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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-21
HISTORICAL NOTES.
Facts Worth Knowing Told In a Crisp
and Entertaining Way.

Facts Worth Knowing Told In Crisp
and Entertaining Way.
Calico printing originated in India in
very ancient times.
The first printing Office in America
was located in Cambridge, Mass.
The months of the original Roman
year were named Martius, Aprilus,
Maius. Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, Sep.
tembor, October, November, D.cem ber.
Cannibalism is said to have formerly
prevailed among certain tribes of abo.
rhymes Of America. 1t is also believed
by some archmologists that the inhabit-
ants of Europe in the prehistoric stone
period were to some extent cannibals.
capitol" was a term originally ap-
piled to the magnificent temple of Ju.
tier Capitolinus, and the citadel which
occupied tho Capitoline Hill in ancient
Rome. These edifces were founded by
the Tarquins about 900 B. c., and dedi-
Gated in 5O7 b. C.
Cairo, the capita of modern Egypt,
was founded by the Arabs about $40 A.
d., and was ruled by tho Fatimite Ca
liphs until 117l, when Saladin became
master of Egypt. 1t was the capital Of
the Sultans of Egypt until it was capt
ured by the Turks in 1913.
The first settlement made by Eu-
ropeans in Canada was made in 1871 at
st. Croix Harbor by Jacques Cartier,
French navigator who sailed up the st.
Lawrence. The French founded Quebec
in 1908, after which numerous French
colonists settled in Lower Canada. near
the st. Lawrence river.
Cadmus, in classical mythology, was
a son of Agenor, King of Sidon, and a
brother of Europa. After Europa had
been carried of by Jupiter, Cadmus was
sent in quest of her. According to ira
dition he founded the city of Thebes, in
I',eotia, and invented sixteen letters OF
the Greek alphabet, or introduced them
from Ph@nicia into Greece. BOston
Budget
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-21

1t partial putrefaction would have
taken place before morning. 1 had
brought with me into the forest strong
bag, large enough to contain any animal
i should want to dissect. / considered
this the best mode of keeping alive wild
animals when / was pressed for day
light, for the bag yielding in every di-
rection to their efforts, they would have
nothing solid or fixed to work on, and
thus would be prevented from making
a hole through it. l say fixed, for after
the mouth of the bag was closed the bag
itself was not fastened or tied to any
thing, but moved about wherever the
animal inside caused it to roll. After
securing afresh the mouth of the mon
ster 1t was forced into this bag, and left
to its fate till morning.
I can not say it allowed me to have
quiet night. My hammock was in the
loft just above him, and the floor be-
tween us half gone to decay, so that in
parts of it no boards intervened between
his lodging and mine. He was very
restless and fretful; and had Medusa
been my wife, there could not have been
ulOre COHUlnucu anu ulSapreedDle Mss
ing in the bed-chamber that night. At
day-brealk / sent to borrow ten of the
negroes who were cutting wood at a
distance, as l judged it most prudent to
have good force, in case he should
try to escape from the house when he
opened the bag. However, nothing Sc.
rious occurred. We united the bag,
kept him down by main force, and then
/ cut his throat. He bled like an OK.
BY six o'clock the same evening he was
dissected.
On measuring him afterward he was
found to be something more than four
teen feet long. This species of snake
is very rare, and much thicker, in pro-
portion to his length, than any other
snake in the forest; one fourteen feet in
length is as thick as common boa of
twenty -four. After skinning this
snake conld easily get my head into
Its mouth, as the singular formation OF
the jaws admits of wonderful extension.
IN. Y. Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-21
", GAN NOT AFFORD lT.n

Huirnh for Tho man who is able to say,
In a manly unblushing and sensible way:
~ can not afford it." when tempted to buy
whato.er will distress him when payday is
nigh.
Hurrnh for that man. Though his way we neg
,ect,
Ha has our profoundest, sincerest respect;
To nim--be he ever n friend or n foe
Unchecked admiration we all have to show.
And we'll he deserves It. He teaches the way
OF boldly ignoring what people may say
Or think in o matter which only concern,
The one who, for reasons extravaganza spurns.
We honor him truly-though seedy his clothes;
We love him-though little Of fashion he
shows;
We trust him nquestioned-thoughp poorer than
clay;
We pray that our children may grow in his
way.
And isn't he happy9 Just look in his face,
OF care or of worry there isn't trace.
His conscience is clear All the riches on
earth
Can't give him the Joy that right doing is
worth.
No statesman, no ruler, no great soldier brave
is prouder than ho-who is nobodys slave.
IL can not afford it," All praise to the man
Who feurlossly says II and lives on that plan
H. c. Dodge, in Detroit Free Press
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-21
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

