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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-10
FIGURES in WOOD.
How Bold Indians, Dudes and Other Popu-
lar Cigar signs Are Made.

II
lar Cigar signs Are Made.
The wooden Indian is one OF tho most
frequent sights to be seen in the city.
He can be seen in all quarters--on the
river front or In the swell neighbor-
hood OF Madison and Fifth avenues.
Very little is known by the average be-
Ing as to how these Indians are manu-
factured. Some people think that they
are made by Italians, while others i'm
agine that they are turned out OF any
ordinary saw-mill,
The manufacture OF these figures In
New York is confined to three estab-
lishments. one OF which is located on
Canal street, just off the Bowery, and
when reporter called at that shop he
found the proprietor busily engaged In
putting the finishing touches to an
''Injun."
"Business is just as brisk as ever"
said he. I'm fact, we never have a
dull season. There is always steady
demand for our goods. If any thing,
trade is on the increase on account
of the increase in the number OF
cigar stores. The decline OF wages
forces good many cigar makers to
leave their trade and go into business
for themselves. That, you see, makes
| 1t better for US.
"Yes, there are new figures all the
time, but the Indian was the first set
tier, and he is likely to stay. The latest
thing out is baseball player. He Is
in great demand just now, but will not
last very long, for there is something
new coming up all the time. The
figures bring from S25 to $50 each, ac-
cording to size. The dude that used
to be such familiar sight is now passe.
"In making figure we first take the
log of wood-which is of soft variety,
and is usually worth about twenty-five
or thirty cents foot-and cut it into
shape with broad-ax. That Is called
'roughing.' Then the face is carved
out with delicate instruments, then the
body work is finished with a chisel.
After that the figure is mounted on its
PEDESTAL, and is ready for painting,
which, however, is never done until
after the figure has been sold.
1.-The figures are not sold according
to their size, but their price is governed
entirely by the amount of work upon
them. The nearer figure is to nudity
the more work there is on it."
Metal figures cost about five times as
much as those that are made of wood,
but are not any more durable, If one
of them tumbles over it breaks, and the
repairs cost almost as much as the
whole thing originally cost.
There are only five journeymen en-
gagged in this work in New York City.
They work eight and nine hours day
and receive $3.50 and $4.00 for it.
The best workman gets the highest
pay and works the shortest hours. The
three New York firms control the busi-
ness in this city, Brooklyn and the New
Jersey suburbs. They also send a
large number of figures West.-M Y.
World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-10
CURIOUS BELIEFS.

| Superstitious Notions About Teeth Pre-
vailing Among the UnsophistIcated.
In Lower Canada and the Eastern
States children are told when a tooth
comes out that the new tooth will be
| gold one If the tongue is kept out of the
cavity.
An "old woman's" saying, handed
down by many fond mother, tells us
that to lose tooth or an eye is also to
lose some friend or kinsman, or is, at
least, attended by some i'll luck.
To dream Of teeth was considered a
warning of some impending disaster,
unless you happened to shape your
dream so that the teeth would fall out,
when you must gather from that sort of
nightmare that you would soon meet
your lover, who would propose.
There was tradition that from the
time Chosrees, the Persian, carried off
piece of the true cross from Constan-
stinople, the number of teeth in the
mouths Of men was reduced from
thirty-two to twenty-tbree. 1t is need
less to say, however, that mankind is
usually provided with full compile
ment Of thirty-two.
Teeth have been worshiped, and, in
fact, are venerated as relics in some
religious shrines. Buddha's tooth is
preserved in temple in India, ard
Cingalese worshiped the tooth of a
monkey, while an elephants tooth and
sharks tooth served similar pur-
pose among the Malabar islanders and
the Tonga islanders respectively. The
Siamese valued monkeys tooth so
highly that they are reported to have
offered the Portuguese, into whose
hands it had fallen by the fortunes of
war, 100000 crowns for it.
The period OF teething being an
anxious one in childhood, it is ex-
tremely important to have it over
with. In the west of England u neck
lace OF beads made from peony root.
was placed on the child s neck to assist
the operation, and one of amber beads
was ais thought to be powerful, either
being considered II help; according to
the complexion of the child, so were
the different colored beads used. II
was also said that the first teeth must
not be thrown away when they fall out,
for II any animal got such trophy, the
next tooth would be like that OF the
animal finding the old one. .-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-10
An Incorporate Conclusion.

