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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-30
A DOLLS HOSPITAL.
One of the Many Curious Institutions of
the English Metropolis.

One of the Many Curious Institutions OF
the English Metropolis.
One of the most curious of the many
curious institutions in London Is the
dolls hospital in Fulham road Patients
are admitted for broken heads or frac-
tured limbs, loss of hair, eye, nose, teeth,
of the body. Operations take place
every day between nine a. m. and eight
p. m. The same doll may be brought to
the hospital over and over again for a
broken head, arm or leg. But the little
nurse never leaves her without many
kisses and promise from the attendant
to be very good to her.
"How many patients have you in the
hospital to-day?" asked visitor of an
attendant the other day.
"Not more than twenty-five; but come
and see them"
"a good many of them are serious cases.
There's family of four over there.
The mother has brokon head and her
soldier son has lost his head and one
arm. The two girls are good deal bat
tered. One looks as though she were
going bald. This doll has lost one eye
and the tip of her nose, but it can be
easily mended, because she has waxen
face. Hers's doll with cash down
one side OF her face, and its SO deep that
I'm afraid she will be obliged to have a
new head. This is dismembered doll.
/ am going to fix new head and limbs
on to the stump; 1t would have been
thrown away If the doll hadn't been
very old. London Letter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-30
DOGS AS HORSES.
Tho Country Where They Are the Beasts
of Hurdcn.

have met M. Nantet, the Belgian au.
thor, who follows the usage of his coun-
try in utilizing the dog as draught an
imal. He has little phaeton drawn by
dogs in which he drives about when at
home, and in which he has come from
Brussels to Paris. M. Nantet thinks
that Belgium, with her cheerless sky
and sodden SOIL is able to hold her own,
and be among the most prosperous ma
tions of Europe, because the dog is not
only the friend and comrade, but tho
carrier of the poor man. The coster-
monger and his wife in Paris or London
are broken down prematurely from fa-
tigue, and the stabling and fodder for a
donkey is a heavy tax on their profits,
but their Belgian brethren can house
their dogs with themselves. The dogs,
after being embarrassed dine with their
masters, and in winter sleep before Tie
kitchen fire.
The strength Of good draught dog is
marvellous. He does not spoil roads like
horse, and when tired he asks TO lie
down, favor always granted, and, on
being rested, goes on again cheerfully.
The pair which drew VI. Nantct is of
average size and strength, and had a
long line of ancestors, who did good
work in their time as carriers. When at
an inn their master used to unharness
them and take them with him into the
coffee room, where they lay down at his
feet He drove all the way, unless
where there was a steep hill to climb.
AT place called Louvroil the mayor
heard he had come into the town, and
informed him that his equipape came
within the reach of the Grammont Law
for the Protection of Animals. "Very
WE'LL" answered the Belgian, who was
preparing to start, and he ordered the
dogs to get into the phaeton and sit on
the seat, while he drew them. They
obeyed and stayed there until they were
beyond the bounds of the commune,
where they descended to be harnessed.
To avoid crowds, who might think we'll
to take part with the dogs against their
master, NJ. Nantet kept clear of large
towns. At Compeign he telegraphed to
number of Belgians here at what time
he was likely to reach Paris, and they
went out to meet him. When he was
sighted the dogs were going at a brisk
pace. He thinks they could have done
the journey comfortably in five days, but
as he is as much their friend as their
owner he gave them seven.-Paris Cor.
London Daily News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-30

In "Words on Wellington" we have a
very remarkable instance given of how
absolutely his French enemies rolled on
his honor. "Beforc the battle of Orthez
tho bridge Ger the Gave dc Pau had
been passed by the French army. The
Duke sent note to Marshal Soult, say
ing. That battle would, of course, take
place on the following day, but that, as
it was desirable in the interest of the
inhabitants of Orthez not to destroy the
bridge, he promised that, if Marshal
Soult would abstain from blowing it up,
no soldier of the British army should
cross it, Soult trusted him, and the
bridge is to this day intact" 1t seems
that the Duke, though his uniiinch-
ing courage was never shaken, lived
In apprehension Of assassination. After
his death an officer quarterod at Waimer
visited the castle and begged for a
souvenir. The servant showing him
over the place pointed to lot OF UNI
brellas and told him to help himself.
He took one. opened it, and found a
sword. "0h yes said Tho servant,
there is sword in every umbrella -
London Court J9urnai
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-30
A VERY OLD RAILROAD.
The Mohawk and Hudson, Built in 1925
by an Astor Company.


