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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25
BENJAMIN'S BROTHER.
Tho Most Pronounced Act of Nepotism In
American History.

Tho Most Pronounced Act of Nepotism I'm
American History.
1t has remained for President Harri-
son to make himself responsible for
the most pronounced act of nepotism
in the history of the Government.
General Grants record in this respect
was notable, but he never went so far
as to give an own brother an official
commission.
The appointment of Major Harrison
to Federal Marshalship is particu-
larly bold defiance of public opinion,
from the fact that the popular disap-
proval of acts of that description has
been so clearly expressed of late years.
1t comes directly upon the heels of the
centennial celebration of the inaugu-
ration of Washington, who con-
demned family appointments in ring
ing words which, just repeated, are
fresh in the ears of the people. Ii
matters not that the man was the sup
posed choice of the Republicans OF
Tennessee, or that he may be well
fitted for the position-the President
has taken direct ground indorsing the
principle which is generally and just
ly repudiated.
His action perhaps is manifesta-
tion of the independence of character
which, according to report, he has
felt himself called upon to vindicate.
1t would appear that he has shown
himself not to be afraid to do any
thing in the appointing line that suits
him. That he has placed numerous
other men in office on account of
previous personal relations is in itself
a very prominent fact, but his nomi-
nation of his brother Emphasizes his
tendency to error in this direction in
"a most marked way.
Fortunately, it is not likely that he
will break the. force of the Washing
tonian and Jeffersonian tradition. The
current of opinion is irresistibly
against him and he has weakened
himself seriously in the popular es-
TEEN. IN. Y. World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25
CURRENT COMMENTS.


-Civil-Service neform is not dead,
but she is in four years trance
Louisville Courier-Journal.
AT the end of four years Demo-
cratic rule there were fifteen Repub-
lican railway postal clerks in this city
and half dozen Democratic ones; at
this early date there are four Demo
cratic clerks left. Springfield Repub-
lican.
---TaXation becomes criminal when
ever it fosters monopoly, or when ii
tends toward the concentration instead
of the diffusion of wealth, or when il
promotes tyranny and despotism in
stead of equal rights. National Econ
omist.
"A Republican exchange contains
an article headed Farmers, Think. ~
This is very imprudent advice for a
Republican to give. When the farm
ers of the country begin to think to
some purpose the days of the Repub-
lican party will be numbered. Chi
cago Globe.
Edward Atkinson says that labor
receives 95 per cent. of all il pro-
duces. This would be good news to
some of the laborers in the rolling
mills about Chicago-if it were true.
But the trouble with most of Mr. At
kinson's figures is that they accomplish
the proverbially difficult feat of lying.
Chicago Leader
Twelve hundred men have been
laid off at the car-shops in Pullman.
They will, probably, have time to
study the tariff question and its effect
on the working-men before they go to
work again. They may also amuse
themselves by comparing ante-election
promises with post-election results. -
Chicago Mail.
Tho Standard Oil Company is
credited with an intention to absorb
the white lead trust. Perhaps the
Standard people propose to wait until
all the commodities of life are con-
trolled by trusts and then absorb all
the trusts. so that we may yet pay
tribute to this great corporation when
we buy our milk, socks and hair-pins.
Detroit Free Press.
Hon. John L. Russell, of Massa-
chusetts, accounts for the very general
reduction of wages in an ingenious
manner. He says the protectionist
manufacturers who contributed so lib
orally to elect President Harrison have
no other way of making good their
bank accounts. They have paid Paul,
and now they are robbing Peter-
Philadelphia Record.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25
away. The tide softly obbing from them,

