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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-09
FIGS AS FOOD.
The Most Nutritious OF All Fruits Except
tho Olive.
cr'at.


tho Olive.
One of the Persian kings caused the
celebrated Attic figs to be set before
him whenever he dined, for one reason,
to remind him that the land whore
they grew was not yet his, and that. in
stead of receiving the fruit as tribute,
he was obliged to buy it from abroad |;
and, for another, that it was not only
the emblem of health, but the most
wholesome fruit grown. The fig is
now pretty well known to be, especially
at certain seasons, almost the common
food of the Italian people; and for
months they may be said to live en-.
tirely upon it. AS DR.. Nichols says,
it is not only possible for man to live
upon figs, but sitting under his own
vine and fig tree, man has plenty OF
food and no landlord. When eaten
fresh the fig is medicine as well as
food; and they who eat freely need no
potions and no aperients. Full OF nu-
triton and all those properties that
make it valuable us an article OF diet,
we are confident that the fig will take
prominent position in the estimation
OF all who work for and believe in food
reform. For myself, l would simply
add that. again and again, without
liquid OF any kind, the luscious green
fig. eaten with whole-meal bread, has
formed dish at once simple but rich,
and like the Spaniard's salad, fit for a
king. The fig is not only very popular,
but it Is the most ancient fruit we cul-
tivate. In many countries the failure
of this crop also means starvation and
famine. Travellers in Asia Minor and
southern Europe provide themselves
with figs and olives as provisions for
long journeys, and not only live, but
grow fat on the diet. The fig has more
medicinal properties and more nutri-
ment than any other fruit with the ex-
ception OF the olive. Interior.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-09
Crimes North and South.

II is a singular fact that from the av-
erage Northern standpoint lawlessness
occurring in the West and Northwest
is never attributed to party spirit or
to party influence. Murders, lynch
ings, mob law, terrorism and every
conceivable form of outlawry in the
Western and North western States and
Territories are complacently set down
as wild westernisms, the natural out
growth of new and semi barbarou
society, which excuses are always at
hand for such manifestations of disor-
der and crime. The country in which
they occur is nearly always spoken Of
as new" and tough" Better things
are looked for by and by, when society
shall have been fully organized and
law shall have been established in all
its strength. The region of Arkansas
in which Clayton was killed is, in the
same sense, ''new" and ''tough. ="
Some of its people are not unlike the
Western desperado. The shotgun and
the revolver settle most of the dis
putes there, as they do in many Sec
tions of Dakota, Montana, Wyoming,
Colorado and Idaho. Crime in that
section of Arkansas is no more Demo-
cratic than crime in some of the
Northwestern Territories named is Re-
publican. Efforts to prove to the
contrary will not be successful, Chi
cago Herald
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-09
GROVER CLEVELAND.


BY REPUBLICAN,.
During those dark and gloomy days my thought
Often was with him. While the air
Itself seemed heavy charged, Us IL 1t caught
Infection by suspense, my chiefest care
Was not for him TO whom my vote was cast,
But for the fearless man of right,
Sitting, perhaps, alone with all his past
Spread out before that searching con
science.light
Whence nothing can escape his pcnetrat
ing sight.
oh unto me this thing they call defeat
Is rather victory-added proof
That never duty's call he failed to meet;
And II some thousands socalled friends
aloof
Stood on the fateful day, the shame
Went with them. Reckon not rs lost
An office that corruptions name
Alone could hold for him, at such a cost
Fame's threshold had been better never
crossed.
Insult and fiattcry have alike in vain
Leveled their poisoned shafts against his
breast;
In vain self-intercst knocked there, and the
gain
Has been his country's: we have taken his
best.
In common fairness let 1t now be said
That faithfully his duty has been done;
Brave, honest, upright; heart and head
Well-balanced; just TO all and one;
His course with highest honor has been
run.
An adversary's praise is no unmeaning thing,
And truth has always its peculiar ring;
Whate'er the sound of this poor song may be,
Convinced am l, from party-feeling free,
Only of his successor would ask
" BE thou as true as C2eDstand 10 hhy tdSk''
-Chlcnuo America.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-09
IMPORTED PREACHERS.
a Comparison of the American and the II
glish PuIpits.


