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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-12-04

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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-12-04
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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15
MIGRATION OF BIRDS.
A Movement Beset With Many Perils and
Nnny Difficulties.

Birds often lose their way; con-
trary wind or spell of dark. cloudy
weather appears to disorganize their
movements, and, like mariners without
n compass, they are at a loss which di-
rection to take. Many wonderful
scenes are witnessed at the lighthouses
on some part of the British coasts DUR
ing the season of migration. Some
times when the moon is suddenly hid
den by bank of clouds the lanterns OF
the lighthouses are the point to which
the stream of migrants hasten, and
where in a confused fluttcring throng
they beat against the glass like moths
round candle and fly to and fro, utter
ly bewildered and completely lost.
They seem to have no idea of their
true course, and fly aimlessly about,
many killing themselves against tho
glass, others falling into the water be-
low. The light-men are alert on these
occasions, and capture numbers of
the poor lost travellers with hand nets.
Many Of the birds are too tired
or too dazcd to move and allow them
selves to be taken by the hand as they
sit on the balcony. Let the reader
represent to himself lighthouse on
one of these migration nights. The
tide of migration is at its height. Tho
night is dark and the lanterns are the
central point of attraction for tho
countless hosts of birds that were
crossing the sea when the sky became
overcast. Birds of many different
species are flying together or are at.
tracted from all points of the compass
by the brilliant light. Ducks and
geese are travelling with gold-crests
and swallows. Starlings and finches
are flying side by side with gulls and
waders. Warblers and herons scatter
scientific classification to the winds,
and fraternize with swans and gOat-
suckers and larks. Falcons and owls
appear to lose all propensity for prey
ing on their helpless, fellow-v -voyagcrs.
and ay harmlessly to and fro among
their companions in misfortune. AS
soon as the weather clears. and the
moon shines forth once more. the birds |
appear to get on their right track !
again, and the feathered hosts are gone
as suddenly as they came. These mi
gratory movements lend bird life its |
greatest charm in autumn. Good
Hor1s
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15
In the Dry-Goods Store.

A lady and her little daughter were
shopping. The child sat on counter
stool and watched the people coming
and going. Presently she saw lady
elegantly dressed, who stopped at their
counter and handed IA waterproof aud
umbrella to the young girl in charge.
"Take care OF these things until
call for them,' she said in an auto
cratic tone. Then she sailed away.
The bright eyes of the child followed
her. The little face wore look os
distress.
"Why, Mamma" she whispered.
"she didn't even say please"
Sooner than she expected 20, tho lady
returned.
II will take my things" she said.
There was some little delay in fad
ing them.
II hope you haven't lost or mis-
placed them" she said ia severe
tone TO the young girl.
No. Here they were. Malame took
them cody and without word walked
off.
This was more than the child could
stand. Leaning over so that her sweet
young face come close to that OF the
girl clerk she said, sweetly; "rhank
you!"-Dctron Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15
MATERIAL OF BOOKS.
Essays writtsn on Bricks, Tables of stone,
IVORY Mnd tho Isnrk of Trees.

Essays WrIttsn on Bricks, Tables of Stone,
Ivory and tho Bark of Trees.
II we of this stirring generation were
suddenly jolted backward to the time
when the art of writing consisted in
painting with different kinds of ink, or
when events were recorded by plant
ing trees or throwing stones intoa pile,
we should begin to appreciate our cur
rent privileges. Visitors at the British
Museum are often entertained by the
examination of specimens OF the earli-
est modes of writing on bricks, tables
of stone, ivory, the bark OF trees and
the Leaves OF trees. In the Sloanian
library is a nabob's letter on piece OF
bark. about two yards long, and richly
ornamented with gold. There are also
several copies OF the Bible written on
palm leaves. The ancients appear to
have written on any leaves they could
find adapted TO the purpose. Hence
the name leaf OF book, referring TO
tree, was derived. The Babylonians
made their contracts of business on
tiles or broken pots. The treaties be-
tween the Romans. Spartans and the
Jews were writtea on brass. The
speech OF Ciaudius, engraved on
plate OF bronze. is preserved in the
town hall OF Lyons, in France. There
are wooden manuscripts, which must
have existed prior TO 1923. In the shep-
herl state people wrote with horns and
avis; then they invented an iron bod
kin. After that the stylus came into
use, made sharp at one end to write
with, and blunt and broad at the other
FOR eifacing and correcting. But the
Romans found these sharp instruments
,as vicious persons used
them for daggers. A schoolmaster was
killed on one accession with them in the
hands OF his own scholars. .-Nagazino
OF american History,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15
EXPLOSIVE COAL DUST.
Suggestions in Explanation OF Numerost
Co1liery Disasters.

