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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-13
SAVED BY A sMooN.
An Unconscious Woman Shifted at by q
Lion, but Not Injured.

The circus gave Tecumseh, Ala, ex-
citement enough Sunday to last it for
a year, says the Atlanta Constitution.
Forepaugh's show travelled on four
trains. AS it is against the Georgia
day it was decided to stop at Tecumseh
and feed the animals and rest. At all
the stations there were large crowds
and at Tecumseh there were several
hundred when the last train approach
ed. AS it was slowing down one of
the ferocious lions managed to tear off
the door of its cage. Hector. which
was the brute's name, thrust his head
out right in the faces of a group of
negroes who were standing on the
platform. They could not have been
worse scared if the evil one. who was
thrown over the battlements of heaven
and was falling all day till dewey eve,
had dropped down among them. Hec-
tor made leap, with open mouth, in
to the crowd. Such a scattering and
such yelling were never seen or heard
in Alabama. Some of the negroes fell
down in abject fright. but the most of
them struck off for home on hard
run. A dozen tried to climb telegraph
poles. One man sprang down a we'll.
Hector lit on his feet but rolled over
and over. When he got up there was
hardly man. woman or child within
fifty yards. One woman, though, who
had tainted, was lying near the lion.
With one bound he was on her, his
ugly teeth showing and his tongue
rolling out. The people who were
looking on were Mortified. The tanner
was long way off. and there was no
one near with pistol or rifle. To at
tempt to rescue her would be almost
certain death. To the astonishment of
every one the beast, instead of man.
Cling the woman, simply shifted the
body, turned it over with his paws
and. after cycling it suspiciously. walk
ed off leisurely. He thought that the
woman was dead. Hector was re-
captured without trouble.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-13
BURIED ALIVE FOR MONTHS.
Remarkable Power of Indian and Persian
Fakirs to Simulate Death.

The powers of the fakirs or faqueers.
of India and Persia of Stimulating death
are marvellous and almost Incredible,
remarks the London Times. Several
sects in these countries regard the art
of apparent death as a part of their re-
ligious ritual. and practice it assid-
uously. In their ancient books it is
described as puranayam, or stopping
the death. Many cases in which these
Indian fakirs have allowed themselves
to be buried alive for long periods have
been verified by British officials in
India aud attested by evidence which
dispels all doubt of their truth.
This impersonation of death con-
tinues for as long as six, or even ten
months. The way the fakirs go to
work to produce this condition is to
have the little ligature under the
tongue cut, whereby they are enabled
length. Then they turn it back. in
serting the end in the throat, closing
up at the same time the inner nasal
apertures. The external apertures
of the nose and ears are closed with
wax and the eyes covered to exclude
the light.
Long preliminary practice is, how
ever. needed in holding the breath and
long course of fasting before burial.
The fakir then sinks into condition
resembling death and the body is
wrapped in linen, placed in a box and
buried. When the box is taken up at
the expiration of the long continued
death-like sleep and opened the fakir
is found cold and stiff; no pulsation
can be felt; the heart. the wrist, the
temples are still; the body is not cold
as corpse would be. but is colder
than that of other living men, except
over the seat of the brain. All the
secretions are fully stopped; the nails,
hair and beard have ceased growth.
After being resuscitated the fakir feels
great dizziness. and for few hours
cannot stand up without support. but
gradually he RECEIVERS strength and en-
joys amazingly the wonder he has ex
cited.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-13
Tea a La Sir Andrew Clark.

