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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-29
FLYING UNDER WATER.
Peculiar Habits of Dainty Little Men,
Der of the Thrush Family.

Peculiar Habits of Dainty Little Men,
ber of the Thrush Family.
One of the most water-loving birds
is dainty little songster belonging to
the thrush family, and popularity
known as the water-ousel or dipper.
This pretty little bird is found in most
parts of the world, and likes best the
neighborhood of those merry noun
tain streams which rush boisterously
on to their fate, now leaping headlong
over some high rock, now swirling
in some deep pool, and now eddying.
dancing, plashing down steep incline.
Waterfall, pool, and eddying stream
are alike TO the water-ousel, which
will dash into one or the other with the
same ready confidence as the ordinary
bird into the air.
In winter when its watery home is
frozen over, it will seek other and
milder parts, unless 1t can be sure of
finding holes in the ice, in which case
it will not hesitate to remain at home,
for it will plunge through hole into
the icy water with no care at all for
the temperature, and having made its
venture successful by the capture of n
small fish, will return to the air once
more.
So fond is it of the water that it will
build its nest as near to it as possible,
and one instance is recorded OF pair
which actually built behind water
foil toIyincr al Of fl,,
made by the shoot of the water over
the top of the rock.
Although the ousel uses its feet
while swimming, its progress is chiefly
due to the wings, which are moved ex-
actly as if flying in the air. The
wings are admirably adapted to this
use, being almost as broad as long, and
of comparatively great power. The
tail is very short, and the body is COW
cred with soft thick down. which, as
in the true aquatic birds, affords an
impervious shield against the water.
Like all other birds which either
casually or habitually resort to the
water, the ousel seems to regard that
element as its safest retreat in time OF
danger. Even the little birds which
have never before ventured from the
nest, and which are quite unable to fly,
have been known, when alarmed dur
ing the absence of the parents, to rush
pell nell to the nearest water, and
with extraordinary facility to run
along the bed of the stream many
yards before seeking the air. Allow
ing every thing TO the overpowering
force of instinct, there still remains
something to wonder at in the feeling
of confidence which can inspire the
fedgling to take so anxiously to the
water.-John r. Coryell, in Harper's
Magazine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-29

she hadn't found my letter In your pocket
I'D have been married to you in two weeks.
There, take your wife and go home, and kill
her II you want to, for Just hate you both.
o, you horrid old Mormon"
"Oh oh hl' walled Belinda. "Ohl oh
don't, please don'tr
Meanwhile, the accused faced the lady
with look of scorn.
'My wife" said he. "Why, you ugly lit
tie demon, do you dare to say I'm your hus-
banda You blackmailer--
mo, aint No, you ANTI No, didn't
oh oh oh ~ moaned Belinda.
~ never saw her before,n cried the gen.
tleman, who was no other than Mr. John
Meyer number two. "She's an impostorl
I'll have her arrested"
"And never saw him before" moaned
the wife of Mr.. John Meyer number one.
"But the letter was in my Johns pocket,
and thought-of course l thought was
written to him. 1t has his name on it"
81 see," remarked Amandas adorer,
ecstatically. ~ understand. Your hus.
band and l have the same name. If he
travels for Bixby Brothers, l dined with
him last night. We went to the play, took
supper and changed coats. found lot Of
letters not belonging to me, in my pocket
this morning Here they are. You see our
coats are both alike. Ready.madc coate-
just bought that day. We spoke about
them. Bought at the same place"
20, don't say any more" sobbed Mrs.
John Meyer number one. "Don't please;
I've been such fool"
$50 have IL said Amanda.
"Well," said Meyer number two, tive be.
gan it by changing coats"
"Dear John," said Amanda, "can you for
give mel'
"Ask him not to tell my John" said Be-
india; "he'd never forgive me. And if that
coat is just the same as John's you'll have
to sew on the bottom left-hand button be-
fore he loses it OFF, with which words the
ladies kissed and parted.
But am afraid John Meyer number two
told the whole story TO John Meyer number
one, the day he brought Belinda to Aman-
da's wedding. Mary Kyle Dallas, in N. Y.
Ledger
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-29
OUR GIRLS.
OHIO.