One of the first railways, if not the
first, in this country, was the Mohawk
and Hudson, which was chartered by an
act of the New York Legislature April
II, 1896 The commissioners who were
intrusted with the duty of organizing
the company met for the purpose in the
Office of John Jacob Astor, in New York
CITY, July 30, 1926. One of their first
official acts was to appoint Peter Flem-
ing chief engineer and send him To
England to examine as to the feasibility
of building railroad. Mr.. Fleming's
salary was fixed at $1,000 year. The
road first used horse power, and later OF
adopted steam for use in daytime, res
tanning horses, however. for night work.
1t was not deemed safe to use steam
after dark AT first the trains consisted
of one car each, which, in its construc-
tion closely rcsembled the eold-fashioned
stage coach. There was no conductor,
no bell-cord, and, in short, very few of
the innumerable attachments which be-
long to the railway train of to-day.
The road connected the two towns OF
Albany and Schenectady, and was sew
enteen miles in length, but that portion
whith h was operated by steam was only
fourteen miles in length horses being
used on the incline-plane division from
the top of one hill to the top of another.
In those days the only brake used conS
sisted of wooden wedge, which was
dropped in between the wheels and the
end Of the truck-frame when the
train was about to commence the de-
scent of grade. When it approached
the station the station agent met 1T as 1T
neared the platform, placed the wedge
in position, and, when the time arrived
for it to start again on its trip, he re-
moved it and the train sped again on its
course.
The first improvement on this brake
consisted in placing strip OF leather
on one side of the wedge. On one side
of this wedge was hole in which a
broom. handle, or other handle, was
placed for convenience in operating tho
contrlvance, As business increased and
cars were added, II was found impossi-
BILE for the engineer to see all tho cars
OF his train, so as to determine II. they
were moving along in proper shape, so
guard was placed on top OF the first car
back of the engine, who kept his eye on
theentire train, and notified the engineer
to stop when he discovered that any
particular car bobbed about enough 70
indicate that /. was of the track.--hail'
way Age
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-30
MAKE CHILDREN HAPPY.
Parental Kindness VIII Yield Rich
Harvest in After Years.

Parental Kindness VIII Yield Rlch
Harvest in After Years.
1t does not take much to make a child
happy. Itgrows and thrives in the sun
shine of good temper and cheerful sur
roundings, pleased with little things.
And it seems pity that all who have
to do with the bringing up of little folks
should not understand this, and con-
stantly try by studying their habits and
ways to make them happy
Mothers who have so much to do that
they can scarcely see any end TO their
work, sometimes find it very hard to
give tho time to the children which it
takes to give them these trifiing enjoy
ments. In baking, for instance, the lit
tie pie or the cake cut into fancy shapes,
all hinder the work few minutes, but
they give the children much pleasure,
and surely it pays for little extra ex-
ertion to see how pleased the children
are made by them.
Children are often hurt by needless
refusals of innocent requests. 1T Is
nuisance to stop some important work
Just to listen to child's request, but the
child is a young, living soul, and as such
is being trained by the atmosphere in
which it daily lives. If it always finds
father, mother, or older brother or sister
ready to listen to its wants when they
a,e made known, it will after time be
ready to be reasoned with, and only ask
when it is sure it can be listened to with
pleasure. Children do not tease the
mothers who invariably listen to their
requests, and pleasantly and firmly
answer them at once. They learn that
denials only are made for some reason
after a little while.
All silken fetters which tend to draw
the parents and children in close bonds
of sympathy are bonds of influence in
after years. And by no means can these
be more firmly knitted than by making
children happy in their childhood. And
the hours spent in making and mending
toys, in playing with the children, and
listening TO their questions, and trying
to grant all their reasonable wishes, will
prove those in which the seed was sown
for rich harvest in after ycars.-Chris-
tian at Work.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-30
NOW.


