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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-11-07
Poet and Musician.

One of the most beautiful and inter.
esting things to be remembered con-
corning Sidney Lanier, the poet whose
life was full of promise, and who nobly
fulfilled it so far as time and disease
would let him, is his love of music. A
rscent writer in the Independent quotes
the words of another, saying:
Il have never cared for the flute but
to me Lanier did not play the flute; I
only heard voice breathing unuttera-
BILE longings and messages of Joy and
love and sorrow"
His playing did not seem to present
the bare melody. 1t was a creator of
broken chords and of unexpected ca
denzas. like those of bird The effect
of this was illustrated during the winter
of 1873, when he was called upon to
play solo at the meeting of a choral
society in San Antonio. When he had
to him, seized his hand and exclaimed:
Il haf never heart de fude accom-
pany itself pefore!"
In his youth Lanier was always i'm
provising, and when a friend once
asked him how he could invariably re-
spond when asked to play, he replied
tnaG ne was forever nearing How of
melody and needed only to utter it in
tone. His great difficulty was to keep
from listening to it when outside mat
ters demanded his attention.
When he played before DR.. Damrosch
in New York he confided to him his
wish to pursue the study of music.
"Do you know what that means?"
asked Damrosch. ct means a great
deal of work; thousand sacrifices. It
is very hazardous"
Il know all that" said Lanier. at is
not matter of mere preference.
must be musician. 1t is a spiritual
necessity"
But ill-health fettered him and the
necessity of earning living kept him
too busy even to devote himself to his
beloved poetry. He died young, but
never to be forgotten.
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HOW OLD RAsTUs WAS SOLD.
Incident OF Life in the South Before tn
Slaves Were Made Free Men.

Herbert Putnam, unnoticed by any,
one, elbowed his way through the crowd
to his brother and touched him on the
arm. Their eyes met. Pardon me, I"
said Herbert, "but I must speak to
you, and George Putnam was drawn
beyond the outskirts of the crowd. 81
cannot keep quiet and see you cheated, !"
faltered Herbert, with his eyes averted.
"a long time ago, when you and I were
boys, you stood up for me, and I can
not forget that we are brothers. Don't
bid any more on Rastus; he is sham
ming; he is as sick as he can be, and is
only pretending to be well to bring a
high price,"
The two men gazed into each others
eyes, says Will N. Harden in Lippiaa-
COTS. George Putnam was quivering
all over and his face was softening
lmpulsively he put out his hand as if to
apologize for his lack of words. Lets
not be enemies any longer" went on
Herbert, as he pressed the extended
hand. Il am sick and tired of this es-
arrangement. I am going away, and
may never come back. / can't keep up
the old place as father thought would,
and you are welcome to it. Take it
and care for it; mothers and fathers
graves are on it"
George Putnam's face was working:
he strove to reply, but his voice clogged.
He looked toward his son and wife in
his carriage, and then back into his
brothers face. God forgive me, Herb, 2"
he said; "Fve treated you like dog.
Old Rsstus has been truer to you than
your own brother. You shall not give
up the old place; you must keep it.
Waiti" And with those words he hur-
ried to the platform.
The auctioneer had been proclaiming
Staley's reckless bid of thirteen-twenty-
five and the crowd was eagerly taking
in the unusual sight of the two Putnam
brothers in close conversation. Col
Putnam reached the platform and signed
the auctioneer to be quiet. Standing
on the lower step, he was in the view
of all.
II want Rastus and I am going to
have him." he said to the upturned
faces. Il want to give him back to my
brother, who has been forced by my
neglect to offer him for sale. Twenty
thousand dollars is my bid, and Rastus
is worth every cent of it."
No one spoke as Col. Putnam stepped
back into the crowd. Old Rastus SEEM
ed the only one to thoroughly grasp
the situation. "Bress de Lawd!' he ex-
claimed, and he slapped Aunt Milly on
the back. Dem boys done made up,
en- fotched 500, 900! Whooee!"
Twenty thousand dollars" said the
auctioneer awkwardly. Twenty thou
sand dollars-do heer-and sold to
Col. Putnam. reckon the ant no use
putin up the Others"
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1t is common error to mistake tor
pidity for virtue.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-11-07

DAILY. Except Sunday. fFlags. op faleals
Dark Faced Type denotes tins from t2 60 neon Il f9
midnight Light Faced from j.. 90 midnight to IL 90 ne5a
JOSEPH WOOD, EA. FORD,
General Manager, General Passenger Agent
5-3l-a-I PITTSBURGH, PENN'A
For time cards, rates of fare, through tickets.
baggage checks, and further inforI, atis,E re.
gar1ing the running of trains apply t. any
Agent of the Pennsylvania Lines,
W.D. ARMSTRONG. Agent
Ravenna, O,
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c.. J. STAMFORD
Funeral DIIeC1or.

