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sight in Yeniseisk was, to all outward ap-
pearance, the entire absence of shops, which,
as a rule give SO much local coloring and
life to place.
or course there are shops, but from the
outside they are nnrecognIzable, as no goods
are displayed in the windows, and only a
name board betokens their existence. This,
hear, is the custom throughout Siberia,
and it is easily understood, when one con-
siders that in all the houses there are
double, and in some cases even treble, win
dows, to keep out the intense cold during
the winter, and that even in spite OF these
precautions the innermost windows are
thickly coated with ice, notwithstanding
the high temperature of the rooinsl
Not a Hotel in the City.
1 was surprised to learn that there was no
hotel in YeDiseisk-a fact, doubtless to be
accounted for by reason Of the few travellers
who visit this out-of-the-way place, those
having occasion to do SO probably staying
with friends or taking lodgings. Perhaps,
English tourists by the Kara Sea route,
some enterprising Yeniseisk citizen will
find it profitable venture to
start one Con the English lines,
it is to be hoped). Fortunately lodgings
we're readily to be got-and cheap into the
bargain; SO, with the aid of an interpreter, 1
was soon snugly quartered in two rooms,
which for comfort and warmth left nothing
to be desired, though there might perhaps
have been little more furniture, and also
washing accommodation, but that, however,
was detail.
However, in spite of this slight incon-
venience, 1 managed to settle down COM
fortably in very short time, and found the
people was lodging with very obliging and
ready to do their best to supply my wants
when tried to express them in the few
words of Russian had managed to pick up
while on board the Phenix. 1t was the
commencement of the season" when we
arrived at Yeniseisk, and the town was full;
for, with the advent of winter, the neighbor-
ing gold mines are deserted, and the rich
owners return to their palatial town resi-
dences, so the place presents much more
animated appearance than it does during
the summer, when the greater portion of the
male inhabitants are absent, and the streets
look comparatively empty.
All Interested in the Gold Mines.
The great industry of Yeniseisk Is, of
course, centered IN its gold-fel1s, which
were once among the most i, tant of
Siberia, but are now not s, as
formerly. Everybody in tI
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NEW PATENi.
Inventors in Western F.
ern Ohio and West Virgin.

Inventors in Western Z. -. .--- g. ....
ern Ohio and West virginl. ,f ...-..
o. D. Lewis, patent attorney,
avenue, furnishes the following list OF,
issued to Western Pennsylvania, Eas.
Ohio and West Virginia inventors for the
week ending February d:
William Benner, Tifin. apparatus for heating
and ventilating the walls of buildings; g. E.
Blaine. Waynesyille, O., combined fence and
tree protector; Andrew Brice Plttsburg, ap-
paratus for finishing or cleaning surfaces 1.-TWO
patentsl: q. B. Goes. Hamilton, O., filter press;
Q. A Crhbes, Dayton. tug: J. P. Della
hunty, West Pittston, Pa. dyeing machine:
e. B. Entwisle. Johnstown, railway cross,
inc; e. w. Fain. Franklin. w. Va, tool handle
attachment; j. B. GrIswold, GAINESVILLE, brick
kiln; Ludwig Gutmann, Pittsburg electric
motor; William Heckert. Findlay, smelling
furnace; Paul Krouttnaurer, Whitehall Pa,
apparatus for the calcination of cements; w
A. Mack, ,-Norwalk, o., sewing machine; G. W.
Miller, Canton, furnishing machine: f. P Nor
rison. Big Skin Creek w. Va. box litter, s. E.
Painter. Cranberry. Pa, can opener; T. ].
Parkinson. Pittsburg, bed: Joshua Pusey,
Lima, Pa, typewriting machine; ]. P. Robert.
Pittsburg, vaporzer: T. E. Smith, New Castle
combined building and water tower; r. A.
Thayer, Allentown, oscillating meter
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i'll.

