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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
INTERESTING RELICS.

An Old Watch and Gun Found at the
Bottom of Merrimac River.
A rusty musket and an ancient silver
watch were found at the bottom of the
Merrimac river a few days ago which
suggest an interesting history. Tho
muslxet was broken at the grip and
otherwise showed marks of damage.
The hammer was down and there was
no bullet inside. The watch is the more
interesting relic of the two; its exterior
and interior are finely engraved, but
only the latter can be seen, as the action
of the water has worn away most of the
outer engraving. 1t is hunting scene
showing an Indian on snowshoes armed
with a knife and a hatchet awaiting the
charge of moose that has turned at
bay. The inside of the outer case bears
this inscriptions: presented to Joshua
Armstrong on his twenty-frst birthday
by his loving mother, Prudence Arm
strong, April 10, 1920" The inscription
of the maker is as follows: John
Bowles, Astrologer to his Majesty, 19S
Threadneedle street, London" The
discovery has given rise to many specu-
lations; it is possible the place was the
scene of tragedy, as it was famous
stamping-ground of the Indians, and is
near where they buried their dead and
the squaws cultivated maize. The dates
show that the watch might have been
on the spot when the Indians held the
land. and the action of the wat'C upon
it indicates that it has laid at the bot
tom of the river for many generations.
Springfield Republican.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
TWO CLEVER PETS.
A Kestrel and Rat Which Are Affection
ate as Well rs Intelligent.

ate as Well rs Intelligent.
see in your book on British Birds"
you state that the kestrel is easily
tanned. Our bird was taken from q nest
last year and put into cage out of
doors, for few days only, until hedged.
He was then turned out and flew across
the park into the woods and was seen
no more for some days, when he re-
turned, found his way into the house,
and has never voluntarily left it since.
We often turn him out and see him a
mile or more from the house, but soon
after find him searching for an open
window by which he may reach the
dining-room, where he lives by pref
erence, perching on picture-frame, but
always coming on to my husbands arm
when called, even though with thirty
people at dinner, and through the glare
of lamps and candles. He invariably
twitters sort of soft song when we
speak to him. He is grand bird, in
perfect plumage. | have a
white rat, who lives as all our pots do,
entirely loose in the house or garden,
perfectly free to leave us if they chose.
The rat was given to me as old and
worthless two years ago, then quite
wild. He gradually became extremely
tame, and, during severe Illness had
last year, he took it into his head to sit
on my pillow to guard me. Ever since
then he has continued to sleep there;
he runs upstairs with me, and follows
me to bed. sleeping always on the boil
ster or pillow by my head. He is very
plucky and defended himself during one
whole night when he was shut up acci-
dentally in the same room with large
and savage cat. He was found sitting
up with teeth and claws ready, and was
perfectly overjoyed whom his human
friends took him up. Though six
months have elapsed, nothing will in
duce him to enter that room again, Our
dogs are perfect friends with him. He
uses his left paw always when drink
ing, ''ladling" the water up to his
mouth, even from the bottom of a
tumbler, and is quite ''left-handed. y
Letter in London Spectator.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
AN AovENruRER,s CAREER.
How nm English Sailor became the RaJs
of Hansi.

-
of Hansi.
In the new number of the Indian
Antiquary Captain r. c. Temple, the
editor, in the course OF an article on the
coins Of the modern Punjab chiefs, re-
fers to the remarkable career Of one Of
these chiefs, Mr.. George Thomas, once
the Rajah of Hansi, who started life as
n sailor. Thomas originally went to
India in q man-of-war In 1TS1-2 and
served various chiefs in Southern India,
and by 1857 had found his way into the
far northwest to the court Of the Begun
Samru at Sardhana, whose service he
entered. This he quilted in 17e2 for
that of Apa Khanda Rao, Maratha
chief, with whom he quarreled in 1705.
He was now parsonage OF Importance,
in possession of jagir granted by his
late chief. and was able to help Begun
Samru when in distress. Upon Apa
Ehanda Rao's suicide, in 1907, Thomas
seems to have been on uniformly bad
terms with his successors, and spent
most of his time in defending his jagir
from their attacks. In 1903, taking adj
vantage of the troubles of the times, he
appears to have given up the lands he
held from the Marathas and to have
seized the district round Hisar, and
and Hansi, known as Hanriana. The
latter town he made his capital and
established himself as Rajah thereof.
His territory comprised 253 villages
and paid revenue of about 100000
rupees. Again, according to his biog-
rapher, quoting his own words: Here"
says Mr.. Thomas with that energy and
spirited animation which distinguished
him throughout the scenes of his extra
ordinary life)," established mint and
coined my own rupees, which l made
current in my army and country" etc.
After establishing himself at Hansi,
the rest of Thomas life, like that of the
neighboring chiefs, was one Of perpetual
war, in his case against the Marathas
and Sikhs, as represented chiefly by the
chiefs of Patiala, Nabha and Sind In
his case. also, it ended in general COM
bination against him, his fight into
British territory, and his death at Ber-
hampore in 1902. He built fort due
east of and not far from Delhi, which he
named after himself-Georgega
which is now known as Jahazgarh, just
as he is known as Jahaz (ship) Sahib,
apparently in recollection of his origin.
m " Times
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
How the Earth was Weighed.

