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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-19

serene, and safe to give him the love
and fair looks, and he would never
ask word about the true obedience.
At least that is what think"
EYES," said the brunette, you have
way of thinking out things which
somehow never comes to me, though l
must confess I have thought some
thing about the girls who bathe. AS
soon as woman gets to weigh about
$50, with the greater part of her flesh
distributed about her waist, she thinks
she is in fit condition to exhibit her
figure in a close-6tting bathing-suit
for the delectation of the numerous
lookers-on. Now, she has just reached
the time when she ought to stay out.
The girl who looks her best is the one
| who is rather slender, but well-shaped,
and who, when she gets into the bill
| lows, can ride around like mermaid
of old, until every man on the land
wishes he was like the happy sailor of
the days of yore who was married to
| a mermaid in the bottom of the deep,
| blue sea- Ladies who are inclined to
a redundancy of flesh. for that is what
they like it to be called, come out very
badly in the water. They want to do
| their swimming in their own special
! tubs, and leave the glad sea waves to
| the fashionable slender girl. BY the
by. though, why is the slender girl
| fashionable?"
"Well," said the blonde, "the men
prefer her. The worst thing they can
compare her to is lead pencil, and
nobody dare lisp hippopotamus or ele-
phant, or suggest throwing dice on
her corsage when she is spoken Of
Then she has quiet way of walking
around, and man doesn't like wo-
man to bring down her foot so that
she shakes the whole house. You re-
member one of the charms Of Nellie
BIy in the old plantation song wa;
that after she lifted her foot and put i
down there was music in the specia
part of town she elected to walk in
Then. too, it is bit difficult for {
stout woman to cuddle, and if there il
ANYTHING above all other things, ever
if he is 999 years old and weighs ton
that a man likes, it's to be treated a!
if he were a small boy and patted ano
approved of There is no doubt abou
it that, though fashions may come anC
90, the slender girl will always remain
IN vogue. Though, by the by, she
mustn't be too tall, for man hasn't
half lived his life unless he can call the
woman he is fond of little Queer
isn't it?"
The woman who had been listening
} to this looked at them as they saun
tered off, and saw that each was jus
: the right height and just the righ
} slenderness, and she couldn't resis
/ thinking to herself, "When womel
thoroug ghly understand themselves AM
| their strength, what powers they will
, be in war, in love, or the combination
: of love and war"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-19
SAM GLENN'S BAD LUCK.
He Thought He Had a ssCinch,s bus
Found Out His Mistake Later.

"There goes man who once sold q
common brass key for $4,000 and
lived to repent his bargain"
The speaker was John Barron, .
theatrical manager of long and varied
experiences, but who is as nimble and
as full of business as the keenest lat
ter-day Snowman. He addressed
gathering of players and agents on
Upper Broadway a day or two ago,
and, except himself. not one of them
knew the person he referred to, al
though he had just passed the group.
He was tall and very lean, with a
strong face and white hair. Those
who heard Barron's words. among
them New York AdUertiser man, gave
shifts of doubts as they stared at the
old codger.
"It's true, nevertheless, boys, and he
is but another illustration of the ups
and downs of theatrical management.
The old gentleman is Sam Glenn, a
capital actor in old stock days, and
still good one, if he could but con-
vince managers that he is not too old.
He achieved some fame in the fifties
in burlesque of Richard Ill, in which
he played the duke with q German
dialect and fought terrific sword
combat with an imaginary antagonist.
"But this is how he came to sell the
key: With a little money he drifted
into Norfolk in the early days of the
war, and finding the theater closed.
leased it; but actors were little skit-
tish about going to the front, as they
called it in those days, so Sam had the
theater on his hands. He sat down to
wait for something to turn up in his
! favor. Just as he was about to leave
town in disgust, along came old Bill
Spaulding and his partner, whose
name don't recall, and they began
to dicker for the house. He told them
that they could buy the key for $685.
| OOO.
"'We'I give $1,000 said Spauld-
ing. It's a CO. replied Sam. They
forked over the money, took the
key, and within week had company
coming from Washington. Sam fairly
flew north for fear they would repent
and try to get their money back when
they learned the general stagnation
prevailing in Norfolk. He had no
cause to fear, for the town filed up
with soldiers and the theater became
gold mine. 1t made Spaulding rich,
and the next lessee also made for
tune before the bottom dropped out.
Sam lost his money, and when he
heard how the men that bought the
key were getting So and s. seat and
jamming the house every night. he saw
that he had got the hot end of the
poker in the trade. After that he had
no luck. He tried managing, but
everything he touched went wrong.
He played now and then; but of late
years he has been crowded out Of the
swim, and is now, in his old age, glad
to tend the back door Of = thsater In
BroeklYp."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-19
The Clover.

