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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
A NEW FLORIDA INDUSTRY.
That State Can Beat Yucatan In the Pro-
duction of Sisal Grass.

That State Can Beat Yucatan In tho Pro-
duction of Sisal Grass.
1t is stated by Special Agent Dodge.
of the agricultural department, that
Florida will in short time be able to
furnish sisal grass in sufficient quanti-
ties to supply the American demand.
In the southern part of Florida great
interest is being taken in the recent dis
covery that the native sisal grass grown
there is of the same quality as that
grown in Yucatan. That grown in Yu-
catan is the kind now used to manufac-
ture binding twine, and that country
supplies the American market The
agricultural department is investigating
the matter, and the samples secured from
Florida produce in some respects better
twine and rope than the foreign variety.
The Florida product is much easier to
handle, and it is believed that with the
same cultivation given the plant as in
Yucatan it will soon prove an important
and profitable industry. The same
variety of this grass is grown in the
neighboring Bahama Islands, and the
prepared fiber of the wild plants was
recently sent to London and brought
a higher price in the open market than
the Yucatan plant in the same stage of
manufacture. The secretary of agri-
culture is very enthusiastic over the
matter, and the southern Florida plant
ers propose to experiment with the
new industry
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
HORTICULTURAL ITEMS.

Do NOT give the plants in the house
too much water, and if the temperature
is low they win need less water, remem-
Der, than if it is high.
SHoUAD one be so unfortunate as to
have plants slightly frozen, dip them
into a pail of cold water, or, If large,
give them good showering.
CARE should be taken to remove the
sprouts from the young bulbs which
spring up at the base of callas. This is
especially necessary if the large plant
is about to bloom.
IT has recently been shown that the bad
effects of fog were felt most by tropical
plants, which in state of nature were
exposed to the sunlight. Plants which
grew under the shade of forest trees did
not suffer so much. Soft, tender plants
and aquatic vegetation seemed to come
of worst.
A GOOD and cheap protector against
destructive insects which attack small
garden plants, according to gardening
journal, is to place bottomless flower
pots over the plants, admitting light and
air from above, but excluding the depre-
dators at the sides. A short piece OF
pipe tile, several inches In diameter,
answers the same purpose as well
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
D1seRAoEFUL PROCEEDINGS.
A Pittsburgh Mob Acts in a Shameful Man
ner Mt a Chinese EunernI.

A Pittsburgh Mob Acts in a Shameful Man
ner at Chinese Funeral.
The Cinnamon of Pittsburgh, con-
trary to the general belief in regard to
their burials, do not send their dead to
China, but own a neat lot in Uniondale
cemetery, in which they are inferred.
Sunday afternoon one of their number,
Jeu Seu, was buried with every right
and observance attending Chinese
obsequies. Jeu Seu was a
high Mason, and long
procession of Celestials followed the
remains to the grave. Here a most dis
graceful scene ensued, brought about
by some 1,500 Caucasians, who had
trampled over graves, torn down shrub
berry, and jostled the timid mourners in
order to crafty their curiosity. The
Chinese reverently placed burning
joss sticks, perfumed paper and
printed prayers beside the grave,
only to have them almost
snatched out of their hands by the ex-
cited mob. They also wrapped small
coins in paper and scattered them on
and in the grave, but boys and men
snatched them up, and fought fercely
for possession of the curious mementos.
Cat-calls jeers and howls from the vul-
gar crowd added to a shameless scene
that Pittsburgh heartily condemns, the
excuse being that the riotous crowd
was only made up of the idle, vulgar
and lawless.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Hoods S
Sarsaparilla
. August
Flower

For two years suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by a
physician. He finally, after trying
everything, said stomach was about
worn out, and that I would have to
cease eating solid food for time at
least. I was so weak that 1 could
not work. Finally on the recon-
mendation of friend who had used
your preparations
A worn-out with beneficial re-
suits, 1 procured a
Stomach. bottle of Aug ust
Flower, and COM
menced using it. 1t seemed to do
Inc good at once. I gained in
strength and flesh rapidly; my ap-
petite became good, and 1 suffered
no bad effects from what 1 ate. J.
feel now like new man, and con.
slider that August Flower has en-
tirely cured me of Dyspepsia In its
worst form. JAMES E. DEDERIcK,
Saugerties, New York.
w. B. Utsey, st. Georges, S. c.,
writes: I have used your August
Flower for Dyspepsia and find it an
excellent remedy. g.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
COLLAPSED.
Immense Stand-Pipe of Deflance's
Water Works
Goes Down, Crushing the walls and Delug-
ing the Building-A House Swept
Away and Several Per-
sons Injured.