My mind was so busy with my grievance
that was poor company, L fear, and drank
perhaps more whisky than was good for me.
remember that stumbled over stool
once and that Minnie looked surprised and
fearful, while old Fullarton sniggered to
himself and coughed to hide it. 1 did not
set out for home till $50, which was a very
late hour for the island. knew my father
would be asleep, and that if climbed
through nv bedroom window should have
one night in peace.
1t was blowing great guns by this time,
and had to put my shoulder against the
gale as came along the winding path which
led down to Carracuil. must still have been
under the influence of liquor, for remem-
Der that sang uproariously and Joined my
feeble pipe to the bowling of the wind. I
had Just got to the enclosure OF our croft
when little incident occurred which helped
to sober me.
White is a color so rare in nature that in
an island like ours, where even paper was a
precious commodity, it would arrest the at
tention at once. Something white huttered
across my path and stuck Tapping upon a
furze bush. 1 lifted it up and discovered,
to my very great surprise, that it was linen
pocket handkerchief-and scented. Now 1
was very sure that beyond my own there
was 10 such thing as a white pocket hand
kerchief on the island. A small community
like ours knew each others wardrobes to a
nicely. But as to scent in Uffa-It was pre-
posterous! Who did the handkerchief belong
to then? Was Minnie right, and was there
really a stranger in the island? / walked
very Ihoughtfully, holding my discovery
my hand and thinking what Minnie ha.
seen the night before.
When got into my bedroom and lit my
rushlight examined it again. 1t was clean
and new, with the initials A. W. worked in
red silk in the corner. There was no other
indication as to who 1t might belong to,
though from its size it was evidently
mans. The incident struck me as 80 extra
ordinary that 1 sat for some time
on the side OF my bed turning il
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direct or indirect interest in them, this be-
ing easily accounted for-th- money made
in them being all. ia ruiz, spent in
VenlseisE. so all The local trade profits by it.
No less than 5000 men are annually en-
ployed in the different workings-manv
coming from long distances to get employ
ment, the pay, as a rule, being exceptionally
good, and all their food found them. Some
OF the wealthiest OF the mine-owners en-
ploy as many as 600 men, and have
hospital and medical staff permanently at
tached to the works. The alluvial gold
mines of the Yeniseisk district have been
worked since 1889. The quartz working
has only recently been commenced, and it
promises very great results. Better skill
and appliances than are at present available
are, however, needed.
Temperature So Equable.
What fancy, astonishes an Englishman
most in Siberia for the first time is the won
derful temperature he finds inside all the
houses, from the richest to the poorest-a
temperature so equable as to permit Of the
rarest tropical plants being cultivated with
the greatest success-I may say, in fact,
many of the houses of the rich mne-owners
present the appearance of Conservatives, so
crowded are they with exotics of all sorts,
from climbing plants trained to grow round
the doors to huge palms or plantains-and
all In the most perfect condition. An
Engllshman's surprise is, therefore, COM
prehenslble. He has heard of the frightful
cold OF the Siberian winter, so arrives in
the country duly armed against it
according to English ideas. To his
astonishment he finds that, when the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-28
A Rising Town.

The town of West Toronto junction possesses
exceptional residential and business advantages
and promises to speedily become the chief
manufacturing center of the Dominion. This
town has the following railways, viz: Grand
Trunk Main Line (Carlton West station);
port station); the Toronto, Grey and Bruce
and Credit Valley, and Ontario and Quebec
Divisions of c. P. r. and Belt Line Railway
(now iE progress). The town offers to large
manufacturers, free sites, water at cost and
exemption from taxation. Any information
regarding the same will be given upon applica-
tion to Robert ]. Leigh. Town Clerk, or D. W.
Clendenan, Mayor.
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BALANCE OF TRADE AGAINST CANADA

The Navigation Returns Show Increase in
Imports and Exports.
OTTAWA, ONT, Feb. 27. - Navigation
returns for 1890 were issued yesterday. The
exports were S97, ,794, S91, and the imports
S12s, ,S5s, 241.
The imports increased last year by 81, ,5OO,-
000. and the exports increased about the
same. The balance of trade against Canada
was S25, ,1O9. Canada's exports to the United
States were $40, 100000, and imports S52,-
600 OO0
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cossack at Yfniseisk. what is to be iound In
any part of Europe. But this is the case,
and here, sitting after dinner smoking
cigarette, in a luxuriously furnished and
delightfully."- warm apartment, surrounded
by rare tropical plants, with appointments
not excelled in Paris, 1 can hardly reailze
how far am from Europe. or that outside
the cold is $50 below zero (Reaumur), and
that am at short distance from the wild,
uncultivated, uninhabited regions that we
had to traverse before reaching this far-away
Siberian city.
1 shall never forget my impressions when,
after the IA long dreary weeks passed in the
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writing a series of papers
under the caption of
From the Thames to
Siberia" :" In his last
article, which treats more
particularly of the city
of Yeniseisk, he says that
very few outsiders have
any real knowledge of
Siberia. To most of them
its name raises a dismal
vision ofice-bound wastes
and wretched exiles pass
ing their lives in hope
less and cherries misery.
Little do they know that,
far away in the very
heart of Asia, there e1-
lists civilization equal to
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A Verdict for 6 Cents.

