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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-13
ST r A IT IS
itail iisu,r 1t Widest, Prices
WE CARRY THE LARGEST STOCK OF
All Kinds Imported and Domestic
Fine Wines and LIQUORS.
WE CARRY THE LARGEST STOCK OF

Come and convince Yourself before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
We import and receive all our goods
direct All our WHISTLES come direct
from United States Bonded Warehouses.
We are known to sell the best 81. 90 Whis-
key in the market, and are able at pres
ent to offer better article than ever be-
fore purchased for the money. We are
the only pl1cesn the city where you can get
ALL KINDS or CoRDIALs.
We believe in large sales and small prof
its. Special attention paid to all city and
country orders. Give us call and be
convinced.
N. B.-Families supplied with Bottled
Beer at short notice, at
STRAU USS'S
dec51y 10 Market Space.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-13

A light running DAYTON, in perfect order.
2 Or 4 Seats. Cost $l25 90 viii sell at a
great reduction Can be seen at the Transfer
Stables. 81
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-22
Opaque Shades!
The largest stock of Shades and Fixtures we
have ever had

Our recent purchases embrace the latest
in artistic achievement of designs and color
ings We are confident Of your recognition
of the advantages we offer, on an inspection
of our stock-for which purpose the latch
string of welcome is always out-which en-
braces Moquettes, Velvets, Body and Tapestry
Brussels and Ingram Carpets Art Squares !;
Wilton Daghestan,S Smyrna and Tapestry Rugs;
Hassocks; China Mattings, Japanese Embroi-
dered Mattings Japanese Embroidered Rugs
you should see them, they are beauties.
Large and elegant line of Lace Curtains in
Irish Points, Swiss Tambours, Brussels, Not
tinghams and Muslins. Chenille Portiers.
Madras and China Silks for Sash Curtains.
Curtain Loops, Chains and Shade Pulls Cur
tain Poles, Shade and Shade Fixtures Curtain
Pole Sockets. Sash Rods and Brackets.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-22
Inducements to Tenants.

New York landlords resort to all
sorts of inducements to secure desir.
able tenants for their apartment
houses. Formerly two weeks free rent
was considered quite concession. but
now one and even two months are
thrown in to get desirable party on o
lease. Steam heat electric bells.
elevators, telephones, and awnings to
the windows are common at fair
rentals in the better class of flats.
Among the novelties offered are mats
where all the coal and fuel needed are
furnished free, thus doing away with
a common cause of quarrel with jani.
tors suspected of using the tenants
fuel. In some the gas bills and the
ice bills are paid by the landlords. and
stationary mirrors and iceboxes still
further reduce the tenants expenses.
A genius on the west side has filled his
row of moderate priced fats by allow
ing each family the free use OF a piano
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-22
Americans Abroad:

An American girl in Paris. writing
to friend in this country says: I'VE
generally managed to make our
French understood enough to order
what we wanted. But the rub came
when papa wanted some mustard. We
asked for it in French, Italian. and
Spanish, but all to no purpose. till
mamma said: Mustard, you Idiot
oh, mustard said the waiter in utter
contempt; why didn't you say so be.
fore?' In Paris one day papa noticed
man stop Il man who was walking in
front of him and address him In
French. H., was evidently asking .
question in regard to his watch, which
he held in h:s hand. But the other
failed to understand him. and he left
him much annoyed, and. turning to
papa, repeated the request in French.
still pointin-, to his watch. Papa shook
his head ami said: i speak English
only oh. 10 you said the stranger,
why, SO do I. l am from Louisiana vi
M Y, IriGane,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-22
MEXICAN FOLK LORE.
Stories Which the Citizens OF Nsolinso
Tell to Strangers.

