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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-12
IN OLD COLONY TIMES.

A quaint old book, whose faded yellow pages
Turned over in the garret's somber gloom,
Send forth IN odor caught from distant ages,
A strangely sweet, mysterious perfume,
Seeming to breathe OF other days than
ours
The perfume Of their flowers
Upon the fy.leaf in an old handwriting,
Which many after-years have not effaced,
These simple words two lovers hearts uniting,
At this late day may still be clearly traced;
prudence, from John"-and then date
below
In the dim long ago
turn the leaves, upon whose margin fingers
The touch Of one who turned these leaves OF
old,
The dainty loving touch OF those white fingers
Which have In death these many years been
cold.
And to this day from these dim yellow
Her smiles reflection shines;
The quaint, old-fashioned text as discover
Is dry at best--ill-suted to engage
A maiden's thought; the book is one no lover
Would set his love to read in any agel
Hnrly, somewhere a tender message lies,
Sent her in this disguise.
Turning page, ere have time to wonder
Whether this may be So family see
Letters and some whole words with Innings un-
der,
Which, Joined together, make it plain to me
Why they were marked far over in the
book
Where none would chance to look.
All, what message this to undermine
The dry and prosy wisdom of y sagcl
The wise old author, how could he divine
That loves soft speech would creep into his
page.
And he who wrote the mess lge-who was
he;
Come, read his words with me-
"Prudence:
so to battle on the field
1Nink Of me sometimes, though our ways di-
vide.
Now must our love, sweetheart, be thus con.
ccaled,
Yet will one day claim you for my bride
Your father may give his consent anon
Till then be true to
John"
Prudence was true, the chronicler he saith,
Aud, though her maiden heart was well-nigt
broken,
Calmly she heard of Johns heroic DEATH
Thrilled at his bravery but gave no token
OF her poor secret love YeHrs after chance
Reveals the sad romance.
Henry Talcott Mills, in Springfield Mass
Republican.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-12
GIRLS FRIENDSHIPS.
The Necessity of Cultivating Companion
ability.

The Necessity of CultivatinE Companion
ability.
There is a great difference between
friends in the matter of companionabil- :
ity. Friendships that should have been
life itself, are often seriously inter
rupted or finally destroyed by the lack
of a little adaptability on both sides.
The thing that most charms and at
tracts us may be some point of extreme
unlikeness to ourselves; but even in
that case friend must not make her
peculiarity prominent lest she make it
offensive.
OF two friends one will perhaps be
talkative and the other silent Usually
one talks while the other listens, put
ting in an occasional question, comment
or suggestion, and both are satisfied.
But sometimes the quieter one does
not want to listen, while the talker still
would like to talk. Then comes the
need of tact and consideration. Let the
tallser moderate her pace, speak quiet
ly and occasionally, not chatter in a
steady stream, and let the taciturn
friend take the trouble to answer pa
tiently and understandingly, though as
briefly as she chooses, and there is small
danger of either feeling annoyed OF
slighted0
Friends do not need speech in the
sense that mere acquaintances do. True
friends never need to make talk for the
sake of conventional politeness; and
that is in itself "A great thing.
They are not rude if they are silent
They may work or read in each other 8
presence, taking pleasure in affection
which there is no need to express. They
may ride or row or walk, each enjoying
everything through her friends eyes as
we'll as her own. and speaking or not as
the scene and her feeling suggests.
"Oh!" said one of two girl friends after
they had walked two or three miles to-
gether in the country without word,
''how delightful it is sometimes not to
be on speaking terms with one anotherv'
Her friend briefly nGreed in this opin-
ion, and they proceeded another silent
mile.
On her next birthday the first speaker
received gift from her companion in
scribed with the line from Shakespeare,
"'Twixt such friends as we, few words
suffice. youths Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-12

