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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

II see," said Mrs. Parker, ''that a
woman's life was saved by a corset
the other day. A man shot at her,
and the bullet lodged among the stays.
Now will you men stop talking about
the corset being dangerous"
ooh, pshaw," replied Mr.. Parker,
"thats only one case in ten thousand
heard of a woman whose corset
stopped bullet few days ago, but it
didn't save her life, just the same"
"John!" exclaimed Mrs. Parker,
"don't fb, just to carry your point.
How could such a thing be possible?"
why, easy enough. The trouble
was that the corset stopped the bullet
on the wrong side of the woman"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15
posrMAN on srILrs.
Method Adopted TO Overcome the Under
III ash on a Plain In France.


bi ash on Plain In France.
Between bordeaux and Bayonne lies
that stretch of open country known
US the Landes. A great part Of this
tract, which was formerly waste land,
has now been partially reclaimed and
planted with pine trees, which are cul-
tivated for the sake Of the resin that
Is extracted from them. The rest Of 1t,
however, remains wild and covered
with gorse and broom. The villages
and groops Of dwellings in the Landes
are very scattered, and. in order to
traverse the wide extent Of the plains
with ease, the inhabitants use stills,
which are tied to their legs. Mounted
on these, the shepherds watch their
ilocks in the brushwood and can cross
pools, marshes and peat without diff
Guilty. They carry with them long
pole, which serves as a support when
resting. f,rfl.ls
The postmen, too, employ this means
of getting about. In wintertime, when
the Landes are covered with snow,
getting about on stills is, of course,
difficult, and, in order to obviate the in
convenience and to enable him to get
over the ground without loss of time,
the postman has lately taken to fitting
to his stills kind of thin, wooden
skate, which enables him to walk on
the top OF the snow without sinking in.
The postman is clad in whited cloak
called "capot," lined with sheepskin,
and provided with a hood. His legs
are also covered with sheepskin.
In the dunes the postal service Is
carried on by the shepherds on horse
back, for it would be impossible to tra-
verse the sandy tracts on stills.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

Ma. DtxeLrys hA, has brcomo
an Issue liz pOii,ico. Last week the
HUh. Jerry Simpson made 1t Ons.
DR.. Dingley, the Republican lead
er--the maker of ihe tariffs In
the habit of setting his hat on the
desk in front Of him. One day
Simpson looked into the hat and
found il marked "London." For
half an hour the Kansas statesman
kept the House in roar over the
han with the London mark, and
Mr. Dingley had the bad taste to
loose his temper and poSs bly, his
love of truth, for he declared the
h At was made in New York, and
the maker said he had class OF
customers who would pay more for
it with the London mark, so he put
it thsre. The excuse may be true
but the hat will figure in the cam
paign this fall.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

~ SENATOR GoRMAN, on the intro
ductlon Of the pension bill, asserted
1t would require between eight. and
ten million dollars more, to pay the
pensioners this year, than was asked
for in the bill, and proved the fact
from the statements made by Com
missioner Evans before the House
committee on appropriations. The
senator said there was an effort being
made to deceive the people, by cut
ting down appropriations, below
what was absolutely necessary, so
that surplus could be shown, and
providing for deficiency bill, after
the fall elections were over. OF
course this was denied by the Re-
publicans, but'the Maryland senator
fold the truth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15
THE MAJORS TOUGH WALK.
Happened to Get on a sprInting Glacie
and Didn't Get Along Very Well.

