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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-07

remains came home, and never was
brother, son and neighbor more sincere
ly mourned. Charley's story was never
learned unit! after the war.
But now comes a sequel stranger than
the story itself. Grandpa Waterson
and his wife had borne their sorrows
with fortitude that only people like
them can understand. They talked of
their lost boys and together found a
grim pleasure in reviewing the child
hood, the youthful experiences and the
manly qualities of the dead sons. Time
and time have l seen them at the end of
the front veranda, overgrown with hon
eysucllles, sitting hand in hand talking
of Henry and Charles.
One day came letter from Annie,
announcing that the would visit the Wa
tersons. There was great preparation,
for she would have been Charles wife
had he lived, and she was dear to them
in her own right, for she had never
ceased to send those welcome letters,
always bright and CHEEKY save when
Charles fate forced its way into her
thoughts.
She came TO a royal welcome. / i'm
agine now that | was over-officious in
plotting her around, pointing out every
! thing that Charles was ever associated
with and Rabbling away as boy, whose
voice is at the hen-cac1ling stage of ad'
vancement, will.
"Thee is great comfort to us,
Grandpa Waterson used to say to Annie
and when grandma got her arms around
the pretty southerner, there was al
ways gentle kiss and sweet voiced
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-07
THAT BROTHER OF MINE.


Who Is It comes In like a whirlwind,
and closes tho door with slam,
And, before he has taken his hat on,
Calls out for "some bread and some JAM"
Who is 1t that whistles 80 loudly
As he works at some tangle Of twne
That will send his kite up into cloudlandf
Why, Of course, it's that brother Of mine.
Who is IL that, when am weary,
Has always a hole in his coat
A button to sew on in u hurry,
a sail to be made for boatg
Who is IL that keeps in my basket
His marbles and long fishing line,
And expects, undisturbed, there to find them
No one else but that brother of mine
Who is IL that tiptocs about softly
Whenever I'm sick or in pain
And is every minute forgetting
And whistling some head-splitting straini
Who is it that, when he is trying
TO be just as still us he can,
Is always most terribly noisy?
My brother, Of coursc-hes the man.
Who is it I'D rather have by me
When in need Of a true honest friendi
Who Is 1t that shall miss sadly
When his boyhood has come 10 cndl
And when he is far from the old home,
And long for a glimpse Of sunshine,
Whom, then, do you think / shall send forY
Why, Of course, for that brother OF mine.
Agnes l.. Pratt, in Good Housekeeping.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-07
MODERN HOUSES.
Cheapness In Construction Seems TO BE
the End in View.

the End in View.
After many hundred years of progress
in almost all of the pursuits of life, it is
rather discouraging to reflect that in
the item of house building we are in
many particulars almost precisely where
we were in the days of our great grand
parents.
True, we have many so-called modern
improvements, but they are for the
most part too unwieldly and expensive
for moderate incomes, and therefore
practically monopoly. The great i'm
provements of the world are those
which save labor or money for the
masses, and this the modern improved
dwelling does not do. Attempts in the
direction of economy of space and less
cost have resulted in the erection of
buildings in which light and air, the
two great essentials to health and hap
piness, are sacrificed. Isolated houses
are put up on the most parsimonious
plan as regards material, and are, as a
matter of course, cold, fiimsy. and con-
sequently uncomfortable and unsafe
Half a century ago, the house in the
country was built with good, sub
stantial stone wall underneath it.,
and upon this secure foundation
was erected superstructure which
had in its skeleton enough timber
to make it substantial and keep it
| in place Now the foundation wall is
! built with just as little material as pos
siblc; the upper portion is made of light
sticks, nailed together, the boarding is
thin. and to make up for lack of
warmth paper is placed under the
boarding next to the uprights, and
| tackled on. The floors are thin: every
heavy step in the upper stories jars the
entire building; there is no quiet, no re-
tircment, and no real comfort about the
place. If the wind blows, the house
rocks and shakes, and the inmates, in
wonder and terror, manage to exist un-
Ill the fury of the storm is past.
AS an abundance of water is one OF
the necessities of good health, if not OF
life itself, the choice lies between cum.
bersome and complicated appliances OF
a great deal of very hard work, which
in these days of unreliable help ano
many cares and responsibilities, is
scarcely to be thought of. Contract
work is responsible for much of this
trouble, and, although there is in many
cases nothing else to do than to put
building into the hands of contractors
it is most expensive and oftentime'
unsatisfactory way of doing things
The building of house, even at the
present low cost of raw materials, is {
much more costly operation than it wa
years ago, when everything which en-
tered into its composition, with the pos
sible exception of lumber, was mucl
higher in price than now. Certainly
there should be something done in th'
direction of fitting up homes for the mil
lions at a fairly reasonable price. N. Y
= Ledger
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-07

