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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-04-12
AN AMAZON ARMY.

Bomctktng About the Two Thousand
Women Employed in tho Treasury.
Fully one-third of this army of ANA.
zons ARE under the command of the Sec
retary of the Treasury. One thousand
of them march their little feet every
day up the great stone steps of that
mighty sarcophagus known as the
United States Treasury, and in its pris-
on-like walls they remain upon duty
from this hour until four. They do all
sorts of work, and they receive all kinds
of salaries. The highest-priced of them
get 81, 800 a year, and there are three
ladies who receive this salary. One is
Miss j. NJ. Seavet, of Tennessee, and
another Miss NJ. Van Vranken, of New
York-maidens who came here IL the
sixties and who are SO efficient in the
management of internal revenue mat
ters that their salaries have been in
creased over those of most of the men
of the Bureau. The third S1,S00 clerk
is Miss Ada Tanner, the daughter
of the Corporal, who acts as conf
Dental clerk in the Treasury. She
came into Office when her father went
out, and her appointment dates from
last November. Only five women in the
Treasury get $1,000 u year, thirty-one
receive 81 400, and 1873 got 500 n month,
Ninety-one receive 1000 year and 366
receive 5000. Among the thousand odd
who receive less than this are those who
get the pay of laborers and messengers
and others running down to the char
women. who receive $50 month for
sweeping and scrubbing.
One of the most interesting sights of
the Treasury Department is the paying
out of these moneys, which always oc
ours at the last of the month. From all
parts of the building the men and
women troop to the disbursing Offices
and they receive their cash in crisp new
bills which rustic like four-dollar
black silk when they pass through the
counters hands. / stood the other day
and watched them get their money.
Through a grated window showed the
bright blue eyes and the heavy blond
mustache of Mr.. Hub Smith, the noted
author of the song known as ''Liston to
My Tale of Woe" and it was he who
acting at this time for Secretary Win
dom, was paying out the cash to the
girls. He smiled as he did so, and they
smiled as they took the bills, and the
signs were just the opposite of those of
the sad tale of Johnny Jones and his
sister Sue.-Washington Cor. Philadel-
Dhia Press
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-04-12
SHOES FOR THE DEAD.

A representative of the Free Press,
mindful of the maxim waiting for
dead mems Shoes" raped at the door
and was answered by an ancient woman
smoking pipe. She took this out of
her shrunken jaws and saying she
smoked for the oothache-though not q
tooth was in sight-directed the way to
the mortuary shoe dealer. 1t was up a
winding stair. A pale young woman
answered the rap.
"Yes, we make shoes for dead folks:
here are some," and she took several
pairs of black, apeless-looking boots
from box on chair which seemed to
have more left in 1t.
They were crotchet shoes made to
button up the back, and with the film
siest of soles, and they had 40 shape
and were made to fit any foot.
Seeing the representative of the Free
Press examining them, the young
woman said sharply:
They're for comfort; they amt for
style. They're warm and snug, II they
don't look pretty. Mother and l wear
them. and we amt dead, either"
The price was seventy-five cents pair
without ribbon bows. Cheap enough,
and yet the young woman said trade
was dull. The undertakers wouldn't
patronize them, and good many people
buried their dead without shoes; others
didn't pay for them.
'The very pair have on" she said,
''were returned for debt. The corpse's
sister took them of at the last moment.
The dead woman had worn them two
lays, and they knowing all the time
they wouldn't paw for them."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-04-12
USING OLD SIGNS.
Tradesmen Prefer One Blistered and Bat
tered to II Fine New One.

Tradesmen Prefer One Blistered and Bat
tered to II Fine New One.
The latest trick OF some tradesmen is
shown in desire to display old looking
signs at their business places. Its
surprising" said sign painter to re-
porter the other day, Ito note how anx-
ious some newly established firms are to
purchase signs that have seen service.
"a sign that is exposed to the ele-
ments of the four seasons for number
of years is bound to assume that
weather-beaten front that is the pride
and drawing card of the old and success
full merchant. A sign that bears the
blisters OF thousand suns, and the
wash and marks of countless rain and
snow storms, is a sure guarantee that
the firm whose name it displays has
been prosperous, else they and their
sign would have faded long ago. Thus
one can readily see the Importance of
producing a sign that, though newly
constructed, will at the same time show
the imprints of age, wear and time.
have had twenty odd years experience
at outdoor advertising, and i never saw
this old-sign craze so rampant as at the
present time"
''To meet the demand / have worked
hard of late months and | have hit upon
a plan by which can construct at few
days notice sign that will have all
the appearances of having been through
the water. OF course, inferior wood
will have to be used in its construction,
and little mixture of my own thrown
in, and then we have sign of the old
school, so old in appearance thai the
traces of the firm name are scarcely
visible. The mixture which / use re-
quires great care in forming. and its in
gradients are very expensive, 80 that
workmanship and material considered,
a 'new-old sign costs o great deal moro
than would sign in fresh, bright gilt
"Only questionable firms seek to i'm.
pose upon the public with false sign,
but al there are great many such In.
stitutions afoat at the present time, /
have no trouble In finding ready and
steady employment The fad has just
been born, in my opinion, and you'll see
pretty extensive trade In 1t within .
few yssra IN. Y. Mail and Express.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-04-12
TWO PSYCHOLOGISTS.
Mind = Reading Extraordinary Which
Ended i'm an Ignoble Way.

