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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-27
Many Perish In a Russian blizzard.

Sr. PETERSBURG, March l7.-During
the recent snowstorm in the province of
orel 1870 persons were frozen to death in
one night.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-27
Death OF Rev. George Denison.

LONDON, March 21.--The Rev. George
Anthony Dcnison, archdeacon of Taun.
ton, is dead. aged 81 years.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-27
A sanItarlum nusned.

OSHKOSH, Wis, March 23.-Maple
Lodge sanitarium, near this city. burned.
The patients all escaped. loss, $40. .000
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OId-Time Paris Prisons.

The officials of the department OF
the Seine have undertaken the CON-
plete reorgani, alton of the Paris pris-
ons, and many famous buildings Of
Paris are about to come down. The
prison of La Petite Roquette, where
children are now sent, is to be done
away with, and the youthful prisoners
are to be passed on to the Ecole de
Montesson. This is beau tifully situ-
ated establishment on the borders of
the Seine, in healthy air, where the
children will be taught trades. Mazas,
Ste. Pelagie, Grande Roquette and the
big central prison infirmary are all to
be established and the prisoners trans
ferred to Fresnes, where a huge
building is now being constructed
with 1000 cells.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
A Land Without Animals.

Jayan is a land without the domes-
tic animals. 1t is this lack which
strikes the stranger so forcibly in look
ing upon japanese landscapes. There
are no cows-Japan neither drinks
milk nor eats meat. There are but
few horses, and these are imported
mainly for the use of the foreigners.
The freight cars in the city streets are
pulled and pushed by coolies, and the
pleasure carriages are drawn by men.
There are but few dogs, and these are
neither used as watch dogs, beasts of
burden nor ia. hunting, except by for
eigners.
There are no sheep in Japan, and
wool is not used in clothing, silks and
cotton being the staples. There are no
pigs-pork is an unknown article of
diet, and lard is not used in cooking.
There are no goats, or mules, or dom
keys. Wild animals there are, however,
and in particular, bears of enormous
size. One of these Mr.. Finck saw
stuffed, in a museum, he describes as
"big as an OK" Beside another stuffed
museum bear is preserved in alcohol
the mangled body of child the bear
had eaten just before being killed.
War, of course, is acquainting the
japanese with the use of animals.
The army has cavalry horses, and 9th
ers to drag the field guns. The En-
press, also, in obvious imitation Of
European royalties, is an expert horse
woman, and saddle horses are kept for
her use.
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Stole n Steamer.

There is now before Congress a bill
appropriating $4,000 to be paid to
Robert Smalls, n negro politician of
Charleston, S. G. The money is to be
paid for the performance of one of the
most daring feats Of the Civil War.
May u, 1862, the Confederate steam
ship Planter, the special dispatch boat
of Gen. Ripley, the Confederate COM
mander at Charleston, was lying at the
wharf in Charleston. The officers had
all gone ashore, leaving on board crew
of eight men, all negroes. Among them
was Robert Smalls, who was virtually
the pilot of the boat. For some time
previous he had been watching for an
opportunity to carry into execution a
plan he had conceived to take the
Planter to the Federal fleet. This, he
saw, was about as good chance as he
would ever have to do so. Consulting
with the balance of the crew Smalls
found that they were willing to coop
crate with him, although two of them
afterward concluded to remain behind.
The design was hazardous in the eX-
treme. The boat would have to pass
beneath the guns of the forts in the
harbor. Failure and detection would
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have been certain death. Fearful was
the venture, but it was made. Wood
was taken aboard, steam was put on,
and with her valuable cargo of guns
and ammunition, intended for Fort Rip
ley, new fortification just construct
ed in the harbor, about 2 o'clock in
the morning the Planter silently moved
off from her dock, steamed up to North
Atlantic wharf, where Smalls' wife
and children, together with four other
women and one other child, and also
three men, were waiting to embark.
All these were taken on board, and
then, at 3:25 a. m., May 13, the Planter
started on her perilous adventure, car
rying nine men, fije women and three
children. Passing Fort Johnson, the
Planters whistle blew the usual sa-
lutte and she proceeded down the bay.
in the pilot house leaning out of the
window, with his arms folded across
his breast, after the manner of the
commander of the boat, and his head
covered with the huge straw hat which
the commander wore on such occasions.
The signal required to be given by
all steamers passing out was blown as
coOlly as if Gen. Ripley was on board,
going out on tour of inspection. Sum-
ter answered by signal, "All right"
and the Planter headed toward Morris
island, then occupied by Hatch's artil-
lery, and passed beyond the range of
Sumter's guns before anybody suspect
ed anything was wrong. When at last
Planter was obviously going toward
the Federal fleet off the bar, Sumter
signaled toward Morris island to stop
her. But it was too late. AS the Plant
er approached the Federal fleet white
flag was displayed, but this was not at
first discovered, and the Federal
steamers, supposing the Confederate
rams were coming to attack them,
stood out to deep water. But the ship
Onward, Capt. Nichols, which was not
a steamer, remained, opened her ports,
and was about to fire into the Planter,
when she noticed the flag Of truce. AS
soon as the vessels came within hailing
distance Of each other, the Planters er-
rand was explained. Capt. Nichols
then boarded her, and Smalls delivered
the Planter to him.
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Silence Is Golden,


