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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-20

Last night an old colored man was found in
the rear house at no east Clay street suffering
with eplleptic commissions. which he said he
had had for two days and no doctor had been
sent for.
The. ambulance took him to to the City Hos
pital for treatment
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-20
General Maury's son.

General Dahney II. Msury il in the city. His
son Dabney sailed from New York Saturday, for
the United States of Columbia. whittier he goes
In connection with some valuable mining prop
critics.
MIR. Maury has only short time ago returned
from London
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-20
Gone to Brazil.

The Dutch barkentine Fritz Fable Benkema'
cleared yesterday a. the custom-house for Rio
Qrande do Sui. Brazil, with SOS barrels of
four, valued at Sls,xl.5l
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-20

The funeral of Michael Dolan, the boy who
was run over by train on the Allegheny road
and who afterwards died, will take place to-day
at from the Church of the Sacred Heart
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18

main. Then she sprang into the saddle,
and, touching her lightly with the whip,
guided the beast silently as possible up
the creek.
A few hundred yards above she head
ed her for low bank on the side near
est to the highway. A moment later
she had the horse safe behind friendly
screen of small trees.
Hastily tying the halter TO a sapling
she stole cautiously through the under
brush to point near the spot where
she had last seen the men.
They were still there, but evidently
contemplated move of some sort.
Mentally Kate made note of two facts,
the first of which was that both men
were villainous looking specimens of
humanity; secondly, their horses were
reeking with sweat and, apparently,
much exhausted.
Leaving the animals to feed by the
wayside, the two presently crossed the
road and struck into the path leading
down to the brook, one of them point
ing with his rattlesnake whip to Ma
omis footprints in the black soil.
Katie heard her name pronounced by
the most savage-looBing one, and a mo-
ment later the scoundrel passed by,
scarcely three feet from her place of
concealment. Within easy reach of the
coveted treasure he was, luckily for
Katie, unconscious of the fact With
his heavy whip he struck an ugly little
blow at the IDENTICAL bush through
which bright eyes were peering. For a
moment, as the little girl afterward adj
mitted, she was almost afraid"
/ On her hands and knees she crept
back short distance, ruefully mindful
of the fact that numerous sharp stubs
and roots were running her Sunday
gown. When far enough away she
arose to her feet and fled back to Ma
omi with the speed of a hunted deer
christening her, Kate started to lead
her toward the road, though she knew
not what obstacles might intervene, the
thick growth of young trees rendering
it impossible for the eye to penetrate
many yards in advance.
They were almost out; so near, in
fact, that some oddly twisted birches,
which Kate remembered to have OBJ
served growing upon the opposite side
of the track, were in full view, when
horse and leader were both brought tc
a sudden halt.
A huge fallen tree lay directly in
front of them, shutting off all hope of
escape in that direction. On one side
the gnarled, earth-covered roots OF
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18
Herolsm of a Child.

In the Bodleian library at Oxford is
most touching record of heroism and
self-sacrifice on the part of child. The
lower door of st. Leonards church,
Bridgeworth, was left open, and two
young boys, wandering in, were tempt
ed to mount to the upper part, and
scramble from beam TO beam. All at
once joist gave way. The beam on
which they We're standing became dis
placed. The elder had just time to
grasp it when falling, while the young
er, slipping over his body, caught hold
of his comrades legs In this fearful
position the poor lads hung, crying
vainly for help, for no one was near
At length the boy clinging to the beam
became exhausted. He could nc longer
support the double weight He called
out to the lad below that they were both
done for. Gould you save yourself if
were to loose YOU" replied the younger
lad 81 think could" returned the
elder. "Then good-by, and God bless
you'll" said the little fellow, loosing his
hold Another second and he was
dashed to pieces on the stone floor be-
low. His companion clambered to q
place Of safe@. .-ChatterboR.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18
FOR SUNDAY READING.
ONE LESS AT HOME.


