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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03
TOM PLATT'S PARTY.
A Party Struggle That May Disrupt the
Republican Party.

Republican Party.
Either Tom Platt is going into the
Cabinet or there is going to be trouble
for President Harrison in New York.
The fight is on and the return of Mr..
Platt from Alaska, where he has
gone to recruit his strength, will be u
signal for the fray.
Tom Platt represents the working
Republicans of the Empire State-the
men who control the organization of
the party from the primary to the
election of delegates to National
convention. These Republicans have
been ignored by the President so far.
Acting under the advice of Mr.. Blaine,
undoubtedly Mr., Harrison has de-
clined to recognize the claims of Mr..
Platt or his friends. IN the distribu-
tion of offices in New York up to this
time the recommendations of the
Platt men have been treated with
little less than contempt. AT length
they have come to the conclusion that
war on the Administration is the only
means by which they can secure what
they are pleased to term their rights.
They will do no more pleading or
begging nor will they accept any
thing less than the very best at the
disposal OF the Executive. The
favors which the Administration
is expected to bestow upon them
for the return of n cessation of hos
tilities must be headed by the ap-
pointment of Tom Platt to Il position
in the Cabinet. If this can not be
brought about the working Repub-
licans of the State are determined
that he shall succeed Mr.. Evarts in
the Senate, and from his place on the
floor of the upper house OF Congress
they claim he will open fight on
Blaine similar to that SO well begun
and so ignobly ended in Garfeld's
time.
The admission OF Tom Platt to the
Cabinet by President Harrison would
be notice to james G. Blaine that
he was no longer wanted, and would
be so accepted by the Maine states
man without delay. Mr. Platt and
Mr.. Blaine could not sit at the same
table in the W hite House. The chasm
between them is so wide and so deep
that il can never be brldged over 1t
remains with Mr. Harrison to decide
whether he shall stand by Blaine or
whether he shall run the risk of
losing the vote of New York State in
the convention of 1892.
Notwithstanding all reports to the
contrary, Mr.. Blaine Is in feeble
health and is no longer the fighter
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03
DRIFT OF OPINION.

--''Nepotism, or public Office is a
family snap" will be the title of the
Administration first novel. The char.
acters will all be related --Clevcland
Plain Dealer
The greenback crop in the farm
er's pocket is rapidly drying up. At lat.
est accounts he was still hoping for re-
lief from the home market and high
tariff protection. N. Y. Herald.
commissioner Tanner has no
reason to complain of lack OF atten-
tion, at any rate. But there is such a
thing rs being attended to too much.
And that's what's the matter with
Tanner. Times.
If limitation is the sincerest
form of hattery" President Harrison
must feel highly tlattered by those OF
his appointees who are making secre-
taries and clerks of their wives and
their sisters and their cousins and
their aunts. IN. Y. World.
1t is estimated that the Sugar
Trust has made Il profit of $50, 0OU. COO
during the last year in excess of the
profits of the sugar refincrs before the
trust was formed, all of which came
out of the people without any return
to the people. Some one might call
that robbery, but then the trusts are
such harmless little creatures. Min
neapolis journal.
When the nomination for Presi-
dent was rendered to Benjamin
Harrison he was moved to say that
"fdelity and efficiency should be the
only sure tenure of Office. We can
not make Tanner nor Clarkson nor
many other of Harrison appoint
ments fit into any of the standard
dictionaries definitions of these terms
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ono of Corporal Tanners brill
liant arguments is that the United
States is wealthy enough to give u
liberal pension to every surviving
soldier. For that matter the Govern
ment is wealthy enough to pay Mr.
Tanner a salary of 500, 900 Il year,
but there is no particular reason why
the Government should. The linci-
pie which governs such cases is not
lost on everybody if it is lost on
Tanner. Kansas City Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03
oRERlYS sUCCEsSoR.
A Man with n Blomishcd History Scicc
for m LmnnI.Lnnt Oilicn.

