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On motion tue above was held to be
the apportionment of the constitutional
conventions only.
On motion the chairman was instructed
to appoint an executive committee Of
three, which he announced that he would
do ut an early date.
The committee then adjourned.
, 1889-04-25

The new postmaster OF New York, Mr..
Van Cott, says: Il am going 10 run the
New York Doetoffica on strictly business
principles. There shall be no removals
iu that office except for cause. believe
thoroughly in honest civil service reform,
and shall carry it out with all my might.
This is no new positiou With me-" Az
tributed to the president himself. it is not
likely that any higher authority will 10
terfere with the postmaster in carrying
out his policy.
, 1889-04-25
From Chloride.

o A. Brown came in yesterday from
Chloride and returns to-day. He states
that the Weber mine is looking fine and
he exhibited specimen Of 200 ounce sill
yer ore TO prove the assertion.
Helena parties have bonded the Great
Western and another claim In the Cblo-
ride district, the deeds have been mate
out and are In the safe of the Bank OF
Chloride.
, 1889-04-25
PROMINENT MINERS.
Number OF Them In the City-More
Coming.

Coming.
The city is filled with mining nabobs,
and there number win be somewhat aug
mented probably to day. by. :he arrival Of
two mannates from, Portland. Joseph K.
Clark, who il two or three times u mil
Iicnaire, ia q sojourner here. 8. 8. Gid
den has returned from st. Paul. John NJ I.
Burke is stopping at the Pacific. Patrick
Clark is paying his family q visit as they
permanent resident Of the city by the
falls. Charles Sweeney's handsome form
could be seen on the streets yesterday.
Geo. B. McAully has been paying the
, 1889-04-25
A % u.bbi. for an Estate.

PIrrsBus 20, April 2O.-rhe heirs OF
Hannah HIiuan, about City in number.
have organized here 70 gain possession of
the estate il Hst st. Louis, left by her
in 1922. then valued at 33 600, GOO now
worth withiiuprovements, SIT 600 900.
, 1889-04-25

Begg's Che. ry CuuDh syrup IL warranted 10
cure couk hs and colda. Free sample ~ Chas
M0NabN. II
, 1889-04-25
THE CAPTAINS LAST AErrEK.
Cant. schoonmsker Commends sailor
for Bravery.

WASHINGTON, April ~ In despatch
from the late Captain Schoonmaker, dated
on board the Vandalia, March 9. tnat Of
ficer calls the atsention Of the department
, 1889-04-25

Begs's Vegetable. Liver Pills are the best
Try Them Charles Non ab
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
THE REASON WHY.

1t isn't that I've got thing ag'in you Porson
Peck;
Nor agin the many tried an true, I've met
there ev'ry week.
It's not for this I've stayed away so many SAD
From the Iftte mount'in mcetn house, whore
oft we fined in praise.
But listcn--if you care to know-an' VIII tell
YOU all.
think twas bout two year ago, or was 1t three
last falg
the seats made free,
Andmost of us was wilin' with the notion to
agree.
Perhaps the meanin' O. tire word didn't quite
understand;
For the Sunday after, walkin long with Elsie
hand in hand
You know the little blue.eyed girl; her mother
now is dead;
And l am Elsies grandpa; but let mo so aheau.
We'll, thmkin' o. the Master, and how home-Iike
1t would be
TO take seat most anywhere, now that the
seats was free;
walked in at the open door, an up the center
aisle ~
An sat down tired, but happy. in the light OF
Elsies SMILE
listened to your preachin Win an Ancn III
my heart:
An when the HYMNS was given OUT trleu 10
do my part
An my love seemed newly l;indled for the one
great Power above,
An somethin seemed to answer back "for
love, give thee love-
But when the benediction come, an we was
passin' out,
A few words whispered with my name, caused
me 10 turn about
Twas not exactly words like these, but that
which meant IL all;
cts strange that rdupffs never know theif
place Is by the wall
II wasn't bout myself l cared, for what the
speaker said:
But the little blossom ut my side with pretty
upturned head.
An loolSin' down at Elsie there, ! thought OF
Elses mother,
An thoughts my better natur' scorned, l tried
in vain TO smother.
I've been to meetin twice since then, an sci
down by the WALL
But kept a thinsin' -thinkin'-till my thoughts
was turned TO gall;
An when the old familiar hymns was given out
to sing.
One lool, at Elsie's shnn curls would choke
my utterin'.
An so. / thought it best awhile 10 stay at home
an praise,
Or take walk in field or wood and there trace
out His WAYS.
ats better So my old heart saiu' than gather
with the throng,
An let your feelins rankle DER areai or fancied
wrong.
But I'm prayin'' Parson, all the time, an wish
you'd help me pray,
When one an all are gathered home in enc
great comm day;
when men are judged by honest deeds an love
to fellow men,
] shan't be thought pauper, in the light I'm
seen in then.
-katharine H. Terry, in Good Housekeeping.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
LIFE IN MADRID.
The Spanish Capitals Prado and Its Seduo-
tive Attractions.

