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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02
Tough on Tramps.

A clever woman, residing in one OF
the suburbs of Boston, has hit upon
an ingenious way of ridding herself
of the annoyance of tramps. For. 3
long time she had been overrun by
these searchers after an eleventh hour
job with, twelve hours pay. At first,
from inherent kindliness, she was
won't to serve them with hot coffee and
q fairly good meal, but the tramps in
creased so in numbers that this mode
soon became not only expensive but
burdensome as a matter of labor alone.
Added to this was also the loss of small
articles, which some of these tramps,
ungrateful for past or present favors,
would purloin, without ever so much
as "by your leave"
What to do to get rid of this gentry
was a puzzle. The old saying that
"man has a will, but woman has q
way" found exemplification, however.
in the present instance.
What did she do2 Well, the idea
became lodged in her brain that, in or
ser to drive and keep these tramps
away, the premises must be made OBJ
noxious to them. So she quietly put
some cotton-oil in the coffee that she
dispensed to these gentleman of leisure
every morning. She soon had the
pleasure of seeing, day after day,
fewer and fewer of her former tramp
friends
Whether, as the shrewd matron re-
marked to a neighbor, to whom she
confided her riddance remedy, the
tramps. ever really discovered what
worried" the coffee or not. she has
never been able to tell, but they do
not come to her for drink and sus-
tenance any Boston Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02
PINcHINc A TIGERS TAIL.
It Wasn't Nearly So Funny Procedure
as Had Been Anticipated.

"What's the matter with my handP"
repeated the man who was shorn of
thumb and fore finger and otherwise
MANNED. "I've had many good sur
geon look at it and ask the same ques-
ton. The general idea is that l got it
caught among cog wheels or revolv-
ing knives, but the fact is tiger had
hold of it for about fifteen seconds"
"Were you hunting tigersP" asked
Detroit Free Press man.
"No. l was simply making fool OF
myself. l was visiting the geological
gardens at Philadelphia about ten
years ago, and among the animals was
one of the largest tigers in captivity.
1t was a warm day, and he was sound
asleep on the broad of his back, with
his paws in the air. The end of his
long tail stuck out of the cage bit,
and / thought it would be smart
trick to pinch it and see the brute
Jump. None of the keepers were in
sight, and the more 1 thought of the
idea the smarter it appeared to me. l
was only 20 years old then, and of
course imagined that was the smart
est of smart Alecks."
"And you pinched, eh?"
ulu. AuO udlo AalA was OAAJ
two feet away from the cage, and after
a good look around reached over and
nipped that tail with great heartiness.
Something roared and something
moved about five times as quick as q
flash of lightning, and the first thing l
knew the tiger had my hand in his
mouth. He grabbed it before l could
jerk it back, you see. AS he growled
and chewed he also pulled backward,
and but for keeper coming up he
would have pulled me up against the
bars and got at me with his claws. He
bit the thumb and finger clean of, and
his fangs went right through from
back to palm. The keeper pounded
him loose with an iron bar just in time
to save me, and it took about three
years to get the hand in the shape you
see it The doctors threatened to am
putate it at the wrist time and again. p"
"And you are satisfied"
Perfectly. A hundred tiger tails
waiting to be pinched would be no
temptation to me. Pm not one of the
sort that want the earth. If you want
to know how the old thing works drop
into zoo some day and do some
| pinchin9."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02
An Alternative.

Briggs-I hear you made bet of
$50 with Tutter that you would kiss
Miss Penstock before she went to Eu-
rope. Have you succeeded yet, old
man?
Griggs-No, and there isn't much
prospect of it, either.
Briggs--Why, what's the matter?
How did you 60 about it?
Griggs-I went right to Miss PEN
stock and told her about the whole af-
fair How l heard she was going to
sail for Europe, and some one made
the remark that would kiss her good
bye, and then Tutter said he would
bet $50 1 wouldn't, and that l took
him up. l explained the whole thing
to her, and told her 1 was poor man.
You see, old fellow, l worked on the
girls sympathies.
Briggs-Well, didn't you have any
success?
Griggs (gloomily)-No, except to
make it draw.
Briggs-How's that?
Griggs-She says she will stay home
from Europe.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02
Bestowing His Hospitality.