Don't say word, exclaims Billtins,
entered his office. Don't speak; don't
utter syllable. / have acquired the
gift of mind reading. A mysterious
sympathy is established between us.
read your purpose. You have come
here to collect Keen e Blunt's little ac.
count. Is it not so?"
1T is. You are quite right" replied
the gaunt. unshaven one. 81, too, have
been mind-reader in my time. The
power is on me now. ! know your
thoughts. can tell what tho speech
will be that you are framing even now.
You are going to say: Il am very sorry,
but you will have to call again. Am
not right?"
"Marvelous," calculated Billiins.
81 can go farther" pursued the
will tell me to come in about the mid.
die of next week" /.
miraculous, cried Bilkins. snow it
is my turn. can see into your very
soul. You will answer: II have been
coming here now for the past two years,
ever week, and it's high time you set.
tied up"
"You astonish me-"
"Yes, more-you will threaten to bring
suit against me-"
'Just what was going to say. But
can carry my spiritual communion
father. You will say Sue and be-
blanked.'
"My dear sir, you are inspired. You
oughtto be a weather prophet" Then"
continued the gaunt, unshaven party,
latter give youa little back talk, you
will watt me gently into the street."
There is no use in fighting against
destiny" responded Bilkins; and few
moments later, as the gaunt, unshaven
mind-reader collected his remains from
the sidewalk, he was overheard to re-
mark that the next time he metaphysi-
clan he would pass by Oh the other side,
-Chicapo America,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-04-12
NANTUCkET's SWEET BELL.
How 1t Was Brought from Portugal Il
Peaceful New England.

The subject of church bells is re-
minder of the beautifully sweet-toned
bell in one of the church towers of Nan
tucket 1t has something of history.
1t was cast in Portugal and was intended
for use upon a convent, being dedicated
''To the good Jesus" in somewhat
lengthy inscription in the Portuguese
language, cast in raised letters upon it's
side. There are various romantic stories
concerning the means by which it came
to be hung in the belfry of New En-
gland church. One says that it was
taken from floating wreck by Nan
tucket crew; another is to the effect that
it was captured by u privateer, as the
angels in the old North Church, Salem
street, are said TO have been taken. The
real truth is said to be that Nantucket
sea captain at Portuguese port heard
the bell as it was being tested, fresh
from the foundry, and, being captivated
by its exquisite tone, induced the makers
to part with it and cast another for the
convent He brought it to Nantucket in
his ship, and it has ever since hung /
the church steeple.
There is Il tale about this wonderful
bell that has local application. 1t is
said that some years ago some people of
the congregation of the old South Church
heard the bell and thought that it would
sound well in Boston. This was while
the church was still worshiping in the
old edifice. They made overtures to the
Nantucket church, writing from Boston
that they had heard that it was pos
sessed of a very fine bell; that the Old
South was in need of bell. For what
price would the Nantucket brethren sell
their bell. The Nantucket church ig-
nored the main question, and returned
reply that they had heard that the Old
South had very fine clock. For what
price would the Boston brethren sell
their clock k?-Boston Advertiser.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-04-12
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

