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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31
POLICE MACHINERY.
Not So Easy for IA Criminal to Escape =
Many People Thlnk.

Not So Easy for IA Criminal to Escape ~
Many People Tblnk.
ANY man who wants to steal nova,
days and knows enough to make n haul
of thousands while he is about it can
get away easily enough" said u passen
ger in Market street car recently.
Had he made some inquiry concerning
the police machinery of the country, he
would not have made such n remark
said an old detective who overheard the
words. "Many people are ready to ex,
press the same opinion, but it is never.
theless fact, that the chances for
thief to get away when his crime is dis.
covered within a reasonable length of
time after it has been committed, are
very thin indeed
Some years ago n thief no matter
of what class, had n chance to enjoy the
proceeds of his plumber, but nowadays,
even If n man does get away to Canada
or some other country in which he is
safe from the laws of this country, his
life, in nine cases out of ten, is one of
misery, but little less wearing on the
mind and body than term in prison.
| The man who made that remark, prob.
ably did not reflect or did not know
that within an hour the description of a
| fugitive could be wired to every city in
| the Union, and working from these az
centers, the police would speedily cover
the whole country in a search for him.
1t is rare indeed that man who has
gone wrong and is fugitive from
justice in foreign country, escapes the
mental agony born of vearning to
once more visit home he dare not
face because of the certainty of arrest
the moment he leaves his refuge
"a great deal more attention is paid
by the police nowadays to the study o1
the peculiar characteristics of different
classes of criminals than there was
years ago. Since the first picture fol
the Rogues' Gallery was taken the
way of the criminal, particularly the
professional, has been growing harder
When a man is arrested two or three
times and finally convicted of felony
his picture is not only placed in the
Rogue's Gallery, but his criminal record
is begun opposite his number in the in
deX book of the gallery. Every time hC
is arrested thereafter for an offense anC
every term he serves in prison as wei
as every alias he make use of are jotteC
down in this book.
$50 soon as n convict is released from
prison after serving a term the aler
police official finds out where he goes to
what he engages in for livelihood, o
what class of men he takes up with S,
Systematically is this work now carried
on in some cities that when Job i
done, or in plain English, when a Grim,
is committed, the police can have
pretty shrewd idea as to who did it O
what gang, clique or party of men wer
concerned in it by the nature of the OF
fense and the manner in which it wa
committed A man who has followed
life of crime for number of years will
naturally fall into rut or regular lin
, of work, that is, he will find himsel
more apt, more successful in pe PAL
ticular line than another. This :, h
{ will generally stick to, and will eenel
, ally choose companions of like inclina
ations. ."-Pniladelphia Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31
Consulting the "Yise woman"

"The wise woman" knows the secrets
of the cards, and if you cross her palm
with silver she will look at your hand,
be it hard with work or soft with lux
ury, and read in it's telltale lines the Sc
crets that only you and the heavens
know. But her wisdom his been gained
by shrewd knowledge of human ma
ture and a weary struggle with adversi-
", and whatever she may say to you, it
is not so much by the cards at her feet
as by the blushing of your check and
the lowering of your eyelids that she
judges what fortune will please you
best. Sometimes carriages wait at her
door, and yelled ladies seek her, as of
old queens sought the oraclcs and
breathlessly listened to their words of
doom. Again farm lass steals over
the fields in the dusk and blushingly
begs to have the curtain lifted from the
days to come. Always, unseen, there
is the lover in the background; and it is
of love that the 'wise woman" must
speak if she would earn her fee. .-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31
He Knew Him.

Most people wear colored spectacles
of some kind, and whatever they see
takes the hue of the glasses. A story
comes from England that certain
famous operate conductor lately visit
ed Stratford- on Avon.
He was one of select coaching par
ty, and his companions soon perceived
that he felt no very lively interest in
the Shakespeare monument and other
objects over which all visitors to the
place are expected to wax enthusiastic.
shakespeare! Oh, yes, Shakes.
peare," he murmured, wearily, and
one of the party venturedto to hint:
you recollect, maestro, '.Amletto'
and Romeo Giulietta?'
The popular conductor at once
frightened.
''Ah, yes" he replied, ~ quite un-
derstand. 70 librettist!' Com
panion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31
ANTIQUITY OF CIVILIZATION.
Evidences of Organized States in Prehis-
torlc Times.

