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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15
ABOUT BULL.TERRiERS.
Capital Watch Dogs and Terror to
Prowling burglars.

FroWlinR burglars.
1.-THE bull-terrier is capital watch
dog, said a prominent dog-fancier OF
New York.
He never barks, because he feels
that he can deal unaided with any
burglar, and, in nine cases out of ten,
he Is right. IL is all tooth with him,
and a robber rarely knows that he is
present until he feels him. But in this
line of business he is not favorite with
refined people. You see, there are no
bounds to the ferocity OF a bull-terrier,
when he Is once aroused, and the life
less body of a robber is an unpleasant
thing for the servants to find on a
kitchen floor when they get up in the
morning. / once sold good bullter-
rier TO the widow of Clergyman. She
lived in lonely house in Westchoster
County, and before she had owned the
dog "a week n burglar climbed through
the basement window. He saw the ter.
rier in the dining-room and managed
to Chamber up on the high mantel-
piece. 1t was a bitterly cold night in
midwinter, and he clung there shiver-
ing for several hours, while the dog
hungrily licked his jaws underneath.
The lady kept no servant, and whe.
she entered the room in the morning
she was at first terribly frightened; but
the fe low told her such pitiful story
of his sufferings that she was moved
to compassion She gave him two dol
lars and good breakfast and allowed
him to go away. Then she sent the
dog back to me, advising me TO shoot
him, as such savage, remorseless
brute was clearly unfit to live Bull
terriers and the widows of clergymen
have no common ground upon which
they can amicably meet
81 doubt, too, whether bull terriers,
faithful, brave, strong and watchful as
they are, have very much intelligence.
Certainly they have not as much as the
Scotch or the old-fashioned Skye;
mean the big, silky-haired Skye, from
which the delicate little thing, like a
miniature portrait of his ancestors, has
been bred for a lady's lap-dog. a
prominent lawyer of New Haven
bought fine bull terrier from me
about year ago. On the second night
after the dog had been in his possession
the gentleman was guest at a supper
party and did not reach home until the
small hours of the morning. The ter
rier met him at the gate of his orchard,
and drove him up an apple tree, where
he held him prisoner until the family
arose at breakfast time. The dog had
only seen him half dozen times and
he did not recognize him. This is a
danger with all bull terriers when used
as watch-dogs. They reason slowly,
and when they once reach conclu.
sion, whether it is wrong or right. they
cling to it as tenaciously as though i;
was an opponents throat or prowl
ing tramp's leg, and, like gun with
an imperfect breech, they are apt to
injure their owners in an excess of
zeal. Nothing will beguile them to
forget their duty while life lasts, but
their sense of smell is very weak and a
bit of poisoned meat thrown over the
fence is tolerably sure to clear the
course for the burglars when they ar
rive, ready for business at night ~
N " S,D
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

fur YOU l feel honored by dc privi.
lego of appearin' befo' you. If hadn't
muffin else to do should sartinly move
to Detroit an jine dis club. [Cheers.
Wild thanks fur yer clus attenshun, an
hopin' de seed has fell on specific sile,
l now bid you goodbye"
When the honorable orator had re-
tired Giveadam Jones offered resolu-
tion to the effect that the Lime-Kiln
Club accept and adopt his theories on
the health question. A vote was taken,
and the resolution was carried by a
majority of one, and the motion to
make it unanimous was lost in the
swamp beyond rescue.
The meeting then adjourned. De-
troit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15
The uostcttor stomach Bitter People
Score Another Point.