Sunday the immense stand-pipe OF
the Defiance, o., water works collapsed,
scattering wreck and ruin on every
hand. The pipe was twenty-four feet
in diameter and one hundred and forty
five feet high, and at the time OF
the disaster lacked but twelve
feet of being full. Five-eighth iron had
been used in the construction. just
what caused the accident is matter OF
conjecture. The most plausible theory
advanced is this: There was large block
of ice in the pipe about two feet thick.
Although this ice had been loose, it is
supposed that it became wedged in some
way and thus increased the pressure, as
the pumps were at work when the pipe
burst. A telegraph operator named
Matthews, who was on the grounds, had
Just made up his mind to climb to the
top of the pipe and take look at the
city, but before he could reach it the
pipe went down with crash that was
heard two miles away. The result
of the outpouring of the immense body
of water in the pipe was startling and
the marvel is that at least five lives
were not lost. The pump house is on
the banks of the Maumee river, and at
least thirty feet below the base of the
stand-pipe. John Killean, the engineer,
and his brother, together with Kellean's
infant, were in the pump house
when the mighty wave of water
shot down upon them. The brick
walls of the pump house fac
infr f1a efoyI- -YNiVna cla1 in
like paste board and the entire building
deluged in flash, but, very strangely,
the two men and the baby escaped
with few scratches. On the bank
above the work of destruction was even
more complete. The engineers resi-
dence was about 100 feet away
from the stand-pipe, and when
struck by the water was
crushed like an egg-sheql. Mrs. John
Ohliger, were in the house, the former
being dangerously injured Mrs. Kill
lean was found buried under the debris
of the wrecked building and was only
removed after cutting away much OF
the timber that was piled in
around her. A number of trees
in its track were swept away be.
fore the flood lost its force. A new
house, belonging to John Rowe, located
about two hundred feet away from the
pipe, was swept from its foundation and
badly wrecked. The force of the water
was so great that the stone masonry al
the base of the pipe was cut as clear as
if it had been done with knife, while
large pile OF iron pipe was scattered
over the grounds like so much cord
wood.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Death of Gen, James A. Ek,n

Gen. James A. El1in, of the U. s.
army, died in Louisville, Ky, Thurs
day. He was born in Pittsburgh in 1870
He entered the army as lieutenant col
onel of the One Hundredth Pennsylvania
volunteers He was member of the
commission which tried Mrs. Surratt,
and bore prominent part in the funer-
al of Lincoln. He was for many years
quartermaster of the government at
Jeffersonville, Ind.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
THE GRIP M1CRoBN.
A Chicago Physician Captures Some
the Terrific Little Fellows.

Chicago Physician Captures Some OF
the Terrific Little Fellows.
Dr.W NJ. Gentry, of Chicago, claims TO
be the possessor of n microbe of grippe,
the first ever captured or ever heard of.
The little wiggler is imprisoned on the
glass sides of DR.. Gentry's big micros-
cope, and was Friday carefully inspect
ed by many scientific eye Ever since
the grip made its appearance a year
ago, the doctor said he has been on n
still-hunt for the microbes, IL
any existed. He found that
thirty-four years ago, and again
sixteen years ago, la grippe was epi-
demic among human beings, and seven-
teen years ago it attacked horses, caus-
ing the still remembered "epizootic." !"
Owing to the recurrence of the disease
DIR. Gentry was inclined to believe that
the earth, at such intervals,
passed through stretch of space
impregnated with what astrono-
mers call "star dust" The grip
microbes, as described by DIR. Gentry,
are generally of a round form, vary
ing occasionally in outline, but always
distinctly marked by a series of seven
lines surrounding. them. Radiating
from these lines are other lines which,
in the magnifed image, resemble fine,
irregular hairs. DIR. Gentry's time was
occupied in exhibiting the microbes to
brother physicians, and in beginning q
technical account of the discovery for
the benefit of the profession.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
THE EUROPEAN PLAGUE.
Alarming Spread of the Dread Dis
ease La Grippe Everywhere.
Horses and Cattle as Well as Human Be
ings Suffering Attacks.


