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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
the woolno OF "oLD TlPPEcAnog."
The Kentucky Girl Whom He Loved but
Who Preferred Another.

Mr.. F. B. Bosworth, brother to Mrs.
Mary L. Todd, tells the following in
teresting story:
Gen. William Henry Harrison, the
grandfather of our chief executive, Wis
tied Frankfort, KY, when 20 years of
age. and there surrendered his heart
to the bright eyes of Miss Monarchy
Fenwick, one of the bewitching maid
ems of the infant city. He did not
prosper in his wooing, but the impress
sion was, to tender degree, lasting.
Upon taking his leave he put ring
upon her finger with these uncon-
sciouslv prophetic words: Monarchy,
when l am president of the United
States send this ring to me with any
request you may have to make, and
will grant whatever you ask if it is in
my power" Smiling at the jest she
took the valuable circlet and placed it
among her treasures. When she next
saw her old admirer she was the wife
of Judge Samuel Todd, wealthy and
prominent citizen, and had become q
famous housekeeper of wide hospital
| itv. He had been elected president of
the United States. and was en- route,
via Frankfort, to his inaugural cere-
monies. Accepting her invitation to
dine, the distinguished guest was seen
at his best. The presidential suite
comprised twelve persons, some in
carriages, others on horseback, and
the village was stirred throughout at
the invasion.
Among other good things on the
table was molasses-cured ham which
had been buried for nine years in wood
ashes. President Harrison partook
| freely of this ham, and pronounced it
the sweetest he had ever tasted. Call
ing her two boys to his side, he put an
arm around each and said: Monarchy,
here are your boys, but where are your
girlsP" She had no girls. Her hus-
bands daughter by previous mar
riage was in after years known as
"Sister Gabrielle" of st. GATHERINGS
Academy at Lexington. The ring,
which is cluster of seven garnet
stones set in gold, is now in the pos
session of Mrs. Mary L. Todd, daugh-
ter-in-law of the Monarchy who was
the sweetheart of the first President
| Harrison.
The house where the dinner was
given is on Belle Point, the spot being
/ known as Lake Park, and is in sight
of the place where Gen. Frank P. Blair
and Montgomery Blair were born. On
an old tree may still be seen the ini-
tials of William Henry Harrison, cut
by himself Cincinnati Commercial
G01effe
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
Why He Flagged the Train.

One of Michigan's railroad compap-
les decided to establish freight and
ticket office at R., small flag station
in the southern part of the state, and
the grocery-keeper of this hamlet was
commissioned as agent. The first
morning he awoke about 5 o'clock,
and, hearing the "limited" whistle in
the distance, hurriedly slid into his
trousers, and, without stopping to fin
ish dressing, dashed down the stairs.
flag in hand, ran out upon the plat
form and began wildly waving the
flag across the track. The train
stopped; the conductor alighted. and,
seeing no one but the agent in sight,
turned to him with the inquiry:
"Where's your passengers?"
Haven't any," replied the agent, as
he made another grab to keep his
trousers from falling down.
"Then why in thunder did you stop
us?"
"W-well, I-I-thought perhaps
there might be some one who would
want to get off here. ."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
It's Hard to Suit Some Women.

"Your wife is going back to her
mother. What is the trouble?"
"Well, few days ago l told her 1
had seen Mrs. McFlimsey on the street
and she asked me what she had on and
I couldn't tell her. She called me a
fool and said l never took notice of
anything. | met Mrs. McFlimsey
again next day and begged that she
would give me description of her
costume, as my wife wanted to know
what she had on. She very kindly
did so. and wrote it down and took
it home and read it to my wife. She
asked me where / got it, and told
her asked Mrs. McFlimsey for it for
her satisfaction. She at once flew in
to passion and started to pack up her
things, saying she would never live
with such fool of man as 1 am. /
tell you it's mighty hard to suit wo-
man. She called me fool because l
could not describe Mrs. McFlimsey's
dress, and after l went to the trouble
of getting description at first hand
was more of fool than ever. It's
pretty hard, tell you" IN Y. Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
opium in Lettuce.