1t Is announced by Mr.. Hanna that
Major Mckinley will not speak again
during this campaign. The gentleman
shows good judgment In the speech
which he recently made he passed over
the subject of silver and devoted him.
self to the tariff-as to which he OBJ
served that were it amended so as to
accord more closely with the Mckinley
act, it would raise the price Of all COM
moditieS. This is the cold idea that a
true American, if he put his soul in the
work, can lift himself up by the waist
band of his breeches. No wonder Mr.
Hanna put a seal on the Majors mouth.
In order to conciliate the manufac-
turers, whose contributions to the cam
paign fund are essential, plank was
put in the platform at st. Louis indors
ing protection. But practical politi-
clans knew that this was merely pro
forma. 1t would be impossible to-day
to get an audience to listen to speech
in favor of Republican protection. That
gable has had its day. Time was
when it helped to carry elections, but
that time has passed Every intelli-
gent American now understands that
the revision of tho tariff is scientific
question to be effected according to the
rules of economical science, without re.
gard to the eXigencies Of party.
When Congress has the leisure and is
in the humor to rec1st the tariff In a
shape which shall De q finalfty and
shall impart stability to trade, the sub
ject will be intrustei to a committee
embracing members of al. parties, dis
tinguished for their familiarity with
economical problems. The report Of
such a committee would probably pro-
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Dutchman and Prisoner.


At the breaking out of the war en-
listed with Dutch neighbor and we
were soon put on picket duty together.
The officer Of the guard finding the
Dutchman utterly ignorant of the ordi-.
nary duties of picket, concluded that
he would at least know enough to
watch a prisoner. So he placed the
Dutchman in charge Of a prisoner with
instructions to shoot him If he attempt
ed to escape. The name of this Dutch
man was Hans, and he was incliaed to-
be of an obliging disposition, although
not over bright and having little too
much confidence in human nature. The
prisoner was tied with his hands be-
hind him to a tree, and soon waS on,
friendly terms with the Dutchman. He
managed in some way to loosen his
hands and then asked the Dutchman to
do him q favor by taking handker-
chief out of his pocket and wiping MS
nose. Hans placed his gun against the
tree, and proceeded to do as requested,
but suddenly the prisoner struck him
on the side of the head and Knocked
him down, seized the gun, and skipped.
The Dutchman got up, rubbed his eyes,
and said, Jimmy Christmas, l dot dOd
vas an elefand kick
Then, looking around, he said, 'Mind
prisner vas gone, my goon vas gone,
und l guess l peter DO back by da
camp out"
And thus he reported that mis- pris'
oner had escaped.
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Small Shot.
Bleeding Kansas refuses to be bled
for Wall street any longer.