Evidences of Organized States in Prehis-
torlc Times.
We cannot but be struck with the
immense antiquity of civilization in
western Asia, whence, as center,
trade, art and literature spread west
ward to the Greeks and Italians, and
eastward to India and China. The
monuments show us that at least as
early as $500 B. G. distinct civilizations
existed in Chaldea, in Syria and in
Egypt. 1t is true that the early date
which has been assigned to Mcnes, by
scholars who reckon thirty years as
the average reign of an Egy ptian mon
arch (whereas the dated reigns often
do not exceed five or siX), rests on no
secure basis, and extravagant estimates,
based on equally unsafe deductions,
have been offered by some of our
cuneiform scholars, who would carry
back Akkadian civilization to 1000 B.
c.; but those eXtravagancies do not dis
credit the facts which are deduced from
better data, and which show that
even earlier than the period usually as
signed as the time when the pastoral
Hebrew patriarchs found their way
along the Euphrates and through Syria
to Egypt, there were organized states,
walled towns, chariots and horses,
riches of gold and silver, bronze and
iron, of corn, wine. and oil, not only
among the Akkadiaus and in Egypt,
but also in Phenicia and in Palestine.
Edinburgh Review.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31

''Do you see that Napoleon collection
in my Window" asked a Wabash avenue
dealer. IAN the subjects are new. 1t
is strange how the great Napoleon has
such hold on large class of Ameri,
cans. have what l call my Napoleon
customers They are nearly all Ameri-
cans. They come around every month
regularly, unless l notify them, TO ask
me what have in the Napoleon line.
Some of them never ask the price. They
simply tell me whenever get anything
in the way Of Napoleon picture to
save them one. A Napoleon corner in
some OF the homes of Chicago is quite
the thing. One gentleman bas stand
ing order at our Paris correspondents
place to send over any thing that is
Napoleonic. People como in here and
talk Napoleon more fainiliariy than
they could talk George Washington.
How do l know it? Because ! have
tried them on and found ont "--chicago
Tribun"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31
WEDDING RINGS.
Commonly Worn by Men in Many Coun-
tries.

Commonly Worn by Men in Many Coun-
tries.
Why there should be so much surprise
expressed over the new custom prevail
ing in the United States of husband
wearing wedding ring do not quite
understand. In many countries it has
been the habit TO do do so for years,
and in France the alliance, as it is
termed, is worn almost as much by the
man as the woman, and the same Gus
tom prevails also in Germany and
Italy. In Silesia, Wallachia, and some
parts of Switzerland, wedding rings
are made in,couples and slightly affixed
together, so that, when the marriage
takes place, the two can be separated,
and the bridegroom, after putting one
of these on his wifes finger, places the
other on his own. There are also some
portions of the north of Europe where
a man wears ring after marriage on
his forefnger (where also many Ger
man and German-American girls wear
their engagement rings, and there is
good reason to think that in England
in olden times, the woman may in some
instances have worn her wedding ring
upon her til NIB. AZ any rate, when
the Puritans wished to abolish it alto.
gether, because it was of heather ori-
gin, Butler, in "Hudibras," got off the
gibing lines:
The unsanctihed bridegroom
Is married only to thumb,
AS wise as ringing OF pig
That used to break up ground and dig,
Bridegroom was suppose from this,
pronounced idegrum!-Galignani
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31

pretty or otherwise From their accent
and manner, however, there could be
no doubt they were of the upper world
but, after all, of what interest could
they be to me?
Nevertheless, did feel interested, so
why should attempt to deny it? Their
address had been given to me, and also
their day at home. The address was
printed, but 'the day was written in
a modern, angular English hand. Not
so the lines of thanks; the handwriting
there was the delicate, precise kind
that young misses were taught thirty
years ago. The mother had certainly
written them.
But who had written "the day?"
became curious. How could find
out? Yes, there was way. But to
call on people with whom l had only
exchanged few words, almost on the
street, and who, in a week, might haze
forgotten both my name and my face,
was rather "a delicate matter. Then
should have to undergo the torture OF
| feeling myself an intruder, as the
servant would announce me in the re-
ception room where, perhaps, half-a
dozen ladies, unknown to me, would
| look me over from head to foot as / ad
vanced, as if to ask: "Who is this
| person, and where does he come
| from?"
When thought it well over, how
ever, reflected that there had beer
occasion to talk of me, and, at the
name of Paul Barnard Mrs. Carmar
would know very well who was. A
ali events, determined to renew the
acquaintance, and SO the following
Tuesday found me at the door of No. =
Pine street.
| l must confess did feel rather un
easy when my inquiry MRS. Carman?'
brought the answer: eyes, sir; shall
take your coat, sir?" and was present
ly ushered into handsomely furnished
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31
The Nobie Palm.