A lady who was shopping stepped up
to merchant and inquired:
"What docs that sign in your window
mean? Goods sold at sweeping re-
duction.'"
1T means, madam, that customers
hre expected to raise the dust" was tho
auave reply. Detroit Free Press
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year previous, that was the name he
gave to all who asked him, and to all
inquiries his only answer would be:
'Aint | told ye half dozen times
thet my names River jim, aint thet
nuff?"
He was a queer character. From
whence he came no one knew nor
could find out, although he occasional
ly spoke log driving in Maine. which
led the boys to think he must have
originally hailed from that state.
In personal appearance he was at
once conspicuous, if not to say ridicul-
Gus. Long, bony, angular, with great,
long arms, which he never seemed to
know what to do with unless he was
handling pike pole and pushing logs
here and there in the river. To add to
the ungainliness of his form he habitu-
ally walked, or rather slouched along,
with his body describing an obtuse
angle, and with a movement some
thing resembling a dromedary. His
hair, which was black as an Indians,
he generally wore long, and his beard
was equally unkept
But he was known as the most dar-
Wisconsin, and many was the time he
fcarlessly rode some rolling, tum bling
timber through rapids where no other
riverman dared venture with only his
pike pole to assist him in keeping his
footing, he often being compelled to
leap from one log to another, even
while they were rushing at tremen-
dous speed through some rapids and
he could break up jam and get the
logs to moving again while the ordi-
nary logger was de batting how to go at
it. True, he often lost his footing, and
was several times in imminent danger
of being crowded under the water by
the logs. but somehow he seemed like
a duck and always came up in time to
throw those long arms over log and
pull himself up again.
During the winter season, when the
men were in the woods, "River Jim's'
long arms served him equally as well,
and there he hao the reputation of be-
ing the best chopper.
Jim was as modest as he was un-
gainly 1t was seldom any of the boys
could get him to speu,S of himself, and
when he would accom- A@ish some daring
feat of log driving and the men would
speak of it he would say:
"Oh, thet's nothin'."
During the summer seaSon, when
the mills at Cameron were all in opera
tion. Jim was employed by thu owners
as general overseer in the boon, where
the different logs were separated, and
to see that each mill got its own en-, IA
work which was always well done by
himself and his men.
Jim had one great falling, prev
alent one among rivermen. For day
or two after each pay day, which came
once month, he would be the richest
man in town, and every man who
didn't take drink with him while his
money lasted either did not drink or
failed to come under Jim's notice. 1t
got to be such regular thing that the
boys always expected it, and when one
day, after receiving his usual months
wages, Jim put the money in his
pocket and walked quietly out of the
Office and over TO the hotel where he
boarded, they wondered what was up
with River Jim" Some of them even
went over to the hotel, and one Of the
boys said:
Whats ther marter, Jim; be ye
gettin stingy9"
'Nothin's ther marter, boys. Pm
jist goin ter stop thet kinder bizness,
thet's all"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-12

Friend-Came over in one of the new
steamers of the Full Moon line. did you?
Traveller Gust back from Europe)-
Yes, MagnificentVessel, Swift as race
horse. Beautiful lines. Clean as u new
silver dollar and stately aa goddess
'How was it riggedPr
Remembering hislttle experiences IN
the snoTin t-IoOnD ~ 'llumbIe-Magei
mostly. ~ Chicago Nt-uO.,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-12

-Perdita-"What do you think of
his being SO infatuated with me?'
Penelope ~ think it is waste of
time" Perdita (delighted) )-"Because
you think ! would not have him?"
Penelope-"No; because ! know yol
would take him without his being in,
fatuated with you brooklyn Life.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-12
A Prudent society Mother.

DsuGhter-Ma, Mr. Blank proposed
to me last night
Mother-Did you accept him. daugh-
ter?
"Yes, mamma"
HAS he any money, daughter"
'Only 81, SOO a year, ma"
"Well daughter, handle him care
fully till spring Possibly you can pick
up something better during the winter"
Texas Siftings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-12

What was the matter?" asked the
oeacon of the returned missionary.
Couldn't you stand the climate?" "Oh,
yes; but couldn't get along with the
natises." what did they do?" "Thcy
assail I'd my character. They said
was too tough for them. Washington
Star.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-12
/" RIVER JIM"
How He Gave His Life for That
of Another.

