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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-25

throw over her grapnels, and two Eacn
used the oars to give her headway. We
had not pulled fifty feet when the irons
took hold, and drew the boat back to
the spot by means of the rope.
Then, standing on the seat in the
stern, / lifted at the obstruction, and
It came slowly up. 1t had just APP
peared at the surface sufficient for me
to make out that 1t was boiler-iron
torpedo when there came an awful cx-
plosion. At the same instant our boat
was lifted high in the air and broken to
pieces, and scarcely comprehended
what had occurred until found myself
In the water ut least two hundred feet
below the point of explosion. My hair,
whiskers and eyebrows were badly
singed, and my clothing was on fire as
l came down after the flight. While l
had escaped the other three men were
killed outright and horribly mangled,
and the great wave created swamped the
boat working few hundred feet below
us and drowned one of her crew.
While swimming for this capsized
boat man stood on the bank of the
river and fired four shots at me from q
revolver, and with the fifth he killed the
colored man who had given us informa.
ton. The victim stood on the bank,
about midway between the two boats,
and was shot through the head. The
torpedo was no doubt exploded by elec-
tricity, and the man who fired the shots
was the operator who exploded it. - Cor.
Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-25

It IL it hadn't been for the delay. He
had four friends killed in the fight,
Colonels and Majors, IL remember
right, and he was taking their bodies
home.
"Now, listen again; the web is almost
wovc. II must have been about eleven
o'clock when we got down to Savannah.
The night was black, the rain was fall
ing, and the Tennessee rolled like q flood
Of ink to the sea. There was wharf
boat, or another steamboat. ut the levce,
and we rounded up and went alongside.
AS we came down heard u man speak
from the other boat in n loud, emphatic
voice: Here she is. Hurry up, hurry
up I was standing on the guards look
ing at the scene by the wild glare of the
pine torches which the negroes had light
ed on both boats, and, whether it was that
our boat rebounded when she bumped
the other, or whether she hadn't got
quite up to her, or whether the blaze of
the torches dazzled him, can not say;
but saw the man step between the two
boats right into the river. heard the
splash, and saw him rise to the surface.
Like cork he was carried along for
about the length Of the boat, and was
gone. just then some gentlemen
stepped on board our boat. One of
them was addressed as Doctor and he
was crying like child. To him said:
who was that man?' THE Governor
of Wisconsin, said the doctor, and
passed into the cabin. The web was
wove; the omen had won. The care
less prophecy of bit of chalk was full
filled"
"You don't mean to say that chalk
ing the Governors name on the coffin
had any thing to do with the accidentp"
"I don't say it, for don't know it. ]
can only say to you what General
Crocker used to say to me: Thar are
more things in Heaven and earth, old
Ratio, than you ever dreamt Of But l
will say this, that didn't feel right
when first saw the name thar; and ]
haven't felt right about it since. l wish
it had never been wrote thar, that's all
l say" ."-BroWn Forester, in Chicago
| Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-25
GOVERNMENT BALANCES.

Interesting Statements From the Books
of tho Register OF the Treasury.
The statement of balances due to and
from the United States from 1889 to
June 80, 1885, on the books of the Reg
ister of the Treasury has just been
printed. 1t shows that we owe small
amounts to about seven hundred and
fifty individuals, ON account of .dece-
dents trust fund.-" aggregating $780,
OSO.94. The .'decedents' trust fund" is
composed of the proceeds of the per-
die aboard, leaving no legel representa-
tive, partner in trade or trustee, which
the Consuls of the United States are
required to transmit to the Treasury,
there to be held in trust for the lawful
claimant. We also owe on account of
"outstanding liabilities" 1869. .4OS,51.
but this is not an Indebtedness in the
same sense that the other is When
draft is given to any one in liquidation of
debt due by the Government and it is
not presented or paid within the
space of three years, in order
to close the account of the dis
bursting officer who drew it, the Treas
urer is required to deposit the money
which it represents in the Treasury to
the credit of the person entitled to pay
ment, and into an appropriation styled
"outstanding liabilities. The balances
due to and from the United States on
the accounts of the various officers of
the Government are clearly shown in
the following recapitulation of the Reg
lSter:
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-25
PICKING UP A TORPEDO.

