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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16

fish floundered around in the boat the
sides being Just high enough to prevent
their getting over again The boat
rocked to and fro irightfully as the
huge sharks kicked about. Captain Joo
says that he expected to go to Davy
Jones locker at any moment. The
sharks both lay with their heads towards
the bow and their tails near the cabin
door
Venturing forth. after awhile, the
captain seized an axe, a".d. standing
near tho door, he brought IL down with
all his strength upon the tail of the big
fellow. The effect was electric; up
went the fluRes with tremendous
whisk. and, while the axe went out to
sea dozen rods, the captain was whirled
backward into the ocean, just catching
the rudder-post as he fell. Emmanuel
thought that the captain had gone for
good, and he halloed outright in his
fright The captains voice, somewhat
choked with sea water, reassured him,
and the brave fellow ran nimbly down
the side of the boat, jumping over one
of the sharks, and, on reaching the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16
THE CAPTAIN WOUNDED ONE.

eaters within mile, as the captain
averred. The huge, ugly creatures
plunged round about the vessel, strik-
ing at the wounded ones and taking
great pieces out of their sides. The
fight grew furious, the sharks jumping
out of the water and rushing at each
other with wide-open mouths, armed
with such ugly-loolsing sets of teeth, as,
the captain says, fairly made his blood
run cold. In all, over forty big sharks
were engaged in the scrimmage, aud
the commotion they caused was ter
rible.
The captain and Emmanuel both
feared that this fight would do them dam
age, as every once in awhile aresoundiKg
thud on the boats bottom would show
that the ravenous creatures cared little
for such vessel as theirs. All of O
sudden big fifteen-foot wounded shark
rose short distance of, with another,
double his size, in pursuit. He rushed
on, and in jiffy had sprung right into
the boat and the other followed. Ills
hard to say who were the most surprised
the sharks or the captain and his crew.
The monkey flew up the mast chatter'
ing with fright, while Emmanuel sought
safety on the bowsprit and the captain
jumped into the cabin. The two big
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16
A Modern Need for sleep.

There is not one man or woman In
ten thousand who can afford to do with
out seven or eight hours sleep. All
those stories written about great men
and women who slept only three or four
hours night make very interesting
reading; but tell you, my readers, no
man or woman ever yet kept Healthy in
body and mind for number of years
with less than seven hours sleep, writes
Il. Dewitt Talmage in the Ladies'
Home Journal. Americans need more
sleep than they are getting. This lack
makes them so nervous and the insane
asylums so populous. If you can get to
bed early, then rise early. If you can
not get to bed till late, then rise late.
1t may be as Christian for one man to
rise at eight as it is for another to rise
at five. ] counsel my readers to get up
when they are rested. But let the
rousing bell be rung at least thirty min
utes before your public appearance.
Physicians say that sudden jump out
of bed gives irregular motion to the
pulse. 1t takes hours to get over too
sudden rising. Give us time, afier you
call us, to roll over, gaze at the world
full in the face, and look before we
leap
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16

stern, helped the captain up from his
| perilous position.
After the skipper had recovered they
started for the sharks again. With an
| adze and the rifle active warfare was
begun. Blow after blow was landed on
the tough hides of tho plunging mon
sters, while they thrashed about IN the
most lively manner, the little boat
creaking in every timber from the
shock. Finally Jocko came running
down the shrouds to take hand in the
fight. He picked up Delaying pin,
and creeping up to one of the sharks
brought it down with stunning effect
on the man-eater's head. The huge fish
jumped for it with wide-open mouth,
but the nimble monkey jumped out of
the way, and came back with another
blow. Notwithstanding their serious
predicament, the captain and his ally
could hardly keep from laughing at the
spectacle. But the most serious part of
the fight was now over, and the vicious
looking sea tigers lay gasping out their
lives as the men rained blows upon
them.
All this while the monsters outside
kept up their internal warfare on each
other, and the sea was blood-colored for
considerable distance. Over a dozen
bodies floated to the surface, some half
eaten and others with many gaping
wounds in their sides. The two on
deck were finally killed and they were
thrown overheard The deck was slip
perry from their blood, and as Emman-
uel stood by the gunwales, sudden
lurch of the boat threw him over A
hoarse cry, and in he went right among
the sharks, now furious with their
bloody feast The captain rushed up
and threw rope; but Emmanuel was
nowhere to be seen. Soon a commo-
tion was observed some twenty feet
away, and mis- head emerged suddenly
from the water, and he shot up in sight
riding astride one of the sharks.
Emmanuel was blue with fright, but
he iabbed his queer steed with his big
knife that he always had in his belt
and the vicious monster plunged for
ward, fortunately carrying him nearer
the boat. Recovering from his aston
ishment, the captain flung forward an
other rope, which, fortunately, Emman-
uel caught. Rising up on the sharks
back, Emmanuel took the rope with
firm grip and jumped for the boat. Sew
eral of the monsters plunged at him as
he fell among them, but by some strange
good luck they missed him and the cap
tain hauled him on board, one shark just
nipping off bit of his heel as he was
hauled over the side. This decided the
captain on the shark question, and they
tried by means Of sweeps, etc, to get
out of this dangerous neighborhood.
Several hours later breeze sprang up
and waited the boat away from the
crowd of sharks that kept up their fight
as far as could be observed by the cap.
tain.
Capt. Holland says this was the worst
experience he has ever had with these
sea-fighters, and he hoped it would be
the last. The sides of his boat show
plainly where great pieces were bitten
out by the sharks, and the effects OF
their tail blows on the decking are still |
plainly TO be seen.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16
WIDESPREAD RUIN.
Immense Damage to Property Near Mon.
trcal by Cyclone.


