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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-11
OLD SPANISH FAMILIES.
The Social Life of the Pioneers of tn,
Pacific Coast.

The Social Life of the Pioneers of tho
Pacific Coast.
A multitude of stories of the social
life of the Spanish period might be told.
Each town on the coast was the center
of the hide and tallow trade for hun
dred miles or more. The low adobe
stores there held piles of costly and
beautiful goods in the days of which
Farnham and Dana wrote-the days
when the great cattle princes came
from their ranches to hold festival.
The young cavaliers rode in on fiery
but well-trained and gaily caparisoned
horses and all the wonderful feats of
horsemanship of as fine a race of riders
as the world has ever seen, were per-
formed daily on mesa and sea-beach
and plaza.
But the home life of these great fami-
lies was simplicity itself. In many a
Spanish house there was no fireplace,
window, or chimney. The fire for cook
ing was built on clay floor, partly
rooted, outside of the main building,
The household utensils were few--a
copper or iron kettle, a slab of rock on
which to pound corn or wheat soap
stone griddle for the tortillas. Dishes,
tableware, and furniture came slowly,
and were of the most simple descrip-
ton. For years a raw hide stretched
on the floor with a blanket spread over
it formed the usual bed in early Cali
fornia.
Everything was kept eXquisitely
clean, and though the Spanish families
learned to spend more on their houses
and belongings, they seemed to LOOK
upon such things as only affording op'
portunities for more generous hospi-
tality.-Century.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-11
GREEK AND LATIN.
The Earliest Languages to Stand Forth In
European History.

European History.
Greek, then, and Latin are two men,
bers of that great family of languages
of which our own and most of the other
languages of Europe are also members.
They are the two which We're the
earliest to stand forth in the record
of European history. They are the
two which for many ages stood
side by side without fellow as the
two civilized tongues of Europe. They
are the two which have had, each in its
own way, the grentest influence over
the kindred tongues which came on the
field in later times. No tongue of Eu-
rope, no people speaking any tongue of
Europe, could have been what it is if
the Greek and the Latin tongue had not
been there before them.
One has sometimes heard the claims
of those tongues pressed on the ground
that they are dead languages" Their
real claim rests on the ground that they
are not dead languages, but the most
living of all. The tongues of the
Hittites and the Babylonians are dead
languages; they are most proper sub
iects of special study for specialists
| whose tastes lead them that way; but,
because they are dead languages, they
are therefore unfit to be insisted on as
essential-in the schoolmaster's phrase
compulsory" subjects for a whole
university, But the tongues of Hellas
and Latium, the tongues which have af-
fected every stage OF European history
| from its first beginnings till now, the
tongues which still abide, in one shape
or another, on the lips of a great part
of Europe. are tongues emphatically
living. Each has had its influence, but
the influence of each has been of diff
ferent kind. The influence of Greek
has been for us Westerns mainly indi-
rect; it has been an influence of exam
pie and analogy, an influence working
largely by the help of Latin. The in
fluence of Latin has been direct and uni
versal; it has touched and modified
everything -Macmillan's Magazine.
-BuslSin in ancient times was shoe
worn by tragedians upon the stage TO
give them more heroic appearance.
The busl1in is kind of high shoe OF
boot, and was worn by both sexes, es'
pecially by the ladies, for ornament
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-11
WOMEN AS sMueeLERs.
The Shameless Manner in which The!
Cheat the Customs OHlcers.

The Shameless Manner in which They
Cheat the Customs Officers.
Packed snugly away in that wilder
ness of trunks and boxes are hundreds,
nay, thousands, of pretty trif1es, which
it is the painful duty of every man, and
the proud ambition of every woman, to
carry in unscathed and undetected. The
frank, shameless delight which wo-
man takes in smuggling has long puz-
zled the male moralist who, following
the intricacies of the feminine con-
science, can find no satisfactory ex-
planation of this by-path. He can not
bring her to understand why, when she
has purchased and paid for an article,
it should not be hers to take where she
likes, to deal with as she pleases; and
dozen discourses on political economy
and the laws of nations leave her un-
shaken in this simple and primitive corr
ception. AS the English are said to
argue best in platoons, so a woman
argues best in action; and, while her
| husband or brother is proving to her in
the clearest possible fashion that high
protective tariff is blessing to the
land. she is assiduously storing away
embroidered table covers, aid silk
stockings, and silver spoons and tor.
toise-shcll combs, and tiny jew eled
pins, and bits of frail Venetian glass,
wherever her practiced eye tells her
they will best escape detection. In the
abstract, of course, dear Edwin is right
he always is-but she is far too busy
with her task to enter into distractions
just now. Whatever mental subtlety
she possesses is reserved for a much
more important ordeal-that of getting
clear with a clean conscience from the
searching questions of the Inspector
"When am asked if l have any pres
ents always answer no" said devou'
church-going woman to me one day
because do not consider chem pres
euts until give them away. Atlantic
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-11

