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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-23

IT is little singular that the person
born with IA silver spoon in bis mouth
seldom makes stir in the worid.--Boston
GaUetle
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-23

You can't tell the size of q mans bank ac-
count by the magnitude of his chrysantLc-
mum. Philadelphia Record.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-23

For n Cough, Cold or Sore Throat, uss
"Rromlt's bronchial Trochcs." give mmedi.
ate relief Sold OniU IN bOEe.. Price - cts,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-23

THE Grip Of Pneumonia may Rewarded off
with Hale's Honey OF liorchcund aud Tar
THINKS before he spealis-The man who
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-23

DIR. Hnxs'c's Cnrtnin Group Cure
Sent postpaid with beautiful souvcnirspoon.
Send SOC TO a. 7. EONsIE, Bu.falo, y. Y.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
I;,erarv Women In Society.

An exchange says that a feeling Of
disappointment is frequently engender-
ed by literary women when they mix
with society. It Is asserted that they
are not so sparkling in conversation as
one has been led TO expect" There are
very few people in this world who do
more than one thing very well, and II a
writer gives thoughts 10 the world II
surely is as much az can be expected.
Besides. those thoughts have a money
value and must be stored away for
future use, not thrown broadcast at an
afternoon tea, or an evening reception.
| think IL was Mark Twain who at one
time conducted the numerous depart
ment OF the (since deceased GalaXey.
For some months he filled the columns
allotted to him with varying criticisms.
but the best was the one in which he
resigned his place because he could
not be funny to order" So with literary
people of every degree. they cannot be
expected to be always I'm such state or
brilliant receptivity that they can give
out rays Of Illuminating splendor In all
directions. Moreover. l do not believe
this should be spoken Of women alone.
Perhaps 1t is only because they are more
observed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
GIadstone's Habits in Reading.

It Is rather discouraging to know that
IL one should read more hours a day
than the average American is able 10
spend away from business he would be
able to read only a few OF the works that
are really worth reading. Mr.. Gladstone,
however, is not 10 be discouraged by this
knowledge. He goes upon the principle
that the only way TO get any reading done
is TO read. In volume of conversations,
recently translated. DR.. Dollinger said:
Il think 1t was in the year 1871 that l
remember his (Gladstone's) paying me q
visit at o'clock in the evening. We be-
gan talking on political and theological
subjects, and both Of us became so en-
crossed with the conversation that II
was 2 o'clock at night when l left the
room TO fetch a book from my library
bearing on the matter in hand. | returned
with 1t in a few minutes. and found Glad
stone deep in a volume he had drawn
out of his pocket-true 10 his principles
of never losing time-during my momen-
tary absence. And this at the small hours
of the morning."
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15

His knowledge, too, Of all that had
been done by the poets. both ancient and
modern, was, like that Of Tennyson,
very extensive. He loved his art, not
only in his own hands but In the hands
Of others. There was not gain of envy
or grudge of jealousy of other living
poets in his conversation. Even when he
did not care for the subjects or the kind
of poetry, he appreciated and praised
the work 1t was characteristic OF his
searching curiosity and his love OF dis
covery that he was not content with
reading the best works of the bygone
poets, but sought out the little books
where some unknown poet had planted
one flower, the sole poem of his life. and
brought 1t to excellence. Long before
Smart's Song to David" had taken it's
place In so many collections l remember
his quoting a long passage out OF 1t at
dinner, and well he rolled out, and with
special pleasure. this fine verse:
Strong is the lion-like a coal
His eyeball-like a bastion's mole
His chest against the foes.
Strong the gier-eagle on his sail;
Strong against the tide the enormous
whale
Energies as he goes.
-stopford Brooke In the Christmas Gen.
fury.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
Literary Siftings.