away. The tide softly ebbing from them,
they two standing irresolute.
"Shall we-those flowers?r he said,
glanoing towards the soldiers tombs.
She shook her head. my soldier" grave
| ly smiling, us not among his comrades, but
with his people. You will go with me there9''
They moved forward, away from the
shifting figures busy with wreaths, toward
that line of dappled woodland darkly linn
ing the limpid west. In the last lot She
having entered the rusty iron g1te-stooped
over slab of gray stone and laid on its time
worn surface the bunch of loose roses. He
watched her with wistful eyes
II know why you do that" he said, as
she raised up and stood outlined to him
against the scrap of amber beyond her She
looked at him. "Your mother loped him
that soldier"
Yes" she answered, reverently. IT do
it for her. While she lived she came thus
on this day and remembered him He"-
she looked ut the crisp roses she had placed
on the stone-'he died for her"
II know" said her companion, quickly.
II have been told, mv father loved her, too,
and he also is with the dead"
ut all happened" said she, softly, look
ing up with dreamy, awed eyes, "before
either you or l were born. This man." she
touched the gray stone, land your father
went to the war, each with her image in
his heart; they were friends She did not
know then where her heart lay, and so
when they went she told them when her
heart spoke the beloved's name in his alb
sence she would send to him letter that
amidst the roar of battle and the lonely
watch by camp fires he might know his
loves prayers followed him. One night
they two sat weary and sad in the light of
the camp flame and he saw your father take
letter from his breast and sit gazing upon
1T with dreaming looks His check waxed
pale. Jiml he said. And glancing up
your father saw that wan dread fixed in his
eyes as they stared at the letter. Jim
turned in that instant whittier than his
friend Yes, John, yes said he, in hur-
ried husk y whisper.
Next day." the speaker gazed at the dis
tant woods with her hand laid against the
laces at her throat ''the next day your
fathers friend sought oblivion in the thick
est of the fght-and found it"
Do you Judge him harshly-my father?"
asked Mordant, wistfully, Watching the soft
wind at play amidst the light dusk hair.
Remember, he loved her so--and it was
but half lie Could he know his rival
would take it as he did?"
Never mind" said she kindly, consid-
crate of the gloom that had come into his
eye. "It is all past She loved this poor
fellow and he died for her. AS long as
live he shall have roses"-tenderly, under
her breath-''for her sake"
She came out of the lot and was beside
him, her earnest, sweet eyes meeting his as
she spoke.
do you, then,' said he, "lay such store
by true love? You would reward it? Ger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25

trude, history repeats itself More than
twenty-five years ago my father loved you1
mother. To-day love you. Dearest!" his
cheek flushed. rs my fatlper's fate to be
mine also? Look at me. i love you truly.
She glanced backward across the ceme-
tery-trembling.
"See-they have all gone. 1t is late"
Gertrude! DO you love me?"
She moved restively. "I-please-I am
sorry" but the words died vaguely off her
lips and he saw her eyes fasten with sudden
intentness upon some distant object. Turn
ing, he discovered a tall, alert figure step
ping briskly toward them down the wide
sand walk; Mordant's friend-and youngest
brother of the man asleep yonder beneath
Gertrude's roses
For one instant Mordant looked levelly at
him, then turned his eyes upon his COM
panion, a keen pang at the sore heart of him.
"Gertrude!" his appeal was quick and
sharp, "is my fathers fate mine? Is it my
friend not me, you love?"
There was no time for verbal answer, yet
as the new conner reached them, and, after
a cheerful nod to the man, turned with an
eager out-held palm to the girl, Mordant
read his answer in the dim pink that warmed
her cheek and the full, appeased content of
the sweet, upward glance accompanying
the shy hand she gave. MRS r. 1NGE
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25
Building a House in Samoa.

The negotiations between the skilled
and willy carpenter and the prospective
Samoan house owner would amuse, but
hardly meet the approval of, the busi-
ness man OF to-day. Under the pro-
pitiating influence OF kava, the neces-
sary presents are produced to induce
the carpenter to undertake the con-
once, without any terms of agreement,
and the work advances until the car
penter thinks more presents necessary,
and he ceases work. Additional gifts
being made, the carpenter continues the
construction until he deems it neces.
sary to demand another contribution,
when he again stops work. II the
contribution is not forthcoming. labor
is suspended on the incompleted house,
never to be undertaken for completion
by another OF the craft; and forever
afterwards it remains unfinished and Il
public reproach to the good name Of
the unfortunate owner, who, at the
time of its beginning, not knowing
what may be the idea of the carpenter
as to the cost of its construction, must
either call upon the community for
aid, which is generally freely ex.
tended or suller the humiliation OF
this unfinished monument. Century.
"A little boy, on returning from
Sunday school, said to his mother.
This catechism is too hard; isn'i
there any klttycisms for little boysP"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25
SHOT THE WRONG MAN.
How a Cultured Cowboy Respected the
Last Wish of His Victim.