"rhis car goes in two minutes, said
the conductor
This car never goes anywhere in
two minutes, " remarked a self-assertive
young lady.
"It's slow and sure" said corner
passenger.
"Sure of not getting there, retorted
the young woman, who had the last
word. Detroit Free Press
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-11
THE VANlTlES OF MEN.
Few sharp Digs from observin
Woman's Pen.

Few Sharp Digs from an Observing
Woman's Pen.
How many generations must we wait
before the vanities of men will disappear
in results? Possibly some of their vani-
ties have gotten into the obscurity of
science, but there are others so con-
spicuous that even the Hindoos, or any
other believer in things occult can find
no veil to subdue the glare. Now, take
the man who forces recognition of his
intelligence by the shape of his hat and
the length of his hair. Do you think he
would doubt his ability as a lawyer
being recognized with his hair cut the
regulation length, if he had not dis
covered in some way that his hair had
natural wave and flowing silvery locks
softened the careworn lines Of the face
There may be a loophole for doubt
about the long hair being an insignia of
vanity, or belonging exclusively to high
intelligence, but there is none about the
broad -brimmed hat. The broad brimm-
ed hat is vanity's own accompaniment.
The man with the long hair--be it
straight or curly, gray, red, brown.
yellow or black, dry as huslts or oiled
uulll IL SllSleilS like d. -ulScOVcTeu
that this style of hat must be worn
or the hair must be sacrificed. SO he
wears it and calls it a PROFESSIONAL
hat, and says it is so light and so com
Portable. And it never becomes uncom-
Portable unless sickness or hot weather
overtakes him. and his intellectual locks
become glory of the past.
Then there is another vanity peculiar
TO the substantial no-nonsense sex. 1t
is their willingness-th willingness of
some of them-to display large roll of
money. AS time goes on and their
vanity developes into some dim hidden
ism" | suppose they will tell us that it
| is only men with very little money who
can make the contents of their pockets
conspicuous. But, now, it is no uncom-
mon occurrence TO see a man take from
the depths of his pocket u cumbersome
roll of bills. He seldom tantalizes the
lookers-on by holding it so their eyes
can fall upon the numbers on the bills
unless sometimes it is the outside one
and it is more than one figure. He
holds it so that envy never gets beyond
the suggestive ends, but finally does
succeed in finding small bill with
which to pay an obligation of twenty
five cents The bulky roll with its in
tentions well carried out, sacrifices com
fort and convenience to vanity, but they
seem to think duty to themselves
demands it. stood in a bauk few
days ago and heard a man say: Give
it to me in one dollar bills. please" +"
The teller counted out twenty-five or
thirty greenbaclSs, and the man took
another from his pocket and used it as
cover to the small bills. He was care
full not to aggravate any one by allow
ing them glimpse of the figures on the
cover. and of course it is mean to think
that the outside bill represented any
more wealth than those inside. Teresa
Dean, in Chicago Herald.
| Met Her Match.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-11
SALTING A GHOST.
Novel Way of Disposing Of q
Bogus Spook.

Ohm p. HART
WELL, a we'll
known Sout II
slider, who is en-
gagged as agent
for the Rock
well &c Stanni-
f o + d Steam
Packing Co m
pany, of New
Y o + k, during
the day, in an
evil hour was
persuaded by a
friend to give
up his comfort
a Bile quarters
on Wabash ave.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-11
Met Her Match.

