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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-09-09
What one Little Stamp. Did.

'Look at that" he exclaimed in dis
gust as he exhibited small notebook.
sit is sort of miniature book" re-
turned the other, ''but then you write
a small hand"
Yes, carry small book and write
small hand but if you'll measure my
hunk of hard luck youth find it's about
mile square. 1 slipped postage
stamp. between the leaves of that book
the other day to save it and it got
moist some way and stuck"
''Well, what of itP'
what of it! Why, that represents
a dead loss OIL
1.-TWO cents. What's the use of
making fuss about itP''
Two cents!' he exclaim. ed excited
ly. Two cents! Do you suppose I'd
holler about the loss of two centsP 1t
represents $5.02- 1t couldn't find any
other place in the book, of course. ii
couldn't slap itself over,a 81 debt or q
~ debt. but had to pile on top of SIS
debt, and for/the life of me can't re-
member the name of the man who owes
it to me. just remember that there
was So memorandum at the top of
that page o, Tll lick the next stamp
get hold Chicago Tribune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-09-09
A Sane Fishermars.

He sat on horseback on Amherst
street with long tishpole in his hands.
says the Buffalo E1prcss. The line
was dangling in little stream of
muddy water which flowed along the
gutter. Hehad an umbrella over his
head, a rubber coat on. a box of bait
beside him, and pipe in his mouth.
1t looked like boyish trick for a man
of so or more, so it was natural for a
neighbor who passed to stop and in
quire:
What are you fishing for?"
"Oh, anything / can catch.''
'But you don't expect to catch anv-
thing in that gutter do youP's
Perhaps may"
Why, there are no fish4bere.~
How do you knowpn
How do 1 know? WHY It stands to
reason. You must be- crazy"
NO" slowly drawing his pipe from
his mouth. I'm not crazy. I'm the
sanest and most sensible fishing crank
IN the city of Buffalo. I used to be
like all the nest. Every time there
came r rainy day would tramp off ten
or, Rfteen miles into the country. or
row down the river, for the fun of sit
ting all day with pole in my lap and
buying some fish at the market to take
home at night. I'd get all tired out
and unfit to work for week afterward.
Now Pm not going to do it any more.
I'm going to fish right here in front of
my own house. Here's a, stream. of
water, and can have just as much
fun and get just as many fish-if buy
them--by staying here as can by go
ing anywhere else. save the tramp
and the work, which are likely to lay
me up. can go in the house at noon
and get hot dinner, instead of a cold
lunch carried in my pocket, and. I've
made up my mind that this is the best
way to go fishing. If you'd try it
you'd think so too.''
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-09-09
A Friend in Need.

There was sick man on the train,
says the Free Press, and it was evident
to all of us that his days were num-
bered. He sat propped up on pillows
while his wife famed him and admin
istered to his wants.
There were several children, who were
in the care of little woman in black
alpaca, who divided her attention be-
tween them and the sick father all the
long hot day. She never seemed tired
or depressed, but told the children
amusing Stories cheered the sick man
with some kind attention, or watched
him while the wife slept. Such pa
tient, tender ministry, without q
thought of herself. And she seemed
to include us all in her labor of love.
A week later we were going back on
the same train. A mourning party
boarded it at one of the Etaticns, and
it was in charge of the little black
alpaca woman, who looked cheerful
still, but as if she had not slept for a
long time. The sick man was not
with them-he had gone home to rest.
But he had left his wife and children
in the care of the good, considerate
friend who had made his last hours
happy by the assurance that she would
care for them all when he was gone.
Who was shep
Oh, she was his mother-in-law.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-09-09

At Birmingham. Ala, there is an
old hen which kills sparrows. She
coaxes them up with bait.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-09-09
Degrees of Thinness.