How a Cultured Cowboy Respected the
Last Wish of His Victim.
Brander Matthews tells n good story
of the ethical influence of the East on
the wild and woolly West. A young
Bostonian, reared beneath the brow of
Beacon Hill and educated at Harvard,
went to Texas and turned cowboy. He
rapidly caught the spirit of the coun-
try and as rapidly shook off the out
ward semblances OF tenderfooted East
ern habits. Rough-beardcd, leather
clad, sombrero as wide us the widest,
42-caliber Colts on his hips, he was
wild as the widest Yet within his
bosom still burned the flame of Boston
culture and refinement.
One day he was riding with a
stranger across the prairie. Turning
his head suddenly Che was slightly
ahead) he saw his companion make u
suspicious motion toward his hip
pocket. Without hesitation he drew
his revolver and shot him. The
stranger dropped like a log. The cow
boy dismounted and looked at the body
of his victim.
II wonder it he was really going to
shoot meP" he soliloquized. "Ill see."
Turning the body, over he discov-
cred flask of whisky protruding from
the pocket.
"Poor fellow" said he, in tone Of
regret. "Tve made mistake. I've
killed an innocent man, and gentle,
man at that. He wasn't going to shoot
me; he was going to invite me to have
drink. Well" he sighed, drawing
his sleeve across his mouth, 1.-THE last
wishes of the deceased shall be re-
snected -Washinr rtnn Post
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25

aSkeo Oh inc uepot maSuer.
eyes, SIR"
"Is this all Of the townl"
sit is"
"Why, read that it was a growing
place."
"It has grown one house this year"
81 was told that it had great prospects"
"Lots Of chances here, SIR"
"But there is no town here-literally
nothing to speak Of"
"They all have to begin, you know"
"Can get any thing to eat herea"
"No, SIR"
"What time does the next train passl"
"Seven hours to wait"
"Will you tell me who named this townl"
"Yes, sir. 1t was the man who moved
out of that cabin"
"What induced him to call it Huster2"
"Because he knew that every body would
hustle to get out of it. Sit down on the
platform and make yourself at home while
you have to wait - Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25

Hobbs-Where're you going with that
dressl
Mrs. Hobbs-Out calling; this is my new
directory costume
Hobbs-Ah, see, it helps you remember
the names of the people you want to call
on. Those directory publishers have long
aGs.-Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25
Mixture of Snob and Cad.

A report of the Union League Club
farewell reception to Hon. Robert
Todd Lincoln says: "Mr. Lincoln
was more than usually gracious, his
bea ing being of too dignified type
to be called popular" Yes, Mr..
Lincoln is not popular at all; we have
never heard anybody speak II real
warm word for him. When he lived
in Washington he was commonly
called a snob and here in Chicago he
seems to be regarded by those who
know him as cad. IL was OF him
that his sagacious father wrote in a
letter thirty years ago that he didn't
believe Bob would ever amount to
much. This letter is printed in Ward
Lannon's Life of Lincoln. Chicago
News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25
what Ho Was There For.

Lionel-Why do you remain in the ball
rooml You are not guest, sir.
Stranger-I am detective employed To
guard Mrs. Van Stamps diamonds.
Lionel-But her diamonds are not worth
watching. They are paste!
Stranger-My presence gives them I ne
appearance Of reality. Chicago Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25
Drlyen to the Worst.

Tough citizen ito fellow-crooh, just out oi
penitentiary) Bill, you've tried burg
larry, arson, highway robbery, picking pock'
cts and counterfeiting and got caught at II
every time What are going TO do nowi
Bill (bitterly)- going to join firm OF
school-book publishers. Chicago Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25
Written for This Paper.I

HE white lids OF
day, sinking slow
ly torepose, began
to cast long shad-
o ws upon its
peaceful ch c Q k.
There were bronze
10 uds dawdling
through the high
pale sky, moved
o n ly in their
fra y G d, gild @ d
edges by the low
west wind wan
t N N g downily
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25
A HUSTLING TOWN.
A Native Explains How 1t Got Its Pc.
culiar But Appropriate Name.

