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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-26
SAVED BY ACCIDENT. =
The knife of Surgeon Brings an APP
parently Dead Woman to Life.

The knife of Surgeon Brings an APP
parently Dead Woman to Life.
| / entered the dingy dissecting hall
and drew near the table whereon tho
! corpse lay outstretched, with every limo
exposed. The body was that Of as per-
feet fashioned woman as had ever
seen in flesh or marble. She was about
twenty-fveyear of age, with strongly
knit frame, and wealth Of auburn hair
that fell about the slab in disorder. The
face was handsome and serene. The
hands and feet were delicate; / noticed
that the forefnger of the left hand was
pricked, and betrayed the hard-worked
needlewoman.
During the consultation of the chief
doctors over her case, when she was yet
alive, at which tho students were all
present, had become convinced that an
operation with the knife might have
saved her. The head doctors, however,
thought otherwise, and as had no con-
sulting voice in the matter no surgical
operation was attempted. / impaired
my doubts to the students, who agreed
that should get her body, as l wished
to verify by a post-mortcm how far
an operation ON the living woman might
have been safely performed. Tho pa
tient fingered on for some time, so long,
in fact, that began to think she would
get we'll again and l defraudod of an in
teresting pathological caso-
So matters stood whom the janitor
gave me that morning the intelligence
of her death. Her ailment was loose,
fatty tumor on the side of the neck,
which weighed over pound. / got my
truss. donned my black apron and was
soon ready. determined TO operate as
conscientiously on the dead as l should
have done on the live woman. My
scalpels and instruments were all we'll
within reach on the table. l raised an
eye-lid, but there was no trace of life in
those dull. lustreless orbs. The jaws
were fast and tho members rigid in
death. inserted the probe and piled
the knife with tho utmost care. nipping
the arteries as they were disclosed,
until q dozen or more held the principal
vessels OF tho mock. After working q
half-honr or so the ablation was COM
plete. just at that moment tho demon
strator, always an early bird, entered
Jno Halt anu WAlkeu up 10 lne JaOio
where / was busy. He bent over the
corpse and scrutinized with great atten-
tion the cavity in the neck
Suddenly, as he gazed into the wound,
he started back as If he had received
galvanic shock looked at him in
astonishment He once more bent
down. distended to its utmost tho gap
ing hola in the neck and exclaimed:
"Why, good God! man, the woman Is
alive. Her carotid artery beats. Here,
janitor, lend hand to take this woman
upstairs"
in turn peered into the wound, and
sure enough, full view OF the main
vessel in the neck, which conveys the
blood from the aerta To the head, could
be had inside, and it throbbed with
slow, irregular motion.
The woman was in trance She was
at once put into a warm bed, restora-
tives were applied, and her neck prop
orly bandaged. Her life, however, was
for time in great danger; but she
eventually recovered and left the hos-
pital cured.-N. Y. World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-26

just then, amid the changing OF the
bell and the thunder OF the train, the
great, Cyclopean eye of the engine shot
full upon me, binding me with the
glare. My head swan and my senses
left me. But was dimly conscious in
the awful din of hoarse shout, sue
cession of brilliantly-lighted windows.
passing so rapidly as to seem to blend
Into one sheet of fame, then-oblivion.
When ! camo to my senses I found
myself in an express car, recovering my
self at the rate OF fifty miles az tour.
One Of the train men, whom at t0nce
recognized, wassprinkling my face Nth
water.
Before speaking looked down al my
feet To my surprise they were both
there, though one was minus shoe and
began to pain me- | was soon able to
sit up and give an account of myself, so
far as knew, concluding with All in
quiry rs to how badly my foot was hurt
by the train.
At this there was q general smile.
"Speak out" said ], didn't the train
run over me?" "I'll tell you all about
it. said the conductor, who had just
come in. "When our engineer got a
little past L., he saw q man lying
close to the crossing, and thinking he
must be either killed or injured, we ran
back the train to pick him up. As to
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-26
VALUE OF BANANAS.
When Ripe They Arc Among the Most
Wholesome of Fruits.

