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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-02-04

with the exhibition that they made ul
q purse of $40 for the rider.
Tho president of one Of the leading
railroad corporations of the Northwest
has made the following prediction: ut
will not be long until points in Dakota
within five hundred miles Of Duluth
will be sending wheat from their stations
to Buffalo for fifteen cents bushel."
This means that when raised on Da.
kota's soil at cost Of from twenty.
three to thirty cents bushel. with an
investment Of $5. 80 per acre. will bring
in the local market, when freights to
the seaboard are lowered to this extent.
almost the same price that the Eastern
farmer receives. raised at double the
cost of production and on land repre-.
senting eight times the capital invested.
"A Boston correspondent writes that
the new rough-back playing cards. now
becoming somewhat popular. were in.
vented by q wcll-known club man, Mr..
Endicott. He had been playing cards
Mt a club, and after going home and tc
bed dreamed that he was playing poker
and made misdeal. One OF his com.
panions who had All excellent hand re-.
preached him for making him lose the
benefit Of it. "Very well," Endicoti
said in his dream; "if you had had
rough-bsck cards 1t wouldn't have hap
pensd. 1t isn't my fault" When HI
awoke In the morning he remembered
his dream. and the idea of rough-backes
cards seemed to him = good one. HI
reflected. exporlmsnted, perfected hi
Improvement. patented IL In three Of
tour countries. and ID now likely 4
make . fortune out Of hls dream.
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Boy Wanted.

There is gospel tent at the corner
of Michigan Avenue and Fourth street,
and on Sunday evening there is con-
siderable passing in and out ON the
part Of pedestrians. Last Sunday
evening a boy of Il, who had Just left
the tent, encountered a stranger, who
stopped him and inquired:
"Say, bub, what sort of pertor-
nance is that going on in there -
''Purty good thing" was the reply.
'I'd kinder like to see the fat wo-
man and the living skeleton and the
Albino children once more, but I'm
purity near strapped. Is there any
way kin work in"
. '.Us boys crawl under the canvas. .
"Anybody round to knock you stiff p
"Neyer saw anybody. I'll show you
where to go Qpder.'
"By bokey, I'll try it! It's no use
to throw away quarter when you kin
beat Il side show"
lie uOy toOk Hiiii itlCuuu DeiiiHu tae
tent and saw him safe under. and then
crossed the street aud sat down. He
waited just exactly three minutes and
then the stranger came out of the tent
by the door. He looked up and down
, the street, closely scanned ever,
youngster about him, and finally sale
to a bOOtblack:
Club, I'm looking for a youth abou1
two heads taller than you-peahes
Inose-brown straw hat-hair cut short
| l want to see him so awful bad fol
about Il minute that I'll give half ;
dollar if you kin find him around here
: Detroit Free Press. &
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Hints 10 Callers on the Sick.

/. Only call 1T tsie door, unless YOU
are s;re yom friend Is abl. 70 see you
without harm.
2. Enter and leave the house, and
move about the room quietly.
3. Carry a cheerful face. and speak
cheerful words.
4. In order to cheer you need tell
no lies.
5. If your friend is very sick do not
fall into say and careless talk in the
attempt to be ciIeelIul.
6. Do not ask questions, and thus
.obli.c your friend to talk.
Z. Talk about something outside.
and not about the disease and circum-
stances of the patient.
s. Tell the news. but not the list of
the sick and dying.
8. Ii possible carry somethin. with
you to please the eye and relieve the
monotony OF the sick-room. Il flower.
or even picture, which you can loan
for a few days.
10. Il desirable. some little tlclicacy
to attempt the appetite will be well
bestowed: but no,liing could be more
a complete illustration 3f mistaken
kindness than die common custom of
tempting sick persons to eat such IN
wholesome things as rich cakes. sweet
meats. etc.
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The Fittest.