In the United States Circuit Court for the
Southern District Of New York, Judge Ship
man handed down an opinion few days
ago In the suit Of the owners Of the trade
marks covering Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
against Arnold Theller and Cornell Theller,
the compounders located on Vesey street.
New York City, in which 1t was decided
that, although the defendants made use oi
their own names on the labels affixed to the
tate the Hostetter labels, they were In
fringers, and q perpetual injunction was
granted and an accounting Of damages or
hered, together with the costs of the suit
It Is the evident intention Of the Hostettei
people to protect their valuable trade mark
against all infringers.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15
HANGING FEELS GOOD.
SO Says II Young Man who Has Con
Through the Experience.

| SO Says Young Man who Has Gone
Through the Experience.
/ learned from the hotel clerk here,
says New York Herald correspondent
at Elmira the other day, that young
plumber doing business on the prin.
| cipal street had once been hanged, and
when cut down was thought to be dead.
Here seemed good chance to inves-
| tigate from first hands the tortures of
the operation which has relieved the
State of so many of its ornamental
| citizens.
This young mans name is Miles
Doyle. He is a fine, strapping fellow,
member of Assemblyman Bush $
crack Twenty-siXth Company. He has
always resided in Elmira, where his
parents were among the first settlers
long before it became city.
The event which eliminated in his
hanging happened five years ago, and
at the time attracted much attention
from the local press, although his de-
scription of his feelings while dang
ling by the neck was never recorded.
1t was school-boy's escapade, While
chasing a rabbit through the grounds
of eX-Alderman Hughes, he attempted
to run over a raised platform upon
which the housewives stand while
hanging clothes upon revolving reel.
There is no date obtainable as to the
length of time which ensued from the
moment he ran upon the platform
and the time when servant girl
opened the kitchen door and was hor-
rified to see u young man, his face
black and blue, dangling from the
rope on this reel. One glance at the
distorted features convinced her that
the youth was dead, but she gave a
shriek which called the neighbors to
the scene.
EX-Speaker Jere Mcclure was among
the first to arrive, and with consider
able presence of mind cut young Doyle
down and, with the assistance of Mrs.
Hughes, proceeded to resuscitate him.
At first it was thought life was extinct,
but in less than half an hour he had
been sufficiently restored to be con.
veyed to his home.
Such is the narrative of the occur
renee, all the parties named being
well-known residents of this COM
munity.
| found young Doyle at his mothers
660 Columbia street. The
young gentleman was making active
preparations to join his military COM
pany. When l asked him what were
his feelings while hanging he replied:
"At first experienced slight
wrench in the neck, but no pain fol-
lowed it. l thought then that had
jumped from the top of a high building,
and when going down kept wondering
when l was going to alight. Gradually
the air seemed to thicSen, and then |
thought | wasn't going to fall any
but that something under me
kept me floating in the air | could
hear distant music, and wonderful
light flashed through the scene that
made the whole place the most beauti-
full L had ever seen. | felt awfully |
happy, and when recovered my senses
my first thoughts were of resentment |
10 the rude persons who took me away
rom my beautiful vision.
81 think hanging is about as happy
l death as one can choose, if he's got
N rn ~
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15
BOARD!NG-HOuSE JOYS.
A Newspaper Writer Defends IA RecISlessly-
Abused In StItution.

Boarding-houses have enjoyed about
as liberal II share of reckless ana iron
ical comment as mothcrs-in-law. Those
who have been used to the business air
and method of hotels are pretty apt to
level satire at the semi-family arrange
mcnts of the boarding-houses that are
truly home-like in their character, and
being free from many of the temptu-
tions incident to hotels and the promis-
cuous associations of the caravansaries,
deserve warm commendation for other
reasons than the mere quality OF the
food served 1t often happens,
too, that sympathetic person
may have the better qualities of his
nature excited by the courage and pa
tience OF his hostess who is struggling to
keep the wolf from the door, and under
trying circumstances preserving
cheerful countenance and doing all she
can to please her guests This specta-
Gle might well reconcile one for awhile
to Indifferent coffee or an an occasional
failure in other regards. In the long
run II really well-kept boarding-house
will not fatigue as much as hotel. The
human and domestic ingredients will
win their way at last, and if the fellow
boarders happen TO be agreeable the
time will come when one will leave
such IL spot with sincere reluctance.
At all events, it is absurd to classify
all boarding-houses in lump rs an un.
avoidablc inillction, Pittsburgh Chron
icle
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15
FLORlDA'S WHITE ANTS.
How the Busy Insects Assist Nature In
Her Processes of Change.