1t IS said that Carmen Sylvia. the poet
queen of Roumania. has had a paralytic
shock and is completely disabled In the
lower portion of her body
Bayard Taylor's widow is going to tell
In an article which she has written for
The Ladies' Home Journal what It means
to be 1.-THE Wife of a Literary Man"
At the monthly meeting Of the Theatre
Of Arts and Letters in New York, the
other day. 1t was decided that the present
method of seating the house-on the first
come, first served principle--was the best
practicable.
Thomas Nelson Page will open the
Editors Drawer in Harper's Magazine for
January with another of his inimtabe
character sketches entitled. The Prosecu-
ton Of Mrs. Outlet" 1t will be illustrated
by a. b. FrCst.
The January number of the Mothers
Nursery Guide contains an article on the
care OF the child's scalp and hair. by DIR.
G. T. Jackson. in which great stress is
laid on the Importance of giving early
attention 10 this matter
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson. who is
only second to her husband in literary
gift has written story called Under
Sentence of The Law" in which a dog
condemned to death by Swiss law court,
but saved by the petition Of the villagers,
Is the hero.
An Authors Reading. under the auspices
of the Booksellers and Stationers' Pro-
vident Association, will be given In New
York on January 18th. at Chickering Hall
Charles Dudley Warner. +. Hopkinson
Smith Edward Eggleston. VIII Carleton.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and Robert Grant
are among the readers.
Lucia True Ames writes on the Home
I'm the Tenement House In the January
New England Magazine She believes the
only immediate Improvement. with exist
ing conditions. is TO enlarge the tenements
and make them sanitary and roomy. and
that their abolition is impossible with the
present centralizing tendencies OF COM
mcrce.
Albert Delpit, the French novelist, who
died i'm Paris this week. was born in New
Orleans, but educated in France, where
he resided His story. lie Fills de Cora
lie" was dramatiZed as Felicia" play
I'm which Rose Eytinge starred In this
country with great success. His dramas
have been seen at the Coincide Fran
caise. Delpit was not much over forty.
Hugh and Val Starns, brothers OF lit
erary fame have delicious bit OF negro
character study, a Monochrome In Yellow,
I'm the January number Of letters South
ern Magazine This sketch, while dealing
with the city negro vastly different from
those Of the country, gives the quaintness
and true characteristics OF those two sons
of Ham whose attempts to win the love
and hand of the fair charmer, Milly, are
depicted in highly humorous style.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15

Count Leon Tolstoi was taking walk
i'm Moscow last week, when he saw Il
policeman struggling with a moujik. The
policeman got the best Of H. and when
the moujik was laid out in the mud, Toll
stoi rushed up, pushed the gorodoVoi
away helped the moujik up, and, turn
ing back on the policeman, asked
Can'st thou read, my friend?' Il think
so well, hast thou read the Holy
Gospel" Eyes. l have" We'll, how
dare you forget that 1t forbids man to
strike his neighbour The policeman hes
itated a minute. and then, collartns
the mouuk. said TO the cele-
brated novelist: And YOU do
YOU know how TO read?" Yes" said
Count Tolstoi Read the police regula-
tiong?" mo" well, then" continued
the policeman. as he formed the process
sion towards the station. Just go home
and read them before going about In the
streets. interfering with people. st Pc
tersburg Letter 10 the New Orleans
Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15

ready for the public are two stories for
the Century Magazine. One Of these,
the One Million Pound Bank Note" APP
peared In the January number OF that
magazine. The other will be published In
the March number, and is entitled "a
Cure for the Blues" II Is the story Of
an American novel of a hysterical type
which Mark Twain found by chance, and
which struck him as particularly ludi-
crous. He retells the story OF the novel.
quotes literally from II, and intersperses
running comments Of his own. 1t is, in
Mark Twain's own estimation, "the fun
niest thing he ever struck" and with this
recommendation of the author himself.
the story ought certainly to prove espe-
cially interesting and amusing 10 the
many readers Of the great humorist.
Just In this connection II Is well to say
that while Mark Twain has always stood
out as our leading humorist, there is a
far more serious vein In him than any
OF his readers imagine. In fact 1t has
Of late years given him considerable an
noyance TO find himself obstinately mis-
understood when his purpose has been
serious. People seem to think L can't
do anything but write jokes" he once
said. He was so misunderstood by many
who criticised his Yankee at the Court
or King Arthur" The book was funny
at times-Mark Twain couldn't help being
funny-but 1t was intended for satire
with a serious purpose. His early books.
he frankly states. were written simply
for fun, but lately he has occasionally
taken on a more serious tone and his
annoyance at finding himself misunder-
stood I'm every case Is quite natural.
Mark Twain OF to-day is a far different
man from the one who wrote 'Innocents
Abroad" In the last twenty years he has
developed, broadened and deepened. He
is a man Of the highest culture. widely
read and widely Informed, an accom-
plished linguist, thorough literary schol-
ar, and deep and serious thinker. His
special favorites in literature are Shakes
peare and Browning. These masters he
has studied long and carefully knows
them almost by heart, and his recital Of
favorite selections has often given pleas
ure TO his friends. His three daughters,
brought up in surroundings Of the ut
most refinement and culture. are all
bright, well educated, and accomplished.
The eldest, Miss Clara Clemens, not yet
twenty, has already begun to show dis
tinct literary tastes She has written
play Of an alegorical character. which
was produced in Hartford previous to her
departure abroad by an amateur company,
Of which she was the leading figure. Wit
nesses of the performance say that 1t
was entertaining and clever. and gave
evidence of genuine literary ability.-Bal-
timore Sunday News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
ST. AGNES.

