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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
QUEER HIDING PLACES.
Where Women Sometimes Carry The
Money and Valuables.

where women sometimes carry Lner
Money and Valuables.
The lamented Emma Abbot carried
her most valuable jewels constantly
with her, secured in a petticoat-pocket.
A great many wealthy women out of the
profession do the same thing, The
chamois pocket in the underskirt is
favorite jewel-bag, and is often made
use of in travelling Women are still
fond however, of thrusting bills into an
envelope and pinning them inside their
stays. An amusing incident, growing
out of this practice, was witnessed in
Fifth avenue stage, New York, very re-
Gently. Three young women, evidently
strangers in the city from their talk,
got on in lower Fifth avenue, finding
separate places in the well-fitied We
hicle. Two made no move to pay
fares, but the third, who was presume
bly, the treasurer of the party, took out
her purse and looked for coin. There
was none inside. She searched through
twice, then caught the eye of ZACH of
her companions and rapidly telegraphed
| her dilemma. They had no money, and
as the situation and its one relief
dawned upon them their facss were
divided between a desire to laugh and
impending fear lest their dignity might
be assailed. Meanwhile, the driver
rang for attention, and the frs young
woman endeavoring to assume Is stolid
appearance, began operations. Money
she evidently had but it was III rather
an inaccessible place. She wore snug
fitting tailor-made jacket, whose but
tons yielded stubbornly to her gloved
fingers. Beneath was still more snug
fitting tailor-made bodice. Confessedly
nervous now, and with progress further
impeded by the drivers opportunities, a
couple of the small bodice buttons We're
loosened and poBing fingers endenvored
to draw out the concealed funds This
did not answer, however, and, desperate
at last, the girl peeled off her glove and
succeeded in her quest, butn not until the
risibilities of the entire stage full of
people had been severely strained
Chiaaop NayUc
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14

and stained. One of its faded green shut
fers hung by single upper hinge and
tapped disconsolately in every puff OF
wind that eddied round the southeast
corner: another had succumbed to its
fate and lay neglected upon the ground.
Trespassing penbnives and pencils had
cut and written the names of their
fnischievous owners upon the front OF
the house, and the open door was dec
GRATED with notices of school meetings
B ! election bills.
Such was the exterior of this western
"'ll ! of learning" and the interior
looked scarcely more attractive to the
tschoolma'am who had the fall
term" at the munihcent salary of TWEEN.
ty-fve dollars month. There was the
usual array of SCARED and ink-stained
desks, a rusty stove, ''scratchy'
blackboard and smoky ceiling. The
wall was decorated with maps done in
red, yellow, blue and green, and here
and there hung writing or spelling
chart. A globe stood on its chest ir
one corner and the water-bucket occu
pied a bench beside the door. Foul
window castings, as the school-house
was used in lieu of both church anG
public hall.
Nell Benson, who sat at the teach
er's desk" that September afternoon
was The daughter of Presby teriar
mini Ter who had but recently removed
from the pleasantly Miami valley tc
Gle prairies of Kansas. O. how home
sick she had been for the pretty Ohio
homo, the old neighbors, the pleasant
village; but most of all she longed fol-
the familiar halls of the seminary a
Oxford and missed the CHEEKY faces
and merry voices of her gay classmates
there.
The expenses of the long move haC
drained heavily on the minister's slen
der purse, and the struggling little
churches to which he had come were
able to give him but a small salary
even the small sum necessary to defray
Eell's expenses at the seminary wa:
not for moment to be thought of. Sc
with many secret sigh and tear she
had packed her disappointed hope:
with her trigonometry and mora
science in the very bottom of her trunk
and had gone bravely out to try to earn
enough TO carry her to diploma the
next year. Next year! o, what tor
ture to think of Sue and Lii and Kate
going back ''this year for their senioI
year, while she was the only missing
one. But Nell was conscientious abou
her work, and really enjoyed it; though
sometimes her twenty small scholar
seemed dreadfully tiresome, and Alecl
Somers, the frecklefaced boy on th
back seat, was often inclined to be un
ruly
On the afternoon on which we lool
in upon her she was very weary. Th
children had been noisy and restless
and Aleck had persisted in sitting side
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
puNaENr pARAaRAPHs.