0Until some more desirable place can be obtain
ed, my place of business will be at my residence
fifth house south of Main, on east side of Grant
street. As in former times, my prices will be
reasonable, and equipments of the best.
Also, Furniture repaired, and all kinds of wood
work done to order.
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Of all the animals, man is the only
born toady.
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A Realistic Incident.

Once upon a time fairy prince wan
dered upon the shore of the sounding
sea.
Suddenly he encountered a beauteous
maid, to whom he had never been in
troduced.
"Fair one," he exclaimed, will you
be mine?"
She threw herself violently upon his
neck.
"Cert," she rejoined
They were accordingly married by a
Dakota justice of the peace and lived
happily until the end of the week.
Detroit Tribune.
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EAsTBoUND.
STATIONS. No. 3 No. 8 No. "a No.

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Southwark.

Nos. $50 and 33S connect at Wellsvflle for
Steubenville and Bellaire. Nos. S3S and S42
East.
BETWEEN BAYARD AND NEW PHILADELPHIA.
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THEY PUTT IN PRINT.
have something to say about coal
agencies and things in general.

Ed. iNDIcAroN-Wsha have noted from
week to week that Herman s. Shloss
advertise in the columns of the In
DIcAroR that they are the only agents
in this town for Canon City coal. Now
we are prepared to deny this ami to
state further that we are the sole agents
in Bessemer for handling coal for the
C. F. & l. Co who deal only in the
real stuff. We are further prepared to
say that Herman & Shloss do not
handle the coal direct but are acting for
S. Davis of Pueblo, who is agent for
the Canon City Coal Co.
This Canon City Coal Co, bought Its
territory from the old C, c. & l. Co.
some wears ago, but it is reasonable to
presume that the company did not part
with its good ground bu, kept the best
for itself, and is the owner and operator
of 100 acres of the best coal land IN
the world This is the coal We get
direct from the mines and are selling
the genuine article. Besides handling
Canon lump and nut we also sell Rob
inson lump and nut at prices quoted
elsewhere IN your paper.
We make prompt delivery and give
value received IN weight; We are the
only real coal dealers IN Bessemer and
the only firm that manufactures its own
kindling. We buy our wood at home
and have it sawed al our factory near
the steel works; all other firms send to
Denver and buy their kindling of Dean
Peck.
Bear in mind that we have the only
coal and wood yard in Bessemer and
can fill orders promptly and salts
factorily Leave orders with us and
get the genuine Canon City article, as
we are the only agents for the &. f,
& |. Co.
Yours truly,
PANNEBAKER & ASDERsok.
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srArlsrlcs or svio,os.
Paris Leads All Othsr CitAss b Res
Quency Of ssli- alaughtsr.

