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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14

Those were the days when the
making of itilep was an art as well
asa donlesiic accomplishment. The
night before hlr. Clays departure
from the Springs he gave o banquet
in his cottgge 80 lis friends. For
tunately there is still q living eye
Witness to that entertainment, and,
If his description can be relied upon,
it was n gala event that transoends
all modern blow outs. Old Uncle
Jimmie Patterson, the venerable
gatekeeper, who has been an attache
of the White Sulphur from time i'm
memorial, was the floor servant on
the row in which the Clay cottage
was located and helped to serve the
banquet. He says that the deport-
ment of the host and the guests was
eminently proper until about the
hour of midnight, but from that
time of the night until the morning
dawned there was high old time
on the premises. When the cloth
had beon removed and the Powhatan
pipes were brought in-the degener-
ate practice of cigar and cigarette
was not in vogue in those halcyop
days--some one called for music,
aud messenger was sent for ne
gro fiddler, who soon appeared with
his ola fashioned instrument. The
old fiddler started i'll with Money
MtisA" and then played Sugar In
the Gourd," butwhen he touched up
"Mississippi Sawyer" Mr.. Clay step
ped into tho middle of the floor and
gave them kentucky breakdown.
This was fair challenge for Mr..
Choate, who followed with a New
England pigeon wing. When the
old negro struck the chord of "Old
Virginia Never Tire" the courtly
Rf3cs, afterward minister to France,
felt that the reputation of the Old
Dominion was at stake and, shedding
his coat, executed the double. shuttle
with skill that would make n min
strel man envious. And thus the
fun grow fast and furious until the
gray dawn peeped over the noun
tain tops. Louisville Courier-J our
nal. H
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14


question of damages, and the jury
awarded the plaintiff e1.
"Go home" exclaimed the judge
savagely, land as you value ribs at
81 hope you will get some liberal
purchasers for your own on the
journey"
AT Winchester in 1855 the same
judge tried some poachers. 1t was
noticed that the defending counsel,
the recorder of Portsmouth, ohal-
lenged great many of the panel,
SO that the jury was very slowly
constituted. There was no question
as to the evidence. The men ought
to have been convicted without a
moments hesitation. The jury,
however, acquitted them.
"You see," said one of the jurors
afterward, 1--WE are all Portsmouth
men, and our recorder said one
thing and the other old judge on the
bench said another, and we thought
our recorder was most likely to be
right, so we let the men off. -
Church Family Newspaper.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
The Squaw's Method.

A sleeping car passenger Oh a
train running into Portland, Or,
strolled into the smoking car and
took seat just ahead of a sQuaw,
He WAS putting vigorously at a cigar,
and the Indian woman got more of
the smoke than she liked. She pro
tested in pantomime to the conduct
or, who, being something of Il wag,
indicated thatshe should make use
Of an immense umbrella she had by
bringing it down onthe man s'heaa
She naturally presumed that the
conductors authority was all sufii.
cient and forthwith acted on his
question with native vigor. The
mans hat was knocked down over
his eyes and all but ruined, and the
cigar was sent spinning galley west.
When he got out of his hat, heturn.
ed with not inexplicahle ferocity
upon his assailant, but the squaw
merely looked at him with aborigi
nal ,immobility of countenance and
wouldn t understand either Eng lisL
or sign languages and while, the othe,
passengers were convulsed with
merriment he had to retreat to an
other Car. r.-Excnange.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
IN The LIGHT oE DEATH.

Whom all the wheels OF life are running slow,
And all the fires Of life are falling low
And Pickering to an end,
Them in deaths dawning light we seem -
know
What A. all means-why things must happen 90,
And not as we intend.
] thought to keep my own life good and taiS.
Now broken, blotchod and ugly, IL lies there.
Spread like map in view.
/ made the blots the blunders, everywhere,
Tho bitter disnppotntmonts in full share,
The sorrows. old and new.
But though fresh failures come with eact
fresh day,
Though pain persists and will not pass away
Till life itself shall cease
Taught by this CLEAN Of deaths keen search
ing ray
"No human life is whole, I've learned to say,
but OF Gods whole, pioee."
Each individual life is not our own.
'Tis in Gods building Just one little stene
Chiseed to fit one place.
Usolcss-not cut to shape, but loft alone.
Useful IT, when its proper place is known.
1t fits 1t, by Gods gracel
For through Gods temple rise in noble ttate
Smooth marble blocks Of wondrous weight
And polished pillars tall.
But there are other stones, not smooth nor
great,
Seeming dospised-thrown out-yet, soen or
late,
Wanted, however small
So, If the Master Builder needs In me
A broken fragment only ft to bo
fragment, out of sight,
Still, in his house stone-if even he has chosen
me for this USE ah, then see
All thought wrong is right.
Good Words
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14