Happened to Get ON Sprinting Glacier
and Didn't Get Along Very Well.
We started out in the early morning
from the hotel, the Major carrying a
pair of field glasses. a light overcoat.
an umbrella, and book describing the
glories Of California. / contented my
self with carrying small hamper, and
more than once found myself wonder
ing how my companion dared attempt
the trip.
Pooh, pooh!" he said In answer to
one of my questions concerning his
ability to get through the performance
creditably. Pooh, pooh, sir! / have
scaled the Himalayas and the Noun
tains OF the Moon. l assembled the Po-
pocatapetl, and have crossed the Saba
ra on foot. Why, sir, could run up
hill like Tamalpais blindfolded, and
not even pause to wipe my forehead. I"
We said no more on the subject, and
finally reached Larkspur, where we
began to make the ascent.
AT the station the thermometer reg
istered 70 degrees, but by the time we
had finished the first quarter of the
ascent 1t seemed about thousand.
Presently we arrived at point
about half way up the mountain, and
the Major saddenly came to halt. He
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15
Her Iiuse.

"Well," said Miss Twitters, II think
/ am safe now" t..
Safe from what?" asked Miss Kit
tish.
Burglars"
Were you in danger from bur-
glars?"
Il think I was, Everybody is, more
or less. but more especially an unpro-
tected lady in big house. have been
afraid Of burglars ever since John and
his wife went west and left me by my
self"
what have you done to insure safe
ty?"
II have bought four mems hats Of
different styles and sizes, and l have
hung them on the hat rack in the hail.
When Mr.. Burglar surveys the array
he will beside that there are too many
men in the house to make his exploit
as safe as he might wish, and he win
go on to some other house, I rather
flatter myself that this Is pretty good
plan, Don't you think so?''-Harper's
Bazaar. - 1
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

In a recent lecture Professor Will
mer Stone of Philadelphia cited many
facts to show that birds are natures
great check ON the excess of insects,
and that they keep the balance be-
tween plants and insect life. Ten
thousand caterpillars, it has been es-
timated, could destroy every blade of
grass on an acre Of cultivated ground.
In thirty days from the time it is
hatched an ordinary caterpillar in
creases 10000 times in bulk, and the
food it lives and grows on is vegeta-
BILE. The insect population of sim
gle cherry tree infested with aphibes
was calculated by prominent ento-
mologist at no less than 100000
The bird population Of cultivated
country districts has been estimated
at from 700 to- 1000 per square mile
This is small compared with the num-
ber of insects, yet as each bird con-
sumes hundreds of insects every day
the latter are prevented from becom-
ing the scourge they would be but for
their feathered enemies.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15
ALI About Genina.

The three first questions of genius
an eye to see nature, heart to feel
it, and resolution that dares to fol-
low 1t.
The three things indispensable to
gnnius-understanding, meditation and
perseverance.
The three things that ennoble gen.
ius-vigor, discretion and knowledge
The three tokens of genius-extraor-
binary understanding, extraordinary
conduct and extraordinary exertions
The three things that improve gen.
ins-proper exertion, frequent exer-
tien apd successful exertion.
The three thing that support genius
prosperity, social qualifications and
applause.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15
How Alaskan Indians Trap hears. v

William B. Otis, who has been all
over the world as one of the ichthyol-
ogists in the employ of the Govern
ment, has just returned from his sec
ond visit from studying the fish in
Alaskan waters He says:
"Strips of whalebone are folded in
to the shape of the letter IN enyel-
oped in hunks of fat, and frozen that
way. The fat thus prepared Is left in
promising spots for great white bears
to deyour. Along comes one Of the
monsters, gulps lump down whole;
the gastric juices melt the fat and eat
away the strings of tendon with
which the whalebone is bound; the
whalebone springs out straight across
the animals stomach, and presently
1t dies. Next day Mr.. Eskimo comes
along and. gathers in "a. bearskln
worth several quarts of whiskey."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15
Hound to DO Modest.