We suppose 1t is the old feline in
stinct of the fiddle-string that makes it
arch its back and yell when it meets it's
beau.-Binghamton Republican.
-Tippler-"Do. You know the reason
have never met with success in life?"
Plainspeaker-"Yes; there have been
too many bars in your way"
-Mamma-"Now Cecil, you have told
me lie" Cecil-"But mamma, you
told me / must say yes or no; you didn't
give me time to make the truth fit!'
The small boy may occasionally fail
in other things, but you can depend up
on it there is one thing he will always
do; get to a show in time.-Atchison
Globe.
-Wickars-"I am afraid you have
very little conception of the wisdom of
nature" Vickars-'And / am afraid
you have very little conception of the
nature of wisdom. .''-Terre Haute Ex-
press.
New ENTHUSIASTICALLY madam, this
is too much. i can not stand the ever
lasting fault-fnding of the coachman.
He says l have worse temper even
than you.-Fliegende Blatter.
-"Why can not woman become a
successful lawyer, | should like to
know?" asked lady of a cynical old
Judge. "Because, madam, he answered,
''she is too fond of giving her opinion
without pay."-Demorest.
He had asked her the momentous
question with great warmth. "You
know" he said, after a pause, "that
soft answer turneth away wrath"
"That's very true" she replied with
sarcastic tinge in her voice, "but soft
question doesn't"
Pastor Jones, have you ever
reflected that in the course of time you,
too, must join the silent majority?" Mr..
Jones-''That's so, Parson: and kinder
wish you'd impress on her that she
ought to be practicin' for it now. Bur
lington Free Press.
-"No, SIR" said the Rhode Island
man, II am proud to say that you rarely
sec drunken man in our State"
"That's probably true" returned his
friend. "But you would II they didn't
miss their way home and stagger over
into Massachusetts. "--Munsey's Weekly.
AT the close of lengthened and
bitter wrangle between a Judge and
prominent counsel, the former said,
"Well, sir, If you do not know how to
conduct yourself as gentleman, am
sure can't teach you" To which the
barrister mildly replied, "That is SO, my
lord.
-She-"Are you fond of music, Mr..
Smell? He-"Well, don't know-tell
you the truth, we've had piano in the
house 80 long that really don't remem-
ber; but think-that is to say, have
o faint impression-I was fond Of it
great many years ago."-Boston Trans
cript.
Anxious mother-'I am afraid there
Is something wrong with William. He's
out late every night now" Father
Hes all right. You'll probably hear
of his engagement shortly" Mother
~ think he would have told me II that
was the reason" Father-"Thass
nothing. Don't you remember that YOU
didn't want me to toll, because you said
my mother WOULD blab IT all over town
In lsis than twenty-four hours ~
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-04-12
A HOPELESS CASE.
Tho Ridiculous Adventures OF an Absent-
Minded Man.


The freaks Of absent-minded people
are often amusing TO hear of, but SC
great is the Inconvenience which they
cause to the perpetrators and to their
friends that one never hears of them
without the feeling that absent-minded-
ness is to be Stunned as disease, and
fought against in every possible way.
An amusing instance of the plight into
which an absent-minded man may con-
! trive to get himself occurred at an ordi-
nation in Maine not long since, when a
number OF clergymen were gathered to
ordain one of their brethren.
The place was a country town, and the
visitors, instead of being quartered at
hotels, were distributed among the
members of the society at whose church
the ordination was to take place.
DIR. Blank, who was to preach the ser
mon, stayed with an old deacon, and, as
IL CHANGED, was quartercd in room
upon the door of which was spring
lock.
just as the moment came for driving
to church, DIR. Blank appeared in the
parlor where the family were waiting,
and announced that when he had come
out of his room he had forgotten to put
the catch of the lock down, and had
left on the table within not only the
key, but the sermon he was about to
deliver.
For an instant there was complete
CONSERVATION, but fortunately the son
of the family recollected that there was
duplicate key, which was produced,
and the doctor went placidly upstairs
after his manuscript.
Three minutes later he reappeared
with an expression of mingled con-
triton and despair upon his face, and
explained that when he got to his room
he could not remember what he had
he had started to ask, but had been
brought to his senses when the door
once more swung to behind him, and he
realized that it had again shut in his
sermon.
There was no locksmith within call,
and it would have been desperate case
for the doctor had not the son once more
come to the rescue by procuring lad
der, and climbing in at the window of
the chamber.
He took the double precaution of talk
ing from the table his own key, and Of
setting the door open with chair
against it, and the clergyman, who was
profuse in his thanks, once more went
upstairs to get his sermon.
When he came down, the family
started for church, and just as they
reached it the hostess remarked, with a
smile, that the congregation would never
know how near they came to having nc
At the words sudden pale.
ness came over the face of Doctor Blank.
II have left it at home after all!'' he
yasped, holding out the key to his room.
II took the key instead!"-Youth's Com |,
oanion
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-04-12
THE BLACK SWAN.
The Graceful Water Bird Is No Longer a
Rara Avis.