HAT was the
only rame he
was known 10y
among the log
gers and river
men. That he
must at one
time have been
known by some
other name was
evident, b u t
when he had
landed in the
l IL m b e r i n g
town of Cam
eron, in north
arm Wisconsin.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-12

III you want lovely odor in your
rooms break off branches of the Nor
way spruce and arrange them in a large
jug we'll filed with water. In few
days tender, pale green branches
feather out soft and cool to the touch
and giylag the delightful health giving
odpr.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-12

A quaint old book, whose faded yellow pages
Turned over in the garret's somber gloom,
Send forth IN odor caught from distant ages,
A strangely sweet mysterious perfume,
Seeming to breathe OF other days than
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-12

Upon the fy-leaf In an old handwriting,
Which many after-years have not eifaced,
These simple words two lovers hearts uniting
AT this late day may still be clearly traced;
Prudence, from John"-and then a date
bpl
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-03-24
Edison Has a Rival in Maine.

4 man in Caribou, Aroostook county,
Maine, claims that he has discovered
an electrical power III the earth by the
means of which he is able, using cleo
trical instruments which have been in
vented by himself, to transmit sounds
for any distance. This is done simply
by connecting wires with the earth at
different points and making use of the
positive and negative electrical cur
rents in the earth. If this system can
be properly utilized and developed it
will do away with the use of all bat
teries. The Caribou man has his sys-
tenn working over distance of about
a mile in successful operation. If all
that is claimed for this new discovery
is realized it will cause a revolution in
electrical science, and powers here
tofore unknown, and therefore useless,
will do the work now done by costly
machinery
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-03-24
Advice TO Girls.

Don't conclude that man is a gen.
tleman because he has the manners of
one.
Don't think because a man is grace
full and interesting talker that he is
everything else.
Don't fail to take a man at his word
when he says he is poor.
Don't be familiar with men, and
don't permit familiarities from them.
Don't think because man likes you
that he wants to marry YOU.
Don't think that a man is not in love
with You because he has not proposed
to YOU.
Don't be silly about the men.
Don't be rude to man in order to
show your independence.
Don't let a man impose upon you
simply because he is a man.
Don't believe everything a man tells
you. either abogt himself or yourself.
Detroit Free Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-03-24
SEEGER Bros. Fill teeth
without pain.
TRAJAN'S FLOATING PALACE.

st. Louis Globe Democrat: One of
the most wonderful buildings of an
tiquity was Trajan's floating palace.
1t was wooden structure of two. or
some say three stories in height and
built upon gigantic raft which was
set adrift in Lake Nemi in Italy and
towed from place to place as occasion
required by rowboat 1t was a model
pleasure house, having gardens and
courts covered porticoes and towers
and pleasure boats plying from it to
the shore, while the occupants of the
place amused themselves fishing from
their windows. 1t sunk A. d. 1876. and
on July 10, 1885, it was said to have
been rediscovered at the bottom of
the lake. According to the descrip-
tons given of it at that time, the
structure was 500 feet long by 27O
wide and 60 in height. The floating
palace has never reappeared in history
since 1875, and much doubt has been
thrown on the accounts then written.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-03-24
A Journey on the VOlga.

Isabel F. Hapgood, TIE writer of the
graphic paper, Count Toistoi at Home,
in the atlantic, contributes to that
magazine paper called A Journey on
the Volga. OF Kazan she says:
The Tatar quarter alone seemed to
possess the requisite mystery and
local color" Here whole streets of
tiny shops, ablaze with rainbow-hued
leather goods, were presided over by
taciturn, olive-skinned brothers of the
Turks. who appeared almost handsome
when seen thus in masses, with oppor-
tunities for comparison. Hitherto we
had thought of the Tatars only as the
old-clothes dealers, peddlers, horse
butchers and walters of ST. Petersburg
and Moscow. Here the dignity of the
prosperous merchants, grayely recon-
mending their really well-dressed, we'll
sewed leather wares, bespoke our ad
niration.
The Tatar women, less easily seen,
glided along the uneven pavements
now and then, smoothly, but still in
manner to permit glimpse of short,
square feet encased in boots tlowered
with gay hues upon green or rose
colored ground, and reaching to the
knee. They might have been houris
of beauty, but it was difficult to class
ify them. veiled as they were, and
screened as to head and shoulders by
striped green kaftans of silk, whose
long sleeves depended from the region
of their ears, and whose collar rested
on the brow. What we could discern
was that their black eyes wandered
like the eyes of unveiled women, and
that they were coquettishly conscious
Of our glances, though we were of
their own sex.
We found nothing especially striking
among the churches, unless one might
reckon the Tatar mosques in the list;
and, casting a last glance at Sumbeka's
curious and graceful tower, we hired
cabman to take Us to the river, seven
verSts away.
We turned our backs upon Kazan
without regret, in the feryid heat of
that midsummer morning. We did
not shake its dust from our feet.
When dust is ankle-deep that is not
very feasible. 1t rose in clouds, as we
met the long lines of Tatar carriers,
transporting Hour and other merchan-
disc to and from the wharves across
the dam" which connects the town,
III summer low water, with Mother
Volga. In spring floods Matushka
No}ga threatens to wash away the
very walls of the Kremlin, and our
present path is under water.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-03-24
SCOTLAND'S EMBLEM.