In 1772 Prof. Maskelyne, with his as
sistants, made experiments at Mount
Schihallion, Perthshire, Scotland, b.
which they determined that the attrac-
tion eXerted by that mountain caused
the plumb line to deviate nearly six
seconds from ITS normal. Profs. Play
fair, Cavendisa and Hutton, knowing
the structural composition of Schihal-
lion, determined that the mean density
of the mountain was to that of the earth
as is to o. From this the mean density
of the earth us compared with water
was determined to be as is to1. Other
more recent experiments make the ratio
vary from ~ to 619 to 1. Taking ~ D.
the average result of all experiments,
tho diameter of the earth as 7,9l2. Al
miles, and the weight OF a cubic foot o.
water as 62. 30 pounds, the weight OF the
earth would be 5,s42 trillions of tons of
2,240 pounds; that is, in figures, 5,si2,-
900, 600, 900, 600, 100000 tons.-St. Louit
RepubliC
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Newspapers are peculiar things
you found one this year and next year
it can't be found. West Shore.
Cheeky - 81 see you are wearing
your hair long" Stony - 81 hope to
wear it as long as / live" Boston
Herald.
Farmer Slack-"What do you keep
such wretched plow for?" Farmer
Smart-"Jest for the accommodation of
chronic borrowers. What do you wish
the loan of to-day?"-Yankee Blade.
-"Hello, Mudd!" cried a countryman,
saluting former neighbor. "Hush,
don't speak so loud!" said the other.
''Since coming to town / have changed
my name to Myer, in Difference to my
wife's feelings."-N. Y. World.
-Architect-"Have you any sugges-
tions for the study, Mr.. Quickrich?"
Quickrich - "Only that it must be
brown. Great thinkers, / understand,
are generally found in brown study"
N. Y. Sun.
Morgan What brand of cigars
does Maxwell smoke?" Dorgan-"They
call them the Riot Act Morgan
"Why?" Dorgan-"Because they never
fail TO scatter a crowd. ."-Cincinnati
Commercial-Gazette
"A man may have wealth, honor and
fair health, children that look like him,
and beautiful wife, and still not know
the full meaning of seraphic bliss till he
sees his name in print.-Ram's Horn.
At Nahante: Maude-"How many
to-day, Jeanne?" Jeanne (counting)-
LET me see; there's Tom. Sam, Dick,
Jack, Harry" Maude-"What in the
world are you saying? l asked how
many games you have played" Jeanne
-"Oh!"-Bostonian
Nice Boy-"Give me that copy Of
silent Shot the Slayer" Clerk
"Here you are. Ten cents, sonny"
Nice Boy-'Father made me promise
that ! would never read dime novels,
but if you'll make 1t eleven cents I'll
take it."-America.
Mrs. Grimm-''Mr. Travelle, who
has spent three years in Ashantee, says
that there the more wives man has
the greater is his social Importance.
Isn't that stranger" Mr.. Grimm-"I
presume the people of that country ad-
mire bravery."-N. Y. Weekly.
Forgot himself: Miss Portland
how much is that, Mr.. Ribbons?" Char
ley Ribbons (who is posing as u million
aire, Observation-Disclosures and
a half cents. CASH. o, er excuse me.
That is forty, love. -Lawrehce Ameri-
can.
-Mother-'Well, did you get that
situation as office boy?" Little Son
Nope" What was the matter?'
Don't know. The gent is lawyer,
and be asked me II l was good
whistler, and told him was the best
whistler on our street, and he said
wouldn't do. Guess he must want reg
lar professional Good iiews.
Jack Pott with malice aforethought)
81 congratulate yCar partner on her
figure, old man. But why does she
choose such an unbecoming mask?"
Emory Hugh 0pnocently)-'She hasn't
any mask on" Jack Pott (raising HE
glass again)-"What! is that her face2"
Dry Goods Chronicle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
Guided Grant and Sheridan.

