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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27

pense in fitting Morton out for Cincin-
natl. and then Jenny's long spell OF ty-
pboid rot us into debt. / don't know
how to do any thing but dance, and 1t
was my only chance to earn money. But
I never thought Tom would be ashamed
OF any thing did"
A sudden idea struck me and took
away my breath.
"Well, Gerarda, IL you haye never
hated me before / am afraid you Will
hate me now," | said. and remembered
the allusion had made to her dane
ing, which Toms jealousy had clearly
misunderstood. l told her the whole
story, and said would write to him i'm
mediately.
But suppose he's fallen in love with
some other girl in the meantime" said
Gerarda, with sob.
BLESS you!" said I, "he hasn't done
that--of course notl He is too much the
son of his mother to change his mind IN
hurry. You'll see him in Paschal be-
fore the end of the week." So walked
to the gate with her and ioft her COM
forted.
When reached home l dispatched a
hasty note to Tom saying that patient
in Paschal needed his immediate atten-
ton; and this brought him on the wings
of the wind.
When had made the necessary ex-
PLANTATION he gave me bear-like hug
and then rushed off to see Gerarda.
OF course they kissed and made
friends.
In fact, they have been married since
last evening, and l am as fond OF &C.
rarda as If she were my own daughter
the only drawback being that they
are so far away.
wanted Tom to come back to Pas
chal, and then we could all have lived
together in the same house and been so
happy l can't think why he wouldn't
do it.-Maria Saintsbury, in N. D.
Times-Democrat.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27

declared that if they must die they pre-
ferred to be killed in the good old
fashioSed way by cats.
\ Soe New Omaha rat-trap Is merely
SASS,1 1elsStrical mooe of execution applied
I a. Apats Each rat that wanders in and
nibbles the cheese becomes link IN
the electric circuit and dies in the
same way that Kemmler died.
The principle being simple one and
easy of application, it may ultimately
be applied in the killing OF cattle and
pigs in the stock yards. four hum
dred-pound pig may walk into a zinc
pen, start to eat an ear of corn which
bides an electric wire, drop down. curl
up his tail and die.
Another useful invention is the elec-
trio cane. Young men who have gone
home in an exhilarated condition and
found the key-hole missing, or so elusive
that q man couldn't have hunted it
down with forty night keys, will highly
| appreciate the new invention. 1t is a
stylish cane which would give distinc-
ton to young clerk taking his usual
Sunday walk on Fifth avenue. There
| is a miniature electric battery hidden
in the end of the cane, and an electric
| light concealed under the top of the
cane.
When, after pursuing zig-zag course,
the lucky owner of one of these canes
arrives at his lodgings and finds that
the key-bole has gone around the block,
he unscrews the top of the cane. Then
he touches little button in the cane
and Instantly an electric flame gle VS.
and throws flood of light on the key
hole. The young man walks upstairs
and goes to bed by the light of his elec-
trio cane. 1t is pleasanter than falling
over the porch, ringing up the house
and carrying the stairs up to bed with
you.
If the young man drops his last one
cent piece at the Bridge entrance, he
may light his electric cane and look for
it. If he drops his pocEet-book he may
find it by the aid of this ingenious in
vention. He may pick his way through
the little side streets on dark night
by following this luminous cane. Ii he
should encounter \ highwayman, the
terrified footpad would throw up his
hands and run as soon as he saw the
electric light glittering and flashing
from the head of the electric walking
stick. The modern Dick Turpins would
suppose that it was an enchanted cane
and that the fortunate possessor of il
was not real person, but some weird
avenging spirit
Every one knows that one of the
} greatest objects of dread in life is to ge
up out of bed on cold winter morning
and kindle a fire. This is obviated now
by the electric fre-kindler. All the
head of the family has to do now is t.
turn over on his pillow and touch al
electric button. The fire lights in thu
kitchen stove, the pot boils, the KEITH
sings. 1t is great improvement owe
the old way. When this comes int
general use such wives as 'Poor PEARL
will be unknown, and our readers viii
not be called on to decide whether wifi
or husband should build the six oclocl
a. m. fire. Science will be Cupid's hand
| maid.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27

touched the wire. The moment he did
20 he completed the circuit between the
wire and the zinc floor. Fifty volts of
continuous current went dancing
through him at the rate of thousand
miles a second.
His toes turned up His tail waved in
the air and twisted itself into forty
seven inexplicable knots. He dropped
down as dead as door nail-and the
cheese still hung on the nail. The res
taurant was still open for business as
usual.
A rat who had come along like dep
uty coroner. just in time to see the
close of the tragedy. said: What
hebetudinous crank that rat was! The
old restaurant is good enough for me.
don't believe in the Kemmler sort OF
execu tion.'
It is averred by an amateur natural
ist that the rats of New York have re-
Gently held large convention and pro.
tested against electrical execution. All
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27
A CURE FOR LAzINEss.
How Dron!sh People Are Treated In
Holland.

