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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
BANKING IN CHINA

How Pigtailed Tellers Handle Scraps of
Silver and Clumsy Bank Notes.
A curious place that we looked into
was Chinese bank. where the counter
part of the brisk young cashiers, tellcrs
and accountants of our home banks
were sitting in pigtails. and the long
blue blouses of gentlemen and scholars,
shoveling silver Mexicans from basket
TO basket, and letting them fall on the
stone floor with 4 deafening ring and
clatter. A Chinaman can do nothing
quietly, and noise is his necessary ac-
compartment to every action. Every
one of the pewtery-looking dollars is
weighed and stamped by the bank, rung
on stone slabs and fully tested, and
there are baskets full of fragments,
halves and chips of silver dollars that
pass as smaller coins. These scraps
and bits of silver pass current by their
weight and their purity is tested by the
ring. The Hong Kong and Shanghai
Banking corporation issue paper
notes of different values that save
one from carrying loads of these
clumsy Mexican dollars about with
one, but the bank notes are as
clumsy in proportion. They are all
over six inches long and four inches
wide of a tough. fibrous paper. as thick
as blotting paper, and as Aabby as so
much dirty calico, which they chiefly
resemble. Those diploma-sized notes
of the Bank of England are small and
compact by comparison, and every
common-sense traveller cries for Nit
kiewicz and his syndicate to come with
the great bank and do away with the
ugly Mexican and the clumsy English
notes. A great proportion of Chinese
talent must be employed in counter
feiting Chinese dollars, to Judge from
the numbers about and the wariness
with which every one accepts one of
the coins. A most clever counterfeit
passed off on me was one that was
plainly pure silver and newly minted.
An expert raped it sharply with his
pcn-knife, and the top fell of like the
lid of IL box, and disclosed an interior
of pure pewter filling in the thin shell
OF silver. At the American schedule of
wages, two dollars of u silversmith's
timo had been used to plane off in u
thin shaving the top of tho dollar, dig
"a the solid part and fill up the cavity
with lead, and bring the deceptive
seventy-ccnt dollar down to n silver
valno ut ten cents or less. Cor. 50.
Louis GiOJe-Dem0crat.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
FASHIONS FANClES,
Combination Costumes for Summer-Or.
namental Hooks and Eyes.


namental Hooks and Eyes.
Combinations of wooden and silk re-
main as popular as ever, and costumes
of this class are possibly trifle more
dressy than the all-wool or all-silk
dresses, which are naturally more quiet
in effect. Polonaisc effects are notice.
able, and many of the street and yacht
ing costumes intended to be worn
without wrap, have a polonaise front
and basque back, with the drapery
made so that it can be attached with
hooks and loops to the basque, COM
pleting the effect
Plaids are generally used in combi-
nations with sell. colors, but the usual
fashion of taking one of the colors OF
the plaids into consideration is not fol-
lowed in using the be autiful multi
colored plaids, which are most artistic
if properly arranged. The immense
checks of solid color, such as Gobelin
blue and white, or black and gold, are
also exempt from necessarily employ
ing one of their colors in combination;
blue-and-white check may be us ed with
gray or black, and black-and-gold with
gray or Gobelin blue.
Many costumes, especially those of
striped camels' hair, are made up in
one material throughout, and the stripes
often play an important part in their
effectiveness. The basque seams can
be so arranged by the cutting and fit
ting of the striped goods that much
greater effect of slenderness can be
given to the figure. The same effect is
ometimes produced by the use of folds
of material or braid put on to simulate
stripes.
Small ornamental ho oks-and-eyes,
covered silk buttons with loops of silk
folds. or lacings of cord run through
worked eyelet-holes in the edges of the
goods, are used to hold opposite edges
of the drapery together at the side. for
about half the distance down the skirt;
where something of this sort is not
used, cluster of ribbon loops is fire.
quently placed at one side. Democrats
MOntkN.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
THE OLDEST ROCKS.
Formations Largely Developed In Nortller
America and Eurona.


