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The banks nov hold SO. 5e4, 90 in excess
% 'ns . Per cent of legal requirement.
Ear silver, per ounce. 6sxo.
Asxican dollars, 57s1c.
GOLD.
some doubts are expressed - 20 whether
mere snaA be any gold shipped abroad
nsxt tuesday. owing 10 the fact that at
sne current rates OF exchange IL Is difficult
70 see any profit in such transactions.
200 exports are not regarded with any
srepidation in yiex Of the fact tina, local
oanks bold $lf4, o00. 90 in gold specie, OF
Mnsen x50.8o COO Is in coin. II Is he'd
shat 20. 90. go might be taken from the
osnks without the drain being felt, and IL
- oeiieyed they would be willing to fur
nisn that amount before compelling re-
course TO the suD-tressury. The sub-treas-
ary shipped yesterday in notes of small
denominations Si00 600 each 10 San Fran.
cisco and New Orleans.
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srEAMKR LYDIA THOMPSON
For Iamonas. Evsrsis Giiatos, Lsagisy, ccupe
rakhavea, scheme ana VIVA .esn, issviag ~ea,iis
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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18

| Exactly, and don't be too long about
! 1t, either, for those chaps are always in
q hurry. These newspaper men seem
to imagine that the passengers in q
coach sit with revolvers in their hands
throughout the trip Their guns are
right down in their hind pockets of
course. Give 'em five minutes to get
ready and they'd clear the road, but
they don't have five seconds When
you get the hail you know you're COW
cred. Only one mantle one next to
the door--could do any shooting, any
how, and he'd be more apt to miss than
to hit. What then? Why, the robber
would turn loose and kill or cripple
everybody inside quicker'n you could
count You've probably noticed limp
in my gait? That comes from bullet
l got in my left knee when the Dead
wood stage was held up by Wyoming
Charlie 1t was in the afternoon and
there were six of us. A tenderfoot had
the seat by the window, and he thought
he'd show his sand by opening fire with
his pop. The robber wasn't fifteen feet
away, and the idiot had three shots at
him without touch. The shooting
made him mad, and he began firing
right and left into the stage. He killed
two men and wounded the other four,
and all of us were robbed besides. The
tenderfoot was ono of the killed, and l
can't say I was ever sorry about it."
II think 1 remember reading that
Wyoming Charlie was killed while
holding up stage somewhere out
west"
Yes down near Plum creek, in Ne
braska, and it was curious how it came
about There were seven passengers
and one of 'em was woman-the wife
of cattle man. She was with the
driver on top. Charlie took the outfit
at turn in the road and made COM
plete surprise. He got the men out and
in line, and when his back was turned
the woman fred at him with Derrin-
ger. Her bullet passed through his
hat, and as he wheeled about to see
what was going on one of his own guns
was accidentally discharged and the
bullet entered his groin. l saw him at
Plum creek before he died. He was
tough looking customer and even in |
dying he boasted of the number of men
he had killed. l forget his figures, but
everybody was willing to believe he
had killed full dozen. He'd been |
robbing for a year or so and had several |
thousand dollars planted somewhere
along the Niobrara river. If he had |
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18
THE JUICE OF THE POPPY.
Opium mn 1nnocent and beneficial StImH
liant Whom Used In NJ odcration.

Opium nm 1nnscent and beneficial St1mu.
| liant Whom Used In Moderation.
One of the most recent witnesses be.
fore the British royal commission on
the opium trade between India and
China, which is sitting in the house OF
lords, was Sir John Strachey, who has
passed forty years of his life in various
official positions in India. He said that
1t had been proved to demonstration
that opium was not terrible poison
The vast majority of those who con.
sumed opium consumed it in modera.
tion, and so consumed Hhere was nc
stimulant that entered largely into the
consumption of the world that was
more innocent or beneficial. 1t was as
innocent as the wines of France or
Italy were to the people of those coun-
tries, or as undoctored beer was to the
people of England or Germany. In
India there were $50, 900, 600 inhabitants
and many countries. In some of these
countries the people have from time
.mmemorial consumed opium. But
these classes constituted numerically
an absolutely insignificant proportion
Of the population of India. The con-
sumption of opium was SO infinitesi-
mally small that he might say without
exaggeration that no opium question
existed at all.
1t was declared that the consump-
ton of opium had been rapidly in
creasing, and had been fostered by the
British government. These statements
we're absolutely baseless. The increase
of population under British rule had
been enormous, but there was every
reason to believe that the consump-
tion of opium in India under native
rule one hundred and fifty years ago
was greater than at present, 1t was
an indisputable fact that those who
consumed opium, especially the Raj
puts and Sikhs, were precisely the
finest races physically in India. There
was no more vigorous, manly, and
handsome race of men in the world
than the crack opium-using Sikh regi.
ments, among whom the practice was
universal. People talked glibly with
out suppressing opium consumption in
India, but he would not like to see an
attempt made to deprive the Sillhs and
Rajputs of one of the innocent and
beneficial necessaries of their lives.
Sir William Hunter mad said that suck
a law could only be enforced in British
territories by bloodshed and arms,
while in native states it could not be
enforced at all.
With regard to the Chinese part OF
the question, there could be no greater
delusion than to suppose that China
depended upon India for her supply OF
opium. If no opium We're exported
from India the consumption of Chins
would remain practically unchanged
A single province of China produced
more opium than the whole Indian
empire. Whole provinces were covered
with the poppy, and the cultivation
went on increasing without interfer-
ence on the part of the government of
China. Even, therefore, if it were true
that the people of China were being
ruined by opium, the cessation of inn
ports from India would not diminish
the eyil--Chicapo Times
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18
Couldn't Fool the BOY.