The song They're After Me" Is
catchy air.-Lancaster Gazette.
Mrs. Strict-"I know your mother
brought you up to respect old age"
Miss Clipper-"Yes, indeed; she didn't
even allow us to laugh at an old joke"
Comforting ng.-Dramatis first night
--"Hal is that man hissing?" Mana
ger.-"No. II is man in one of the
back seats snoring. He has a peculiar
snore, hasn't he?"--N. Y. Sun.
-Superfuous. -"But, Mrs. Brown, you
don't seem to take any interest in the
poetical productions of your husband"
''Why should I? have him himself."--
Fliegende Blatter.
-Cora-'I would wait ever so long
for any man that could love me for my
self alone" Violet-"What patiencel
And you have already waited so many
years."-N. Y. Ledger.
-Chawley-"What are you all bun
died up and shivering so for this warm
day?" Algy-"Why, it's English, you
know, my deah boy The weather's
very cold in Lunnon. buffalo Express
Mrs Singleboy--I hope, John, you
are not too hard on Jackat the office.
You know he is our idol child Mr..
Singleboy I(with gh)-Yes, Mary, he
is indeed our idle child. Pittsburgh
Bulletin.
You claim that yor were insane
when you proposed to her?" eyes,
sir" Can you prove itH" "Yes, sir"
''How?" "By producing the plaintiff in
court and letting the jury look at her."
Exchange
"A new farcical comedy brought out
in New York is called NERVES" After
the critics get through with it the mana"
, ger may know the meaning of "shat'
tered nerves. ."-Norristow Herald.
-"Your poem is good, but do not
like the repetition of ideas" 81 am not
aware, sir, that / have repeated my
self?" "No-but you have repeated
Shakespeare and Thackeray and several
others all the way through. Epoch.
When girl is sixteen her ideal man
is named Reginald. When she is twenty
four it doesn't matter to her very much
what his name is SO long as it will work
we'll on the business end of check
Somerville Journal.
-Travers-"Do you know, it's sim
gular thing, but every time have had
| Ill uCW Sulb nave DCGl 5dSSh w a
different girl" Observation-Disclosures!
When you get married what a bill for
your wife. ."-Clothier and Furnisher.
Deacon Hardscrabble Ito passenger
requiring three seats for himself and
baggage)-"You are from the city, L
presume?" Mr.. Shoat-"Yes; how did
you know it?" Deacon Hardscrabble-
so, we butchered our country hogs
three months ago!''-N. Y. Herald.
"A Financial Discussion.-Old Man
Moneybags (facetiously) my
dear, aren't you going to advise me2
Here's man that wants me to lend
him ten thousand dollars on his Atchi-
son stock Now what would you advise
me to do?" Young Wife-"Why, you
know that don't know anything about
money" Old Man Moneybags-"D mt
know anything about money! That's
pretty good, when you made as much in
one day as have made in all my life. :"
Young Wife-"Why, when was that?"
Old Man Moneybags (uproariously)-
"When you married me-" Young Wife
Yes, but all my friends have told
me that / couldn't have made a worse
bargain. Boston Courier.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
FAuNTL.ERoY in DIFFICULTIES.

