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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23
THE COMING COLORS.
New Shades and the New Names Invented
for Them in Paris.

new SnaueS ana the New Names invented
for Them in Paris.
The Chambre Syndicate des Fleurs ct
Plumes has just brought out it's now
color card, which contains sixty-six
shades. Heliotropes have been given
the best places, proof that these will
be favorite shades during the coming
season. Blues come next in number,
while the representatives of the green
and red families have taken back seats
and will be rather neglected. The
color card contains some brown shades
in new effects. OF course not all the
siXty-six colors are new or even novel
gradations of old colors. There are,
however, several which are entirely
new.
Entirely new shades are verveine, a
medium heliotrope; bluet, strong but
somewhat light blue; dauphin, new
darkish reseda; maroquin, light brown,
and triton, blush gray shade. Dattir
is the name of new color which is a
cross between olive and sulphur yellow.
Heliotropes are represented in the color
card by eight shades, of which dahlia is
the darkest and perse the lightest;
salome isa heliotrope with blush tinge.
The blue family has ten representa-
tives, of which the well-known ciel, or
sky blue, is the lightest and marine
blue is the darkest. Bluet is expected
to become very fashionable color, and
libellule, grayish blue will also be
much worn.
Few new shades are found among tie
reds. The light coquelicot is already as
well known as the dark grenat. Rose
and azalee are old favorites. The two
old roses, tulipe and glaieul, are old
friends under new names. The reddish
browns, fauvette and bouvreuil, are al
ready known. The only novelty is piv-
oine, shade between old and dark red,
which is pleasing but not striking.
Caroube is very dark grenat.
Among the green's hardly any thing is
new, although the blush green triton
is novel. The three grays, silver, nickel
and platinum, correspond to their re-
spective names.
The yellow family has few repre-
sentatives, which, however, will not be
much worn in winter, yellow being
more a summer shade. A very dark
pensee, iris and turquoise are also
among tho sixty-six, but they are of lit
tie Importance. The five leading fash
ionable colors for next winter will be
verveine, bluet, dauphin, triton and
Goods Economist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23

off our coats and vests and hats, and
rubbed little mud on our faces and
hands and"
1T was just for a lark, you know"
pleaded Bill, as his brother paused;
land you did look just ready to cry, you
know"
at was very good of you, said Teddy,
looking very much as Bill had just de-
scribed her.
"Yes, we are very much Obliged"
said, thinking of all they had heard us
say about them, and wondering how
much they remembered.
But, somehow, lust then we all looked
up, and in another second the air was
filled with laughter 1t was irresistible.
The whole affair was too funny.
After that, we were the best CT
friends. The Townsends came often to
jerks Corner, and when Jim comes out
regularly, next winter she will have no
sisterly compunctions about Teddy or
me because there will be double we'd
ding in about two weeks. Teddy and
l are going to marry 'those horrid
Townsends. Anna Shields, in n. Y.
Ledger
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23
LORD oeILvIE'S ODDITIES.
Living Like n Cowboy with Trunks Full
of Poole's Latest styles.

Living Like n Cowboy with Trunks Full
of Poole's Latest styles.
The familiar form of Lord Ogilvie has
not been seen this week in the vicinity
of the Victor Hotel, where he makes his
headquarters during recent visits to the
city. According to report, Lord Ogilvie
is spending a brief vacation at Las
Vegas, N. NJ, to test the benefit of the
mud baths and to get rid of the debiliat-
ing effects of the races In speaking of
this remarkable character, for all who
know Lord ogilvie will agree that he
has capacities Of. a high order, gentle
man said yesterday: 81 have never
known Ogilvie to go to bed while paying
his periodical visits to this city. Thirty
minutes sleep in chair each twenty
four hours is about all his system seems
to require and he awakens apparently
as refreshed as if he had slept all night.
He is only twenty-eight years of age
and first dropped into Denver about ten
years ago on a visit to the mountains
with his father. The elder Ogilvie took
sick at the Windsor Hotel and died after
q brief illness. The remains were sent
to Scotland for burial in the old
family vault. Ogilvie is remarkably
we'll read upon all subjects, and
when at home on his ranch, near
Greeley, he spends the main part of his
time poring over books. He is peculiar,
one of his peculiarities being his man
nor of dress and the odd-looking plaid
vest by which he is recognized all over
tho Wast. That vest, said he to me one
4 AZ
the world can wear vest just like mine.
have contract duly signed with the
Arm in England manufacturing the ma
terial that it is never to be duplicated
except at my order. The vest is of i'm
mense dimensions and when stretched
at full length extends nearly to the
knees of the wearer. Its only ornament
is huge steel watch chain, which is
also made upon pattern peculiar to
itself. Ogilvie dresses plainly, but al
ways wears flannel shirt with high
collar, starched perfectly stiff and forti-
fed by cravat of poDgee silk.
81 have visited him at his ranch"
continued the narrator, "and it would
be difficult to imagine more royal well
come than is accorded by Ogilvie to his
friends. He lives in the enjoyment OF
all the good things that might be desired
and takes especial pride in his herds of
blooded horses and cattle. | was sur
prised at the extent of his wardrobe.
He showed me at least fifteen trunks
full of clothing, all made by Poole, the
London tailor, and not one suit in the
lot has Ogilvie ever worn. I'll venture
10 say that he has $50 complete suits OF
clothes on hand. Take him all in all. he
is the strangest conglomoration of od.i
ties to be found in the State of Col
orado. o."-Denver (Col.) News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23
UNIQUE BLIZZARD GAVE.
4 P1ains-Nan Kills Bunalo and Hide
Himself In the Carcass.

