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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-22
puNeENT PARAGRAPHS.

PONGENI fRhASHRIfS.
Mrs. Brown--"If you had only
listened to me-" Mr.. Brown-"Td
have been talked to death long ago."
Judge.
Tho loaier is generally generous.
He has not much to give, as a rule,
but he will divide his loaf with any
other loafer. N o. Picayune.
-"The older you grow the more you
know" says the proverb. This is an
other OF those fallacious sayings that
time exposes. just think how little
the old men of to-day know compared
with the young ones.
"A st. Louis man who was ap-
preaching Chicago by rail the other
day innocently asked the conductor II
trains stopped without being tagged.
The look he got in reply paralyzed the
whole left side of him. Free
Press.
-Judge-"You must not waste SO
much time in reiteration. That's the
eleventh time you have explained that
point to the jury" Attorney-"Your
honor will please observe the jury con-
tains twelve men. Omaha World.
"A mechanician of Danzig has con-
structed hand fog-horn that may be
heard ten miles. With second horn
of lower pitch to mark the divisions
between letters, whole sentences can
be clearly transmitted by the Morse or
other code of signals. "
Young Softleie Ito Miss Brightly,
who lives over the way)-"Aw-is that
parwot you have ovah at youah
house-that bihd that makes such a
clattahp" Miss Brightly-'O. yes,
and such a clever parrot it is. You
two should be better acquainted; you
would so enjoy each others converse
tion. America.
ibid you attend Mr.. Browns fu-
neral yesterday, Mrs. BruceP" "Yes,
and it was the saddest one ever saw.
Mrs. Brown was frantic. She would
have leaped into the grave if they
hadn't caught her." She'll be mar
ried inside of six months. l never
knew it to fail with woman like
that. Chicago Herald.
1t is interesting to trace the evolu-
tion of words and expressions. Culti-
waited people say: GLOW do you dop"
Those who are less precise say: "How-
dydoP" In the backwoods of Tennessee
they say: "Howdyp" The noble red
man of the West says: "Howp" while
the cat on the fence says: "Ow."--Chi-
cago Times.
"A well-known physician and an
architect were busy the other morning
measuring lot of land when an old
resident of the street happened to
come along. "Who is that doing the
measuring thereP" asked the citizen.
"The architect" replied the doctor
sis that SOP" replied the resident,
dryly; 81 thought the undertaken did
all of your measuring!'
"A lady customer, after taking an
unconscionably long time to inspect
sour spring novelties" returns once
more to the very first material that tho
patient shopman has unrolled. I'll
this one is quite the fashion," she be-
gins, when the young man interrupts
her: "Madame, it was quite the very
latest fashion when you first looked at
it, but, really, l couldn't answer for it
now. Paris Figaro.
Who is that man over thereP"
asked travelling man of the police
man in a-railway station. "Sh- don't
bother him. He's detective" "Why,
he ism doing any thing; only reading
the newspaper" Il know it." "Well,
then, why are you SO careful not to
disturb himp" "Why, he's looking for
clue to the last murder case. ."-Mer-
chant Traveller.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-22
BEAUTIFUL CUBA.
Colonel Inaersoll EIoquently Calls 1t the
Smile OF the sea.


Nearly four centuries ago Columbus
the adventurous, in the blessed island
o. Cuba, saw happy people with rolled
leaves between their lips. Above their
heads were little clouds of smoke.
Their faces were serene, and in their
eyes were the autumnal heaven of con-
tent. These people were kind, inno-
cent, gentle and loving.
The climate of Cuba is the friendship
of the earth and the air, and of this
climate the sacred leaves were born
the leaves that breed in the mind of
him who uses them the cloudless, hap
py days in which they grew.
These leaves make friends and cele-
brate with gentle rites the VOWS OF
peace. They have given consolation
to the world. They are the companions
of the lonely, the friends of the i'm
prisoned. OF the exiled, of workers in
mines, OF felIers of forests, OF sailors on
the desolate seas; they are the givers
OF strength and calm to the veXed and
wearied minds of those who build with
thought and dream the temples Of the
soul.
They tell of hope and rest. They
smooth the wrinkled brows Of care
drive fears and strange misshapen
breads from out the mind and fill the
heart with rest and peace. Within
their magic warp and woof some po-
tent, gracious spell imprisoned lies,
that when released by fire, doth softly
steal within the fortress OF the brain
and bind in sleep the captured sem
tinels OF care and grief.
These leaves are the friends OF the
freside. and their smoke, like incense,
rises from myriads of happy homes.
Cuoa is the smile OF the scar. G..
Ingersoll. in Albany Argus.
ALI who are engaged in butter
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-22