How DrOn!sh People Are Treated III
Holland.
During d morning walk a merchant
who was detained by business in Am
sterdam came to group of men who
were standing round a well, into which
q strongly built man lad just been let
down. A pipe, whose mouth was at the
top OF the we'll, had been opened and a
stream of water from it was flowing
down into the we'll and beginning grad
ually to fill it. The fellow had quite
enough to do, il ne did not want to be-
drowned, to keep the water ouf b.
means OF pump which was at the bot
tom of the we'll. The merchant, pity
ing tho man, asked for an explanation
of what seemed a hearEess, cruel joke
Sir" replied an old man standing near,
"that man is healthy and strong; nave
myself offered him work twenty times,
nevertheless he always allows laziness
to get the better Of him, and will make
any excuse to beg his bread from door
to door; he might easily earn IL him
self by work if he liked. We are now
irving to make him feel that he can
work. If ne uses the strength which is
in his arms he will be saved, II he let
them hang idle he will be drowned. But
look" continued the old Dutchman, us
he went TO the edge of the well, 1.-THE
fellow finds ont that he has got muscles;
in an hour we shall let him out with
better resolutions for the future" Such
was the case and the cure was effectual.
Farm, Field and Stockman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27
'THIs Is a REGULAR DELMONICO' S

and says: II guess I'll try the new res
taurant. This is regular Delmoni-
co.'s"
He glances around at the door OF the
inn. 1t remains open. Then he looks
about with critical eye for the spring
of the cage. The rat laughs-the trap
has no spring!
"Whoever heard of a rat-trap without
q spring?" chuckles the rat. ut is like
gun without a trigger" The rat
laughs again, for he knows as much
about springs as bank burglar does
about com bination locks.
He looks at the cheese. "A No. ~
says the rat; sit cost at least fourteen
cents pound. It's just the cheese for
mel"
Then he looks at tho floor and OBJ
serves: my stars! it's zinc, and shines
like silver They are getting up these
rat cages luxuriously of late. This is
just the kind of restaurant l like, and
its good for years board or I'm no
prophetW
All unknown 10 the clever and philo-
sophical rat there is little battery on
shelf in the cellar, and two wires run
from it to the cage. The positive wire
enters the cage and is the one which
the fragrant, fresh cheese is on. The
negative wire connects with the zinc
floor which forms the bottom OF the de-
ceptiye cage.
The rat walks boldly up to the
cheese and says: II have been lodging
cat all morning, and. CAD, cooks, but
I'm hungry. guess III try little OF
the cheese"
The rat, who was fat and jolly, took
the cheese in his month. His teeth
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27
MOORISH CAVALIERS.
How They Practice the Fantasia to sa-
Lutte Their Sultan.

How They Practice the Fantasia to Sa-
lutte Their Sultan.
Morocco has many claims to distinc,
ton in the eyes of the Sultan of that fa-
nous province, but there is nothing of
which he is moro proud than of the
noble horsemanship of his subjects.
He is himself splendid cavalier and
when he wishes to dazzle the eyes of an
European sovereign he sends him one
OF the famous steeds from his own
stable These animals are priceless;
no European monarchs have any such
superb stock and it is the boast of the
Sultan that money can not buy them.
From time to time the Sultan jour
neys from tribe to tribe throughout the
limits of his empire, and at the bouu-
Diary line each tribe places delegation
of its finest horsemen to welcome him.
1t is on such occasions that the fine
flower of Moorish horsemanship is dis
played, as of old it was shown on the
plains Of Spain against the Cid Cam
peador
All along the ''fowef- -bordered" nigh
ways the cavaliers indulge in fantasies,
in which an infinite lot of powder is
consumed, and the horses show their
wonderful mettle.
A fan ntasia consists in series of cav
airy maneuvres which combine all the
surprising feats of horsomanship of
which q Comanche Indian is capable,
with tho precision and quickness of the
best Europeans regiments.
A leader, clad in dazzling white and
armed with long lance, dashes ahead
mounted on spirited Arab.
A little behind him come two or three
hundred horsemen, each one in white,
and with flashing black eyes showing
beneath their white turbans.
Swiftly they ride through the long
thickets OF asphodel and Iris until they
are few hundred yards beyond tho
Sultan and his escort. Then at word
Of command they turn, and with the
speed of light they come rushing back,
discharging their muskets in the air and
yelling like demons to salute the Sui
tan as they pass.
This is the Moorish fantasia.--N. v.
Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27
THE HOMELY GIRL.
She Usually Finds n Better Husband Than
Her Juno-Like Sister.

