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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-01

ana further cOnhnement Will XIII MIN.
Warden-I'm afraid it is impossible.
The crime he committed was not suf-
ticiently atrocious to interest the pub
lie in his case.-Harper's BozGr.
~John," she said, "there's nothing
that enjoy more than reading the
last words of great men. l wonder
what your last words will beP" "Ma-
riah," he replied, "the last word is
something that I never expect to
have" And this was the first time on
record that he got Washington
Star.
The large-boned domestic with a
broad, thoughtful brow answered the
bell with fin de steele promptness.
"Mary," remarked the mistress, "did /
hear you say to man in the kitchen
that you would marry himp" "You
did, men," "Was it the same young
man I heard you say you would marry
the night before, Mary?" at was not
the same, mem. would remind you,
mem, that servants is human beings"
Detroit Tribune.
1t fell to the lot of a young man in
this town to attend funeral the other
day. He did not know any of the
members of the afflicted family, but it
was his business to be at that funeral
and he went. The services, which
were held in the family residence,
were fairly under way when the young
man arrived, and, much to his embar
rassment. the butler insisted upon
leading him to seat very close to the
coffin. After the service the menial
accosted the stranger as he was leav
ing the house. BEG pardon for put
ting you where did, but had to-" he
said. "How was that?" asked the
young man. "Well," said the butler
apologetically, "you see l didn't know
you, and we have to be careful. There's
q lot of valuables in this house. So
people we didn't know we put away up
in front. Nobody would do nothing
wrong sitting alongside the deceased. !"
IN. 7. Times.
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VETERANS PAssINe AWAY.
In Forty Years There Will Be Few Sur
vivors of the Civil War.

In Forty Years There VIII Be Few Sur
Vivors of the Civil War.
Interesting in connection with the de
partment encampment is the report Of
the medical director, DIR. j. r. Hayes
In part as follows, says the Washington
Post:
''Our annual death rate equals 2.7s
per cent. of the whole number in the
Grand Army Republic in this depart
ment. This is equivalent to death rate
of twenty-seven in thousand, larger
death rate than usually pertains to any
given number of people. Our band o!
nearly 1900 is being rapidly mustered
out, and If we apply the simple rules OF
arithmetic, and provided that we re-
cruit no more, in the year 1880 not one
of our 4, 600 would be alive to tell the
story of the past.
I'VE are dying faster than any Other
class of our population, because out o.
the 1000 in our organization more thar
one-half are daily suffering from loss o.
limbs, from wounds, injuries and disa'
bilities contracted during the war. Re
suits of prison-life and the exposure and
deprivation incident thereto now cause
more suffering than the bullet. Loss o1
a limb shortens the life, but the rheu
matism and scurvy contracted in prison
also yearly call for their premature vic
Tins. Premature aging of all the or
gans, diminished vital resistance to al
disturbing causes, and more especially
diseases of the heart, now SO alarming
ly present with many surviving com
rades, are mainly due to the rheuma
tism and scurvy of prison life.
ST have never seen survivor from
the prison at Andersonville, Ga, that
did not have disease of heart in some
form or other. So, taking our little
band of 1000 to-day, in about forty
years all who have lost limbs or beer
seriously wounded or suffered the hard
ships and horrors of prison life vii
have passed away"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-01
spry Old Maine People.

Maine is noted for her hale and spry
old people. Ex-Gov. Garcelon, in Lew.
iston, eighty-fve years old, is an active
rider and driver of fast horses, of which
his stables contain twenty-three fine
animals. Mrs. Jonathan Dow, of Deer
Isle, eighty years old, has knitted forty
pairs of stockings and woven two hum
dred yards of rag carpeting and one
hundred yards of cloth during the past
season in odd moments snatched from
her general housework and the care of
flock of hens. Mrs Joanna Bunker,
of West Trenton, eighty-seven years
old, has just finished waistcoat which
she cut and made without the use OF
glasses. Mr.. Robbins, also of Deer
Isle, is seventy-six, and, last year,
besides doing much repairing to
vehicles. he made all the woodwork for
four carts, one jigger, a double-seated
WAGON and horse sled.
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-, l received it."
viotoria's Last Resting Place.