Desp on the convent roof the SHOWS
Are sparkling 10 the moon:
Nv breath 20 heaven like vapor goes,
May my soul follow soon;
sno shadows OF the convent towers
slant down tho snowy sward.
san creeping with the creeping hours
That lead me TO my Lord:
Make Thou my spirit pure and clear
As are the fro sly skies.
~ this first snowdrop OF the year
That on my bosom lies.
As these white robes are soiled and dark
TO Wonder a ming ground.
A. ibis pale tapers earthly spark
TO wonder argent round
s elbows my soul before the Lamb,
Nv spirit before thee.
s. in my earthly house I am
TO what / hope 10 be.
Break mp the heavens, O Lord. and far.
Through all you starlight keen
Draw me. thy bride. differing star,
d. iaiment white and clean.
a. Tits me % the golden doors;
T.e flashes come and go;
Al heaven bursts her starry floors,
And s-rcws her lights below
Al leepcns Oh and up--the gates
Rolled back and lar within
Fo- mc The heavenly bridegroom waits.
To make ne pure of sin.
rre Sahbaths OF eternity.
one sabbath deep and wide.
a n-ht upon the shining sea.
The bridegroom with his bride.
-Tennyson.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
Something About Mark Twain.

When Mark Twain sailed to Europe
with his family some time ago his inten-
ton was 70 remain away about a year.
The period has now EXTENDED to nearly
two years, and he finds his villa life in
Florence so pleasant that his sojourn IL
likely 10 be prolonged indefinitely. His
purpose in travel was two-fold-to test
the curative powers Of the continental
baths for the rheumatism. which had
been troubling him of Late years. and 10
complete the education OF his three daugh-
ters' He keeps his home at Hartford in
constant readiness for his reception. and
he has during the period OF his visit
abroad twice returned to this country
10 arrange business matters. and for the
sake of the ocean travel. or which he
is particularly fond.
Mark Twain has at present no definite
MANS for a new book. He talks very lit
tie of his literary work until II is COM
pIsta and tina anIv man 'Snrka OF hta
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15

into the matrimonial moose whom It
would not delight to hear him read the
learned reviews Of Gottingen, or the
universal German library. when they
sounded his praise, though II might be
In some degree exaggerated. John Stuart
Idill regarded the institution Of marriage
I'm its highest aim and aspect as "a
union OF two persons Of cultivated facul-
ties. identical I'm opinion and purposes.
between whom there exists that best kind
Of equality. similarity OF powers with
reciprocal superiority in them, so that one
can enjoy the luxury OF looking up to the
other and can have alternately the pleas
ure OF leading and being led in the path
of development"
But other men OF genius have thought
differently on the subject. 1t is an oft
quoted saying of DR.. Johnson that "a
man in general is better pleased when
he has n good dinner on the table than
when his wife talks Greek" Racine
had an illiterate wife. and was accus-
tomde TO bOastfully declare that she
could not read any OF his tragedies Du-
fresny married his washerwoman.
Goethe's wife was a woman of mediocre
capacity. Heine said OF the woman he
loved: she has never read a line OF
my writings. and does not even know
what n poet is" Therese Lavasseur, the
last fame OF Rosseau, could not tell the
time of day. How many of the wise and
learned" says Thackeray. have married
their cooks. Did not Lord Eldon. himself
the most prudent of men. make a runa-
way match? Were not Achilles and Ajax
both in love with their servant maids?"
Seven hundred people sat up all night
to see the beautiful Duchess of Hamilton
get in her carriage, but would one in a
thousand lose wink of sleep TO get
glimpse Of the learned wife of the Pundit
Iainayalka, who discoursed with the
Indian in Sanscrit on the vexed problems
OF life?-The Interior.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
Wisdom, Riches and Honor.

