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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-01-09
Meeting of the Class of ss0O."

Haste thee, nymph and bring with thee
Jest and youthful jolity,
Sport that wrinkled care derides,
And laughter holding both It's sides.
The class of 400" held its annual
reunion and banquet at the home
of Miss Myra Brown on last Friday
evening. Eleven of the thirteen
were present. Most of the time was
spent in talking over the good old
times. Some of the conversation
engaged in was "sadly or even ten
derly reminiscent" The feast pre-
pared by the "girls" ought certain
ly to insure their future happiness.
Had the eloquent Chauncey M.
Depew heard the toasts he would
have turned green with envy.
Harry Vail as toast-master was
both dignifled, as became his high
Office and pleasing in his presenta-
tions of the "toasters." The pro-
gram was as follows:
H. b. Vail il-Toastmaster.
Welcome, n. B. Vail; ITO say that
you're welcome we're superfluous"
Our School Days, III. r. Slisher;
"School days for us are over"
Our Schoolmates, Jennie Sunder-
land: :"More is thy due than all
can pay"
From go to '95, Elizabeth Blasius;
ga Lapse of years."
Our future, Carlton Bright; "What
Next"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-01-09
A BULLDOG
Caught the Fleeing Convict and Made
n Hundred For His Owner.

a Hundred For His Owner.
COLUMBUS, January 6.-Charles
Kline, an all-round Dayton crook,
under life sentence in the peni-
tentiary as an habitual criminal,
scaled the wall tonight.
He is an electrician of marked
ability, the inventor Of the Kline
telephone, and, having in charge
much of the illumination Of the
big prison, is given the freedom Of
the yard within the inclosure. AT
Z o'clock tonight he changed his
stripe for the black suit of fore
man in one of the shops, made q
rope of old packing, obtained lad
der used in the storage of goods and
ascended to the top of the east wall.
lie fastened his rope and swung
off. Just as Kline struck the ground
a gruff voice near him commanded,
"Haltl" The voice was that of
"Big John" Gallagher, detective Of
the Hooking Valley Railroad. He
had happened near the spot. Heed
less of Gallag hers command, Kline
fed. "Bang." "Bang" sounded Gal
lagher's big revolver, but still the
convict fed. At Gallagher's heels
ran u bulldog of large proportions.
After shooting twice in vain, Gal
lagher cried to his dog to catch the
fugitive. The animal shot ahead
of his master and soon fastened his
teeth in the convict's side, bringing
him TO q standstill. Kline was
marched to the prison, and soon af-
terward "Big John" with his dog
cavorting about his heels, walked
back to his duty in the railroad
yards. He and the dog were just
500 richer than they were an hour
before, and "Big John" had the re-
ward in his inside pocket. Kline
was not seriously injured by the
dogs teeth. He told Warden James
that he would have gone to South
Amerina had he been successful in
getting away from prison.-Cincin.
natl ENQUIRER.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-01-09
SALT CREEK,

One day last week while Mr.. and
Mrs. James McCrary were absent
from their house one of their chill
dren fell into the fire and was so
badly burned that it died the next
day. On New Years morning
David Strawser started out q hunt
ing, telling his family he would re-
turn home about noon, but he fail
ed to return at the appointed time
and as night was approaching and
he had still failed to return, his
family became alarmed and started
out to hunt him. They took his
track and traced it until about 10
o'clock at night, when they were
horrified to And his lifeless body
lying in the woods. his gun had
evidently been accidently dis
charged by himself and the con-
tents took effect in his side. The
unfortunate man had not been kill
ed outright, as the snow indicated
he had struggled a great deal be-
fore death ensued. u. G. Kennedy
of Urieksville, Ohio, visited his pa
rents Mr.. and Mrs. William Kene-
dy, last week.. Miss Anna Rowe
after q two weeks visit among
friends on Blue Creek, returned to
her home in Circleville, last FRI
day. REPORTER.
Excursion Tickets to the South,
Will be sold over the Buckeye
Route to points in Alabama, Flori-
da, Georgf6, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia
on January 9Th, February 9Th,
Siarth 9th, April End & Both, 1895,
at one fare for the round trip. For
further information write to any
Agent @. II. v. 4 T. Ry. or w. II.
Fisher, G. p. & T. A. Columbus, o.
Wholesale Dealers aud Manufacturers,
| Will And the Buckeye Mileage
ticket the best in the market. 1t is
good over So transportation lines
and costs twenty dollars, COED one
year from date ofsaIe' Write, w.
II. Fisher, Genl. Pass. & Tiki. Agt.,
G. III, v. y T, BY, Columbus, Ohio.
FIR leaflet giving full Information.
-4l-3-80-' '96.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-01-09