Wholesome of Fruits.
The value of bananas as food is not
generally appreciated. Ripe bananas
are among the most wholesome of foods
and their nutritive value is very high.
affording all the elements necessary to
life. According to table of relative food
values, it appears that a pound OF ba-
nanas is almost equal to pound of lean
beef. In fact the bananas are much bet
ter for their proportionate elements
are perfect while in lean beef there is
an excess of the heterogeneous elements
which must be carried off as waste
while there is lack of the carbonaceons
elements Travellers in South America
tell us that the laborers who gather the
gum from the India rubber trees subsist
entirely upon bananas. Their routes
lead them over mountains and deep into
valleys, through almost impenetrable
thickets, bearing upon their shoulders
an increasing load until it often aggre
gates one hundred and fifty pounds.
The people in and around Quito live
almost entirely upon bananas. 1t may
seem rather surprising, but an ;cre OF
land, we'll utilized in raising bananas,
will sustain more people than if devoted
to any other product. OF course the
bananas which reach our market are
quite inferior to those fully ripened
upon their native soil; still, il selected
with care, they will be found very
wholesome and relishable.- J. II.
Kellogg.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-26
OPPRESSED HEROlNES.
Why They Figure SO Frequently in Liter
ature of Young Womcn.

Why They Figure SO Frequently in Liter
aturc of Young Womon.
Probably most men, and certainly
most young men, feel that they are
| good fellows wronged, that the world
has not treated them exactly right, that
| they are harassed and impeded by the
disadvantages of their environment,
that their immediate circle does not ap.
preciate them at their full value. But
women, because they are more sensi-
tive, and have more leisure to think
over the snubs and Sights that are the
tragedies of everyday life, entertain
this feeling far more acutely. That is
why the oppressed heroine, the homely
heroine, the poor and humble heroine,
are such frequent and familiar and fav-
orite characters in young women's liter
ature. Probably the authors Of these in
teresting characters took to literature
because at some time of their career
they had been thrown back upon them
selves. They began to write when cir
cumstances made them feel isolated
from the rest of the world, and in a
spirit of morbid concentration upon their
own thoughts. A woman with turn
for literary work, who notices that she
is distanced, as far as success and ad-
miration goes, by rivals inferior in mem
tai capacity to herself, flies eagerly to
the society of her own fancies, and
makes her pen her greatest friend. 1t is
the lot of many girls to pass their
childhood or youth in somewhat
monotonous round of domestic duties,
and frequently in narrow domestic
circle with which they may have no
great intellectual sympathy. it is do
lightful consolation for the shortcom-
iugs OF the social life around them to
build up an imaginary picture of social
life as it might be-full of romantic
adventures and pleasant conquests. In
manufacturing her heroine the young
recluse puts on paper what she would
herself like to be, and what she thinks
might be if only she had golden hair
and. wider sphere Of action, or if men
were wiser and more discerning. In
the Sights offered to her favorite ideal
she paints the Sights that might be or
have been offered to herself, and she
glories in imagining the triumphant
way in which (under more auspiciOus
her enemies and trample them under
foot. Tho veXatiOns and lnnoyances
she is usually able to describe with
spirit and accuracy. The triumph, be
ing the representation of her own delic-
ious dreams, is apt to be little too
spectacular; it is too complete; rivals
and enemies are too effectually crushed;
the world looks on and applauds with
rather unnecessary vehemence; the un.
derrated martyr of the first portion of
the book has somewhat too magnificent
an apotheosis at its close. Sometimes,
indeed, shc dies in the last chapter, but
even then she has her revenge-she cx-
pires in the calm consciousness that her
family circle has found out, when too
late, all the mistakes and injustice it
has committed toward her, and that
the world at large perceives that it has
been entertaining unawares an angel
just as the angel has taken flight up
ward to another sphere. illustrated
American.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-26
OHIO
A BLAME. FOOL.


