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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31
THEY'RE VERY STRONG.
The Muscles of the Jaw Can Be Developed
to High Degree.

Avery curious question has recently
been answered by Professor Karl
Sauer, one of Berlin's most prominent
dentists, in the following manner,
says writer in the st. Louis Post
Dispatch.
"The various circus performances of
iron jaw development, whereby man
hanging from trapeze holds another
by strap beneath his teeth, denotes
such powerful strength of the mus
cles of the jaws and neck that to a
layman such feat seems little short
of miracle.
"But this demonstrates only to what
extent the strength of the muscles of
the jaw can be developed by CORES
as it seems to find out the average or
dinary powers of these muscles. 4S
"A fiat steel or iron bands pierced at
the end with two holes through which
a piece of iron wire can be pulled,
serves for this purpose. The band is
laid across the teeth of the lower jaw
as far back as the corners of the mouth
will permit. The weights are attached
to the wire, and must touch the floor
or table when the mouth is held open.
The wires are taut, and the person
making the experiment must stand
perfectly erect. 4i4l@fs t55iJifi
Il found more than twenty wears
ago. while making similar test, that
the average weight which can be
pulled up with the jaw, so that the lips
will close, is fifty pounds. Persons
who eat coarse food, hard, dry bread,
ETC., or those in the habit of cracking
nuts with the teeth, acquire greater
strength of the jaw than gourmands,
who mlnce delicately prepared dishes" ;"
It is believed China has twentu tinnaa
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31
Ingenious Method Of Rope Climbing.

A valuable practical device is that
which has lately been brought to notice
by a French inventor, designed to
facilitate rope elm bing, while at the
same time permitting the climber to
have free use of his hand The appa-
ratus consists of two hoard, joined by
hinge, with hole passing through
both the hinge and the boards, and
the extremities of the later provided
with straps, which can be fastened to
the feet of the man using. the appa-
ratus. The method of clim bing i'm
volved in this sarrangement is simple.
When the feet attached to the boards
are lifted the rope is free. but the
moment the feet are pressed down on
the boards the rope is firmly gripped.
1t is only necessary, therefore, to lift
the body by both hands as far as posi-
BILE, and it can then be held by the
hinged clamps until another lift is
made. By the use of a belt to hold
the body close to the rope the hands
may be left free The. devise, which
is claimed tefulfiH its purpose ad-
mirably, is designed especially for the
use of tiremen and painters, also to
serve as fire escape.-Nea0 York San.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31
COURTESY IN THE STREET.
It Isn't as Common as 1t Should Be, by
Any Means.

Some months ago Oscar Fay Adams
brought down on his devoted head the
walls of female wrath by a magazine
article which he wrote entitled The
Mannerless Sex," meaning thereby
womankind; and the shameless wretch
not only did not repent of his o1fense
in saekcloth and ashes, but actually
wrote other essays ON the same gen
eral topic and finally published them
in book form.
But with all his criticisms on the
lack of good manners in-Women-an
some of them were very trenchant-
he did not exhaust the subject. He
did not, for instance,lay stress enough
on the lack of courtesy on the public
highways for which many men and
most women are culoable, and for
I which there is no shadow of excuse.
However chivalric one may be or de-
voted to that sex which, with delicate
irony, is sometimes alluded to as the
weaker, it can not be denied that
women are the chief offenders in this
as though they had been constructed
for their special use and pleasure, and
as though the rest of m ankind were al
lowed to use them only on their suf-
I. ferance: 49,
A stroll along any of the promenade
streets of this or any city, says the San
most credulous of the literal truth of
these assertions. Take three women.
or girls walking down Market street
on Saturday afternoon, side by side,
and see how much courtesy they dis
IL g
the rights of their fellow pedestrians.
Down they come like three ships-of-
the-line under full sail, with banners
waving and streamers and pennons
flying, and woe to any hapless small
craft which comes athwart their hawse.
| One crash, and thena total wreck, and
silence, save the muttered abjurga-
tions of the unhappy wretch who vent
ured to oppose himself to the onward
sweep of those stately clippers under
full sail.
But it is on the street crossings, ,espe-
cially if it be muddy under foot, that
lovely woman particularly distin-
guishes herself. She, that is, gener-
ally, two of her, starts across with sub
lime indifference as to whether she or
they have the right of way or not, and
1 IL Iuef6 -Uo d -Ildu luChl6SS 0uOuSu 10
be headed in the opposite direction he
has no option. He must get off into
the mud with as much grace and
aplomb as possible, and if he play any
role in the drama it must be strictly
a thinking part. 7..f.s5 -
1t is not right that ladies should be
discourteous anywhere or under any
| circumstances. Itdetracts very much
from the charm of womanhood and
tends to put them on lower plane
than the one which belongs to them
by right divine. We freely acquit
them of intentional discourtesy. but
women should bear in mind that
thoughtlessness may be crime, and
that lack. Of breeding is evineed more
clearly by dis1 egard for the rights Of
others, than BY conduct which would
seem to merit more severe condemns
tion. Ladies will not be diseourteous
| on thepublici thoroughfares, and women
should not be permitted to be. = is
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31
Old Nature Slowly Giving Way,