To Our Patrons nnd rrieuds.

when you go away from home, or have
friends visiting you, or you are going TO give
. party, musicale or reception, or when your
church or society contemplate any proceed
ings, or when you sell, buy, or change your
residence or business, or yOur son or daugh-
ter Is married, or when your neighbor gets a
new baby, or, In word, II you know any.
thing of interest to the public, bring or send
II In and the DEMOCRAT will gladly appreci-
ate IL
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-01-09

--Karl's Glover Root will purify
your bloed, clear your complexion.
regulate your bowels and make
yony head clear es q bell. 25c., 6Oe.,
and el.OO, sold by Miller a Case. =
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11

Black satin and brocade, crepon and
wooden goods are being made up into
skirts, to be worn with fancy waists.
These skirts are fiaring at the hem and
are quite long. rather too long, indeed,
for comfortable walking, but this OBJ
lection is made light of by ladies who
declare that even though the skirts are
ordinary walking length, it is neces-
sary to raise them little to avoid the
continual striking on the pavements,
which discolors and wears them off in
less time than it takes to talk about it.
Indeed, a single promenade Of any
length takes the first freshness from
any skirt if it is allowed to hang, scrap
ing the walks at every step. If it is
short enough entirely to clear, it is not
considered good form, and therefore
women have compromised by slightly
raising it and wearing it comfortably
long.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11
PERILs OF A PEARL DIVER.

Hanging Head Down for Half an Hour
Before Being Rescued
had not been diving more tnah
three weeks when my first accident
happened. says a writer in the Cosmo-
politan. and it was so utterly unex-
pected and so nearly cost me my life
that it taught me a lesson wnlch
never forgot. 1t happened In the 1ol-
lowing simple way: Il had been work
ing in about ten fathoms of water, on
a fairly good patch of shell, for sew
eral hours, and about dinner time,
having full bag, screwed up the air
valve, to make myself lighter, and gave
the customary signal to be pulled up
The life line tautened, and l was soon
lifted from my feet and being drawn
toward the lighter water above The
angry frame of mind that usually at
tends diver at work passes away as
he is raised to the surface, ana l.
was within ten feet of the boat, ana
Just getting good-tempered again aC
the thought of a mouthful of fresh air,
when 1 felt a sudden jerk under my
left arm, and at the same instant my,
progress was stopped. Before real
lied what was the matter the air pipe
that held it under my arm, slipped over
it. and I was pulled head downward,
while the hauling of the boys above
on the lifeline, which was fast around
my waist, raised the lower part of my
body and left me suspended heels up!
In the first few moments of my sur
prise and terror / did not stop to think
what had happened; my presence OF
mind deserted me, and | struggled and
screamed like a Gagged mailman. felt
that I was trapped and | was In an
agony of fright. After little while,
having kicked myself into state OF
exhaustion and common sense, l rea-
soned out the case of my dilemma. AS
the strain on the air pipe was down.
ward and that of the lifeline upward,
I concluded that the air pipe must be
fast below, and that the only thing TO
be done was to go down again and clear
it. First, I regulated the air IN my
dress, letting out as much as l could
spare, for in my present position ALI
the air went into my legs and kept them
floating upward, and then l tried to
make the boys understand that want
ed them to lower me. All my jerks and
shakes on the lifeline, however, failed
to get what 1 wanted. They obsti-
nately held the line taut, trying every
few minutes to pull me in halves. Fore
tunate1y all my gear was in very good
shape or they fould have accomplished
it. / learned afterward that all on
deck were so scared that they were Of
no use, but they finally had sense
enough to signal for help, and, after
hanging between the top and the bot
tom for about half an hour, my air
pipe was loosened from below by an
other diver and | was pulled up, thank
full enough to get my feet down to their
proper level once more.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11
Excessive Heat in the Past.