A Newsboy who Gould Not stand Dudes
Frees His Youthful Mind.
number of passengers about 10 cross
the bridge from Brooklyn witnessed an
amusing scene the other day.
gentleman who had just purchased
ticket in gathering his change from
the ticket sellers window let fall from
his hand quantity of coins-cents,
nickels and dimes. They scattered in
all directions over the muddy pavement.
A little urchin of newsboy, from
whom the gentleman had bought a
paper for which'he had not yet paid,
went to the rescue of the truant coins.
At almost the same moment another
little fellow clad in the familiar costume
of a little Lord Fauntleroy-leather
leggings, gloves, long hair and all
hove in sight. He was accompanied by
fashionably attired lady, evidently his
mother.
Human nature is very strong in boy,
even Lord Fauntleroy. EApying a
dime the newcomer forgot the dignity
of his exalted rank. He stopped down
and with his diminutive hand picked
from the muddy pavement the coin,
which he promptly pocketed. M
The tatterdemalion saw the act and
made grab for Fauntleroy, who clung
to his mothers skirts. watcher dom
wild de gents money!" he said. "Don-
cher know no better den toNstealp"
The mother of the little aristocrat
was dreaGfully shocked at seeing her
offspring in the dirty hands of the news
boy. She flew to the rescue. "Take
your hands off my child" she said, cor
I'll have you arrested, you young
scoundrel."
81 amt no scoundrel," said the gamin,
dropping his hands and releasing the
little lord make yer kid give up de
money" he continued. "IIe amt got
no right ter keep it."
Little Fauntleroy was pleased enough
to be released from the clutch of the
two begrimed little hands of the news
boy. He gave up the money readily
enough, and with his mother, who had
brushed the dirt off the miniature box
coat sleeves, he hastened on his way to
! New York to make society call. The
newsboy watched the retreating forms
SOllIOtAA BbN'OuSiJ
Say, boss, he said, returning to the
gentleman, who had watched the affair
with interest and yet unable to take
any part in it, so rapidly had the entire
scene been enacted.
Say, boss" continued the boy, ''dat
young feller would "a hooked yer money
but fer me. Amt yer going to give me
de dime?"
The gentleman told him he might
keep the money.
Tanks" said the urchin. 81 tell
yer" he added, ''Deez young Funtle.
royz an sailors wild long hair, dey
makes me tired. l guess dey'l steal
sooner den noosboy. amt got nc
use fer fellers like dat. Dey don't have
no fun, an my! how dey gets licked by
us fellers, when we gets the chance
Dey gets licked too, if dey gets spot
on de close dey wears. Yer can bet I'd
sooner be noosboy nor a dude vic
long hair wot gets licked fer nothin.'
The gentleman continued his trip ovel
the bridge. He has been debating since
the occurrence, however, if there was
not great deal of truth in the news
boys rude philosophy.-N. Y. Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
High Shoulders and Photographs,

1t is almost impossible, says promi-
nent photographer, to take good pict-
ure of lady who wears dress with
sleeves puffed and elevated at the shoul-
ders. Some of these shoulder humps
are SO high that they cause shadow to
be cast over the wearer's neck and the
lower part of the face have had
several instances of spoiled pictures on
this account. At first the failure of the
photograph to bring out the sitter's
chin and neck in strong relief puzzled
me. l studied the matter for several
days, and tried experiments with my
patrons until became satisfied that the
trouble was caused by the high-topped
sleeves. / demonstrated that such was
the fact to one lady by drawing scarf
closely about her shoulders. Without
the scarf all attempts to get good
picture of her failed. With the scarf l
succeeded the first time in getting ii
picture that revealed clearly the OUT
lines of her face and neck.-N. Y. Wit
ness.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
A ThrIlling Composition.

The following was written by a
tweve-year-old girl A right suite little
buoy, the sun of great kernal with a
rough around his neck, hue up the rode
as quick as dear. After thyme he
stopped at a clubhouse and wrung the
belle. His tow hurt hymn, and he
hneeded wrest He was two tired to
raze his fare, pail face, A feint mown
of pane rose from his lips. The made
who herd the belle was about to pair
pare, but She through it down and ran
with all her mite for fear her guessed
would not weight. But when she saw
the little won, tiers stood in her ayes at
the site. "Ewe poor dear Why dew
you lye herel Are yew dying?" Know;
he said, 81 am feint" She boar him inn
her arms, as she aught, to a room where
he mite be quiet, gave him bred and
meet held cent-bottle under his
knows, united his choler, raped him
up warmly, gave him a suite drachm
from a viol, till at last he went fourth
as hail as young hoarse.--Brunswick
(Ga.l Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
WHY SHE FLED.
OHIO.

Sat Miss Du Swete with slippered feet
And somewhat battered gown,
And as she scanned the card In hand
Her forehead showed o frowh
"A'asi" she sighed, another bridei
How certain is my doom
Some gift to pay without delay,
Or ind my social tomb,
"a wrapper new, need tits true,
And lxinEs by the score,
A parasol, gloves, shoes and all,
Mean dollar bills galore.
~But what OF that' My purse is fiat,
Tho weddings come so fast
tTis plain, that 1, with many a sigh,
Must make my old duds last
%Iknow 'twould be quite wise for mo.
To work the same shrewd plan;
This might do, but brides, it's true,
Need first OF all O man.
'.And I'm afraid maid arrayed
In snabby gown and shoes,
no man of taste, whate'er his haste,
From out the throng would choose.
$50 nought to me is left see,
But flight from fashions zone;
In some lone place, I'll hide my face,
Where bride-gifts are unknown"
She went away, and sad to say,
Was never heard OF more.
But weddings still grind round the mill,
Just as they did before.
Clara J. Denton, in Jury
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
A BRAVE SCHOOLMA'AM.
The Little Teacher Who Was True
to Her Trust.

