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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-28
CURRENT COM MMENT.

The man who fired the first gun
at Fort Sumter was killed the other
day at Charleston in a row. Is it not
now safe to regard the war as ovcrp-
Chicago Herald.
The idea that the war tariff is to
be left ut high-water mark forever be-
cause any reduction will be an zap
proach to free trade is too silly for
the wear and tear of tcn-months'
campaign. M y World.
An enthusiastic partisan wants
the Republicans to nominate for Presi-
dent the man who once led them to
"glorious defeat" Well, there's Fre-
mont and Blaine. Both did it, and
either of them can do it again--easily.
Detroit Free Press.
Il am out of the fight" says Sherman, in jest;
IS I am but an on-looker in Venice"
All. Senator, candor in all things is best.
The fights out of you. Let the truth be con.
fessed,
The chunk you've bit off with such spirit and
Is too large to chew and too tough to digest.
Your role is not Barkls but Dennis.
-Caicdgo Tribune (RepD.
1t was not necessary for John
Sherman to deliver his two-hours'
harangue in the Senate Chamber.
Every body knew in advance that he
was IL defender of monopolies. an
apologist for extortion and patron of
trusts. Sherman's record is consistent
at least on those points. st. Louis
Republican.
Our Republican friends are quite
annoyed with James Russell Lowell
for thinking Grover Cleveland is the
best President we have had since
Abraham Lincoln. They would feel
less annoyed with him were it not for
the fact that so many thousands OF
Mr.. Lowclrs fcllow-citizens heartily
agree with him. Boston Globe.
Some hopeful Republican has
evolved theory that his ticket will
be elected this year because "the year
with three eights in it is lucky to the
Republicans. In view of the failure
of the political records to show Re
publican victory in A. ID. SSS. or S8S
1883 or 1888 B. c., this view is evi
dently founded on the conviction that
the year with three eights in it mus
be luckier than the year with thre,
RS in it.--Patsbmrgh Dispatch.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-28
SHERMAN AND BLAINE.
In Politics IT'S six Of One and Half
Dozeu Of t'Othsr.

In Politics It's sig OF One and Half .
Dozen Of rOther.
Mr.. Sherman may fatter himself
that he has an equal chance with
Blaine for the Chicago nomination.
but his speech in favor Of perpetual
high tariff and unlimited expenditures
will not contribute to that result. II
the Republican convention means to
speak aggressively and uncompromis-
ingly for a high tariff IL will iittingly
choose the reader and the more a,i-
dacious champion of that system Of
spoliation. If it proposes to palter on
this subject it will take neither candi-
date. but search out new man. II
the nominee is not Blaine it will hardly
be Sherman, for Sherman has followed
the Blaine lines closely and has no per-
sonal merit or political strength which
is not possessed in greater degree by
Blaine. Sherman made his strongest
push for the Presidential nomination
when he was Secretary of the Treas
ury. He then enjoyed not only the
backing of the Administration,
whose hcir-apparcnt he was, with
all the prestige and the power Of
officialism acting through such de-
partment as the Treasury, but, being
of frugal and not too scrupulous
turn of mind. he was enabled to make
campaign costing him little, for
the clerks in charge of his literary bu-
reau were on the treasury payroll and
the stationery was supplied at the pub
lie cost.
Sherman has been contrasted with
Blaine on moral grounds to the adj
vantage of the former Though less
reckless and therefore less open to
assault, Sherman has not permitted
official opportunities to slip away from
him. On Il third less pay than was
received by his brother, the General,
he has managed to pile up q comforta-
bic fortune, while the General has lit
tic else than ordinary provision. But
the man who assisted to steal the
electoral vote of Louisiana for Hayes,
who gave him the treasury portfolio,
is not in position to comment too
savage ly upon the haste with which a
certain Speaker of the House placed
himself upon the ground floor of vari-
OTIS little enterprises.
Sherman and Blaine are not widely
dissimilar In public life it's six of
one and halt dozen of t'other. Chi
cO1O Her0Ld
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-28
A ROYAL SAVAGE.
Tho Residence of King George, tho Rul
Of the Tongbn Islands.