In 1903 and 1904 the Rhine, Loire,
and Seine ran dry. The heat in sew
eral French provinces during the sum-
mer of 1905 was equal to that of glass
furnace. Meat could be cooked by
merely exposing 1t to the sun. Not
soul dare venture out between noon and
p. m. In 1718 many shops had to
close. The theaters never opened their
doors for three months. Not drop.
of water fell during six months In 1878
the thermometer rose to 118 degrees. In
1778 the heat of Bologna was so great
that a great number of persons were
stif1ed. There was not sufficient air for
the breath, and people had to take ref
uge under the ground. In July, 1893,
the heat again became intolerable.
Vegetables were burned up, and fruit
dried on the trees. The furniture and
woodwork in dwelling houses cracked
and split up; meat went bad in an hour.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11
sPooKs. "HANTs" AND SIGNS

A Maine ghost in a freight car. after
frightening a brakeman into a chuckIe-
headed funk, proved to be a granite
statue.
Nebraska mediums have been inter-
viewing the spooks about crop pros
poets, but the spooks don't know any
thing about it.
The ghosts of those killed in a rail-
road accident so worried John Elliott
of Charlottesville Ind, that he has
sued the company for damages
The English Society for Psychical Re
search reports an output of 1854 ghosts
for 1894. Only 112 spoke, and in only
few cases did bad news follow the ap-
partition.
There's ghost at Little Nahant,
Mass, who probably guards Capt
Kidd's treasure and shakes the shovel
out of the hand of treasureseeker-a
least, SO folks say.
William E. Mahoney of Northport,
Me-, was chopping when a fox barked
thrice. He told his wife, and next day
she begged him not to go into the
woods. He went and was killed by
falling tree. Score one for the fox's
warning, says superstition.
A Maine doctor recently met with an
accident while driving along a road
late at night. Arriving home, he found
his wife up and waiting for him In
Mysteries, more or less She had awak-
eped with sense of evil happening at
the very moment of the accident.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11

ity. If the old were as pleasing az the
new, many of the factories would go
out of business, the Importers would
never go to the trouble and expense of
importing goods for which there was no
imperative demand, and, one by one,
industries that employ thousands upon
thousands of persons would languish
and die. If a five-year-old dress was as
pleasing as a new one, women would
not take the trouble and worry that
they now do to provide fresh costumes
for all seasons; but this thing which
we call fashion demands novelty and
variety, and to meet it's requirements
manufactures and trade are ever kept
alive. Within reasonable limits, there
fore, fashion, as we now use the term
means business prosperity and gainful
occupations to the many. 1t would be a
good idea to elevate the literature of
fashion to it's proper plane and do away
with much of the Stiffness and "trip
perry that character. re it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11
Women ON Paris Streets.

Women as we'll as men are employed
to remove the dirt from the streets of
Paris. Groups of both sexes, armed
with brooms, gather at certain points
all over the city, especially about the
Opera and the Place de la Bastille. En-
ployes of the prefecture promptly APP
pear and divide them into brigades, as
signing to each a certain section from
which the snow, ice or dirt is to be
removed or deprived of its dangers to
the pedestrian, for it is the duty of the
direction of public ways as the street.
cleaning department is called, to clean
off the sidewalks as we'll as the streets,
and to sprinkle cinders in slippery
places. The coming of the snow means
much to the Partisan poor, and cloudy
skies are anxiously watched and
heavy snowStorm hailed with delight.
In winter the daylight is short, 50 the
sweeper's work begins and ends in
darkness. The fixed wage of ten hour s
labor is five francs, or about 81 in Amer
lean money. In Munich. too, the women
street-sweepCrs are q familiar spectacle.
They have not only brooms but shovels,
and they wear mems boots, felt hats
and wadded wooden Jackets. The
stranger at first does not distinguish
them from the men.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11

