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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01
INCREASE OF BADNESS.
Hairless Heads No Longer Subject of the
CarIcaturist's Pen.

Caricaturist's Pen.
Thaclseray somewhere makes the re
mark that, If you dislike man atstart
ing and continue your aversion, 1t i:
curious what reasons you will find and
even advance in support of your view
his manner to his mother-in-law, OF
his undisguised badness. Now, 1t is
singular thing that twenty years
ago badness was much more no
ticed than now, and forty or fifty
years ago much more noticed than
then. There are several reasons foi
this, but the most obvious is that bald.
ness is now much more general than il
used to be. If we take up an old Pmnch
there are plenty of illusions to this
cause of annoyance. Testy old gentle.
men grow angry with hair-dressers
who unnecessarily allude to,what was
thought an afflilction. Precocious chill
dren wonder at the foreheads which
their uncles display at the back of their
heads. In tho old pantomimes wigs
were always falling off and revealing
unexpectedly polished scalps. One
has but to let ones memory run back
and endless illustrations of the same
truth recur. Those were the days
cradle, and an old beau was an object
rather of admiration than of reproach.
One cause was that those days fol
lowed on the days when all gentlemen
wore wigs, and therefore no gentle
man looked bald. The eye was unac-
customed to smooth surfaces, and such
as were seen at once attracted notice.
But the main cause was that badness
and gray hairs were alike regarded as
the inevitable indications of age. Peo-
pie were not then accustomed to see
middle-aged men bald. They are ac-
customed to it now. 1t is curious how
caducity has increased, and the preva-
lence of it taken away the old reproach.
All the arguments are against its exist
ence, and all the facts prove that the
arguments are misleading. People
lead healthier lives now than they used
to do, and yet they are balder. People
lead longer lives, and yet they grow
bald earlier, and, moreover, it is the
healthiest people who are often the
baldest. Indeed, it almost becomes a
question whether in these days bald
ness is evidence to very reliable eX-
tent either of age or of delicacy. OF
the decay of vital power it is certainly
no conclusive proof Consumptive
patients and persons suffering from
lingering diseases are not, as a rule,
bald, and more frequently than other
wise seem to put a great deal of
strength into their hair. - London
Globe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01
Fishing by Electricity.
panio,s.

"There are fishermen on the coast OF
Maine who are now fishing by electric
lights" A Fulton market fish dealer
was talking about his business to u re-
porter. "This is not new departure, :"
he continued, "but new ways OF utiliz-
ing the lights have been discovered.
The old way was to plunge an incan-
descent lamp into the water, the con-
nection being made with some source
of electricity on board the fishing
vessel. When this was used in deep
sea fishing it was found that the mains
to the lamp often got foul of the fish
ing tackle or the cable of the vessel,
thereby destroying its usefulness. A
Frenchman has surmounted the diff
Guilty by adopting lamp worked by a
primary battery, the whole of which
can be thrown overheard and regained
when the trip is ended. The battery
consists of six Bunsen cells, in which,
however, chronic acid is placed instead
OF nitric acid, formerly used. The cells
are connected in tension with twelve.
volt Edison lamp. The success of the
experiments lately had presages the
general adoption by our coast fisher
men of this new discovery ~ y
zeIeQram
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01
TINkERlNG MECHANICS.
How Many Otherwise Good Machinists
are Spoiled Forever.


are Spoiled Forever.
The inclination to ''tinker" q ma
chine, or to "fix' an engine or pump,
has spoiled more otherwise good en-
gineers and machinists than lack of eX-
perience ever will. Some men have an
Irresistible longing to get at machi-
merry with monkey wrench and screw
driver, and trouble always results from
indulgence in this respect. No man
ever saw competent, experienced
man thinker" machine. If something
is wrong, or some adjustment is needed,
such an attendant is never in a hurry
to clap on wrench and give reckless
turn, regardless of results. No, ex-
perienced men do much different; one
of this kind will think before he acts.
He will study out just what wants
screwing up, what it wants it for, and
how much.
The above points determined, the
wrench is applied gently, is screwed to
a proper fit, and just the required part
of turn is given the bolt or nat.
II good results do not follow, and any
engineer may be wrong in his estimate
of what was necessary, it is easy to un-
do the adjustment. The man knows
just what he has done, and how he did
it, and can as quickly make things as
when he found them. The "Ay-away,'
nervous mechanics, who go at DIS
abled machine regardless of conse-
quences, had better stop and think be-
fore they act. and then don't do it, " for
that kind of experience is the kind
that makes backwoods engineers, and
the "things'' that let boilers explode
while in their care.-Bost0n Bwdget.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01
FARM AND FiRESIDE.