chide her, and say: "Thee should r<S
judge. All these people are old friends
of mine and faithful"
The fraud would turn up her nose and
put on look of contempt that always
set me boiling.
One day at the spring she leaned over
to use the clear water as a mirror, and
from somewhere about her person
dropped the big gold watch that Grand
pa Waterson priced most as an heir
loom. had it in a twinkling and the
angry shouts of the woman only added
to my speed. l told grandpa, told
everybody. l wanted her arrested, but
"Thee must leave this matter entirely
to me-" checked my ardor. "There
must be no talk" he continued. Il
will see that this woman leaves us.
Don't plead for her, mother. will only
dismiss her, that is all"
And he did, after everything had been
recovered and the forged will de-
stroyed We never heard of her again
The very next afternoon there was a
great clatter of horses feet up the
hard road. The rider came like a
rocket and we all rushed to see who il
was. l think that everyone tainted but
Annie and myself. She emitted some
thing between a shrek and gurgle
vaulted over the veranda railing and
landed right in the arms of-big, hand
some Charley. He was alive. He was
well. All that we had heard was false.
He had survived his sufferings after q
long illness in the family of poor but
kind mountaineer, and there he was
the picture of health, with Annie in his
arms, l sprang into the saddle with a
maniacal yell. l got two little darkeys
on behind me. We tore over the yard
in wild delight and soon all the folks
about the farm were shouting, crying
and welcoming Massa Charles.
"God bless thee, son." was all grand
ma could say then, while the good ole
gentleman blinked, tried to look calm
as the tears rolled down his checks anc
then he sobbed: Charles, Henry:
wish is fulfilled. Thee is left to bless
our old age and thee has also brough
us Annie. Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-07
DIDN'T KNOW PEANUTS.
A Merchant Who Had Never Heard o
These Dainties.

A young Russian groceryman at
Ekaterinburg oblig ingly displayed his
stock of goods to Mr.. George Kennan,
and incidentally gave him and his com
panion great deal of information as to
the Chinese and Russian nuts lying in
open bags on the counter. Mr.. Kennan
describes what follows:
After we had examined them all and
tested few, the grocer said:
81 have in the back part of the shop
some very curious ones that were sold
me q year or two ago as African nuts
Whether they ever came from Africa or
not don't know, but the people here
do not like the taste of them and will
not buy them. If you will condescend
to wait moment will get few"
what do you suppose they are?" in
quired Mr.. Frost, as the young man
went after the African nuts.
Brazil nuts, very likely" replied,
cor cocoanuts. 1 don't believe anybody
here would know either of them by
sight, and they are the only tropical
nuts can think Of"
In a moment the man returned, hold
ing handful of the fruit of plant
known in science as Arachis hypogea.
"Why, those are peanuts!" shouted
Mr.. Frost, in burst of joyful recogni-
tion. "AmerilSanshi peanuts" he ex-
planned enthusiastically to the grocery
man. 'Kushat lShorosho'-American
peanuts eat very well = and he pro-
ceeded to illustrate this luminous state
ment by crushing the shell of one and
t1,a &c ,c{n
tatious show of relish.
Suddenly, however, the expression of
his face changed, as II the result had
not fully justified his anticipations, and
relieving himself of the african nut"
he exclaimed, "They haven't been
roasted 1t is necessary to fry" he
added impressively to the groceryman.
| Americans always do fry"
"Fry!' exclaimed the young man, to
whom fried nuts must have been a
startling novelty. How is it possible
to fry them?"
1 explained to him that Mr. Frost
meant to say ''roast Them" but this
seemed to him quite as extraordinary as
frying, and when he was told that the
peanut is not the fruit of tree, but of
an herbaceous plant, and that it grows
underground, his astonishment was
boundless.
His commercial instincts, however,
soon resumed their sway, and when we
left his shop he was already preparing
to roast quantity of the wonderful
American underground nuts" with u
view to sending them out again ON
| rial-YOuth'S Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-07
ARRESTED FOR WHISTLlNG.
The Musical workman Who Committed
Troasonable Offense.


