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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31
EUROPEAN CITIES.
Population of Principal Ones Compared
with Those of America.

Population of Principal Ones Compared
with Those of America.
Paris is not larger than New York
and Brooklyn, probably, and is like
those cities divided by river near its
middle. 1t claimed to have in 1886,
2,344, $50 inhabitants, nearly three
times as many as st. Petersburg or Con-
stantinople. which two rival cities are
nearly equal in population. Madrid
the chief city of Spain, has but 35S, 900
people, smaller than Marseilles or
Lyons. But Paris is equal to all the
large cities of France, say those above
SO, 600, put together. France has in
feror cities, Paris excepted, to the
United States. Lyons has the popula-
ton of Baltimore or Boston. Bordeaux.
the fourth city of France, has the popu-
lation of Bnualo Lille is not as big
as Cleveland. Havre, the ninth city Of
France, is not larger than Albany.
Many of the modern French cities are
uninteresting in every aspect Phila-
delphia has half the population that
Paris figures to. San Francisco beats
Bordeaux. If in France the city OF
Washington would stand fourth larger
than Lille, Cleveland would go between
Marseilles and Bordeaux. Chicago has
third as many rs Paris, and twice the
population of the French second city,
Lyons. Columbus, o., is as stout us
Rheims, Toledo is bigger than Brest or
Toulon Wilmington, Del, is of the
size of Orleans. New Orleans is four
times larger than the French Orleans.
Indianapolis is bigger than Rouen,
Louisville larger than Lille.
Contrasted with the rival cities Of
Europe, Copenhagen, with its 2S7, 900
people, would be the fourth city of
France. Antwerp the fifth, Liege the
seventh. Vienna has l. 100, 900 people,
about as many as Philadelphia. Buda
Pest with $50, 600, would rank fourth
in France. London, claiming to have,
in 1887, 4,2l5, 900 people, is nearly double
Paris. English cities in general. how
ever, suffer like those of France, from
the metropolitan rot, and only Liver
pool and Glasgow next pass a popu-
lation of 500, 900. 1t takes the fifteen
cities next to London, between Liver
pool and Leicester in population, to re-
peat the population Of London.
Berlin now claims 1915, 900 popula-
ton, nearly as many as New York City
alone, but the next German city, Ham
burg, drops to the plane OF Pittsburgh,
or San Francisco, with only 305,0O0
But twenty cities of Germany have over
100000 people, and only four besides
Berlin have over 200. 600. Italy has
only five cities of 200, 900 people and
above, led by Naples with 463, 900, which
is the second city of the Mediterranean,
or next to oConstantinople. Amsterdam
is little short of Lyons in population.
Rotterdam is not us big as Detroit.
Moscow and Chicago are nearly equal.
Stockholm, with 227,000 people, is the
match for Washington, Newark, Kansas
City or Cleveland The largest city in
Switzerland, Basle, is as big as Denver
or Atlanta. Gath, in Cincinnati En-
quirer
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31
MADEMO!SELlE NiklTA.
An Incident illustrating the Pretty Prlma
DOnna's Humanity.

A particularly humane little body is
Mile. Nikita, the American prima don.
ma, as is shown by an incident of her
last visit to Prague. Opposite her hotel
was high tower-part of the old bat.
Elements of the town-with several
statues at the summit. One day the
young singer was standing on the
piazza when she fancied she saw bird
iuttering its wings among the statues.
Fetching her opera glass Nikita des-
cried dove entangled in the stone
work, and could plainly see blood
pity aroused, Nikita sent word to the
commissionaire at the hotel entrance
that she would give him fifteen florins
if he would fetch the bird down. The
man replied that he would gladly
oblige mademoiselle, but he was afraid
of injuring the statuary, which he dared
not do. A message to the mayor brought
reply more ornate in form, but very
similar in effect. Nikita was in despair;
the poor bird was bleeding to death
and she could do nothing. The next
morning she induced the fire brigade,
on promising to indemnify them for
any damage done to the statues, to
bring their escape to the spot But it
was too short to reach the summit OF
the tower, which was about 250 feet
high, and could only be gained by
perilous climb. A large crowd had
gathered, having heard of the strange
action OF the young and famous foreign
singer. Nikita was sorrowfully think
ing that the dove must be abandoned
to its fate, when young workman
rushed up to her and offered to make
the ascent Almost before NilSita could
accept his services he was mounting
the ladder and climbing to the summit.
Having secured the wounded dove he
had to be let down by ropes. The de-
scent was safely accomplished. and
running to Nikita the young hero.
placed the bird gently in her hands.
Nikita, full of gratitude, took off dia-
mond ring from her finger and gave it
to the delighted workman. Nikita
tended the bird for fortnight, and
then, having to leave Prague, and the
dove being well. she allowed it the
liberty it had nearly lost with its life.
IN Y. Letter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31
ELECTRIC MOTORS,
They VIII Soon Take the Place of Steam
Locomotives.