The best selling pork is generally
that grown in eight months, and this,
too, is the pork made at the least cost.
The digestive systems OF u COW and
horse are quite dissimilar, and the
bulky food should be given the cow
The Farmer.
I'm reference to the contamination
of wells by soakage or filtering through
the earth--the well draws toward the
bottom, not the top.
Good food and warm stables will
run the COW machine well through the
winter. Lack of fuel will stop it mighty
quick. Farm Journal.
After buttering the tin for boiled
pudding, dust it with powdered bread
crumbs; baking pans can be treated
with -four in the same way and the
cake will never stick.
Nuts when partly dry are sweeter
than when freshly gathered, but they
soon get too dry unless care is taken.
If mixed with an equal amount of sand
in box and kept in n cool place they
will not dry so fast
Most farmers greatly underesti-
mate the value of coat of paint on
their farm implements These tools are
great item of expense and ought to
be taken good care of. Exposure to
the weather is more destructive to
them than the wear they get.
More diseases among fowls than
nnnu ir,ocripa ora Il lir,,t1,, duo IN ba
presence of lice, which, by sapping
the vitality of the fowl, and by caus-
ing irritation and uneasiness, render
the system easily susceptible to the
germs of disease. Good health is the
best preventive of disease, and good
health is largely dependent. upon free
dom from vermin.
10 Freshen Goldfish Quickly: Pick
it up quite fine, wash it, and then scald
it in three waters, draining it off
through colander, so that the parti-
cles of salt will not be left in the dish.
Maoserel should be laid with the skin
upward, in colander, when it is
freshened. A little thought about such
things does wonders. rs.-HowSe,OJe.
Parsley may be had all winter. and
at the same time make handsome or
nament for the kitchen. Make u box
to fit the window sill, and about six
inches wide. Take up good roots from
the garden and cut back the old leaves,
but do not injure the central bud or
growing point shorten the roots to o
convenient length, and plant quite
closely in the box. The new growth
will soon start and produce hand
some mass of verdure. -Amcricam -Ag-
''iculturiSt.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01
LITERARY SWEATERS.


ohe unfortunate With n Record OF Thirty
Stories in Three Years.
If the word "sweater" is to stray
rom the manual industries into liter
ature, 1t should mean the shabby and
eXtortionate employer, not the en-
ployed An author, however, who calls
himself Literary Sweater" in popu-
lar journal means that he is the under
paid employed, not the stingy employer.
A wondrous tale he tells, il we are to
take his confession literally; and If he
Is writing truth, and not merely ro-
nance, Grub street is with us still and
as wretched as in the time of Savage.
According to this writer he commenced
author at nineteen, which, perhaps,
| accounts for good deal. At nineteen
Il man can hardly have read enough to
Justify him in attempting the career of
letters which, when he has once begun,
Will leave him scant opportunity
)r time for reading. He will al
ways be raising crops off a
fatigued and starveling wit, and
can hardly prosper. The Literary
Sweater" began as II sub-editor on a
salary of one guinea week For this
he worked twelve hours day and a
good many hours of the night. Since
those days (and after an attack of
"brain fever) the child of Grub street
has written sermons and penny novels
and biographies and verses and comic
copy, and, in three years, thirty tales
OF twenty-five thousand words each!
Compared with this fertility Mrs Oil
phant and the late Mr.. Trollope are in
dolent. For one novel the victim was
paid e2 2s., while for volume of child
ren's tales, $50 pages, he received f3.
In short, out Of all these enormous
miscellaneous labor the victim of com
petition has earned about E200. The
story scarcely seems credible to literary
gentlemen more fortunate and less in
dustrious, perhaps well endowed by
nature. But whence comes the differ
ence, and why is one laborer paid so
differently from other toilers in the
same field. He who would solve the
question must learn very
great deal more than most
of us about the intricacics of the
literary market and the supply of and
demand for copy" But if any capi-
talists are really making fortunes out
this employment of pen-man at starva-
tion wages, why, it is high time that n
literary trades union was started by the
oppressed class, the unknown toilers
who write penny novels and Sunday
books and London correspondence and
biographies and report cricket and
football matches" Can not they COM
bine not TO write three-volume novel
under-any sum they please to fix? I'm
luckily they will be undersold by au-
thors who willingly pay to have their
novels printed, and who, if they could,
would gladly subsidize world of read
ers. But if match-girls can combine,
us it seems they can, into trades
union, literary hacks should not lag be-
hind them in organized assertion Of
theirinterests. Lang, in Long
mans Magazine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01
Corn in Tight Cribs.

