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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-15


Time is divided into seconds, minutes, hours
days. weeks, months. years and centurys. If we
expect to become great and good men and be
respected and esteemed by our friends we must
improve our time when we are young. George
washington improved his time when he was a
boy. and he was not sorry when he was 81
the head of a large army fighting for his
country. great many of our great men
were poor ana had but small means of obtain
ing an education. but by improving their time
when they were young. an in school they ob-
tanned their high standing. jackson was
poor boy but he was placed in school and By
improving his time he found hinself a Presl
dent of the United States guiding and direct
ing powerful nation. If we wish to become
great and useful in the world we must improve
cur time in school.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-15

The Council has passed an ordinance naming
the streets. The street north and south was
named Main; east and west Center: north and
south past school house. School; east and west
past school house. High,
Harry A. Wadsworth was one of the distin.
guished personages who attended the inaugu.
ration of Cleveland
Evan J Williams was appointed and quail
fed as Marshal in place of VIM, Kistler. who
resigned and moved away.
A Caucus will be held at the Town Hall, Sat
urday evening. March 18th. to place in nomina
tion candidates for the following offices: Mayor,
CLERK, Treasurer. Marshal. sealer of Weights
and Measures, 8 Councilmen for two years, and
8 for one year. At the Township Caucus, to be
held Friday evening. March II. will be nomi
mated. one Trustee, Treasurer, Assessor and
Constable.
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WINDHAM.

MARCH s.-Diptheria has numbered its VIC
tins very rapidly within the past ten days The
family of Mr. Lafayette Riggles. consisting of
wife and three children. have been taken by
the dreaded disease. leaving the father alone to
mourn the greatest of all losses. Mrs Thomas
Cbristy is very low with the same disease
Mr., 6. E. Earl is recovering rapidly from an
attack of pneumonia. Mrs. and Miss Earl arc
slightly improved.
The neighbors of Mrs. F. A. Bradford gath
cred at her residence last Thursday. and re-
minded her that she had reached the 50th mile
stone of the journey through :" this vale of
tears" After partaking of sumptuous dinner
and presenting the hostess with a handsome
teapot. they departed wishing her many returns
of the day. and health that sac may enjoy many
tea brewed in the token of friendship.
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sc. Improved His TImes Too.
Here i, composition written bg Grover
Cleveland when he was but years OF age and
was student at the academy in FAYETTEVILLE:
Fayetteville Academy. sept 8. ls46.
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aucIonL tOWn- 1t is flcn IN SnOSt
STORIES tales of the sea and traditions
of the colonial period. One of its
early owners was Captain Samuel Cal
der, who was captured by the dey of
Algiers in 1898 and held for four years,
until ransom was paid by the United
States government.
The unmarried men of the German
capital lately formed the idea of hav-
ing bachelors club, but the terrors
of social vengeance overlook the COM
mittee. They received threatening
letters from the hostesses of Berlin who
possessed unmarried daughters, and,
in dire dread of being sent to Coventry
during the festive season and of being o
struck off the visiting list of the ma
irons of the city, the committeeman
resigned.
1t is estimated that there are today
in the United States and Canada about
600 men in every 1000, having reached
the age of 80, who are single. The
conjugal condition of the people in
other countries is vastly different. In
Russia 373 men and SIS women in
every 1000 who marry are married
under 20 years of age, while in Eng
lstuO fOO i1IOA 1uo CZO WOulGu LII ONGEN
1000 are married between 20 and 80
The boycott does not always work
to the satisfaction of the boycotters.
The fact is just now being illustrated
at Schoharie, N. Y, where some Young
girls determined to "cut" all the Young
men who drink spirits, beer or cider,
or who use tobacco in any form. The
young men conferred together and
adopted novel plan of counterfoil.
They concluded that they should be
just as polite to the girls as ever, ex-
cept that they would not look at them
that is, meet their gaze. The girls
were astounded at the conjunction.