-, 49,,
What means tnis racket tnrouBh inc house-
Iho poor plauo souhnins
Discordant' uhoer careless nanus'
For NOISY uancers pounuluB'
whose hohus tne olu man scolu'nB STOP
Ana ooN MN INTO smiilng,
Ana MAKE nm ioremost IN tne rouh
ms oeVier sense oegulius
His laughing, loving girls.
VINO spy, ueh'hu ms speotacHs'
benealh ms hah-oalu pate'
The boy whose lease was up long sinoe'
(Shame us ne stays SO latel
Ana theh WIN NOISY argument
ana disregard OF Tuth'
vow ana declare that age Is ieigneo-
The gray-Deard sun youtnt
us glrls-ills ulgnity-upsettnR sirn-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-29
AFTERNOON TEAS.
Pleasant Hospitality That Is Enjoy d b.
Every Body.

IleasanI hOspltaiIty LnhI Is ENJOY Dy
Every Body.
For several seasons past the custom
of giving afternoon teas has been large
ly on the increase. 1t is u very pleasant
hospitality and enjoyed very much.
One can go in street costumes, pass
a short time pleasantly and be at home
early enough for home duties and have
the evening at disposal for something
else.
The refreshments can be of the light
est kind, dispensed in a dainty way to
lend to the attractiveness of the occa-
sion.
In small places such custom could
be introduced without making them too
formal, each lady having her own day,
and in this way much pleasant socia-
bility could be extended and the con-
stant running in and out, which inter-
feres so much with many houselseepers'
plas, could be entirely done away with.
can not conceive of any greater
annoyance than living in a neighbor-
hood where one is liable to Interrupt
tions at either end of the house.
Every housekeeper needs certain
times to put her house in order, and to
be interrupted in it means often serious
disarrangement of the whole day.
If housekeeping is ones business it
needs attention, and no one can enjoy
a call when she is feeling something is
being done too much in the way OF
cooking or left undone in the way Of
arranging.
How much nicer if the whole set of
ladies would organize method OF
campaign for the season, each decide
on her own day. and be ready for
friends at that time. e.-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-29
MADE OF a SKULL.
A New York Country Editors Unique Blu
CHASTITY Pipe.


CHASTITY Pipe.
Byron wrote lines to drinking-cup
formed of skull, but it remained for
the original mind of a newspaper man
to conceive the idea of making dead
skull breathe by turning the dome of
thought into tobacco-pipe. II you
enter the private office of the assistant
editor of newspaper in a village not
far from this city, you see young man
sitting at desk, writing and smoking.
This commonplace sight is made one
of horror by the fact that the pipe is
made of human skull. 1t sits on the
table couple of feet from the editor,
and is connected with his mouth by
rubber tube which enters the head
through the cavity which once con-
tanned an eye. From the cracks in the
skull smoke slowly issues and some
times for a moment vivid spark of
fire CLEANS where the light OF love or
the fires of hate used to burn. Listen,
and from the skull comes sounds that
resemble gurgling of blood. The man
who called the apparatus an infer
nal thing" spoke with more truth than
he at first intended. Only the
more intimate associates of the editor
remain long in his sanctum, and few of
them have any desire to form closer
acquaintance with the pipe, while only
one or two persons have had the nerve
to use it. A surgeon borrowed the pipe
one night and made the rounds of the
hotels, smoking it, much to the hor.
ror of the guests and bar-room habi-
tues. The mechanism of the pipe is
simple, and precisely the same as that
OF the chemists, "wash-bottle. 1t is
exposed by removing the top of the
skull. The pipe-bowl is placed on one
side of the place occupied in the natur-
al state by the middle lobe of the brain.
A rubber tube goes from it into a bot
tie containing water, which rests in
the deepest part of the skull, by the
spinal cord enters the cranial cavity.
Another rubber tube goes from the
bottle to the mouth OF the smoker.
The editor says he prefers smoking
his skull to the best meerschaum. The
smoke Is cool and cons lerable nico-
tine is removed from it by the water in
the bottle, through which the smoke
passes and which has to be changed
daily. The smoke also seems to be
condensed and to produce an effect
different from tobacco used in other
pipes. The owner of the pipe is not
yet twenty-five years old. He formed
a taste for horrible things by reading
medicine and making post-mortem ex-
aminations for several years. Although
this pipe and the stories told of his
grave-robbing exploits shock some of
the people OF the village in which he
lives, he is highly esteemed and trusted
by his townsmen, and is a consistent
church member--Syracuse IN. ~
Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-29
Here is dressmaker's bill whiC

