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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
BIG FIRE AT PULLMAN.
The Famous Car Company's Lumber
Yards Destroyed - Loss Estimated nj
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The Famous Car COmpany's Lumber
Yards Destroyed = Loss Estimated ut
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CHICAGO, Sept. 13.-Over one-half of
the great Pullman lumber yards was
turned into ashes inside of an hour
Monday night. The flames started in
the southeast corner of the yards from
an overheated steampipe in a dry kiln.
At 2 o'clock a. m. the flames
had burned the district from
One Hundred and Eighth to One
Hundred and Eleventh streets and
from Stevens street to Lake Calu.
met 1t was thought almost to that
hour that the fire was under control,
but IL few minutes before 2 an addition
al call for help reached Chief Swenie
and he dispatched special train with
four steamers which had been standing
in the Illinois Central yards for over
an hour waiting for the signal to move.
This was taken as an indication
that the blaze was again spreading,
threatening the immense repair and
car shops
At o'clock the fire was reported
under control. The loss is estimated
at $3.50. 200; insured. The engines were
sent from Chicago in case the water ir
the tower should give out
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
SENATOR LINDSAY.
Tho Kentucky Orator Advocates tho Re
peal of the Sherman Law.

In0 AentuCky orator AdvOCate0 tho ho
peal of the Sherman Law.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-When the
senate met Friday morning considera.
ton of the repeal bill was resumed.
Mr.. Lindsay (dem), of Kentucky, ad.
dressed the senate thereon.
Senator Lindsay delivered speech
in support Of repeal. In beginning his
speech Mr.. Lindsay called attention to
the fact that the bill now under con.
sideration contains not a word looking
to the discontinuance Of silver coinage
under existing laws and that it leaves
unimpaired the provisions of the act of
1890 for the coinage of silver in the fu-
ture, if any such there be.
He quoted from the speech of Senator
Vance in which that senator said if the
democratic party should pass this bill
it would constitute itself the legitimate
success Of the republican party, and
said the gravity of this charge against
the executive and the democratic sena-
tors who are supporting the bill could
not be overlooked. He did not think
Mr.. Vance's conclusion fair deduction
from the facts. He would like to know
| when and where the democratic
party had committed itself to the
purchase and storing of silver bullion
in ord .r to protect and encourage the
mining industries in the silver produc-
ing states. Nor had the democratic
party any part in the enactment of the
Sherman law. 1t has been constantly
denounced by the democrats as a pro.
duct OF political intrigue whereby
the republicans of the silver producing
states We're induced to abandon the
cause of silver coinage, accept mar.
ket for their silver bullion and assist
in the enactment of the Mckinley tariff
| 1ou
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
TEXAS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.
Enormous Extent of Territory Within Its
Borders.


Borders.
The fat boy in the museum remarked
one day that proportions such as his
had their great disadvantages. This
statement of profound truth, based
upon personal experience, seems to
apply very we'll to the state of Texas
There are disadvantages in bigness.
This fact will impress any one who
reads the important report recently:
prepared by Gen. Adolphus w. Greely,
chief signal officer on The Climatic
Conditions of Texas" The geogra-
phies, as a rule, do not help one to ac-,
quire correct notions of the size of
Texas. The state is so large that few
atlas sheets show it on the same scale.
as other states, except on the general
map of the country. Studying Ala.
bama on one map sheet and Texas on
another, the atten ton of the student
is seldom called to the fact that Texas
is shown on a much smaller scale than.
Alabama, and very likely he leaves.
school with quite erroneous notions Of
the size of Texas as compared with,
| Alabama and other states. Gen. Greedy
gives some striking facts which convey
1 h iAioAC asCiuaIS iASa "a eiiS ShOhAhObo
area of Texas than many people enter,
tain.
Although Texas belongs to the drain.
age basin of the Atlantic, its extreme
western part in Ell Paso county is about
two hundred miles. nearer to Pacific.
waters than to the Gulf of Mexico. A
part Of the panhandle is nearer to the
Great Salt lake of Utah than to the
Gulf of Mexico. Fourteen of the two
hundred and twenty-eight counties are
larger than the state of Delaware. The
distance from Ell Paso to the eastern
boundary of the state is as great as
that from New York City to Chicago.
The northwest corner of the pan-han-
die is as far from the southern bound
ary at Brownsville as Chicago is from
Mobile. While the extreme northern
part of Texas is in about the same lati-
tude as Norfolk, the most, southern
part of the state is scarcely one hun
dred miles north of Key West. Texas
is one of our great seaboardl states,
only California and Florida exceeding
it in length of sea coast; AMI yet there
are large regions that are further from
the sea than many of our political di-
visions in the interior, such as Idaho,
Nevada, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Ohio-N. Y Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
pUNoENr rARAoHAPHSs

