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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
ABOUT BEES.
Curious Facts About tho Hard-Working
Honey Manufacturers.

| Honey Manufacturers.
/ have seen a single bee clinging to
a smoothly dressed board with its front
feet, and supporting living chain OF
twenty-five bees, thus supporting
twenty-five times her own weight, for
an indefinite time. There was time
when was puzzled to know how the bee
could hold on to the smooth board and
sustain such a weight. But the magni-
| flying glass reveals finely curved claw
at the extremity of each of the front
pair OF legs, and these enable the bee
to cling to the wood in any position,
with its back down as we'll as other
wise. But how does the bee manage
to run up pane of glass or a sheet of
polished metalP Her sharp claws will
not serve her in this case. Well, ma
ture has provided for that in wonder
full way. | once had a theory to account
for this wonderful feat But when L
commenced to study the anatomy of
the bee under the magnifying glass
my theory was found to be wide of
the mark. The glass shows an in
| fnitesimal gland in the soles of the
feet, which secrete a substance of sufii-
cient tenacity to enable the bee to cling
to the smoothest surface that it is likely
to come in contact with.
The mandible Gaw) OF the honey
bee, when seen under the glass, is a real
curiosity. They not only open and
shut, like the jaws of any other animal.
but they have a backward and forward
movement and each of the pair is inde-
pendent of the other in its movements.
The old class of naturalists believed
that the honey bee, as an artist and
builder, was mason But such is
not the fact in the case. The honey
bee is smith. She draws out her
work, using her mandibles in the place
of the smiths hammer. 1t would be
simple imposibility to build wall as
thin as that OF the honey comb by any
other process BeeswaX is the result of
digested honey, just as tallow results
from the digestion of the food of the
OK. But the beeswax, instead of adher-
ing to the flesh, as in the case of fat
animals, passes out OF the body OF the
bee, through one of the six false pock-
cts on the under side of the abdo-
men, in the form OF thin scales
or pellets, and while they are warm and
pliable the bees seize them with their
mandibles and weld them to the rims
of the cells, and continue to draw out
the combs until the proper depth of the
cells are reached. The cell walls are as
thin as the finest tissue paper known to
the art of paper-making, and would not
have sufficient strength to support the
tiny weight of a tiny bee were they not
strengthened by an exquisitely-formed
rim around them, supporting their
frail walls below, precisely as does the
wired rim around the top of tin ves-
sci. That these thin walls are not
drawn ont. and not built on 10, is
proven by the fact that the rim around
the cell is as well defined when the
work is first begun as it is when the
comb is finished, and is present through
the whole process of construction. C.
w. Demaree, in n. Y. Observer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
HYPNoTisM IN MEDICINE.
Its Psychological Importance Recognized
by Leading Scientists.

Its Psych illogical Importance Recognized
by Leading srientists.
The experiments made by DR.. Char
cot and his associates have been made
the subject OF discussion at congress
of scientific men recently held at Paris.
Quite a number of reports were read
indicating remarkable success in the
treatment by hypnotism of diseases
that have often baflled the most expe-
rienced physicians. Two physicians
OF Amsterdam reported the results OF
no less than four hundred and four
teen cases they had treated by hpno-
tism. OF these lone hundred were full
ly cured. In ninety-eight there was a
noticeable improvement, and in only
seventy-one were there no results.
Fifty-eight cases were not followed.
The cases included organic maladies OF
the nervous system, mental diseases
and neuralgia" Other physicians re-
ported that in the treatment of the in
sane they have succeeded in some
cases, though it was admitted that the
difficulties were far greater than in
physical maladies. 1t seems to have
been conceded that there is more eX-
pectation of relief from treatment by
hypnotism in nervous diseases in their
various forms than in any others, and
even if this be so it will be gain to
medical science. But the tests are only
as yet in their experimental stage, and
exactly upon what physiological basis
the Investigations of the most distin-
guished psychologists are founded does
not yet appear certain. 1t is curious
enough, nevertheless, that the methods
of Mesmer, who was denounced as a
charlatan hundred years ago, but
who has had some strong followers at
different times since among the higher
class of physicians, to say nothing of
travelling lecturers who were able to
control the will of persons who sub
mitted to their treatment-it is Curl
Gus, we repeat, that at the end of n
century Professor Charcot should come
forward publicly to show the wonderful
power of mermerism, or hypnotism, as
it has been called, since the expert
ments of DR.. Baird, of Liverpool, and
that congress of scientific men should
take up anew a half forgotten subject
and recognize by long series of expert
ments its psychological Importance.
But if there is good in hypnotism, there
is also danger in its use, as Charcot
pointed out. if the person hypnotized
may be made unconsciously to carry
out the will of the operator even to the
perpetration of crime. Baltimore
Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
THE RAIN ON THE ROOF.