1T is astonishing" remarked Sam
Cody at the breakfast table, chow ex-
tremes meet in this world" ITO what
extremes do you refer to. Mr.. CoolyP"
asked the landlady, who was pouring
out the coffee. i:Well. you, for in
stance, are very stout and the coffee
is very thin.n and he stirred up the
mixture and smiled in sickly sort of
way. ''It's not so thin as your ex-
cuse for not paying your board bill
regularly" Sam has not said coffee
since.-Te1as Sittiaags.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-09-09
Looking After Clerks.

just now all the great banking and
business houses in Philadelphia
shadow" their clerks and find out
how and where they live. A leading
detective agency tells the Philadelphia
Enquirer.
Il had nearly my entire force en-
ployed for the past six or seven weeks
in shadowiEg clerks of banks and trust
companies, and you have no idea how
thorough the shadowing has been. Ny
reports to those who have given me
the work to do have been most COM
plete. Faults in the private lives of
men otherwise exemplary have been
unearthed that would not look well in
print. We have discovered no default
ers nor confronted with evidences of
his guilt single embezzler, but we
have learned where many men spend
their time after business hours, and
how.
sI know of one case where we found
that a clerk in banking house was
the member of social club where he
spent his evenings. A pretty stiff
game of poker is played in this club,
and the clerk whom we were watching
was to be found around the green
baize table every night. He was a
pretty good player. but he met with
losses sometimes. Taken altogether,
think he was ahead of the game. He
comes of an excellent family, and has
the full confidence of the officers of
the institution in which he is employed.
When l made my report in his case
the old president sent for the young
man and told him what he had learned.
The clerk did not deny that he played
cards, but he boasted of his proficiency
and claimed that he was heavy win
ner.
'"Money got that way, young man,
said the president, can never do you
any good. The habit may eventually
do you great harm. Take my advice
and drop it. 1 will, said the young
fellow, and have every reason to be-
lieve that he is keeping his word. for
he has dropped the club and spends
his evenings at home"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-09-09

tDaily. Except Sunday. Alag stop. meals.
Dark Faced Type denotes time from loo p. m. to LOO
a. M; Light Faced from 100 a. m. to LOO P. m
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-
gardfng the running of trains apply to any
Agent of the Pennsylvania Lines.
W. D.sARMSTR0NG. Agent.
Ravenna. o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-09-09
BAYARo and NEW PHILADELPHIA

NOs. 336 and S3S connect at Wellsville for
Steuben vile and Bellaire Nos. 33S and 342
eonnect in Union Station, Pittsburgh, for the
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07
THE SHROPSHIRE CROSS.
How Lambs ofDifferent Shropshire Gross,

How Lambs ofDi ffcrent Shropshire Crosses
 Sell to Dutchcrs.
 Frank D. Bartlett, salesman for the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. writes: "A cross of . Shropshire and inerino, or any moderate wooded sheep, is Q good one. The product is smooth. round. evenly fattel and good selling weight. not too heavy. as when crossed with long wooded or very heavy bodied sheep A Shropshire buck crossed with our west ern sheep of Oregon and Montana gets nice lambs. running even in size and quality: and such la,nbs will sell with the best of our merchant sheep A few years since hal deck of lambs, which were the produce of fine wooded ewes and a Shropshire buck. They were as attractive n bunch as ever saw on this market; they weighed ninety-6ve pounds, and sold for seven cents per pound. The same day another lot of lambs were sold on this market at the same figure. They were the product of long wooded ewes crossed by n Shropshire buck. The latter lot were very fat, but uneven as com pared with the former, and weighed ll3 pounds each Both lots were sold for the Pittsburg market, where they at. trscted considerable attention among butchers, an'l their killing qualities were closely watched was assured that the fine wooded cross was in every way the most useful to butchers. being very smooth, with the fat evenly distributed, and the carcass of more salable weight. On the whole, am inclined to consider the Shropshire Gs one of our most useful breeds, considering it from salesman's standpoint. with which valuable cross may bemade. either with fine wooded or with our western close wooded sheep"
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07

