations of
the character of population or the differ
ences in requirements. A residence locality
or a center of travel, a temperance locality,
or one where all the citizens take their bit
tiers regularly, each is to have saloon to SO
many population, without respect to the
wishes of the public or the judgment of the
courts.
As to the argument which appears to have
affected Mr.. Brooks-that an increase in the
number of saloons is necessary for the pub
lie accommodation-that will have some
foundation when any cases are presented in
which the public have suffered from an in
ability to obtain liquid refreshment. Up to
this time we have not learned of any such
hardshlps. unless some man has been seized
by the thirst in the small hours, or on sun
day, which suffering is not remedied by any
of the pending amendments.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-12
PEACE AT NORWOOD,

The conflicting claims of the coke op.
orators and the strikers are about what was
expected from the scene of the recent riot,
but while interesting, they are not of prime
Importance. II is sufficient for the general
public TO know that during the week just
ended no blood has been shej, and that this
week will likely be equally peaceful. II
both parties to the dispute will now recog-
nise the fact that arbitration can settle the
trouble, and use that means of doing so, the
interests of both will be conserved.
There mas been enough loss of life and
property az Morewood to remove forever the
idea that labor dispute can be ended by
violence. There has alsn been enough loss
to remove forever the idea of any economy
in employing halfsavage men to take the
place of intelligent workers. Both these
facts should be borne in mind, if it is de-
cided to arbitrate, and if they are, settle
ment Will soon be reached.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-12
THE SALT SNOW OF UTAH.
An Interesting Analysis OF 1t Made in Salt
Lake City.

An Interesting Analysis of 1t Made in Salt
Lake City.
8. g. Eveland writes to the Philadelphia Pub
Tic Ledger as follows: In February last the
East was surprised to learn that there was a
storm in Salt Lake City, Utah, during which
snow fell which contained salt, and which had
a red tinge. I herewith give you an analysis of
same made at the University of Deseret Terri
torial University. salt Lake City, thinking it
may be of general interest.
The part soluble in water was found to con-
tain:
Acids-Sulphuric and hydrochloric acids.
Bases-Soda, potassa and magnesia.
The part insolubls in water but soluble in
hydrochloric acids:
Acids-silica. carbonic acid and sulphuric
Bases-Alumina, lime. magnesia and iron
peroxide.
The part insoluble in either water or hydro.
chloric.
Acid-Silica.
Bases-Alumina, iron peroxide. Combining
the bases and acids found in the water solution,
we have chloride of sodium common salt),
magnesia (epsom salt) and sulphate of potassa
Combining acids and bases found in hydro
chloric acid solution, we have sulphate Of lime
(gypsum), carbonate of lime, carbonate of mag
nesia, silicate of alumina and iron peroxide.
Combining the acid and bases found in the
part insoluble in both water and hydrochloric
acid. we have silicate of alumina, sllicate of
iron or iron peroxide. The greater part of the
deposit was ascertained to be silicate of
ganic matter was found. but in no definite
forms.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-12
THE ITALIAN MUDDLE

From our cable dispatches this morning it
will be learned that the status of the italian
affair has changed but slightly. In fact, be-
yond intinating that Minister Porter will
not be elected, but will only be politely re-
quested to leave, and kindly giving the
United States three days grace in which to
answer her last letter. Italy does not recede
from her position as indicated in The DIS
PATCH yesterday. Such being the case,
there is but little to say except that the
matter has assumed very disagreeable
aspect.
The idea that Italian politicians are not
altogether blameless for the force with which
Italy's ultimatum was declared is no doubt
correct. Nothing would please the follow
ers of CrlSpi better than 10 see the Rudini
Cabinet get into difficulties, and the New
Orleans affair gave them what they consider
a frst-class opportunity to cause trouble
by starting a cry of protection to Italian
citizens in this country. The friends of
CrIspi, by SO doing, made it compulsory for
RudinI to show his patriotism by taking
decided stand IN dealing with the United
States. If the outcome is not favorable to
Italy the object of the ex-Premier's friends
will have been accomplished in the conse-
quent disgrace brought upon the existing
Cabinet
With the politics of Italy This country
has, of course, nothing TO do. Should Min
lister Porter be sent away from Rome, the
United States will be compelled to take
some action, and anything that can be done
will be harmful to both countries, though
more so to Italy. Even if active hostilities
are not precip1tated, the loss consequent to
be considerable, but the S1OO, 900, 900 that it
is calculated Italy will lose will 60 great
ways in throwing balance in favor of the
United States
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-12
BALTIMORE IN THE SAME BOAT