"If girl wears a bicycle skirt that
comes to within two inches of the tops
of her shoes there can be no question
as to her modesty, can there?" she
asked. 'Fft
Certainly not" was the unsuspect-
ing reply
'Beeause," she went on, II am very
anxious to keep we'll within the bounds
of modesty and propriety."
The question being thus settled, she
straightway purchased a pair of bicy-
Gle button boots that reached to her
knee.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

PROSPERITY echoe are still com
ing in. The Rhode Island Loco.
motive works failed and shut down
on February 4th. The Pueblo
Colorado, Steel Works discharged
their hands receiving $4 per day
and replaced them with negroes
brought from the South at 1925 pei
day.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

Whenever working horse is sold
the harness 1t has been accustomed to
work in. II at all fit, should be sold
with 1t. This is especially true of the
collar, against which the pull mostly
comes. If there are inequalities in the
collar there are probably calluses to
correspond on the horses shoulder and
neck. A new harness, though 1t may
seem to fit all right, may bear harder
on places not properly toughened by
contact with the collar. In stable
each horse should have Its own collar,
for by use each animal has become
adapted to the one II has been most ac-
customed to wearing.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15
Judge Wooden Dead.

FRANKLIN, IND, Feb. 12.-Judgo
Thomas Woolen, who was Attorney
General of Indiana from 1873 to 1880.
died today at his home, in this city,
He was leading citizen here for
many years, and until recently was
President ofthe Citizens National
ank.-Cincinnati Post. Judge
Woolen was the Father OF Arthur
j.. Woolen who was aformer resident
of logan, and quite recently removed
TO Newark, o.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15
stor1nc Winter Fruits.

The apples that are to be kept over
winter must be carefully picked from
the trees by hand, as every apple that
falls to the ground will be bruised and
rendered unfit for the barrel, any in
jury Fastening decay. They must be
stored in cool place, but should not
freeze. 1t is the alternate changing OF
temperature that damages them in
storage
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15
Qucsr Way of Making Living.

A curious character in Paris is a
man who makes his living by strolling
along the boulevards and making wa
gers at the cafes that he can answer
correctly any question that relates to
the history of France. He always
wins the bet.'l
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

mike" said his employer, Some of
your ideas about politics are absolutely
indefensible,"
"Oi don't think So" said Mike.
"oi've licked half dozen fellers in
my tonne for disagroein' wild my
oideas."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15
Mucilaginous.

There are so many departments in a
Boston store that the boy who jabs mu-
cilage on the address slips that are put
on bundles calls himself the adhesive
department,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

The largest room in the world under
one roof and unbroken by pillars Is
at st. Petersburg. 1t is $40 feet long
by 100 feet in breadth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

We nrp authorized TO announce the name
OF AUGUST HILDEBRANDT for Street
Commissioner subject to the decsiod of tho
Democratic primary or convention.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

we are authorized 10 announce the name
of JACOB SHINELY for Street Commission =
er subject to the decision of the Democratic
primary or convention.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

We are authorized to anr ounce the name
of JAMES MOUNT as Il candidate or the
nomiaat.on of Constable of Fallg Township
subject to the deci ion OF the Democratic
primary.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15
sTREET COMMIssIoNER.

We are authorized to announce the name
of JOHN W. NIXON as n candidate for
Street Commissioner, for second term, sub
iect to the decision of tie Democratic pri-
mary or convention
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

We are authorized to announce the name
of EDWIN HARTLEY rs Il candidate for
she nomination of Township Clerk subject to
the decision Of the Democratic Primary. 81!
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15
CI.ER X.

We are authorized to announce the name
ofJOHN T. CAVITY as Il candidate for City
Clerk subject to the decision OF the Demo-
cratic primary or convention.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

We are authorized TO announce the name
Of JACOB FOX ns u candidate for Marsh nj i,
subject to the decision of tine Democratic phi
mary or convention.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15
TOWN SKIP.

