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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-13
JUDAS ISCARIOT.
The Probable Origin of His Name-Some
Legends About Him.

The Probable Origin of His Name-Some
Legends About Him.
There is no doubt or ambiguity with
regard to the earliest part of Judas
Iscariot's name. Judas is merely the
Greek or Hellenistic form of the Hebrew
Judah" familiar to everybody. But
"Iscariot" is, as it always has been, a
puzzle. At least half dozen interpre-
tations to the word have been suggested
by philologists, but no one of them is in
all respects satisfactory.
The most seeming of their number is
that the word is q condensed or cor.
rupted form of two Hebrew words, "Ish
Kerioth," meaning ''the man of
Kerioth," Kerioth being village in
Southern Palestine, where perhaps
Judas or his family had their origin.
The name, however, is of no conse-
quence for our present purpose; and we
have remarked it only to show the
mystery attached to the man in every
phase of his surroundings.
With regard to his birth, legend and
and myth are as copious, as in conjunc-
ture with regard to his name. Here
are two of them for which we are i'm
mediately indebted to Moncure Conway:
In the apocryphal Gospel of the In
fancy" it is related that demonical
boy, brought to the child Jesus, strikes
him, whereupon Jesus weeps, and Sa-
tan comes out of the boy in the shape
of furious dog. This boy was Judas.
According to another legend Judas
mother had dream before his birth
that her son would murder his father
and sell his God. To avert this the
child was sunk in the sea, but was cast
on shore, He was adopted by king
and queen, who had son, whom Judas
slew. He fled to Judea, became the
page of PLATE, and, after the predes-
tined murder of his father, learned from
his mother her dream.
In terror and contrition Judas hears
of prophet who forgives sins. When
he throws himself at his feet, Jesus,
recognizing him as his predestined be-
trayer, accepts him as a disciple and
entrusts him with the purse, so that
Judas avarice might be excited and
the plan of salvation not fail Judas
thus becomes heir apparent to the in
fernal throne and in mural pictures of
eastern churches he appears seated on
the knee of majestic satan.-Minneapo-
| lis Tribune
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-13

you," blurted out the colonel his eye
almost starting from his head.
You'd better post the money" said
Mr. Persimmon, blandly.
you don't object, mister, take it?"
said the colonel to me, piteously.
81 object to everything" replied;
''the laws of poker, like those of the
Medes and Persians, alter not" 1
quoted, appealing to the well-known
American diplomatist.
"That is SO," remarked that gentle
man, sententiously.
Col. Jackpotts saw that it was no use
making scene. He gave one vindictive
look at Mr.. Persimmon and then the
colonel saw that that gentleman's hand
was in what in America is termed the
"sly-pocllet of his pants" Qn Amer
lea, when gentleman's hand is in this
position, it is generally grasping re-
volver).
"Then, darn me blue" said the
colonel, ''if you haven't busted me be-
tween you. Cuss you!" Then, in his
rage, he swallowed his quid, and his
language became unprintable,
1 carefully packed up all the money
on the table in the note-case of Party S
pepper.
"You might like to see that there are
only five cards in my hand" l re-
remarked, triumphantly. exhibited
my five worthless cards face upwards,
I had "bluffed" Col. Jabez Jackpotts.
There is no more to tell | married
Parthenia. Party's pepper is a very
wealthy man. I am not anxious to
meet Col. Jacllpotts.-St. James Ga
Zette
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-13

hands OF America, of its dreadful
climate, and of its dreadful people. L
DO not want to be ungrateful; but the
whole of my time in America had been
passed in Firetail canyon, and the peo-
Pile / had met in Firetail canyon were
decidedly dreadful and when l turned
my back on Eiretail canyon and, meta
phorically speaking, shook off the dust
of my feet against America l was de-
lighted; for | was tired of the brutal,
uncivilized, sordid life, and the exceed
ingly brutal, uncivilized, sordid people
whom it had been my misfortune to
have to associate with in Firetail city.
The fact is, had been engineer to the
Uncle Dudley silver mine. and having,
so to say-speaking in quite an humble
way you know--made my pile, was
coming home to England on six
months leave, with the intention of
bettering myself if possible, and of not
returning to America, Firetail canyon,
NOR the Uncle Dudley mine, if l could
help it. | carried my little fortune OF
six Thousand pounds sterling on my
person in thousand-dollar notes. 1t was
4 stupid thing to do; did It to avoid
IOss on exchange.
had had four delightful days on the
Bithynia. ! need not describe the
Bithynia-you all know the Bithynia.
Those four days were peculiarly de-
Aightful, because they were passed in
Che society OF Parthenia Persimmon.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-13
SOUVENIR SPOONS.
Teaspoons May BE Made Useful Vehicle
for Conversation.

