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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-04
An Old Truth.

Some one has raid that one-half the
misery of life, at least, if not more,
comes to people from not being able to
make both ends meet, yet how unnec-
essary is the nervous strain and worry
of mind which arises from the foolish
attempt to keep in the midst of fashion
able people-to keep up appearances
which are beyond ones income! If it
does happen, as it sometimes will, with
qualification to both sides, that bright
people with small means are thrown in
the way of wealthy acquaintance, al
ways let it be with franlness and with
open acceptation of the fact Putting
on airs is detrimental to self-respect
Much better TO say at once, 1--WE cannot
afford it," never apologizing for the
smallness of the house or the lack of
domesties, never pretending to be other
than you are. In this way and this
only can housewives, who do much OF
their own work in unpretentious homes,
find intercourse with their wealthy
neighbors agreeable. Brooklyn Eagle
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-04
pllnaEnr PARAGRAPHS.

--Fielding-."Why do you think Phil
lips will enjoy all the stupid ioSes in
the play to-night2" .Johnscl- "|eceuse
he's perfectly deaf Inter Ocean.
--"Pll be awful glad when paw
swears on smolsin' again, " said Tommy.
"This is the fourth liclSin' yc got in
three days s"-Indianapolis Journal
--"What made the jury render a YER
dict so quickly?' "Well, you sec, one
of the jurors began TO tell Us about the
bright sayings of his fve-year-od boy"
-Tit-Bits.
-Gazzam-"Old Soak is one of the
most inveterate gamblers l EVER saw"
Hazzam-"You are right Why, when
he is alone he plays solitaire for tho
drinks. IN. Y. Heruld
-"Why, John, what is that awful
spot on your coat?" asked the bride, as
the carriage rolled off MY hated
rival couldn't find any rice TO throw at
me" said John, $50 he peltcd me with
some cold oatmeal mush. "-Harper's
Bazar
The Big Sister-"Tommy, what do
you mean by shifting at Mr. Slopay's
overcoat?" The Little Brother-'Tth
tryin' to thmell thmoke When pa
thaw it he thaid the muth been fire
thomewhere "-Clothier's Weekly.
After the Play.-"And weren't you
glad when the villain was killed?"
mo, wasn't. But l would have been
glad if all the others had been killed.
The villain was the only good actor in
the piece. IN. Y. Press.
-Jings-"There are supposed to be
about 400, 100000 Christians in the
world" Bings-"It may be, but when
any scandal attaches itself to your
name it is mighty hard to believe it,
N. Y. Press.
Picnic Scene. Laura Ito her cousin
who has just kissed her)-"O Rudolf,
we are lost There is Mr.. Miller"
Rudolf-''Never mind him, he is
but now he is an amateur photogra-
pher. er."-F'liegende Blatter.
-"You are overcharging me-" she
said to the cab driver "No'm, 1 amt"
he protested. "But it hasn't taken me
two hours to ma Ike that call" Nom;
but ye see, ma'am, the company COM
pels us to count in the time ye spend
saying good by. - Washington Star.
-Daughter-"There is only one thing
more astonis hing than the readiness
with which Ned gave up tobacco when
we became engaged" Mother-"What
Ia that astonishing thing?" Daughter
1.-THE rapidity with which he took it up
again after we were married. "--Tit-Bits.
is the whole always equal to the
sum of all its parts? A German beggar
thought it doubtful "Here l am" he
said, as he looked at himself in a pocket
mirror; here l am wearing the boots of
a bank manager, the trousers of a
landed proprietor, baron's coat and
vest, and a counts hat, and in spite of
1t all look like a tramp"
-Wife-'Herr Zartheimer is charm
ing man. just fancy, he has been mar
ried fifteen years, and only yesterday,
when speaking to me about his wife, he
called her an ANGEL" Husband-"It is
very possible that she is an angel now;
don't you know that she died twelve
months ago?" "-Schweizer Handels-
Courier.
Anxious Inquirer-"But why are
you so strongly opposed to convict la
bor?" Mr.. Y. R. Puller-'My dear sir,
l must look out for the interests of my
constituents Scores of them are liable
to be jugged any day, and don't be-
lieve they would be more likely to enjoy
labor inside the walls of prison than
they do outside. boston Transcript.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-04

