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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-14
Go. Fair.

As this is the week before the Ravenna Fair.
and consequently the last issue of the County
papers before the Fair. we wish to again say to
you, COME TO THE FAIR.
The work of carrying on County Fair is but
little realized by those not intimately connected
with it.
The prospect never was better for grand ex-
hibition. The Floral Hall has been remodeled.
In the center, instead of the booths formerly
occupying that space. there has been a large 1o-
raj stand erected. capable of holding large
quantity of flowers. We ask you all to bring
your flowers and plants, and make the Floral
Hall worthy of its name.
Bring your Live Stock. your Vegetables, and
every thing that can possibly add to the exhibi-
ton, and come with your families. Let the
management feel that they are fully sustained
by the people of the County.
The Track is being put in good condition. bet
ter than ever before. and there is a prospect of
very large entry in the Speed Department.
COME. and make this the greatest Fair Por
tage County ever had. both in exhibits AMI at
tendance.
LAFAYETTE SMITH. SEQ.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-14
Hay ssl Straw V.ilii't'li. 4 III

Bids will be received until Fridays September
eth, for furnishing Hay and Straw for the Esir.
LAFAY,ETTE SMIT8s Sec.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-14
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY,

for degrees IN A
Masters and Doctors degree
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-14
cuLuMsus, OHIO,

has q Professors
and Assistants, &,
Science; Agriculture
/, Electrical, and Min.
Send for . catalogue.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-14
Fiscal y!'s' Ending September ;, 1882.

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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24

Ordinarily the press of Paris shows no
sign that it believes in q judgment day,
but on occasions it can refer to that great
institution with remarkable effect.) The
stories of the arrest OF dogs and of their
slaughter at the pound, when not called for,
took a tragic tone, laughable to an Anglo
Saxon temperament, but calculated to make
French hearts burn and French eyes weep.
The head lines announced: "The Massacre
of the Innocents; Carnage Among Our Pets;
Hecatombs of Dogs. etc, ETC." The law
was called Draconian. The neighborhood
of thepound was declared to resemble the
precincts of the revolutionary prisons, and
the scenes enacted there to recall the horrI-
BILE DAYS of September, 1892, when it was
men, not dogs, and the pike and ak and not
a painless gas were the weapons.
Tho Press Was in Rebellion.
Certain papers did not hesitate to state
that few daily cases of hydrophobia was
an altogether inadequate reason for spoil
ing the happiness of the Paris dogs and one
asked why if such an ordinance were passed
another did not mate it forbidding wagons
in the street, since men were sometimes
knocked down and killed by them. The
policemen were told that the business of
arrestinp dogs was beneath them and that
if thev refused to obey their orders, the
people would be with them. The high-ciass
papers which upheld the wisdom of the or
dinance and urged the Prefect to frmness
were stigmatized as Enemies of the Dog
and in the state of Partisan feeling it was
almost as dangerous name as spy in war
times
1t was the tragic tone of all this which
led me to look up the fourriere. It stands
near the heart Of the city, low building
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24

