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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-11
AMONG THE SIAMESE.
A Country Where Every Body Can Be-
come n Priest of Buddha.


come n Priest of Buddha.
Siam is the home of Buddhism, and
you find here at its capital Bangkok,
the purest of the Simon-pure article.
There are $4,000 Buddhist priests in
the city, and you see them everywhere.
They are of all ages from 16 to so, and
they go about with shaved heads and
yellow strips of cloth wound around
their half-naked bodies. Yellow was
the garb chosen by Buddha when he
went forth from his royal palace to beg
his way among men, and yellow was
the garb of thieves and criminals in
India. Buddha in taking it humbled
himself, and so it is supposed to be an
evidence of humility among the priests
of Siam to-day. They are far from
humble. however, and they strut about
with cigars or cigarettes in their
mouths or chewing the betel-nut. going
from door TO door and floating from
house to house after rice and presents.
Every morning these priests make a
tour of the city. The town is divided
up among them, and each has his rice
beat. The people bring the rice in
pots ready cooked and steaming TO the
front porches of their houses, and when
the priest comes along they fall upon
their knees, and raising their hands
as though praying, ask them to accept
the gift from them. The priests are
supposed to never ask and to go away
without making any objection If they
do not receive. They stand supercil-
iously as rule while the food is dished
out to them, and carry it away in a
round black pot, which they tuck under
their garment and carry upon their
hip. Every man in Siam at some time
during his life becomes u priest, and
the present King has twice served in
the priesthood. When man has done
any thing very wicked he goes into the
priesthood for IL certain number of
years TO cleanse himself and the mo-
ment he puts on yellow he is holy to
his family as we'll ms to all other out
siders, and mothers often bow down to
their boy sons who have gone into the
priesthood. One OF the European
NOls us viz ipi'Iccldlch tIlb )OWcT VI
the priests, and who is always doing
something TO curry favor with them,
called gang Of them into his parlor
the other day and treated them to wine,
cake and cigars. During the conver-
sation he noted that the face of one OF
them was familiar. and asked him
whore he had seen him. The priest
replied:
II have just entered the priesthood,
and l served as your boatman last
week"
The lowest and worst cody can be-
come II priest if he wishes to here in
Siam, and his priesthood is one OF the
simplest of ways OF getting rid CT an
incumbrance in the shape of vile.
The man who enters the church has
the right to divorce his wife, and when
he comes out at the end of few months
or year he can marry her again or
not as he pleaseS. People go into the
priesthood to get presents, and the
time has been when men have gone in,
served few years and come out rich.
F. G. Carpenter, in National Tribune.
Despite the talk about Smith being
such common name. those of Green,
White, Brown and Davis beat it in tho
United States by fifteen per cent.
Even John Is not as common as
joe
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-11
DEMOCRATIC JUSTICE.
An Example About Which Republican
Organs Have Nothing to Say.

An Example About Which Republican
Organs Have Nothing to Say.
1t has remained for the Democratic
State OF Arkansas to supply the only
example, save that set in two minor
cases in this city, of enforcing the
penalties of the law for crimes against
the suffrage.
In the court at Little Rock recently
man convicted of driving "a negro
from the polls in November, threaten
ing to shoot him ii he attempted to
vote, was sentenced to two years i'm.
prisonment. Another man convicted
of interfering unlawlully in the cleo
tion was fined $500. This is justice.
Any interference with the right of u
citizen to vote, by force or by threats,
is an oifense not only against individ-
ual rights but against the spirit of
republican institutions, and deserves
the severest punishment.
But the bribery OF voters is crime
equally heinous and more dangerous,
because more insidious and less likely
to be detected and resisted. Bribery
polsons the stream at its source. 1t
debaucheS voters while defeating the
popular will And yet when the in
citers and perpetrators of bribery have
been arraigned before Judge Woods
court at indianapolis the law has been
interposed, with strained and techni-
cal interpretations. to shield tho Of
tenders. Not one of all the guilty gang
has been punished in Indiana, or in
any other Northern State.
Arkansas has done well.-N. \.
World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-11
SOME CHOICE ADS.
A Collection of "wants" Whose Pub1icn
ton Didn't Cost u Cent