Bleeding Kansas refuses to be bled
for Wall street any longer.
Eckels is for Mckinley. Thus do the
hopes of little Napoleon fade day by
day.
Dick Bland says Bryan's New York
speech was winner and what he says
goes.
Chicago is a good storm center. Be
sides, Governor Altgeld lives there, and
in an emergency he is worth several
ordinary men.
Mr.. Thurston might learn a valuable
lesson from his compatriot, J. Pound
Sterling Morton. Morton hasn't said
anything for several days.
The single standard people are fast
reaching that point of forgetfulness
where they refer to 1892 rs year when
the land flowed with milk and honey.
Mckinley will never undertake n
joint debate with Bryan. It's all very
well to say his friends won't let him.
None of them are holding off any hard
er than ne is.
If the Wall street bankers can keep
the gold reserve up for nothing during
Presidential campaign, why should
they receive $20,000,00O for the same
service at other times?
Judging from the columns devoted to
showing that Mr. Bryan's Madison
Square speech was no good, we judge
that it was one of the most effective ad-
dresses ever delivered.
The American people don't like a cam
paign of cowardly insinuation. They
will make it react against its originator
Consequently we hope Mr.. Thurston
will keep on talking about Bryan.
The New York World says Bryan has
made it clear "he stands squarely on.
the Chicago jlatform." He is the kind
of man the people have been looking
for. They know where to find him.
England says the financial situation
in the United States is very serious" y
1t is indeed. And ii we exercise our
royal American privilege of paying our
debts in coin the financial situation Of
England will be very serious. Let the
AglOmaniacS weep.
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What Their Grievance Is,

The real reason for the Bourke Cock
ran meeting in New York City, for the
Indianapolis gathering, and for the de-
fection of few newspapers from the
Democratic party, may probably be rec
ognized IN the following resolutions,
which are part of the Chicago platform
upon which Mr.. Bryan stands before
the American people:
We are opposed to the policy and prac-
tice of surrendering to the holders of the
obligations of the United States the option
reserved by law to the Government of
redeeming such obligations in either silver
or gold coin.
We are opposed to the issuing of inter-
est-bearing bonds of the United States in
time of peace, and condemn the traffick-
ing with banking syndicates which, in ex-
change for bonds, and at an enormous
profit to themselves, supply the Federal
Treasury with gold to maintain the policy
of gold monometallism.
Congress alone has the power to coin
and issue money, and President Jackson
declared that this power could not be
delegated to corporations or individuals.
We therefore demand that the power to
issue notes to circulate as money be taken
from the national banks, and that all pa
per money shall be issued directly by the
Treasury Department, be redeemable in
coin and receivable for all debts, public
and private.
This, 1t will be perceived, is pure JEFF
fersonian doctrine. 1t is demand for
the preservation of their rights to the
people, instead of the wholesale bestow-
al Of them upon money lenders and rag
barons. 1t is claim Of government for
the benefit of the masses, and a denial
Of the trafficking in legislation by
which corporations and individuals
grow rich, and the people grow poor.
At the Madison Square Garden Grafton
of Mr.. Cochran there were two thou
sand bankers and money lenders pres
ent. They were there to join in the
protest against purity in government,
and against the rights of the people!-
New York News.
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Harder than Diamonds.

The experiments of M. Moissan with
the electric furnace have led, it is
stated, to the discovery OF an impor-
tant substance in the shape of COM
pound of boracic acid and carbon, which
will even cut diamond. The COM
pound is said to be black, not unlike
graphite or black lead, and can DE
produced in pieces of any required
size. If the statements are verified,
the new material will be very useful
for rock boring, etc., if it can be put
into proper shape for the diamond
drills.
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ABOUT CHEAP DOLLARS.