When you shall walk In pensivc mood
The happy paths We used TO know,
And sweet and gentle tnoughts intrude,
And tender dreams OF Long Ago,
How will your waliened spirit bear
Its bitter pang, its bleak despairY
When in your heart, as now in mine,
Shall throb the pulse of sleepless grief
Since nothing earthly or divine
In that dark hour can bring relief
How will you mourn o'cr wasted bliss
And that wild moment long for thisl
The echo OF n silent word,
An exhalation OF the dew,
A lonely sigh at midnight heard
In depth Of some funercal yew-
These shall be more, in that black day,
Than your true lover past away.
Then scorn no more the present hour,
Nor crush the roses while they bloom
The best of time has only power
To hang garland on tomb;
And all that lasts when years are sped
Is hopeless memory of the dead.
William Winter, in Harpers Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-30
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
Text of the Passage in Which 1t Was Firs
Given to the World.

President Monroe's seventh annual
message, December 2, 1923: The citizens
of the United States cherish sentiments
the most friendly in favor of the liberty
and happiness of their fellow-men on
that side of the Atlantic. In the wars of
the European Powers, in matters relat-
ing to themselves, we have never taken
any part, nor does it comport with our
policy to do so. 1t is only when our
rights are invaded or seriously menaced
that we resent injuries or make prepar-
ations for our defense. With the move
ments of this hemisphere we are of
necessity more Immediately concerned,
and by causes which must be obvious to
all enlightened and impartial observers.
The political system of the allied Powers
is essentially different in this respect
from that of America. This difference
proceeds from that which exists in their
respective Governments. And to the de-
fense of our own, which has been
achieved by the loss of so much blood
and treasure and maintained by the wis
dom of their most enlightened citizens,
and under which we have enjoyed unex-
ampled felicity, this whole Nation is de-
voted. We owe it, therefore, to candor
and to the amicable relations existing
between the United States and those
Powers to declare that we should con-
slider any attempt on their part to ex-
tend their systom to any portion of this
hemisphere as dangerous to our peace
and safety. With the existing colonies
or dependencies OF any European Power
we have not interfered and shall not in
terfere. But with the Governments who
have declared their independence We
have, on great consideration and on just
principles, acknowledged we could not
view any interposition for the purpose
of depressing them, or controlling in
any other manner their destiny, by any
European power, in any other light than
as the manifestation of an unfriendly
disposition toward the United States.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-30
A TENNESSEE PATRIARCH.
He Is Happy and Waiting for His On
Hundred and Fiftieth Grandchild.

He Is Happy and Waiting for His One
Hundred and Fiftieth Grandchild.
General Alger told of queer and in
teresting customer whom he met re-
Gently in Tennessee at a place named
after himself, Anderson, and of whom
he had recently bought 10000 acres of
timber land. The old gentleman lived
in large, white house with big por-
tico in front of it, and there were dotted
around in different fields other small
white houses. General Alger asked him:
'How old are you?"
"Eighty-two.'
enjoying good health?"
"Yes, very good"
"How many children have you?"
Nursing the 10th great-grandchild
now. I'll send and get him for you"
"What do you mean to say? One hun
dred and forty-nine?"
Eyes, / had twenty-seven children;
and with children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren we are nursing the
l49th now, and I'll send and get him for
you"
So the old gentleman sent out to one
of the small white houses in the cluster,
and very nice specimen of a hearty
baby boy was brought in.
The General asked him where he was
during the war. Fright here, and the
boys cleaned me out of every thing eX-
cept SOW and two pigs which we kept
in the cellar right under our parlor floor,
and they were not found. One day one
of the blue-coated Generals came along
and asked me how many cattle l had.
None at all, told him. None at alp
Not one, says |. But paid for that lie
about two days afterward when those
blue-coats found my herd of cattle and
drove them down here into this place
and began slaughtering them right be-
fore my eyes i interfered and ordered
them to Stop that; you're slaughtering
my cows o, no. said the General; they
are not yours; we have it from your own
lips that you had no COWS at all, and
they went right on and slaughtered the
whole of them. | could never get a
voucher for them because had said that
/ didn't have any; so lost the whole
herd."--N. Y. Mail and Express.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-30
the New York Cotton Exchange

