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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30

az he scrambled up the blighted maple
leg, inflicting no slight wound.
But soon Ed had drawn himself UP
beyond their reach, and could deride
their disappointed howls and the fran
tic efforts they made to get to him.
Had 1t been a chilly day the young
trapper would have experienced great
er discomfort than he did. But the sun
shone brightly, and IL he had brought
piece of dried meat with him to APP
pease his hunger he assured himself he
could have laughed at his unpleasant
situation. All day the wolves surround
ed him, uttering their dismal cries, as
II bedlam had been let loose.
When the sun disappeared the even
ing air grew chilly. Ed began to feel
numb, and ceased to mock at the gang
at the foot of the tree.
This being treed by almost score Of
hungry prairie wolves out of all reach
of human aid, and with only one ball
left in his revolver, was a far more seri-
GUS business than Ed had at first
thought.
1t was uncertain when his father
would return from the traders camp,
perhaps not before morning
Should a blizzard come sweeping
over the prairie, Ed knew he would be
frozen stiff as poker.
Fumbling about in his pockets he dis
covered few matches, which put a new
idea into his head
Wolves were shy Of fire. If he could
only succeed in getting the heaps Of
dry brush and sticks of the drift below
him to ignite, he might frighten his
tormentors away.
He resolved to put his scheme into
execution.
Removing his heavy hunting jacket
he applied one of the burning matches
to it. The jacket was made of buck
skin and took fire easily.
1t was soon burning brightly, and Sc
lecting a place in the drift suitable to
quick ignition, Ed let the blazing coat
drop.
it was not slow in communicating its
flames to the dry twigs among which it
had fallen.
The young trapper' watched the fire
spread with great delight.
At first the wolves had fallen back
from the foot of the maple only a few
steps, but as the fire crept steadily
toward them, burning more vigorously
every moment, they beat swift re-
treat and stood bowling from safe
distance.
Ed was congratulating himself on
the success of his plan when he discov-
cred that he was surrounded by fire.
The drift was heaped up all around
the trunk of the blasted tree, and this
was all ablaze before he knew it.
He dared not jump from the tree for
fear of landing in the midst of the fire.
His situation became more dangerous
every minute. The wolves seemed to
be deriding him now.
The smoke almost suffocated him.
while the heat from the flames was fast
becoming uncomfortable.
A new danger suddenly presented it
self. The dead branches of the tree
which Topped down to the drift were
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30

"The Mexicans are very peculiar
people," Mr.. Richard Cupples, an
American who has spent many years in
the ''land of God and liberty" recently
said. "While firm adherents to the
doctrine of personal vengeance they are
neither so cowardly nor so treacherous
as they have been painted. The low
cast Mexicans are mixture of Span
lard, Indian and negro and possess a
constitutional aversion to hard work.
Treat Mexican right and he will sac
rifce his life for you if need be. While
they often have m murderous fights among
themselves they can seldom be pre-
vailed npon to betray each other to the
police. A Mexican in my employ was
recently terribly slashed by fellow
countryman, but he protested with his
dying breath that he received his in
juries by falling off the railroad bridge.
Much has been said of the beauty of
senoritas, but very few Mexican wom-
en- are even passably good looking.
Some of those possessing much Spanish
blood have regular features and hand
some eyes, but they are old women at
thirty."-St. Louis Globe-De mocrat.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30
The Oldest Language.

Probably the oldest known specimens
of recorded language in the world to-
day are the inscriptions on the door
sockets and brick stamps found at Nif-
fer by the Babylonian exploration
pedition of the University of Penn
sylvania, which has recently re-
turned The brick stamps, which are
Of yellow clay, about four by five
inches and an inch in thickness, bear
the name and titles of King Sargon and
his son Narim-Sin, who lived about
$500 b. c., and they were taken from
the mound which covers the site of an
rient Nippuru, with its famous temple
of Baal The expedition also found
many other objects of interest, such as
clay tablets containing contracts, lists
Of goods, temple incomes, art frag-
ments and images sold by the temple
fal1irs. These throw much light on the
history of the people as opposed to that
Of the kings, and the work OF the ex-
pedition carries Babylonian records
back one thousand years to a time of
which practically nothing has hitherto
been known, The antiquities found
are now in the university museum
Detroit Free Press
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30
PuNeENr PARAGRAPHS.