old probably, and the little creature,
instead of running away, reared up on
its launches and growled with such a
funny imitation of an old bear that it
was perfectly irresistible. had pbver
seen a cub before. My resentment fed
to the winds. Il will catch this fellow
for Dorothy. thought, and dropped
my gun, made for his cubship and
caught him.
"Ohl they are easy enough to catch
the miserable, innocent-loolSing little
rascals. Holding them is where the
trouble comes in. In three seconds my
clothes were in ribbons and blood was
streaming from a dozen scratches on
my body and arms. | tried my best to
drop him then, but he wouldn't be
dropped. He had fastened his teeth in
one of my sleeves and was hanging on
with u death grip, scratching all the
while, and growing that little whin-
ing growl of his. And while / kicked
and beat at the little beast, trying to
shake him off, suddenly somebody
laughed. 1t was mean little gur-
Cling laugh. brimful of amusement.
l looked up, and there was Miss Doro-
thy, perched on n tree trunk a little
way up the slope. and peeping down at
me, her face all lit up with SMILES and
dimples,
Don't stop she cried out, gayly.
1T is really Il very pretty show, and so
easily done, too. Why didn't you tell
me that you had so much talent as an
animal tamer?'
81 flung that wretched cub down
with bang. If l had said what was
in my mind just then l would have
made few remarks, probably, which
would have put an end to my ac-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-04

cause of his dignity. And 10! there he
was, clad in a corduroy suit that had
evidently taken part in good many
hunting expeditions, with a pair of
rough boots and an utterly unmention-
able hat, the iolliest and most compan-
ionable of men.
II used to have a different opinion
on the subject" he went on, punch
ing up'' the campfire with his walking
stick to get a better light "lf you boys
dou'' mind listening I'll tell you a lit
IT, circumstance that | ran across once,
IN the days when l wore plug hat and
faultless tie, and was never known
to lose my dignity on any occasion
II was Just out of the university, and
was feeling pretty good over hav ng my
brand new diploma and several dis
tinct:ons; in fact, had a fine opinion
Of myself, and didn't believe anyone
in the country could beat me doing
anything in literary way. You've
seen such young fellows, | reckon; the
country's full of 'em-smart Alecks
that think the world is sitting up and
burning the midnight oil, watching
their career Well, l was just that
kind.
And Just about that time came
letter from g Little Rock gentleman
whom l had met during our commence
ment, asking me TO go down and join
his family in an extensive camp hunt
out in Indian territory. 1 had never
been on camp hunt in my life, and
felt convinced in my inmost soul that
it would be dreadful bore; but my
Little Rock friend had pretty daugh-
ter. had met her. also, during that
commencement. OF course. under
those circumstances, accepted the in.
vitation.
81 went down to Little Rock, where
I found my friend-you would all know
him if l told his name, so I'll call him
Capt. Mark-where | found him al.
ready, and the others-and Miss Dor
othy-were ready, also. Within three
days afterward we were leaving y tiny
railroad station away out in the terri
tory, in covered wagon, well supplied
with bedding and provisions, and pre-
pared to travel when we pleased and
to camp when we felt like it.
Now, you have already inferred that
it was on Dorothy's account l went.
lou Will De surprised 10 learn. Ihen,
that this ungrateful young lady did not
cease to chaff me most numerically
from the time we started about my
dignity, my formal ways, my stiff Ian
guage and my attire to which she took
particular exceptions. She kept me in
constant terror of her bright eyes and
sharp tongue, and, to tell you the truth,
it was toss-up with me whether to go
on and finish the expedition or to take
ii afoot back to the railroad. The only
thing that kept me from the latter
course was that | would have been
compelled to slip off in the night and
run away. l never would have dared
to walk off with Dorothy looking at
me.
'One day we were camped in lovely
glade near the bank of little river in
which there was an abundance of fish,
and the glade was backed by mountain
slopes and gorges which gave promise
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-04