I Was a little
d in gy school
house facing the
west. 1t h a d
o n C e b e e n
white, but the
sand and rain
and hail-storms
of the prairie
h a d foreclosed
their mortgage
on its pristine
b e a u ty a n d
freshness a n d
left it SCARED
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
Plenty to Intere st.

Mrs Gotham-I don't see how you
can endure little place like Lawn.
vile. Nothing to see, nothing to hear,
nothing to talk about.
Rural Guest-Land sakes! Why, our
own church has changed ministers
three times within year, and the
other church is having row with
theirs.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
A Doubtful Female

Lawyer (tofemale witness) will you
please tell this court and jury what
your age is?
0Elderly Female-Whats the use?
They wouldn't believe me if ] was to
tell them. .-TeXas Siftings
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
Now York Assessments,

81 met Mr.. Knickerbocker in shabby
coat little while ago. He has not failed,
has hep"
so, no; he only puts that coat on
when he goes to the assessors to give in
his property for assessment. Texas
Siftings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
The Machine and the Maiden.

Brown-These large cabinet ma
chimes take up great deal of space.
wish somebody would invent type
writer that one could hold on his knee.
Smith-Ive got one.--West Shore.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
AmerInnn Enternrlne.

English Heiress-fNo, Mr.. Porker,
can never be your wife. II is my wish
to remain ever near these ancestral
walls, hallowed by the memories of
ages!
Mr.. Porlxer (of the hustling West)-Is
that alp Why, Yseult, dear, I'll buy
the place, and have every stone of it re-
moved to Chicago -Munsey's Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
Saved From an Awful Death,

Briggs-I see that while burglar
was climbing the side of house the
other evening it was struck by light
ming.
Griggs-Was the burglar hurt?
Briggs-0 no. He was on the light
ming rod.-Jury
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14

IF some people would always think
keep still good deal-Ram's Horn.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-03

| Torrance and Mr Kcl1uk took Nan IN ms
arms and kissed her. what did she DO Dut
| drop her head ON his shoulder and cry!
| She said il was because she was wVn out
watching with The Rats folks, but !
| reckon those tears were tinctured WIN
tir compound essence of JOY.
Say, do you see that kind of conntrl-
fed looking fellow with a SLOUGH hat
standing over there by one of the forms
talking to the foreman? That's Mr.. ko-
kuk. He's now editor and proprietor OF
The Kokuk Banner. Gets all the county
printing and is making a barrel OF
money. He's here on "a visit and telling
the boys about Nan. Gave me her PIC
ture as she new looks. Gentle, refined
looking lady, amt she? She's boss of the
Sunday school in Kokuk, has two scholars
from her own family to send to it, and
when any of the printers go on the tramp
she bustles into The Banner office and
losses metal with the best of them. If
there's sick family in Koluk or the
contiguous territory that needs help, you
bet Nan will be there.
Say, mister, I'm not well posted on
religion. but when the saints take their
places in line in heaven III bet Nan will
be not far from the head. New York
Evening Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-03
John Wise's C0urtship.

AS an illustration of the somewhat
grandiloquent style of our grandfathers,
The Norfolk Nirginian publishes letters,
one from John Wise, written to Gen.
Cooper, seeking permission to address
his daughter, and Gen. Cooper's reply
Mr. w Use wrote: Feeling myself ire
sistibly impelled by inclination, and
prompted by a sense of propriety, have
presumed now to address you upon a
subject of Importance and delicacy.
Having conceived an affection for your
daughter Miss Sally, beg leave to So
liCit your permission to make address to
her, and at the same time let me express
the hope that, should be so fortunate
as to succeed in gaining her affections,
my first wishes may not be frustrated by
your disapprobation. | have thought
proper to make this application to you
on the subject in this manner rather
than i'll person, because my character Gf
had acquired any, my condition and
my situation in life are not altogether
unknown to you, and if objections are to
be made they can be more freely com
munieated in this than any other way.
have hitherto proceeded no further with
the lady than merely obtain her permits
sion to make this application; and, sir,
Ilo" IIittlF,t ' Oll lllt liNlAol VI Il BNlltlN-
man that, in case you have objection of
am insuper&ble nature to the union,
whatever may be the chagrin. regret
and modification which | may feel on
the occasion, | will not disturb the quiet
of a parent, extremely solicitous, nc
doubt, for the happiness of a beloved
daughter, 10y persisting amy fu-ther with
her"
Hinder data Of Nav II 1900 Cen.
Cooper responded, saying: although
the application made by your letter OF
t. IL day was unexpected, yet my reAec-
tiJns heretofore on the subject have pre-
pared me to answer that, however sole
itous may be for the temporal felicity
and the future responsibility of my
daughter, she is the only proper Judge
of the person best calculated to MAKE
her happy, Respect and impartiality
ought to be shown by me to you or any
other gentleman that might make his
address to my daughter, and | conlide il
your candor and Judgment"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-03