Il SOIleTy btshbtsFs'
Prof. Arnold Lupton, in lecture de.
livered under the auspices OF the coal
mining department of Yorkshire Col
liery, at Leeds, England, said that in
the case of colliery explosions 1t had
been taken for granted that fire-damp
| or marsh gas was the cause, and the
| eyes Of inquiry had been closed to
every other cause. French mining
| engineers appeared to have been the
frat to suggest coal dust as a cause OF
explosions, but in 1876, Mr.. William
Galloway, then her Majesty's inspector
Of coal mines, sent a paper to the
Royal Society, in which he gave the
evidence of experiments and investi-
cations, to prove that coal dust was
the prime agent of destruction in col
liery explosions. This paper he fol-
lowed up with others. Other mining
engineers then took up the inquiry
the Royal Accident Commission, Pro-
fessor Abel the Prussian Fire-damp
Commission, and others, made eNperi-
ments; but to Mr.. Galloway belonged
the chief credit OF the discovery that
coal dust is the main agent in col
liery explosions. The experiments and
Investigations proved that very fino
coal dust stirred up with air was ex-
plosive in an atmosphere containing
only one per cent Of gas, percentage
too small to be detected by the ordina-
ry methods. He then, with the aid OF
numerous diagrams, described num-
ber of collicry explosions in various
coal fields in Glamorganshire. Derby
shire, Yorkshire, Durham and Scot
land. He said that with the knowledge
now gained it was easy to understand
disasters that were incomprehensible
on the assumption that fire-damp was
the cause. The Parks explosion in
1866 was probably a coal-dust eSplo-
sion, so was the Queen Pit, HaydoclS
and many others. Some of these pits
he had himself explored few hours
after the explosion. At Seaham Col
liery the force of the explosion of coal
dust was probably equal to the explo-
sion of 10000 pounds of gunpowder.
He then proceeded to describe the
cause Of coal dust, and the means of
laying the dust by high-pressure water
jets and other means: and in conclu-
sion states that several results were
now plain: Q) That coal dust was
rs dangerous as fre-damp or loose gum
powder; (2) that the coal dust could
be laid easily. cheaply and with eco
nomical effects, and that as a result of
this not only would the death rate
from colliery explosions be reduced by
per cent; but the health and
comfort of the miners would be i'm
proved. ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15
PEOPLE BURIED ALIVE.
Tho Awful story of n Russian Peasant
woman's Fate.

In Russia people are oftener than
elsewhere condemned -unintentionally.
OF course--to that most gruesome OF
all deaths, of which Il. A. Poe had
such unfeigned hNrror-burial alive.
But the circumstances accompanying
this frightful tortue are seldom so
characteristic or so horrible as in the
case of the wife OF a peasant in the
government of Volhynia, on the borders
of Austria, who. according to the local
journal, PoihyRid, was lately buried in
a comatose state. She was expecting
soon to become n mother at the time OF
her supposed death. After the corpse"
had been kept the usual time, the par-
ish priest, Konstantinof1, recited the
prayers of the burial service in the
church-yard; the widower cast three
handfuls of earth on the coffin, and all
departed except the grave-diggers. In
filling up the grave the latter shoveled
in an unusually large sod ofhard earth,
which struck the coffin with loud
noise, and woke up the unfortunate
woman from her sleep. The horror of
her position at once dawned upon her.
She cried out in most piteous tones to
the grave-diggers to rescue her from a
horrible death. She solemnly prom
ised them all her property If they
would take her from the grave and
coffin. The more she cried and en-
treated, the more strenuous were their
endeavors to fill the grave; and on
leaving the church-yard, when their
work was done, they still heard her
cries and means.
The grave-diggers then hurried off
to her husband who was surrounded
with guests. drinking to the memory
of the deceased. Having related what
had taken place, the matter was dis
cussed by the guests and the neighbors,
who soon came rushing in, and it was
finally resolved ncm. con. that an evil
spirit had taken possession of tho de-
ceased, and that, in order to prevent
her walking at night and disturbing
the people, it was absolutely necessary
to disinter her and drive an aspen
stake through her body. The husband
sent deputation to the priest, asking
permission to disinter the body and
perform this superstitious rite deemed
necessary in all such cases. The priest,
Mortified, hurried off to the church,
yard, and had the body disinterred in
the hope of saving life, but super
stition had already got its victim-the
woman was dead, but unmistakabe
signs showed she had struggled hard
to escape from the most horrible death
the human mind can conceive. Pail
Mall Gazcttc.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15
The Bismarck Of To-day.