When tie Atlantic express train oy-
er the Central road reached Niles the
other day, a Detroit commercial ira
veler boarded the train to find every
seat taken. In the center of one
coach. one seat was occupied by two
satchels, and another by an OvercOat
and hat. while the owner of the articles
Was in the smoking car. The Detroit
el gathered UP all the baggage and
placed it on the wood-box and Occu-
pied the seats with his own, and he
had just got comfortably settled when
the late occupant returned from his
smoke. He saw what had transpired,
and lie was white with anger as he be-
gan:
..Who moved my baggage!'
Il did. was the prompt reply.
..>iri |. represent the wholesale
crockery house of Blank & Blank,
New York. and ~
Il KNOW. it, saw your name ON the
baggage interrupted the other.
Bave@,t vou seen the papers to-days'
No. SIR
Il thought not. Well, your house
has failed for S2sS, ,OO0-can't pay
twenty cents on the dollar-bad bust
no time for you to spread over two
ats-erowd in somewhere or stand
by the stove, and when we get to De-
troit ~ help get you pass home.
Sori.t .or YOU AID all that, but our
house is rated A /, has reserve OF
$4,000 III mortgages, and the survi
val OF the fittest is a principal older
than the hills. Have a cigar?'-Detroit
J Free Press.
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Wonders of. Sleep.

Condorcet. the mathematician, solv-
ed onr OF his most difficult problems
while asleep-a problem, too, which
had puzzled him during his waking
honrs. The North American Indian sit
the stake of torture has been known
to go to sleep Oh the least remission of
agony, and will slumber until the fire
is applied to awaken him. The ccle-
hrated pedestrian. Capt. Barclay, when
accomplishing his extraordinary feat of
walking 1000 miles i'll as many success
sive hours. obtained at last such a
mastery over himself that he fell
asleep the instant he lay down. Re-
porters III the House OF Commons have
to make great excrtions to keep them
selves from sleeping. A few years
ago Il distinguished member Of ''the
gentlemen in the gallery" took down
a speech While he was sleeping. His
statement rests on his oath. A pro-
fes>or of theology in the University of
Basic once w ore Il sermon while
asleep; ne found it in his desk the
next morning. The preceding night
he could not grapple with the sermon
as he desired. hut the performance of
his sleeping hours was quite satisfac
tory to him. 1t is claimed that the
Able Faria, .who acquired notoriety
through his power of inducing sonam-
bulisEl. WAS accustomed merely to
place his patient in an arm chair and
to tell him to shut his eyes and collect
himself The able then pronounced
III a strong v9ice. '.sieep," which was
usually successful Sir E. Codring
ton, the famous naval officer, when a
midshipmall. could watch on deck for
fifteen hour. This left only five for
sleep. which IN his case was most pro-
found-so profound that no noise Was
sufficiently strong to awaken him; yet
if the word ''signal'' was whispered in
his ear he awoke and was on deck in
stantly.
Coleridge, the dreaming philosopher,
composed ''kubla Khan" Zone of his
poems) while fast asleep. Next morn
ing he was too negligent to write the
stanzas. A few days afterwards he
attempted to recall the verses, but
they had for the most part fled, and
the poem as it now stands is but
fra yment. 1t is recorded that during
the heat of the battle of the Nile some
of the oyer-fatigued boys fell asleep
on the deck, and during the attack on
Rangoon, during the Burmese war, the
captain of one of the steam frigates
most actively engaged, worn out by
excess OF continual mental tension, fell
asleep and remained perfectly uncon-
soious for nearly two hours, within q
ward O h,s largest guns, which were
being worked rneryetically during the
whole period.
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Telling the Wrong Story.