The threatening rain clouds droop and spread
And the whirling waters leap
From rocky tarns near the mountains heau'
And on through the meadows sweep,
The dark grass bends and the burdocks shed
The glitterink gems from their purple woof-
But low Is the sound with monotone tread
Where the rain falls slant on the roof.
Apples with strcaks Of n crimson dye,
And piums with silvery pail
From rain. whipped trees in the orchard lilo,
Or dashed meath the garden wall;
The raingcd drives through storm.swept sky,
The pattoring drops have the beat of n hoof-
But dreamy ut night is the lullaby
OF the rain or the sloping roof.
Quick splashes drip from the darlsened pane,
And we know the petals part
From lilies drenched with the driving rain,
And tears from tho red rose start:
That fields spiked thick with tho bearded grain
Have heads bent low h. dumb reproof-
Bat soft on the ear nocturne strain
Is the fail of rain on tho roof.
-Indn ". Hays, in Travellers Record.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.


There is no one in the world so
pleasant as the woman who knows she
has pretty smile.-Boston Post.
-Jach-"What are you doing, Ma
belp" Mabel-''Making angel cake;
don't you want some?" Jack-"Eo,
thanks; don't want to be an angel"
Puck.
"A young wife can be good house,
keeper without bothering to polish up
the spare change in her husbands
pocket every time she cleans up tho
rest OF the silver in the house. Som"
erville Journal.
If the European inventor who has
invented smokeless powder will in
vent smokeess cigarette, his name
will be embalmed in the heart of a
grateful world. Philadelphia Daily
News.
No man ever talked of his work
without saying something about its
great mental strain, We suppose that
even the wood chopper thinks tits. brain
work that makes him so tired at night.
--Atchison Globe.
Husband. --"Wife, wish you had
been born with as good judgment as |,
but fear you were not" Wife-"Y ou
are right Our choice OF partners for
life convinces me that your Judgment is
much better than mine"
-Brown-"Did you hear that young
Benedict suddenly became deaf on the
very day on which he was married"
Robinson-"Youd don't say so. That
shows that there is silver lining to
every cloud, no matter how dark it
may be for time. Texas Siftings.
Some women like to be told they
are pretty, but the really pretty ones
don't care for it. They have to be told
that they are brilliantly intellectual,
George Washington's hatchet wouldn't
stand a ghost of show now -a-days.-
Merchant Traveller.
-"Professor," said the ostentatiou,
young man at a reception. 1--WE heard
much talk about the anthropoid apei
approaching very closely to human be.
fngs. Now, what in your opinion i,
nearest to a man?" "You want my
candid opinion, of courseP" Ger.
tainly." "Well, 1 should say hii
undershirt. "-Washington Capital.
MIR. Jason-"Why amt supper
ready, want to knowP" Mrs. Jasou
81 was down town and got caught
in the rain without an umbrella
l had to wait in IL store until the
storm was over" Mr.. Jason-"Sa
you did have sense enough to go
in out of the rain, eh? Well, you
are not an entire fool" Mrs. jason
"No; only the better half of one. y
Terre Haute Express.
How LADY friends" do hate one
another to be sure! The other day
two of an uncertain age who had not
recently met were having a chat.
"Yes," said No. l, "it was my birth
day yesterday and my dear papa gave
me ring, as usual. He has always
given me ring on my birthday ever
since left school," Ever since, you
left school, darlingP" re-echoed No 2,
why, what an extraordinarily large
collection of rings you must have, love,
to be sure
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
New York's Woman Cobbler.


The only woman cobbler in the Uni
ted States is Mrs. Gill, who has lit
tie shop at No. 275 Mulberry street.
New York, locality that is far from
being fashionable. A reporter who
visited it says that it did not differ
from other cobbler stalls. except that
it was extremely tidy. She was born
beside the last, her father having been
shoemaker of Northampton. England,
and when she was only fourteen years
of age she made pair of shoes for her
mother, and when her father came to
this country she worked in New En-
gland factories. She, however. got
tired of the shaving OF the factory. and
when she had saved up little money.
opened up little shop. or late years
she has not made. but mended shoes
and found tha. It could be done quiclte
and paid better. Chicago Shoe ANT
Leather Record.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
ToMMY,S SCHEME.