ALI who are engaged in butter
making should strip the cows clean, as
the strippings contain from twenty
five to thirty per cent. cream. II milk
is left in the cows bags to dry away
there will be Jumps in the teats.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-15
Bogus Antique Furniture.
From the Boston Advertiser

CIOm lue DOSIOu ADVERTISER.
An old furniture repairer said the
other day that at least three-quarters of
the alleged antique furniture for which
wealthy people pay fabulous prices is
bogus. GLOW are they made ?" says he.
"When an old building at the North
End is torn down there Is always a good
demand for the ancient oak timbers and
sheathing. They are sound, well-sea-
soned and Enthusiastically old. This lum-
Der makes up into excellent antique fur
niture. Those who make it are cunning
workmen, and they all know how to APP
ply chemicals which have the effect of
..'aging" the completed article 80 that it
is difficult even for an expert to detect
the fraud. But these clever cabinet
makers are not always scrupulous
enough to have their claw.footed chairs.
cabinets and SO forth made of old wood.
but work up fresh young maple or oak,
and stain or color it in such a way that
YOU will believe the article a century
old. Some of the purchasers of these
wonder why they snap and crack as
they stand In their rooms. OF course.
they wouldn't do tiff they were genuine
antiques. BY and by the veneering
scales of or the joints draw apart, and
the thing is brought to me for repairs.
| always know when / see one of these
antiques coming In that some one has
beer paying too much for "a WHISTLE"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-15
An Unexplained Occurrence.
From the Religio- Philosophical Journal.

From the Religio- Philosophical Journal
l venture to send you a description of
a curious phenomenon which l hope
you or some of your contributors may
be able to explain. / have no idea of
its nature. l am a S~piritualist, accus-
toned to many strange things, but can
not account for this.
One bright, sunshiny morning IaWoke
at all unusually early hour. NY hus-
band was asleep by my side. The chill
dren, two boys, aged 8 and 10 respec-
lively, sleep in an adjoining room.
which has a communicating door. The
children, upon awakening, began talk
ing and playing in bed, when all of a
sudden there was an explosion rs loud
as the report of a pistol in the chill
dren's room. They screamed, and my
husband, awakened by the noise,
sprang up and ran into the room. The
boys were both frightened at the noise,
ard one Of them declared that he saw q
ball run along the floor and burst.
There was no explosive of any kind
whatever in the room at the time; there
was no electrical or other meteorologi-
cal state of the weather that | can inn
apine, and besides the disturbance was
certainly within the children's room.
The noise was enough to startle me,
frighten the children and awaken a
sleeper, and it was accompanied by q
visible phenomenon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-15
The Gear and the GYPSY.

The Gar of Russia had his fortune
told some twenty years ago by a Gypsy
woman whom he met by accident while
out shooting. The gypsy, totally una
ware of her clients exalted rank. the
was then heir apparently. examined the
palm Of his hand and p~lophesied many
things to him-among others, that he
would not outlive his 46th birthday. 1t
IS stated that allsher other forecasts have
been realized, one after another, great
ly to the disquietude of Alexander Alex
androvich, who is VIGOROUSLY supersti-
tious. The Gar entered upon his 10th
year on the 10th ult., and has appeared
TO suffer from a more than usually Sc
we're depression of spirits since his
birthday anniversary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-15
NDE THE

BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Her hands are cold, her face is white:
No more her pulses come and go;
Her eyes are shut to lie and light:
Fold the light vesture, snow on snow;
And lay her where the violets blow.
But not beneath a craven stone,
To plead for tears with alien eyes;
A slender cross of wood alone
Shall say that here o maiden lies
In peace beneath the peaceful skies.
And gray old trees of hugest limb
shall wheel their circling shadows round
To make the scorching sunlight dim
That drinks the nj from the ground,
And drop their dead leaves OH the mound
For her the morning choir shall sing
Its mathis from the branches high,
nd every minstrel voice of spring
That thrills beneath the April SKY
Shall greet her with its earliest cry.
AT last TIE rootlets of the trees
Shall find the prison where she lies,
And bear the buried dust they seize
In leaves and blossoms to the skies
So may the soul that warns 1t rise.
If any, born of kindlier blood,
Should ask: "What maiden lies below ~
Say only this: "A tender bud
That tried to blossom in the snow
Lies Withered where the violets blow"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-15
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
Only a While.