Five leagues from Jalapa on the road
that goes down to the hot lands lies
Naolinco, of which town they relate
many things that 60 to prove the
superior wisdom and intelligence of its
inhabitants. says the City of Mexico
Anglo-An,ericGn They say for ex.
ample, that once when there was much
grass on the church tower and the
matter was brought before the town
council. after many plans for getting
and discussed, 1t was agreed to put
iackass up there, who Should eat the
grass. And the jackass being procured
and got upon the tower, not without
difficulty, he remained there for the
space of day well contented. there
L-t-s---&----~ ~s6r.-.-,-D-----sy
the morning of the second day, after he
had repeatedly called the attention OF
the inhabitants as well as he could to
the fact that there was no more grass.
he endeavored to get down from the
tower himself in the doing of which he
broke his neck and the town council
had to pay for him.
They tell, moreover, how a certain
gambler of these that go round win
ming their cattle from the '.haeiend-
ados" came into Naolinco once in
fiesta time, when there was much
gambling in progress. And he stood
and watched the game awhile. And
he heard how this man had won 500
head and how that man had lost 500
head and so on. And he concluded to
sit down and play himself awhile. which
he did. And he had shortly won over
1000 head. And he said he would
play no more that day. and he inquired
where he should go on the day follow
ing to receive the thousand head that
he had won. And they told him in
such a place. And he went there at
the time appointed. with several
yaoueros supposing that he was to
receive the /, 600 head of cattle. But
he received instead /. 900 head of cab
bage. For Naolinco is famous for its
cabbages, which they send to Jalapa,
and to the hot lands, and to all parts.
as any man who has travelled that road
knows we'll.
They say, also, that certain stranger
once came to Naolinco, and entered .
barber-shop to be shaved, and the bar
ber spit upon the soap, whereat the
stranger complained, but the barber
told him he had no cause for complaint,
seeing that only in shaving his best
customers did he spit upon the soap.
and that in shaving ordinary folk be
spit upon the man, whereat the
stranger went his way wondering.
They tell besides of this same barber
that in shaving common people he was
| wont to put his thumb in their mouths
to bulge their cheeks out. but that in
shaving those of the better class he
used small apple. which was hung
from the roof by string for the pur
pose; and one of his best customers en-
tering one day to be shaved, the bar
ber put his thumb in his mouth, and
the customer inquired for the apple
whereupon the barber told him thal
the last man that had the apple in hi
mouth had eaten it. So the customer
had to content himself with the bar
ber's thumb.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-22
Wen Melin dy Toll Me Yes.

Just two weeks from my big fall-out with my
first sweetheart, Lucindy,
Did Melindy, my Melindy, tell me Yes;
An the atmosphere wuz windy. way from
Pokumville to Indy,
Windy with the breezy music OF eternal
blessedness.
An she said it fair an squarely, an not
Call again." or May be-"
An a new Jerusalem glory lit the heP an
wilderness
round face of a baby.
Wen Melindy, my Melindy. toll me 'Yes"l
Like twenty-million orchestra away beyond
all countin',
The bob'links bubbled over in music water
fall;
And 1 felt jest like a-mountin. on the meetin'
house an shoutin',
That Paradise was open, with admission free
to all.
Each grass blade in the medder was string
to Natur's fiddle,
Thst was played on by the zephyrs with
velvety caress:
An oil Natur's j'ints we're limbered, an she
sashayed down the middle,
Wen Melindy, my Melindy. toP me 'YesP
An the angels played so bully thet the music
reached the gateway,
An came spillin' through the op'nin' an a.
singin' down to earth
Came a-singin' such great way thet the uni
verse was straightway
Shoutin' in the glad retention Of holy
secon' birth;
An II set a-straddle on the ridge-pole Of
creation, 80 49,
An only fit to holler in my hootin' happi-
ness,
Wen Melindy, my Melindy. filed my heart
Wen MeIindy. my Melindy, toll me "Yesi''
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-22
Mirrors as Detectives.

The proprietor of a large cafe and
restaurant downtown thinks he has
solved the problem of keeping an eye
on two or three score of employees at
the same time. His place is a verita-
BILE beehive for two or three hours in
the middle of the day and in order to
keep the employees we'll up to their
duties it became necessary to make
them feel that the watchful eye Of the
employer was on them all the time.
To effect this an ingenious arrange
ment of mirrors was devised. A dozen
of them were built into the wainscot-
ing in such way that they not only
| formed rich ornamentation to the
place but they enabled man at the
cashiers desk to view every nook and
corner of the room without turning his
| head N Y Times
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-22