Here is an extract from an interest
ing lecture delivered by Sir Andrew
Clark the other day to the students of
the London Hospital:
Tea is a blessed beverage. / do
not know what should do without it.
But there is tea and tea; and one of
the teas which / have in my mind is
the representa- ation of all that is physio-
logically wicked. I go about town a
good deal holding consultations here
and there, and about 5 o'clock when l
get into place the lady of the house
will say to me, Sir Andrew, you look
so tired, do let me give you a cup of
tea. say, Thank you very much
But the tea has stood for half an hour,
and she remarks. / know you do not
like it strong, Sir Andrew and then
she puts about a tablespoonful of tea
into the cup and fills it up with water.
Now. I call it positive cruelty to give
tea like that to anybody, and / hope
you gentlemen will always set your
face against such beverage. Tea to
be useful should be, first of all, black
China tea. The Indian tea which is
being cultivated has become so power
full in its effects upon the nervous sys-
tenn that cup of it, taken early IN the
morning, as many people do, so dis
orders the nervous system that those
who take it actually get into state of
tea intoxication, and it produces a
form of nerve disturbance which is
most painful to witness. If you want
to have, either for yourselves or your
patients. tea which will not injure and
which will refresh, get black China tea,
putting in the right measure-the old
fashioned teaspoonful for each person
and one for the blessed pot. Then
pour on briskly boiling water. and
within five minutes you must pour il
off again, or it will become wicked in
stead of good. Let this patient, there
fore. have half pint of milk and
water or cocoatina. or half a pint
of tea. q la Clark. if you please
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-13
OUTLINED HIS SENTENCE.
Singular Longevity of a Man Condemned
to 100 Years. Banishment.

A certain housebreaker was con-
demned in the latter part of the last
century in France. and under peculiar
circumstances, to 100 years in the gal
leys. and, strange to relate. this man
recently made his appearance in his
own native province at the advanced
age of one hundred and twenty, he
being about twenty years of age when
the sentence which condemned him to
so dreadful a punishment was passed.
1t is difficult to conceive what the feel
ings must have been with which he re-
turned, comments the n. Y. Ledger. as
soon as emancipated from the shackles
which had enthralled him for CEN
tury, to breathe once more the cher
ished air of the scenes of his infancy.
Bourg, in the department of Ain,
was his native home; but time had so
much changed the aspect of the whole
place that he recognized it only by the
old church of Brou, which was the
only thing that had undergone no
alteration. He had triumphed over
laws, bondage, man, time everything.
Not relation had he left; not single
being could he hail as an acquaintance;
yet he was not without experiencing
the homage and respect the French in
variably pay to old age. For himself,
he had forgotten everything connected
with his early youth; even all recol-
lection of the crime for which he had
suffered was lost, or. if at all remem-
bered, it was but as a dreary vision,
confounded with a thousand other
dreary visions of days long gone by.
His family and connections for several
generations all dead, himself living
proof of the clemency of heaven and
the severity of man, regretting, per-
haps the very irons which had been
familiar to him. and half wishing him.
self again among the wretched and
suffering beings with whom his fate
had been so long associated-well
might he be called the patriarch OF
burglars.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-13
WHY HuMRuG ThRIVES.
Because Some People Don't Know What
to Do With Their Money.

1t has been figured how much fam
lilies who maintain great establish
ments, like the Astors. the Wander
bilts, the Belmonts. or Goelets, can
spend in a year. With incomes rang
ing anywhere from $25O,O00 to 81. 000.
600 says the Illustrated american,
these people find it wretched hard
work to get rid of $3.50 900 year. No
wonder that they invest in huge steam
yachts and diamond stomachers. A
box at the opera, ball or two, horses
and carriages. and a retinue of SER
wants take only dipperful out of the
barrel; and then the opera box is as
often let as not, the balls turn to ashes,
the horses and carriages are knocked
about over the worst pavements in the
world, and multiplication of domes-
tics only means so many more drunks
and incompetents below stairs. The
mere fact that all the town insists up
on crowding into the uncomfortable
confines of Delmonico's when it wants
to give ball or eat luncheon proves
how utterly without resource New
York is as dispenser of amusement
and comfort.
The theaters, truly enough, COM
pare favorably with the best of Paris
and London. but they begin at an hour
when most people prefer to be at din
ner; and if play succeeds at all, it is
kept on the boards until it dies of old
age. Flower shows. horse shows and
dog shows-all very well and pretty in
their way. but neither intellectual nor
enduring-are seized upon by society
with an absurd avidity born of ennui.
A new singer or pianist or violinist is
hunted like quarry, and made
amused but happy to find that he can
command ridiculous prices to 60 and
amuse people at their own houses.
Men take to drink or hunting, accord
ing as the frost is hard or soft; women
band themselves together into all
sorts of classes and cabals to be i'm
posed upon by posturers and del
sarteans." simply to kill time. Every
kind of humbug thrives and prospers
in New York. simply because the peo-
pie who live there and have money
to spend are crazy to be amused"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-13
"PINAFoRE" GILBERT,
Not Success as a Barrister, but He Had
Funny Experiences.

