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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-20
FARM-LlFE IN CHINA.
Hnrd-Worising Men Who Are Paid Thirty
Cents Day.


A farmer may be hired by the year
for from eight to fourteen dollars, with
food. clothing, head-shaving and to-
bacco. Those who work by the day
receive from eight to ten cents, with a
monday meal. At the planting and
harvesting of rice, wages are from ten
twenty cents day, with five meals;
or thirty cents a day without food.
Few landowners hire hands, except
for few days during the planting and
harvesting of rice. Those who have
more land than they and their sons can
till, lease it to their neighbors.
Much land is held on leases given by
ancient proprietors to clansmen whose
descendants now till it. paying from
seven TO fourteen dollars worth OF rice
annually for its use.
Food averages little more than dol
lar month for each member OF
farmers family. One who buys,
cooks and eats his meals alone. spends
from one and half to two dollars
month upon the raw material and fuel.
Two pounds of rice, costing three ami
II half cents, with relishes of salt fish,
picked cabbage, cheap vegetables and
fruits, costing cent and half. is the
ordinary allowance to each laborer for
each day. Abernethy's advice to
luxurious patient, "Live on sixpence
day and earn it," is followed by nearly
every Chinaman. One or two depend.
ent relatives frequently share with
him the sixpence. Adele Ii. Fielde, In
Popular Science Monthly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-20
SPARTA'S WARRIORS.
Their Bravery Due u Perfect Understand
ing of Martial Music.

Their Bravery Due u Perfect Understand
ing of Martial Music.
The favorite problem of thinkers and
teachers, since thought began, has been
to find some engine of education which
should reach the character as elfectu-
ally as the ordinary means of training
touch the understanding; and in the
opinion of many, not men alone, but
nations, music was such an engine.
at is music" said the Spartaus,
(which distinguishes the brave man
from the coward" "A man music is
the source of his courage" 1t was their
music which enabled Leonidas and his
three hundred to conquer at Thermopy-
lac. 1t was music which taught the
Spartan youth how to die in the wrest-
ling ring or on the field or battle.
These claims are audacious surely. Yet
when we consider how the rythmical
tread of the brave man differs from the
agitated shamble of the coward, how
music is the art of human JOY, and how
joy and repose of mind are the main
elements of manly fortitude. we shall
at any rate admit that there is strong
affinity somewhere; our only difficulty
will be to acknowledge that music, de-
liberately applied, could ever be the
direct cause of these reputed results.
To achieve the end desired, Spartan
boys passed their youth in learning
tunes. hymns and songs; this was their
sole mental culture. They were taught
to dance and keep step to the measure
of the songs as they sang them. And.
grown to manhood, now perfect war;
riors, marched into the battle with
smiling faces. crowned with flowers,
calm. joyful and serene; and, intoning
their songs, moved steadily thus into
the thickest of the fight, undisturbed
and irresistible. The band that leads
our armies to the field nowadays is q
scant survival of Spartan practice; yet
even in this music by proxy there are
many elements of Indictment to courage.
National Review.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-20
WHITE HOUSE CATS.
A Whole Army of Them Wage War on
Rats and Mice.

A Whole Army OF Them Wage War on
Rats and Mice.
There are almost as many cats about
the White House as may be seen on a
prosperous Pennsylvania dairy farm.
The White House cats are not of es-
peeially fine breed. They are not
proud nor in any way especially
distinguished from other cats, un-
less it is in their breeding quail
ties. They are promiscuous lot,
in all colors that cats come. Most of
them have attached themselves to the
household apparently from patriotic
desire to serve the country. coming
from no one knows where. Many new
ones are said to have appeared at the
mansion while Mrs. Cleveland reigned
there, Notwithstanding the playful hab-
its of the dog Hector. AS far as is con-
sistcnt with our form of government,
they enacted Mother Goose's melody.
The other day there was great squall-
ing in the basement. A new family of
kittens had appeared. ut is pretty
near time to have Il drowning" re-
marked one of the ushers. 1--WE have
to drown out colony of kittens about
twice year." "How many cats have
you, pray?' | asked. 80, between
thirty and fifty old ones. The young
no one can keep count of. When they
get too numerous there has to be
wholesale killing. Two killings a year
keep them down."
The building is so infested with rats
and mice that an army of old mousers
is necessary TO protect the larder and
the conservatory. Most OF the cats are
kept around the conservatory to kill
OFF the rats, which otherwise would dig
under and destroy the roots of the many
valuable plants. With such an army
of matrons, Of course the multiplica-
zion OF little cats is marvelously rapid.
Some OF these days 1t may be fad with
young society ladies TO have "White
House kittens for pets. This will fur
nish more humane way OF getting rid |
ofthe surplus. Washington Cor. Phila,
delphia Telegraph.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-20
PuNeENr PARAGRAPHS.