Himself In the Carcass.
EARLY in March, 1867, party OF
friends, all old buffalo-hunters, now
living and prominent citizens OF Wichita
and Great Bend, in Kansas, were camped
in Paradise Valley, then famous rem
devious OF the animals they were after.
One day, when out on the range stalk
ing, and widely separated from each
other, an awful blizzard cameup. Three
reached camp without much difficulty,
but he who was the furthest away was
fairly caught in it, and night coming
on, was compelled to resort to a method
frequently employed by persons lost on
the plains. Luckily he soon found q
superannuated bull that had been aban-
doned by the herd, and killing him,
took out tho viscera, and himsolf crawled
inside the huge beast, where he lay
comparatively comfortable until morn
ing, the storm having cleared off, and
the sun shining brightly. But when he
attempted to get out, found he himself
prisoner, the immense ribs of the Great
ure having frozen together, and locked
him up as tightly as If he was in a
cell. Fortunately his friends, who were
searching for him and firing off their
rifles-which he heard, and yelled out
to them-discovered and released hin;
from his peculiar predicament
AT another time two old plains-men
were away up the Platte among the foot
hills hunting buffalo, and they, as is
generally the case, became separated.
In an hour or two one killed fat young
cow, and, leaving his rifle on the ground,
won't up and commenced to skin her.
While busily engaged in the work, he
suddenly heard, right behind him,
suppressed sort of snort, and looking
around, saw to his dismay a monstrous
grizzly, ambling along in that animals
characteristic manner, within few feet
of him.
In front, only few rods away, there
happened to be q clump of scrubby
pines, and he incontinently made a
break for them, climbing into the tallest
in less time than it requires to write of
it. The bear deliberately ate hearty
meal off the COW, and when he had
satiated himself, quietly lay down along
side of the carcass and went to sleep,
keeping one eye probably on the hunter
corralled in the tree. In the early even
ing his partner came to the spot, killed
the bear, which, full of buffalo, was
sluggish and unwary, and became an
easy victim, and the unwilling prisoner
came down from his perch. The last
time saw him he told me he still had
the bears hide, which he kept as me-
mento of his foolishness in separating
himself from his rifle, thing he had
never done before nor since, and which
no hunter should be guilty of.-Henry
Inman, in Harper's Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23
iNDISCREET JOKERS.
They Should Rem mber That Ride uIe
Dangerous Weapon.

They Should RENE mber That Ride ule Is
Dangerous Weapon.
1t is not everybody who knows where
to joke, or when, or how; and whoever
is ignorant of these conditions had bet
ter not joke at all. A Gentleman never
attempts to be humorous at the expense
of people with whom he is but slightly
acquainted. He would as soon board at
their cost or request them to frank him
at their tailors. In fact, it is Mother
good manners nor wise policy to joke
at anybody's expense; that Is to say, to
make anybody uncomfortable merely to
raise laugh. Old Esop, who was
doubtless the subject of many gibe on
account of his bumped back, tells the
whole story in his fable of '"The Boys
and the Frogs" What was jolly for
the youngsters was death to the croak-
ers.
A jest may cut deeper than curse.
Some men are so constituted that they
can not take even a friendly joke in
good part, and, instead of repaying it
in the same light coin, will requite it
with contumely and insult. Never BAN
ter one of this class, for he will brood
over your badinoge long after you have
forgo often it, and it is not prudent to
incur any ones enmity for the sake of
uttering smart sarcasm or tart re-
partee. Ridicule, at best, is porilous
weapon. Satire, however when leveled
at social follies and political evils, is
not only legitimate, but commendable.
1t has shamed down more abuses thar
were ever abolished by force OF logic
N. Y. Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23
DIGGER INDIAN MOURNING.
Bereft Husbands Smeared in Coal Tar as
Token of Grief.