TO account for the invention of the
nrt, and the honor has been claimed
by both Venice and Flinders. Yet
it did moi ut aate srring ..nt0 icing
in full perfection, but was rather
an evolution and cano by degrees.
In puntu taghato (cut poillt) we
first perceiyea cropping in its diree.
tion, forlwith the pieroings of white
embroidery we have Il lighter effect.
In drawn work (punto tirato) an
other step was gained, and in retic-
ulated grounds or network we have
decided advance Upon this net
the pattern was darned in, and in
France it wascalled lacis, the near
est word we have to lace. After
these efforts came total emancipa-
tion from all foundations, and the
puuto in aria was an assured fact.
'The first lace, it is thought, was
made with the needle 0oint), the
pattern being traced upon parch.
mept OF paper and the outlines
marked by a thread caught now and
then to the paper to keepit in place
Upon this sc0ltolding the slight su
perstructure WIS bGilt, aud the
method Is still the same. Soon aft
mward tie bobbin5 came in as "a
factor, and the needle and the bob.
bins remNin TO this day the only
means employed to produce hand
made lace SO that all of it resolves
itself into the two generic kinds :
point, which ,is made by the needle,
and pillow, by the bobbins, or there
may be Il composite article, made by
both. - .., ... ...t..
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
Tennyson's Love For Flowers.

An elaborately illustrated article,
"Tennyson and His Friends at
Freshwater," by Y. G. Scott Con.
nor, appears in the December Cen
tury. The author says of the poet
Willingly, he took no part in the
destruction of life. His sympathy
with nature led him to mourn over
the cutting down of trees, as if they
were, like the grove in Dante's ''In-
ferno," the abode of his personal
friends, and he never would con-
sent to his flowers ut Farringford
being plucked. ~ can very we'll re-
member the look on his face" Miss
Weld, his niece, tells me, when he
met me one day, returning from
his meadows with wheelbarrow
full of fading dafodils plucked by
me with the LAVISH hand of a child.
He gazed at them very sorrowfully
and in gentle words expressed his
regret that so much beautiful lifv
bad hecn neediessly sacrificed "
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
/. ORIGIN OF LACE.
Invented by n European Woman ss Lstb
rs the Fifteenth Century.

Invented by European Woman as Late
rs the Fifteenth Century.
In. an interesting article on the
subject of Lace" in The Woman's
Home Companion Oricna L. Shac-
kleford, after giving the history of
machine made lace, goes on to say:
Handmade lace has history fan
more fascinating Some have sup
posed that it originated in Egypt
the land that gave birth to nearly
all the arts, but search. diligently as
you may and you will never dis
cover in mummy's tomb, on sculp-
tured or painted wall or in any
archaeological find whatever tie
pictorial or actual remains. of this
poetic tissue. Neither is there docu,
mentary evidence of its presence
there. Gauzes and nets, fine mus
Inns and exquisite embroideries,
fringes, knotted and plaitel, you
may meet With frequently, but this
fabric without a foundation, this
ethereal textile, named by the .Ital-
ians ipunto i'm aria stitch in diFO,
you will never chance upon, Whyf
Because it did not exist before the
fifteenth century, because it was in
vented by the European woman,
forming her contribution to the ro.
naissance, and as unknown to oricn-
tails, who have even now no love for
its pale'peIfection and do not use il
in their costumes or in household
decoration Its lack Of color makes
II unlovoly in their eyes, &
"Fanciful stories have been woven
OHIO ..-.-.--.s......i;s s...xy .sssz
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
CHOOSING A PRESIDENT.
pome Of the Dangers of our Present Eiec
oral systen.