The Bismarck now before me was
very different from the Bismarck
used to see in Berlin six or seven years
ago, before DR.. Schweninger took him
in hand. The Bismarck of to-day is
thin and bony, and the Doctor has, il
is well-known, disencumbered him OF
lis unhealthy fat merely by prevent
ing him drinking with his meals. He
is looking remarkably we'll; his gait is
swift and automatic; but denotes real
vigor; his complexion is clear and al
most pink, no doubt the result of the
health-laden breezes from the German
ocean and the Baltic. remark also
that the features are softened down;
you scan them in vain to discover that
harshneSs, not to say ferocity, which
are so apparent in his photographs. 1t
may, however be due TO the fact of his
being in civilian garb. His soft felt
hat, very much the worse for wear, his
long gray coat and heavy stick. give
him the aspect OF plain country gem
tleman come TO the station to meet u
friend. When he dons his uniform he
is another man. and looks the surly
trooper all over. The country folk
have repeatedly noticed this difference.
The Chnncellor's healthy appearance
is not deceptive. All the people in
whose midst he lives tell me that his
health is better than it has been for
years past; and "a proof OF this is that
this year IT has not been found neces.
sary to send him to Kissingen.-Pa,is
biQaro.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15
PRAISE YOUR WIFE.
A Woman Tells Husbands How They Can
Mako Themselves Agreeable.

Mako themselves AgreeaDle.
Praise your wife, man! For pity's
sake give her little encouragement
il won't hurt her. She has made your
home comfortable, your hearth bright,
your food agreeable. For PHYS sake,
tell her you thank her, il nothing more.
She doesn't expect it; it will make her
eyes open wider than they have for these
last ten years. But it will do her good, +,
for all that-and you, too. There are
many women to-day thirsting for a
word OF praise-the language of en-
couragemcnt. Through summers heat
and winters toll they have drudged un-
mplainingly, and so accustomed have
their fathers. brothers and husbands be-
come to their labors that they look for
and upon them as they do to the daily
rising OF the sun and its daily going
down. You know that If the floor is
clean, labor has been performed to make
IT. so. You know that il you can take
from your drawer clean shirt when
ever you want it, somebody's fingers
have toiled. Every thing that pleases
the eye and the sense his been pro.
duced by work. thought, care and ef-
forts bodily nnd mental. Many men
appreciate these things, and feel graft
tudc for the numberless attentions
bestowed upon them in sickness and
health. WHY don't they come out with
Il hearty "why. how pleasant you make
things look. wife," or II am obliged 20
you for taking so much pains'" They
shank the tailor for Il good fit; they
thank the man in the horse-car who
gives them seat; they thank the lady
who moves along in the concert-room;
in short they thank every body and
every thing out-of-doors; and come
home, tip their chairs back and their
heels up. pull out the newspaper, scold
IL The fire has got down. or, il every
thing is just right, shut their mouths
with "a smack OF satisfaction. but never
say II thank you" | tell you what.
men. young and old. II you did but
show an ordinary civility toward your
wives; II you gave one hundred and
sixteenth part of the compliments you
almost cLoked tbem with before they
were married; il ycu would stop the
badinage about whom you are going to
have when number ono is dead (such
thingj wives may laugh at, but they
sink deep sometimesD if you would
cease to speak OF their faults, however
banteringly, before others = fewer
women would seek for other sources OF
happiness. Praise your wife, then, for
all her good qualities-and you may
rost assured that her deficiencies are
no greater than your own.-Lad,es'
Homo Pl Aor.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15
Little Joe and the Tomato Figs.