DIR. Hanford, of New York State, was
much annoyed by small boy peddling
peanuts, who called frequently at his
office. One morning the doctor saw
the boy coming with his basket OF
peanuts, evidently steering in his direc-
ton. Above his Office desk was a case
containing a skeleton, which for con-
venience was so arranged that by n
slight pressure the man of bones came
out into the room as natural as life.
AS the boy opened the door and yelled,
peanuts" the doctor, without looking
around, pushed the button, and the
grinning skeleton promptly responded.
With one scream, the boy dropped his
basket and fled. The kind-hearted
doctor picked up the basket and has
tened after the fleeing boy, who was
half block away. Here, boy, come
and get your peanuts" cried the doc
tor. With one scared look over his
shoulder the frightened boy replied:
'Not much; know you II you have
got your clothes on. on."-California Re-
view.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18
VERY DENSE.
Tho Woman From Out OF the West Tells
Il Story.

Tho Woman From Out OF the West Tells
Story.
1t does not often happen that good
joke furnishes material for a still
better one, but the following CONVEX
sation which book place between the
acts of Liberty Hall' demonstrates
that the phenomenon occasionally does
occur.
Two women were seated in the Or
chestra. From the sighting way in
which she spoke of Minneapolis it was
evident that one of the women came
from st. Paul. The other woman had
also originally come out of this west.
This was proved by the avidity with
which she devoured all the home gossip.
But, my dear, did you hear the
joke they had on Mrs Clark" ex-
claimed the first woman. 80, it was
just terrible. You must have heard
about it, because it got in all the
comic papers. 1 think it just awful
the things they print in the papers
anyway. The story was this: When
Sir Edwin Arnold, the poet, came to
Minneapolis, Mrs. Clark gave him a
big reception. There was great crowd
there, and just in tho midst of it Mrs.
Clark turned to Sir Edwin and said:
%, Sir Edwin, have always wanted
to meet you SO much. can remember
how, when was little mite of a girl,
my dear old mother used to read your
Light of Asia out loud to me-
swell, Sir Edwin Arnold looked at
her for moment and then he said:
why, my dear madam, l had no idea
that you western ladies matured SO
fast Well, that was the joke, you
see. 1t was splendid one. Mrs. Clark
got 517 copies of the paper that it came
out in. She nearly died of mortifica-
tion. But it just shows how ignorant
those Minneapolitans are, anyhow"
The other woman received the mar.
rative with a blank countenance. "But
where the joke comes in don't SEQ
why, my dear, you are very dense"
cried the st. Paul woman. "Sir Edwin
Arnold never wrote it at all. The
Light of Asia is something out of the
Old Testament. IN. Y. Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18
Willing to Try.

Presence of mind and willingness are
good qualities in a servant. NJ. Mar.
tins new valet possessed these quail
ties, though he certainly had his faults.
day or two after Baptiste came NJ.
Martins inquired where he was.
''He went out and has not returned" !"
some one said.
Three days later Baptiste came back.
"Where have you been?" his en-
ployer demanded.
Monsieur. had seen your house but
once replied Baptiste, ''and it took
me all this time to find it again"
THAT is very poor excuse" said NJ.
Martins, sternly.
as it?"
Certainly it is"
Baptiste was disturbed, but he re-
membered his duty.
"Very well, monsieur" he said, bland.
ly, ''if you will step into the next room
and wait moment i will try to find
you another. Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18
He Was sensitive.