A professor whose house was just be-
side dormitory inhabited by rather
fast set, was frequently annoyed by
invasions of his yard by students rem
dered rather muddled through their
recent libations to ivy-crowned Bac-
chus. One night, in particular, the
saunterer remembers. He was at the
time living just opposite the professor.
In the middle of the night, awakened
by a tremendous clatter, he arose and
went to the window. There on the
professors steps was a much befud-
died student, banging the knocker.
kicking the door. and raising a row
generally. And above was the night
capped head of the professor. vainly
trying to make himself heard above
the din. Finally there came lul.
"What do you want?" called the ex-
asperated professor.
"Want t stay here all night" said
the student.
WELL" said the professor, slamming
down the window, "if it'll do you any
good, stay there. boston Budget.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02
JIM CARRIERS IRON LAW.
How the Famous Nevada Fighter Cooled
the Courage of an Afronted Youth.

%Big Jim" Cartier. the famous
Nevada fighter, died the other day, and
the San Francisco Chronicle recalls the
fact that Mark Twain in "Roughing
1t" tells. a story of his prowess. Twain's
account we'll illustrates the quiet but
deep determination of the man. One
evening Cartier entered a restaurant
and unintentionally sat down on the
hat of a tall and athletic hot-blooded
young gentleman, who was with two
or three other equally high spirited
companions. When Cartier realized
what he had done he apologized.
Strengthened the hat out to the best of
his ability, gave his assurance on his
honor as a gentleman that it was not
an intentional affront, and in q few
modest words endeavored to appease
the wrath of the young man, who was,
in fact, a worthy citizen, though a
tride inexperienced. The man with
the broken hat insisted that it was an
outrage that could not be forgiven, and
taking off his coat challenged the
stranger to combat.
"If we must fight, we must, l sup
pose" said Cartier, slowly, as if unde-
cided what to do. 81 don't like the
idea, though, for don't believe the
whole lot of you would have any
chance with me. Let me show you
something"
Quietly sitting down at the big table
he took hold of it with his teeth, and
bracing his knees against the lower
part of the table, raised it and its con-
tents, big dinner for four, roast and
all, and with his horse load stood
erect.
When he put the table to the floor
without spilling drop from the we'll
filled glasses there was an oppressive
silence, which he broke by saying:
Il have already apologized. My
name is Cartier. Let's all take q
drink"
Nobody refused.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02
MAYS DILEMMA.
Couldn't Keep Clean and Healthy In
Twenty-Four-Hour Day.

"What's the matter, MayP" said one
woman to another, who was sitting
gloomily in reading room with a
magazine and bit of paper before her.
"I've just discovered, replied May,
looking up from the articleon hygiene
that she was reading, "that can never
be clean person, much less healthy
or beautiful one."
"What! What do you meanP" gasped
Mays friend.
my DEAR" said May, 81 have the
authority of this excellent article for
the following statement regarding per-
senal cleanliness and health: No
woman with abundant hair can hope
to keep it fresh and glossy without a
half-hour's brushing morning and
evening. This is an hour day. am
also informed that the care of my nails
should consume half an hour day and
of my teeth another half hour.
"Then must sleep ten hours and
exercise in the open air for one hour
each day. I must spend three-quart-
ers of an hour at breakfast and lunche-
on and an hour and half at dinner.
And not less than three hours in re-
creation is commanded. If you are a
mathematician you will see that nine
teen hours out of the twentv-four are
thus consumed. Then facial messages
and Turkish baths are recommended,
and these, with my sewing, would take
up the few remaining hours.
"And fate compels ME to work nine
hours day for living and to devote
one hour to getting to and from my
work. So that the days will have to
be at least twenty-nine hours long be-
fore I can be even clean and healthy.
Heaven only knows how much longer
they would need to be if one aimed to
be beautiful and intelligent"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02
EDDY CHANGED HIS LUCK.
One Fisherman Who by Careful Effort
Became Good Liar.