The Shrek of the locomotive whistle
along the line of the Adirondack and
ST. Lawrence railroad, which pene-
trates the very heart of the Adiron-
dacks, has already frightened the deer
so that they have been seen in num-
bers near the bordering villages. With
the iron horse clim bing Pixies Peak
and invading the recesses of the North
woods, steamboats, regularly entering
the Grand canyon of the Colorado and
the fakir and peanut vender about in
the Yellowstone and Yosemite, the
sportsman and the lover of the pictur-
esque will soon find it hard matter
to discover congenial retreat on this
continent-N. Y. World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31
TYPHuS FEVER. f
ESN q 49,
Not Invariably Fatal but Always Very
~ " Dangerous.

The word alphabetically smoke
refers to the heavy stupor that charac-
terizes this fever. Formerly the name
was used to include also what Is now
known as typhoid, which was then re-
garded as only milder form of
typhus. The two diseases are wholly
distinct, Notwithstanding some resem-
sblance in certain of the symptoms,
says the Youths Companion.
S 9Typhus fever prevailed extensively
during the sixteenth century in Italy,
France and England. In England
sherlffs, judges and jurymen took the
infection from prisoners brought be-
fore them and on account of the prev
alence of the disease in jails it came to
be known as Jail fever. Other names
have been camp fever, spotted fever,
putrid fever and ship fever. In Eng
land and Ireland it has repeatedly
prevailed with great severity within
the last two hundred years. <~
There have been occasional out
breaks3of it in the leading seaports of
the United States. Between Jan. /,
1861, and Nov. 1, 1864. /, ,42S cases were
admitted to Bellevue hospital. New
York-more than 500 of them during
the last six months of that period.
Typhus fever, when not fatal, lasts
about three weeks. For the first week
the symptoms are not severe, and the
patient may even keep about his work.
Toward the end of that time the char
acteristic rash appears, the other ,ymp-
toms are more pronounced, and the
patient takes his bed. During the Sec
ond week all the symptoms-great
prostration, frequency of the pulse and
mental confusion-are rapidly intensi-
| fed. BY the beginning of the third
week convalescence begins, and by the
end of the week the fever has termin-
ated.
When the disease proves fatal death
| occurs as a rule by about the tenth
day. Relapses are rare. A person is
seldom attacked more than once.
Typhus is not nearly so contagious
as some other diseases. 1t originates
in crowded conditions and its spread
is mainly confined to such conditions.
1t is almost unknown in the rural dis
tricts. 1t does not spread from house
to house. A free circulation of the air
| arrests the infectious principle, SO that
patient can be safely isolated in his
own house. zsA ass
While in typhoid fever the infection
is mainly in the discharges, in typhus
it is mainly in the breath and the
emanations of the skin. 1t is believed
| that clothing does not convey the in
fection unless strongly impregnated
with it;Ehence the fever is not likely
to be communicated by an attendant.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31
Alligators and orocodiles.