Oldest of all the formations known
to geologists, and representing perhaps
the earliest rocks produced after our
earth had ceased to be molten mass,
are the hard, crystalline and much-con-
torted rocks named by the late Sir w.
E. Logan Laurentian, and which arc
largely developed in the northern parts
of North America and Europe. and in
many other regions. So numerous and
extensive, indeed, are the exposures of
these rocks, that we have good reason
to believe that they underlie all the
other formations of our continents, and
are even worldwide in their distribu-
ton. In the lower part of this great
system of rocks, which, in some places
Mt least, is thirty thousand feet in
thickness. we find no traces of the ex-
istence of any living thing on the earth.
But, in the middle portion of tho
Laurentian. rocks are found which in
dicate that there were already land and
water, and that the waters and possibly
the land were already tenanted by liv-
ing beings. The great beds of lime
stone which exist in this part of the
system furnish one Indication of this.
In the later geological formations the
limestoncs are mostly organic--that is,
they consist Of accumulated remains
OF shells, corals and other hard parts of
marine animals, which are composed
Of calcium carbonate, which the animals
obtain directly from their food. and in
directly from the calcareous matter
dissolved in the sea-water. In like
manner great beds Of iron ore exist In
the Laurentlan; but in later formations
the determining cause of the accumula-
ton of such beds is tho partial deoxida-
tion and solution of tho peroxide of
iron by the agency of organic matter.
Besides this. certain forms known as
Ecsoon Canadense have been rccog-
nized in the Laurentian limestones.
which indicate the presence at least Of
one of the lower types of marine AMI
mails. Where animal life is. we may
fairly infer the existence of vegetable
life as well. since the plant is the only
producer of food for the animal. Sir
Waliam Dawson. in Popular Sci<scs
Monthly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
STARTING A FASHION.
How Count D'Orsay balanced . Taiior's
Troublesome Bill,


One day. being caught in his private
dressing-room by tailor, who ragged
and said he would not leave till he had
been paid his bill, Count D'Orsay
listened thoughtfully for time, fixing
his eyes upon package that the irate
tailor had deposited upon chair.
This package was enveloped in coarse
sort of canvas.
"Have you much OF that stuff In
your shopP" said Count D'Orsay.
"What kind-that ugly canvasp II
wanted it I could tomorrow have
enough to wrap up all the merchandise
in the London docks"
"London docksr' said the Count;
"don't talk nonsense. Come to me to-
morrow ut four o'clock and take my
measure for pair of trousers cut from
this canvas"
In vain the tailor endcav ored to dis
suade the Count, stating that the canvas
was not suitable for garment, and in
short time Count D'Orsay was sup
piled with the canvas trousers.
At five o'clock ono afternoon he
climbed the vast staircase of Crock
ford's, then one of the fashionable clubs
of London, and the first person he met
was Lord Chesterfield.
Upon my word" said the noble
Lord, "you have singular garment
there-somothing rare, without doubt.
Always the same original and charm
ing D'Orsay"
The Count received the compliment
with some confusion.
'1t is perhaps not exactly elegant
he said, "but it is very handy and
fresh, especially suited to riding on
horseback."
In few moments group of dandies
had surrounded the clever Frenchman,
Lord Chesterfield in the main pnrlor
was expatiating on the orig inality of
DOrsay's taste, and a few days after
ward the tailor found himself overrun
with orders for the canvas trousers.
Lord Chesterfield himself ordered q
dozen pairs. Count D'Orsay had ac-
complished his purpose, and the de-
lighted tailor came no more with his
troublesome bill. ILLUSTRATED Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
A GIRLS INVENTION.
How Veterans Daughter Is Filling
Depleted Family Treasury.