Tor conversation.
The fad for souvenir spoons has evil
IDENTIFY come to stay 1t pervades the
length and breadth of the land and in
terests men, women and children alike.
There are souvenir spoons galore, rep
resenting not only dead but living
American celebrities, in instance of
which may be noted the Whittier, Long
fellow, Lincoln and Grant spoons while
Did towns of historic Importance have
each one or more memorial spoons.
These souvenirs fortunately blend
utility with beauty. They are made in
sufficient variety of sizes and shapes
to serve as tea, coffee, dessert and pap
spoons, There are specially formed
spoons for oranges and spoons with
fancy bowls for almonds, bonbons,
olives and the like. Each family may,
therefore, collect fine assortment of
these souvenirs without feeling that an
improvident thing has been done.
These commemorative spoons furnish
a never ending fund for conversation Mt
teas and dinners, and greatly please the
little folk with their object lessons in
history. Prominent among the New
York souvenirs are the Liberty and
KniclSerboclSer spoons. Washington
nas her George Washington and White
House spoons, while New England is To
the front with her Moll Pitcher and
Witch spoons, her Paul Revere, Dexter,
Plymouth Rock and score or more OF
others. IN Y. Mail and NXpress.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-13
Durability of vaomnatIon.

A st. Louis physician says that vac
cination can not be depended upon to
last for any particular number of years
AS a general thing child that has been
vaccinated in infancy is safe till it is
ten years old, but there is really no
absolute rule, for some children will
stake" again five years before others
His own experience shows the uncer-
tainty of the operation. Six mouths
ago he had to visit the quarantine hos
pital and vaccinated himself The re-
suit was very sore arm. A few weeks
ago he had TO go there again and ap-
piled the vaccine again, and, to his as.
tonishment, it took.-Chicago Mail.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-13

Col Jabez Jackpotts carefully count
ed my great pile of notes, and they
went into his capacious pocbetbook.
Then the party broke up.
That night opened my soul to Mr.
Persimmon. "I am n ruined man, sir, "
l said; 81 have lost all / had in the
world except five thousand dollars. l
had intended, Mr.. Persimmon, to ask
you for your daughters hand. That's
all over now, through my absurd folly;
l shall never forgive myself, and I've
got to begin the world again"
"Was Party fond of you, boy?" he
asked, laconically. He did not give me
time to answer. Party soas fond Of
you; she told me so herself. It's lucky
thing for you that Party is fond of you;
for Party's sake I'll see you through
this thing. Jac6potts is a sharper, and
Senator Straddle and the doctor are his
accomplices."
The following evening Mr.. Persim-
mon placed note-case in my hand.
"For Party's sake" said he, I'm go
ing to lend you some dollars. Play
from that case, Mr.. st. John; there's
only one way of besting' scoundrel
like Jackpotts, and for Party's sake,
he's got to be bested. When l give you
the signal by taking out my handker-
chief, you'll go on betting till all's blue,
for Jackpotts has got to be bested. Try
and not lose your head" said Mr.. Per.
simmon "Your straight-hush hand
was right enough last night. Jackpotts
is smart man; it was he who put the
eight of hearts there-I saw him do iti
but if l, being your friend, had attempted
to unmask him, no one would have be-
lieved me-" Then it all dawned upon
me for the first time.
We began to play. We had played
for about quarter of an hour; it was
my turn to bet. had nothing in my
handwriting whatever. was about
to throw it on the table in disgust,
when, to my horror, l saw Mr.. Persinl-
mon take out his handkerchief. gave
him one look of agony; he only smiled.
One by one, as increased the stakes,
the players dropped out 1 had over
forty thousand dollars staked in front
of me, and the money was not mine. II
was Parthenia's fathers.
"I'll raise you five thousand, mister, u
said Col. Jacl1potts, in a hollow voice,
as he took out the very last of his bank
notes from his great pocketbook.
"Ten thousand dollars BETTER" l
cried, with affected calmness.
81 guess I'll write you check for
ten thousand, mister, and then I'll see
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-13
THE ECONOMY OF NATURE.
1t Serves as a Suggestion In the ProduC-
tion of Electric Lights.