tive Attractions.
Although the French fashionable
bonnets are gradually invading Spain
and becoming much in vogue among
the Spanish bellies, the elegant national
costume, the mantilla, is still predom-
mating. 1t is worn and arranged with
natural grace which enchants the be-
holder A Spanish lady seems always
to have some little matter to adjust
which sets off to advantage the quiet
elegance of her department. The man
tilla is drawn little more forward or
gently moved little less; it is crossed
in front or uncrossed, and through its
transparent network of blonde lace are
seen the lovely head and beautiful
throat rising from a bust of most ele-
CANT contour. These mantillas are both
white and black, but the latter are, to
my taste, the most becoming.
And the abanico! the fan! o, what
magic there is in that little zephyr
coaxing telegraph! Folded and un-
folded with careless ease which none
but Spanish women can display, moved
quickly in recognition of passing
friend, elevated, opened over the head
to frame it, so to speak, the fan plays
an important and most attractive part
in the hand of Spanish lady. During
the delightful summer nights, when
the moon sheds her pure light around,
the Prado presents the most romantic
picture. Canopied by the blue vault
of heaven, with all its bright spangles,
many a love tale is there told and
listened to with favor. In the Prado
is assembled nightly the cream of the
society of Madrid, and it may be said
with truth that there is sociability
on this beautiful promenade that does
not exist in places of analogous resorts
in larger metropolitan cities. lndi-
viduals and families are knownto each
other, there is a succession OF salutl-
tions and greetings, and to looker-on
it seems as if the promenaders were
vast lines of family or friendly connec-
tions. The botanical and public gar
dens, called "las delicias," which ad-
join the Prado, add greatly to the
beauty of this lovely promenade.
The royal palace, which is one of the
most magnificent castles in Europe
rises dazzling white against the sky on
the opposite side of the city to height
of 100 feet. 1t is built on the site o.
the ancient Moorish Alcazar and occu
pies an area OF 221 900 square feet
Madrid Letter
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
SCIENTIFIC GOLD MINING.
Tho Chemist and the Engineer Must As.
sist the Capitalist.

sist the Capitalist.
Gold-mining is in many minds still
associated with tlannel-shirted, long
booted. gambling class OF doubtful
manners, who, with pick, shovel and
pan found fortunes in the hill streams
OF the far West or OF the land of the
kangaroo. But this race OF miners is
rapidly becoming as extinct as the red
skin of California or the black boy OF
Australia. AS the superficial deposits
which attracted the pioneers were ex-
hausted, the aid of machinery and
science became essential. and a new or
der of things began, introducing the
capitalist, the chemist and the en-
gineer Moreover, in their haste TO
get rich, and with their rough-and-
ready appliances, the early diggers
only worked the richest ground and
passed over tons-acres-of stuff that
with modern methods, would pay hand
somely.
To convey an idea OF the perfection
which has been attained in some of the
processes of to-day, one illustration
will suffice. During II quarters (three
months) working last year of the allu-
vial deposits of Daylesford, Victoria.
some 33. $50 tons of gravel were treated
and gave an average yield of lS4 grains
troy of gold from each ton of gravel.
That is TO say. Of all this enormous
.naw 0: 1stsYi&l dug up, passed
through the apparatus and redepos-
tied. only one eighteen hundred and
fourteenth part was of value. the other
1878 parts being useless. In other
words, suppose an acre OF land fifteen
feet deep to be turned over, broken up
to the most minute proportions. and
bodily removed, in order that it might
be made to yield up a hidden Treasure
in the form of fine dust, the whole of
which could be easily held In a small
coal scuttle. And this was accom-
plished presumably at cost which
left q reasonable margin OF profit
These results are altogether unpar-
alleled in any other kind OF metal
mining. AS rule, the metal or its ore
forms the bulk OF the mass treated
Thus, iron often constitutes 70 per cent
of the mineral. lead IS to 81 per cent.
copper 78 10 90 per cent. and silver 81
TO so per cent, while the gold IN thu
case quoted only amounted to .OO0llS
ora little over one-ten thousandth par
af ! per cent. --Gentlemen's Magazine
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
PlASTERING WINES.
A Practice In Vogue Among vitionitur
ists of southern France.