The New York Cotton Exchange
have raised their fines for disorderly
conduct from 81 TO 500. Under the old
rules member could punch another
members head and get off sometimes
for fifty cents, but now such action can
only be INDUCED in by tho wealthiesi
members of tho exchange.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-30

If the smokeless and noiseless pow.
der comes into general use salutes will
become thing of the past, and the sun
will go down without waiting for the
evening gun to fire, as now required by
army regulations.-Mobile Register.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-30

To take feathers off hen, and to
put feathers on a woman, both come
under the head OF dressing.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06
THE OBSERVER


There ; no more important local
once than that OF a school trustee;
and the law las very wisely impaired
large discretion 10 those II charge "
school Affairs. But they have certain
duties 20 perform, and when they faL
they render themselves liable 10 re-
mOVal by the citizens or their courts.
One of the most fsgrant abuses OF the
school Law s the failure Of the trustees
70 choose Al ali times the person most
it 20 teach and 10 properly and lntellI-
gently manage the schools under their
care. Too often personal, local and
political consideration sway the judg-
ment OF the trustees, and public inter
ests suffer through their ignorance,
cupldity and want of fidelity. Some
trustees have no higher ambition
than TO help their personal friends
10 positions which they are less
competent 10 fill, than others, who,
though more worthy and deserving
have not the requisite influence IN the
board or committee room. This, and
the voting IN Of uneducated members,
- perhaps the greatest danger that
besets the school system, and parents
should set their faces resOlutely against
any trustee who seeks the Office for
political purposes, for advantage 70
himself or personal favOritism.
Failure or refusal 10 elect teachers at
all, Is not much worse than combining
TO choose those who are lacking IN
character, strength, capacity and gene
raj fitness, and whose chief recon-
mendatlOn Is their relationship To some
member of the board. This failure,
however, brings the schools To 4 stop,and
stimulates inquiry into the conduct OF
the trustees. Sometimes bad and lndlt-
ferent teachers may be appointed for
want of reliable information, or per
haps ignorance on the part OF the
trustee, but the court Is clothed with
the power 10 remove in case the
trustees fail TO do their honest duty.
There are various ways IN which the
trustees can be held 10 a more strict
accountability than they are at pre-
sent, and the friends of the school
system should wake up TO the import
ance of putting the right men IN the
boards and turning the wrong men out
Grand Rapids Is of too much import
ance, as a city, 10 tolerate bad manage
ment IN their school system very loug
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06
OFFICIAL PAPER OR THE CITY.
GRAND RAPIDS. WEDNESDAY. NOV =


In the Official proceedings OF the
Common Council, published in another
column Of TINS issue, Will be found an
exceedingly fair proposition made by
the Hydraulic Company TO the city.
That company realizes, what the city
ought also % realiZe, that II IS not good
poicy 70 divide up the field between
two rival companies. Only about so
much profit can accrue from water ser
vice IN this city and 1t IS poor business
policy 10 cut INTO that profit with two
separate sets OF running expenses.
iii Is the best policy for the city TO
supply It's citizens with water and itself
with Ere protection, then 1t should COM
mand the whole field and admit no
competitor. IL not, then it should
abandon the field altogether, provided
carefully guarded arrangements can be
made WITH a private company. What
ever may be the relative advantages OF
the two systems, mixed system GER
tainly can not be deemed desirable.
The Hydraulic Company holds fran
ehises which can be extinguished only
by purchase. They might have been
obtained quite cheaply some time ago,
but that opportunity IS gone. The
company assumes no dictatorial airs at
present, but comes forward IN the true
spiri: OF compromise and fair negOtia-
ton, willing 10 DO whatever is best for
the community. Now let the Common
Council meet the company in the same
spirit, and a long stride viii have been
taken n the direction ola settlement OF
me water works question.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06

"a. I2e "De1lecr4Elc msE zgsTs" mzy
ssea unezEta sosle e4se II q groeeT
sslling pound q eod-hsh - > Repub-
bean cheaper than 20 a Democrat.
fnsy aenFs as MUca ullOCent pleasure
fFom these Parsu - a. the average
anal boy finds ID the colecuon "
..gin-t4gs --sna e ls equally 4s useful
Bus WY bother yourselves about a
test caseg IL Is a legal maxim. fragrant
sItn antiquity 2n1 "a L4la, thst ''ts
sssnissis a0A a.Fas .ez" and, Judging from
the magnitude Of Democratic h0wls
0ser the say Harr.son's AdminlstrA
non las been oast.ng Democrats, theEe
certainly cannot he enough Of th&l
party Sill left ia Washington " wzr-
ralr making such n00DuD over.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06
wBERE rBB sHoE PrNC#Es.