Lawson-So Miss Lofty, who Tilted
you, has married old Doubloon, the
banker
Dawson--Yes. She's check-mated at
last t-Iight,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-11

Increasing Difficulties.
Say; you recollect that borrowed
five dollars from you last weeH9"
YES"
"Well, collect 1t from Trotter, please.
lent it to him yesterday. Judge.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-11

-BuslSin in ancient times was shoe
worn by tragedians upon the stage to
give them more heroic appearance.
The busllin is kind of high shoe or
boot, and was worn by both sexes, es.
pecially by the ladies, for ornament
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-03
Some Valuable Experiments Being
Made at Washington With q
View
To Produce Rainfall by Means of
Exploding Gas Balloons in
the Air.
Columbia Won the Freshman Boat
Race at New London, Beating
Yale and Harvard.

WASHINGTON, June 25.-Some inter-
esting experiments were made near this
city in the way of carrying out the pro-
visions of the agricultural appropriation
bill, to ascertain the possibility of pro-
ducing rain in the arid regions. Pro-
fessor D%yrhenfurth, as special agent of
the agricultural department, exploded
at a high altitude several balloons in
fated with hydrogen gas. The concus-
sions were of great force. The first
balloons were held by wires and when
they reached a sufficient height a bat
terry was applied which fred fuses in
the neck of the balloon and exploded
the gas. 1t is the first time that hydro
gen gas has ever been manufactured IN
any quantity. The object of the ex-
periments was to determine the availa-
bility of the apparatus, both for manu-
featuring the gas and exploding it. The
machinery is still crude and imperfect,
but its success is assured. Whether the
purpose for which it was deslgned-that
of causing rain-has been accom-
plished remains to be demon
strated. The balloons used held 525
cubic feet of gas. The appropriation is
small and will not go beyond the ex-
%perimental stage, but after July 1. a
larger appropriation will be available
and some satisfactory results may be
reached,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-03
BISMARCK WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JULY 1851.
K. OF |. EXECUTIVE BOARD,
4 Meeting at Columbus to Take Action
Upon Important Msttsrx

4 Meeting at Columbus to Take Action
Upon Important Msttsrx
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 25.-The gen.
eral executive board Of the Knights Of
Labor is in session here. There are in
attendance General Master Workman
Powderly, John Devlin of Detroit, A..
w. Wright of Niagara, Can, and j. w.
Hayes of Philadelphia. The meeting
will continue for several days and will
be an important one in many respects,
1t will be decided whether Major
Mckinley shall be denounced or antag-
onized because President Harrison re-
fused to allow the reinstatement of
discharged plate printers at the bureau
OF engraving and printing at Washing
ton. MI. Devlin said in the afternoon
that no fault could be found with Nc
Kinly personally, as ae had expressed
sympathy with the men, but if antag-
onized at all, it would be as leader Of
the Republican party whose head,
President Harrison, had refused the
demand of organized labor.
When asked if any action would be
taken with reference to a third party,
MI. Devlin said he would not like to
anticipate any action of the committee.
He thought that in some states the in
terests of organized labor would be in
jured Oy the formation of a third party.
"In Kansas and Nebraska" said he,
"the time was ripe for such a movement,
and instead of being the third party it
was there the first party. It is a cues
ton whether it would not be better in
some states to make alliances with ono
Of the leading parties"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-03
WROTE THE WRONG ADDRESS.

An Alleged Plot to Rob an Iowa Express
Train Revealed.
BURLINGTON, Ia., June 25.-By the
accidental addressing of an envelope a
plot to rob a Burlington, Cedar Rapids
and Northern express train of SIG, 900
has been discovered here. Mrs. Mary
Christ, of the Orchard City house, re-
ceived a letter mailed in this city. The
contents were rather astonishing to her,
inasmuch as it was a proposal to hold
up and commit the above robbery. The
envelope was addressed to the proprie-
tor of the Orchard City house, but
the contents were evidently intended
for other eyes and had undoubtedly been
slipped into the wrong envelope. The
communication was without date OF
superscription and read as follows:
9There will be $4,000 sent on train No.
2, Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
railway, next Wednesday night. I will
be on the train south of Columbus juno.
ton. Will be a good place tt take it.
Grady, the eXpressman, is as scared as q
rabbit. II you know of any one that will
help let them stop the train by swinging a
lantern across the track.
lSignedl "BEN GRAHAM"
line lnlsslve was written on a leaf
from q small memorandum book in
lead pencil. The police are inclined to
look upon the matter as a serious affair,
But for the fact that that the matter
was indiscreetly vended about and
made public property measures would
have been taken against the proposed
raid and the capture of the high
Waymen.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-03
MILLING IN