A Practice In Vogue Among Vitiouitur
ists of southern France.
The Society of Pharmacy of Bcrdeaus
some time ago ago appointed a com
mittee to examine into the subject OF
platragc. This is process In which
plaster-of-Pari is added to wine both
to clarity and preserve 1t. The effect
of wine thus treated upon its consum-
ers has long been n matter OF DOUBT
some authorities regarding 1t as harm-
less, while others believed that such
wine was injurious to health. The
conclusions of this committee are as
follows. l. In the present state OF vltl-
culture in the south of France and in
Algeria, the plastering OF wines In the
mash is almost always necessary, In
order to give the wines the marketable
qualities sought after by consumers
2. Facts are wanting to show that
plastered wines are injurious to health.
3. The experience of numerous popu-
lations that drink only plastered wine,
the experience of many strangers who
are continually travelling through the
south of France ana Algeria, drinking
hardly any thing else than plastered
wine, and methodical experiments by
learned bodies, show that potassium
sulphate in the proportion of sixty
grains to the litrc of wine produces no
appreciable effect on the various func-
tions of the economy. A. The plaster
ing of wines in the mash to the
extent of producing this proper
tion OF potassium sulphate may
be authorized until facts rigor-
ously dedueed from extensive scientific
experiments show the dangers or in
convenences of this amount as regards
the public health The Academy OF
Medicine through a committee. has
been investigating the same subject,
and its conclusions are as follows
/. The testimony and the facts analyzed
in the present report demonstrate thai
excessive plastering exerts an injurious
influence on the public health; =. From
the exclusive point of view of hygiene
the commission can not approve OF the
principle of the plastering OF wines
3. Nevertheless in view of the pro
ducers' and dealers necessities, ant
especially taking the consumers in
terest into account, it thinks that 1
would be imprudent to exclude from
the market during certain years. b!
too absolute measure. wines which
thus far nothing but moderate plaster
ing has proved capable of preserving
4. Considering that, if potassium sui
phate is Il natural constituent of pur
wines, il never exists in them in a pro
portion above sixty centigrams to tn
litre, rs analysis shows; that it has no
been directly proved that potassium
sulphate, even in the proportion o
two grams to the litre of wine, has an.
noxious influence on health, but that
is necessary to fix the maximum @
potassium sulphate which may, with
out appreciable danger. be produces
in wine by plastering-the commissio
is of the opinion that the presence G
potassium sulphate in the wines G
commerce., whatever may be its origin
ought not to be tolerated beyond tn
maximum limit of two grams to tn
litre. The commission urges that tn
regulation formerly in force should b
carried out strictly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
things on down to the hotol, and I'll se