When fair boycotter would meet one
of the boycotted the latter would greet
her effusiyely, all the while looking
straight over her head. The result Of
the boycott is still undeterminable.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-01-24

ana medals, came to the inner door and
beckoned half dozen VINO sat nearest, ana
these going before, led the way. After about
five or six minutes these came out mostly
one by one. ana disappeared into the great
outer hail. AS fast as the groups or people
left the room to be presented those left be-
hind kept moving upward on the seats, until
the last four persons Of the whole
party of sixty moved into the inner room. L
was of these four. The benignant white
haired gentleman motoned- me into what is,
believe, a small, narrow room, comparative
ly small, 1 mean, but not really. But l can
not tell you what the room is like. | thought
only Of having reached the goal and of him
who sat bending forward in low chair, can.
onied. think. and slded. On either side of
him stood Monsgnor Volpi this maestro di
casa) and another domestic prelate. As L
said / thaught only Of the thin, shadowy,
bending figure. white from head to foot. save
the purple northumberland slipper. with
long. this face, carved as it were cut Of ivory
and lighted by tie most piercing and brilliant
yet. at the same time the most tender black
eyes have ever seen. L had Il
good look at him, because two dear old
Breton peasants and an elegant, evidently
high-born Engishman, Were presented be-
fore me. L saw his kindly looks and
heard his low, tender, soothing tones, speak
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JUST SUPPOSIN'."
A Story By Laura M. Smith.

and her freckeled nose and great black
eyes, 1t was Hetty Cummings-bold,
hard, brutal little Hetty. She stood full
| In the door and gaZcd at the teacher
| Her eyes were blacler than ever, but a
| soft black now. The red mouth was
very gentle and that aggravatinS curve
| around her nose was gone.
AS the little girl met the teachers
| glance all the ugly lines came back.
"Mean Old thing!' she said, through her
| teeth, TN fix him."
Down the schoolhousc hill Hetty flew
and out upon the main road, where she
struck into a steady and determined
| walk. Her black eyes were blazing. She
delivered kicks to sundry punches of
sage brush without once taking her gaze
off the distant road ahead. This road
stretched down the valley into one Of
those vast sage-brush plains lying on the
border of Nevada.
Where was Hetty going? She evidently
knew there was something to reach at
the end OF that road. 1t was II. Johnson,
the writer of the teachers letter, and in
her heart she was kicking him instead OF
the sage brush.
This Ii. Johnson was the man who lived
a hermitS-nOt to say dOg'S-life in
log cabin away on the edge Of the plain
had turned a mountain stream upon his
land, and by sixteen years Of back-break-
ing labor had transformed it into a para
disc compared to the arid waste around
it. He had founded q reservoir or fish
pond, and run his domain into the cool
forest.
"Oh! won't l fix him thought
Hetty was getting tired, and she said
this, ! think. to keep up her indignation.
She had never been to II. Johnson's
cabin, and she didn't know how much
further il might be, but she had no in
tention of owning that she was tired.
She had walked three miles already;
just here the road turned sharply to the
left and she began to go toward the
mountain. Soon she came in sight of
the green pleasant plantation.
Now, how should she proceed to FIX
him? F,Htty had had several horribly
dark is moves in her mind when she start
ed g. freights she drew nearer they all
SEE. seJt'sd up all :fia: foolish s9 get tho Law Of
wh:Hsas broke g,1
She slid from one tree to another as
she drew nearer and nearer the cabin,
q low structure near the edge or a
stream. 49,,
IF he's in the house, I'll lay low TN
dark and then III do something fearful
CRASHED Hetty.
There was no sign of life about the
place; nothing but the silence of the
late afternoon. The golden light lay
over the rough logs, the low chimney
and glttered on q heap Of tin cans Just
outside the door. The stream rippled
softly. The shadows Of the reed grasses
Law on the doorstep. The Wrathiul little
girl stood there just thrilling with inter-
est. She expected every minute to see
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PRICE 8 G NTS

probably be issued at the end Of December or
at the beginning Of January, announcing the
special indulgences to be granted in honor Of
his jubilee. On the occasion of the sacerdo-
tai jubilee, indulgence was given TO "al such
CT ristians of both who shall make the
pilgrimage to Rome on the occasion of our
sacerdotal jubilee, giving public and open
testimony OF their piety in the name of their
nations, and rendering homage and obedience
due 10 the supreme authority granted to us by
Cod and also to all such Christians as shall
accompany in their minds and hearts the
said pilgrims to Rome, and to all and sundry
who shall have aided in any way toward the
good result Of those pious piigrimageS If en-
The day Of our sacerdotal jubilee, which is the
first day Of the coming January having at
tended q novena, confessed and received ths
holy sacrament, shall attend their OWL. parish
church and there put up prayers for the
concord of Christ ian princes, for. the eXtirpa:.
ton of hereSy. the conversion, Of sinners ana
the eXatation Of holy mother church. to
these are conceded, in the Lord, penary in
diligence and remission Of sins. And these
indulgences are applicable also to the souls
in purgatorv."