They were celebrating their silver
wedding, and, of course, the couple
were very happy and very affection
ate.
EYES," said the husband, s:this is the
only woman ever loved. shall new
er forget the first time l proposed to
her."
"How did you do it - burst out q
young man who had been squeezing Il
pretty girls hand in the corner. They
all laughed and he blushed but the
girl carried it off bravely.
''Well, remember as well as if it
were but yesterday. It was at Rich
mond. We had been out for picnic,
and she and l got wandering alone.
Don't yoh remember my dear -
The wife nodded and smiled.
''We sat on the trunk of an old tree.
You haven't forgotten, love, have
you?"
AC "AAS AoouCu gun.
''She began writing on the dust with
the point of her parasol. You recall
it, sweet, don't you?'
The wife nodded again.
':She wrote her name .Minnie,' and
said, Let me put the other name to
it. And ! took the parasol and wrote
my name-Smitli-a it."
elbow lovelyr' broke out little
maid, who was beaming in suspicious
way on a tall fellow with il blonde
mustache.
"And she took back the parasoi and
wrote below it. NO. won't And we
went home. You remember it, dal-
ling. see you do
Theh he kissed her. and the coinpa-
ny murmured, sentimentaily: "Wasn't
it pretty
The guests had all departed and the
happy couple were left alone.
''Wasn't it nice, Minnie, to see all
our friends around us so happy ~
eyes, it was. But, John, that re-
miniscence
"Ah, it seems as if it had only been
yesterday"
eyes, dear; there are only three
things you are wrong about m that
story"
Wrong! Oh, nor'
"John, l am sorry You told that sto-
ry, because l never went to picnic
with you before we were married.
was never in Richmond in all my life,
and never refused YOU"
''My darling, You must certainly be
wrong"
~ am not wrong, Mr.. Smith. have
an excellent memory, and, although
we have been married for twenty-five
years, I'd like to know what that mink.
Minnie, was. You never told me
about her before. re."-Detroit Free
Press.
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He Was Not Alone: An intidel had
been discussing his opinion in the
company of some ladies'. After having
in vain preached. he attempted to re-
venee himself, ''Pai.ion my error, la
dies: | did not imagine that in a house
where wit vies with grace, alone
should have the honor of not believing
IL. God"
.'Iou ale not alone. sir" answered
the mistress OF tie house. my horses,
my dog. my ear. share this honor with
YOU: only these poor brutes have the
GOOD sense not to boast of it,
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\ conductor ro'ed his head in the
door OF Il car and callet. out the station
Sawyer :" whereupon q young man
upon his wedding tour, who was about
to kiss his bride. yelled back: II
don't care. if yon did. sir 5: she's my
wife
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Weekly Weather.Crop Bulletin
NEW ORLEANS, June %. 1885

NEW ORLEANS, June %, 1888.
From reports received representing
the majority of parishes it is learned
that the weather has been cloudy and
showery throughout the State during
the past week, which, combined with
temperature below the average and
very small percentage of sunshine
has been generally unfavorable to all
crops except rice. In u few of the
northern parishes the actual local rain
fall for the week has been below the
weekly average, but the excessive
cloudiness and humidity have been
nearly an equivalent to the showery
weather that prevailed throughout the
remainder of the State.
The weekly rainfalls reported are as
follows Falmerville .35, Minden
1.34, Shreveport 60, Calhoun $50,
Monroe AIS, Delhi LAO, Liberty Hill
81, Point Pleasant Los, Coushatta 81,
Natchitoches ~. Trinity 1.3O. Alexan-
dlia 4.14. Marksyille 2.71, Cheneyville
3.12, New Hope 80. Amite sc, Ham
mond %, Baton Rouge LIP, Mande-
vine 1.29, Grand Coteau LOG, Lafa-
yette LII, Sugar Expt. Sta. 2.64, New
Orleans .G2. Abbeyille 3.42. Thibodaux
1.19.
The mean temperature for the week
has been generally below the weekly
normal throughout the State. In the
southern section it ranged from two to
four degrees below. and in the north
eln section from one to three degrees
below.
The amount of sunshine was greatly
deficient in all parishes, and in num-
Der the weekly amount did not exceed
twenty per cent OF the weekly aver
age.
/ EXTRACTS FROM OBSERVERS REPORTS.
Farmerville-Best crop prospects
for many years need sunshine.
Shreyeport-Rain daily. retarding
farm work weather cool.
plentiful cotton worms have appear
ed.
Monroe-Cotton grassy; outlook not
near as favorable as ten days ago !;
corn crop assured cotton worms re-
ported.
Liberty Hill-Cloudy damp weather
causing cotton to go to weed.
Point Pleasant -Showery weather !;
crops doing well.
Coushatta- rains crops
grassy: some farmers will lose portions
of their cotton crops. Corn fine oats
light.
Trinity-Too much rain cotton
grassy /: worms reported.
.Alcxandri,t-To much rain need
dry weather to make crops.
Marksville-Crops continue to pro-
mise well TOO much rain in some Sec
tions everything considered the out
look is bright.
New Hope-Incessant showers have
caused grassy crops.
Hammond-Excessi rains reported
from some sections of parish scarcity
in others sufficient here crops favo-
! rahle.
Baton Rou.e~e Tedt'.el very favOra-
| ble to all crops.
Mantlev eville-Goou week for sweet
potatoes other work at a standstill
/ Sugar ENpt. Sta.-Crops doing well
considering amount of rain.
Grand Coteau-Iri>h potato crop
abundant teo many showers.
I .Jeanerette-CropS suffering for
work in good condition.
| Ahbeyille rain continues young
crops will be taken by grass.
| ThiboiauN-Cane suffering from eA-
cessive rains work stopped.
| Il. Z. kEIKAM,
Signal Corps. Director.
- .
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ROAD AND LEvEE INSPECTORS.

DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS.
District No. IF. V. Morvant, J. &. Mire,
]. E. Coulon.
District No. 2-Ozeme Naquin, J. c. Braud,
John McCulla.
District No. 3-Sosthene Folse, l.. J. Call
louet, Evelien Bourgeois
District No Al. A. Claudet, O Toups
F. Savoie.
District Nc. 81. A. Trosclair. S. Nor
want, Drozin Cancieme.
District No. Gu. Prestenbach. Q. Lepne,
Capt Hotard.
District No - Chas. S. Mathews, r. Fo-
~, Hamilton Ayo.
District ". --James Moran. ]. Foret.
T. Badeaux.
District No. 9-E. Cretini, Y. Guedry.
Z. Savoie.
District No. l0-Lubin Bergeron. Leuflroy
Daigie, o. ThibodauS.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Mayor, l. D. Moore, Councilmea, P. z.
Iorio, 7. z. Bergeron, Ed. curtis, james
Wright. +. n. Roth, James Cherault
treasurer. ...............' ...r oano"n'
Town Marshal. ,.---..... ....J. Anseiet'
Asst. ............ Joseph Jones
Clerk Henry l.. BoudreanN
Post Master r. Il. Mcbride.
DIRECTORS OF THE SCHOOL Bo ED.
S. T. Grisamore. president: Thos. a
1 Badeau. superintendent: w. H. Ragan.
]. L. Ancoin. f. g. Curtis, J. NJ. Howell
Al Braud Henry Riviere, Eraes, Roger.
DIRECTORS OF THIBoDAAUX BaIrGE Co.
D. Moore, president; II. W. Tabor
treasurer; +. c. Curtis, secretary; Z. +.
Lorio, Andrew Price.
Posr OFFICES IN THE PAElsH.
Gheens Guedry --Cet'nl La
tourche Crcssin@,-; Lockport. Gas
4 tAve Abribat. ,Ir.; Malagay. {. o. Nicolas
Orange City,; Pugh, A. Angeles :;
Raeelaad, Anadeo i.ejenne: Tl;ibodauN.
Z. L MeBride.
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The Lewiston Ga.ette, published in
Fulton County, H.. contains the fol-
lowing:
Every paper in the United States
ought occasionally to keep the fact be-
fore its readers that burnt corn is Il
certain and speedy cure for hog cho-
lera. The best. way is to make pile
of corn on the cobs, effectively scorch
it. and thcn give the affected hogs free
access to it. This remedy was dis
covered b. E. Z. Lock al the time his
tis,iliery III this county was burned,
together with !. large 10, oi store com,
which was so much injured us to be
unfit fol use. aad was hauled ont and
greedily eaten by the hogs, several of
which were dying duly. A5Ier the
seeon,i day MOI Il single neg was lost
and the disease WIS entirely con-
quered. The remedy has been tried
in L number of eases since and never
failed
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The Toilet.

lie soften SIC hands, 1!ll !. wash ba-
.slH Ealf fall q tsne. white sand and
soap7sgds is bot as ean be borne
", 3 ti,e Lands III tbs I've minutes at
t-e s.nle, washing and rubbing them
i. x sand. TIE best is the flint sand.
OF white, powdered quara sold for
filters. 1t may be used repeatedly by
pouring the water away after each
washing, and adding ffssh to keep it
from blowing about. rinse in warm
lather of fine soap, and. after drying,
rub them with dry bran or cornmeal.
Dust them, and finish with rubbing
cold cream well into the skin. This
ettectually removes the rou.hness caus-
ed by house work, and, Should be used
every day, first removing ink or vege-
table stains with acid
A good freekle lotion for the cure of
freckles, tan. OF srn-burned face or
hands is made thus: Take half a
pound Of clear ox-eall. half IA draehm
each OF camphor and burned alum one
drachm of boraN, two ounces of rock
salt, and the same of rOck-candy.
This should be mixed and shaken well
several times a day for three weeks,
until the gall becomes transparent !;
then strain it very carefully through
filtering-paper, which may be had of
the druggist. Apply TO the face au-
ring the day, anu wash OFT at night.
A very agreeable dentifrice for good
teeth is made from an ounce of myrrh
in fine powder, and little powdered
green sage mixed with two spoonsful
of white honey. A druggist will make
up the compound, and the teeth should
be washed with it every morning and
night.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
STATE OFFICERS.