Not at cs.--Tracer--"Do yod
suppose that the editors OF comic
papers ever smile?' Spacer--''O, yes
when they are not worling.'-vogue.
--He-"Can do anything to break
you Of saying sarcastic things?" She
YES" He-'What?" She-"Keep
out of my sighs"-N. Y. World.
--He-"Dearcst, can you keep 20
cretp-' She-"Of course cas-. Neither
you nor anybody else knows my age"
IN. Y. Press.
Solomon was esteemed wise mar
in his day; but then in SoIomon's day
no one had ever sccaa Harvard sopho.
| more.--TeSas SiftinJs,
"A heavy Isustache wason her fip,
But II didn't dishgure her "phfx'
| In the eyes OF her lover, 5ccause you see,
The heavy rrustache VIA his.
Buffalo Courier.
--"Stanley romised hts wife that she
should have all the money to spend
she.wanted when they were married"
lawfully rashy wasn't hep No; you
see the money rs hers. Inter Ocean
The Whole Truth. .-Mother--'+T no
tice, Martha, wf'en Mr.. Smith calls on
you, you generally turn the gas low.
Do you do it for economy's saAe?"
Daughter mo, mother, for Mr.
Smith sake" ."-Yanl<ee BLADE.
That's Why Shs' Got Poor Cigars.
Husband-"When yuu buy cigars for
me do you always pick out the box
with the prettiest pictures?" why,
yes" Husband-"I Thought so. Yam
kee Blade.
Miss Walflour isTnuch more senti-'
mental than / thought. She keeps
every letter that old lover of hers
writes her" THAT isn't sentiment,
my dear, it's good. lard breaoh-of--
promise sense. boston Post.
Fond Mother listening to baby
cries)-"Wl.at sweet-toned voice she
has. dear! she'll be splendid singer.
We must send her to Italy and have
her voice cultivated Brutal Father
(trying to sleep)-"Send her now"
Madam said the tramp, cant
you give me some work to do?' "Yes.
There's some coal want brought up
out of the cellar" 'Thanlls, madam;
y burt don't like to do that. l am urr.
| kempt, and my hands are dirty. 4
= should be sorry to soil your coal. ~
1Iarpcr's Bazar.
Il Gave Him a Cold?-Doctor-" How
| did you take such a cold'' Chappie-
= 81 don't know, weally. l haven't
stirred from the fire for week, don't
you know. But, bah love, now [ we
member! Yesterday awfternoon me
man wead me an article in the papah
= about Nansens preparations fob his
Awtic expedition. Spare Moments.
AT certain place of public enter
tainment student was Dragging of
his manifold accomplishments, until at
length one of the company lost pa
tience and said, in gruff tone Now
we've heard enough about what you
can do. Come tell us what there is
you can't do, and I'll undertake to do
it myself" WAL" replied the stu
, dent with a yawn, Il can't pay my ac-
count here; SO glad to find you're the
man to do it, And the critic paid,
amid rnars of laughter from the audi
enoe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
ENGLISH BIRTHDAY HoNoRs.