NiDDLE WHITE SoW AND LITTER
 very unusual weight for these monsters to attain al great expense of feeding. It was found, however, that they were not profitable. and the efforts of British breeders were directed to improving them .--..
 The three Yorkshire families of swine now in England are known as the large white. middle white and small white. from their size The middle white was produced from a cross of the large and small Yorkshires It is now one of the most popular breeds in Great Britain and is the one shown in the illustration. The SOW and pigs in the picture were a prize lot at the English fairs.
 Harris says that the middle whites are about the same size as the Berkshires, but have smaller heads and are much lighter in the bone. The color is white. with few pale blne spots. that some times increase in number as the animal grows older Maybe they are liver spots. like those that come on people as they get on in years Many of these middle white Yorkshires are being imported into America recently A writer in The Breeders Gazette declares that the York. shires as originally imported are def cient in hams. and. like all English hogs brought to America. have poor legs and feet. These defects. however. he says are bred ont of them as the families are reproduced here
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07

of Chester Harding. in Boston, for awhile, and subsequently studied in Lon- don, Paris. Florence and Rome. On re- turning to America he painted in Louis vile and Nashville for several years. He first exhibited in the National academy in 1858. In 1867 he opened studio in New York. Two years later he was elected to associate membership in the academy, and was made m academiCian in 1871. He is member of the New York Etching club and an honorary member of the British Society of Painter Etchers.
 Among his most noted works arc "Coutraband," aRecruit," "veteran," " "The Village Postotice. .r'"No Smoking Here" and 1.-The Local Reporter" He has three paintings in the present exhi- bition ut the academy.
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07
BROoDER IN POSITION.

By referring to Fig. it will be seen that the top is detachable. being lifted off by the handle when desirable. AL though the lower part of the broader IS above grouni, yet. if preferred. it can be sunk in the ground. provided the holss (to admit coll air to brooder and smoke from lamp to escape, are left above the surface of the ground. Space must be left to admit of getting at the lamp if brooder is in the ground. Either No 3 burner lamp or small kerosa0s sA stove may be used for heating the brood- CT Be careful to leave air holes at the bottom of the door, or the lamp will smokes Keep the brooder at a tempera. ture of G0tfegs
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07
Points of Interest.

A fairy tale comes all the way from Austria to the effect that in Moravia the snow lay upon the ground from Novem- Der till April and thousands of cattle were made snow blind or were attacked with ophthahnia from the glare. In this emergency the physician of tho depart ment of agrlculture came to the rescue in manner worthy German and a scholar He suggested to the herdsmen of Moravia that they cover their cows eyes with blue spectasles to preserve them Many of the farmers acted on this suggestion and so ssved the eyesight of the poor cattle. It was common thing to see herds of cows moving about in blu.. spectacles. so it was said. A pretty story. this. How long would lively COW let the blue spectacles remain over her eyes:
 In selecting hen for sitting be sure and choose q perfectly tame one. one that will let you move her about and lift her of the nest without going wild and fly ing all to pieces.
 In choosing laying hens take those with lively. active habits.
 Indian game cockerels have been sold for prices ranging as high as from $2O( to $6OO. it is claimed. There is a craze on these birds at present. They are valuable chickens. but no rooster was ever matched that is worth $6OO for breeding purposes. Nothing in the shape of domestic poultry was ever worth it. except the goose that laid the golden egg.
 Decoctions of tobacco stems made strong will cure scab or uianse in horses or other domestic animals. 1t will also kill lice on them In case of a fixed scilb. remove this with soapsuds or scrape it off with corncob before applying the ta,h;,faO water
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07