Bereft Husbands Smeared in Coal Tar as
Token of Grief.
/ once witnessed the funeral of Dig
ger Indian squaw. On the third after
noon after her death the preparations
were made for 1t. The women brought
dry resinous woods and placed them in
the form of pyramid, and under them
were dry branches and pine knots.
When all was ready they brought tho
body, wrapped in her best clothes, and
laid it on top Then all her little trim
kets and her work basket and her bono
utensils for weaving were laid beside
her, and her last baby basket laid on
her breast, which she had woven herself,
hoping soon to need it, for these women
certainly love their little ones and re-
joice in their motherhood. 1t is all they
have worth living for.
At sundown the disconsolate widower
was brought forward, and he was SO
drunk that he could hardly get to the
place where he was to sit. Coal tar was
smeared on his face and in his hair.
This is their mourning garb-a coat OF
coal tar.
Then the fire was lighted and the
women raised sort OF wailing chant in
which the men joined occasionally, and
the body slowly consumed, the fire
being fed by fresh pine knots all the
while.
The tin dipper circulated, and tho
men, one by one, dropped oil into slum-
ber, but the women kept awake, proba-
bly, all night, as the fire was still
smoldering in the morning. Saginaw
Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23
ANNlHILATING A RAT.
Every Boy Struck at the Rodent and Hit
Every Thing Else.


Every Thing Else.
Two Or three mornings ago a boy
brought out a rat in a trap on the
asphalt pavement of Cass avenue. A
terrier dog was leaping and dancing
around him, and before he reached the
middle of the street a dozen men and
boys and two or three more dogs had
stopped to see the fun. The boy looked
as if he knew enough to manage a rat,
but there is always boss for every such
occasion. In this case it was short,
fat man with very big cane, and he
took the trap from the boy and said:
"These things must be managed right
or away goes the rat. Now then, every
body get a stick or club or something,
and call up them dogs"
Every body armed himself and cir
Gle was formed, while no less than five
dogs were inclosed. The man held the
trap up, looked around to see if every
thing was all right, and said:
snow, then, the rat will turned loose
on the community"
So he was, and there was rush of
men, boys and dogs. Every body struck
at the rat and hit every thing else,
while the dogs made one grab for him
and then punched together in a fight.
Three hats were knocked off, two boys
sat down on the pavement to howl, and
the rat lodged about and ran under the
side walk. When he had gone the fat
man stood putting broken cane in his
hand and his hat on the ground, and
finally managed to say:
"H-ang it! You-you fellows don't
know 'nuff to pound sand!"
"You are liar" yelled four or five
voices in chorus, and after every body
had spit on his hands and said he could
knock every body else's head off the
convention broke up and left the empty
trap in the middle of the et.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23
HIrea a lawyer to rropose.

One of our rising young legal gentle-
men has recently started new kind Of
practice, the first attempt at which was
hardly successful. On quiet morning
q young man of bashful presence called
at the Office and asked the lawyer to
write letter for him. Upon inquiry
the legal gentleman found that it was
proposal of marriage which the young
man wished to communicate to his in
amorata but hardly felt equal to the
emergency himself. Tho disciple of
Blackstone indited the epistle in his
best style, but, alas, his persuasive
powers we're hardly equal to the occa-
sion, for the missive failed to make the
desired connection. A day or two later
a brief, cold note arrived in the post
Office box for the young man, which
blasted his fondest hopes. He was re-
jected. 1t is rumored that the end is
not yet, but that legal complications
may arise as to the contents of the let
ter.-Kennebec (Me.) Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23