ior AN Important oiHcc
Mr.. John II. Obcrly, Il Democrat, who
in several official capacities had made
an excellent record, was recently re.
moved by President Harrison from the
Office of Commissioner OF Indian AZ.
fairs, although his retention was
prayed for by the Indian Rights AS.
sociation and by several thousand Re.
publicans and Democrats who were
familiar with the good work he had
done in the Indian Bureau. Mr. James
I. Morgan was appointed his sue
ccssor The record of the War De-
partment show that Morgan, while
Colonel of tho Fourteenth u. S. Col
ored Infantry, was tried in 1885 by u
court-martial and found guilty on
various charges, as follows: or having
officer; of having, while custodian of
recommendations for advancement for
himself and u fellow officer, retained
the latter and forwarded only those
in his own favor, and of having made
false mustcrs for companies in his
regiment to his pecuniary advantage
On these charges, with specifications,
Colonel Morgan was found guilty by
the unanimous verdict of the court and
sentenced to dismissal When this
sentence reached the department head
quarters it was set aside in the manner
thus described in the records:
In the foregoing cases of Colonel Thomas j.
~.
infantry, the court having found the accused
guilty of the first charge. the violation OF The
fifteenth article OF war, had not authority 20
change the sentence prescribed in that art Gle
for such offenscs, and the failure TO conform
to the requirement OF the above article in
sentencing the accused is an error fatal to the
proceedings and judgment of the court SO far
as it relates to the first charge.
The requirement of the fifteenth
article of war was that an officer
found guilty of violating it should be
"cashiered, and thereby utterly dis
abled to have or hold any Office or CHI
ployment in the service OF the United
States.
The New York Times says!
We suppose that it will be conceded that the
Indian Commissioner ought to be a pure and
honest maG. That is true. indeed, OF any pub-
lie officer but it is most important in this case,
because dishonest or dishonorable conduct
may inf ct great injury on the Indians, who
are peculiarly helpless, and may greatly com
promise the Government which has already
suffered deeply from the inefiiciency and cor
ruptlon OF its agents.
How the President manages to find
so many men with blemished records
for important offices is Il good deal of
mystery. He has made more i'm
proper appointments since he became
President than any of his predecessors
made in full term, Grant alone eX-
cepted. d.-Indianapolis journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03

ferred you TO her, but 1t can't be
helped
"Maddened with shame and anguish,
my sister rushed from the house and
| threw herself into the river. The next
day her body was recovered and laiG
in the family plot This blow killed
my mother. A month later she was
laid by my sisters side.
"Thus was robbed of honor aod
reputation and of the dear ones that
were more to me than all else on Garth,
| by one in whose care | would have GU
trusted my very life.
"At the expiration of my term left
the prison and came to this camp. not
with the intention or desire of making
u fortune, but in the hope that might
thus isolate myself from all had ever
known before.
81 have lived for one thing-to meot
Edmund Dunbar again. Last. night
when | saw the new conner in your
camp, | fancied | saw resemblance
to the man who so foully wron%ad me.
But l was not certain, for the heavy
beard which he wore had effected a
great change in his appearance, But
this morning | met him when | was
taking Il stroll and knew him ut once.
"The sacrifice of his life can not
atone for the past, but leave the rest
to Heaven; what / have done | can
not regret. i may be wrong, but
can not believe it.
That is all | have to say, gcMtle-
men,"
"And that man, Frisco Bill. was
Edmund Dunbar?" demanded old Sam
Barton, in u husky voice.
yes"
Boys" shouted Barton, while the
tears streamed down his bronzed and
rugged face. Il move that we release
the prisoner"
Second the notion" responded
every man in the crowd.
Dominic you kin 60" said Bar
ton. grasping Varrey's hand and
pressing it warmly.
With slow tread and downcast eyes
Henry Varrey walked out oil the camp
and disappeared among the trees.
Not one of us ever saw or heard OF
him again. n.--Omaha World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03
Alien land-Holders in America.

Who owns tho land in the United
States? Why, the citizens do, or
should, would be the natural reply
But unfortunately it is not altogether
so. Some Of the best lands in this
country are owned by alien landlords.
Nearly 22,000,000 acres OF land are
owned by men who owe allegiance to
other governments. To be exact there
are 81, 241 900 acres of land under the
direct control and management of
thirty foreign individuals or companies.
There are 2,720, 2S3 acres Of land in
Massachusetts, so that tho men living
in other countries and owing allegiance
TO other powers own land enough To
make about ten States like Massachu-
setts, more than the whole of New
England, more land than some govern
ments own to support king. The
largest amount of land owned by any
one man or corporation is owned by a
foreign corporation called the Holland
Land Company. Talk about alien land
holders in Ireland There is twice as
much lard owned by aliens in the
United States as there is owned by
Englishmen in Ireland. Think OF i'll
More than 22.000,000 acres of land
owned by men il Europe. American
Citizen
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03
KLEPTOMANIAC'S RUSE.
How She Got Valuable Ring at tho
Price SGT by Herself

