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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28

Negroes, even more than white peo.
pie, perhaps, are given to counting
their chickens before they are Matched.
A correspondent reports laughable in
stance.
Gus, young colored boy, grew conf
dental one Friday evening.
'I'm goin' to the cimitery next Sun
day, Miss Mary" he said.
But, Gus, that is long walk. Yol
know it is more than four miles,"
60 I'm not a-goin' to walk I'm
goin' to ride"
"How is that, Gusp Has your father
bought carriage?"
Nav; but I'm goin' in llerridge to
my uncle's funeral"
All day Saturday Gus could talk of
nothing but the coming festivity To a
young ''darky'' Sunday funeral is a
great event
Sunday l gave him holiday, and on
Monday expected a full account of the
funeral but Gus appeared with a mel
ancholy face In answer to my inquiry
he said:
81 didn't go, Miss Mary. He amt
dead yet"
The sick man recovered. Youths
Companion
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28
naIr Dye and Royn,.n.

A pretty story is told of the royal
pair of Itary, which is not without a
moral for some women. The kinr's
whiskers began to grow gray, which
fretted Queen Margherita, who remon-
strated little with her royal spouse in
the matter. The next day a bottle of
hair dye was sent to his dressing-room,
with the queens comp iments The
king said nothing, but at breakfast the
following morning he appeared with
her French poodle under his arm, his
fleece rich hue from thi plentiful use
Of the hair dye, while hia .wn whislkers
and hair remained untouched. The use
of hair dye is happily not nearly so
prevalent as generation ago, but there
are still plenty among us who watch
with dread the multiplication of silver
in their locks, and not few who still,
foolishly, resort te imitation color to
replace them Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28
STORY OF PENN YAM.
Two Jealous Religious Factions Mat
Compromise on the Name.

Two Jealous Religious Factions Made q
Compromise on the Name.
Have you ever heard OF the Jemina-
kins? And do you know how the town
of Penn Yam was christened?
If not, it is worth while to listen to
the story that Representative Warner,
OF New York, told to Post reporter
the other day.
"Once upon time," he said, 'there
lived in Connecticut young woman
named Jemina Wilkinson. She died, or
at least her relatives thought she was
dead. At the funeral the coffin was
opened for the last time to allow the
sorrowing friends to gaze upon the sup
posed corpse. Miss Wilkinson surprised
the congregation by coming back to
life. From that time she was a woman
with mission. She claimed that she
had passed through the gates of death,
but that she had been sent back to the
world to be the second Redeemer. From
her resurrection, in fact, was to date
the regeneration of the world.
Connecticut, with its orthodox tend
encies, proved sterile ground for the
new religionists, and they removed to
Pennsylvania, somewhere in Tioga
county, l think Here they made some
accession, but believing that they could
prosper still better in New York, they
moved their entire colony into Yates
county, in my state. Jemina was car
ried through the woods in a gorgeous
chariot drawn by her adorers. In New
York they established the city of New
Jerusalem and presently increased so
that they wanted post office Their
religion, however, was not proof
against jealousy, and the first of the
faith, who were called Yankees because
they came from Connecticut, were in a
continual state of warfare with the
latter worshipers, who were gathered
into the fold from Pennsylvania When
the time came to choose the name of
the pest office every suggestion of the
one faction was laughed to scorn bv the
other and day was spent in heated
but vain debate. Finally one of the
good brethren, who had probably been
out taking drink or two, suggested
compromise. He thought the name
might be divided between the two
sides, with Penn for the ePennsylvanians
and Yam for the Yankees. The session
adjourned without formally ratifying
this solution of the problem but it was
accepted next day by general consent,
and Penn Yam still remains the name OF
the citV, V,"-WaShinpto Post
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28
THE BOW.

