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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10

which / pou1d not endure, and so stood
up. ! don't think l ever stood up be.
fore in all my driving. IL was quee,,
like vision. every thing dancing, me
buggy bobbing and then trembling Ike
an aspen leaf, as your father used to
say preaching up in the Vermont school.
house, the gong rafting and away ahead
the smoke piling up like Il wall. You
know when q fireman catches sight o.
the actual smoke It does two things:
first, it makes him feel very solemn,
awful, calm; it's business and no false
alarm, and the poor chap knows that he
may lay his bones in white heap not
more n handful right in that pile o.
buildings; then the next effect is, il
makes him crazy, not foolishly losing
his head, but smoke wakes fellow all
up-he feels mad-like to get there.
That's our old chief exactly. He yelled
to me. let Dumpy out.
Now it was right then that we
crossed - avenue. That last alarm
had brought out No. "a, and she was
roaring down the avenue at right an.
giles to us. Behind those boys was No,
10 Hook, who take big space to swing,
and back o. them l knew was No. 81
Engines can turn safely enough, but
this was pretty short. Now, orders is
for chief to jump right ahead and moi
wait, to shave curve like razor il
need be, but surely to go in ahead il
there's a ghost of chance. Dumpy
the old nag, knew his business and
plunged. l wouldn't have believed he
had another extra pound in him, fol
the three alarms had made the horse
wild.
"When-God help me!--there stood
my little wife on the cross-wallk!
1 knew it all at a glance-she was tc
come in on the suburban to do some
Christmas shopping for little Teddy
To stop was against rules, for it meant
death by the engines and hook just
Slowing round. To turn to the righ'
was smash into horse-car, even i.
our little wheels ever got over the grid
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10

mans simple words: "You may think,
you pedestrians, that it is all very fine
fun to make everybody skip out of our
way to the wild music of our horn. We
use a horn now, because the electric
cars have gong so much like ours.
Well, now, let me tell you, it takes
some nerve to drive like that over
broken pavements and car-tracks, to
say nothing of the women and children
you may smash to the earth in spite of
yourself.
'You see, my chiefs wagon had
sprung an axle the night before. He
knew I'd ordered it round to the shop.
OF course, orders is, in case of need, to
take another department wagon. But
my chief is pretty heavy man, and
very partial to his own wagon; and, I'm
bound to say, it's as stout as wood and
steel can be chucl1ed together. Well,
as chief knew about his wagon being in
shop, he said to me: Lets walk up to
headquarters this morning and risk it.
Come along and carry some reports for
me-. So just telephoned to the shop
where we were to be found, and had the
horse sent up to the shop. 1 s'posed, of
course, that if any alarm sounded one OF
the hands would slip Dumpy, that's the
most famous horse in the department,
by the way, into another regulation
wagon and have him at the door OF
headquarters.
"Well, old friend, it was just the luck
of things. Scarce were chief and L in
side when the alarm sounded. But it
must have been very important busi-
ness in them books I'd brought up; for
chief only pricked his ears and then
went right into the commissioners
room, not even appearing to count
strokes. But scarcely could he have
got seated before she struck again. Ten
blows and box number. That meant
the second alarm. Then the old man
came out and says he: Ed, what have
we got?' meaning, what vehicle was
before the door for us, for he hated to
trust his big body in any except his
own wagon. Just then, whang she
went for the ten blows twice with box.
That meant lots of machines and high
time sure. Chief didn't stop. We just
leaped downstairs side by side.
'And there! You should have seen
it. 1t was light fancy side-bar buggy
which belonged to chiefs boy. Some
body had blundered. There was
Dumpy paving and quivering for the
spring, the hostler at his bit Chief
gave one look. Then he roared back OF
the stairs: Bring us the gong from over
the desbr
SIT was easy to reach it, beings a small
one for the use of tally clerk whose
desk was near noisy window. The
officer ripped it down, and chief took
it between his fat knees When he sal
down, the frail buggy seemed to groan
had the lines, and l let r go. My
That swoop up - street! 1t was like
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10
The Human Form

The proportions of the human figure
are six times the length of the right
foot. Whether the form is slender or
plump, the rule holds good on an aver
age; any deviation from the rule is a de-
parture from the beauty of proportion.
1t is claimed that the Greeks made all
of their statues according to this rule.
The face from the highest point of the
forehead where the hair begins, to the
end of the chin, is one-tenth of the
whole stature; the hand from the wrist
to the end of the middle finger is also
one-tenth of the total height. From the
crown to the nape of the neck is one
twelfth the stature. If the face from
the roots of the hair to the chin be di-
vided into three equal parts, the first
division determines the place where the
eyebrows should meet, the second the
opening of the nostrils. A man of good
proportions is as tall as the distance be-
tween the tips of his fingers when both
arms are extended to full length.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10
News Items.