She Usually Finds Better Husband Than
Her Juno-Liie Sister.
SHOW did that homely woman con-
triye to get married?" is not unfre-
ouently remarked of some good domes-
tic creature whom her husband regards
as the apple of his eye, aud In whose
plain face he sees something better than
beauty.
Pretty girls who are vain of their
charms are rather prone TO make obser-
vations of this kind; and consciousness
of the fact that flowers of loveliness are
often left to pine on the stem, while
weeds of homeliness go off readily, is,
no doubt, in many cases, at the bottom
of the sneering question.
The truth is that most men prefer
LONELINESS and amiability to beauty
and caprice. Handsome women are
sometimes very hard to please. They
are apt to overvalue themselves, and,
in waiting for an immense bid, are occa-
sionally ''left on the market" The
plain sisters, on the contrary, aware OF
their personal DEFICIENCIES, generally lay
themselves out to produce an agreeable
impression, and in most instances sue
coed. They don't aspire to capture par
agons with princely fortunes, but arc
willing to take any thing respectable
and Noteworthy that Providence may
throw in their way.
The rock ahead of your naughty
Junos and coquettish Hebes is fastid-
iousness. They reject and reject until
nobody cares to WOO them. Men don't
like to be snubbed nor TO be triied with
"a lesson that thousands of pretty
women learn too late. Mrs. Hannah
More, very excellent and pious per-
son, who knew whereof she wrote, recon-
mends every unu: arried sister TO close
with the offer of tine first good sensible
Christian lover who falls in her way.
But ladies whose mirrors, aided by the
glamour OF vanity, assure them they
were born for conquest, pay nc heed to
this sort OF advice.
1t is noteworthy fact that homely
girls generally get better husbands
than fall to the lot of their iairor sis
ters. Men who are caught merely by a
pretty face and figure do not as rule
amount to much. The practical, useful,
thoughtful portion OF mankind is wise-
ly con ,ert with unpretending excel
lence.- IN. X. Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27

mated by soft electric light ana maue
cool by an electric fan, read message
from China sent by an electric wire,
and take a moonlight ride on the Har-
lem in an electric boat before going to
bed, SAYS the New York Journal. If he
is a member of an electrical club he
may have his boots polished, his hair
combed and his coat brushed by cleo
uricity.
Electricity is the great new force that
modern intelligence has tanned and
harnessed for the sons OF Adam. The
Leyden Jar may ultimately take the
place of the coal mine as the source OF
the force which moves the machinery
of the world. So manifold are the uses
of electricity, small wonder is 1t that so
many ingenious electrical contrlvances
have already been invented.
1t may surprise the reader to learn
that rats are put to death painlessly by
electrical execution. The new electric
rat-trap was invented after much study
by an ambitious young electrician OF
Omaha, Neb 1t resembles the ordinary
rat-trap, which is hardly more or less
| than the quiet restaurant where the eX-
perienced old rat eats his meals. de
drops in three times day for cheese
sandwich, nibbles it like gourmand,
| for he is a connoisseur in old cheese,
and saunters out of the little inn, leav-
ing the door open behind him. He
knows that the landlord will be azound
on the morrow and replonish the cheese.
He regards himself as steady board
er, who may breakfast or dine whenever
he likes, and has never bill to pay.
Sometim when he has dined heartily
he takes a quiet and serene after-dinnei
nap in the cage Then he rises, yawnsr
rubs his eyes and starts out to attend q
congress of rats that are planning tc
raid pantry.
The new cage is most attractive lit
tie restaurant for a rat to look upor
from the outside. The cheese is fresf
and fragrant. The service seems to b'
the best The floor is so bright that i
shines. The bon UiUan rat saunters IL
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27
THACKERAY'S PEOPLE.
Even His scamps Rogues Have Son-e
Attractive Qualities