w. S. Gilbert is one of the few authors
who live in luxury, says London cor
respondent of the n. Y. Tribune. He
has beautiful country seat and dwells
there in exceeding peace and comfort.
Gilbert was originally intended for the
army and tried many vOcatious before
attempting dramatic authorship His
experiences as a barrister were not
directly remunerative, though they
supplied him with hints to be afterward
used in his plays.
Il was not fortunate in my clients"
he says. II we'll remember my first
brief. which was purely honorary. ]
am tolerably good French scholar,
and was employed to interpret and
translate the conversations and letter
between attorney and client-a Paris
ian. 1t was at Westminster. The
Frenchman, who was a short, stout
man, won his case, and he looked up
on me as having done it all. He met
me in the hall, and, rushing up to me.
threw his arms around my neck and
kissed me on both cheeks. That was
nv first fee.
On another occasion 1 defended an
old lady who was accused of picking
|
passioned speech for the defense, she
took off a heavy boot and threw it at
my head. That was my second fee.
By the way l subsequently introduced
the incident into an article. My
Maiden Brief which appeared in the
CornhiI Magazine. joined the north
ern circuit and attended assizes and
sessions at Liverpool and Manchester.
Perhaps a dozen guinea briefs, but
nothing substantial. The circum-
stances attending my initial brief on
circuit am not likely to forget.
was to make my maiden speech in the
prosecution of an old Irish woman fol
stealing a coat. Mr.. and Mrs. Ban
croft and the members of the prince OF
Wales company, then on tour, were
present on the bench, and, I am sorry
to say, at my invitation. No sooner
had got up than the old dame, who
seemed to realize that I was against
her. began shouting, ''Oh. ye devil, sit
down. Don't listen to him. yer homer
He's known in all the slums of Liver
pool. Sit down, We spalpeen! He's as
drunk as a lord, yer honner-beggine
yer lordship's pardon Whenever
attempted to resume my speech l wa:
flooded by the torrent of the old lady:
eloquence, and had at last to throw
myself on the protection of the re
corder, who was too convulsed with
laughter to interfere. Mrs. Bancroft
says in her memoirs that / never go
that maiden speech off, but in that sh,
was mistaken. The old lady hat
three months"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-13
Pet Fruits of Authors.

Frank R. Stockton's pet fruit is said
to be the crab-apple. Howells exhibits
a preference for the pumpkin, especial
ly in the form of pies. and James loves
hot-house grapes. The fiowery pome-
granate is believed to be Amelie Rives
favorite. and the luscious watermelon
the choice of Joel Chandler Harris.
Eugene Field denoted his taste in his
song of the Little Peach" and James
Whitcomb Riley dotes upon the per-
simmon just crisped and colored by
the first fine frost of fall. Lafcadio
Hearn loves the guava, and Ella
Wheeler Wilcox the banana. while
Mrs. Cruger's voice is heard for the
Bartlett pear and Minna Irving's fol
the chestnut. by their fruits We shall
know them."-N. Y World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-13
Is It Worth While Being Pretty7

Is 1t Worth While Being Pretty2
They were talking about woman's
place and work in the world, and it
remained for the meek little woman
in the corner to start the ball of argu-
ment rolling. She said.
DO you think-providing they are
equally capable-a pretty woman has
better chance in the world of work
than plain one?"
Hitherto they had agreed on every
thing. Now they began to disagree
violently.
mo, indeed" said the self-opinion-
ated woman by the fireplace. IA
homely woman neatly dressed stands
a much better chance than a pretty
one. Men can see at a glance that the
pretty woman is good for nothing.
She has been accustomed to admira-
ton and attention all her life. She
still expects il where she works. On
the other hand the plain woman, hav-
ing never had admirers. has no notions
about herself and is usually cleverer
because she has had more time to de-
vote to cultivating her mind"
Now, you're wrong there" said the
pretty woman in tailor-made frock.
TO be sure plain woman stands a
better chance than an over-dressed
beauty, but a pretty woman dressed
quietly and stylishly has the best
chance of anybody"
Nonsense" said one of the men.
Il wouldn't hire pretty stenographer
under any consideration"
''And l wouldn't have homely one
in my Office" put in another.
And one woman who listened to all
this in silence felt so puzzled that the
next time she saw her editor-in-chiei
she propounded this query: Does a
pretty newspaper woman stand a bet
ter chance with an editor than home
ly one?" Whereupon he replied SEN
tentiously:
ut depends on the editor"
Which left her more puzzled thar
before.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-13
Cropping of Russian Women's Hair.