Corn stored in the ear may not be
placed in tight cribs when it has only
received the drying natural to its being
on the stock. 1t often requires the
whole winter to fully prepare it for
the shelling and transportation in
tight cars. II the autumn and winter
are damp it will often mold in the CEN
ter of wide cribs, and often in the av-
erage seasons the chit or germ is killed,
especially in those of alternate frecz-
ing and thawing, and this from rup-
ture of the cells of the grain. The
same cause also renders the meal from
such corn bitter. 1t is also well known
that corn readily absorbs moisture,
and that unless kiln. dried before grind
ing, and placed in air-tight packages,
it is apt TO heat, In the saving of seed
corn, therefore, it is especially neces-
sary that the corn be ripe, dried
thoroughly before 1t is frozen, and
then kept in dry place, and prefera-
bly, one where it will not freeze. So,
also, corn intended for grinding into
meal for human use should be kent
in cribs so narrow that it may dry
equally and thoroughly, and also far
ing enough so that no rain can drive
Ia TO dampen the corn.-Prairie FarmG. +.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01
PHILOSOPHY OF COLDS.
A Normal Condition of the Skin the CHIEF
Protection Against Them.


Protection Against Them.
Says Prof. Woodbury., of the Medico
Chirurgical College of Philadelphia
'Ifthere is any thing calculated to take
all the brightness out of the sunshine
all the SAVIOR out of our food, and al
the sweetness out of our life, it is colo
in the head" He presents som,
thoughts in its philosophy, the sub
stance of which may interest the
mighty host of sufferers.
In every case there are two factors
an irritant and IL susceptibility of the
system. Among the irritants are micro
scopic germs taken in from without, as
in influenza, and certain poisons which
are developed from bad nutrition OF
imperfect assimilation within the body,
and which it is the Office of the liver tC
destroy. Indeed, the effects of the two
causes are essentially the same, for the
germs act by generating certain vio-
lent poisons, which irritate the mucous
membrane of the nostrils, pharynX,
lungs, stomach or bowels.
AS to susceptibility to colds, healthy
body, under ordinary circumstances,
has very little of it. But sudden eli
matte changes may induce it. Horses,
brought from the West, often have a
discharge from the nostrils which lasts
about six months. A ships crew who
had been perfectly healthy while alb
sent several months on the Alaska
coast, were all, on their return, taken
down with cold in the head. or an
audience going out into bleak atmos-
phere from II close, warm room, n cer-
tain portion will take cold. These
have the requisite susceptibility; the
rest are happily free from it. In all
cases of this special susceptibility there
is lowering of the nutrition, certain
depraved or depressed condition. The
luxurious and indolent are as liable to
it as the poor, and those whose sur
roundings are bad.
A normal condition of the skin is the
chief protection against cold. Three
fourths of the sufferers from catarrhal
pneumonia or chronic bronchitis are
found to be in the habit of neglecting
the skin. Their skin has become do
graded, and is no longer protective
covering for the body. The skin needs
to be hardened by the use of the flesh
brush, the cold douche, the air bath,
and by frequent change of undercloth-
ing. Active exercise needs to be
added, to keep the tissues from clog
ging. The time to cure the patient is
before he gets the cold. YOUTHS Com
panion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01
Road Dust as a Fertilizer.