of plenty of game, so we had decided
to spend several days there. Dorothy
and had started fishing early in the
evening, but she bad mortally offended
me by calling back to me as she went
down the little trail: oh, | am so glad
you brought your stovepipe hat, Mr..
Madison. 1t is the very thing to carry
Dait inn
"Of course | was mad. | sullled all
the rnorr lng, determined to let this pert
young lady know that | had some re-
sentiment about me. TO add to my in
dignatCn. she caught all the fish, while
l succeeded in capturing nothing but II
villainous little turtle. SO we went
back to camp at noon, ! wearing the
most dignified air and she humming
something that sounded dreadfully
like No One to Love Me.
After dinner snatched up my gun
and marched scornfully off to the
woods, not even deigning to look back
and see what direction Miss Dorothy
had taken. l was fully resolved to
show her that she had presumed too
far
~ went TO the mountains / was
pretty mad, and ] needed some rough
eHereise TO work off my anger
clambered around trails that m ade me
dizzy TO look down, and over rocks and
around cliffs 1t was wild scramble,
and it took all the dignity ont of my
clothes rs well as out OF me, but /
didn't care in the least
Until, suddenly, around little
curve in the trui, came face TO face
with bear cub, abovt three months
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-04
A Convenient Disinfectant.

Que of the simplest disinfectants of
the sick room is ground coffee burned
on a shovel, so as to fill the atmosphere
of the room with its pungent aromatic
odor. If two rcd-hot Goals are placed
on fire shovel, and tablespoonful of
ground coffee is sprinkled over them at
time, using three tablespoonfuls inl
all, it will fill the room with its aroma,
and is said to have the hygienic effect
of preventing the spread of various
epidemic diseases. The odor is very
agreeable and soothing to sick person
where other disinfectants prove disa.
greeable. Most of the expensive disin-
fectants sold in the shops have no spe.
cial powers as such, but are simply
deodorizers, the two being frequently
confounded. st Louis Republic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-04

Many flowers owe their names to
famous people. Among the number
are the dahlia, named for Dahl, a
Swedish florist; the magnolia, for Mag
mol, celebrated French bctanist, and
fuchsia, for Fuch, distinguished Ger
man savant; but there is only one in
stance known when man and a flower
received title at the same moment
This is how it happened When Mel, a
brave French general, was returning
from the scene of his victories in the
war between France and Austria, he
received from peasant, who wished to
honor the hero, basket of beautiful
pale-yellow roses. One of the stems
which happened to have roots clinging
to it, the general took to florist in
Paris in whose care it remained until
it became thriving bush covered with
blossoms Mel then took the plant as
a gift to Empress Eugenia. She ex-
pressed great admiration for the eX-
quisite flowers; and, on learning that
the rose was nameless, said signitcant-
ly, ''Then / will name it. 1t shall be
The Mareschal Mel" and at the same
moment she bestowed upon the
astonished general the jeweled baton
that betokened his promotion to the
high office of Mareschal of France
Wide Awake
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-04
strictly Death-red reconciliation.

"Nlr. Duseuberry," said the sick man
to his neighbor. whom he had called to
the side of what he supposed was his
death bed, 1--WE have had much diff
Guilty in the past aud have not been on
speaking terms / believe / am now
about to die and have sent for you
that we may settle our difficulties an5
be friends before l 60" Nothing
would give me greater pleasure than Q
reconciliation" Z" replied Duses 'erry, az
he took the hand of the dyin,. nan
"Bpt remember said the invalid d g
gradually sinking voice, IF get w,il
the thing goes on just as It did before
BRO olilyn Life.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-04
Galnlng EKperIence Itarly.

Mrs Dumpsey-Thomas, you must
tell Willie not to spend all the time
looking at the circus posters. IL takes
him all day to do an errand
Mr.. Dumpsey-Let him study em,
Maria, and after he has seen the circus
he will know more about the deceits Of
life than he could learn in ten years
any other ay.-Texas Siftings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-04
THE PROFESSORS STORY.
He Tells OF His First Hunting Ex-
perience.

o, there is It
m uc h dignity
about hunting"
said the college
professor, with
amerry twinkle
in his eyes. A
la II e h W e n t
aroun d our
group at the re-
mark, because
when we heard
that he was to
be one of our
party we had
expressed o ur
misgivin g $ to
one ano t h c +
t II a t w c
w oul d n t be
able to have
any fun, be-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-11
Some Surprising Statements By the
Bearer.
A WELL-KNOWN MAN WHOSE SON
IS A BRILLIANT COLLEGE
PROFESSOR.
Says just the Right Thing and at Just the
Right Time.

