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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-03-30

With the people, the houses, the tea
pots, the chickens, and so many things
on SO small scale in Japan. there is
all the greater surprise when one finds
anything there which has attained an
unusual or gigantic size. The coarse
white radish, daibon. from six to ten
feet in length, strikes one as vegeta-
BILE joke in that land of Lilliput. The
giant in one fairy story uses daibons
for club, and the street-peddlers lean
their dalhoas up against the side of a
house as If they we're whips or fish
poles. One might very naturally in
quire the price of dait0n by the yard,
when he goes to markets.. Nicholas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-03-30
indian Names of Georgia Rivers.

More than any other state in the
union the state of Georgia has retained
the Indian names of its rivers and
most of them have musical sound.
as, for example, the Ocmulgee, the
Ohopee. the Ogeechee, the Cannou-
chee, the Oconee, the Chattahoochee,
the Saltilla, the Altamaha, and others.
Florida is another state that has re-
tanned many of the Indian names of its
rivers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-03-30

*Daily. Except Sunday. fFIagstop Meals.
Dark Faced Type denotes tims'fom IL 90 noon y W
midnight Light Faced from 70 90 midnight to t2 90 noon
JOSEPH WOOD, E. A. FORD,
General Manager, General Passenger Agent
I-15-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, 1892-03-30
Horseshoe Superstition.

The horseshoe superstition still sticks
and junk-dealers in New York find it
profitable to keep horseshoes in stock
for sale to dwellers in the tenement
house region, where a horseshoe over
the door is still not uncommon. If all
the money-drawers in small shops
could be rummaged enough horseshoes
could be found to supply half the
equines in town. The superstition is
that the shop will do good business
so long as the presence of the horse
shoe is known only to the shop-keeper.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-03-30
Teachers Examinations.

Tea cheTs' EXamlnatIOnS.
l. EXAMINATIONS will be held. .commenc1ne Q
IL at 8 O'Clock a. m. and closing at y. 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 atGarrettsville; at that on
he THIRD SATURDAY in April, at Kent All
others will be held at the High School Build
ing, Ravenpa
No certificate will be ante dated.
Any applicant knownS to cheat. will be re-
eied for six months.
By order of the Board.
o.. HAYMAKER. CLERK,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-03-30
A Foolish Husband,

A New York man made over all his
property to his wife. She eloped and
he is now in the poor-house.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-03-30

Which illustrate the Working of That
Organ During q Nap.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-03-30

Forty eight different dialects are
found in Mexico.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-03-30
RETWEEN RAYARp AND Nav PHlL lLapELPHlA.

Nos. 336 and 33S connect at WeIlsville for
Steubenville and Bellaire. Nos. 33S and 342
connect in Union Station, Pittsburgh, for the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20
WEEDS AS FERTILIZERS.

A number OF experiments have been
instituted at the West Virginia agricul-
ture experiment station with a view of
determining the actual average value of
composted weeds as fertilizers, upon the
basis of the commercial value Of their
mineral constituents. From an account
of the results of the experiments given
by c. F. Millspaugh in Science it an.
pears that of the fifty weeds gathered
each has certain value, according to its
species, yielding nitrogen, phosphoric
acid, and potash, and, from the figures
given, the conclusion is arrived at that
weeds properly composted should be
worth about 50 so per ton.
"These values are, of course" Mr..
Mlllspaugh says, computed upon water
free basis, while the farmers would gather
with his weeds about fifty per cent. of
their weight in water. We have, how
ever, proved that proper composing.
especially with the addition of lime, rots
and kills all the seeds of the weeds gath
cred; and argue that if the farmer thus
removes the weeds from his lands and
roadsides, thereby decreasing the annual
production and continued presence of
the same; that if he thus relieves his
fields of the trash, giving more room for
good, csean grass; that If he places upon
his cultiva5le ground the humus that it
would otherwise never receive; that it
be is thus taught to utilize all such mat
Ter as has heretofore gone to waste upon
his farm and in his bitches and inroads,
this compost would be raised by these
profitable issues to the full value of the
dry material as given above. Chicago
Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20
EFFECT or PULLING FODDER.