Because of the grip, which prevails
to an alarming extent at Chicago, the
death rate is increasing and the under
takers and coffin manufacturers have
all they can do to keep up with the
rush of business. The department of
health was notified of S04 deaths with
in the city limits last week. This is
about 100 more than during any one week
of the grip epidemic a year ago. But this
weeks mortality will disclose worse
condition of the public health If the
second hSS- corresponds with the first
half of the weeks death roll La
grippe is epidemic in indianapolis,
Ind, and the disease is more virulent
than last season. Several hundred
cases are reported, and among the dam
gerously i'll is Prof. II. d. Worries, super
intendent of public instructions. The
disease is also prevalent in Dubuque,
Ia, and it is estimated that 1000
cases exist in that city. Many deaths
have occurred. La grippe is epi-
demic in Lima, o., there being a large
number of cases, several of whom are
in a most alarming condition. Within
the past twenty-four hours no less than
half dozen men and women have been
stricken with the strange malady while
about their homes or on the street,
some of them remaining unconscious
for hours. Several days ago Nelson
Shade, a prominent business man,
went up to Chicago on business,
and Thursday his family was sum-
moned to his bedside by telegram
that he was dying from la grippe. Ac-
cording to DR.. Nagle, of the New York
health department, there were two
deaths from la grippe during the last
twenty-four hours. This makes nine
deaths of this nature reported during
the present week. Mr.. Edison said that
if the present weather continues the
grip will soon be thing of the past.
La grippe is also attacking cattle,
horses and other domestic animals in
some parts of the country.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
RUSSIAN GIRLS MARRY YOUNG
There Are No Long Engagements-Th
Daughter Is the Boss.

Ihere are NO Long EnRaRements-Ene
Daughter Is the Boss.
The daughter is great pet in Rus
sian families, perhaps because there are
generally more sons than daughters.
Take the younger members of the i'm
perial family as an example, and we
find twenty-five grand dukes and only
seven grand duchesses; and this may be
stated to be about the average proper
ton in most families. The necessity
for men in the rural districts as assist
ants in the agricultural labors of their
fathers has given rise to a saying: "One
son is no son; two sons are half a son;
but three are whole son."
Notwithstanding the pride and salts
faction with which the birth of boy is
hailed, the little girl is the darling, the
object of the tenderest affection and
care of parents and brothers, not to
speak of other adoring relatives. Much
is not expected of her in the way of as
sistance in the family; she is indulged
as far as their means and circumstances
permit, and she takes it quietly and as
not voluntarily and tacitly contribute
her share in helping her mother. Her
occupations are much about the same as
those of all European girls, but parish
work in Russia existeth not for her.
She cannot have classes at Sunday
schools, as religion is taught by priests
or deacons.
1t would be thought quite extraordi-
nary and improper were a young un-
married girl to visit the sick or poor in
towns, but in villages it Is sometimes
done under the direction of mamma or
grandmamma. She is undoubtedly fond
of pleasures, likes to be well dressed
and generally adores dancing. Music is
not the Russian girls forte, nor is solo
singing Most of the Institutkas,
though they thoroughly know the the
ory of music, play like child of twelve;
of course these are exceptions, but it is
seldom you find girl able to play a
quadrille or poker off-hand.
Girls marry very young in Russia and
there are very few of those most es-
timable individuals called old maids.
There are no colonies for the Russians
to run away to, and statistics show that
the births of boys much exceed those of
girls.
Long engagements are not approved
of, they seldom last longer than few
months, during which time the fancee
is the mistress of the house. Her girl
friends assemble to help to sew the
dowry, the sewing afternoon generally
ending in a dance after tea, when the
bridegroom drops in with few bache-
lor friends Another wedding is thus
often arranged, and so on, little by lit
tie, till, like the fifty-one cards in the
game of "old maid" they pair off, and
one, generally of the sterner sex, is left
--forlorn, English Illustrated Maga.
zine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
OUR PREs1pENT
Bestows Gifts Upon Several Gallant En-
glish Officers.