Most probably the form something
like it will be used in the present case.
Such. as far as learn beforehand,
will be the order observed during the ap-
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The whole town turned out yesterday and
pitched into the snow
The parson led the runpus an he shouted,
Let her go!"
" every mamie rolled him up ball an
First Deacon Jones, who d1dnI o'ieve man
could fall from grace,
Jes' hit the parson in the back an showed
him in the face;
An the parson dropped his snowball-his eye
was red as blood,
An when he clinched with Deacon Jones, the
deacon's name was Mud
Then Deacon Jones's wife came out an hit
the parson one,
An In a second an half she had him on
the run;
Then all went In for fghtin'-they fought
from fur an near;
The mayor jumped on the marshal an the
marshal licked the mayor!
We don't want no more snowbaIls in Billviils
right away. SO
For half the town Is laid UP now, with
doctors bills to pay;
The undertakers smilin' as he hugs mis- olt'
off ears;
We've had snow enough in Billville to last
N4''o' 01 FRANK L. STANTON.
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dinand II Of Naples and mother OF Francis V
was to be among the beatihed persohages,
or else some flaw has been found IN the abso-
lutte perfection of her record Joan OF Arc
who was talked of for while seems now 1o TO
be considered as out OF the question: Her
romantic story appealed more strongly TO
Plus IL than to the cminently practlcal Leo
Nil. The pilgrims WILL 1t Is SAID, pc fecelE-
ed in tho same manner in which those per
sons who are admitted TO private audiences
Of his holiness are received To quote from an
excellent description written to us by an IN
slish lady friend who has recently oeeh pre-
sentcd to his holiness, lone has to CLIMB many
and pass Swiss guards until one reaches a very
large and lofty hall, where some OF the
popes own household servants are IN "55el-
wearing a loose coat, called in heraldc par
lance a tabard, of richly hrocaded SILK OF the
brooches to match and silk stockings and
velvet shoes Of the same shade; If the person
to be presented is a lady and has an outer
shawl or cloak one of the servants takes 1t
from her and lays it down on one OF the Inany
card of admission borne by the aspirant to
the audience is examined and in low whisper
and by gestures one is moved forwards nlto
an apartment which may be called II salon;
This is richly carpcted and has chairs covered
with silk Of the same color and quality as
coed with pictures representing sacred sub,
iectS. There is no mirror in the room, ana
on the one solitary marhH9-topPed. gllt-fggG,d
| a very large and beautifully executed crucfiX
in ebony and ivory. More of the crimson
coated serving men. meet one here, take
! another glance at ones ticket and motions
one to seat. Last come me, last S served d ooso
of the Populations of pilgrims there is some
arrangement among themselves, upon which
| their order Of precedence depends. On ordi-
| nary occasions those favored with audiences
wait for a length of time measured by the
| period accorded TO those who have preceded
| Them into the presence Of the holy father.
| we cannot do better than resume the account
written Of her experiences by the lady we
mentioned before: sne n[GceedS' Wn1
in the before named salon, for a
considerable time. Every and then ser
the greater outer hall into some room he
vond, or an ecclesiastic, some humble prcs
robe passed to and fro The audience hou
was II O'Clock at noon, but it was twent.
minutes past that time when two OF the d men
man in the ordinary evening dress OF tn
nintsepth century but wearing many order
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written for The Constitution
"Hetty Cummings you may come ou,
here to met"
A biack-eyed girl IN the third seat In
the second row of the little log school
house arose promptly and walked to
the teachers desk.
The teacher stood up. She stepped
around to tho side Of the desk the better
to fix Hetty's eyes with her own.
''He4g, what did you do to Annie
Jenkins just now?"