Among the many differences be-
tween the alligator and crocodile there
is one: The alligator never leaves
fresh water, while the crocodile often
goes to sea, and in the West Indies
has been found many miles from land,
but heading directly for an island
possibly out of sight. Z How the Great
ure ,knews to steer his course is a
mystery, but he evidently knows
wnere he is, going and it is beliyed he
always gets there. = So. se sa3 lsf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31
Exhausted.

Cleverton- Last night 1 called upon
that gil4 you introduced me to the
other day"
Dashaway- she informed me
this morning when met her."
CleYerton eagerly )-"Tell me, old
man, did she say anything about me?"
Dashaway-"Not word. She said
she was too tired to talk. IN Y.
K0rLG - 49, - . ------- - ~ /
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31
THE ONLY ANIMAL THAT oAmsLEs.
New Definition OF Man, and One In Which
No Flaw Can Be Found.

Starting with the proposition that
man is a animal, there have been
many att ,mpts to define or explain
what kind of animal man is-that is,
to make an exhaustive definition, and
one which shall completely differenti-
ate man from every other animal.
Plato defined man as "a two-legged
animal without feathers" but Diogenes
ruined his definition forever by taking
a chicken and stripping. the feathers
from it and exhibiting it. as Plato's
man. 1t evidently will not do to class
ify man as the animal that laughs, for
we are familiar with the laughing hy-
ena and with horse laugh, to say
nothing Of the grin of the Cheshire
cat Nor, on the other hand, is man
the animal that cries, else why should
we read Of crocodile tearsP
The faculty of reasoning cannot be
claimed for man alone. 1t has been
sought to define man as the fre-using
animal, but this is not exact enough
for "a definition. Nor will the defini-
ton of man as the tool-using animal
be any more satisfactory. Many kinds
of animals, birds especially, use tools
with great skill.
But there is one definition of man
to which no exception can be taken,
and in which. he stands solitary and
alone. Man is the gambling animal.
He alone sof all the animal kingdom
submits the decision of question to
the arbitrament of chance and tempts
fate by an appeal to what he calls luck.
Search as we may, we shall find no
| ~, = II
s Here, sthen.i is the long-sought defn-
ition of man, and one in which no flaw
can be found. 1t may not be particu-
larly gratifying to mankind that it
should be compelled to be confined to
such definition, but scientific accur-
acy cannot be sacrificed to mere prej1-
dice or personal feeling. Man is the
animal that CANDLES, and that is all
there is to be said about it. = San FatG1s-
cisco Chronicle. assss kS4
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31
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Not q Traveller.

On one of the Islands of the coast of
Maine lives man, now 50 years old,
who was born there, and has never
been off the island. He has accumu-
lated a fortune in the grocery business,
and is content to live and die on the
few seagirt acres 5IE
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31

The orohippus, the ancestor of the
horse of to-day, is first known to have
existed in the eocene period of geolog-
ical epochs. Some of the species were
as small as the common silver fox of
to-day and all had sixteen hoofs, four
on each foot.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31

tDafly. Except Sunday. flag stop. meals.
Dark Faced Type denotes time from 10 90 noon to 12 90
midnight Light Faced from 12 9 midnight tOiS 90 noon
JOSEPH WOOD, EA. FORD,
si General Manager General Passenger Agent
Sl5-92-I PITTSBURGH, PENN'A
6 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. HAD
W. D. ARMSTRONG, Agent,
sssYIsis-s- r6se.}fsf4 Ravenna. o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31

Z A street in Germany, like portion
of an Edinburgh street, has been
paved with India rubber. The result
Is said to be most satisfactory.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31
NoTICE OF APPoINrMENT.
NOTICE OF Appo1NrMENr.

Estate of Harmon patterson. deceased
The undersigned has been appointed and
qualified as Executrix of the estate of Harmon
Patterson late OF Ravenna, Portage County
Ohio de ceased @ % sc ss81SA - s,sE
Dated this 9th d;-J OF August. A.. D 1872
MARY BATTERsON. /
Attest: C. ID. INGELL Probate Judge. 1247*
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31

1t is believed China has twenty times
as much coal as all Europe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31

J. w. HOLC0MB,
A TTORNEY AT Law.
a Telephone No So. Room IL Riddle Block
Ravenna, Ohio. 4l1s-ly
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31
Southwark.