When the queen dies her mortal re-
mains will rest in the gray granite
sarcophagus with the late lamented
Prince Albert's ashes. Underneath
the arms of the queen and Prince AL
bert, on the monument, is inscribed
Farewell, well beloved Here at last
l will rest with thee. With thee in
Christ will rise again" The white
marble recumbent statue of the prince
consort is in the uniform of field
marshal, wearing the mantle of the
order of the Garter-this is on the
right; the left side of the lid and the
unoccupied space is where the queens
body will be laid. Bronze angels with
outstretched wings and flowing robes
are at each corner of the tomb.-Lo7s-
don Society.
A nash of scrambled eggs, red pep
pers, and picked cucumbers is now re-
garded as great bracer in the fashion,
able clubs Philadelphia Record.
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RATHER EXPENSIVE EGGS.
A Man Who Bought Hotel and Triee
to Run 1t.

~AAe~AA
to Run It.
There is working on the California
street cable system a man who has had
considerable ups and downs as this
world goes. He earns $3.50 day as
conductor, but there was time when
he had an income ten times as great,
says the Waverly Magazine.
The boys on the road call him Lord"
Harrington on account of his looks,
speech and action. 1t is known that
he is very highly connected in Eng
land.
The one story known about him is:
Harrington went to Florida watering
resort shortly after his arrival in this
country five years ago. What his real
name was no one knew; everybody
knew, however, that he had lately
come into large Inheritance and was
rolling in money. Gossip said he vis-
tied the Florida watering place to re-
cuperate his shattered health.
He had been at the hotel for eight
days and for eight days he had ordered
hard-boiled eggs, but each morning
the waiter urbanely returned with the
eggs boiled "medium"." Every morn
ing Harrington had explained at length
that he wanted the eggs cooked that
way in order to slice them and treat
them after the fashion of the natives
of the Higher Hydrabad. But the col
ored waiter stoically ignored the order
and steadfastly brought in the eggs
boiled medium. On the eighth morn
ing Harrington lost patience and an
grily sent for the proprietor.
"fN nv are NV COOS mot h0iIad
ordered?" he demanded
The proprietor shrugged his should
ers.
Eggs boiled medium are good
enough for any body" was all he vouch-
safed. 81 like themthat way and I'm
running this hotel to suit myself"
Then cannot get hard eggs?" de-
manded the indignant guest.
"Not while 1 am bossing the place"
declared the independent American
landlord.
"What do you ask for the hotel9"
asked the Englishman.
Thirty thousand dollars" was the
prompt answer.
"I'll take it", replied the stranger.
"Now, Sambo, give me hard-boiled
eggs"
Sambo eyed the proprietor interro-
gatively.
"Give the gentleman what he wants
now, Sam," was the answer. "He is
the boss from now on"
Harrington gave a check for $780,
900 and spent $4,000 improving the
premises in order to give promising
background to the hard-boiled eggs,
sliced and treated after the manner of
the natives of Higher Hydrabad. But
his scheme never worked. At the end
of the season the sheriff swooped
down on the premises and they passed
into the hands of a man who laughed
to scorn sliced hard-boiled eggs treated
after the manner of the natives of
Higher Hydrabad.
Harrington reached California some
how. He won't tell how, but it is sup
posed he raised enough means by sell
ing off his wardrobe. The next known
of him he was working local cable
line. He admits himself that he
wouldn't have lost the hotel and his
$50, 900 if he had been brought up in
| the trade.
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ALLIGATOR sHooTINa.
An Exciting Sport Which Is Pursued i


An Exciting Sport Which Is Pursued in
Darkness.
Mr. Kirk Munroe describes in the
Cosmopolitan a canoe trip in company
with two young Seminole Indians, Mic.
cochee and Kowilza, who were engaged
in their regular occupation of hunting
alligators for their hides. The canoe
was dugout, made by Miccochee him,
self out of a huge cyprus log. The trio
made camp late in the afternoon, and
after awhile Mr.. Munroe discovered
what he had not before suspected-that
the hunting was to be done at night.
Darkness had hardly fallen before
the believing OF alligators was heard
a sound much like the roar of an angry
bull Miccochee listened with evident
satisfaction. 'Allapatta plenty Mt
catch 'em, Uncah!''
We had killed five of the monster
when we turned our prov up stream
Miccochee welded his push pole from
the stern, Kowika sat in the middle o
the canoe, while I, with jack light ol
my head and rifle in hand, occupied tn
position of honor in the bow.
The alligators had ceased their NUT
terings and 1 had begun to think tina
we had killed or frightened them al
just then I was startled by a sligh
motion on the bank but few yard
away. At the same instant two coal
of fire cleaned through the blackness
What could they be2 / was about t
speak, when sharp ''hist" from be
hind told me that the moment TO
action had come. Taking hasty air
at one of the lurid Goals, fired.
The report of the rifle was followe
by such wild rush into the water, sue
whirling and splashing, such shower
of spray and bloody foam that 1t wa
as if small cyclone had been droppe
from the heavens into that quiet spor
Little Kowika screamed in his excite
ment, but Miccochee only expressed hi
disp1easure at my bad shot by muttel
ing: "Ho-le-wa-gusl Heap badl''
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HlGH-PRlcED FOOD.
Tobacco and Gold on Par on she UpI
Yukon River, Alaska.