Some sing of the lily and daisy and rose,
And the pansies and plnks that the summer
time throws
In the green, grassy lap of the medder that
lays
days;
But what is the lily and all of the rest
OF the flowers to a man with heart IN his
breast
That has dipped brimmin' full of the honey
and dew
OF the sweet clover blossoms his boyhood
knew?
I never set hevey on a clover field now,
Or fool around stable, or climb in the NOW,
But my childhood comes back just as Clear
and as plain
As the smell of the clover I'm sniffin again;
And wander away in barefoOted dream,
Where l tangled my toes IN the blossoms that
With the dew of the dawn of the morning OF
Ere it wept DER the groves that am weeping
above.
And so love clover-it seems like a part
OF the Sacredest sorrows and joys of my heart;
And wherever 1t blOssoms,O, there let me DOW
Ana thank the good Lord as I'm thank1n' him
now;
And pray to him still for the strength when
die
To go out in the clover and tell it goodby,
And lovingly nestle my face in its bloom
While my soul slips away on breath OF per
James Whitcomb Riley.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-19
BITTEN BY AN ADDER.
According to this Description it is not .
Pleasant Experience.

AS cases of poisoning from the bite
of venomous reptiles are happily rare
in this country it may prove interest
ing to some of your readers if relate
my experience on this matter writes
A. Rudee, in London Nature.
About month ago l caught two
snakes at Bickleigh, near Plymouth,
and while examining one it "hit" or
rather struck me on the lower part of
the right thumb. Immediately
sucked the puncture Git could not be
called wound, which bled little,
and tried to make light of the matter.
A livid patch soon formed around the
point, and the hand and arm COM
menced to swell. In quarter of an
hour l was unable to hold anything
and almost in a fainting condition.
The first symptom (apart from the
swelling) was peculiar taste and a
sensation of swelling in the teeth; then
tongue commenced to swell, and be-
came so large that l could hardly
move it, and my eyes seemed ready to
start from their sockets.
In half an hour a terrible vomiting
commenced, preceded by excruciating
pains in the stomach and heart, and
continued with the pains altogether
nine hours, every drop of liquid being
elected almost as soon as swallowed.
There was also violent purging and
complete suppression of urine.
There was practically no pain in the
arm. Altogether the painful symp-
toms lasted for abe ut nine hours.
did not loose consciousness at any
time. The arm continued to swell
for two days. and then it was nearly
as large as my leg. After this the
swelling subsidized, but the arm did
not return to its normal size until
twelve days after the accident. After
the swelling had gone 1 suffered very
much from rheumatical pains, and,
in fact. do so now. and the digestion
was also very much impaired. The
viper is a male, a little more than two
feet long and one inch in diameter at
the largest part. Color, a dull, yell
lowish brown on the upper side with
! a zigzag black line running the whole
length. On the under side it is nearly
black, except at the head, where it is
pale yellow. I have kept the reptile
now for nearly five weeks, and, al
though well supplied with small frogs.
ETC., it has not eaten anything and
seems as lively as ever.
Cases of this kind, where the suffer
er is able to record the symptoms, be-
ing rather unusual, is my excuse in
occupying the space of NGtatre.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-19
Would Abolish His Harem.

1t is said that if the Sultan of Turkey
were allowed to consult his own tastes
he would only have one wife instead
of the 800 he now maintains in his
harem. He does not dare to abolish
the institution, for he knows that the
day he saw the last of the royal harem
would also see the last of his reign.
Each occupant of the harem receives
the title of princess, hence it is the
ambition of every Turkish officer to
get his daughter into it. She is given
large dover, staff of ten servants
and carriage and four. The main
tenance of the harem costs the country
about SIS, 100000 a year. 1t is per
feet nest of intrigue and scandal, OF
envy, hatred, malice and all unchar-
itableness.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-19
Ancient Proof.Reading.