--Census-taker--"How old are you,
madam" 81 count twenty five
springs" C.-T.--"And how many do
you not count?"--Fliegende Batter.
Proud mother (piqued tnat her
child's advances meet with no response
from fair stranger)-"Why, baby dear,
that's not your grandma!"-Punch
Wife reproachfully)-"You married
me for my money! Husband (suavely)
mo, my dear, you forgot, you hadn't
inherited it then. only took tho
chances"
---Checkmate - Customer--"I should
like to SEQ some of your checks for this
season." Tailor-"Yes, sir, certainly,
and should like to see some of yours
for st."-Funny Folks.
Major Blowitz-"The fellow tried to
steal my reputation. Colonel Bluntly
You have lost the opportunity of
your life" "What should | have done"
Let him have it."-Chicago Times.
-Wife-"What did you ever see in
me to make me your wife?" Husband
"Do you know I've asked myself the
same thing hundred times since we've
been married?"-Epoch.
dlJl, rbUlaTkS u UnOUglUlul tN-
change given to proverbs, "never goes
home with an empty basket" Just let
the editor of our esteemed contempor-
ary buy lottery ticket.-Merchan
Traveller.
Mrs. Fangle-"What is Mrs. Cad
about's reputation as charitable wo-
man based upon?" From behind the
ewspaper-"Upon her willingness to
attend to other peoples business with
out charge "--Bostonian.
Damaging evidence-Editor--"Y
see, Mr.. Pulpit, we have a Bible in the
Office" Clergyman examining the BIZ
ble)-"You keep it nice and clean, don't
you? There are no finger marks on it. "
Boston Herald.
-"Do you think, he asked in hesitat-
ing accents, "that you could learn to
love me?" "Yes," she said coyly, 81
could learn, but I'm afraid you'll have
a good deal of trouble teaching father"
Washington Post
Mrs. N Peck-"You iustcome right
into the house here, want to give you
q piece of my mind" Mr.. N. Peck-'rll
be delight ted, my dear, I'm sure. 1t will
be the first time have had any piece of
of mind for many years. "-Terre Haute
Express.
81 see that coffee has gone up" re-
marked the clearinghouse keeper. The
star boarder shifted at his cup sus-
piciously. THAT won't make any diff.
ference to you, he remarked, with
grim smile. ."-Harper's Bazar.
His First Sensible Act.-Awkward
Poet (5acking away from the editor and
falling into the waste basket)-"D-dea
me! I'm always making blunders."
Editor-''On the contrary, my dear sir,
you have done most sensible thing."-
Philadelphia Press.
The story is told of a famous Boston
lawyer that one day, after having
slight discussion with the Judge. he
deliberately turned his back upon that
parsonage, and started to walk off. Are
you trying, sir, to show contempt for
Court?'' asked the Judge, sternly. "No,
sir" was the reply. 81 am trying to
conceal it"
Mrs Slimdiot (the landlady)-''Can
you tell me the difference, Mr. Slow
peigh, between beefsteak and shin
gle?" Slowpeigh (fattcred) )-"Er, can't
say that / can, ma'am." Mrs. Slimdiet |
(contemptuously) Mary, see that Mr..
Slowpeigh is served with broiled shin
gle each morning There's no use vast
ing any more good victuals. American
Grocer -s-.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-21
LIFE FROM DEATH.
Bencfactions from the Grave as Illus
trated by the Egyptians.