We are authorized to announce the name
of AMUEL L. SCHNEIDER as n candidate
for Township Clerk snbject to the decision OF
The Democratic primary or convention.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

We are authorize dto announce the name
OF EMAN lei BURGESS as n candidate for
Assessor for Gore Precinct, Falls Township
subject TO the decision of the Democratic pri-
mary or convention.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

We are authorized TO announce the nome of
JAMES HENRY CARNE!S as n candidate g
for Assessor OF Fails township for second
term, subject to the decision of the Demo-
cratic primary or convention.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

We are authorized to announce the name of
JEROME SHAW as n candidate for the
second term as Trustee of Falls Township
subject TO he decision of the Democratic
primary or convention.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

a cows hide of average size produc.
es So pounds of leather.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

We are authorized to announce tho name of
GEO. MILLER as n candidate FIR Mar
shall, subject to the decision of the Democra-
tic primary or convention.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

We are authorized to announce the name
of II T.. SPARNON rs n candidate for Mayor
subject to the decision OF the Democratic pr!-
mary.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

We are authorized to announce the name
Df WM GREEN for COnstab e subject to the
decision of the Democratic primary or con-
yeution.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

We are authorized to announce the rame
of +. n. ACKER as n candidate for Mayor
subject to the decision of the Democratic
primary or convention.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15

Every tea plant yields ON an aver
are a pound and quarter of tea yearly
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-15
WATER WORKS. TRJrSTEE

We rra authorized 10 announce the name
of CHARLES WRIGHT as II candidate for
second term ia Water Works Trustee subject
to the decision of the Democratic primary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-09

HON. +. NJ. SIMMONS.

The people of all parts of the State
will send their. greetings and gratitude
to Hon. +. NJ. Simmons, the State
Chairman of the Democratic party, I'M
der whose splendid leadership the white
voters of the State have won the great
est victory in the life of this generation.
Three months ago when Mr.. Simmons
was called to the leadership of the party,
there were few men in the State who
believed it possible to win the glorious
victory that redeems the State from one
corrupt and base rule. There were many
who doubted whether it was possible to
win at all, and the most optimistic of
the members of the party dared not
hope for more than victory by a small
majority. With large adverse major
ity, and with the Fusionists strongly
intrenched in power, Mr.. Simmons had Il
task more difficult than any of his pre-
decessors essayed to perform.
With faith in the patriotism and
integrity OF the people, with the DelieI
that if the degradation to which the State
had been brought could be fully known,
and with a capacity for organization
of the highest order, Mr.. Simmons en-
tered upon his work. He has made no
mistake. He has labored day and
night. He has watched every point.
He has seen the weakness of the enc
my He has pressed the strong argu-
mcnts of his party. He has done every
thing that ability, tact, Judgment and
consummate genius could suggest And
as his labors have been crowned with
success, the people everywhere give him
grateful thanks for his successful leader
shin.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-09

tolerate this wholesale importation of
foreigners into Illinois, and if l hear that
a mob is to be brought into this State,
such as was taken into Virden, | will
meet it at the State line and shoot it to
pieces with Calling guns" The foreign
ers' here alluded to were native-born
negroes from Alabama, whose whole of
Tense was entering Illinois to work for
wages which white men refused. Yet
President Mckinley has taken no ac-
ton. Not one of his 100000 troops has
been marched into Illinois to vindicate
the equality of 100000 negroes before
the law. His failure to act in Illinois
makes it impossible for him TO march
troops into North Carolina, where an
other right is denied the negro-not the
right to work for wages, but the right
to govern by virtue of his possession
of the franchise.
In abstaining from action in both cases
Mr.. Mckinley is consistent with his
new principle of imperialism. He pro
poses the forcible annexation of millions
of FillipinOs. who are to be governed
without being allowed to vote; who are
to be treated as subjects" not as SOW
ereigns. That is all right under an
imperial system. But it has conse-
quences. If Filipino citizen of the
United States is to be treated as
subject. why should not the colored
brother in Illinois or North Carolina be
treated in like manner? The principle
which justties 5000 Americans III Ha-
wall in governing 100000 Kanakas, Chi
nese. Japanese and Portuguese without
their consent and which justifes few
Americans in Porto Rico and Luzon in
governing many millions without their
consent must apply in the United States
as well. When once we begin to recog-
nize the political incapacity of fellow
citizens of inferior race abroad we can
not refuse to recognize it at home also.
This points, of course, to the ultimate
of the negro throughout
the Union. This inevitable sequel of inn
perialism, this reversal of 1.-The results
of the civil war;" will not be objected to
greatly in the South, perhaps, where the
policy of hate has failed, but it must, as
suggested in the outset. be saddening to
the few remaining advocates of the
calamitous policy of reconstruction.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-09
LET ALL REJOICE.