In Russia the cropping of hair on the
part of women is regarded as dis
grace. In view of this some idea can
be obtained to the straits to which the
peasants are driven when the young
women have in many instances per-
mitted their heads to be shorn, selling
their hair to procure food.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-13

*Daily. Except Sunday. flag stop. Meals.
Dark Faced Type denotes tmefrOm 70 90 u 90
midnight Light Faced from 12 90 midnight to IL 90
JOSEPH WOOD, E. A. FORD,
General Manager, General Passenger Agent
11-l5a-I PITTSBURGH, PENNA
For time cards, rates of fare, through tickets,
baggage checks, and further information re-
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, 1892-01-13
Never Done.

"I am now convinced, said Tomp.
kins, THAT woman's work is never
done"
What leadsyou to that convictionP"
asked Smythe.
The fact that Mrs. Tompkins, aftet
working me half the night for a seal
skin sack began blithely this morning
on new set of parlor furniture. M
Y Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-13
FOR SALE!

HOUSE AND LOT on Diamond Street Terms
Also Farm of 141 acres, in Free
dom township. Also, a Village lot on Madison
street, Ravenna. Enquire of
j. Fl. DUSSEL. Atty,
RaVenna, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-13

Col. John Hay has presented Adel-
bert College in Cleveland with So, 900.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-13

A fir tree ten feet in diameter has
been discovered in Washington. Its
lower limbs are 200 feet from the
ground,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-01-13

Nos. 336 and 33S connect at Wellsville for
connect in Union Station, Pittsburgh, for the
East.
BETWEEN BAYARD AND NEW PHILADELPHIA.
The Princeton union., 1892-10-06
For Curious Boy

Gunpowder, as is well known, is
composed Of potassic nitrate, salt.
The Princeton union., 1892-10-06
THEIR CHINA is SAFE,

Because no Bungling. Butter-Ffn-
gered Domestic Is Allowed to Ham
die 1t.
In a certain primly kept house in
an old-fashioned country town it is a.
family boast that not one bit of china
has been ;broken, cracked or "nicked"
IN twenty years, says the New York
World. The last time such a disaster
occurred was when some soldiers WIS.,
tied the place about the close of the
war. It as almost unnecessary to re-
mark that no male creaturei is a. mem
Der OF this noteworthy household.
Three maiden ladies, who were young
when the china-breaking troops came,
compose the family, and this is the
way the mite ofdishwashingis conduct
ed:
All the edibles are removed and
the pretty, creamy china, with it's pur-
pie and gilt band, is carefully scraped
with a scrap OF bread. To scrape it
with knife would be held a. crime.
Then it is piled neatly on dow table
about the size Of a. sewing-table. The
cut glass and 'old-fashioned silver are
also piled there. -. -
Then one of the sisters takes her
place on a chair before it and another
on the side. A'big bowl of water lust
hot enough for the hands to work in
comfortably and soft cloths are
rbrousht.
The articles are washed piece bv
piece by one sister, the silver and
glass first and then the china. Then
the second sister dries them on soft
linen cloths aud places them on the
other table: No mops, no boiling
water, no plllng OF dishes and pouring
water over themis ever allowed. And
that is why the dishes are not cracked
or nicked, though they are worn thin.
Besides the process invests dishwash-
ing with a. certain sort of poetry.
The Princeton union., 1892-10-06
Farm Cheese Making.