The editions of books printed 200 or
800 years ago are almost entirely free
from typographical errors, which may
be attributed to the fact that early
publishers were generally eminent
scholars, and themselves gave much
attention to the revision of their proofs
After reading the proofs they frequent
ly turned them over to other scholars
with the request to revise and cor
rect, and as the printers time was
then deemed a matter of small conse-
quence perfection was attained which
is seldom equalled by modern print
ara
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-19
Sacrifices Half a Life.

The advocates of nursing as a pro-
fession for women have serious state.
ment to meet in the figures of Prof
Tyndall, who claims that an ordinary
woman of 50 is in every way in bet
ter physical condition than hospita
nurse of 25. The sacrifice made by 6
woman entering the profession is vir
tually half a life, according to his belief
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-19
An Exclamation.

First Tramp-"I say, Bill, what is
communism"
Second Tramp-"I'n explain it to
you. l have got an empty bottle and
you have got dime. l let you have
the bottle. You buy dimes worth
of whisky and put it in the bottle and
l drink it out, and then 1 pound you
on the head with the empty bottle."-
IerGs SiftinqS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-19
WHY WE DO TT.

are giving beautiful Pastel Pictures for
FIRsTWe wish old customers appreca
tion of their patronage.
hope induce large number Of customers
trade with at least long enough to test the quality ct goods
Prices yeliabiy doing 6nstaesS.
believe and Advertising and that
honorable his
his possible Please bear
advance the goods
We will continue to be headquarters for good goods
low prices and by increasing trade to be able to sell
offer better bargains than before
respectfully solicit and will take pleasure in
presenting you with pictures which purchases will ent
you.
Risdon & Taylor.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-11

staying in this city giving little Sunday
breakfasts at Wormley's to distin-
guished inner circle, and generally, as
It is understood, exerting his influence
10 promote the Butterworth- Winan plan
Of Canadian reciprocity. But in speak
ing informally Of the situation arising
ca or the Behring sea controversy he
was remarkably frank.
He said the policy stated to have been
enunciated by Senator Frye in executive
session, and put into shape by the Nor
gan bill to exclude Canadian goods from
free transit across the territory of the
United States, If vigorously enforced,
would bring Canada to terms inside of
three weeks, and would dispose of all
this sealing business in short order.
Great Britain had no interest i'll the
continuation of the destruction of the
seal. On the contrary, all her interests
ran the other way, as she had the prepa-
ration of all the seal skins am the
sudden cessation of that industry would
throw 5000 men out of employment in
London alone.
Canada herself had no ve,y great in
terest i'll the matter except few Nova
Scotlans, at long range, and che British
Columbians of Vancouver, who were
reaping rich harvest out of it. But the
Dominion of Canada, as such, had i'm
measureably less interest i'll the seal
question than it had in proving its priv
ilege of transhipping goods in bond
through the United States territory, es-
pecially during the period when their
own ports We're frozen up.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-11

York, Pa, March 1.-THE York
county Bible society publishes an ap-
peal for financial aid. In their appeal
the remarkable statement is made that
there are hundreds of people in this
county who have never read the Bible.
A careful canvass discovers that there
are many who know no more about the
Bible than the inhabitants of darkest
Africa. Some persons being questioned
said they never heard of such book.
Others, desiring to cover up their ig-
norance, have produced various books
instead of the one asked for, not know
ing the difference. The society has been
engaged for years in scattering, selling
and giving away Bibles.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-11
One KilIed. Two Saved.