Teachers Examinations.
PLANTATIONS will be held. commencing
IL at o Io'clock a. m. and closing at p. m.
on the FIRST SATURDAY of each month; also,
the THIRD SATURDAY in October. November
February and April.
The examination on the THIRD SATURDAY in
February will be held at tGarrettsville; that on
the THIRD SATURDAY in April, at Kent. All
others will be held at the High School Build
ing, Ravenna.
No certificate will be ante-dated.
Any applicant! ,!known to cheat, will be re-
ected for six months.
BY order of the Board.
OF. F.HAYMAKER. Clerk.
IO4s EarlYille, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-22
Fighting Between Men-of-war Men

ut is a curious thing, and one which
l could never satisfactorily account
for" said an old navy man the other
day to n. Y. Times writer. 'but If
the crews of an American and British
man-of-war are given leave at the
same time in foreign port the result
of broken heads and noses is no more
a matter of speculation than the cal
culation of the next eclipse. AS soon
as they meet row is started, which
generally ends with all hands being
disabled or arrested, and sometimes
both. 1t frequently happens that the
police interfere with the contestants.
The unwritten law in this case is for
the belIigerents to JOIN forces against
the common enemy. have often
seen them come out victorious in their
contests with the officers of the law,
and, after adjourning to neighborinlg
saloon for refreshments, begin again
their interrupted hostiIities. But it is
only on neutral ground that these gen.
eral engagements take place. II they
meet on English or American soil each
tries to outvie the other in hospitality.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-22

Long familiarity with the products of
reliable houses, enables us to place our orders
only with such, preferring to give our patrons
goods Of intrinsic value, rather than indulge
in the deceptive blazonry of "glittering gen
eralties born of Shoddy, as a means of cat
tracting" customers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-22

RAVENNA, OHIO.
Dealer in all kinds of Plumbing and
Gas Fitting Goods, Sewer Traps,
Boilers, Bath Tubs, Steel Sinks
Hydrants, Street Washers,
Hose, Brass Goods, &c.
AT THE LOWEST MARKET FRIoE.
SHOP. Chestnut St., 1st door north OF
w. s. Krake's. 1145.ly
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-22

Tapestry, Ramie, Jute Goods and Pushes
for pholstering, Rug and Upholstery Fringes,
Gimps and Gimp Tacks for Upholstery, Carpet
Bindings, Oil Cloth Bindings, Felt and Sewed
Innings for Carpets, &c., &c.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-22

To meet the demands of our increasing trade,
we have been compelled to devote our first
floor to the finer grades of Carpets and Cur
tains and we now have facilities for handling
and displaying our stock which will be alike
pleasing and satisfactory to ourselves and pa
trons-the rear being carpeted and fitted up
for the display of Curtains and Tapestries.
With our increased facilities for handling
these goods, our stock has been correspond
ingly enlarged, and we now pride ourselves on
having one of the finest Carpet Rooms in
Northern Ohio. We feel that we are warrant
ed in assuring our friends that we can offer
them advantages, as an exclusive Carpet and
Upholstery House, not to be had elsewhere
in this County or vicinity.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-22

In conclusion, we promise you best efforts in
making your visits alike pleasant and profitable, and shall
always have house in order for callers, whether for
inspection purchase.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-22

A new fad among fashionable young
men of Philadelphia is the wearing OF
gold buttons on oyerg alters.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-09-29

of the county courthouse. 1t is stocked
with chocolate bars. A lawyer dropped
in five pennies at one time the other
day and when he got only three pieces
of chocolate he said the machine was
cheat like all the rest The next day
he dropped in another cent, for which
there came out one piece of chocolate
and a penny. Another trial brought
out another piece of chocolate and an
other penny, and then the machine ran
regularly again
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-09-29
A DESERVED REBuKE.
The Painful Predicament of Pair of
Chattering Young Women.

The Painful Predicament of a Pair OF
Chattering Young Women.
A pair of chattering young women
met with a deserved rebulSe the other
evening at the commencement exer-
cises of the Brooklyn high school. AS
the different young men appeared on
the platform to deliver their orations
these young women kept up running
fire of comment and criticism most an
noying to persons near. A gentleman
sitting just in front of them looked
around several times and frowned
sharply at the continued buzzing, with
out, however, producing any apprecia-
BILE effect. At length young speaker
came upon the stage in whom the gen
tleman was evidently interested. If
possible, rear conversation was noisier
than at any preceding moment, and no
body in the vicinity regretted when the
gentleman squared himself about and
said, in voice loud enough to be heard
up and down the line:
''The lad speaking is my nephew. I
will be obliged if you will allow me to
hear him."
The silence that followed could be
felt
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-09-29
A BUSTING OLD MAID.
She Concealed a Fortune In the Part OF
the Dress Sacred to Old Papers.

