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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-03
The COlored Population and III,
Eleventh CenSuS.

It appears to be impossible for
some Of our northern contemporar ies
10 understand that the United
States census Of 1870 was wholly I'M
trustworthy so fIras it related TO i'se
enumeration Of the population il
the South ern States. Here : iit'
New York Sun, for in stau6e.VI o.
speaks Of the IA ton Of increase g.:
the blacks as hav ing been abou, 81
per cent for the decade endiI = in
1850 and which predicts that, Il l,,at
ratio has been maintained" since
1850, the next census will show that
there are S,2S2,ii9 negroes now IL
the Southern States The facts do
not support any such estimates. The
census OF 1870 showed that the in
crease Of the colored population from
1860 to 1870 was only 10 per cent,
while the increase Of the white
population was % per cent and this
IN spite Of destructive war in
which the whites suffered severely,
while the blacks were scarcely af-
iected by it.
The CELSIUS Of 1850 showed that
the increase Of the two races during
the present decade was 81 per cent
for the blacks and 20 for the whites.
The percentage Of increase for the
blacks, in other words, had much
more than trebled, while that of
the whites had been raised by only
about one sixth, Notwithstanding
the large addition TO their number
by foreign immigration. All these
remarkable figures are based, Of
course, on the census Of 1870, with
which the census Of 1850 and 1850
are compares, and the only explana-
ton Of their remarkable character
is that the census Of $50
was grossly inaccurate as regards
the South, rs every intelligent per-
son in the South knows that il was,
and Is it was shown to lie 10y Mr..
Henry Garnett, q special agent Of
the census, in the Popular Science
llontl,.y a few years ago. Without
going into the calculations here, il
may be said that n comparison OF
tle eensuses Of ls5O and 1850 will
show that the negroes increased in
the period between those years by
about IS per cent, or at the rate Of
- per cent in a decade. The colOred
population Of the sixteen Southern
States-A labama. Arkansas. Della
ware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, |
Missouri, North Carolina, South |
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Viz
ginia and West Virginia was, in |
1850, 6,0i0, 600 in round numbers. f.
the rate Of - Ier cent increase has
beeR maintained since lSS0, there
fore, and there had been 10 less by |
the same population |
would Rumber Z, $50, 900 in 1890. in
stead OF {, 80, 40, as the Sun esti-
mates. There has been a consider
able movement Of the colored pOpu-
iauOn, however, into Kansas and
some OF the Middle States since
fSS0; and while the number Of these
from the South IS not
known, their change Of residence
must be taken into account in any
forecast Of the census OF this year.
Ii is not improbable, We think, that
the enumeration which will take
place in June will show that the
Suns figures are too high by l,0O0.-
300 at least, or, at any rate, that the
colored population Of the sixteen
States named will be found to be
nearer 7,OO0, 900 than 5000, OOO.-
HorlestoH Neirs and CoifTIer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-03

The lace Of safe WI
a. Forest Farm, and for
way Office.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-03
One Question Settled.

Young Mrs. Go;rox lat her frs
breakfast with her elderly "catch"
You eat with your knife, don'l
you, John, dear?
Old Mr.. Gotrox noticing his OPP
portunity, and with severity and
dignity)-No, madam, | do not
eat with my mouth. l frequently
convey food from my plate to my
facial aperture with my knife, but /
do my own eating with my own
exclusive mouth, and until further
notice [ will myself furnish all the
Instructions respecting the methods
10 be employed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-03
Facts About the Camel.

Seven miles an hour is the camel's
limit; nor can II maintain this rate
over two hours. Its usual speed is
five miles an hour. When a camel
is pressed beyond his speed, and is
spent, it kneels down, and not all
the wolves in Asia will make it
bulge again. The camel remains
where it kneels, and where It kneels
IL dies. A fire under its nose is use
less.-BoStOn True Flag.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-03

Puck: Doctor (after the railroad
accidentl-Are you much hurt?
Railroad Official (faintlyl-I must
positively decline to furnish any in
formation,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15
Gen. Malone and His TripIets.