If some people should speak the
truth it wouldn't shame the devil as
much as it would surprise him. Puck.
If walking was work the walking
delegate would be unknown as the ex-
cresence on the cause of labor.
cago Journal.
1T was Boston society girl that
wanted to know the relationship exist
ing between the smelling furnace and
the smelt. Puck.
There are good many married
men in this world who know all about
what n wife should be, but who have
very hazy ideas about the competent
elements of a model husband. -Journ-
alof Education.
--"You do not sing as much you
used TOP Mr.. Tompkins,' said a young
lady. mo" What is the matterP"
II fear l have lost my voice" 20,
dear! hope nobody will find it,
Merchant Traveller.
Van Daub-"I understand that old
Mrs. Mushroom wants her portrait
painted the worst way" Van Dyke
Wants it the worst way, does shep"
Van Daub--"So she says" Van Dyke
-"Then you're just the artist for the
job. b."-America.
Little Alice-"And did Solomon
know more than any body who was
ever in the world. papaP" Papa
(thoughtfully) = We'll, 1 guess he
knew more than any body | ever met,
except, perhaps, your sixteen-year-old
brother Jack. Lowell Citizen.
Mrs. A.-"Doctor, what is the
amount of your bill?" Doctor-"My
dear madame, as your finances are not
in very flourishing circumstances, l
have concluded not to make any charge
at ALL" "Thats all right, as far as it
goes, but want to know who is to pay
the apothecary yP"-Texas Siftings.
IL should so like to have a coin
dated the year of my birth!' said a
maiden lady OF an uncertain age; "do
you think you could get one for me?"
~ am afraid not" he replied; "those
old coins are. only to be found in valua-
BILE collections" And he wondered
WHY sue Cub HUI Ule HeSU bllu0 tncy
met.-Demorest.
-Grimby-"I say, Stiggers, how is
our mutual friend, Larkton, coming onp
heard, the other day, that he was
very low." Stiggers (sorrowfully)-
Eyes, poor man, he is very bad off.
The doctors have given him up"
Grimby-"H Heaven bepraised that they
have! Now the poor fellow will have
a chance for his life. Epoch.
$50 your daughter joins the ranks
of the sweet girl graduates this year,
Mrs. DeJohgns?" said Fitzroy in a
patronizing sort of way. "Yes, Ara
bella graduates this year, and will
begin her life, work"
What profession is she to enter9"
80, don't know, but l. presume she
will teach her mother society manners
for IL year or So That's what all girls
do after they come home from school,"
Hartford Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-20
BIRDS .flEsT SOUP.
What This so-Caiicd Dciicncy, Is and How
It Is Made.

| It Is Made.
During the recently ended social sea-
son when the retiring leaders wore VIE
ing with each other in giving gorgeous
entertainments and setting elaborate
tables, the chef of tho Stanford man
sion ticlsled the palates of the guests
on dinner occasion and set their
tongues to wagging about delicious
soup most daintily served. Every one
present was slipping it and discussing
its excellence, unconscious OF what they
were eating until somo one curiously
inclined ventured to inquire what it
was. 1t was real Chinese birds nest
soup, n culinary concoction which, II
made and served as they are wont to
make and serve it in the howery king
dom, attcsts the fine discrimination OF
the oriental gastronome-in this line Of
delicacies ut least. As Senator Stan
ford employs Chinese cook the serv-
ice was doubtless original. The soup is
made from the real nest of the birds.
These birds are bats or swifts, much
like the American swallow, and con-
gregate in large numbers, in caves
mostly, along the coasts of China and
British North Borneo. Tho nests are
made from little fish and scawced taken
from the ocean in the spring of the
year, and soft fungoid growth that
incrusts the limestone in damp places,
about an inch thick, dark outside and
perfectly white inside. This latter
the birds take in their mouths and
draw out in u iilament backward and
forward like II caterpillar weaving its
cocoon. The nests are gathered en-
tirely by candle-light at u height of
several hundred feet. and though these
caves have been worked several hun
dred years there appears to be no ap-
parent diminution Of the supply.
The authentic recipe, as given by
the Chinese cooks. is as follows: Take
six birds nests and soak over night in
cold water. In the morning wash
clean in fresh water and then steam
for six hours. After steaming, pick
out all the feathers, retaining the juice
for the soup. The stock of the soup is
then made from either chicken or veal.
In this is put IL few pigeon eggs, and
the seasoning is then matter Of ;udg-
ment with tho cook. - Washington
SLAP
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-20