ono less ut homei
The charmed circle broken; q dear face
Missed day by day from Its accustomed place;
But, cleansed and saved and perfected by
grace,
One more In Heaveni
one less at homei
One voice of welcome hushed, and evermore
One farewell word unspoken on tho shore
Where parting comes not one soul landed
more,
One moro in Heaven.
One less at homel
A sense of loss that meets us at the gate,
Within, q place untitled and desointo;
And far away, our coming to await,
One more in Heavenl
One less at homei
Chill as the earth born mist the thought
would rise
And wrap our footsteps round and dim our
eyes;
But the bright sunbeam dartoth from the
One more in Heaveni
One more at home!
This lSnot home, where, cramped in earthly
mold,
Our sight of Christ is dim. our love is cold
But there, where face to face we shall be-
hold,
Is home and Heaven.
One less on earth
It's pain, its sorrow and its toll to share;
One less the pilgrims daily cross to bear;
One more the crown of ransomed soul to
wear,
At home in Heaven.
One more in Heavenl
Another thought to brighten cloudy days,
Another theme for thankfulness and praise,
Another link on high our souls to raise
To home in Ueavenl
One more at home
That home whore separation can not be,
That home where none are missed eternally,
Lord Jesus, grant us all place with Thee,
At home in Heaven
s. G. Stock, in N. Y. Observer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18
A CATS WHISPERS.
They Seem Ornamental, But They Ar
Decidedly Useful.

They Seem Ornamental, But They Are
Decidedly Useful.
Nature is an economical dame, and
never indulges in useless gifts. If she
gives an animal or plant an appendage
of any kind, we may be sure that il
serves some wise purpose
Take cats whiskers, for instance,
which may seem to you to be merely
ornamental They are organs of touch,
attached to bed of fine glands under
the skin, and each of these long hairs
is connected with the nerves of the lip
The slightest contact of these whiskers
with any surrounding object is thus
felt most distinctly by the animal, al
though the hairs them selves are insen-
sible.
They stand out on one side of the
lion as well as the common cat From
point to point they are equal to the
width of the animals body.
If we imagine, therefore, lion steal
ing through covert of wood in an inn
perfect light, we shall at once see the
use of these long hairs. They indicate
to him through the incest feeling any
obstacle which may present itself to
the passage of his body; they prevent
the rustling of boughs and leaves,
which would give warning to his prey
if he were to attempt to pass too close
to a bush; and thus, in conjunction
with the soft cushions of his feet and
the fur upon which he treads-the
claws never coming into contact with
the ground-they enable him to move
toward his victim with a stiffness equal
to that of a snake.-South Boston
News
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18
al stnrtlad OrrnnIst.

A curious incident disturbed con-
gregaUion at st. Michael's church, Folke-
stone, Eng, a short time ago. The
organ in that church is provided with
kettledrums, which are brought into
action by the organist pressing against
an electric knob fixed to the back of his
seat. This arrangement was not ex-
planned to strange organist, who had
no sooner leaned back to hear the SER
mon comfortably than a startling up
roar began in the recesses of the instru-
ment. Looking up in astonishment, the
unsuspecting artist only pressed the
knob the harder, and faster and more
furious became the action of the drums.
This went on for considerable time,
till somebody with presence of mind
rushed up and explained the secret
Chicago Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18
CHOICE EXTRACTS.

The man who has no Joy in giving
has no joy in anything. Chicago Stand
ard.
We show the strength of our con-
victions more by our actions than by the
vehement words we utter. = United
Presbyterian.
Sorrow itself is not so hard to bear
as the thought of sorrow coming. Airy
ghosts that work no harm do terrify us
more than men in steel with bloody
purposes.-T. B. Aldrich
Faith and works are as necessary tc
our spiritual life as Christians, as soul
and body are to our natural life as meni
for faith is the soul of religion, and
works, the body.-St. Louis Christian
Advocate. :
The knowledge of a duty to be done,
or any good to be accomplished, if the
duty be one that we ought to do, or the
good be within our power, always car
ries with it an obligation; and not to
obey this obligation is to sin. Omission
to act may be as sinful as the most posi-
tive form of action.-N. Y. Independent.
Everyone who lives in this world is
more or less tax upon the industry of
others; and hence everyone should, at
the very least, seek to contribute to the
world as much as it takes to get him
through it. If he does less than this he
dies at last in debt to mankind. Chi
cago Standard.
Character without conduct is like
the lips without the trumpet, whose
whispers die upon themselves and do
not stir the world. Conduct without
character is like the trumpet hung up
in the wind which whistles through 1t
and means nothing. Christian at Work.
"A great scientist has said that the
kingdom of science, like that of Heaven,
is open only to the childlike spirit; if
one is willing to humbly stoop in order
to enter the gateway to human knowl-
edge, is it unreasonable to expect that
one should reach the higher wisdom
through the portal pointed out by the
Saviour: "If any man willeth to do His
will, he shall know?"-Golden Rule.
"A free expression of personal feel
ing is the natural impulse of some;
while the close repression of such feel
ing is the natural instinct of others.
Neither the instict nor the impulse is al
ways safe guide. 1t is duty TO give
sufficient expression to feeling, and to
have a fitting measure of its repression.
Not what we want to do, but what we
ought, shall be our standard in this
Spheres. 8. Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18