A man had been lying in q doorway
In Larned street for over an hour,
when policeman came along and
pounded his foot and rubbed his ears
and finally aroused him SO that he
looked about in wondering way.
''Old man. you're drunk, and you want
TO get out OF this!'' said the officer.
Uni drunsl,?'
"Of course you are"
"How drunk?"
Heap drunk!''
And you've come along and hot
lered at me and raised 3 great row and
Yet everybody git on u mel" shouted
the mum, and he fell back snd heRAn
weoping and bewailing; hit lone- e---hla
o. os PyeItiQerr petEoit Frs REega
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18

any relatives he didn't care for 'em and
when he found he was going over the
creek he tells the woman who shot at
him where he had cached his plunder
and just how to fnd it. had this
right from her own lips, and I know
that her husband afterwards got the
money. Queer wasn't it, being as she
brought about his death, but he didn't
lay it up against her. He was born
road agent and had the business down
SO pat that it was almost a pleasure
to be robbed by him. m."-Detroit Free
p,.acS
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18
UNSUNG.
AS deep from sight are hidden

As deep from sight are hidden
The jewels that are best,
So the poets dearest treasures
Arc hidden in his breast;
And though full sweet his measure,
He is harp unstrung;
For of his souls . rare music
The best is left unsung.
Perhaps too vague its meaning,
Perhaps too short its stay
To catch the subtle beauty
or the ethereal lay;
For, howsoever sweetly
The poets voice has rung,
Far better in his bosom
Are songs that lie unsung.
And so are all men poets,
For In each heart n string,
When rightly touched, full sweetly
With melody will ring;
And In each SOUL however
Discordant be the tongue
Are strains OF rarest beauty
That ever lie unsung.
Methinks this sweet soul music,
Too low for mortal ears,
May be faint, far echo
Waited from higher spheres
Unclouded realms elysian,
From whose bright shores has sprung
The melody harmonious
That here must lie unsung
walter ii. Jewctt, in N. Y. Independent.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18

An honest mistake was that of col.
orcd man in the south, whose former
master had allowed him the use of a
piece of land on condition that he. the
owner, should receive one-fourth of the
crop.
When the corn was ripe, the laborer
hauled three loads to his own house,
and none TO that of the white man.
Then he went innocently up to the
great house to return his landlords
wagon which he had used in the haul.
ing.
well, Frank" said the gentleman,
''where's my share of the corn?"
"You amt got none sah," was the
sympathetic reply.
Haven't got any. Why, wasn't to
have fourth of all you raised?"
"Ycs, sab. but dey want no fourth.
Dere want but ies' my three loads!"--
Youths Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18
MANAGING FURNACES.
Eight Good i:uies to Observe in Contro
ling the Heat.

Eight Good i.uies to Observe in Control
ling the Heat.
The first thing to do is to get the
house thoroughly warmed. When it is
heated to the desired temperature, it
will require less coal to keep it warm
than If constantly cooling and heating.
There is more economy in filling the
flrepot full of coal thrn in putting in
only q small amount, because that
burns away more readily.
Do not use poker on the top of the
fire. 1t is bad management in the use
of hard coal. The CRATE in the furnace
will remove the ashes and clinkers,
thus allowing free passage for air
through the fire.
In filling the furnace with coal the
smokepipe damper should be opened
and the ashpit door and slide closed,
otherwise the smoke and gas will be
forced out of the feed door.
When the rooms are heated, and there
is good fire in the furnace, shut it up
as close as possible.
In the morning open all drafts, put
in q small quantity of coal, let it burn
thoroughly, then add fuel until full.
Let 1t burn for short time for the gas
to be consumed before closing the
hampers.
II the furnace heats quick and strong
from good draft, so that in warm
weather there is too much heat. don't
shake the CRATE, but allow it to clog
with ashes-not under, but on top Of
the CRATE Ashes then lessen combus-
tion.
Never shut. of all the registers at
once. II it is desired to shut the regis
ters, close those on the upper floors, as
when the lower rooms and halls are
heated the air finds its way to upper
rooms. Good Housekeeping.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18
GREAT LUCK DID 1T.
Neat Work With Billiard Balls Brings
Mr. Spooner Around.

