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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-04-20
GhostlY Coughings.

Capt. Franklin Miranda died at sea
some time ago but his cough it is al
legged, makes merry about, the old
house in this town where he used to
dwell.
Capt. Miranda was an old resident,
well known to the townspeople and re-
spected by them.
The principal avocation of his later
years was the keeping of hens and
nursing a troublesome cough of Pecu-
liar quality.
About year ago he made a trip to
the Western islands for his health. On
his return trip he died and was buried
at sea.
The house which he occupied in the
town was on the outskirts-a lonely
place. 1t is a plain two-story house,
painted white but weather-beaten.
A family by the name of Fuller lives
in the house and weird stories are told
of the sounds heard about the place at
night. Mrs. Fuller said recently:
"Itlis true that we heard coughing
about the house last summer during
the day and at night, and people who
have heard Capt. Miranda's cough say
| that the noise heard was precise lmI-
tation of it. I heard it first in daytime
and afterward at night. My husband
laughed at first, until one night he
heard it plainly.
at seemed to come from the cellar,
and he took a light and went down
stairs. Then the coughing ceased and
he discovered no cause.
"Finally we moved our bed from the
room on the first floor to the floor
above, the coughing disturbed us SO.
We heard the coughing afterward, but
/ have not heard it now in some time.
"We were never alarmed, but we
consider it very mysterious. Fair
hauera Mass. Correspondent IN Boston
| Globe,
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Margaret Fuller.

Margaret Fuller, very plain wom-
an, with what struck me as a hump
back, was the oracle. 1 believe my
youthful love of beauty caused me to
do her injustice. She had very long
neck, which DR.. Holmes afterward de-
scribed as resembling "the great ophid
ian who betrayed our Mother Eve"
and perhaps her habit of craning it
caused me to think her slightly de-
formed. But all was forgotten when
she began to talk. 1t was long, low
ripple of fascinating and well-rounded
sentences, a certain originality in the
use of words, and that Cambridge pro-
nunciation which I have always ad-
mired. Mr.. Everett and Mr.. Longfel-
low had it. Miss Fuller gave lessons
in the art of conversation afterward,
and | am sure every girl who attended
them has talked better ever since. Al
though an intense egotist herself, Miss
Fuller uttered the wise axiom, "Never
talk about yourself, your diseases,
your domestics, or your dresses. Talk
about your friends interests, not your
own. "She also said (and how good
it wasD: "To have unity one must
first have units; one cannot be unani-
nous alone" She was an original
thinker; and after 1 heard of her ro-
mantle marriage, her tragic death as
Marchioness Ossolf, was grateful for
the privilege of having once touched
this sparkling mind.-M. b. W. Sher-
sUOOd. IN LiDDiocOttS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-04-20
SUGGESTIONS FOR ENTERTAINERS
Whiting and Auction Parties-HOw They
Can Be Made Successful.

"Whittling"-that was the mysteri-
Gus word the cards of invitation bore,
neatly engraved, in the lower left
hand corner. Whiting! The twenty
guests who assembled at their hostess
house on the specified evening brought
with them enough curiosity, born of
weeks looking and wondering. to have
furnished out at least 1000 women
very comfortably.
And this is what they found: Twenty
well-sharpened pocket-knives laid in a
row on one table, two canvas bags on
another. These contained, it was dis
covered, quantity of white pine
blocks. Each was numbered-those
in the second bag being duplicates of
those in the first, and on top was
marked in outline the figure of an ami
NAL, a rolling-pin, potato-masher,
hatchet, clothespin, molding board,
ball club, book, ball racquet, doll,
bootjack, fatiron, bottle, picture
frame, slipper, stool. pestle, spool,
tower, napkin-ring, and a score of
other things.
No one was allowed to see the num-
bers or design on the block chosen un-
til after it was selected. The man and
were to be partners for the evening.
At given signal all contestants COM
menced work at small tables conven-
iently arranged, and for two hours the
whittlers worked busily. It was by
no means a quiet evening, for merry
laughter sounded again and again as
some particularly Ridiculous article
was held up to view. At the expira-
ton of the two hours a bell rang, and
every one stopped work and wrote his
or her name on the back of the article
just whitfield.
A committee was appointed to sit in
solemn judgment on the work, and
prizes were awarded according to it's
decision. The proud whittlers of the
best designs bore off one a carved
wooden salad set, the other many
bladed pocket-knife. The BOBBY prizes
were a chopping bowl and box of
matches.
Another rather novel form of enter
tainment is the auction party. Guests
are provided with the means to pur-
chase-little bags filled with beans,
every bean taking to itself dollar
value. The "lots" are carefully con-
cealed from view and are being put in
boxes and tied up in yari-colored It's
sue paper. 1t is not safe to trust to
bulky appearance, as often the most
promising parcel reveals an insigniti-
cant result. Some of the purchases
are dainty trifles, many absurdities,
and jokes. Funny catalogues add to
the amusement of an auction party,
which is really simply another way to
bestow "favors."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-04-20
Legal Notice.

