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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-10-12

The fire got so hot that Hanna had
to punch TIE is out Of his fulsome
speeches.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-10-12
Going last.

All trains run daily except Sun
day.
Train No. 8 from the east ar
rives at 1885 p. m.
For rates, time Of trains and
other information call on J.C. Hart,
Aren't.
q. NJ. Bennet, Supt.
+. NJ. Wilkinson, G.T.A.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-10-12
B. & o. S-W. RY.
OHIO DIVISION.
ATHENS TIME TABLE.

TRAINS EAST.
tNo 9, Eastern Express Parkersburg
and way stations ........ ........ 3 :38 q. m
NO IA, Mail, Parkersburg, Balti-
more and New York ............. $3.50 q. m.
No, 10, Accommodation. ......... 3:l4 p. IN.
mo, 4, Royal Blue Limited, WASH
ington, baltimore ami New York. 4:40 p. m.
mo, 2, Night Express Washington,
Baltimore and New York;. ll:24 p. NJ.
TRAINS WEST.
mo. l, Night Express, Cincinnati
ST. Louis and West ............ a:29 n. IN.
mos 0. Day Express, Chillicothe ana
Cincinnati ....................... S:lS a. m.
mo. 3, Royal Blue Limited, Clncln-
natl and st. L0uis Observation-Disclosures. 1915 p.
tNo IL, accommodation, Chillicothe Blanchest-
er Hillsboro and Way Stations. -. 4:03 p. m.
*Daily Except Sunday.
For information regarding rates,
connections, sleeping and ParlOr
cars call on or address
FRED b. JOHNSTON,
Ticket Agent.
Athens, Ohio.
Or j. Fl. LARRABEE,
General Passenger Agt
Chillicothe Ohio.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-10-12
Logan School Examiners Meetings.

The BOARD of School Examiners OF Logan
Village will hold regular meetings for the
Examination ofeppilcants Te achCrs Ce rtif-
Gates on the Thiid Wednesday of February,
April. June, August, Octobsr and December
at the Office oftbe SUPERINTENDENT, In the
School Building Of said Village. Examina-
tions begin at S;3O a. N Isiandsrdl Of each
day.
BY Order Of Board ofEx.
y. w. IL Wright Pres
RE. Ravnan. Clerk.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-10-12
CHURCHES.


PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Corner of
Hunter and Market streets. Rev. David r..
Moore, ID. D., pastor. Preaching services ut
l0:;W u. m. and 1900 p. m. Sabbath School mt
900 n. m. Junior @ Z. .at2:30 p. m. and @. .E.
ut $500 p. m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday
evening ut 7 O'Clock.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-10-12

CATHOLIC, st. JOHN'S.-North Market
street corner North. Rev. T. A. Powers,
pastor. Sunday services, low mass 8 q. m,
high mass 1000 a. nj. Catechism =. m
Vespers and benedicton 7:3D p. m. Week
day services, low mass 500 q. m.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
Ouear Eish This.

There is new kind of fish on view
in the Aquarium. 1t comes from Ber-
muda and is called the "trunk fish. "
Three specimens are on view.
With a little stretch of the imsgina-
ton the fish looks somewhat like a
Saratoga trunk. It has o triangular
cross section, its belly being fiat and
its sides rising from sharp angle to a
sharper edge along the back. Along
these edges are queer flaps that re-
semble the ruffles on a. sofa cushion.
The scales are thick and hard. When
viewed head on it looks remarkably
like pig without legs. Its tail does
not seem to fit at all. The body seems
to cut off abruptly some distance from
where the tail should be and the
caudal appendage stuck on wherever
it would go.-New York Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
- Dysarr, s1nooJn-shayen