How the Busy Insects Assist Nature in
| Her Processes of Change.
One warm morning, after heavy
rain during the night had saturated
the ground, as l went to the well, /
caught sight of my favorite toad squat
in the grass, covered with winged ants,
and darting out his tongue to keep a
place clear about him. But the oncom-
ing crowd swarmed around and over
him. He never winked, though they
walked heedlessly across his eyes, on
his nose, anywhere to get point of
vantage from which to take flight.
Soon the air was full OF them up to
great height going in all directions
and rising from every stump and de-
caying log of wood. Some stumps and
partly buried masses of wood were
white with them, constant stream
from beneath the ground clambering
up higher over one another in their
struggles to get up and take flight.
Where were they all going? Wher-
ever they brought up against tree, a
house. stump or bit of wood, their
flight ended, and by an instantaneous
and amusing twist of their little bodies
the wings were thrown off and they
started by the shortest route for the
ground. Some in their seemingly aim
less flight would strike piece of wood
or tree within dozen feet of the
starting point, but off went their wings
with a jerk, and down they travelled.
W hat is the meaning of thisP Why |
are these little beings so intent on dis
tributing themselves everywhere? No |
wonder every piece of wood under
ground, or even lying upon its surface,
is inhabited by its colony of termites.
each busy for itself in eating and liv-
ing, but carrying out the wonderful
and, in this southern climate, rapid
process of change, destruction and new
forms OF life. No sooner does tree
fall to the earth than myriads of these
white ants find home and food in it,
and so hasten its destruction. II a
stake is driven to support lily or
Luberose it will shortly be set upon by
,hese busy consumers. and you will
soon find IL prone or needing support
'ather than giving it. Living wood
hey do not choose American Agri.
,ulturist.
1t is claimed that where the euca-
yptus tree is grown in large quantities
,ntire immunity is obtained from mos.
iuitoes, although the air may be thick
~ hA fno Of H. 4
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

Why should DR.. Pierce's medicines mo-
distance all competitors in amount of sales
as they are doing, since they are the only
medicines sold by druggists possessed OF
such wonderful curative properties as to war
rant their manufacturers in guaranteeing
them to cure the diseases for which they
maid for them returned The Doctors
hGolden Medical Discovery" cures, all dis
eases caused by arrangement of the liver
as biliousness, indigestion or dyspepsia
also all blood, skin and scalp diseases
letter, salt-rheum, scrofulous sores ano
swellings and kindred ailments.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15
INSECTS ON POULTRY.
Several Applications Which Are Said to
Destroy Lice EHectually.

i
Sulphur is advocated as a lice-de
stroyer. 1t is recommended to use the
flower of sulphur to dust the hens
with or put into their dust bath, claim
ing that the heat from the body gener.
ated gas which kills the lice. 1t is
accepted by nearly every body that this
is a fact, yet it is an erroneous idea
The fact of the heat from the
body generating gas is absurd,
and for killing lice it is folly. If
you wish to use sulphur in any form,
give it in dry weather internally, and
only externally for scurvy leg. To
kill lice effectually q speak of the
large grey body-lice), several remedies
may be resorted to. Lard, to which is
added about one-third kerosene oil
well mixed together and applied lightly
under the wings, behind the comb,
and around the vent, will usually dis
sipate vermin. Insect powder is very
good and sure, but costly. Kerosene
oil is sure death to lice. but in its raw
state would be too irritating to the
llCoii VI biC llCil, anu COlrclNCu ullC
idea OF using it in the following man
ner with gratifying results: Take a
five cent bar of soap. shave it fine. dis
solve in enough boiling water to
make it thick, stir in a pint ofkerosene
oil and add boiling water slowly, STIR
ring quickly so the oil will not float on
top. Let it cool down to blood heat.
Now take your fowl and hold it in the
mixture, head out, with your hand rub
it well into the feathers, rub them
down and keep them confined in a
warm place. Do this on dry, warm
day. and it won't hurt them as much
as being out in the rain all day. am
rs afraid of lice as roup, canlSer,
,welled head or cholera. The other
pest is the small red lice, which will |
reduce flock about as quick as disease
+ they get the upper hand, but are
more easily disposed OF. Completely
,over the roost poles with pure kero-
iene oil and they will never trouble
you any more. Orange County Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