Comparing the pulpit of the two ma
tions intellectually, we need not fear
the verdict, although England has a
multitude of grand preachers, while
the Scotch and Irish pulpits enjoy a
worldwide renown. A well-known
English clergyman has lately asserted
| that there can be no doubt that the
pulpit of the United States is more ably
filed, taking it all in all, than is the
pulpit of the United Kingdom. We
may well doubt so generous an asser-
ton, for many of the British clergy
who visit here easily convince us how
much we gain by studying their
methods Their familiarity with the
ipsiSStnsa Uerba of the Bible is amazing;
and the chief charm and strength of
their preaching is that, basing it so en-
tirely upon Holy Writ. they yet adorn
the exposition of the text with such a
wealth of illustration and with so much
earnestness and sound judgment rs to
lead captive both heart and head in
the listener. This seems to be the ex-
PLANTATION of the fact that so many pull
pits in New York and in other seaboard
cities are occupied by British clergy
men. We must find in them some
thing which we miss in most of our
own clergy. The fact is not so dis
creditable to us as it appears upon the
surface 1t certainly bears witness to
the absence here OF Il certain provin-
cial narrowness which refuses to vel
come truth or power unless dressed in
native garb. And VIC must not for
get that these clergy referred to are
picked men, who would be successful
anywhere and in almost any profess
sion, for there are hundreds OF British
clergy in America filling obscure pull
pits and utterly unknown. And again,
such able men come to us from land
where, as already shown, the tempta-
tions for clever young men to enter
business life are not as great as here,
and where Cat least in the Church OF
England) many gifted clergymen who
do not happen to command influence
or patronage are free TO look elsewhere
for appreciation and usefulness. Our
are wise to do so. They come also, as
refreshing and stimulating influence to
our American clergy. Nor have we
any reason TO doubt, from their own
confession, that they are conscious OF
receiving as well as giving in their in
tercourse with our pastors, And we
have reason to feel satisfaction at hear
ing the testimony lately offered by one
of the most eminent among them, who
said on public platform: ii honestly
declare that never met with II COM
pany of ministers like the clergy of all
denominations in New York, especially
for this, that they have no jealousies
and no rivalries among them. They
stand shoulder TO shoulder for the
truth on all occasions, have confidence
in each other, rejoice in a brothers
prosperity, and are ever ready to stand
round each other in trouble. Arch
deacon Mackay-Smith, in Harper
Magazine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-09
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

john Chinamau has no reason
to complain of the inequalities of the
tariff. joss sticks are on the free list;
Bibles pay duty of twenty-five per
cent. Chicago Leader.
If Elijah Halford, the Winsome
Whistler of the Wabash, makes as
good private secretary as Daniel S.
Lamont, he will be second best private
secretary on record.-Utica Observer.
-" Leave us alone" and we, the
people of the South, will work out our
destiny in peace and justice to all men.
Leave us alone" 1t is the watch
word of local elf-government- Rich
mond State.
"A Mr.. St John is now booked
as the next British Minister to this
country. This will be rather unpleas-
ant for Secretary Blaine, who will have
to receive him. The name has dis
agreeable associations for the Maine
man, dating back to 1884 Boston
Globe.
History will count the Cleve-
land Administration as honest, patri-
otto and remarkably industrious. The
country is the better for it, and the
country will more and more clearly
recognize the fact as the years go on.
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser
Men engaged in the business of
canning vegetables, meats, etc, are at
last awakening to the fact that the
Senate bill by more than doubling the
tax upon the tin plates they use will
greatly injure their business. A pc
tition is being circulated through the
country protesting against this in
creased and unnecessary tax. Albany
On. W Argus.
The number of worlSlng-men
who believe that high tariff is detri-
mental to their interest has been
swelled considerably since the 9th of
November last. The promise made
previous to that time that the defeat
of President Cleveland would increase
the compensation of the working-men
and infuse new life into industrial es-
adjustments seems to have been an
empty one. The reductions of wages
and the idle workshops have put the
stamp of fasehood on it--Harrisburg
Pa.) Patriot.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-09