Sometimes the dust on much-traveled
roads is so flled and saturated with
the solid and liquid droppings of pass
ing animals that it becomes good
manure. The best effect is produced
when it is scattered over grass land,
the dust serving rs mulch to keep
the surface light, and the rains wash
ing its better part down to the grass
roots. Sometimes farmers lacking phos-
phate have drilled in road dust with
seed grain and have claimed good re-
suits from its use. The farmers who
do this try hard to believe that the in
expensive fertilizer is rs good as any,
and sometimes they succeed. But it
will always pay to put up u few barrels
OF road dust in or near the hen houses
to mix with the droppings of fowls. 1t
serves as deodorizer and absorbs
whatever ammonia the manure would
otherwise lose. Before spring it be-
comes really good fertilizer, what
ever IL might have been at the begin
ming. Farmers who live near cities
can usually get the street sweepings,
which are mainly horse manure and
very rich in plant food, for the labor
OF drawing away. Excepting for their
liability to contain weed seeds they are
an excellent and cheap manure for
those near enough to use them freely.
American CultiUat0r.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01
Cure of Pneumonia.
Hess ROAD, NIAGARA CO., N. Y,
A.,.nh 5000

March "a, 1886. (
About year ago l was taken with q
severe pain in both lungs. / was first at
tackled with n violent chill, then dreadful
pain and then cough accompanied by con-
siderable fever. 1t looked very much like
bad attack of pneumonia. A friend of
mine procured five ALLcocK's PLAsTERs.
One he put under each arm, one under each
shoulder blade, and one on my chest close
around my throat. In few hours the
cough ceased, the pain gradually abated
and broke out in profuse perspiration.
i fell into n profound sleep, and the next
day was almost well. / wore the Plasters
eight days afterwards, and have never had
any trouble since.
WILLIAM A SAWYER.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01

Is excusable. because involuntary in the
rheumatic One severe twinge is sufficient
to make any one twist the countenance out
of shape. Persons troubled with incipent
rheumatism might save themselves years
of pain If they would only use Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters at the start Signally eff
ague, dyspepsia, debility, inactivity of the
kidneys and biliousness.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01

Lincoln County, Georgia, requires
on the average only a day and half OF
court. At the last session the only
prisoner who has been in jail in the
county for several years was let go on
his own recogniaapce, the prosecutors
failing to appear. '
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01

IT is mistaken notion that woman's
nature is to be eXtravagant. Doesn't n
corset indicate desire for small wastei
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01

1t may be doubted whether the
practice of chewing gum has an injuri-
GUS effect on the eyes of the gum
chewer, but 1t hurts the eyes of other
people. =, ,Somervslle Jouy1aak.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01

DANGER Signaled by Cough is averted
with Hales Honey Of Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothachc Drops Cure in one minute
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01

THE honey bee is q regular merchant 1t
cells combs for living.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01

On the fence-men who practice with
foils.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01

SOCIAL anomaly-the fact that people
who "gct on" should be "well of"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01
PLAYS! PLAYS! PLAYS! PLAYSl

For Reading Clubs for Amateur hcstricpls Temper>
ance Plays Drawing Room Pays. FURY Plays, Ethiupi.
a. Play Guide Books, speaker raGtqrimes. rahleaS
Lights Magnesium Lights COlurrd Fire. Burnt Cork,
THEATRICAL Face Preparations. Jarley's Wax Works,
Mlgs, Benrds, Monstarhes Cu-tumes, Churndes md
Paper Scenery. New Catalogue sent EEEEI FEEEL
Containing many novcltr.. full description aud rlccs.
SAMUEL FRENCH a son. 2S ". 23d St, N. Y.
OF MALE THIS PAPER sssIy you
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01

To Consumptivcs and Delicate Persons.
Bakers Norwegian Cod Liver Oil' heals
the lungs, builds up waste, and strengthens
Jno c. Baker & Co, Philadelphia.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01

THROAT DISEASES commence with Cough,
Cold or Sore Throat. "BrOtCn'S Bronchial
TrocheS'' give immediate relief. Sold onlg IN
borcs Price % cts.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01

A DUTCH timepiece-thc Watch on the
Rhine.-LVe
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-01
CASy' = I ON

Beware of Fraud, Hs NY name and tic price no
stamped on the bottom of all my advei tlscd shoes
before leaving tho factory, which protect the wear
against high prices and inferior goods. IfadeBi-
er offers w. l.. Douglas shoes at reduced pTico,
or says he has them without my name and price
stamped on the bottom, put him down as O fraud.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-10
tents and Boys Suits
BOOTS and SHOES,
Without RegardStO Cost!