| They VIII Soon Take the Place of Stear
| Locomotives.
The practical use of electricity as
motive power during the pastfe years
has demonstrated that in the no dis.
tant future it will, to considerable ex.
tent, supplant steam as the principal
agent in maintaining and fostering hui
man industry. Although electricity is
still but partially understood, and is
far from being under complete control
of those who use it, still the knowledge
of its powers has reached a stage
where they can be successfully put to a
thousand uses.
Electricity now moves all classes oi
small machinery, such as fans, eleva-
tors, printing presses. street cars and
other mechanical chef d'euvres OF
mans ingenuity. Judging from the
progress steam has made since its in
PRODUCTION less than u hundred years
ago, there is every reason to believe
that electricity will reach an even
greater degree of development.
AS matter of fact electricity when
it shall become thoroughly subjugated
to mans will. will render possible the
accomplishment of things that are
now but mere fanciful dreams. When
Jules Verne, that inimitable creator of
fantastic things. wrote his "Forty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-"
and described vessel that travelled
beneath the waves by the aid of cleo
trical machinery and was Illuminated
by electric lights, he little imagined
that the time would SO soon come when
his purely fanciful romance, concocted
merely to please the lovers of fiction,
would become possibility. The in
vention OF the storage battery and the
perfecting of the electric light seem to
indicate that the submerged ship OF
"Verne" is now no more an impossi-
bility.
Modern invention has opened up the.
possibility of electric motors to do the
work Of the "cannon ball" trains that
are now the wonder of,the time. Thar
the competition of electricity in run
ming railway trains is looked for in
'AAS iASot AbpttO 10 PicfCi Ny bhO
existence of companies controlling
patents that are expected to put elec.
tricity In service on railroads. Steam
seems now to have almost reached the
limit OF its power in increasing the |
speed of trains and engines have
grown in consequence OF proportions
that in reason permit of but little
increase; but electricity. set
ting at naught as 1t does all questions
Of bulk and weight, promises to do in
an unknown degree what steam seems
of doing. The powerful
agent that annihilates space and car
ries our thoughts to the ends OF the
sarth In an instant may well be capable
'f transporting freight and even pas
'engers long distances in an incredibly
'hort time .. Picayune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

The Chicago &c Northwestern Railway
offers exceptional opportunities for an in
spection of the cheap lands and growing
business centers of Iowa, Minnesota, Ne
braska, Wyoming, North and South Dakota,
Colorado and the far West and Northwest,
by series of Harvest Excursions, for
which tickets will be sold at haif rates, or
one fare for the round trip. Excursions
leave Chicago, August 9th and Goth, Sep
tember 10th and oath, and October Sth. For
full particulars apply to any ticket agent,
or address e. p WILSON, General Passen-
ger Agent Chicago & North Western Rail
way, Chicago, Illinois,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31
FLOWER THOUGHTS.
How the Cultivation of Flowers Are