Americans have little conception Of
what may constitute reasonable Of
fense in some of the countries of the
old world which are still despotic and
extremely military. There recently oc-
Cured at Barr, in Alsace, trial which
must have been very amusing to an
American who might have witnessed it,
if mans liberty had not been in
jeopardy.
One day, not long ago, in the streets
of Barr, laborer, who was engaged in
loading wagon, whistled cheerfully at
his work. AS he was thus engaged, a
gendarme or military policeman came
within hearing, The workman, ap-
parently preoccupied, kept on with his
whistling.
81 arrest you," said the gendarme,
coming up and putting his hand on the
workman's shoulder.
"What for?" asked the man, aston,
ished.
For seditious whistling. You have
been whistling the 'Marseillaise.
The ''Marseillaise" being the French
national air, and a revolutionary air be-
sides, is forbidden in German Alsace.
But the workman exclaimed: sob
no, you are mistaken! 1t isn't the Mar
seillaise' at all that am whistling, bu
the March of the Brunswick Hussars.
used to belong to the Brunswick
Hussars, and that was our regimenta
tunew
The gendarme, who was German
and thought he knew one tune from
another, took the workman under ar
rest; and in due time he was brought
into court charged with disloyalty il
whistling a seditious air in publ,
place.
Both the gendarme and the accused
told their stories very confidently, an,
as the workman was reputed an homes
and loyal man, the court was very mucl
perplexed between the two men an,
the two tunes.
In thin predicament the court ad
journed to the councilroom adjoining
and calling in the accused and the aC
cuser in turn, made the workma
whistle the March of the Brunswic
Hussars" and the gendarme the "Mal
seillaise."
Each did his best, but the tune
proved, in the ear Of the court, to be S
much unlike that it was regarded a
improbable that the gendarme coul
have been mistaken.
The accused was, therefore, sent I
prison, but his general bearing, an
above all, his excellent whistling, ha
affected the court SO favorably that h
was sentenced to only three days in
prisopment.-"Youth's Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-07

south, and, after the liberation of their
slaves from sense of duty, still re-
tanned enough to surround themselves
and family with all the comforts which
the people of their simple faith care to
possess. In those days their great
stone house with its thick walls broad
verandas and low windows met my
idea of the castles which were mixed
up with my meager knowledge of medi-
eval times The macadamized road
chat ran through the farm was lined on
either side with locust trees that in the
period of blooming made the air heavy
with the perfume of the graceful white
blossoms waving in background of
green that they almost concealed A
never-failing spring that bubbled up
through moss-grOwn stone was embow-
cred in the ovcrhanging branches of
strong-trunked weeping willows. The
great front yard had its driveways cut
through a rich sward and wound among
towering naples. The garden had the
earliest, the latest and the sweetest
flowers. The stock was the fattest and
the best cared for. The negroes who
would not leave kind master and mis-
tress found a life of comparative ease
and plenty with them. The handsome
old gentleman was Grandpa Water
SON to all of us, and the wife, who al
lowed no visiting boy or girl to depart
without cookies, great mellow apples,
mince pie, maple sugarcakes or some
other evidence of kindness that took
all the world into her heart, was al
ways grandma
No nobler couple ever trod the path
way of life together and the sorrows
that came upon them suggested to me
as boy The inscrutable ways of Provi
dence.
There were two sons in the family
models of physical perfection and man
ly courage. No handsomer could be
found. They were over six feet tall
had the light curly hair, the blue eyes
and the fresh complexion so conspicu
Gus in men of Anglo-SaXon origin
They were highly educated, and idol
lied, not only by the parents but by tho
-four fair sisters and untold scores o.
other peoples sisters. One had gone
west and soon established popularity
that placed him in a responsible public
position. The other had remained a
home and relieved Grandpa Watersor
of every business care.
The startling news of active hostili
ties flashed over the country Henry
the elder son, resigned his Office anC
surprised us all by appearing one after
noon without previous notice. Th'
warm family greetings over, Henr!
called his brother out for walk anc
forgetful that "little pitchers hav'
ears" they allowed me to saunte
along. At the spring we all drank ant
then followed a long trampin the shad
OF the locusts almost let out shou
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-07
Advice to vnung Girls.

