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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-12-07
A Matter of Duty.

The casual observer would have de-
tected nothing strange in the personality
of the youngish party who sat alone in
the front parlor Yet a close scrutiny
would have revealed symptoms of men
tai strain.
Mental strain was something Aloysius
De Gughmp could i'll afford.
Presently beautiful little boy fitted
into the room.
The youngish party started eagerly
from his seat. There was look of ag-
oniziug doubt in his eyes.
What did she say?" he demanded.
''She said,"', lisped the child, Ito tell
Mr.. De Gughmp that she'd be right
down"
The youngish party could not repress
an exclamation of joy.
His face shone with satisfaction.
'And is that all she saidl" he asked.
striving to be calm.
The child shook his head.
what was it, Willie? Tell me her
words. Every syllable. is treasure to
me-"
The boy approached and looked trust
ingly into his face.
''She said"---
Aloysius de Gughmp held his breath.
''She'd be polite although it did turn
her stomach"
The youngish party at once resolved to
make his call strictly formal.-Detroit
Tribune, l
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-12-07
POINTED FACTS.

America produced 10,000,0O0 barrels
of salt last year.
In Japan every child is taught to work
with both hands.
Cigar stubs bring about shilling a
pound in London.
The Swedish mile is IL ,666 yards long,
and the Vienna post mile is S,266 yards.
There is room for just five more dead
in the ''poet's corner of Westminster
abbey.
The oldest church in America is that
of San Miguel. in Santa Fe. N. M. 1t
was built in 1915.
il. 1S41 each individual consumed thir-
teeI ounces of tobacco; in 1891 he con-
sumed twenty-six ounces.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-12-07
TURF TOPICS.

Ta,nmany won more money than any
other American 3-year-old this year.
Ormonde, the famous English race
horse. has been bought for $3.50. 900. AMI
will be taken TO California for breeding
purposes. ~
The Santa Anita weanlings are twenty
nine in number, and recent visitor
says that if size and conformation go for
anything they are grand lot
Pierre Lorillard is accused of playing
foxy game with Locohatchee with an
eye on the early bandicaps of 1898. The
colts quarter crack is said to be myth.
Montana is certainly most fiat and
stale. He cannot race little bit any
more, and the best thing they can do
with him is to put him away until next
season. 's
Pierre Lorillard will send Trainer
John Higgins TO England to buy some
serviceable handicap and stake horses
for him, being unable to find what he
wants in this country.
English turfmen are excited over the
prospects of match between the Duke
of Westminster's colt Orme and Baron
Hirsch's filly La Fleche. If made the
match will be for $4,000 side,
An eastern authority says that
Snapper" Garrison will go to Eng
land next spring to ride for the English
branch of Marcus Daly's stable. His
contract calls for $4,000 and expenses.
1t is said that the 100000 G.. w. John
son has been fired. Dr. Knapp, how
ever, had DR.. Sheppard examine tile leg
before the Brown sale, and his opinion
was that if fired it would stand train
ing. So the doctor bought with his
eyes open.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-12-07
CRUEL eTHELRloA.
why 1t Was That John Fled Away In the
Night.


why 1t Was That John Fled Away In the
Night.
He was plain John Smith.
She was the beautiful and cultivated
Ethelrida Martingale
But what mattered that to hiln; he
loved her.
Love is the great leveler
Not that it had leveled the sweet, pale
Ethelrida exactly. for it had not: but it
had knocked john ont fiat.
Happy Ethelrida, for she had the bulge
on him.
1t is ever thus.
In loves sandwiches one piece Of bread
will always have more butter on it than
the other WILL
Yet Ethelrida was not crnel. and she
did not long to let him drop hard enough
to cripple him for life.
On the contrary. she sought to let him
down on silver strands to beds of thorn
less roses.
But John wouldn't have it.
Nor is our hero the only man built
that way.
He loves but little, or not at all.
Who fears the dumpness OF his fall.
That WAS John Smith all over, and
still John was no slouch, as the word
goes.
Ethelrida knew what was coming. but
she was powerless to prevent it, unless
shetook an AK to John. and she hesitated
to resort to harsh measures.
Woman's nature is ever gentle.
1t was calm and beautiful Sabbath
evening when John called for the last
time.
Il love yon, Etheliitla,' he whispered,
low and lisping. at about 4 o'clock, land
want you for my wife"
1t was then apparent to Ethelrida that
Mr.. Smith meant business.
ut cannot be, fear" she replied,
standing him off. Papa is unutterably
opposed to our union, and he has said he
will lock me in my room and keep Inc
there if persist in seeing you."
Z That was a tip John should have acted
upon--that and the palable fact that
Ethclrida did not rush to his throbbing
he had so Enthusiastically blazed the way
for her.
Love laughs at locksmiths." he said
courageously, ignoring the surface indi-
cations.
Again was thefair girl balked in her
generous purpose, and there came into
her face the hard, cold lines of resolution
and into her eyes the cruel CLINT of JUS
tice, long deferred.
'Yes. and at John Smiths" she added,
naive simplicity scarcely concealiny
the edge of the sword.
And John fled away into the misty,
murky darkness of unforgetable disap
pointment.-Detroit Free Press.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-12-07
Millions in 1t.