Rising at morning or evening from some
lowland, often carries in its folds the seeds
Of malaria. Where malarial fever prevails
no one is safe, unless protected by some
efficient medicinal safeguard. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is both protection and q
remedy. No person who inhabits, or 30
journs in a miasmatic region or country,
should omit to procure this fortifying agent,
which is also the finest known remedy for
rkeumntiSm.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

EXTRAORDINARY but nevertheless true.
We refer to the announcement of b. f. John
son g. Co, of Richmond, Va. in which they
propose TO show working and energetic men
how TO make from So TO $3.50 amonth above
expenses.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

WHEN an article has been sold for "a
years, in spite of competition and cheap i'm
itations it must have superior quality. Dob
bins Electric Soap has been constantly
made and sold since 1865. ASl; Uottr grocer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

HAVE no equal as prompt and positive
cure for sick headache, biliousness, consti-
patton, pain in the side, and all liver troub'
les. Cartsr's Little Liver Pills. Try them,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

Do not purge nor weaken the bowels, but
act specially on the liver and bile. A perfect
liver correcter. Carter's Little Liver Pills.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

81 SEE something in the paper about
Emin Bey,n said Mrs. Snaggs. to her
youngest II wish you would look it up in
your geography and tell me exactly where
IL Ia ~
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

"A gentleman of Marietta, Ga, re-
Gently had some improvements made
on his residence. He noticed out of
rhe four carpenters at work three were
left-handed, and the man who came to
do the painting was left-handed. A
few days after that he bought a door
bell and hired another man to put it
on the door, and he too, proved to be
lcft-handed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

DID you ever answer n newspaper adver.
tisementl Try W. L. Mckay, whose adver-
tisement "NIen wanted appears on this page.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompsons Eye Water. Druggists sell IT, 25c
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

GLENNs Sulphur Soap is genuine RENE
dy for Skin Diseases
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

CLOVES came to US from the Indies, and
take their name from the Latin clauvus,
meaning nail, to which they have re-
semblance.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

THE best way to mark table linen: Leave
the baby and a blackberry pie alone at the
table for three minutes.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

Hon. Mrs. Maxwell-Scott, Of Abbots-
ford, is preparing for the press some un-
published journals Of her great-grandfa-
ther, Sir Walter Scott
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

IT is the easiest thing in the world for the
people of Vanity Fair to make fools of them
selves.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

BELFAST, Ireland, is the center of real lin
en- making, as Dundee, in Scotland, is Of
hempen fabrication
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

WOMEN who have to attract attention
by improprieties are always last in the pro-
ceSSlOn.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

LOUISA NJ ALcoTT wrote the only hymn of
her life, my Kingdom" at thirteen years
of age.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

Don't hawk, hawk, and blow. blow, dis
gusting every body, but use DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy and be cured.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

THE woman who has the fewest number
of confidential friends Is always the hap
piest.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

THE Prince Of Wales has been exceeding
ly unfortunate upon the turf. He received
no return last season for $4,000 paid for
yearlinRz
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

GINGER is native of the East and West
Indies
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Bestfruit. grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Fullinformation free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

CHARLES r. A. HENDRICKS began ~ Q
clerk and now has s., ,000,00O
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

1t is claimed that where the euca-
lyptus tree is grown in large quantities
entire immunity is obtained from mos.
quitoes, although the air may be thick
with the insects at u comparatively
short distance.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

viror and vitality are quickly given to every
part of the body by Hoods sarsaparilia That tired
feeling is entirely overcome, the blood is purified,
enriched, and vitailzed, tho stomach is toned and
strengthened, the appetite restored. Try HOODS
6arssparilla now.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15
CURED OF SICK HEADACHE,

w. ID. Edwards, Palmyra. o., writes
sI have beon a great sufferer FROM
G0Baiveness and Sick Headache, arHa
have tried many medicines, but
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-30