Blue velvet also gives the sleeves and
bows of the same ribbon dot the skirt
and bodice. All this is beautiful and
elegant, and is all right for the lucky
few who can afford such richness, but
for the others, the whooping big ma
jority as electioneers put it, it gives a
chance for a timely bit of advice. 1t is
that, now fashions change SO rap
idly, it is not necessary to buy the best
materials for a party gown. All sorts
of silks come with a big rep cotton
filed" in them; these silks look we'll,
they are stiff enough to stand out nice
ly in sleeves, and they are almost as
cheap as good cotton. While the pur-
chase Of cotton and-wool goods for street
wear, or of cotton velvets or cheap
satins and silks for dresses that are to
constitute standby part of the ward
robe is unwise, the party gown that at
best can be worn only two or three
times may as well be of some inexpen-
sive material that need not be kept to
make over when the gown is worn. A
little party gown for brunette of
slender figure made of straw-colored
silk of the suggested sort, with little
front of white tulle, is as pretty as
can be, with just a plain, wide skirt
and a wide-belted bodice fitted simply
so that too much strain need not come
on the material. Such a dress can,
perhaps, be considered possible in a
money way, when real good material
would make the gown out Of the ques-
ton. Time was when it was worth
while to buy rich goods and have them
cleansed for several wears, but it is as
cheap and a lot more fun to get new
stuff these days.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11

Good Hope and Utah, los deg; Greece,
1O4 deg; Arabia, 108 deg; Montreal.
10S deg: New York, 1O2 deg; Spain.
India, China, Jamaica, 100 deg; Sierra
Leone, "a deg; France, Denmark, ST.
Petersburg, Shanghai, the Burman en-
pire, Buenos Ayres, and the Sandwich
Islands, 80 deg; Great Britain, Siam
and Peru, IS deg. ;sPortpgal, Pekin and
Natal, so deg; Siberia, u deg; Aus
tria, and Scotland, IS deg; Italy, Vene-
zuela and Madeira, 70 deg; Prussia and
New Zealand, 20 deg; Switzerland and
Hungary, &C deg; Bavaria, Sweden,
Tasmania and Moscow, 65 deg; Pata-
gonia and the Falkland Isles, 55 deg;
Iceland. As deg; Nova Scotia, "a deg.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11

the time, and expcstulated with the
negro for his warlike trespass. Explain
Ing that he meant no harm, the negro
hurried away, but reappeared an hour
later and apologized for passing
through the property. He moved off
1eSSurely.
The negro was barely out of sight
when a cry, apparently of agony was
heard coming from the direction of the
native quarters. Renton, accompanied
by his guest, ran out Of the house to
investigate. Then came the sharp crack
of a rife, and Johnson fell with a ball
through his right leg. The shot was
fired by the negro from the shelter Of
a tree not 20 yards away Renton real
lied his danger and made a dash for
the house. AS he crossed the Threshold
two bullets cut their way through his
clothing, grazing the skin. The wound
ed man dragged himself to cover, and
the little family sat down to await the
blow which seemed inevitable. Toward
nightfall the negro Johnson appeared
in front of the house armed with a re-
peating rife
He hurled vile insults at Renton and
begged him to come out and fight. This
was the last attempt to put the unfortu-
nate settler in the attitude of belliger-
ent, and it failed. Renton knew he
must die, and so told his wife, as they
sat together in their darkened home.
They will surely kill me- said he,
but / am a law abiding citizen and
will accept no challenge to fight"
When night fell on the shores of the
lagoon, gigantic mounds of grasses on
every side of the besieged home were
fired, and the glare that lit the sky
made escape impossible. At daylight
Renton, believing the band had with
drawn, ventured from the house to
drive in one Of the cows for milking. AS
he reached a point 20 yards from the
house, eight men rose from the under
brush, eight rifles were leveled. The
doomed man darted back. There was
a volley. Staggering houseward, Rem
ton fell on the threshold mortally
wounded. Two bullets had entered his
side, just below the heart.
Mrs. Renton escaped the first volley
uninjured and sprang to her husbands
assistance. AS she dragged him into the
house and turned to close the door,
dozen shots splintered the surrounding
wood work, and one buried itself in her
right wrist. Throwing herself on the
floor, close to her dying husband she
waited in terror for rne end. Volley
after volley was fired through the
f1imsy walls of the house. 1t was the
evident purpose of the band to kill all
the Rentons, and it is hard to under
stand why they stopped short Of their
purpose, unless it was the firing drew
to the scene an enormous mob of ma
tives, whose synpathies were with the
besieged. Looking through the shat
tered panel of the door Mrs. Renton
plainly saw the attacking party, and
in her statements to the state depart
ment at Washington she describes the
murderers as Dave, Edgar, and Ter
nundo Eude, Kitt1e, Landham, Isert,
and the negroes Johnson and Mccoy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11
Fashion Notes.

