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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-06-02
Al small Cost.

Matches seem to be beyond the ',cco
If improvement, hut it has lately been
proposed to substitute for the ordl-
nary article a novel kind Of paper nr
rangcment described as resembling in
Its general construction tie coled pc
measure used by tailors, The COL thus
employed Is roll of paraiiiDe paper
enclosed In n metallic case, one end Of
the paper projecting after The manner
Of the tape measure, ana at regular
intervals on the paper are small poIltS
covered with an lgniting Substance.
In practice one has only to give the
end Of the paper Il smart pull, hihs-
ing the igniting point in contact with
a small steel plate, and light Is stuck
which burns slowly ana evenly. nnl
on the roll being thus exhausted fr rm
use, fresh one can be inserted IN lis
place. Matches of this description cin
he manufactured with great rap.diV
and at very small cost
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-06-02
NAoSa aK1s

If you acish TO read a good net0s-
paper, get the Ohio State Journal
from Frank Kontner Agt. Sun
day's edition aoiU particularly in
tereSt y0u. For sale al +. Harring-
TOMS.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-06-02
During the Summer Months

During the Summer Months
When old mercury reaches the
hundreds your one desire will be
to reach cool shady spot, where
the refreshing breezes will fan your
fevered brow and lull your weary
body to rest. There is but one
place Of this kind within easy reach
for those living on the line of the
Buckeye Route and that is Putin
Bay. The new hotel Victory will
he opene.l by June Goth and the
management will be of the most
liberal and progressive character,
insuring our patrons a pleasant
place to live and recuperate during
the sur mer months. The Hotel is
a magnificent affair, its furnishings
and Accommodations most luxurious,
while the bathing, tobogganinga and
fishing facilities cannot be eXcelled.
Low excursion rates will be in ef.
feet and tickets placed on sale al
All stations OF the G.. III. V. & r. R'y
during the season to Put-In-Bay
md return.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-06-02
Rheumatism


seemingly for hanging up tho pic
ture was really a set of skeleton
keys. as to thu Dibic-.why, Bible
was an excellent thing to have on
hand in case of arrest, and this par
tioular Bible was valuable for other
purposes, as one of tho lids contain.
ed secret receptacle for a set Of
delicate burglars tools.
The lawyer ended by accepting
the promise of his burglar friends as
to sending him his fec when they
could spare the money, but he in
sisted upon keeping tho Biblo and
the skeleton keys, though they
pleaded hard, especially for tho for.
mer. He had returned homo and
almost forgotten tho burglars, whom
one day ho received a letter inolos-
ing the amount of his fee and say
ing that this was part of the first
money that his late clients had earn
ed. This last word was significantly
underscored. When some months
after the lawyer and his family were
summering away from homo, he re-
ceived letter saying that his house
had been entered by burglars and
completely ransacked for valuables.
The lawyer returned to find that the
house indeed had been turned topsy
turvy, but none of tho valuables
was gone. One thing, however, was
missing, the Bible of his burglar
clients, and he recognized in the
burglary their handiwork. - Now
York Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-06-02
G. I'll. V. & T. Excursions.

Pittsburg Pa. and return hall
fare June 9th 7 and s good for re.
turn until June 18th.
Springfield o. and return hall
fare June Bird good for return until
June 4th.
Columbus and return half fare
June 1st and 2nd good for return
until June 5th.
Commencing Sunday June 7th.
and continuing until further no
tice. The G. II. V. & II. Ry. will
sell Sunday tickets at half fare to
and from all stations.
G. w. Schwenke Agent, Logan.
Ohio.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-06-02
THE SEMI-WEEKLY OHIO DEMOCRAT TUESDAY JUNE g. 1896
PLUNGED TO DEATH.
Two stroetosrS Fall sevonty-Five Fec
Through bridge.


VICTORIA, B. O., May 27.--A crowded
electric car returning from the scene OF
sham battle fell through the Point
Ellice bridge into the water, rs feet be-
low. Fifty persons were drowned.
The accident occurred shortly before
Up. m. Two electric cars, loaded, were
precipitated into the river through the
breaking away of the bridge, 1t is sup
posed there were upward of 100 persons
on the cars, but it is known number
of them escaped
In Captain Grants garden about "a
bodies were laid upon the lawn, and
for the most part were worked over by
willing hands, in some cases success.
fully. 1t is feared the death list will
be very large, perhaps upward of so.
The latest report from the scene of
the disaster is that 6l bodies have been
recovered and that others are missing.
Many of the dead are strangers here
and have not been identified
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-06-02
PARTY OF AMERICANS
Making Scientific Exploration Of Gem
trail Africa.