The Somewhat Hazardous Occupation of
Bold Union Mariner.
Twas among others detailed from the
Federal steamer Monongahela to search
the Red river between the Tcnsar and
the Mississippi for the torpedoes which
had been planted by the Confederates
before our fleet appeared in those waters.
These torpedoes were of all makes,
shapes and sizes, from pork barrel
half-full OF powder. to be fired by
electricity from the shore, to a glass
demijohn holding ten pounds and to be
exploded by contact. Some were on
the surface, some just under it and
some on the bottom. We went out in
gangs of four in row-boats to hunt for
these terrtiers, each boat being pro-
vided with grapnels, nets, boat-hooks
and whatever else was needed for fish
ing up the monsters. We had to 90
slow and exercise great caution, for the
channel was tortuous and no one could
guess at what point we would come
across torpedo. While the woods
were shelled two or three times day by
our gunboats, the Confederate swamp
cats were by no means driven out.
They had every chance to secrete them
selves along the banks, and we realized
that if we came upon an electric tor
pedo which could be exploded from the
shore we ran every risk of being blown
sky-high.
We had been at work three or four
days and had fished up seven or eight
ugly-looking fellows, when we got into
II part of the channel which ran within
fifty feet of the right hand bank. just
ut this time colored man who had
been lying out in the swamps for sew
eral weeks waiting for his deliverance
informed us that he had observed men
planting something in this bend about
two weeks before. He thought there
were wires leading from it to the swamp,
but we secuted about for couple of
hours without being able to find that such
was the case. The bank was u dense
jungle in which thousand men could
have concealed themselves and the gum
boats could not shell it from the posi-
ton they had taken. d..
1t was about an hour after dinner that
we moved up and began graphing in
the bend. The boat in which was sta
toned turned her bow down stream.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-25
PlrH AND POINT.

Speak of mans eagle eye, and
he'll give you his hand; mention his
parrot nose, and he'll give you his fist.
Portland AdUertiser.
-"Were you ever in an engage
ment2" inquired an innocent rustic Of
militiaman. "Yes, one," replied the
breach Of promise"
"A professional maxim for lawyers:
Whatever you do, do it with your might.
Many member of the profession has
made his fortune by working with q
will.
"A maiden lady says that II single
life is bad it standsto reason that double
life is twice as bad; but ladies rarely un-
derstand mathematics. ~ Y. 1cie-
gram. I
Julian Hawthorne says that one
day he wrote for twenty-six consecutive
hours without pausing or rising from
his chair. He must have got up two
hours before day. .-NorrtstotDn Herald.
The jury brought in verdict Of
"not guilty" His Honor said admon-
ishingly to the prisoner: "After this
you ought to keep away from bad COM
pany." "Yes, your Honor, you will not
see me here again in a hurry. &c Chicago
Tribune.
IL am perfectly at home in the
water" said an old topper as he plunged
into the surf. THAT is where you have
the advantage over water" was the un-
feeling remark Of bystander who
knew him. Boston Post.
Miss Beauty: THAT gentlemen
seems to know YOU" Miss Hightie:
"Yes: did you ever see such impudcnce
he actually bowed" Miss Beauty:
"Have you never met himP" Miss
Hightie: "Only at Spirit Lake. I
should think he might have sens
enough to know that summer-re.e
sort engagements don't count in
town. ."-Des Moines (Ia.) Leader.
Office boy to editor): There's a
man outside who says he wants to pay
some money" Editor: "Did he give
his nameP" Office boy: "No, sir"
Editor: "Well, you find out his name
and all about him and what he wants to
pay money for, and then come and tell
me before you let him in. In the glori-
Gus field of journalism, my boy, the
prudent man will always be found on
the safe side.-M Y Herald.
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81, 800, ,l9i 4Ol $685., ,IO4 81
Washington Cor. N. Y. Post.
PRECoClOUS CHILDREN.
Early Promise of Talent Frequently Not
Followed by OR eat Achievements.

