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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-17
THE CURSE OF GOLD.
Apparent FuIHIlmens of Strange supe
stition.

Apparent Fulhllmens of n Strange Super
stition.
The goldseellers of both America and
Australia have a singular but we'll
grounded superstition that the discov-
erers of hidden treasures are sure to
meet with violent deaths. The original
proprietors of between thirty-fve and
forty of the most prosperous gold and
silver mines in this country are known
to have come to just such ends. Out of
the forty or less twelve were shot or
stabbed to death in saloon and other
broils; five committed suicide; three
were engulfed by landslides; five turned
murderers or robbers and were caught
and executed in various ways; one fell
into boiling spring and had the flesh
literally stewed from his bones, while
the others disappeared and no one
knows what ever became of them.
George II. Fryer, once the millionaire
proprietor OF the Fryer Hill mine,''
committed suicide in Denver after
spending the last nickel between him
self and starvation. The discoverer of
the great Standard mine California;
was caught and swallowed up in an
avalanche; Col. Story was killed
by Indians; William Fairweather of
the famous ALDER Gulch mine" died
with the ''frenzied horrors" after a con-
tinuous two-years' debauch. Farrell
of Meadow Lake" died with terrible
disease in san Francisco hospital.
The owner of that great mine, the
"Hamestake," became highwayman
and was shot while robbing a stage
coach. John Homer tried the same route
that Fryer went "Doughnut Bill,
"Ninemile Clarke" "Old Eureka" and
many Others were killed in saloons.
Plummer, known as Montana" the
discoverer of the richest mine in the
world, and at one time sheriff of the
largest county in the United States, -
was finally hanged on his own scatfold.
st Louis Republic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-17
STRANGE APPLICATIONS.
Peculiar Wants of People Who Visit the
Bureau of Information.

Peculiar Wants of People Who Visit the
Bureau of Information.
The Salvation Army has in London a
bureau of information where ladies
may obtain servants and those in need
OF employment find work. 1t has been
Extraordinarily successful, During the
first year thirteen hundred employers
found servants, and thousand girls
applied for work.
Strange applications come to the Of
fee. One lady recommended her de-
parting servant as "clean, tidy, honest,
sober, truthful and good worker"
Wondering why maid and mistress
should part under these conditions, the
bureau found that terribly bad tenn
per was the cause of separation.
But, strangely enough" said the
chief, ''it happened that lady had
just applied to us for servant with a
bad temper, believing that such girls
make the cleanest handmaids. So we
are able to meet every requirement
Some of the wants sent to the bureau
are of a peculiar nature and oddly ex-
pressed.
'Kindly send me girl who is veg
etarian," writes one lady, ''or who is
willing to become one"
"a red-hot Christian, but not too
old"
mot taller than five feet two. A girl
who does not talk loud. She must not
sing or laugh loud"
Neither are the servants who apply
easy to please.
Get me place with two quiet, sl-
derly people," says one. 81 like to he
alone"
II am a good singer and good
speaker, and want good place."
writes another.
Il have had good education, and
can play the piano"
please get my daughter place, as
she is unmanageable at home and has
an awful temper" asks fond and
| candid parent.-Youths Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-17
Queen yictoria,s FayorIte SCUM,

One cup of chopped chicken meat one
pint of strong chicken broth, one cup of
sweet cream, one-haf cup of cracker OF
bread crumbs, three yollSs of eggs, one
teaspoon of salt one-half saltspoon of
pepper. The chickens may be obtained
from what remains of roast, in which
case the bones, skin, tendons and all
the scraps should be boiled for the
broth. 1t is better, however, to use a
fowl cooked purposely, as the broth is
of finer flavor: Put the cracker crumbs
10 soak in little of the cream; break
the eggs, separate the yollzs from the
whites and carefully drop the yolls
into hot water; boil them until they are
hard. Chop the chicken in a choppinR
tray until it is as fine as meal, previous
1y having removed everything except
the clear meat; then add the soaked
cracker, the yollSs of the eggs, which
should be pressed through coarse
wire strainer, the salt, pepper, cream
and broth; strain through a colander
pressing through all OF the meat; pouI
into double boiler and cook for ten
minutes. This is delicious soup
Iowa State Register.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-17