THE governors of North Carolina and Kentucky are endeavoring to suppress lynch law in their states. Now won't the governor of South Carolina please say something so that all hands can smile?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-30

JUDGING from the woolen manufac- turers' demand for compensatory pro- lection by an increased tax on woolen goods if the tax on raw wool is not modified, and from a recent article in the New York Press claiming that the internal revenue tax on tobacco in- creases the price of smoking to the smoker, it would seem that tho high tar tiff protectionists are beginning to admit tEe truth of MT Thurman's famous apothegm that the tariff is tax. So it is, and by so much as imports are taxed for protection by so much is the price of domestic products enhan. ced to the domestic consumer. And when the tariff tax is made so high that it loses it's character of protection and takes on that of bounty it is scanda. lous injustice to the people. The tariff is tax, and the taxes are too high. Tariff reform is necessity of the times
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-30
AN AMUSING INCIDENT.

MT. and Mrs. Jonathan Hayseed's Eirst
 Trip on . Slesper.
 ''I see some queer things while knocking around the country" said a travelling man to Q Chicago Herald reporter, land ono of the funniest circumstances that I can recall happened last Friday night. was running up the Milwaukee road few hundred miles, and when I left Sioux City my only fellow-passengers were an old man and his wife, who occupied the lower section across from me. They had their berth made up early and soon retired. guess 1t was tho first time they had ever travelled on sleep CT by the way they acted, for they were pretty awkward about undressing, and heard the old lady lecture her husband for not getting Q larger room. After much mutual grumbling all was quiet. and then came @ deep snore accompanied by ono . trifle more subdued. It was evident tho old people were asleep.
 "At Manilla Junction large party came in and taxed the sleeper to its full eapa~ city. Tho porter had to remove the bag above them, and assigned the berth to . little inoffensive citizen, weighing about 100 pounds. He removed his shoes and was climbing into the bunk when the old lady woke up and began screaming. This aroused her husband and he yelled for the porter, who came running down the aisle. Say. there's man just come into our room, the old gentleman gasped out. The porter tried to explain that he would not annoy them, and had 2 right to be there: But neither would believe this, and the old man declared that the porter had let him in to rob them. He was also indignant tG think any one should be allowed In the same compartm ent as his wife, and finally he and the old lady got up and dressed and insisted on the porter removing the bedding from their berth so they could use the seats.
 "I peeped through ths curtains and saw them both sitting there holding, but ever, few minutes they would suddenly remem Der and sit bolt upright I pitied tue pool deluded couple, and really the situation was not lacking in pathos, for they wer' thoroughly in earnest. When l got of th' train early next morning they were stil sitting there. but both were sound asleep the old gentleman with his arms around hiI
 wife's waist and her head pillowed on hi shoulder" .: a, = :. ,.-s;--..,..;.,.,.. . ' - =
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-30
AN ALABAMA GARDEN.

Along pine-clad hill 1t lies, Overlooked by limpid Southern skies, spot to feast a fairy's eyes, A nook for happy fancies. The wild bee mellow monotone Here blends with bird-notes zephyr blown, And many an insect voice unknown
 The harmony enhances. The roses shattered splendor fees With lavish grace on every breeze. And lilies sway with f1exile ease
 Like dryads snowy-breasted; And where gardenias drowse between Rich curving leaves of glossy green, The cricket strikes his tambourine,
 Amid the mosses nestled. Here dawn-fushed myrtles interlace, And sifted sunbeams shyly trace Frail arabesQues whose shifting grace
 Is wrought of shade and simmer; At eventide scents quaint and rare Go straying through my garden fair, AS if they sought with 'wildered air
 The f1ref1ies' f1tful glimmer. Oh, could some painters facile brush On canvas linn my gardens blush, The fevered world its din would hush
 To crown tho high epdeavor; Or could poet snare in rhyme The breathings of this balmy cline. His fame might daro the dart of time
 And soar undimmed foreverl
 -Lippincott's Magazine.