"If were n darling big mamma like YOU"
Said Tommy one day, DO you know what I'd
dor
I'd take out dime and I'd say: Tommy,
dear,
Just hold up your two little hands to me
here
I'd out tho dime in them, and then / should
say:
You've been q good boy, little Tommy to
day;
So put on your hat and go right down the
street,
And buy some nice chocolate candy to eat
You'd run, and come back and you'd Jump and
you'd laugh,
And kiss me and hug me, and give me half.
So now, mamma dear, don't you think 'twould
be fun
To give me q dime and just see how I'd runf'
Sydney Dayre, in Christian Union.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
"A certain well-known man OF letter

"A certain well-known man OF letters
received from friend of much ambi-
tion but small literary talent volume
of portentous length, which he was re-
quested to read and criticise for the au-
thor's benefit. For moment the re-
cipient of the ponderous tome was stag
gered by the weight of the burden laid
upon him; then a happy inspiration
seized him, and, snatching up his pen,
he addressed to his tormenter the fol-
lowing note: Dear X: have received
your book, and shall lose no time in
reading it!''
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19

That's foin stirring ov fish you've
got there, sor," said the gardener, as
the master came up the garden walk.
Yes, Patrick" "Did you catch them
on yer own hook. sorP' "Why you
impudent rascal, OF course did"
We'll it's SOS to be collin Dennis
Murphy liar that / asked yez"
What does Dennis Murphy say?" "He
says livery wan o thin was cotched on
his hook, sor. Merchant Traveller
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19

"A justice in one OF the midland
(Eng.) counties once passed these two
resolutions: That the new gaol shall
be built. rs far as possible out OF the
material OF the old gaol, and that the
old gaol shall be used until the new one
is built.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
In Search of Novelties.

Mrs. Startup-Me and Mr.. Startup
went to the theatre last night to see
Richard the Three.
Mrs. Chadband-Ho did you enjoy
itp
Mrs. Startup--To tell the truth,
was deadly bored
Mrs. Chadband-Perhaps you don't
care for Shakespeare
Mrs. Startup-O, amt got no OBJ
lection to Shakespeare. but i do wish
he'd turn out something new. Amer
lea.
When a barber talks too much his
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
How Quicksand Is Frozen.

The remarkable achievement of
sinking deep shaft through treach-
erous grounds by means of first freez-
ing the earth has been successfully ac-
complished at the Chapin mine, in
Northern Michigan, by the Poetsch
process. The contract was to freeze,
excavate and curb up rectangular
shaft 154x164 feet, and about 100 feet
deep, This was accomplished by first
putting down the freezing pipes three
feet apart, in Il circle 80 feet in diam
eter, to the depth proposed to be
reached by the shaft. The pipes were
connected at the top and filled with u
solution of brine containing about 20
per cent. of calcium chloride. The
brine was frozen to point below zero
by means of an ice machine, and in
forty days frozen wall of ice. earth
and stone was formed 10 feet thick.
The excavation in the meantime had
been going on, and seventy days from
the commencement it was completed
to the ledge 100 feet down, in spite OF
some difficulty from the percolation
water near the bottom, which was
stopped by freezing. Except for this
Ingenious method, the sinking OF tho
shaft. would, it seems, have been
practically impossible on account OF
the great inflow OF water.-Evangelist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19

1t may be desirable to live to a
green old age; but when you have at
tained it, please keep away from the
bunco men. Puck.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19

-"Ohm," named after Prof. Ohm, OF
electrical fame, implies the standard
of resistance which substances offer to
the transmission of an electric current.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19