months Oh, where -where shall
and anything to take it's placer"
And Henri, lneeling before the pic
ture, spread out his hands in supplica-
tion. Sophie knelt beside him, and
gently passing one arm over his shoul-
der whispered softly to him, as II they
already knelt before the altar:
Here, Henri, here ami have you
not me? Did you not paint that picture
to marry me? and now it's done, are we
not to be married, and you are to have
me always?"
She paused Henri slowly looked
around and gazed long and steadily,
with blank. searching look, into her
| sweet, pale face. Then he turned to-
wnrd the "Lilac Witch" shuddered
and sorrowfully shook his head. He
noticed that in spot near the edge Of
the canvas the varnish had worn a lit
tie rough. He got up from his knees,
and pushing aside curtain, went into
side room to get pot of varnish.
Sophie remained motionless, Sneel-
ing before the picture, her bosom heav-
ing, her eyes flashing, her hands clutch
ing convulsively at her dress. She re-
peated his last words: "Where shall l
find anything to take it's place?"
Jealousy, cruel as the grave, jeal-
ousy of her own idealized self, jealousy
of the image of her own person re-
flected in the artists imagination, was
taking hold of her. Oh, how she hated
the picture that had stolen her only
| possession! had cheated her of Henris
love. She arose and looked savagely at
the lovely "Lilac Witch" Then, glanc-
ing wildly around the room for a
weapon, she spied on little table
| lIenri's mixing knife. 1t was of steel
and quite sharp. She ran to it, seized
it, and then coming up so close that
her hot breath made the canvas moist,
/ she hissed:
There, You thief, you"--and with a
few strokes of the knife she cut and
slashed the lovely face and tore out the
gray eyes, and hacked the poor head
and bosom into shreds. Then, throw
ing back her head, she stood upright,
| painting and trembling, before her dis
figured rival.
At that second it seemed as if the
scornful, pitying, triumphant look of
the Lilac Witch had passed to her own
| face.
Just then came rustic at the curtain
and a rattle at the door. Henri slipped
in quietly from the inner room, and
Sophie's father came bursting in from
the hall. The two men anne forward
and greeted one another cordially; then
they turned toward Sophie and the
picture.
With sharp cry Henri bounded for
ward, and, pressing his forehead against
the mutila ted painting, cried like a
child.
Sophie looked wildly about, and
staggered toward her father. He rough
| ly led her to a chair. Then, pulling
his hat down over his ears, he said
hoarsely, half aloud:
81 must go and find Jean Bertrand"
Charles w. Shope, in Harvard A6vo.
cate.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-17
"I LOVE The WOODS"

love the woods. tf
'oh, give me but that crag Of rock $500
On which TO build my simple cot
And I'll not ask for palaces.
Nor murmur at my lonely lot.
q do not pAed tho siiken garb,
The cushioned couch, or seasoned foodi
4 do not need the tongue OF men
To voice the word that Life is good"
do not need the amber scent
The honeyed smile and tutored song,
Or crowd of glittering sycophants
That In the halls of Croesus throng
love the woods
When DER the distant line OF hills
The rosy morning peeps its head,
And stars that through the night have
watched,
Now quench their light and go TO bed,
rise from couch of perfumed pine
And seek the purling brook that flows
Between its fringe Of velvet moss,
Where tiny turquoise blossom blows
need no marble fountain rare and.
To purify and lave and clean,
And when | say my grateful prayer,
'Tis in His mighty dome Of green.
love the woods
Ny silent friend, my faithful dog,
The horse that hastens to my call,
The birds that sing above my head
They constitute my all IN oil.
i breathe the forests filtered air,
The breeze that coos the mountain brow,
The snow-clad SUBMITS atmosphere,
And praise the Lord I'm living nowl
love the woods.
Richard Mansfield, in Harper's Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-17
MuGSEY'S DIP.
He and "De Gang" Cool or and Say Ac-
cidents VIII Happen"