Nos. 336 and S3S connect at Wellsville for
Steubenvi11e and Bellaire. Nos. S3S and 342
connect in Union Station, Pittsburgh, for the
East.
REImEEn RhxnRn AVN NEW pun nnEl pl.,a
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-27

The Democratic party, by its popular
majority in the House of Representatives,
serves notice on the people of the state of
Washington tina. the success Of the Demo-
cratic party would mean free wool, free
lumber and reduction of the protection
on hops by cne-half the present duty 1t
has served notice on the thousands Of
workers in the WOODEN mills, on those who
are engaged in the manufacture of cotton
ties. bagging and tin plate, that Demo
cratic success means the extinction of
these industries or the lowering Of wages TO
the level OF Europe. The consumers of
wool, wooden goods, cotton ties and tim
ware viii not be won oyer TO the Demo-
cratic Tag by the Democratic evisceration
OF the Mckinley tariff. for all these things
are a. cheap as, and nearly all of them
are cheaper than. they we're before the
new tariff was enacted. Tin plates
At wholesale are a little dearer.
bnt not the fraction of cent
has yet been added to the cost Of tinware
To consumers Cotton ties are cheaper.
most wooden goods are cheaper. or as
cheap and the manufacturer himself paws
less for his wool.
The Mckinley tariff Is indicating itself
because it is a fair protective measure. 1t
protects the operatives and the farmers.
the finished product and the raw material.
The Mckinley tariff stands Tor protection
which builds up industries. enables the
people TO earn fair wages, makes q home
market to spend money that would other
wise be sent TO foreign market, and in.
variably eheapens by the multiplication of
competition the price OF manufactured
articles we consume.
The Democrats deride our attempt to
build up the tin plate industry: SO they
derided our attempt TO build Up by pro-
lection the iron industries, the salt in
dastry which ara with Us and have come to
stay. The Democrats used TO say we
could not make plate glass in this coun-
try at the very time when Germany wa,
shipping sand from Western Massachu-
setis 10 make plate glass. The Democrats
derided our attempt TO establish the man
ufacture OF linen. although there is no
better iisx in the world than that raised
in Minnesota
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-27
TIN PRODUCTION.

The San Bernardino, Cal, Timss- Index.
published in the county in which the
Temescai tin mines are located. reports
from Dandy, in the same county, on the
Atlantic d. Pacific railroad that A r..
Judson. of Cotton. and w. r. Edwards.
superintendent Of the Silver King mine at
Calico. and party have just come in from
the rich discoveries of tin ore in the vi
cinity Of the Old Woman's mountains.
The situation Is some twenty miles south
OF Dandy station. This ledge of tin ore is
traced for about one mile. and measures
from forty to eighty feet wide.
The United States promises to produce
large quantities Of tin, metal in the pro-
duction Of which Cornwall and the Straits
Of Maiacca have had monopoly. Cali
fornia is clearly possessed OF tin in album
dance, and /, already supplying the mar
ke.s with the metal in commercial
quantities.
At Deadwood and throughout the Black
Hills Of South Dakota. the Harvey Peak
and other mining companies have been
organized to produce tin; and the New
York Sun dem correspondent, who has
prospected this tin producing territory,
believes that the tin ore there is of qual-
fly and quantity 10 insure q profitable
industry
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-27
FRUIT GROWING.

In another column viii be found an ex-
cellent article from the Palouse Rain Belt,
in which the capabilities of the Paiouse
country as fruit raising region are set
forth. The Rain Bet urges the farmers of
the Palouse TO turn their attention tn
fruit growing and thus TO secure portion
Of the large amount Of money that is an
nually sent ont of the state for fruit.
The advice which the Rain Belt gives to
the farmers Of the PaIouse should be
needed by the farmers of the entire state.
There is scarcely a county in Washington
in which fruit cannot be prohtably raised
for the markets. The farmers of Washing
ton lose many thousand dollars annually
through their failure 20 study the require
ments of the markets and TO provide what
the markets demand.
Diversified farming would do more to
add permanent wealth to this state than
the discovery of Comstock lode within
its borders. II Is the height of folly for
US to send out of the state for fruits and
vegetables which might as well be raised
here.
The remedy for the state Of affairs now
existing lies with the farmers and the
transportation companies. The former
should raise more fruit. more vegetables;
the latter should take these products TO
the markets at . rate which will enable
them 70 compete with the imported
articies
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-27
THE PALOUSE.
Its Capabilities as . Fruit Raising
Region.
palouse Rain Raft