Bcncfactions from the Grave as Illus
trated by the Egyptians.
A package of peas was once found in
o fold of the wrappings of an Egyptian
mummy, where it had lain undisturbed
three thousand years. The peas were
at once soaked in tepid water and after.
ward planted. They soon germinated,
grew finely and produced a good crop.
| 1t will be remembered that at various
| times kernels OF wheat have been found
in the wrapping cloths of mummies,
which, on being planted, have grown
and fiourished finely.
The above facts teach us very inter
esting lesson regarding tho Egyptians
of the years far, far back. 1t is this.
Their religion taught them TO provide
for the continuance of the fruits of the
earth in remote times, so that the bless.
ings of God might be made manifest to
man as we'll through the bounties OF
nature as in the growth of the spirit.
And thus they made use of death for
the transmission of the germs of life to
ages in the incalculable future, for they
knew that the repose of the dead was
sacred among the people of the passing
generations, and that only chance and
natural changes and causes would reveal
their good works-reproduci for 9TH
ers perhaps at n time when the need
would be greatest, those life-giying
plants whose benefits they had enjoyed.
If the Egyptians honored the dead
with costly burials, they took care that
life should have the benefit of death in
something more durable than monu-
mental stone and the fulsomeness of Gu
logy. How much nobler, how much higher
the economic morality of this, than tho
later custom of placing marble memori-
ais over or beside tho dead, and inscrib-
ing upon them, not always the true
character of the occupant of the tomb,
but supposititious one which wealth
could purchase-perhaps lie to the
generation then passing onward, and
only description of that which should
come after. The Egyptian priests tried
their dead in solemn court and with an
imposing ceremonial, and they gave
honorable burial to those only who had
been honorable in their lives. Why may
we not believe that those dead in whose
custody were left seeds for the repro
duction of fruit in after ages were per-
sons of peculiar sanctity of lives or dis
tinguished by the Doblost virtues? We
may venture to suppose that these
things were conhded to their ghostly
keeping so that tho blessings of the in
heritance might be magnifled to us.
The world is every day learning by |
sharply presented contrasts to respect |
moro and more highly tho wisdom and
religion of those mighty men of Egypt |
whose histories they have so carefully |
handed down to us. Their monoliths |
and tablets, thus inscribed, now thou
sands of years old, If left where they be-
long-under the burning heaven of the |
East, and envoloped by pure, clear at
mosphere-wi be fresh, comparatively, |
as though newly hewn, when our shafts
and memories shall have crumbled into
dust, our books become mildewed and |
worm-eaten, and the memories of our
honorable dead shall be perpetuatcd |
only in other and perhaps inaccurate
histories. Washington Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-21
The Latest in ParasoIs.

The new parasols for summer are
formed of lustrous corded silks in hand
some colors of gray, heliotrope, resoda
and other fashionable shades. or GOV.
cred with rich brocades, or striped,
plaided or corded twilled surah. Dressy
styles have silk muslin or net covers,
with gold and silver designs like en-
broidery. Many Of the handles are of
natural woods - holly, white birch,
bamboo, ebony rcherry-with curiously
twisted knobs, rings and crooks at the
end, or they are quantity carved and
silver tipped. For coaching, there are
elegant designs in white and gold bro
cade, pink, lilac and silver, white and
primrose, and other delicate color COM
binations. Rose-hued Innings are popu-
lar, and silk or marabout fringes finish
the edges. For garden parties there are
wonderful creations in tulle laden with
flowers with grasses for fringe, and
fancy rush and willow handles. Many
of these are transparent, and show the
gilt ribs through the airy folds of lace,
net, silk, muslin, tulle, gauze and Isle,
accordion-plaited, shirred, puffed or
gaffered. Y. Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-21

seemed to consider IL as most intoler.
able act of tyranny on my part Prob.
ably nothing kept them from bolting
but the consolation that was to be be.
tween them and the snakes.
We went slowly on In silence, with
out moving our arms or heads, in order
to prevent alarm as much as possible,
lest the snake should glide off or attack
us In solf-defense. l carried the lance
perpendicularly before me, with the
point about foot from the ground. The
snake had not moved; and, on getting
up to him, 1 struck him with tho lance
on the near side, just behind tho neck,
and pinned him to the ground. That
moment the negro next to me seized
the lance and held it firm in its place,
while dashed head foremost into the
den to grapple with the snake, and to
get hold of its tail before itcould do any
mischief. On being pinned to the
ground with the lance, it gave tre-
mendous loud hiss. and the little dog
ran away, bowling. We had sharp
fray in the den, the rotten sticks flying
on all sides, and each party struggling
for superiority. The second negro
threw himself upon mo, as / found was
not heavy enough, and the additional
weight was of great service. had now
got firm hold on the tail, and, after a
violent struggle or two the snake gave
in. While the first negro continued to
hold the lance firm to the ground, and
the other was helping me, l contrived
to unloose my braces, and with them
tied up the snakes mouth.
We contrived to make his snalSeship
twist round the shaft of the lance, and
then prepared to convey it out of the
forest. l stood at it's head and held 1t
firmly under my arm, one negro sup
porting the body, and the other the tail.
In this order we began to move slowly
toward home, and reached it after rest.
ing every ten minutes, for the snake
was too heavy for us to support it with
out stopping to recruit our strength.
AS we proceeded onward with it it
fought hard for freedom, but it was all
in vain. The day was now too far spent
to think of dissecting it. Had / killed
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-21

