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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
AN AFTERNOON GOWN.

4 Neat and Tidy Wrap for Home Wear.
A pretty and well-made dress for re-
ceiving guests on ones day at home is
of black peau de sole brocaded with
pink Pompadour bouquets, with the
upper part of the bodice and the sleeves
of pink bengaline studded with jet.
The round high bodice with edges
slipped under the trimmed top of the
skirt has the back laid in two small
folds from the shoulders to the middle
of the waist line, and the sides fitted by
under-arm forms. The front is corse-
let cut in three sharp points at the top,
edged with narrow jet gimp, and fast
ened on the left side. Above the corselet
is seen full w aist gathered on the
shoulders made of rose-pinll bengaline
with a small faring collar of pointed
jet gimp, through which inch-wide pink
satin ribbon is drawn and lInotted in a
bow at the throat; frill of black lace
stands inside this collar. The large
tapering long wristed sleeves of pink
bengaline are dotted in diamonds at in
tervals of two inches, with faceted jet
nail-he ads fiat at the back, and sewed
on with strong linen thread. The cuffs
are of the pointed jet gimp, with rib
bons run through and tied in bows.
The skirt of six straight breadths of the
brocade lies five in ches on the floor in
the back. The three front and side
breadths are trimmed at the foot with
rufile of black surah edged with lace,
showing an under ruffie of pink benga-
line, and headed by band of pink satin
ribbon overlaid with open jet gimp,
These three breadths are kept separate
from the foundation skirt at the top,
and are passed over the edge of the
bodice, making it round waist; they
are gored (by small darts to the size of
the waist, are trimmed with the pointed
Jet gimp, then laid in cross plaits at the
back, and hooked there TO meet in the
middle. The middle back breadth and
half of the breadth each side of it are
gathered at the top to little band only
three inches long, and are hooked az
each end of the belt of che lower skirt.
Each of the remaining half -breadths on
the sides is gathered in a pointed puff,
and provided with hook to meet an
eye set on the bodice above it.-Harper'
| BaZar.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
Notes From the Capital.

The Citizens National Bank of De-
catur, ILL.,, has applied for permission to
organize National Bank.
ACTING SECRETARY NETTLEToN has
amended the Treasury regulations re-
lating to the free entry of sugar, so as
to require samples representing in
shade or color what is known as Ia d.
s.. instead of Is ID. s., to be furnished
to examiners of sugars for use in de-
termining the dividing line between
sugars which may be delivered free
upon examination at the wharf and
those which shall be detained for further
examination.
REPRESENTATIVE KELLY (Kas.), in
troduced in the House bill to repeal
that part of the National banking act
that requires national banks to pur-
chase u. 5. bonds.
The House Committee on Post-offices
and Post Roads authorize favorable
report on the bill introduced by Repres-
entative Evans, of Tennessee, to estab-
lish postal savings banks and encour-
ago small saving among the people.
A PETITION signed by a number OF
citizens of Cleveland, o., was presented
to the Senate Friday, urging the imme-
diate adoption of a measure looking to
the opening of negotiations to secure
increased trade relations with Canada.
THE Treasury Department on the Goth
redeeped $4,000 four-and-a-half per
cent bonds, making the total to date
] 81, ,099,300
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
DANGER SOUTHWARK.
Lowlands Already Flooded and the Levee
Show Signs of Weakening.

Eow1ands Already Flooded and the Levees
Show Signs of Weakening.
The Mississippi river at Memphis,
Tenn, Sunday night measured 33 feet
4 inches, or nine inches below the dan
ger line, and is rising at the rate of four
or five inches daily. The total rise at
that point in the last three weeks has
been sixteen feet. The river is higher
at Memphis, omparatlvely speaking,
than at points above and below, owing
to the railroad embankments in Arkan-
sas, opposite the city which
hold up the water. For that reason
last year the gauge at Memphis
Showed the highest water on record,
which was not the case elsewhere. The
river is beginning to overflow the low
banks on the western side below Cairo
and low places in the st. Francis river
basin are filing up, but the gauge at
Cairo must show further rise of four
feet before the basin will be flooded.
The arabic lands in that region have
still about five feet to spare, and the
people are rot apprehensive as yet.
Most of them have built mounds to
place their live stock upon in case of an
overflow, and they will not be much
hurt unless the water remains at flood
height an unusual length of time.
There is still four feet of bank at West
Memphis, Ark, but the backwater from
the bayous will soon reach the houses in
the village,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
SPOILED WINES.
A Species of Grub Found to Exist in
Wine Corks.