When a barber talks too much his
stories are generally illustrated with
outs, Boston Gazette.
The Washington critic., 1889-01-29
CITY NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Augusta Glover has petitioned for a re-
appraisement Of the Anastasia Patten estate.
fla Msscoltn was credibly given at Ma
sonic Temple by the Washington Amateur
Opera Company for the benefit OF Lodge IL,
+. a. A. NJ. last night.
--Flfty-fve young misses from the Friends
Select School Of Philadelphia arrived in the
city yesterday on an excursion under the care
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Scattergood.
The Young Mems Immediate Relief Asso-
citation was Incorporated yesterday by W. +.
Swami, Calvin T. ). Brent, Daniel Il. Williams,
Alexander II. Brooks and George w. Cole.
1t is said that District Attorney Padgett
will retire from office at the end of this month
TO be succeeded by Mr.. Joseph Shillington,
who In turn will be succeeded by MIR. John
Webb.
Mr. Thomas S. Burr, for many years a
prominent merchant of this city and later a
clerk In the Water Department, died yesterday
at his residence, 1889 Q street, after lingering
illness.
Mrs. NJ. L. Benjamin, wife Of Mr.. IL. b.
Benjamin, died yesterday three hours after an
apopletic attack. The lady was well known
In this city aud has been prominent member
of McKendree NJ. L. Church.
The case against Thomas Donaldson, who
was accused of stealing goldheaded cane
from Mr. Lindsey OF Norfolk has been aban-
doned by the Government, Judge Miller
directing the return Of the property to Its
owner
Annie NJ. Wise has asked for divorce
from James 4. Wise, whom she charges with
drunkenness, cruelty, and failure 10 support.
They were married September s. 1874 and
have had ten children.
Yesterday afternoon Dr. Chisholm OF
Baltimore and DR.. S. NJ. Burnett of this city
removed Senator Vance's left eye. The cy,
has been diseased for some time The opera
ton lasted over a half hour and promises tc
be entirely successful.
The Literary Club was organized by
number of Capitol Hill young men last night
1t is oflicered as follows President, L. s
Bradford; vice-president, j. I. Oulahan; re
cording secretary, f. A. 1Iurlebaus; treasurer
Hugh Pitzer; financial secretary, L. S. York
librarian, H. Ridenour.
Mr.. T. w. Rose and Miss Kate Kelly o
Alexandria arrived in the city yesterday on
hurried Gretna-Green trip. The usua
formality of visit to the clerks office, and
later call Oh minister were gone through
with, and they returned home in the afternoon
10 ask forgiveness of the parents
The Washington critic., 1889-01-29
"CLEANING-UP SALE" OF MEMS GOODS
PREVIOUS TO INVENTORY.

Every line of which we have not the full com.
plement o! sizes will go down in price to go out
before stock-taking, January 81. We make 1t
to your interest to relieve us OF thom by tempt.
ing you with exceedingly low prices. Do not
lose sight of this fact-they are the broken lots
of our most desirable of the seasons Under.
wear.
lot of Mems Heavy Merino Wool Shirt, and
Drawers Limitation Of camel's hair, fawn color,
warm, well made and will wear we'll.
Sizes In Shirts, 36, 80 and 40 in.
Sizes In Drawers, 81, "a, 80 and 80 in.
Reduced TO close eto...........- ...........,. SOC
l lot OF Mems Norfolk and New Brunswick
Hosiery Co.'S Shirts, full regular and made from
strong, soft, smooth yarn, which will not scratch
or shrink, sizes SO, 3S and 40.
Reduced to close to....... .,.,..............S1 81
lot of Mems W. G. Medlicott's All-wool I'm.
derwear, shirts and Drawers In white or the
natural gray. This underwear Is full regular
made, and warranted not to shrink. as the yarn
is washed and shrunk before woven. Wearing
this underwear is a1.5O for the smallest size;
rise 10 cents for each size larger. We have
Shirts, white. size A. 40 and so inch
Drawers, white, sizes 81, SO, 3S, 40 and IS.
Shirts, gray, sizes AZ and 5oin.
Drawers, gray, sizes :'6 and 3S in.
Reduced price for sizes under "A In. 81.
Reduced price for size Al and over, 20
These are values of unusual merit.
lot of mems Cartwright q Warmers English
display and handling This grade of underwear
Is too well known to need u description AZ our
hands. The regular prices are $2.5U for the
smallest size ana S3 for the largest. We have
aud 80. We shall take 81 II each garment AS
these will no doubt meet with a ready sale, an
early response Is necessary to secure the size
desired.
The Washington critic., 1889-01-29
DR.. BoyEE,s gATU.uolsE.
A Luxurious Establishment Frequoute
by Lovers OF Good Health.