Before the question was well out Of
her mouth the answer flashed back.
Put some cold shot down her back, /
brought il Il purpose"
The teachers white fingers frightened
on the desk and she opened her lips twice
before she spoke.
"Oh, you did. did your
She felt this TO be an utterly Insane
remark, but to save herself she could not
think Of anything else. No need to have
fixed those eyes OF Hetty's-they were
releutlessiy ana unflenchingiy fastened
Oh her face. To get them of, she re-
marked: You may so to your seat and
/ viii attend to you later"
she sat down agala at the rough red
wood desk. 1t was near the close of
school. 1t had beer hard day, and
HeIty was about the las straw. She
tried to reason, and finally without reas-
cninS she breathed TO herself: IN give
Ii up. | simply cannot stand It."
For one moment she sat very still,
trying to stop the quivetng Of her
nerves Then, taking large, shaky-
looking letter In her hand, she arose and
stood before the school. Children" she
began, I'VE cannot have our picnic ON
tho 9th OF September. l received letter
from MIR. Johnson this morning and-I
viii read to you what he says" Then
she read the letter aloud:
II heered you wor a-ooInin' up to my
reservore next week to hay q grand
time an / want TO say that l don't want
you an your tribe a-runnp' through my
~ straw 5ifrries So jou'n nav tG,,S III u,
out for some other place, an there amt
none. ID 1OliNoO->;
II was the horrible unlindness in that
Hast phrase which had hurt the young
teacher when she received the letter
and now as she read it again her ips
tre1nbled SO that she could scarcely con
tinue: Children, am"-the white
fingers frightened agatn-''the picnic will
have to be given up because-we might
tnd another place-but / shall only be
with you three more days. I'm going
home-east!'
At the word "east," tremulous smile
broke over her lips and ended IN gasp
she sat down and laid her head on her
desk with a moan Of physical pain, while
tie sobs came thick and fast. The little
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prprAx OF PEONs IN MEXICO.
with Even LESS C"hsi''oi''''
Daad Than Alive.

w,u,am watson in Wade's Fiber and FABRIC
when in Mexico four years ago. while IN isoh H. !
made visit to Celaya. will never ioise' 'N'
sirht thew showed me when leaving.
e. ,Iaxico the poems have to pay SGD that
"a the lowest price, to bury one OF their deaa,
and after three years their bones are aug
M and laid by in what 1 would eau the pace
of souls, SO that they can have the room 'ol
oir,,teen feet high, three walls of brick, no rool,
NV this Enclosure was full of skulls, legs anu
arms, and Friend warbuton and another Mexican "a
his friend handled them as you would shoes III I"
store. n r,-o,r,ned
could no stand the sight ana snei, ,a,-s
,t talt rho taste In nv mouth for several days.
liked .,., Mir. ieyser how it that the county
aid not provide place for the poor poems w 49,
II they pad $500 they could have 10Y M';iv
conid y neon with % cents per day anu d a''niiS
Of little poems to feed and cothe' satS ,o be re-
,urncd for n small sum, but those that can ALUM
it buy a cheap black coffin.
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From The New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Mrs Mary SIach, of Baltimore mas 1au
remarkable experience. she ATTENDED
ncirhbor's funeral on Tuesday and during
the fnal ceremony. which took place In
voult in Woodland cemetery, she dropped
'1an, She was sitting on Il camp chair II
an obscure corner of the vault, and when 81
go o'clock the mourners departed she d1c
not awake. The door changed, the lock slipped
into Mace, but still she slept. AT o'ciocs
Wednesday morning she awoke, . shiverins
Her cries aroused the guard who instead O.
oneninc the vault door at once, teiephoned tt
T"use Bros, uudcrtakers, begging them tt
come qaey. because their last o', subject 81 ct,
had come to life and wanted to get OUT OF mel
ontiin Two policemen were also summoned
in hot haste During ali this delay Mrs
siaeh had been rending the air Win 4 fel
n;as for assistance, but the guard waited Ioa
t tLn rndortakers Finally undertakers, ponce
men ,re and guard cautiously unlocked the door
n n,v' thn woman tumbled out. nearly exnaustes
f from fright and exertion The woman was
s aagon and is quito Ill from the effects OF Asi
exposure. . - 80 s'>-NA-
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the Grabbed, selfish old man emerge from
the open door. She moved slowly
towards it.