Ouly % WulIes
Only a little while to work,
And a long, long time 10 rest;
Then drive the loud from the aching brow
The sigh from the troubled breast.
Only a while to watch and pray,
And q long, long time to praise;
Our God, the Father knoweth best
Then question not His ways.
Only a very little while,
As short asthe going down
Of the setting sun, to meekly bear
The cross AID the thorny crown.
Only a little while to sow,
And a long, long time TO reap:
Let's sow in faith with an open hand,
And tares from the good seed keep.
Only a little while to lose
And a long, long time to find
The jewels death has robbed us Of
The friends we will leave behind
Only a while to trim our lamps.
Ere the bridegroom passelh by;
Then fill them we'll with the oil of life,
Let the flame rise pure and high.
Only q little while-what matters it
II our life be short or long?
If we only sing II few short notes
Or the whole of the changing song?
Only a while our barks must DRIFT
To'ard the misty 1sle OF Tears
Where the pirate. Time, has buried deep
Lost hopes of the by-gone years.
Only a while these barks are borne
On the swell of sorrows waves,
By the stranded joys of other days,
By a shore OF grassy graves.
Only a while they'll struggle on,
Mid the darkness and the strife;
Then God will drop their anchor deep
In the quiet sea Ollie.
Pearl Rivers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-15
. Mower.

Probably seventy-fve to ninety per
cent. of the employees on farms are not
competent to operate a moving ma
chine. 1t is usually considered that the
1O-year-old boy, or the old woman can
do just as well on a mower as a more
competent person. If the same logic be
applied to other occupations, why not
make the conductor of the passenger
train the engineer? How long would it
be before the undiscovered loss of a
burr would cause two hours delay or
perhaps a week. 1t is just 30 in rum
ming a mower. Put your best man, or
a man familiar with machinery, to oper-
ate it. He may save you 500 before you
are through with haying. 1t is not to
be wondered that some farmers ara
compelled to buy q new mower every
three years. The way it is run and the
cheap oil used is enough reason.
Some advice or instruction may be
beneficial 20 a certain class of readers:
l. Buy the best refined castor oil,
such as druggists use for medical pur-
poses. 1t costs money, but Insist that
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-15
SAMUEL FRIES. residing near Stein

SAMUEL FRIES. residing near Stems
vile. Lehigh County, Pa. is happy in
the possession of a beard measuring 4
feet and 8 inches in l~ength-the same
extending considerably below his
knees. He is a man II years of age,
well built, weighing 235 pounds, and
has been c~ultlvating his whisker crop
for % years straight along with a success
that probably stands unsurpassed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-15
R~oBrSsoN-"I must take O to see i

R~oBINsoN-"I must take you to see my
friend, the editor of the Times. He's a
great man, but the most affable, conde-
scending person you ever met. later
lis Mr.. Mightypen. the editor-in-
chief, in? Editorial factotum-'Yes,
sir; but he's too stuck-up to see any
body. A quart bottle OF mucilage fell
on his head about three minutes ago."
-BurIin0ton Free Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-15
Good Pastures

OOOO PASTURES.
The neglected portion of the farm ia
generally the pasture. 1t is selected
for keeping animals during the warmer
months of the year because the soil is
so poor that it will produce little ex-
cept grass. In many cases the land
was devoted to producing grain till it
failed to afford paying crops. AS a last
resort it was given ove to grazing pur-
poses. The grasses that grow on it are
only those that will thrive under diff
culties. They have to contend with
weeds and bushes for the possession of
the soil. In their contest they receive
no help from the farmer.
Soil should be prepared for a pasture
as it is for q meadow or q field that is to
produce grain. It should be pulver-
lied, drained and made moderately
rich. It should be seeded to the kinds
of grass that grow thickly and afford
sweetand tender food during several
months. Pastures should produce sew
eral kinds of grass, so that stock can
have a variety of food. If portions of
the pastare become unproductive the
seeded. Pains should De taken to pre-
vent moss, weeds and bushes from oc-
copying any of the grounds. The drop
pings of cattle should be broken up and
scattered at least once every season.
Every pasture should be well sup
piled with shade. If it contains no
trees, a considerable number Of those
that afford good shade should be plant
ed out. Cattle, sheep and horses need
protection from the sun as we'll as from
the wind, snow and rain. They are liza
BILE to suffer as much from heat as from
cold. Protection from the sun costs
very little. A hundred Seeding trees
can be bought for a small sum, and if
carefully planted and cultivated will
make a large growth in a few years. If
planted in clumps they can be protect
ed by means OF a fence made of stakes
and barbed wire.
Every pasture should be well sup
piled with shade. One watering trough
is not enough for a large pasture. Stock
should not be obliged to walk half a
mile in the hot sun in order to quench
their thurst. The comfort of animals
should be considered. If COWS are rest
less and uncomfortable they will give
but little milk. Steers will not gain in
flesh il they suffer heat and thirst.
Young animals of all kinds should be
rendered as comfortable as possible.
Their value il largely determined by the
growth they make the first summer
they are weaned.- Western World.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-15
Pamnas Grasses.