New York, March 11.-Fire broke
out on the fourth floor of the five story
tenement house 236 East Twenty ninth
street. A family named Knobloch lived
on the top floor. Katie Knobloch, Is
years of age. was in charge of two chill
dren when the fire broke out. Smoke
rendered escape by the stairway impos.
sible. Katie was panic stricken. She
held one child out OF the window until
weakness compelled her to let it fall.
The child fell five stories to the sidewalk,
and died soon after it was taken to the
Bellevue hospital. Katie let the other
child fall into the arms of the specta-
tors, and she herself was saved by fall
ing into the arms of half dozen vol
unteSrS.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-11
Maryland Republican Convention,

BALTIMORE, March 1.-THE prelimi-
nary work of the Republican campaign
of 1892 in MARYLAND was commenced in
Baltimore yesterday by the state central
committee. 1t was resolved by vote
of 73 to AZ that the state convention
meet at Frederick, Md, May 4, to select
delegates at large to the national con
vention. The congressional district con
ventions will be held az follows: First
district, Salisbury, April 27; Second dis
trict, Waverly. April 81; Third district,
Baltimore, May 3; Fourth district, Bal
timore, May 3; Fifth district. Annapolis,
April %; Sixth district, Hagerstowu,
April 2S.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-11
IN THE BRITISH COMMONS.
a Liberal Leader Propounds Som
Conundrums Dangerous"

Conundrums Dangerous"
LONDON, March 1.-THE Behring sc
question produced heated discussion III
the house Of commons yesterday. Ed.
ward Temperly Gousley, the Liberal
member from Sunderland, asked nun.
Der of questions regarding the proposed
defenses for Esquimault, among them
In case the proposed Notifications should
be erected would the guns mounted
there be the property of Canada or the
crown! II, as has been suggested, Can
ada should decide to cast her lot with
the United States and become incorpor-
ated with that country, would she carrN
with her the guns and other portabl,
equipments of tho Notifications?
All his interrogatories were delivered
amid storm Of ordinations of re
monstrance. This was due to the facf
that the last six questions were put in
such way as to suggest that in times
OF war, or threatened war, the imperia,
government could not rely upon thu
loyalty of the dominion government TO.
support, and that therefore it was fool
tsh to place in uncertain hands a forti-
fled harbor thst might be used as effect
lively against tho empire as for it. The
impression lett by his inquiries, and b.
the emphatic "Hear, hearp with whici,
the last six were greeted from the oppos
sition, was that he intended to say tia.
Canada had drifted too far toward thp
United States TO be trusted to cooperate
with the mother country in case oil
trouble with the American government.
Lord Hamilton replied for the govern
ment. Upon rising to reply to Mr.. Fer
guson's interrogatories he said: 9Th
site of the dock yard at Esquimault be:
longs to the crown, and the Canadian
government ks,s reserved for her ma
lesty's ships exclusively part of The
harbor. The Canadian government will
provide the site for the Notifications and
ane guns, and viii be responsible for the
taanning of them The honorable gen.
fiemans other questions seem to have
been put with the object of causing the
slfercnce to be drawn that in time Of
Honble or danger Canada will not be
sssady to cooperate with the homo gov
ssnment i'll the common defense of both
against the enemy that will threaten us.
The honorable gentleman must excuse
me, therefore, If decline to answer his
Hypothetical questions, which are
prompted by suppositions at once in
judlclous and dangerous"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-11

LONDON, March lin the house of
commons yesterday the Right Hon.
Henry Hartley Fowler moved the pass
age of the bill introduced at the instance
of General Booth, of the Salvation
Army, repeating the clause in the local
act establishing the borough of East
bourne, by virtue of which the munioAA
pal authorities of that place have under
taken to prohibit street professions of
the Salvation Army. Liberals and Con-
servatives voted on the bill without re-
gard to party, and it passed a second
reading by a vote of 2G9 to 122. The
Salvation Army is greatly rejoiced by
the success of the measure.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-11
SEAL [ CONTROVERSY.
It Leads to Pertinent Questions
III Britain's Parliament.
WHY SALISBURY is OBSTINATE.