Tobacco and Gold on Par on the Upper
Yukon River Alaska.
T. D. Miles, a recent visitor in San
Francisco, gives the Call graphic ac
count of the prices current for ordinary
commodities on the upper Yukon river,
Alaska.
He has, according to the Call, just re-
turned from that country, where, he
states, there were over one hundred
men at work during the last summer
washing gold from the river bars and
riffs. The majority of them will winter
in that country.
''Well, I'll tell you, am glad to gel
back to civilization again." he said
''Gold is plentiful; In fact it is an ordt
nary trick for a man to wash out from
twenty to sixty dollars a day, but a
man needs all that to live anyway com
Portable in that country, and he has but
little to show after a season of hard
work.
'When left that country a trader
with a small stock Of goods was making
his way up the river from some of the
coast trading points in a canoe. II
fact he had several of them loaded with
provisions. He was assisted in his jour
ney by half dozen Indians
"Well, when he left, after selling out
his cargoes, he had about all the gold
dust the miners had washed out in fou
or five months of steady work.
'We ran short of provisions, and had
subsisted on bear meat and other game
so long that we willingly parted with
nearly all we had to get some civilized
ieatables.
''Wel1, this trader-his name was En-
mons-sold the several sacks of spuds
he had with him at the rate of from
thirty to fifty cents per potato.
His -four sold for twenty dollars 9
sack. and we were just glad enough to
pay five dollars a pound for the very
poorest quality Of tea he had with him.
HHe had several sides of bacon in his
stock. which he disposed of at about
one dollar a slice. A few sacks of the
despised bean brought one dollar a
pound.
''We had been out of tobaccofor near
~ two months, and had drawn but lit
tie solace out of pipefuls of dried leaves
and moss. When this fellow appeared
on the scene we took him to our hearts
as benefactor and gave him ounces OF
gold brings sixteen dollars in Alaska
and nineteen dollars at the mint here.
''We bought hundredweight of on
ions, for which we were assessed six
ounces of gold.
Il tell you what, we poured out the
dust upon that fellow Emmons, and he
had SO much of it 1 don't think would
like to take the contract to pack it from
here to the city hall.
You must not think from this ap-
palling price list that we were starving
to death. We had plenty of game ane
fish, but that kind of grub pals on thu
appetite"
, The 'sboys," however, appear to have
made money on the Yukon river bars.
Mr.. Miles states that all of them have
''stakes," and he came down to Victoris
with several of them who had CLEANED
up" from twelve thousand dollars to
twenty-eight thousand dollars apiece.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-01
FOOLED THE sTINcY YANKEE.
A Bric-a-Brac Dealer Who Obeyed Tna
structfons and Broke an Engagement.