Gen. Malone does not weigh more
than 105 pounds. Mrs. Malone, how
ever, tips the beam at full 225. The
Generals wife has the proud distinc-
ton of having borne him triplets on
two separate occasions. The first in
stance, or rather trio of instances. hap
pened while the General was in the
railroad office. A colored boy came in
and said: General, thar's new boy
up to your house,
The General laughed, and after the
true Southern style invited his friends
to join him in a bottle of wine. The
boy went away, and in the course of
fifteen minutes he came back again,
and sticking his black face in the door,
grinned, saying: General, thar's an
other boy up to the house."
Malone walked up and down the
floor, clapped his hands, and said: Il
am man. Great heavens! Twins.
Bring in another case of wine"
The boy went away and returned for
the third time. He was barely able to
get his grin in the door, Malone look
ed at him anxiously and said: rs
there anything the matter with my
wifeP"
The boy snickered and replied: 'No,
sir, nothing much, only thar's another
boy up thar at the house"
By this time Malone was completely
demoralized. He grabbed his hat and
rushed out of the building, saying to
his laughing friends: Gentlemen, you
must excuse me, but I am going home
to stop this business. ."-BaItimOre Anler-
GCdp,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15
Got Away With the Wood.

A broad hipped italian woman, with
the usual assortment of vivid colors on
her head, the short greasy dress and
the secondhand shoes that had evi-
IDENTIFY been plucked from alien ash
cans, stood in Center street eying de-
spairingly a huge pile of wood, says a
writer in the N. Y. Sun. Her cupidity
was greater than her strength, but it
was equal to her skill, for she had piled
the boards on top of plank eight feet
long with such nicely that they were
apt to keep their positions during the
journey to Mulberry bend. But it was
impossible for her to carry it in
any manner except upon her head, and
the problem that was puzzling her was
how to achieve this feat. Other Italian
women passed with their big cargoes
of wood, and when the poor woman
thought that many similar Journeys
would be made by them while she was
watching her pickings her anguish of
mind became almost unbearable.
Finally a friend passed by who promis-
ed to notify her husband and sister of
her dilemma, and presently they came
hurrying down the street. The man
had gold rings in his ears and a yellow
handkerchief around his neck. He
looked big and strong enough to eat a
house. He was accompanied by wo-
man nearly as big as himself. These
two picked up the wood, and the few
persons who were about supposed that
they intended to carry it home, but this
idea was quickly dispelled. The mans
wife stopped down and, placing her
head under the center of it, Slowly
Strengthened up. 1t was nicely balanc-
ed, and as she walked off with it she
smiled at her husband in a grateful
way, and said:
s'Thanka.n
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15
Lucky Mrs. Kennan.

Mrs. George Kennan, the wife of the
Siberian traveller, is the possessor of a
genuine Russian icon. The Russian
craze was epidemic in unusually severe
form last winter, and the fur dealers
are importing Russian skins, and mo-
distes are getting ready to make much
of Russian gowns. The modern young
woman thinks her den incomplete
without an icon, but as there are not
for sale in this country dozen ofthese
images which ever saw the land of the
czar, the Philadelphia Times thinks
that Mrs. Remnants specimen, which
the explorer of Siberian prisons picked
up at the Mini Novgorod fair, has a
better authenticated history than most
before which priedieu are placed and
brass lamps kept burning. Some hard
wood, presumably oak, is the material.
but, like all Russian work, it is covered
SO profusely with white paint and gild-
ing as to make close examination next
to impossible. The features are those
of some saint of the Greek church, and
the figure has brawny chest and shoul-
ders which fall off into an indetermin-
ate block. the arms hands and all but
the upper part of the body being rep
resented with a rude conventionality
that has not altered by so much as a
line in the hands of centuries of cary
ers, covered by gold tinsel screen.
Much of Mrs. Remnants table service is
the work of Russian silversmiths and is
gilded and embellished with old Rus
sian proverbs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15
A Yankee In King Arthur's Court

From story by Mark Twain under
the above title in the Century we quote
the following: There was not even a
bell or speaking tube in the castle.
| had a great many servants, and those
that were on duty lolled in the ante
rooms; and when l wanted one of them
had to 60 and call for him. There
was no gas, there were no candles; a
bronze dish half full of boarding-house
butter with blazing rag floating in il
was the thing that produced what was
regarded as light A lot of these hung
along the walls and modified the dark
just toning it down enough to make il
dismal. If you went out at night your
servants carried torches. There were
no books, pens, paper, or ink, and NO
glass in the openings they believed to
be windows. 1t is a little thing, glass
is, until it is absent; then it becomes a
big thing. But perhaps the worst Of
all was, that there was not any sugar,
coffee, tea, or tobacco. I saw that ]
was just another Robinson Crusoe cast
away on an uninhabited island, with nc
society but some more or less tame
animals, and if l wanted to make life
bearable must do as he did, invent,
contrive, create; reorganize things, set
brain and hand to work, and keep them
busy. Well, that was in my line"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15
1t Was the Plaintiffs Inning.