Frank Gipson. and Chester Gipson, minor
aged eighteen years. who reside at Appleton
Outagamie County. Wisconsin. are hereby no
titled that on the 18th day of March, 1892 John
Robson. as Administrator of John GIBSON de.
ceased. their father. filed in the Probate Court
of Portage County, Ohio. his petition against
them and others, as defendants. praying for the
sale of the real esta of which said John Clip
son died seized, being parts of Lot 21 in the 3rd
division, and Lot 10 in the 4th division of Lots
in PALMYRA. in said County. and containing g
100 SO 100 acres, of which SO 69-1OO acres are in
said Lot 10, and seven acres in the southwest
corner of said Lot 81. The 90 69-1OO acres is
bounded north by land of j. D. Jones. south by
land of NJ. Forder. and east and west by the
Lot lines: and the acres adjoins it on the east
The object and prayer of the petition is to
assign dover and homestead and sell the realty
to pay debts.
Said persons are required to answer said pe-
tition on or before the third Saturday after six
weeks from this date. or in default thereof an
order will be taken as prayed for. the land sold,
and they barred of all interest and right in said
property If you want to know more about it.
please ascertain,
Dated March 30. 1892.
JOHN ROBSON, Admir-, &c.
1929 6t. M STUART, Attorney
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-04-20
FREAK OF NATURE.
A Picture of Spokane Falls in the Eye Of
Horse.

Some rare and unaccountable freak
of nature has made natural wonder
of an unassuming white horse at Spo-
kane Falls, Wash, says the St. Louis
Republic. The wonder is not the horse
himself, but in picture which covers
the front part of the left eye of the an
imal. Anyone who has ever had the
pleasure of visit to Spokane will re-
member the falls which give the city
its other name; that is, the name of
Spokane Falls. The picture in the
horses eye is perfect miniature of
the falls, island, mill, and all. The
animals optic has been examined by
hundreds of persons, including photo
graphers, scientists, opticians, etc.,
and the miniature in the eye has been
carefully compared with photographs
and engravings of the falls, and all
have concurred in pronouncing it a
wonder of wonders and most remark
ably correct picture. The owner of
this wonderful creature, Mr.. Deakin,
has been offered all the way from $5,-
900 to $4,000 for his curiosity, but so
far he has refused all offers, seeming G
to prefer being pestered to death by
sight-seers, who come by thousands to
view the uncanny picture and ask
questions:
A traveller, G. A. Dillman, who took
peep at the "Wonder of the Rockies"
has the following to say in regard to
the horse and the picture: "Mr.
Deakin sent the horse around to the
hotel where I stopped, in order that
might see him. The animal is white
in color and of medium size. was
somewhat skeptical about the story OF
the picture until had looked into the
horses left eye. Judge of my aston
ishment when saw therein depicted a
perfect reproduction of the falls of the
Spokane river, as true to life as any
photograph. The part of the falls
shown is from the waterworks across
to the mills. The island upon which
the waterworks building stands is
also shown. The picture is absolutely
perfect in every detail. The horse i:
one of a number bought in by horse
dealers, and has been the property O
the present owner (who, by the way
was the discoverer of the picture) bu
a short while"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-04-20
The Intricate Chinese Language.