When dog wearing a collar giving its
owners address is arrested, the police i'm
mediatelv send the owner a card notifying
him of the whereabouts of his pet. The
animal is then kept three days. If at the
end of that time he is not claimed he
must ego the way of all the con-
demned into the ''death cage" as the
sensational press has dubbed it, and be suf-
focated by gas There are great many of
the dogs not marked, and these are killed
at once. The process is simple and not
painful. Twelve or 15 dogs are put into a
little car which stands on a small track at
rolled into box at the farther end of the
track. Into the box runs gas pipe. The
gas is turned ON and.in few moments q
load of dead bodies is rolled out The
barcasses are piled up waiting-what? That
is not told. They say the skins are made
into gloves, the bodies thrown into the
sewers.
Thousands Killed In a Month.
1t is not a pleasant thing to see for one
who loves dog. And who does not but 1t is
better than that they should 60 mad, even
if there were no question of human life con-
cerned. The number of dogs killed at the
pound in June reached into the thousands.
The firmness' had its effect 1t always does
with the Parisians, and dog without
muzzle in leading is to-day a rare
sight. The excitement over the case, the
demonstration, the opposition, the speedy
and complete acceptance of the
regulation are a good example of what
one sees and hears again and again among
these volatile people. A law, however
sensible, if it touches one of their senti-
ments raises hubbub which to colder
temperament looks like . veritable revolu-
tion. If the authorities persist, however,
the populace resigns itself as completely
and quickly as it rose in revolt. It seems
to harbor no resentment, to forget its elo-
quent protests and its despairing walls
The question loses its interest now that
there is no use in struggling, and new
excitement is looked for
In the midst of the excitement over the
muzzling OF the dog the fishing season
opened. With its commencement there re-
appeared in Paris one of her most pic
turesque types, the urban fisherman. They
are a numerous tribe. From one end to the
other of the Seine within the city walls
the quays are sprinkled with them. Some
times they sit on the low walls close to the
river. Again they hang out long lines from
the top Oft the steep high stone banks Often
they select a quiet corner of a bridge.
Again they rock all day in little boat
anchored to bath house or pier. never
saw one of them catch anything never
found anybody who had seen fish pulled
out Parisians usually sneer at'Ihe idea of
there being fish within the walls and affirm
that the products of the river at Paris are
mainly broken bottles, rags and departed
cats IDA NJ TARBELL
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24

to degree, because it does possess Pasteur.
Were there no reasonably sure cure within
reach greater pains to prevent the spread of
it would undoubtedly have been long ago
taken.
Parisians Love Their Dogs.
There are in Paris, it is estimated. some
so, 900 dogs, about to every 80 inhabitants
The Parisians are especially fond of them.
Every lady of fashion owns her pet. Many
street venders keep them by their carts. A
delivery wagon almost invariably Is accom-
panied by a bright little mongrel, which
sits on the seat by the driver and seems to
have quite as much to do with the outfit as
the man with the lines. Running free as
they do, if one goes mad he is sure to poison
many other animals.
In the month of May last the institute,
which NJ. Pasteur directs, received on an
average 10 cases day from Paris alone for
incubation against disease contracted by the
bites of mad dogs. NJ. Pasteur contended
that this was unnecessary. A few other
friends of humanity in the city persisted in
demanding protection 1t was shown by
statistics that in Belgium, Holland, Prussia
and other European countries hydrophobia
was almost unknown because dogs were re-
uuired to be muzzled the year around.
Finally the police determined to take the
matter up in earnest For the three or four
past years a spring excitement has been car
ried on in Paris by an order that the dogs be
muzzled, but the excitement and the muzzles
passed away quickly. This year has been
quite different thing. An ordinance ap-
peared the 30th OF Nav calling upon the
owners of dogs to either lead them in the
streets or muzzle them.
Getting Orders From Bulletins.
In Paris the con- munity gets its orders
and its advice from posters. The bulletin
boards bearing municipal and governmental
posters are read quite as faithfully every
morning by the populace as are the news
papers. When the posters calling upon the
people to muzzle their dogs appeared there
was certain expressive struggling of the
Partisan shoulders, but there was no special
obedience The police seemed quite as in
different as the people. After few days
of laxity, however, there was a sudden
quickening. The policemen were discov-
cred to be running down stray dogs with
great persistency. The rumor went abroad
that numbers were being killed. 1t was
said that the Prefect of Police was in earn
est about the ordinance.
The mental condition of Paris when it
found that the law against its favorite pet
was to be enforced was something astonishing.
It was veritable hysteria. Fully two-thirds of
the press fell to abusing the Prefect. They
called him carricide and warned him SOL
emnly to beware of the Judgment day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24
IuSec'sfn the Ear,