The Dano@lf yesterday published an
iteru from Washington, emanatiug from
Democratic sources, 20 the effect that
'the acton Of the various railroads
running ont of Washington, principally
the Baltimore 4 Ohio, IN selling tickets
70 men going home to vote on the GER
ticste Of the officers of their State
ASSOCIATION. 9 said 10 Pc in strict VIOLA
ton Of the Interstate Commerce Jaw.
A test case may be brought 70 deter
nine whether such discrimination is
Illegal" Then the paragraph closes
wth the significant words ''The Demo
-radc managers claim and have evi-
dence to prove the charge that only
Republicans were favored Hence
these tears, Their holy horror a. the
violation Of law : overwhelmed in
their ind ignat.on over the discrmina-
tor
We hcpe their Investigations VII 60
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06
THE wEsrBROOK TRAGEDY.

While contemplating the crime OF
Haggai Westbrook with horror and ex-
tending our sympathies 20 ms innocent
victims. We must still find some pity IN
our hearts for him. He is said to have
always been a quiet, inOtenslve man,
deeply relig igious. kind husband and
father, and cheerful and goOd-natured
in all ms dealings with ms neighbOrs.
But his mind gave way under the strain
Of financial roverses, until that most
terrible affection. insanity, became
fully developed in his distracted brain
II il well for him that he died. Had
ne lived, ms life would have been a
prolonged agony Of insanity or remorse.
We are often told that the active,
rushing life OF Americans Is responsible
for the alarming increase OF insanity IN
our midst BIT such a case as this
shows that the retired and shrinking
man is not free from this danger
The mind OF the energetic and
ambitious business man may give
Way uNNtf hti1 esAatA tA top fto-
lent contact and struggle with the
but, when the reserved man meets with
reverses and Affections, ne does not feel
the sympathy Of society, never having
really become a member OF that great
family. and he rebres too much within
himself, becomes moody and melan-
choly, and drifts just "a certainly to-
ward insanity "a his more ambitious
ncighbor Probably Westhr0os felt
that life was al gall and NORWOOD .
n him and that be was rcs ily cOnferring
= blessing upon those whom he loved
best by riddlug them forever OF the
same terrible burden. let Is hope that
ne and his victims may meet in a better
hfe, forg ving and forgiven.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06

pE0RATF 0RDE2-state ~ u h.gan, Ceun-
~ of heuf. ss. AZ a session of The Fro atr
Coa.f t.r said county of Kent led pr the Pro
fsf. rfP 80 In the rf-v % trari Rapids. cn the
u aav of Nov mhsr. iH t1e vrar one thou-
szrd ei1hf hundred a4t eighty aIne.
pfr.ant-f ffris Irrk .Hs. T It-e of PROP aff.
o. me matter 1f the esfate oi CaFHEs.Vs
8 COWS deceased.
George Hfir rtge'Tan having fled ln This
court petition uraI ne tnis raart % ~ llal
rst. and determine uHa ffrH. lf dFf- 70 h'T
faafh and are HrV fre .1wf1 heirs ef saIf fs
easrrt arf enfIrlef fo inherit her res. estate
there p desrrl'ief.
ftIs ard.res fnst Friday. the 1'fh dag of 30
rrrafer. f.sf. ~ 9rHE n fhe forenoon
AZ saii Praaafe oHes. he appointed f1r hear
fnE said rff firn-
lnaftf tfsflfrner srferef. chat copy of fhis
srdaf he rrlf. She'd fHrre suroes4IF Fe cess pre-
v..as fa salt dag ai aeartl =. ia t1e GRAND Rap
fes ~ 10 TeIF PASS ftaa.a. q spaUrf PUB
4snes ana eireuiafi tr SAD r.HnfF ~ Kent.
CYRUS Il IEHkiA>.
"A rfue caugL Judge IS Probate.
Aartra n NtsaT Register Wd
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06

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