A sort of opium is obtained from
the common lettuce. The scientists
give it long name, and declare they
find important differences between
the opium of the lettuce and the opium
of the poppy; but for all practical pur-
poses, the one is identical with the
other. Everyone who has eaten lettuce
knows how sleepy it causes him to be-
come an hour or so after dinner, and
the older the lettuce the greater the
sleepiness, for in mature lettuce the
milk juice is well developed and all the
properties of the opium are present.
There probably has never been case
where anyone died from opium poison
ing by eating lettuce, but this proves
nothing, for poppy leaves may be
eaten with as much impunity as let
tuce.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
How People Live on Mexican Border.


There is nothing strange in the
news from Texas this morning, telling
of the dire straits to which the people
of the border have been reduced until
they are subsisting on cactus and mes
quite BEANS" said Howell Price of San
Antonio. Il am well acquainted with
the country on both sides of the Rio
Grande. To even the mass of Texans
it is terra incognita. Four years is
not an especially long time for a
drought to last. l have known lapses
of six years between good, soaking
rains. Yet the country supports a
rather large population somehow. But
for the cactus and the mesquite bean
the people might starve, as very little
of anything else grows. The mesquite
bean is one of the most nutritious
vegetables in the world. It is eaten
alike by man and beast. Horses and
cattle fatten upon it, and the native
wild hog, the juvelina, eats nothing
else. AS human food it is first dried
and parched, as coffee is treated; then
it is ground into a powder and made
into queer sort of pancake and baked
over fire. / will venture the asser-
ton that there are hundreds of healthy,
vigorous people in both Texas and
Mexico, along the Rio Grande, who
have never tasted any other kind of
bread. The mesquite bean. when
ground like coffee, has very much the
appearance and odor of that article,
and it makes tea which is reEshed
by the natives and which is said by
those who drink it to be very invigor-
ating. When these facts are consid-
cred place very little reliance in the
sensational reports from the border
relating to the sufferings of the drought
stricken people. As long as the mesquite
tree continues to thrive the people will
never starve, though, of course, they
would get along better with some
thing else besides mesquite beans to
eat. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
BRAVE BANDITS.
Two Instances of Genuine Courage Among
Western Robbers.

The pluckiest robber l ever heard of
was the one who made Dan Moffatt
give up $21, 900 about three years ago.
The story became familiar enough
but the sequel has been generallt
squelched.
A young fellow walked into Moffat's
private office at the First National
bank, coverd Moffatt with a pistol, dis
played bottle of harmless oil that he
said was nitroglycerine, made Moffatt
fill out check and then get it cashed
and hand him the money. He speci-
fed just what he wanted, demanding
81, 900 in gold, $40, 900 bill and small
er bills.
When Moffatt went to the paying
teller for the cash the visitor was Just
behind him with the revolver close to
his ribs, but hidden by an overcoat.
Having secured the money the robber
backed out of the door aud disappear
ed SAYS the San Francisco Ecanainer.
Did they ever catch him? Well,
now, that is hard to state. There is
some mystery about it. Some people
did not think that Mofftt wanted him
caught. But big row was made
about it and rewards offered. In per-
haps year, after numerous arrests
and releases; it was annouced that
prisoner in Jail in Clay county, Mo-,
charged with horse-stealing, had con-
fessed to being Moffatt's robber. The
bank teller went there and identified
him. Then Moffatt went and identi-
fed him.
The Denver chief of police told me,
however, that the prisoner was pre-
tender, and that he did not believe he
had ever been in the state of Colorado.
Then the chap went crazy. You can't
try lunatic for robbery and the pu bile
does not keep track of the crazy pris-
oners of Clay county, Mo. So the mat
| ter rests.
You remember don't you, the way
that Senator Tabor's gold bricks from
the Vulture mine, Arizona, were
stolen?
He got the property along in the '80's.
The output in the form of brick left
the mine every two weeks. One of
these bricks was worth $4,000. The
foreman thought he could carry the
treasure himself, but lone highway
| man fooled him-got away with the
game, too. He was afterward caught
| in the City of Mexico and the brick re-
covered.
The foreman took some assistants
with him next time and on this trip
ran into an ambush. One assistant
was killed and the other wounded
One of the robbers was picked up in
lonely canyon, dead, bullet through
his head, revolver in his hand and a
brick on his breast. Must have been
grimly sarcastic sort of cuss.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
A National Song.