Pampas grasses have been cultivated
for ornament in gardens for many
years, but until 1872 the plumes we're
not saved, and not until the fall of 1874
did the plumes become a commercial
product, and their production a regular
industry for profit. In that year it was
discovered that by pulling them out
and laying them in the sun some of the
plumes would fluff up and others
would hang heavily, and when shaken
fall to pieces. The latter were discov-
cred to be the male plants, and the
plumes OF this sex to be worthless. The
cultivation of the female plant, there
fore, was begun, and whenever a salts
factory one was secured it was propa-
gated by division Of the roots, and the
chief seat of the industry is in the
neighborhood of Santa Barbara, Cali
fornia, where a single iarmer-Jo-
seph Sexton-produces as many as l5O.-
0OU plumes per year, or about one-sixth
Of the entire product of the valley.
The plumes are cut IRON the plant
when a few inches out OF the sheath.
They are then husked and laid on the
ground to dry. The drying process re-
quires some sixty hours, during which
time they should be shaken and turned
over once each day, On the third day
after being laid out to dry they are
prcked away in buildings. So that the
stems can dry for ten days, when they
are ready to pack in oxe for market.
They find ready sale in all parts of the
world.
In planting the Pampas they are ar
ranged in rows from ten to sixteen feet
broad, and the greatest number of
plumes is yielded from plants about two
years old, when a single plant yields
from eighty to one hundred and fifty
plumes. After the second year the
yield decreases.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23
Ncspcrs.
EIlfn RlLr1,lliil


The robins call me sweet and shrll
Come out and fare aiield;
The sun ras neared tho western hill, 'N ..-.
Tho shadows slip down sure and still,
But in our meadow wide and wet
There's half an hour of sunset yet;
Come down, come downp' Who would
not yield!
Across the road and through the lane
Where buttercups grow tall and bright,
With daisies washed in last nights rain
Beyond the open bars gain
An angle of the rude rail fence,
A perfect coigre of vantage, whence
Wheat field and pasture stretch in
sight.
The cows, with stumbling tread and slow,
One after one come struggling by,
And many yellow head falls low,
And many dasys scattered snow,
Where the unheeding footsteps pass,
Is crushed and blackened in the grass,
With brier and rue that trampled lie.
Sweet sounds with sweeter blend and strive
In its white prime of blossoming
Each wayside Derrybush, alive
With myriad bees, huns like u hive;
The frogs are loud in ditch and pool,
And songs unlearned of court or school
Junes troubadours all around me sing.
Somewhere beneath the meadows vail
The peweeS Droodlug notes begin
The sparroWs cAirp drom rail to rail:
Above the bickerin IsS 9'alloWS sail,
Or skim the greea halI-tusseied wheat
With plaintive cry; and at my feet
cricket tunes its mandolin
High perched, a master minstrel proud,
The red-winged blachbird pipes and calls,
One moment jubilanS and loud,
The next, to sudden silence vowed,
Seeks cover in the marsh below,
Soft winds along the ruSheS blow,
And like u whisper twilight falls.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23