It flashed across Danforth's mind that
he had been walking in his sleep, and
had found his way into the great elm
tree opposite Gertrude Maybury's
window. He could understand, now,
how his sudden awakening had caused
him to lose his balance and grasp for
support the first thing that came within
his reach.
But the limb was growing weaker at
every vibration. He reached out his
feet in every direction, but found moth
ing capable of holding his weight.
Then he tried to gain the trunk of the
tree by passing hand over hand along
the limb. His first effort, however,
was the hair on the camefs back. With
crash that awoke the echoes, his sup
port gave way and the unfortunate
somnambulist fell to the ground. His
last thought after the limb broke was
of the humiliating position he would
be in if he were discovered, then his
head struck lower branch with such
force as to render him fhsensible.
w lCu l1uIlOTbl tll dWOhS W COI-
sciousness, he found himself in bed, in
strange room. Feeling stinging
sensation in his forehead. he tried to
raise his right hand to examine it, but
his arm would not move. 1t was
broken Succeeding better with his
left hand, he found his head tightly
bandaged
"Where am / and what is the mat
terp" he asked as woman came to the
bed, to adjust the covers.
"You have been sick nearly three
weeks" replied the nurse. land you
are at Mr. Maybury's. Butyou must be
quiet. They wouldn't have you excite
yourself now for the world. Take a
good rest, then you will be able to talk
little"
Thus enjoined he held his peace and
soon fell asleep. From that on his i'm
provement was rapid. Had he been a
member of the family the May burys
could not have been more interested
in his recovery. One morning he tried
to explain to Mr.. Maybury his pres
ence in the yard on the night of the ac-
cident, but that gentleman, with
good natured twinkle in his eye, re-
piled:
, No need of an explanation. Dan
FORTH You explained all in your
delirium. / didn't know you were
somnambulist. But you were in luck
that time if you did come very near
breaking your neck. After you are
married Gertrude will have to tie
string to you nights to keep you in
doors"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-20

"A New York physician reports that
during I'm epidemic of diphtheria in
that city there were five times as many
cases on the shady side of the street as
on the sunny side.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-20

Fruit that is to be shipped some
distance TO market should be picked
before it gets too ripe or it will seri-
ously damage in transit.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-20

ment to be dashed against the towering
cliffs in front or into the bottomless
chasms beneath. Finding that he was
powerless to escape, he ceased to strug-
gle and became passive in the hands
of his captor. After what seemed to
him almost an age, he found himself
upon the summit of the mountain,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-20

People always fight shy of the
young layer He knows altogether
too much about law to be OF any pruc-
tical vsa. --Soneryille journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-20
MILTON DANFORTH.
The Story of Dream and Its
Fulfllment.
Written Tor This Paper. ]

lLTON DANFORTH
sat in a great arm
chair in his library
trying to interest
himself in a volume
of recent poem 5
which he had pur-
chased that day
thinking that he
might find some-
thing in it to divert
his mind from the
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-14
WISE R
Little men cannot pardon.

Little men cannot pardon.
Strong reasons make strong actions.
Time and opportunity lost is ~eternally
lost.
The secret of life is not to do what one
likes, but to try to like what n has to
do.
It cannot be denied that amusement is
one of the most powerful influences OF
life.
. Great things are not accomplished by
ale dreams, but by years of patient
stSdy.
Wit should be used as a shield for de-
fence, rather than a sword to wound
others.
We always like those who admire us.
We do not always like those whom we
admire.
More failures are to be attributed to
efforts misdirected than to the want OF
exertion.
Tk-re are more people abusive to
othss than lie open to abuse themsesess;
but humor goes round, and he that
laughs at me to-day win have somebody
to laugh at him tomorrow. @
Ability is often REINFORCED bysGeees-
sity. He that will not suffer hmsefrSao
be discouraged by fancied impossibilities,
NAV sometimes find his abilities invigor-
ated by the necessity Of exerting them at
short intervals, as the force of a current
ID increased by the contraction of its
channel.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-14
The Presidents Back seratcher.