come home intending to divide their
time between their New York residence
and the old family estate at Chester
Grove. But they didn't want to bother
with lot of rented houses in Dolliver,
and these were peremptorily doomed to
be sold.
Old Conway pounced upon ours at
once. OF course he did! Mrs. Con-
way and her two homely daughters
had been hankering for our house for
years, for, though we did ''only rent
it, we had lived there for thirteen
years, and, oh, the additions and i'm
provements we had made TO It'll We had
doubled its value, / am certain; we
beautified It, inside and out; we law
ished our artistic tastes upon the
panels; we adorned the walls; we had
the floors puttied, painted and polished,
and Teddy had actually painted the
most beautiful border and corner-p pieces
of oak-leaves and acorns round the en-
tire sitting-room. And now. to give it
all up. Oh! those hateful Townsends!
What added to the distress was the
fact that the only house we could find
in all Dolliyer to rent was little two
story cottage, quite distance from all
the neighbors to whom we had become
attached, and in locality we detested.
Howe fer, there Was no help for it,
and as | said before. we had an awful
time. 1t was bad enough to know the
dear, old home was lost to us, and that
the Conways were to enjoy all our labors
of love on the walls and floors; it was
sufficiently exasperating to be COM
PEELED to take up our abode at Jenk's
Corner, locality we abominated, but
these were only the beginning of our
tribulations.
The day we vera to move was hot
oh, SO hot! and the dear mother having
done the work OF about three men. the
previous week, and weighing at her
best times about ninety-four pounds,
broke down with binding nervous
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23
BRITISH PRISON RULES.
They Are Moro Severe Than Those of Any
Other Country.

W.
Other Country.
The British penal system is, though
In some respects the most equal, un.
questionably the most severe. The mis-
demeanant sentenced to two years inn
prisonment with hard labor can not OBJ.
tain single days remission by good
conduct, and he is not allowed to spend
in prison the smallest fraction of the
money which he earns. His choice of
work Is also limited mostly to matmalt.
ing tailoring and shoemaking. He may
be q skilled mechanic or artist, or q
matchmaker, turner, carver, engraver,
miniature painter or draughtsman-. he
will find no employment for his talents
within Jail, and may, in fact, be set to
work which will spoil his hand and for
time cripple his power of earning his
living after his discharge. The felon
condemned to penal servitudc stands in
the same case with respect to work. He
may earn promotion to first and second
class, with small improvements in his
diet and eventually ticket of leave, by
good marks, but unfitness for the task
allotted so him, or i'll health, may rem
der him incapable of earning the daily
maximum of eight marks, and thus
place him at disadvantage beside old
and cunning prison "hands." In all for.
eign countries the discretionary powers
allowed to prison governors for the
treatment of their captives are much
greater than with us. This, no doubt,
opens the door to good deal of favorit.
ism, but where the governor is man OF
experience and just mind the continent.
al system must operate more humanely
than our own hard-and-fast rules can
possibly do.
There is no question about which the
opinions of prison reformers have been
so divided as about the effects of solita.
ry confinement In England 1t has been
ruled that prisoner sentenced to penal
servitude can not be safely confined in
solitude for more than nine months. In
Germany and Austria the term of soli-
tude is two years. In Belgium pris-
oner sentenced to trdoaur forces former.
ly had the option between solitary con-
finement and association; and if he chose
the former one-third of his penalty was
remitted without reference to other re-
missions which he might earn by good
conduct. AS it was found that all pris.
oners elected for solitary confinement,
the right of option has now been with
drawn; but tho remission is SILL granted,
so that in Belgium sentence of fifteen
years penal servitude means practically
ten. 1t must be added that in Belgium
the time which a prisoner has spent in
custody before sentence is deducted
from the term of punishment-a just
provision which ought to be adopted in
all countlies.-Te Bar.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23
Two Points of View.

Stranger-If man falls down an open
coal hole, can he sue the owner of the
premises for damages?
Lawyer-Certainly sir, certainly big
damages, and get them, too. Give mo
the particulars.
"Well, as my brother was passing
your house this morning he fell through
u coal hole and broke his leg"
Hem! Did he use ordinary vigilance
to prevent such an accident? Did no
look at his feet as no walked? Did he
stop and examine the condition OF the
pavement before entering upon it?
Answer me that, sir.
''Stop? Why no
"Ah, ha! i thought SO. Guilty OF
criminal negligence. lie might have
fallen on one OF my own family under
that coal hole-might have killed us all,
sir. AS 1t Is shall sue him for dam
ages for mussing up my coal bin."--
Good News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23
THE BUSY MoNGooSE.
How the Residents of Jamaica Cleare
Their Lands of Rats.