Even His Scamps Rogues Have SoT.e
Attractive Qualities
He was cynic, but he was kindly
cynic, and, like some of the spasmodic
fountains in the desert, his milk of hui
man kindness would come in jets, the
more refreshing from their rarity. As
for example, when, apropos to good Dr.
Goodenough, and in grateful remem-
brance of friendly services, he breaks
out in heartfelt praise Of the doctors,
whom he has freely satirized elsewhere.
That he excelled in the loving delinea-
tion of noble character he showed in
Colonel Newcome, whose very weak
nesses are the offspring OF virtues,
making us like him all the better So
with Dobbin, where growing affection
for his subject evidently forced the
satirist's hand; for the uncouth and
painfully-embarrassed school-boy and
subaltern goes forward gaining steadily
in dignity.
Thackeray's scamps and his rogues
have generally attractive qualities, arc
often treated with extreme tenderness,
| and are encouraged TO avail themselves
of opportunities for repentance. Raw
",
dragoon, is a hardened reprobate; 1t
NAV be doubted if he plays on the
square with cards or dice, and he shoots
CAPTAIN Marker with as little remorse
ps cock pheasant His marriage with
/ the worst of wives does much to change
| Sim for the better, and unselfsh affec-
| ton for his boy does great deal more
| We sympathize when he Is arranging TO
be revenged on Lord Stayne; we are
touched 10y the tears in his eyes when
he is talking to his kindly sister-in-law;
and we feel something approaching TO
respect for the old roue when he sails
away to honoraDL exile in Coventry
Island. Honest" Costigan-Thacke-
ray, who was much addicted to manner
isms, was fond of calling his most ques-
tionable characters honest-is an un-
mitigated and disreputable old scamp.
So far as debts. duns and pecuniary
baseness go, he is a vulgarized Rawdon
Crawley. Perhaps Costigan could not
have helped getting drunk, but he need
not have dishonored his gray hairs by
singing scandalous songs at the
"Kitchen" toward the small hours.
| lllS cONu uCb II GDOuO 10 "S
conduct need be, yet the touch OF genius
somehow insinuates relief, and we have
all kindness for the drunken Captain
Thackeray had moro sympathy with
gay and gifted bohemian like Jack than
with selfish sensualist like JOS Sed
ley. There is no better comedy in the
novels than the earlier career OF the
collector of Boggley Wallah; the blush
ing youth in his gay garments making
lovo to Becky; Mr., sndley in the bower
at Vauxhall inviting the public u
pledge him in rack punch; Mr.. Sedley
swaggering one day in the streets o
BRUSSELS, and hurrying the next from
stable TO hotel, Offering any money To-
pair of posters; Waterloo Sedley re
lating his European campaigns in Hin
dustan, and limiting that he and thu
Iron Duke shared tho honor OF sending
Napoleon to st. Helena --lslaclswood'
Magazine.
I'm q hospital at Washing ton Is pa
tient who is suffering fon tho effect
Of eating raw pumpkin.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27
Journal.

In the large cities signs are out adver-
tising to cut and fit bodioos without
,ams, which is a sure indication OF the
popular styles for the coming season.
The most stylish bodices give long
wasted effect, and arc fastened invisi-
bly,. If o fastening must be in sight. II
is buckle or fancy pin, but not but
ton is seen on the new dresses. Those
which are made SO that no ono can tell
how the wearer got into them, are con.
sidered most successful Fancy sleeves
will still BE worn, and the rolling collar
will be in even greater favor than dur
ing tho fall The Housekeeptr. ~
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27
THE GOVERNORS FATHER.
OHIO.