President Harrison has an article of
furniture of which he is very proud, and
which is always to be found on his table
in his library. It is one Of those con-
t~rivances with a peculiarly shaped handle
used for scratching the back in places in
accessible to the hand. He received it
as a present from q young lady in Indian
apolis.
Mr. Harrison is very weak on the sub:
ect OF back scratching. This is we'll
known in indianapolis. He would fire.
quently, while talking to a friend or .
client in his little office out there, inter
rupt the conversation by getting out and
requesting the one with whom he was
! talking to scratch his back. From this
he got a great deal of enjoyment; as
| much, perhaps, as Sandy did while going
through the operation which alTays
brought forth from him the ad~ip.aIgon:
ssGod bless the like of Argyll"
Mr.. Harrisortb back scrabcher has an
ivory handleg He uses it when no mem
Der of bis 1SSRnily Or no close friend is
near to run his tinger-nails over just the
spot that yearns for sensation Of titilla-
ton. Otherwise ne prefers to have the
scratching done by hand.-C eretand
Plain Dealer. 4. 49,.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-14
Encouraging window Gardening.

The Massachusetts Horticultural Soc
ciety is accomplishing a very laudable
work in encouraging the cultivation OF
window plants. A year ago last winter
it issued a circular to those cnurehes
which had been accustomed to give aTay
flowers on Easter day. 1t recommended
giving growing plants in pots to children,
instead Of flowers. The suggestion was
largely followed, but there was an i'm
mediate calf for information as to the care
and culture of the plants. Tomeetth the want
the society published a pamphlet contain
ing hints on the points involved, and a
list of wild flowers of Massachusetts,. Last
Easter each gift of a ported plant was ac-
a~ompanied by a copy of the pamphlet
This was followed by the offer of prem,
iums to be awarded by the society at a
series of expositions in Boston, during
the present summer and next autumn.
Pie final exhibition is to be held in Hor,
ticultural Hall, September 14ahs Thu
movement of the societyha resurs il
frightening thousands of homes witt
growing plants, and awakening a refining
love of flowers among the young.-.Amers
can A~oricuHurist.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-14
ChiIian Longevity,

The Chilians have evidently discovered
the secret of longevity. From a recent
return it appears that nearly 500 persons
out of a total of 2 800, 900 are upward of
d hundred years old. One man puts his
age down at $50, making himself the
Oldest man in the world. After bim
comes a woman aged 1888; two women
and one man report themselves as 135
1872, 100 and 127 each have q representa-
tive. while there are seven 125 years old,
eight 100, twenty-seven lis, and no less
than ninety-one aged ITO. But they are
mostly colored persons. Tie whites in
Chill are cut down like flowers at the
! early age Of ninety or so.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-14
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The garnet is q mixture of silica and
'alumina.
The use of carbon brushes is said to be
Of greatest value or 1IIlway motors.
The vampires of soshR Americas x-
hibit an unusual app~etitefor blood:
A new fence is made O 4soft steel, Gu ]
while in the plate and d AVN out after
the fashion of paper love Baskets.
The electric lighting at the lighthouse
! on Cape de Ia Heve in France is gener-
ated from q motor which is run by
wind.
Bats are usually known to be either
insect eaters, like our common species,
or fruit eaters, like the fox-bats Of India
and elsewhere.
A scientist, DR.. de Bausset, maintains
that a steel covered vacuum will float In
mid-air, and Bostonians have got up a
company to carry out his ideas.
The eophone, an instrument for de-
termining the location of the source of
sounds for the benefit of navigators, has
been successfully experimental with.
It is claimed that there is no apparatus
for the transmission of energy that COM
pares in simplicity and efficiency with the
dynamo-electric machine and the electric
motor.
Water as an extinguisher of the flames
of blasts il r Rbis".s has teen applied in a
novel manner-as a powered solid-in a
form of explosive devised by E. Muller,
Of Cologne.
Musicians who play on wind instru-
ments contract emphysema, on account
of the strain brought,to bear on the lungs
thoracic muscles, while the expulsion
Of air is hindcred.
Those fmho use their voices a great deal
and are obliged to speak in loud tones
for a long time often in an impure atmos-
phere, suffer greatly from the constant
strain Of the vocal organs.
An expiditious way to lower the tenn
p~erature of a small vessel of water is to
drop into it a few crushed crystals of
nitrate of ammonia. The crystals will re-
duce the heat about so degrees.
Secrecy il telephone communication
is SAID to be secured by the new method
OF dividing the transmitting current so
that one portion may be sent over one
line and the remainder over another line.
There are about 100 species of mosquito
in existence, of which eight Or ten In
habit England. No specially tropical
species is known in Britain, but a well
known, british species was recently found
in Mexico.
Inventor Edison is at work On a 'sfar-
sight" machine which he hopes to have
perfected in time for the worlds fair in
1892. BY its aid the inventor says il
will be possible for a man in New York
to see the features of a friend in Boston,
The quality OF roof states may be easily
tested by carefully weighing samples.
then putting them for a quarter OF an
hour into boiling water sstnat is fairly free
from lime, saltpetre an ammonia; OF
reweighing the states, tka0se that show
the greatest increase in aeeight are the
most capable Of resisting deterioration.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-14
Hold Your own.