Early Promise of Talent Frequently Not
Followed by Or eat Achievements.
The idea that genius reveals itself
early in life does not at once recon-
mend itself to common sense. Observa-
ton of nature as whole suggests, first
of all, perhaps that her choicer and
more costly gifts are the result of a long
process of preparation. And, however
this may be, there is certainly more
moral suggestiveness in the thought that
intellectual distinction is the reward of
strenuous adolescence and manhood
than in the suppositlon that it can be
reached by the stripping at q bound
through sheer force of native talent.
And it may not improbably have been a
lively perception OF this ethical signifi-
canoe which fostered in the classic mind
so widespread disbelief in early prom
ises of great intellectual power. We
find typical expression of this senti-
ment in the saying of Quintilian: "Illud
ingeniorum velut precox genus non
temere umquam peryenit ad fru-
gem" That is to say, the early promise
of talent is rarely followed by the fruit
of great achievement. 1t evident that
this saying embodies something like a
general theory of the relation between
rank of talent and rate of development.
When superior intellectual ability shows
itself at an early date It is of the sort
that reaches its full stature early, and
so never attains to the greatest height.
On the other hand, genius of the finer
order declares itself more slowly. In
order to estimate the soundness of this
view, two lines of inquiry would be nec-
essary. We should need to ask, first at
all, what proportion of those who had
shown marked precocity have after
ward redeemed the promise of their
youth; secondly, what number of those
who have unquestionably obtained a
place among the great were previously
distinguished by precocityP These two
lines of investigation are, however, in .
measure distinct. 1t may turn out that
large proportion of clever children
never attain to any thing but to
mediocrty in later life, and yet that tho
majority of great men have been re-
markable rs children. Popular Sciences
Monthly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-25
A Pernicious Practice.

The common practice of leaving a
broad row of weeds along the fences of
the meadow is not to be recommended.
on the contrary, it is to be most strong
ly reproFated as being wasteful, insight
ly and disgraceful. Aclean meadow is
pleasing sight to see, and one that
makes farm attractive. A neat farmer
has his fields bordered by broad band
of grass, upon which the teams turn
when plowing, and which is mown for
when the other Dart of the field is. This
is turning land to good use that would
otherwise be wasted, and is most con-
yenient practice. 1t gives passage for
the horses and reaper and keeps tho
farm free from weeds, besides aifording
two or three cuttings of hay every year.
N. Y. Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-25

One of the pastimes among TIE
convicts that affords amusements to tn
''trusties" is for one of them to take q
three or four-mile run early in tho
morning to keep the bloodhounds in
training. The trusty is always per-
fectly willing to make the race, and is
paid for his trouble by the bosses.
Lunipkin (Ga.) Independent.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-25

The following curious verdict was
rendered recently by Il New York jury;
'We Juory, Have come to an agreement
that 1t was an accident, but if the said
deceased is under IA years of age wa
blaMe the firm, but il the deceased il
above age We blame both parties"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-25

When a man wants TO find fault he
will do so II he has to spend all his time
looking for it.--Ne,0 HaueN Ne0s.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-25
MY LOVE AND 1.

Watched the vessel from the shore,
Which from my arms my treasure bore,
Until my tear. dlmmed eye
No longer could It's passage trace,
Or mark the still increasing space
Divide my love and I.
Then to my lone and silent hearth,
Which echoes to no sound of mlrth,
turn my steps again,
To whit till cross the stormy sea
The first glad tidngs come to me,
Welcome rs summers rain.
And months go by--I watch and dream,
For hope has dawned with brightest ylcam
To tell Of coming bliss,
When my weak arms again infold
MY treasure as In days of old,
And no Joy shall miss.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-25

watch no more for whitening sails
Borne onward by propitious gales,
To bring the wand'rer home,
Across the broad and restless sea
That bore my love AWAY from me.
No tender missives come.
dream no more with lashes wet,
OF perlls that his path beset,
For now the weary feet,
BY Time and Space no longer chained,
Fair Beulnns heights serene have gained,
And walk the golden street.
Oh Beulah land, that lies so far
Beyond the ken of world or star,
And yet SO wondrous near,
Where my beloved doth abide; :
And yet how often to my side
He comes. my soul to cheer.
Not ocean depths, or trackless plain
Can the freed spirit now detain;
Neither can mountains high
Death, like an angel pure and bright,
With magic touch, did but unite
Once more my love and 1.
AIRS. c. n. X. Poore, in Good Housekeeping
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-25