Neat Work With Billiard Balls Bringf
MI. Spooner Around.
Some time ago 1 was at the well.
known White Sulphur Springs with .
party. 1 had an enterprise on hand
that summer, and among the party was
Mr.. Spooner, of Boston, a capitalist,
some of whose money wanted badly.
One evening, after an excellent dinner,
talked up" my scheme "for all il
was worth" But somehow he didn't
take kindly to it. OF course 1 knew he
lied when he said all his funds were
locked up. They all say that wheu
they don't want to go in. However,
finding it was mo co." changed the
subject, and, 1 don't know why, fell to
Dragging about my NERVE and skill
at this and that Among other things
l mentioned pyramid pool, and boosted
how many bottles of wine had set up
for the boys by pocketing every ball
on the table.
A little later, happening to be near
the billiard-room, nothing would suit
Spooner but I must take q cue at a
game just starting. I tried to get out
of it; said I was tired; that my wife
wanted me; and one or two other fiimsy
excuses. But Spooner was persistent,
said one game would do, and he'd sit
by and watch me.
think Spooner's idea was that had
been lying to him; and, in fact, had
embellished. Still, for very shame, i
took cue, while chalked it thinking
up plausible excuses as to being out Of
practice, and so on.
n
game, and by rare good luck i got
number one. OF course it is no dis.
credit to even the best of players if he
fails to count on the burst"
Well, burst the balls, and one went
into the pocket, with all the rest
safe" At least they looked safe to
Spooner, who sat with q broad grin on
his face watching me.
However, / contrived to pocket one
more, and then another; and after that,
one by one, leisurely, every ball ON the
table.
Then every man of the fourteen, who
had stood awaiting his turn, wheeled
around and put his cue in the rack,
with some remarks about its being too
warm for such exercise.
A promoter OF enterpriseas needs to
be cool and self-possessed; SO made
out as II that sort of thing were habit
ual with me, said good night &c
Spooner-no longer grinning. and In
deed somewhat irritated-and went of
upstairs to my wife.
Soon after my return to New York.
who should walk into my Office on
lower broadway but spooner. He had
been thinking, he said, about the ZEN
terprise," and concluded he might do
worse than invest few thousands
Now, the point of ths story Is just
here. Would Spooner have Invested on
my representations alone? Evidently
not. fetched him" In . quite differ.
emit way.
can say that there's much of what
you might call s'fun" in this story (cer.
tainly not for Spooner), but feel sure
there's the biggest kind Of q moral
Hudor Genone, In Truth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18
WHILE THEY SLEEP.

He giveth while they sleep
10 His beloved strength
The nerves that tire. the eyes that weep,
Wake calm and clear at length.
His angels come with healing hands
For all our loss and pain;
Life's empty cruise, that broken stands,
They mend and fill again.
At morn free mounts the thought
That wearied, earthward fell;
Plain looks the task we vainly wrought,
But hoy we cannot tell.
The sombcr.curtaincd night,
With silenco.guarded hour,
Has held mid waves OF starry light
The hiding of His power.
Lay anxious thoughts aside;
Gods ways are not like ours.
Look how His gifts unchanged abide
The air. the light the flowers!
AT night, though victory be unwon,
And many fears will creep,
just take thy rest, o toiling onei
He giveth while they sleep,
%. s. Rice, in Boston Transcript.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18
Ungrateful.

"Will you marry me?" asked Mr..
Bliffen, in plain, untrimmed English
for he could trust himself to nothing in
the ornamental line.
She spurned him scornfully.
No. she replied, with cruel deci-
sion. MOI
The words pierced the heart in his
bosom. His lips quivercd, and at first
he could not speak.
Have you more to say?" at length
he asked plaintively.
What more do you want me to sayY"
Again he shrank at the cruel thrust
II don't know" he murmured, rs he
took up his hat 10 go, ''but think you
might have said: No. thank you. 20
brakes Magazine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18
The Active Allerobe.

'Just think" said Watts. impress
siyely. ut takes twelve thousand mi
crobes to form procession an inch
long"
That information might amount 70
something,' responded Potts, III mi.
crobes were In the habit OF forming
rrocessions instead OF attending strictly
70 business Indiapspolis Jonrnal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18
Cenpsnsating Adysptsss.

Mother-Aren't you sorry for the
little boy with his arm iu = slingq
Hobby Y-y-yes, but just think what
Z llis OF candy and s'seh STAG hs uust
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18

Thinkers are scarce as gold; but he
whose thoughts embrace all their sub
jects, who pursues it un!nteiruptedly
and fearless OF consequences, is dia-
mond of enormous size.--Lavater.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18

The eye OF genius has always
plaintiye expression, and its natural
language Is pathos. A prophet Is sad
der than other mon. Mrs. L. NJ. Child.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18

The discovery OF what is true and
the practice of that which Is COED are
the two most important ol,jeSts ot
philosophy. -yoltsire
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18

All this happened three years ago
Bertha is lady mayoress this year, and
Ella Harrington is Ella Wynter. the
idol OF my heart. And installed in a
palatial kennel in the garden of oui
pretty home is my white, my only,
rival GERTRUDE WARDEN.