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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04
Some "Advice."

In one of the large railroad Offices
in this country is comparatively
Young man who is at the head of
large department. When he entered
the service of the company five years
ago he was green and awkward. He
was given the poorest paid work in the
department.
The very first day of his employ
ment by the company a man who had
been at work in the same room for
six years approached him and gave
him little advice.
young fellow, want to put few
words in your ear that will help you.
This company is soulless corporation
that regards its employees as so many
machines. 1t makes no difference how
hard you work or how well. So you
just want to do as little as possible and
retain your job. That's my advice.
This is slave pen and the man who
works overtime or does any specially
fine work wastes his strength. Don't
you do it."
The young man thought over the
sadvice," and after little struggle
with himself he decided to do the best
and the most he knew how, whether
he received any more pay from the
company or not.
At the end of the year the company
raised his wages and advanced him to
more responsible position. In three
years he was getting third more sal
ary than when he begun, and in five
years he was head clerk in the depart
ment; and the man who had conde-
scendedsto give the greenhorn "advice"
was working under him at the same
figure that represented his salary
eleven years before.
This is not a story of a goody,
goody little boy who died early, but of
live young man who exists in flesh
and blood to-day and is ready to give
"advice" to other young men just be-
ginning to work their way into busi-
ness. And here it is: whatsoever
thy hand fndeth to do, do it with thy
might"
@Seest thou a man diligent in busi-
ness? He shall stand before kings; he
shall not stand before mean men,
Youths Companion.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04
Simple Drink Cures.

The generous advertisements of ex-
pensive cures for the drink habit have
led to large number of opinions be-
ing exchanged among those who have
cured themselves of the disease, or
vice, without medical assistance of
any kind. The old cure which con-
sisted of chewing raisins, every time a
drink was desired, has been tried IN
number of cases with great success,
and is now being freely recommended
in various quarters. Another remedy,
which is endorsed quite often by the
medical fraternity, consists in eating
apples in great quantity both during
meals and whenever thirst is felt. It
is singular that both these remedies
are strictly homeopathic in their use
and application, because wine can be
made from ralsins in large quantities,
while raisins themselves are practical
ly dried grapes. From apples of course,
cider can be made, and the argument
appears to be that using both these in
gradients IN small quantities kills the
desire to partake to excess of their
more dangerous products. AS excel
lent brandy is made, especially in the
south, from peaches, the treatment, to
be logical. should include the free use
of peaches by those who have little
love for either wine or cider, but who
can scent brandy through a stone wall
or across half a dozen blocks.-Er-
change.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04
POWER OF A SMILE.
How q Lieutenant Pacifed a Swarm of
African Savages.

Italian soldiers used to be trained to
overcome their foes by the assumption
of the fercest possible expression of
countenance, the facia feroce as it
was called. Lieutenant FL. Crichton-
Browne, of her majesty's service, says
that during his perilous journey across
the veldt in South Africa he found his
engaging smile a more potent arti6ce
to subdue the savage breast.
One day swarm of wild Africans
came upon the lieutenant and his little
band, says the N. Y. World, and the
redoubtable soldier confesses that he
"felt an inward sinking" but it was
only momentary. 81 knew" says he,
"that my safety depended on main
tanning external GOODNESS, and so re-
manned imperturbable until l distin-
guished Immediately in front of me,
to the right, an Induna or Ring-kop
Qeaders among the Matabele wear a
black ring on the head) who was par
ticularly violent in his objurations, and
on him 1 fixed my eye and smiled.
When first. smiled on this Ring-kop
Matabele he was the picture Of savage
rage; as l went on smiling he molli-
fed, and as | smiled again and again
he broke into hoarse laugh. 1t was
a horse laugh, but l think / never
heard jollier one, and Immediately I
followed up my advantage" The saw
ages were soon so paciied that they
were willing to do anything to obligs
the lieutenant and his party.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04
No Jury of His Peers Left.