things on down TO the hotol, and I'll se
down in the morning.
They had reached Indian hill, and the
rivers angry roar came up from below, We
ing with tho northern blast for supremacy
of sound.
Suddenly, midway in the cut, the horses
stopped As Horris attempted to urge them
on. weak voice came from the blackness
beyond their heads.
"There's somebody there exclaims the
passenger, ana in n moment he is groping
his way to the heads of the horses, and then
lifting from the drift little, girlish form
which, while being carried to the wagon,
dropped into insensibility and was ike u
dead thing in the mans arms.
When, an hour later, the storm beaten
company drew up to the hotel and the light
of the office lamp streamed full upon the
girls face, the bystanders, VINO were
watching for signs of returning life, were
surprised to see the stranger kiss her lips
and cheeks passionatoly.
s'See hyarm blurted out Horris, "no in
suits, young man, in these parts. We know
Madge Haven too we'll"
"Insults! ~ repeated the youth dor he was
scarcely more), as he relnquished his
charge to the hands of the landlady, "she is
my sister"
AND so III proveui Ior Wncn he siEnou ~ mo
name upon the register, it read, "William
Morris Haven, Portland, Ore"
An hour later Ben Haven came to the
village to organize searching party. His
relief when he found his child safe, though
| chilled and still insensible, at the hotel, can
not be told in words.
The shock and the agony of that night
made new man of him, and his tender
mesa toward the daughter who shared with
hun the secret of his remorse, though they
never spoke of it to each other, was re-
marked by all who knew them.
| So effectual and lasting was this reform
that the Daily Calliope was able to give, a
| few weeks later, on the same day that 1t
told of Miss Madge's first appearance upon
the street, this item:
"Mr. Ben Haven has accepted his old po-
sition on the Red Gulch stage line, his sue
cessor. Joe Horris, having resigned to go to
the Tines. ."-Charles M. Harger, in Yankee
| Rla6e
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

"A woman is like phonograph In
one respect. 1t is unwise to say any
thing unpleasant TO hsr.--Merchao'
Traveller.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
DOCKING HORSES.
a Cruelty Which Should DO Frown'
Down by Humane Persons.

a Cruelty which Should DO Frowned
Down by Humane Persons.
People from other parts of the coun-
try who visited New York q year or
two ago were surprised to see that the
fashion of docking horses had been re-
vived there. Half the carriage horses
in the Central Park had been deprived
of the greater part of their tails. In
stead of the luxuriant and beautiful
appcnduge which nature gives, the
animals exhibited horsehair brush,
short, abrupt, ugly and useless.
This fashion has not proved to be
mere passing fancy of 1.-The British
dudes" but now appears to have be-
come fixed, and is spreading over the
country. and there is reason to fear
that the entire class OF people who lives
but to differ from the mass OF their
citizens will not be able to re-
spect themselves this summer while
riding behind long-tailed horses.
The spirit of fashion works in two
ways: 1t makes some of us aspire to
be both like and unlike our fellow
mortals. The victims OF this mania
wish to be obviously unlike the mass,
and conspicuously like class. Chinese
parents torture their girls for five
years, converting their pretty feet into
hideous little Jumps of bone and flesh,
because those Jumps are recognized as
the sign of social rank.
For a similar reason the rich shop
l.an ,.f ~ Eatb off mi
tails. They have been told that the
fashionable people OF Europe think
| it mark of high breeding TO be indif-
ferent to the sufferings of the creatures
that serve them.
Several writer's lately have taken the
ground that horses do not much mind
losing their tails, not even in hy-tlme
If they are protected by nettings.
1t seems folly to reply to such state
ment. Any one who closely observes
the ways OF horses becomes aware that
the swishing of their long tails is tran
QUILTING and pleasant occupation to
them, aside from its utility in driving
away insects. 1t relieves their minds
and mitigates the monotony OF their
existence The operation of docking
Is cruel beyond conception.
We should all wish TO frown upon
this cruelty to helpless brutes. How
shall we do itp There is, perhaps, nd
better way than TO act upon the wise
and timely suggestion that all who are
opposed to it shall tot merely not dis
figure their own horses, batshall refuse
To hire doclsed horses or even ride in an
omnibus, cab, or car drawn by theln.--
| Youths Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
INGENIOUS BEGGARS.
Two Incidents That for Their Ingenuit
Stand Unrivaled.