1t is the man who loafn ..4e most who
wants the biggest wages. --Ram's Horn.
How She Did It.-IIob---"I don't see
how you can stand that fellow Billsing.
ton" Claire-"I can't! sit down on
him. Detroit Free Press.
-Brown-"By the way, is he still in
the land of the living?' Marritt-"I
can hardly say. The last time l heard
| of him he was in Philadelphia IN. Y.
| Sun.
--"Are you familiar with musical
terms?" asked the managers friend.
YES" replied the manager; "last
weeks salary or don't sing Wash
ington Star.
"A Nautical View. --Mamma--"Don't
you know that your father is the main
stay of the family?" Freddy-''Golly
amt he though! And the spanker, too"
Brooklyn Life.
The coalman's season may be the
winter, the summer an iceman's har-
vest, so that it's possible the millSman
finds his greatest profit in the spring
Philadelphia Times.
--Fiddlebaclk-"Wi did your sister
say anything about the suit had on
yesteYday?" Willie - Eyes. She told
ma that clothes didn't always make the
MANN. Y. Herald.
-Smith-"How old is that Miss Cice-
ly you are so sweet on?" BanlSs-"How
old? never asked her point blank; but
am sorry to say she hasn't got yet to
the age of consent.
No Ice Factories There.
-"Col. Jones dropped dead Just now in
his ice factory" Editor-"What pity
it is he can't take the factory with him!"
Weekly Journalist
--Conductor-''Wha has happened?
Why did you pull the bell cord?" Pas
senger-"My wife's hat fell out of the
window" Conductor-"And for such a
trifle you stop the train" Passenger
"Trifle? You ought to see my wife's
hat bill. "-Fliegende Batter
-"It seems to me that that young
Toney Knob in the drawing-room is
long time saying Goodnight The ca
BILE cars have already stopped" "He
can't go, papa. Sisters sitting on him."
Kansas City journal.
-Phillips-"Did you hear Jones had
been taking lessons in short hand?"
Sharp-"No! Does he attend business
college?" Phillips-"Not exactly. He
had private tutor-took lessons of
buzz-saw. Pharmaceutical Era.
Wanted Change. lat club
restaurant)- with your order,
sah?" City Sportsman (back from a
weeks fishing)-"Give me some fish; 1
am tired to death of other things."-
Demorests Magazine.
-Hunker Qate arrivaD-"Good even
ing, my dear Mrs Cumso. Sorry I'm
little late. Is Spatts here?" Mrs. Cum
so-"Yes; yonder he is. He has been
listening to Miss Chinner for half an
hour. wish you'd go and relieve him.
Pll send some one to take your place in
twenty minutes or So"
-"No, Johnny" said the Sunday
school teacher, linen do not salute each
other by kissing any more as they used
to in the Bible times. What would you
think if you saw one man come up to
another in the street and fall on his
neck and kiss him?' "Why" replied
the practical young American, "rd
think he wanted to borrow quarter"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30
HIS ORANGES.
Their Safety Was of More Consequences
Than His Own.

Their Safety Was of More Consequence
Than His Own.
1t happens now and then that per-
sons concerned in some terrible tragedy
persistently fix the mind on trivial
event quite unconnected with the great
fact. One of the wounded in a railway
disaster in New England several years
ago was chiefly occupied not with his
serious injuries, but with the fact that
he had in his possession book from a
circulating library, and that it ought to
be returned at once. The author of
''The American Siberia" tells the fol-
lowing story of one-armed convict in
the south, whose duty it was to couple
cars on the railroad:
One evening he was standing on the
end of the first fat car, pin in hand,
ready to make coupling when the en-
gine should approach closely enough
He was holding some oranges, and his
attention was somewhat divided be-
tween his duty and the safety of his
fruit.
The engine was not backing in, but
coming pilot first and when the coup.
ling bar struck the socket, the shock
threw the man off his feet. He fell be.
tween the two and before the engine
could be stopped it struck him, doubled
him together and ran over his body,
lifting the truck wheels quite off the
track.
There he was, wedged into a ball
sustaining the whole enormous weight,
and the pilot was canted over him at an
angle OF forty-1ive degrees.
The captain of the gang supposed the
man to be dead, and it was with no
hope of saving him that he, shouted TO
the convicts to pry up the engine at
once. They ran at the word. Beami
were thrust under, the gt-Ft mass OF
metal was raised by maiR force, and
the man was pulled out.
To the amazement of everyone. he
stretched himself, felt his limbs and
body, slowly regained his feet, and
said:
"Whar's my oranges?"-Yoath's Com
panion.
It's that clock right, over there?''
asked visitor the other day. Right
over there?" said the boy; "'taint no
where else. "-Drake's Magazine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30
CHINESE GORDON.
How His Unconquerable VIII Put Down ..
RebaIlion.