As a bribe to the iron and steel
syndicates and trusts. the rate of tax
alton on metals and articles of metal,
though it is already excessive, is to be
increased ID per cent. On some
articles in the schedule, as on cotton
ties, the proposed increase is from 100
to 800 per cent. over present rates of
tariff taxation.
No more audacious demand on the
patience of people was ever made
than is made in this Republican
measure, drawn and offered for
adoption by the Republicans of the
Senate in disregard of the constitution
and in usurpation OF the powers re-
served by the constitution to the
House. Some such measure will pass
the next Congress and then the issue
will be ready for settlement. 1t is be-
tween plutocratic government for
plutocrats and free government for
free men. The Communism of
Wealth forces the issue, and it will
be forced to abide the result.
Louis Republic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-09
INCREASING TAXES.

Tho Republican Scheme of Decreasing tho
Revenue by Raising the Tariff.
The official analysis of the Senate
substitute for the Mills bill shows how
the Republicans have aimed to decrease
the revenue by raising the taxes. In
the sugar schedule where 80 of every
$40 paid in taxes are for revenue, the
ad valorem tax has been reduced from
76.91 to 40.37, and in chemical prod
ucts, wood and earthen-ware there
has been u reduction not averaging
over 2 per cent. in the ad valorem
rates.
In all other schedules the ad valorem
rates have been increased by making
the tax specific. The following table
from the report of the Treasury experts
shows the proposed increase in the
average ad valorem rates of tariff tax
alton:
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-09
Mr.. Edgerton's Silly Letter.

The "kick" of ex-Commissione
Edgerton is precisely what was to-
have been expected. During his eu-
tire occupancy of place on the Civil
Service Commission he was the round
man in a square hole. He never had
any real sympathy with the reform it
was his official duty to promote. and
the most earnest speeches he ever
made concerning it were in ridlcule Of
it Measuring it by his own narrow
estimate he believed the whole system
to be a farce, and it is doubtful if he
ever gave President Qe leland credit
for any real faith in the plan or any
honesty of intention in carrying it out.
Naturally, therefore, he is bitter
over the discovery that the President
was in earnest Detroit FREQ Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-09
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


-Four negatives we're recently taken
OF cannon ball that occupied only
one-third of second in passing given
space.
The tensile strength and elastic
limit of certain classes of iron increase
during rest after stress beyond the
elastic limit.
Experiments carried on at Astra-
kan show that the culture of the silk
worm could be carried on as far north
as the mouth of the Volga.
Prof. Riley, the entomologist, has
discovered an insect which preys upon
boots and shoes. 1t can be destroyed
by vapor of bisulphide of carbon.
-"Sperrylite," a new discovery, is
said to be the first mineral yet found
containing platinum rs an important
constituent other than the natural al
loys with various metals of the platinum
group.
When nearest TO the earth the
planet Mars is about 36.000,000 miles
away, q distance (which is, says Prof.
Young, in Popular Science News,
"about $50 times that of the moon, and
a century's journey for a celestial
limited running forty miles an hour,
without stops"
Brick is, as ever, the favorite build
ing material. A trade paper says:
"There is no material that can be used
for construction equal to brick. Every
brick bears its own weight. Bricks
have already passed the fiery ordeal
before they are used in buildings, and
are tempered"
In the new method for obtaining
gas for balloons the hydrogen is gotten
by heating slaked lime and powdered
zinc, to be inclosed in tho cartridges
for safe transportation; by heating this
cartridge in an apparatus provided for
the purpose, hydrogen gas is obtained
in sufficient quantities to initiate an or
dinary military balloon in three hours.
"A Swedish scientist claims to have
discovered the secret of artiiicially pet
rifying wood, by which means he be-
lieves edifices may be built of wood
and converted into stone. AT present
the cost is about $500 per cubic inch,
so that the discovery does not promise
an immediate revolution in building.
Thomas A. Edison says he is now
experimenting on an invention where
by electricity would be produced direct
from coal, dispensing with boilers, en-
gines, dynamos. etc. Besides, he said.
this would use nearly the entire heat
of coal, instead of only about five per
cent, as done by the present system of
burning.
"A still body of water at tempera-
ture of from 75 degrees to so de-
grees, which is about the ordinary
summer temperature, will evaporate
about three-cights of an inch in "a
hours if there be no wind. With the
wind blowing at 90 miles an hour the
evaporation will be about an inch.
The amount will vary considerably
with the variations in moisture of the
air.
The application of electricity to
tho production of brilliant effects on
the dramatic and operate stage opens
new era in scenic representation.
The sun, moon and stars, clouds, hail.
rain and snow, sandstorms OF the des-
ert, flower gardens, fre-nies and al
most everything involving color, light
or shade, are represented with Il veri-
similitude which has never before been
equalled.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-09