A beautiful girl was showing me some
choice jack roses the other day. Just
lock at them!' said she, "they cost
twelve dollars dozen. Mr.. So and So
sent them TO me-" Who was So and So?
A poor young man on n salary, striving
TO keep up with the demands and re-
quirements of his exacJlng lady love
and the world in which she moved.
Girls, did you ever stop to think that
the career Of many Il defaulter com
meneed right here where So and So is
spending his meager and hard-won
earnings in costly flowers and notions
to foster the vanity of his sweetheart?
BE little thoughtful about these
things, dears. Don't exact such costly
attention and services. Be content to
go to a party or the'theater as grandma
used to go, afoot and without posies
that cost fortune to purchase. The
girl that is thoughtful in such matters
before marriage will make good wife
and a royal helpmate.-Amber, in Chi
cage journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-07

"Did you ever study the faces in a
BARRIERS shop of the men waiting to be
shaved?"
Eyes"
did you ever try to distinguish the
pessimistic from the optimistic?"
eyes; and there is very little diff
Guilty in assigning them to their respect
i've classes"
"Indeed?"
"Yes; the pessimist is the last man
that comes in and who has to wait
until six other men are shaved before
his turn comes and the optinist is the
man distinguished by the appellation ot
next IN. Y. Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-07

She Was Evidently No Flat. How
did she take your offer of marriage?"
''She asked me what intended to do
with her after married her." "a pr7u-
dent girl" 81 told her would hire a
fiat for her, and she said living in fiat
with a Hat would be rather fiat eX-
istence." "That wasn't very hattering,
though it wasn't a fat refusal" at
was Il fiat failure, nevertheless" ''So
the whole thing may be said to hays
fallen flat?" ''Exaetly.p-N. Y. Press
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-07
RHoDA RAGLAND.

Twas the morning after Shiloh,
Way down in Tennessee
was cruisin' round among the woods
A friend OF mine and me,
When ! seed little maiden
who was settin' on gun,
That was busted at the nozzle
From the work that It had dona
She had throw'd bit Of banner
Acrost her golden head,
An when asked her for her name,
She laughed and then she said
~AIy name is Rhoda Raglan,
An I'm wuitin', don't you see,
For pappy dear to come back here,
VII sOmpen good for me-"
'we was livin in the cabin,
In the clarin' over thar,
whar the little cIick went rattlin' by
So sparlIu' an so clar
But now the waters muddy,
An it's bloody, an the banks
IS tramplcd, an my posies
Is Jest ruined by them YanlSS.
any p0ppy was a shootin'
For the southern side you see,
AN It's strange that he don't come back here
VIII sompeu good for me,
I'm gettin Jest as h1wugry
AS I've hardly ever been,
An the way my pappy stays away
Is mighty nigh sin.
sour cabins full of hurted men,
They groancd the worstest way
They was hurted in the battle
With weuns yesterday.
An thcr arms an legs bleedin
1t was sich er awful sight,
didn't sleep little wink
The 1--we long night
$50 I've come. good Mr. Yankee
TO wait for ptppy here,
My mother went away to God,
Last winter was year.
An we wos liyin all alone
In the cabin over thar,
An why he don't come back to me
] think it's monstrous quar-"
She was pooty hve-year-old,
With eyes of deepest blue,
An hossy curls an dimpled cheeks,
With roses in en- too,
7 had some little kids a home,
Just like this battle waif,
And now thanked the Lord above .-
That they we're well and safe
A minnie ball had pierced my arm,
That lay now in a sling,
The hurt vas just flesh-cut,
An the pain smartish thing,
But l had CNt it fairly
An well enough 1 knew,
The helpics-s arm would take me home
Within Gay or two.
So plead With Rhoda Raglan
To go alorS with me,
An maybe sc would find her pap
Somowhar iu Tennessee
An yet llnCv'd her father
Was away Seyond life's ills,
So tuck her 80 Kentucky
To my hoInr among the hills. =
We raised hei :est as good an true,
AS ef she'd t'cen our own,
Blood Of mine and mother's
And bone of our bone
An she's been as good daughter
As any Of the three
An blessing TO my homestead,
An TO mother an TO me-
She's thirey-siy, or thereabouts,
/ can't exactly tell
But she married in the neighborhood,
And married monstrous well;
An she's got u little daughter,
That prattles at my knee,
An minds me heaps of Rhoda
Down at Shiloh-don't you see.
Win L. Visscher, in Banner Of Gold
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-07