How the Residents of Jamaica Cleared
Their Lands of Rats.
Ten or fifteen years ago one or two
residents of Jamaica imported this ami
NAL from the East Indies with view of
pitting him against the rats, which did
enormous mischief in the cane pieces.
In attaining this object they were per-
fectly successful. The mongoose found
himself in land peculiarly adapted to
his health and habits. He increased
and multiplied exceedingly and achieved
a complete victory over the rats, which
were driven neck and crop out of the
canes. Whereas the expense caused by
rats used to amount to ESQ and 92OO, or
even more, year in each estate, it is
now practically nil, and when. as now,
every form of saving must be taken ad-
vantage of to secure a fair profit in
sugar production, this was a most i'm
portant gain.
But the mongoose has not confined his
operations to his legitimate enemies.
He has killed all the lizards and snakes
(Which in Jamaica were always of harm
less species) he hunts for and devours
the eggs of quail and all groaad-laying
birds, and is ready to pounce upon and
murder any of the feathered race which
frequent the ground, or at any time
place themselves within the reach of
his ruthless jaws. His depredations
among poultry are a source of daily
lamentation from high and low, and the
only animals which are said to aefy him
are the guinea-fowl, wild and tame,
whose eggs are too hard for his teeth to
penetrate. He has practically destroyed
the balance of nature in the island
The lizards, snakes and birds lived on
the ticks, and with the destruction by
the mongoose OF bird, lizard and snake
tho natural checks on the increase OF
tbe tick have nearly disappeared. =
Blackwood's Magazine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23
He Got Even.

He--And so your answer is final? You
will not be mine?
She-Yes, absolutely. But pray dom.
go and blow your brains out.
He-It would be an idle attempt Peo.
pie say II had any brains never would
have proposed to you. --Bostor Trans.
cript
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23
AN AWFUL TIME.
II Was All Because Of "Those
Horrid Townsends."

I was an awfNt
time! In the
first place, it
was the middle
of July, and we
had to move.
Old Mr.. Town
send died, and
every stick and
stone that he
owned in Dolli-
yer was sold.
His heirs, two
sons (oh! how
we hated their
very II a IN es,
k II o W n g no
more of them)
h a d b G c II
q ahroad had
The Republican journal., 1890-08-14

i'"-teh, Aug g. Arrived schs John Paul. Far
rr,,W, Newport News; Carrie +. Woodbury., Bryant
niiaueipitlit, Zach sherman, Salem.
Philadelphia, Aug. :. Arrived schs. Nimbus
l"nHs. Bangor; Isaac Oberton, Trim, do; i, ar
rived sen olive Pgcker, han, Bangor; !, ceare,
Oh John Pierce, Taylor, Newburvport; 8, clearet
sch Helen q N1scley, Holt Bangor
Baltimore, Aug. j. Cleared sch. Yale, Simpson
ho7t"h; ., cleared sen Nahum Chaplin, Arey, Sa
Bath, Aug. : sailed sch Hattie II. Barbour
tieichcr, New York; Matte Is. Russell, Larrabce
ih'ialrpha' TO- arrived sch. Carrie A. Norton
li,iG,i"n, New York.
Portland, Aug 10 Arrived sch Matte B Rus
ITeH' NcW YORK; sailed sch. Jennie F. Wiley
Eangoi. Aug. > Cleared schs Winslow Morse
Mcnnlnu@h, Tiverton, Il. l.; Moses Eddy Rich
weymouth; lpeNalo, Bullock, Provincetown; s. ar
rived ~Ch. :. VI. Bird, Merrill, Hoboken 4 cleared
S.hS. lanes \ Garfield Fisher, Philadelphia
brunette, Knox, Boston; $, cleared schs Huma
rork, har"tte Buck. +, &. Pendeton and William
i'atman New York; 3 cleared sch. Annie r
Lewis, Lewis, New York; 10, arrived schs Addie
j. Bryant, New York, tlecta Bailey, Boston
cleared sch. Susan y. Pickering, Haskell. New
Brunswick, TIA, Aug. ,. Arrived sch. Florence
y Lillian, Dow, ttibaricn sailed sch. Abbie {
Stubs, for New lork.
Wilmington, \. C., Aug. 6. Cleared sch. Harry
White, Co-Eroye, Gonaivrs.
New Haven, Aug. 9. Arrived sch Addie Jor-
aan lcrriman New ork for kennebec sailed
-rh tiuhi, - G"rham, Carter, New York
FOREIGN FORTS.
FvNry, Au-. Vi sailed brig ANY 4. Lane. for
\tN l'll> having repaircd).
NcNo..Ay, n " about Aug. 3 Sailed bark
1'nn emery Wooster, san Francisco.
MARITIME MISCELLANY
~r.Ntn- ~ru Charlotte 4. oiblcy. from New
, etN ri ttImardNa, Aug T. lat. 81 Is, Ion. - 30.
liHra H"nit y. Litchhcld, Davis, from \uvassa
l.r NJ" nrS, ha~ Put into Santiago, Cuba, leak
SEM /rheu~ Sherman. lately in collision and
lttlI-u! ,ou-l lcrabv is being repaired bv
Ne--r7 "'hem ro~hir X son, East Boston, prob