A Collection of "wants" Whose Publicn.
ton Didn't Cost Cent.
Wanted-A hostler. Must also be a
hustler.
Adams prcssman wanted. No Adams
expressmen need apply.
A butcher wanted. Second-rate
actors need make no application.
Wanted-A vice hand. Said hand
must not belong to party addicted to
any particular vice.
A young man would like job as
floor-wall1er. Can do seven miles an
hour when in training.
For Sale-A revolver, bowie knife
and fine head of hair. Reason for sell
ing. owner in reduced circum stances.
Address Cowboy.
A poor young man with an over
powering ambition to be President OF
the United States would like job
either as a canal-boat boy or at split
ting rails.
Wanted - Chain-makers. Parties
who have been in the habit of forging
another link in the chain of love which
binds the two countries. ETC., need not
apply.
Wanted-By a well known temper
ance lecturer, q reformed burglar; also,
frightful example. Applicants must
bring reference as to sobriety and
previous good character.
A first-class tenor employed week
nights in Pat Brady's concert saloon,
not caring to be idle on Sunday, will
accept engagement in some church
choir, for that day only.
A lady who has just taken house
in the suburban portion of the town
would like to purchase young cali
not over five years of age, which would
yield about two pounds of liver daily.
Having imported a few hundred an
archists, we are in position to apply
to every householder of New York and
Brooklyn a new brand of natural gas
at ten cents per thousand feet below
regular price.
TOMMY: If you haven't lost the
cheese knife you took with you and
come home at once, l will persuade fa-
ther not to spank you this time. You
will find no wild Indians to fight over
in Hobolken. MOTHER.
A wealthy but invalid gentleman, a
great sufferer from gout and corpu-
lence, having been ordered by his ply
sician to pay stricter attention TO his
diet, would like to engage Il frst-class
gastronomic director.
Five Dollars Reward. Stolen or
strayed, dude who answers to the
name of Cholly. Was last seen on
Broadway following female member
of burlesque troupe. The above reward
will be paid to any one returning it to
its keeper
Pennsylvania coal-mine owners de-
string to replenish their supply of i'm
ported Poles and Italians before the
passage of the Ford bill, should send in
their orders at once. All are invited
to examine our stock, which is kept
well disinfected.
Desiring to get rid of a few hundred
of our more useless paupers, we beg to
inform all keepers of alms-houses in
the United States that they can be sup
piled with any number of inmates by
addressing Poor-House Superintend-
ent, Europe.
To allay any fears the inhabitants of
New York may feel concerning the
citys safety in case OF hostilities
breaking out between this country and
Germany, this is to announce that /,
rigadier-General Slaughter, second
in the honorary command of B COM
pany. Fourth Kentucky bloodshedders,
will remain in New York until the set
tlement of the Samoan difliculty.--N.
Y. Evening Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-11

The latest discussion of the
Southern question shows that 1t re-
mains just where 1t was. No amount
OF theory will solve It, The solution
must be left to the gradual extension
OF progress, and tho growth OF civili-
zation and enterprise. Baltimore
American.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-11

Despite the talk about Smith being
such IA common name. those of Green,
White, Brown and Davis beat it In tho
United States by fifteen per cent.
Even John" Is not as common as
joe
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-11

An Atchison, Kan, policeman
named Baskctt arrested "a man named
Peaches the other day.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1889-03-14
nnfern Sarmerrt.

Ser @interipeiSen itebt In ben mel
item Diitricten gut. Sdnee uno Gis
iinb, tpenisftens pDrldufig, bielfa9 ses
tpid'n uno 3eisen Die 91dnaden seluno
ltno trdftig bsraneetpadien.
Inter Dem @infuB bieier Nadridten
finb Die @ei5enpreile natirlid ridt in
Die 6Dbe ge9ansen. Sa bieleiht tpdre
Elm entidiebenes @eiden sl teraeidnen
getreien, tpenn bieS Equalization niGt BON
DULUTH u. Chicago aus basesen setpirft
bdtte.
Dasu fonmt, baB Der fontrpairbare
8eilenpDrrdtb %beitdnbis abnimmt. SIM
@eiamtgebiet Der Ser. Gtaaten betrdat
er nur nod 32,O75,OOO> in ct. 2puis
1892, 900 8uibels.
Ser greis bes 8uibels Gaibpei,en
betrdst sesentpdrtis auf unieremM arite
965 Gents in Stem Sort e5f Gents ;
in Chicago S1.O1aa; inDulutb sI.151
SieMeblpreiie iii,o ebenfaas unn cine
&leinisteit nieortger. Sas SAB u6as
milp" toitet: So go! u5ancp": $40
Biz $3.50; uGrtra Sancp~: $3.50 Bis
81. Is, uro uYatent 8ranos": S.. 10
Biz $5.25.
@elidforn iuirb an unlerer85rie nit
284 Gts. per 8uibel $50. 2 Mireo uno
init 304 Gents fir ben 8ulbel SO. 2
@6ite Wiirsb nDtirt.
Sdweinefeii6 mar Elm tpenig mebr
begebrt. MeBporf bradte $11.5O Bis
$11.75 per Barrel.
&a%rtDffeln gelten II Bis 40 Gts. per
8ulbel i'm @roBperfauf.
Gedt gut bebpuptet ii9 nod imrner
bic GaumtrOIe. 9aS 9finb vSair
NibOlins" brinst: log Gents, v@oob
Wiooling": 104 Gents unb vNfibbs
ling: 81 gents.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1889-03-14