Said That h Pillsbury Syndicate :Will
Build Big Mills at Great Falls.
MINNEAPOLIS, June 26.-The Evening
Tribune says: The milling and bust
ness men Of Minneapolis remember the
visit of Sidney T. Klein, one of the Lon
don members of the board Of directors
of the Pillsbury-W ashburn Milling COM
pany. MI. Klein was in Minneapolis
for some days and it was to him that
the publication of some of the particu-
lars in regard to the new mill dam are
due. 1t will also be remembered that
Mr.. Klein, G. A.. Pillsbury, Superin-
tendent Chase and others, including a
number Of ladies, went on what was
called a short pleasure trip to Montana.
1t has now leaked out that Mr.. Pills
bury and Mr.. Klein went to Great Falls,
Mon, to look over the water power
there with the idea of building a large
mill there to operate in conjunction
with the flour mills in this city. While
the company proposes to develop the
Minneapolis water power to its fullest
capacity, it recognizes the immense adj
vantage which will accrue in the future
to the grain industry which has a foot
hold on the upper waters of the Mis-
souri,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-03
ALL O A GIRL.
Two kentuckians Killed and One Wound
T ed in Il Fight Over a Woman.

Two kentuckians Killed and One Wound
ed in II Fight Over a Woman.
LOUISVILLE, June 27..-A fierce shoot
ing affray occurred at Pleasure Ridge
park, the principals in the affair being
White Seward, Dudley Alsop and Sid
hey Smith. All three have for some
time been paying court to a young
woman who lives in the neighborhood,
and, it is said, Seward and Alsop finally
agreed to join forces against Smith,
who was the favored sutton.
About = o'clock in the evening
Seward and Alsop drove over to the
Watson farm and called for Smith. As
he came up Seward and Alsop got out
and began firing. Smith was hit in the
neck, and then returned their fire. The
three men used their weapons as fast rs
they could pull the triggers, and Seward
emptied two revolvers. Smith and
Seward were fatally shot and Alsop was
hit in the knee.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-03
The Faulk County Shortage.

FAULKToN, S. D., June 27.-Since the
settlement with ex-County Treasurer
w. B. Monroe aud his twenty-five
bondsmen for the SIG, 00U shortage. all
has been quiet until Friday morning,
when the grand jury Of this county re-
turned an Indictment against him on
the charge OF embeZz!elnent, and Judge
Fuller held Monroe under 5 $1,000 bonds.
Two indictments were also returned
against Fred A. Seamon, the cashier of
the defunct Faux County bank, where
the money was deposited, for receiving
money after the bank was lnsolvent.
His bail was fixed at $1,000. Several
others connected with the deal are also
said to be indicted.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-03
Further Particulars of the Storm
Which Swept Over Parts '
of Iowa.
A Hundred Houses Swept Away at
Cherokee-Two Hundred Thou
. sand Dollars Damage.
Twelve Inches of Rain Fell at Du.
buque in Ten Hours d..
Other Storms. -

OMAHA, June 26.-The big storm was
general throughout Nebraska and Iowa.
The Elkhorn and St. Paul roads are COW
cred with water at several points and no
trains have arrived since yesterday noon
At West Point, Neb., the water covers
the track three feet. At LIE Mars, Iowa,
the joint track used by the Illinois Gen.
trail and st. Paul roads is covered and no
trains can pass. Small washouts are re-
ported on the Burlington and Union Pa
cifc and all trains are late.
A special from York, Neb., says that
by the washout Of a small culvert two
miles east Of here a freight train of
twenty-three cars and a locomotive was
thrown down the bank. The engineer
and tiremen were pinned under the
wreck. When taken out the former
was dead and the latter fatally injured.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-03
-. TO BOOM THE FAIR.
Director General Davis Selects a Com
mittce to Visit Europe. .