A physician, in discussing the preva-
lence of ear trouble, caused especially in
summer time, when all who can fly to the
country, by the entrance of earwigs and
other insects into the ear, points out SIM
pie remedy. When living insects find their
way into the external auditory canal the ear
should at once be turned to bright light,
in the hope OF inducing the intruder to back
out by virtue of the attraction which light
naturally has for him. If this prove un-
successful the ear should be filled with
sweet oil or glycerine. which will kill the
insect by occluding its breathing pores and
generally float it out. Sometimes, how
ever. a syringe and warm water are necessary
to remove il. In cases where these means
are not at hand, as when hunting, blowing
tobacco smoke into the ear directly from
the stem of a pipe, the mouth being placed
over the bowl and protected from it by the
hand, will kill or stupefy the intruder, and,
at ali events, reduce him to a state of mac
tivity pending the ability to dislodge him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24
MONEY ON THE OCEAN.
What It Costs to Take an Atlantic
Liner Between Continents.
WOOD CONCRETE FROM GERMANY.
Simple Method of Getting Additional Light
From Gas Jet
NEW DEVICES FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
WRITTEN FOE THE p1srArcH.I

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArCH.I
In view of the fact that in a. few months
the Cunard Company will have two vessels
afoat, which are expected to reduce the
passage between Queenstown and New
York to 81 or 81 days, some statistics
givin by Arthur j. Maginnis on the ships,
men and working of the Atlantic ferry are
of great interest.
In ship like the Teutonic, to begin with,
a sum of about S3, ,OO0, 900 is invested, and
the working expenses are proportionately
heavy. In the sailing, engine and passen-
ger departments the large number of 322
hands are required-47 in the first, 161 in
the second and ia in the third. The wages
for the sailing department, s., 800 for the
engine and 81 $50 for the passenger, max
ing total of IS, $50 per month.
When these figures are considered, to-
gether with the other expenses of mainte-
nance, Office expenses, insurance, agenc7
commission. shore staff, works, port charges,
interest on capital, and depreciation, it may
be fairly taken that at least the sum of $780,
600 must be realized per trip before any
pIOutS eau Dc COuuLeu Ou, sO LHdL sOulc Iuc4
of the enormous sums at stake in the work.
ing and management Of an express transat-
lantic line can be formed.
Mr.. Maginnis holds strongly to the belief
that when these vast figures are considered,
together with other equally extensive re-
quiremenis the chimerical nature of some
of the schemes proposed from time to time
for forming new lines which promise three
and four days passage across the Atlantic
can easily be discerned. He regards them
as overwhelming proof that insurmountable
difficulties are in the way of any company
or firm without shipping experience who
would create all at once a service more
luxurious and having higher speed than
that now afforded by the existing lines
which would at the same time prove o
financial success
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24
EXPLORER OF A DESERT.

Charles Thielson Undertakes a Periious
Trip Through Colorado.
San Francisco Chronicle.]
Charles Thielson will long be remembered
as an explorer of the Colorado desert, tor
within the past few weeks he has made an
involuntary trip from the mouth of the
Colorado river to Salton, a distance
of over 600 miles, and the greatest
wonder exists how he lives to tell
the tale. On May 10 he left Yuma
in an 1S-foot skiff, going down the Colorado
river to the mouth of Hardy's Colorado to
hunt for the plumes of the little white
crane, which are plentiful there. Not meet
ing with success he went up Hardy's Colo
rado to Volcano mountain, there camped
and hunted for plumes.
He then determined to follow up the New
river, which comes into Hardy's Colorado
two miles northwest of Volcano mountain,
which place he left June Is. Entering up
the New river, he found slow current
running northwest, and after proceeding Is
miles came to a laguna with an in
creased current; from that into channel
with quite rapid current, and thought
lessly went on, cutting his way through the
mesauites until he came to another laguna.
Then, realizing his dangerous position, he
made camp and concluded that it was i'm
possible to return by boat to Yuma through.
the channels on account of the rapid cur
rents.
The thought then occurred to push on
and endeavor to reach Salton. The next
day, thinking the water would rise, he went
back to his beat and found, to use his own
expression, that"the water was being licked
up by the sum-" There being no sign of
rise he went back to Durmid, and, not being
treated kindly, started for Salton afoot to
advise G. W. Durbrow of his trip. At Sal
ton he was taken care of, and to-day he was
fitted out with provisions and water to re-
turn to his boat for his gun and baggage.
Mr. Thielson will return to Salton and will
be the guest of Mr.. Durbroy.
The water shows on the marsh abou four
miles from the track at Salton, but with the
great evaporation there is but little increase
to the water, which is accounted for by the
fact that only one stream is running into
the lake, and as the river will be falling
every day it is not probable that the water
will attain depth Of over six inches on the
marsh, which Mr.. Durbrow says twill be
very acceptable"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24

