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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-16
THE OLD MAN SINGING PSALMS.

THE OLD MAN SINGING PSALMS.
Each night he sits before the fire. with silvered
head bent low,
And tries to sing the good old tunes he learned
so long ago.
S'That man hath perfect blessedness who walk
eth not astray
In counsel OF ungodly men nor stands in sinners
way"
Straying never
From the right
Walking ever
In the light.
Perfect blessedness he knows,
AS he onward, upward goes.
so weak his voice, it does not wake the grand.
child on his knee;
He is as tho alone with God, he seems no face
to see.
'The Lords my shepherd, I'll not want He
makes me down to lie
In pastures green, He leadeth me the quiet
waters by"
He has led him
Long the way,
Amply fed him
Every day.
All around him pastures green,
Simply on his stan to lean.
But stronger grow the psalm tunes now, his
heart is in each word;
AS clear and sweet each melody, as ever mortal
heard
"I waited for the Lord my God, and patiently
did bear;
At length TO me He did incline, my voice and
cry to hear
God still hears HIM,
Noon or night
And it cheers him,
Makes life bright.
Trusting, hopeful to the end,
VIII his prayprS To HenVpn ascend
But soon his grandchild half awalses, with sud.
den start and sigh;
He rocks her gently in his arms this psalm for
lullaby:
OF TO the hills will lift mine eyes, from whence
doth come mine aid;
Ny safety cometh from the Lord, who Heaven
and earth hath made"
Dim eyes lifting
To the hills
Earth's scenes shifting
Gone life's illsl
God has kept him in His care,
Quiet comfort is his share.
each quaint old line;
To echo clear to Sunderland, the tune and
words combine.
~sMy heart not naughty is, o Lord mine eyes
not lofty be;
Nor do I deal in matters great, or things too
high for me-"
He is lowly,
Good and kind,
Wand'ring slowly,
Almost blind.
He is like little child
Always loving, meek and mild.
But now the old man droops his head upon an
honest breast,
He softly croons these last lines out while
cheek to cheek is prest:
~Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely
follow me,
And in Gods house for evermore my dwelling
place shall be-"
Eighty-seven
His mile stone,
A home in Heaven,
Soon his own.
He is only waiting now,
For a crown upon his brow.
Mrs Findley Braden, in N. Y. Observer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-16

One reason why marriage is so often
failure is that the average man falls in
love with woman because she has two
or three of the qualities which he at
tributes to the ideal woman, and never
gets tired of blaming her afterwards
because she doesn't have the rest.
Women don't make any such mistake
They don't expect to find in the average
man any of the qualities possessed by
their ideal, and they are very seldom
disappointed. journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-16
SOME FAMOUS oAMEos.
Rare and Exquisite Workmanship on Rocks
and Crystals.

Rare and Exquisite Workmanship on Rocks
and Crystals.
The most famous gems are perhaps
the Gemma Augustea in Vienna, n sar-
donyx, nearly quarter of yard long,
on which the triumph of Augustus is
cut in the rarest workmanship by Dio-
scorides, of Rome. There are magnifi-
Gently cut antique amethysts, though
rock crystal was, and is, mainly used
for vases and cups The writer saw a
beautiful modern vase at Oberstein in
the shape of 1t shell twelve or fourteen
inches long-chiefiy, however, filing
him with regret for the vanished beauty
of the perfect crystal out of which it had
been cut. The owner asked e5 for it.
A much larger cameo than the Gemma
Augustea was lost in the storming of
the Tuileries in 1S4s. Concerning the
worked in FIVE layers and representing
Tiberius and Livia and various other
personages-there is an odd story. 1t
is called La Cameo de la Sainte Chap
ellie, and was given to st. Louis of France,
who set it up in the Sainte Chapelle as
a representation of Joseph's dream.
The art of cutting gems fingered in
Constantinople after the fall of the en-
pire, but few stones were cut in. west
ern Europe. Charlemagne used as his
seal an aetique gem with the head of
Jupiter Scraps; Pepin lie Bref, one with
Bacchus on it. In 1855, however,
Giovanni Bernardo cut stones SO beauti-
fully for Lorenzo de Medici that he was
called Giovanni del Carniole, and con
temporary of his was named Domencic
del Kamei. The PiclSlers, Tyrolese
artists, settled in Rome in the eigh'
teenth century, cut gems so perfectly
that they had to sign them to prevent
them passing as antiques. es.-Jewelers
i Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-16
THE SCOTCH LASSIE's JEWELS.
They Consist of B ut Single String OF
Plain Gold Beads.