"hhIhB oclenJiun exploration OF Gem
trail Africa.
WASHINGTON, May 27. - Professor
Daniel G.. Elliott of the Field Columbian
museum of Chicago, with @. H. Akeley
and Mr.. Dodson, who accompanied DR..
Donaldson Smith on his recent expedi.
ton to Lake Rudolph in central Africa,
arrived at Alden, at the mouth Of the
Red Sea, on April ia, and after a stay
at that point Of week, securing men,
camels and stores, proceeded on scien-
titic exploration Of central Africa, their
main purpose being to collect specimens
of the animals of the country, which
are reported to be rapidly disappearing
United States Consul Masterton, at
Alden, who has reported the matter to
tho state department, gives an outline
of the report of the party and says it is
expected to consume or 10 months in
explorations.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-06-02

Han't skate uutil you nrc sure ol
eln kctp on the top side of the ice.--
GnStnp f,lN''"
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-31
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE.
What It Is Doing for the Develop
ment of Foreign Trade.
The AmericaniERtion of the West Indian
Islands-Railroad Building In Jamaica
Yankee COlonlsts as Coffee and
Fruit Planters.
Especial Kingston Jamaica, Le.torI

Especial Kingston (Jamaica) Letterl
80 vast is the extent of the United
States, so seething the vortex Of home
activities that claim the immediate at
tention of the people, that it is not
to be wondered at if not only compare
lively but actually few know anything
at all OF what is being accomplished for
the spread of the country's trade abroad
by those enterprising citizens who
strike out in new foreign fields. And
yet it is always interesting to note
the progress of such enterprises.
How many people in the United
States, for instance, have any concep-
ton of the extent of the American en-
terprise which is not only surely but
swiftly converting the magnificent but
neglected English island of Jamaica
into lively and thriving American
colony-or at least a center of Ameri-
can enterprise? Nevertheless, with the
single exception perhaps of the Ha-
waiian island, there is not another
foreign country in which there are CEN
tered more important American inter-
ests. This being the case, it has &C.
Cured to me that brief account of the
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-31

work of Americans in Jamaica cannot
but prove entertaining to readers at
home.
Years ago Jamaica was fiourishiag
country. Two centuries ago the city
of Port Royal was described as the
richest spot in the world" But time
has wrought its changes. On the runs
of buccanneering opuIence rose the
throne of the sugar king, and again, but
in another way, Jamaica was prosper
Gus. But European beet deposed the
monarch of West Indian industry and
Jamaica was rapidly falling into the
chaos of bankruptcy.
But there were untouched resources
that, hitherto unthought Of, were quite
able to place the island on "a third and
far more enduring industrial basis.
The trouble was that these resources
lay far away in the interior, beyond
the reach of local enterprise. And 1t
is here that the American influence
came in. 1t would be n long story TO
repeat in detail-sufiice it to say that
sorle six years ago an American syndi-
cate, incorporated in New York under
the name of the West India improve
ment company, with Mr.. Frank Wes-
son at its head, took hold of the island
and set about developing its latent re-
sources.
\ little local railroad about 20 miles
long existed. The syndicate bought
this out and set to work, as u first neces-
sity, to extend it. The story of Mr..
NELSON'S enterprise would fill a large
volume. The sequel is told in few
words. A month ago he had the salts
faction of completing the last section
of railroad system, some 200 rniles all
told. which traverses the island from
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-31
PgRsoNAL ANp IMpERsoNAL.