He and DE Gang" Cool Off and Say I" Ac-
cidents VIII Happen"
Every newsboy on Park row knows
where the Battery bath is, and every
newsboy on Park row prefers a stealthy
dip in the City Hall park fountain to the
best free bath in the city. This is be-
cause bathing in the fountain is forbid
den, and to the delight of the cold
plunge is added the excitement of dodg-
ing park policeman.
"An' say said Mugsey, ''if a man
falls over in de fountain, an he can't
help hisself, what can a sparrer cop do,
anyhow? A man amt to blame for his
accerdunts, is hep" r.uett
That was the way in which Mugsey's
gang took dip every two hours the
other day and escaped arrest. Mugsey's
face, with the exception of his eyes, is
nothing to speak of. His features look
as though they had been worn out by
several other people before they be-
came Mugsey's property. His eyes,
however, are new and very bright At
6 o'clock yesterday morning Mugsey
and ''de gang sneaked dip on de
sparrer cop" but that was no great feat
The park policeman didn't even see
them. Probably not one of ''de gang"
is more than twelve years old. One dip
doesn't last long with them. When a
fellow wears only cotton shirt and
knicker-bocker it doesn't take him
long to dry out. Mugsey's ''accerdunt"
scheme was worked later in the day in
this fashion: ''De gang" numbering
five, sat on the edge of the fountain,
with their backs toward the water and
their eyes on the policeman. When the
'sparrer cop" reached the other side Of
the park Mugsey lost his balance and
tumbled over backward into the foun-
tain. The Others in their efforts to
rescue him also fell into the fountain.
When the policeman returned to the
fountain he found five boys with wet
clothes standing near it and telling
about "Mugsey's accerdunt."
Mugsey lost his balance again at
o'clock yesterday afternoon, just as his
clothes had been nicely dried by the
sun. 'De gang" didn't desert him, and
they got him ont before the policeman
arrived and took him for run around
the block to dry his clothes Fully one
hundred people saw Mugsey's "accer-
dunt" and enyied him his cold bath.
ode gang" took its last dip at S o'clock
and justas they were swimming around
in great style friend on the outskirts
of the crowd that watched them yelled,
''Cheese it, Mugs! Here's de cop" Five
very wet boys hustled out of the foun-
tain and ran out of the park
"Accerdunts will happen" remarked
Mugsey, IAN man amt to blame if
they does, That's me every time IN.
Y Sun
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-17

The blouse of flexible washing-silk is
preferred by the majority of women to
the stiffiy y-starched, shield-fronted
"Vassar" shirt-waist. The former has
no obstinate button holes therefore,
and is devoid of the garrote-like collars,
which, in torrid weather (even in the
hands of their original masculine own
ers, who have failed to become perfect
in the art of buttoning them, notwith.
standing years of practice), are instru.
ments of torture. The easy turn-down
collar, Byronic in style, is the only one
suitable for a blouse waist, as the soft
fabrics usually composing them are not
adapted for the ''chol1er,"-N. Y. Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-17

The late Leopold de Mayer, of Dres-
den, brilliant and popular pianist in
his day, was once summoned to play be-
fore the sultan at Constantinople. Co
ing thither he borrowed grand piano
from one of the Austrian secretaries of
legation, and had it set up in a large re-
ception room at the palace. There he
awaited the coming of the sultan; but
when that intelligent monarch entered
the room, he started back in alarm and
demanded of his attendants what that
monster was standing there on three
legs. Explanations followed, but were
in vain. The legs had to be taken off,
and the body. of the instrument laid fat
on the floor; and Leopold de Meyer,
squatting cross-legged on mat went
through his programme as best he could
in that awkward attitude and without
pedals. But the commander of the faith.
ful was delighted, and when the last
piece was played gave the artist over
$4,000 as "backsheesh. ."--Boston HeralA
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-17
puNoeNr PARAGRAPHS.

"A sure way to find an old friend Ia
60 order spring chicken Mt n rtstau'
rant. -Binghamton Repu blican.
--Conundrum submitted for the Posts
gold eagle prize--What makes coach
dog spotted? The spots Boston Post.
If some folks could get the job of
making spectacles for their neiphbors, It
wouldn't be long until everybody would
be blind. d.--Ram's Horn.
You never saw so many flies on the
fly paper anywhere else ms on the sam
pie sheet exposed in the drug store win
dow.--Yonlsers Gazette.
-Teacher-"Tommy Figg, what is
the meaning of 'truculent?'" Tommy
cts when man talks sassy, like
truck driver"
Love laughs at loclesmiths, but love
Is not so hilarious when the grocers
come around with their little bills-N.
Y. Herald.
Mrs B-"Here's an account Of a
man who loses his fortune and then his
wife" Mrs. B.-'Yes, there's silver
lining to every cloud. Jester.
Mrs Brown--''What makes you
think Johnnie hurt himself when he
turned that somersault?" Brown-"Be-
cause he didn't do it over again. IN
Y. Sun.
Mistaken for Blush. = Young
Groley--"That girl bushes every time
she looks at me- deah boy" Jimpson-
mo blush, my boy, only reflection
from your nose. Yankee Blade.
One Way to Save,-Plug-"Do you
want to know how to save s5?" Sing
''You bet 1 do.' Plug--"Send me ten
and I'll give half of it back to you in
five minutes. Detroit Free Press.
-"Why did you preach on constancy
this morning?' asked the parsons wife.
'Because," was the answer, sit makes
me sad to think of the fees lost in sum-
mer engagements. IN. Y Herald.
She was from Boston. She re-
marked proudly: ''No member of my
family was ever known to break his
word" No" replied her husband,
although some of the words were big
enough to stand breaking several
times. Washington Star.
-"How do you get along with your
bicycle?' WELL" replied the truthful
young man, sometimes one way and
dHOthSI. toOIlCbllhOS bhp
bicycle rides me and once in while L
ride the bicycle. Washington Star.
Mrs. Jones-"Husband the children
have been invited to parties at different
places, on the 18th, the 18th, the 18th
and the 18th. Shall 1 write accept
ances?" Mr.. Jones-"Yes, and you'd
better write to DIR. Snooks while you
are about it, asking him to call on the
18th, the 14th, the 10th and the 10th"
"A farmer caught four or five boys
in his peach trees He did not punish
them, but said: ''You ought to be
ashamed of yourselves, particularly the
big boys. Which of you boys here is
the oldest?" "He amt here at all, sir"
"He didn't know that we were coming"
said one of the youngsters.
First Merchant-''Ive got a jewel
of an Office boy" Second Merchant
"Keeps everything neat about you and
gets rid of unpleasant callers" First
Merchant-"No, not that. He hasn't a
relative in the world" Second Mer
chant-"How does that make him a
jewel?" First Merchant-"Why, he
can't ask an afternoon off durin the
baseball season to go to his grand
mothers funeral, don't you see?"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-17