Ihey COnblbU ID W u VI
Plain Gold Beads.
Scotland has been famous for many
things, but nothing more than for the
sturdy, practical and unostentatious
character of her people. These charac-
teristics of the Scots, mingled with the
severity of the prevailing religion, has
exerted a marked influence on their
dress. The Scot views with the severi-
ty of an ascetic whatever appears to be
ostentatious in dress or frivolous in de-
pertinent, and jewelry has not enjoyed
the popularity in Scotland that has fol
lowed it's introduction into nearly all
other countries.
In many of his stories Sir Walter
Scott has dwelt at considerable length
upon the aversion to show of the Scot
tish Presbyterians. His works in this,
as well as in many other particulars,
are more replete with information con-
cerning the people of Scotland than the
best histories. His "Heart of Midlo-
THAN" is perhaps ole of the best mir
rors now eXtant of the habits and pc
culiar views of the people of whom he
has written. While jewelry is but in
cidentally mentioned in the work, the
characteristics of the Scottish lSirkmen
are clearly portrayed, and their horror
of gaudy dress is next to the theme of
the story.
The maiden, who is denied everything
gaudy in the way of dress and orna-
namentation, has enhanced her natural
charms by the use of a kind of jewelry
that cannot offend even the severe Pres
byterian taste. Notwithstanding it's
simplicity and lack of brilliancy, the
necklace of plain beads she wears is
perfectly adapted to the texture of her
garments and their sober colors. The
showiness of the two is almost perfect
ly proportioned. A necklace of beads
of FURNISHED gold would render the con-
trast too strong and there would be in
congruity in the general effect.
One fact should not be overlooked in
connection with the simple jewelry of
the Scottish maiden, The taste which
forbids undue brightness of finish is not
only consistent; it is also discriminating
Cheap jewelry, however plain and
sober, Is eschewed. In reverse ratio to
the limited quantity of the Scottish
maiden's jewelry is it's quality In fact,
in regard to fneness and solidity, it
may be characterized as above reproaeh.
1t is understood, of course, that these
remarks refer to the middle classes of
the Lowlands. The half civilized High
landers have entirely different tastes.
They dress in gay plaids and nodding
plumes, according to their means or
their rank in the clans to which they
belong. Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-16

Mr.. Staylate-Y-a-as, hate those
ah-simple-minded country people that
show everything they feel.
Miss Westend-It is mere matter Of
training. One of the first thirgs / was
taught was the art of appearing inter
ested when bored half to '"ath. Good
News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-16
'TRAILED BY SAVAGES.
Thrilling Tale Of Indian Hostility in
the Early Days.
One Man and Two Women, Incumbered by
Ten Children. Overcome Band of
Seven Redskins and Reach
Safety at Last.

he OLD hunter
laid down his
paper, s a ying
Ito a San Fran
els co corre-
spondent of the
st. Louis Globe
Democracy:
sit takes us,
who have gone
through su ch,
to know t h e
horrors of an
Indian w a r
the + e + o + S
threatening not
only men alone,
but women and
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-16

Mrs. Fogg-Goodness mercy! The
new dining-rooIn carpet is ruined.
Somebody has spilled "a whole lot of
oil, and made great big grease-spot in
the center of it.
Mr.. Fogg-You must have done it
yourself, mother, when you filled the
lamp.
Mrs Fogg-o, perhaps did; never
mind; guess it will evaporate. Puck
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-16

Mrs. Bronson---What did your hus-
band give you as a present for your
wooden wedding?
Mrs. Hicls-The mean thing gave me
handsomely painted decoy duck
Mupseys Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-16
puNesNr PARAGRAPHS.