= cixesr re proud er Ned" yer say;
. Ono er the bigges' men er the day;
He Is a fav'rite son or fate,
The bsagcs' gun in all the state"
WAL, arter aA is said an done
This all fired smart man Is my SOM
An III allus dug the dirt,
sn' allus wore an unbiled shirt:
AIfuS stubbcd round in cowhide boots,
An afIus dressed in drillin' suits:
O-1e- be proud er hi m?-Dear met
to-teT-wall-I guess be-
Ned wuz y roly.poly kid,
An lest the cutest things he did,
He lest stopped over with delight
An split roun' sunshine day an night
Hruvcn's bung er happiness turned loose
An Ned he Jest drunk in the jooce;
Yfc gurgled in his baby glce
An gosh! he thought the worl' er me;
at nirht tucked him in his bed
An said; I'm proud er little Ned"
An Ned grew up, likely lad,
An iioed pertaters with his dad;
He spread the hay, an milked the COW,
AM boed the corn-I showed him howl
An ont here in the field with me,
He Dragged er what he hoped TO be;
Ne said: "P'raps, sometime, I'll be great,
An DC the Guv'nor OF the state"
An Z sez: Go ahead my lad,
An nc an honor to yer dad"
HIT now he's grown 10 what you see,
Hut-wail-he's grown away from me.
.Orter he proud er himy-Ah me!
Iorter-wall-I guess be.
Ne.Ys brain is full er mighty things,
Sirs thoughts as fill the skulls er kings
Thoughts fer big dictionary words,
VILE I still think er creams an curds,
lf hoein' taters, plantin' corn,
Jest as did when Ned wuz born.
No longer does my rosy lad
Think Jest the same thoughts as his dad;
An' mus he, I've often said,
A purity common man to Ned.
How distant in the past they be,
Them days when Ned looked up to me,
,Ortey be proud er h imr Dear me.
Iorter-wall-I guess be.
The worr q mighty man hez won,
nut wall have lost my son.
AM Fame may Ian an dance with joy
druther cry-rve lost my boy
Ortcr be proud er hims-Ah me!
Iorter--vall-I guess be.
S. w. Foss. in Yankee Blade.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27
BY NEW METHODS.
How Electricity Can Make Life
Worth the Living.

WEARY N G W
York clerk may
lay down his
electric p O n
take an electric
bath, board {.
Madison avenue
street-car r u n
b y electricity
and ride home
through streets
lighted by cleo
tricit,y, ring an
electric door
bell, enter a
r 30 m illumi-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27

.'How is this2 You haven't put up
my order"
"Sorry, sir; but that's because you
told me to put 1t downv-Puok
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27

"All men don't think alike"
"Why. OF course not; some guess.
others reckon and still otte fancy"
Puck.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27

I'm q hospital at Washing ton is q pa
tient who is suffering foa tho effects
OF eauug raw pumpkin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
High Art In millinery.

Great art is exercised in the Great on
OF some of the summer bonnets. and the
flower bonnets are triumphs of floral
grace and beauty. The newest are of
rose-stalks, with brown leaves and
thorns intertwined, and an uptown i'm
porter is making herself famous by her
display of flower toques and bonnets
alone. No two are at all alike, and the
customers come, see, and are conquered,
and straightway want, not one or two,
but six at least to be at all satisfied. as
to choose single bonnet out of all that
wilderness of realistic bloom and actual
fragrance would require nothing short
of Spartan fortitude. Tulle, velvet and
flower sprays form some of the models;
others are of leaves and vines entire;
still others show creamy mass of
flowers to set above the hair like crown
great Tosca roses. sprays of chestnut
bloom, azaleas, full-blown shrimp pink
roses, or moss buds, with maidenhair
fern. etc. They look like a delicious,
odorous bunch of June flowers; put up
on the head, they shape and most beauti-
fully dress it at once.-N. Y. Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
EXPRESS COMPANIES.

The Kansas Railroad Commissioners De-
eide That They Must Accommodate Their
Patrons.
TOPEKA, Kan, June 4.-The State
Board of Railroad Commissioners has
reaffirmed it's decision in the complaint
against the Wells-Fargo and Pacific Ex-
press Companies by the citizens of Law
renee. In all Kansas cities the express
companies have established arbitrary
limits, beyond which they refuse to de-
liver goods. A test case was made at
Lawrence and the Railroad Commission
ers ordered that the determinations
cease. A new hearing was obtained by
the express companies, and yesterday
the Commissioners reaffirmed their old
decision.
In it's decision the Board says: cit
may we'll be admitted that express COM
panies can not be required to carry on
their business at a loss. They are en-
titled to fair and reasonable compen-
sation for the services they render. But
the question arises, what may the pub
lie demand as right from an ex-
press company, as common carrier,
at points where it has esta blished
it's agencies and conducts its business?
Among those it serves in like condi-
discriminate, rendering to one a service
it withholds from another, or charging
for service for one larger sum than
it at the same time charges for a similar
service rendered for another"