-t.-.- -~-J IJsarr, slnooIn-snaVen
and blonde, loomed above all.
Constance, with the help of her
crfada. got out in the street, where
she listened, with beating heart, to
the cries, curses, and scuffling going
on inside.
There was one dominating, awful
groau-then sinister silence.
A moment of sickening uncertainty
for that Unconditional young English
woman, and Tony Dysart, painting, his
clothes torn, and blood-stains on his
face and hands.
He walked firmly enough, to give
Constance helping arm up the stairs.
He said Rosita was dead. and he
thought the ''little brother" would die
also, for, while he was struggling with
him, policeman had crept up and
struck him over the head with heavy
iron bar.
"Here we are at the Casa Stanley"
she said, as they stopped before the
carved doors. 'sCome in. Dick will
want to see you. He can thank you
better than T."
'sNo one can thank me like you,"
Tony replied. '::And 1 must go to the
hotel. This arm of mine pains little.
No, not broken" he answered, trying
to smile, "but little brother wrenched
it trife."
Constance, however, would not ac-
cept his easy assurance that it was all
right. "You must come in, Dick will
want you"
"Do you want me, thought" She
did not answer that; but, as she let
the knocker fall, turned with tears in
her eyes.
"Will you come, Tony?"
ct will come" he insisted, "if you
want me-"
The big doors swung open.
''1 want you," she said, slowly.
And the doors changed behind them.
Edith Wagner, in the Argonaut.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
anu prOsalclUS ---..EE =. :
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Mystery of Heredityi

Out of 222 pupils in the grammar
schools of Chicago who attained cer-
tain percentage of efficiency only
twenty-five were boys. This would
indicate that girls are about four times
as bright as boys. 1t is hard to un-
stand these things and to straighten
up the rules of heredity. 1t is, we
believe, an accepted rule that boys
stake after" their mothers and the
girls after their fathers. If, then, the
women are the smartest, the boys,
"taking after" the mother, should
also be smartest. If the men are the
smartest, then the girls,ss taking
after" the father, should be smartest.j
It is difficult riddle to-unriddle.-I
Baltimore Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
oMAHA'S IMMENSE UMBRELLA.
When Raised It Will Bo $50 Feet Above
tbe Earth

The last Paris exposition had its Elf
fel tower, Chicago had it's Ferris wheel,
Nashville has its giant see-saw. The
department of concessions of the Oma-
ha trans-Mississippi exposition of 1898
has also received an application for
space for the erection of novel me-
chanical device. It resembles the
framework of a gigantic umbrella more
than anything else which might be
mentioned. The part corresponding
to the stick of the umbrella is IN i'm
mense cylinder, thirty feet in diameter,
constructed of steel plates firmly
riveted, making a standpipe which
rears its head $50 feet above the level
of the ground. At the extreme top of
this cylinder are fastened twelve long
arms, resembling the ribs Of IN UNI
brella. These are steel trusses, reach
ing almostto the ground. Atthe lower
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
GIGANTIC UMBRELLA FOR THE OMAHA ExPos1r1o

can mines in 1894 was $2O8, 168, 76S.
Americans are given to Dragging about
our immense mineral resources, and
yet you will notice that the hens paid
for it all one year and had enough left
to just about pay the interest on all
mortgages!
Mrs. Hen will earn enough this
year to pay the entire State and coun-
ty tax (which in 1890 was SLAB, 1885,
OO0, and have enough left for every
cont of pensions that are paid to old
soldiers.
The average COW weighs 13o times
as much rs the average hen, and yet
all the milch COWS in the country have
a total value of but S263, ,955, ,545.
Mrs. Hen in one year will earn enough
to buy every COW, and put the entire
tobacco crop in her pocket as we'll.
She could pay out of her years earn
.ings for all the tea and coffee import
ed in one year and all the petroleum
products, and have enough left to buy
NIL the tobacco grown in 1896. The
total assessed valuation Of the follow
ing States fall below the hens yearly
earnings;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
Finger In q Catfish.

A mans finger in the stomach of a
large catfish was what John Vincent,
a colored fisherman, fonnd several
days ago while preparing his string of
fish for supper, says the Augusta Ga. J
News. Johns appetite had been
whetted up to considerable extent at
the thoughts of crisp, brown fish on
his table for supper, and his mouth
fairly watered as he busily cleaned his
fish. The finding of this finger, how
ever, destroyed his appetite, and the
entire lot of fish were thrown away.
The finger, while lacerated, seemed
to be we'll preserved, with the nail and
all intact. The catfish in which the
finger was found was large one and
was caught on the South Carolina side
several miles down the river. The
fish evidently got hold of the body Of
some man who was drowned and nib
bled off one of his fingers. This makes
the second.time the finger of person
has been found in a fsh's stomach.
Several years ago, it will be remem
bered, child's finger was discovered
under similar circumstances.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
preciona nIannscrInta.