Blame fools--wnli, mebbc so, but then, he
want all alone,
For they's lots o. folks thought death u song
wot's found ther life groan;
An thet's wot happent Joey Thorne, an ef he
war fool,
Thcy's plenty others left 18th us upon the ole
foot-stooli
She KEN up from the city for to what she called
"enjoy
The bewtchus rooral scenery, an let the breczcs
toy
An wanton with her ringlets,"--un' lot o.
mush like that,
witch p'raps soun's gran an pikcherskcw, but
Icall-wall, darn fat.
But Joe was kind o. drcamy.lke, an all thet
sort o. bosh,
.Jes sort o. soaked right inter him, an made
him think, b'goshl
She was winglcss angel 18th voice like gold
ing harps-
An all thet kind o. truck shelod out by all them
Shaikspere sharps.
An so when they was any drives or walks II
happent that
Fool-like, Joe would hang around an have a
little chat:
An then they'd start together an while Joc'ud
A bunch o. water lilies, she'd set on u rock an
sketch"
Il think sho called 1t that, ond Joe 'ud come
About the dangerous lily" an the "rose an hol,
lyhawk,"
1.-The hummin' o. the drowsy bees" an "twit.
term o. the jay"
An Kaleidoscope o. nature" and the "dyln
orb o. day."
An so things KEEP on jes' this way till summer'd
passed, an Joe
KEN to the house the night aforc the day she
he'd to go,
IBID good-bye"--
An then stopped short and bit his lip, an tried
to shade his eye.
guess the light fiared up too bright, an thet's
what make Joe blink;
He allus wuz that nervislike an allus had,
think,
Some trouble bout his eye sight-but he braced
right up an told
Well, you know jes' how it is yersclf-the story
that's so old!
An Carrie-well, she kind o. smiled, an reached
an TUX his hand,
An spoke about her visit, and tole Joe to un-
derstand
Thet she 'joyed her trip to Rosevale, an that ef
at any day
He'd need fricnd-but Joe turned round, an
stared, an walked away.
An so, one day Joe disappeared an lef' a note
behind.
A-sayin' ef they missed him, they need on'y
look an find
Him sleepin' in the water-fer thct he he'd
''ony gone
Fer to fetch bunch of lilies from the old &C.
customed pond!'
An thet's wot happent Joey Thorne, an ef he
war fool
They's plenty others left 18th us upon the olo
foot-stooll
TX. c. Tapley, in Jury.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-26
I UTTERED sHRlEK AFTER SHREK.

UTTERED Shrek AFTER SHREK.
TO - Junction. eight miles beyond
board the train there, and be in the city
at daylight
determined to act on this sugges-
tion, and after o few farther inquiries
set of toward the village. The moon
had gone down. and thick clouds cov-
cred the sky. 1t was as dark as pitch
Not leaf stirred. Itseemed as though
the night were holding its breath, pre-
monitory symptoms of lachrymal out
burst OF rain. did not mind the gloom,
however, and whistled along merrily
enough.
The highway ran along the east side
sf the track for nearly half a mile, as
cending hill, then descending abrupt
ly to the right, crossing the track at a
sharp curve, whence it bore off toward
the few glimmering lights of the village,
situated on hill half mile west OF
the railroad. walked rapidly along,
and descended the hill to cross the
track. Hardly had taken the first step
on the plank crossing, when the heel Of
my shoe, by some unlucky chance, sank
tightly into the space between rail and
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-26

Indignant excitement At that time l
was reporter on prominent daily,
and, in response to sensational bulle-
tin from our local correspondent at
L., was sent on by the chief to fur
nish long special dispatch of the case
for the morning edition. I left the city
at dusk, and reached my destination
seventy miles away, between nine and
ten o'clock.
1t is unnecessary to enter into any de-
tails Of the murder here. Suffice it to
say that, after some trouble and more
delay, secured very successful report,
and at eleven o'clock it had begun spin
ming over the wires.
L-was asmall country place where
the midnight trains did not stop; but
before leaving the telegraph Office l
learned from the operator, who was q
genial fellow-do not stare-that by
hiring horse at the village, which was
a mile from the station and reached in
the daytime By stage, could be driven
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-26
HELD BY THE HEEL.
An Awful Nights Adventure on a
Railroad Track.