Paris Lead. All Othsr Otis b Hrs-
qu~ncy of sis-slaughssf.
II have made = study OF suicide
for many years" said Dr. G. e nkI
OF New YORK, to the Inter OueNp
writer. "Among Western CIVILIZED
nations the French are the most
prone to it. Paris furnishing the
greatest number Of suicides aud ~
tempted suicides per snnum.
Chicago is not as prolific In this
respect rs most Of the other gre4,
cities of the world. The number per
1000 OF population is even less than
in other places, The strangest phe-
nomenon is what call the Infection
OF it At times it becomes . mania
with the people. In Paris, for in
stance. there will be very few sui
cidcs for comparatively long periods;
then 1t will break out. and for weeks
and months you will hear Of cases
every day.
Suicide Is very common in China"
he continued. .In that empire there
are more suicides than in any other
portion of the habitable globe The
Chinese seem to look upon self-de-
struction in many instances as most
laudable way OF terminating ones
existence. Whenever Chinese man
or woman becomes entangled in any
serious trouble OF whatever nature
it seems that his or her first thought
of a means of escaping it is by sui
eide. The two prevailing religions
of China, Buddhism and Confucian-
ism, both teach against self-destruc-
ton, and tell OF the awful miseries
that await the sclf-murderer in the
hades OF the Buddhist, and the people
look upon him as one who must have
sinned deeply in an existence.
The usual method OF suicide is by
the use of opium. hanging or drown
ing and the wretched beings who are
guilty of this act are generally, as
among other races, driven to it either
willingly or forcibly, by immortality
or destitution, or overmastered by
jealousy, anger or disappointment
Suicide by cutting the throat. shoot
ing or any other means which tend
to mutilate the body is seldom II ever
resorted to, as the Chinese believe
.hat to destroy the integrity OF tho
human body will add to the misery
Of death or detract from the happi-
ness OF the soul
They also believe that in the
world beyond the grave the resur-
rected are clad in garments similar
TO those worn ut the time OF death;
hence it is usual for all attempting
suicide to array themselves in their
best clothing before committing the
rash act. The places chosen to com
NIT suicide vary with ne circumstan-
ces under which the act is done.
Some choose solitary places. others
again get before the eyes OF hun
dreds or thousands OF their fellow be-
ings.
The number OF suicides is sup
posed to be about equally divided be-
tween the sexes, though. as the
women in China are taken no note OF
1t is a very difficult matter to get at
tho truth of any statistics concerning
them. Women usually commit sui
eide in their homes. though they do
not contlne themselves to this by any
means. Gambling is frequent
tause of suicide among the women
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ORDINANCE NO. 80.

Entitled: An Ordinance Amending an Or
dinanse Entitled. "An ordinancs Granting
the Right of way to the Pueblo City Railway
Company Over and Along Certain Streets In
the City OF BssSemer."
Be II ordained by the city council of the
city OF Bessemer.
SEC. I. That ordinance No. ~ be and the
.ame is hereby amended by adding the fol.
lowing: That the right t-of-way be and the
same is hereby granted said p ueblo city
Railway Company to construct Its line over
and upon the following streets In the city OF
Bessemer, tO-wit:
Commencing at the Intersection of Division
street with Furnace st., thence north along
said Furnace st. to the Intersection thereof
with Northern avenue. thence west along
said Northern avenue to the Intersection
thereof with Berkeley avenue.
Provided; That said company commence
the construction of said line within % days
from the date Of the passage of this ordinance
and complete said route within six months
from the passage hereof.
Passed and approved this 7th day OF Feb
A. D. 1894
]. X. DEMPsEY
Attest: Mayor
H.F. JoHNTsoS,
L. 8. City Clerk.
First publication Feb. 10, 1894.
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ORDINANCE NO. 81.

An ordinance providing for calling . spec
lnl election for the subInlssio of this qnes-
tion whether the city Of bessemer shall be
annexed TO the city of Pueblo.
Be II ordained by the city council OF the
city of Bessemer.
SECTION |. A special election is hereby
purpose of submitting the question to vote
Of the qualified electors OF the city OF Besse-
whsther the city of Bessemer shall be an
nsNed to the city of Pueblo.
SECTION 2. Said special election shall be
held on the 18th day of March, A. D. 1904,
from the hour of seven o'clock In the fore
noon to the hour OF seven O'Clock In the after
m and for tha o' ~ me S ,ec
tion the several voting precincts established
and existing at the time aud for the purpose
officers In 1888, are hereby established and
confirmed. and the following polling places
al are hereby des,isnstted, md the folos ing
hereby appointed as judges of said election
In said precincts resPectively:
PhEcISGT NO. l; Polling place, corner OF
judges.
PKEcIscr No. g. Polling place, City Hall;
Judges,
PRECINCT No: g. Polling place, Hose
PEEcIscr No: I. Polling place, Hose
SECTION g. II shall be the duty of the city
clerk to provide all such ballots, ballot boxes,
p2iii books aiiidavits, stationery and other IA
voters. Judges and clerks at said election, and
OF the Judges aud clerks at said election to
make oath and conduct said election in the
manner repaired by law in the conduct Of
general elections 10 far as the same may be
applicable.
SECTION 1. The judges above appointed
shall make and provide the necessary regis
trntion lists of electors In their respective
precincts for usa Mt said election, as required
by law: and all necessary expenses Of said
election shall be paid by this corporation.
The mayor shall issue his proclamation
lt days before said election. giving notice
thereOf.
SECTION ). II shall be the duty of the
Judges of election in each precinct, I'm
mediately upon the close OF the polls to
count all the ballots cast at such election and
the same shall be certified by the Judges
and attested by the clerks of said election
before the Judges and clerks shall adjourn
and the returns shall forthwith be delivered
To the city clerk and shall be canyassetl
by the board Of aldermen as required by law
in the case of general elections.
j. X. DEMPSEY
Attest; Mayor
l.. 3. City Clerk.
First publication February 10, 1894.
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TRIED TO DROWN THE SOUND