1t Serves as a Suggestion In the PrOduC-
ton of Electric Lights.
1t would hardly be supposed that the
FREELY and the glow worm could give
points to the electrician in the matter
of illumination. The fitful light of the
one and the modest glow of the other
do not appear to excel in any respect
the brilliancy of the arc light or the
brightness of the incandescent lamp.
Prof. Langley has shown, however,
that our best sources of light are sur
passed by nature in one very impor-
tant respect-the production of light
unaccompanied by heat. OF the energy
supplied by gas and oil for lighting
purposes much more than ninety-nine
per cent. is given out of heat, Even in
the electric arc light the waste is
ninety per cent. and in the incandes-
cent lamp ninety-four per cent. The
insect world is much more economical.
The most careful measures made with
the delicate bolometer fail to show any
sensible heat in the light of che FREELY.
There is no reason why nature should
not be successfully initiated in this re.
spect, and Prof. Hertz hopes to make a
practical application of his discovery
in n method of obtaining better results
than we now do from our present or
dinary means in getting electrical vi
brations similar in every respect to
those of light but of greater wave
length BY modifying his original APP
paratus he has some prospect of pro-
ducing waves so much shorter that all
of them will be luminous in other
words, of developing new source of
light without heat, The result, if sue
cessful, will be an entirely new method
of illumination, differing as widely
from the electric lights as they do
from gas and lamp light, and sur
passing them all in economy and coG-
fort.-Robert w. Prentiss, in ChaL,
tauquan.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-13
A FEAST OF ALL NATIONS.

A feast, have read,
There was recently spread
Where this novel arrangement existed
Each fortunate guest,
When his choice he expressed,
10 his favorite dish was assisted.
.fl Said MiSey Mcguire,
AS he sat by the fire.
4" Faith, thin but it's warmin' the hate ISL
...-F. An shure, far parity
fh Av appetoite hearty,
There's nothin' quite ayQual to pratiesW
"Ach Donner and Blitzw
Cried fat little Fritz
Regarding his neighbor so bony
Dot poy vas so droll
would gif der whole bowl
For Won leedle bite Of Bologny!"
The fair oumi San
Waved her beautiful fan,
AS she smiled his enjoyment to sea
She would taste OF no dish
Save an entree of fish,
But she never once stopped drinking teal
In serious mood
Hans, the Eskimo, chewed
Some strips of what might have been rubber;
But when they inquired
Whether aught he desired,
He said he wished nothing but blubber.
Me vely honglesl"'
Said the guileess Chung Sc,
q. With an evident yearning for rice
He smiled and he sighed,
And his chopsticls applied,
And was ready for more in trice.
Carissima mial"
Cried little Maria,
" "Nothing.a 20 lofe1y as desep
And she fondly surveyed,
On the table displayed
Her beloved macarOnj and cheese.
"Aweel an aweel"
Said Jamie MacNeil,
go whimseys an freaks there's monyl
.. But naethin know
. Like the oatmeal lo'e
To make Draw lad an a bonny"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-13

3 Parthenia was eighteen; she had lips
ruddier than a cherry and ripper than
the bcrry-they were arched like
Cupid's bow, and on her cheek the lily
and the rose, and innumerable dear, de-
.lightful dimples, struggled for mastery.
Her luxuriant hair was delicious
golden brown-but need not say any
more; it win save your time and mine
ST i state that Parthenia Persimmon
was duck of diamonds. You know
what / mean? Exactly So
II you ask me how Parthenia and
employed our time during those four
days, fear l must reply: In delicious
dalliance,n which is poetic phrase and
expressive. We had never seen each
other in our lives before, and my Party's
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-13
PARTHENIA'S "POPPER."
An Englishmans Idea of the Game
of Poker.

HATE roughing
it, simply be-
cause / h a d
known w h a t
really roughing
it meant for five
years, and after
five years. eX-
perience, rough
ing it to use
a n American
ism-had come
to kinder pail.
] was not Sor-
rV tn wash nv
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-13
Another Infant Phenomenon.

Nupop-Maria, believe that baby
knows now what it took Sir Isaac
Newton life of thought to find out.
Mrs. Nupop-How absurd! What do
you mean?
Nupop-Just notice how he tilts that
bottle to gravitate the milk his way
Puck.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-13

Onions should be soaked in salted
warm water previous to cooking, TO
partly remove any strong odor they may
possess.
The advocate., 1891-01-14
A CONVICTION.