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-The trial OF the libel
suit of John H. Hollander against Consul
General Jacob Baiz, of Guatemala, for the
recovery of $50 600 damages, which was on
trial in the United States courts, ended this
afternoon by the jury rendering a verdict of
cents for the plaintiff.
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reary night as it is"
nicht for the puir sailors" she
i 1 sadly, glaneing at the dark wraeK
' 40 up from the northward, and at the
&. line OF breakers ON the Winner sands.
II funder what yon brig is after! Unless it
gets roond to Lamlash or Brodick Bay, it'll
find itself on a nasty coast.
She was watching the trim brigantine
which had already attracted my attention.
She was standing off the coast, and evil
IDENTIFY expected rough weather, for
her foresaii had been taken in and her
topsail reefed down.
tIt's too cold for you up hereP' ex-
claimed at last, as the clouds covered the
sun, and the keen north wind came in more
frequent gusts. We walked back together
until we were close to Carracuil, when she
left me, taking the footpath to Corriemains,
which was about mile from our bothy. 1
hoped that my father had not observed us
together, but he met me at the door, fuming
with passion, His face was quite liVid with
rage, and he held his shotgun in his hands.
forget If mentioned that in spite of his
age he was one of the most powerful men 1
ever met in my life.
$50 you've come" he roared, shaking the
gun at me- "You great gowk-" did
not wait for the string of adjectives which
knew was coming.
"You keep civil tongue in your head"
L said.
"You dareP' he shouted, raising his arms
as ii to strike me. You wunna come in
here. You can gang back where you come
frae!''
"You can go to the devil!'' answered,
losing my temper completely, on which he
jabbed at me with the butt end of the gun,
but warded it off with my stick. For
moment the devil was busy in me, and my
throat was full of oaths, but choked them
down, and, turning on my heel, walked
back to Corriemains. where spent the day
with.the FL1lartons. 1t seemed to me that
my father, who had long been miser, was
rapidly becoming a madman-and danger
Gus one to boot.
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with those of most
Western towns. Nov
Ell and interesting
sights were to be met
with at every step
strengthening vehi-
cles crowded the spa
cious market place,
surrounded by motley
crowds OF noisy peas
ants, who, however,
were far too occupied
in their bargaining to
notice me by more.
than a passing glance,
in spite of nv cos
tune, which, to say
the least of it, must
have been a novelty
to most of them. L
could not help pictur-
ing to myself the prob
able effect a Russian
tourist would produce
were he to turn up sud-
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and it was hardly longer than it was broad.
Taking one thing with another
orofter in Uffa had as much chance of lay
by penny or two as most men on the
nd. Besides our own family -
Is of Carracuil, III
iSiap1
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Will Price

Opens new neckwear every Saturday. The
largest assortment in the city.
At SIXTH STREET,
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A Very Democratic Place.

the coolest period OF the year.
A Very Democratic Place.
During the winter months Yenlseisk is
well provided with amusement: there Is
capital club house. which would pass muster
anywhere, to which is attached theater
and ball room, with a delightful "foor,"
and performances or dances take place two
or three times a week. I shall long remem-
Der my first evening at Yeniseisk, when 1
was taken to see the club; there was dance
on, and in the large. brilliantly lighted
rooms, with an excellent band playing a
familiar waltz, it was hard to believe one
self nearly 1000 miles from railroad, and
in the very heart of Asia. Society in
Yeniseisk, of course, consists principally of
the wealthy mine owners, or merchants, and
their families, and the Government officials
and theirs. These are sufficient pretty
well to ill the club on big dance nights.
Exiles, who naturally form an important
contingent, are only allowed to enter sub
ject to certain restrictions For instance,
the criminal ones are only permitted to
come to the performances in the theater, and
are obliged to leave Immediately after; while
the political ones are permitted to remain
after the performance, but on no account to
dance.
Still, in spite of all this, 1 could not help
feeling that .Yeniseisk is a very democratic
place. Everybody somehow seems to think
himself as good as anybody else, and at
performance, during the entr'acte, when
everyone walks about, you become quite
tired of the number of-people who expect
you to shake hands with them, from the rich
mine owner to the discharged convicted
fVrGe-. in bsria "ior lif.."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-28