had as guide on the battlefield of
Waterloo, says writer for the Lewis
ton journal, an old resident of Water
loo, whose father at the date of the bat
tie lived in yonder cottage on the right
flank of Wellington. Perhaps you
would like to hear this old guides story:
81 guided Sheridan, great cavalry man,
big moustache-I show him battlefield
of Waterloo. l also show General
Grant. General Grant told me he was
surprised that there was only three
fourths of mile between the head
quarters OF Napoleon and Wellington.
Grant said to me: War is different
now Bigger field, bigger guns, more
shot Do you see that cottage in the
young apple trees?-that is where Vic.
tor Hugo lived three months. drank
beer with Victor Hugo many q"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
THE WOOOSMAN'S LIFE.
1t Grows Monotonous as Soon as the
Strangeness of 1t Has Worn on.

1t Grows Monotonous as Soon as the
Strangeness of 1t Has Worn on
Life in the lumbermen's winter camps,
deep in the backwoods Of New Bruins
wick, Maine, or in Quebec, is not so ad-
venturous as might at first appear. 1t
grows monotonous to the visitor as soon
as the strangeness of it has worn off
The noises of the chopping, the shout
ing, the clanlling and trampling of the
teams, give sufficient warning to all the
wild creatures of the woods, and they
generally agree in giving wide birth to
a neighborhood which has suddenly be-
come so dangerous. The lumbermen
are necessarily occupied, chopping and
hauling from dawn to sundown; and at
night they have little energy to expeni
on the hunting Of bears or panthers.
Their hunks and their blankets acquire
an overwhelming attraction for them;
and by the time the camp has concluded
its after-supper smoke, and the sound OF
few noisy songs has died away, the
wild beasts might creep near enough to
camp TO smell the pork and beans with
little risk.
At rare intervals, however, the mo-
notony of profound and soundless SHOWS,
of endless forests, of felled trees, of
devious wood. roads, or axe and sled and
chain, is sharply broken, and something
occurs to remind the needless woodsman
that though in the Wilderness he is yet
not truly of it. He is suddenly made
aware of those shy but savage forces
which, regarding him as trespasser on
their domains, have been vigilantly
keeping him under keen and angry
watch.
The spirit of the violated forest strikes
a swift and sometimes etfectual blow
for revenge A yoke of oxen are strain
ing at their load: great branch seems,
with conscious purpose to reach down
and seize the nearest OK by his horns
and the poor brute falls with his neck
broken. A stout sapling is bent to tho
ground by weight of ice and snow: the
thaw or a passing team releases it, and
by the fierce recoil horses leg is
fractured. A lumberman strays oft in
to the woods by himself, and is found
days afterward, half eaten by boars and
foxes. A solitary chopper drops his axe,
anu ic"hS ub"iii"0 =" oiSo w AS'e Va W
dream of his swee thart in the distant
settlements, and a panther drops from
the branches above and seriously wounds
him.
Yet the forests vengeance is seldom
accomplished, and on the careless woods
man the threat of it produces no perma-
nent effect. His onward march will not
be STAYED. His axe goes everywhere
Charles &. ID. Roberts, in st. Nicholas.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
REvERSES THE RULE.
Directions for Dyspeptics Laid Down b
an English Specialist.