Bestows Gifts Upon Several Gallant En-
glish Officers.
President Harrison has, through the
American Legation in London, pre-
sented a gold watch and medals to the
captain, mate and owner respectively
of the British ship Atlanta in
recognition of their services in res.
cuing the crew of the American YES
sci Spotless; a pair of marine glasses
and a watch to the captain and mate OF
the British ship Deerhill for helping
the American schooner ANGELA to
avoid laundering, and medal to the
captain of the British ship Amorette in
token of his action in enforcing order
on the Island of Navassa after the up
rising of the negro laborers and the
massacre of their employers there in
1882
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Tramps viii Fight shy of delaware.

The Delaware House passed Thurs
day the Senate bill, known as Judge
Balls tramp labor bill, and it only
awaits the speakers signature to be-
come a law. 1t provides that all va
grants and vagabonds who come tramp
ing around Delaware may be arrested
and set to work for sixty days breaking
stone for mending roads. They are to
work eight hours a day, and if refrac-
tory put in solitary confinement on
bread and water.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
The Grip in Dubuque.

There are over LOCO grip cases in Du-
buque, Ia In many business houses
half the employees are down with the
disease, and almost every household
has one or more victims. Physicians
state that the grip this year often de-
velops into pneumonia, although fatali-
ties are not alarmingly frequent The
cold and disagreeable weather which is
prevailing is very favorable to the
spread of the epidemic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Death-stricken Chicago.

The deaths reported from pneumonia
and kindred ailments for the week at
Chicago will be about 900, probably the
largest number ever recorded in that
city. A careful estimate justifies the
statement that nearly $50, 900 people in
that city are under medical treatment.
Every branch of business is crippled by
prevailing sickness. DR.. j. d. Ham
mond said Friday: "The present epi-
demic of the grip is as bad as season
of cholera SO far as the number of peo-
pie affected is concerned. Every doctor
that know is overrun with business" :"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Bulgarian of1oial Assasainated.

At Sofia Friday evening, while
Premier Stambulof and M. Baltcheff,
minister of finance, who had been walk
ing together, were about to enter their
official residences, which adjoin each
other, man suddenly confronted them
with q revolver and fred three shots
point blank at NJ Baltcheff, who fell
dead. The assassin escaped.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Alarming Condition in Pittsburgh.

Since late Thursday evening the
weather at Pittsburgh has been of just
the character to aggravate the inhu-
enza's ravages and increase the number
of cases. There are Is, 900 grip sufferers
in the two cities now, at the lowest esti-
mate. The locomotive works and the
machine shop of Jones e. Laughlin's
iron mill are closed entirely on account
of the grip. Many other factories are
short-handed on account of the disease.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04

The government of Santo Domingo
has appointed Manuel Jesus Calvin as
minister to the United States, and it is
understood that he is especially in
structed to negotiate reciprocity trea-
ty with this country. Mr.. Calvin nego-
tiated the treaty of 1884 with the United
States which was never ratified by the
senate.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
An Actress, Long Walk.

Zoe Gayton. the actress, who started
from San Francisco several months ago
to walk to New York on wager, ar
rived at the Ashland house at 6:25 Fri
day night, thirteen days ahead of her
time. She is said to have walked the
distance of 1885 miles in six months
and twenty-six days, and will receive
for her trouble about 81, ,30O
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04

An explosion occurred in the Church
of st. Joseph, Detroit, Mich, Thursday
morning just before the o'clock mass.
In the rush Of the worshipers to escape
from the church a number were slight
ly injured and Mrs. Wietheoff, the
mother of Frank Wietheoff, the we'll
known horseman, had her hip broken.
The explosion was caused by the accu-
mutation of natural gas in one of the
furnaces.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Colored Mans Fortune.