MONTREAL, Aug. IA cyclone of un-
paralleled violence swept over Lake st.
Louis and the st. Lawrence river in the
vicinity of Montreal Tuesday evening,
doing great damage on land and water.
At the moment the storm burst, the
principal event of the canoe meeting at
Isle CadieuX Lake-the race for first
class yachts-was being sailed. The
eight competing yachts were mile out
on the lake when suddenly the sky
grew black and the wind swept down
the lake with terrific violence and in.
stantly every yacht in the race was up
set. 1t is not known how many, If any,
were drowned.
At Vallejo, Point Claire, st. Ann and
Dorval great damage was done to prop
erty. Houses were unroofed and barns
struck by lightning, while many small
buildings were swept completely away.
At Lachine the greatest damage was
done. There the immense building of
the Dominion Bridge Company and the
equally large structures of the Canadian
screw and barbed wire factories wero
llnroofed and left in ruins
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16
The body remained in this rigid posi-


tion for seventeen seconds. The wit
nesses came hurriedly forward and sur
rounded the chair. There was no move
ment of tho body beyond the first con-
vulsion. DIR. Mcdonald held stop
watch in his hand and as the seconds
flew by he noted their passage. DR..
Spitzka too looked at the watch and as
the tenth second expired he cried out:
"Stop." The warden turned to the
doorway and called out: stop" to the
man at the lever. A quick movement
of the arm and the electric current was
switched oil. There was relaxation
Of the body in the chair. "Iie's dead"
said DIR. Spitzka. There was no ques-
tion in the mind of any one but that tho
stiff, upright object before them was
iifeless.
DIR. Balch was bonding over the body
looking at the exposed skin. Suddenly
he cried out; "Dr. Mcdonald, see that
rupture" Spitzka and Mcdonald bent
over and looked where DIR. Balch was
pointing at a little red spot on the hand
that rested on the right arm of the
chair. The index finger~of the hand had
curved backward as the muscles con-
tracted and had scraped small hole in
the skin at the base of the thumb on the
back of tho hand. There was othing
strange in this alone, but what was
strange was that the rupture was drop
ping blood. Turn the current on in
Gtantly. This man is not dead" cried
DIR. Spitzka. Warden Durston sprang to
the doorway and criod: Turn on the
current" But the current could not be
turned on. When the signal TO stop had
come, the operator had presse d the but
ton which gave the sign to the engineer
TO stop the dynamo. The dynamo was
almost at standstill and the volt meter
registered an almost inperceptible cur
rent. The operator sprang to the but
ton and gave quick signal. There was
rapid response, but it was not quick
enough to anticipate the signs of what
may or may not have been reviving con-
sciousness.
AS the group of horror-strioken wit
nesses stood helplessly by. all eyea fixed
on tho chair, Kemmler's lips began to
drip spittle and in moment more his
chest moved and from his mouth came
heavy sound, quickening and increasing
with overy respiration--if respiration 1t
was. The Wheeling sound. half gyoan,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16
THE "sEvEx STARS rAvERNs.