Tho Residence of King George, tho Rulor
OF the Tongsn Islands.
We called at Tongatuba, the princi-
pal island of the Friendly, or Tongan,
group, and, learning that the King was
then in residence, determined to pay
our respects to the celebrated old man,
of whom we had heard 50 many and
such strange stories. His house, we
found, was very nice-looking two
storied wooden building. close to the
sea, and stood in good-sized COM
pound, fenced in on all sides. Passing
through handsome pair of cast-iron
gates we arrived at the mansion itself,
the veranda of which appeared to be
used US coach house, for there was
proudly and snugly stored away the
royal buggy; rather an anomalous
sight for palace and strange posi-
ton for an equipage of state.
There were no signs Of life about the
place. and failing to wake any one by
repeated knocks ut the front door. we
decided to circumnavigate the estab-
lishment, and did so, finding it chill
and lifeless everywhere till we came to
a row of cool houses and upon curious
sight. There. in the veranda of one
of them, squattcd an ancient and dusky
person, with only a scant cloth fastened
about his waist, and bending his head
obediently before an old woman who
was literally plastering it with lime.
As soon as the curious pair became
aware of our presence the process in
operation was arrested, and. perceiv-
ing this, we were about to address
them to explain our presence and ask Il
few questions. when tho gentleman of
tho lmy head roared out something in
q truly terrible voice, and at the same
time fine young Tongan, very oily
and three-quartcrs nude. came rushing
out from the Interior toward us. With
much politeness and evident agitation
he conducted us away from the veranda
and back to the big house, where in
broken English, backed up by much
gesticulation, he revealed to us the APP
palling fact that we had trespassed
upon the privacy Of no less a person
than his majesty the King.
Having humbly apoiogizcd for oul
innocent intrusion and received q re-
assuring answer, we were ushered
through the window into sort OF
drawing-room, u well-furnis he'd apart.
ment, with II number of red velvet
chairs set around II long mahogany
table-one chair little higher than the
rest. acting. no doubt, as u throne.
Here we waited for about half an hour.
when his majesty entered, acoompa-
MED by All interpreter, and was graci-
ously pleased to accord US formal in.
terview. He shook hands very pleas.
antly with our party, and we all sal
down on the red velvet chairs, the in
terpreter sqnatting on the floor be-
| tween.
The King. seen at closer quarters,
was really a noble specimen of semi
savage. standing quite six feet four
| inches, of wonderfully well proper
toned and athletic build, upright as a
dart, aud moving grandly In spite oi
his advanced age.-Losden GIobs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-28
GOLD IN CALIFORNIA.
Auriferous Deposits In the Dead Rivers
the Western Sierras.

AurlterOuS DepOsits In the Do80 Rivers Oi
the Western Sierras.
California will continue. as in the
past. one of the chief gold d-producing
countries in the world. A prolific
source of its future mineral wealth will
be the dead rivers which abound in the
lower western Sierras. A dead river
is a channel once occupied by run
ming stream, but now filled and COW
cred with gravel, or earthly or rocky
matter. The dead rivers of California
became such mainly through volcanic
causes. This fact is nowhere more ap.
parent than in the eastern part OF
Butte County, where merely glance
at the topography plainly reveals a hor-
izontal strata of lava in places several
hundred feet in thickness that in some
past age has spread over the country.
crushing Instructions, filling depres.
sions and burying II channel system
rs complete and extensive as the water
system of to-day. This great overflow
of lava came from active volcanoes,
presumably the Lassen Buttes.
Since hydraulic mining has been de.
clared illegal, more attention is being
paid to drift-gravel mining than ever
before. BY drift-gravel miningi is meant
the following of the subterranean chan
mel by tunnel or incline, and the ex-
traction only of the gold bearing
gravel. This mode of mining precipi-
tates no perceptible debris upon the
low lying agricultural lands, and in
every case where conducted with judg-
ment and discretion is proving remun-
erative i'm the highest degree. Appear
ances indicate unwonted activity in
channel mining. The suppression of
the ruinous system of hydraulic min.
ming, with the increased knowledge
which minors are acquiring of dead
rivers, together with rich results re-
Gently realized from drift-gravel mines,
all combine to direct attention to this
particular branch of mining. A field
of universal promise seems to be devel-
oping in Butte Country. Big Bend, the
largest riverbed mine in the world, will
start full force in the spring-suflicion
tests have already been made to insure
success. The famous Magalia mine, a
few miles distant, which has yielded
fabulous returns In the past, has just
emerged from several years litigation
and is making ready TO resume opera
tions. The Aurora mine, u valuable
and extensive property close to the
Magalia and on the same channel. is
about ready to start. A number OF
other rich claims in the Magalia ridge
locality, which have only been awaiting
intelligent developments are likely soon
to receive attention from investors. All
Of which would seem to indicate that
channel mining in Butte County Is go
ing to assume an Importance hitherto
andrelned Of f--SacrGmento Bee.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-28
The ooLoNsL.s TRIAL.
He Didn't Want to Hear Miranda Talk
Hut She Wouldu't Hush.