full information. The day of my vi sit at
the pound the excitement on the dog ques-
tion was evident from without the gates.
Men were hurrying in their captives. A
gentleman was bringing forth rescued pet
and shutting it in a closed carriage while
his wife and lackeys rejoiced aloud over the
mercitul deliverance Within, half dozen
people were searching for missing canin ez
and abusing the administration in low tones
for their vigilance.
Thev Keep Up Ceaseless Yelping.
The Paris pound is not for dogs alone. II
receives all sorts of broken down and lost
articles. A visit to its inanimate depart
ment is said to be highly interesting, but as
had come to see dogs hurried into the
court from whence a great yelping and
snarling proceoded-the prison of the much
lamented dogs. There were scores Of them,
of all sizes and all varieties few with
aristocratic marks, but most of them noisy,
sturdy, little fellows of mongrel type and
copmon habits
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24

and rarely spoke. She seemed to recog-
nize her parents, but without interest. Mrs.
CLYDE tried to talk to her about Miriam, but
Joan never answered.
"Would YOU not like to see her, my
dear?" said Mrs. Clyde. 'She will soon be
home now, and am sure she would come
and see you at once if you wish her to do
SOP" But still Joan made no reply.
General Conray was standing In the room
when Mrs Clyde said that, and he presently
turned round and addressed Mrs Clyde.
,"When did you say Lady Mackennon
would return?" he asked.
''They were to cross TODAY, and she is
going straight to Scotland to be introduced
to her husbands mother" answered Mrs
CLYDE. "But am sure if Joan wishes to
see her she would come here first.
81 do not think it would be advisable, p"
said the General, and then he left the room
and Joan closed her sunken eyes.
A letter came from Miriam the next day
to inquire about her, and Mrs. Clyde
answered it guardedly. Miriam knew Joan
had been i'll, but not how seriously i'll she
had been, and was. Mrs. Clyde had thought
it kinder not to make Miriam anxious about
her sister during her honeymoon. But
Miriam had been anxious in spite of this,
and when she heard her mother and her
father were at Tyeford she grew more
anxious still.
But Mrs. Clyde's letter from the General s
house, after she had seen Joan, was on the
whole reassuring. Joan was weak, but re-
covering. Mrs. Clyde wrote, and the Gen.
eral did not think it advisable for them to
have any more company in the house at
present Joan had to be kept perfectly
quiet, but when she was stronger she hoped
that Miriam and her husband could come to
see her.
Mrs. Clyde added this apparent message
from Joan (who had not sent it) because
Miriam had said something about seeing
Joan before she went to Scotland. But
after she received her mothers letter
Miriam and Sir James decided to go direct
to Kintore, and accordingly they only
STAYED two days in town, and then pro-
ceeded north.
Shall we look at them for moment as
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24