Yes, Eddy was always good story
teller, and, for truthful man, he had
some pretty good stories to tell, says
the N. Y. Herald.
Half dozen of US commuters, who
lived in the same suburb, leased
pond at one time of an old farmer,
stocked it with trout fry, spent good
deal of money trying to keep poachers
out of it, fished it ourselves in rotation
in the early mornings with Indifferent
success, and then amused ourselves on
the train in and out of the city max
ing each other jealous by the account
of the catches we had made.
"All except Eddy-he never made
any of us jealous, and we all knew in
our hearts it was because he told the
plain truth about his luck. None of
us would acknowledge it. however,
and Eddy passed from the stage of vi
olent jealousy of all of US into moody
despair at his own luck, which persist
entity renrened about seventy-five per
cent below our alleged article.
at amused US a good deal that Eddy
did not catch on to our lies, and we
used to speculate how long it would
take him to do so.
"One morning we all gathered at
the station and Eddy's face was radi-
ant. This surprised US, for the early
hours before sunrise had been so ex-
ceedingly foggy that we thought no
trout could see fly, and as that was
Eddy's morning to fish the pond we
all expected to find him bluer than
ever.
"'Boys, 1 had amazing luck this
morning. exclaimed Eddy, and there
was a ring of exultant sincerity in his
voice. 1t was frightfully foggy and l
could not see my fly after 1 had cast
it, so l did not expect anything, but
the trout took it in a way 1 never
heard of, much less saw before. 1t
beat any of you fellows catches all
hollow. kept pulling them in and
pulling them in till 1 Istopped out of
sheer Consideration for you.
"'This is downright murder!' said
to myself; the fish are crazy, and l
won't clean out the entire pond and
leave nothing for the other fellowsr
$50 1 filled my basket from the
Topping pile I had collected on the
bank, threw the remainder back into
the pond and started FOR home.
"'Just then the wind sprang up, the
sun came out, the fog rolled away in
immense banks, and found / had not
been within hundred yards of that
blamed old pond at all.
81 swear to you, boys, had been
catching those fish right out of the
fegr
"Eddy had caught on"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02
A Boys First Battle.

At Vimeira we turned out. q full
hour before daylight. The line was
first formed, orders were given in q
subdued voice; then the silence was
unbroken; the enemy was expected to
attack US.
As day broke slowly we fancied we
saw troops forming in the woods, but
no shot was heard.
About 7:30 shot was heard at the
outposts, soon afterward another, then
two or three in quick succession. /
was stretched on the ground; near me
stood the colonel and two or three of
the senior officers.
ave shall have day of it yet," the
colonel said.
Then came volley from probably q
whole picket to our left. The colonel
gave the word:
Stand to your arms!" He saw me
and said kindly: Fall in. Dundas."
took my place in the rear of the
company. Next to me was the sergeant
who had drilled me.
81 am dismissed drill now," said as
we stood together.
The shot came thick. did all I
could not to bob. 1t was delightful to
see the pleasure some of the soldiers
took in the fray. The officers did their
duty well and the men had taken good
aim, for we found the ground covered
with dead and; dying.
The first body I stepped over was
that of fine grenadier and / emptied
his haversack of some biscuits and
munched them as went along. I was
very hungry-that must be my excuse
but did not soon hear the last of
"the dead mans biscuit" from my
comrades. I got shot or two at the
enemy.
"Hurrahw said my old sergeant, "a
raw recruit may chance to shoot great
Gen. Bonyparty"-the chorus of an old
song.
The battle was over. To us it was
scarcely a battle and one-half the
army was not engaged WaUerley
Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02
Between Two Fires.

at seems to me-" said Uncle Silas
Sassafras. as he read the rules and
regulations tackled on the door of his
room at the Hyprise hotel, "that these
hotel people just Systematically try to
bleed people"
"What is it, father?" asked his wife.
"Why, one of these dinged rules
says, Don't blow out the gas, an4 an
other says, Gas burned all night will
be charged extree.' Now what's fell
low to do?"-Life.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02
High Stools for Kitchens.

Every well-appointed kitchen should
contain at least one office stool, such
as are used by clerks who write at
high desks. 1t allows a mistress or
maid to work as readily sitting as
standing at various employments.
without that wearisome gesture of
stretching up the arm to a level with
a table or ironing-board. Another
advantage is that the feet rest upon
it's rounds and thus remove the weight
of the body from them. This in itself
is more comfortable and refreshing
than women are accustomed to con.
slider, and the ease with which one
may turn about on a revolving seat il
wonderful convenience.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02
On a Peruvian Cliff.