CARPENTER has learned of some odd
superstitions of statesmen. His charming
letter will appear in THE DISPATCH to-
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A Temperature So Equable.

thermometer in the
street registers 400 of
frost (Reaumur) the
temperature of his room
is still as genial as
though it were spring,
although there is no
stove visible: his thick
flannel shirts are nat
urally very much too
warm-he only requires
one thin blanket on his
bed, and, when he goes
out into the open air,
his fur schooba is amply
sufficient to keep out
the cold. That most
complete device for heat
ing a house that was
ever imagined, the Rus
sian stove, robs, there
fore, the Siberian winter
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WORLDS FAIR FINANCES.

The Board Of Control In No Danger of Co
Ing to Pieces.
CHICAGO. Feb. 27.-All danger that the
Worlds Fair Board of Control will go to
pieces for lack of funds, if there ever was
any, seems to have been dissipated. 1t has
been discovered that the $40. 900 set aside for
the use of the Foreign Affairs Committee
can be used for the payment of salaries.
With total of $50, 900, the matter can be
managed.
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The peon1e,s Store. FIfth Avenue,

Large stock of new dress silks, plain and
fancy weaves, both black and colored, for
spring wear, just opened.
CAMPBELL & DICK,
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denly in an English provincial town on
market day aud walk about among the
crowd of rough country folk. He would
possibly get more than passing glance.
and, doubtless, be glad VIXEN he got out OF
the place. What struck me mere at first
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-28
VIII Price

Opens new ueckwear every Saturday. The
largest assortment in the city. -. .,....
~ SIXTH STREET.
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In SIBERIA'S HEART.
Not Altogether the Dismal Place
That 1t Is Usually Depicted.
THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE THERE.
Even the EYiles Seem to Be Making the
Best Of the Situation.
A DEMOCRATIC FEELING PREVALENT

Mr.. Julius M. Price, staff artist of the
London Illustrated NeDs of the World, is
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o. many OF ITS terrors, "A St0elI in Furs.
and makes visit to this interesting and
little known country pleasant even during
the coolest period OF the year.
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On closer inspection, Yeniseisk does not,
like many foreign cities. lose in interest, for
the streets are wide, and there are many fine
buildings in them which would compare we'll
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-09-16
sHALERsvILLE.

N, N. Noble. Sherman Ames and Carri Cody
are all quite sick.
James Sterling, whose long illness has been
frequently mentioned. is now rapidly failing.
Our Board of Education made quite decided
change in our school books. The text books
adopted are Shoemaker's Practical Elocution.
Stickney's Readers. Wentworth's Arithmetic.
Barnes Geography. Montgomery's History.
Cutters Comprehensive Physiology. Gays
Bookkeeping. Those previously used and re-
tanned are Harvey's Grammar. McGuffey's
Spoilers. Spencerian Copy Books and Eclectic
Physiologies.
Miss Anna Johnson's class in Elocution will
give an Entertainment at the Town Hall, on
Thursday evening of this week. 1t will
doubt be good. and should be well patronized.
Hugo Pryor. of Cleveland, will address all of
our citizens who are not too lazy or too bigoted
to attend. at the Town Hall. Saturday evening,
the 10Th inst, in the interest of the Peoples
Party.
The groun1 recently purchased as an addition
to our cemetery. is being graded and put in
proper condition for use. Our trustee, Luman
Nelson has the matter in charge, and is evi-
IDENTIFY the right man for the business
: Mrs. Sue Flint and daughter, of Gibbons.
Neb.. are visiting the family of A. FL. House,
Martin Smith of Akron, was shaking hands
with his many friends here last week.
L. t. Nelson and w. J. Weaver addressed the
citizens OF W INDIAN on Saturday evening. AS
champions of the Peoples Party they are doing
good work.
Geo, Hine and family, of Charlestown. J. c.
George and wife of Paris. and Harry Wilmore
and family, of Cleveland. visited at o. F.
Hickox's on Sunday
Maurice Parker is tearing down the back part
of his residence-too much room.
The g Rambles by Moonlight would fill
least two volumes already. but still continue.
The man who digs potatoes by the job will
soon have chance to roll up his sleeves and
IS go in'' at the rate of forty knots an hour.
Henry Doncaster and wife. of Kent, with their
daughters. Mrs. Lew Copper and Miss Brode, of
Cleveland. visited at j. L. Cooleys part of last
week.
Miss Vernie Weaver leaves this week for
Cincinnati. where she will continue instruction
at the Cons ervatory af Music.
Notwithstanding the fiowery speechmaking
at the convention on Saturday last, it will in
our opinion require the tapping of an extra gas
jet to pull some of the ticket through
PHOEBE.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-09-16
WINDHAM.