REPRESENTATIVE KELL, of Kansas,
introduced in the House bill directing
the Secretary of the Treasury to print
fractional currency of the United States
to the amount of fifty millions of dol
lars.
REPRESENTATIVE ABNER TAYLOR, Of
Illinois, has introduced in the House q
bill providing that the rate chargeable
for registration on domestic mail mat
ter shall be five cents for each piece in
addition to the regular postage.
THE Treasury Department, on the I'd,
under it's circular of October 0, re-
deemed S27, 600 our-and-a-half- percent
bonds.
THE Treasury Department on the I'd
resumed the purchase of silver. The
amount offered was 932, 900 ounces, and
the amount purchased S07, GOO ounces as
follows $4,000 ounces at 1.0414; SO, 900
at 1.04T; 1875, 900 ounces at 1.04 9S; 49,
900 ounces at LOS; $4,000 ounces at
LOS 10; $4,000 ounces at LOS pa; 316, 900
ounces at LOS %.
SECRETARY WINDOW has appointed A..
L. Drummond, of New York, Chief of
the Secret Service Division of the
Treasury Department, and II. II. Rand,
of Wisconsin, a Chief of division in the
Fifth Auditors Office, Treasury Depart
ment
THE President has approved the bill
for the S75, 1000 public building at South
Bend, Ind.
THE Chief of Engineers reports as
not worthy of improvement, Gunter's
creek and Chattahooche river, in Ala
| bama.
SECRETARY WINDOW has directed all
| Collectors of Customs to conform to the
decision of the U. S. Supreme Court in
the case of Zeburger, Collector, against
Cohn, in which it was held that man.
ufacture of worsted was not manufac.
ture of wool This decision of the
court, Collectors are informed, will ap-
ply only to importations of worsted
cloths made prior to the passage of the
act of May 0, 1890.
REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMS, of Day
ton o., has secured the appointment o.
John T. Waymire, of Piqua, and Jas
It. Moorhead, of Troy, as Weigh Mas
ters in the Railway Mail Service.
REPRESENTATIVE CUTCHEoN, of Mich
igan, on the I'd introduced in the House
a joint resolution constituting PoarSl
to consist of two Senators an0 three
members of the House, and two officers
each from the army and navy, whicl
shall take into consideration during tbs
recess of Congress the subject of coas
defenses with special reference to tn,
most urgent necessities as to fortiffca
tions, armament, defensive ships AMI
torpedoes. The Board is to report tx
Congress on these subjects before j AN
uary / next. Ten thousand dollars il
appropriated to meet the necessary eX
pense of the Board.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10
SIMPLE BUT PROFITABLE

A MINISTER in England made 100000
by inventing an odd toy that danced by
winding it with a string.
THE New Jersey man who hit upon
tne idea of attaching a rubber erasing'
tip to the end of lead pencils is worth
$500, 900.
TIE man who invented the return
ball, an ordinary wooden ball with a
rubber string attached to pull it back,
made 81, 900, 900 fron it.
AS LARGE sum as was ever obtained
for any invention was enjoyed by the
Yankee who invented the inverted
glass bell to hang over gas jets to pre-,
vent ceilings from being blacllened by
smoke,
EVERY one has seen the metal plates
that are used to protect the heels and
soles of rough shoes, but every one
doesn't know that within ten years the
man who hit upon the idea has made
Se5O,O00.
THG inventor of the roller-skate has
made S1,OOO,0 900, notwithstanding thN
fact that his patent had nearly eXpiret
before the value of it was ascertalne'
in the eraze for rolier-sllating tina
spread over the country few year
ago,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10