IOlal. .......... ....4-OS)
In this bill there is neither mantle,
linen, boots, shoes, gloves, lace nor the
thousand little requisites of a woman $
toilet, and it is but one out of the three
or four bills for the year. i am con-
vinced that an American woman, who
pretends to the least elegance, must
spend, if she be good manager, from
5000 to 5000 year. Add to this
Me fact that she loads herself with
diamonds and precious stones. But
these, of course, have not to be re-
newed every three months.
A great number Of Americans come
to Europe to pass three months of
every year. This is not an additional
extravaganza, it is an economy. They
buy their dress for year, and the
money they save by this plan not only
pays their travelling expenses but
leaves them nice little surplus ip
cash
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-29
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

-Dynamos especially adapted fol
ships use have appeared In answer tc
an oft-repeated demand.
1t has been proved that in hot eli.
mates the preparation of wood with
sulphate of copper or with creosote
adds little to its durability.
In recent years it has been claimed
by chemists that the changes attending
the dissolution of metals in acids are
only in part electrical and in part
chemical.
The vintage of 1888 in all the wine
countries sums up the enormous total
of 3,010, 751, 1852 gallons. AS wine
producer, Italy comes first and France
next.
"A process OF lettering bone or
ivory, by sinking the letters into the
material in permanent fashion, has
recently been introduced. These ivory
plates are taking the place OF engraved
metal plates for signs, checks, badges
and so on. Electrical engineers have
also adopted the new plates, which can
likewise be applied to organs and
piano-fortes.
Sir John Lubbock has demon
strated the curious fact that certain
kinds of ants are unable to exist with
out keeping other ants as slaves though
why this is so he has not found out. On
removing the slaves from Il nest of fifty
slave. holding ants he found that the
latter Immediately began to die off, and
were speedily reduced in number to six.
When the slaves were returned the
mortality ceased.
M. Cornu, a French scientist, re-
Gently expressed the opinion in the
Academy of Sciences that the light
emitted by shooting stars is not due to
conllagration or the heat of impact. In
those high regions, he said, our
atmosphere is too unsubstantial to
render the explanation satisfactory. 1t
is much more probable that the phe-
nomenon is one of static electricity de-
veloped by simple friction, and it is
well known that raretied gases can be
made to glow intensely with but very
little electric fluid.
The number of Touring mills in En-
gland is estimated at about 1000 with
a total capacity Of a little more than
81, 100000 barrels per annum. This is
one-fourth larger than the require
ments of the country. The mills could
not be run to more than eighty per
cent. of their capacity if no flour was
imported. But large quantities are
received from the United States and
some from Hungary, and the produc-
tion of the home mills is not much more
than half of what it would be if there
were no competition from abroad.
What are known by the name of
iron bricks have been satisfactorily in
troduced us paving material in some
parts of Germany. These bricks are
made by mixing equal parts of finely
ground red argillaceous slate and finely
ground clay, with the addition of five
per cent. of iron ore. The ingredients
thus mixed together are then mois-
tened with solution of twenty-five per
cent of sulphate of iron, to which fine
iron ore is added, until the mass shows
a consistency of thirty-eight degrees
Baume. After this, the compound Is
shaped in a press, dried, dipped once
more in a nearly concentrated solution
of finely ground iron ore, and then
baked in an oven for about forty-eight
hours, in reducing flame.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-29
DRESSMAkERS' BILLS.
Max ORell Discusses the Subject in
"Jonathan and His Continent"

Max O'Ren Discusses the Subject in
"Jonathan and His Continent"
If you go to changer he will give
you five francs in French money, or
four shillings in English for a dollar.
But in America you are not long in
discovering that you get for your dol
lar but the worth of shilling in Eng
lish money, or franc in French.
The fiat that lets for 1000 francs in
Paris, and the house that is rented at
f200, or 1000 shillings in London,
would be charged $4,000 in New York,
Boston or Chicago.
The simplest kind of dress, one for
which Partisan of modest tastes pays
100 francs, would cost an American
lady at least 500. A visiting dress
costing 800 francs in Paris would cost
$500 in New York. A bonnet that
would be charged so francs is worth
$50. The rest to match.
Here is a dressmaker's hill which
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-29

One hundred and five collieries are
now open in India, which among them
mined nearly 100000 tons of coal in
1886. 1t is not 30 very long since the
chief Indian government geologist said
that he was prepared to eat all the coal
that was ever found in India.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-29
-"Will YOU let me take The wrinkl