A remedy for blood poisoning caused
by the bites of snakes and rabid dogs
has been discovered in Africa by DR.
Engels, in the "wiid-growing. black
noble palm" Five hundred negroes
bitten by poisonous snakes were treated
with the extract of the noble palm, and
four hundred and eighty-seven were
cured in five days. OF siXty-sevcn far,
mers and negroes bitten by rabid dog,
sixty-tive were saved, while two died o.
weakness. The remedy is injected un.
der the skin, and causes moderate
fever not exceeding 355 degreesC, On
the third day the patient is without
fever, swelling and inflammation OF the
affected part have disappeared, and on
the fifth, or latest, on the seventh day,
the patient is cured. - apeutic Ga
Zette.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
THE GOOD CHILD.


When Tommy Brown came home from
school,
A frown was on his brow;
Ills mother said: "what's happened, Tom?
What Is the matter nowY
Said Tommy, with darker scowl:
~ wish that you could sec
The way the other children actl
They're bad as bad can bel
"Thoy push and pull, ana tear my clothes,
And nuke u horrld noise;
They fight ut II uu.time, and the girls
Are worscr than the boys!
"Thcy plague me so can not learn;
It is no use to try;
There's just one good one In the school,
AnG that one, 1t is Iw
said Mrs. Brown; 30, dearl o. dear!
Now, have heard them say
THAT all the other children talk
In just that very way;
"And each. II anything goes wrong,
when questioned, will reply:
There's just one good one in the school,
And that one, It Is L."
Marian Douglas, in our Little Men ant
Women,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31
KArYpIos.

On q bOmsh IN tree,
1{atydlds, one, two, three,
Singing shrill, perslstently,
Katy. ISuty Katy did
Katy, Katy, Katy did,
Shc did she did, didn't shei
The heavens dark overhead,
Starry lights beauty shel
Underneath this canopy
Sing Katydids, one, two throe.
Katy Katy, Katy did,
Katy Katy, Katy did,
She did, she dill, didn't she?
Katy, Katy, Katy did,
Katy didn't, didn't wed,
Katy wouldn't be misled
By saucy roamers overhead.
Katy didn't, didn't wed,
Katy did she did. she did;
TO say she didn't we forbid.
Sho did, she did, o Katy did.
Tho beauteous moon rose in the east,
O'er ebon Night n bright.robed priest,
But all the night the song ne'er ceased,
OF Katydid, Of Katydid
O Katy did, she did, she did.
No, Katy didn't, didn't wed.
Butsnever Katy made so bold
no answer all the stories told
From twilight dim to night grown old
And merged in mornings rising gold.
Katy Katy, Katy did,
Katy Katy, Katy did,
She did, she did, didn't she?
Amanda M. Booth, in Good Housekeeping
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31

yGu will give the sum to the first poor
person You meet"
"Oh, not at all, sir, / must insist"
Under such pressure l could hardly
refuse, and as the car was now ap-
preaching Hyde street, whore l trans
ferred to the cross-town line, took
the three transfers the conductor gave
me, and, confused by the deep inter
est of the other passengers, now all
eyes and ears, hastily drew out n
card and, raising my hat, extended it,
with two transfers, to the lady. But it
was the young girl who. blushing
deeply, took them.
The following day had almost for
gotten the incident, when among my
letters I found one, in an unknown
handwriting, bearing the city post
mark. / opened it and saw, attached
TO the top corner of the visiting card
inclosed, five two-cent postage stamps.
On the card was printed:
MR.. AND MRS. JOHN @. CARMAN
While underneath was written;
Mr. and Mrs. Carman present their compli-
Hfonts and thanks 20 Mr. Paul Barnard for his
kindness and courtesy.
Tuesdays. No = Pine street.
put the card aside on my desk,
under a vaAo of violets, and 1t was not
till one morning, nearly week later,
that came ACROSS 1t again.
Now, every day you meet people In a
street car whom you look at for an in
stant with more or less attention; but
In my case, had hardly had glimpse
of the mother or the daughter, and had
not oven the least idea II they were
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31
PhysloIoglcal probIems.