Caustic Comment on Recent Elevation to
tho Peerage and Other Titles.
One of the peculiarities of royalty is
that, whereas ordinary mortals receive
presents on their birthdays, sovereigns
give them. On the queens birthday
this year five gentlemen We're made
others knights. OF the five who were
made peers it would be tiattery to sug.
gest that any one of them, with the ex-
ception Of Sir Thomas Farrar, can
have been selected because his wisdom
and intelligence are so abundant that
there is presumption that he will
propagate beings marked by the laws
of heredity as in some pecul lar fashion
fitted to be legislators, much as Derby
winners are supposed to endow their
posterity with heetness of foot. But,
be this as it may, it is obvious that the
services Of those belonging to a party
which has voted that there is no place
for hereditary legislators in self-gov'
erning country ought not to be re.
warded with peerages for being good
enough to belong to that party. What
confidence can the radicals have in the
leaders belief in this principle if, as
soon as they get chance, they at once
increase the numbers of these political
stations? In all probability these gen
tlemen will, in very few years, seri
ously believe that they descend from
crusaders of past day, like the emo.
bled pot-house keepers who were late.
ly peeraged, and will be prominent in
defending their order" against the
assaults of ill-conditioned persons, who
wish to destroy this bulwarlS of law,
order and everything else that con.
duces to the well-bcing of country
AS regards the baronetcies and the
knighthoods, the case is different. TIC
my thinking, it is a curious phase OF
human folly for man to wish to pre-.
fix to his name the word ''Sir;'' but il
this pleases him, or if it pleases him to
hang around his neck piece of ribbon
or to wear on his coat a piece of metal
it were as cruel to deny him the graft
fication as it would be to refuse % car
rot to donkey. James L. alway.
fseemed to me sensible monarch
when, being in want of funds. he sole
baronetcies for $500. AT present esti
mate that 10000 might be obtained
for each of them; indeed, believe tina,
each party disposes of them at about
this price to recruit the party chest.
have always thought, however, that as
the inconvertible currency of titles be
longs to the nation, the money ought
to go to the nation rather than to either
party.--Labouchere Truth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
HOW MALAYS MAKE FIRE.
Instead Of Matches They Carry With Then
n Flre-Syringe.

rlEe-SyTlHSes
BY the kindness Of my friend, Henry
Louis, the well-known mining en-
gineer, who has recently returned to
England from Singapore, l have re-
ceived q fire-syringe which he obtained
toward the end Of 1890 from part OF
the Malay Peninsula never previously
visited by white man.
Mr.. Louis obtained the specimen in
question from a Malay who stopped
with party of others at his camp on
small stream known as Aver Katiah,
one Of the tributaries of the River
Telubah, on the southeast coast of the
Malay Peninsula, and about one hun
dred miles from the mouth of the
river. The district is sparsely inhabited
by Malays and the party from whom
the syringe was obtained had come
from some Of the neighboring Kam-
pongs They squatted down and began
smoking, one of the men lighting his
cigarette in the most matter-of-fact
way by means Of his fire-syringe.
There is no reason to suppose that he
was singular or had imported his ap-
paratus from distance. If the rest of
the party elected sparks by means of
quartz and iron it was, they admitted
simply because they preferred this
method as being less troublesome and
more trustworthy than that of com.
pressing air.
The Malay syringe consists of tube
of hard wood two and one-half inches
long, closed at one end, toward which
the tube slightly tapers. 1t is sur.
rounded with neatly-plaited strips OF
thin rattan which, while they orna.
ment the object, serve also to strength
en- it and prevent the wood from split:
ting longitudinally in the direction OF
the FIBER The piston is made of SINH.
lar wood and is packed with string.
The tinder was carried in the hol
lowed-out skin of a large bean, like the
seed of Entada.
In order to use the instrument q
small piece of dry tinder is placed in
the slightly hollow end of the piston
and pressed down to keep it we'll in
place; the piston is then inserted in the
cylinder, smitten sharply with the
palm of the hand and very rapidly
withdrawn, when the tinder become.
sufficiently heated to slightly smolder
and by then gently blowing it bright
glow may be obtained. According tc
Mr.. Louis, the native never seemed to
fail in the use of the syringe, but the
knack is not easy to acquire, uad those
who have employed similar apparatu.
for demonstration at physical lecture.
know that it is far from easy, ever
with well-made instrument TO insure
success
Contrary to what might have beer
expected, it was rather young maj
who preferred this strange mode o
producing fire to the more convenien
flint and steel method. There can b.
no doubt but the use of the fire syringe
never widely spread, is rapidly dyini
ont, and hence every fact bearing ol
the geographical distribution of S
curious custom deserves to be put o.
record.-Sciences.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
BIG JUMPS BY HORSES
some Memorable Leaps That Have Beei
Made In English steeptechascs.