Four yards or four and half at the
hem will be the regulation width for
skirts of stuff and silk dresses.
There are hints that haircloth and
crinoline are going out, and the newest
skirts are promised in the hmpiest,
softest folds imaginable.
Ruffles, gimp, jetted trimming, puffs,
bands, bows, lapels. collarettes, f1chus,
breteIles, berthas and every other i'm
aginable garniture and style of finish,
are called into requisition in the getting
up of this part of the costume.
Sleeves are enormously full; indeed,
some of them take more cloth than ever
before, but they are looped and shirred,
caught up with roSetteS and held in
with bows until they are beginning to
suggest lambrequinS and upholstery.
This is a serious departure from good
taste and connot last.
Taffeta ruchings are used as trim
ming for capes of cloth or velvet. One
exceedingly stylish model is of black
satin, the outside having three ruchings
of the pinked taffeta, and the inside at
lower edge having a rose ruching Of
taffeta matching the lining, which is
changeabIe silk, rose pink and gold.
A strong effort is being made to run
the shoulder seams of dresses down
over the arms, but this is SO inconveni-
ent and uncomfortable that it is a very
doubtful experiment. Many women pro-
fess themselves entirely unwilling to
submit themselves to such discomfort,
and the fashion is not likely to become
general
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11

papital Of $50, 900 Renton decided in 1886
10 take advantage Of the free land Of
fers made by Honduras and to establish
p large trading station on the coast,
supplemented with a stock ranch, a
bocoanut plantation and an orange
grove, all on mammoth scale. 1t
was year later when he finally staked
put his clain-ten miles square-on the
Mosquito coast, $50 miles from Truxillo,
the seat of government in the province.
The lay Of the land was admirable for
hAs purposes. At the northern exthem-
kY OF his claim there stretched east and
west a narrow ten mile strip of fertile
land, cutting off the Caribbean sea
from the main land and forming a
northern shore line for Brewers La
COON, q splendid stretch of harbor
water five miles wide and we'll sheltered
from the open sea. On this narrow
"trip Renton planted 5000 cocoanue
trees, representing an outlay of several
thousands of dollars and an assured re-
turn of at least 81 per tree each season.
Gn the southern shore of the lagoon he
built a substantial dwelling, the finest
in the province, a large trading store
and settlement of cabins for his ma
tive helpers. The rest of the land was
planted with orange trees, and thou
lands of yards Of barbed wire brought
from the states was used in fencing the
property. Here the Rentons, accom-
panied by their adopted child, a girl
sight years old, settled in the fall of
1887. Renton invested every dollar of his
Dapital in improvements, and in two
years had tablished the most profit
able trading post on the coast.
Cannon island, near the western end
Of Brewers Lagoon, is a rocky, sterile
reminder OF the days Of buccaneering
On the Spanish main. It's name is due
to the fact that two ancient cannon
placed there presumably by pirates, are
still mounted on its crest. When Renton
settled on his claim, the island, a mile
of shore, and in full sight of his new
home, was occupied. All this was sud
denly changed in 1890, when a band of
rough-looking, hard-drinking men,
blending the nationalities of the world,
appeared and took possession of it.
They called themselves the Brewer s
Lagoon Wood and Supply company,
with home offices at Belize, British
Honduras, and ]. G. Dave, a Scotch
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11
Odds and Ends.

Odds and ends of colored linen or COL
ored denims should be saved; they are
very useful for applique work on linen
and cotton grounds. Conventional
leaves and flowers, birds, dragons,
fishes, ETC., can be cut from them and
applied for the decoration Of curtains,
portieres and spreads or scarfs A fish
or dragon form, after it is tackled
and neatly couched or buttonholed to
the article to be decorated, may be
worked over in small fans to represent
scales, and look very ornamental. Col
ored spangles brighten the beauty of
such embroideries, as do also metallic
threads. Linen on linen, and cotton on
cotton grounds, is a good rule to fol-
low
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11
A Sensible Horse.

While at Champery, in Switzerland
this last summer, a correspondent of the
Spectator saw a curious incident. A
shepherd was with his flock some way
up the mountain side Instead of q
sheep-dog, he had horse that acted liz
that capacity. The shepherd spoke to
the horse, who at once galloped of
and brought in the stray sheep. He
then returned to his master for further
orders, which he carried out in a most
exemplary fashion.