Mamma Brown had been making to-
mato figs. Little Joe had helped her;
at least he thought he had. for he had
tasted the figs several times and
watched the golden fruit bubble in the
rich sirup. But he hadn't had half
enough, and Mamma Brown said they
were too rich for little boys. But Joe
would have been glad to try it, at least,
for once.
The figs were set away in the big,
dark cupboard off the dining-room.
where there were shelves full of cans OF
preserves and pots of jams and jellies
What a feast just to look at them!
Joe would steal in on tip-toe, some
times, when mamma was busy, and
gaze till he would have to shut the door
and run away with his hand over his
mouth TO keep from tasting them.
But, alas! one day he stayed too long,
and before he knew it he was nibbling
the figs. just then he heard mamma
coming. What should he do? He had
but n moment to choose, and he
squeezed right into the bottom shelf of
the cupboard and swung to the door.
All, those tempting figs! And boys
are always so hungry But he would
never come near the cupboard again
that was certain.
While he was thus thinking his
mother stepped across the dining-room
and shut tho cupboard door-snap! She
went out so quickly that ne had no
time to call out TO her. And he heard
the front door Shut, too! She had gone
over to Aunt Helen's, he knew.
Oh, dear! he coald not get out! And
he thought he should die il he had to
stay there long. He began to feel
queer at once, and he shouted with al,
his might, and pounded and kicked tha
door with his brown heels till the jam
pots ratified. Grandma was taking o
nap upstairs. but she could not hear.
she was deaf.
1t was no use; he must stay there til.
mamma came back. And, oh. how
slowly the old clock tickcd. The second:.
seemed minutes, and the minutes
hours.
But after about half an hour he hear:
his mother talking. and tho next mo,
ment she came in with Uncle Tom.
Didn't Joe just lift up his voice, then:
The whole house rang to his shouts.
and in no time, almost. he tumbled ous
of the shelf into his mothers arms,
sobbing:
II only wanted to taste a tom-tom-"
"What, not me, l hope?" cried Uncle
Tom, in mock alright.
"a tom-tomato fi-i-ig," walled Joe.
And then the whole story OF his
temptation came out His mother talk.
ed to him kindly and earnestly. and he
felt sure he should never, never be SO
bad again.-Littie Folks.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15
II Wasn't Necessary.

"Mr. Throclsmorton, said the father
OF the family. entering the room where
the young man was waiting for Miss
Flora, "you have been frequenting this
place for about four years. haven't
you?"
"Y-ycs, SIR" replied Mr.. Throck-
morton. somewhat in doubt as to tho
bearings of the remark, "I-I live in
this place, you know"
Well" pursued the old gentleman,
don't you think it is about time for
you TO declare your intentions"
declare my intentionsp" echoed tho
astonishcd young man; ''why, Mr. Mill
sap. don't have to. I'm ii legal voter.
was born in this country Giicago
Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15

| has for a second covering slight ihem'
brane, which he has the power to open
and close at will. Did you ever notice
horse listeningg"
Eyes, uncle. Yesterday, when was
out riding with papa. The horse poked
one ear forward and the other back
| ward. He looked real funny"
"In the lower animals" resumed his
uncle, 1.-The form of the ear is more dis
tinctly funnel-shapcd, and is movable
at pleasure, so that it may be directed
toward objects from which sounds come.
1t is in such timid animals as the rab-
bit and deer that the ears arc the most
movable. They are all tho time,
through their acute sense of hearing,
or the alert for danger. There are
muscles suitably situated for giving
these motions to the human ear, but,
either from neglect or other causes,
these muscles are not under the con-
troll of the will. The external ear col
lccts the vibrations of the air and di-
rccts them toward the internal ear"
"And If our ears were cut off, couldn't
we hear?" asked Charlie.
"On, yes; though not SO well. Cases
are on record where, though tho ex-
ternal ear was wanting, the delicaycy OF
hearing was not largely diminished.
Birds do not seem to have external
ears" commented Charlie, who was
now quite Interested In topic which
he had previously regarded as a very
dry one.
"They have no curtains to their ears.
for they would impede the swiftness OF
their flight" remarked his uncle.
"Their internal apparatus for hear
ing. however" is of great size. Bats.
whose sight is feeble, are provided with
large ears, the sensibility OF which is
so exquisite that by the impression OF
the air alone upon them they are aware
when they are approaching IN object
and never strike IL, even in the greatest
darkness.
THAT is wonderful" declared Char
lie. but tell me, uncle, have insects
earsp"
"Insects seem only to hear sounds
which are serviceable to them, while
other sounds, whatever their intensity,
do not seem to affect them in any way.
The queen bee, by a scarcely percepti-
BILE hum, sets all the other bees in mo-
ton, but the discharge of pistol at the
mouth of the hive passes unnoticed.
The rhinoceros and the hippopotamus.
who see only in the twilight, have hear
ing in great perfection. while the cat.
lynx, lion and tiger have eyes kecnet'
in perception in proportion as their
hearing is more obtuse.'
81 tell you, uncle" cried Charlie. ''a
good deal can be said about ears, if one
is posted, or stops to think. am much
obliged to you for all you have told me.
I'll put it in my compositions and then
it will please the teacher and be worth
reading"
thinking about a subject, my dear
boy. is of Importance; but it is also i'm
portant to observe, to experiment, and
to profit by the knowledge of others.
whether obtained by inquiry or applica-
tion to books. ."-F'rda& Il. Stau6er, i,
Golden DaUS.