How Veterans Daughter Is Filling o
Depleted Family Treasury.
In remote but decent part of Bos-
ton has lived for about fifteen years an
English family of rather unique inter-
est. The father served in the war of
the rebellion. and, being a partial in
valid in consequence, receives small
nension, which does not go far toward
supporting the family, and he can do
little besides draw his pension and
suffer his constant pain. The mother is
a small woman, with largo brown eyes
and pale cheeks. She has had toilsome
life, indeed, and has done all sorts of
work to try and exc out the family
support. Two daughters. the elder
somewhat noted in her neighborhood
as beauty, and a small boy make up
the balance of the household. Although
desperately poor, the family have been
as proud as Lucifer and seemed bound
to accept no more charity than was abb
solutely unavoidable. though there are
plenty of well-to-do people around
them who would gladly have contrib
uted in their aid, as every member of
the family commanded respect. They
have come to be known even outside
their narrow circle from their constant
effort to better themselves. trying now
this thing and now that Every thing
failed until short tine ago; but at
last the family have struck something
that will give them ease and comfort il
not comparative wealth. The hand
some daughter is credited with the dis.
covery, which is simply new method
oftreating photographs in reproduction.
Her name has been given to it, and her
work is getting more and more circu-
lation every day with Of course an in
creased inflow of dollars to the family
treasury. She has secured patent on
her process. All the photographers are
puzzled by the work and would like to
have it for use in their business, rs they
see that this girl is getting as many or
ders as she can fill at the good price OF
three dollars for each cabinet repro.
duction. The pictures are the same
size rs the cabinet photographs. but
softer and more pleasing in tone, and
are mounted under thick plate glass
with beveled edges. How she makes
her copies nobody has been able to find
out as yet, but in tho slang of the day
her work "goes. ."-Sprinqfeld Repub-
Lican.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
RUSSIAN SCHOOL.BOYS.
Tyrannical Regulations Adopted by the
Authorities of Kigf


Authorities of Kief
1. 1t is prohibited to the pupils to
visit institutions of pleasure, as Cha
teau dc Fieur, Tivoli. Mineral Waters,
or pleasures in Bokovaya Roscha,
(grove,) on the other side of the
Dnieper. or in any other pleasure
gardens. 1t is allowed to visit the
Botanical Garden. 2. It is allowed TO
visit the theater only when permission
is granted by the authorities in each
special case, and not otherwise than by
tickets issued by tho said authorities,
and by no means in the gallery. 3. 1t
is prohibited to visit public balls, mas
qucrades, clubs, dancing evenings, tea
gardens. cafe houses. confectionaries,
billiard halls and other like public in
stitutions. 1t is strictly prohibited to
visit secret societies or circles. 4. 1t is
prohibited to go boating on the Dnieper
and on pleasure trips out of tho city,
unless together with the parents or
guardian. g. 1t is prohibited to walk
in the streets or be out of doors later
than nine o'clock p. III. unless there
be some extra event, or together with
tho parents or guardian. 6. Every
pupil is compelled to have his ticket
with him and to present it at the first
demand of the police or persons en-
ployed by the Government known for
that duty by their appearance. In case
the pupil refuses to fulfil this demand,
or if there be plain disobedience, the
person to whom this matter is entrusted
has the right to apply for assistance to
the police in order to bring the offender
to the school where he belongs. z. The
pupils, when not at home, must fulfil
punctually the ordered form of dress,
not excluding the k knapsack for books,
with all the school supp lies, and all his
buttons must be buttoned. To wear
civil dress is strictly prohibited. 8. On
meeting with officials, and also with
teachers or assistants. the pupils must
greet them with a polite bow, taking
off the cap or hat. 8. 1t is prohibited
to take out books for reading from pub
lie libraries. There is library in
every school purposely for the scholars,
from which the pupils only may draw
books for reading. Should it happen
that the pupil should take out pro-
hibited book, he must present it to the
officials. 10. None of the pupils has
the right to bo engaged in tutoring
without the special permission of the
official. -Ieacher,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
THE GOLDEN ROSE.
An Interesting PapsI Custom OF Consider
able Antluuttv.

