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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-28
NATURAL COOKERY.
The Way In Which Some EdibIes Are
Spoiled In Preparing Them.

The true national uses of the art of
cookery do not lie in it's scientific and
expensive applications (if they did
cookery would be closed to all but the
rick), but in the preparation in cot
tage or palace of every article of
food, whether alone or in ombination,
with others, in such fashion that it
shall retain the individuality that ma
ture gave it, the full essence that be-
longs thereto, the properties, the
aroma, the action on the palate that
are specific to itself and which ought
to distinguish each dish from every
other, says BLdcEOood'S MAGAZINE.
But cooks are unable to bestow this
character on their work; each of their
productions resembles every other
more or less in utter contradiction of
the fundamental law that every dish
shall be in itself alone, with no echoes
from elsewhere. When that result is
obtained, no matter where or in what,
in the simplest as in the most compli-
Gated work, true cookery has been ap-
piled. In England, however, the dis
tressing error prevails generally that
cookery implies the fabrication of
staggering dishes, and that no one
can be a good cook who does not pos
sess acquaintance with such conceits.
The Belgians and the Germans (espe-
cially the south Germans) are proba-
bly, at this moment the most improv-
ing cooks in Europe, precisely because
they receive and apply the law of in
dividuality, which alone can give true
variety in cookery. 1t is because it is
not and can not be applied when many
contradictory dishes are being pre-
pared in the same kitchen-each one
injecting the air with it's own smell,
combining that smell with the others,
and forming in each dish mixture of
them all-that hotel and restaurant
cooking is generally so detestable.
The cabbage soup of cottage (you
may see it simmering all day in al
most every hut in France and Ger
many stews in pure air; it remains
untainted by, unpolluted by the hun
dred damaging contacts of the atmos-
phere of a great kitchen, and for that
reason all true critics of cookery will
declare it to be far more thorough
representative of the first principles of
the art than any of the hundred plates
sent up from reeking basement in
Paris,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-28

colorado.s Tonic Atmosphere.

One very noticeable popularity of
the people was their habit of speaking
of the East as "home." "At home ia
the East we call that Virginia-creep-
er," said one. 81 go home to New
York every few months" /" said another
"We long to go back East to our
homes, but when we get there the cli-
mate does not agree with us, and we
hurry back to Colorado" Thus was
revealed the peculiar tenure the place
has upon thousands of its citizens.
But among them are many who say
that it is customary for Eastern folks
to let their regard for the East keep
warm until the moment comes when
they seriously consider the idea of
leaving Colorado. At that iuncture
they realize for the first time the magic
of the mountain air and the hold it has
upon them. Few indeed ever serious
ly think of leaving it after one such
consultation with themselves. But /
must say it is very queer air. 1t
keeps every one keyed up to the trem-
bling-point, melting the population to
tireless, incessant effort, like cease
less breathing-in of alcohol. It Gre
ates highly nervous people, and, as
one man said, at is strange to fancy
what the literature of Colorado will be
when it develops its owns romancers
and poets, so strong is the nervous
strain and mental exaltation of the
people," One would suppose alcohol
unnecessary there; but, on the con-
trary, there is much drinking. 1t is a
dangerous indulgence. Among the
dissolutes suicides are frequent @If
you stay here week you will read of
two," said a citizen. And l did
Harper's Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-28
why French Canadians Emigrate.