There is certain satisfaction in the dis
covery that other people are as badly off as
We are. Whether the knowledge will enable
us to bear our burdens more hardly, Pitts
| burg can at least extend chastened and
tender sympathy to Baltimore over the fact
that it is landed in muddle over street
assessments, BY a decision of the Maryland
Court of Appeals, which parallels very
closely our own bog of difficulties on the
same subject
The point of difference bstween the
cases of Baltimore and Pittsburg Is at the
beginning and the ending. In Baltimore,
according to the statement before us, the
Court of Appeals oyerset system of making
assessments which had been in force for
nearly century.
In our case the trouble dated back to the
acts of 1887 and 1889, although the practice
of making the assessments by a city board of
viewers had been in operation for long
time before. The Baltimore case has an ad-
ditional establishment in the fact that the
Maryland court had once sustained the very
system which it now overthrows and had to
reverse itself in order to decide against the
city.
When we come to the grounds of the de-
cision, however, there is very strong par
allel. The Maryland Court of Appeals
held that the method of assessing by the
foot front, and selling the property for nom
payment of assessments, was taking prop
erty without due process of law" This
ha urf hald 10 ho ifr1fi ho-
cause it gave no opportunity for an appeal
to court or trial by jury. Here we find an
agreem ent between the courts of Pennsylva-
MIA and Maryland as to the necessity of
hearing in court, although we fail to see
why the logic of the Maryland court will
not apply as conclusively to ordinary taxes
as to street assessments. There is also the
preceding fact that lawyers in both States
had for many years agreed that the con-
demned system was legal, and the conse-
quent room for conclusions on the part of
the public that the opinion OF eminent
counsel as to what the court of last resort
will declare to be the law is among the
great uncertainties of modern life.
The remedy Baltimore is going to adopt
also differs from ours. 1t is proposed that
the only method of collecting assessments
shall be by ordinary suit at law or an equity
proceeding on the part Of the city. This
may be an improvement on the Pittsbure
plan; but the probability is that the method
adopted here of reaching the same result, of
a trial by regularly constituted court, will
be generally preferred.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-12
A BETTER POLICY,

The fact that the coke workers have got
together for a conference among themselves,
with possibility of proposing negotiations
with the operators, is worthy of notice and
commendation. While il is too soon to
regard the movement as a distinct reopen
ing of conference between employers and
employed, yet it is an encouraging indication
of change in the direction of settling the
dispute by reason instead of by brute force.
Too strong an approval cannot be given
the tendency toward the restoration of
reason as the governing factor in labor
issues The policy OF rushing into conflicts
and trying to settle wages by trial of
strength, has been sufficiently illustrated in
the pending strike, and the deplorable results
to which that course may lead require no
further demonstration. If the coke work
ers are ready to lay aside all intention of
driving the other side to their terms, and
put themselves in the attitude of offering to
give a reasonable dispassionate discussion
of all the wage question, they will do more
to gain public sympathy and support than
is possible in any other way.
The settlement of such questions by reason
and mutual concessions is the only possible
way of deciding them. If approached in
the right spirit, it will always be successful.
There has never been conference where
both parties have had sincere intention to
make all reasonable efforts to avoid strike,
and to give fair hearing to the other side,
that has not made a successful and honorable
adjustment of the dispute.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-12
Obituary Notes.