A Species of Grub Found to Exist in
Wine Corks.
"A subject that has recently engaged
the attention of European entomologists
is of great interest to the wine pro-
ducers of our State said a prominent
vineyardist to Chronicle reporter the
other day. investigation among the
vineyards in France proves the exist
ence of two or three types of moths in
wine cellars. These moths it appears,
thrive in damp cellars 1t is said by the
scientists that the moths lay grubs
which feed on the fungoid growth that
forms on the wine watts and moldy corks.
The insect bores and forms galleries in
the cork nearest to the glass, and
through the holes thus formed air gains
access to the wine, spelling it in many
instances.
"Our chief difficulty in bottling wines
has been in obtaining a supply of per-
feet corks. At least twenty-five per
cent. of corks, after examination for
fitness, are rejected. AS soon as we
heard about the discovery of these in
sects an examination of several bins was
made at the vineyards, and while our
cellars are in no way damp or moldy,
we found that the corlls were per-
forated, and that in some cases the wine
oozed through them. Now we are try
ing method to stop the inroads of
these grubs. After soaking the corks
in hot water and then in brandy they
are dried, and when they are put into
the bottles the tops are coated with a
layer of paraftine wax previous to seal
ing them with ordinary wax. We hope
by the use of the paratfine compound To
stop the ravages of these insects. Nei-
ther the grubs nor insects feed upon the
wine, but simply use the cork as place
to deposit their eggs, and the coating
may possibly prevent their entrance.
This method of manipulating the corks
is worthy of trial by all of our California
winegrowers, and if successful will ma
terially aid in promoting their inter
| ests. San Francisco Chronicle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
Cracked silver Coins.

The stamping machines at the gov.
ernment mints, embodying as they do
all the best inventions obtainable, yet
do not do their work with absolute per-
fection in every instance. Occasionally
silver dollar is turned out with q
trifling defect, and then the coin gener>
ally causes more trouble, many times
over, than it is worth. This imperfec-
tion is a slight crack in the edge of the
coin, which is likely to escape the no.
tice of any ordinary scrutiny, but like
the rift in the Lutte of which the poet
sings, it makes the dollars music mute.
The commonest way to test silver
coin to find out whether it is counter
felt or not is to drop it on a table or
counter If it has a clear ring it is sup
posed to be good AS matter of fact,
some counterfeit coins now current,
which are made of antimony and tin,
have a sound almost identical with that
of real silver dollar What makes this
test still more uncertain is the fact that
a real silver dollar with the little rift
sounds as If IL were lead when dropped.
The opening destroys it's jingle just as
a crack ruins the melodiousness of a
bell,-N Y, Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
ON THE ROCKS.
A Veesol Goes to Pieces on the
Pacific Coast.
Fourteen of the Crew and -Four Rescuers
Perish.

The ship Elizabeth, of New York,
which went ashore on the rocks at
North Head, Saturday night, had twenty
men on board-the Captain, two mates,
the cook and sixteen sailors; also the
Captains wife and two children. Three
sailors, the Captains wife and chill
dren got off in small boat. The
boat capsized, but the occupants
were rescued by a tug. 1t is thought
that the rest of the vessels crew
were drowned. A lifeboat went to the
shipwreck sailors, but was capsized by
the waves, and the captain of the boat
drowned The ship is breaking up fast
on the rocks, and will be a total loss.
Tugs have taken two parties of men
across the bay to Saucellto, and they
have started over the bills to search
the beach for survivors. 1t is now
known that the captain and seven
teen sailors of the ship Elizabeth were
drowned in the wreck The details of the
wreck are hard to obtain, as the point
where the ship went on the rocks is in
accessible by sea, and to reach it by
land climb of several miles over the
mountains is necessary. The place is
called the Tennessee Cove, and is four
miles north of this entrance to the har-
Dor on the Marine County shore. Early
Sunday morning the tug went
to the scene of the wreck
and found that nothing was left of
the Elizabeth. She had gone to pieces
during the night. AS soon as the wreck
was reported Saturday, the Port Point
Life-saving crew, commanded by Cap
tain Henry, started in lifeboat for the
wreck. They were being towed by the
tug when Captain Henry was washed
overheard by big wave and drowned.
The lifeboat could not get nearer the
wreck, and returned to the station.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
The Shah as an Artist.