How the Cultivation OF Flowers Affect,
the Human Mind.
II do not believe that any really bad
person ever cultivates flowers"
wherever have found flowers in
the yard have found sunshine in the
home"
"As a general thing you won't see
the rough element of the human family
taking to flowers"
al think those who cultivate flowers
are far more apt to clean up the rub
bish, cut the briars and straighten the
fences"
"When l go by house where flowers
are well cultivated think there must
be cultivation inside. When a man
can sit down in his own yard and en-
JOY flowers, he grows better day by
day."
81 believe in the male members OF
the family giving assistance to the
ladies. Let us give them more time
for thus beautifying our homes by MAX
ing every thing about the house as con-
venient as possible for them.'
nave lruNSlcu OVer u considerable
portion of this country and have no.
ticed that wherever attention is paid
to the culture of flowers, there was a
higher moral tone to the people; they
were more cultured, more refined"
II think that flowers not only help
to beautify our homes, but to make
them more valuable. They help to
elevate the tastes OF those who culti-
vate flowers. The husbands and sons
who help to elevate the flower garden
will be refined and elevated by their
influence"
"The best education ever had was
what my mother gave me as / worked
with her among the flowers. You
can't start a real home without some
thing to beautify 1t. We go to the
flower garden to get the decorations
for the grave and for the bride. Let
one of the family pass through the
flower garden; he can hardly resist
plucking flower here, pulling weed
there or helping struggling climber
to a firm hold. Suddenly his eye
catches some new beauty; he calls
some one else to admire it; then another
member OF the family is attracted to
the spot, and before you know it you
have a family gathering about one OF
the most beautiful altars God ever
gave to man. Home.
,,,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31
Burlington Route-Through sieepcrs Daily
to Texas Points.

On and after August II, 1889, the c.. B.
& q. r. r. will run in connection with the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. from Hanni-
bal, n sleeping car from Chicago TO Calves
ton, Tex, without change, thus making q
new short, daily line between Chicago and
Sedalia, Ft Scott, Parsons, Denison, Ft
Worth, Waco, Austin, Houston, Galveston
and other points in Missouri, Kansas. Indian
Territory and Texas. The sleeper will leave
Chicago on the Burlington's fast train
"Eli'' at 8 :45 p. m. daily, connect with c., b.
& Q. train leaving Peoria at s 20 p. m. daily
except Sunday, and reach Texas points
many hours quicker than any other route.
Through tickets can be obtained of Ticket
Agents of the Burlington route and connect
ing lines. p. s. Eustis, Gen'l Pass. d Tkt
Agt,, c., B. & @. r. r., Chicago.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31
Confinement and Hard Work

Indoors, particularly in the sitting posture,
are far more prejudicial to health than eX-
cessive muscular eXertion in the open air.
Hard sedentary workers are far too weary
after Office hours to take much needful eX-
ercise in the open air. They often need a
tonic. Where can they seek invigoration
more certainly and agreeably than from
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a renovant
particularly adapted to recruit the ex-
hausted force of nature. Use also for dys-
pepsia, kidney, liver and rheumatic all
meptS.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

In even the cheapest machine-made
shoes the soles are attached to the up,
pers by stitches, the aggregate break
ing strength of which is over ton.
This is necessary to Withstand contin
uous frictional wear that footgear is
subjected to. Shoe and Leather Re
porter,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

BY reference to our advertising columns
it will be seen that round trip tickets can be
purchased to alabama and the South, ONE
FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP via the Mobile d;
Ohio RailrOad, TO all points, on September
10th and 24th and October Sth next 1,000,-
900 acres OF land are offered for sale along
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

Z General Cassius M. Clay has taken
the field and declares that 1.-THE English
spar row must go. BY legislation and
private bounties, traps, poison, encour-
aging natural enemies, and by the shot
gun! The vinepest phylloxera injured
France more than the German war, and
the United States may suffer more
from the English sparrow than from
her two wars"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

DoBBINs' Electric Soap is cheaper for you
to use, if YOU .folloD directions, than and
its use clothes are sared. Clothes cost more
than soap. Ask your grocer for Dobbins'
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

Some peoples idea of land o.
liberty is land where few persons
have the liberty of depriving all the
others of theirs Boston Transcript.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

"A New York policeman preferred
charges against a woman who at
tempted to stab him with a hair-pin
But for his stentorian efforts to escape,
she would probably have bruised him
with her bangs. Atlantic Constitution.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills. They
first make you sick and then leave you con-
stipated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and make you well. Dose, one pill.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

NEVER fail to cure sick headache, otter
the very first dose. This is what is said by
all who try Carter's Little Liver Pills.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