Rebellion.
Gen. Gordon was a man who knew
how to use the decisive moment, and re-
sort, if necessary, to the most extreme
measures in order to insure necessary
success.
When he was sent to aid in putting
down the Tapping rebellion in China,
he found the army of defence to be
curious body of soldiers. Every availa-
BILE man had been pressed into the serv-
ice, sailors without ship, deserters
from the enemy, jailbirds, pirates, out
laws, roughs and tramps of all nations
and characters. This was the self
christened ever Victorious Army"
When Gordon assumed the command,
he declared that there should be no
more sacl<ing and burning of towns, and
when, against his orders, a city had
been plundered, he removed the officer
who had condoned the offence, and re-
placed him by better man.
AT this the troops rebelled They held
a meeting, the result of which was a
round robin, stating that unless their
wishes were consulted there would be
trouble. And there aoas trouble, but not
ia the direction they had indicated.
The new commander in his turn called
d meeting, and the discontented leaders,
growing and swearing, assembled in
the barrack yard
"Now," said Gordon, appearing sud-
denly, 'fall in!"
They refused From that moment
they began to understand him. Quiet
and unassuming as he had been, in an
instant he rose before them the embodi-
ment of passion and unconquerable will,
"The name of the ringleaderl Quick"
he cried. ''Out with it, or within an hour
one man in every five of you shall be
shot!'
This was received with loud and
savage groan. One rutfian in the crowd
groaned little louder than his fellows,
and quick as flash of lightning Gordon
had him dragged from the ranks, and
ordered him to be shot. Within an hour
the rest of the valiant mutineers were
on their knees, rendering their submis-
sion and roaring for mercy.
In the fifteen following months he
had broken up the rebellion, saved mil
lions of money, and preserved countless
men and women from torture and death.
He had actually saved a mighty empire
and throne, and, more than that, he had
won the love and absolute trust of his ex-
traordinary army Youths Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30
PortrnIts of Columhna.

Genoa is rich in the relics of Columbus.
In the city hall of Genoa is mosaic por-
trait of the admiral. somewhat modified
from the De Bry's Cl lumbus. No one has
as yet decided which is the authentic
portion Of Columbus, and perhaps we
have created one. If the Duke of Vera
qua is to be credited, the Yanez picture
is the oldest Spanish portrait of Colum-
bus. 1t was discovered in Granada in
1903, and when cleaned, showed letter
ing declaring it to be picture of CO.
lumbus. Giulio Romano's pictures Of
Columbus and Vespucci, in two medal
lions belonging to the Genoese munich
pality, are among it's choicest treasures.
The head of Columbus follows somewhat
the method of the painter. The bust OF
Columbus is taken from one in terra
Gotta modelled by the sculptor Bozzano.
1t is closer to the latter-day conventional
type of Columbus. -Harper's Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30

taking fire. Very soon the tree in which
he had thought himself so safe would
be wrapped in flames.
What would he do? He tried to shift
his position, to think of some means of
escape. He felt numb and stupefed.
He could neither think nor move.
He felt as if he was floating away on
a sea of flames when new sound
aroused him.
1t was several ringing reports from a
gun, which sent the wolves scampering
off in wild alarm across the prairie.
The next moment he recognized
through the smoke his fathers form
as he hurried toward him.
Catching up strong pole from the
drift, Trapper Wheeler pushed the
loose burning brush from one side of
the tree.
A moment later Ed, half unconscious
and nearly strangled with smoke, was
rescued from his perilous position.
AID. H. GIBSON.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30
BE PATIENT WITH THE LIVING.