Two ladies met in street car the
other day, when one remarked to the
other that she had bad cold, and
asked her if she was doing any thing
for it.
"Oh, yes" she said, ~ have been
advised to take good hot dose OF
gin"
why, Mrs. -" said her friend,
sit can't be possible that you would
set such an example as that in your
responsible situation. 1t would be
moral suicide"
"You interrupted me-" said the
other, coolly, 81 was going to say a
good hot dose of ginger tea taken
every night was a sure cure for "a
cold"
"Oh!"-DetroH Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-10
A QUEENS THOUGHTS.
Gems From "Carmon SYLVIA" tho Talented
Oucen of Roumanin.

Gems From "Carmen SYLVIA" tho Tatontsd
Queen OF Roumania.
10 have received many wounds will
make you hero In the eyes of some,
while others will regard you as an
invalid.
When we wish to affirm any thing, il
Is easy to call on God as n witness, for
he never contradicts.
Many persons criticise in order not
to seem ignorant; they do not know
that indulgence is mark of the highest
culture.
One must be either pious or philo-
sophical, and either say, Lord, Thy will
be done," or, Mature, I accept thy
laws, even though they crush me-"
To all mortals is given tongue, and
sometimes pen, with which to defend
themselves. Sovereigns alone are en-
pected to be like God, and to allow
themselves to be spoken i'll of without
making reply.
Contradiction animates conversation;
that is why courts are generally monot-
onous.
Princes are brought up to live with
all the world-all the world ought to
be brought up to live with Princes.
To be the friend of u sovereign, one
must be without passion, without am
bition, without selfishness-foreseeing
and clear-seeing-in short, not man.
A Prince has, in reality, need but of
eyes and ears; his mouth only serves
him for smiling.
These words of the Bible are often
quoted: 'Put not your trust in Princes"
but the end of the sentence is forgot
ten-''for they are but men,"
Study we'll the human body, the
mind is not far off.
Mans honor wears armor and carries
a mace-a woman's honor has only soft
breezes and perfumes.
Animals are free in their own ele-
ment; does our slavery arise from our
being so rarely in our element?
Man is a violin, and it is only when
the last chord is broken that he be-
comes piece of wood.
Man is an enigma from his birth to
his death; one thinks to understand him
by dissection-a child breaks his toy
to see what is inside.
Some people can defend themselves
with the horns of bull, others have
but snails' horns.
One needs Il knowledge of mankind
before one can be simply and wholly
oneself.
If we are created in the image OF
God, we must in turn be creators,
An assemblage of men is an accumu-
lation of Eolian harps, whose notes
are discordant or harmonious, accord
ing to the way the wind blows.
Beware of man who seems to doubt
your married happiness. Woman'S
World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-10
FATHER AND MOTHER.
Two Not. . and Tender Words That Shoult
BE Oftencr Used.

Two NOL . ana Tender words That Should
BE Oftencr Used.
Two of the most beautiful, Dig
nifed and noble words in the English
languish seem to be falling into disuse.
They are father and mother They
are used always by Catholics in refer
ence to their priests and to the super
iors of their nunneries; but in home life
they are being supplanted by all kinds
of baby words. 1t is we'll enough for
children who are just learning to talk
to have some pet names for parents,
and one does not object to the affect
tionate use of ''mamsy," "mammy,"
and such words in private; but even in
the mouths Of little children there is
no word more loving and precious
than 'mother." Now it is common
for grown men and women who are
themselves mothers and perhaps
elderly, to habitually speak of their
"pahpah" and ''mahmah" accenting
strongly the first syllable of words.
These ugly terms are less prim and
conventional than the "papa" and
mamma many other women prefer,
but they are not pleasing to the ear.
"Pa and ma" ""paw and maw," poppy
and mommy," are among the fancies
of other adults; and one hears these
names till one longs for the good old
word, father and mother. Imagine
the commandment revised to "Thou
rhalt honor thy DahDah and thy NAH
NAH" or the fine old hymns changed
70 "Papa OF me and all mankind" or
"Pahpah in thy mysterious presence
kneeling." Think of Mahmah in Is
rael; or of necessity being the Mahmah
OF invention; or of speaking your man.
ma-tongue, being gifted with mamma
wit, or OF loving your papa-land Let
children have father and mother,
and let no household be deprived OF
these strong and tender names. Wor-
ceSter Spy.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-10
Queen victoria's Army.