They were about to lynch a horse
thief in a western town when lawyer
from the east, who happened to be
present, stepped to the front and asked
if he could not say few words before
knocking the barrel from under the
prisoner. Permission was granted on
condition that he would make it short.
Gentlemen" he said, "you should
not take the law into your own hands
in this manner. You are not fair to
yourselves. Why do you not let this
man be tried by jury of his peersP"
"Hold on thar, stranger" interrupt
ed the leader. you've said enough.
He can't be tried by jury of his
peers, for he's the only boss thief left
in the county and he won't be here
long," and he kicked the barrel and
settled the business on the spot
Detroit Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04
The Magnitude OF The Exposition
Buildings.

Chicago at any time, in it's most
normal state,i if it ever lapses into such
a state, is distinctly show city, and
If you pay it your first visit while it is
dedicating Worlds Fair buildings and
making room for one million strangers,
your Impressions are so many and
so various that it is difficult to know
with which to begin. This is especial
ly so when you must tell what you
saw to the accompaniment of a type
writer and the rattle of limited ex-
press.
And yet after it is all over there is
the one thing which found you unpre-
pared, and the wonder of which re-
mains with you when every other inn
preston is slipping away as rapidly
as the miles which keep you from
New York. And that is the wonderful
beauty and magnitude of the Worlds
Fair buildings. Every one who has
not seen these buildings thinks he
knows exactly what they are like, and
does not want to hear anything more
concerning. them. At least one man
thought he knew what they were like
before he saw them, and certainly
dreaded being told again in bewilder-
ing statistics of their area, height, and
cost. But when saw them around
the lagoon, in front of the main en-
trance, I wanted to be left entirely
alone with them, as one wants to be
left alone in front of a beautiful
landscape or a great picture. There
is no use of my trying to say why this
was SO, why thsy are impressive and
dignified and beautiful, for / remem-
Der having read all this before of
them, and of not considering it at all.
Their magnitude and their beauty,
not on account of these qualities. but
in spite of them, are not things of
which the best writer's on architecture
of which am certainly not one
can give any idea; neither can colored
prints with palm-trees in the fore
ground and blue skies above, nor even
photographs which "never lie." You
can hardly hope to give another per-
son an idea of anything unless there
is something with which he is already
familiar, and with which you can
make comparison. In this case you
can only compare the Worlds Fair
buildings with Rome as we believe it
was in its grandest days, and with
those days we cannot claim to be inti-
mate. One of the Spanish legation put
it this way. "The Chicago buildings"
he said, "are the buildings we should
have seen in Paris; those of the Paris
exhibition are those we might have
expected to find at Chicago. That is
exactly right, and one of the secon-
dairy surprises of this wonderful white
city; that the city of art and letters of
the Madeleine and of the Beaux-Arts
shipped an Eiffel Tower and Edison
electric lightings, and that the city OF
grain-elevators and pork should have
reared second city as classic in its
beauty as the Athens of to-day, and as
true in the detail of a cornice as it is
grand as whole.-Richard Harding
DGVis, in Horpe7''s Weekly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04

There is said to be only one sudden
death among women to eight among
men.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04
MOUNTED DUEL WITH LAssos.
How Two South American Rancheros
Battled to the Death for SenOrita.

81 witnessed a strange duel in Ar
gentine few years ago." said Francis
M. Wakelee to a Gtobe-De21ocrat man.
1.-TWO rancheros were enamored of the
same dark-eyed senorita. Now, when
your South American is hit by the
blind archer he is hit hard. He is not
satisfied to visit his charmer one even
ing in the week and give up the rest of
the time to his rivals. If he catches
another admirer hanging around the
house of his inamorata there is apt to
be trouble and work for the priest and
undertaken. The two signing SWANS
in question had agreed to settle by
duel with the lasso which should wed
the damsel. A hundred piratical-look-
ing cow-punchers assembled to wit
ness the fray.
The rivals appeared mounted on
mettlesome mustangs, each with a
long, powerful lariat of tough bullhide.
They were both experts with the lasso,
and their horsemanship was marvel.
They approached to within forty or
fifty yards of each other, then began
to maneuver for deciding cast. Aft
er several feints the lariat of the
younger of the rivals went whizzing
through the air so swiftly that the
eye could scarce follow it. The other
sunk his spurs deep into his mustang.
The animal shot forward just in time
to save his master from the deadly
moose, and as he did so the second
lasso rose in the air and settled around
the shoulders of the man who missed!
pinning his arms to his side as in a
wise. He was jerked headlong out of
his saddle. His successful rival drew
him to him, hand over hand, half lift
ed him from the ground by the tena-
cious thong and put bullet squarely
between his eyes. He then turned
and rode directly to the hacienda
where lived the cause of this barbaric
scene. She mounted behind him and
he came galloping back, swinging his
sombrero."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04
MolAssEs AS A FUEL.
The Sweet Stuff So Plentiful as to BE
Cheaper than Wood.