Sir Walter Scott's manuscript OF
"The Lady of the Lake" has just been
sold in London for $6450; thirty years
ago it brought $1,000. Themanuscript
of 'Old Mortality" sold for $4,000.
Lord Nelson's autograph memoir OF
his own life, with some autograph let
ters, was sold for $4,000; twenty,three
other letters of his to Trowbridge
fetched $140O. Robert Burns's pri-
vate journal, begun in 17S7, "The
Edinburgh Commonplace Book, "
brought S1S15. Eight manuscripts OF
A. G. Swinburne, poems published in
his first volume, sold for $198.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
Johnson's Chill and Fee
yer Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure. 1t cures the most
stubborn case of Fever ia
n Hours.
The Lost Pocket Book,

Three years ago a Portland man
lost his pocket book that contained
$500. The last he could remember OF
it was laying it upon his bed. Last
Sunday he read in newspaper the
notice of the death of an old friend,
and this set him to thinking Of his
school days. From these remembran:
ces came desire to look over an old
chest containing souvenirs, and in
which he thought there was picture
of his former chum. He went to the
chest, lifted the cover, and the first
thing that met his gaze was the pock-
ct book with the money intact. And
now he is puzzling his brains to re-
member how it came there.-Iewis.
ton ME- Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
end of each of these ribs is suspe

end of each of these ribs is suspended
q car for carrying passengers, each car
having a capacity for twenty persons.
These monster ribs are raised by hy-
draulic power, acting by means of steel
cables operating through the cylinder,
aided by mechanism greatly resem-
bling that portion of On umbrella which
comes into action when the umbrella
is opened. By means of this mechan-
ism the gigantic arms are raised until
they are horizontal, the cars in the
meantime being carried outward and
upward until they reach point $50
feet above the ground, the diameter of
the huge circle formed by the sus-
pended cars being also $50 feet. When
the highest point has been reached an
other mechanism comes into play and
the suspended cars are swung slowly
around in circle, after which they
are lowered to the ground. The sides
of the cars are of glass, SO that the
passengers may secure IN extensive
view of the surrounding country.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
APuIpit In the Air.

In the widest and most picturesque
section of Writ county, neer Ceston, a
huge rock, known as "DeviPs Tea
Table," hangs over the river, high
above the valley. A few weeks ago
Rev. John Bennett, an eccentric noun
tain evangelist, announced that he
would preach from this rock, naming
last Sunday as the day for the service.
During Saturday night and early Sun
day morning the backwoodsnen and
their families began gathering at the
foot of the rock, and by II o'clock
over /, 900 persons awaited the advent
of the preacher, who soon appeared on
the edge of the rock, and delivered
his sermon from apulpit 20Ofeet above,
his congregation, his text being, son
this rock I build my church." Itwas
the most unique and impressive SER
vice ever held in the State.-Parkers-
burg, CW. Va.) dispatch to the st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
REMARKABLE PEAR TREE.
Trained to Grow at the Side Of o House IL
Wonderful Way.

One of the most remarkable Of old
trained pear trees that we are ac-
quainted with is the splendid speci-
nell of Uvedale's St. Germain at Wes-
ton House, Shipston-on-Stour, the
residence of the Countess Of Camper.
down. The accompanying illustration
is published in the Gardeners Maga-
zine. Mr.. Masterson, the gardener at
Weston House, writes that "the tree is
admired at all times of the year, but
more especially when covered with
large handsome clusters of flowers.
In autumn, when laden with quanti-
ties of big fruits, it also presents nm
attractive appearance, and there are
many who also admire the tree when
the stems are bare, and certainly at
this season it is interesting, as the
training is very remarkable. The tree
seldom fails to ripen a heavy crop OF
fruits, cropping right down to the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
Johnson's Chill and Fee
yer Tonic is q ONE-DAY
Cure. III cures the most
stubborn case of Fever i'm
n Hours.
Successful Skin Grating.

Ten-year-old Prischer Orter is at
aer home in Newark, N. j., after
four months stay at the German Hos
oital, in that city. The girl was
;rightfully burned on February 26 by
falling into fire at the coal docks on
Pacific street. For time her life
was despaired of.
Her burns gradually healed, except
one spot four inches in diameter,
.bove the right knee. This refused
to respond to ordinary treatment, and
it was decided to try skin grating
strips of skin were removed from the
other leg and bound upon the unheal-
ed spot They adhered, and gradu.
ally over-spread the whole sore and
the little girl is now as we'll as ever.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
Garden in IN Old Umbrella.