1t Is as Fearful an Instrument of Destruc.
tion as Its More Modern Counterpart.
1.-THE bow, once the worlds CHIEF
weapon, is now almost completely q
thing of the past" said Maj. D. G. John,
son. "The more or less noble red men
of the American forest now carries a
Winchester and metallic cartridges, the
Australian Bushman is armed with a
musket and even the Congo negroes
blaze away at each other with villain.
GUS saltpeter The bow is no longer a
military weapon of any considerable
people. Even Cupid appears to be
equipped with repeating rifle and is
blazing away at the stomach instead OF
the heart We are accustomed to think
IF the bow as a harmless kind OF
weapon, fit only for small boys to shoot
woodpeckers with, but ! tell you that
in the hands of skillful archer it is
one of the most terrible engines of de.
struction known to man. l have seen
an Apache Indian drive barbed arrow
clear through two year old buffalo
and bring him down as though struck
by the bolts OF Olympian Jove. 1 would
rather be struck by minnie bullet
than with one of those metal-pointed
darts. History tells us that when the
Romans invaded Parthia under Cassius
those Apaches of the east drove their
arrows clear through them and pinned
them to the earth. would back regi-
ment of skilled archers to whip an
equal number of soldiers armed with
muzzle-loading muskets. The fire
would be equally as accurate and effect
i've and much more rapid. 1 cannot
understand how the old flint-lock came
to supplant the bow, unless military
men were charmed by its noise. The
old English bowmen constituted a
soldiery not to be scorned; the bow OF
Ulysses was weapon that the bravest
might well fear. st. Louis Globe-Dem.
Ocrat
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28
He Wont to scom.

A rural New Jersey member who
had announced in the house that the
wants and sufferings of the insane Of
the state ''were all humbug," went to
her parlor to silence her with his argu.
ments, but was constrained by her
gentle force to listen to hers. At the
end OF an hour and half he moved
into the middle of the room, and thus
delivered himself; "Ma'am, bid you
good night do not want, for my
part, to hear anything more; the others
can stay if they want to, am con-
o'acedi you've conquered me out and
out shall vote for the hospital. If
you II come to the house and talk there
as you've done here. no man that isn't
a brute can stand you; and so, when a
mans convinced, that's enough. The
Lord bless ycl!" Thereapon he took
his departure Century.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28

himself like a lunatic, while the sym
pathetic spectators cheered themselves
hoarse out of pure delight for his hap
piness.
1t is needless to say that O'Brien did
not then leave the gold fields. On the
contrary, he staid long enough to make
modest fortune-all owing, he said,
to the ring-and returned with me to
New York, via Callao and the Isthmus
of Panama, late in the summer of 1854.
Though l have not seen them for
twenty years, he and his wife still live,
believe, on Long Island, not far from
Brooklyn. On my last visit, in 1872,
found their two eldest sons, stout boys
of fifteen and sixteen, amusing them
selves with the time-honored boome-
rang, whose story was quite familiar to
them, and my old friend still wore the
historic ring, sound as ever, though
somewhat reduced In weight.
W. THOMSON.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28
puMaeNr pARart,ApAs.

J --'Thoy say Green has been wander
ing in his mind lntelv.' We'll, he's
safe enough; ne can't Rct far."--Rare
Bits
-"Chappie--'Tf you want TO have ami
mir of extinction you must look littlet
tired" Clara--"O, that's easy while
I'm with you. Life.
--Clara--"Whnt shall sing for you,
Jacls2" Jack--"IIave you u song with
q refrain?" Clara - "Igs" Jack
well, then, please refrain, Wonder.
--Iimbley-- There gocs % man WORTH
his weight in gold" SIN hers--"What
has he done?" Jimbley--" lie recovered
s5, 900 damages for the loss Of one foot"
Inter Ocean.
--Barber-"What made you say that
I am using an inferior quality of shaw
ing soap?" Victim-"It tastes worse
than it used to- Mail and Express.
Photographic" madame, a
pleasant expression, please" Son-in-
law lin the baclground) )--"Whewl
must not miss thatl"-B'liegende Blat-
ter.
--Bellows-."I don't believe you are
anything of a DOCTOR" DIR. Surelsill-
"Just ask my patients" Bellows-'T
don't speak the dead languages. "--Har-
lem Life.
Little Nellie had been quiet for a
good while. whats the matter?"
asked her mother "rs unhappy"
"Unhappy?" ''Yes'm." ''Why9" 81
tan't fink Of any question to ask. -
Washington Star.
You Americans are never still. It's
hurry and hustle all day with you,"
said the foreigner. "Never still, eh?"
retorted the American. 81 guess you
never saw one of our hired men at
work. "-Harper's Bazaar.
BY serving oX-tail soup at the be-
ginning of dinner and providing calves
head jelly for desert, hotel-keeper can
manage to make both ends meet--N.
Y. Journal
-Brown-"White is a man of poor
Judgment. He never agrees with me-"
Gray-'But White says your Judgment
is good for nothing" Brown-'Doesn't
that prove what / say?"-Boston Tram
script.
(which do you like best, Uncle
Silas, tragedy or comedy?" swell, for
the most part" replied Farmer Begosh,
II believe I prefer tragedy, for when
the KILN comes yer feels that yer
gettin sorter square with the actors"
Washington Star.
Had Seen the Bogy-Man Before
She Ito her little sister aged five)--
"Now, Rose you must go to bed, be-
cause the bogy-man will soon be here"
Little Rose-"Oh! Pm no more afraid
of young Mr.. Jones than you are."->
Browning, King & Co. IS Monthly.
First Masher-"Well, did you make
the acquaintance of that strange girl
you were raving over?" Second Ditto
Eyes, followed her home" First NJ. =
"How did she strike you?' Second
Ditto-"She didn't at all; she got her
big brother to do it. ''-Drakes' Magazine.
"A Sign of Extremity. is the
colonel?" asked one Kentucl1ian of an
other, who had just returned from Col
Frankforts sick room. 1.-THE colonel is
a very sick man, sab. saw him swal-
low glass of water given him by ths
nurse without even protest, sab. "---'
PittsbErrh Chronicle
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28