-Charles-"Mabel do You love meP"
Mabel-"More than ! love anybody
else in the world, save one" Charles
"W-Whos that?" Myself"
-"What is repentance" asks con-
temporary. AS rule, repentance is be-
ing sorry when it is too late to do any
good.-N. y. Recorder.
-Smith--"Well, Doc are you and
Miss Nubbs engaged yet?" DR. Pellet
40, no; she wouldn't even give me
her hand, when she felt sick the other
night, to feel her pulse Light.
wan Rensselaer, GaasbuclSman
Haslingbury, the poet was forty years
making name for himself" 81 should
think he might have been. It's such q
tremendously large name. ."-Harpers
Bazaar.
-Halfseas-"Yes,I never stay very
late for / know there's n little wife
waiting at home for me-" Henry Peck
-"And l never forget that there's lit
tie wife who comes after me. America.
He "a new acquaintance)-"I don't
think anything of going two or three
days without eating She-"Why, you
must be a poet"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"A Confession. - Mrs. Flipfop -
FFlipfop, you are an old fool. Did you
never arrive at the years of discretion,
Flipfop-"No my dear; | didn't
married. Chicago Times.
-''Did you have good time at Eva's
party?" mo" replied little Maud, 81
didn't expect to have" "Why did you
I
and laugh about it with papa, like
mamma does IN. Y. Recorder.
-''It is absolute protection against
fire." said the salesman. "When a fire
starts this indicator tells anybody who
happens to be near it just where the
blaze is and-'' eyes" replied Sllig-
lets testify, "and then 1 lose the insur-
ance. ."-Washington Post
-She-"Its disgusting to see people
so demonstrative in public places
Who's that man across the street who
kisses his wife and baby on the door
step when he leaves every morning"
He-"That's Dobson, who writes cyni-
cal paragraphs on matrimony." Epoch.
Quite Different - Police Officer
"What is the matter with the lady?"
''The poor woman fell down because
there were no ashes on the sidewalk."
$50! | will take down the number of
the house." ''It was in front of the
station house" 80, in front of the
station housed You must try to make
the best ofAt, my dear madam. File
gende Batter
"A western man was touring through
the east. In passing meadow he heard
the driver say: abandon the direct
progression TO the straight thitherward,
and deviate by inclinatory and aberrant
dextrogyration into deXtral incidence"
1t was an amateur Boston farmer say
ing, "Gee Buck" to his yoke of oxen.
True Happiness.-M Muggers-"I
see a prominent society belle is dead.
If there ever was d perfectly blissful
existence on earth, she enjoyed it while
, she lived" Mr.. Because
she was society BELIEF" Mrs. Mug
gers-'.No. Because she was engaged
twenty-four times and never married" "
, -Demorests Monthly.
"A Brooklyn man swallowed pin
! on Sunday and it was Monday night
: before he was declared out of danger.
I But Brooklyn woman could probably
have held half the pins in paper in her
!, mouth, discussed the beauties of her
spring bonnet, teased her husband out
. of pin money and slippered Johnny
! before she started him off for school all
= in the same breath Rochester Union
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-05
KENTucKY,s ELECTION.
The Democratic Ticket safe by $500
Waterson on tho Constitution.

The Democratic Ticket Safe by $4,000.
Waterson on tho Constitution.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 4.-The latest
returns show the success OF tho State
ticket in yesterdays election by about
25,O00. Returns are in from eighty out
of one hundred and nineteen counties
and these give Brown, (Democrat), net
plurality Of 27,707. The remaining
counties in 1887 gave net Republican
plurality OF 300.
The Peoples State ticket will proba-
bly not show SO heavy vote as last
night, and estimated in these dispatches,
though it is not possible rs YET to give
close approximation. So far as re-
ported the Alliance has elected its can
didates against Democrats or Republi-
cans in ten districts. Mr.. Watterson in
the C0tlrier-Joirndl, under the caption
"Let US have peace" says:
"Now that the question OF the new
constitution Is settled and Democrats
have an opportunity to look before and
aftor, il ought to be clear to thoughtful
people that in the very beginning, each
party, those who favored and those who
opposed that curious patchwork Of good
and evil, had reason to dread victory.
The refusal Of the Courier Journal to give
itself over to the genius Of anarchy and
ruin, for 1t was nothing less which
menaced the Democratic party, averted
the danger. The party is intact. The
new constitution is ratified; and upon
its trainers and advocates rests all re-
sponstbtlity for the consequences.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-05
LET 'EST FIGHT.