| an English Specialist.
/ am told that the most remarkable
physician in England at the present
time lives in Birmingham. He is not
yet forty years of age-I can not recall
his name at this moment What inter
ested me in the talk had about him
was the circumstance that he violates
many of the customs of life. For exam
pie, he dimes at 1880 every evening, and
at nine o'clock he goes to bed. At two
o'clock in the morning he rises, reads
for two hours and writes for three
hours. At seven o'clock he eats light
breakfast, and then goes to bed again,
rising at eleven. The hours devoted to
the practice of his profession are there
fore, with few exceptions, between
noon and seven p. m. The amount and
the quality of work done by this man
five years he has risen to a foremost
place in the medical profession.
/ can not forbear giving for the bene-
fit of your dyspeptic readers few rules
that are laid down by English physi-
clans for the observance of those who
suffer from acute Indigestion:
/. Do not eat beef it is too hearty
for the average dyspeptic. Eat the lean
of mutton (boiled perfectly.)
2. Bacon in small quantities may be
eaten; also thin slices of aerated bread
fried in bacon fat; also boiled pigs feet
md tripe, and the fish not known as
oily fish.
3. Eat no fruit. OF vegetables par
take sparingly of baked potato, rice and
boiled peas.
4. Bread may be eaten (aerated bread
preferred) in thin slices toasted till
they are brittle.
8. The brown meat of fowl may be
eaten. Avoid all gravies and sauces.
6. Abstain from all liquors, and drink
no tea, unless it be fresh made.
Z. Eat no eggs, except fresh raw, well
whipped. Sugars should be avoided.
s. Drink no iced water; partake freely
OF hot water and hot milk mot boiled).
0. Lie down for twenty minutes after
each meal.-Eugene Field, in Chicago
News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
A Curious Enterprise.

A curious sort of industrial enterprise
gives employment to very large num-
ber OF hands in manufactory in Col
chester. 1t consists in what has been
called the resurrection of soldiers cast
off shoe leather" Mr.. Kavagh, the
proprietor, makes it his business to pur-
chase by contract all the boots and shoes
of our home regiments which are deemed
to have passed beyond tho skill of the
ordinary cobbler, and such is the scien-
tific perfection to which the art of boot
repairing is brought that these appar-
emily hopeless cases, we are assured.
very soon leave the works again as
strong, serviceable and good-looking
specimens of their kind. About one
hundred and thirty thousand pairs are
treated annually, something like third
of the number being broken up to re-
construct the remainder. The average
retail price of these "restored" goods is
about three or four shillings.
Daily News
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
JASON WAS LIBERAL.
A Bridal Present which Was Useful Eve
II 1t Wasn't Ornamental.

A Bridal Present which Was Useful Even
II 1t Wasn't Ornamental.
"Say, young feller, hev yer got SUM
pin at 'uld make feller's gal er nice
present." asked Jason Gaul to clerk in
a general store on Main street one day
last week.
Certainly, cortainly!" replied the
young salesman in his politest way.
"Hev, eh?''
"Yes, SIR"
"Wat be it?'
1--WE have large assortment of goods
here and can easily please you."
"Can, eh?"
"Yes."
"Where be ther 'sortment? I never
seed one on 'em''
"You misunderstood me, perhaps.
We have great variety OF goods from
which you can select a suitable pres
ent."
wal, or variety IL do, I reckon. How
much do ther incest 'uns come at?"
ut depends"
"Does, eh?"
"Want something nice, real nice, or
very nice?"
"Ther veryest purtyest wat yer got.
It's fer the goldarnest beautifulest gal
in ther kentry, an want ter s'prise 'er
18th er monty fine present. I'm none
yer measly, close fisted fellers, I'll hev
yer ter un'erstan'. want sumpin' nice,
an I'm goin' ter hev it, eff it takes or
mint o. money ter git it. Wat'd ye say
ye hed?"
"1s it for birthday PRESENT."
"Na-aw."
''What then?"
''Don't know at it's emmy o. yer biz.
ness"
II merely wanted to know that I
might aid you in the selection"
THAT erway?"
"Yes"
"Wal, it's fer er mounstrous fine gal,
I tell ye."
II know that; but why do you wish to
make her the PRESENT."
''Bekase like her an she's sich er fine
gal an likes me, an 'anted ter give 'er
sumpin' was is sumpin', an wat she'd
'preshiate.
"How will fine dress pattern do?"
'She don't need emmy dress patterns.
Aohc . pOO VI
wat old Dan Skinner's oman cut fer her
afore she dide. She mout like ter hev
er fine dress, though, but not emmy pat
terms"
"Well, here is the finest piece OF
dress goods ever made. Perhaps"
"Thar's nuthin' too fine fer that air
gal tell ye, an I'm jest bound ter git
sumpin' fine, eff it costs"
''This is beautiful for pretty girl, and
I'm sure"
"Say, 'uld that make er gal er nice
weddin' PRESENT."
ITO be sure it would, and it is cheap"
allow much?"
"a dress off that goods usually sells
for S75, but we will make it $50 for YOU"
"Guess that won't do. She needs
sumpin' wat she kin war wen she's cut
tin sprouts, hoein' ther crap, er totin'
in wood"
"Well, here's one for S25."
won't do"
"How is this one, for S1O?"
Nope"
"Well, here is one for"
"Say, wat does that air hoe thar KUN
at?"
''Twenty-five cents"
Couldn't take fifteen an throw in er
handler"
mo, SIR"
"Wal, I'll take it."
''All right. But what about the pres
ent?'
Ser ther gal?"
"Yes."
''Ther hoe'll do, reckon, fer she'll
need it next week ter cut ther weeds
outen ther terbacker, an er moo hoe'll
KUN monty handy, enyhow. Say, young
feller, that air gals ter jine me termorry
mite, an 'us ded bent on s'prising her
18th er fine present of it'd tuck ten
pounds O. my best terbacker to do it,
Enorh
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
The Woman Was Right There.