There is splendid echo in this wood,
Herr Lehman. 1t repeats your call
four times, and after long interval,
toor'
There's nothing in that, mein frau
iein. When go to bed at nights at my
villa in the Grunewald shout into the
wood, 'Willen, wake upp and the echo
wakens me at five prompt the nexi
morning. "-Tagliche Rundshau-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-17
BRIGHT BITS.

BAcKwooDs SUBscRIBER-We want ter git a
look at the editor. Wher bouts is hey
ONCE Boy-That's him sleepin' with his feet
on the desk.
''THATs such big tooth, too. should think
you would hate to lose it."
Yes. 1t will cost me pang to part with IL "
Chicago Tribune.
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER (sadIy)-rm afraid.
Johnny, that will never meet you In heaven.
Johnny-Whyf What have you been doing
nowS-Harper's Bdzdr.
st AM welded to art, =" said Parlev.
well Ell, said CEticus, gazing at Parley's pict-
deserted you."-Brooklyn Life.
why do you go to concert if you don't care
ITO amuse myself You have no idea how
happy feel when it's over."-FLie0ende Bldt-
ter.
Nor ALARMED. Miss addicted to
PoetryJ-O, I'm just in love with Edgar Allan
Practical Adorer-WeTl, that's all right. He's
dead.-Neio York Weekly
WooIr-This electric execution law must be a
great disappointment to certain class Of
men.
Van Pelt-What class?
Wool-Those who were born to be hanged
Neo YOrk Herald.
JEssfE-What pretty face Kitty has but
little sorrowful, don't you thinkY
Ned-fes; that sad expression is her strong
hold, no man ever sees it without feeling a
fierce desire to spend the rest of kis life Ia max
ing her happy. Puck
"HE is a very sick man"
"Yes, but the fact that he hangs on so LONG ia
favorable to his recovery"
Il think the contrary, He grows weaker
every day, and the longer he lives the greater
chance there is of his dying. "-NeD York Press
Mus. SPoTcAsH (entering her husband 8 count
ing room in great agltation)-O, William Who
is that rough-ooking man Just outside your
door with queer valise in his hand? Is he's
he one Of those terrible dynamite cranks?
Mr. Spotcasn tpale as a Sheet)-Worse Caro-
linei He's plumber !-Chfc00o Tribune.
TEACHER-Now Mamie, tell me how MANY
bones you have in your body.
Mamie-Two hundred and eight
Teacher-Wrong; you have only two hundred
and seven.
Mamie ttriumphantly)-Yes but swallowed
fish bone at breakfast this morning.-Harp-
er'S Bdsdr.
DON'T you," said the earnest young woman
sometimes have thoughts that are beyond
your powers Of expression?'
"Xa'aS; fwequently have thoughts that aha
verwy hah'd to expwess; and the worst of IL js
that when get them expressed l cawn't helm
wonderwing why went to all that uwouble e
Washington Star.
WHAT are you doing In my housey asked n
man who surprised burglar in his unlawful
work.
Your house!" exclaimed the burglar. as he
commenced once more to put silver spoons in
his pocket You seem to imagine that dom
know the title TO this property is in your wife's
mama ~ RrOOkllfu Life ~ =
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-17
The Naval Stores Market.