rar, iiberbirbet. Spdter besann er
iiberoies Mprpbium gu nebmen. SIS
fann alip feinem 3weifel unterliegen,
baB Der rnslid'i de Shirt seiitis seitDrt
mar unb in sieiem 3uitanoe = Der ia
planmdBises @Orseben ourdaus nidt
ausidliebt = banoelte. DaB er mebr=
fa6 bon Selbitmprb, friibem Gpoe &c.
fpradt, lit autbentiid. IS ideint jeboA,
bas er nit oieier Seee, mas ia Bel Mor=
pbiumindtisen febr bdufis beobaatet
wurbe, blpB seipielt babe ulb baB erft
i'm lebten Moment oas leidte Spiel Der
@eoanten gum gnti9IuB Der biiiteren
Tbae beranwuds Sir bieie 9nfidt
ipreden audi mebrere Ibidiebsbriefe,
pelde i'm Gunner oeS 9rinaen sefunoen
tpurben, Die aber ale Elm dlteres Datum
trasen. Cine, tpie es betBt, teportebenbe
pfficiele DariieIung miro nllr bas @pr=
seiaste pouinbaltlih beitdtisen."
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1889-03-14

RobIen mnb.6pIa! BE.
ffelfrmsen Bet Der Holmes Fuel and
Supply Go. uerben prompt beioret.
SOUR bic bette @anre geliefert. 439
Broaouab ,lro Z gdtn. ba
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28

Curtis, John S. Dwight, the Rev. DR..
Osgood and Stephen Salisbury.
Jim Smith, well-known Detroit
crook, was fatally shot on the 10Th by
Police Officer Watkins. Smith resisted
and attempted to escape.
A manifesto Is in circulation at Berne
signed by Swiss Anarchists, which vio-
lently attacks the Bundesrath for insti-
tuting political police and public pros
ecutor.
During public concert at Rome on
the night of the 10Th, a bomb was ex-
ploded near the Austrian embassy.
Eight persons were injured.
The Portuguese government has pro-
mulgated a decree which authorizes
the formation of a Catholic colonial
ton mission at Mponda, on Lake Nyas-
Sa.
While steamer was making a trial
trip at Shanghai on the 10th, the boiler
exploded killing thirty of the crew.
A dynamite cartridge accidentally ex-
ploded in a coal mine at DOMAIN, Aus.
tria. Five persons were killed and a
number of others injured.
The government of Spain has sent q
circular note to the governors of prov
inces throughout Spain instructing
them not to take part in the movement
to induce the Pope to reside in Spain,
and to do verything possible to dis
courage the project,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28

A dispatch of the 21st from Victoria,
B. c., gives interesting details of the
capture of two poaching sealers and the
warning away of three others. Says the
dispatch: The revenue cutter Rush has
seized two more vessels for catching
seals In Behring Sea, besides ordering
three to desist. The news was brought
by Capt. Alger, of the American sealing
schooner Allie L. Alger, who arrived on
the steamer Olympian from Port Town
send. The captain, in an interview,
said: July 81 we were in Behring
Sea, about fifty miles west of st. Paul,
when we sighted the cutter Rush steam
ing up to US on our quarter. We at once
hove to. Some minutes afterward boat
put off from the Rush. and Lieut.. Tut
tie boarded US. He asked for my pa
pers, which / at once handed him, and
after perusing them he proceeded with
two men to search the ship. He didn't
find anything, however, though that is
not to say there was nothing to find
aboard. After coming up out of the hold
when he mad finished searching the
ship said to him: sWell. what luck
have you had in the search?' He said:
I'll tell you. On the 18th of July we
captured the Black Diamond and dis
patched her to Sitka with man on
board to take charge of her. On the 23d
OF July we sighted the schooner Minnie.
Her owner, Capt. Jacobson. was aboard
at the time, and she had 943 seals. We
took possession of her, and dispatched
her to Sitka, also. Yesterday 9TH 10Th
of JULY we bore down on the Patti ind
er and found 800 sealskins aboard of
her. We put another man on board and
ordered her of to Sitka as well. Last week
we boarded both the Arctic and There.
sa; they also had some skins aboard,
but let them go, as they had been too
long caught but ordered them out.the of
sea- After telling me this the lieuten-
ant told me | had better get out of the
sea at once, and was tn en- pulled aboard
the steamer. which headed for the
east. We then set sail for the south,
and arrived Monday at Neah bay. [
then left my schooner there and came
up from Cape Flattery to Port Townsend.
| caught the Olymplan and just reached
Victoria. My schooner will, | expect,
be on the road to Seattle now. I leave
here on the Olympian to-day to Join her.
Int nse excitement prevaisin this city.
Both schooners are we'll known here
and their catch is very valuable one.
The Alger had 800 skins when boarded.
1t now appears that on the tri p down
Capt. Alger sighted first the Minnie and
then the Pathfinder, each with one man
as pr re crew ON board. Both signaled
their intention OF not Going to Sitka at
all, but of coming to Victoria. so that
within twentv-four hours they may be
expected in the hsrbor. When Lieut..
Tuttle went aboard the Alger several of
his sailors expressed themselves as
heartily sick of their work.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
HARRlsON's OLD REGIMENT,
The President ATTENDS the Reunion a.
Indianapolis.


INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 23.-The
SEVENTEEN Indiana Regiment held it's
regular annual reunion at Tomlinson
Hall. This regiment belonged to the
first brigade and to-day's meeting has
really been expanded into a reunion of
the entire brigade, inasmuch as the latter
has been invited to participate at this
mornings ceremonies. The President
of the United States presided at this
mornings session. City Attorney w.
L. TAYLOR delivered an address of well
come to which the President responded:
Mr.. TAYLOR: The survivors of the SEVENTEEN
Indiana Infantry. now assembled in annual re-
union, have heard with great qualification the
cordial words of welcome which you have adj
dressed to us: We have never doubted the hos
ptallty of the citizens of this great city and
have several times held our reunions here. If
we have more frequently sought some of the
quieter towns in this congregational district
where the regiment was organized it has
been only because we could be little
more to ourselves than was possible in this city
You will not think this q selfish instinct when [
tell you that, Ms the years go on, these reunions
OF our regiment become more aud more family
affairs, as in the gathering OF the scattered mem
beTs OF family in family reunion whom we have
loved, when we get together as comrades, to be
1t has been pleasant l am sure, however, to
link this annual reunion with the
great event OF yesterday. 1t did US good
to meet with our comrades of the whole
state those who had other numbers on their uni
forms. but carried the same flag under which
We marched, in these exercises connected with
the dedication of monument that knows no
regimental distinction [Applausel. 1 express.
comrades, my own qualification at being able to
meet with you. The change which was made
Ia the time OF our assembly. has made this pos
sibe and l am glad to spend few moments
with you to-day to forget altogether for the time
being that am public officer, and to remem-
Il cOmra00 friend
Applause
The veterans listened attentively to
this speech, and after the other exer-
clses were over, grasped the hand of
their comrade in arms, now President
of the United States.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
Is HANGED DAILY.
Peculiar Method of Treatment for 81
Spinal Affection.


Spinal Affection.
Police-Lieut. VIM. B. Daley, of Bos-
ton, is undergoing rigorous treatment
to get cured of spinal trouble caused
by fail from a horse-car in 1887. 1t
is nothing more or less than a
systematic course of hanging He is
suspended by the neck until he isalmost
unconscious, this process being the only
way in which the spinal cord can be
properly Strengthened. The machine is
shaped very much like the gallows. It
consists of an iron rod, with eyes in the
center and hooks at each end, in which
are loops that pass down under each
shoulder to take the strain off the
patients neck. Along the horizontal
bar is a series of notches, from which
hang the supports for the head and
chin. Lieut.. Daley's head is placed
In the support and he is then
swung from the floor. He said
that the experience is anything but
pleasant. but as cure is being effected,
he keeps at it. He is generally strung
up about q minutes. When released
he cannot stand and it is fully five
minutes before he RECEIVERS from the Ell
feet of the hanging. He has control of
his lower limbs now, while less than six
months ago he staggered like drunken
man, and can sleep every night without
injections Of morphine, as before.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
HELPLESS OUT AT SEA,
Rescue of Rogers, who Attempted I
Cross the Atlantic in a Skiff.

