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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

"A curious mixture of races was re-
Gently observed in Buffalo street-car.
A Chinaman with Il laundry package,
q darky with whitewash- brush, an
Indian with basket of sassafras, an
Italian with a bag of peanuts, an Irish
man, Dutchman and genuine Amer
lean dude made up quite congress OF
nations" as The circus bills say,-BuE-
J0'o EIpyesS,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14
MoonsIhIners in Wisconsin,.

MADISON, Wis, Aug, THE woods in
Manitowoc County are said to be full OF
illicit stills and moonshiners. Persons
representing themselves to be farmers
have been carrying on tho trade for years,
and some have done well AZ it. The stills
will be raided.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

An exchange thinks there will be
great falling off in Newport visitors
this season. AS Newport is in Rhode
Island they wouldn't have to 60 far to
fall f.-BuriingtOn Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

The Kingston IN. W Freeman as
serts that there is pond in the vicinity
of Yonkers that is said to be so full OF
lager beer bottles that the fish can not
find room to swim about.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14
Harvest Excursions.

On August IS, September 8 and 90 tho
Chicago & Northwestern railway will run
cheap excursions to Minnesota and Dakota,
for which lower rates have been made than
have ever before been quoted to these
points For full particulars address-R. S.
dair, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

-Four members of Blount County
CTennessee) family have married within
as many weeks. First two sons went
off, then daughter, and now the
father, aged three score years.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

Badness and dandruf can be prevented
by using Halps Hair Renewer
Quinine relieves only temporarily in
fever and ague Ayers Ague Cure cures
permanently.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

hem that they sprung from nnhonest sturdy
race, of whom they could be proud IL will
thus be seen that Mr.. Tilden's mental vipor
petite was good. and he ate as much as most
men. He dined regularly with the family,
and only differed from them In that he ate at
more frequent intervals. He was perfectly
able to masticate his food He rarely alto
vegetables, but was fond of fruit.
Samuel Jones Tilden was born on February
., 1914, in New Lebanon, Colunlb bn County. and
ter, ter the mother Of The late Colonel peiton and
Moses and Henry Tiiden. He prodnated al
ibn hae ana IN nsvng studied s nw m
aehIeved . a. reputation for great legal
HaWnIp himself IN n nns
politics. he was made Chairman OF the Demo-
cratic State Committee of New York. a posi-.
tion he held for thirteen years. IN ls40, and
again in 1872, he was member OF the
State Assembly, and In 1874 was elected Gov
ernor of the State by the Democratic party.
3s s1 he a Py ane
the s's Seotom ,s f"r'ES 1Se Mr TSssn
e ssysa vote IN ,Se ses Sf .hs Of Ropr Sos sos Sa
Carolina, Oregon and Florida being dis.
putcd,. great popular. excitement ensucd:
ana ar the two political parties were forced
sion was appointed OF fve Senators. Ave
States and Ave Representatives. This
commission divided on party lines, and voted
eight Republican to seven Democratic; and
by their decision the disputed votes were
given to, Rutherford b. Hayes the opposing
candidate, who was declared elected Presi-
dent by II majority of one electoral vote. In
1880 Mr.. Tilden was again in question for the
Democratic nomination for President, but
declined IN a letter read before the Demo
cratic National Convention at Cincinnati.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

BOOKKEEPING taught in ono lesson-Do
not lend them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

DIR PIERcE's "Pellets''-the original Lit
tie Liver Pills" (sugar-coated)-cur sick
and bilious headache, sour stomach, and
bilious attacks By druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

WOMEN ADMIRATION WIN who use GLENN'.
SULPHUR Soar to improve the skin.
HILLS HAIR AND WnIsKER DYE, Black OF
Brown, Soc
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consumr
tion. Cures where other remedies fail. 25,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

A CHICAGO paper says Mr.. Multum has
settled in that city. Then he is no longer
in Parvo.-Ierds SJtings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

COUNTRY board that is much sought after
in the SUMMERTIME guide board. Bosto,
Bulletin.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

"THAT was a smart trick" remarked the
man who had been presented with cay
enne-pepper lozenge.-Chicdgo Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

Or course it's the saline quality of the
sea that makes it easy to sail in Yonker
Gazette,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

WHY is a locomotive like cometa Be
cause it has headlight and carries long
truin.-N Y telegram.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