There she waited. Not q sound, not
breath.
Slowly she orept to the door and
peeped around the jam with eyes OF
startled expectancy. No one was there.
She stepped Oh the door-log with an air
Of possession, and gaZed boldly into the
room. 49,
..WrIl! shoot the hOuseH' was her slow
comment. az she contemplated with
childish disgust the dirt and confusion.
Now was Iletty's chance-the old man
rome aud his possessions Were at ncr
disnosal. She could tear, rend, destroy,
Rut she stood in the same position
hooking inteady into the room
cr,ddenly she turned around and gazed
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General Lafayette McLaws, of Georgia,
was missed from the last session OF tne
worlds fair national commission, says Inc
Chicago Herald. He had attended every
nrevions session of the federal board, and
some surprise was expressed at his absence,
aSpecially as members Were to take part Ill
the festivities of dedicating the exposition
building.
General McLaws was one OF the hardest
fphtcrs in the confederate army during the
recent disturbance but after his Saber had
been pounded into pruning knife he be
came an ardent republican and once more
Welded himself To the service OF his country
III the capacity of postmaster and various
other offices that brought him IN c0hG'cS
with the federal treasury. General McLaws
however does not appear TO have become
thoroughly reconstructed, in spite OF nus
long and faithful service as federal otfl-
cial.
81 member of the national board, II received
a long letter from General McLaws IN
which he explained, as | afterward learned,
whv he would not attend the October cere-
monies. The letter was enough to strike ter
ror to the heart of the bravest Wrlung-masr
ter. II was 50 difficult to decpher thaJ L
couldn't take time to read lC before coming coming
away. On my return from the ceremonies
7 went to work to read the letter. General
NcI,aws evidently supposed that his alb
Scncp would be noticed, rs ii was, aud wrote
10 mo to tell me why he remained away.
He had been reading about the preparations
for the parade and other festivities and saw
that General Miles was to ride at the hea9
of the procession. l will never consent
he said. to ride in a procession led by Jetf
H,yis's taller Had this reason been az
signed by some vehement dem0crat, II would
not have struck me as pecUllar' salQ llis
commissioner. but coming from veteran
republican ofice-hoder, it was very anus
inc to say the least.
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From The Chicago News.
One of the homeest men In Detroit mas a
hooutifnl little girl about five years old. The
othcr day she was sitting on his lap with
hand glass before her. She looked at her
fothnr n moment then looked at herself and
turned to her mother
..Namma," she inquired, "did God make
mc?"
Eyes, daughter"
'Did He make papa, too?'
yes" 49,, ,aa o+
Then she took another look In the glass NJ
herself. . ,...u ..ua,s doing
n great deal better work lately Nhs ""'
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clock said it was time to dismiss school.
For Il moment the children We're held
quiet by the spectacle Of their teacher III
tears, then, with faces half frightened
half ashamed they gathered up their
dinner buckets and stole out, disappear-
iny behind a rise IN the road. The young
teacher still sat there. Every now and
then she said over and over TO herself:
"Iye given it up. I've given ii upy'-With
every time fresh sob. every body east
said l would'-hore II great gasp--"and
! have! People are 50 ignorant hcre-
stocks and stones. It's no use to try to
do anything. even the children are
little brutes.'
She was half blind with tears, but she
became conscious of red calico dress
inst then-a skirt blowing in at the door
and curling around the jam. 1t was
turkey red-yes it was Hetty's dress
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large number Of people flock to the hSri nd
"a cannot fail TO be OF gre. ecuni'liA ~
Clty, ca 4 tho inhabitants of Rome particu-
ary IN cases ike the ONE TO ~ the
the belong h almost sHtasEs' ca
We1i-to1ho Nave Weight, even with such as are
f fan 70 to the papal party, both In religion
and IN Roa''t we learn, is engaged In preparing
the ssnppT Teiui, for the occasion which viii
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proaching pilgrimage to Rome. BY the time
the year Of jubilee has expired some other
occasion for bringing together the faithful
children OF the holy see Will doubtless have
been found HELEN ZIMMERN.