We hear q good deal from the Nc
Kinleyites about the wickedness of pay
ing debts in 53-cent dollars, as if the
Democratic party really proposed doing
such a thing. That the bullion in the
present silver dollar is worth only
about 50 cents measured in gold is true
enough, but the whole silver conten-
ton is that the price has been forced
down by the demonstration of the
white metal by act of Congress in 1873.
In that year the silver in dollar was
worth one dollar and three cents in
gold, and it has gone down to its pres
ent value steadily since The hope
and the expectation of the silver men
is that when silver can be again taken
to the mints and coined as it was be-
fore 1873 the price will again go up to
near, if not quite, where it was.
Silver has been mined in greater
abundance of late years than it was
formerly, but in nothing like the guam
tity to justify the fall in its value as
compared with gold. Twenty years
ago there were produced in all the
world 81, 100000 ounces of silver, while
last year the total was about 100000
600 ounces-considerabl more than
double. Gold production has increased
als's, however, from 100000 ounces 10
1876 to probably close on to 100000
ounces this year. This is not so great
an increase as the increase in silver
production, but it is much more yalua-
bic and goes greater way.
BY ceasing to use silver on an equal
ity with gold as money, this country
alone has decreased the demand for sill
yer by many millions of ounces which,
of course, had to be sold in the worlds
markets and which forced the price
down to its present figure. Let the de-
mand be restored and the price is sure
to go up again, and money will be more
plentiful, for we shall not have to de-
pend entirely on our gold supply to
keen Our credit GOOD
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LincO1n's C1emency.

In all his many-sided aspects Abra-
ham Lincoln is perhaps better under
stood and more thoroughly appreciated
than any other great American, for his
life was as open as the day. His heart
went out spontaneously to the lowly,
whose hopes and aspirations he under
stood. He was very approachable.
With cause to plead, the meanest as
well as the greatest could reach Lin
coins ear at all times. Lincoln hated
strife and bloodshed, yet his career cul-
minated in the greatest war Of modern
times. He was made miserable by the
trials and misfortunes Of his country;
his honest heart was wrung by cases of
cruelty and hardship incident to u
state Of war that were daily brought
to his attention on appeal in some form.
The tender-hearted President was the
terror Of military despots and brutal
jailers everywhere. Through appeals
to him many criminals richly deserv-
ing punishment were allowed to go
free.
1t was almost impossible at first to
secure Lincoln's consent to the eXecu-
ton of a soldier for desertion, and
through immunity for his crime the
army just after Fredericksburg was ac-
tually threatened with dissolution. He
could not withstand the agonized tears
of fathers, mothers, and friends of the
condemned; seemingly would not I'M
derstand why man who had enlisted
to be shot by the enemy, perhaps,
should be shot in cold blood by his
own friends.
In some respects the foregoing would
appear to characterize an essentially
weak, womanish nature; but Lincoln
was far from being weak man, though
easily moved by misery and suffering,
and apparently totally free from every
sort of prejudice. On occasion he could
be as firm as a rock when he thought
justice should be vindicated, and eSpe-
cially so when the well-being or lives
of the struggling soldiers at the front
were involved. In cases Of the wanton
murder of Union soldiers it was sell
dom that an appeal for clemency was
uccessful.-Century.
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phrases, Crime of 1873 and 'Conspir
acy against silver'?' We cannot say
positively, but we think the honor be
longs to Hon. John G. Carlisle, the pres
ent Secretary of the Treasury. Speak.
ing in Congress in 1878, Mr.. Carlisle de.
nounced the movement to destroy silver
money az "a conspiracy" and, further,
as "the most gigantic crime of this OF
any other age" We know of no earlier
use of these pet phrases of the free sill
yer men, and belie=e Mr.. Carlisle first
put them In circula4r,n.
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Brave Drummer Bows,

While our regiment Twelfth Wig
consin) and others were engaged ia ops
of the daily skirmishes that kept rs
from growing dull before Kenesaw
Mountain, near Atlanta, writes Frof.
II. w. Rood, of Palmyra, Wis, four
young drummer boys, two white and
two colored, all aged from IS to IS,
perhaps, got hold of stretcher and
went out to the skirmish line after
wounded men. When they came to
one they put the stretcher by his side,
rolled him upon it and then bore him to
the rear. Having disposed of their
burden they ran swiftly over the works,
clear out to the front, where bullets
were flying hither and thither, and load
ed up again, again hurried to the rear.
Over and over they performed this
daring duty, coming off safe every
time. They were not ordered to leave
their drums for this perilous enter
prise, but they could not stay in the
rear and keep quiet; they felt as if they
must do something to aid in the battle.
Finding the stretcher, they did the first
duty that seemed open to them; just
as all of us should do in the battle of
life.
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Shake Into Youc Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for the feet,
1t cures painful swollen feet and in
stantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
covery of the age. Aliens Foot-Ease
makes tight-itting or new shoes feel
easy. 1t is a certain cure for sweating,
callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try
it today. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores, 25c. BY mail for 25c in
stamps. Trial package FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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Dishouorcd Drafts.