Claus SpreolIlcS And tho Sugar Trust
Letting Sugar Down to Where 1t belongs.
NEw YoRK, Aug. "A bitter fight
was begun to-day by the sugar trust
against Claus spreckles, who has been
a thorn in the side of the sugar refners
on this coast for many years. About
ten days ago, the president of the sugar
trust was called away from the city by
the ultimately fatal Illness OF his father,
F. @. Havemyer While he was away,
the sugar trust maintained its price for
granulated sugar but Claus Spreckles
who had been keeping his rates up to
those charged by the trust ut once an
nounced reduction OF one-sixteenth
per pound.
He cut seriously into the trade of the
sugar trust, but no action to meet the
cut was taken, as it was believed that
rs soon as SprecIles supply was placed
he would retire from the market. He
kept on filling orders, however, and
practically supplied all demands. Yes
terday President Havemeyer returned,
and at once ordered the sugar trust
price for granulated sugar reduced ono
eighth or one-sixteenth below the cut
made by Spreckles. The latter to-day
then made another cut, bringing his
price one-sixteenth below the price ask
ed by the trust. The reductions made,
bring tho price for granulated sugnr
down to four cents per pound in Phila-
delphia, on which two per cent is allow
cd off for making the net cash price
three and ninety-two-one hundredths
cents, the lowest on record.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-05
A BLACK FIEND

Caught in the Act of Placing Distractions
on a Railway Suicide - Planning MIL
Fire.
Special DLsgateh to he Intezigaoz.
BLuETtELD, W. Va, Aug. 4.-Last
Sunday morning negro named Charles
Scott was discovered placing obstruc-
ti6ns on the railroad track near Eggles-
ton Springs. He made nis escape, and
the obstructions were removed before
any damage was done. This morning
Detective ". g. Baldwin arrested Scott
near Eggleston. He was taken before
q magistrate and examined and sent to
the county Jail to await trial. Scott
had recently been discharged from the
service of the company, and this is sup
posed to be his revenge, although he,
had been re-employed.
Nv. II. Owen, station agent at Castle
wood, on the Clinch Valley division Of
the Norfolk & Western, was discovered
by track watchman lying on the floor
OF his office with u severe wound in his
left side from a pistol bullet presum-
ably inflicted by himself. Owen is
native Of East Virginia. He is not ex-
pected to recover.
The planning mill and dry kilns OF the
Virginia Lumber Company, at Graham,
were destroyed by fire Sunday night at
10 o'clock. Loss $4,000; fully insured.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-05

Lincoln, Eeb, but the logic OF the situa-
tion fully justiiies the statement Dill
igent inquiry ut the various Department
Headquarters indicates that when the
roll OF States is called on the location
OF the next encampment, Washington
will get the prize by a vote Of nearly
two TO one.
The various candidates for Comman-
der.in-Chiet are pressing their claims
with increased energy tonight, and the
contest is by no means over. Charles
2. Lincoln, OF Washington, d. c., AS
sistant Commissioner Of Pensions, has
withdrawn from the race. AS it stands
tonight the choice OF COMMANDMENTS
Chief is between Weissert, OF Wiscon-
sin; Smedburg, OF California; Hurst, of
Ohio; and Hedges, of New York. Weis-
sert's candidacy is the only one that is
sharply defined us to States. The West,
with the exception of the Pacific coast,
is practically solid for this candidate.
The trace problem" still looms up
ominously in the G. A. R. and the ques-
tion on every lip now is. can this dis
pute be settled by tho encampment
NAtlAOAb u uHblgh WV
southern divisions2 Tie whites of
the department OF Louisiana and Missis-
sippi still insist the negro ex-soldier
must not be admitted to membership
with the whites, while the colored vet
erans vow they will reject the brother
hood OF the G. A. r. rather than sub
nit to the conditions OF a separate or
ganization in each Southern State for
the colored members OF the order. The
colored delegates from Louisiana will
make request tomorrow to present
their side OF the case in an address to
the encampment.
Tonight was devoted 10 receptions to
the Commander-in-Chief, the Grand
Army OF the Republic, the Womans'
Relief Corps, and the Sons OF Veterans,
by the citizens Of Detroit at the En-
campment Hall. Later in the evening a
reception was rendered the Commander
the Exposition building. On
both occasions General Veazey made
brief speeches Of acknowledgement and
thanks,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-05
coIlpctIons 10 Espen,lre.