No MAN would hang picture franc be-
cause of its gilt.--Orange Observer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14
Hot Weather

Causes the blood 10 heat and get into depleted
condition, md wcakens the whole systom, thus giv-
ing opportunity for scrofula, salt rheum, bols ann
humorn to come To the surface. The blood s,souId
be purified and ytazcd by taking Hood's -saps-
r'lla, which will cxpel all Impurities and give tone
and strength to tho whole body.
II had four sorofuloua sores como on my feet,
which grow no bnd that could not wear shoe
Nothing which took did me any good till one day
saw lIoods sarsaparilla advertised In tho paper.
and decided to try ". have taken two bottles ard
the sorcs are almost entirely healed" Mns. ADDTn
PITTS South Potsdnm, Y.
81 took Hoods Sarsapnrilla for dyspepsia. which
had for nine or ten years. suffering terribly with
It, IL has entirely cured me- and recommend IL TO
others who Buficr with this disease" MRs A.
MOTION, Chicopcc, Mass.
used Hoods sarsaparilla for dyspepsia with
the best results" A. CULVER, Council Bluffs, la.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for s.. Prepared by
e. L. Musa
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14

You can prevent milk from souring in
thunder storm by drinking it just befor,
the storm begins.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-14
ELY'S
CREAM BALM

A God-send /,
Ety's Cream Balm,
had catarrh for {
years. Ny nose
scOuld bleed. !
thought the sores
tcOuld never heal
E2y's Cream Balm
has cured Hrs.
M. 4. Jackson,
Portsmouth, ". III.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11
Eggs In the Fri0Sd Zone.

Early in July we commenced to live on
eider-duck eggs, the nests of which wa
ter fowl could be found everywhere and
especially near the shores of the large
lakes. They were a delightful change
from the seal and reindeer meat on which
we had been living, or at least an ac-
ceptabie addition, for we had no trouble
finding them everywhere in the greatest
abundance shortly after the first one was
discovered. The suddenness with which
they became added was almost startlino,
After having almost lived on them for a
number OF days; having three or four
apiece at each meal, Il cook one even
ing said that he had found nine or sen
addled ones out of a dozen; and there
alter not a single good egg was ever
found although we kept on hopelessly
testing them for three or four days after,
until It was evident we were only de.
ereasing the ducks without deriving cor
responding benefit. The way they were
Matched out in the latter part Of the
month was equally surprising. ! tseemed
as if . shower Of young ducks had sud-
denly taken place, like o shower OF frogs
In superstitious times.-Lieut. Sehwatke,
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11
T,co lKomen and a Mouse.

Frances" said Aunt Penuifeather, in
a terrible whisper, ''are you asleep?"
l started from the bed. "Oh, no;
what do you want2'
Il hate to have you get up" said she,
peering over the banister at me, as ]
peered up at her, "but there's some
thing in the bed. l think it's a mousse,
Now Aunt Pennifeather has an uncom-
Portable degree of moral courage, as all
her friends know, and in that strength
of spirit that holds its own against grief
and pain, Oh the great mysteries, she is
magnificent; but confront her with a
creeping thing, and a child could lead
her.
"Why didn't you double him upin the
bed clothes?"
sit has got in the pillow-case, Fran
ces. Oh, don't let him OUT" jumping
upon that throne of necessity chair.
"Don't scream, Aunt Pennifeather, I
have the end secure, but itisn't as plump
as a mouse. I believe it's a rat. I'll
take him to the window and shake him
out.n
"oh, Frances, be careful! Oh, I see
him! Don't let him fly QUIT"
But the thing wouldn't shake out; and
as the children were now aroused.
scurrying round in their night
gowns and uttering little squeals, and
their father shouted from below, "What's
the row, Fan2' l concluded to take the
object to him. The Captain jumped out
of bed and seized a cane. Ifilled the
bath-tub with water, while he passed his
hand quickly over the protuberance; but
it stuck fast.
"Shake, Francesl"
A dark thing fell into the water and
was instantly submerged by a blow from
the cane. It rose defantly. Another
blow with the stick.
"Hold it under the water" shouted
somebody.
rs it deada" squealed Aunt Penni-
feather, behind the crack of the door.
"Dead2" roared the Captain; sit has
been dead a hundred years. Take your
old black kid glove, and don't try to
pass it off for a wild animal down here"
Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11

PEARLS OF THO UGHL
Our content is our best having.