STRIKERS at Brooklyn, N. Y, arrested
for eau sing the death of man because he
refused to strike, but exonerated by the
coroner's jury, have been rearrested ON a
charge of manslaughter in the second de-
gree.
diana, has been decorated by the Emperor
of Japan with tho Order of the Rising Sun.
Genera Williams was at ono time United
States Minister to Japan, and later organ
lied a .inan cial system for that country.
JOHN RUHL of Philadelphia, an ex-
councilman, has been sentenced to three
years. Imprisonment for embezzlement
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-09
How to Spoil a Child.

1. Begin young, by giving him
whatever he cries for. 9. Talk freely
before him of his great cleverncss.
3. Tell him he is too much for you
that you can do nothing with him.
4. Let him learn toresard his father as
IL creature of unlimited power, capri
cious and tyrannical or mere whip
ping machine. 5. Let him learn 1rom
fathers example) to despise his
mother. 6. Do not care who or what
his companions may be. z. Let him
read stories about pirates, Indian
fighters, and SO on. s. Let him roam
the streets in the evening, and go to
bed late. 8. Devote yourself to MAX
ing money, remembering always that
wealth is II better legacy for your child
than principles in the heart and habits
in the life, and let him have plenty of
money to pend.-Christian at Work.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-09

DR.. Rutgers, OF England, after an
extended series OF dietetic experiments,
declares that a vegetable diet can
easily be lived on, and that vegetable
albumen is, weight for weight, equal
to animal albumen.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-09

tary and treasurer and required TO give
bonds for tour thousand dollars, as
security to the patrons for the money
of the sales of said cheese. Messrs.
BENZ. Clark and JAS. Cheeseman at
once volunteered to be Mr.. Minis bonds
men which was agreed TO, Mr.. Minis
to deposit the money in the bank at
Brockway Centre and give checks to
the patrons each month for the amount
due them as the shipments were made
There was also an advisory committee
appointed TO advise Mr.. Minis on any
matter concerning the interests of the
factory at any time he might require
their advice, consisting of Messrs. j.
Johnson, j. Carless and j. Sterling.
Messrs. John IIoughton and w. j..
Morgan were appointed auditors. Mr..
Symington, at the request of Mr.. Minis,
gave the factory name. lie said it
would be known hereafter in the Lon
don cheese market and everywhere
else as Laurel Bank Cheese Factory.
Three cheers were then given for the
new factory and vote of thanks given
to Mr.. Symington for his address and
to the chairman and secretary for the
manner in which they had discharged
their duty, after which the meeting
| dispersed.
The factory is a commodious build
ing 70x3O feet with stone foundation
and cellar erected on rising ground
four miles from BrockwaY Centre and
starts under every favorable auspices,
as Mr.. Minis comes here highly recon-
mended as first-class cheese-maker
as well as being qualified as a business
man of honesty and integrity in whom
perfect confidence may be placed. The
factory starts on the 18th inst.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-09
ORDER.

State oTNIiehigan, County of ST. Ciair, ss.
At session 0f the Probate Court f0f said Coun-
tv of St Clarified ut the Probate Office in the
Cityof Fort Huron, on tie 18th day of April in
the yeaIsone thousand eight hundred and eighty
nine.
Present. John L. Black. Judge OF Probate
In tire matter of tho estate OF William T..
Townsend, deceased
On reading and filing the petition of Nathaniel
Townsend. praying the residue OF the estate be-
longing to said deceaSe at the time OF his death
may De assigned to the heirs according TO their
legal proportion.
II is ordered that Monday the goth day of
Man, 1889, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, at
said. Probate Office, lie appointed for hearing
thereof.
That n copy Of this, order be published three
successive weeks previous To- said day of hearing
i'm the WEEKLY EXPOSITOR n newspaper
urinted and circulating i'm said county of st.
CRair. JOHN l.. BLACK,
"a true copy.) Judge of Probate
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-09