"Joss," says a writer in Bzachwood,
$50 far from being, as I, among others,
always imagined, Chinese word, is
merely the mispronunciation of the
Spanish Dios, God. The discovery of
this fell heavily upon me. 1t reduced
my knowledge of Chinese from two
words to one; but I have learned sew
eral since, but will not write them
here, as 1 do not know what they
mean. A and the writer both started
with the determination of studying
Chinese, and the writer let A buy a
grammar; but on discovering that
the single letter had 145 ways of be-
ing pronounced, and that each pronun-
citation had an entirely different mean
ing we said that there was no poetry
about the Chinese language, that it
was not worth learning, and AS gram
mar was secretly consigned to the river
mud by being dropped overheard"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-04-20
Where Lawyers Are Made.

There are over fifty law schools in
the United States, most of them con-
nected with colleges or universities.
The number of students in them is in
creasing every year-Harvard, the
largest school, having this year an at
tendance of 363. The oldest American
course in law is that at the University
of Pennsylvania, having been founded
in 1889. There are now six law Jour-
nails published under the direction of
American universities.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-04-20

The thinnest tissue paper is 1890
of an inch in thickness.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-04-20
BETWEEN BAYARD AND NEW PHILADELPHEa.

Nos. 336 and 33s connect at We1lsville for
Steubenville and Bellaire. Nos. 33S and 81 2
connect in Union Station, Pittsburgh, for the
East
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-04-20

The cries of none of the animals ap-
proach more closely that of the human
voice than those of seals when lament
ing the loss or capture of their young.
They emit wailing and affecting cry,
similar to that of woman in deep
grief The cry of wounded hare re-
sembles that of a child in distress.
Its piercing shrek can, on still night.
be plainly heard at distance of more
than q mile
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-04-20
Teachers Examinations.

I6aClGFs7 EAdHIHdUIOHS
l. EXAMINATIONS will be held. commencing g
IL at 8 .o'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 Garrettsville; 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-
eted for six months.
BY order of the Board.
OF. HAYMAKER. CLERK,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-04-20

&Daily. Except Sunday. Alag stop. Meals.
Dark Faced Type denotes timerOm IL 90 noon TO y 90
midnight Light Faced from u 90 midnight TO u 90 nOOn
JOSEPH WOOD, E. A. FORD,
General Manager General Passenger Agent
11-16-a.-I PITTSBURGH, PENN'A.
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, 1892-04-20

Seals when basking place one of their
number on guard to give alarm in case
of danger. The signal is quick clap
of the fiippers on a rock. Rabbits sig
nal with their fore paws and have reg
ular signals and calls.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-11-03
To Our Subscribers.

The special announcement:which ap-
peared in our columns some time since,
announcing special arrangement with
DIR. B. J. Kendall Co., of Enosburg Falls,
VT, publishers Of ga Treatise on the
Horse and his. Diseases" whereby our
subscribers were enabled to obtain a
copy of that valuable work free by send
ing their address to B. J.. Kendall Co.
land enclosing twocent stamp for
mailing same) is renewed for limited
period. We trust all will avail them
selves OF the opportunity of obtaining
this valuable work. To every lover of
the horse it is indispensable, as it treats
in simple manner all the diseases which
afflict this noble animal. Its phenome-
nal sale throughout the United States
and Canada make it standard authority.
Mention this paper when sending for
"Treatise."
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An honest Swede tells his story in
plain but unmistakable language for the
benefit of the public. "One of my
children took severe cold and got the
Group. I gave her teaspoonful of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and in
five minutes later gave her one more.
By this time she had to cough up the
gathering in her throat. Then she went
to sleep and slept good for fifteen min
utes. Then she got up and vomited /;
then she went back to bed and slept
good for the remainder of the night.
She got the Group the second night and
I gave her the same remedy with the
same good results. write this because
l thought there might be some one in
the same need and not know the true
merits OF this wonderful medicine"
Charles A. Thompson. Des Moines, Iowa.
25 and SO cent bottles. For sale by
Seybert & Co.
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A Great Bsnefactor.