We do not intend to speak of cases
! where the environments of ones To-
| cation naturally decides the question,
as where g. farmer has anumber of
good customers providing steady
market the year around for his but
ter, or where the section OF country
lies adjacent to some large city, MAX
ing the sale of milk much more pro-
Gtable. We have often found far
mers toiling to make butter, when by
putting their milk on the train and
sending to the city would net them,
the year around, 10 to Is cents a
gallon. We know a neighborhood
where the farmers are gathering their
| cream and selling it for nine cents per
inch says writer in Farm and
Home, when the same quantity of
milk required to produce this amount
of cream will make two pounds
of fine cheese worth on the mar
ket to-day ten cents per pound. Now
this seems to settle the ques-
tion from a financial standpoint A
small handmade press, vat and
hoops, furnished us on this farm with
some extra fine cheese, with much less
labor than it would have cost to have
made butter. Besides having all we
could use for the several families con-
nected with the farm, we sold several
hundred pounds of our "Young Amer
icas" at Is cents a pound, and as
butter only brought the same we re-
received more than double value for
our produce. Again, cheese will not
only keep, properly turned, all
through the long Summer days, but
continually get better, while the re-
verse is true of butter. Another very
great factor not usually taken inta
consideration is that the public's taste
is changing. Fresh butter is demand
ed; the days of June butter, kept for
six months, are past. Cheese contains
the proper nutriment for a laboring
man, it is a muscle and bone former,
while butter is a luxury.
Early Maturity Is Economy.
AS the range system of growing beef
cattle aives place to better methods,
The Princeton union., 1892-10-06

Strict regulations, prohibiting the
adultefation OF butter, or the coloring
OF margarine. are now ia force in
France. Any infraetion of the laws
is punishable by imprisonment OF
from six months to two years, and
any omission to carry out the regu-
iations by similar penalty OF Is days
to three months
The Princeton union., 1892-10-06

is visceral connection. There is only
one navel. The children were born in
a caul. If food is given to one the
other is satisfied, and if medicine
is administered to one the other
is effected but not to the same
extent as to the one to which it was
given. The most curious circumstance
is that when g. sentence is begun by
one child the other frequently finishes
it. When sleeping one child lies on
her back and the other on her side.
which gives an idea Of the fexibility
OF the connection. The children are
very good, friends and seldom quarrel.
For their age the children are particu-
larly intelligent. They have been
taught English for the last three
months, and although they do not
speak more than q few simple words,
they seem to understand it fairly we'll
already. The twins have excited q
good deal Of interest am ong' the med
ical profession in India, and there is
little doubt that their appearance in
London and in America will be well
coined by scientists no less than by
the unscientific sightseer.
"a For Curious Boys.
GJ1rvnuJor r., Yvo11 H..
The Princeton union., 1892-10-06
Early Maturity Is Economy.

AS the range system of growing beef
cattle gives place to better methods,
The Princeton union., 1892-10-06
A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.

When at Frisco they were wed,
She was twenty-five she said,
He, since she had won his heart, -
Said she did not look the part, tg- pa
But he learned with grief and pain,
When they took trip to Maine,
Where her early lie was spent r..
Ere she ever westward went, IS,
She had carved upon tree IN
Her dear name, date "63" T. y Il
Detroit Tribune.
The Princeton union., 1892-10-06
Fate Of Ivan vi,

Ivan W., who descended from the
elder brother of Peter the great, could
claim right of inheritance to the
Russian throne, but when old enough
to possess his rights, was, through
tyranny and treachery, thrust into
prison, where he passed his whole
life Said he:
II have hardly an idea of the dis
tress which assailed my infancy, but
from the moment that I began to be
sensible of my misfortune I never
ceased to mingle my tears with those
of my father and mother, who were
wretched on my account, and my
greatest misery was to see the barba-
rous treatment they suffered as we
were hurried from one prison to an
other ~ .t .-.
He had been guilty of no crime or
misdemeanor, but he was the rightful
heir OF the throne, and the usurper
Catherine II. was determined that the
people should not see the boy king.
After years OF imprisonment he was
murdered in his cell, and, dressed in
the garb of fisherman, was hurried
anto an obscure grave.
The Princeton union., 1892-10-06
TWO BACHELORS.

HEY were not boys
at all, George and
Henry, though as
"the Kenny, boys"
they were known far
and near. Queer
boys indeed, they
would have been re-