Stripping the leaves from the standing
stalks of corn while in their best green
condition is quite common practice in
some sections of the country. When
properly cured and bound in bundles
they make excellent winter fodder, and
1t is generally considered that the pulling
OF the leaves causes no decrease in the
production Of grain. To test the oues-
ton of loss or gain experiments were
made on sixteen plats of the Georgia
station. From one-half of each the
leaves were stripped and the fodder care
fully cured and dried.
The plats from which the blades were
stripped yielded 259 bushels of shelled
corn per acre. The unstripped plats
gave a yield of 273 bushels per acre,
loss of "a bushels as the result of pull
ing the fodder. But the yield of fodder
was 40 pounds per acre, at a cost for
pulling and curing of eighty-one cents.
In other words there was a loss equal to
100. 4 pounds of corn and a gain of 270
pounds of fodder.
From the above and similar trial
preceding it, the conclusion is reached
that the strongest argument against the
practice is the meagre results in fodder
compared with the amount of labor in
volved- The sare labor employed in
moving grass or any good forage crops,
even without the use of improved har-
Vesting machinery, would yield vastly
greater results. New York World.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20
SAVE THE SEEDS.

''Itis poor crop that does not fur
nish next years seed" 1t is a poor
garden that does not leave enough be-
hind it to refuraish itself another wear.
Therefore, select few strong flowers
for seed, and when the Petals begin TO
wilt tie little bag of fine muslin Or null
over the whitening boom, as fine seeds
are easily scattered or blown away. II
they are of those that will self-seed, it is
not always that one wishes the plants in
the self-same spot.
Large beautiful peoples are Il treasure
and another year will be III gre tier de
mand than this. Therefore, save the
seeds. While shrubs should not be al
lowed to fruit or 90 to seed, our short
lived plants have no such excuse for not
giving us seed to renew their presence
annually. Home. grown seeds insure US
against purchasing last years left-overs
at prices only due new seeds.
The little covers alluded TO are so thin
as not to interfere with the suns ripen-
ing the seeds; and when these are heard
to rattle in the pods within, the stalk
can be cut just below the tied muslin
and the seeds taken out and put to-
gether and marked at ones leisure.
Each color and kind, each species,
should be kept by itself, plainly labelled.
Seeds should be kept where they will be
continually dry until time for them to be
sowed. If placed where they may gather
dampness and mildew ALL previous
care and thought go for nought. -New
York Observer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20
THE MANAGEMENT OF MANURE.

Experience shows that manure as CON.
monty kept in heaps or scattered around
In barnyards loses largely in volume and
value. As soon as it begins to ferment
1t loses some OF its substance in the form
of gas, and too often there Is additional
loss from drainage, which proper care
might have prevented. For this reason
the belief has been constantly growing
that larger proportion of the useful
constituents of animal manure can be
utilized by incorporating it in the soil
as thoroughly as passible while it is
fresh, than by leaving it to uncergo de-
composition through fermentation aud
exposure to atmospheric influences. As
some one has expressed it, manure never
contains more fertilizing elements than
When it is newly made, and to this it
might be added that nowhere can these
elements be better preserved than when
mixed with the soil they are to fertilize.
of all the manures, that from the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20
Tho Art OF Not Hearing.

A kind of discreet deafness saves
one from many insults and much
blame; therefore the art of not hear
ing should be learned by all. 1t is
quite as important to domestic hap
piness as a cultivated ear, for which
SO much money and time is expend-
ed. There are 50 many things which
it is painful to hear, many which we
ought not to hear, very many which,
if heard, would disturb the temper,
corrupt simplicity and modesty, de-
tract from contentment and happi-
ness, that every one should be edu-
Gated to take in or shut out sounds
according to his pleasure. Ii hot
and restless friend begins to infame
our feelings, we should consider what
mischief these fiery sparks may do in
our magazine below, where our tenn
per is kept, and instantly close the
door 1t has been remarked that if
all the petty things said of one by
needless or ill-natured idlers were to
be brought home to him, he would
become mere walking pincushiop
stuck full of sharp remarks.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20
HE IS STILL BOSS.
There Have Been Many Giants, but
Chang Is the Taliest Now Living.