The new shah OF Persia Is anxious
to open the country TO international
commerce, and favors the introduction
of electricity and steam.
"A handsome granite monument to
Hugh Brown, the late Highland attend
ant of the queen, has been erected over
his grave in Crathie churchyard.
The Key Monument association of
Frederick, Md, now has a total of S.
6s9.07 toward the $4,000 required to
place suitable monument over the
grave of the author of "The Star
Spangled Banner"
"A naval cadet from Missouri has
been dismissed from the naval acad-
envy because it is alleged he misrepre-
iented his age to Presbyterian minis
ter of Baltimore and secretly married
an Annapolis girl.
Theodore de Banville is represented
in the statue sculptured by Coulon-.
which is to be erected in the delightful,
square opposite the railway station at
Moulins, birthplace of the poet of Les
ariatides-seated in an armchair in
his dressing gown and wearing the
black silk cap which made him look like
Pierrot.
Prof. Stowe, the husband of Harriet
Beecher Stowe, often said that he saw
visions of people in whom he was inter-
ested, and Mrs. Field recalls an instance
of this in the Review of Reviews. On
one occasion Mrs. Stowe was in her
room when il was supposed she was out
of town. Prof Stowe came in, looked
about him with a preoccupicd air, but
did not speak TO her. She thought his
behavior strange, and amused herself
him; at last the situation be-
came so extraordinary that she began
to laugh. 'Why," he exclaimed, with
Il most astonishcd air, "is that you? 1
thought it was one of my Visions
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-31
A Royal Order of Beer.

Japanese merchants at Chemulpo, in
the kingdom of Corea, were very much
surprised the other day when the king
ordered 10000 bottles of beer in one lot,
The entire japanese colony was not
prepared for such a sudden and eXtcn.
sive order of beer, and they put their
heads together, wondering whether it
was the court or the bodyguard of the
king who had 50 suddenly developed
such a gigantic thirst. a cable was
Immediately dispatched to Japan, and
the beer was ordered TO be shipped ut
once, SO that it might be delivered to
the royal master of the house in due
time. The beer arrived promptly, and
at the same time the explanation of the
conundrum was given 10 the japanese,
for almost on the same day Russian
man-of-war arrived there. The entire
crew was invited to be the guests of
the king of Corea, who thus showed
his gratitude to the Russians for the
shelter accorded him at the Russian
embassy during the recent revolution
airy disturbances. The 800 marines on
board were very agreeably surprised
when his royal highness sent 10000
bottles of japanese beer on board
that is, 100 bottles per man-enough
liquor to thoroughly celebrate the
alliance. - Philadelphia
Public Record.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-31
ThE PRAYER oE oaLEes.

#nothor gone; Alas, one more
0eIuded by q 'woman's trick!
.npther etalwart bachelor
10 figure as a Benedick!
"A mnrriage." see, has been arranged
otfWeen Miss Blank and" - yes. and
Harry
Nv well-loved friend. you must have
changed:
You, of all men alive, to marry!
a. cambridge. on debating nights,
Brown and yourself shone in the lists
As valiant foes OF "Woman's Rights"
A pair of stanch misogynists:
How Valueless your speeches prove!
Brown, too, l understand, is fated
TO make, like you, the deadly move
Witch loses all. by which you're mated.
nut. though 1 mourn for you. my friend,
NY fears are not for you alone;
This fall OF yours, does it portend
a like disaster of my own?
- love brief insanity
Which seizes all of us? Shall no men
k1ncape it's ravages? Shall l
Become a lover? Absit omen!
or Maud. or Muriel, or Kate!
Your name, from force Of circumstance,
] cannot definitely state.
Let me entreat you in advance:
on. unknown maid whom l shall WOO,
Let me put forward my petition
Before you have reduced me to
"A seml-imbecile condition.
when. on some fragrant summer eve,
vow that you are quite divine,
Ard ask you simply to believe
There never was such love as mine,
Despite such platitudes as those,
From my demented self protect me,
And. ii l finally propose,
he kind. be generous and reject me!
London World
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-31
POISON IN CIGARETTES.
Brings on Chronic Cough, Loss of Flesh
and Splitting Blood.