One OF the commOnest OF proverbia
expressions assumes that song is the
cheapest of all things; yet the richest
country on earth is without national
song. Thirty years ago it offered six
hundred dollars for one; but the song
was not forthcoming, though the con-
dition of affairs in our country seemed
calculated to call forth all the lyric
energy that any poet possessed.
We have the "Star-Spangled Ban
ner," and sometimes we sing it and
make ourselves think we are enthu-
siastic; but the least critical of US feels
that it is too clumsy to be good song
or good poem; and suspect it has a
fault even more radical than its un-
couth rhythm. 1t is not good art to
make a picture of a picture or to
symbolic symbol. To illustrate this,
hold up side by side photograph
from an oil-painting, and one from life.
Though the American flag is to our
eyes the most beautiful of all one can
fine in forest of shipping in any great
finest country and the most progress
i've people on earth, and though your
heart sometimes comes to your
CHIOdC WueH you Inluk WudG mas D6on
achieved under it, still, it is only a
symbol. No star-spangled rhymes, or
allegorical representation of Freedom
tearing the sky into strips of bunting,
will ever make an effective and en-
during national song. When the song
arrives, we shall find that it somehow
deals directly with the national power
and destiny, not with any conventional
symbol or picture of it.
yankee Doodle" has it's uses as a
tune; but no words that are not dog
gerel ever have been set to it, and it
is doubtful if any can be. Samuel
Francis Smith wrote a respectable
hymn beginning "My Country, t is of
Thee" But its candidacy for the
national song is killed at the outset by
the fact it is set to the tune of another
nations hymn. Then, too, how should
we ask some millions of our citizens to
sing Land where My Fathers Died" :"
when they left their fathers bones in
various parts of Europe?-or how ex-
pect much accent on Land of the
Pilgrims Pride" from the throats of
those who take no pride in the pill
grims?-Rossiter johnson, in st. Nich-
0Joc
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
HOW IT FEELS TO DROWN.
A Woman Who Tried Describes the
Varied Sensations.

"To prevent any person from inter-
fering with my design l jumped into
the river late in the afternoon last Fri
day." said St. Louis woman. mo
one appeared to be about at the time.
When l struck the water | Immediate
ly sank, going down and down, and
yet being carried forward until ]
thought l would never again rise.
"A sound roared through my head
it seemed to me it would burst.
opened my mouth and attempted to
breathe, being unable to endure the
pressure longer, but the water rushed
in and closed my mouth. l was again
compelled to open it. More water en-
tered. The feeling was horrible.
"Just when thought all was over
reached the surface of the water about
fifty feet from the shore and 100 feet
from where l had jumped in. Near
by was steamboat on which stood a
man with a long pole with an iron
hook on the end. 1t took only Sec
ond to see those things, and, in fact,
had just time to get one breath when
again sank, with my mouth open.
"My past life flashed before me, and
/ was again a child. The picture Of
my father and mother stood out in
bold relief. l reached out my hand to
them. The roaring of the waters
sounded like the sweetest of music
Suddenly l saw light and thought
was in paradise. A large green tielc
covered with roses and other flowers
whose fragrance l could smell, came il
view.
"I felt as if was being borne up by
some winged messenger whom l coulC
not see, but whose presence coulC
feel.
Il remembered nothing more until
felt rough jerk. My rescuer hat
succeeded in fastening the boat hool
in my clothing. AS my body was be
ing pulled from out of the water tn,
picture changed; instead of paradise
the place in which the devil dwells
with all its fires and swarming witt
hideous red-dressed creatures ant
other things presented themselves il
my mind, only to again disappear anC
leave me in darkness.
"When l came to l was surprised t.
| learn l had been unconscious. Ever,
muscle in my body panied me, but m
brain was perfectly clear. Drowning
after the first stages are past is pleas
-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
He Consoled the Widow.