The low price of common molasses
some years or more ago led this paper,
says the louisiana PlGsater, to urge it's
distillation into alcohol, and at the
same time one of its correspondents
suggested its use as fuel, and the sng-
gestion attracted wide atten ton at the
time, and several inventors had in
hand apparatus that they believed
would be successful in burning mo-
lasses if it were to be used as fuel.
Molasses is now as low or lower than
ever, 2 cents per gallon hardly being
obtainable for it. OF heavy-bodied
molasses 166 2-3 gallons will weigh a
short ton of 1000 pounds. This would
make full cost 1888 per ton on the
plantation, and rather less per ton
than current prices for coal delivered
here.
The question would theu arise as to
the fuel value of molasses. As it is
almost altogether carbonaceous mat
ter it must have considerable fuel
value, but as to its relative merits as
compared with bituminous coal we
have no data at hand to determine.
Heavy boiled common Louisiana mo-
lasses contains, say, 20 per cent water,
8 per cent ash, IL per cent gums and
SO per cent sucrose and glucose. Hence
we have 72 per cent of carbonaceous
matter available as fuel, and only 20
per cent of water. This would GER
tainly make excellent fuel if there
were competent devices to burn it,
such as used for liquid fuels.
Molasses has recently been used for
fuel in Cuba, and with seeming sue
cess. 1t was there poured or sprayed
onto the bagasse as it entered the fur
mace, and the judgment of those in
terested was that its efficiency as fuel
when used in this way was incontest-
able.
Our grinding season is now ap-
preaching, and if our inventors and
engineers will take the matter in
hand they may be able to soon demon
strate the actual money value to us as
fuel of this seemingly worthless by
product.
The molasses product of Louisiana
for 1892 will probably reach 10000
tons, and if of equal value with coal
it would represent 120 boat loads of
10000 barrels each. Most of it is yet
too valuable to use for fuel, but the
constant tendency of our molasses is
toward low grades, and year by year
less of it is consumed as food. We
need new outlets for it, and it's pos
sible use as fuel promises relief.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04

"Downey didn't seem to get along
very well in the editing of the maga-
zine What was the trouble :? E"
I have heard it said that his grave
matter was to green Judge.
A current news item tells of print
er who hanged himself with the office
towel It is probably untrue. If a
printer wanted to commit suicide he
would pc obliged to club himself to
ceath j Buffalo Express.
His Nom de Plume =" I have been
trying to think of a suitable pen name,
said a young author. " Could you sug
gest one?'' Ifitis one of those cheap
fountain pens you wish name for, "
answered the Rev. Mr.. Wilgus, you
had hetter ohk some one who is not
debarred by ris profession from ex-
pressing himself. = indianapolis 10.
urnal.
Had Precedence -Editor: That was
a small report this morning on the ten
emept house fire. We didn't have the
names of half the victims.
Assistant-There wern't enough COM
positors to set them up.
Editor-What were they doing?
Assistant-Setting up your editorial on
+" Dangerous Firetraps. "lDes Moines
Argonaut.
A Modern Library-Superintendent
of Asylum: have remarkable lot OF
stuff there
Visitor-Seems to be a collection OF
manuscripts.
Suuerintendent-Yes I require all
the patients to write what is upermost
in their minds every day.
Visitor-Do you want to make some
money out of ii?
Sup't.-Yes. if it can be DONE.
Visitor-Ali right I'll write the
mpsic to it and we'll put it on the road
as comic opera,-]Judge.
Not Their Fault.-Cobble: I was
looking over lot of my verses the 9TH
er day, and I found the cockroache es
had been at them.
Stone-Don't blame the cockrOaches.
They can't read.-lN, Y. Herald
A new gaslight burner is made with
out cams or springs. the gas being turn
ed on and lighted by opering the key
A novel electric lamp is in the form
of hen sitting on nest of luminous
eggs.
Not a Follower of Wannamaker.-
st Peter: You were an editor of pO
litical organ, I see. Didn't you do 8
good deal to help the devil?
''Shade of editor-No; sir-no' sir =
never! He was never nominated by
our party."l "lDallas Town Topics.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04
CARPETS
1t
ABSOLUTE
COST.