The French Canadian is not good
farmer in the modern sense. He does
not renew his lands, nor is he partial
to new methods. Moreover, he is not
enterprising. If he must quit the an
cestral domain, he prefers to go to the
city, where he can find employment in
trious, sober, frugal, and skilful, a
carpenter, and faithful and contented
subordinate. He leaves the country
because he has heard from his COM
patriots who have gone before him
that he can do better in the States.
His taxes are heavy, and his oppor-
tunities of making enough to pay them
and to maintain himself and his family
in comfort are small. The cure is
good to him, but the church and the
presbytery are too big and the school
house is too small. It may be that
some of his children will receive the
meagre education furnished by the
parochial schools, but he cannot hope
that all will be instructed, and it is
quite possible that none may be lucky
enough to have any schooling. In the
States things are so much better that
Jacques, who used to live on the next
farm, but who is now working in a
mill at Lowell, comes back once year
to visit his brother, decked with a
chain, with a velvet waistcoat, his
wife wearing silk dress, while all his
children are at school. So the bur-
dened Canadian goes away, and there
is another voter lost and another
parishioner less.--Renry Loonais Mel
SON in HarDeT's MI0dzi7le
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-28
VASSAR GIRLS.
They Made Life a Burden for a Certain
Traveller.

"Oh, did you ever meet the coy and
retiring Vassar girlp" asked a visitor
at the Russell house recently, says the
Detroit Free Press. 81 did. 1t was on
the occasion of recent visit to New
York. l will never forget it. got on
the train at Detroit and bought my
berth in the sleeper. When l entered
the coach noticed that it was crowd
ed with young ladies. Every seat was
taken. Such a bevy of misses no one
ever saw together before. There were
pretty and homely girls, blondes and
brunettes, blue-eyed and black-eyed,
aud all the other colors, tall and short,
fat and lean-but in the main all de-
cidedly attractive. l regarded them
with amazement and asked the con-
ductor where in the world they all
came from. He replied that the term
had begun at Vassar and these young
ladies represented the pupils from
Chicago and Detroit who were going
to school. 1 felt mighty lonesome in
THAI coach with all those young ladies,
for there was not another man in the
car.
"Well, the train started and l settled
back and tried to read, but all the
while felt that several pairs of bright
eyes were fixed upon me from time to
time. Then l heard snicker, andp it
proved contagious, for soon all the
girls in the coach began to snicker.
Somehow felt that they were laugh
ing at me, and, by and by, l heard a
soft voice say to some one: Doesn't
he think it too cute for anythingP'
Then they snickered again. Finally
another voice said: 4 don't think it's
half as nice as my Charles. You just
ought to see his mustacher l knew
they were laughing at my mustache.
l am particularly sensitive on that
point, as most men are, and, when the
little witches snickered louder than
ever, 1 got up and strolled into the
next coach. To my CONSERVATION ]
found this car as full of girls as the
other. In fact every coach on the long
train was crowded with Vassar girls.
But seated myself in corner where
thought was secure from observa-
ton, but soon l heard another snick-
er. What were they laughing at now?
heard voice: 4 wonder what color
they areP' And then: oh, black, OF
course No, blue 4 am sure they
are gray 'Tll warrant they are a
beautiful, lustrous brown l knew
they were discussing the color of my
eyes. Finally l could stand it nc
longer, and, placing my book on the
seat, said, raising my head: "You can
see for yourselves, ladies, they are q
cross between blue and gray, with a
dash of green At this one of the girls
shrieked and the others either colored
up or snickered. Then l arose and
tried my luck in the next coach. Talk
to me about school-girlsP tell you
got enough of them that trip"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-28
sculpture at the Fair.

One of the first delightful surprises
of the fair Is the immense population
of inhabitants whose flesh is plaster,
whose sinews are fax, and whose bones
are iron; population as varied as the
history, traditions, arts, virtues, and
passions of mankind. 1t recalls the
days of Greece, when men thought in
marble, and bequeathed materialized
fancies to all the after-time of the
world. These imposing Colum bian
people will not all outlive the days of
to-day, although some of them are al
most beautiful enough to deserve
eternity. Certainly no one could help
wishing that the great statue of the
Republic, modelled by Mr.. French-a
majestic woman, who stands against
the columned peristyle looking over
to the future of America a national
ideal of purity, simplicity, and great
ness. But whatever else these plas-
ter gods are or are not, they are too
n1aay-too many for even the lavish
bounty of a dream. They cluster in
porches, they stand in long professions
along the lengthy facades, doing their
decorative part with dignity and Sc
riousness; they pose upon pedestals.
they crouch in architectural corners.
or gayly greet you from cornices and
other coigns of vantage; or they are
iattened into bas-relief. like SKINS of
statues stretched upon some rare
plain surface. In truth, all the big
ness of the buildings is needed to re-
press and keep them in subordination.
Gigantic inhabitants of a city of a
dream, they people it SO abundantly
that the small human element is al
most an impertinence, or, at most,
something unnoticeable in the grand
company of its own creation.-Harper's
M00Qzi31e
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-28
Springtime Holiday.