DIR. GEORGE W. NEW, brother of John C. New
and one of the Oldest physicians of Indianapolis,
died Friday.
MRS. CATHARINE NJ. WILL, wife of Nicholas
Will, died yesterday at her residence, Davis ave-
nue., Allegheny. aged S5 years.
MRS. ELIZABETH KAY died at Middle Island.
Deddridge county, w. Va, yesterday, aged 80
years.. She was one of the pioneer settlers of the
county.
GEORGE B. HoLLAB, . leading merchant and
the brother OF Postmaster HolIar at Shippens-
burg, died from the effects OF the grip on Thurs
day. aged 90.
MRS. ANN JONES. who died at Holidaysburg,
Friday, was 9l years old and the Oldest resident
of the place. She was cousin Of the late General
George b. MeClelland.
JOHN BoGGs died yesterday at his home 1o2
Taggart street, Allegheny, in the 10Th year of his
age. He has been in business in Pittsburg and
vicinity for many years.
CHIEF HoMELY Of the Cuyuse Indians, dropped
dead of heart disease at his camp on the Column
bia river. Homely captured and beheaded
Withered Arm Egan, the Bannock Chief, in 1878.
CAPTAIN JESSE MOTT, who died at Barnstable
on Wednesday at the age 65, commanded the
Rhode Island, of the Providence line of steamers,
During the war he commanded several Goyern-
ment transports.
MRS. BARBARA HARTMAN, the mother of Alder
man b. H. Hartman, died yesterday morning at
her residence, No. 80 Plus street, Southside, in
the 10Th year of her age. She was the widow of
Joseph Hartman, well-known grocer. The
funeral will take place Tuesday morning, from st.
Nichael's Church.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-12
Julia nrarlowe in the Front Rank.

The return of Julia Marlowe to the stage
after her long and dangerous illness has been
a source Of congratulation to more than her
managers and that estimable little lady her.
self. Death, old age and marriage have mads
sad inroads upon the front ranks OF the dra-
matte profession. Poor John Mccullough has
been followed to the grave by Lawrence Bar
rett. Booth has played his last season. Neil
sons grave is still fresh. Mary Anderson has
married and retired to domestic cOntentment
There are now on the American stage no great
actors identified with Shakespearean drama
Frederick Ward and Mantell indulge in it
but occasionally and incidentally. Marie
Wainwright plays nothing but Twelfth
at the head of her profession In Shakespearean
characters. Her repertoire embraces "As You
Like It." Romeo and Juliet" Twelfth
Night,""Much Ado About Nothing, "and''Cym-
baline." In connection with these she PLAYS
'Ingomar," 'The Hunchback" and "Pygmalion
and Galarea." Her R0Sdtind Juliet VioId
Beatrice Imogen 'PdYthentd, Julia and
GaLated were considered superior impersona-
tiops, even when she played against Anderson
Many believe her RoSulind better than the
Rosdlind of any American actress. Certain IL
now is that Julia Marowe has a brilliant and
unclouded future. She is but q, is a lovely
woman to look upon. and with field at present
clear of all rivals in her line of the dramatic
art, she bids fair to fulfill the greatest expec-
tarions in that future. A star of but three short
years, she holds an altogether exceptional
place under all the circumstances, in the
theatrical heavens.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-12
Came Back in His Old Age.

OF the gentlemen who presided over the Sem
ate in later years. Daniel L. Sherwood, of
Northumberland county, Speaker in 1S46 came
back to tho House 1888, and sat with men,
many of whom were not born when be had re-
tired to private life He died fewyears ago.
David Taggart. from the same county,
Speaker in 1858 and politician noted
for many eccentricities. passed away about
the same time as did Sherwood.
William NJ. Francis, who represented Law
renee and Mercer, and was Speaker in 1860
blind for years, but retaining his full mental
faculties, resides with his daughter, the wife of
Mayor Dunn, OF Franklin. Robert NJ. Palmer,
of Schuylkill, who followed him, was sent by
President Lincoln as Minister to the Argentine
Republic, and died while on his way home, his
body being committed to the ocean. Louis W.
Hall, of Blair. Speaker in 1862 and again in
1867 is now one of the leaders of the Harris
burg bar.
The veteran. George V. Lawrence. of Wash
ington county. Speaker in 1858. has had o polit-
lcal career remarkable IN the history OF the
State and extending over period of 40 years
or more. He was member of the Senate in
1S50-5l, of the House 1S5960 of the Senate
again from 1861 to 1858. of Congress from 1865
to 1869, back to the Senate from 1876 TO 1882 and
to Congress again in 1883, retiring in 1885. Full
of years and honors. he lives at Monongahela
City, but his hand has not yet forgotten its po-
lfncal cunning, and when he takes hold it still
means trouble for his adversaries