HARmsBuRa, PAa Aug. Attorney
General Hensel held a long interview
with Auditor General McCammant to-
day relative 10 making answer to the
letter received by the latter from City
Treasurer Wright, Of Philadelphia, some
DAYS ago. The Auditor General will re-
ply to the letter either tomorrow or
Thursday.
1t is stated tonight that the Attorney
General has advised against the prose-
cution by tho Commonwealth OF the tax
delinquents on the ground that the eS-
pense Of collection is too great, about
$40 for each one. The auditor general,
it is said, took the position that the law
was mandatory that he must proceed
against all delinuuents.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-05
A SERIOUS AccusATIoN
Made Against Striking aItnors-An Iati.
nation That They Fired W. j. lsainoy's
AIIne to XII Three Non.Union slnvs.

Mine to Kill Three Nom Union slavs.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, Aug. 4.-The miners
of this district are greatly excited over
the queer doings at the Meyer mine Of
W. ]. Rainey. til o'clock this morn
ing. Mine Inspector Duncan, Coroner
Holbort and Deputy Coroner cavendOr,
evidently acting under orders, went to
Meyer to-day and entered the Gray
mine in tho search OF the three SlayB
who were thought to have lost their
lives February 10. Tho affair at the
time was very mysterious, and every
effort was made to keep the matter So
eret, but the following was ascertained
to be the facts in the case:
At the time OF the great coke strike.
three slavs were employed by the
Rainey Company to work In the
Gray mine, being emp loyed at the time
in laying track in room No. 8. In the
morning Of February 10, three strikers
were seen to enter the mine shortly
after the Slavs had gone to work. Soon
after the men came out and it was then
discovered that the mine was on fire.
The mine was then flooded and rs
soon us the fire was extinguished the
pumping began, and has continued
steadily ever since. There was a great
deal OF talk at the time OF the fire, the
strikers claiming that the gas had ex-
ploded, while Others freely expressed
their opinion that 1t had been set on
fire with the deliberate purpose Of kill
ing the three Slays.
This afternoon at 1890 o'clock, the
two gentlemen who had entered the
mine, came to the surface, bringing with
them the bodies OF the three unfortu-
nate Slays. They were in On excellent
state OF preservation, owing to the fact
that they had been covered most Of the
time with sulphur water, Every effort
was made by the mon in charge of the
mine to follow out Rainey's previous
orders to keep the matter-a profound
secret, and the yards and mouth OF the
mine were closely guarded.
The strikers who were seen TO enter
the mine before the fire have been
shadowed all the month, and were
called up before the Jury in Connells-
vile this afternoon. The pumper who
was on duty at the mine, and quit work
so suddenly before the fire, has also
been watched, and tits said will hayea
story to tell that will make it interest
ing for some of the strikers. The result
OF the inquest is being watched for here
with greatest interest.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-05

READING, PA, Aug. 4,-Tho Pottsyille
Iron and Steel Co. put another furnace
in operation at its rolling mill at West
Hamburg, this county, to-day, and five
large double flrnaces arc now running
with non-uniof men. The company is
paying its puddlers 81 a ton. Next week
it is intended 10 run the mill on double
turn. The feeling between union and
non-union men is very bitter and per
sonal encounters are imminent.