pomo Of the Dangers os our Present Elect
oral sys,em.
The electoral sy fem, which, even
according to its original design, was
never consistent with ouiiheory OF
government is, in my opinion, the
source of all the greatest dangers to
which we are now subject. II was
not only inconsistent with our tbeo-
ry of government, but inconsistent
with itself, for If the people were,
in fact, incapable of selecting a
president or vice president by di.
rect vote, they were equally incapa-
BILE of selecting competent agents to
perform that duty for them.
Under this system, there is no
uniform constitutional rule for the
selection of electors, and there have
been frequent periods in our his
tory when three different methods
were in actual operation at the
same time-some states choosing
by the votes of their legislatures,
some by the votes of the people on
a general ticket, and others by the
votes of the people-in separate dis
tricts, each district choosing one
elector. 1t is manifest that, in a
matter of so great and general con-
eern as is the election of chief ex.
ecutive for the whole country, there
should be perfect uniformity in the
proceedings of the different states,
in order that the people of each
state may exercise their proper share
of power in determining the result
If in one state the electors are
chosen by a vote of the Legislature
not elected for that purpose and
perhaps not representing the will of
the people on that subject-ald in
another the whole electoral vote is
given to a single person simply be
cause one set of electors received q
small majority or mere plurality
of the popular vote, while in third
the electoral vote is divided between
two or more candidates because the
popular vote was taken by districts,
it is evident that, as regards this
important function. the equality Of
the states and people is destroyed,
and that consequently great injus-
tice must be done to one side or the
other in the contest.
The constitution not only permits
all these different methods. bu'
there are many other waysin WHICH
electors might be cohstitutiouaIly
appointed if the legislatures should.
see fit to adopt them.;z In times of
great excitement the temptation to
resort to unfair means, especially if
such means be legal and conHtitTs
tional, to secure advantages ever
political opponents nay 1ccOine too
strong for successful resistance, and
new methods may be found To pre-.
vent Il just and equitable distribu.
tion of political power among. the
people,
There are now 45 states in the Un
ION, and yet under the practice now
prevailing president and vice pres.
ident pay be elected by Il bare ma
jority of the votes or even by a-plu
rality in ~ states, being three less
than one-third of the whole nun
Der, although all the peopleln all
the other states may vote for. other
persons. Hon j. q. Carlisle III
Forum.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
in an Old Cane.

A dear friend of mine, now many
years dead, an antiquary and man
of ominence in letters was shown
over the cathedral of Lichfield by
the then dean. AS a souvenir of his
visit he was presented by the dean
with u curious and handsome cane
which some years previously bad
been dug out in the course of some
alterations. For years my friend
used this, until the top came off,
and the revelation was made that
the cane was hollow. Thrusting
down finger, the owner brought
out a vellum missive. This proved
to he letter to the Earl of Essex,
signed by Charles l, asking him to
bring over his army to tho royal
side and promising in recompense
for so doing his own gratitude and
the richest reward that monarch
could bestow upon subject.
After the death of my friend l
was permitted to show the treasure,
for such, in fact, it was, at the Brit.
ish museum. Alas for the hopes
that had been formed Mr.. Warner
bl Fought me out a practical facsimile,
and told me that others were in ex-
istence. Copies had been made and
several had been dispatched by DIFF
ferent hands in the hope that one
might reach the earl. The copy 1
held had obviously failed to reach,
though the ingenious plan of con.
cealment prevented it's detection un-
til the days of Queen Victoria
Gppt1pmoO' MAGAZINE
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
JURlES ANDTHElRV VERDlCTS
In FORMER Times Agreement Was Com
pelled-Some Amusing Returns.