Servant tpounding on door)-What, no:
within therel Awake, awake!
Dime Museum Owner-W What means
this turmoil Why at the midnight
hour do you arouse me from my slum-
bers?
Servant = Peace, master, until you
have heard the joyful news. | have
here u messenger boy who has never
whistled "Ta IA -ra Boom de- ay."-
Truth.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20
How They spend the Day.

A pleasant side of Turkish girl life
is that which may be seen any day in
early summer at the Sweet waters of
Europe or some other favorite resort
on the outskirts of Constantinople.
The family will set out in the morning,
and, spreading their rugs in some
field. spend the day there doing noth-
ing and apparently very contented
with the occupation. The women
squat on the ground, with their feet
under them, in that peculiar manner
to which they are indebted for their
handy legs. 1t is not romantic, but
truth compels one to say that all Turk
ish girls ultimately become handy
legged; the fine. well-made women one
occasionally meets in Stamboul are
mostly Circassians. A few cakes and
some sweets suffice for both young and
old. A stranger is invariably struck
with the prematurely serious air that
Turkish children can wear The elder
girls do not play and run in the man
ner that English people expect of
healthy children. They sit or stroll
about, quietly and gravely, their yash-
maks loosened and forming a snow
white framework, which displays to
advantage their complexion, as yet un-
spoiled by paint or powder. On the
approach of a man they will hastily
draw over their yashmaks-not so
close, however, that the strang ger can
not admire their faces, if he has a
fancy for Turkish beauty, which,
though in girls and young women
sometimes very attractive, is too fire.
quently of the half-breed Tartar type,
lacking intelligence and refinement
San Francisco 4AT0OndaLt.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20
EVERYTHING BUT HATCH.
Machine-Made Eggs That Approach Very
Near the Genuine Article.

There has been quite sensation in
Washington during the last few days
on the subject of artificial eggs, says a
correspondent of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. A person who claims to
have invented process for making
them-patent duly applied for-has
been exhibiting samples and giving
them away about town. Some dozens
have been served in the clubs. boiled,
fried. poached, and scrambled. and
the general verdict is that it would be
impossible for anybody to distinguish
them from real ones. Externally they
look exactly like the sort laid by hens.
Break the she'll of raw specimen and
the contents flop into a glass in as
natural manner as possible, the yelk
and white unmingled. 1t has been
claimed that no imitation eggs could
ever be made to ''beat up'' for cake,
but these do perfectly.
The inventor says that his eggs are
chemically speaking. precise repro
! duction of nature. Cornmeal is the
basis of their material. The white is
pure albumen, of course. while the
yelk is a more complicated mixture of
albumen and several other elements.
| looks somewhat like the delicate filmy
membrane formed by the hen. while
| the shell itself is stated to be made in
two halves, stuck together so artfully
that no eye can discover the joining.
The very germ of the chicken, with
unnecessary faithfulness of imitation,
as one might think, is counterfeited.
The eggs are made of various shapes
and tints. One will be able to buy, as
soon as they are placed on the market.
counterfeit pullets' eggs or eggs laid
| by elderly hens. likewise select white
eggs or dark-colored eggs, accordiA 9
to choice. Most surprising of all.
they will be sold for only 10 cents a
dozen and they never get rotten.
To confectioners and others who use
large quantities of eggs the yelk and
whites will be sold separately put up in
jars. and Theoretically sealed. In this
shape they will also be convenient fol
household employment. For the pur-
pose of gaining advertisement for
these preparations it has been suggest
| ed that the inventor may have con.
ceived the plan of distributing real
eggs in the guise of artificial ones.
This is certainly not the case, how.
ever, because there are certain points
which render these artificial eggs dis
tinguishable as such. For instance,
the lining is evidently made of some
sort of silk-like tissue, and one can see
that it is woven. The shell is said to be
cast in halves out of a lime compost
ton, the lining being put in and filled
and the two halves thereupon joined
together.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20
Mathematical Facts.