-"Will you let me take the wrinkles
out O. your stomachP" This was what
a sleek, thick-set person said to a tall,
well-fed person in New York, just be-
fore the dinner hour, the other even.
ing. The man nodded. and they logged
along together. The odd interrogatory
was No. rs way OF asking No. 2 to
dine with him.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-29

1t is fly time with the dishonest
cashier when he thinks his populations
are on the eve Of being discovered. :.
Boston Courier.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-29

81 never saw such mass OF nom
sense in all my life," said Socrates,
laying down work entitled 1.-The Neb-
ular Hypothesis of the Ego in Relation
to its Whenceness. ''You haven't,
ehP" said Pericles, glancing at the
title-page OF the volume. "Then you
have never read any OF this so-called
Negro Philosophy written by white
men who never heard Southern negro
converse. IN. Y. Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-29
Can't Get Rid of His Nickel.

About year ago some wag polished
off a nickel till it only resembled the
coin of the realm in size and color.
After it had dropped into the bottom
of the bobtail car box the driver eyed
it suspiciously and, evidently thinking
the other side of the coin might be all
right, he gave the decisive pull and
let it pass. From that time to this the
company has been endeavoring to get
that nickel back on the rascally pub
lie. But, strange to say. every man
who tears open the little envelope cons
tanning it and its companion piece
always chucks the smooth nickel back
into the box. OF course no driver can
now complain because the coin always
comes out of the company's package
During its first year of service it has
taken about 2,l90 trips, and as it is
getting thinner and smoother all the
time, there is now no hope of its ever
escaping street car service. excel
through the romantic charity OF som
kind deliverer. or through the final
dissolution of the company's corpora
tion. Baltimore American.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-25
the GOLDEN ROD.

Welcome the Golden Rod. Deep dipped in
dew,
love 10 SIZE Is hold IT, brush on high,
A. II % paint with iis own gorgeous hue
The sfcn fTiGmphal on the new born sky
love lis Iordiy wave DER lowiler blooms
And when the summer breeze sweeps
DER the fen.
own sgrscs. a. with its knightly plnnes
II bends 10 greet the zephyr qaeen-bui
then,
I would Il did not bend, Tor eourtieris
grace
And oser-p.isnt kne find alien sod
In this ceineufeYl soil Better 80 lace
The storm erect, and break, than kiss the
rod
There Is q flower which grows for us slope;
Each Sovereign Sister of Column bias band
Claims the bright Mountain LAUREL for its
own.
No North, no South; 1t blooms Ger al
the land.
Bursting with outstresehesi arms the ling
eriug yuos,
IL babe The Mag F!oger" welcome from
tie msiu.
And where Re Soto landed. all sglow
With regal bloom. II matched the pomp
OF Spain.
This kasmis vote blooms not alone
Like faiy. Rose or Tntstie. but band
OF siaxef>, each With = oneness of is owG-
Fair IA riri.s Of { Uaion Of the land
-H'@ sftsfassa acSGsfG.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-25
re HILLS.

The everlasting hills they hedge me
rsuud
sae
from ali the worlds great turmoil not a
sound
pota penetrate these silenees profound.
An, life Is lassaise Ia shis fair vale
At morning all The east slows vivid red
Aud al tae hills reflect The rosy light
AT sunset warm sud mellow rays are shed
Adown the valley, while the mounlsin
he'd
stands for moment ha,hed IN glory
bright
Then, like being pure and fair o. snow,
The full mooa rises srandiy Ger the
hills.
And mounting tenIthwasi, serene and
slow.
She pours a sioni of light on all below
Aud views Eer face in myriad mountain
rills
An. this i peace 70 live al Natures side, !.
Iowslk with her 81 morn ana noon and
oAe.
To wander free with Nature for guide,
To ar!ft aud dream upon life's quiet tide,
To and from worldly cares sweet re
--Rarrles FFoscsss cFocssr.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-25