some Memorable Leaps That Have Bees
Made In English steeptechases
One Of the most remarkable jumps
oy a horse on record Is that made by
Chandler, n steeplechaser, while run.
| ming in the bennington Cup at War.
wick, England, in 1s47. The distance
covered in one leap has been variously
measured. For a number of years 1t
was thought to have been thirty-nine
feet, but the editor OF the sporting
paper in which She record was first
published afterwsrd explained that
this was printer y error, and that the
distance was in reality thirty-seven
feet. This In itself is big enough; 50
big, in fact, that there are iuany horse.
men in England to-day who will swear
that it Is exaggerated. The portion OF
the race In which the Jump occurred is
reported rs follows in description Of
the race in Bells Life ct the issue Of
March 2s, 1S47:
"This left the lead with King Of the
Valley, but he refused at tho top Of the
hill, and soon after Regalia caught up
with him. They raced together to the
brook, with Chandler following them
Chandler's rider pulled back as they
approached II, expecting that Regalia
would bring grief to somebody, and
when they arrived at it sent the spurs
into his horse, and followed them with
all steam on. Both went into the
brook, and while they were there
Chandler, who was not able to stop,
whatever inclination he may have had
| n Ia ca v{ro Nrli irn i,,,r, ~,
and cleared the brook, horses and
riders together"
The account goes on to say that
Chandler won the race with ease. The
length Of the leap was Immediately
measured, but there was some doubt as
to where the animal had landed as the
ground was soft and a number of hoof'
prints had been made.
Capt. Broadley, the rider, who seem:
to have been modest person. said tina
the distance was thirty-seven feet
This beat the record, as far as known
the best previous performance having
been that Of Lottery, who cleared be
tween thirty-three and thirty-four feet
One of the witnesses of the jump wa
William Archer, father of the famou
Fred and Charles Archer, and he wa
willing to swear ever afterward tina
the distance was thirty-nine feet. Th
Hon. F. Sawley, q we11-l1nown sportin,
writer in England, was also on hand
and he has declared, in a recent article
that the tape measured but thirty-fou
feet This is the minimum estimate.
Summing up, it may be said that
, while there is some doubt as to tn
exact number Of feet cleared, Chan
i, dlers performance was an unusual an,
important one The same may be sai
of a horse called Proceed, who is sai
to have cleared thirty-seven feet Will
running in steepleohmse about tn
time of the above event. A horse calle'
Culverthorn is reported to- have jumpe,
thirty-three feet on one occasion, an
: Lather; a hunter owned by one Lor
. Ingestrie, is said to have jumped thirty
: seven feet five inches over u pit. Non
!, of these measurements is, absclutel
: authentic:-N. Y. World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
TRAIN HELD up.
Mashed M.n CAPTURE Seventy Five Thou
sand Dollars In Mich gAn.

9eekeu M.n Cnuturo S0vcnty-FI Th00.
sand Dollars In Mich sAn.
HANCOCK, Mich, Sept. lG.-A traiI
on the Mineral Range road was hcld.ut
between here and Calumet by -four
masked men Friday morning and robbed
Of $3.50 Of Calumet and Hecla min
money. Everything is in turmoil. Nc
blood was shed.
The scene OF the robbery Is on the
Mineral Range railroad, q narrow gauge
road running between Houghton and
Calumet, with branches extending te
several smaller mines. Calumet and
Hecla mine gives employment to about
1900 men. The company pays its mer
about the 18th of each month. The
money taken Friday was sent from
eastern banks by the company. The
men who committed the robbery were
evidently acquainted with the manner
in which the Calumet and Hecla com
pany paid its employees and the day or
which the money is usually shipped te
the mine.
The robbery occurred at $3.50 Thurs
day morning. The Mineral Range trair
coming to Calumet was held up by
-FOUR highwaymen about half way be
tween Calumet and Hancock. The en-
gineer and fireman were covered will
revolvers by two of the robbers while
the other two ordered the express
messenger to put the contents of hi
safe in a bag which one of the rob
bers carried. The messenger imme
diately complied and handed out SOM
S75, 900 consigned to the Calumet ant
Hecla mine and which was part of tn
money paid by the mine on its MONTH.
pay rolls Securing the booty the rob
bers fred shot and ordered the engi
neer to "go ahead ---," which h
did and the whole affair was such
surprise that the passengers knew
nothing of the trouble until after tn
train had started.
The Light guards and the sheriffs ar
out securing the country. 1t is though
that the robbers had horses convenient
ly near and n boat ready at the lake
from which point they would make fo
Northern Canada. The train was load
ed with passengers, among whom wa
Representative Edward Ryan.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
SOLDIERS IN JAIL.
Fifteen Of the Coal Creek Militia Charged
With Murder,

With Murder.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept 16.-News
comes from Knoxville that warrants
were issued for fifteen Coal Creek SOL
diers supposed to be Implicated in tho
lynching of Richard Drummond few
weeks ago
Drummond, it will be remembered,
was supposed to be implicated in the
murder of Private Laugherty, of the
Fort Anderson camp, who was shot
one night at house three miles from
the fort The warrants were placed in
the hands of Sheriff Rutherford, of
Anderson county, and were served
Thursday night. The trial of the men
arrested will take place Saturday. AT
the request of Adjt Gen. Fite, the
soldiers under arrest will be brought
to the Knox county Jail for safe keep.
ing, as the authorities would thus be
able to thwart any temptation on the
part of friends Of the soldiers to iber-
ate them, as they might do if confined
In tho Anderson county Jail at Clinton.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
The satolii R.sldsnoe.