At one time the black swan was un-
known or regarded as freak of nature
In the "Antiauary" Sir Walter Scott
makes one of his characters say: What!
is it my rara avis, my black SWAMI" But
since the discovery and opening up of
the Australian continent it has become
more common, for it is found in large
flocks in the south and west of Australia.
One writer says that they have become
so abundant that he has seen floclxs of
them being driven in the streets of
Sydney as if they were a flock of geese.
They are found to be very prolific and
are tanned with great ease, and it has
not been found difficult to keep and
breed them in captivity, but the expert
ence has been that the time of their
breeding Is uncertain, because the sea
sons are entirely reversed on the north
ern half of the globe to what they are in
the southern hemisphere.
The black swan is more slender in
build than the common swan and not
quite so large in body. The plumage,
as the name denotes, Is entirely black
on the body, only few fight feathers
being white The eyes are bright red,
as is the beak, but the latter has white
tip. The feet are black. The young
when hatched are of whitish gray in
the down.-Country Gentleman.
This is time-honored belief,
which has been shattered number Of
times, but certainly on no occasion
more effectively than by this story,
from Hopkinsville, KY, paper: Talk
ing of quail, Colonel s. NJ. Starting, of
this vicinity, now in his eighty-fourth
year, has broken into countless frag-
ments the ancient and hoary supersti-
tion that to eat quail, however daintily
cooked, for thirty days successfully,
will produce nausea worse than seasick.
moss. On the last day Of last October,
being in rather delicate health, he be.
gan to diet on quail flesh exclusively,
eating one bird and sometimes two
every day. He has not missed bird
for 1875 days, and has not the slightest
inclination to change his diet which
rather improves In favor"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-04-12
PAPER EVERYWHERE.
Strange Uses to Which tho Material Has
Been Put of Late.

A
Been Put of Late.
Paper Is now made to serve for steel
and Iron. When strong fiber is used it
can be made into substance so hard
that 1t can scarcely be scratched. Rail-
road car wheels are made OF it moro
durable than iron. A store in Atlanta,
Ga, has been built entirely of paper.
The rafters, weather. boards; roof and
flooring are all made of thick compressed
paper boards, impervious to water On
account of the surface of the paper be-
ing smooth and hard it can not catch on
Ere as easily as wooden building. 1t
! is found warm in cold and cool in hot
weather. The Breslau fireproof Chin
ney has demonstrated that cooking and
heating stoves, bathtubs and pots, when
annealed by process that renders it
fireproof. becomes more lasting than
iron and will not burn out. Cracks in
floors around the skirting board, or other
parts of a room, may be neatly filled by
thoroughly soaking newspaper in paste
made as thick as putty and forced into
the cracks with paste-knife. 1t will
soon harden and can be painted.
Black walnut picture frames are made
of paper and so colored that no one can
tell them from the original wood. A
paper piano has lately been exhibited in
Paris. The entire case is made of com
pressed paper, to which is given hard
surface, cream-white brilliant polish.
The legs and side are ornamented with
arabesques and floral designs. The ex-
terror, and as much of the interior as
can be seen when the instrument is
open, are covered with wreaths and
medallions painted in miniature. An
Italian monk has succeeded in construct
ing an organ where the pipes are made
of paper pulp. 1t has 1,400 pipes of vari-
Gus sizes. The American Cottonseed-Oil
Trust are now running mill for max
ing paper from the hulls remaining
after all the oil has been squeezed out
of the cottonseed. They are contem-
plating the erection of 10O-ton mill for
the same purpose. These hulls have
heretofore been considered worthless.
1t has so far proved so successful that
the trust propose erecting mills at diff
ferent points in the cotton raising coun-
try. OF course, this will somewhat revo-
lutionize the paper trade.
A new mill for the manufacture of
paper from moss has been recently es-
tablished in Sweden. Paper of different
thickness and pasteboard made of it
have already been shown, the latter
even in sheets three-quarters of an inch
thick 1t is as hard as wood and can be
easily painted and polished. 1t has all
the good qualities, but none of the de-
fects, of wood. The pasteboard can be
used for door and window frames, archi-
tectural ornaments and all kinds of fur
niture. The ceiling of the Assembly
Chamber of Albany. N. V, is made of
papier-machc. 1t is model of its kind,
and appears 50 like marble as to deceive
the most expert eye. The latest idea is
TO use paper instead of wood for lead
pencils, by using a patent preparation
by which it can be cut as easily as tho
softest wood.-St. Louis Stationer
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-04-12
IF WE KNEW.

Could We but draw back the curtains
That surround each others lives,
See the naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the action gives,
Often we should find Il better,
purer than we Judge we should;
We should love ench other better
II wo only understood
Could We judge nll deeds by motives,
See the good and bad within.
Often we should love the sinner
All the while we loathe the sin.
Gould we know the powers working
To o'erthrow integrity
We should judge each others errors
With more patient charity.
II we knew the cares and trials,
Know the effort all in vain,
And the bitter disappointment,
Understood the loss and gain
Would the grim. external roughness
Seem, wonder, Just the same?
Should we help where now we hindCrg
Should we pity where we blameY
All we Judge each other hnrshly.
Knowing not lfe's hidden force:
knowing not the fount of action
* less turbid mt its source.
Seeing not amid the evil
All the golden grains of good:
oh! we'd love each other better
II we only understood.
-Woman's Work
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-04-12
SHOES FOR THE DEAD.

The Gruesoms Trade Pursued by n Young
Woman at Detroit.
Out in the eastern part of the city
there is an establishment which an
nounces the preservation of funeral
flowers and Immediately under it this
sign is displayed:
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