treading on air, Only you wondered
where you would light after trying to
initiate the birds. You see, a fellow re-
lies on the gong to clear him way.
But lots o. folks never hear any thing.
1t is curious how stupid women are
The street ahead of you looks all packed
full as you start. But as you jump into
it, folks and things kind o part like
water; or, as like to compare it, like
hens and chickens when a hawk sails
over the farm, you remember. Well, it
clears up as you skip along, except some
horse-car or rich mans black and
shining carriage, with the two livery
chaps on front, WHO never turn thsir
heads. Then the job is to get ont and
round them Our big wagon does it
easy, though it slews chap almost off
his seat when, at dead run, Dumpy
makes one of his side-dodges This 1T
tie craft, however-it was fearful how
she trembled. Shall | slow up?'
asked once. No, man; not with three
alarms. Why, the whole dry-goods dis
trict is ablaze. Let him go, go, go!'
81 didn't wait after that any, We went,
though never expected to live through
it. I'm not much on description, but
the dart of that buggy was such TRIP
as a hound makes when cattle turn on
him to horn him in "a pasture by the
bars. The wheels ON my side actually
hung in air most of the time, slowly
turning from their last touch on the
pavement, Chief was obliged to shift
to balance and crowded me to my knees
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10

There is only one way to put sad.
die on a horse" says Colonel Kearney
81 learned it when was member OF
the Texas rangers. It's little thing, but
it's worth knowing. / used to put my
blanket on and it would look smooth
ard nice. Then l would put the saddle
on and mount After riding a few miles
would find the saddle slipping further
and further back and would find it nee.
essary finally to dismount and clinch ur
again. One day cowboy said: Let me
fix that saddle for YOU l got off and
he put tha blanket on just as had done
and then the saddle. Then he put his
hands under the saddle and blanket and
lifted them up and let them settle back
into place. found that when this was
done the saddle would stick for forty
mile ride. kansas City Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10
A CATS NERVES.
The Constant Strain Upon Them Make
the Animal Thin.

the Animal Thin.
Lagrange's Philosophy gives some pc.
culiar facts as to why cats are the bony
creatures they always seem to be.
Have you ever inquired how it is thai
cats can combine with their proverbial
idleness such great agility? asks the
writer. Muscular inaction leads just as
much in other kinds of animals as in
the human species to obesity; the dog
which does not hunt, the horse kept in
the stable, become fat and sluggish.
Wild animals even, if kept in cage,
where they are forced into the repose OF
domestic life rapidly lose their slender.
ness of figure and their ease of move.
ment.
Why does the cat escape the ordinary
law, and why, in spite of the fact that il
rarely moves, does it seldom become
fat, as does dog or horse under similar
circumstances?
1t is because it's inability is not that
of inaction, and its nerves are working
while its muscles seem at rest Like
the fencer waiting the moment to at
tack, the cat is constantly ready tc
spring 1t is always watching some
thing-a rat, fly, or a joint of meat
A drawing-room cat makes only three
or four springs in the course of day
but each of them has been preceded by
two or three hours of latent work.
When we believe that the animal il
engaged in a happy dream, it is medi
tating capture, calculating the dis
tance of its spring, and holding it's mus
cles in readiness for any thing that may
happen
Hence it is never taken by surprise
If little bird escapes from the cage, i
is caught and eaten in three seconds
The cat has been watching it for a week
When it seemed asleep it was lying il
| Mait-Yonth's Communion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10
Calling Costumes.

Stylish calling and reception dresses
are made of rich brocade, regence or
peau de sole, combined with velvet OF
the new lightweight, highly finished
broadcloth which is known this season
as faced cloth" Fine passementeries,
jet bands or bindings of feather or fur
complete these costumes. The long
jacket or the polonaise is of the brocade
or velvet, with cloth sleeves, which are
still large at the top, but not extremely
so The cloth or brocade skirt is quite
plain, with border of upturning velvet
points, or else border of fur or ostrich
feather trimming. A Medici collar COM
pletes the jacket and this may also be
trimmed with ostrich feathers or fine
passementerie. Y. Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10

iron of switches. Straight on meant
killing Sarah. Dumpy would poke her
fiat with his spouting nostrils, and then
put his big steel shoes through
"Chief knew my dear one, too. Kind,
calm, he just said
" Take the curb, Ed, back O. lamp
posts
Chief I said, this wagon won't
stand
I" DO itp he yelled.
81 pulled the right rein. Dumpy
sprang to the sidewalk; and, sir, that
India-rubber thing bounded clean over a
ten-inch gutter curb, l suppose, from
the crown of the street. We went
across Thank God, my wife was savedl
But chief was landed in dry-goods
store window on pile O. woolens, all
right. He was up and away to station
'em, they said, in no time. | broke the
glass in that window for him, and
knew no more till in the hospital |
saw Sarah bending over me. See herer'
The scar under his cap told it's own
tale. 1t is well enough to add that the
frail, elastic, side-bar buggy was not in
jured at all.-Emory S. Haynes, in N.
" Tedper
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10
QuESTIoNlNos.