Our content is our best having.
All knowledge is but remembrance.
Hope is the cordial of the human
heart.
Real glory springs from the silent con-
quest of ourselves.
Happiness Is where it is found, and
seldom where it is sought.
No entertainment is so cheap as read
ing, nor any pleasure so lasting.
1t is better to have nothing to repent
for than to even repent at lcisu.c.
With each pure face of the loving
little children, heaven comes back to us.
Bear IN mind that there never was SO
dark a day but that there was a brighter
dawn.
He who is false to the present duty
breaks a thread in the loom, and will see
the effect when the weaving of a life
time is unrivaled.
He who loves to read and knows how
to reflect, has laid by a perpetual feast
for his old age.
When death, the great %reconciler, has
come, it is never our tenderness that we
repent of, but our severity.
independence and self-respect are es-
sential to happiness, and these are never
to be attained together without work.
Everything in life has a right and o
wrong side. You may take any joy, and
by turning it around find troubles on the
other side; or you can find the greatest
trouble and, by turing it around, find
joys on the other side. The gloomiest
mountain never casts a shadow OF both
sides at once.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11
Court WUs Adjourned.

ssOrder IN the courtf exclaimed the
Judge Of d Montana Circuit, as he OBJ
served the occupants Of fhe room leave
their seats and crowd around the vim
dous.
sse mist have order, ! lie continued.
INF. Sheriff, zee that order il main
tanned. There must be less confusion Or
will order the room clesred.
The yaller one IS getting away with
fhs Other, remarked one Of ths men If
The window.
Whats ths exoitemsntse asked tie
ndge
dog fight yosr honor Z replied
lawyer q b got up on chair 10 look
onk ri Ihe window.
ME Sheriff saia tic oonFf, d BE-
moved down rom Els sat ii fhs airec
goo u the erewd, adjourn court righs
atEG PAU 0lSa.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11
A Brolsen Weddtna Rf,a.

An instance may be cited as showing
the degree of se~nsitiveness in some per
sons, the truthfulness of which is vouched
for by friends and relatives of the
lady in this city.
A gentleman residing near Youngs-
town, Ohio, enlisted in the summer of
1862 and joined the army in Kentucky.
On the afternoon of October 9Th his wife
became deeply impressed with a feeling
that something serious had happened.
She resorted to all means at hand to
allay her unusual nervousness, but with
out avail, and as the evening wore away
she grew worse and worse until she be-
came almost frantic. Neighbors did all
they could to calm her, but to no pun
pose. During the night she lay down,
and after a time fell into a dose, from
which she wa awakened by a sharn
snap, apparently caused by the breaking
OF her wedding-ring, and the next day
she learned that her husband had died.
at the exact moment of her awakening.
from wounds received during the after
noon.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11
NNone WflE Miss Thee

Few viii miss thee, Friend, when thou
For a month in dust hast lain.
Skillful hand, and anxious brow,
Tongue Of wisdom, busy brain
All thou vert shall be forgot,
And thy place shall know thee not
Shadows from the bending trees
Ger thy lowly head may pass,
Signs from every wandering breeze
Stir the long, thick, churchyard grass
Wilt thou heed thems No; thy sleep
Shall be dreamless, calm and deep.
Some sweet bird may sit and sing
On the marble of thy tomb,
Soon to fit on joyous wing
From that place Of death and gloom,
On some boughs to MARBLE clear;
But these songs thou shalt not hear.
Some kind voice may sing thy praise
Passing near thy place of rest,
Fondly talk of ''other days.
But no throb within thy breast
Shall respond to words OF praise,
Or old thoughts Of 'sother days"
Since SO leeting is thy name,
Talent, beauty, power and wit,
1t were well that without shame
Thou in Gods great book vert writ,
There in golden words to be
Craven for eternity.
--Chnmbe7.,s ,Jou9nf
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11
HRS. WAite,s Snake sst,s.