The Shah of Persia is a fair draughts-
man, and is particularly fond of draw
ing portr4 its, A fairly slSillful pho
tographer, he has a passion for pho
Biography, and wherever he is, in the
town, in the country, or in the noun
tains, he has always at his side chief
Court photographer, who must be ready
with his camera at the shortest notice,
in order to perpetuate landscape, a
group, or any thing that may have
taken his masters fancy. The Shah
wishes to visit Europe once more, and
he has expressed his intention of visit
ing Sweden and Norway, In Teheran,
however, no one seems to believe in this
plan ever being realized, partly on ac-
count of the Shah's increasing years
and partly because the Persianpriest-
hood would raise serious objections
N. Y, Witness
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

Jack Daum, residing near Columbus,
Ind. had a valuable dog chained in his
barn, and fortnight ago heard him
fighting another dog and went out and
drove him off, but not until after the
other dog had bitten his dog and a
valuable milch COW in the barn. Both
dog and COW have since gone mad and
had to be killed. Hundreds of dogs and
heads of stock have been bitten by rab-
id dogs in and around there during the
last few days and had to be killed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

At Pittsburgh, Pa, late Saturday
night James Blackstock shot Mrs. Ed
ward Thomas in the breast, inflicting a
probably fatal wound. He had been
living with the woman ever since her
husband died, some time ago, from an
alleged overdose of chloral. Mrs. Black
stock, wife of the man who did the
shooting, excitedly exclaimed, and
proved by members of the household,
that she had dreamed of the shooting
Saturday night at just about the time it
occurred
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
M,stook His sister for a Burglar

At Philadelphia, Frank Holland, aged
twenty-one years, shot and mortally
wounded his sister, Laura, two years
older, early Sunday morning, mistak-
ing her for burglar. Although she was
still alive at late hour Sunday night,
her death is momentarily expected.
Frank was arrested, but was allowed to
go home after bail had been furnished.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
chilian Insurgents Defeated.

Advices from Chill say that there has
been desperate fighting at Pisagua, and
that the insurgents were finally de-
feated. A battle was begun near
Iquique on Saturday, the result Of
which is as yet unlknowp.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
rorgers of Secretary Blaine's Name

The authorship of the forged telegram
purporting to have come from Secretary
of State j. G. Blaine, which was read
at the spike driving ceremonies at Fair
Haven, February Ia, has been traced to
two men-one named Garrish and the
other P. ID. Hardness, of the Pacific
Postal Telegraph, at Blaine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
Inclusive.

The Rev, Peter Swunn rubbing his
hands)-Well, my dear, have made
eleven hearts beat happily tonight; l
have married five couples.
Mrs. Swunn-Eleven? How can that
be five couples?
Mr.. Swunn-O, you haven't counted
me in; | received ten dollars from each
bridegroom Puck
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
Food for a Fever Patient.

At the coroners investigation into the
death of Protzman, the Christian Sci
enlist victim, at Des Moines, Ia, it was
developed that the attendants fed the
patient, while delirious with typhoid
fever, large pieces of sausage, raw tur-
nips, crab apples, sauerl1raut and pigs
faat
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
Fpoze tn Death.

Edward Davy, 60 years of age, while
intoxicated Saturday night, wandered
into the country, near Indianapolis,
Ind, and undressed and went to sleep
in an open field. His dead body was
found Sunday, he having frozen to
death
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
End OF a cheerlesp Iafe.