81 was practicing law in town Just
across the Ohio river" said the Ken
tuckian in the party. There was a
country Judge near by who used to
hold court in his parlor in the winter
and on the lawn in front of his house
in the shade of big oak tree in the
summer. An arm chair tilted back
against the tree was the seat of justice,
and weather-beaten board lying
across the tops of two whisky barrels
answered for the bench. Attorneys,
plaintiff, defendant, and witnesses sat
or stood Immediately in front, and sur
rounding them in a circle were the
curiously iuclined. The case before
the Judge on the occasion 1 have refer
red to was horse case, Stokes VS.. Bill
ings. The plaintiff stated his side of
the case and was about to call a wit
ness.
81 d'shide fo' th' plaintiff, hiccough-
ed the Judge, who was almost stupid
with drink.
"tBut, sir, you have not heard the
defendants side of this case at all, said
the opposing attorney. My client has
a strong case, sir, and he proceeded to
elucidate it.
''1 d'shide fo' tn d'fendant,' the
judge interrupted.
This brought the plaintiffs attorney
to his feet. You have heard no wit
nesses yet, your honor and he went
on to tell what he should prove by some
of his leading 'swearers,' as they are
termed in Kentucky.
1.-The magistrate was again conVinc-
ed. rll d'Shide fO' tn plaintiff
'This sort of thing went on for some
time, until finally the effect of the
judges potations overcame him alto
gether. His head fell forward on the
bench, and he couldn't be shaken back
into sensibility. 1t happened to be the
plaintiffs inning, and the lawyer plac-
ing pen in the judges hand guided it
so the decision was written in the
judges book of record. 1t stood, too"
N. Y. San
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15
H.WATERMAN
LEGAL NOTICE.

Henry Lptz. Administrator with the Will an
nexed. of David Rhodes. deceased. Plaintiff. VS.
Sophia Lutz ct al. Defendants.
Katherine Bloomer, Minnie Rhodes, Edwin
Rhodes, Jeany Rhodes, Sherman Rhodes. Ho-
mer Rhodes. and Caroline Rhodes who reside in
Palmyra, Marion county. State of Missouri; Hi;
county. Missouri Lille Mcintosh, who resides in
Lebanon. Sheltycoun Missouri and Louisa
Kansas. will take notice that Henry Lutz Ad-
ministrator with the Will annexed of the estate
of David Rhodes, deceased, on the 2Sth day of
December. A. D. 1889, filed his petition in the
Probate Court within and for he County of ror
tage and State of Ohio alleging that the personal
estate oil said deeedent is insufficient to pay the
charges OF administering his estate; that said
David Rhodes died seized in fee simple of the
foll"wins describsd-raal estate. situate ia said
Situate in Lot No A. eld Township. said
County and State, and bounded on the sonth and
west by Lot lines on the east by Friteh Creek
Jacob Zng. to ntain % 7l-lu0ths acres more or
less, being the same premises conveyed to said
David Rhodes by Leonard Steehley. less L lU0
acres conveyed to Jacob Zug, and about one acre
conveyed to the COnnotton Valley Ry. Company.
That said deceased left Will by which he de-
vised said real estate, first, TO his wife, Candis
Rhodes. to use during her lifetime, and after her
death the same to be sold, add out of the pro-
ceeds. there shall first be paid to his daughter
between all his children equally, to wit: Sophia
Lutz. Edwin Rhodes. Henry Rhodes, John
Rhodes; Hiram Rhodes. Louisa Kinsey and Kath-
crime Rhodes.
That said widow. Candis Rhodes. has since de-
ceased. and that said dwin Rhodes has also
since deceased. leaving Caroline Rhodes his
widow, and Louisa Myers. Sherman Rhodes Ed
win Rhodes. Lila Mcintosh, Minnie Rhodes
yeaney Rhodes. and Homer Rhodes his heirs.
That said Catherine Rhodes has since been mar
ried TO B. F. bloomer
The prayer of said petition is for an order to
sell said real estate according to the Will to pay
expenses and the legacies therein provided.
The above named persons will take notice that
they are made defendants to the said petition
and that they are required to answer the same
on or before the 26th day of February, A. D.
le90.
HENRY LUTZ,
Administrator as aforesaid.
By J. Fl. DUssEL, his Attorney.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15
Studying the Stars.