We find we have much too large a
stock of Carpets to carry over. In or
der to reduce it, we have decided to
make " horizontal reduction that
will move them at once.
We are not prone to indulgence in
sensational head lines or extravagant
boasting, but " at this time and place"
positively assert that we shall place
lower prices on Carpets than they were
ever before sold for in Portage County
"a bona fide cost basis.
'There is reason in all things" and
our reason for this sacrifice in price is
that we want the room for our Fall
stock.
Now is your opportunity. You will
scarcely have another such an one in
life time to buy elegant Floor Cover
ings untainted with profit to the seller,
1t will pay you to anticipate your
purchases in the line of Carpets.
We mention in particular our large
aud superb stock of Body and Tapes
try Brussels. The prices we have
marked on them will meet your ap-
proval, and cause you to willingly part
with your bottom dollar, if needs be,
in Carpet investment. just think
of it: An elegant Brussels Carpet at
but trif1e more cost than an Ingram.
Our Moquettes, Art Squares, Rugs,
Mattings, Oil Cloths and Linoleums
are all dumped in the cost hopper.
These prices necessitate strictly cash
sales. Respectfully,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04
ABE LINCOLN AS A WRESTLER.
How He Measured Agility With and
Overcame a Six-foot Athlete.

At the time the Lincolns settled at
Goose Nest Dan Needham was the
champion wrestler in cumberland
county, says writer in the Century.
This county joins Coles, the one in
which the Lincolns lived. Needham
had often been told that he would find
his match in Tom Lincoln's boy Abe,
but he would boast that he could
"fling him three best out of four any
day he lived" At last they met. It
was at house-raising on the Ambraw
river. "Raisin's" at that time brought
"neighbors" from many miles around,
and l am told that at this one they
came from as far south as Crawford
county, more than forty miles away.
Thomas Lincoln came, and with him
his boy Abe. After the work of the
day, in which Abe and Dan matched
handspikes many times, 'rassle" was
suggested. At first Abe was unWill-
ing to measure arms with Dan, who
was SIX feet four and as agile as pam
ther; but when Thomas Lincoln said,
"Abe, rassle im," Abe flung off his
coat, and the two stood face to face.
Four times they wrestled, and each
time Needham was thrown.
At the close of the fourth round the
combatants again stood face to face,
Abe flushed but smiling, Dan trem-
bling with anger. However, one
glance at the honest, good-natured
face of his opponent cooled his rage,
and, extending his rough palm, he
said: "Well, I'll be-" Ever after
this they were warm friends. Need
ham survived Lincoln manV wears
and, though he was a strong demo-
crat. he had nothing but good words
for Abe. Several of his boys still live
near the old homestead in Spring Point
township, Cumberland county, Illi-
nois. One daughter, the wife of W.'P.
Davis-a brother of the writer-resides
on farm near Roseland, Neb. Uncle
Dan, as we called him, now sleeps in a
quiet churchyard hidden away in a
deep forest. A braver heart never
beat; and, though his life was humble,
I am sure that he did not lack for a
welcome into the eternal city.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04

1t cost over 5000 recently in legal
fees in South Carolina to settle claim
of S..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04
Pennsylvania
Lines.