There is a certain young gentleman
in a Maine city who is carrying an en-
gagement ring in his pocket which no
longer engages, and all because he is
one of those brainy youths of whom
there are only very few left unpicked
from the bush, says the Portland argus.
Just before Christmas he found him
self running short of funds; vet he
could not bear the idea of giving any
thing but a handsome present to his
fancee. Going to one of the down
town fashionable dealers in rich pot
terry of all sorts, he selected a magnifi-
cent oriental jar, worth originally $50
at the lowest cash price. The piece
had by some casualty been smashed
into bits, and was about to be thrown
away by the dealer. With CLEAN of
triumph in his eye, our young man
asked the price of the jar in its shat
tered condition.
The dealer, in some surprise, de-
clared it a gift outright to anyone who
would take the fragments away. Our
young man rubbed his hands with a
Mephistophelian grin. "What will you
charge to box and ship it in the same
style as you would if it were entireP"
he asked, with design in his eye. The
dealer named the price, somewhat as
tonished. "Good," said the young
man. 81 will take the jar as it is.
Here is your charge for packing. Be
sure it is done as carefully as with an
entire piece and ship it to this ad-
DRESS" and he handed the amazed
dealer the street, number, and name.
Then with a triumphant chuckle he
strolled on, confident that he would re-
ceive credit for the present of an un-
broken jar, while all the breakage
would be charged to the carelessness
of the express agency that handled the
shipment. But that was where he
miscued. A week later he went to
There were metaphorical icicles upon
the edges of the card receiver that
met him at the door, and the atmos-
phere grew colder and colder as he
advanced into the parlor with a conf
dent smile.
The young lady received him with a
e-below-zero-and- still-falling
air that made his heart take the eleva-
tor upon the down trip. But he put
on a bold face and asked cheerily:
"Pleasant Christmas l suppose, dear?"
"Yes, Mr.. -, very"
"Did you-er-er-receive-er-my-little-
or-giftP"
"Yes, Mr.. -, 1 received it."
at was packed all right, then, was
it?"
Eyes, Mr.. ~, it was packed all
right. In fact, it was packed little
too well to have needed packing at
ALL" And the smile she smole as she
spoke would have frozen hokey pokey.
"Why-er-what do you meanP" he
faltered.
Thrusting aside the portiere, she
pushed the box before him. The as
tute dealer had carefully wrapped
each and every single broken bit in
tissue paper by itself before boxing the
pile.
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Legal Notice.

Notice is hereby given that petition win be
presented to the Commissioners of Portage
County at their March session. on March 9th,
A. u. 1898, praying for the location of County
Road, on the following line TO wit:
Beginning at point on the tine between the
townships of Suffield and Brimfcd in sain
County and State enc mile east of the road
leading from the Center of Brimfield to the Cen
eastH ard about one mile, to unite with and be
a continuation of the township line road beyond.
Said road to be on the line between said town
ships of BJimfeld and suflield.
JACOB G. KURTZ, ct ais.
1872 q. DUssRL & ROGERS, Att'ys.
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orr. PATENT OFFICE. WASHINGTON. o. Q.
Teachers examinations.

l. EXAMINATIONS will be held. commencing
IL at 8 Eo'clock a. m. and closing at p. m.
on the FIRST SATURDAY of each month; also,
the THIRD SATURDAY in October. November,
February and April.
The examination on the THIRD. SATURDAY in
February will be held at Garrettsville; that on
the THIRD SATURDAY in April, at Kent All
others will be held at the High School Build
ing, Ravenna.
No certificate will be ante-dated.
Any applicant, known to cheat, will be re-
Lceed for six months.
By order of the Board.
OF. HAYMAKER, Clerk,
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A FRUITFUL INQUIRY.
How Mrs, Cleveland Won the Old Lady's
Heart.

An amusing little incident occurred
last autumn illustrative of the heroine
worship Mrs. Grover Cleveland is IA
nous for inspiring even among MEM
bers of her own sex, says Vogue. Some
time previous to the election large
and semi-public reception was ten
dered the president-elect. His attract
i've wife was also present, with the
bright smile and hearty hand-grasp
that never fail to accomplish their per-
feet work. She had greeted hundreds
of guests, when some one observed
among those waiting recognition a
little old country woman whose ex-
preston was one of suppressed excite
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*Daily. Except Sunday. Alag stop. MEALS
Dark Faced Type denotes time from u 90 noon to II %
midnight Light Faced from 12 90 midnight to i2 90
JOSEPH WOOD, EA. FORD,
General Manager, General Passenger Agent
12-2O-92-I PITTSBURGH, PENN'A.
For time cards, rates of fare, through tickets.
earding the running of trains apply to any
A gent of the Pennsylvania Lines.
W. D. ARMSTRONG. Agent,
Rayenna, o.
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Nos. 336 and 338 connect at Wellsville for
Steubenville and Bellaire. Nos. 33S and 342
BE; BETWEEN eaYaap AND NEW PHILADELPHIA.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-12
Clemson win bs Opsu,