There Have Been Many Giants, but
Chang Is the Taliest Now Living.
Turner the naturalist, declared
that he once saw, upon the coast OF
Brazil, race of gigantic savageS, one
Of whom was u feet in height. NJ.
Thevet, Of France, in his description
of America, published at Paris in
1915, asserted that he saw and
measured the skeleton of a South
American which was IL feet 2 inches
In length. The Chinese are said 10
claim that in the last century there
were men in their country who meas
ured IS feet in height Josephine
mentioned the case Of a jew who was
10 feet inches in height. Pliny
tells of an Arabian giant. Gabara, 8
feet 9 inches, the tallest man in the
days of Claudius.
John Middletown, born at Hale, in
Lancashire, in the time of James l.,
was feet inches in height; his
hand was II inches long and 81
inches broad, says DR.. Platt, in his
History Of Staffordshire. The Irish
giant, Murphy, contemporary with
O'Brien, was S feet 10 inches. A
skeleton in the Museum of Trinity
College, Dublin, is feet inches in
height, and that of Charles Byrne, in
the museum of the College of Sur
geons, London, is 5 feet 4 inches
The tallest living man is. Chang-tu-
Sing, the Chinese giant. His height
is feet inches. lid Bits.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20

horsestable is unquestionablY subject to
the greatest loss from fermentation in
uncaredfor heaps. whether in the barn
yard or fields. Especially must this be
true of manure hauled out in summer
from town stables, unless its fertilizing
properties are soon locked up in the soil.
This is 50 well understood by most
farmers that heap of fire. fanged horse
manure is considered by them to have
lost a large proportion of its value.
From fertility absorbed by the soil
vegetation may be expected to receive
some benefit, while whateveris dissolved
in the air will be lost.
As against summer-made stable
manure it may be said that, owing to the
fields being at that time generally under
cultivation, it is often more difficult %
place il where it is most wanted, or to
preserve it from loss than is the case in
winter and spring.
Manure that has been rottei until it
has become a black mass can be more
evenly distributed and more easily
worked into the soil, and is worth more,
weight for weight, than when fresh.
1t is, however, to be considered that it
is then the residuum of what was
originally much larger quantity of
newly made manure. New York World.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20

mat witty Frenchman, Merry, was
careless in his use Of money, and was
also inclined to be lazy With char
acteristic originality ne once at.
tempted to utilize one falling as a
restraint upon the other His heroic
scheme was not entirely successful,
but he accepted his experience phil.
osophically, and enjoyed telling the
story. 1T happened that he had 1, 600
francs in 40-franc pieces.
Now, said he, "if l am economi-
cal can pass a comfortable winter
But ! am not economical; however, 1
have an idea. l think | can be care
full about using this money!
He unlocked a large closet in his
.oom and had the things taken out.
Then he went to a dealer in flrewood,
and ordered two loads of the largest
heaviest blocks.
He had the blocks piled in the
closet. Then he took his 40-franc
pieces and dropped them in the cracks
Of the woodpile. They are safe now"
he said, with a smile of satisfaction
As he locked the door
Whenever he wanted a piece of
money he had to pull out six or more
Of the great blocks of wood, and all
went well for a time. One day he
was absorbed in writing, when a beg
gar, who for some reason had been
allowed To come to his door. entered
and enlisted Nery's sympathies.
With his usual generosity Merry
turned to the drawer where he kc1t
his money It was empty. Then he
unlocked the closet.
TO be true to his resolution To force
himself to spend that money care
fully he should have attacked the
woodpile himself: but his dislike for
hard work betrayed him into a mis-
take
There are some gold pieces in that
"nod-pile," he said. Get one for
yourself. and while YOU are about it
get some for me, for | shall be want
ing some pretty soon. Then he
went back into the next room to
write.
For a long time Merry heard the
man throwing the wood about.
Finally he went to the door thinking
he must have found a good MANY
gold-peces by that time. He was
right as be found out afterward.
lie rascal was flushed and breath
less with his eXertions. When he
saw Merry he said: Il have only one
gold-pece, and made his escape i'm
mediatelr. Merry glanced al the
gloset. The blocks were all in place.
me IDIOT replied the wood he
SAID and went back to his writing.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20