A desire to see more closely tho man
who has given us such pleasure is natural
and excusable So much may be urged
in excuse for the numbers that often be
siege the stage door of the Lyceum, THEN
object being nearer sight and perhaps
a word from the hero or heroine of the
evening.
"Oh. Miss Terry, it is SO kind of you to
speak to us We do admire you sol We
have been waiting SO longl When dc
you think that Mr.. Irving is likely to
leave the theatre?'
THAT is more than can say. don't
think he has begun his supper yet
"Oh, do tell US what he has for sup
peri" said shrill voice.
"Well," said naughty Miss Terry, very
gravely, "let me see. To.night-well
tonight, think it is tripe and onions
Triple and onionsl Charles |, after hi;
pathetic parting with his children-whet
tears coursed each other down his face
eating tripe and onionsl-Frith's Remi
niscenceS.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-03

The great Russian novelist, Tolstoi,
writes in a study as bare, bleak, cold and
unadorned as are thesteppes of his native
cline. There is neither carpet on the
floor nor draperies in the window, nor
flowers, nor paintings, nor bric-a-brac.
There is scarcely even any furniture
an old lounge, pushed against one wall,
an immense table in n hopeless litter of
papers, periodicals, manuscripts and
books Of reference, near it chair, and
in an opposite corner ii second table, also
covered with pamphlets, but these as
sorted and arranged in piles The room
is divided into two compartments by an
implanted wooden partition which runs
half way up to the ceiling ana from
which depend two wooden rakes--used
by Tolstoi in his garden, and in tho cor
ner stands a wooden spade-above it,
hanging from some wooden pegs, Tol-
stoi's great, capped overcoat. Evidently
the famous writer plunges so deeply into
the subject of his writings as to be oh
livious of his surroundings, Pittsburg
Commercial.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-03
Buried Alive.

In Russia people are oftener than else
where -unintentionally, of
course-to that most grewsome OF all
deaths, of which Poe had such un-
feigned, horror-burial alive. But the
circumstances accompanying this fright
full torture are seldom SO characteristic
or so horrible as in the case of the wife
of peasant in the government of Vol
hynia, ON the borders of Austria, who,
according to the local papers Of Nolhynia,
was lately buried in a comatose state.
She was expecting soon to become q
mother at the time of her supposed
death. After the corpse had been
kept the usual time, the parish priest,
KonstantinoH, recited the prayers of the
burial service in the churchyard, the
widower cast three handfuls of earth on
the coffin and all departed except the
gravediggors. In filling up the grave
the latter shoveled in an unusually large
sod of hard earth, which struck the coffin
with loud noise and woke up the I'M
fortunate woman from her sleep. The
horror of her position at once
dawned upon her. She cried out
in most piteous tones to the
gravediggors to rescue her from hor-
rible death. She solemnly promised
them all her property if they would take
her from the grave and coffin. The
more she cried and entreated the more
strenuous were their endeavors to fill in
the grave; and ON leaving the church
yard, when their work was done, they
still heard her cries and means. They
at once hurried off to her husband, who
was surrounded with guests, drinking to
! the memory of the deceased. Having
related what had taken place, the mat
ter was discussed by the guests and the
neighbors, who soon came rushing in,
and it was finally resolved mem. con.
that an evil spirit had taken possession
/ of The deceased, and that in order to pre-
vent her walking at night and disturbing
| the people, it was absolutely necessary
to disinter her and drive an aspen stake
through her body The mir sent depu-
taton to the priest asking permission &c
disinter the body and perform the super
| stitious rite, deemed necessary in all such
cases. The pope, Mortified, hurried OH
to the churchyard and had the body dis
inferred in the hope of saving a life, but
superstition had already got its victim
the woman was dead, but unmistakable
signs showed she had struggled hard tC
escape from the most horrible death the
human mind can conceive. - Boston
| Herald.