The faculty of direction possessed by
various mammals and most birds APP
pears to indicate the existence of
sixth sense" but it is doubtful if any
one of our five senses--that of smell
alone excepted-is more perfectly de-
veloped in any animal than in moder.
ately perfect specimen of our own race.
Vultures evidently do not depend upon
their keenness of vision in detecting
their favorite food, since it has been
found that carcass covered with
leaves will attract them as quick as ono
exposed TO the glare of the sun.
Lynxes, with all their proverbial sharp
sightedness will approach man who
can stand as motionlcss as n rock, and
after long series of experiments with
intelligent poodles and spaniels, Sir
John Lubbock comes to the surprising
conclusion that dogs, as a rule can not
distinguish colora at all.-The Voice.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31

IL condu C tor, as
he elbowed his way through the pas
sengers standing in car which was
being drawn swiftly up California
street.
IL was about half-past five o'clock on
a Thursday afternoon that found my
self inside car filed with men return
ing from business, scattered among
whom was a sprinkling of members of
the fairer sex, who, incumbered with
their innumerable purchases and
wrapped up in cloaks, allowed only the
tips of their noses to appear over their
long boas of fur or feathers. 1t was
one of those cold, foggy evenings that
make pedestrians hurry along at top
speed, while the policemen at the
corners of the streets tramp up and
down to keep themselves warm. The
ladies' seemed to have great difficulty
in bringing their purses out from their
small muffs or from their deep pockets,
and q continuous string of apologies
was offered for involuntary elbowings,
caused by endeavors of their benumbed
hands to obtain hold of the nickels for
their fares.
why, where is my purse? You
haven't got it. have you, Ethel?" eX-
claimed a sweet-voiced lady of middle
age, after hasty search in her muff
and lengthy exploration of the myste
riOus depths of her handsome gown.
mo, mamma"
''Then some one must have stolen it,
or, perhaps, 1 have left it in some of
the shops-down at the White House,
probably"
All eyes were turned in the direction
of the lady who had spoken, and the
conductor began to look very knowing
Haven't you got any money!" he
demanded, in a gruff tone,
mo; 1 have lost my purse, which
contained all the money / have about
me. But my husband will pay for us
in the morning, or 1 will send the
money to the office at once on return
ing home"
"Can'tdo it, ma'am," replied the con-
ductor you've got to pay now or get
out and walk"
"Here, conductor" said, rendering
him dime; and then, turning to the
elder lady, added 1T is the rule of
the company, madam. The conductor
can never give credit to passengers
hope you will permit me to spare
you the annoyance of having to get out
at this hour"
~ am very much obliged to you,
sir" replied the lady. ''and l accept
your kind offer willingly. win you be
good enough to give me your address,
that I may discharge without delay
this small debit"
"Oh, it is mere nothing, madam" l
said; 81 will be very well satisfied if
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31

"Beg pardon, SIR" said the man who
had been standing up in the aisle of the
car, as he wedgcd himself down by the
side of a man who was trying to occupy
two seats, but have you ever travelled
in Germany"
~ have not SIR" grufly answered
the party addressed.
"Itsan interesting country" rejoined
the other pleasantly. You ought to
visit 1t. You would have no trouble
getting in now" Chicago Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31

AN enumeration of the mushrooms
and toadstools known to scientists has
Just been made by DIR. n. @. Cooke, of
London, England, which shows that
1900 species of these fungi are already
known. OF this number 1, 400 are
found in the British islands; but of the
total only 1874 can be relied on as edible,
while thirty are decidedly poisonous
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31
The Excuse Baby Gave.

One day on railroad car lady al
lowed her little boy, who could hardly
speak distinctly, TO play about the car,
and by-and-by, TO the horror of all OF
us, she discovered him complacently sit
ting outside on the steps, She brought
him in and, although the punishment
inflicted was mild his little heart
seemed to be completely broken. When
presently the train stopped at statior
great, choking sobs could be heard dis
tinctly all over the car, and suddenly
we were all ennvulsed by a grieving,
rcpro0chful. and utterly desolate little
voice exclaiming: "Say, mamma, when
a-naughty old -trainman leaves-a
door wide open, how can-G baby help
going out?"-Ncst Shore.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-31