BoArdsr's Experience with an Ua.
usually vocifsrous Alarm Clock.
An alarm clock, according to tho
habit of the beast, always goes off at
the wrong time and in IL thin walled
building it always succeeds in waking
the whole house as well as its owner.
The wear and tear upon the temper OF
the community is consequently greater
than that caused by the combined
efforts Of q forgetful janitor and an
intermittent elevator. A young man
in an uptown house in Washington
who has been in the habit of over
sleeping himself recently purchased
an alarm clock Of imposing proper
tions, and a bell like fire engine
gong. As usual the thing went of
about 3 g. m, and the owner, VINO
had just fallen into sound sleep.
leaped wildly from his couch unde,
tho impression that the house was on
fire or some other dire calamity had
befallen. Occupants OF adjoining
rooms followed suit, and the objurga-
tions heaped upon that unhappy alarm
clock were both loud and long. A
policeman on the beat blew his whistle
under the impression that q riot was
in progress, and the whole neighbor-
hood was aroused. Meanwhile the
owner of the clock tried to stife it in
the bed clothes, but still it hammered
away vehemently and made more
racket than ever. Finally, in despair.
he plunged the riotous timepiece Into
jar full of water, where. at the ex-
pense OF running its inner mechanism,
Its voice was stilled. The young man
now hires o 1nwsboy TO wake him.
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Are You Going to California;

Now is Your Chance.
If you conclude to make the trip you
can save money by taking the Rio
Grande, as by so doing you can obtain
the benefit of the "Cut Rates" 10 either
Los Angeles or San Francisco. Do not
let yourself be talked into purchasing
ticket to Los Angeles if you desire
to visin San Francisco as the Southern
Pacific company is the only line reach
ing San Francisco, and their local rates
are as follows: From Mojave $11.s5,
from Los Angeles $500. These are
the rates one way, and what it will cost
you if you desire to visit San Francisco
and the Midwinter fair. BY taking the
Rio Grande you will avoid changing
cars and save money. Call at Grand
Union ticket office, Central block and
get full particulars. Our west-bound
flyers daily at 1895 noon and 11:4O p. m.
A. JACKSON, General Agt.
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r.. J. Lemert whose headquarters are
IN the Mechanics building is canvassing
the city in the interest of new
directory for 1894, Mr.. Lemert is
hustling and has secured enough con
tracts in advertising to make his book
a success, to say nothing OF the sales
guaranteed The city directory will be
ready in month and will be complete
and reliable.
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CALL
For Republican Primaries and Con-
yputiou