The naval stores market is suffering from
the same cause as the cotton market, namely:
reproduction. The prices for spirits
aud rosin are lower than they have been
for many years. and the outlook for better
prices is not promising. Domestic and
foreign markets have ample stocks, and Of
the crop of the present season there will be
pretty heavy surplus to be carried over to
next year.
The crops of 1890 and 1891 were unusu>
ally large and the indications are that the
crop of 1892 will be fully as large as that of
1891. Indeed, according to the reports from
the naval stores operators. as many boxes
have been cut this year as there were during
the corresponding period of last year.
Those interested In the naval stores indus
try feel that something should be done 60
lessen production and also the cost of pro-
duction. As long as the supply exceeds, or
Is fully up to, the demand there will be lit
tie if any advance in prices. 1t is about as
difficult. however. to get naval stores
operators to cut fewer boxes as
it is to get farmers TO plant
a less number Of acres in cotton. Each one
thinks that the low prices will influence
others 60 cut less number of boxes. thus
reducing production. and that. therefore. it
will be advisable for him to increase bis pro-
duction and get the benefit of the higher
prices. which he thinks will prevail be-
cause of the expected decrease In the supply.
As a consequences the production is greater
than ever.
There isn't much use IN advising either
naval stores operators or cotton planters to
reduce the am cunt Of their products. They
will not take the advice. The only thing
that will bring about reduction Of the sup
ply is the falling Of prices below the profit
line. Manufacturing naval stores or grow
ing cotton for two or three years at loss
will have more effect in reducing produc-
ton than ell the advice that 1t is possible to
give
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-17
PERSONAL

REV. DR. THEODORE l. CUYLKR OF Brooklyn
has passed his 10th birthday
/ SluRAT HALsrEAD viii sail from England for
/ New York by the Majestic Jan. 20.
THE COUNTESS D'EU Will shortly bring out the
photographed memoirs Of her father, the
late Dom Pedro.
The DEAFNESS OF the Princess OF Wales and
her sister. the Czarina OF Russia, was inherited
from their mother. the Queen Of Denmark
II IS SAID down on the Rio Grande that Cara
obtains the sinews Of war through the bishop Of
Monterey, relative of his father-in law. Con
zAles. who is a rich ranchman.
NILE DE Ia Rance, better known by her
nom de plume Of ''Ouida,'' is en- the point Of
leaving the beautiful palace in Florence in
which she has now passed several years.
LADY DUDLEY. who is still being feted and
dined and wined as bride, has fa7orite cos
tune OF white sAtin profusely trimmed with
pearls. This she wears with supberb diamond
tiara.
A SON Of the poet Longfenow Is of the firm
LongfeIow, Alden & Harlow, that is 10 build
the Carnegie library, museum and art gallery
tects.
Gov. RUSSELL of Massachusetts, is now IS
years old. and qualified by the constitution to
accept presidential nomination II his party
wish TO present IL to him within the next twenty
five years
DR.. KATE MITCHELL, the English temperance
worker, who is now visiting America, says she
thinks the time is not far distant when the
women or England will be granted the right Of
free suffrage
ANOTHER WOMAN has started on tour.around
the world. This time it is a French woman.
Mile. Elise st. Omer, who, although 60 years of
age intends to begin her journey by way of
the southern hemisphere.
ONE of the confederate soldiers who crossed
over into Mexico at the conclusion of the civil
war was Gen. H. NJ. Greenwood or Louisiana.
He IS now engaged in business In the City OF
mexico, where he has accumulated fortune.
LADY SANDHURsr, who died in England Fri.
day, was leader ln the womans rights move
ment In England. She was elected to the Lon
uon county council three years ago, although
th 1 courts held afterward held that she was in
eligible on account OF her sex
WILLIAM z. MAcMAsrER's celebrated portrait
OF James Buchanan, which was painted at
Wheatiand in 1866. has been sold by Mrs. Mac
master TO the Presidents brother Dr. E. Y
buchanan or Philadelphia. The purchaser ia
the only surviving member of the family AMI
is now more than so years old. He was form
erly rector OF st. DaVld's church, and retired
in 1883.
THE Baroness Burdett- Ooutts has not only
been conspicuous for setting the fashion among
her country women against the use of birds and
olrd plumage for the adornment of millinery,
etc, ut she has successfully promoted the
manufacture OF artificial birds for the purpose.
new industry that gives employment to sew
eral hundred girls and women in Paris,