Ymet little cottage girl
Eighteen years old, she said, ~
Her brain was tired with the whirl
or questions In her head
She asked me- whats an optimism"
Good luck made fleshl" 1 cried.
sand what, them is pessimistY
"Bad luck personifledw
With that she asked me to explain
A Christian scientist.
Said /; Hes one who cures pain
That doesn't quite exist"
"And what is an ngnostio, prayr
Sweetheart, L do not know"
She turned her pretty head away
"To Vassar must go"
"Please don't, until you've answered me
one que stion, you've asked t0ur"-
"My little wife, dear, will you bef
- ask for love- not lorer'
Five years ago tonight, my eyesi
hear u sweet voice Groom
A lullaby, while Tommy cries:
But what IL in the moonY"
Life.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10
THE CHIEFS RIDE.
Going to a Fire in q Light, Side
Bar Buggy.

SCHOOLMATE
of b o y h o o d
days, whom /
often see now
flying along the
streets in the
red wagon OF
the Chief of the
f ire Depart
ment, related to
me the follow
ing exciting g
event in his life.
Let me give it,
as near as | can,
in the brave
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10
A Good Reason.

Husband (hastily)-Here comes Miss
Mullins, Effie; put all your presents
away.
Wife-No, l want her to see how gen.
erous you are.
Husband-But most of them are things
gave her when | was engaged to her
and got back when it was broken off,
Munsey's Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10
rnouyh 10 prcak Any wlsh-,lone,

"Aunt Lib, me an Nellie done break
de wish-bone."
"No woner you broke it, pullin' m,
haulin' on it. Mex time l glib you one
You want ter be mo- keerful. -Harper's
Young People.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10

An exchange remarks that no man
can derive enjoyment from young baby
with cigar in his mouth. No young
baby should be allowed to have cigar
in his mouth. Rams Horn.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10
A Case of Aggravated Sang Froid.

She-He is a person of perfect ease
and self-possession, and is thoroughly
at home anywhere.
He-Yes, he even has the faculty of
making you feel total stranger in your
own house.-Life.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10
conscientious.

The Court Would you believe this
man on oath?
Paddy o'Rally-Not unliss he swore
he wor lyin', yer honor,-Life.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10
Most Pleasant.

81 had very pleasant chat with Miss
Dullard last night"
"You did? Why she has the reputa-
tion of being rather silent and stupid. "
81 know 1t. ! did the chatting."-
,Iury
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10

I'm the puritan days cord OF oak
wood was worth tho same as bushel OF
turnips-thirty-seVen cents.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-22
Connecticut's Smallest Baby Dead.

NoRWALK, Oct. u.-Connecticuts
smallest baby is dead. 1t passed quietly
away last evening and was buried this
morning in miniature grave near Its
home. The midget was girl, and its
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rafael Baroleo,
live in big tenemento on Chapel street.
Mr.. Baroleo is an Italian, and his wife
is a pretty Irish girl. They were mar
ried four years ago. The husband is a
shoe dealer and is the proprietor OF a
prosperous little business on Main
street. When his child was born ii
weighed nine ounces only, and on the
day of its death, two months later, II
weighed less than a pound. The baby's
head was smaller than a league base
ball, and its legs were so small that ar
ordinary finger ring could be slipped
over it's foot and passed mp the leg te
the thigh. The arms were no larger
than pipe stems. The midget fed on
milk from spoon, a few drops only
being al! it required at time.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-22
AFTER 90 YEARS.
A Spartanburg Lady Heir to $500, 0,o00-That
Is the Report and it May Prove True.
vSpartanburg Herald, 18th.