fellows came about our vents, begging
by signs for damper (unleavened
bread), sugar and tea, of which they
are excessively fond.
NotiaiaAs that several of the men car
ried boomerangs, some one proposed
that they should earn the coveted
dainties by n competitive exhibition of
skill.
None of the party spoke English, but
they understood what was wanted at
once and quickly arranged for the con-
test Selecting a tolerably level piece,
of ground, they drove into the sun
baked soil one of their wooden spears
and hung upon it 'possum rug. Ten
yards or so in front of this they made
a send-off crease. Then each one of
the party, standing in succession upon
this mark, with his back to the target,
made three consecutive throws, the
trick being to make the missile return
over the thrower's head and strike the
target if possible.
There were fourteen natives in the
group; thirteen of them had competed,
but none had come within a foot of the
mark, while some had missed it by six
yards or more. The fourteenth man, q
tall, shiny fellow, the top of whose
head was literally bedaubed with red
ochre, now toed the scratch and at
his third turn actually hit and knocked
down the pendant 'possum rug. Thus
out of forty-two shots one only had
proved perfectly accurate.
We suitably rewarded all the COM
petitors and gave to the victor a double
mess of sugar, and, best of all, plug
of ''nigger-head" tobacco.
Then number of us tried our hands
at the game, but only O'Brien could
make anything of it.
He seemed to catch on at once, and,
getting the winning black to instruct
him, kept trying until he succeeded in
some remarkably close shots.
He then wound up the performance
by giving the tall savage valuable
four blade knife in exchange for his
boomerang, and the delighted black
fellows went off toward their moorong
(cluster of bough huts).
They had not got two hundred yards
away, however, when Dick uttered a
yell of dismay, and, exclaiming:
Boys, my ring is gomez ran frantical-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28
Good Temner.

Good temper is like a sunny dav.
shedding brightness on everything. II
is temper which creates the bliss OF
home, or disturbs its comforts. 1t is
not in the collision of intellect that do
mestic peace likes to nestle; her home
is in the forbearing nature-in the Weld.
ing spirit-in the calm pleasures of a
mild disposition anxious TO give and re.
,eive happiness. Goethe says 'He is
the happiest be he king or peasant,
who finds peace in his home" But
peace cannot be found till sought for.
and when once obtained requires culti.
vation, and the most effectual culture
is good temper. 1t is fortune in itself
and has the same effect in the domestic
circle as the sunshine has on all outside
For as the warm sunshine and the zen.
tie breeze melt the glacier, SO the voice
of kindness will touch the heart which
could not be subdued by severity. Coco
temper in the morning will tighten the
cares of tho day, and make all house,
hold affairs progress smoothly. Good
temper at night will he fraught with
sweetest memories free from regrets il
death claims u dear one in the dark.
ness Christian at Work.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28
The Press of China.

In China there is no such thing as the
periodic press. The only newspaper
published in the empire, the Tin Boo
is the imperial organ, and is devoted
principally to the publication of official
nomina ions. 1t onlyincidentally prints
any news and this is wholly untrust-
worthy, being usually entirely false.
Chinese Journalism proper consists of
posters bandbills, circulars aud little
political pamphlets, of which great
number are printed from time to time,
and the country Is usually deluged with
them on the eve of the sanguinary
movements Of which the Europeans are
commonly the vickEs IN. y, Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28
Reyersinr lhiups.