A name honored wherever spoken.
Such is the high reputation Of the Hon.
Walter S. Lovejo of Tapleyyille, Mass,
who has lately been brought so promi-
nently before our people.
Mr.. Lovejoy is of an illustrious family.
Indeed, the brilliant and scholarly Prof.
Lovejoy OF Macon (Ga.) University is no
other than his son. The professor, in
passing through town, spoke feelingly OF
his fathers recent serious illness, and be-
came enthusiastic concerning his restora-
ton to health. He stated that it was per-
fectly wonderful to see the change in his
fathers health since he took the we'll
known medicine, DR.. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy.
And the Hon. Mr.. Lovejoy himself was
found overlooking with gratitude to-
ward this great remedy.
II was very low indeed he said, II
suffered from vertigo and heart disease.
/ had frequent attacks of faintness and
failure of heart action. These attacks
were sometimes so bad that it was with
great difficulty the heart could be re-
stored to it's natural action.
II was totally incapacitated for either
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-11

is an inestimable possession to one OF
them. When Peary showed a new 70
cent knife to one of the men he lmme-
diately offered his wife and all his chi.
dren for it. They dress in furs. One OF
the old grandfathers of the tribe remem.
bered the Polaris expedition. rms old
gentleman was nicknamed Horace Greely,
while his wife was called Sairy Camp.
Every man, woman and child in the
tribe wears an undershirt made of bird
skin, with the feathers left on it. 1t
takes from 90 to 100 of these skins for a
shirt. Each skin is tanned by being
chewed by the ladies of the household.
The lecturer said this fact would show
what an iron jaw the Eskimo DANES had.
In April Lieutenant Peary with Mrs.
Peary started to go around Whale Sound
to return the calls of his neighbors and
get more dogs. Their sledge was dragged
by thirteen dogs. The thermometer
nights was generally thirty-five degrees
below zero; but Mr.. and Mrs. Peary slept
out on the ice, in their sleeping bags,
with no Inconvenience.
The picture of Mrs. Peary in Arctic
costume caused much applause.
The 9iatare of the little cavalcade OF
dog teams on the most of the great des-
ert of inland ice, as it marched when
Peary and Astrup had started ON their
long Journey, was very striking (i the
immense. level sea of hsrd, white SNOWY,
with nothing but the horizon to break it's
monotony on any side, was the sledge,
the dogs, and the driver. The lecturer
thought some great painter could get no
more appropriate
Representation of Loneliness
than tbs.
When storms overlook them on the
great ice cap, they built beehive shaped
houses of blocks of snow. After enter
ing, block of snow was fitted into the
entrance, and the temperature soon
would bee ONE comfortable. A terrific
two days blizzard was passed in the
houses of this sort with comfort.
/ The pictures of the dogs were magnifi-
cent ane elected continuous murmurs of
admiration.
On the northern shore the musk OK
was found, and no picture of the eve
ming was more appreciated than that OF
the baby musk OK, which was passing
it's frolicking infancy almostsunder the
shadow of Jhs pole. In this land OF the
musk OK, there was verdure under the
foot, and over the head the bu terfiy
futtered by, while the air seemed like
that of August. This, of course, was on
the coast line and not on the ice cap.
On the most northern point Of land the
American flag was unfurled. The pic
ture of the flag was enthusiastically re-
ceived.
The return trip. and the meeting Of
relief party under Prof. Helprin formed
the subject of the last passage of the lee
ture.
An Eskimo brought the sledge and
dogs onto the stage after the lecture.
They attracted much attention.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-11
He Will Be Pardoned.

LONDON, February 1o.-The Paris cor
respondent of the Times says of the
Panama case: "Paris records this cruel
Judgment with feeling of pain. No
body would venture to maintain that the
out door clamor has not invaded the
supposed invisible sanctuary of justice.
The Judgment is stained with the cruel
ty which characterizes the present cam
paagn. It strikes at man " 10 former
iy was acclaimed as the representative OF
French genius, energy and greatness at ness.
would appeal to the unrelenting indigna-
ton of the populace; they have in fact,
secured unenviable imm ortality as the
Judges of Ferdinand De Lesseps. A
pardon is certain to be granted to him,
but, if cognizant of events, he would
suffer as much from clemency as from
condemnation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-11