Leave Williamsport tor Hagerstown at 625,
7.15 and 1885 a m, and 1:45 and Gas p m.
Leave Hogeistown tor Williamsport at $50
m, and l2:l5 J;05, 6:l0Gnd sos m.
Leave Rocky Ridge 'or Emmitsburg at 40
q m, and 1888 and 6:35 p m.
Arrive at Emmitsburg st1l:l0 m and 4:(3
and 7:o5 p m.
Leave diminishing for Rocky Ridge at $50
m, and 2:52 aud $50 m.
Arrive at Rocky Ridge at $50 IN, and 1922
and 5:50p m.
Leave Frederick junction for Frederick
AT 1882 a m, and SOP add 7:20 m.
Leave Frederick June ton for Taneytown,
Iittlestown, York, Wrightsyile and Colum.
bia at 9:5S m, and S:45 m.
THROUGH TRAIN FOR FREDERICK
leaves Baltimore at OILS pm, arrives at Fred
erick al P m and leaves Frederick at ECO
m, and arrives in Baltimore at $40 a m.
H. & P. r. R. Trains leave Shippensburg
at $50 a m, and 100 p N, and arrive at Ship.
pens6urg at 1882 a N and 900 NJ daily, ex-
eept Sunday.
sDaily. I Mondays only, All others
Daily, except Sunday.
J. NJ. HOOD, B. II. GRISWOLD.
GenI Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agent.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20
4 Market for Disease.

The great surgeons and ply sicians
have become so eager to invent some new
process Of treatment to alleviate or cure
morbid phenomena that the poor wretch
who develops in his system novelties of
suffering liable to occur to the wealthy
may, from worldly point of view, con
slider himself in high clover. He has only
to let the specialists know of it and he
finds himself the central attraction when
ever he appears among them.
In New York City, as well as in Lon
don, Paris, Berlin and Vienna, there is a
thriving market for the possessors of
curious maladies, and in this city is
place known to the initiated few where
those wiling to give themselves up to
the surgeon scalpel can find purchasers.
Once within the portals of this secret
exchange the dying subjects become as
stock in the cattle market. Doctors will
buy the privilege of investigating their
diseases without an idea of operating on
the subjects themselves. but TO make
large bonus By selling them to other doc
tors who are making Il speciality of their
lSSIJttttSG llstaStS.
Many young doctors make it part of
their profession to hunt up in thu dis
pensaries and in the streets those suffer.
ers, and deal with them as brokers do
with produce. OF course, the best Gus
toners are the most eminent specialists
connected with the large hospitals, or
the great surgeons who have their own
private hospitals in which to pursue sci
entitic study apart from their fellow
workers aud out Of reach of the Law. The
majority of then are clinical professors,
who are always anxions to show rare
forms of diseases to a few Of the stu
dents in their classes able to subscribe
an extra fee of from 800 to $500 for an
extra lesson over the body Of subject
dying of some new infiction. If the
Professor pays $1,000 for such subject.
he frequently makes several thousand
dollars on ths deal. But when such
sales are effected the victim is at once
taken from life of pain and misery, and
nothing is too good for him. He is,
among other things, assured that if he
dies and leaves his body for further and
indefinite investigation, his estate will be
paid a much higher bonus for that priv
lege, as such an autopsy is very unusual.
The surgeon who is left this liberty we'll
knows its value in forwarding his fame
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20

~ want some more chicken" said
4-year-old Frances at the dinner
table.
q think you have had as much as
is good for you, dear" replied Fran
ces' mamma.
81 want more. And Frances
pouted,
"You can't have more now; but
here is wish-bone that you and
mamma can pull That will be fun.
You pull one side and III pull the
other, and whoever gets the longer
end can haye her wish come true.
Why, baby you've got it! What was
your wish, frances"
q wished for some moro chicken,
said Frances, promptly. She got it
this time. Boston Beacon.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20