HDio Antiquttys
One of the features Of tho ceremonies
at the Vatican Is the blessing by the
Pope of the Golden Rose" This rose
is an ornament blessed every year on
the fourth Sunday in Lent, "L@re Sum-
day." and afterwards sent by the Pope
by some Catholic ruler, male or female,
to noted churches or sanctuarics, to
great Generals. to illustrious Catholic
cities or republics. or to great benefac-
tors to the Church. It is not known
under what Pope the present practice
began, but the idea seems to have orig
mated in the thirteenth century.
Originally 1t took the form of single
flower of wrought gold, which was
colored red; then the petals were ornas
mented with rubies and gems; finally
the form took the shape of thorny
branch, with several flowers and buds
on 1t, the principal one being Of pure
gold, richly chased and displaying all
possible ornamentaton of the gold
smith art. The practice of sending
this present seems to have been an
evolution of the old custom of the
Popes from the earliest times to send
presents to friendly potcntates. Greg
oly the Great, used to send golden
keys filled with filings from st. Peters
chains; Boniface V. sent shirt with
golden ornaments to Edwin, King of
Northumba in 626, and a gilded silver
comb and an ivory mirror to Ethel
berga, his Queen; Urban V. sent a
Golden Rose to Joana, of Naples, in
1866.
Among other historical records of the
presentation of the Golden Rose are
the following: Henry Will received it
from three Popes as "a defender of
the faith" the last time from Clement
VII. in 1924. Julius III. sent it to
Queen Mary in 1865. Plus Nv. sent it
in 1864 to the Republic of Lucca, and
Plus V. to the Latcran Basilica in 1867,
and it was sent to the Sanctuary of
Loretto, by Gregory Kill, in 1854.
Clement TX. in 1868 bestowed it on
Maria Theresa. Queen of France, and
Innocent XI. OH Mary Casilnir, Queen
of Poland, her husband, John Sobieska,
having recently defeated the Turks in
the battle of Lepanto. In 1862 Bene-
dict XIII. sent the Golden Rose to the
Cathedral at Capau. and in 1888 Greg.
ory XVI sent it to the Basilica of St.
Marks. Venice. Plus TX. gave it to
Napoleon III. and to Isabella of Spain.
The present Pope sent it to the late
Queen Mercedes and to Mrs. Ellen E.
Sherman, wife of General w. I. Sher-
man, the only American who ever re-
ceived the honor.-Dss Moincs Reqistcr.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Question From the Jury.

Gentlemen Of the jury" said the
juasr. as he concluded his charge. 'il
the evidence shows in your minds that
pneumonia, even indirectly. was the
cause of the mans death. the prisoner
san not be convicted.
An hour later a messenger came
from the jury room.
"lhc gentlemen Of the jury. your
Honor" he said, "desire information. -
"On what point Of evidenced"
"None. your Honor; they want to
know how to spell pneumonia. IN u
Sum-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
PuNoENr PARAGRAPHS.

Water will always find Its level,
but rs leveler it can't stay in the
samo class as whisky. PAiiudelph
Call.
--"Ycs. SIR" said Popinjay, emplat-
ically, "Graball is man Of limited
means, but unlimited meanness. "
burlington Free Press.
"A Denver man has been arrested
for stealing three boxes of cigars OF
the value Of cighty-thrce cents box.
The defense will be insanity. Life.
The editor who saw lady making
for the only seat in the street.car found
himself crowded out'' to make room
for ''more interesting matter"
First burglar--''Hello, Bill; get
any swagp" Second burglar-"This
bag full" "Whew! What did you
striker" "Anti-povcrty bureau, I
gness; leastways there was lots in the
drawers. "--New Haven Nc,os.
--"You were severely wounded at
Gettysburg, believeP'' '.Let's see;
believe was" .Believe! Don't you
remember it p" mot distinctly"
"How's thatP' "'ve been married
ever since the war. "--Lincoln Journal.
Solemn man-"No, sir, never fish.
1 think it is decidedly wrong" Chipi-
none-'.Don't like to be so cruel to the
fishp" Solemn man-"No; Idon't mind
hurting the fish, but think it is wrong
to lie. "-Teras Colonel.
-'I don't wish to say any thing
against the individual in question"
said very polite gentleman. "but
would merely remark in the language
of the poet, that to him truth is stranger
than felton,"
"A sister always gets good deal of
attention for about week after her
brother has been Tilted by the only girl
he could ever love. 1t takes him just
about so long to find out that he could
love some other girl. -SomerVille Jour
nal.
-"Why did you strike the PLAINTIFF"
was asked of II prisoner in the police
court the other day. Because he said
l was no gentleman" "Well, are you
gentleman" II dom. suppose am.
sir; but it made me mad to be told of
it, all the same. ."-Detroit Free Press.
Wife (who has had tho foreign
language "spasm'')-"John, do you
know l am getting on splendidly with
my Frencbp 1 am really beginning to
think in the language" Husband Gn-
terestedi in his paper)-"Is that SO? Let
me hear you think little while in
French. IN. y Sun.
Professor Shaler says that "Vol-
canoes play most important part in
the physical history of our planet"
HIM; yes. We have heard that they
played something with Pompeii, but we
never heard it quite so elaborately or
gently stated before. But that's beau
tiful way these scientists have. Bur-
dette.
-"Aren't you acting little foolish
this morning, Patp" said the store
keeper to blarneying Hibernian the
other morning. "That am, sure Do
you know, l hev them shpells once in
Il while and it does me good to act 'cm
out so come in here where nj feel ut
home doin' it, - augusta (Me.J
Journal.
1t is said that among the murderors
hanged during the past three years the
name of John led all others by large
majority. And it may be added that
it was a John, first namo Demi. that
was mainly instrumental in making
murderers of possibly every one of the
entire lot.-Boston Transcript.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Not so Much Of q Success.