hut she wouldu't Hush.
One Of the most annoying faults Of
the hired "colored lady is her persist
ent disposition to talk about the affairs
Of her own family. Sometimes. despite
every attempt at discouragement, she
will begin story, of which her brother
is the hero, and keep it up until pa
tience is gray-haired with age. Ma
rinda Napoleon, likely colored
woman. applied to Colonel Wetheral
for position Of trust in his family.
She began to tell him of her honesty.
"That makes no difference" said the
Colonel. II don't care whether you
are honest or not, and you may be
reasonably negligent in the discharge
of your duties. but there is one thing
wish to impress upon your mind"
"What's dat, Colonelp ease can do
any thing"
81 do not wish you to take me into
| your confidence and tell me about your
family. I don't want to hear u word
about your mother and father"
II un erstands, sah."
"Iwill pay you extra to keep your
mouth shut. Speak when you are
spoken to. and then merely answer
| questions"
"Why, sab, dis is de place dat rsc
been looking TO- all desc years.
spies folks dat is allus wantin' er pus-
son ter tain dem wild conversation,
case err body gifts tired. Now, dar's
my sister Jane. she's dc udder way,
| am"
'But you are not to speak of your
family"
Oats de pint, sab, dat's de pint.
l warked last year for Misses Simson,
an de folks KEEP me cr talkin' all de
time, an mudder she tell me not ter
pay no 'tention ter de folks"
"Never mind all that. don't wish
to hear anything Of your mother.
don't want you to mention your family
while you are in this house,"
"Cose yer doesn't, sab; an 1 doesn't
blame yer tall. De las word my brud-
der Henry said ter me fore l lef' dis
mawnin' wus gibben me vice how ter
please der white folks. Henery he's Ell
favorit all down in our neighborhood.
Worked for old man Desmukes three
years, an wouldn't er quit den 'cept
de ole man died an ernuder pusson
tuck de place. Henry's de fines han
wild horses yer ever seed. Dat clay
bank hoss O. Mr.. Anderson's, whut
wouldn'tlet nobody 60 in de stable
"Say, Marinda, you"
"It's jes' like l tell yer. Oar want
II blessed soul on de place dat could dc
nuthin' wild dat hoss. an Horny
'Listen to me, tell your
"Yes, sab. What was yer bout to
observer
Il told you that l wanted to hear
nothing about your family. l see,
though, that you are like all the others.
Go OH"
"Yes, but Henry he TUX blin'
bridle-"
''Stop!'
Didn't yer tell me ter so onP"
Eyes. l tell you to go away from
here. don't want YOU"
''Whut yer gree ter hire me fur, den!
Amt my s'ciety pleasin' ter yer?''
You can't keep your mouth shut,
and don't want you. Now 60"
"Why, yer's de curiest pusson l neb
ber seed. Doan' kere ter stay heah
case yer's sOrter common folks, no
how. Use glad refused yer offer tel
hire me. Good mawnin', sab. "-Opit
Read, in Texas SJtings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-28

The time OF tho ocean steamship
passage has beon reduced by more than
one half since l840, and by more than
!Qvty per cent. since 1860.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-06-06
No Time to Investigate a 'sPassing
Effect,