They disregard all appeals 10 n wiser
and better course. They set out in life
to get the world in some of its alluring
forms, and they diligently pursue this
object through all its periods, TO the
end. Though often disappointed in their
endeavors, they renew the pursuit with
increased diligence, never halting, never
giving way to encouragement.
II would seem as though rational,
immortal man would seriously reflect,
and ask himself the question: "Will IL
payp VIII it be worth while TO spend
all my life and all my energies in the
endeavor to gain these sublunary
things?" But no; these men Of the
world become infatuated by their devo-
ton to these inferior objects; and the
longer they pursue them the more abb
sorbed are they in the pursuit.
Alas What phantoms do they chasel
How unworthy of such devotionl Sup
pose that they gain the object in view;
how unsubstantiall and how unsatisfy-
ing! 1t is their experience that they
have spent their money for that which
is not bread, and their labor for that
which satisfeth not. All has been
"vanity and vexation of spirit"
And then, if successful in seeking
the world. how brief is the time that
they can possess and enjoy It'll How
transient are all earthly riches, and
honors, and pleasures How soon do
their possessors pass away from them
all, to possess and to enjoy them no
more forever! The men of the world
have all their portion in this life. They
have sought it all here; and they have
it all here. They have not been care
full to lay up treasures in Heaven; and
they have none there. They have all
their good things in this life. Their
riches are riches that perish in the u.s.
ing. Their pleasures are but for sea-
son, and that brief season. And their
honors are but for a fleeting day. 81
have seen the wicked in great power,
and spreading himself like "A green bay
tree Yet he passed away; and, 10, he
was not; yea, l sought him, but he
could not be found" However exalted
they may have been, their names will
soon be forgotten. Their memory shall
have perished. IN. Y. Observer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18
SOMETHING SOUR NEEDED.

A Place Found for the Church Fault
Finders Well Suited to Them.
There is a class of persons in the COM
munity whose usefulness we have just
found out. We never realized until now
what they were made for They are
struck through with acidity. Their dis
position is celebrated for it's Grabbed
ness. You find them in every circle.
They are especially known in churches
as fault-fnders. Their teeth are al
ways on edge. They are critical of
minister, eldership and choir. What
ever is done, they act as though they
could have done it better. You some
times feel like suggesting to them
the propriety of going to some
other church, or retiring into
less conspicuous position. You look
upon them as a nuisance and hindrance.
Stop! You are wrong. They have their
practical uses. Church life, if happily
conducted, is a banquet at which the
sweet predominates There is the sugar
of helpful words, and the saccharine of
genial association. The banquet is IN
danger of becoming fiat and insipid.
There ought to be at least one vinegar
cruet in the castor. You need to give
variety to the feast You do not more
need spices than pickles. Now you
know the use to which some people can
be put. Do not cast them out. Do not
let them be the means of evaporation.
Employ them at the church banquet
Tarts are good in their place. Brethren,
pass around the pickles, -Talmage, in
| n. Y. Observer .ss.yers&
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18

length upon her soft couch of moss,
half asleep, Naomi grazing near at
hand.
Suddenly Kate sat up, very wide
awake. Her quick ear had caught the
sound of horses hoofs.
Yonder, up in the highway, two men
were approaching. Both travellers were
provided with horses, though but one
was mounted. The other picked his
way carefully along evidently search
ing for something. What that some
thing was interested the child greatly.
She felt of the precious envelope in her
bosom, and wished heartily that it were
safe in Mr.. Steinfelt's keeping.
Slowly the men neared the group of
trees under which she had first halted,
following her very track, she could have
ayerred.
They stopped directly, and the rider
dismounted Then began a doubly
sharp investigation of the ground.
Our brave lass felt that it was high
time for action. Catching Naomi by
the bride she led the unresisting ami
NAL down into the stream, resolved
that no traces of their flight should re-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18
LOVERS WALKS.