story of Rebekah, besides the marching,
appropriateness of costume general ap-
pearance, and tableauX.
Eleven RebelSah degree lodges are en-
tered in this contest. Those from out
side of Chicago are: Virginia Lodge,
No 90, Viroqua, Wis: Naomi Lodge,
No. 1Ss, Columbus, o.; Eden Lodge, No.
80, Richmond Ind; North Star
Lodge, No. 6, Minneapolis, Mimi;
White Water Lodge, No. Al, Rich
mond, Ind: Bloomington Lodge, No.
400 Bloomington, ILL.,, and Ruth Lodge,
No. /, Omaha, Neb.
Shortly after o'clock the crowd on
the Lake Front, which had steadily
grown all afternoon, amounted to over
25, 600 people. There was some speech
making from the grand stand, and
then a ballard was pulled and the
three standards, the Stars and Stripes.
the banner of the Patriarchs Militant
and the Union Jack, foated out grace
fully upon the balmy breath of Lake
Michigan. Thus was formally opened
the first triennial Cantonment.
The Independent Order of Odd-Fel-
lows is one of the largest and
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16
True Blue.

Ne; marriage amt no sinecure -jes' lay the
baby down,
He's fas asleep. Go easy, now, m turn the
cradle roun'
Out o. the sun-the little lambl He didn't
sleep last night,
Them oil moskcoters buzzin' roun'-'n' spread
tie net-thats right
He's safe m SCUM, m thank the Lord-Jes'
pieis up of tho floor
Them clo'es-pinS he was playin with. I'll need
'cm nll a more.
The washn q pilin' big this wcck'n' Mundy,
you come hero
iwant them things run thro the blue, m rinse
'cm lively, dear.
or course folks got to marry, child-thom on
the b'ilor.lid-
The Lord amt meant no different when He
made 'cm as He did.
allus think it's worried Him right from the
very ilrs'
To have oil maids left over-'n' bachelors is
worse
IN yet, they have the bestest time; they git
some peace m ease,
M there's lots o. comfort, Mandy m doin' as
you please
But, sho. l wouldn't change with 'cm; they
amt got much to fear,
Nor nothin' much to hope, Iguess-kecp rinsin'
lively, dear.
I bin through troubles, frs m las enough to
turn my hair
Whittier m them there pillar. .shams-why, lai
the wear m tear
Jcs of the every days, not countin' sickness in,
nor DEATH
But jos the chil'ren m the meals IN drawin'
daily breath
IN goin' daily rouns-my, my! But there, I
won't complaint
I'd turn back to my weddin'-day m start right
in again
M go clean through it, every echo m pain m
smile m tear
Don't let them collars git too blue; keep rinsin'
lively, dear.
1 can't see as we've any right to lounge about
m laZe;
know I'd be a-scared up roun' the las part of
my days
To think I'd had too good time. 1t amt
Christians lot;
Not 'cordin' to the promises. I'd liefcr far than
not
Jes' feel the thorns a-hurtin' m the cross I'm
boun to bear
Folks don't git crowns fer nothin' Mandy, here
nor anywhere.
I'D rather have my ups m downs whichever
way steer,
m life won't never git too blue, a.movin' lively,
dear.
Madeline S. Bridges, in Judge
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16
EARTHQUAKE PROOF.
A Remarkable Church ut Manila, Philip
pine Islands.

pine Islands.
The United States Consul at Manila,
Philippine Islands, reports remarlia-
BILE piece of architecture now being con-
structed at San Sebastian, Manila 1t
is an edifice entirely of iron, wrought
and cast, and securely bolted together,
and is to be an earthquake proof church.
1T is the idea of Senor Don Genero Pala-
clos y Guerra, chief engineer of the
public works of Manila, and planner of
that city's excellent system of water
works, who has conceived building not
to be shaken apart by the dread "te,re-
mOfo," as SO many of the churches and
cathedrals of stone and wood have been.
The design is original, with two tall
steeples at tho front end and shorter
spires over each abutment. 1t will be
painted to initiate stone. Inside, the
church is one hundred and sixty-two
feet long, by seventy feet wide, the
height to the top of the arches is fifty
two feet, and it is thirty-four feet to the
spring of the arches; the nave is span
of thirty-two feet, and there are two
side aisles. The entire framework is
of wrought iron bolted together in the
firmest manner possible, the futed
columns and buttresses being hollow.
The walls are of double plate-iron with
a space of thirty inches between the
plates. The decorative worl, which is
quite elaborate, is, of cast iron. About
sixteen hundred tons is the total weight
OF iron in the building, about one-quar-
ter OF the weight of material in the
EiEei tower.-Demorest Monthly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16