To the Editor Of TIE ADVOCATE.
In the Lawrence Journal OF last Tues
day, the statement was made that L. II.
COrse, of the Douglas County Farmers
Alliance, was short In his accounts some
$4,000 On the following day another
paper increased the amount 10 $4,000;
and on Thursday an account Of the
alleged defalCatlOn appeared In the dis
patches of the morning papers, and the
amount was placed at iOrty-two thousand
dollRrBl
Now this ls Q case OF very robust lying,
In the frst place, Mr.. COse is not q
defaulter In any sum. The facts In the
case are, simply, that the Arm In Denver
20 which he shipped two lots Of sweet
potatoes last fall for parties near Law
renee, failed soon after these shlpments
reached them, and made no payment for
the goods. No blame whatever is at
tributed TO Mr.. COFso In the matter. l
was present when, In the meeting Of the
Douglass County Alliance last Tuesday,
both the parties who ore sufferers by this
failure publicly stated 10 the Alliance
that they exOnerated Mr.. CorSe entirely.
The total loss to these two men was
about $3.50. Yours for the truth,
e.. P. HARRrs,
President Sub-Alllance No. 1895.
The advocate., 1891-01-14

their Legislative session Of 1887, when
a majority OF these .reviser0 then had
seats in the state Senate. What a
most precious get Of reformersl And
this beautiful Republican NetOs, says:
The only thing left 10 for the incoming LegiSla-
ture, composed OF party nurtured on diet OF
reform, 10 adopt the report OF Republican COM
mitt6e
From the patent vigorous faCt that
"the people are not in a temper TO be
tampered with or put Of with high
sounding phrases" furnishes a most
excellent reason for saying that a
considerable per Centage OF the work
of this revision committee" will
simply be just a fresh expense to Che
tOiling people Of Kansas. "The peo-
pie asked forreform and the Republi-
cans are giving them a big doseP
Whata most OF intelligent, patriotic
mess Of philanthropy that sentence isl
But here the NelOs closes it's little
dollhouse system Of political archi-
lecture:
Another party is called upon TO take up the
work, and II II carries out the Republican policy,
II win be good work we'll dOnel
All, indeedI to accept a work in
good faith for people who are bent
on having some REAL REFORM at the
hands ofa committee, who perhaps by
their previous conditions OF political
servitude, may be utterly unable TO
even comprehend the elemental prin-
Ciples of general reform that might
bless a long oppressed people by the
Republican party Of Kansas by the
confession even Of this NelUS.
A committee that reforms by pro-
posing to cut down the salary Of an
efficient, intelligent officer like that Of
county clerk, one Of the most inn
portant Offices in Kansas, TO a mere
bsgatelle, while a lieutenant governor
is accorded virtually q bonus Of
$1,000, and a railroad commissioner,
most Of the time absent from his Of
fOe, has his salary continued at $1,000
per annum, who could not faithfully
perform the duties of the Office Of
county clerk at ALI Oh, what a beau
tiful work to 80 grsciOusly praisel
The advocate., 1891-01-14
THE PROYIsIONAL LAW MAKERs.

the work OF establishing tee8 ana
salaries for state, county and town
ship officers ranging from GoEemor
10 constable and witnesseA ~
The Governor has a salary Of
$4,000. His private secretary has
$4,000. The Lieutenant Governor no.
csives for his services Sc por day dur
ing the sitting Of the Legislature and
Is cents per mile for travel going to
and returning from each session OF
the Legislature and he has the addi-
tional sum OF 81, 800 per annum.
The warden OF the state peniten-
tiary receives for his services $4,000
per annum. The railroad commits
Bionors each receive for their services
$1,000 per annum.
Now in contrast with the foregoing
lot the salaries OF county officers be
noted. In the counties OF Leaven-
worth, Sedgwick, Shawnee and
Wyandotte this commission provides
that county tressurers shall receive
S2,5OO per annum, and county clerks
82,4OO. The counties Of COwley,
Crawford and Sumner can pay their
county treasurerB $2,25O; their Coun-
ty clerks $1,000 per Snnum. The
counties Of Atchison, Bourbon, Chero-
kee, Labette and Reno are authorized
10 pay their treasurers $4,000 and
their clerks $1,000 per annum. The
counties Of Brown, Butler, Dickinson,
Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, MCPher-
SON, Marion, Marshall, Montgomery,
Osage and Washington are on the
basis Of $1 800 for their county treas
urers and of $1,000 salary for their
county clerks per annum. The COun-
ties Of Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Green
wood, Harvey, Jefferson, jewell,
johnson, Linn, Miami, Mitchell, Ne
maha, Neosho, PottswatOmie, Repub-
lie, Saline, Smith and Wilson are on
the range Of $1,5OO as Che salary Of
treasurer; $1,4OO for county clerk
The counties Of Allen, Anderson Bar
ton, Chsutauqua Doniphsn, Elk,
Geary, Harper, jackson, Kingman,
Morris, Norton, Osborne, Ottawa,
Phillips, Rice, Riley and Wabaunsee
are on the list Of 81, 200 each as salary
for clerk and treasurer. The ooun-
ties Of Barber, Chase, Decatur, Ellis,
Ellsworth, Ford, Graham, Lincoln,
Pawnee, Pratt, Rawlins, Rocks, Rush,
Russell, Sherman, Stafford, Thomas
and Woodson come on the range Of
$1,000 each for clerk and treasurer,
The counties of Cheyenne, Edwards,
Finney, Cove Logan, Ness and
Sheridan for their clerks and treas
urers pay $500 per annum. ol
The counties OF Clark, OomsnChe,
Garfield, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Ham
ilton, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearney,
Kiowa, Lane, Meade Morton, Scott
Seward, Stanton, Stevens Trego,
Wallace and Wichita are on the sChe-
dulS for the payment Of 500 per
Rnnum for their tPeasurers and 5000
The advocate., 1891-01-14
CONGRESSIONAL.