DETROITER W h o
has been making a
trip tn rou gh the
West got off the train
at a Dakota station
called "Hustl er. I"
He found it to consist
of the station house
and two cabins, and
one of the cabins was
tenantless.
SIS this the town
of Hustl ler?' he
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25

his way from the platform-gently through
the congratulent crowd, with smiles and
words of thanks-till he stood before the
woman whose gown was pale gold, like the
SUMS after-glory, whose lips moved softly
as he looked at them. :.
Good evening"" he said Several men
fingered indecisively near her, "Did keep
you longs Ihad not forgotten you We're to
wait for Ge" The men melted politely
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25

--Benjamin Harrison has been
President two months and so far he
has strengthened nothing-neither the
public service, nor his party, nor him
self :. Chicago News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25
1880.


A faded woman with streaks OF gray
Her scanty brown locks threading,
In sorrow and loneliness took the way
Which many feet were treading
To honor the brave and noble dead
With chaplet and wreath and emblem,
With roses, and daisies, and violets fair
And lily-bells nodding and trembling.
In a narrow grave n flag at his head,
Meath simple stone she found him,
No honors, no fame, no riches were there,
No tokens of rank around him.
No none of the gifts she had asked that morr
or the treacherous four-leaved clover
Had come to the man who lay at her feet,
Her youthful and beautiful lover.
No cross, no crown, no wreath of bay
Did she place on the grave of her lover,
But, tied with ribbon OF blue and gray,
bunch OF four-leaved clover.
elizabeth " Hyatt, in Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25
IN MEMORIAM.

A Romantic Story Of Memorial
Day.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25

Seemed half so fair to her vision
AS that slender wand of palest green,
Prophetic OF lands elysian.
With joyful cry she held the prize.
"0hi darling four.eaved clover
Wilt bring my lover back to me,
When this cruel war is overr
"wilt thou give him a sword, and shoulder
straps,
And honor and fame, oh clover,
Give riches, and health, and bring him back
When this cruel war is overr"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25
Is8o.

EEP In the grass q
maiden knelt,
Turning the green
blades over,
With huttering heart
and anxious eye,
| Hun ting q four
leaved clover.
No treasure rare Of
laval or rnm
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
HOME AND FARM.

For pain in the chest thai threat
ems to be pneumonia, make plaster
of soft soap and hot Indian-meal mush.
"A light harrow run over the corn
ground three or four times, the first
three weeks after planting. means a
heavy corn crop.
The quickest way to fatten an old
COW is to confine her in a small yard
and give her all the ground grain and
hay she can eat. She should be gotten
in condition in as short time as pos
sible
The writer of an essay on blowing
says the common practice of running
the pillow the same depth every year is
apt to make hard path by packing
the soil where the share scrapes
over H..
Don't study stock feeding so hard
that you will neglect to make proper
provisions for the feeding of your fam
lily. See that you have a good garden
that will allow you to vary the diet of
pork and potatoes. Western Plow-
man.
Sheep should never be allowed TO
pasture on land which has been top
dressed with manure, nor to Craze on
land which is liable to be overfowed,
or which contains stagnant pools, on
account of the danger of the sheep be-
coming infected with parasitical life.
Cold roast or boiled meat cut up
in dice, highly seasoned and moistened
with its own gravy or rich stock, and
covered with layer of cold-boiled
rice, buttered on the top, and baked
an hour, makes an economical and
convenient dish.
While it is desirable to commence
work as soon as possible in the spring,
there is nothing gained in attempting
TO work the soil until it is sufficiently
dried out TO work readily into good
filth, and sufficiently dry and warm to
induce good termination of the seed
and a vigorous start TO germ Of the
plants.
dressed Spinach: Wash spinach
and put in a pot without water. When
tender, squeeze dry. Put a teacup of
cream in saucepan with table
spoonful of butter rolled in -four, let
heat Chop one hard-boiled egg in
small pieces and put in, pour over the
spinach and garnish with slices of
hard-boiled egg. Farm and Preside.
-Millst and Hungarian grass are
very similar N appearance, hut the
millet grows higher and affords but
one cutting, while the Hungarian grass
can be cut every five weeks if the soil
is rich. They are summer crops, and
are not usually sown until May. The
hay from millet and Hungarian grass
is highly relished by all classes of
stock, and the yield is usually heavy.
The ground should be well MANFRED,
narrowed fine and ten quarts of seed
per acre sown, or even more If a thick
growth is desired.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
KNIVES AND FORKS.
An Experienced Housekeeper Tells Ho'
They should he Cared For.