The Approaching General Election
in Great Britain Probably the True
Reason for His Present Attitude.
A Senator Who Favors "Caliiug"
the British Bluff"
WASHINGTON, March 11.-It is very
quiet about the state department.. The
Behring sea matter is, of course, the
subject of discussion among officials and
attaches, but there is nothing new in
the matter. Sir Julian Pauncefote did
not visit the department, and it was
stated that no communication had been
received from the British government,
direct or indirect, to indicate the tone of
Lord Salisbury's reply to the note of the
6th inst. In official circles, depart
mental and congressional, there is OK
pressed a desire, in sporting parlance
.'to call England's bluff, but the opinion
being generally held agrees with thai
expressed in Mr.. Phelps letter to Sec
retary Bayard: "There need be no feal
but that aresolute stand on this subiec
will at once put an end to the mischief
complained of. 1t is reasonably expected
that Great Britain will neither encour-
age or sustain her colonies in conduct
which she herself comedies to be wrong
and which is detrimental to her own in
terests as well as to ours"
Why Salisbury Is Obstinate.
1t is said the president is content with
the situation as far as it has been de
veloped, and is satisfied that he will be
loyalty supported by congress and the
people in maintaining the rights of tht
United States. To the officials the pres
ent exigeucy that doubtless impel
Lord Salisbury to take the position i'm
piled by his refusal to extend the modu,.
viyendi is the approaching general elec.
tion in Great Britain and Lord Sails
burys natural desire to win, but is be-
lieyed that not even that consideration
will be sufficient TO lead the government
to enter into u cegtest with the United
States over al issue which, as Mi.
Phelps says, they concede to be wrong
and indefensible.
Wants to "Call" the Bluff.
Inquiry at the capitol reveals the fact
that i'll its presentshape and under pres
ent conditions the treaty will hardly be
ratified. Said one senator: 81 am III
favor of calling Euglaud's bluff. She
won ngnt, ana am not IN favor Of
asking her to arbitrate as to a right
claimed by us which she has been and i
persistently violating. There is no ex
cuse for amy one not knowing to what
country the seals in the North Pacific
and Behriug sea belong. The seals Oh
the Russian side, living in warmet
water, have thinner fur than those fire
quenting the rookeries on the American
shore, and are worth ten per cent. less
ANY one who kills seal, even in mid
ocean, knows to what country it be
longs. They can be identified just a
easily as u feet of boats carrying tn.
United States flag, and there would be
just as much sense in q proposition t.
arbitrate our right to proa3ct these boat.
from destruction as there is in ths
proposition to arbitrate our right to Pre-
iect those SEALS
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-11
Rank Failure Causes Two Suicides

SAN DIEGO, Cal, March 11.-George
Golden, aged 50, yesterday shot and
killed himself. This makes the second
suicide as the result of the failure of the
California National bank. j. w. Col.
llns president of the bank, who was ar
rested on the charge of emhezzlement,
put the muzzle of pistol in his mouth,
blowing his brains out. Golden killed
himself in the same manner. Golden
left Il note saying he had been induced to
put all his money in the California Ma
tional bank, and had deposited over ST.
300 the day before the bank failed
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-11

VIENNA, March 1.-THE emperor has
commuted the sentence of Rosalie
Schneider, who was convicted of help
ing her husband murder four servant
girls in the woods in the outskirts of
this city, to imprisonment. Schneider
will be hanged probably on Tuesday.
lie does not sleep and frequently breaks
out into sobs. An effort is being made
10 compel him to confess the fifth and
aixth murder, of which evidence has
been secured since his conviction and, it
is expected that before his death the
truth will be got from him.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-11
Waies' Wedding Anniversary.

LoDNoN, March II. - Twenty-nine
years ago yesterday the Prince of Wales
married Princess esAlexandra, eldest
daughter Of the King of Denmark. At
Windsor Castle, where the queen is at
present sojouning, the bells were rung,
and salute was fired in honor of the
anniversary. No festivities were held
at the castle. The Prince and Princess
of Wales, with their family, are staying
at Compton Place, the Eastbourne resi-
dence of the Duke of Devonshire,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-11

CHARLESTON, W. Va, March 1l.-Mrs.
Marion Moore, who resides at the head
of Campbell's creek, fourteen miles from
this city, left the house for a short time,
leaving her daughter Betty, IL years Of
age, making bread for dinner. Return
ing she found the girl lying dead on the
floor in a pool of blood. Her throat was
cut from ear to ear. 1t is not known
who committed the deed, but it is said
there is a jealous woman in the case
The girls father is local preacher Of
some repute.