Brings on Chronic Cough. Loss of Flesh
and Splitting Blood.
Although arsenic is a useful drug,
and in addition to being eflicaoious in
the treatment of many diseases is re-
puted TO be of value as a means of i'm
proving the complexion, it is not a
substance which is adapted for every
day consumption, especially in large
quantities. The announcement that
it is employed in the colored wrappers
in which cigarettes are sold will hardly
be received with feelings of satisfac-
ton by those who are in the habit OF
INDUCING in this particular form Of
smoking. That arsenic is contained
in wall papers, in the bindings of our
books, in advertisement cards and in
many articles in daily domestic use
is well known, but that it should con-
taminate our cigarettes is a much more
serious matter. We have long been ac-
customed TO receive a colored photo
graph or some similar ineonsiderate
trifle with our purchases, but that in
addition we should be presented with
I'm appreciate quantity of an active
poison certainly exceeds our expecta-
tons.
1t is true that the arsenic is confined
TO the case of colored wrapper, but it
has been found eXporimentally that it
readily rubs off on the fingers, especial
ly when moist, and, that from them it
is equally readily conveyed to the cigar
cites themselves. Arsenic. when in
hailed in even small quantities, gives rise
10 n chronic cough, splitting of blood,
progressive loss of flesh and other
symptoms which we are accustomed
TO associate with the early stages of
consumption. DIR. MurTen, as the re-
suit of the examination of large num-
Der OF specimens, both of cigarettes and
tobacco, reports that arsenic rs present
in more than a third of the brands i'll
common use. 1t is by mo- means con-
fined TO the cheaper specimens, but is
met with even in high class cigarettes.
British Medical Journal.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-31

induce colonies OF American aQricuL
turists to como down and settle in the
island, now that he has provided tho
means Of bringing the rich and varied
tropical and sub-tropical products OF
the interior within easy reach of the
coast, And IL is but truth to say that
no more promising field for such
colonization could be found. However
true il may be that the natural advan.
tages of Central America are equal &c
those Of Jamaica, it is also true that
in those regions there is practically on
assurance of security for vested rights
or even life; whilst in Jamaica, under
the British government, of course even
IT, suggestion of any drawbacks OF
that sort would be the most ridiculous
exhibition of ignorance. Everybody
who knows anything about it knows
that, in this respect, TO invest and settle
in Jamaica is just the same thing rs tc
do it in the United States.
The openings for agricultural indus
tries are sufficiently varied to offer in
to every one, although there
can be no doubt that the future OF
Jamaica lies in her becoming the fruit !
and kitchen garden of the Nnitee |
States. Already has American enter
prise shown what can be done in tia |
line of fruit. The Boston Fruit com
pany has created city at Port An
tonic which was formerly but a cons,
hamlet, and turned the wilderness oil |
three parishes into fourishing banana
and orange walks. Twenty steamers
A month cannot now handle the trade
that used to be carried by six or eight
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-31

side TO side and end to end, centering
at Kingston and tapping all of the most
fertile districts. And it may be truly
said that nowhere In the world can a
Elore remarkable instance of railroad
triumph be found. For the lines scale
mountains, tunnel through them, trav.
erse forests opening up the wilderness,
and span torrents in a manner that Is
simply marvellous. And hey, prestol
jamaica is open to enterprise.
The next step will be to introduce
American capitalists. This would have
been already done but for the conduct
Of the English governor. who appears
to have conceived a strong prejudice
against everything American in gem
eral and Mr.. NELSON'S enterprise IN
particular But that is merely an in
cident. The people of the island are
all automatically in favor of the m,
PRODUCTION OF American capital and en-
terprise, aud whilst governors come aud
20 the resources OF the island and the
aenTts ~ its people remain forever.
Il Is the purpose Of Mr.. Wcsson 70
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-31
cur,ops neIrIan Competitlons.

The Belgian artisan spends his
leisure in a very novel manner. He
breeds a special cock for growing, and
that which can outcrow its fellows has
reached the highest pinnacle of perfec-
ton. The modus operandi is to place
the cages containing the ROSTERS in
long rows, for it appears that propin-
guilty creates the spirit of emulation
without which the proceedings would
fall fat A marker appointed by the
organizers of the show is told Off for
each bird, his duty being to note care
fully the number of crows for which II
is responsible in the same fashion as the
laps are recorded in a bicycle race. The
customary duration of the match Is one
hour, the winner being the cock which
scores the highest number of points In
the allotted time. a great number OF
these competitions have recently taken
place In the Llege district. and IN some
cases heavy bette have been mndo on tho
result.--rlt-Dlh.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-31