Last summer an ingenious woman
found an ornamental use for an old
umbrella frame. A large nail was
driven in the end of the wooden han
die, SO it would press into the ground
with more ease, the frame was opened
and the handle planted in the middle
of o round flower bed. A pretty trail
ing vine that had white blossom was
placed where each wire rib of the UNI
brella came and twined around. Low
Towering plants were placed around
the remaining portion of the bed to
keep it in good form.-New York
Journal
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
The First Prepaid Post.

According to NJ. Piron the idea of a
postpaid envelope originated early in
the reign of Louis XIV. NJ. De
Velayer in 1868 established private
post, placing boxes at the corners OF
the streets for the reception of letters
wrapped in envelopes, which were to
be bought at Offices established for
the purpose. And it is said that q
Swedish artillery officer, in 1928,
petitioned the Chamber of Mobiles to
propose to the Government to issue
stamped envelopes for prepaid letters.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
WORLDS BIGGEST JUG.
Nearly as Tall rs Man and Will Hold
175 Gallons.

-
175 Gallons.
AS curiosity there may be some I'M
terest in "the largest jug in the world, :"
but there is little use for such arecepta-
Gle. An Illinois pottery firm has COM
structed an immense Jug of the shape
and appearance of the familiar little
brown Jug of history. It is 80 heavy
that several men would be required to
lift it high enough for one man to
drink out of it.
It is almost as tall as o man, being
sixty-one inches high.
It is thirty-si1 inches in diameter
and holds 175 gallons. The jug is per-
feet in every respect, and expert pot
ters have declared it the finest piece
of workmanship ever seen.
The owners have been offered hand|
some sums for the Jug by firms de!
string to use it for advertising pur1
poses. It is no small task to finish 9
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
Moving Staircase for Pa. .snzers.

A moving staircase for passengers.
IN the shape of an endless leather belt
transferring them from one story to
another, is now in use in some of the
great department-stores of Paris. 1t
is called transporting carpet. End;
less belts of canvas have been used
for some time to convey packages from
place to place within the stores.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
Quinine and other fe-
ver medicines take from 5
to 10 days to- cure fever
Johnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic cures i'm ONE DAY.
First Fire Engines.

"The Phoenix" was the namc OF the
first fire company in England, and il
was established in 1852. At that time,
in the towns, squirts or syringes were
used for e1tinquishing fire, and theil
length did not exceed two or three
feet. These yielded to the hand fire
engine with pipes of leather, which
was patented in 1916. Water.tight
seamless hose was first made at Beth
nal Green in 1720.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
Picture Market Depressed.

Almost one-quarter of the pictures
at the Royal Academy in London this
year are portraits. Rather less than
200 of these are in oils, abort The same
number are in water colo, 75 are in
sculpture and the rest in eluncf draw
ings or engravings. It is supposed
that the reason of this great display of
portraiture is to be found in the con-
dition of the market, for there is at the
present time but little demand for pic :
lures of any other kind.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
Mateo, the Cross Man, is Dead.

The widely known eccentric charao-
ter, known as Mateo, the cross man,
was found dead just outside of his
cabin at Abita Springs, La, by a
Choctaw Indian day or two since.
Mateo has been one of the most
unique characters of eastern Louisiana
for the pest thirty-fve years. He al-
ways wore from seyenty-fve to 100
crosses attached to his clothing, and
was crazed on religion,-New Orleans
Picayune,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01

sentative from Texas. He wes cons
spicuous to look upon, and he rarely
said anything that was not conspic:
uous. He made friends and he was so
good-natured to his enemies and so
quick with his wit that the men who
were opposed to him were anxious to
get over their tilts. He was pointed
out on the floor of the House as the
first native Congressman from his
State. It was also related that his
district was wider and longer than
many of the States of Europe, reach
ing over territory of twenty-seven
counties, and running from the gulf to
Eagle Pass, on the Rio Grande. This
area comprised $1,000 square miles.
Ochiltree was practically the king OF
it. He was the only man in the dis
trict when power was in consideration.
Ochiltree went to the top of capital
favoritism at single bound. He was
a prince Of story-tellers. The beauty
Of his hnmor was that it hit no one 30
hard as it hit.himself. He was a joke
to himself. He rarely appeared upon
the floor of the Forty-eighth Congress
that he did not put the House into a
furore of laughter. The country mem
bers used to declare that he was more
fun than the minstrels. His bills and
appropriations were jested through
the jest always bearing strong argu-
ment why Texas and Texas harbors
should be the especial care of the
country. He called himself the Cred
headed Ranger from Texas" and the
title was enough to get him a hearing
before the business committee. Itwas
his custom to send in word to an i'm
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01