CHICAGO, Sept lb,--The secret con-
ference of the Catholic archbishops q
the United States was continued We'd
nesday afternoon at Archbishop Fee
hans residence. The question OF pro-
vidipg q home for Ablegate 6atolli came
up, and 1t was definitely Axed that
action should be taken Immediately
toward securing site in Washington
Tor his residence. A committee was
appointed to take charge OF the matter.
Upon the question Of widening the
scope of the Catholic univsrsity si
Washington, the ~rchbishops wsrs
suspim oua
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
1T MAY BE EXTENDED.
IIr,fl .Iu.a 4

A Proposition to Continue the Great Show
Until January 4.
CHICAGO, Sept. 15.-After confer
ence with number of foreign commits
sioners, the Worlds fair directors have
called special meeting for next Tues
day night, to discuss the feasibility Of
extending the exposition until Jan.
uary 1, 1894.
1t has been understood for some time
among the managers of the fair that It
would he kept open longer than Octo-
ber 40, the time fixed by congress, II
the attendance In the latter months
seemed to justify such a move.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
WIN the Law Let Her?

WHEELING, w. Va, Sept 16.-An in
teresting case touching new point in
Virginia law is pending in the courts
here Ex-Sheriff j. l.. Curtis, of Brooke
county, is in jail charged with being q
defaulter to the amount of $50, 900.
His bond has been fixed at $40, 900, and
Curtis wife, who is wealthy, has Of.
fered herself as surety for her husband.
Upder West Virginia law, however, Q
married woman can not make con.
tract separate and apart from her hus'
band, and the availability Of Mrs. Cur
tis as surety is to be decided. The case
was argued at length In the courts and
will be taken under advisement.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
Strong Language From a Clerical.

HoBoKEN, N. j., Sept. 1e.--The con-
troversy between Bishop Wigger and
Father Corrigan is now more bitter
than ever, and the strong language
used by Father Corrigan in refuting the
charge that he had mismanaged the
parochial school affairs in the Hoboken
parish is causing much comment among
Catholics in Bishop Wigger's diocese.
Father Corrigan, in his latest letter,
published Friday, Indignantly denied
that he had mismanaged the affairs Of
mis- parish, and said that the men who
slammed that he had were liars.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
Dental Advice.

Dental floss, to be procured at any
drst-class drug store, is recommended
by dentists for regular use after each
meal. Nothing can SO effectually re-
move any foreign substance from the
teeth. 1t is likewise advised that the
teeth should be brushed up and down.
not sidewise as is the common custom
St. Louis Republic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
= Heard In ways aud Means.

WxsHINaToN, Sept l6.-The largest
delegation which has yet appeared be-
fore the ways and means COMMITTEES
was hero Friday. representing the fol-
towing industries: Importers OF hosiery
and gloves, Manufacturers club OF
Philadelphia, plushes and velvets, cot
ton yarns, pearl buttons. felts, gold
beaters, straw hats, pearl workers. The
delegations numbered in al about fifty
men. Some were free traders, Others
protectlonists, and number desired q
moderate reduction Of the tariff rates
on the articles which er ter into compe'
tition with the products Of their msnp
esetosiek
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
Cle,., Enough.

Mammal saw you playing in the
lot, Johnnie.
Johnnie-l know you did. I.
Mamma did you know 1t?
Johnnie-'Cause you jus told me So
--Ju0ge.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
Neatly Turned.

Miss Budd Ito famous pianist)-That
music was truly divine, monsieur.
Monsieur--Ah, mann selle. Eat is in.
deed praise; for who but an angel
would know divine musics--Bos stou
Globe, fe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23
Wise Chickens.

Little Dot-Chickens is pretty smart
isn't they?
Mamma-In what way?
Little Dot-Why, papa and other
folks always says blessing before be
ginning to eat; but chickens don't own
anything, and isn't sure what they'll
get, so they don't say any blessing till
they get through eating and begins to
| drink. GOOD News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-23

TEE purest thing about the average brand
Of maple sirup is the gall Of w. msnufse
tuyerR Buffalo Courier.