Explorers have found great many
mummies in caves in cliffs among the
Peruvian mountains. How the Indians
who entombed their dead in this way
reached the caves hundreds of feet
down the side of steep cliffs is mat
ter of conjecture. A French traveller.
M. Weiner, narrates visit to one of
these sepulchres and the serious danger
he was in of ending his travels then
and there. 81 went with two Indians, !"
he writes, "to point on high pla-
teau below which was one of the caves
and had the Indians lower me over the
precipice with leather ropes.
"a journey of 100 metres straight
downward made in such a way is ex-
traordinarily long. 1 arrived at last
at the tomb. It was half closed with
rocks. went in and found two skulls
and mummy. l tied the skulls to
my belt and taking the mummy in my
arms gave the signal for the Indians
to draw me up.
"They obeyed and gradually near.
ed the top of the precipice. The In.
dians had not looked over it and had
no suspicion of what 1 was bringing
in my arms. When the yellow skull
Va duC0SlOI dDpOat0Q
above the edge of the cliff the Indians
were terribly frightened and let slip
the ropes.
II cannot describe my feelings in
the next second, the awful terror OF
beginning to fall. In my fright let
go of the mummy and it was dashed
into thousand pieces at the bottom
of the abyss. But the Indians had not
lost their hold of the ropes; they drew
me up again and in moment stood
in safety at the top of the precipice.
"My superstitious Indians explained
to me that when those good people,
the mummies, are disturbed by In
dians they seize them in fatal en-,
brace, and they assured me that as
this mummy's head rose into their
sight it opened its mouth and would
have uttered fearful curse upon them
had it not just then been dashed tc
the bottom of the abyss"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02
A CITY oE ONE STREET.
New York Women Are Accused of Being
Narrow as the Sidewalk.


New York women are very fond of
cFiticising what they call the bad
dressing of the south and west. By
this they prove their absolute ignor-
ance of the effect of surroundings,
says the New York correspondent of
the Philadelphia Times. They might
as well expect an Italian peasant girl
to wear a Regent street tailor-made
gown as to think that southern girl,
breathing in soft airs, having a warm,
sunshiny atmosphere. will not love
pinks, blues, soft frills and frivols, or
that western girl. inhaling cold,
clear, crisp air, will not yearn for
warm browns, rich green's or glowing
reds.
New York is narrow. 1t is city of
one street, one restaurant, and, it
thinks, one set. 1t claims that the
best of everything comes to it, and
yet Philadelphia, Baltimore, Rich
mond, Chicago, st. Louis and San
Francisco each has more pretty women
than this great city. What they call
stylish women, what they call we'll
dressed women, are plentiful-so plen-
tiful that one tires of them.
1 always feel about them as the
small boy did at the dog-show. He
went with me and 1 devoted whole
afternoon to pointing out to him just
where extremely well-bred dogs show
ed their good points. to telling him
the long pedigrees and the value, even
to dog, of a grandfather; and when
it was all over he looked up in my
face and said:
"Aunt, where are the mongrelsp
They are always so much cleverer."
That's the way the New York girls
affect me. The mongrels are always
so much cleverer; or, perhaps, if
said. so much more loving and so much
more .unseltish.
Beauties who are advertised, who
are written about. too often turn out
to have cold, vapid faces and to look
like the prize COW at country fair
perfectly satisfied with themselves.
That isn't beauty, because beauty is
nothing without charm, and charm in
a woman is femininity.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02
Tom and the Wishing Cap.


Bring me your wishing cap. I'll put it on,
And wish myself that which I'd like to be.
Pray let me think! Shall be Will or John,
Or pretty little Sallie or Marie?
Or shall be great big monstrous whale,
The monarch of the ocean deep? Or, stayl
Would not like to have great long tail?
And as monkey romp the livelong day?
Or shall be winged thing? A bird,
1t seems to me, has just no end of fun,
That is, he does till in the forests heard
The coming of the sportsman with his gun.
How all will miss me when I've changed
aboutl
How through the streets my father dear
will roam
In search of me; and how the boys will shout,
"Htl have you heard how Tommy's gone
from homer
Dear me! 1 never thought How I'll miss
them!
Why, that's about as fearful as can bel
Dear Wishing Cap,if you don't mfnd-ahem!-
/ think, upon the whole, I'll stay plain me.
New Orleans PiCaVuQ0.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02

Spinning wheels are not altogether
things of the past. Go down into Corn.
wall or Wales or up to the Scotch
Highlands and you will find plenty OF
cottages where the spinning wheel il
as much piece of useful household
furniture as are the serubbing brusI
and the kitchen broom.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02

The duke of Wellington once OBJ
Jected to proposal to afford increased
facilities for third-class railway travel
ing on the ground that it would give
premium to the lower orders to 90
uselessly wandering about the coun-
trV,"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02
A Busy Hen.