In Former Times Agreement Was Com
pelled-Some Amusing Returns.
1t used to be the practice to starve
disagreeing jurymen into agree
ment. AT the conclusion of a case
the jurors were locked up without
fire, light or food, and thus they
had to remain until they decided
upon Il verdict Once upon time
it was discovered that jury SO
locked up had refreshed themselves
with some apples which one of their
number brought in his pockets The
judge severely rated them on their
misconduct and fined them IL shil-
lings each. In the reign of Henry
VIII, Lord Chief Justice Reed, pre-
siding at London city sessions, had
to punish jury for the same hei-
nous offense of taking refreshment
before their verdict had been deliv-
cred. The circumstances were pc
culiar and afforded an interesting
glimpse of the manners of the time.
The jurors, on motion made on
their behalf to set aside the fine,
pleaded that it was the judge who
was to blame and not they. They
said that they returned into court
with their verdict after a reasona-
BILE amount of deliberation, but they
found that his lordship had gone
out to see an affray. They there
fore returned to their room to await
his return and thought they were
doing no wrong in taking a little
lunch. The fine was upheld.
Many and diverting are the stories
told by smart lawyers of poor be-
logged jurors. That jurors do some
times ask very idiotic questions and
return very foolish verdicts every
one with the slightest knowledge of
the interior of a court of justice
must admit, but we must not blame
the honest man too much. The de-
bilitating effects of long wrangle
between Tweedledum, O. c., and
Tweedledee, @. c., followed by a
pompous, abstruse harangue from
Mr.. Justice Bumptious, should be
taken into consideration. The won.
der is, when one remembers the
pains taken by the learned counsel
to mystify juries, that so many SEN
sible verdicts are obtained. Here are
some cases which do not show trial
by jury in the brightest light:
A provision dealer prosecuted a
man for stealing piece of bacon
out of his shop. The evidence was
simple and undisputcd. The prose-
cutor, sitting in little back parlor
with glass door, saw the thief
walk up to the counter, pick up the
bacon and put it in his pocket.
"You saw me through the glass,
did you9" asked the prisoner.
Eyes" said the plaintiff.
"Well, then, must be let off.
You can't swear through glass"
The judge, of course, made light
of this strange defense, but the jury
took the prisoners view and acquit-
ted him.
Baron Anderson once tried civil
action, in which the plaintiff had
had his ribs broken and his skull
fractured by the defendant. The
facts were not disputed. 1t was only
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
G. w. DOLLISON

PHYsIClANAND SURGEON
Office in Dollison Block, Second
door East of Court House, Loenr,
Ohio. Residence, West Main Stree
near street leading to depot. Tele-
phone No. 6. 'lf
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
Logan school Examiners meetings,

The Board of Sch ool Examiners OF Logan
Niilage win hold reg uiar meetings for the
Examination ofappllcanis Te achers Certih-
cites on the Third Wednesday of February,
at the Office ofthe Superintendent, In the
School Building of said Village. Examina-
tions begin at $3.50 A NJ standard of each
day.s
BY Order of Board ofEx. R
o. w. IL, Wright, Pres
X. II. kayman. Clerk.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
Going East.
Going West;

All trains run daily except Sun
day. ~ uN
Train No, 8 from the east ar
rives at S:25 p. m.
For rates, time Of trains and
other information call OH j. Oh Hart,
Agent. i.te ... .,.it
g. NJ. Bennett, Supt. =
: f. M. Wilkinson, ,G.T,N
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
LOGAN DIRECTORY.

Water Works Trustees:-
John Ucker ,Thos Rochester, ,Chas. Wright.
Cemetery Trustees:
Dr. NH. Blosser,z v. Raney, j ohm E.Rauch.
Library Trustees
LIE wis Green. S. II Bright, j. A. Smith.
Board of Education:-
.. W. I'll. Wright, Pres, DR.. Blosser, Sec'y,
q. w. Schwenke, Treas, l.. Warner
G. M. Bowlby, Dr. j II Dye.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
TEACHER ~.

The School Examiners of Hooking County;
Ohio, viii meet at the Union ScbtolEuiltIing
logan, Ohio. on the7iirrt Saturday of sept.
tember, October, November, and December
1881, first Saturday of March, first lnd tllrd
day of June 1875, examinations beginning at
8 O'Clock A. M. Testimonials required oi
those unknown to the DO lrd. BoxweIli ey-
aminations will be held first Saturday
April and May 1893. lg lJ M
u. d. RICKETTS,, Pres.
A. l.. O'NEIL, of tf
A. Nj. BROWN, Sec.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
CLAY CHALLENGED CHoATE.
EentuclSlan Danced n Breakdown and
~ Choaie Cut Pigeon Wing.