Mrs. John White, living a few miles from
this village, has a mounted rattlesnake
skin, four feet and a half long, with an
imperfect set of rattles in the tail, which
she is proud to show to visitors, while
n Ating how the snake, when alive, chased
hA, although Involuntary, for nearly
half q mile, and kept up the chase even
after 1t was dead. Mrs. White was
standing BY the roadside one warm day,
when she heard a rattlesnake sound its
tsbellsp Immediately behind her, and at
the same time felt q tug at the skirt Of
her dress. She looked around quickly
and saw that q big rattlesnake had struck
at her, and that Its fangs were fast in the
bottom Of ner dress. Mrs. White started
on q u for home. The snakes fangs
were ) securely fastened in the dress
that the Itdake was carried along. Mrs.
White ran so fast that the rattlesnake
was whipped and snapped about like the
tail of a kite.
The house was almost half q mile away,
and when Mrs. White reached her door
she was SO much overcome by the run
and her fright that she tainted on the
doorstep. Her daughter ran out. When
she saw the snake, with its fangs fast in
her mothers dress, and her mother ly-
ing pale IN the step, she supposed the
snake had bitten her mother and killed
bel, and the girl RAM screaming to d
neighbors, half q mile lhrther on, where
she alarmed the household with the news
tlas her mother had been killed by a
fattlesnake. Aman ran back to Whites.
Mrs. White had revived sufficiently to
drag herself into the house. The snake
was dead, and still fast III the dress. The
threahing on TIE stones and against the
ground had beaten the life ont of it and
broken OF the lower part Of its rattles.
Seven we're left, from the size and grada-
zion Of which It was calculated that the
perfect set contained At least thirteen.
The snake was skinned and mounted, and
has ever since been an object of great
euriosityain she community. The shock
ID hrs White prostrated her for several
days-Nss Yor5 SIN.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11
SCRAPS.

Some photographs of a recent thun.
der storm in France are said to indicate
that the normal form of lightning dis
charges between the clouds and the
earth is that of an irregular spiral.
A new motor for running light ma
chinery has been discovered in Germany.
Petroleum in its fluid state is used, and
the cost is put at about three cents pei
horse power an hour, and half a cent
per hour for lubricating.
In a paper lately read before a London
engineering society, it was mentioned as
the result of-many experiments that 1000
feet of gas used to produce ~incandescent
electric lighting by means OF q gas en-
CINE would give twice as much light as
it would if employed as an illuminant in
the ordinary way.
Most dream impressions, according to
Wundt, emanate from actual, though
weak, impressions or the nerves during
sleep. Thus an inconvenient position
excitcs visions of laborious or painful
experiences, difficult respiration produces
the agony of nightmare, flying is sug-
gested by the rhythmic movements OF
breathing, nudity by a fall of clothes
from the bed, crawling things by skin
irritations, etc. The reproduction of
past memories is associated with events
which have left q profound mental I'M
preston.
Those who would preserve the best re-
lation between height and weight may
be interested in the formula of DR.. Bro
ca, the eminent French anthropologist,
which provides tina. the human body
should weigh as many kilogrammes as 1t
measures in centimetres over a metre.
Thus a mar measuring one metre eighty
centimetres COST inches) should weigh
eighty kilos (176.37 pounds. Should
his weight be more or less, he is too
thin. AS men grow older they lose their.
weight, but as a compensation they di-
minish in height also.
Various trials of the new French horse
shoe, which is made entirely of sleeps
horn, are said to show its particular
adaptedness for horses employed in
and known not to have II steady
foot on the pavement. The results of
the experiments are therefore regarded
as very satisfactory, horses thus shod
been driven at a rapid pace on
such pavements without slipping. B.
sides this advantage, the new shoe is
of as more durable, and, though
a little more expensive than the ordinary
kind, seems destined sooner or later to
the iron shoe.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11

Tricycles in England are being used
for many purposes. Traders use it for
delivery of small packages, and postmen
depend on it in country districts. In
Germany military genius is turning it to
;ccountfo for the battle field. But as an
auxiliary for the fire brigade in England
its application is perhaps most ingenious
The one in question contains a hose-reel;
light, double pump fire engine capable
Of throwing twenty-five gallons a min
ute; aacollapsible cistern to hold water,
and a simple fire escape with descending
ropes and bag. Two men can run it at
full speed.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11