John d. Lewis, a colored lawyer of
Philadelphia, who recently died, be-
queaths portion of his estate, valued
at 100000, as fund for 1.-THE Lewis
Protective Bureau of Civil Rights" the
object of which is ''to protect and Sc
cure to colored citizens or colored per-
sons in the United States their civil
rights as applicable to all other classes
of people" "
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04

Lima oil is being used successfully in
a number of Pittsburgh mills and fac
tories. Rolling-mill owners favor it be-
cause it does not oxidize the iron, and
for that reason it is thought that
natural gas win soon be superseded by
it. A movement is on foot to build a
tank line.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04

Mrs. Benjamin Vickerman, who was
recently released from the Kalamazoo
(Mich.) asylum, Friday morning de-
iberately set fire to her own clothing,
and was so badly burned before the
flames could be smothered out that she
survived but few minutes. She was
d3 years of age.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
The Entire Train Burned.

A local passenger train on the Chesa-
peake & Ohio railway ran into the rear
of a freight train in tunnel, seventy
five miles east of Charleston, w. Va,
and both trains were wrecked Fire
broke out, and the entire passenger
train was consumed. Several persons
were slightly injured.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Another Claimant of the Grin M,oroba

DIR. o. M. Myers, of Rochester, N. Y,
discovered the influenza microbe over a
year ago which was announced recently
by DR.. Gentry, OF Chicago. DIR. Myers
was quoted in a Rochester newspaper
at the time of his discovery, and his de-
scription of the microbe organism cor
responds with that of DIR. Gentry.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04

Five hundred kegs of lard have been
shipped from Ohio to Brazil under the
reciprocity arrangement. Ohio also
sends lot of wheel-barrows and farm
produce. Indiana sends out three dozen
barrels of bacon. In all, $500, 900 worth
of produce went out in one cargo from
the various states of the Union.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Parnell Assaulted Again.

Previous to the arrival at Sligo of Mr..
Davitt a fight with black thorn sticks
took place on the steps of the town hall.
subsequently Mr.. Parnell complained
that he had been assaulted during the
progress of the affray by one of the
residents of the town.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
only FortY- -Throe Husbanda.

A handsome English woman, named
Evelyn Neal, has been arrested in Paris
for marriage frauds. She inveigled
forty-three men to marry her by adver-
tising herself as a wealthy widow. Her
last victim was viscount, who almost
ruined himself by gambling.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
oHIo's POPULATION.

Bulletin From tho Census ONCE Giving
the Onioial Returns by Counties.
WASHINGTON, March 28.--The census
Office yesterday issued bulletin which
gives the population Of Ohio by counties
according to the official returns Of the
eleventh census. 1t is as follows:
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Looks Like a Go.

The Hispano-American treaty nego-
tiations show good prospect of success.
The only trouble met with is Americas
insisting upon the maintenance of tho
Mckinley tariff, in the matter of super
ior HayaHS tobaccos.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Monev TroubIea ~ poro

The Bank of Leghorn has suspended,
with liabilities amounting to so, 900, 900
lire. A prominent financier at Rome
who has recently failed, has committed
suicide.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
No Use for stanley in Texas.

Henry M. Stanley has been obliged
to cancel all his dates in Texas on ac-
count of the severity of the criticisms
against him for his alleged desertion
from the Confederate army.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Mo- Omaha Money for parnall.

Parnell's agent met with a signal re-
buke in Omaha, receiving notice that
the Irishmen of that city would not con-
tribute any thing until assured of a
change in leadership
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Senator Palmer ne-striclep

Gen. John M. Palmer is lying serious
ly i'll from la grippe at his home in
Springfield, ILL.,, and owing to his ad-
yanced age fears are expressed of the
outcome.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
New Suits for Letter-Carriers,

The letter-carriers of the country are
to be fitted out in suits of light blue in.
stead of the gray now in use.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Tine Emperor and R,amaroI,

A report that Prince Henry visited
Prince Bismarck on Thursday last has
revived rumors that Emperor William
will soon pay visit to the EXCHANGED.
lor.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04

Henry Hellings, aged 81, shot and
killed himself under the window of
Miss Nettie Zehal, at Racine, Wis. who
had repeatedly refused to marry him.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-04
Still Flockipg In.

The total number of immigrants
landed at New York Sunday was 5000,
the largest, with one exception, for the
wear