An, onoe liked not lovers walks
NOT wanderings by the hill
When star to star at midnight talks,
And all the world is still
laughed at all romantic souls
That half In rapture stood
I hated strolls--those moonlight strolls-
And always thought shouldi
/ vowed by oil the world e'er knew
OF beautiful and bright
No love on earth should tempt me to
A rambling walk by night
But, ah-onep mind can little guess
To what ones heart is born;
Who thought month--or even less
Would find me 30 foreswornl
But when loved not star-nor moon
y Nor wanderings through the glen
My song OF life was out OF tune,
knew not romance, thenl
Now would rather roam till light
Bloom'd DER the morns sweet breast;
Than ever breathe those words, "Good night
Or ever think Of rest.
m Y. Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18
Comfort Provided.

Comfort is one great theme of the
Bible. The Heavenly Father provides
it for His children vixen they need it,
just as He provides food for them when
they are hungry. He does not put the
food in their mouths without any exer-
tion on their own part, nor does He give
them comfort apart from the use of
means. He employs many agencies in
comforting the mourning-the blessed
promises of the Word, the sweet COM
munications of the Holy Spirit, the
gentle ministries of the angels, the low
ing tone and touch of human friends.
We may not expect to be comforted las
one whom his mother comforteth," un-
less we welcome and use the means
which have been appointed for this end.
United PresbVterian
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18

the last hour or two, were now almost
dispelled by the cool, grateful shade of
hemlocks.
Naomi. Kate's sleek bay, appeared
equally thankful for rest, and gave ex-
preston to her feelings by a low
whinny of satisfaction.
The little girl dismounted and pro-
ceeded to brush the flies from her dumb
companions glossy coat.
Twenty miles from home" mur-
INJURED she, whereat Naomi turned her
head and gave the speaker an intelli-
gent look out of her great, brown eyes.
1t was, indeed, long way for child
of twelve to have come alone, and upon
such an important mission; but Kate
was pluclzy girl and not in the least
homesick nor at all afraid of anything
but a certain tiny black cloudlet in the
west, ''cloud no bigger than mans
hand" 1t was the prophecy of storm,
and a thunder shower meant unuttera-
BILE things to Katie Tynedale.
She wouldn't have started out to-day,
but her father was sick and, Mr.. Stein
felt's note being due, the old gentleman
wanted his money. Securely buttoned
inside the little girls gray basque We're
the two hundred dollars which was to
cancel her fathers Indebtedness.
There had been commotion in the
Tynedale household the previous eve
ming when Kate had announced her
willingness to go over to Rydal with
the money.
Mrs. Tynedale had promptly declared
that such thing wasn't to be thought
of for moment; but her husband had
laughed in a good-natured way and as
serted that it was capital idea, and he
would sooner trust ''his boy than any
man in the neighborhood.
He often called Kate "his boy" part
ly because of the assistance she rem
dered him about the farm work, but
chiefly in consequence of her skillful
management of a horse.
In the end Mr.. Tynedale and Kate
had carried the day. So here she was,
at noontide, but ten miles from her des-
tination. She had only been over this
road once before, and that was some
years back; but she remembered every
crook and turn of the entire distance
perfectly.
Directly ahead of the place where
she had halted lay long stretch of un-
broken, uninhabited woodland. A timid
person would, doubtless, have been af-
frighted at the prospect, but our young
friend hadn't a thought of fear.
Her courage was soon to be put to a
test.
After a brief pause she left Naomi
and climbed to the summit of a gently
rising knoll beside the way to get a
better view of the western sky.
Behold! the threatening cloud had
entirely disappeared, drifted away down
behind the blue hills
Kate drew deep breath of relief and
ran back to the foot of the hill.
''You shall have a nice, long rest,
NaomiH' exclaimed she, patting the
arched neck of her favorite.
Threading the ravine below flowed q
shallow stream, tie sparkle of whose
sunlit waters came up through darl1ly
interlacing branches of evergreen like
CLEANS of silver. Thither Katie led hel
steed
After quenching her thirst at the
brook the mare turned her about and
began cropping the tender green vege-
tation which fringed its banks, while
her mistress sat down upon messy
bank to partake of the lunch which
careful Mother Tynedale had prepared
for her
Fully an hour they had remained
there, the little girl stretched at full
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18
EARTHLY RICHES.
Christian at Work.