COLUMBIA, 5. c., Jan. 5.-GovernUr
TV!msn returned las! night from Ciem
son College where lie attended meet
lng OF the trustees OF lha institution
The trustees now have at their disposal
the large sum of money appropriated tor
the completion of Clemson College BY
the General Assembly. The trustees
at their NEE ing This week took steps TO
provide for the collection OF wOrkmeIl
and materials. They are determined To
press the work of the college at RAPIDLY
as possible. 1t is doubtful whether The
college can be co nlleted IN time for II
to opened on the first of may, but al
any rate it will be opened by the first OF
July. Governor Tillman believes tina:
the college will certainly be opened by
June |. The trustees will hold another
meeting on February |, and at this meet
ins it Will be decided when the cullegt
shall he opened. The first month of the
session will be spent in Organization
The buildings which are now being
erected will accommodate GOO students
Mr. II. A. Strobe will be gwen the chai
OF mathematics. The board has not de
c'ded upon a man for the presdencs. -
Rppiste~
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A Steer In Church.

NORTH DERRY Conn. Dec. 30
There was a sensation here Christmas
which worshipers will not soon forget.
A dog and bull formed a combination
which proved demoralizing to the consre-
CATION Of the Long Meadow meeting
hO1 9, other wise known as the church of
the Freedom, as it was he first church
In the STATE r0 take in colored people on
equality with whites: The dog was
doing IN carriage near the chIifGaw chiIiiffGh hen
heard OF cattle passed. The dog staff
peded them. One steer dashed into the
church and came TO a stand in the cen.
ter aisle. EvelY Ybody tried to get out
at once and The steer was left In undis
puted possession. The clergyman grew
hoarse in his endeavors TO have some OF
the men remain aud drive the animal
out. He came down from the pulpi: to
undertake the task himself, but he was
aot successful, and had he not sought
refuge IN paw where the steer could
not reach him, the lnfuriaL led animal
would have made short work OF mm
Tho clergy man was compelled to sit
perched upon The back OF pew and
watch the steer demolish the church
property. When the animal became
tired he trOtted out. The pastor re en-.
tered The pulpit and when his congrega-
tion had returned he took up his sermon
a. tie point where it had been 80 rude.
lY interrupted.
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Bad Race iitOOd ,

COLUMBIA, $ c., Dec. 30.-Excite-
ment runs high in Easlev, Il town ir
Pick"ns county, this State, and there
is bad blood between the races. Last
Wednesday a negro of The town wrote
an insulting nOLe To Il young lady. She
informed her brother, who gave the neg.
70 severe logging with hickory stick
The negro WAS committed TO Jail and
in the expectation that he would be Ia
ken out to stand preliminary trial. a
number of whites prepared to meet HIM
and resort to harsher measures. On
hearing this most of the negroes in town
armed themselves, went tn the jail and
released the negro who fled. To-day
the whites held mass m rtin and aD.
pointed committee to notify all the
negroes who went to the iai yeterda Y
that they must leave town within 2
hours or take the consequen :es. Both
sides are excited and there is some
doubt about the negroes complying, as
they are led by Baptist preacher
The town is guarded by patrols tonight
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Good Men for II roWn,

A contemporary makes this pertinent
remark because 1t Is true: The only
men of worth to community or town
are those who forget their own selfish
ends long enough. and are liberal
enough in their ideas, to encourage
every public and private enterprise; to
push all projects calculat ed to build up
the town, and enhance its Importance.
The enterprise and push Of u town or
community IS the foundation of it's
permanent success. A town may as
well prepare for It's funeral as to be.
come indifferent to the enterprise In ITS
midst. Men who come to town to
make 1t their future home, who can
not look far enough before them to see
that money placel judiclously In pub.
tic ent terprlse, will be hundred fold
In the appreciation of their property
are to be pitied. They are not the men
to put their shoulder to the wheel and
bulld up the town. They are of the
class who are ready to take all they can
of some one else's building enterprise
but they are not willing to do anything
themselves. 1t Is the town that has
the most entt Tprising citizens that
grows most Rapidly.
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Blew Out Hia u rams.

CHAwFORDvILLE. Tenn. Jan. A.
Young Tomlinson, who few weeks
ago left home suddenly after forging
his fathers name, blew out his brains
with a revolver last night. On Friday
he wrote from Peoria that he was sick
and repentant and wanted to come
nome. lie telegraphed from Coving-
ton yesterday that he was so i'll he could
get no further. His brother.in.law "
went to him and last night his father
was at the train TO meet and forgive
him, but he was destined to disappOint
ment. Just as the brakeman called out
"CrawfOrdsville" young Temlinson
placed 8 revolver to his mead and fired
Ills Iather received him a cOrpse.