Palouse Rain Belt.
1t has besn but few years since the idea of
growing even the hardest apples on the fruit
full hills and in the rich dales of the great
Palouse country was secuted at in an oyerwise
way by q large majority OF the early settlers and
visitors. Their reasons for this gloomy view of
the situation were that the frosts would kill
the blossoms and prevent maturity OF the fruit
Since these predictions the open, grass
crowned hills have gradually warmed by the in
crossing presence Of man and his improvements
The biting frosts so common in the earlier years
have been almost entirely dissipated By the set
Element and cultivation Of the coun;ry-so
much 50, indeed, that abundant yields of all
varities OF fruits, except peaches, are con-
fdently expected by the orchardists and
they are rarely. If ever, disappointed. There
are few peach trees yet planted, put the change
for the better has been 90 gratifying that where
but short time ago apples were cut OF in their
bloom, the tender peach frequently grows to
juicy perfection, and as the country progresses
in settlement and cultivation each year will sd
to the certainty of the iruit yields, even OF the
tealerest varieties
One branch OF the fruit industry which IL des-
tined 10 become OF great importance and a
gratifying source OF revenue to the great rain
belt which skirts the Coeur d Alene mountains
in the center OF which the city OF Pslouss il
growing up with the eouniry-is prune raising
No better region for the propagation OF this
staple product OF the orchard IN all the markets
OF the world can be found than among the gen.
tie slopes and winc-proteeted coves tributary to
Paiouse. Here it is that the marketable pgune
finds its element, and those who have already
peered far enough into the future to induce
them to plant orchards OF pfunes will reap the
golden reward which their neighbors have over
looked
Heretofore the lack of markets for home
grown fruits has been = serious drawback to the
development OF what promises to become soon
remunerstiye industry in this country But
with the sdysRt of the great railroads aud their
desires and ability TO handle such trafie.
coupled with the building of great cities
throughout vast stretches of non-fruit p-oduc-
ing regions in the great Northwest where pso-
pie must and will be fed the development of
mines, manufactures, etc, the demand has be-
come such as TO fully warrant thoughtful con-
siceration and early setivity upon the part O.
every possessor Of soil in the fruitful portion of
the Palouse country
IL Is true that this region is capable OF the
production of vast quantities of fruits and that
the markets might become giutted with the
plekings IRON the bending boughs of the ssppy
trees; but II 10 also true that the markets Will
widen and develop with the years and the deysl
opnens OF the industry and the facilities for
transportation, just IS they have in the pas.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-27

battle ships bailding and France seven.
Russia has laid down .Eenty-six new yes
sells, a fifth battle ships.
We need TO add a. least two battle ships
8 year for the next FIVE years. for with the
Atlantic, the Gulf and the Pacific coasts TO
defend, the United States needs at least
third the number of battle ships possessed
by England. Today we stand bat seventh
In the naval powers Of the world. The
protection Of our sea coast cities, with
enormous amounts Of property exposed 70
destruction, require not only fixed forts
az land defenses. but navy which can
follow an enemy TO every point Of attack.
The House committee reported that in
addition to the vessels under construction
there should be nine battle ships Of
the general type of the Indiana.
and thirty torpedo boats. Ten Of these
torpedo boats ought TO have been author
lied this year, as they could be built for
about million Of dollars. and only one
third of that sum need be appropriated
the present session. The present congress
ought to have ordered at least one battle
ship in addition TO the armored cruiser
authorized.
The truth Is we never shall have an ad-
equate navy until the Nicarauga canal is
built and the government controls it.
Then We shall be compelled to either build
a strong navy or be prepared, like helpless
barbariaDs, to render unnavigaole
worlds water way that We have not intel
Hgent foresight enough to construct, con-
troll and defend.