Tramp (smiling) - Good morning,
madam. l wanted to ask-but excuse
me, perhaps your husband is at home?
Woman-No, he's not
Tramp-Or yoIr son?
Woman-I have none.
Tramp (smiling little more) And /
think | met the hired man dri wing out
as came in. AS was saying, l wanted
to ashland ho leaned somewhat heavi-
ly in on the door.
Woman Qnterruptingj II it's any
thing about rifles or revolvers you
wanted to ask I'll do as woll as the men
folks. ! travelled eight years with q
show as the champion female wing shot
and keep up practice steady.
Tramp getting oil the door)--Thanks
Pm little pressed for time, and l
merely wanted 10 ask how far 1t is to
the nearest village Three miles?
Thaak you. Good morning, Puck.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
Take Your Choice.

Jones-You can get the position if you
can find somebody that can go on your
bond.
Smith-Which do you prefer, willy
Vanderbilt or Jay Gould?
Are you acquainted with them?
Not at all; but they can go on my
bond, can't they, if they want to?-Texas
Siftings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
A Good limo for the Patient.

"But, doctor, you said last week that
the patient would certainly die, and
now he is perfectly we'll"
MADAM, the confirmation of my prog
nosis is only question of time
Eliegende Blaetter.
"A new use has been thought out for
the phonograph which will save the ex-
penso of burglar alarm: A fierce bull.
dog is made to bark into it. 1t is then
attached to the inside of the door of the
house to be protested, and but little
machinery is needed to produce the
most fearful alarm as aoon as the door
is meddled with.-Fliegende Blstter.
According to Chinese reckoning
the present year is the year 7,0l0,34l.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
wasted Energy.

"Ah, yes, his was wasted life,"
sighed the bald-headed gentleman.
"Was he dissipated? Had he antipa-
thy for work? Was he gambler, a
lover of fast horses, a"
"Nay, nay" interrupted the bald
headed gentleman; none of these, but
worse, far worse! He spent his life en-
aeayoring to raise vegetables which
should remotely resemble the gorgeous
specimens be had seen in the seedman's
catalogue. "--Boston Transcript.
Some 5000 persons sleep each night
on the Thames in what constitutes the
port Of London.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
Borax for Hoarseness.

A writer in the Medical Record cites
number of cases in which borax has
proved most eifectual remedy in cer-
tain forms OF colds. He states that in
sudden hoarseness, or loss of voice in
public speakers or singers from cold, re-
lief for an hour or so, as If by magic.
may often be obtained by slowly dis
solving, partially swallowing, lump o.:
borax the size of garden pea, or about
three or four grains, held in the mouth
for ten minutes before singing or speak
ing. This produces profuse secretion OF
saliva, or watering" of the mouth and
throat, probably restoring the voice or
tone to he dried vocal chords; just as
"wetting" brings back the missing
notes TO o flute whom ii Is too dry.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27

-"Diflidence is hard to overcome"
wrote the school girl in her composition.
All, yes, so it is; but the man with a
corn under another fellows heel must
and will howl Rams Horn.