There are nearly 10000 steamships
in the world.
In London there is one doctor to
every $50 people.
Nearly a quarter of all cases of in
sanity are hereditary.
Thomas" occurs, on the average,
thirty-nine times in every 1000 names
Gipsies originally came from India.
not Egypt as is usually supposed.
The average length of life is consid-
erably longer in England than in
France.
Tea is very cheap in China; in one
province of the empire good tea is sold
at Id pound.
The entire coast-line of the globe is
about 1876 miles.
All the world over at least 35, ,OOO,-
900 people die every year.
Directors of the Bank of England re-
ceive salaries of 95O0.
Sandwich in Kent, Eng, was once a
seaport. though it is now two miles
troln the shore.
London postmen are said to walk on
the average II miles day.
About 800 deaths from accidental
poisoning occur in England every
year.
The largest known moth is the
Giant Atlas. a native of China, the
wings of which measure inches across.
The first steamship TO cross the
Atlantic was the Rising Sun, in the
year 1918.
Theatres are most common in the
United States, where there are about
IS to every million inhabitants.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20
Was He a Bigamist?

Continental lawyers are greatly in
terested in legal case to be decided
soon in the English courts. A subject
of the queen left his wife in London
and went to Naples, where he fell in
love with an Italian woman. Per-
suading her that he was single man,
she consented to follow him to the
altar. To his great relief he received
word on the day of his second mar
riage that his English wife had died.
Easy of heart, he returned to London,
but was at once arrested at the in
stance of his English relatives on a
charge of bigamy. He insisted that
the charge was groundless, as the
English wife had departed this life on
the day he had been united to his
present better half. The relatives,
however. were able to prove that, tax
ing into consideration the difference in
time between London and Naples. he
was the husband of two wives for
twenty-three minutes. The trial will
prove whether the relatives have a
right to prosecute the man on these
grounds. The case, so far as can be
learned. is unique. but it bears upon
contracts of different nature and
kind
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20
TEA DRINKING.
EVIL Results of Indulgence In the Fra
grant Oriental Herb.

How people cling to tea! Men and
women claiming to have brains and
thought, clinging to tea, say they can
not live without it comfortably. What
nonsense! 1t puts no nickel in their
purse. but pulls forth many. 1t ruins
myriads. operates on nerves. destroys
digestions. creates an appetite for yet
stronger drinks. lays foundations for
drunken men and women. creates in
early youth longing for intoxicants.
1t is one of the first sure and specious
steps to drunkenness, this fact of drink
ing tea-this purely artificial habit.
Yet one may SO drink aud be sanity
in the worlds fair estimation. If one
should drink half the bulk of wine
that another may drink of tea he would
be esteemed q sot; if one-tenth of the
quantity of whisky. he could not be
reckoned decent; and yet it is all in
the same line-an artificial stimulant-
varying only in degree.
The tea-drinker knows nothing and
cares less as to how his tea herb is pre-
pared. He takes no note of patent
processes, of unwholesome chemicals.
of lurking poisons used for zest and
flavor; cares not that it has been once
used and recast by unclean processes.
What he wants is tea-once. twice.
thrice, or more-a full half-dozen cups
day-to help his nerves, to give him
sleep or action-appetite. He needs it
no more than he needs other stimu-
lants, but he will have it, and to have
it cheap removes the duty. Better put
it on the list, and double it every year,
and root it out. But such law would
be unpopular. People will have what
many of them want, and no law can
prevent it.
There are millions of Asiatic and
many European Russians who will
have certain brand of tea brick
tea. 1t is curiously prepared first
chewed in human mouths, reduced to
pulp by human teeth and human saliva,
and then made into small packages,
like brick, 10 inches long. 10 broad
and about 4 inches thick. The trade
in this is immense. 1t is just as indis-
pensable among it's votaries as dry tea
is with US. It is gaining ground in Eu.
rope-said to have special flavor that
loose leaf tea has not-a semi-pungent
taste that comes not otherwise. But,
whether loose or brick. the habit is the
same, and far from being wholesome.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20
BAD FOR COL. BOB.
A IIttle Mistake that Cost IngersolI
$4,000 or $4,000.