The reason for adopting the sham
rock as the emblem of Ireland is we'll
known. The incident which caused
the Scotch to bestow a like honor
upon the thistle is less familiar.
Once, long time ago, the Scotch
army was anticipating an attack from
the enemy, and both sides were very
wary and discreet. There had been
a number of sorties, but DO actual en-
gagements. Finally the enemy deter
mined to force a decisive battle, and
an order was given to arrange a sur
prise for the first dark night The
soldiers were to march in bare feet
and all commands were to be given
in whisper. When the word was
passed along the advance was made;
but one of the barefooted men chanc-
ing to step on full grown thistle,
uttered a loud cry. which was clrried
to the ears of the listening Scotch
sentries. In moment the bagpipes
called the sleeping camp to arms,
and the enemy was effeCtually routed.
Thus a most offensive though mod
est flower was the instrument of
glorious victory, and deserves the
honor it bears to-day.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-03-24
McFagiD's Flat.

Ne b'ys. it's not often yen hear me complain
and it's sorry am that me story is thrue:
Fer ivry man knows its not dacent or
manly
To go back an a fri'nd that has stud up fer
But iii git satisfaction before I'm much
older,
Ye may gamble yer life, or me name isn't
Pat.
Fer ! can not be aisy, I'm almost turned
BY the airs of McFagin, that lives in the
fiat.
When we both were at home in the townland
together.
In the very same spot where his wife was
dragged up,
Sure the fact was well known that my people
had plinty,
While McFagin just worked for the bit an
the sup.
With a goat at the dure and a pig in the cor
neF.
With a rusty dudheen stickin' out of his
If he shaped himself here as I've seen him in
ireland.
Faith, he'd frighten the people that lives in
the fiat.
In the cutters up in Harlem we padded and
Waded
Through water and mud like pair av ould
Till the Aldhermans brother-for some cause
App'mtcd McFagin upon the big pipes
All, the lugs he put on-ye would scarcely be-
In lis than fortnight we had big
But with all his loud boastin', his rantin an
toastin',
never vance dhramed that he'd move to
tat
Now ho wears a billed shirt an a chokeaway
His son keeps his feet brushed, an runs a
mustache,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-03-24
AN ANGEL OF A COOK

'Oh, Aunt Lizzie, [ am so glad you
have come. l found that wretched
girl Nora taking brandy from my
closet this morning and | discharged
her. | couldn't do any different,
could T."
why, no; I presume not. But
what did you do for dinner? Do you
want me to help you?"
''Oh, no, indeed! Toms says I'm
an angel of cook. [ got the dinner
all myself
'Um! What did you have?'
,'What makes you say it so queer /?
Tom toasted some bread, and | let him
make the coffee. You know he camp
ed out two years ago, and he likes to
keep in practice Then l found part
of an orange pie left from yesterday
and we sent out for some pates, and
had some Of the fruit-cake mamma
made for us last Christmas. [ got
along splendidly, and I'd like to do
my own cooking all the time. Tom
says I'm an angel of a cook" "-Judge
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-03-24