I was a few years
ago on q dark
summer n / g h t
that the advent
ure / am about
to relate befell
me.
Il h re h a d
been a tragedy
at L., t h @
circ umstances
of which were
so horrible and
cruel that when
t h o particulars
were given t o
the public all
N 9 W England
was aroused to
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-26


of locomotive.
Then it all came back to me. Twas
not safe in bed at home, but was crouch
ing OH railway track, my foot held as
in wise, waiting to be crushed by tho
train whose whistle / now heard echo
ing and re-echoing far away among the
hills.
tried once more to release myself,
but my foot was held fast as ever
was convinced that further effort was
useless. So, having laid my body as far
as possible from the rails, abandoned
myself to dogged despair.
Again the shrill whistle sounded out
upon the midnight air, this time nearer
and more distinct. They were whistling
fer the station, and in a hundred sec
onds would be upon me.
Nearer and nearer flew the train.
heard the singing Of the rails, and shnd-
dered. The sound OF the monsters APP
proach was swelling from growl to a
mad roar. Had boen on straight line
of track, the powerful headlight might
heve revealed me to the engineer, and
been the instrument of my rescue. But
i WAS pihhou w euo traCh Juoo arouhu
sharp curve, hill between me and the
train, and, II seen at all, it would be too
late to stop.
The ground began to tremble. Then
deafening, soul-piercing shrek
seemed TO freeze my very blood in its
veins. / became as one paralyzed.
tried to raise my hand to my brow, but
could not move it. The strain was ter
rible. II was agony. 1t seemed that
must die even before the express
dashed upou 80.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-26

Mr.. Hoffman Howes-How dweadfull
hear that the walters are going to
strike.
His Friend-Gracious We won't have
anybody to tip, will we?
Mr.. Hoffman Howes-O, We can tip
the landlord-it's just the same. Mum.
sey's Weokly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-26
Her Duel with tho Doctor.

An extraordinary duel Is reported to
have taken place in Vienna. few
days ago n girl, aged nineteen, chai'
lenged young doctor, who had offended
one OF her friends and refused to apollo
gize. He was challenged in the usual
way by two seconds, student and an
officer of reserves, and when he ridiouled
tho idea the girl threatened to horse
whip him publicly. Tho challenge was
thon accepted, and meeting with seq
onds and doctors took place in hired
room in Vienna suburb. All the rule
for duel with swords were strictly oh
served. Tho doctor first acted on tho
defensive, but was soon obliged to fight
in earnest, and left off after the second
round with wound in the left side,
which was declared not to 10 dangerous.
The girl, Croatian educated in South
America, is said by the seconds to be
the best fencer they ever saw. After
wounding her adversary she left the
place without casting another look at
him. Vienna Tagblatt
DescriSsd.
"Have you seen Cleopatra's mummyp"
"Ves."
SIS it really beautiful?"
"Well thai depends on what you call
beautiful Did you ever see dried
apple?'
"Yes."
SWELL that's Cleopatra's mummy on
ANAL scale. PUCK.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-02-14
A Mothers Love.

There are several different kinds
of love; Divine, maternal, pater-
nal and conjugal love. The supe-
riority of Divine love over all, is
of course, incomparably great
this excepted, no other approx
mates true maternal love. Begin
ming at infancy, the mother watch
es over and cares for the little one
with great interest, and with deep
solicitude sees it enter upon the
different stages of lie, ~ ss sssli i bss
fio sqtured into manor woman
Leod, then it is the mothers fond
hope, Joy and pride. But oh, how
sad when en- erring, self-willed and
profigate child, by the perform
ance of some "perverse Decd
brushes that loving heart that has
ever anxiously palpitated in hopes
of a bright and prosperous future
for her child. Although she has
been grievously disappointed and
her hopes blighted, yet her love is
the same, let the child act as it
may, only ''true affection" eman-
ates from a mothers heart. If
there were Inconsistency of affection
deeply secreted in the hidden re-
cesses of the heart, forward, pro-
fiigate child would certainly ex-
pose and undisguise the suppress
ed feeling and sentiment. Could
there be a more thorough test than
the above mentioned? But nc
her love is genuine, loyal and un-
changeable. For instance, here is
an illustration of mothers fideli-
ty. A child may take deplora-
bic and irrevocable step. All 9TH
ers are ready to forsake, deride
stigmatize you, yet, although you,
perhaps, have inflicted a deep in
cision upon the mothers heart,
nevertheless, she is ever whisper
ing word of encouragement, and
pouring into your heart the balm
Of consolation and comfort. 1t is
4 conceded and indisputable f-ett
hat childs best friend is its
nother.-Selected.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-02-14
lstOnished.