Price SGT by Herself
"See that old lady at the other end
of the store? Well, she is one OF the
most confirmed kleptomaniacs in New
York. 1t is hardly possible that you
would believe me if | were to tell you
her anne. She belongs to one of tho
best families in Brooklyn and is well
known in this city. Every one con-
nected with this store is cognizant
of her failing and acts accordingly.
Notwithstanding our precautions, how
ever, Il few months ago she managed to
deceive us in very ingenious way.
She had been here several times and
appeared to take n great fancy to a
valuable diamond and ruby ring. One
day she asked my employer what its
price was and he told her that it was
the best he had in the store and was
worth $780, She laughed and offered
to give $3.50 for it, and on this being
refused said Well, will you let me
have it at that price if | can steal itP'
Certainly, he replied, and nothing
more was thought about the matter.
Several times after that she came
here and had the proprietor take out
the tray and exhibit the ring, on each
occasion renewing her previous offer.
about two months ago the ola lady
showed ring to my employer and
asked what he thought it was worth.
After examining the article critically
he said that it was worth about $3.50.
Il have several he continued, much
better than that which will sell for
that price
''At this the old lady gave n cunning
little laugh, and proceeded to count
out $3.50 from her pocketbook. Some-
thing in the kleptomaniac's manner
aroused his suspicious and fastening
to the case he discovered that the $500
ring was missing. During one of her
visits the old lady had managed to abb
stract it from the tray and insert in its
place one of very small value. To say
that my employer was angry when he
discovered how he had been duped bus
feebly expresses his emotions. He was
furious, and when he was reminded of
his promise to sell the ornament for
$3.50 if the lady managed to steal it, he
kept his word, but begged that the
story should not be told to any of his
friends. .h-Jewelers' Weekly,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A knotty piece OF timber must
have smooth wedges.
None but the brave deserve the
fair" And even the brave can't live
with some of 'em Life.
1T is proposed to discard the use Of
rivets for steam boilers and to weld
them instead by electricity.
District messenger boys grow up
TO be good and useful men. They are
never fast. IN. o. Picayune.
1t is one of the distressing anoma-
lies of modern life that the man who
can't sing does sing. Huntington Free
Press.
Hell wash my hands of you for
ever" She-"And let me suggest,
George, that you also change your
cuffs. Huntington Free Press.
About the only difference between
a boodler and thief is that one holds
a public Office of trust and the other is
too decent and consistent to push him
self in politics. Detroit Free Press.
-Deacon-"I was terribly shocked,
my dear, to discover on my way homo
from church match game of baseball
being played on the vacant lot near the
park" Wife - d" Was it that which
makes you so late, deacon?n-Epoch.
-Cabby (who has received his cor
rect fare) Call Yourself a gentleman?
Why, keeps better looking gentle
man than you to black my boots Fare
PITY you don't keep another to wash
your face!"-Pick Me Up.
1t has always been observed in
public bodies that married men are in
variably the best debaters. They may
not have Il chance to talk much at
home but they have unexampled op-
portunities TO observe and learn. -
Somerville Journal.
Glass in Physiology-"Will some
member of the class explain how we
hear things?" Bright Sprig-" Some
body tells pa something down town,
then pa tells it ma as n profound Sc
cret, then ma tells it at the sewing So
ciety meeting, and then we all hear it."
Omaha World.
-Rosalie-"Did you have nice
time at Mrs. Ferguson's the other ev-
ening?" Mabel-"O, delightful! But
such awfully homely girls as were
there" Rosalie-.'So Mr. Summerly
was telling me; he said there wasn't
decent looking one in the room. Chi
cago Nows.
SO much reiteration of the time
honored statement that matches are
made III heaven often leads to the sus-
picion, in view of many recent mar
riages, that Lucifer has crept back.
"unbeknowst, into the celestial
sphere, where he is once more setting
matrimonial matters at skies and sew
ems, after his reputed ancient custom.
Troy Times.
On decl-"Ah, see yon pale-faced
moon, Miss Clara. What charm it
gives the night. How sweet to sit be-
meath its soft translucent light with
one whose heart beats responsive to
your own, and That's all pretty,
Mr. Flirtabit but what do you propose
to do? Here we are six nights out
and you haven't said any thing definite
yet. It's about time to get down to
business if you mean to this trip. =
Ocean.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03
Struck Him as About Right.