Yesterday it was reported on the
streets that Mrs. Carrie leming, of this
city, widow of the late Rev. w. H.
Fleming, had, by the death Of a revela-
tive in the North, fallen heir to half a
million dollars. The Herald has gath
cred the following facts in regard to the
matter:
Just ninety-nine years ago, a wealthy
resident in New York city named Ed
wards, a near relative of Mrs. Carrie
Fleming, of this city, died. At the
time of his death for some reason he
desired that none of bis immediate fam-
lily should share in his estate, so he con-
tracted that at his death all the prop
erty he owned in New York city, con-
sisting of twenty-five acres of land,
much of it already improved along
Broadway and Wall streets, should not
be sold but leased for q term of ninety
nine years. This was done ald it is
said the record of the transaction is
completed.
Mr.. Charley Hoke, brother-in-law
of Mrs. Fleming, is equally interested
and is now is New York pushing inves-
LEGATIONS. Their attorney, Judge Wyck-
life, of Walballa, is also in New York,
and as the lease will expire this year,
they will take steps at once to recover
the property.
Mrs. Fleming was Miss Martin, of
Greenville, and it is through her
fathers rela:i> that she is connected
with Ed wards. It is estimated that
in the event this claim is established
the share of each of their heirs will
amount to something over half mil
lion.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-22

The Engrossing Clerks to be Hauled c !er
the Goals.

Especial to News and Courier.
COLUMBIA, October l2.-It may or
may not be good news according to
the application thereof that the en-
crossing department ofthe Legislature
will be reorganized this session. The
department is under the control of the
Attorney General and he proposes to
take a hand in the appointment or
endorsement of the clerical force, the
Limitation of the extra force and, in
general, to secure more work under the
existing rules. It is not to be inferred
from this statement that any vio!ence
will be done to the appointment or
recommendations of the solicitors, or
that clerks will be summarily dismissed,
but they can be on the qui yive for
something tolerably interesting and in
which they will be the subject matter
of official discussion,'s so to speak.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-22
ELIGIBLE TO THE ALLIANcEI
Her Father was IL Mouth" Farmer, but
Miss Eannaa Is True Blue.
New York Herald. I

LINCOLN, Kan, Oct. 11.-When the
Alliance swept the State Of Kansas the
farmers of this district placed in nom-
ination and elected to the Office Of Con-
gresham preacher and farmer, Mr..
5aker. It was asserted by many of
the new Congressman's enemies that
he was what is technically known as
mouth farmer" and his aspirations as
farmers candidate brought out much
adverse criticism from the opposition.
While it is possible that Mr.. Baker
is not &C active farmer there can be no
doubt about his daughter being eligible
to a seat among the Alliance people.
Miss Hannah is nov runninga farm Of
her own near the town and has been
caring for it for several years.
She located and entered it herself,
and has done all che hard work on it
for the last four years. She is bat
twenty-four years old, yet she takes
mans part and does mans work.
She has woman hired to hetp-ber,,
and in the heaviest season of work en-
ploys man to assist in cultivating the
l4O acres which she has brought to q
high state of excellence. Miss Baker
goes to the field 10 q mans gara and
ploughs and sows, attending to all the
duties usually followed by man, and
has made money ever since she began
to do the work. She has never been
compelled to borrow a dollar, and to
cay owns the farm, debt free, with an
enormous crop on it.
She had the farm we'll stocked at the
beginning from sum of money she
has been saving since she was a little
girl. She raised chickens and sold
them during her girlhood and reli-
giousiy put the money away until she
had enough to give her a good start,
and then she took the farm and made
her start. She now has 140 acres under
cultivation and 20 acres in a wood pas.
ture, on which she has some very good
stock.
She was unfortunate enough last
week to be bitten by rattlesnake while
ploughing new piece of ground, but
by prompt attention she soon recov-
cred, and is now at work again and
says it will take more than a snake to
stop her from working.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-22
Both Saint and Sinner.

It troubles the sinner and troubles the
saint,
It's . troublesome, trying and nasty
complaint,
Don't think it incurable tell you it
amt.
Excuse the grammar; it's the trrtt
I'm after, whether dramatically or uu-
dramatically told. The truth is, that
catarrh can be cured. The proprietors
of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer
$500 for an incurable case Of Catarrh in
the Head.
THE SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.-
Headache, obstruction of hose, dis
charges falling into the throat, some
times profuse, watery and acrid, at
others, thick, tenacious, mucus, puru-
lent, bloody, putrid and offensive; eyes
weak, ringing in the ears, deafness 3;
offensive breath, smell and taste i'm
paired, and general debility. Only a
few Of these symptoms likely to be
present at once. DR.. Sage's Remedy
ca sseees>-the worst cases. Only 50 cents.
Sold by druggists, everywhere.