An aged colored woman named Am
anda Sykes, who owned a house and
some cash, lost her husband, and the
Rev. Whangdoodle Baxter went to the
widow in order to console her. He
said:
"Hit's mighty tuff dat you loses yer
husband, Mandy, but you must try
and bar up under hit. You has sus-
tanned heaby loss, but you must
brace up wild de consultations OBJ lid
geon. You know dar am one who
sticks closer dan brudder. He am a
berry present help in time oh trubble.
He will nebcr leave yer nor forsake
yer"
"Dat's fac, parson, replied Aman-
da, drying her eyes. HE called ter
see me las night, and staid eber so
long, an he am gwine ter take me out
ridin' in a buggy ter morrer."
whats yer talkin' bout, you fool
niggahP"
Bledso, de culled pasture OBJ de new
Temple OBJ Sion; be's been payin' me
tensions eber sence de obsequious. -
Ie1ds Sitti7eqS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
Waiting for the Worst.

Saturday afternoon horseman who
had been unlucky in the pools came
out of the Driving Park and sat down
near one of the car-tracks to wait for a
car. He pulled his hat down over his
face and stretched out his legs. One
of them lay across the track.
A few minutes later friend came
along and touched him on the shoulder.
"Hare. JIM" he said, "get up out of
that. If you don't a car will come
alcng here and cut your leg off,"
Let it come and cut it off," replied
jim, surlily 81 can't win nothin' with
it on. .n--BufulO ErpreSs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
Teachers Examinations.

l. EXAMINATIONS will be held. commencing
- at 8 O'Clock a. M and closing at 4 D. m
on the FIRST SATURDAY of each month; also
the THIRD SATURDAY in October. November
February and April.
The examination on the THIRD SATURDAY il
February will be held atGarrettsville; at that OF
he THIRD SATURDAY in April, at Kent AL
others will be held at the High School Build
ng, Ravenpa.
No certificate will be ante-dated.
Any applicant, known to cheat, will be re-
cGed for six months.
By order of the Board,
o. HAYMAKER, Cierk,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
What She Said.

"Fickle, false one," he hoarsely
cried, @you are not woman, you are
a statue-a marble statue with heart
of flint. Unfeeling, cruel, insensate,
you go on your ruthless way, over a
path strewn with the crushed hearts
of confiding men; as remorseless in
your career of conquest as any chief
tain of old who led his cohorts to bat
tie across the smoking ruins of desc
lated homes"
The maiden looked at him thought
fully for moment. Then, in voice
as musical as the murmur of the be-
reaved dove, she murmured, whats
It to You?n
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12

One of the newspapers in Paris is re.
ported to be experimenting with type
OF glass, with gratifying results. We
may yet be aple to see through those
French newspaper jokes.-[ [Yonkers
Statesman.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
Legal Notice.
Nellie NJ. Ellsworth. Adm'x of the estate o.
John B. Ellsworth, deceased,

Nellie N. Ellsworth. Adm'X of the estate o.
John B. Ellsworth, deceased,
John May ct ais.
John May. whose place of residence is un
known, and his heirs, whose names and resi-
denceS are unknown. are herebv notified that
Nellie NJ. Ellsworth. as admin istratriX of the
estate of John Ellsworth. late of hudson
Summit County. Ohio. deceased has filed heI
petition in the Court of Common Pleas for Por-
tage County. Ohio the PRAYER of which is thai
Il mortgage given by one John Ellsworth, April
Goth. 1910 on lands in Lots II and 70 in Streets
boro. Portage ounty Ohio. to said John May
to secure the payment of three pI omissory notes
of said date for $500 each may be cancelled
(alleginR that SAID notes were fully paid when
they became due) and for other order and de-
cree as shall be equitable and proper.
Said petition will be for hearing five weeks
after the 14th day of September 1892
J H NICHOLS, Plaintiffs Attorney.
Ravenna. Sept 10, 1SY2. 1251-5t.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12

When your neighbor comes home in
hack at in the morning, and you
suggest to your wife that perhaps he
has been out of town, she merely re-
marks that it is but natural for you
men to stand up for one another.-In-
dsG7aGpoLis Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12

'Daily. Except Sunday. fFIag stop. Meals.
Dark Faced Type denotes time from IL 60 noon to u m
mdmghs Light Faced from 70 90 midnight to IL 90 noon
JOSEPH WOOD, E.A. FORD.
esnsraI Manager. eensral Passenger Lgsnt,
For time cards, rates of fare, through tickets.
baggage checks, and further information re.
gardtng the running of trains apply to an,
Agent Of the Pennsylvania Lines
W. D.eARMsTR0NG. AGENT.
-seuna, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12

Enough.-When a Boston noAelist
wants to make his hero swear, he
writes, " a blank expression came in
to his face" and let's it go at that -
Truth.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12

collar button was recently found
concealed in COW.
The first oil well was discovered in
Wayne County, KY, in 1929, 80 years
before the discovery of oil in Pennsylv-
ania.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
The Kaiser's Wife.