The only perfect One has said Except
We become as little children. ye shall not
enter into the kingdom OF heaven" and it
is in children that we see purity. beauty
and simplicity blending so marvellously
together Yet for all this we love TO see
them grow great in riches and increase in
manliness and wisdom, seemingly forget
ting that the same holy teacher pointed
to the flowers and said. Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow they
toll not, neither do they spin. and yet
Solomon I'm all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these" And we know well
WI a. his glory was, we know how he ex-
celled ia wisdom, how his riches and
possessions were unparalleled in magni-
tude and splendor, and yet we are told
he was not comparable to one of these
humble flowers. What then? shall we sit
idly down gazing on the flowers with
feeling akin TO reverence, and let our
children grow op in ignorance? MOI for
IL is also written. The grass withereth,
and the flower thereof falleth away; lut
the word OF the Lord endureth tor ever"
And this is his. word 10 us. and TO our
children from generation to generation:
Seek We first the kingdom Of God and
his righteousness. and all these things
shall be added unto you. "-Lateo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
A Fair Encllsh socIalist.

Mrs. Annie Besant's popularity and
influence with the London democracy
are undoubted. There is a wonderful
magnetic attraction about her. Her
face In repose can hardly be called hand
some, but when animated her dark irish
eyes flash fire, and as one of her lady
friends once said 10 me, "she has one OF
the sweetest smiles l have ever SEEM
Her short, curling hair. and the some
what peculiar attire which she effects
add to the individuality OF her appear
ance. But her eloquence Is after all
the greatest attraction. l have heard
her speak time after time, and always
with renewed sense of her graphic
power and deep earnestness. AT the
debates of the Fabian Society, the So
cialist body OF which she is a member
she is the only speaker whom you feel
10 possess a thorough grasp OF the So
cialist problem. AS regards energy
and downright hard work, very few
women can approach Annie Besant.
She lives alone in a pleasant house In
St Johns Wood. but she is usually TO
be found immersed In business in a
little Office room up two flights Of mar
row stairs above the Free Thought pub
fishing Office in Fleet street. There IT
was that l saw her for the first time six
or seven years ago. She writes largely.
she lectures all over the country, she
edits the National Reformer for Mr..
Bradlaugh, she POUNDS working girls
unions and takes up every forlorn po-
litical cause In the metropolis. And yet
Mrs. Besant is the best abused and most
rnisrepresented woman in London and the
bugbear of polite society. Her advocacy
of Neo- Malthusian theories. and still more
her almost bitter antagonism to the Chris
tianity of the present day, fully account
for this.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15

ernor and also aide-de-camn N tho prr-
peror, Macmillan. ST. barbara first saw
~ nshs IN Italy In her fathers beauti-
~ Vllla near scandriglia. a gift from the
s.npo1or 70 his General. rich with mineral
,'p S,eIs' marvellous plants, statues, etc.
,.e,e she passed the first few years OF
ut nIe and where she became a convert
ule christian religion. The beautiful
ST. was hunted TO death, taken prisoner.
her breasts were cut of, and thus exposed
~ brutal soldiers, who took possession OF
neI, fastened her to a stake, covered her
WIN quickiime. and burned her TO death:
ana this she suffered rather than renounce
.he religion she had embraced This. at
ieast, is the legend, and the artillery and
ene engineer regiments fete her as their
patron 20 whom they show much respect
and gratitude, especially as they have
nam the day free and double pay-London
Society.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
BriIIiants.

Nv coed blade caryes the casques OF men,
Ny tough lance thrusteth sure;
NV strength Is as the strength OF ten
Because my heart Is pure.
-Tennyson.
Re noe too tame neither; but let yolr own
discretion be your tutor; suit the action 10
the word, the word to the action Shakes
peare.
Sac true his heart. sac smooth his speech,
His breath like caller air;
His very foot has music In Z
As he Genes up the stair.
Burns.
Unless YOU can muse In a crowd all day
on that absent face that fixed you;
Unless yen can love as the angels may,
With the breath of the heavens betwlxt
you:
Unless you can feel that his faith is fast
Through beho0ving and unbeho9Vins;
Unless you can die when the dream Is pass,
O never call ii loving.
Mrs Browning.
Sneak TO Him. thou, for lie hears.
And spirit with spirit can meet;
Closer Is lie than breathing.
Nearer than hands and feet
-Tennyson.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
Robert Browninc,s Social Life.