A PEARL spoken of by Boetius, named In
comparable, weighed thirty carats, equal to
five pennyweights, and was about the size
of muscadine pear.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

a DETROIT man bought fifty-cent rattle
ticket and drew u church
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

In any of the modern wars each mar
killed has cost about $4,000.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

A FAIR lady becomes still fairer by usin
Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

A PEARL which was brought in 1874 TO
Philip H., OF the size of pigeons egg was
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

In the last ten years land has decreased
in price in nearly all of the old States.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

BETTER to let your wife have a fit of
Mysteries than TO run into debt for nice, new
furniture, or clothes, or jewelry.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

THE best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

IT is stated that an ancient pearl was
valued by Pliny At eS0,0OO.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

What are your charges, doctorp"
"Three dollars visit" SWELL. we
don't want you to come ON visit. but
1uststay ten or fifteen minutes. Puck.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

TIE fashionable London wedding ring has
recently been of dull gold, but Princess
Louise went back to the old fashion and
chose hers bright.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

ing in possession of the Emperor of Persia
was purchased of an Arab in 1893, and is
valued at q sum equal to 2llO40O.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

THE Duke of Fife was revealed lately as
u partner in the banking firm of Henries,
Farquhar d Co., as well as in Scott 81 Co.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

The stamp window OF any post
ofiice Is sort OF Lick observatory
Rochester Post Express.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

There Is gludness in the households;
The shadow fades away
That darkened all the sunshine
OF many summer day.
80, mama getting better,n
The happy children cry,
And the light of hope shines bright agnin-
In the loving husbands eye.
In thousands of homes women are ''sicls
unto deathr with the terrible diseases so
common ts their sex, and it would seem as
if all the happiness had gone out of life and
the household in consequence. For when
the wife and mother suffers all the family
suffer- with her. This ought not to be, aud
it need not be, for a never-faiing remedy
for womans ailments is at hand. Many o
home has been made happy because the
shadow of disease has been banished from
it by the potent power of DR.. Pierces Fa-
vorite Prescription-the unfailing remedy
for all weaknesses and diseases peculiar to
women.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31
And the light of hope shines bright aga
In the loving husbnnu's eve.

$500 REWARD offered for an incurable case
of Catarrh by the proprietors OF DIR. Sage's
Remedy. 80 cts, by druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31
ELY'S
CREAM BALM

4 Wds surprised
otter using Elv's
Cream Balm tUo
months TO find The
right nostrfl, Whfch
acas closed for 20
years, tcas openudnd
free as the other. /
feel very haItJm.-
II. III. CresscnOhdm,
18Th Sire ct,
Brooklyn
a particle is applied
able. Price 90 cents at {
90 cents. ELY BROTHl
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31

Smoke the "Tansilps Punch" Cigar.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-08
Notice TO Heirs.

In the estate OF Moses Middleswarth, late OF
Beaver township, Snyder county, Pa.
To Eliza Middleswarth. widow, Ner X. Mid
dlcswarth of Evens. Iowa, Mary, intermar.
ried with Jonathan Leapnr OF Eddyyille. Wap.
plow county Iowa, Catherine. lntermarried
with Milton Fall. OF Frederick, Monroe county,
Iowa, Archie Mddleswarth, oi Bcavertown,
Snyder county, Pa, Louisa, intermarried with
isaac Hackonberg. Of Troxelyille Snydercounty.
Pa. David Mddleswar,h of Beavertown, Sny-
der county, Pa. Robson Middleswarth Of Bea.
yer Springs. Snyder county Pa, Franklin Mid
dleswarth, Beaver Springs, Snyder county, Pa,
AMI Reuben Middleswarth who Is now dead but
leaves to survive him the following ohlldrUn,
viz: Maggie intermarfied with John J. frain
Of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Ellen intcrmarried with
---HiDkle otSt John, Lako county Indiana
Charles Middleswarth of Morocco, Newtan Co.
Ind, Smith Middleswarth, Remington, Jasper
county, Ind, minor aud has for his guardian
Moses Specht of Beayertowu, Snyder county,
Pa.
You are hereby cited TO be and appear before
the Judges Of our orphans Courts at an orphans
Court 20 be held at Middleburgh on the 4th Mon
day OF Sep. 4. ID, 1889 at o o'clock In the fore
noon, then and there 10 accept or refuse 10 take
the real estate Of said Moses Middleswarth, decd
M the appraised valuation put upon II by an In
quest duly awarded by the said Court, and re-
turned by the Sheriff Of said comfy, or show
cause why the same should not he sold. And
hereof fail not.
witness the Hon. Joseph e. Bucher, Esquire
President Of our said Court, at Middleburgh
this 9th day Of June 4. ID. 1889
W. W. wITTENMYER, Prothy.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-08
The Grove Meeting.