VIM. Hemmellin, aged ~ year,, sui
cided at Sandusky, o., Sunday by shoot
ing. He went to a secluded spot in the
suburbs of the city and put pistol ball
through his heart. Mental depression
was the cause. The deceased was a
single man.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
Nitro-alyoerine Erplopion.

Forty-eight gallons of nitro-glycerine
exploded at the magazine of Casterline
& Castell, one mile from Findlay, o.
The shock was felt for forty miles.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

WHILE playing in the haymow in his
fathers barn the other afternoon a
young son of Louis Stevens, a farmer
living two miles east of st. Mary's, slid
down the hay to the floor below, alight-
ing on the handle of pitchfork which
was standing against the hay and rum
ming it into his leg just above the knee,
passing clear through the limb and COM
ing out above the hip. The fork handle
had been broken and the end of it was
very sharp. The boy will probably
die.
LITTLE's livery stable at Gallipolis is
cremated, together with eight horses.
HoRATIo PERRY, the oldest man in
Lorain County, and one of the oldest in
the State, and known as Grandpa Perry,
died at Wellington, the other morning.
Had he lived until the 10th of March
next he would have been 101 years old.
He celebrated his hundredth birthday
March 16, 1890, at the residence of his
granddaughter, Mrs. S. X. Laundon
The deceased was a highly respected
citizen of Wellington, having lived
there for many years. He peacefully
passed away after brief illness. He
was related to Commodore Perry, of
Lake Erie fame.
WHILE James Glasscocls, of Cleveland,
was cleaning some clothing with ben
zine the other afternoon, the gas from
the benzine exploded, setting fire to the
liquid and hurting it about the room in all
directions. The clothing of Mrs. Glass
cock, who was present, took fire, and
before the blaze could be eXtinguished
she had been burned so severely that
the charred flesh dropped from her arms
and legs. A three-year-old boy was
also seriously burned. The two suffer
ers were taken to hospital, and the
mother will die.
The Barnett brass-works at MANSFIELD
suffered an $4,000 scorch.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-05-14
Not a Defeat.

The action of the mass meetin. last
Monday in tabliDg the resolutions endors-
ing Major Barksdale for the Senate, can
not be fairly construed as expressing the
sentiments of the people of the county,
or even the meeting itself on that subject.
The chief and strongest objection urged
against its adoption by DR.. Applcwhte,
who headed the opposition, was that 1T
was subject that was not contemplated
in tie call for the meeting and should not
properly come before it. OF the % per
sons voting to table (only 30 voting al
tOgether), we know of IA number who
favor both Barksdale and the measures he
advocates, and if any one supposes for II
moment by the action of that meeting
that the Alliance men of Lincoln county
are going back on their platform and the
candidate who courageously stands on
that platform and battles for the reforms
the farmers are demanding, he will dis
cover himself wOefully mistaken when
the real test comes.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-05-14
Didn't Know the Alliance Men
Were Loaded.

Some little time ago Senator George
spoke at West Point, Clay county,
against the Sub-Trcasury bill, rcsolu-
tons were unanimously adopted 10y
the vast crowd of farmers and others
who heard him, as the special dis
patches reported, endorsing his speech
aud candidacy. and the trumpcts were
flOurishcd muchly. Now comes the
melancholy news Ito the George
shoutcrs) that the Clay county Alli-
ancc held meeting last Saturday,
with every Sub-Allancc in the coun-
ty represented, and endorsed the Sub
Treasury plan and Barksdalc for the
Senate by u vote of Is to ,. The
George people are described as being
utterly unable To understand it. They
will find there are IL good many things
they don't understand before they get
through monkeying with this farmers
reform movement.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-05-14
Spoken Like II True Leader.