A hen owned by Mr.. Baldwin at
Marion, Ind, has, her owner states,
laid 243 eggs in as many consecutive
days. When the hen began the task
last summer she was of black color,
but is now completely white in color.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02

Eastern Man Gin booming western
town)-What horrible, awful, disgust
ing. abominable odors you have here:
Mr.. Porkpacker-Yessiree. Smells
like business, doesn't it?-Puck,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02

Solieitous Friend-"If you are de
.termined in your intention to go upoE
the stage, / hope it is at least with
high aim" Mrs. De Voors-"Dont
worry. about that. l can kick three
feet OYER my head and not half try
Buffalo Courier
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-02

Suppose l make the next gown of
parrot-green velvet?" suggested Mrs.
Skadd's dress-maker.
"Oh, that's too loud" was the lady's
ly.-Judge.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-08-11

Fine Line Of smokers' Articles
Al the woodbine. Best place ana the city u
make your purchases In this line.
LEWIS q QUIET.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-08-11
ANDST|LL THEY CONE
More Insurance Securi-
ties Found.
DEFICIT BECOMING LESS.


MANCHESTER, N. H., Aug iL-At the
present rate OF progress it will not take
week for the Peoples Fire Insurance
company to discover every dollar Of the
100000 deficit" cited In Commissioner
Linehans report.
Some $4,000 worth of the missing Sc
curities turned up yesterday. These were
In the form Of 10000 worth-of James
River railroad bonds, which were reported
from Boston.
The officials also secured trace Of two
notes, aggreeating SIS. 900. the property Of
the Peoples Fire Insurance company, but
which were pledged to secure loans for tho
National Bank of the Commonwealth
In Two Local Banks.
The Peoples company will make formal
demand for these notes. and AZ the banks
holding them also have certificates Of de-
post for the amount Of their loans to the
Commonwealth bank, and, therefore, will
stand an equal chance with other deposit
tors and will probsbly lose nothing, II IL
expected they win be surrendered without
contest. This makes an aggregate Of
nearly 100000 Of the missing securities
recovered up to date, raising the assets to
over t700, 900 thus far.
Tue information that the missing asher
was In Montreal week before last was es-
tablished beyond peradventure A prom.
inent local merchant just returned from
the Dominion city states that his cousin,
who Is In the hack business In Montreal, not
only saw, but drove Morrill, about the city
two or three times. Morrill, stopped at the
Windsor. and appeared
Very Pale and Greatly Worried.
1t 10 the belief Of this gentleman that
Morrill, had left Montreal on or about a
week ago Sunday.
In this connection II may be proper to
state the opinion Of Examiner Gatchell a.
to the missing cashiers whersabou He
believes Morrill, is very near the border,
ready to light or fly, as the exigencies Of
the case or his Judgment may dictate
Mr.. Gatohell believes there is a certain
element here who believe Morrill, should
return and face the music, while other In.
terests hope for his continued absence.
The examiner Is of the opinion that
Morrill, will return In good time or when
he Is formally indicted.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-08-11
Merits Investigation.

OMAHA, Aug. l1.-Willism Rogers Gar
ner, o telegraph operator, was found dead
in bed In bis room at the home of DR..
Lavender. When discovered man known
as DR.. Ward, alias Peyson, was seated On
the bed beside the corpse, eating LUNCH.
he was stupefed wi b liquor and could
give no explanation q Garner's death. It
Is believed that Ward gave Garner several
hypodermic injections Of morphine. caus-
Ing death. Ward was arrested.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-08-11
The Panama Scandal AoaIn.

PARIS, Aug 1.-The affairs Of the Pan
anna Canal company will shortly have an
other airing In the courts, due to the efforts
Of the liquidators Of the company to recover
certain sums Of money. 10 10 said that NJ.
Lemarquis. co-liquidator with NJ Mechici-
court Of the company, applied for and was
granted summonses against the members
Of the syndicates Of contractors 10 civil
proceedings to recover the sum Of 9, 0O0, 900
francs alleged to have been fraudnlently
eacured