Little girl (reading newspaper arti-
Gle in relation to Henry M. Stanley)-
During his march across this portion
of the Dark Continent he appears to
have incurred the greatest prevarica-
tious-
Mother Cooking over her shoulder)
Haven't you made a mistake, Ethelp
| think the word is privations.
Father (who has his doubts about
Stanley)-Don't interrupt her, Maria.
Prevarications is the right word. Go
on, Ethel. Chicago Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03
THE SAHARA DESERT.
why 1t Is by No Means so Black as 1t Is
Painted.

The Sahara as whole is not below
sea level; it is not the dry bed OF a
recent ocean, and it is not as fiat as the
proverbial pancake all over. Part of
it, indeed, is very mountainous, and all
of it is more or less varied in level
The Upper Sahara consists of rocky
plateau, rising at times into consider
able peaks; the lower, to which it de-
scends by steep slope, is "a vast de-
preston Of clay and sand" but still for
the most part standing high above sea
level. No portion of the Upper Sahara
is less than l, 300 feet high-a good deal
higher than Dartmoor or Derbyshire.
Most of the Lower reaches from 200 to
300 feet-quite as elevated as Essex or
Leicester. The two spots below sea
level consist OF the beds of ancient
lakes, now much shrunk by evapora-
tion, owing to the present rainless con-
ditiOn of the country; the soil around
thesefs deep in gypsum, and the water
itself is considerably saltier than the
sea.
That, however. is always the case
with fresh-water lakes in their last
dotage, as American geologists have
amply proved in the great Salt Lake of
Utah. Moving sand undoubtedly covers
large space in both divisions of the
desert, but, according to Sir Lambert
Playfair, our best modern authority on
the subject, it occupies not more than
one-third part of the entire Algerian
Sahara. Elsewhere rock, clay and
muddy lake are the prevailing features,
interspersed with not infrequent date
groves and villages, the product of
artesian wells or eXcavated spaces or
river oases. Even Sahara, in short, to
give it its due, is not by any means so
black as it's painted. ed.-Cornhill Maga-
zine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03

that he used to be. II it strikes Mr.
Harrison as being the most polite
thing to do he wilt probably drop
him in good season, form an alliance
offensive and defensive with the New
York malcontents, give them what
they want, and trust to their ingenu-
ity as machine politicians to pull him
through the next National conven-
ton. Chicago Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03
CONE LAUGH.

Fly 10 the mountaini Fly"
Terribly rang the cry,
The electric soul OF the wire
Quiverod like sentient fire.
The soul OF the woman who stood
Face to face with the flood
Answered to the shock
Like the eternal rock
For she stayed
with her hand on the wire,
Unafraid,
Flashing the wild word down
Into the lower town.
Is there lower yet and anotheri
Into the valley she and none other
Can hurl the warning cry:
"F'ly to the mountain Flyi
The water from Conemaugb
Has opened its awful jaw,
The dam is wide
On the mountain side!"
ely for your life, oh, fyl"
They said.
She lifted her noble head:
II can stay at my post, and die"
Face to face with duty and death,
Dear is the drawing of human breath.
"Stcady, my hand Hold fast
To the trust upon thee cast.
MY WlTC4 pO, say
That death is on tho way.
Steady. strong wire Co. savel
Grand is the power you havew
Grandor the soul that can stand
Behind the trembling hand,
Grander the woman who dares,
Glory her high name wears.
This message is my last"
Shot over the wire, and passed
To the listening ear of the land.
The mountain and the strand
Reverberate the cry
Fly for your lives oh, fly!
I stay at my post and die"
The torrent took her. God knows all
Fiercely the savage currents fall
To muttering calm. Men count their deaf
The June sky smileth overhead.
Gods will we neither read nor guess,
Poorer by one more hero less
We bow the head and clasp the hand:
"Teach us, although VIC die, to stand"
Stuart Phelps,i in N. Y. Independent
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03
A Basis of COMPUTATION.