THos. wILDEY, FOUNDER ways for re-
OF THE ORDER. lief, much of it
in caring for the widows and educating
the children of Odd-Fellows. Tho
official figures of the membership of tho
order in the United States give a total
of 6l5, 800 in subordinate lodges and 37,-
500 in the Patriarchs Militant branch,
besides 100, 900 Daughters of Rebekah.
Odd-Fellowship in the United States
dates from April 30 1919. That is the
Gate of the organization of the first
Odd-Fellows lodge. 1t was instituted
in Baltimore by Thomas Wil2ey, John
Welch, Richard Rushworth, John Dun
can and John Cheatham in a room in
the Seven Stars" tavern. These men
had all been members of the Man
chester Unity" which is the name
by which the English branch of
the order is known, From that
beginning the order has grown in
seventy-one years to its present MEM
bership of 100000 The Sovereign
Grand Lodge, which is the highest au-
thority in the order, exercises jurisdic-
tion over lodges not only in this country
and Canada but in Australia, New Zea-
land, the Sandwich islands, Germany,
France and other European countries,
Japan, Cuba, Mexico, Chill and Peru.
Thomas Wildey is looked upon as tho
father of the order in America.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16
They Had Met Before.

'Now, sir" began the attorney for tho
defense, knitting his brows and prepas-
ing to annihilate the witness whom he
was about to cross-eXamine, "you say
your name is Williams Can you prove
that to be your real name? Is there
anybody in the courtroom who can
swear you haven't assumed it for pur-
poses Of fraud and deceit?'
II think you can identify me your
self" answered the witness.
81? Where did ever see you before,
my friend?"
81 put that scar over your right eye
twenty-five years ago, when you were
Stealing peaches out of fathers orchard.
I'm the same Williams. Chicago Trib-
une'
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16
ELECTRICIZED.
Murderer Kemmler Dies by Elec-
t1icity in Auburn Prison.
Sickening Sight Presented to the Wit.
nesses of the Execution.
The Current Twice Applied Before the
Victim was Pronounced Dcad-Re-
Uarlable Nerve of the Murderer
Result of the Autopsy.

AUBURN. N. Y, Aug with short
sharp shock-painlcss so far as the world
will ever know-the soul of William
Kemmler was separated from his body
at GAO o'clock Wednesday morning. A
cup adjusted to the head of a man bound
captive in chair, lever quickly swung
around the arc of semi-circle, quick
convulsion, a sudden revival of muscu-
lar action, another turn of the lever, a
pause, room filled with sickening
fumes-and twenty-seven witnesses of
the first e!ectricide in history knew that
the death of Tillie Ziegler had been
avenged in law and tho crime of Will
lam Kemmler expiated so far as human
hands could force its expiation.
At 6:3S the door at the right of the ex-
ecution chair leading toward the execu-
tion room opened and Warden Durston
appeared in the doorway Behind him
walked a little man, full-bearded. This
was William Kemmler. Behind him
walked DIR. Houghton and Chaplin
Yates. Kemmler was by far the coolest
man in the party.
Kemmler sat down in the electric
a, Al
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16

around lUS clear,
open beaches make most fitting frame
for such picture. The residents are
all great fishermen, and many are the
marvellous stories told of big catches of
fish and adventures on the coast.
Captain Joe Holland is one of the vet
Grams OF Lake Worth, and here is his
latest fishing adventure while on his
last trip from the Bermudas few
weeks ago: The captains pet boat is a
small sloop, and his crew consists of
himself and stalwart mulatto and a
pet monkey. The latter had been
taught to haul ropes and do many other
things of the kind. When out from the
islands on their last trip, and in the
Gulf stream, they encountered school
of sharks. The captain, it appears,
tried every way to get rid of his unwel-
come followers, but to no avail. as they
clung closer than debtor, and night or
day their ugly-looking fins and shovel
shaped noses were clearly visible
close by.
While proceeding along under easy
sharks with his rifle, while Emmanuel
the mulatto, tried his skill with an old
fish harpoon. The captain finally
wounded one, and the whole school
turned on it as its blood began to flow
and terrible commotion began near
the vessel. To add to the confusion
Emmanuel struck big one, too, and It's
frantic struggles, coupled with the
streams of blood that flowed from its
wounds, soon brought up all the man
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16