Oh, don't you think we d better take our
springtime holiday?
There s something in the southern breeze that
says it's time to play.
The oroe s on the apple bough, the lark is in
the grass:
as they pass;
The cows low in the pasture-felds, and don't
you hear the sheep
With tender bells along the fells and in the
dells SO deep?
Come outl come outI The leaves are young,
the bees begin to boom;
The slopes are blue with violets. spring beau
ties are in bloom;
The bass is leaping in the brook, the heron
watches him;
The old kingfisher mods upon the flowery dog
wood limb;
and where g my hackle gray?
My reel? my creel? think feel like taking
holiday!
White as fleeces on the hills the wild plum
thickets blow,
And over the winding meadow stream the will
lows drOOp and glow;
Across the field the plOwman sings, plOdding
behind his team;
His words are like the lonesome sounds that
wander through dream;
For it is May and everything half sleeping
''Shirk, shirk,-slip off from work and have
holiday!
There s something dancing in the air, it beck
ons down the lane;
Oh, Lazy Lawrence, did you ever, ever call in
vain?
Loating, aimless butterfly wandering humble
bee,
This one time, if never more, l IL shift and
drift with thee;
For all the earth is gaily dressed, has cast its
cares away,
And why not a-f1shing HE, and have my
holiday?
A holiday a holiday The robin lolls and
swings;
Upon the pear-tree's broken bough with half
extended wings
The flicker drums in lazing mood! the silent
hawk on high
Slides like gray old burnt-out moon against
the drowsy sky;
And OH you know. but once year we have
the dream o. May,
The bloom O. May, the birds O. May, and
springtime holiday
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-28
BLEEDING AT THE NOSE.
A Frenchman's Plan for Stopping It Said
to Have Always Succeeded.

Nose bleed, which is quite unusual
in old age, is frequently observed dur
ing the years of puberty. 1t may be
brought on by variety of causes, and
appear after a sunstroke or a sudden
change in the temperature or atmos-
pheric pressure or by blow in the
region of the nose. 1t can also appear
at the beginning of typhoid fever or
measles or during an attack of articu-
lar rheumatism. Diseases character
lied by an alteration of the blood rem
der the patients particularly liable to
nose bleed; this is the case with dis
eases of the liver, spleen and kidneys.
The preventive treatment of bleeding
at the nose consists in the medication
of the complaint under the dependence
of which it appears; but to check the
hemorrhage itself when it has once ap-
peared the simplest means are the ap-
plication of cold cloths to the face, or
injections of hot water in the nasal
fosse. In more tenacious cases it is
well to resort to direct pressure by in
into the nostril, or else to plug the
nasal fosse as accurately as can be
done.
IL may happen, however, GnaG IneSe
different methods fail, and that the
abundance and persistency of the
bleeding constitute an actual danger.
Under these circumstances it will be
advisable to use antipyrine, which,
according to writer in the N. Y.
Herald, has succeeded in the hands of
NJ. Guenot, of -Breuil, in
the most unexpected manner. This
method, which he has used for over
two years now, has never failed. 1t
consists in shifting up or injecting into
the nose solution of antipyrine, one
in five. With grown persons it is easy
enough, but with young and fractions
children it is necessary to have the
head held tightly and bent forward
while the solution is injected into the
nose, the mouth being kept open.
When this is done the nostrils should
be closed with the fingers to prevent
the liquid coming back at once. This
method is extremely simple and if it
turns out to be as efficacious as M.
GueEot claims it to be, it will become
the regular treatment of nose bleed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-28
tie chhokle and looked at US over his