Charles II. Arms, Assistant United
States ATTORNEY for the District of
Columbia relates the following inter-
esting reminiscence of Col. Ingersoll
and the late John McSweeney, the willy
orator and lawyer:
when Col. Ingersoll undertook the
defence of Dorsey of Star Route no.
toriety he was given a check for $780,
900, with the understanding that he
was to employ some one to assist him
and pay for such services. lngersoll
determined to employ the late John
McSweeney of Wooster. o.. who was
the foremost criminal lawyer IN the
United States. Ingersofl had never
met McSweeney. but he telegraphed
him to come to Washington. NC
Sweeney. although full-blooded Irish
man. had spent several years at Ger
man university and looked like Ger
man. ~.
Dorsey's confidential man. George
Eakers, was German, and was ex-
pected the day before McSweeney
would arrive. As Eakers had some I'M
portant knowledge, Col. Ingersoll was
anxious to see him. He went up to
the Arlington, where all of the Dorsey
party were quartered, and awaited MS
mans arrival. Soon there entered
tall, stout man with his trousers tucked
into pair of No. 9 boots and his cloth
| ing bespattered with mud. his halr
| fell in ringlets to his shoulders. and MS
whole appearance was that OF Jour-
neyman Texas cowboy. The stranger
had scarcely had time to look around
before his hand was in the grasp OF the
famous orator, who said:
II am Ingersoll."
Yes returned the other, 81 was
looking for YOU"
.'Ah! 1 thought so," chuckled the
Colonel. Come right up to the room;
and without giving the guest time to
register he escorted him to the room.
zone of the first things wanted to
say to you, Mr.. Eakers. was in this
matter of my fee. 1t won't be worth
while to mention the amount l re-
ceiyed to McSweeney when he comes
as he will naturally do his utmost.
propose to employ him as cheap as
can. OF course must have him, anC
if it comes to a pinch / would pay hin
$25, 900 to assist me, but think | cal
get him for S., 600, perhaps, and an
satisfied he won't refuse SO, 600 il
such a case as this. if he thinks that i
all he can get. He's an awful sickle
for fees though. l hear, so just oblig
me and don't tell him what | got"
''Oh. certainly not" J" said the stai'
individual.
We'll. I'll see you again in fey
minutes" said Ingersol as he left tn
room.
A short time after that he saw tn
name John McSweeney on the reglste
and sent up his card. He was directe
to the same room.
where's NJ, Sweeney" inquired In
se9sTTbia That's 7s nv name. sata m sur
posed Eakers. with a comical draw
; that grated on Ingersolrs ears. Wha
, followed need not be told. OF cours
; they divided the fee equally.-Seatt
Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20
Education for Hayti.

Education has accomplished won
ders, but when it transforms Hayti
from semi-barbaric state into an
orderly and peaceable community, it
will have added another jewel to its
crown. General Hippolyte seems to
be desirous of initiating his more civil
lied rulers, by putting to death all
who oppose his authority, but he and
his people will soon learn that might
doesn't make right. Something is
deeper, and what this something is the
world is slowly finding out.-IAe
School Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20

*Daily. Except Sunday. Alag gstop. Meals
Dark Faced Type denotes meifrom IL 90 TO II 90
midnight Light Faced from II 60 midnight to II 90 noon
JOSEPH WOOD, E. A. FORD,
General Manager, General Passenger Agent
11-I5-9.-I PITTSBURGH, PENN'A.
For time cards, rates of fare, through tickets,
baggage checks, and further information
garding the running of trains apply to any
Agent of the Pennsylvania Lines
W. D. ARMSTRONG. Agent,
Ravenna, O.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20
What Ice Will Support.