ct see you're holding your own" said a Wis
ling friend to a sick man. eyes, and II
ul through if my hands don't slip" was the
iply; and he did pull through. Earnest effort
nd will-power will assist an invalils recovery
/ a remarkable degree, and we should ever be
etcrmined and hope, no matter what our
actors may say. there ara hundreds who
ould still b. suffering the no. rors of blood
olson, that surely was bringing them nearer
nd nearer to tn grave, if they had given up
-Qpe when their doctols pronounced their cases
f~turable, OF when many extensively advertised
eco. rs proved inert and worthless: But
ney I not give up, and a. good fortune
toul4 ~, finally gave B. b. B. (Botanlc
Food bO1a trial, which proved to be the
cry RENE they ncclcjl, and restored them to
Drfoct he curing some of running ulcers,
theirs o RI eatism and aching joins, oShefa
# pimp.es annoying skin blemisheS
# catarrh, OF r IS of weak kidneys ana mdiees-
ion, Others olAFne back and general debility.
Try it. Tryi1 Wv!
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-14
The Cashier Was Not Mesnerized Too

An Augusta, Me-, bank cashier recently
told oe about a queer experience.
There came into his bank a-seedy man
with d wild look in his eyes, who said:
81 guess I'll take that money
stWhat money!
aThere,s $500, 900 to my credit here.
amt there2"
The cashier thought he was talking
with an escaped inmate of the institu-
tioh across the river.
81 guess you've made a mistake, said
k1e. !,
Then the visitors eyes began to roll
\ strangely; he rubbed them with his hand,
/ and a sheepish expression came oyer his
/ face.
asked.
~ a moment later it come out that the
Nhn had been mesmerized, had beer
l{nade to believe that be was rich, ano
ssad recovered himself in the bank.
v He was az poor as poverty, Y 2 a.
the sensations Of being . millionaire To-
about FIVE minntes.-Leecsston ne.
Joaraab
4
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-14
Tea Will ~IntOxicutc,

A new source of intoxication has been
discovered. 1t is simply dry tea, eaten,
of course, before it is STEPPED. It pro-
duces an agreeable effect at first, but in
diligence finally causes sleeplessness, dis
orderly impulses and del1rium. Not a
few persons have already been found to
have contracted this deadly form of the
tea habit.-Good Housekeeping.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-14
ID TEMPER.
cheaper thing On earth.

cheaper thing on earth,
ae half 50 dear;
acre than distinguished birth
sssands gained d year.
ae day o new delight.
5ure's firrnest shield:
ore beauty to the night
he stars canWeId.
5yerty content,
ESTAHjW Whisperspeace;
from Nature sent,
tails to increase;
~ with . smile at morn,
Jon to repose;
for peer and peasant born.
~erlasting D
tfeo Danish grief away
LIZ 2 the brow from care;
N4o smiles, make dullness gay,
nal ~JouFiadness everywhere.
I - sweet as summer dew
the lily's breast;
AEORanf for love as true
ger manpossessed.
aTIsRay this wondrous spirit be,
bower unhears before
kTllo m, this bright amenitye
in i,e Iemper-hothing n1orel
semper.tis the choicest gift
Tho fesENessan homeward brings,
sa mere Foorestpeasant lift,
g hown to kings.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-14

desert, which so often deceives thirsty
travellers when passing through it on
camels. 1t fades as you approach it and
becomes @sey castle i'll the air.
The ope, If the Suez Canal took
place in 1867 Ad the ceremonies cost
1smail Pasha, tie fatf of the present
Khedive, more -tRan t%Snty millions of
dollars. Amol. >the other notables
who, were prese. Nwas the Empress
Eugene, and q grand palace was fitted
out for her entertainment at Cairo.