tie chhckle and looked at us over his
glasses.
percy came to me yesterday morn
ing and said Uncle Philip, l am
very much in love with your pretty
niece l said: Capital! You shall
marry her and I will leave you both
my fortune. l will tell Ellen this
afternoon Then Percy said: 4 con-
sent to marry Ellen Brandon on one
condition; that is you will not spoil
her visit by mentioning the subject of
marriage. When 1 have won her love
and respect then you may speak; un-
til then be silent | discovered your
secret, Ellen. and l thought, Here
are these young people very much in
love with each other and won't tell it,
So said to myself: I'll just see what
metal they are made of and l found
out. You are certainly two of the
most stubborn creatures l have ever
met-Percy wanting to fly to India and
telling his old Uncle Philip his money
could go to thunder, and you Ellen,
talked to me shamefully. Why,
bless your dear hearts l am going to
live for ten years more and don't
care where my money goes after am
gone. want to see you both happy.
want to hear this old house ring
with laughter and l want my boy and
girl to love their old Uncle Philip just
a little"
Percy and 1 went to him and begged
to be forgiven.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-28
GYMNASTICS FOR THE LUNGS.
Artificial Breathing Which May Benefit
Health ana Prolong Life.

Air is to the lungs what food is to
the stomach. Its Importance may be
judged from the fact that healthy
human being requires sixty-six gallons
of air per hour. The lungs consists of
1900, 100000 lung cells, which, if they
were spread out, would cover 200
square meters. This proves the use
fulness of the lungs. We must breathe,
and if we do not instinctively under
stand how to do it properly we should
learn. Hence lung gymnastics. But
few breathe properly, according to the
N. 7. Weekly. Look at the children
over their lessons or the accountant
over his books. Can you hear them
breatheF Nay, they do it SO feebly
that it does not affect their position or
countenance. To breathe correctly is
an art, and must be learned, though
nature ought to have given every one
the faculty. In the first place it is
wrong to draw the breath through the
mouth. The nose is the natural ave-
nue. to the lungs. In the nose are
provided cavities in which the air is
warmed before it comes to the lungs.
The nose also contains excretions which
absorbs the impurities of the air. We
all commit great fault by not breath
ing with force. To understand what
a true forceful breath is, bare the
breast and look into your glass. The
ordinary breathing scarcely moves the
chest; but hold the breath for an in
stant before it is blown out and you
will see the chest move. This is right.
We must breathe SO forcefully that
the chest moves up and down, or Wis.,
IDLY expands and contracts.
Artificial breathing consists in fore
ing the air in and out of the lungs so
strongly that the chest visibly exss
pands and contracts. To learn to
practice that it is we'll in the begin
ming to stand up straight against
wall, for instance, placing the heels to-
gether, resting the arms upon the
hips; then push the chest forward,
while the abdomen is contracted, so
much that the weight of the person
falls upon the foremost part of the feet.
After having come into this position
close the mouth and draw in the air
slowly and blow it out as slowly. After
long or deep breath one ought to
hold that breath for an instant before
it is blown out again. By holding the
breath the air comes to act on the
whole surface of the blood, nourishing
it and removing the impure gases.
The lungs must be perfectly emptied
before being refilled. and that can
only be done by forceful breathing.
When we make those experiments the
body must not be tied down by close
fitting garments, bonds or an over
loaded stomach. The best time is in
the morning and before meals. The
exercise should always be taken in free,
fresh and pure air, or at. least before
an open window. Five minutes exer-
else every day will do wonders for
healthy person. We must not expect
miracles for unhealthy persons from
lung gymnastics. We ought to prac-
tice before we get sick. Sometimes
the practice would prevent the sick
ness. At any rate, it will prolong life.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-28
Chicago and the Worlds Fair Pal
aces.