Bobby-Funny thing about Sissy's
Two beaus, isn't it, pop.
Fond Parent-What is it?
Bobby--Why, Mr. Boldleigh is a gro
Ger and Mr. Gotrox is in the real estats
business
Fond Parcnt-What about it?
Bobby Vel. Sis says that Mr. Bold.
leigh has lots oi sand but that Mr.
''oIf''s h;f2 i1ore lgAr -Lifo.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28
Mhisk- Hroom Holdnra

Rip up any old straw hats carefully.
and when the hraid is all apart sew
into such shapes as will hold whisk.
broom, the roun l-and-roun style, with
an opening at the bottom of about fous
inches. A pretty edge is an addition,
and the open Tuscan braid supplies
this. When all is done, go over thu
surface with sizing OF quick-drying
varnish When the varnsl ia per-
fectly dry, gild the whole aifiir. Hang
by means of gold and another colored
ribbon that Is harmoniou, n time or a
pleasing contrast Aim ,st any color,
however, goes well with rod, but
green, blue, lavender (although This is
not very lasting color) AMI pink are
beautiful with gold. When thcse are
used, paper or Artificial leaves and
flowers may be tied with them, u, for
the catchall, and placed upon the front
as an ornament. IL the stray be Glenn
and not discolored 1t may be left with
out gliding, and the oats a ID flowers
used as above, tying them into place
with the ribbons. Detroit Free Pre-s
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28
Training Down

Mrs clover--That black hen as gittin,
thinner mn thinner
Farmer Cloyer-Yes, l think sho's
gittin' ready to lay ghost Jury
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28
OHIO

lil0 & u I ~ 10
missile, called
by some of the
a b o + G in u l
tribes of Aus
tralia aoomCrd
and by others
kyJce, has been
IN n d g t h G
theme of many
wonderful, if
not fanciful,
tales. Is o IN c
writer's have
described it as
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-05
HOW HE HAD Fun.
He Pulled a Big Weapon With
Which to Tackle a Clerk.

He Pulled Big Weapon With
Which to Tackle Clerk.
Detroit Free Press.
You can't always tell how green a
man may be by the color you think he
is" said the drummer, sententiously,
and the hotel clerk ran his eyebrows up
into Interrogation points.
NO" he went on. as If the clerk had
put his q uestion into words. mo, YOU
can't. Last week L was i'll New York
and one night went down to sleep by
the sea-"
ION bench In Battery park?" in
quired the dlsingenuOuS clerk.
"Ot course n0t," retorted the drum
mer; ''down at one Of the nearby sea-
when l got there and had registere at
one of the swell hotels, country-look-
ing citizen stepped up and took my
place before the book. He wrote his
name and looked up at the dignified and
imperlous young man behind the
counter.
"'GOt any rooms, young feller,' he
said, fer about one dolyer per day?'
Certainly not,' was the naughty
and disguised reply.
"'HoW'S yer rates, anyhow?
"'Well, you can get suite for 500 a
day. he said, with the air of one man
expecting to see the other man drop
dead.
"'Good enough responded the coun-
tryman, without turning hair. 'Pll
take that kind for five days and pay in
advance. Can you change bill for me?'
and he slapped down new thousand
dollar William that must have looked a
yard long to the clerk. Whether it did
or not, he grew red in the face; said
he'd have to see the landlord; couldn't
raise over $3.50 in change to save his life
that early in the season; and while he
was trying to apologize. the countrvman
stuffed the bill in his pocket and went
across the street to another hotel.
THAT evening talked with him on
the beach, and he said he was nicely
fixed at 81 day for month. Then he
laughingly told me he carried that bill
along with him to slug highfalutin hotel
clerks with, and he called it thousand
dollar billie, because it knocked them
every time"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-05