1t appears that the British army is
not only the dearest in Europe but the
worst fed, so far as the rank and file
are concerned. The bread ration is
the lowest in Europe, being one pound
per day. The allowance of meat is
three-quarters of pound, including
bone, whereas continental soldiers are
given full pound of solid meat. The
bread and meat are both apt to be of
poor quality, while the fuel supplied
is insufficient. 1t is also complained
that the soldiers rations are too mo-
notonous. More variety is needed.
The matter has been brought to the
attention of Parliament, and steps arc
being taken to remedy the deacien-
cies. Chicago Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-10
MR.. AND MRS. JONES.
They Deprecated Family Brolls, But Quar-
reled About Their Wedding Day.

Deprecated BrOiis, But quar-
reled About Their Wedding Day.
"It's very strange" remarked Jones
to his spouse, as he laid aside the
paper he had been reading, "that men
and their wives will wrangle and fight
in the manner they do"
at is indeed" rejoined Mrs. Jones,
putting up her knitting. THANK good
ness no one can point their finger at us
and say we ever quarreled; can they,
love?"
mo dear; / trust that we love each
other too well for that. Here we have
been married nearly five years, and
never yet have the waters OF our con.
jugal sea been ruffied by single ripple
of contention or strife"
"It's nearly six years, darling" cor
rected Mrs. Jones, sweetly."
"Why, no, my dear, it is but five
years. You are mistaken"
"Surcly, You forget, Constantine!
You know how uncertain your memory
is sometimes"
81 know nothing of the kind" re-
torted Jones, getting red in the face.
you don't suppose I've been asleep
for a year, do ye?'
81 guess | ought to know when we
were marriedn' replied she curtly,
shifting about uneasily in her chair.
ut was in September, 1SS2-nearly six
years ago"
"In September. 1SS3--nearly five
years ago, you mean"
II don't mean any such thing! /
mean just what / saidr'
"Why don't you call me liar, a1d
be done with it. I'm a confounded
idiot, am /, and don't know whether
I'm bachelor or n hen-pecked hus-
band, ehp" and Jones jumped up and
pranced around the table to where his
wife was seated.
"Don't tell me you're hen-pecked
husband, Constantine Jones!' ex-
claimed his better-half. bustling up to
him bantam-fashion."
"T didn't say was!"
"You did,
81 didn'tr
'Don't stand up there and lie to me
in that way, you old serpent!'
'Don't you call me liar again, you
-you-vixen. or I'll maui you"
''You dare to touch me, and I'll
scratch your eyes out"
"Hold your tongue, termagant, or
rll-Tll-"
"You will, eh? You don't dare to!
I'd just like to see you lay your hands
on me, you murderous old beastn'
Don't dare me, woman, or I'll beat
the carpet with your snorted Jones,
sparring around her like Pawnee at IA
war-dance.
"Just try it, and I'll pull every hair
out Of that pumpkin head OF yours!"
retorted she, following him about the
room.
"Keep away from me, you pestifer-
Gus tarantula. or I'll mangle you SC
that your own mother wouldn't know
ye! There now take that, will yer
and Jones delivered push that sent
his wife sprawling over the rocking
chair.
And you take that! an that! an
that!" yelled she, scrambling up and
fficung wildly with both hands.
During the hottest of the fight a
policeman rushed in upon them and |
quelled the disturbance, dragging the |
combatants off to the police station,
thus adding one more to the list of
"disgraceful affairs which had SO
aroused the Indignation of Mr.. and Mrs.
Constantine Jones. Yankee Blade.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-10
FOOLISH AGREEMENT.
How According to an Old Song. Husbal
Gave Himself Away.

How According to an Old Song, Husband
Gave Himself Away.
In the old Scotch song entitled, "The
Barring of the Door" we are informed
that there was disagreement between
husband and wife us to which of the
two should attend to the duty of lock-
ing up the house for the night The
husband ordered the wife to do it, as
husbands use to order their wives in
those days, and she being busy refused.
Thereupon as the song says:
They made law between the twa,
They made IL firm and sure,
The one that spoke the foremost word
Should rise and bar the door
So they sat and sat in silence with
the door open. BY and by two gentle
men came along, and. entering the
house, asked whose habitation it was
and various other questions, bu. neither
husband nor wife would open their
mouths in reply,
For the barring o. the door,
Thereupon the gentlemen became
somewhat facetious and proposed to
have little fun with the silent couple.
One was to engage the husbands at
tention while the other kissed the wife.
Thereupon the husband arose in great
indignation and demanded If they in
tended to kiss his wife before his eyes.
Then up gat the guid wife Just then
Gied three skips through the fioor,
"Guid man, ye spoke the foremost word
Rise up and bar the door"
II ocurrs to 10 Penciller that the
husband made very foolish agree
ment No true woman cares IA snap
about the first word. II the agree
ment had been on the last word, he
would have had her. sure, before the
night was over.--Bostoa Courier.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-10
THE REASON WHY.
ue did not seem u man for deeds
Malicious or inhuman.