Four cities competed for the place
of host to the world, and Chicago was
chosen by Congress. And that young
city will be its own proudest exhibit.
So long as America was colonized ter
ritory, it could have little to show in
glory of its discoverer. But when, in
1776, our young nation cut her lead
ing-strings, crying to the world, "See
can walk alone!" the glory OF Column
bus was begun. The history of Chi
cago covers hardly more than the pc
riod of our existence as nation.
Some humorist said, "The first white
man to settle on the site of Chicago
was black man." His most ingen-
ious paradox refers to an escaped slave
from San Domingo who traded there
with the Indians in 1879; and Corn
wallis did not surrender until 1881
and he wouldn't have yielded then if
Washington had not insisted upon it.
In 1903, on the Fourth of July, a
United States sloop came to establish
Fort Dearborn on the Chicago River.
The Indians did not like this, as we
learn from the american Gazetteer
for 1904, under the entry: "[see Chi
cago river Appendix" The appendix
tells how the government of the United
States, "having lately determined to
erect fort at Chicago" the officer in
spite of the Indian threats declared that
he was sent TO build fort, and would
proceed op with the design" In 1912,
the Indians killed most of the garrison
while they were trying to escape to
Fort Wayne, but survivor, John
Kinzie, afterward returned and be-
came the first real settler. The fort
being rebuilt in 1916, village was be-
gun near its walls, but the city was
not Incorporated until 1837-the very
year Queen Victoria came to the
throne.
Now, fifty-six years later, Chicago
has ], 400, 900 inhabitants, and invites
the nations to ride to the top of build
ings twenty stories high that they
may get an idea of the second great
city of the western world.
What can the great Fair show that
is a better proof of American pluck
capacity, and achievement? Nor need
we mention the great fire at all, SO en-
I tirely have its ravages been healed.
On the anniversary of the discovery
| the exhibition was formally dedicated
| IN the largest DullulnSi anu more Indl
a hundred thousand people felt lonely
in the forty-four acres of floor space
But, in accordance with the act o
Congress. the actual opening will take
place on the first of May, 1893-an ex
cellent day to be called early if yot
are present. The President of thu
United States, perhaps with the elec
trio assistance by cable of King Al
fonso, Spain's boy-king, will set thu
great engines in motion by the touch
! INC of knob. st. Nicholas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-28
HE HELD The EoRT.
Death of the Man to Whom Sherman
SIgnaled His Famous Message.

The recent death of General John
Murray Corse recalls the incident
which gave him a national reputation
and won for him the brevet of Major
General. In Sherman's march to the
sea he commanded a division of the
Fifteenth Corps. After the evacuation
of Atlanta the Confederates crossed the
Chattahoochee and destroyed the rail-
Rome to the relief of Altoona, where
large commissary supplies, guarded
by 800 men under Colonel j. +. Tour
tellotte were, threatened by an in
fantry division of the enemy. Corse's
arrival increased the garrison to near
1y 1000 before General French az
rived with his superior force OF 5000
Confederates.
To his summons to surrender and
avoid needless effusion of blood Corse
returned a defiant answer, which was
followed by a furious attack upon the
Notifications and desperate defense.
In this all the commanding officers OF
the garrison were wounded. Although
suffering from bullet wound which
carried away his ear and cheek bone,
Corse continued to direct the defense.
Sherman, from the crest of Kenesaw,
eighteen miles, signaled to the COM
mander, Hold the fort, l am coming,
to which he received the profane but
reassuring ply, a am short cheek
bone and onE ear, but am able to whip
all hell yet" On learning who was in
command Sherman remarked: "He
will hold out; know the man." The
event justified his confidence, for be-
fore the relieving force had reached
striking distance the sun-telegraph
signaled the news that the attack had
failed and the Confederates were re-
treating. The engagement was one
of the hottest of the war and the sig.
mails have gone into history.