The towns along the great lakes are
proud Of their shipping trade, although a
bather along their coast may swallow a
mouthful of water without nausea. The
Cleveland Leader says that the com
merce on Lake Superior can be judged
from the fact that cup to the present
time the ship canal at sault Ste. Marie
has been used this season by an aggre-
gate of more than 5000, 600 tons of
shipping, and it is probable that the
total will reach 4, 900. 900 tons by the
close Of navigation. The magnitude of
these figures can hardly be appreciated
az first sight. -Four million tons Of ship
ping means 1000 of the largest vessels
son the lakes, OF 1000 irst-class ocean
steamships, an average Of fifteen Of the
former, orsnearly eight of the latter each
day for SIX months" How much
Of this coasting trade is along the Cana
!, dian shore and carried in Canadian ves-
sells is not stated, but the larger share
probably belongs to the United States,
and shows that we have considerable
commerce, even If we don't count for
much Id the foreign carrying trade.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11

The native community throughout
Bengal, India, has been greatly excited by
the discovery that extensive adulteration
is carried on in the manufacture of ghee,
or clarified butter, an article in daily
use in every native household. The in
tensity of the popular feeling on the sub
ject is accounted for by the fact that the
adulteration is effected either with beef
and mutton fat, the eating of which is a
deadly sin in the eyes of the Hindus, or
with lard, which the Mohammedans CON
slider u~nclean food. Both Hindus and
Mohammedans have called on the gov
eminent to protect them by legislation,
and have urged the necessity for imme-
diate action, SO that the measures might
come into force before the Doorga Pooja
and Mohurram, the great festivals of the
two religions.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11
BssnsGYck and Hts Belts.

Apropos of the man of blood aad iron.
q Characteristic anecdote is being told
just now. When a younger and less
known man he one autumn secured a
q suite Of rooms without first inspecting
them. On installing himself in them, he
at once noticed that there was no bell in
the apartment which he. made his stndy
and work room, and sending for the
landlord be asked him to supply the
omission. But returned the land
lord, Herr Won Bismarck has already
taken the rooms the way they are, and it
is he who must supply any deficiencies
which may seem to him to exist. stOh,
that is your answer, is it2, inquired the
chancellor. Precisely so,' !, answered
his host as he retired with d low bow.
Scarcely five minutes later the sharp.
short sound Of d pistol shot was heard in
the ehancellor's room, and just as the
landlord rushed breathless into the
apartment, Bismarck raised his hand.
fred off the revolver that was in it a Sec
ond time, point blank at the opposite
wall. sOh, its all right, landlord, !, he
said to the amazed man; I'm only let
ting my servant know Iwant him. Be-
fore the set that day d bell hanger
had hastily but efeetuaIly supplied
Herr Won Bismarek's apartments with
the bells that had been lacking-oa.
don Figaro.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11
A snow-shoe Runners Eeats.

If not the swiftest, it wa universally
conceded that, even up to the time of
his death, Thompson was the most OK
pert snow-shoe runner in the Sierra Ne
vada Mountains. At Silver Mountain,
Alpine County, Cal, in 1870, when he
was forty-three years of age, he ran a
distance of 1900 feet in twenty-one sec
onds. There were many snow-shoers at
that place, but in daring Thompson sur
passed them all. Near the town was a
big mountain, where the people of the
place were wont to assemble on bright
days in winter, to the number of two
or three hundred. The ordinary snow
shoers would go part way up the noun
tain to where there was a bench. and
then glide down a beaten path. This
was too tame for Thompson. He would
make a circuit of over a mile, and come
out on the top of the mountain. When
he appeared on the peak he would give
II of his wild High Sierra whoops,
poise his balance pole, and dart down
the face of the mountain at lightning
speed, leaping all the terraces from top
to bottom, and gliding far out on the
level before hating.
Snow-shoe Thompson seldom per-
formed any feat for the mere name and
fame of doing a difficult and daring
thing. Yet w. P. Merrill, postmaster
at Woodford's, Alpine County, writes
me as follows in speaking of some of
Thompson's achievements: "Hc at one
time went back to Genoa, on a mountain,
on his snow-shoes, and made a Jump of
$50 feet without a break" This seems
almost incredible, but Mr.. Merrill is a
reliable man, and for many years Thomp-
SON was his near neighbor, and a regular
customer at his store. Thompson doubt
less made this fearful leap at a place
where ne would land in a great drift of
soft snow. Ispoke of thus feat to Mr..
c. P. Gregory, formerly Thompson's
.neighbor in the mountains, but at present
a resident of Virginia City, Nevada, and
he answered that although he had
never heard of that particular leap he
did not doubt what MI. Merrill said.
q know" said Mr.. Gregory, s.that
at Silver Mountain he often made clear
jumps OF fifty and sixty feet.n-Opsr-
land.