The capital stock of the company is one hundred thousand (lOO,0JO) shares of ten ($l0) dollars each. .
 One-haIf of the capital stock will be old in the Territory of Arizona, payable n land adapted to the cultivation of -ugar beets, sugarcane sorghum and sac marine products at the market price.
 The other half will be sold for cash, at not less than par, for the purpose of pur- hasiny, importing and erect:nganachin- ry adapted to manufacturing domestic .ugar.
 The fifty thousand shares reserved for he farmers can be paid for at any time within five years from the date of the organization in land or its saccharine productions, such as sugar beets, sugar ane, sorghum, etc., etc., and the sub .crlbers will be entitled to draw divi- lend pro rata on payments made.
 The fifty thousand cash shares must ue fully paid on delivery, and will be untitled to s full dividend semi-annually.
 It is reasonably expected that the company can declare dividend of 20 OCT cent per anuum on current business, tnd have some land left.
 After the capital stock shall have been disposed of and One-half fully paid in cash, the company will be authorized to isrue equal to one.half of the capital stock, bonds secured by mortgage, upon all the property of the company, pay able in twenty years, with interest at the rate of 5 percentum per annum. payable semi-annuslly, for the purpose of devoting the proceeds to the purchase of land, and fer no other purpose; pro- vided, always, that these bonds cannot be issued nor mortgage on the prop er,y executed without the approval of q majority of the shareholders.
 The Government of the United States offers to pay bounty of two cents per pound or 40 dollars per ton on domestic manufactured sugar, and to admit free of duty. until the first day of July. 1892, all machinery required for itH manu- iacture.
 The Territorial Legislature, at it's last session, passed an act exempting all land used in the cultivation of sugar beets. as we'll as the plant and machin- cry employed m the manufacture of do- ,nestic sugar, from taxation for ten years.
 We imported from foreign countries during the last fiscal year, sugar, mo- ,asses, candy and confectionery to the value of sl0l, ,293, ,S26, or sent away up- wards of one hundred million dollars, which can Le retained at home by en- couraging the manufacture of domestic sugar.
 The average yield of saccharine matter from sugar beets in France is only 6 per cent, in Germany 10 per cent.
 In California the average yield is l5 per cent. rt -*. r.s ..
 It is confdentlybelieved that the soil and sun of Ariz,Rs will yield much larger polarization from sugar beets than France, Germany, California, or any other country and if these premises are correct, the profits will exceed that of any other sugar factory in the United States
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07
MAIsONNEUvE's STATUE.

fountain where the ice maze was built during the last carnival. With the pedes- tai the monument will be thirty feet high and be snrinounted by a statue of Maisonneuve twelve feet in height. The pedestal will be of polished red grlnlte and the figure of bronze. On either side will be two heads representing the riv- CTS Ottawa and St. Lawrence. from whose months water will flow into two shells and thence into the fountains. A farmer reaping grain will be represented on the eastern side. and on the other an Indian scout with toinahawk. both in bronze. The cost of the monument is estimated at slO,OOO. It will be inaugu- rated with appropriate ceremonies next year on the 250th anniversary of the founding of Montreal.
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07
THE ARIZONA SUGAR COMPANY O

The farmers who may subscribe to the stock of the company will have a vital and personal interest Tn the production of sugar beets.
 Farmers and capitalists can estimate the chances o( joss and gain as well az inc directors of the company, but it may l'e promised that agricultural land free from taxation forms safe investment, and that machinery which can be i'm. ported free of duty and enjoys immu- nity from taxation, is only subject to loss by fire, which can be covered by insurance.
 Land in Arizona will produce at least twenty tons of sugar beets per acre, twice annually. ..
 The market price will depend upon the quantity of saccharine.
 Sugar beets require neither bagging nor storage; but are cash at the mill, and the company might even be able to ad- vance money on unencumbered land de. voted to their cultivation. -
 It is a matter of consequence in some parts of Arizona that sugar heets ex. tract alkali from the soil tetter than an, other production.
 After supplying the home market in Arizona with sugar, molasses, confec. tiOns, etc., transportation is the mos serious question. and the smaller bulk the production of the country can b. reduced into the better for the producer.
 Sugar will bear transportation better than hay, grain, or ores.
 A sugar mill at some railway depot with capacity of loo tons per day, al ;5 per ton for sugar beets, would be s great benefit to the farmers and mer. chants of Arizona.
 The cooperative system of offering tn. farmers one-haf of the capital stock payable in the productions required foi the mill has worked well in Germany and France, and in fact the cOoperatiw system in every country is the out. growth of civilization.
 The farmers interest in the company will be a guarantee to the nonresident .,t over the management. and by united ei- fort d siaple production may be intro duced in Arizona which will enliven tn, source of all permanent prosperity AGRICULTURE.
 It is not to be overlooked that after the ,,iccharine matter is extracted iron. sugar beets the residium for,ms excellen, iood for sheep, cattle, hogs, poultry. etc., and nutn.ng that comes from the soil is wasted.
 The cultivation of sugar beets may h carried on by the least intelligent labor, Indians, Mexicans, children may all tx empioye,i in transpIanting the beets and kathering the crop. Oniy the mill re 4uires intelligent labor.
 Sugar industries are being started il. many States of the Union less adapte.i by nature to the growth of saecharin, products than Arizona, and an effort oi the part oi the residents may encourag. assistance from abroad.
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07
TANK. HOW TO CONSTRUCT IT.