snake had resorted to this sequestered
place for length of time, as it bore
the marks of an ancient settlement. l
now took my knife, determining to cut
away the woodbine, and break the
twigs in the gentlest manner possible,
till could get view of his head. One
negro stood guard close behind me with
the lance, and near him the other with
cutlass The cutlass which / had
taken from the first negro was on the
ground close by me in case of need.
After working in dead silence for a
quarter of an hour, with one knee all
the time on the ground, had cleared
away enough TO see his head. 1t ap-
peared coming out between the first and
second coil of his body, and was fiat on
the ground. This was the very position
wished it 10 be in / rose IN
silence and retreated very slowly, MAX
Ing sign to the negroes to do the same.
We were at this time about twenty
yards from the snakes den. i now
ranged the negroes behind me, and told
him who stood next to mo to lay hold of
the lance the moment / struck the
snake, and that the other must attend
my movements. 1t now only re-
maincd to take their cutlasses from
them, Tor was sure If did not disarm
them, they would be tempted to strike
the snake In time of danger, and thus
forever spoil his skin. On taking their
cutlasses from them, II might
Judge from their physiognomy, they
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-21
ELECTRIC METERS.
Instrument Employed for the Measure.
ment of Electric Force.


A successful automatic electric meter
has yet to be invented. Some of those
now in use are thus described in the
Chautauquan by Professor Edward l..
Nichols, OF Cornell University: There
are many ways in which the current
may be made to do work and to record
its rate of working. 1t may be made,
for example, to heat strip Of wire or
foil through which it is compelled to
pass and the currents of heated air ris-
ing from the hot metal may be made to
drive tiny windmill, which, as it runs,
records it's own revolutions. Again, the
currents may be set to work driving the
liquid back and forth in n kind of cleo
trical pulse glass, which being mounted
upon knife edges rocks from side to
side, and, as ii goes, makes record of its
rate. instruments based upon each of
these devices arc in practical use upon
electric lighting circuits in this country
and in Europe. More frequently the
little motor Is made TO resemble in its
essential feature somo ono of the larger
forms which have como into use in driv-
ing machinery. A tiny armature revolv-
ing within coil, which has its motion
controlled by some form Of goyerror so
constructed as to make tho speed rs
nearly proportional as possible To the
cnrrent that drives II, is made Co turn
the wheel OF set Of Indicator dials
similar To those which are ised upon gas
meters"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-21
TWO AMERICAN FABLES.
Their Pcrusai Ought to Benefit Persons
Afflicted with the Big Head.
TIE GOOSE AND THE DUCK.

TIE GOOSE AND THE DUCK.
A Goose who was summing himself on
bank was much put out by the I'm
portant airs assumed by Duck, ana
finally Observed:
"Thank Heaven that I wasn't Born
with such WRddle as you've GOT"
Nor with my Good Looks, either!"
Rctortcd the Duck.
bah! your Colors fade in the Wash!"
"Your Voice is Cracked!'
ut is, eh! Let us go to the Gobbler
and Settle this matter. We will ask
him to Decide between u.s."
When the Gobbler had looked thom
both over and heard each one Sing, he
picked his teeth with Straw, looked
very Wise for time, and then said:
"Well, now, but up to this moment
had Credited both of you with good
Looks and Common Sense. Now that
you Particularly draw my Attention to
that it makes my head ache, and / am
amazed that either of you has Wit
enough to keep your head Above
Water"
Moral Ones Broken Nose never
looks so bad until you Brag of its Sym
metry.
THE MAGP1E AND TIE TRAVELLERS.
One day as n Magpie had taken seat
on n limb of tree near the Highway,
two Travellers came along and Halted
under the tree to rest. They soon OBJ.
served the bird, and, never having seen
one of its Species before, one of them
called out:
"Behold the Eagle! What a noble
Bird!''
"Iow Beautiful! How Grand" added
the other.
Filled with Conceit, the Magpie began
to Chatter her satisfaction at these
Words, but she had scarcely Opened her
Mouth when one of the travellers Elk.
claimed:
"Nhat Fools we are! / know from
what have Read that this Bird is only
a Common Magpie!'
And let her Begone" added his
friend, as he picked up stone and sent
it Whizzing at her head.
MoRAL.-A Crow, who had heard and
seen all without being noticed himself,
now Scratched his Ear and murmured:
''1f some Folks would only keep their
Mouths shut what Credit they might get
for what they don't know.-Detroit F'res
Press,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-21
REPORTORIAL ENTERPRISE.
A Newspaper Mans Experience in Rail
road Station u.ate Mt NIrht