kentucIsian Danced n Breakdown and
~ Choate Cut Pigeon Wing.
= In the long ago antebellum days,
when southern aristocracy made its
summer headquarters at the noted
Virginia Springs, where thcFlanters
came up from the Carolinas, Ken
lucky, Georgia and Mississippi in
their carriages, with great baggage
trains and n retinue of servants, ana
when they came the 1st Of June and
staid until frost fell, those were gay
old times at the mountain resorts,
when life was worth the pain of liv-
ing.
Beginning with the first register
in 1903 and coming on down to 1860,
one finds succession of historical
names. There are the Sumters, the
Pickenses and the Hamptons of the
Carolinas; the Clays and Marshalls
and Crittondens Of Kentucky; Cor
win and Ewing and Trimble of Ohio;
the Choates and Webstors and
Pierces of New Englnnd; Dickinson,
Marcy and Dallas Of the middle
states; Cass and Douglas and Benton
from the then far west; the Floyds,
Cabells, Prestons and a galaxy of
bright names from Virginia; the
CAROLS from Maryland, and a host
of others whose names have render
ed. American history illustrious.
Here these old notables camein their
shadbellied coats and sideboafll odl-
lars, and}a proper, dignifiedi time
,they had Of il as they mingled their
sulphur water and mint juleps.to-
gethey md. talked politics. 1t was
away back in 1887, when thero must
have been something in the wind Of
Importance to the Whig party. On
a musty old page Of the hotel regis
ter Of that year, in that fine, almost
feminine landwriting That is fa-
miliar TO I'LL, we find this inscrip-
ton, "H, Clay, K9tucky," while
among Tie rest days arrivals are
Rufus CLrgtc ,MHss3phusetts; Tholn-
as Gown fJ!io; Yailiura 9 Riycs.
Nirainio,AA A4iAll Eiiin.Dre, NpN
York.
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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
CHURCHES

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Corner OF
Hunter and Market streets. Rev. David Il.
Moore, d. d., pastor. Preaching services at
10 80 u. IN. and 800 p. m. Sabbath School at
800 a. m. JInor G. E at 2:3O p. m. and c. f,
At $500 p. m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday
aVeping at I o'clock
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14

CATHOLIC, st. JOHN'S.-North Market
street corner North. Rev. Il. A. Powers,
pastor. Sunday services, low mass 8 a. m.,
hish mass 1890 o. m. Catechism p. m
vespers AMI benediction 1890 p. IN. Week
day services, low mass $500 "a. IN
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH =
East Hunter street. N, w. Good past-
,r. Public worsh' p at l0a. and : p N.
sunday School 2p. IN. Junior lie que p m.
Cpworth League q p m. Glass meetings a.
M. Prayer meeting Thursday p. m.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14

U.B CHURCH.-Corner of Hunter IN |
Spring sire cts, w. II. Wright, pastor.
Preaching every Sabbath at 1850 a. m. and
p.m m. Glass meeting at 2:30 p IN. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday at J p. m. Sab
bath School at $3.50 a. IN. Y + q. u every
Friday nt7 p. m. You are cordially invited
to attend.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14

LUTHERAN TRINITY CHURCH.-Rev.
Paul Just Pastor Services every other
sunday ut 10 "a. IN. and p. m Evening SER
vices always In English. Morning services
changed about once in English, next in Ger
man. Sunda School every Sunday $50 am.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-14
TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
CORPORATION CLERKS:


Logan. E. ..................... Jas l.. Martin.
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Murray City,. ............. David Hogan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-28
NEW BRIGADIERS GOING TO MANILA.
GENERALS GREENE. KING. GARRETsON
AND OTIS TO SERVE UNDER
GENERAL MERRITT.

Washington. May 27.-Adjutant-General Cor
bin announced tonight that three OF the briga-
oier-generals appointed by the President to-
day would be officially designated, as soon as
the Senate had confirmed their nominations. 70
command troops in the Philippines. The gen
erals selected for the Philippine expedition are
George A. Garretson, OF Cleveland Ohio; Fran
cjs " Greene. OF New-York. and Charles King,
q. Wisconsin. Late this evening General Mer-
rtt who is to be Military Governor or the
Philippines telegraphed 10 Adjutant-Generai
Corbin. requesting that General King be sent
with him 10 the Philippines. The request was
approved and forwarded 10 General King. and 80
becomes to al intents and purposes, a com
mand General King is the well-known novel
tst and a former officer in the United States
Army.
Generals Garretson and Greene have already
signifed 10 the War Department their accept
ance NJ the orders TO proceed 10 Manila. Both
are experienced officers. OF marked ability, ana
will prove Of great assistance to General Mer-
ritt
II ,s understood unoficially that Harrison
Crav Otis editor OF The Los Angeles Times
who served with the President In the I'D ONO
IN the Civil War and who was nominated to-
dav 10 be a brgadier- general, will also go TO
the Philippines.
Early next week another list Of brisadier-
generals will be sent to the Senate. The list
will contain probably from eight TO twelve
names All Of the officers on the list VIII be
from the Southern States.