No Time TO Investigate a 'sPassing
Efect.,,
Editor Mirror:
II such lecture as was delivered to us
several Sundays ago by member of the
white Ribbon" organization, brings to the
surface so much zest as Phoenix, who has
investigated the matter" declares in last
weeks MIRROR, and therefore speaks not
for himself alone. but apparently for the
entire prison, is it not strange that out of
our whole number not one has had the
courage of his convictions enough to do
what the lady asked them to do? So far As
l have been able to learn, no attempt has
been made. If Phoenix had spent the same
time trying to organize he has put in in in
vestigating. would it not have been better,
and would not his report have been more
acceptable to our readers, inside as
we'll as outside? He had the opportunity:
II he needed any help he could have gotten
1t from the outside as well as inside The
fact that he did not do it. makes the whole
article read like deception-a thing / hate.
Phoenix cannot be receding from his
wOnted selT-reiant position, can he? He
writes lately like one who is almost per-
suaded." l would remind him that a
prophet is entirely without honor in Still
water-he must act. Show us a sign or we
will not believe. and if we do not believe.
no one on the outside will. The very head
ing of the article raises ones suspicious. He
says ''such talk is worth more than the
sermon of Beecher or Talmage." Now.
/ wish he would tell me how much a
Beecher or Talmage sermon is worth, and
how much it is worth to him; any then tell
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-06-06

me how much the talk we heard few Sun
days ago is worth. and how much it is
worth to him: that is. spiritually. as sup
pose that is what he means when he refers
to Talmage and Beecher.
He says There are more good women
than men in the world" which is very re-
freshing news az. is it not? Reader, that
''indefinable something" he speaks of.
which takes hold of him under the voice of
a woman. is found in the first fifteen verses
of the 9Th chapter of st. Luke. especially
the 14th-verse. l am surprised that the
editor gave space for such decisions. and
suggest that those who want the public to
know their hallucinations and imaginations
hereafter best season them with few mod
flying adjectives. such as Il think. Il be-
lieve." or ut appears to me-" But to
simply declare that thing is thus and so
takes up too much of other peoples time.
for they stop and wonder who you are; they
do not know whether you are Matthew
Arnold or not. This would be better for
the readers. and writer's. too, for then they
would leave themselves happy outlet. Our
chaplain has we'll said that what a few
people think and declare comes to us im such
a way as to make us believe it is the voice
of the world.
In conclusion. [ would say that women
are all right as far as they 20. but they can
not go very far unless they can get the men
to go with them. If you want to know how
l stand on this question, l have only to say
that l have my vicissitudes here below, but
am working out my own salvation with the
help of God, and his gospel has an attrac-
ton for me, no matter from whom hear it.
have no time to investigate things that
only have passing effect" W. T.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-06-06

Small ideas and big words make pain
full combination.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-06-08
OVERTAKEN BY FLAMES.

A Hotel in Texas Destroyed by Fire and
Eleven Out of Thirteen Inmates Lose
Their Lives.
RocKDALE, Tex, June GA fire occurred
here Monday morning in which ieleven
human lives were lost and several persons
seriously injured. The fire originated in
the Office Of the Mundine Hotel a three
story brick, about o'clock. Out of thir-
teen people known to have been in the no.
tel only two escaped. Following is the list
of the dead as far as learned
Isaac Brown, young business man of Rock.
dale; Pemberton Pierce. travelling salesman
from Philadelphia; Mrs. A. A. Brooks, wife OF
the proprietor of the hotel, and her four sons,
aged 4, g. 8 and IS years, respectively; j. F.
Briscoe, wife and two children.
The hotel register was destroyed, and it
is not improbable that other persons per-
ished. d. NJ Oldham, of Galveston, es-
capped uninjured by jumping from Sec
ond-story window. The crack and roar of
the flames awoke him, and opening This
room door to the hall he discovered mass
of flames. He gave the alarm and jumped
for his life. AS Oldham reached the
ground he saw Pemberton Pierce rush out
ON the second story veranda all in flames.
Pierce leaped downward, turned over in
his descent, struck on his head, broke his
neck and died instantly. DR.. w. A. Brooks,
proprietor of the hotel, had to be taken
from the building by force He was fran
tic over the horrible fate of his family. He
is badly, burned.
The post-otfice occupied the first floor of
the hotel. Nothing was saved J. R. Row.
lands storage warehouse and his general
merchandising establishment were de-
stroyed. The total property loss is upward
of $4,000, only partially insured. Rock
dale has no organized fire department and
the progress of the flames was only
checked by the united efforts of the people.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-06-08
Hostility To New Things.