and ne made no explanation nor apology
for his absence.
"You have been away all day." said
Joan, timidly addressing him.
YES" he replied briefly, and during
dinner he scarcely spoke. Then Joan
thought of her long sleep, and wondered if
her tongue had spoken in her dreams. She
dare not ask the man who sat opposite to
her with unbending brow. And the Gen.
eral never alluded to it Joan's sleeping
words had smote him sharper than a sword.
He began to remember little things. Joan's
complete prostration when Robert Couray
died, and Miriam's frmer mood, though she
declared the dead man had been her pliehted
lover. Good God had this fair woman de-
ceiyed him all these years? the Gene raj had
thought many time during this miserable
day. Had she loved Robert Conray, and
not her sister? Had he shot himself in the
shame and anguish of his sin? Filled with
distracting doubts and fears he knew not
how to act And Joan sat trembling, know
ing that something had happened; that
something stood between her and her hus-
bands love.
And when she went to her room at night
the servants were conveying bed into the
Generals dressing room.
what is this for?" she asked
''The General ordered it to be put here,
ma "a, repneo one OF the servants and
Joan said no more. She sat down, half
benumbed in her room, and put her hands
over her face. Had the blow fallen? What
did he mean? And Joan moaned aloud.
Hours afterwards she heard the General
60 into his dressing-room, and lock the ad-
joining door. Then she crept to bed, but
dare not sleep. And this went on for many
days and nights. The General barely spoke
to her, and Joan lived miserable life of
doubt and fear. But the strain was too
great to last Joan's health broke down,
and when the doctor was sent for, he said
she had fever. She grew worse and worse,
and one night became violently delirious,
and her maid, who was watching her. got
frightened, and ran down to the General,
who was in the library, for assistance.
Then he went upstairs, and stood by
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24

In the necessary use of disinfectants ply
sicians are liable to special affections of the
skin, redness, eczema, issuring, ETC., and
DR.. Meyer, of Berlin, recommends treat
ment which he has found of the greatest
benefit in such cases. Every time the hands
have been we'll washed with freely lather-
ing soap, rinsed and dried, they should be
well smeared, especially the backs, with a
small quantity of lanoline, which must be
thoroughly rubbed in, the hands being alter
ward rubbed free from excess on a cloth. 1t
is especially essential that the lanoline
should be rubbed into the skin as COM
pleteiy as possible. Its favorable action is
attributed to its property of readily mixing
with water, whereby the moisture remaining
on the skin after insufficient drying of the
hands is taken up bv the lanoline, and the
hands are protected by minute layer of tat
impenetrable to the raw air. This Is also
an excellent remedy for the face of actors
whose skin has suffered from the application
of paintS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24
FOR Passengers or for Freight.

The launching of freight steamer re.
Gently built in Scotland deserves more than
passing attention from the fact that she was
fitted for portable accommodation tween
decks for ~ first class passengers. To pro-
vide for the large influx of passengers,
which at certain times of the year avail
themselves of the facilities to travel afforded
by the company owning the steamer, and at
tine same time not to absorb any OF the cargo
space, it became necessary to adopt some
system by which one of the principal cargo
compartments could be transformed into
passenger accommodations aud vice versa in
the shortest possible time. A simple ar
rangement was adopted. Two or three
hands can make the change in an hour, and
when done it is hard to believe-with the
curtains, carpets and neatly painted bulk
heads that this metamorphosis has taken
place in compartment ordinarily intended
for cargo.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24
Making Tho Gas Jet Brighter,

AS is well known, the light given by an
ordinary coal gas flame is due to the pres
ence of carbon particles in a highly heated
and glowing condition. Those particles can
be collected by placing a cold, white plate
of porcelain or china in a coal gas flame,
when the black carbon will imm ediately as
sert ITSELF The thorough consumption of
this carbon adds greatly to the efficiency of
the light, and a new offender" is said to
effect it. This blender consists simply of .
tin disc suitably fixed on the burner. This
enables Just as much air to be mixed with
the gas as will prevent the deposit Of
carbon, making a clearer light. while the
disc, assisted by the upward rush of warm
air, spreads out the fame into a white sheet
of incandescent and glowing carbon parti-
cles. The size Of the sheet is fully twice
that of the zone of light given by the
ordinary burner without the patent and is
said to give double the light.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24
Making Concrete From Wood.

A new wood concrete invented in Ger
many is composed of a most extraordinary
mixture. Shavings and planning mill chips,
either of common or fancy woods, which
may be stained before use if desired, are
mixed with casein, calcined magnetism
limestone, glycerine, silicate Of soda and a
linseed oil After being mixed the whole
is forced by hydraulic pressure into molds,
where it is allowed to harden Whey dry
the composition is said to be so strong and
solid that it can be sawed, planed, polished
and vanished. 1t is likely to be utilized
for panels and possibly as a covering for
entire wall surfaces.