COCK spoke against tree coinage, and SEN
ator Daniel, Of Virginia, In favor OF II,
and he was followed by our Senator
Plumb, who claimed that the John Sher-
man silver act Of the last session pre-
vented q universal financial panic, and,
whatever might be said about that silver
bill and lts shortcomings, its effect upon
the immediate situation had been OF a
most bene6cent character. He agreed
that II was In the power Of handful Of
the people to do great injury to the
country, and that az che condition of
things was to-day and had been for a
long time, a half dozen men might stand
between every citizen Of the United
States and the proceeds Of his labor; that
they might break up banks and mercan-
tile establishments, and might paralyze
the business OF the country If they saw
fit to do so. He was glad they did not.
II the people had got 10 remain In that
condition, the safest and wlsest thing for
every man who had not capital enough
TO carry on his business was to 90 fish
Ing. While he agreed that Congress
might 80 legislate that those people could
avail themselves Of the opportunity TO
say that they we're afraid, and might
withdraw some gold from circulation and
burst up some banks, he would rather
that they would do 1t this year and not
walt until next year when the structure Of
credit would grow larger and larger, and
their destructive power would be In
creased. He was willing to take into ao-
count everything that concerned the f.
nanClal situation, present and prospect
I've, and was willing to make CONCESSIONS
to prejudlces, he would not contribute TO
any Legislation that would increase the
power of o handful OF men.
Senator Plumb then, in q dramatic
manner, with bis own best forceful eX-
preston, said:
II there was 20 be a 6ght between the peO-
pie OF the United States and that Caressed,
favored handful Of men, in heavens name
lot us have that aght now,
He did not share the fears Of Senator
Sherman As 10 what would happen from
the free coinage Of silver. Perhaps he
was not as sensitive on that point as he
might have been il he had not 90 often
heard fOrebOdlngs from the same quarter
and had known that they had not
been realized. He had not forgotten
that while the Senator from Ohio was
President Hayes Secretary Of the Treas
ury, the President vetoed the act for the
partial demonstration of silver on Feb
ruary 99, 1878, on the alleged ground
that 1t would be practical repudiatlon; q
violation OF the governments contract In
regard TO United States bonds, and that
il would destroy the credit Of the gov
eminent at home and abroad. AT that
time 4 per cent bonds had been at par.
Since then they have gone up TO 13O
Mr.. Plumb said the chief question with
him was not the value OF silver but the
volume Of money outstanding and avail
able for the transaction of the business
Of the people. II was in the interest of
our trade and in the interest Of sound
money that the country should establish
as early as possible parity between gold
and silver. I'd
Thus was the opinion Of all intelligent
SgriCulturallsts on both sides of the
The advocate., 1891-01-14

Rooms and board at 1s2 West Sixth
street. Topeka, Kansas. Rates reasonable.
Mrs. SCHWARTZ.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-02
A Leader.

Since its first introduction, Electric Bit
ters has gained rapidly in popular favor,
until now it is clearly in the lead among
containing nothing which permits its use
as beverage oE intoxicant, it is recognized
as the best and puresL medicine for all all
ments OF stomach, Liver or Kidneys. It
will cure Sick Headache, Indigestion, Con-
stipation, and drive Malaria from the sys-
TEN. Satisfaction guaranteed with each
bottle or the money will be refunded.
Price only SOC. per bottle, Sold by @. II,
Hagenbuch.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-02
Now is the Time

ITO PREPARE for winter. Every one is
looking for the best goods for the less st
money. If you are seeking bargains in Hats
or Caps just drop in TO see Sc4nlan. He sells
mems good fur caps for SOC, mems red under
clothing for 5gc piece, mems fine working
gloves al 25c pair, gthe
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-02

Holiday opening at Duncan & Weld
ley's, Friday, Dec. 4,h. 12-l-tf
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-02

Russet and tan.brown are having
full sway in silken materials, plain
and hroche.