A Newspaper Mans Experience in n Rail-
road Station g.ate Mt Night.
e The reporter who has been an opera
tor has a decided advantage in getting
his copy to the office by telegraph. A
year or two ago one who had lnowl-
edge of telegraphy was sent to Dobbs
Ferry late at night on an extremely i'm
portant affair He arrived there at
eleven o'clock, had to drive considera-
BILE distance from the station, and it was
one a. m. when he returned to the depot
The last train had gone and the tele-
graph Office closed long time before
A watchnan or track walker at tho
depot said that the operator lived mile
and a half away, and that he was i'll
anyhow, and that there was no possi-
bility of sending any thing by wire that
night.
When the watchman had obligingly
taken walk up the track the writer
tried the Office window, found the catch
rather loose, and with the thin blade OF
q pocket-knife soon removed the fasten.
ing. To open the window, crawl in and
connect the wires in the switch board
was the work of a moment. IN. "
was called and raised, and the loop to
the newspaper Office asked for Twelve
hundred words were sent in before two
o'clock, without copy, it being necessary
for lack of time to compose the story as
it was telegraphed on the key. This
was done in the dark for fear the watch
man would see light and come back
and shoot the reporter for burglary.
20. X" having been received, the re-
porter went outside, closed the window
and spent the remainder of the night
gazing at the moon and throwing peb-
bles in the Hudson. Message.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-21
RUSSIAN PIPE LINES.
Their Construction VIII Keep American
OIL Out of Europe.


American petroleum will, in a short
time, be thing of the past on the con-
tinent of Europe, as the Rothschilds,
the owners of the Russian oil wells,
will, in short time, award to an Amer
lean firm, the contract for the building
of a pipo line 497 miles lorg, to run
from the oil wells at Baku, on the Cas-
plan, to Batoum, on the Black Sea, the
loading port. The project has been
sbelved for long time, owing to tho at
titude of the Russian government, which
owns the railroads which now carry the
oil and which the pipe line is bound to
ruin, oil being the only business done
on the road
The pipes will be of cast iron, eight
inches in diameter, and there will be
siXty-four intermediate stations. The
pipes must be buried at considerable
depth to guard against cracking in the
intense frost and cold. The entire Pc
troleum shipments from this port since
January /, 1890, have been 40,71S,O77
gallons, while at the same time last year
they were IL, 60S, 500 gallons.
The important effect which the con-
struction of pipeline viii have upon
American oil interests is we'll known to
the Standard oil Company and all others
Interested in petroleum exports, 1t is
we'll known that transit by pipe is im-
menSely cheaper than rail carriage, and
the Russian producers will now be able
10 carry their oil to European markets
from the wells at tho very lowest prices.
The fight with American oil has for late
years been decidedly still but with The
added handicap that pipe lines will give
the foreigners may score decided VIC
tory Philadelphia Record.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-21
DO Not Like to Be Photographed.

President Harrison has particular
aversion to having his photograph taken
or his portrait drawn. A number of ef-
forts have been made to persuade him
to sit for picture amid the surround
ings in which he is daily found in the
White House, but they have proved Of
no avail. He sat for some pictures to
the regular Washington photographers
when he came here first, but lately he
has refused to give any sittings. Post
master General Wanamaker is equally
averse to being photographed. believe
he had Photograph taken just before
he came to Washington, but it was the
first in many years, and he has refused
steadfastly to sit to the local photog-
raphers since his induction into office.
The other members of the Cabinet are
not so backward about having greatness
thrust upon them.-N. Y Tribune.