Ladies Dress-Goods from 5 to
25c. per yard.
Plain and Drocade Velveteens
and Colored Laces for Dress
Trimmings, cheap.
Dress Ginghams, Calicoes, Cot
ton and Flannels at reduced,
prices.
Gents, Ladies and Chilrens
Underwear, Hosiery, Silk and
Linen Handkerchief, Linen Col
lars, Cuffs, Silk Ties, Scarfs and
Bows, at very low prices.
Black and colored Jerseys,
Jersey Capes, Gents and Boys
Knit Jackets and White Shirts
very cheap.
Calico shirts for SOC worth 75c.
Boys white shirts for Al cents
worth 60c.
Splendid line of ladies Coats
and listers will be
CLOSED OUT AT COST.
All other goods in stock at
4,rices TO SUit The times.
]. FRANK KRAMER
nov4-tf Francis Street
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-10

The Best Place. u SMITHS go Mary
land Avenue is the best place to buy your
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver Plated
Ware, &c. He is selling Silver Plated Ware,
at cost to prevent carrying 1t over another
year Every article guaranteed to give sat-
lsfacti0n. 116
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-10
What Folks are Saying.

SabssFSgrG F1 NOTICE lyon
Niger work, ia Rnk notAertn 7
law jokes IN your column.
Paragraph man-"No; l live
with her."
A lady applied to her physi-
clan for a remedy for loss of
appetite, He wrote the follow
ing. "Stop at the first shoe
store yon come to, buy six pair
of boots, and wear them out in
three months. F"
An Irishman, seeing a vessel
very heavily laden and scarcely
above the waters edge, exclaim-
ed: "Upon my sowl, if the RI
yer was but little higher, ] do
believe the ship would go to the
bottom.
A young preacher picked up
Bishop Pierce's hat and put it
on his own head and it was ex-
actly the fit. Why Bishop"
said he, "your head and mine
are exactly the same size"
eyes" replied the Bishop, "on
the outside"
$50 you have got a wifeg'
said Jones to a newly married
man. "Don't know, dom t
know" replied the man, with
evident hesitation; sometimes
Think she's got me. You see,
I've only been married a few
months, and | cam t tell just yet
how the blamed combination is
going TO turn out"
At Danville, Ind, the other
day a blooming widow, whose
husband had been dead only q
few weeks, took unto herself
another hnsb nd AT.
ter the ceremony and on the
same day, the newly welded
pair attended the husband
mothers funeral, and the day
after the wife's mothers funer'
al.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-10
gszDsnp's @ntda.
RB. ( 0. RAILROAD
SCHEDULES IN EFFECT DEc. 4, 1887.
The MODEL FAST LINE EAST AND WEST
DoUBLE TRAoKi JANNKY CouPIER.


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For WAY Stations between Baltimore and
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500 8 80 and II 90 D. m. On Sunday, $50 and
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Trains leave Washington for Baltimore. 6.u1.
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330 43O 40 hs0 555. 6 45. $50. S,35. ii so p. IN
Sunday $50 80 $50 $50 a. IN. l.3O 2.25 $50
4.40 $50 SIS. Gas SIS 1l.3O p. m.
From Annapolis. go S.31 l2o5 a, m. a.50 go
D. IN. Sunday. at $50 a. m. and 10 p. m.
Baggage called for and checked at hotels
and residences on orders left at Ticket Ohces
N. w. Cor. Calvert and Baltimore Streets. new
No go s. Broadway. new No 1852 West Balri-
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w. NJ. CLEMENTS. &. n. LORD,
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