she Concealed a Fortune In the Part OF
the Dress Sacred to Old Papers.
Miss Maggie Schutt, Of Derry. Pa,
died one day recently. She was sixty
five years of age, and since her fathers
kcath, twenty years ago, had been liv-
ing out as a maid of all work, for a
long time having been employed by a
family named Bennett. For years Miss
Schutt's relatives have been puzzled to
know what she did with her money.
She lived, says the New York Jour
nal, like perverse old maid and in
dulged in no Injuries or frivolities.
Three days after her funeral two of the
women of the house concluded to clean
up the room occupied by Miss Schutt Her
wardrobe was not extensive but the ac-
cumulation of old knick-knacks for
years was quite bulky. Several arti-
cles of wearing apparel were consigned
to the fire.
Suddenly Miss Jennie Bennett un-
earthed a large, well-made heavy hustle
of ticking. For years it had adorned
the person of the departed With the
remark: well, here it goes, Kate"
Jennie threw it into the flames, but,
taking a second thought, she pulled it
out again. 1t seemed awful heavy for
a hustle, she said. 'Let's rip it open"
On turning over to insert the scissors
piece of green paper was seen stick
ing out of a hole in the seam. The
green paper was bright twenty-dollar
bill. Scissors were thrown aside and
def fingers took theirplace. The whole
thinn rir,rad frhara
feminine scream of delight. There
lay tens, twenties and ffties from the
new scrip issues of the present day to
those of a score of years ago.
Nesting in the bed of greenbacl1s
were shining gold eagles and double
eagles and small silver coins. The find
was hastily counted Nine thousand
dollars is what it netted.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-09-29
northern New Mexico.
JEWELS IN THE SEA.
An Incident in the Life of the Austrian
Ex-Empress of Mexico.

Ex-Empress of Mexico.
Sixty feet below the surface of the
sea, says the New York Recorder, at the
foot of the rocks where Schlos Miramar
is built, ropes of priceless pearls are
sunk in an iron cage. They are the
property of the now demented ex-
Empress Charlotte of Mexico. The I'M
fortunate archduchess wore these
pearls-her husbands first gift to her
day and night around her beautiful
throat until her return from the disas-
trous Mexican expedition which cost
her husband life and her own reason.
The gems sickened and lost their
lovely orient when she lay sick unto
death at Vienna, after having received
the news OF Emperor Maximilian's
tragic end. They suddenly turned a
dull waxy yellow, and the jewellers who
were consulted as to the best means of
restoring them to their former tint de-
clared that the only way of doing SO
was to lower them to the bottom of the
sea for an indefinite period.
Schloss Miramar, as is well known,
was the creation and pride of the i'll
fated archduke, who, led away by his
wife's Unsuitable ambition, left this par
adise on earth to undertake hopeless
enterprise, which he regretted from the
first moment that he set foot on the soil
of Mexico. Perched on the edge of a
rocky promontory, and built entirely of
the purest white marble, the fairy-like
palace, with its glorious foreground of
sapphire sea and its background of
green hills and feathery palms, is be-
yond description either by pen or brush.
From the windows and terraces one
looks down upon the deep water full
eighty feet below, water SO transpar-
ent and pure that the eye can penetrate
through its twenty fathoms and follow
the capricious and delieately tinted sub
marine vegetation growing far down on
the golden sand.
The gardens, rising in a gentle slope |
behind the castle, are q mass of BIOS
soming flowers and of rarest trees and |
bushes, while fountains as magnificent |
as those of Versailles refresh the air in
every direction
1t is to this unique place that the all
ing pearls have been taken, and it is re-
ported that they are gradually recover
ing their beauty after their bath of over
twenty-five years in the calm waters
which once reflected the dark beauty Of
their fair wearer.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-09-29
THE WOLVES OF FRANCE.
They Are Very Numerous, But 1t Is Diff
cult to Kill Them.