It was at Spirit Lake, at the very
limit of the pier, says a descriptive
writer in the Omaha Republican. They
were all alone. There was no moon,
but the stars were big and bright and
SO full of self-conceit that they looked
at themselves in the water and winked.
Far out boat slid noiselessly along.
In a nearer boat a fair tenor voice care
lessly half hummed, half sang COM
mon love song. From the hotel came
now and then the twangs of the strings
of the orchestra of mandolins. On
such a night as this did Dido stand
upon the wild sea bank and wave her
love to come back to Carthage. On
such night as this did Jessica-but a
truce to the bard.
1t was the sort of night on which
q man could make love to his own wife
and those two. Edouard and Alicia,
had not yet bespoken their tender
vows.
do you know anything about the
stors?" inquired Edouard in voice
like the murmur of the wind in sum.
mer trees.
"a little" answered Alicia tenderly
81 know some of the great constella-
tions-the great bear-the -
"Yes, interrupted Edouard, 81 know
all about the big bear and I can find
the north star, but right over here is a
group. Do you know the name Of
that?,,' and Edouard threw his arm
across Alicia's shoulder and pointed tc
cluster of shining worlds in the east
Alicia leaned toward him. 81 DOM
know what that is" she breathed as
one who did not care.
''And there is another constellation
just over our headsr' Edouard passed
his arm around her neck, and placing
his hand under her chin so tilted i
that it would be easy for her to see.
And then to Alicia's eyes the heaven!
became one grand carnival of constel
lations. Shooting stars chased eacl
other athwart the armament, comet:
played riotous games among the plan
cts, and finally there came a soft anC
radiant blur which hid them all.
Edouard had kissed Alicia
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15
His Ninbie Feet Saved His Life.

An anecdote of Joe Dunk's experience
in Liberty county with a gang of lynch
ers is related for what it is worth. The
authenticity of the story, though, is
vouched for. Dunk is said to be the
by those who have seen him cut the
pigeon-wing and dance the mo. 6 D."
Thereby hangs the tale.
Joe was in a game with some tur-
pentine hands up in Liberty, and it
was rough crowd. AS Joe, with his
usual shrewdness with the cards, had
transferred the most of its weeks earn
ings to his own pocket, the game broke
up in row, and Joe was charged with
ringing in a cold deck, making the
bug" and other devices known to pro-
fessional gamblers. He is little, but
wiry, quick on the trigger, and when
the gang began to crowd him he
whipped out his revolver and shot the
foremost man down, in the excitement
making his escape for the time being,
but the woods were secured and he
was run to cover. As the odds were
against him he surrendered. As the
story runs the vigilantes, who were
provided with rope. formed a moose,
and, enclrcllng 1t about Joe's neck,
were about to swing him off, when he
made a request to be allowed to dance
before they hanged him. A request so
simple was readily granted, and ice
never danced as he did on that occa-
sion. The vigilantes, who were of his
own race, caught the infection of the
music of Joe's feet, and one of the
lynchers sang out: Cub us de num-
bah six" Nobody could dance that
step like Joe, and to shouts of Les
hab dat agin!' Joe again addressed
himself to keeping up the interest in
the dancing, until the lynching was
forgotten, and for an hour he showed
his executioners more steps than they
had ever seen before. His captors re-
Tented, and Joe was released and be-
came hero.-,SGUG7aaadh Nea0S.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15
How He B1ed the Stranger.