An old trapper has beel bringing
from the mountains for two weeks a
number of peculiar little animals
that have puzzled a good many peo-
pie to tell what they were. They
are about the size of common cat
and have large bushy tails like that
of raccoon. Their bodies are long
and slender and we'll protected by a
thick growth of brownish-colored
hair. Their eyes are black and snap
ping, and when leased they growl
and spit like cat, showing a row Of
teeth as sharp as cambria needles.
The name of these little animals Is
the Bessaris, and they are a species
of the civet cat, ranking between the
fox and the weasel. They are better
than all the pussies in creation as
ra, exterminatorS, and about twenty
of them have been turned loose in
different warehouses and livery
stables in this city.-Marysville APP
peal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20

The German Emperor loses no Oh.
portunity OF winning favor with the
ladies with his gallant speeches.
One of the prettiesU of these courtier-
like utterances was delivered in an
swerlng toast to his wife in the
province where she was born: "The
bond that unites me to this province
and chains me to her in manner
different from all the others Of my
empire is the Jewel that sparkles
at my side, her Majesty the Empress.
Sprung from this soil the type Of the
various virtues of Alderman princess,
it is to her | owe it if am able TO
meet the severe labors Of my office
with happy spirit and make head
against them.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20

The practice of sowing oats and peas
together for feeding is not as common as
it ought TO be. They make an excellent
soiling crop ard can be put in the silo to
advantage. Oats are more exhaustive if
sown alone, as it is now understood that
peas are Tenovating crop, their roots
taking nitrogen from air confined in the
soil. Hence, doubtless, is the reason
that the oats will grow more thrifty
when sown with peas than they will
alone.-Boston Cultivator.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20

Electric LOGS, have been used in
the United States naval service with
some success. They record the speed
of a vessel by trolling a small pro
peller behind it, the revolutions OF
which open and close a battery cir
cult. These breaks in the current
are recorded by suitable device, Of
which the scale is 50 graduated as To
read the distance passed over in any
certain time. This apparatus, while
recording the sresd between two
points, is defective. as it fails to give
it at any moment of observation
Electricity. New YORK.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20

When bees have formed the habit of
going TO any place for water it is diff
cult matter to prevent their continuing
to go to the same place, and hence they
should be provided with water at home
carly IN the spring, and be ''enticedn
there for their regular supply. The ed
itor OF the American Bee Journal sug-
gests that little salt III the water at the
home trough will make it inviting to the
bees, and at the same time to give
the sides of your neighbours trough a
coat of kerosene oil would help to cult
vate liking for the home trough,
which should be placed in sunny spot.
Farm, Field and Stockman.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20
Etiquette.

The word etiquette" is Anglo
Norman, and primarily had a some.
what different meaning from its
present one. 1t formerly meant sim
ply the ticket which was tied to the
neck of bags or fastened to packages,
to note their contents. Finally it
seemed that the word came to be APP
piled to cards given out at an enter.
tainment, with certain rules of be-
havior for guests printed upon them.
Thus behavior was or was not "the
ticket, or etiquette, and the slang
term, Gust the ticket, and our ele-
CANT word etiquette have the same
derivation.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20
JOHN G. WARWICK DEAD.
The Congressman Who Succeeded Nc.
Kinley Expires at Washington,

John G. Warwick, Representative in Con
gress from the Sixteenth District of Ohio,
died at his rooms in the Riggs House, Wash
ington, about nine O'Clock P. M. He was
serving his first term in Congress, as the sue
cessor of Major Mckinley, whom he defeated
after one of the most memor able and bitterly
contested campaigns in the history of Ohio
politics,
Mrs. Warwick, who was spending few
weeks at Atlantic City, was telegraphed for
as was also the SOB, w. K. l.. Warwick, at
Massillon, and both were at his bedside at the
lest.
Sergent-a Arms Yoder has charge of the
funeral arrangements and has selected Sena-
tors Brice and Hill on behalf of the Senate,
and Representatives Donovan, of Ohio;
Caruth, of Kentucky; Hurd, of Missouri,
and Bynum, of Indiana, on the part of the
House as honorary pafl-bearers
The funeral services will be held in the
Episcopal Church, Massillon, Ohio, of which
deceased was a member