They should he Cared For.
Never allow knives or forks to lie
around long after using. They should
be the first things removed from the
table when the meal is finished, and
put to soak. Have a pitcher of hot
ammonia soap-suds, and in this place
them, blades down, and let them re-
main until ready to wash. Have just
enough water in the pitcher to reach
the handles, but never on any account
allow the handles when of bone, ivory
or wood to remain in water, as it will
surely loosen them, and in a short time
they will fall from the blades. Wash
both blades and handles in warm soap
suds, using a soft cloth, and wipe i'm
mediately after removing from the
water, as dry as possible, with clean,
soft crash-towol.
To clean steel knives, use finely
powered bath brick and apply with the
cut end of a raw potato. Rub the
blades briskly until all stains are re-
moved, then wash Immediately in hot
soap suds and wipe dry. Do not let
them stand after cleaning SO that the
powder dries on them, or they will be
streaky, but wash as soon after clean
ing as possible. A piece of cork is
often used in preference to the potato,
but as it has to be dampened it is not
as convenient to use, as the, potato
juice is all that is desired for that pur-
pose. Fine coal ashes may be used
when bath brick is not convenient, and
do the work very well. After drying,
rub the blades briskly with soft tissue
or newspaper to give the final polish;
Keep in a case or box lined with
flannel. They will never rust or dis
color, when in general use, if kept in
q receptacle such as this, as the
flannel will absorb all superfuous
and Japanese wood boxes, for holding
l1nifes and forks. can be purchased at
many places dealing in housekeeping
FOODS, but, il too expensive, very neat,
serviceable ones, that will answer the
purpose as wcll, can be made at home.
Get an oblong, SHALLOW wooden box,
stain the outside any color liked, var
nish, and line the inside with green or
red Canton flannel. Make a partition
that will divide the box in the center
lengtifwise. cover with flannel, and set
into the box, fastening it in place with
liquid glue. This makes box OF two
compartments, one for the knives and
one for the forks, and is every bit as
good as store one Always keep the
box or case in a periodically place.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
CHEAP STONE FENCE.
I'm ExceIent Way of Kidding Fields of
Large and Small stones.

I'm Excellent Way of Kidding Fields of
Large aud Small stones.
To build a stone-wall of the regula~
ton pattern is indeed doubtful
process, but many fields are so stony
that something must be done with
them, and this is often good way.
Throw them into a loose heap on the
line of the fence. making it as nearly
triangular in sections as possible. Ii
may be necessary to gather up stones
scattered at the base, and put them on
the top; aside from this it is built as
fast as the stones can be thrown from
the wagon, and piled in this manner
they are much more bulky than if laid
into solid wall. thus making more
fence. The width on the ground may
be four feet, the height three feet
Now Law line of rails on blocks upon
the summit. tapping the ends, set a
pair of stakes at each joint, and finish
off with riders. Two hands will make
ten rods or so in day If the picking
is good, and clearing the land OF
the stones pays for the hauling, so you
get the fence for nothing, aside from
the rails. This method is at least
ahead OF heaping up stone in the
fields. and then fencing with boards or
wire. as is so often done, and better
than trying to wear the stones out with
the pillow and drag. There will always
be rails enough to give two or three to
the length, especially as rails used in
this way last much longer than the
rails in the old-fashioned rail fence
used to; they rotted off at the ends
where they crossed each other, leav-
ING the middle sound. IL poles are
used it will pay to cut them at time
when they viii peel, and take the bark
of. A deep back-furrow of the right
width as a base will economic stone.
The point you are just about to raise
that such fence covers too much
ground is not well taken. Carefully
estimate the width of the strip
whose produce is expended in
keeping up stock of posts,
boards, wire, nails. etc, and you viii
find, perhaps. that your progressed
fences without thickness are the widest
OF any except stonewalL-E 5. Gil
bert in N. Y. Tribune