Goveruor: F. T. Nichols, of Orleans.
Lieut.. Coy James Jcifries of Rapides.
Ser. of State. l.. F. Mason, of Concordia
And. Pub. Acct S.. %. B. Steele of Union.
State Treasurer, W. C. Pipes of Z. Feliciana
ATTORNEY General, w. H. Rogers of Orleans.
Supt. of Pub. Ed. ..J. A. Breaux of iberia.
[. s. SENATORS.
T. D. White. of Orleans.
r. L. Gibson, ..........-......o ..o1 orleans.
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JUDGES SUPREME Court.

Chief Justice: Edw. Bermudez, of Orleans.
Associate F.P. Poche, Of ST. James.
" c. f. Fenner, of Orleans.
S. d. McFnery. of Ouachita
'F L. B.iWatkins, Red River.
rrpcrtT Court OF APPEALS, Fifth Circuit.
R,T Beauregard. -. ....of st. Bernard.
D. Smith .............----.o of st. Mary.
CONGRESSMAN, 3rd. Congressional Dist
TT Coz of Iberville
DIST. JUpGFs, Goth. Jud Dist.
TAYLOR Reattie,. Walter Guion
Dist 5orney..---....L. P. Caillouot
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JUIICE j UEOKS'
President, H. n. Coulon, Jno. S. See Y
z T. Grisamore, Sosthene Folse, NJ. De-
laune. L. Cherami. James Moran. Hamil
ton Ayo. Chas S. Mathews and L. Krae
mel Clerk Police Jury, Alfred Engeran-
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FOUND DEAD IN BED.
Circumstances That Lead Some to Think An
Aged Woman was Murdered.

Mrs Kate Ishman, an aged woman, who lived
alone in a little cottage near the c., l., St L. g.
C tracks, near Eighth street, was found dead in
her house yesterday morning. She had not been
seen for several days by her neighbors. and one
of them. Mrs. Pulley. q colored woman, went to
the house 10 see il she was sick. When the door
was opened q nausestiug stencil issued from the
room, and upon entering Mrs. Ishman was found
dead asd decomposed. The bed clothes were
stained with blood. and it was thought the
woman had been killed. The remains were
taken in charge by undertaken Kreeelo. who
had to bury them Immediately on account of
their condition. The woman had evidently been
dead several days. Coroner Wagner will begin
an Investigation Of the case to-day. The neigh
bors say tina: Mrs. Ishman had frequently told
them that she had money. which she kept in o
box. and they are inclined to believe the woman
was murdered. There is little foundation for
this theory, as Mrs. Ishman was sixty-ivs years
of age and could not have resisted thieves. The
dead woman has no relatives here so far as
known. She ALWAYS went bv the name OF
Aunt Katie" aud she followed the vocation OF
peddling q bluine which she manufactured her.
self. Her husband, who died In the same
house several years ago, was Fred lshman, q
Spanish gypsy.
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MORE STREET RAILWAYS.
The North Side Routes the McNeal Electric
Car Company Proposes to Take.

The street-railway situation is still somewhat
embarrassing to the guardians Of the city. AL
though a resolution passed by the Council Tues
day night requiring it to cease operations on the
streets was accepted by that company. work
was resumed yesterday on some of the South
side lines. But little was done. however, and il
is understood that the company will stand by
its agreement not to construct any more lines
until the case decided by Judge Taylor is passed
upon by the Supreme Court The passage Of
the McNeal ordinance by the Council has tended
to complicate the situation. In case the ordi-
nance passes the Board of Aldermen. the COM
pany will, its agents say, begin work immedi-
ately. The ordinance the Council passed pro-
vides for an electric line on Georgia
street, between Tennessee and Penn
sylvania. and also on Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Delaware streets. On the latter
the line is to 60 to North, thence to East, then
TO St Clair, and out that street to Park avenue,
and then north to the city limits. A second line
is to run from Georgia street north on Tennes-
see to North street, thence west to
Fsyette street, north on Fayette to First. west
on First to West. and then north to Twelfth
street. The third line proposed runs north
along Meridian street from Louisiana, around
the west side OF the Circle, and thence to Ohio
street. 1t will continue east on that street to
Delaware. These main lines will have a good
many branches penetrating nearly all parts of
the city north Of Washington street. The ordi-
nance will be considered by the Board of Alder
men next Monday night