The negro politicians and agitators
have acted with them, will wear long
faces today when they read the hand
writing on the wall: "Thou art weigh
ed in the balances and found want
ing" They have been repudiated and
given an everlasting sentence of re
tirement by their outraged constituents
TO all others in North Carolina, the
victory will bring gladness and joy, for
it means that a reign of peace, pros
perity and amity succeeds a reign of
strife, adversely and discord
Therefore, let the whole State rejOic
and be exceeding glad.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-09
YESTERDAYS GREAT VICTORY.

The people have won a great victory
| for good government.
Yesterdays election proves that while
the people of North Carolina may be
.fooed part of the time" they are II
patriotic and honest people and will do
right when they are shown in which di-
rection lies the honor of their State.
The victory is more than a partisan
victory. 1t is a triumph of the great
army of Democrats in the State, aided
by the more patriotic members of the
three other parties in the State. 1t is Il
triumph of Virtue and Decency, and
means a moral regeneration of the poll
teal life of the State.
The first effect of the great victory
will be to make the women of the State
feel that their appeals for protection
have been heard and answered. 1t will
forever remove the humiliation that lady
teachers in the public schools feel when
they have to go to incompetent negroes
to obtain employment to teach in the
public schools.
Following will come a higher moral
tone in public life. Instead of electing
men with smirched characters to office,
the old Jeffersonian test, rs he fit. is he
honest, is he capable?" will be restored
and men who are ambitious for public
honors will find that they cannot be OBJ
tanned except by honorable and compe-
tent men. The day has passed for put
ting ignorant and corrupt men in high of
ficial position.
This election also means that the laws
of the State will be made and executed
by white men, who will not allow par
tisan considerations to induce them TO
deny or delay justice. But, while this
election puts white men on guard, It
does not mean that any negro shall be
injured in any way. The same spirit
of justice that controlled the Democratic
party from Vance to Carr will animate
it now that it comes back to power. 1t
will owe the negro nothing politically,
and it will not put him in office any
where over white men, but there is rea-
son why every industrious negro should
rejoice that just party will control the
affairs of government.
The Democrats made few promises in
the platform upon which the party was
returned to power. 1t will faithfully
keep and perform every promise that is
contained in its platform, and will prove
by keeping all its pledges the wisdom
shown by the people in entrustng the
government of the State to the only par
ty that can give good government, peace
and quiet to the State
We begin new era in North Carolina
from yesterday. The Democrats will
be so just, so wise, so true, so honest as
to make it go down in history as the
second Era of Good Feeling.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-09
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
AMERICAN SUBJECTS. :"
Baltimore Sun.

Baltimore Sun.
Old abolitiOnists and admirers Of the
pitiless policy of our period of reconstruc-
ton, when the constitution was amended
in order to give the negro equal rights III
the North and political control in the
South, are full of sadness in view of re-
cent events. The administration-and
Republican administration at that's
committing itself to the doctrine that the
American flag covers citizens whose
rights are not equal. Not only is this
the case in the Hawaiian islands, where
the Kanakas, our fellow-citizens, are
virtually DISTINGUISHED, but it is the
case in Illinois, where the Republican
Governor Tanner announces that ''un-
der no circumstances shall any negro
from another State be allowed to enter
Pana"Pan being a mining town, where
a strike of white miners is in progress.
The Governor of the State which boasts
Abraham Lincoln among it's patriots,
leaves the public in no doubt as to his at
titude toward his African llow-citizens.
r reiterate," he says, that will not