The Republican Primaries are hereby cali
ed to meet At the respective polling places,
hereinafter named, in the four wards of the
city of Bessemer, Colorado, on Thursday
evening, March Is, 1891, at $3.50 O'Clock To
elect delegates 10 the city Convention to
name Ward Chairman and 10 nominate
one alderman in each ward.
Primary polls to be kept open one hour.
Voting thereat To be confined TO the qualified
electors OF the various wards shown by
the permanent registry list. and in accord
ance with the present ward boundaries.
The republican city Convention will be
held Mt the City Hall In the city Of Bessemer
Colorado, on Saturday evening, March II,
1894. al 30 O'Clock, p. IN. for the pur pose of
nominating:
one Attorney,
one Marshal,
one Clerk,
One Treasurer,
one Police Magistrate,
One Street Commissioner,
one Alderman from list ward,
One Alderman from 2nd ward,
one Alderman from 3rd ward,
one Alderman from +th ward.
to be voted for at the coming city election,
to name a Central Committee Chairman. and
properly come before said Convention.
The respective wards will be entitled to
the following number Of delegates. AMI
primaries VIII be held as herein provided.
FIRST WARD.
Polling place-Perlets store, cor. Evans
and summit Delegates S.
SECOND WARD.
Polling place-City Hall. Delegates I.
THIRD WARD.
Polling place-Chase's barn, cor. Spruce
street and Northern avenne. Delegates 8.
FOURTH WARD.
Polling place-Hose House No. 2. Dele.
Ratess
GEo. wILLAUER Chairman.
W. A. PITToN Secretary
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MAYORS PROCLAMATION

Whereas, An ordinance has been passed by
the city council OF the city n Bessefner CALI
Ing II special election In the city of Bessemer
to determine the question of anneNing the
contiguous cities OF Bessemer and Pueblo, and
Whereas, II is provided In said ordinance
that the mayer shall by his proclamation
give notice Of said election. now
Therefore, |. j. X. Dempsey, mayor of the
said city OF Bessemer, do by this my procla-
nation, give notice that the question of an
aeNing the contiguous cities OF Bessemer and
Pueblo will be submitted to the qualified
electors OF said city OF Bessemer at a special
election to be held in said city of Bessemer
on the 18th day OF March A. u. 1894.
That said election Is to be held in con-
formity with an act Of the General Assembly
of the state of Colorado entitled "An act to
provide for contiguous towns and cities to
become annexed"
Approved April nth 1898 and ordinance
No. 81 of said city Of Bessemer passed and
approved February 9Th, 1884.
J.K. DEMPsEY,
Mayor.
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GREAT Rock ISLAND ROUTE
TO THE EAST.
BEST DINIxs GAR SERVICE N THE WORLD.
rkSnA

As long time as David reigned, 80 long
| has the Chicago, Rock Island q Pacific Rail-
way run trains westward from Chicago.
| The Rock Island Is foremost In adopting
| any advantage calculated to improve speed
and give that luxury. safety and comfort
Inent is thoroug 1ly complete with vestibuled
trains, magnificent dining cars, sleepers and
| chairs coaches, all the most elegant, and Of
| recently improved patterns.
Faithful and capable management and
important Items. They are a double duty
to the Company and to travelers-and II ~
something's a task ditt,euit Of ssoomplish-
The Importance Of this Line can be better
understood II short lesson In geography be
wha, 6 the great Eastern s,mini Of the
the Northwest7.st. Paul and Minneapolis,
Dakota. To what Important Iowa and Ne.
Omaha and Lincoln, Nebrasta: Does II
City. Does IL run trains o. The Foothills OF
Colorado springs and Pueblo, solid vestibui.
Kansas be reached by the Rock iaiand
fn Sundred oihsra Ia al IT'D yd,rseiions IN ana she
State, and 1. is the only road Running to and
the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Reservation.
| 1t will thus qe seen that line tapping, az
the Rock Island does, such a varied territory,
has much in that regard to commend It to
| travellers, AZ NIL connections sure on the
| Rock Island, and passengers can rely on n
| speedy journey, as over n bulk OF the system
through trains run, and 1t has become
and rightly too the popular Line.
a very popular train on the Chicago, Rock
| Island Pacific Railway leaves Denver,
| Pueblo and Colorado Springs, daily. 1t IL
called THE Worlds Fair Special" is one
| day out, and passengers arrive at Chicago
early the second morning.
The Rock Island hns become popular
Colorado Line, and the train above referred
| to Is Vestibu1ed. and carries the Rock Island
| excellent Dining Car Service.
| For full particulars Ms to tickets, maps,
| rates, apply to any coupon ticket office in
| the. United, Canada or Mexico. or address:
| JNO. SEBASTIAN,
| Genl. Tkt. q Pass. Agt.. Chicago, Ill.
| K. ST. JOHN, 9enl Manager, Chicago, III.
| ]. q. KELLER. Agent. Pueblo. Colorado.