Director General Davis Selects a Com
mittce to- Visit Europe. i
CHICAGO, June 25.-Director General
Davis has selected a commission of five
men to go abroad as agents of the
United States government, on a six
weeks tour for the purpose of booming
the worlds fair. The commission ia
composed of Ex-Governor Thomas M.
Waller of Connecticut, ex-senator j. B.
Eustis of Louisiana, Major Moses P.
Handy, promoter general, Benjamin
Butterworth, solicitor general, and
Fred W. Peck. The party will sail
from New York on July l or July 8 at
the farthest, returning early in Septem-
Der. They will visit all the capitals of
Europe and tell government officials
and others of the scope of the exposition
and the progress that has been made.
Late in September Carl Schurz will be
sent as special commissioner to Ger
many.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-03
Wants an Invcstieation,

WASHINGTON, June 25.-Mr. Charles
F. Steele, of Philadelphia, is in Wash
ington, to urge an investigation of the
letting of the recent contract for
making postage stamps. He was
the lowest bidder by $4,000 but
his bid was rejected and the contract
given, without further competition, to
the American Bank Note company of
New York city, OF the ground that the
building offered by Mr.. Steel could not
be made sufficiently fireproof. The COM
mission selected to pass upon the fire.
PROBING of the Steele building, it is now
claimed were biased and in favor of the
American Bank Note company. 1t is
also alleged that the building now in
use by that company is not as secure as
the one MI. Steele.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-03
THREATENED HOSTlLITlES.
Steps to Be Taken to Prevent an Indian
War in Arizona.

Steps to Be Taken to Prevent an Indian
War In Arizona.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-Interior and
war department officials are not a little
disturbed over the reports telegraphed
by General McCook of the threatened
Indian troubles in Northwestern Ari-
IONA. 1t has been known for some time
that many of the old men of the Moquis
tribe were protesting bitterly against
the government school system in opera
ton on their reservation, but there had
been no fear of hostilities until these
dispatches were received. At least 5000
men are on the Navajo reservation, and
rs the majority of them are young
bucks an outbreak among them would
be a serious affair. This reservation
adjoins that of the Moquis and it ia
known that they are also disconnected
over the school question. The depart
ment has telegraphed General McCook
to take prompt and vigorous steps to
prevent an uprising.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-03

WASHINGTON, June 25.-W. Il. Craw-
ford, a Canadian, came from Canada,
secured employment and returned to
canada for his tools. On his return he
was a%pprehended and sent back home
as d vlolator OF the alien contract labor
law. He returned, declared his intcn-
lions OF becoming a citizen, filed his
papers and returned to his place. His
case was brought to the attention of the
treasury department and Assistant Sec
rotary Nettleton has decided that his
alleged intention to become a citizen
does not alter his status before the law,
and directs his return to Canada,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-03
FLOODS OF RAIN.
All Northern Iowa Completely De1ugcd.
Eight People

All Northern Iowa Completely De1ugcd.
Eight People Drowned.
FORT DODGE, Ia, June 26.-For the
last twenty-four hours the Western part
of Iowa has suffered severely from rain
and wind storms. In O'Brien county
the effects were the most severe, and
there it devastated the town Of Calumet,
on the Illinois Central railroad, and
Switzerland on the Chicago and North
western. Particulars are very meagre,
owing to the fact that all the telegraph
wires west of bere are down. 1t is
known however, that the Illinois Gen.
trl depot and three other buildings at
Calumet were destroyed, and at South
erland it is reported that forty buildings
were blown down. Quite a number Of
people were injured, but no one fatally
20 far as can be learned. The first storm
was followed by a cloud',urst north of
Cherokee, which made the Little Sioux
river a flood. Cherokee and Correction
vile suffered the worst. The lower por-
tions of both towns were flooded and
four persons in each place were unable
to escape from the rising waters and
were drowned. On the Cherokee and
Dakota division of the Illinois Central
three bridges are gone and several thou
tand feet of track have been washed out.
Traffic will have to be suspended for
some time. 1t is stated that when the
waterspout struck the earth north of
Cherokee, it burst and the water came
down in a wall about ten feet high, fill
ing the ravines and spreading over the
country for q long distance.