Miss Lulu Strike (to lawyerJ-I want
to bring legal action against monster
who has trampled on my affections.
Lawyer-Ah. yes; that's natural. At
how much do you estimate the damages
TO your lacerated feelingsP
Miss Strike-Well, he's worth $780,
000.-- Puck.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03

"A Questionable Success. - Ange-
lina-"And now that you have visited
her school, Edwin, what is your decis-
ion regarding Nine. Franchise for our
childrenP AS to discipline, does she
give that proper attention" Edwin
-"lndeed she does, my dear. l was
there the whole morning, and Madame
seemed TO devote the entire time to
preserving order. n--Harper's Maga.
zine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03

examined
.Ah, the artful villain! This had
been a deep-laid plot.
1.-THE messenger was sent. In an
hour he returned with several of the
stolen articles, and some marked
money, which had been stolen from
Mr.. Benefits safe. and which he had
found in my trunk. In Dunbar house
he found no evidence whatever that
would point to that man as the thief.
The scoundrel had carefully concealed
all evidence OF his crime.
at looked bad for me. Every thing
pointed to my guilt, and every one be,
lieved me guilty. Yes, every one; for
bitterest blow of all, that Internal viii
lian. Dunbar, succeeded in making
even my beloved mother and sister be-
lieve that J. was thief. They ac-
cepted his statement and rejected mine.
/ could have borne any thing else
with fortitude, but this completely
broke me down.
"Well, was tried, found guilty and
sentenced to two years Imprisonment.
81 had served out one year OF my
term when Edmund Dunbar married
my sister. o, would she had never
seen his face; for they had not been
married three months when it was
learned that Dunbar had wife and
child in Chicago whom he had deserted
several years before.
eyes, he said, with brutal laugh,
when my sister accused him of his
falseness and deceit; it's true. Nelly,
that that woman is my wife. suppose
must leave you now. Well, I've been
happy with you, and would have pre-
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-29

Two of the largest companies in
the Jelico district of East Tennessee
will soon begin mining coal by cleo
tricity. One machine will do the
work of IS men it is claimed.
Capt. Green, agent of the Jenny
Electric Light Co., left Fayetteville
about two weeks ago for Indianapo-
lis, with $4,000 on his person, and has
not been heard from since. 1t is fear
ed that he has been foully dealt with.
The passenger train on the Chesa-
peake & Ohio railroad jumped the
track near Bedsoe, in Sumner coun-
ty, "Wednesday morning, and ten
or twelve persons were injured, bu
none killed.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-29

A $4,000 school house is in course
of erection at Tracy City.
The first new wheat in the Column
bia market brought only 81! cents.
a Trenton man offers $500 reward
for the arrest and conviction of man
who hit his dog with q rock.
The survey of the C. A. q A. Rail-
road is progressing between Tullaho-
ma and Manchester.
The Western Union Telegraph Co.,
paid $4,000 into the State Treasury
last Tuesday as privilege tax for the
year ending April s, 1890.
a negro boy was arrested in Gal
latin Monday evening for house
stealing, and on Tuesday was sen.
fenced to three years in the peni.
Tertiary,
The Womau's Missionary Society
Of the Tennessee Conference, NJ. f.
Church, South, meets in Franklin to.
day. Between sixty and seventy
delegates will be in attendance, and
the session will last until next Tues
,l.,.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-29
DR.. ]. B. Ritchey, Agricultural Editor.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
We do not publish ANONYMOUS cOmmu.

We do not publish anonymous commu.
nications under any circumstances. The
real name of the author must accompany
every communication, or else it will be con-
signed to the waste basket. We do not pub.
lish the names of correspondents, but want
them simply as guarantee of coed faith.
All calls on candidates. obituaries, trib.
ntes OF respect, etc., are charged for as ad.
vertising matter. Simple announcements Of
deaths, marriages, etc., will be published
without charge, and our friends all over the
county will confer favor by furnishing us
with such as soon after their occurrence as
possible.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-29

THE Cronin murder. which has
been stirring up furore in Chicago
for several weeks, develops new
sensation, and it is now asserted that
DIR. Cronin is alive in England. The
Chicago policemen and detectives are
getting to be most as shrewd as the
London brass button fellows who are
employed on the White chapel muir
der eases.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-29
Dissolution n office.

Notice is hereby given that the firm of
WOmack 4 COlvilc was dissolved by mutual
consent on the frs; day n( Anil, 1889, Chas.
Colville retiring. We business will he con-
tihued by W. G. Womuck. All persons in
dchted Ia The firm either 10y notr or account
are hereby notified 20 MAKE settlement al
once with either Of the undersigned
". & W0MACK,
CHAS. CULVILLE.