A Luxurious Establishment Frequeuted
by Lovers OF Good Health.
DR.. Bovcos new Turkish and Rus.
Thirteenth and Fourteenth, is filed
from morning to night with luxury and
health. loving Washingtonians. The
house in which the baths arc located
has been entirely remodeled and hand.
some brass lantern has been placed over
the door, To the right of the hallway
arc the handsome reception rooms. Back
Of these is the cooling room with its
soft cots and row of little dressing
rooms along each side Back of the
cooling room Is the other extreme, the
hot room. where bathers lie in the high
temperature until they arc in an agree
able state of relaxed perspiration.
The plunge bath is handsome &C.
mented basin at the rear, guarded by
brass rail. Upstairs are the ladies bath
ing apartments duplicates of the mems,
save that on the bureaus and dressing
cases are the thousand and one little ad-
iuncts of the toilet that men don't use.
Everything about the place is bright
and new, and Washington has never had
more luxurious place to bathe within
its limits. The time to battle? DIR.
Wilson, whose sound words of everyday
medical common sense have made his
name synonym Of health, says this
to say about il:
The best time for taking the bath Is that
which is least likely TO interfere with the pro-
cess Of digestion; for example, before meal,
or from one to two or three hours after meal.
The length OF time spent III the bath must 0e
regulated by the object to be attained, by the
strength OF the individual and by the tempera-
bath must be regulated by the purpose sought
to be attained. Where maintenance Of exist
ing health is the object once week may be
suflicicnt--little and often much better than
seldom and much II we hear Of people TAX
ing cold after the bath they may be assured
they have neglected some OF the laws some
where or somehow. The bath cannot give
/ cold
The Washington critic., 1889-01-29
Not His Debut by Any Means

William Day, diminutive colored boy,
snatched two gross of bottles from the buggy
of DR.. Hisio2. When questioned by Judge
Miller In the Police Court this morning as 10
how many times he had made his appearance
In the dock, he stated that this was not his de-
but by any means, and probably 1t will not be
his farewell appearance. Judge Miller de-
clded to send the boy TO jail for further hear
ing in order that he may be committed to the
reform School IL possible
The Washington critic., 1889-01-29


President Young has promulgated tho fol-
lowing contracts c. w. Bennett with Boss
ton, Clarence Duval with Chicago, George H..
Townsend with Athletic. Thomas ]. Tucker
with Baltimore, Al. Mavs and David Orr with
Columbus, William Wolf and W. B. Weaver
with Louisville, @. A. Comiskey, A. Latham
and W. y. Fuller with ~. Louis, W. j.
Campin with Worcester
Released: G. w. Bennett by Detroit, Jo-
seph Honung by Boston, Al. Mays and David
Orr by Brooklyn, II. w. Lynch by Worcester,
John Leighton by Portsmouth.
Fulmor has signed with Baltimore.
Battle of shiloh,
which is now on exhibition at the Panorama
building, on Fifteenth street, two blocks south
OF Treasury, is one Of the finest scenes Of a
battle ever produced, aud should be visited by
all strangers visiting this city, as Shiloh was
one Of General Grauts hardest fought battles,
and is uow known as the battle OF the Hornets
Nest. Open daily from n IN. TO 10 p. m.
PROFESSOR COOKS Balm of Life positively
cures inflammation.
SEE our S9.00suit5. Eisomau's, 7th & L.
The Washington critic., 1889-01-29
Rnther a Poor Witness.

9. IL. King, colored, appeared in the Police
Court this morning as witness against w. III.
Ice for keeping open his bar on Sunday. He
testified that a young man offered him drink,
which he took from bottle. lie thought 1t
whisky, but was SO excited by the loss Of some
hair-puffs, alias bangs which were taken from
him ut that moment that he could not swear
positively. No case was made out against the
defendant and the case was dismissed.
The Washington critic., 1889-01-29
Recent Robberies Reported.

Mrs. Minnie Rauth, BlAdensburg road, re-
ports the larceny of $l5 in money from her
trunk. Lewis &. Jones, 17l2 Tenth street
northwest reports stolen from his house
gold ecarf-pn and four white shirts. l. w.
Nordlinger reports stolen from his room a silk
umbrella, gold pen, paper cutter and II
law book.
The Washington critic., 1889-01-29
Merely a bad Case of Drunk.

man fell at the corner of Eleventh and &
streets last night about 7 o'clock and quite an
excitement was created, as it was thought at
first that the man was dead. He was con-
veyed to the Emergency Hospital where IL
was found that it was nothing more serious
than bad case of drunk. When he sobered
up he was turned over to his friends.
The Washington critic., 1889-01-29
An Alteration at IL Ball.

Dennis Collins and William Mccormack at
tended ball last Thursday night, but could
not content themselves with "trpping the
light fantastic" and INDUCED in an alterca-
ton. After the ball Collins picked up stone
and struck Mccormack on the head inflictng
serious wound. In the Police Court this
morning Judge Miller gave the defendant $40
or thirty duys
The Washington critic., 1889-01-29
Election of Department Commander

The annual encampment of the Department
Of the Potomac, Grand Army OF the Republic,
was held at Grand Army Hall last night. After
an address by Commander-n-Chiet Warner
the election of department commander was
proceeded with. w. S. Odell and Major Urell
were the candidates, and after some discussion
the encampment adjourned until tonight
without reaching vote.