lie did not seem man for deeds
Malicious or inhuman.
He ever had helping hand
For friendless man or woman;
Out in the busy working world
He wrought, each daylight hour,
And men deferred to him, rs one
Whose word was law and power.
Then why. within his pretty homo,
Once fllled with Joy and glndness,
Stands he with batcd breath, and air
or deep remorse and sudnessG
He has conscious look, think,
so shy and hesitating;
He seems very knave con 'essed.
And for his sentence waiting.
II storms without assailcd his peace,
The hearts at home would aid him,
Now why do wife and sisters dear
With chid.a.'- stern upbraid him!
Come, let me w..aper in your ear,
I'll solve the question may be,
They serve thoir fellow mortal thus
Because he walked the baby.
Mrs. 4. Z. Treat. in TccaS SVtin1s
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-10
Why He Raised the Price.

Dealer Ito clerk I'm going to mark
those boys diagonal suits $15 to-mor-
row.
Clerk-Fifteen dollars! Why, we've
been selling them for $40 all along.
II know it, but I'm going TO give
away baseball bat with each ono
of them free OF charge. Detroit Fres
Press w
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-10

The occupants of an Astoria, Ore.
hostelry fish from their bedroom
windows and haul in their supper from
the surging water about the hotel
foundations.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-10

First Texan-"R Remember Jim Cur
ry, what's killed every man that said
he was no gentlemanp" Second Texan
-"The Curry what killed an actor fer
tryin' to protect ladyp" "That's the
one. i hear he's got into the peni-
tentiary at last" "Well, we'll! Whose
hoss did he steal3"-PA!laasiphia Rec
ord.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-10
ror,cR TO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,

All communication for this paper should be accom-.
panied BY the Of the author; not neoessriy f,t
pnb icatien, but evidence OF good faith the
rart Of the writer Write only one side Of The pa-
per- Re particularly careful in giving and dstes
10 have the letters and figures psla aud distinct Prop
er names are theu dlcuit 70 decipher, because oftho
careless manner In which thsr writtan.
Smyrna times., 1888-04-25
Peninsular Iron Ore.

The ChOptank Iron Ore MINING
Company, of Caroline county, Md. are
now getting out iron ore in considera-
BILE quantities. Some 1000 tons have
already been secured and are ready for
shipment from Greensboro and other
points on the Delaware & Chesapeake
Road. The ore is found near the sur
face, generally not over three feet be-
low 1t. The company is operating sew
eral gangs of men under the direction
OF boss prOspector who locates the
ore by prodding the earth with a long.
sWord-shaped magnetic indicator, after
which the men dig it out and break it
up in small Jumps so as to handle con-
veniently. After getting it all out the
ground is leveled down, the ore is haul
ed TO the stations, weighed and the
owner OF the land paid from 10 to 20
cents per ton for it owing to the dis
tance to be hauled. Some sections
yield more largely and pay better than
some others. A farm lately purchased
by DIR. BetsOn, it is said will Weld
enough ore to pay for the farm. The
veins of ore enter into the upper sec
tion of Caroline county around TemDle-
vile and cross over into Delaware near
Marydel. All of that section will be
worked in due time. A gang is now
at work on the farm of Isaac Geenwell,
near Henderson. The ore is shipped
by railroad to POttstOwn and Shame
kin, Pa, and there combined with an
other ore in the manufacture of steel.
OF which it is said it makes an excellent
article, The Company has contracted
for the shipment of 100000 tons. VIM.
Z. Satterfeld, at Greensboro, has con-
tracted for the hauling and purchased
% mules for the purpose.-Iader.
Smyrna times., 1888-04-25
Robbery at St. Georges.