Col. de Arnaud. the well-known
Russian, relates an experience he had
with the historically notorious Beau
Hickman, which is typically character
istic of that great wag, says the Wash
ington Press.
''When I first came to Washington,
in 1847," said Col. de Arnaud, Il put
up at the old National hotel, and I'M
mediately sought the acquaintance of
Henry Clay, to whom had a letter of
introduction from one of the highest
government officials at st. Petersburg.
found Mr.. Clay in his private rooms
at the hotel and after long talk with
him we strolled into the lobby of the
hostelry. I could speak very little En-
glish and, having a very foreign accent
Immediately attracted the attention of
Beau Hickman, who was one of the
'hangers-on' around the place. He ap-
preached me in great dignity and said
with the courtesy of a Frenchman:
You are a stranger here? believe
you have just arrived from Russia
Sc Yes, SIR l replied, 4 have just ar
rived from the capital of Russia
g Well, sir, continued Hickman, it
is customary for strangers arriviag g
here to give me money
''The air of the man and the extreme
earnestness with which he spoke i'm
pressed me that he was head-tax col
lector or a passport censor like we have
in Russia, and l presumed that the i'm
mediate payment of any demand he
might make was necessary. l noticed
Mr.. Clay, who stood only short dis
tance from me, smile blandly as he
watched the interview which Hickman
was holding with me. Finally 1 said:
How much must l give youP'
&c 1t is customary said Hickman, to
give me from 81 to So
81 thought that would show myself
princely and Immediately placed a So
coin in the mans hand and turned to
Mr.. Clay, who expressed astonishment
that should have suffered myself to
be bled as had. Greatly to my sur
prise Hickman approached Mr.. Clay
and, making the most profound salaam,
inquired after his health. l thought I
would clap the climax by asking Hick-
man to take something at the bar. He
declined with great grace, saying that
he did not drink, but said he would 60
in to the counter and propose a toast.
This is what he gave us:
" Here's to the American eagle and to the
Russian bear,
Ones got the feathers and the others got the
hair;
Put them together and they will make pair ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15
sNUBBED BY THE WIDOW.
The old Reprobate Rebuled for a Kiss in
the Tunnel.

The Old Reprobate came in the other
day with broad grin on his face, says
the Washington Post. Something SEEM
ed to please him immensely. After he
had enjoyed it few minutes he broke
out:
Say l wish you had been with me
Just now. Got the deadest cut you
ever saw. Met fine-looking ex-widow
just at the corner, and she nearly
stared me out of my countenance, and
yet she wouldn't recognize me. She
has only been married about month.
Last summer l and my boy Jack were
down at Cape May. We stopped at a
big boarding-house. Jack is 20 and
had been there for fortnight; SO
the way was well paved for his poor
old father. Jack doesn't need any
pointers.
"Well, this widow and a smashing
fine sister of hers sat at the same table
with us-and a couple of very knowing
girls. 1 went down for rest and quiet.
but we got to whooping things up live
ly at that table. The widow engineered
things. She got up grabbing parties
at Is cents head. Each girl had a
line and each man a small net to take
off the crabs. We got very thick.
There is nothing like grabbing party
to get acquainted.
"One evening proposed to ride on
the inclined railroad. There is a tun-
mel at the foot which is as dark as a
charcoal pit at midnight. Going into
the tunnel-the Sutro / believe it is
called-from the glare of the electric
lights is about as sharp change from
light to darkness as one can imagine.
l told the widow that ladies had to pay
toll in the tunnel; but hat didn't scare
her. We got on the car. Jack was on
! the front seat with the sister and had
| the widow on behind.
''No sooner had the car entered the
| tunnel than [ swung my arms around
| her neck, got one hand under her chin,
j tilted her head back, and gave her two
! or three good ones on the mouth. She
let out the most unearthly yell I ever
heard. But by the time we were in
daylight again was sitting as staid
and prim as a Presbyterian elder.
The whole clearinghouse gang was
waiting for us, and they all shouted
in chorus: How did you like the tun-
nel?'
THE widow was trifie ratified and
started to climb down, but l showed
out another round of tickets and mo.
toned the man at the wheel to let the
car 90, and before she could get foot
over the edge the car was hummine
around again. She was prepared fol
me when we reached the tunnel the
second time and l just let her alone.
"Going back to the house the widow
tried to lecture me for taking advant.
age of her.
" But it is the proper thing dowr
here. I'll leave it to Mrs. B if
don't do right. Mrs. B I sung
out. But The widow grabbed me by
the arm. oh, please don't tell, she
begged. IN forgive yeui2 -
1--WE got along famously the rest ot
the week. Saturday her intended hus
band came down. 1 saw his name OF
the register before I saw him. At the
first opportunity 1 slipped up to the
widow.
"I have now disappeared, said
I never interfere in real loves matches
Good-by.'
''That was in August. Now she cut
me dead