The world was astonished at the
manifestation of love and admira-
ton that lay deep down in the
hearts of the southern people for
their late leader, Hon. Jefferson
Davis. Though the cause was
long since lost, and they accept in
good faith the new order of things,
their love for this great mGd was
none the less sincere, and the
overwhelming demonstrations
shown on every hand speak elo-
quently indeed the sentiments of
Of our best people. Many now
viii be glad OF the opportunity to
get the Memorial Volume, giving
a sketch of his career and the
Worlds Tribute to His Memory"
DIR. Jones, ithe fighting chaplain,
the author Of this great and popu-
lar book, shares the royalty with
Mrs. Davis. The publishers,
B. F. Johnson & Co., Richmond.
Va, desires to place it in the
hands of every family throughout
the land. Write them for particu-
lars.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-02-14
The True Girl.

The true girl has to be sought
for. She does not parade herself
to show goods. She is not fashion
able. Generally she is not rich,
but OH what heart she has when
you find herl SO large, pure and
womanly. If you gain her love
your two thousand are millions.
She'll not ask for a carriage or a
first class home. She will wear
simple dresses and turn them when
necessary, with no vulgar magni-
feat to frown upon her economy.
She will keep everything neat and
nice your sky parlor, and give
you such a welcome when you
come home that you will think
your parlor higher than ever. She
will entertain true friends on a
dollar, ard astonish you with the
new thought, how little happiness
depends on money. She will make
you love (if you don't you're a
brute and teach you how to pity
while you scorn poor fashionable
society that thinks itself rich; and
vainly tries to think itself happy.
Now, do you not, 1 pray you, say
any more, L can't afford to marry.
Go find the true girl, and you can.
Throw away that cigar, burn up
that switch cane, be sensible your
self, and seek your wife in sensi-
BILE way.-Exchange.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-02-14

Many congressman of both po-
litical parties appear to be losing
a needless amount of sleep over
Senator Morgan's proposition to
deport the negroes to the valley of
the Congo. The black man has
no use for the wilds of his father
land. He will remain where he is.
Education and white immigration
will soon put forever at rest the
sceptor of negro domination. As
the negro advances in knowledge
he will become less clannish, and
will refuse to be voted in blocks
by political leaders; as white i'm
migration comes in his Importance
as a political factor will gradually
disappears. A. Express.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-02-14
La Grippe-A Few Pointers.

Persons who have cold are much
mord Likely 20 take the influenza or so
called, la grippe.
1t is much more severe when accompa-
MED by cold.
The most critical time is when recover
ing from the disease, as slight exposure
VIII often cause a relapse and that is
almost certain to end in lung fever or
pneumonia
The feet should be kept dry and warm,
the body well clothed and care used to
avoid exposure.
The bowels should be kept regular and
persons physically weak should take qui-
nine TO keep the vitality.
With these precautions and free use of
Cbamberlain's Cough Remedy a prompt
recofersls reasonably certain. That rem
edy is unequalled for severe cold and
this disease requires precisely the same
treatment. For sale by
J. n. Eddins & Co.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-02-14
aermosa, New MezleO.


Editor San Saba News, l have
taken up my pen with the inten
ton of answering some letters
from your part of Texas, asking
questions in regard to their COM
ing here, and our opinion of this
country. As we often get such
letters, the thought has just struck
me, why not write to the San Saba
News. But first Mr.. Editor let
me thank you or soma kind friend
for sending us the San Saba News.
] assure you after so long an alb
scence Its familiar pages were like
the smiling face of and old friend,
and caused the mind to revert
back with longing and something
akin to homesick feeling toward
old San Saba once more. You
who have the advantage OF enjoy
ing good society viii never know
how to appreciate it tlll you try
living in mining camp in the far
west for while. People are not
here for their health mot many of
them at least and most all live for
self
Imagine yourself shut off as it
were from all society living for
more than a year in deep canyon
surrounded on all sides by huge
mountains. If you want to SEQ
any distance you have to look up
towards the heavens, then 1 sup
pose we can see as far as any of
you. But on looking up the can
yon your gaze rests on a most
beautiful and picturesque sight |
that viii cause you to pause in adj
miration and wonder, for only a |
few miles away lies the top of the
Black Range covered with snow,
although It is now as mild and as
pleasant here as any one could
wish for this time of the year.
This has been a much pleasanter
winter than last winter was, not
near so nuch Snow. Times are
very dull here at present. a o.>-li