A universal law of social progress,
with which we are all familiar, is that
established systems in thought, morals,
manners, government or any depart.
ment of human activity struggle to per-
petuate themselves by fight against
all innovations. Whatever is new and
progressive, or represents the require
ments of an charging field of life, has
got to gain its foothold in the face
of the powerful opposition of the old
and pre-established. Those more per-
fected and exact conceptions OF ma
ture, which we call scientific. ideas,
have prevailed only after centuries of
moral strife with the inherited super
stitions and imperfect congratulations
of our semi-civilized forefathers. The
progressive and liberal government of
our most advanced nations to-day have
been established in spite of the bitter
opposition of their predecessors, and
are themselves. fighting tooth and nail
the higher forms that viii succeed
them. In literature and art old
schools strive to deny existence to the
new; and, even in the little affairs OF
our daily lives, we are all permitting
the things that are, and s"have suf-
feed to our fathers before us" to keep
out the better things that might be-.
Fl G. S. Noble, IN Popular Science
Konthly
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-06-08
THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS.
The City of Hull, Ont, Ravaged by Flames
Hundreds of Buildings DESTROYED.

OTTAWA, Ont, June 6.-Yesterday afternoon
fire swept over wards four and five Of the city
OF Hull opposite Ottawa, destroying between
three and four hundred houses and rendering
over twenty-five hundred persons homeless,
Six or seven blocks are now smoul-
dering mass of ruins. The fire
broke out at about s:45 in the city hall,
situated in the center Of the populous
portion of the city, and the raging wind served
to spread the flames with remarkable rapidly
The fire brigade was on the SPOT almost imme.
diately, but the fire appliances were miserably
insufficient. The building was soon mass OF
flames and the wind hurled burning embers
eastward across the square into long block OF
wooden houses, which took fire at once. The
fire then swept every thing before it, spreading
farther east and extending north for about
four blocks and burned itself out about half
mile from where it started. The area il
traversed extends from City Hall square to
McRae's dock. outside the city limits. Hundreds
of families are camped in the open air without
shelter of any kind. Prompt measures
for their relief have been taken and
to-day. The loss is hard to estimate.
It may be 100000 and possibly it viii
reach 100000. The insurance will not reach
one-ffth the amount of loss. The principal
buildings burned apart from fifteen or twenty
stores and shops, were the city hall, the Cath.
Ole church, stone structure worth s160,O0D,
three-story stone presbytery and a convent.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The east end of the city is smoking ruin
The fire nearly spread by way of the north end
to the upper or most populous portion OF
Hull, destroyed two years ago. but owing to
assistance from Ottawa the fire in that
division was checked. The scene was
one never to be forgotten. All the
dwellings were miserable shanties or cottages,
principally occupied by mill hands. The houses
were nearly as dry as finder, and in almost
every instance the occupants barely escaped
with their lives. Women wild with terror
rushed around searching for their children,
ne binding smoke tending to increase
he confusion and excitement. No
lives are reported lost, though many
sick people were rescued from teri
bic fate not moment too soon. The lightness
of the insurance is owing to the difficulty OF
getting the property insured on account of Its
inf1ammable character, the paucity of fire-ex.
tinguishing apparatus and the poverty of the
miil-hands.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-06-08
Improving a Good Cow.


A good COW may be gradually i'm
proved by a systematic course of feed
ing 1t will not do to attempt to
crowd the cow with rich food sudden
ly. This will at once cause trouble
with the. digestive organs and set the
cow back. The feed should be gradu--
ally increased by steps; that is, at in
tervafs of two or three weeks, 50 that
the milk organs and their junction
may be gradually developed, and their
ability to secrete milk and to contain
it be increased and fixed as this is in
creased. There will then be none OF
that functional arrangement which is
sure to happen by sudden changes.
of feeding. The course of training
MAY require two or three years or-less
as the natural capacity ofthe COW may
permit. But the most satisfactory
Improvement will be made in the
calves Of a cow thus improved, be-
cause the Improvement will become
hereditary.-M r. Times :.