space between the, top of the tank and wUDden floor iS half an inch The curtain i'll front of brooler is simply a piece of cloth cnt into strips. The smoke holes of the lamp should be Ut ealch corner but oh!y two cold air holes are necessary. an,l they should be near the center of the sides of the brooder. Dear in mind the cold air goes between the tank and the wooden floor and gets heated ,.t
 To make this brooder. cut six boards inch thick. G inches wide and $ feet long. tongued and grooved. so that no air can come through except by way of the tube. on top, which. tube is l inch in diameter and 2I inches high from the
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07
LOWER PART UNDER GROUND.

floor Thess. bhirds are your floor. Or the under side of this floor. at the edges nail strips all around ton ends and sidesl the strip. being I inch thick and II inches wide. Then set your tank m shown in cut: You will then have an air space betwee tae floor and tank oi half an inch Be sure an,l cut air holes to admit the col l air Yon may simply have open holes or may use tin tubes II preferred The holes need only be a half inch in diameter You can HOW easily fit on the lower box and also make the coverin, ol top. IS may be seen by tine illustration
 This broader ian Id EngliAa method, taken from Lewis Poultry Book. oi 1871. and it shows th..t upward currents
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07
BETTER NOW.
If vou have F fragrant flower

If you have fragrant flower In your hearts own garden grown, For your friend, and some glad hour Mean tO make it all her own, Do not wait: the liiied co..in Bees no wreath: dear heartl Learn how Loves best blossoms may be given
 Better now. If box of alabaster
 For your darling's head you hold, Costly. precious, and would cast har Allits sweetness manifold, Some glad day. wat not. Tomorrow By her grave, perhaps. you Il bow Stay not for the touch of sorrow;
 Break il now. Better silence by the casket, Funeral cuIogy unsaid. Than the living lips that ask 1t Lack the word that's merited. Death reads no obituary. Hears no requiem. learn how Praise to speak. pre-mOrtuary;
 Speak it now. Better coffin plain and fiowerlesa, Holding one wliIse life was filled Full Of fragrance. Gifts are powerlees When the beating heart Is stilled. Kiss belatesl. love post .p0rtem Cannot smoOth the furr0wed brow; Garlands throw no backward perfume .
 Wreath them now. G Julia II. May in Gooi Housekeeping.
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07
some Prize Pigs.

There is an impression gradually gain ing ground in this country that the American hog, descended from various breeds of the British porker, and changed by breeding and feeding through genera. tions is at length a decided improvement on the English hog of the present day This is partly owing to the rich food of American corn, partly to the great scale on which hog raising has been entered into in the United States.
 There are three families of Yorkshire hogs in England at present, all descend ed from the great swine that used to be several years maturing and weighed when full grown as much as small OK Six hundred or 500 pounds was not a
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07

covered that the substance can be dis solved in naphtha, and makes good covering for telegraph wires, as it is an excellent non. conductor of electricity.
 It also makes splendid waterproof var nish. and in fact fills large part If the field hitherto moiiopolized by the genuine India rubber. @e A'
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07

where his fancy had a freer flight, and he began to attract attention by his work.
 Last summer he left the immediate em- ploy of the Harpers. but continues to write for their periodicals. at the same time contributing to other publications many of the bright things which serve to gladden. the hearts of the multitude.
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07
PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY.

Election of a We'll Known Painter and
 Etclier tO That Position. Thomas Waterman Wood, N. A., who was recently elected president of the National Academy of Design, has for many years been prominent figure in American art. He is Il genre and DOT trait painter of great excellence, and has achieved wide reputation in water color
Arizona republican., 1891-07-07

son and grandson of a clergy man, and makes h is home on Staten l s n q. M T. Mines was born in 1866. at Cherry Valley, N. Wand went to the me- tropolis in 1881 to seek his fortune. He secured a po- sition asomce boy in the establish ment of Harper Bros. and worked his way up to the a11itorial uto 1T