Mrs. Kate Hewett of New Haven. Conn. is
visiting at her brother, John B. Harrison's.
Will and Kurty Addy. of Pittsburgh, are the
guests at j A. Fishers.
stowell L. Bryant has gone to Boston Theo-
logical Institute.
Welker Bevington will teach at Deerfeld
w. j. Weaver and l.. It, Nelson spoke here
last Saturday night, in the interest of the Farm
ers Alliance party.
Rev. H. S. Jackson will preach in the M. E.
Church next Sunday.
c. C.S.Bryant. delegate, and W. King. alternate
will attend the conference at Akron this week
1t is expected that Rev. Il. Ii. Taylor will be re-
turned here for another year.
Rev. H. Bingham's nephew. from Virginia.
will remain here and work for MIR. Bingham.
Mrs. Hattie Harrison. of Rayenna, sundayed
at j b. Harrison's.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-09-16
PronIbItIon Convention.

The Prohibition County Convention was held
in Citizens Hail. Ravenna. on Saturday. Septic.
Called to order at IL a. M. by E. M. Sanderson.
Chairman of Co. Ex. Com. After a song by the
Harshman Quartet. and prayer by Rev. S. w.
Meek. E. M. Sanderson was elected Chairman,
and W. F. Jewell. Secretary. Committees were
appointed. and routine business transacted. in
Guiding reorganization of County Executive
Committee. The following ticket was nominated:
For Representative. S. B. Morris. Charlestown
For Treasurer. E. M. Sanderson, GarrettsVille.
For Recorder. w. F. Jewell. Ravenna.
For Commissioner. Byron Longcoy. Kent.
For Inf Director. R. Fl. Clark, Rootstown.
The Convention was well attended. and at the
afternoon session many white ribbons were pres
ent.
We can heartily recommend the Harshman
Quartet. They were frequently called on for a
song. and their well chosen selections added
greatly to the Interest of the convention.
The following resolutions were adopted:
The representatives of the Prohibition Party
of Portage County unite in the following state
ment of sentiments:
l. While we hold it to be our first duty as cit
izens to keep our eyes open for any new political
light that may arise. we have seen since our last
convention no reason why our allegiance to the
Prohibition party of our State and Nation should
express our hearty approval of the principles set
forth in the platform of our own party, adopted
by the State Convention of the present year, at
Springfield.
2. While we hail with qualification and hope
movements in our State which tend to emanci-
pate our fellow-citizens from the bondage of old
party prejudice. and to lead them to think and
act Independent of the dictation of professional
political bosses.we know of no issue in either old
party or new. that justifes us in turning aside
from the work in which we are engaged. and in
which we have fought through untold hindrances
to the point where we have permanent and
thoroughly equipped party organization.
8. Nothing has arisen since our last conyen-
| tion to shake our confidence in the righteousness
of our cause nor to weaken our hope in the final
| triumph OF the principles for which our party
exists.
4. We again assure our fellow citizens that the
man who casts his vote for the maintenance of a
party whose supreme purpose is to rid our coun-
try from the social. financial political and moral
destruction and degradation of the liquor power.
and as protest against the subserviency of old
party management to that power, cannot be
throwing his vote away. but is making the wisest
use of it possible, the use which in the end will
do most to promote his country's welfare.