marked with the name of living man.
"Of course, the sensation didn't last
but minute or so, for soon saw thar
was no omen in the inscription. l sup
posed that tho Governor was at home in
Madison, and the explanation of his
name on the coffins was easy enough.
He had ordered the bodies of some dead
friends to be sent home from the battle
field, and the rough outside collins were
simply directed to him. This was all
natural enough, so went to my state
room and thought no more about it.
''The boat was to start Mt four o'clock
in the afternoon, but thar was a good
deal of delay for some reason or other,
and l allow it was about nine before we
got away. The night was dark, and the
rain dripped through the roof of the
boat into my berth. went to the cap
tain, told HIM about it, and asked him
to give me another berth. Pay
attention, now, and sec how the
mysterious fingers were weaving the
web of destiny. Tm Sorry says the
captain, that l can not do any better
for you, but l have only two empty
state-rooms, and they are both engaged
for the Governor of Wisconsin and his
staff He is now at Savannah, and
shall call for him as we go down When
he said that the chills crept over me
again. What, says l, the Governor of
Wisconsin at Savannahp' Yes says the
captain of the boat.
'The fact was that the Governor had
been at Pittsburgh landing for couple
of days, but l didn't know it. He had
come down as soon us he heard of the
battle to look after the Wisconsin boys
and render what help he could. He
was then visiting the hospital at Savan-
nah, and the boat was to pick him up
about six o'clock, and would have done
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-09-09

STEAMERS A. J. LANE AND DISPATCH
Make daily double round trips Of Lakes Eustis and Har
ris touching at all landings
CONNECTIONS
At Palatka with Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
Railway, and st. Augustine and Pslatka Railway, and
fast river steamers for st. Augustine, Green Cove
Springs Jacksonville and all points North, East and
West and with upver steamers for South Florida aleo
with the TwinScrew Iron Steamship " City Of Pa
lska and Steamship City Of cpticeo Tor Charleston,
New York, Boston, PHILADELPHIA, etc.
Mail trains make close connection both ways via j. T.
&K. W. Ry. ct Jacksonville with Atlantic Coast Line
Fast Mail.
At Gainesville with through Pullman sleepsrs over g.
r. W. Ry for New Orleans Cedar Key. Pensacola, So
vannah, Albany. Montgomery, Louisville, st. Louis and
all points West
At Ocaa with F. R. & N. Co.. 8. 8. o. q @. R. R. and
Hacks for Silver Springs.
At Aston with ST Johns river steamers for Jacksonville
Sanford and way landinga
At Leesburg with the st. Johns and Lake Eustis dvis
ion Of the Florida Southern Railway. and boats on Lakes
Harris and Kustis for points on Lakes.
At Pemberton's Ferry with 3 nth Florida r. R. fer
Lakeland, Tampa Kissimmee Barlow Orlando, Sanford
Tuckertown and Fort Dade.
At Punta Gorda with steamer Alice Howard for Liver
pool, Punta Rassa nd Fort Nyera
SHERMAN CoNANf, o. w. BBOMwELL,
General Manager. G.P A.
A. c. CowAN. 0enn TRAY. Agent.
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Advice TO Mothers.

Are you disturbed at night and broken of your
rest by a sick child suffering and crying with
pain of cutting teeth? If so, send at once and
get a bottle of MRS WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP
FOR CHILDREN TEETHING. Its value is incalcu-
liable. 1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no
mistake about it. 1t cures dysentery and diar-
rhga, regulates the stomach and bowels cures
wind collie, softens the gums, reduces iniamma-
ton, and gives tone and energy to the whole
system. MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP FOR
CHILDREN TEETHING is pleasant to the taste
and is the prescription of one of the Oldest and
best female nurses and physicians in the United
States, and is for sale by all druggists through
out the world. Price Is cents bottle. 38-1y
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Wonderful G,ures.