In responding to the second call of
the Kinds county Alliance that he
avow himself candidate for the t.
S. Senate as the champion of the in
terests of the farmers and industrial
classes, Hon. +. BarkSdale closed his
remarks with the following eloquent
and inspiring words
On other we'll remembered occa-
sionS, have withdrawn from contests
when my friends believed that success
was i'll sight, to preserve the harmony
of the Democratic party, and III obc-
dience to my convictions of duty. In
the contest upon which we are now
entering, no condition can arise to i'll
duce my withdrawal except by the
verdict of the legislative caucus
whose province will be to settle the
issue. The fight of the masses against
the classes is on, and so far us am
concerned, it shall be fought to Il fin
ish. Your banner, sir, shall be borne
stoutly, and | believe it will bc borne
to victory. AS our cause is just, let
our union be perfect, and our deter.
mination invincible. My own feeling
is expressed in the words of the Chief
tain of LII Ncndcc to his valiant COM
rades: "If. | fall, avcnge me; if
retreat, Stay me if advance, follow
me"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-05-14
The Democracy of Franklin.

The Democratic Executive Commit
tee of Franklin county have called Il
mass meeting for May 2Sth to select
and instruct delegates to the State
Convention.
A primary election has been called
on Saturday, August 18th, to nomi-
nate candidates for district attorney,
State Senator, Floater, Representative
and all county and beat officers, and
also members of the new executive
committee. None but qualified elec-
tors who shall align themselves with
the Democratic party and promise to
vote at the general election for the
nominees, shall he entitled to vote.
The candidates receiving the high
est number of all the votes for the
county Offices and member of eXecu-
tive committee for which they are can
didates, shall he the nominees, and
the managers of each box shall select
delegates from each box for every 20
voters and fractional vote over 10,
which delegates shall assemble in con-
vention at Meadville on the 18th day
of August, and each box shall be con-
sidercd as instructed for the candi
dates for district attorney, State Sena
tor and Floater that receive the high
est number of votes at their respcc-
tive boxes, and such delegates in such
convention shall select and instruct
delegates to the Pictorial, Senatorial
and District Attorneys convention.
1t was adopted as the sense of the
committee that the District Attorneys
convention meet at Hamburg, on Sat
urday, the 21st day of August the
Senatorial convention at Adams
camp ground on the 23rd day of Au-
gust and the Pictorial convention at
kcnnOlia on the 25th day of August.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-05-14
Not Infallible.

Our worthy and excellent Governor
Stone also takes whack at the Sub
Treasury. Clear-headed as he is, lie
is not infallible. 1t will be remcm-
bered that years ago he vetoed the
Barry bill to carry into effect the
Democratic doctrine of supervising
corporations on the ground that it was
a violation of the decision in the
dartmouth College" case. Time has
rolled OH. Supervision is fixed fact
by the popular fiat; and who talks
now about the Dartmouth College
case ?-Clarion Ledger.
Not only is supervision a fixed fact,
but the C.-L. might have added that
Gov. Stone, one of its stoutest oppon-
ents las he is now of the Sub Treas
ury billy did not think it improper to
become one of Mississippi's first rail
road supervisors.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-05-14
BKOOKMANEN, May 9, 1890.

I)NVoNllAN ENy Way -, IC0O.
Editor Brookhavcn Leader:
AT IL regular meeting of Hardtimcs
Alliance No. -, Lincoln county, Miss,
the following preamble and resolu-
tons were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, There seems to be a
great diversity of opinion in the ranks
of the Democratic party over the de-
mandS made by the grand Council at
Ocala, Fla; and,
WHEREAS, Some of our prominent
Democrats seem to want to whip us
in line with the Democratic party, re-
gardless of the great Alliance de-
mands; Therefore be it
ResOIred, That we the members of
Hardtimes Alliance support no man
for Office except he be pledged to the
Alliance, and pledged to use every eff
fort to carry out the seven great de-
mands of the National Alliance.
ResOlred, That we, endorse the
stand taken by Bro. B. L. Hobbs on
the issues of the day, and we look to
him as suitable material for our next
Representative in the State Legisla-
ure.
RcsOlred, That we recommend that
the Alliance withdraw it's patronage
from the Mississippian and patronize
the BROoKIIAyEN LEADER.
RcSolred, That the BROOKHAvEN
LEADER and Lincoln County Times
be furnished with a copy of the above
resolutions for publication.
ELBERT CASE,
President.
j. Il. LOFTIN, Sec'y.