Dies MONIES, Ia, Aug. 5.--Fire early
Sunday morning destroyed one-half the
business portion and forty residences of
What Cheer, la. The fire originated at
w. i. Armstrong; meat market and is
supposed to have been the work
of an incendiary. From Broadway three
blocks north on both sides of Barnes
street every thing was swept away.
including the opera-house, Crescent
supply store, the Harlem and Parrot
block, the buildings occupied by j. il.
Leathers and Il. q. Funk, general mer-
chants and many other business houses.
At least forty residences were burned.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16

wM. KEMMLER. ened down and then
the warden leaned over and parted
Kemmler's feet, so as to bring his legs
near the chair While the straps were
being arranged Kemmler said to the
warden and his assistants: Take your
time. Don't be in hurry. Be sure
that every thing is all right"
Deputy Vieling unfastened the thumb
screws which held the figure at the
back of the chair in place and began to
lower it so that the rubber cup which
held the saturated sponge pressed
against the top of Kemmler's head.
When the cup had been adjusted and
clamped in place, Kemmler said: 20,
you'd better press that down further ]
guess. Press that down. So the head
piece was unclamped and pressed fur
ther down. Warden Durston took the
leather harness which was to be ad
iusted to Kemmler's head. 1t was muz-
zle of broad leather straps which went
across the forehead and the chin of the
man in the chair. The top strap pressed
down against Kemmler's nose until it
fattened it down over his face.
"Ready?" said Durston, and then
"Good-bye." He stepped to the door
and said to some one in the next room:
Every thing is ready" In almost i'm
mediate response the electric current
was turned on. There was sudden
convulsion of the frame in tho chair. A
spasm went over it from head TO foot.
Tho twitching that the muscles of the
face underwent gave it for moment an
expression of pain, but no cry escaped
from the lips which were free to move
at will; no sound came forth to suggest
that consciousness lasted more than a
fraction of n second
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16
The Empress of the Germans.

The Empress of Germany is said to be
young woman of exceeding fiery tenn
per. She was a Schleswig- Holstein
Princess and was reared with strict
severity-is thorough housekeeper as
well as proficient scholar. But amia-
bility is not her most notable character
istic. OF course she can not quarrel with
her husband, for the etiquette of the
court is distinctly rigorous; but the En-
press is at liberty to quarrel with every
body else, and of this prorogative the
young woman avails herself. Some of
her outbursts of temper have been of
a most humiliating character, betraying
a coarseness one would hardly expect to
meet with in royalty. The Empress in
clines to stoutness; her features are
rather heavy, but the expression of her
face is kind. She is one yaar older than
her husband. AS for the ex-Empress
Frederick, mother of the present EN-
peror, she is the perfect picture of her
mother, the Queen of England. d.-Chica-
20 News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16

Charlie Powerzblock-It bahd fawm
to use patent leathah shoes now, old
chappie.
Chappie-W Whatevah's the reason, deah
boy?
Charlie Powerzblocl1-Be the
common people are all wearing them.
Chappie.-B Bah Jove, they ought to be
awested for-er-infwingement ON the
patent!-The Jury.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16
-Undoubtedlx there is a slmilarity

Undoubtedly there Is a similarity
in the appearance of cyclones as they
move along their course. but the like
ness can not be as close as between the
accounts of the storms given by news
paper correspondents A dark funnel
shaped cloud" accompanied by "a fear
full roaring" and spreading destruc-
tion along its track" Is the same old
cloud that has been doing service for
twenty years VIII the cyclone cores
pondent please strike up new tune, or
give US new words to tho old tune?--
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16

wealthieSt Sc
cret societies
in the world.
1t is growing at
the rate Of 3d.
600 new mem
bers a year.
Il h e revenue
last year was
in the neighbor-
hood of 6,000,-
900. About t half
of this was
spent in various
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16
THE OpD.FELLoWS.

THE First Triennial Cantonment For-
naliy Opened NJ Cbicago-Thousnnds
Are in Attendance.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3. The first triennia1
cantonment of the Patriarcbs Militant
of the ]. o. o. +. began here Monday
and will continue every day during the
week, with grand parade Thursday
and variety of exercises on each day
and evening
One of the most important events of
this cantonment was the meeting yes
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-16

ting down to dinner.
Warden Dursto n
stood on the right
and George Vieling
on the left. They
began Immediately
to adjust the straps
a roun d Kemmler's
body, the condemned
man holding up his
arms SO as to give
them every assist
ance. w h en- t h o
straps had been ad-
iusted about the body
the arms were fast