Sweet friend, when thou and art gone
Beyond earth's weary labor
When shall be our need Of grace
From comrade OF from neiRhbor;
Passed oil the strife, the toll, the care
And done with eli the signing
What tender truth shall we have gained,
Alas by simply dyingH
Then lips too chary OF the praise
viii tell our merits over,
And eyes too swift our faults TO see
Shall no defect discover;
Then hands that would not lift stone
When stones were thick 10 cumber
Our steep hill path will scatter flowers
Above our pillowed slumber.
Sweet friend, perchance both you and 1,
Ere love is past forgiving,
Should take the earnest lesson home
BE patient with the living
To-day's repressed rebuke may save
Our binding tears tomorrow;
Then, patience, cen when keenest edge
May whet nameless sorrow.
'T'is easy to be gentle when
Death silence shames our clamor,
And easy to discern the best
Through memory's mystic glamour,
But wise it were for thee and me,
Ere love is past forgiving
To take the tender lesson home
Be patient with the living.
Good Cheer
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30
-Grammar In 81, Louis.-Mo

Grammar in st. Louis.-Mother--
"What have you been at, Daisy?"
Daisy-'I amt been doin' nothin',
maw." Mother-"How often have 1
told you to sound your i-n-g-s2 4 amt
been doing nothing is what you should
have said. ."-BroolSly yn Eagle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30

Little Boy with swollen face)-O,
dear! wish l was grandpa, or else the
baby.
Mother-Why?
Little Boy-Grandpa's teeth is all
gone and baby's hasn't come yet.-Good
News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30

Mrs. Ward-"You accuse young
Blank of being sentimental, yet 1
imagine he's fully abreast of the tim es- +"
Miss Ward-''That he is, mamma He
was talking to me last evening about
love in a fat, Kate Fields Washing
ton.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30
The Presumption stronr.

Johnny is it that's in the parlorP
Willie with his ear at the keyhole)
i think it's the college professor.
Mammals voice has got its Boston stop
pulled wide Chicago Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30
Her Essay.

Friend-There was good deal of fine
thought contained in your graduation
essay, Emily.
Graduate--I'm glad you liked it. /
was terribly annoyed yesterday. You
see, didn't get it until late last night
from the dressmaker's. r's.--Judge.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30

"A gold coin depreciates five per cent
Of value in sixteen years Of constant use.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30

--''Is that clock right, over there?"
asked visitor the other day. Right
over there?" said the boy; "'taint no
where else. ."-Drake's Magazine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30

Y 1856 q trap
per's little, dim
gy cabin stood
on an isolated
huff nverlnnk-
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-11-26
The Metals.

Among the most important aud we'll
known metals are tin, copper, mercury,
iron, nickel, zinc. lead, silver aui gold.
Iron was known many centules ago ana
during the ''iron age SILVER and 2o!'l
sre taken ia the rarer metals. WHAT il
a metali some one asks A metal Is an
element which possesses peculiar instre,
known :. metallic lustre. the higher OK
ides of which are acid-torming com
pounds.
Some of the metals are barely known
to exist as Irldium, tungsten, palladium,
etc.
A. person unscouainted with pure iron
would scarcely think it to be nearly 4
silver-white metal the "lron Age
marked the latest advancement OF the
primeval people. Extensive sme;tin,
works were erected. and ivo furnace,
were discovered by NJ. Q'squerez in n
Btrness Jnra.
Platinum, Deing one of the Tare'
metals, was discovered several c"n'lrie'
ago. bu, was not utilized until lately.
Iridium is the expensive metal ana &c.
ours usually with platinum AMI o'mihm.
The alloys Of csnurn and iridium arc
used great 'ieal in tipping gold pens
The metals arc div;:-t into i've groups.
The acid employed in the frat and sec
ond group Is hydroeaiorsc; the 'h''t
group are soluble IN dilute acids -
fourth ia water, acids anil alkalie', an |
the fifth are soluble in the ar. -OetFo-
Free pfess.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-11-26

1t will be remembered, recalls the
Boston Transcript, that when Jumbo
was originally taken from the L)alon
Geological Garlen he displayed great
une' lilngaess to leave his companion,
Alice. Tears figured in the episode, AMI
great compassion was excited by the evl.
dcnce Of The elephants affection A Mr.
Gaylord, who was with Blrnum when
Jumbo was bought, SAYS it was all ar.
gargcl; that Scott, the keeper, who
came over with Jumbo, name lvrel the
elephant in way to give the desired
elec, Of feeling. When it was time for
him 10 leave and his car was really, he
got the order to lie (lowr, and down he
went, ana the popnlacc weot at the
thou ,ht Of the elephants auhappiness.
Whcn he was told to con" away he
CImp
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-11-26