Robert Browning goes out great deal
In society, and has an especial weakness
for dinners. He is short and stout, with
white hair and glow OF rudy health.
He wears his hair quite long AID has
mustache and goatee lie enjoys the best
OF health and has an almost boyish low
OF animal spirits and enthusiasm. Society
Is his life. and he Is always en- evidence.
He dimes out nearly every night and loves
balls and receptions. Most agreeable in
conversation, OF course he Is well posted
on every subject and his friends number
the great men OF the entire world. He is
a great firt, and very proud Of his con-
quests. or course all bow down 10 the
Browning name, one OF the grandest In
literature, much sought after by all
classes OF society. His presence Is
thought to put a most learned and dis
tinguished stamp on any reunion.-Phila-
deiphia Press London Letter.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
Deafness Can't be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion OF the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an infiamed con-
dl,ion OF the mucous lining OF The Gus
tachian tube. When this tube gets In
famed you have rumhnng sound or
imperfect hearing. and when 1t is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can DO taken out
and this tube restored TO Its normal con-
dition hearing will be destroyed forever
Nine cases out OF ten are caused by ca
tarrh. which is nothing but an infamed
condition Of the mucous surfaces.
we will give one hundred dollars for
anv case OF deafness Caused by catarrh,
that we cannot cure by taking Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
+. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists. 7Sc.
Children Cry for Pitchers CastorlA,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
LEMON ELIXIR.
A Pleasant Lemon Tonic

For Bniouncss, Constipation MaiaIi"'
Colds and the Grip. - Had
r. INDIGESTION. Sick and Nervous Head
aches. . .,,, tIaort
For SleeplcSness. Nervousness anu iie"''
diseases. take Lemon Elixir.
Ladies. for natural and thorough organic
regulation. take Lemon Elixir ...oa..o, from
Dr. Mozleys Lemon Elixir is prepared Iron, from
t,e fresh Juice Of Lemons, combined WIN
o,her vegetable liver TONES and catharucs'
zoe ard 81 bottles at druggists -
Prepared only by Dr. ii. Motley A''Ah'"'
GA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15

"There on the top of the down.
The wild heather round me, and over me
June's high blue,
When | look at the bracken so bright
end the heather so brown.
1 thought to myself 1 would offer ..iis
book to you.
This and my love together.
TO you that are seventy-seven,
With faith as clear as the lights OF the
June blue heaven.
And a fancy as summer new
AS the green of the bracken amid the
gloom of the heather.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
Stub Ends OF Thought.

We pay for our pleasures in tears
Time is but a narrow rulIie around the
garment of eternity.
Justice may be blind. but she seems TO
see when there's money in the extended
hand.
Debt is a pin whose point is always
sharp TO honesty.-Detroit Free Press.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
Tn f;unrd Against swipdleA

Travellers In Japan are often sadly taken
IN by curio dealers, who palm of modern
bric-a-brac AS antiquities at extravagsns
prices. Accordingly an association has
beer formed at Toxic to safeguard both
the foreigners and the credit Of nationa!
industry, the members undertaking to ssli
foreigners only genuine works OF art and
To charge uniform rates.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
IL Cured Her.

"shs has given up spiritualism since shs
married"
because her husband objected 70 H. !
suppose" "a.
ayes, for whenever she went to . table
rapplng, he began 70 get messages from hn
first wifer'-Exehange,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
. pro,oinent Minister Writes;

Af,er ten years Of great suffering rom III
DIGESTION. with great nervous prostra,lon,'
blIlodsness, dIsordered kidneys ana cohstl,
patton I have been cured by Dr. Moziey
rau,on IslIxIr and am now well man
N'iH REV. G. 6. DAVIS,
ED. NJ. f. Church. South,
No. % Tamall street, Atlanta na'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15

The feast Of ST. Barbara, IKE that OF
b. Martin, is q soldiers fete In may,
The heroic girl. II we may believe an oio
ttory Of the tenth century, was an ANGER
OF beauty and virtue. born In fortress
Where her father, Dioscor0. was tns ''as-