People Who Strive for the Things of This
Earth Instead of the Joys of Heaven.
Thus do the Scriptures appropriately
characterize a certain class. They are
men that set their affections on the
things of the world, and that live SUI
premely for them. They are of the earth,
earthly Though endowed with noble
powers, and capable of living for noble
objects, their aims are all earthward.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18
FInger-NaIl Polishing.

There are encouraging signs that the
craze for fnger-nail polishing is in a
fair way of abatement. do not know
exactly what instinct of barbarity led
One-half of New York to start in on a
rabid career of dissipation in the matter
of nail-polishing year or so ago, but
whatever it was its sway no longer ex-
lists. 1t is bad enough to be waited on
in shop by young woman whose fin
gers are stained to the knuckle-joints
with what looks like crimson ink, and
to encounter on all sides maroon finger
nails which have been butchered and
polished and wrought upon until they
look like anything but human. These
things are easily enough forgiven in
women, however. The rub comes with
the presence of lordly and corpulent
men who walk into public billiard
room or cafe and laboriously display
huge knotted fists and stubby fingers,
the nails of which are artifcially col
ored. A mans hand, as a rule, is a
grewsome thing at best, but when his
finger nails are doctored the incongruity
approaches the grotesque.-N. Y. Re-
cOrder
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18
Curious Facts About Easter.

The fact that Easter fell on a very
early date this year March 29) has
caused friend of facts and figures" to
collect some curious statistics. In 1888
he says Easter fell on March 25, and it
will only once again this century, name
ly, in 1894, fall on so early a date. In
three following centuries it will oc-
cur only eight times on the same date
namely, in 1851, 2O35, 2O46, 2O57, 21O3,
2114, 2125 and 219s. The earliest date
on which Easter can fall is on March 22,
and this only in case the moon is full on
March 21, when this date happens to fall
on Saturday. This combination of
circumstances is extremely rare; it oc-
CURED in 1903, 1851 and 1917, and will
happen again in 1900, 2O76, and 2144
while during the three following centur-
les it is not once ION the books" at this
early date. On the other hand Easter
never falls later that April 25; this was
the case in 1866, 1874 and 1886, and will
only happen once in the next century,
namely, l943.-Boston Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18
KATIE AND NAOMI.
They Safely Garry the Interest
Money to Town.

A T Z T Y N e
d A L E relned
her horse to the
roadside, under
a spre a d in G
clump of trees,
and wiped the
per rspiration o n
from her heated
brow.
It was a warm
day, even for
the month of
June. V a N G
thoughts of sun
S t r o k e a n d
dread of a thun-
der storm, which
had been cours-
ing through the
child's mind for
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-03
l. S. ST. P. gu. P
New Line through Wyoming and
Idaho to the Pacific Northwest

This line is composed Of the
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis q
Omaha and Union Pacific Rail
ways, and reaches more Far
Western Cities than any other line
as follows:
Haley, Boise City, Lewiston,
Moscow and principal Idaho
points.
Walla Walla, Colfax, Farming
ton, Rockford, Spokane Falls and
numerous Washington points.
Baker City, Pendleton, Portland
and principal Oregon points.
Ogden and Salt Lake City, the
largest points in Utah.
San Francisco, Los Angeles and
all California points from Mt.
Shasta to San Diego.
And this line also reaches Butte,
Anaconda and many other points
in Montana.
Also note that by this line
accommodations are furnished in
Pullman Family Sleeping Cars
very low rates to holders
econd-class tickets going to
Washington, Oregon and Califor-
MIA.
When you get ready to go
West, before deciding upon your
route, call on agents of C., St: P.
M. & O. Ry., who will cheerfullv
furnish rates and information
about through car service over
the "Lake Superior, ST. PanI &
Union Pacific Line" and connec-
tons, or for pamphlets and map
address
T. w. TEASDALE.
Gen'lPaseng erAgent, SIP aul.