Rescue of Rogers, Who Attempted to
Cross the Atlantic in a Skif.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Aug. 23.-The
schooner Martha A. Bradley arrived to-
day from Grand Banks, having on
board Capt. Charles T. Rogers, of the
boat Nickelodon, which was picked up
on the western edge of Grand Bank,
August 10, in a helpless condition.
Rogers is SO years old, ma
tive of Duxbury. He sailed from
Boston for Paris in his 18.
foot Nickelodon on July 8. He had
good weather until the Sth, when he
took gale from the northwest, lasting
found himself on the Georges. For
thirty-eight days he did not see vessel.
By July % he had become so blind by
the suns glare that he could not see his
compass, and steered by the sun for
three days. For the last fourteen days his
boat drifted around at the mercy of
wind and sea, the mariner being nearly
exhausted as we'll as almost sightless
and spent most of his time lying in the
bottom of the boat. When found his
condition was such that he could have
lived but short time had he not been
rescued. His spirits were buoyed up
by what he considered favorable
omen. At one time four small sharks
came near his boat. He regarded this
as an indication that he would be picked
up In four days by the fourth boat he
saw, which omen was verified.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
STOLEN PEST HOUSE CLOTHES
Origin Of SMALLPOX nt Menomonee-.Many
Mon Bought the Infected Garments.


Men Bought the Infected Garments.
A dispatch of the 23d from Fort
Wayne, Ind, says: The small pox cpl
demic at Menomonee, Wis, which, &C
cordlng to the Wisconsin health officers,
ives taken there by a Swedish family
named Anderson, can be traced to this
city beyond doubt. The man An
derson was employed here on
the natural gas mains. He had
large family VINO were in very
needy circumstances. About month
ago the Allen County pest house was
robbed and all the clothing which was
taken from go patients treated there,
and which had been packed away in
stead of being destroyed. was stolen
and sold to the men working for the
natural gas company. They we're most
ly Italians and SVedes, and a large
number of them left shortly afterward,
carrying the pest house clothes with
them. Among the number was
the Anderson family. They secured
passes to Chicago from the town
ship trustees, saying they wanted to go
to Menomonee, where they had rela-
tives. The theft Of the clothes was kept
quiet until a few days ago, when it
leaked out, causing panic among the
en- ployes on the gas line. The Andei-
son 'amilv undoubtedly contracte q the
disease from the clothes bought OF the
thieves, and as hundreds Of others wear
some OF the same lot Of clothing the DIS
ease is Fable to break out wherever the
men have located
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED.
Thirty of Barnum's Trained Horses
Killed-Heavy Loss.

Thirty of Barnum's Trained Horses
Killed-Heavy Loss.
WATERFOWL, N. Y, Aug. 23.-The Sec
ond train of the Barnum & Bailey shows
was wrecked last night about two miles
route on the Rome, Watertown & Og-
dens burg Railroad from Gouverneur to
Montreal. A broken axle was the
one of the four chariot teams, and two
camels were killed. Six cars were de-
rallied and two others telescoped so that
everything in them was crushed. There
were three trains conveying the shows
that left Gouverneur last night. The cars
are crushed and twisted into all sorts of
shapes, and piled upon the track in
seemingly hopeless ENHANCEMENT. The
ELEPHANTS, which were in the first
car that was derailed and were
not hurt, have been taken from
the car and are swaying their
bodies angrily as if displeased
ment. Barnum's partner, J. A. Bailey,
is at the scene. He says it is difficult
to estimate the lost at present, but it
will be in the neighborhood of SAC, coo.
He thinks the loss of the days receipts
at Montreal will be about $4,000.
Some of the horses that were killed
were valued at thousands of dollars
each. Money cannot replace them, as
it requires two years for training them
after the right kind have been secured.
The trick ponies, which have attract
ed much attention, were among the ami
mails killed. The $1,000 stallion which
was driven by Mrs. Adam Forepaugh.
Jr., was also killed. 1t is said that Mrs.
Forepaugh wept bitterly and would not
be consoled when she learned of the
death of this horse. The pretty white
mule which performed remarkable
tricks, is also among the lost. Seven of
the eight chariot horses are dead.
There are about eighty head of live
stock stabbed and pastured near the
scene of the wreck. These were taken
from the derailed cars. Eleven men
were taken out of one of the cars
through the roof, there being no other
way of egress. The night was very dark
and this made the work of rescue much
more difficult. Bonfres were built st.
safe distances from the wreck and thew
shed some light over the CHASTITY scene.
The total number of horses killed is.
now reported as thirty-three. Two or
three others are expected to die. Some
were killed to relieve their sufferings.
The New Hampshire and Maine dele
cations of G. A. r. Encampment at
Milwaukee are delayed at Norwood on
account of the accident. They occupy
four sleeping coaches and should have
arrived at Niagara Falls by this time.