The long looked-for grove meeting
west of Middleburgh in Bowers
grove commenced Saturday evening
August 3d. The first sermon was
preached by y. Il. Jarrett, who took
for his text Heb. lst chap. 18th verse.
He showed the people, very beauti-
fully how Gods angels ministered
to the Saints of old and how they are
ministering to his people of to-day.
Sabbath morning bright and clear,
and by . o'clock n number of per
sons had reached the grove, Wish
ing to follow the blessed Masters
example, we opened our exercises
with II general prayer meeting con
Quoted by Rev. S. Aurand. At ten
o'clock we had the pleasure of listen
ing to Rev. II. w. Runyan, who de-
livered an excellent sermon from
Gen. 1871 His object was to i'm
press upon the minds of his hearers
to initiate the example of Abraham
to first erect an altar to the worship
of their God in the family circle.
At l p. NJ, Rev. l.. S. Richard
conducted a very interesting exer-
else set apart exclusively for the
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-08
Tax Liens.

The system of taxation i'll Penn.
sylvania has never been very salts.
factory, and decision just rendered
in Huntingdon County Court il
likely to produce still greater
muddle.
II has always been held under the
tax law of 1884 that tax assessments
are first lien on real estate.
Judge Mcpherson, of Lebanon
County, who recently presided in
the Huntingdon Court, in the alb
sence of Judge Furst, has handed
down an opinion in n case heard
there that upset this doctrine com.
pletely.
Judge Mcpherson holds that the
provision of the law of 1881 making
tax assessments first lien on the
property taxed is unconstitutional,
and therefore no longer operative.
The act has been in full operation
in all the counties of the State since
it's adoption, and this decision is like
ly to cause no little confusion and
perhaps considerable litigation.
No question had ever been raised
as to the constitutionality of the law
until now, but lawyers who have
read Judge McPherson's opinion
concede that his reasoning is cor
rect, and unanimously endorse the
conclusions reached.
This matter is of no little impor-
tance to every county i'll the State,
and every municipality as well, as
likely to derange our tax system
throughout. 1t is Il pity, therefore,
the next session of the Legislature
is so far off, as the matter ought to
be attended to at once, if such n
thing were possible.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-08

Rupture cure guaranteed by DIR. j
b. Mayer, S31 Arch st., Phil'a Pa.
Ease at once, no operation or buis-
ness delay. Thousands cured S.for
circula. tf.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-08
PUBLIC SALE OF
REAL ESTATE!

The undersigned Administrator Of the estate
Of Jacob A. Brubaker late OF Union township
snyder county. Pa, Will expose 70 public sale
on the premises on
Thursday, August Is, 1899,
The following valuable real estate towit;
TRACT No. All that certain messuage OF
tract Of land situate In township couhty and
state aforesaid containing 100 ACRES more OF
less. bounded North by land OF +. N Houser. III.
w Blessing ct al, South by George Gaugler
and Jacob Ramer. East by Geo. Gaugler. and
West by Jacob Ramer on which are erected n
DWELLING HOUSE, BARN and other outbuild-
ings.
TRACT NO. Being the undivided y Of the
land lately owned by Daniel Brlbaker' decd,
containing 80 ACRES, more or less, bounded
North by land Of Charles Hover and w, flan-
ders. South by David Meiser and Joseph Bru.
haker, East by the Susquehanna River, and
West by Joseph and Jacob ). Brubaker where
on are erected "A DWELLING HOUSE, BARN
and other outbuildngS.
sale TO commence at 10 o'clock a. m. when
dne attendance viii be given and terms made
known by .
W. VI. BOYER.
July o. 1889. Administrator.