thing was ripe for the last touch OF Gu
pid's wand, when n sad accident befell
the young lady.
While hurrying to the Office along
Fourth avenue one day she passed un-
der line Of telegraph poles, where
some work was going on. A lineman
lost his balance and fell upon her,
crushing her to the sidewalk and se-
verely injuring her. The young lady
was hurriedly carried into drug store
next TO Mr.. Ponds Office, and was after
wards conveyed home. She didn't lack
for attention. Besides the care OF
kindly parents, she was carefully
watched over by the major. His anx-
iety for her welfare betrayed his secret,
IL it had not already been betrayed be-
fore.
1t was shortly after this incident that
they became engaged. After this the
courtship was not long. One day, as
secretly as possible, the major stole
away from his Office without telling his
friends where he was going, and. after
arraying himself in wedding costume,
was driven to the homo Of his BRIDES
parents in Hoboken, where he was
quietly married.
AS n young man Grover Cleveland
was extremely fond of children. In tho
in Buffalo the walls were covered with
photographs of bright and beautiful
babes. He was particularly Interested
in the pretty little daughter of his part
ner and closest friend, Oscar Folsom,
aud it is said that a portrait of the lovely
child at five years old, arrayod in
white dress with big blue sash, he d
the place OF honor in his collection.
When Oscar Folsom died he made
Cleveland co-trustee with Mrs. Folsom
of their only child. and true to his trust,
Cleveland watched over the rearing and
education of the girl with the tenderest
soliCitudc.
As the child grew to womanhood the
bonds of affection drew the girl and her
guardian closer, and finally strength
ened into the bonds Of love.
An old schoolmate OF Mrs. Cleveland
tells the tale OF Cleveland's proposal.
When little Frances was eight years old
she was sitting on "Uncle Growers lap
one day entertaining him with childish
prattle of what she should do wher she
grew up into "a big lady" 1t was about
the time of Nellie Grants marriage in
the white house, which had formed a
topic of family talk.
'I'm going TO have a nice white satin
dress ana get married in the white
house. too" she lisped.
But l thought you were going TO
marry me, and [ should wait for you,"
laughlngly returned Mr.. Cleveland.
''Of course it will be you, for you viii
grow up to be president then," said the
child, knowingly.
When Cleveland was elected Mrs.
Folsom and her daughter were prepar-
ing to go to Europe, and on calling to
say goodbye MIR. Cleveland claimed
from Miss Folsom the fuliilment, on her
return, OF the promise made when
the bargain, and she had only to fulfil
hers and become white house bride.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23
HONEY FOR THE LADIES.


Moonstone iewelry is in high vogue
Elaboration and simplicity are carried to
extremes in fashionable gown ing this season.
The dressmakers who are busy with pretty
suits of every descrlpt;ou for outdoor wear
are giving unusual attention TO the skirts of
eInuire gowns shapinc draining and hang.
ing them with great care
There is a great Gisplav of individual
fancy in The matter of sleeves this season
Each modiste claims Il numDcr OF artistic
models as her own-therefore the great va
riety H.
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Althoush liie.e rs 10 literaIlS S no emu 10 tue
VarieCy oi peauUii ! 49, SUMNER uIess iaprlcS,
anu nIsnousl S nay lns MANY 'etS loVeiy rivais M
stI keens II in the Se;%ht of facnionabe Il, aII
f,,ar " "
".
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eauin aiS ,S ievoiite s'ot'S VII "eattnS uoWa'
sSis. ihese ale uiapSa WIN ciepc uc Cnine,
also III oSster-sneAl Wnlte' Whlch new shaue
nala . d Eietii.niS si.sei aEIay tinV Win ho
crea" Whatever III us renectlohs'
Very ladylike and dainty costumes for
summer are shown, made of handsome
quality OF beneailhe or snTuH' Inquired with
sinai ueNices oseL giounas OF gray, AMBER
lerraGoICa, slra"oe~ry, reseoa, paie ohVe,
ana olu rose
Great ingenuity IS displayed in forming
the picturesque hat OF green and brown
rushes. AS tney are sHapad by guess,'' no
WV suoo ai4hS' ~ WIZ 1Oduudtici 10
used in their constructiyn, sothey are turned
and bent at Will
The rev fancy straw head coverings show
all sorts of fancy designs In many of the
bonnets and round hats they are arranged In
what is known us ''row aad row. braids,
these showing very chic ana pretty effects ln
color and device.
Flower to,lets are very nonular abroad
nonny ia illustrated by nne inst hro,,obt
over The top of the skirt, and the whole of
the front, is covered with very large poppv
petals, simulated in eated crinckled red
silk of the exact tint OF the flower. The full
back is of poppy colored tulle. A rose gown
is very lovely, showing q combination of res.
eda velyet and pinl, silk tulle.
Mra Alma.Tadema IL ia said tool, tho
noIn, at the recent drawing roon, in the s "ry
and science of tho devising ot a reaiIv novel
and heoutifnI cont Gown Hcr dress rvos
Golden colo, win ennire faatnre the mot,i
Goat nf ,vbit,e irene do Chine emhroigerad
most exni,isItivaiy Instead of the usual
iewel,ed ornaments she wore 81 heantifni
nnclslace of fine cold manv wards in Ianoth
,yonnS ronnd and ronnS ber fair ssatsiu'
throat N A' -"-'' ''A''''
Tho root Uro,oh t,r,s, ,v;,t ,,roa o,,,,..
Ing heav rtenon tWise WIN ree'eien,s