zap Al.sr dom Al xsrsinsvfIle's TIE
BAN 5ess ssller yit
"nea ne starts ia sEslktB' other foIks "a
ar,f to quit
fears ike that mouth q hfs'a vpxnss
Male fer Esnshlra else
nta' rs % srxify en- dosn and gather Ia
snels pe.sis
Hell talk yoa down on tariff: or he'll talk
yot2 down on tax
AtsS. f'spss ffst pore saaa bays 'esn sli--Ausi
tnefn ef-ous TIE facts
HetiEea. law - politics. prize figlsfsn n
3es fekeh Jap M Il FIFTH. and h..sff ,x... xo.,
boat 'eua al.
Aud the cosmieaAest Teller ever tilted back a
cheer
And tack ehaN.;ssaeker Kind o ike be
ct5uf seer
There's where The iellefs strength lays
ne - con- mon ike and plain.
ghey nai4f 30 disde sboCf osc Jap. you t-s,
toa. nary gran
Ira lsftsl AHA to Council and {. never
turned MS. head.
And cAdn5 make no difference xnaf any
Toy saiig-
he d.dn't sres no amer. ner rag oat Ia
fa1ey csos4ss:
But his voice Ia Council meefin's il q
tnrrsr 70 ats foes
Hsfer the p ~ man ever time aad In
the last campslgn
He ssuinpsd ola Morgan county through
the sunshine sd the rain,
And neii th= es.nner upAfds IRON t.ailin'
"a the dusf
Ard ca, Dose osI moropolieS and cass and
GUS q .It rnss q
He'd tea ssEse funny STORY ever now and
taen, goa keo~.
Tel. blame - il wnx bsgtsr'u q Jack 30
l@utxrn snos
And = 10 insaer sit, toesy. 10 hear old
Jap orste
Than any high tons q crater at ever
stun yea a safe
Wy. tns;-Air blame Jap Miller. with his
keen sarcastic ian.
HAS got more fTieEos than any Candidate
at ever run
Don't matter what his views Is. when he
states the same 10 you
They alins coincide with ,oHr'n the same
a. two and two.
Iou can't take Issue with him-er al least
they nnfnt no sense
In srar;ip' IL 90 down him, so yon better
not coiamence-
The bes; WAYS jes TO listen, like yer hum
bic servant does.
And les' coneesie Jap Miller IL the best
man eyer WE
--Jamss Bhitcessb Riley.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-25
MrpstM MINER EVE.

ike lakes OF gold. among the darker green,
me gsesuaiug wheat fields lay;
And silver waves Of wind swept oats De
tscen
Cast up a brighter spray.
ArrsSs the level meadows reaped and
ssTs,
The rink s~sShsd sarsel drew,
And from the fragrant clover fields the ar
Rev warm. and moist with aew
The stately eiuis sgAinss the sapphire come
Their graceful arches east.
Ara ii.,sss III feet winged SWALLOWS, Tying
home,
Ike slleus shadows passed.
Tea s-e aisss aiess resi in the waving wheat
fss. tanssesl sSelas of lizht.
Aad ali tie land isy hushess IN silence
S~eef.
s.>,sa.es sy she summer aigat.
TAa uale Young moon saown the rosy
Nest
Her slender crescent swung
In 49,. Oars xtzss, 3 bird, esssasic - Best
Ike Love Imprisoned sung -.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-25

he cToesed the tern ana St.ysr.s .sa~r
On the west side. :
Ane r3~Fs on thls siie xrr sz-r~sx
tkas e. ard consequently prfvxte Il
Aess the foot ~ King ssr~~t
no1essr. there was an ap-n usey. Ard
upun he barrels and boxes tny twa
soxen o. mor< ~serpinx ns~p. the M
CITY o. tn<z lonxsror~-nen vish
Two ssocxs further COVE the
= o-ssf vasked on another rse-. The
s orsnT 20 certain extent
p1n2ie. there were no iixhss ~
al ansl the dock was shrnxatd
% Hoonay darkness. The reuxrt<r
naaxsd tosxras she end. passing sieer,-
nsn on esch side a iossr. Iow
sf4issae Heated pus On the arr and the
srtSsftsg DROPPED: behirsd q packing
Keeping out IN lie czYkness he
thsee isTEns IDake sxiffly towards
ne end OF the dock and disappear. A
-nEnf splash and tEers the silent
kslna 81 HsufEed oars Ia tie water told
We faose story. and sae reporter rot
70 safer 1uarfsrs He bad been tafer
lot Policeman or watrhman nv the
1lsef ta.sves who we're Just about 70
make haul
aus . true picture OF q hot night
on TIE docks OF sew York i repre-
sentsd- To the people who pasro:rsxs
1ae Piers which Is their only pleasure
anc the only places they have 10 get
lite pure AIR into their lungs, they
are blessing.