Ice one and one-half inches thick
will support man, four inches thick
will support cavalry, five inches thick
an 84-pound cannon. ten inches thick
will support multitude, and eighteen
inches thick will support railroad
train
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20

A prize of 1000 francs was not long
ago offered by French association for
a method of keeping potatoes and
other vegetables. Some isolating sub
stance, such as wood ashes, sawdust or
rye straw, with sand. was used by
four or five competitors. The plan of
M. Schribaux, who gained the prize, is
to put the potatoes for ten hours in a
l 1-2 per cent solution of commercial
sulphuric acid, when, after being
thoroughly dried, they will keep, with
out alteration, more than a year. The
same solution may be used many times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20

'They live very happy" That's
because they did all their fighting be-
fore marriare. "How was thatp''
They both belonged to the same
church choir."-N. Y. Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20

A Virginia mosquito measured from
the tip of his beak to the end of his
tail one and one-half inches, while his
wings from tip to tip covered two
inches. His legs were each fully an
inch long.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20

Nos 336 and 33S connect at Wellsville for
Steubenville and Bellaire. Nos. 33S and 342
connect in Union Station, Pittsburgh, for the
East
BETWEEN BAYARD AND NEW PHILADELPHIA.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20
Rudyard Should Explain.

Will Rudyard Kipling rise to ex-
plain what he meant by writing in his
latest story, 'Ortheris being neither a
menial nor an American, but free man,
had no excuse for yelpingP" 1t is not
the first time that over-rated Anglo
Indian novelist and cad had shown in
his writings his hatred for America.
His insolence hitherto has been con-
doned, but why should it be so any
longerP Is there anv reason for our
accepting Jeems Yellowplush as a
favored guest?-Scr07ato1a Pa. Truth. }
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20

There are about $4,000 negroes in
Oklahoma,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-20

THE most expensive meal ever ate
cost me $157, 600" "Why-how-th
-" Il had just cleared that amount
on wheat deal, and was just cashing
the check when the girl called me to
breakfast. ."-IndiandpoEis Journal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20

outside of political developments, was
the arrival ofthe Tammany braves from
New York. Nine hundred of them
marched in the Leland Hotel in the at.
ternoon in their war-paint. A stuffed
tiger had been placed over the desk OF
the hotel clerk, looking fierce and life
like. and the braves DOTTED their hats to
the animal above as each filed by. Tam
many reigned supreme. The larger
part of the braves were f~ine-looking
men and were greatly admired by the
vast crowds who had gathered around
the Michigan Central depot and the no.
tells to witness their arrival. All wore
badges marked 'Tammany Hail." and
the majority of them wore miniature
pictures Ex-senator Hill upon their coats.
The New York Herald of to-day says:
"Tho anti Cleveland men have at last
got together and are working to nomi-
nate William r. Morrison, of Illinois.
The success of this plan seems to be
very doubtful, but its projectors arc de-
termined and desperate and are fairly
confident that they can carry it
through"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20
EOrciNn NNUS.

PARIS, June 20.-A telegram received
here from a high source in the United
States states that President Harrison
will appoint Mr.. Chauncey ". Depew
minister to England, and that Nr.
Robert T. Lincoln, the present incum-
bent of the office, will be recalled to
fill the position of Secretary ofS,ate.
LONDON, June 2O.-The British ship
Croftonhall, which sailed from Calcutta
on June 8 for Hull, Eng, returned after
the ship had been out 10 days, with
nearly all her crew of % men dead from
cholera or in a dangerous condition.
DUBLIN, June 20.-An openair meet
ing at Killorgan yesterday, %wasmarked
by faction fights, in which several per
sons were severely wounded.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 20-Cholcra
is making fearful ravages in Persia and
Afghanistan. The streets Of Turbaty-
shan arc strcwn with unburicd corpses,
and the inhabitants are fleeing from
the town or with Koran in hand parade
the streets b~esccching Allah for dclly-
GRANGE from the scourge.