Do they reach the Lake resorts of Mich
igan? Do they reach the Mountain re-
s0rts of the Fast? Do they extend to the.
famous Ocean resorts of the New Jersey
Coast? DO they make connecIloi1 CAlIo,Isa y
New York for all points in New EnglandY
"Look at the Map.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04

Field-grn Practice at Governors
Island.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-02

"How often does the ferryb boat start2n
inquired lady Of watersidc charac-
ter.
Every fifteen minntes. mum
How long since the boat left here?'
Ten minutes, mum"
After waiting ten minutes the lady
said;
Didn't you say the boat starts every
fifteen minutes?'
II did, num-
We'll. ] have waited here ten min
.utes since You said the boat had gone
ten minutes.
Eyes. mum"
Then how-do Enu make IL out that IL
starts every fifteen minutes?"
why W see. mum. it starts from
this side one fifteen minutes and nom
the other side the next - WaVerly
Magazine
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-02

was buying pair Of spectacles not
long ago from the man who has sold
me every pair l ever had Several
people were standing ut the counter
laid down ono dollar and fifty cents
and started to go. He called me back.
Two dollars, If you please, Mr. BY
stander"
why why, " said I, In establishment,
Il thought it was only dollar and .
half"
Two dollars. sir. I never sold .
pair of spectacles in this shop for less =
added the other half dollar. and
turned 70 90. Again he interrupted me.
II wish you would step back into the
rear of the shop. Mr. Bystander. !.
have geological specimen want to
show you
+ followed him meekly. As soon a.
we were out Of hearing Of the others
he showed half dollar into my hand
There's your geological specimen
he growled Don't yon ever play mo
a trick like that again. You never
paid two dollars for pair Of spectacles
In your life.
felt that had met genius ana
was humbled accordingly. Cincinnati
Tribune.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-02
WEEKLY WORLD.
Consists Of Eight PAGES
and Us sold for 81 90
per Year.

This explains why its circulation has
grown SO rapidly, and why adyestisers
prefer it. To constitute 4 good adver-
Using medium, a weekly must be newsy
and Interesting. The more news it
contains, the better for the advertisers.
Send for a sample copy, and compare
III with its competitors. Examine and
investigate for yourself Give il a
trial and you willbercadily convinced
that you have made a great mistake
in not using its columns long ago.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-02
a LOVE STORY

% know that fair InAiderl
The one standing there
IN tho hall. dressed In whitA
With tho rose IN her hairf
l dit my dear fellow.
For many day,
untti her affections
We're stolen away
ny - man with ftfie.
Who wild stories told
OF hts great expectations
Andanceetry old
a ooidnoss between Us
There rapidly grew,
so asked her 70 choose
between red blood and nlua
You know how II ended,
was left In the lurch.
And sometime next autumn
Shnsi walk into church
with tfle tfaks 2 II charm
I've been brewing some time
Doesn't make her now lover
Appear less sublime
I've looked up hts pedigree.
No, not IN nDurke,n
but up at Sting sing
In the record OF work
Performed by theconvietsi
And now, IN the hall.
A sheriff and warrant
Arc waiting my cali
Aud think. whom his lordshtp
IL out 81 tho way.
Tho maiden will p0a6
Az your friends iiancee
J Manning Roberts, II brooklyn Lifa
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-02
The OLD BACK STAIR.

OF all the sports % childhood
know Of none 90 rare
A. sliding down The nanisters
OF
no
old
back
stair
Ircnemner well the circus,
And the fun Il used to bringl
While watching fearless riders
A-dashing round tho ring.
But this Jolly old attraction
Could never near compare
with siidinr down he benisiers
OF
the
old
back
stair.
Then recoilect the barn loft
Chucked full Of clover hay:
Mother used 70 send us there
To pass rainy day.
But often stole away from that
And while mother wasn't there,
Be sliding down the banisters
OF
The
old
back
stair
/ have grown into manhood now,
And often wander home;
The old folks always welcome me-
They're glad 10 have mo come;
nut willis thav "a rna if,s.iffno