-Brown-"And 80 Susan is to marry
young 1ennous? Does he inherit any
thing?' Rlaek Nothing, ! hplieve,
beyond squint from his mother and a
slight suggestion OF the gout frc IN his
father.'- Boato. Transcript.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-15

BosToN, Dec 10 The odds given
Latham last Saturday in his tennis
match with Petit, having been gener-
ally regarded as too favorable, the Bos-
ton Athletic Association, acting upon
this prevailing opinion, arranged an
other match which was played yester
day, fixing the odds half thirty for a
bsque." The purse was the same as in
the match here tofore played, namely,
Sl50. Only four sets were played and
these resulted in draw Petit won
the first set, Ga and the third set, 81,
while Latham won the second set, s. 9
and the fourth set S-6.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-15
Charged WIN Killing hlId.

KINGSTON, n. Y, Dec 15.-Mary Dor
onbros5i and Paul POposynskie, both
Polanders, were arrested yesterday and
lodged in Jail to await examination on
charge Of numbering child which the
woman had given birth to. The re-
puted father of the child and Poposyn-
skie were boarders in the house OF Mrs.
Doron broski. The father disappeared
one day last week, and on the following
day Puposynskie was discovered in the
act of burying the boly of dead child
in a truuh at the rear OF the house.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-15
KiIratn WIN Fight No More.

BosToN, Dec. 15.-Jake Kllrain in a
letter from Baltimors has refused a
proposition TO meet the winner of the
Woods Chonsky fight, which soon takes
place in San Francisco. Jake says his
business takes up all his time and he
does not believe that he will ever don
the mittens again.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-15
a Fatal Mistake

Physicians make no more fatal mistake
than when they inform patients that nervous
heart troubles come from the stomaCu and
are of little consequence. DR.. Franklin
Miles, the noted Indiana specialis', has
proven the contrary in his new book on
I'll art Disease" which may be had free at
Q, II. HtgenUuch's drug store who guarantees
and recommends DIR. Miles u equaled New
Heart Cure, which has the largest sale OF anv
heart remedy iu the world. II cures nervous
and organic heart disease, short breath,
hutl ering, pain or tenderness In the side, arm
or shoulder, irregular uulse faiuttug, smother.
ing, dropsy, etc, His Restorative Nervlne
cures headache, fits, etc.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-15
The turkey is putting on meat now
for the coming Christmas feast.
Oh, What q Cough.

VIII you heed the warning? The signal per-
maps of tba sure approach of that more ter
rlble disease, Consumption. ASK yourselves
II you can afford for the sake OF saving so
cents, To run the risk and do nothing for it,
We know from experience that Shiloh's Cure
VIII Cure your Cough. 1t never falls. This
explains why more than a Million Bottles
were sold the past year. II relieves Group
and WhOpping Cough at once. Mothers do
not be without II, For Lame Back, Side OF
Chest, use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Sold by
., II. Hagenbuch, N K. corner Main and
Lloyd streets.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-15
Mnn.s $4,000 for Llbe1.

KINGSTON, N. Y, Dec. 15.-Dr. w.
II. Connolly sou of eX- Senator Connolly,
of this city, has brought suit against
the Albany journal" for libel, laying
the damages at $4,000 The alleged
libalous article related to the recent
small pox controversy in this city, and
appeared in that paper on Dec. 8.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-15
The only fish that never sleep are
salmon, pike and goldfish.
Shiloh's Consumption Cure

This Is beyond question the most sue
'esStul Cough Medicine we have ever sold,
few doses invariably cure the worst cases OF
'ough, Group, ana Bronchitis, while It's won
lerful success in the cure of Consumption Is
Without parallel In the history of med cine.
since it's first discovery II mas been sold on a
guarantee, a test which no other medicine
AN stand. II you have a Cough we earnestly
tsk you to try II. Price 10 cents, so cents, and
sl.CO. If your Lungs are sore. Chest or Back
anne, use Shilohs Porous Plaster. Sold by
;. II. Hageuouch, n. e. corner Main and
lloyd streets.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-15
ChIef rostnthcn CIerk ne.ign.

Boston, Dec l5.-Horaoe +. Hill,
chief clerk of the Boston postoliice has
notified Postmaster Hart that he will
retire from the service in few days to
accept position with the American
lie egraph and Telephone Company of
New York Mr.. Hill has been in the
postoftics about 10 years, and about
postal matters is the best Informed man
in the office.