as the tree is so vigorous as to be capa-
bic of carrying very large crops, and
yet the fruits weigh from half pound
to one and half pounds each. The
total weight of the crop last year was
two hundredweight. Many first prizes
have been won from this tree, includ-
ing frsts at the Crystal Palace in 1894
md 1896"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01

Inother words, Mrs. American Hen
could buy any of these States from
one years egg and chicken money.
She could buy in this way New Mexi-
CO, o,Arizona, Wyoming, North Dakota,
Idaho and Montana all put together.
Tie total cost Of conducting the
Postofice Department last year was
S90s626, 296.S4. We can pick out
$4,000, 600 of our best hens that will
cover every dollar Of this outlay in one
year.
Yhe net earnings of the railroads in
1896 were 1923, 1876, 454. The railroad
dividends paid amounted to $s1, 1915,
774 The American Hen paid nearly
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01

one-nalt inches. The IL, TOO, 900, 900
eggs will, therefore, make chain
542,21S miles long, while the total
weight of this production of hen fruit
is at least S53, 125 tons.
Does any reader of the World real
ize what this immense production of
eggs and meat means to the country?
Here are few figures for comparison:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01

The value of all gold produced in
American mines in 1895 was $40, 6lO,-
900, and all silver $72, ,O51, 600. The
value of oil minerals, including iron,
gold and silver, taken out of Amerl-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
A DECIDED HINT.

Mother-What in the world ever pos
sessed you to give Mr.. Bingo shaving
set? -.
Caugh,er-He never seems to realize
how tender my facets.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
ruE TEMPTATION roo eRsAT.

Ellen Why don't you put couple Of
oysters on those black eyes o yourn
Tom Id, Itried 1t ittwiced, but some
how can't never get them no furder up
than my mout. 8
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
A MODERN soHEHEREzADE.

Mrs. Meeker," observed friend of
the family, ''is a very superior woman.
She can converse intelligently. / believe,
on thousand different topics"
"Yes," sighed Mr.. Meeker, "and she
Jooo !
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
Why take Johr1so17,s
Chill & Fever Tonic?
Because ii cures the
most stubborn case
of Fever in ONE DAY.
No Respeeter Of Persons.

When lmiral de Horsey, at PORT
Royal, was. one night returning to his
flagship alone, his way to the beat
led across the barrack square. A black
sentry of one of theWest India regl-
-. ss::e: .s ts.-tt.za -.
:: as iar Crest wss s:: :ss.:i -: - -. =
:i:sovyaree 70 aud as :,;if iae:.tss:1
-, ,.is.s scs.,~,s' .'T'i,ai esisi.gy;.ss, :. g
e.. ss,id caro!s aa,'.as 70 oIsfcc-lt.s :
r, t;.s...
aW!.y, m Adolira; d. 3arseg;
;g4i;. rou ca..i - -. : '"as ti:e 70
p!y. ~ daai SKIS il Yar's t:a!ls,Sla -.
De Donkey, I don't. = Household
Words.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-01
WORK OF AMERICAS HEN
nER VALUE IS NOT LESS THAN
s2eo,ooo,ooo A YEAR.
Worth Moro Than the Entire Wheat Drop
of the Country-Not So Far Behind
the Earnings of the Railroads-Could
Easily Buy Several States Of the Union.

H. W. Collingwood, of the Rural
New Yorker, says in the New York
World:
Mrs. American Business Hen is one
of our most useful citizens. She is o
shrinking, unassuming creature, too
modest at times even to cackle over
the birth of her own egg, leaving that
celebration to her husband; and yet
Mrs. American Hen has been quietly
paying off mortgages, driving wolves
from the door and Matching out nest
eggs for thousands of featherless BIZ
peds:
In 1890 there were in this country