w. D. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and Retail
Druggists, of Rome, Ga, say: We have been
selling DR.. Kings New Discovery, Electric Bit
tiers and Bucklen's Arnica Salve for two years
Have never handled remedies that sell as well,
or give such universal satisfaction There have
been some wonderful cures effected by these
medicines in this city. Several cases of pro-
nounced Consumption have been entirely cured
by use of a few bottles of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, taken in connection with Electric Bit
tiers. We guarantee them always. Sold by w.
A. Rawls.
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carry in stock the best of everything,
but to secure the Agency tor such articles as
have well-known merit, and are popular with
the people, thereby sustaining the reputation of
being always enterprisng and ever reliable
Having secured the Agency for the celebrated
DR.; Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
will sell it on positive guarantee 1t will surely
cure any and every affection of Throat, Lungs
and Chest, and to show our confidence, we invite
you to call and get trial bottle free. Sold by
w A. RaWls
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PRIVATE SCHOOL.

On Monday, September 18th, will open
Private School in the cottage just completed by
Mr. Allegro, west of Mrs. Jones' boarding house
L will also continue to teach music.
For terms, etc, enquire as above Soliciting
patronage, am, very respectfully,
2O-1m MRS. J. D. PEPPER.
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TO Smokers

Who want to get frst-class article, ask for
Seidenberg's Occur de Rose" the only Seed
and Havana cigar in the market for cents
and Seidenbergs Rhine Gold" Cuban made
Havana cigars, which equal the imported, for
10 cents, at M. LIvELY's
July 23-tf Drug Store.
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WAGONS AND BUGGlES.

keep full stock of Atlanta White Hickory
Wagons-ore and two horse-thc best wagons
built Also open and top buggies, all grades All
cheaper than ever sold in this market.
6u j. c. KEMPER
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The best Salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum fever Sores letter, chap
ped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin erup
tons, and positively cures piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. Sold by W. A. Rawls March 25, 1886-1y
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FOR THE CAMPAIGN

The FLoRIDrAN will be sent to subscribers
during the Campaign of 1885, for the small sum
of TWENTY-FIVE (25) CENTs-in advance. If
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-09-09

Single copies 10 cents; $1.OO per dozen, or
100 copies for $500 Address
DORR & BOWEN,
Tallahassee Fla.
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VI Florida for sale by Erastus W. Clark, includ-
ing DeFuniak Springs, the Naval Drill, and
numerous views Of West and South Florida.
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TENNESSEE WAGONS

1 have on hand Thimble Skein two-horse
wagons, Iron Axle two-horse wagon, which
will sell for less than cost W.R. WILSON.
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MR. n W. EPPHs IL hereby announced - . candi-
date for ~ ses 4 es1sntsndsnt Il Schools q Lsoa
county ne ssvics Il n. Bppes - member Of The
County lcasd u Public 1nsxucoa has given him great
aniissity Wah on sancationai svstm, and Do not
hssitats to bsspsak for him tho mrages Of ell good
Dmocsata ~ kst~sfyty. FHp'
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Beauty Your Home.

Finish the walls and ceilings with Alabastine.
You can do it; inexpensive; try it, White and
twelve tints. Cheaper and better than paint,
kalsomne or paper. Dsin fects and prevents dis
eases. Beautiful sample card Free By druggists,
hardware and paint dealers. $3.50 given away
Sold by M. Lively, Tallahassee, Fla.
March 25=2m
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ECLIPSE IRON SCREW.

1 will sell one Eclipse Iron Screw, complete
with all wood frame, at q bargain. Has never
been used. W.R WusoN
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i have for sale 10 good Mich Cows-Graded
Jerseys-.fTeah to MIX.
6-H G. @. GIRRs
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They are Geang Fast.
Tin Sets, SITS . cot, at
SHAY q YAEGER'A


StraveA or Stolen
from my placa on the Miccosukie road, q light
DAY mare colt, about two and half years old,
pony built A suitable reward:will be paid ON
recovery of the animal.
184t IR Surs
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METEOROLOGICAL.

Record Of Temperature at Tallahassee, Florida
for the past soeek.
observations taken by w. A. RAwLs, Druggist and
Pharmacist.)
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For superintendent Of Schools.

IN We are Authorized to announce NR VIZ. W.
WOODWARD, present incumbent Q candidate for the
once Of Superintendent Of Schools for Leon county. ct
the ensuing November election.