WASHINGTON, February 10.-These
changes in the postal service in Maine
are announced:
Route 1900. Greenwood to West Paris, AZ
miles and back, six times week, by a schedule
Of not to exceed IA hours running time each
way. From July 1, 1898, to June 30, 1897.
Route 1899. North Norway to Norway, 61a
miles and back, three times week, by SEIZED
ule of not to exceed 11a hours running time
each way. From July l. 1898, to June 80,
1897.
Route 27o. Camden to Belfast. Leave Cam
den daily, except Sunday, on arrival OF mail
rive at Lincolnville in one hour and twenty min
utes. Leave Lincolnville daily, except Sunday,
at s. 80 a. m. Arrive at Camden by $50 a. m.
From Februory 1.
Route 343 Penobscot to Bucksport. Leave
Penobscot daily, except Sunday, at $50 a. m.
Arrive at Bucksport by. 1880 p. m. Leave
Bucksport daily, except Sunday, on , arrival OF
obScOt in hours.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-11
CITY OF DEERlNG.
Regular Monthly Meeting of the City
Government Held Last Evening.

The regular monthly meeting Of the
Deering city government was held last
evening, Mayor Merrill in the chair. All
present.
The records of the last meeting were
read and approved.
On motion Of Alderman Leis h on pels
NIT was granted to Washington Libby to
move building into Deering.
c. A. Woodbury., Esq, came before the
meeting and read the proposed amend
ments to the charter Of the city OF Deer
ing. The changes include provision
that aldermen and ward officers shall be
residents of the ward which they are
elected to represent; and provision
that in case of no election Of an officer
the election may adjourn from time to
time until such election is contaminated.
The proposed changes were adopted
by the city council.
It was voted to quit claim tax deed
to a resident of Aliens Corner.
r. o. Bailey & Co. petitioned to be ex-
empted from taxes for ten years on inn
uroyements and capital upon plant
thew propose establishing for the manu-
facture of carriages and sleighs.
An order was introduced by Alderman
Hutchins to transfer certain amounts
from the appropriation for incidentals to
other and overdrawn appropriations that
they may balance.
A motion to abate sewer assessments
under certain conditions as regards un-
improved lands received passage.
The proposed ordinance changing the
salaries of the city officials was called
for and received passage, with an
amendment making the salary of the
city clerk, treasurer and collector, offices
held by one individual, $500.
An order was introduced by Alderman
Nevens providing for the widening OF
Forest avenue from the Portland d
Rochester railroad by adding 20 feet to
it on the northeasterly side. The order
received a passage.
Alderman johnson introduced an Or
der to abate the taxes for ten years that
may be levied upon any plant that may
be erected by F. o. Bailey g. Co., for the
manufacture of carriages and sleighs.
The order was laid upon the table until
the next meeting.
Alderman Jacobs introduced an order
to provide for the printing of the city
report, mayors address. etc.
An order was introduced authorizing
the city treasurer to call upon Geo. Lib
by, attorney, into whose hands were
placed certain tax deeds for collections
and get settlement, also to secure pos
session of said deeds to be kept in the
possession of the city treasurer.
An order was introduced that the
mayor and board of aldermen issue their
warrants for the annual election to be
held in March next.
Mayor Merrill extended an invitation
to the members of the city council to
take supper with him at his residence
next Friday night.
The invitation was unanimously ac-
cepted.
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1t was not very well cooked sometimes, and
he often ate fast.
When hunting or fighting day would often
pass without anything being eaten at al.
Yet he never had dyspepsia.
lie never "dieted.'
We hear too much about "dieting" these
days.
man mustn't eat pie, or cabbage, or cake,
or beans, or this and that.
He mustn't eat very much and he must do it
very slow. He must never drink when he
eats. He mustn't hurry. He mustn't worry.
And 80 1t goes.
This is all very good advice. But it would
worry O. man to death to remember 1t all.
Why can't we live like the Indian in
healthy, hearty, natural way? Because we
have such weak stomachs. But how did the
Indian possess such perfectstrong, digestion?
BY taking that medicine of his, Sagwa, when-
ever he felt there was anything wrong. with
him. That Sagwa we have now employed
him to make for US. If you would take the
natural American remedy for dyspepsia,
Kiokapoo Sagwa, you, too, would not know
what weak stomach or dyspepsia was.
Thanks to the efforts of the Kickapoo Med1-
cine Company, Indian sagwa and other
any druggist, and their genuine curative
value is beyond comparison.
KEckapoo Indian Sagwa.
$1.00 per Bottle, 8 Bottles for $500.
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