When the stomach dishOnors the drafts
made upon it by the rest of the system. it Is
necessarily because its fund of strength is
very low. Toned with Hostetter's stomach
Bitters. it soon begins to pay out vigor In the
shape of pure. rich blood, containing the
elements of muscle. bone and brain. AS
sequence of the new vigOr afforded the stom-
ach. the bowels perform their functions reg
ularly and the liver works like clock work.
Malaria has no effect upon system thus
re-enforceu.
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American Silver in Canada.

The opponents Of silver are making
much of a recent order Of the Montreal
street railway companies against the
acceptance of United States silver coins
in the payment Of fares. This order,
however, cannot be construed as an at
tack upon the credit of this country.
Our own railways and postoffices have
long refused to receive Canadian silver
coins, not because of any doubt that
the Dominion Government would re-
deem them at their face value, but be-
cause Of the trouble and expense at
tendant upon sending them home for
redemption. So with the Montreal rail-
ways. A large amount of United States
coin is taken into Canada by tourists,
and the reason above given sufficiently
accounts for the recent orGer.-Youngs-
town Vindicator.
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Prof. King asserts that insects freeze
when warm weather comes. Others
claim this has never been demonstrate
ed. If once the power of evolving heat
is lost, life goes with it. At least this
is great principle in biology. There
are liquids which do not freeze under
low temperature, and these may posi-
bly, enter into the insect organism.
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To use the Goxernment,s ontio,

To Use the Governments Option.
William Jennings Bryan will not
have been in the presidential office a
week before he will have issued an Or
der directing the executive departments
to use the option resting with the Gov
ernment to redeem bonds and Govern
ment paper in silver or gold. Thus with
one blow will be dispatched the gold
bond python that is crushing the life
out of the country's credit.-Wheeling
Register.
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price 70 cents.

John Frederick Bottgher, who in
vented hard porcelain, was originally
an alchemist, who. while employed at
the trans mutation OF metals by the
elector of Saxony, discovered red
porcelain, and later, by a strange
accident, white or true porcelain.
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The international Fair

And Industrial Exposition at Toronto,
Canada, is open Sept. 1st to 18th. The
Nickel Plate Road offers for sale excur-
sion tickets at extremely low rates, good
going Aug. 31st to Sept. Sd. Tickets are
routed Via Cleveland, Buffalo and Niagara
Ellis
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Is the Major Afraid?

So Major Mckinley proposes to do all
his speech making il his own front
yard. Can it be that he is afraid to go
away from home and Hanna? ?-Boston
Globe,
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Not Fair Play and Bad Politics.

The efforts Of certain New York pa
pers to drag Mrs. Bryan into politics,
as bossing her husbands views and ut
terances, is discreditable to fair pray,
and decidedly bad politics.-Philadel-
phia Item.
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Colorado,s Coal Fields.

Some idea of the magnitude of the
coal resources OF Huer.ano County, Col
orado, may be formed when it is
stated that there are about 1000
acres, and each acre contains 100, 900
tons, or a total of 4,000,000,000 tons =
an amount almost beyond comprehen-
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Grimshaw-Great idea, my boy!
Bound to make the inventor rich be-
yond the widest dream of avarice.
Rowlett-What is it? Grimshaw-
Smokeless cigarettes.-Amusing Jour-
nal
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Hanna Ought to Blush.

So they are frying the fat out Of
the poor day laborers in B. f. Jones
iron works. With millions on millions
to draw on, even Hanna ought to blush
at that.-Winona Herald.
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The world IS but show of things; a
kindergarten where we learn by object
lessons. 1t is only the very little ones
to whom the Object is all.