Educators are certainly the greatest
benefactors Of the race, snd after reading
DR.. Franklin Miles popular works, we
cannot help declaring him to be among
the most entertaining and educating of
authors. ."--Neao York Daily. He is not
a stranger to our readers, as his adver-
tisements appear in our columns in
every issue, calling attention to the fact
that his elegant work on Nervous and
Heart Diseases is distributed free bv -FOUR
enterprising druggists, seybert & Co.
Trial Bottles of DR.. Miles Nervine are
given away, also Book of Testimonials
showing that it is unequaled for the
Nervous Prostration, Headache, Poor
Memory, Dizziness, Sleeplessness, Neu-
ralgia, Hysteria, Fits, Epilepsy.
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ALI Free.

Those who have.used DR.. Kings New
Discovery know its value, and those who
have not, have now the opportunity to
try it Free. Call on the advertised Drug
gist and get Trial Bottle, Free. Send
your name and address to H. E. Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get sample box of
DR.. Kings New Life Pills, Free, as well
as copy of Guide to Health.and House.
hold Instructor, Free. All Of which is
guaranteed to do you good and cost you
nothing at Seybert & Co.'s drug store.
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CHICKENS

Always come home to roost, as do all Gus.
toners who have ever used the Cincin.
natl Desiccating Company's Fertilizers
and have "strayed away" They always
return for the simple reason that Ohio
Valley Gilead, Acidulated Bone and Raw
Bone Fertilizers are absolutely pure ami
NAL matter fertilizers, absolutely pure, alb
solutely dry, and will drill from any
make of grain drill used. We guarantee
1000 pounds of goods without the sacks
in every ton. We have sold the above
brands, with increasing sales every year,
since 1858. Do not be talked into buy
ing Carolina rock goods, for most of you
have enough porous rock uopon your
land. Use only decayed animal matter,
which will strengthen your land, i'm
prove your crops and make you more
money for the investment than anything
in which you can place your money.
Try it. For sale only by the
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A Gaie at Cleveland.

CLEvELANp, o., Oct 3L-The gale Of
Friday night caused considerable dam
age to shipping at this port The
schooner Samana is on shore at the foot
of Dodge street almost ON the rocks Of
the railroad embankment Six men and
the captains wife were on board and
were rescued. The woman lies In q
critical condition. The steel steamship
Maruba went ashore Saturday morning
on the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad
dock north of the Union depot She is
broadside on and rests easy but If the
gale continues is liable to suffer injury.
She is already leaking. The crew re-
mains aboard.
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Good Looks.

Good looks are more than skin deep,
depending upon healthy condition of
all the vital organs. If the Liver be in
active, you have Bilious Look, if your
stomach be disordered you have Dys-
peptic Look, and if your Kidneys be
affected you have Pinched Look. Sc
cure good health and you will have good
looks. Electric Bitters is the great alter
ative and Tonic acts directly on these
vital organs. Cures Pimples, Boils and
and gives good complexion. Sold
Seybert & Co.'s drug store, so cents per
bottle.
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NITRO-dLYCERINE ExPLODEs
Two Men Torn to Pieces, and Several
Injured.