steamers year before the B. +. Z. came
into existence through the enterprise
of Capt. l.. ID. Baker. And yet the fruit
industry is only in its infancy-scarce-
! ly beyond the experimental stage. 1t
may thus be conceived what the future
will bring forth when MIR. Wesson in
PRODUCES his projected colonies OF
| orange growers from Florida aud Cali
fornia, and other agriculturists from
! other parts of the United States.
Whilst fruit and vegetables offer
greater immediate inducements, how
ever, II is coffee that gives the first
promise of permanent Investment.
Their are already many Americans here
who have embarked in coffee culture,
and their experience is most satisfac-
tory. Coffee begins to bear at three
years, and goes on bearing continuous
ly for from 90 to 20 years. 10 clear
the land and plant it out costs about
$45 per acre. A settler with some little
capital to begin with, and keep him
going for three or four years, could
soon become independent by following
this line of agriculture. The Amerl-
cans now embarked in it began some
years ago when the railroad extension
commenced. Now the railroad is com
pleted so are their first crops.
Next to coffee come tobacco, cocoa.
pimento, nutmegs, ginger, and so forth.
all of which are practically awaiting de-
velopment. And labor is plentiful and
cheap, the average price paid for a days
work being 80 cents.
Besides the work of Americans in
thus carrying their enterprise into
Jamaica and the other southern lands.
there is, of course, the impetus that
their presence gives otheeXport trade
Of the United States, the value of which
cannot be overestimated. For example,
whilst eight years ago Jamaica bought
only some five per cent. of her imports
from the United States. at the present
time il is something like Sand Is
steadily increasing year by year.
And the same thing, on a smaller scale,
is going on in the smaller islands, the
commerce between which and the
United States now requires to I've ham
died by regular direct lines of steam
ers, whereas ten years ago three or
four regular sailing vessels easily
handled ali the Caribbean trade of the
United States outside of Jamaica.
TneS2 are facts which tell their own
story. The English are great cOlonists
when they have the flag to lead them;
nut the enterprise of American conn
merce and industry goes them one bet
ter, IN that Americans do not wait for |
the flag t. read them-at least, not since |
the rcscr rces of their own vast country |
have become practically developed. |
They are now reaching further afeld, |
and what more natural than that they |
should seek an outlet for the overflow
Of enterprise in the adjacent lands
where both the language and the so
cial conditions practically coincide with
their own?
And thus does IL come about that |
these somnolent and withal much |
neglected islands of the caribbean, Eng
ish in so fur as nationality Is con-
,erned are fast becoming Americanized
ind awakening TO the prospect of flu
Iure stall more glorious because moro
permanent prosperity than they ever
enjoyed during the centuries.
T. r. PORTER.
Book was originally q name for a
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-31
Dog WhIppern.

An exceedingly quaint and by no
means onerous Office in England was
that of "dog-whipper," whose special
duty II was 10 drive out any species OF
the canine breed which happened to
have strayed into church during divine
service. Even 80 late as 1855 a certain
Mr.. Pickard was appointed dog-whip.
per Of Exeter cathedral.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-31
HISTORIC PowDsR-HoRNs.
Patriotic Inscriptions Were OFTEN RudeIy
Engraved on Them.

Patriotic Inscriptions Were OFTEN RudeIy
Engraved on Them.
One old soldier, though he left much
property, when making his will dis.
posed first of all of that which he mos
prized-his ornamented powder-horn.
Every officer and private soldier car.
ried a powder-horn. Mounted officers
and others who carried pistols used
horns smaller than the regular size, SO
that they could be placed conveniently
in the pocket.
Between the years 1855 and 17G0.
about 1,s00 army horns were used in
the English and American armies en-
gagged with the French, and probably
the same number existed in the Amer.
lean army during the revolution. Each
horn used in the Continental army was
marked with the initials or name of the
soldier who carried it. The spirit of
the times is shown by the sentiments
engraved on the horns, and daily read
by the owner and his companions, such
as these:
Liberty or death.
In defense OF liberty.
My liberty I'll have or my death.
Liberty. no slavery.
Death before dishonor.
Now Is the time, ye hearts Of oak,
To give our foes a fatal stroke.
Horns were last used in the war with
Mexico In 1s4s. After that they rapid
ly disappeared. Many were shortened
to make them more convenient for
hunting purposes; some of them were
cleaned, the valuable records and en-.
cravings upon them being scraped of
and thus lost. l.. Stcht, United
States Navy, in st. Nicholas.
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Book was originally name for a
Tree, the beech, and was afterwards
transferred 20 rs bark.