7 the breaking
out of the civil
war l was a
mere boy and
our n G a re S t
neighbor W y S
a fl o rid faced,
k i n d-hearted,
generous o l d
Quaker. B o tn
he and his good
wife had been
reared in the
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-05-25
Hill to Withdraw.

A New York correspondent of the
Bait. american says that Senator Da-
vid B. Hill, having despaired of nom
ination, will soon write a letter with.
drawing from the canvass. This cor.
respondent says that, the Chief of the
Tammany Society, Richard Croker,
has admitted that Hill is writing OF
will write letter of withdrawal very
shortly, but would not speak any fur
Their of the matter. The admission of
Croker should be sufficient to dispel all
thoughts that Hill will not retire from
the felix"
He also says that his Chief Lieuten-
ants, among them Senator John w.
Daniel, advised him to withdraw in IA
vor of German, of Md, but that he de-
clined to do so. Some think he will
withdraw in favor of Gray, of Indiana,
or Palmer of Illinois. His best card
would be to withdraw in favor of
Cleveland.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-05-25
Staltntoll Spectator.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25th.
Blaine and Cleveland.

The National Republican Convention
will meet in Minneapolis, Mimi, on
the 7th of June, and the National
Democratic Convention in Chicago,
ILL.,, on the 21st of June, just two
weeks later. The Republican nomina-
ton may haye some influence on de-
termining the nomination of the
Democratic Convention. If Blaine
should be the nominee of the Republi-
can Convention, then Cleveland should
be the nominee of the Democratic Con
vention, as in the most important re-
spect they form great contrast, Tor
the confidence the people have i'll the
incorruptible integrity of Cleveland
constitutes his chief strength, and
the want of it in Blaine his greatest
weakness.
Against any other man, Blaine would
be a stronger and more formidable
candidate than against Cleveland, and
if anything will prevent Blaine from
agreeing to accept the nomination il
will be the apprehension that Cleve
land will be the nominee of the Demo
cratic party If Blaine could be salts
fed that he would not have to NEE,
Cleveland, he would probably not hest
tate to yield to the manifest wishes Of
his party to be their standardbearer
but that probability makes him
pause and hesitate, and if he be con
WINGED before the 18th of June that
Cleveland will not be nominated, he
may conclude to accept the Republi
can nomination, and take Harrison
from beneath his grandfather's hal
and send him ''up the spout" where
1.-The woodbine twineth."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-05-25

INRUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE PROP
l. ERTY.-Pursuant to the power vested in
me as substituted trustee in deed of trust
executed by Alexander Aldridge to VIM. A.
Hudson, bearing date October 2Sth, 1878, and
now of record in the Clerks Office Of Augusta
county, in Deed Book l03, page A; and default
having been made in the payment of the debt
secured in said deed of trust, by reason of
which default the beneficiary in said deed re-
qu1reS that the trust be executed, will pro-
ceed IN 'front.' OF the Courthouse of Augusta
county, on
SATURDAY, THE 4TH DAY OF JUNE, 1892,
to sell at public auction that valuable house
and lot, situated ON the Eastern extension of
Main street, just outside the corporate limits
of the city of Staunton, it being the same prop
erty on which Alexander Aldridge now resides,
ana which was conveyed to him by deed from
A. II: Taylor's Heirs, now of record in the
Clerks office of Augusta county.
The TERMS OF SALE as prescribed in said deed
are as follows: Cash in hand to pay the follow
ing, to wit: all expenses incurred in and about
the execution OF this trust together with a
commission OF per cent. on the gross amount
of sales to the trustee; also sufficient to paw the
amount yet due on the debt secured by said
deed of trust. The residue, if any, will be
made payable ana secured as directed by the
grantor in the deed, or as the trustee my think
F. B. KENNEDY, Trustee.