The writer Of n wonderful article
which recently appeared in Sc.ibnor's,
regarding the extinction Of thc buffalo -
very freely, and, according TO the Amer
!can Dllrymln, properly criticised in Al
editorial paragraph in the Northwes.
Magazine. The point is ma lie that tho
buffalo was ~ almost worthless animal,
and that sports.ncn who care nothing for
him except to kill him, are the only
people ntcrcstcl in his prcscrvAtion 1t
Is a!so very truly rcmarle that the grass
formerly needed to support q buffalo now
supports steer, and that the change
from millions OF bulfaloes to millions of
cattle shows a marked advance in the
civilization Of the great region over
which the Wild animals formerly roamel
a viii. -.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-11-26
Lifting the Hat.

The custom OF lifting the na. hal -
origin dufia. the age Of caivairy, when
j. was customary for knights never - ap-
pear IN public excep. 10 full arnor. /.
became custom. however, for kaighs.
uooa entering "a assembly Of friends,
70 re more his helmet. signifEiaS, II an
safe in the presence o. trienIs."
Tae age OF caivaisg passei sxsI VITA
the fifteenth century, bu. among tie
many acts G. courtesy which can be
trzcei back % ..s influence none ar
more direc. in IS origin than TIA. o. lift
.. : .r.end Detroit Free Press.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-11-26

Emperor Alexander, Of Russia. ha,
just freed the Kalmncks of Astrakhan
from serfdom. These rowing people are
Buidhists, explains the Brooklyn Citi-
zen, anl they number $4,000 souls.
When the other Russian scrfs were freed,
in 1861, the kalmucks were not per
mlttcd to enjoy the results Of that refor-
nation, for it was thought that 50 wild
speoplc would abuse their privileges.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-11-26
ssAn wanted was chance" Milo
York says.-The Ledger.


II the linfless cotton plant has nal,
great fortunes or eonques. We have no
heard of it. Still vegetable oils 10
culinary purposes are more and mort
coming to the front. Kansas il %callcd
the SunHower State. The seeds fron sun.
flowers yield "a pare, sweet oil, AMI a
large product at that per acre. TIE plant
will thrive on almost ans soil II could
be grown in drills or in hills, two o,
three plants TO the hill and cultivated
like corn. On rich land each plant viii
bear two or three flowers and yield frou
200 to 1000 seeds TO the flower. Their.
are number of varieties also, some bear.
ing flowers as large as peck measur,
in diameter. There will be chance FOX
an inventor to produce machine which
will free aud clean the seeaso Suppos.
edly any press used for liaseedsor castor
beans will express the oil. aud mani
pulation like that used for refining cot,
tonseed oil and making it equal to olive
oil would also refine the seeds, or rather
oil from the sunhower seeds.
There is great desire IN many house
holds for a substitute for hogs lard. L
must be sweet and odorless to supersei:
lard or butter. Some people have ar ldc'
that almost any kind of butter, rancid
and stale, could be used by bakers o1
confec.ioners. There never was greater
mistake. 1t does not require the mos
educated taste or the keenest sense o
smell to discover the fact when stale o
rancid butter has been used IN the prep,
aration Of cake, tar: or pie.
The oil from rape seed, which grow
two blooms like turnip plant, is com
monty used in the north of Europ, il
baking potato pancakes for instance
When this is put into the pan aad be
comes heated to a certain degree all tn
unpleasant odors escape in minute, an
after that the butter is mixed with th'
oil in the pan aud the product is as ire
from taint as if the purust lard had beer
used.
There are plenty and good salad olive
oils now in the market, including th'
psuedo, cotton, olive oil WHOLESOME
and of fairly good flavor, bat of sucl
oils as could be used for other culinar,
purposes, especially baking, there ar
scarce any, and in due time perhaps sun
flower oils will fill the place.-St. Loui
Republic.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-11-26
A French paper tells O. new process

/. A French paper tells o. a new process
Of tanning by electricity, which, it says,
is being used on the sklls of stray dogs
gathered into the Paris pound, The
electric system. it is alleged, transforms
the skin into leather in three or four
days, against the six or eight mouths
required in the ordinary way. It is
chiefly used for ladies' liuc shoes, and is
notable for soft and delicate qualities.