Perhaps the hardest struggle that
comes to the average human being is
to let others be mistaken. Yet what
good will it do to point out them their
mistakes? If your husbad or son tells
several people that he met John Smith
last week in New York, and you know
that he was in that city three weeks
ago, why correct him? He is talking
hastily, and does not stop to measure
his words or time The mistake is I'm
important. Why antagonize man
by exclaiming:
MY dear John! This is the third
week in January, and you went to
New York Immediately after Christ
mas"
When you hear your friend tell
your favorite story, and change some
minor detail, she will love you not a
whit the better if you correct her
WITH
No Mary! the way it happened was
this and then proceed with the tale
in the manner which you consider
best.
There are SO many things which we
all do for which there is no honest
reason, that 1 will mention only one
more That is the exceedingly un-
comfortable trick of reminding a man
of something he once said, when he
has since had occasion to change his
mind
There is no more bitter diet than to
be forced to eat ones own works.
Never tell one Of an opinion which
he once held. if he has since had rea-
sons to alter his views. There is no
sin nor weakness i'll changing ones
mind. 1t is thing which we will, if
we except few victims to pig headed
prejudice, do daily. And as a rule we
hate to be reminded of the fact. Then
why call the attention of others to the
circumstance that they are guilty of
the same weakness, if such it be!
Again | ask chi Bono?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-03-24
No Trouble for Him

do you think you shall always be
rs fond of me us now?' asked Ed Z.
Lee of his Young bride.
'I'll try"
Try. There will be no effort needed
to keep my affection for you uu-
changed"
"Oh. of course. That is where you
have the advantage. People of your
age are always Very set in their ways. "
indianapolis Journqi.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-03-24
New Eork'S Rich and Poor.

None do so little for the very poor
of New York as its very rich. Efficient
workers among the poor are at present
generally drawn from the poor them
selves, or from the middle and pro-
fessional class. No one need wonder
at tlEs. Etfectual charity work and
the requirements of modern society do
not easily cousort. A very small pro-
portion of those who possess enormous
wealth in the city subscribe literally
to its various charities: comparatively
fayv can be counted on for ready
support in any properly conducted
and hopeful phlanthropic movement;
and fewer still are found willing to
fulfill the more difficult, the more
necessary duty of gaining personal
knowledge OF the needs and wrongs of
the poor through personal study of
their situation, and friendly intercourse
with themselves.
say such attention, such knowledge.
are not likely TO be given by the very
rich. To win fortune to-day implies Il
singleness of purpose, Il concentration
of all the faculties of the man to the
doing of one thing. The very rich
man must be a very busy man if he
would make large sums or keep large
sums of money. The difficulties pre-
senting themselves to his ambition are
like tough wood. that nothing but the
keen edge of an axe can deal with, and
to be sharp means almost OF necessity
to be narrow. Great riches are apt. as
One we reverence taught long ago. to
ossify the soul, and make the attain
ment and development of an ideal or
truly sympathetic life always difficult,
sometimes wellnigR impossible. | say,
therefore we expect too much from
our very rich men and women when
we call upon them to lead the crusade
against poverty and vice. Certainly if
we have expectation of their doing so,
we in New York have been diSappoint-
ed.-Dr. ". S. Rtinstord, IN Harper's
Week{u
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-03-24
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-03-24
WHY RUSSET ORANGES ARE
SWEETEST.

Buffalo Morning Express: Did you
ever ask your fruit dealer why it is
that russet oranges are sweeter than
bright ones? If you have the chances
are ton to one that he didn't know. |
have asked the question of a good
many fruit dealers without getting a
satisfactory answer. Some of them
guessed that it was because the rus
sets We're ripened by artificial heat III
some way. but they were only guess
ing. The natural result of artificial
ripeping would be to make the oranges
sour instead Of sweet But a friend
who has just come from the orange
groves of Florida enlightened me.
He says that the russets are oranges
which have been attack while on the
tree by little insect. The insect in
stinctively picks out the sweetest
oranges. 1t dwarfs their growth,
which accounts for their being smaller
than bright oranges, but it roughens
the skin so man can tell them. The
oranges would be just as sweet and
considerablably larger if the insect
left them alone, but man doesn't pos
sess the knowledge of this little insect
by which he can pick out the sweet
ones until he has cut them open and
tasted them.