Injured.
LIMA, O., Oct. 29.-The nitro-gycerine
factory, two miles from town, has Just
gone up with bang that shook the
buildings and smashed glass all over
town. The glycerine explosion Friday
killed Andrew Shuttle. His body was
blown to pieces only his head being
found.
COLUMBUS, o., Oct 29.-A special from
Lima says the dead are: Andy Schultz,
well-shooter, whose home is in Brad
ford, Pa; Benjamin Bowling, teamster;
Henry Schafnell, watchman.
Injured-Wm. Porter, badly hurt, not
fatal; Tom Matcue, dangerously in
jured, and Ben Dove, leg blown off.
The two latter will probably die.
The farm house of William Hooker,
1900 yards from the scene, was totally
wrecked and servant girl injured by
falling debris The farm house of
Thomas Placer, half-mile above the
Hooker homestead, was also badly dam
aged.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Oct 29.-Presldent
Harrison and the grief-strickeu mem
bers of his personal and official family
arrived here Friday morning for the sad
purpose of placing the remains of Mrs.
Harrison to eternal rest in the place she
lovingly called her home. The ele-
gantly equipped special conveying the
party arrived here at $3.50 o'clock
promptly on schedule time and was
greeted by thousands of sympathetic
friends and admirers. They occupied
all points of vantage along the road and
crowded the station to its utmost capa-
city. .r; ,,,,+,
The train arrived at indianapolis, q
delay of half an hour was caused in
transferring from the funeral car the
wealth of floral emblems that typified
the love and devotion of hundreds Of
friends.
Everything being in readiness the
casket was lifted and slowly and rever-
emily the cortege moved out through
the sheds, through the Union station to
the carriages in waiting The casket
was borne. by John B. Elan, the presi-
dents law partner, Judge Woods, Hon.
E. B. Martindale, Gen. Lew Wallace.
DR.. Allen and T. P. Haughey.
In front of the pallbearers were Judge
Niblack and W. P. Fishback, and in the
rear Joseph G. McClain and John r.
Elder, and following them the sorrow
ing relatives and the presidents official
family.
r When the funeral procession arrived
at the church a crowd of 5000 people
thronged the sidewalks and pushed into
the streets, not boisterously, but with
show of the most intense interest.
The police had no difficulty in pushing
the crowds back, and the casket was
lifted and borne into the chnrch with
out incident of moment
The services were characterized by
the greatest simplicity. AS the coffin
was carried up the aisle and deposited
in front of the chancel the organ pealed
forth a soft melody. The choir then
sang ''Lead Kindly Light" with beauti-
full effect, and DIR. Haines offered a
short invocation and read selection
from the Scriptures He then preached
the funeral discourse upon the text:
Therefore comfort one another with
these words"
At the conclusion of the services the
funeral procession, which was more
than mile in length, followed the re-
mains to Crown Hill cemetery, where,
with simple prayer and short address,
the body was lowered into the grave.
Soon after the train arrived and in
accordance with the request of the
president the casket was opened
for a few minutes in order
that he, as well as his most i'm
mediate kindred, could look for the
last time on the features of her now
stilled in death, whom all loved 80 well.
Her face had calm, peaceful express
sion and she seemed as though merely
asleep. II was sad moment for the
president, and he was nearly overcome.
Some of the others were so prostrated
with grief that it was some minutes be-
fore they were able to undergo the try
ing ordeal Of facing the public as they
were compelled to do in going to their
carriages. r....
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A Much.Married Woman.

Mrs. Fowler, of this city, was married
last January to her sixth husband, and
strange as it may seem, five of them died
exactly two years from their marriage
day. Her present husband has been sick
for the last four months with chronic
jaundice, and was given up by four of
our best physicians as last resort he
began using Sulphur Bitters, and yes
terday told our reporter that they had
saved his life, smilingly saying that he
guessed Mrs. Fowler would be unable
to take seventh better half for some
time to come.-ECchdnge
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A rather unique institution is to be

A rather unique institution is to be
founded in New York. 1t is to be de-
voted to instruction in fire extinguish-
ing and will be called the New York
School of Fire Extinguishment. Ex-
Chief SHAY, of the New York fire de.
partment, will be in charge. The en-
terprise, however, will be private one,
Many practical firemen will deliver
lectures. The school will have a com.
plete outfit in the way OF fire apparatus
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EpThe champion eater has been found
in the person of a negro named Liver
more, at Goshen Pass, Va. Recently at
a single meal he ate two large loaves of
bread, fifteen biscuits, regulation size,
two pounds of bacon, fried chicken
whole, with bread dressing and gravy
thereto, two enormous glasses Of butter
milk, four good sized potatoes and a
dish of cabbage, with pan of corn
bread in addition.
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Why Suffer 2
you can be Cured

Thousands are suffering with
Torpid Liver-the symptoms are
Depression of Spirits, Indiges-
ton, Constipation, Headache.
DR.. Sanford's Liver Invigorator
is a reliable remedy for Liver
Disorders. It cures thousands
every year; why not try
DR.. Sanford's Liver Invigoratore
= Your Druggist will supply you.