TWO Incidents That for Their Ingenuity
Stand Unrivaled.
Have you ever been accostcd in the
street by seedy, dilapidated indi-
vidual with luminous nose and a
husky voice, who opened on you some-
thing in this style: Excuse me, sir,
but could have few minutes conver-
sation with youP l have not always
been thus" etc. OF course you have.
You. know in minute that he is pro
fessional beer worker. You have some
respect for the haggard, brawny fellow
who says frankly: II am hungry and
thirsty" and seldom let him go empty
handed. There are two incidents that
occur to me that for their ingenuity
stand unrivaled. The first ono oc-
cured at Chicago year ago last
winter. The writer, in company with
friend, was standing one Sunday
evening on the steps of the Clarendon
Hotel when very tough-looking man
approached with weeks growth OF
beard on his face and said: II am a
thief. i have just been released from
Joliet prison. | want ten cents for "a
drink, ten more for bee. ten for a
cocktail in the morning. and ten for a
sandwich, forty cents in all. My
recommend is nothing extra, i an
aware. Talk quick, will you give it,
or shall ! have to try further?" The
supreme cheek of the man gained him
the amount asked. The other incident
was in Union Square Park, New York,
as a party OF us were coming from the
theater. We were stopped by n ragged
individual with a small kitten in his
arms. He opened the conversation
Immediately and said: aSents, maybe
you think am going to spar you for
money, but amt. | am not hungry
or thirsty and have q place TO sleep,
but have no cash. want few pen
nies, not for myself, but to buy some
milk for this poor little starving cat
which found crying in this park. v
The party was for moment stunned
but amid roars OF laughter purse o.
nearly IL dollar was collected and giver
to the guardian OF the kitten. = A.han,
! IN. Y Argus.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
"kEEpING COMPANY.
A Singular Custom which IL ms Indellcnts
ns 1t Is Dangerous,

A Singular Custom whicE IL ms 1ndeIlcnte
ns 1t Is Dangerous.
A singular custom prevails in some
of the rural parts of Pennsylvania and
the other Middle States which will
surprise such Of our readers rs are
used only to the habits of city life. On
Sunday evenings the parlor is aban-
doned by all of the family except the
young girls, who. arrayed in all their
finefy, sit there prepared to keep
company" with the young men who are
supposed to be their lovers, or to
whom they are engaged. No older
person is expected to enter the room;
the seance lasts until midnight. On
other days of the week the engaged
couple meet openly in the kitchen or
elsewhere, and carry on their re-
searches into each others character in
the presence of the whole family.
In some villages of Northern New
England it is common for young girls
to entertain their male visitors alone
until late at night, long after the rest
of the family are asleep.
The Companion would not deserve
its name, so far as the multitudes oil
young girls are concerned to whom ii
has been n friend since their childhood
if it failed faithfully to warn then
against any gross solecism in good
manners, or of any habit which may
i,,tN nf N tnt iDt n tinn
In city life, among well-bred people
whose aim it is to make II young girl''
life not only pure in reality. but in it:
outward appearance, such customs a'
these which we have described are
vigorously condemned and avoided
A girl belonging to this class receive
her male friends at night only in Tho
presence of her mother or some othel
matron.
1t is probable that the young girls IL
the country who practice these hablt
are at heart quite as innocent as thei
more protected sisters. Their erro
arises from ignorance, not viciousness
These customs have descended to then
from the early pioneer days. when mel
were too busy ut the plow in day-tim
and women in the kitchen to becom
acquainted with each other, prepara
tory to marriage. They had to sit u
while others slept to find time TO
courtship. Their descendants ar
surely not so taxed for time as to max
this necessary.
American mothers sometimes dc
fend the laxity among our young pee
pie by the plea that the innocence c
the American girl is her protection
and that she is too pure to need tn
guardianship of chaperones. To "A
extent this is true; but no girl ca
place herselfin the anomalous position
which we have described without lo'
ing in degree that delicacy of We
manly feeling which should accompan
her as the aroma does flower.
Besides, however good and true sh
may be. she places her reputation 1
the mercy of the tongue of man wht
it is possible, may be both sensual an
and merciless. No girl of refinemer
and no thoughtful mother should coul
tenance a custom so indelicate an
y dangerous. outh's Companion.