They Are Very Numerous, But 1t LIS Diff
cult to Kill Them.
j. j. Rousseau attributed any nat
ural superiority that England possessed
over France to her freedom from wolves,
writes a Paris correspondent. In 1880
five hundred and fifteen wolves were
killed in France, and the bounties paid
for their destruction amounted to thir-
ty-six thousand francs, or nearly
seventy francs per head. The reward
varies, following the age, the sex and
the 'antecedents" of the wolf. The or
binary sum is forty francs; if She
. wolf is young, one hundred and fifty
francs; for wolf that has attacked
human being, two hundred francs.
Most wolves were killed-eighty-tw
ard seventy-six-in the departments
of the Dordogne and Charente. Under
the ancient regime the lieutenant for
the destruction of the wolves was an
important funetionary- To-day he is
tie largest landed proprietor in the
forest district chosen by the project, and
who binds himself to keep pack of
wolf hounds, ETC., to hunt down the
wolves in December and March. In re-
turn the proprietor is allowed two days
free shooting per month in the govern
ment forests. The wags say the lieu
tenants are the natural friend of the
wolves, IN order TO uphold their sport
ing rights. 1t is difficult to run to
earth an old wolf, because the animal
can run it's one hundred miles at pinch
in single night The Prince de Join
vile has the best pack of wolf-hounds
in France. Anyone who captures a
wolf, no matter by what means, has
only to bring the ears and right fore
paw to local mayoralty to receive the
reward. The ears are then slit to pre-
vent a second presentation and the paw
is nailed against the Office wall and
registered.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-09-29
a WONDERFUL PONY.
He Was a yeritable Magnet for Locating
Mineral Deposits.


Mineral Deposits.
The venerable judge mentioned be-
low had veritable mascot, and the
reason why he did not own all the
wealth in the west was probably be-
cause the pony was short winded and
short legged. The Topeka Capital dis
covered him.
Reference to the "old roam pony" is
of local interest because of the mag
netic influence" frequently in times
past claimed by Judge Sloan for this
humble representative of the equine
family, now supposed to be dead.
1t is related that this pony was YER
liable magnet for the finding of gold,
silver, lead or copper deposits, in fact,
it is said that whenever, in going along
any street, road or mountain path he
crossed ground beneath which was pay
mineral, his hair would Immediately
stand erect, quite on end, like the quilts
of a fretful porcupine, and that his
rider, Judge Sloan, would receive
shock which warned him of the pres
ence of mineral beneath the ground,
and that, it is said, is the secret of the
Judges numerous mineral locations all
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-09-29
Honesty in a Machine.

A novelty in the way of automatic
selling machines has been placed on the
ss1arketls 1t is honest, says the New
Fork Times. When a penny is dropped
INTO its slot and for any reason it fails
to send out sample of the wares with
which it is charged the patron does not
go away swearing at penny-in-the-slot
machines. The penny rolls out into the
tile pocket made to catch it or the
sample and no harm is done. One of
these honest machines has been run
ling for several weeks in the rotunda
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-09-29
MORE RINGS WORN.
The 4Friendship Ring" and When 1t May
Properly BE Given

The "Friendship Ring" and When 1t May
Properly BE Given.
The use of jewelry by women, par
ticularly rings, is more common than il
has been for a great many years. You
can hardly see woman to-day in the
streets or ON the cars whose fingers are
,nadorned. And the wearing of sever
rings on the one finger is no uncom-
IN practice. The gift of ring, says
st. Louis Globe-Democrat, is more
,ular now than it has been for long
e. In the older times, and even up
few years ago, young man pre-
I'd a ring to a young lady only when
he vernacular he had intentions. :"
Ut the gift of ring signifies little or
nothing nowadays. Even the diamond,
that was once considered the invaria-
BILE indication of engagement, is worn
by young women who have no idea of
giving up single blessedness. The
friendship ring is the name of ring
that is very common, and it is worn by
nearly everybody. 1t is usually made
up of an emerald, an opal, a pearl, an
amethyst, a moonstone, a garnet or
some such pretty thing, and thousands
eof them are worn by young girls and
Sboys particularly, but great many are
used by the older folks as well. The
friendship ring is a permissible present
at almost any stage of acquaintance,
and the young men are seen with them
quite as frequently as the ladies. But
among the women the use of jewelry is
phenomenally common just now
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-09-29
Dairy Cows and Beef Cattle for Sale.

First pub Aug 25-last pub Oct. q 1881