EYES, said business man, "Single-
ton has been wonderfully successful.
not particularly on account Of any
shrewdness but because no is such a
close collector. He is undoubtedly the
best collector In this city,
II have heard so," some fellow re-
marked, "and used to believe it, but
l have found that no is not such sue
cessful collector after all"
"How SOP"
"Well, you see, have owed him q
bill for quite awhile and he mover has
succeeded in collecting it"-Arkansas
zrayslcr
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

New silk mills are springing up
everywhere, and the immigration Of
foreign weavers has almost stopped.
Never in one season was there such
demand for oak to go into house
finishing and furniture rs the present.
Red and white oaks are particularly
wanted.
"A new attachment to the micro
scope has been devised, tho object of
which is to observe the melting points
of minerals while under tho process of
examination.
1t is estimated that the sum spent
on new buildings in this country last
year was $4,000, 900. 900. and that the
transfers of real estate amounted to
$4,000, 100000.
Careful experiments have shown
that waste silk is the most effective of
all non-conducting coverings for steam
pipes, and the demand for this purpose
is great in spite of the cost.
The values of the exports of min
cral oils from the United States for the
year ended December 81. 1887. showed
a decrease of 81. 5S4, 977 from the values
of the corresponding period of 1856.
The process of manufacturing gas
from water at Los Angeles. Cal. is u
magnificent success. Its bright, steady
light has been pronounced decided
improvement over electricity.
"A simple formula for the prepara-
Gon of hcktograph ink is given by
competent authority. Take one part
of aniline, of The color desired, dissolve
in about seven parts of water, and add
one part of glycerine.
-Meteorites sometimes attain VIC.
locity OF 1SO, 900 feet per second. When
passing through the air at this rate the
friction is so great that the air is heated
up to a temperature of 10000 degrees
Fahrenheit.
The French national printing Office
employs girls as type-foundcrs. print
ers, book-sewers, book-binders, ETC.,
he wages ranging from fifty cents to
,ne dollar per day. After thirty years
service both men and women are re-
tired upon a pension.
AS n wood prescrvativc naphtha-
line is now largely used in Scotland, its
action being to destroy all albuminoid
compounds in the wood, leaving it dry
and clean to handle. and with only u
faint, aromatic smell. The naphtha-
line is melted in vessel capable of be-
ing tightly sealed, and in this the wood
is saturated.
Extensive use is now being made
in France of the unique article known
as wood wool, consisting of extremely
thin and slender shavings of wood, that
are comparable to paper cut for pack
ing. 1t weighs some forty or fifty per
cent less than the materials generally
used for such purpose, and its beau
full appearance, tneness, and exceeding
cleanness have brought it into great
favor.
"A recent chemical examination of
several prominent brands of '.family
lard" showed them to be variously
constituted of different ingredients, and
in one case not a trace of real lard
could be found in the sample analyzed.
A prominent lard manufacturer tes-
titled before the Senate Committee on
Agriculture, at Washington, that so
far as he knew the lard thus manufact-
ured is more popular with the people
than the genuine article is.