Thieves paid St. Georges visit ON
Wednesday morning of last week.
They first entered A. N. Sutton's drug
store, who is also postmaster at that
place, and took So worth of stamps and
a box of pennies, and opened all the
letters that were in the delivery boxes.
then threw them in a closet back of the
counter and set fire to them, shut the
door and went of. The closet was so
tight that the fire was smothered.
Taking some tools from Mr.. Sutton's.
they went to TESTERS drug store and
entered by the cellar door, and took
Fred Donnell's coat, hair brush.
some watch chains aud a few other
articles. They were frightened away
from here by Mr.. Straub, a butcher
who passed along by the store, and
who saw the light inside but thought
it was Mr.. Jester, and so did not make
any alarm.-MiddIetOVn Transcript.
Smyrna times., 1888-04-25
WHOLE NO. I,7O9.
Mr. Abel of the Baltimore
Sun" Dead,

Arunah S. Abel, the venerable fD,,b
Usher and proprietor of the Ralt;moro
Sun, died Thursday morning at The
ripe age of 81 years. He was fbe Ola
est newspaper publisher in the Union
ana mad acquired the largest fortune
ever attained in this country in the
newspaper profession. Mr.. Abel with
William NJ. Swain and Azariah II
simmons, all journeymen printers then
engaged on the New York Sun. decid-
ed to found penny paper in PhiladeI-
phla IN 1886, and on the 25th of March
OF that year they issued the first nnn-
Der of the Public Ledqer. They laid
Vne broad foundation for the execution
al success of the Ledger of TODAY chief
~ Oy the conservative tone thev gave
70 everything admitted into the col
ulnHS OF the paper, and speedily attain
ed nigh measure of success.
One year later, in 1887. Mr. Abau
while retaining his interest in the
Ledger, went to Baltimore and founded
the Sun, and for many wears the firm
of Swain, Abel & Simmons Jointly
owned and published the two most sue
cessiul penny papers of the country.
In 1864 the Ledger was purchased bv
Mr. Childs, and in 1868 Mr.. Abel be-
came sole proprietor of the Sua-Mr.
summons being dead and Mr.. Swain
having sold his interest. Since then
MI Abel has been sole owner of the
,SuH, and his advancing years never
hlndered the most advanced progress
IN his newpaper. 1t has, like the
LLedlger, of Philadelphia, under Mr.
Chllds, increased in business and pros
Perlty as competition came abreast
win IT, and Mr.. Abel leaves his Jour
hai, after conducting it for more than
nan century, more prosperous and
potential than ever before He leaves
three well-trained sons in charge of the
sum- with fortune estimated at TWEEN
ty millions for his eight children.
Smyrna times., 1888-04-25

Temperance workers of all nations
are coming to realize the fact that a
thorough knowledge of the nature and
effects of alcohol must precede efTec.
tive legislation against its use. The
editor of the Temperance News. Mel
bourne, Australia, in reviewing the
progress of the temperance reform i'm
that country and presenting the out
look for the future says: "The nature
OF alcohol, and its effect upon the
human system, are but imperfectlv
known, and knowledge must precede
intelligent action. There is danger at
the present time that many earnest
and sincere friends of temperance
themselves thoroughly persuaded as to
the alcoholic evil, absorbed in the polit-
ical and legislative aspects of the aues-
tion, will too much neglect the we'll
tried weapon of educational effort. In
our democratic community public
opinion is the controlling power. and
no permanent legislative progress
against tie liquor traffic can be relied
on unless the people are enlightened
and persuaded as to the harmfulness of
beverages"
Smyrna times., 1888-04-25

George Kennan will tell in the Nav
Century how he came to 90 to Siberia
on the Century expedition. Mr. Ken
nan had spent some time in Siberia
already in connection with the over
land telegraph scheme, and in the
summer of 1884 he made preliminary
excursion to St Petersburg and Mos
COW for the purpose of collecting mate
rial, and ascertaining whether or not
obstacles were likely to be thrown in
his way by the Russian Government.
He returned in October, fully satisfied
that his scheme was a practical one.
he therefore sailed from New York for
Liverpool in May, 1885. He says !:
All my prepOsessions were favorable
to the Russian Government and unfa-
vorable to the Russian RevOlutionists. :"
lie adds that this "partly explains the
friendly attitude toward me which was
taken by the Russian Government, the
permission which was given me to in
spect prisons and mines, and the COM
parative immunity from arrest, deten-
ton, and imprisonment which | eniOv-
ed, even when my movements and as
soclations were such asjustly to render
me an object of suspicion to the local
Siberian authOrities.n y