the Threshing Machines then
in use were almost wholly of
the class known as the Endless
Apron" style. Then it was that
Nichols & Shepard, of Battle
Greek, Mich. ,inventedandbegan
to develop an entirely new and
novel style of Grain Thresher and
Separator, which theyveryappro
priately named the "Vibrator."
1t was revolution in Thresh-
ing Machines, and from a small
beginning of FIVE machines in
1858 they soon reached a pro-
duct of 1000 yearly.
Their Vibrator drove the End
less Apron" machine out of mar
ket, and all other makers copied
it as closely as they dared. To-
day all Threshing Machines of
any reputation or merit use the
principles of the old Vibrator.
Nichols & Shepard have con-
tinued in the business without
change of name, location, or
management; and during the
past three years have brought
out and developed another new
Threshing Machine for grain and
seeds, as superior to all existing
machines as their former was, to
the Endless Apron They name
this new and improved Thresher
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-09
100 Ladies Wanted.

And 100 men TO call on any druggist
for a free trial package of Lanes Fam
lily Medicine, the great root and herb
remedy. discovered by DIR. Silas Lane
while in the Rocky Mountains. For
diseases of the blood. liver and kidneys
it is positive cure. For constipation
and clearing up the complexion it does
wonders. Children like it. Everyone
praises it. Large size package, 90 cts.
Ut alN druggists.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-09
GEORGE BROOKS,

T0ns0rial a. tiSG2
BROCKWAY CENTRE, MICH.
If you want a frst-class Hair Cut, Shave,
Shampoo or Sea Foam don't fail to give him
call. Charges moderate.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-09
Cheese Factory Meeting.

A meeting of the Patrons of a. d.
Minis new cheese factory was held in
the factory on Wednesday, the first,
day of May. The meeting was well at
tended, a good many ladies being pres
ent, taking great interest in the pre-
ceedings. j. johnson was appointed
chairman and JAS. Sterling Sec'y. VIM
Symington and his partner Robt. jar
dine, owners Of two cheese factories in
Canada, were present, having come
over TO assist Mr.. Minis in organizing.
Mr.. Symington was introduced to che
audience and gave lengthy, interest
ing and profitable address on the cheese
factory business, in all its bearings,
having run it successfully for the past
ten years and with satisfaction to- his
patrons. lie gave much information
as to the handling and care of the milk
as indispensable to the producing of
frst-class cheese, illustrating the sub
iect with incidents in his own expert
ence. Mr.. Symington spoke very high
ly of Mr.. Minis, who he said had been
head cheese-maker in one of his fac
tories for nine years, and during the
whole period he had been shipping
regularly to England his cheese, which
had given the best of satisfaction. He
impressed upon the patrons the necess'
ity of giving the whole milk SO as tG
produce fine article of cheese. Mr.
Symington seems to think that ii they
wish to die happy and get to Mansions
in the Skies" they must keep back nc
stripping, they must refrain from tax
ing cream or going to the pump to in
crease the quantity of the milk tina
|. they sent to the factory. The address
was listened to with interest through
out, and many questions were aske'
E and answered, after which came TIN
factory business for the season. MI
Minis was appointed salesman, secre
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-09
DRoBATE ORDER.

State of Michigan, County of st. Clair. IS:
At a session of the Probate Court for said
County of st. Clair. held mt the Probate ONCE i'm
the city OF Port Huron, on the 18th day of
April, In the year one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-nne.
Present, John l.. Black, Judge of Probate
I'm the matter of the estate of Robert RiX,
deceased.
on reading and filing the petition of Mary
Riy widow Of said deceased, praying that com
missioners may be appointed to set of To her,
her dover interest In the real estate OF said
deceased.
IL is ordered, that Monday the goth day OF
MAY 1882 at ten o'clock In the forenoon, nj said
Probate once, be appointed for hearing thereof
That a copy OF this order be published three
successive weeks previous to said day OF hearing
I'm the WEEKLY EXPOSITION a newspaper
printed and circulating In said County OF st.
Clair.
JOHN L. BLACK,
a true Copy Judge of Probate.