The empress of Germany has re-
Quested the minister of public instruc-
ton to prevent the admission to the
art museums of Berlin of young girls,
unless under the guidance of teachers
or parents.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
NOTICE.

My wife. Naomi Eckert having lett my bed
and board without just cause, ali persons are
hereby forbidden hsrboring or trusting her on
my account. as will pay debts cont acted
by her. -. ABRAM ECKERT.
Rayenna, Sept. So 1892, 1854 g.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12

A German scientist claims that all
diamonds come from meteors.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12

Fully 300 people were killed. "a the
Puniaub last year by ersk :sss4s.
A baptism was recently postponed
at Clyde, Kan, because she candidate
did not wish to get wet by going out
in the rain.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12

= !
MsM ~ n 1 am now Prepared Il
K& EE supply customers witt
81 8 "a Masslllon Lump and n u
M Coal Also, Paimyra, ,anC
% the best Cheap Coal il
E& the market,
HE Yard (formerlY Scran
HH ton's), near Erie depot.
orders left at klsdon
@ 49, d D 6sa Taylor's Grocery will RI
ceeive prompt attention
1851 i. -ANDRIE..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-10-12
SouthWard,
BErwEEN BaYARO AND NEW pHlLaDrlpHI.

Nos. 336 and S3S connect at Wellsville for
Steubenville and Bellaire. Nos. 33S and S4g
connect in Union Station, Pittsburgh, for the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-21
THE CARS AND TRACK.

The cars are built of very light mater
ial and the motion is steady, being even
smoother than that of boat passing
through still water. The skates cannot
leave the rail, and stoppages can be
made with remarkable promptness and
without shock to passengers. This is due
TO the fact that the load Is very inconsid-
erable per square inch of slide surface. OF
course, high rates of speed cannot be de-
vsloped Immediately at the starting point
on either this system or the regular steam
railways; yet it is claimed that the
hydraulic system has a great advantage
over the present system even in that re-
spect. AS an illustration il is said that
the inventor has entered into a contract
with the Metropolitan railway, OF Lon
don, for two mile section OF his road be-
tween Nessden and Wimbley, directly
parallel with its own steam line.
II is part of the agreement that when
the final test is made a locomotive on the
rolling train, capable OF the highest pos
sible speed, with the highest pressure OF
steam, the greatest heat in its fire box and
its coal bin filed, shall stand by the side
Of the gliding train of NJ. Barre. When
the signal for starting is given the rolling
train shall be allowed to proceed 300 yards
before the gliding train shall leave the
starting point, and before the rolling train
shall have reached three quarters OF tho
distance the gliding train shall have ar
rived at the station two miles distant.
The mechanical arrangement OF the
motive power is quite complex. In brief,
il may be explained that a main Is laid
either alongside or under the rails, con-
tanning water under pressure, the pres
sure being supplied by stationary engines
placed at intervals along the line. This
main, which is provided to convey the
water for propelling purposes, has GER
tain number of accumulators. At the
end OF each OF these vessels are attached
vertical discharging pipes, called pro-
pellers. These propellers are carried
above the level Of the rail SO that they
will discharge the water horizontally in
the direction OF the train as IL proceeds.
Underneath each carriage is fixed . rec-
tilineal turbine or bucket rack which re-
ceives the direct impact OF water dis
charged by the propellers, and impsrts
motion TO the train. This turbine has
two rows OF buckets, one above the other,
the angles OF their webs being set in OPP
posite directions in order TO give for
ward motion 20 the train.
The plan is especially interesting to the
people OF New York because OF its adapti-
bility to either the elevated system or the
proposed underground rapid transit lines,
and N. Barre sass that 1t Is eQuslly adapt