kept on working toward the center
pocket. He passed the center pocket
at $50. and when 800 was called he
took off his coat and settled down to
break his record of 32O in the afternoon
game of Tuesday. He accomplished
that and still went OH bringing the
spheres toward the right top pocket,
aud passed that point safely at 400.
Ives was playing grandly. and the spec
tators were lavish with their express
sloDS OF pleasure at his beautiful
manipulation. Carefully along the top
line came the globes, and Ives touching
them almost imperceptibIy with his cue.
He got them near the left hand corner,
and the scorer called 500. He turned
the corner and passed the pocket in
brilliant style, and sent the balls gently
down the left-hand rail- Roberts
walked around the table and anxiously
watched the Chicago man make 600.
More applause. and Ives cue, like the
magic wand, toeched the cue ball deftly.
When he got to the center pocket the
balls broke badly and he had to play a
hazard for the side pocket. and had to
resort to open play. He finally slipped
up on shot for the side pocket and sat
down, making ISL in the break. Six
hundred and forty of this score was
made on the rail.
In the nights play Ives scored 1,949,
which placed him liz ahead of Roberts.
although he was 945 behind when the
nights play began. Roberts made 1856.
The total score now is: Ives, 4,602;
Roberts, 4.4S7. Ives highest breaks
were 65l, 5l5 and 395. Roberts made
162, and went over the century mark
five times. Play will he resumed at 3
tomorrow afternoon.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-05
BANK DEcEIvERs.
The Fraud Who Comes in Re-
snectab?a Guise Most Dreaded

The Fraud Who Comes in Re-
st Louis Globe Democrat.
n. \. Painbolt, of Norfolk, Neb., who
was present at the worlds congress of
finance at Chicago, said to the writer:
~ am more fearful Of the man who
makes good appearance than of the
other kind. Men who expect to deceive
bankers understand how much we have
to depend upon looks. They prepare
themselves accordingly. If man comes
to me with certain amount OF timidity
and want of confidence, l am more
inclined to take him at his word and
give him what he wants than if he is
ready Of speech and entirely self
possessed.
.'As for the theory that the confidence
man betrays himself by his manner, l
have my doubts. 1t hasn't been my ex-
perlence with them. Dickens is con-
sidered an authority on human nature.
Dickens said something like this: The
general impression is that dishonest
man cannot look you in the face. Let
me disabuSe your mind of that, for |
promise you dishonest man can look
you out of countenance every hour of
the day II there is anything to be gained
by it, My experience in the banking
business confirms that view of it.''
j. NJ. Dinwiddie, of Cedar Rapids,
said: LET me add my experience, A
man came into my bank with check
for S15-his wages as a carpenter, he
said. He was dressed like a working
man. He looked like one. In every
way he had the appearance of an honest
man. hadn't the least doubt he was
4. II \ L. \
He cashed six others like it in our city
that day. We got him, and l looked
him over afterward carefully, but l
couldn't see anything about him which
conficted with my first Judgment that
he was all honest workingman. Even
after he was in prison he was just as
honest-iookIng as when he came to the
bank window"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-05
HIS HEAD WAS CRUSHED.
AN Unidentified BODY FOU;D ON
SAND LAKE.
$500 STRAPPED AROUND 1T.
Evidence That the Man Had Been
Killed and the Remains
Thrown Into the Lake-He
Was Probably From Canada,
as Part of the Money Was Ca
nadian-The Murphy Trial.

Special to the Globe
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Oct. "A
body has been found on the shore of
Sand lake. sixty miles north of Tower.
The coroner examined the body in the
presence of Dan Ackley, of Tower, and
DR.. Tuley, of West Superior. In the
head was a bullet hole. and it appears
the head had been crushed in by some
heavy substance with great force. The
mans clothes gave the appearance
that the murderer had hastily ex-
amined the body in quest of
money, but it had escaped
him. as $500 was found in belt strapped
around his body. His identity is not
known. The owner evidently came
from Canada, as part of the money was
Canadian. He had been sunk in the
lake, but floated TO the shore.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-05
SMELLING RIO.
Rebels Again Bombarding the
Capital.

New YORK, Oct. 5.-The Herald's
Montevideo dispatch says: Information
has just reached here that Admiral
N ellos' rebel fleet is again bombarding
Rio Janeiro. The fleet, which a few
days ago moved into a strategic
position to get out of range of the fire of
the forts and renew its attacks on the
city is throwing shot and shell into the
capital. Little damage is being done in
the city. although the greatest alarm is
felt throughout the town. Many of the
private residences have been already
deserted, the families having fled to
escape the barbarities perpetrated by
Peixoto's troops.
The presidents forces are replying to
the fire of the ships from batteries
which were thrown up along the water
front at the time the feet changed its
anchorage few days ago. From
DeSterro comes the announcement
that parts of the crews of
the Brazilian war ships Repub-
lica and Pallas, which recently arrived
there, have gone ashore and occupied
the forts in that city and on the island
of Santa Catharina. 1t is the intention
to establish Mellos' headquarters in
Desterro and proclaim a provisional
government.