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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-12

silent enemy. 1t undermines, 1t makes
channels, 1t gnaws caverns. it eats out
chasms. it wears away little by little the sur
face of the stone, 1t summons the aid OF frost
and heat to dIslodge and pull down great
it gashes into scars, and it will never rest
until it has dragged down the opposing walls
into its depths"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-12
Pretty Girls and Plain Girls

Both use SOZODoNT, aud some of the iovelless
of their sex have been heard TO declare, when
asked what beautifed their teeth that IL was
SOZ0DONT. Nature provides women with beau.
tifui teeth. S0ZoDoNT, II used regularly. keeps
those pretty rows OF pearls from decaylng. This
Is a statement which those who use the article
always corroborate. II S0Z0D0NT were not In
very truth preparation OF sterling merit, the
public would long since have discovered the fact
and discarded it,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-12

frightful rrecpices, far prospects Of the
glittering, restless sea, mazes of land and
water. and magnificent forests of fir and
spruce. Such union of landscape attrac-
tons nature rarely affords, even when in her
most lavish humor.
The mountains of Mount Desert are seen
TO best advantage from the sea, and the ap-
proach to the harbOr gives fine succession
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-12

Four trade dollars hammered to gether
compose fashionable matchbox.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-12

FORREST IN SAN FRANcIsco-B. F. N.
City. Edwin Forrest made his first appear
ance in this city May IA. 1866 at Maguire's
Opera House on Washington street. with
company transferred from the Academy.
The play was "Richelieu," Forrest appear
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-12

THE MILKY Way. P. A., City. The
milky way" is the name given to portion
OF the heavens, aud owes its peculiar and
milky appearance to the blended light of
myriads of stars, too minute TO be individu-
ally recognized by the naked eye, yet dis
cernible by telescopes of moderate powers.
Alpha Centauri is the nearest of the fixed
stars in the constellation. According to the
Greek poets Juno is said TO have split her
milk in the heavens after sucking Mercury
or Hercules. The ancients called this part
OF the heavens via lactea-the milky way or
road.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-12

GIRLS HIGH SCHooL-K. e. N. City.
The Girls High School proper is located on
Golden Gate avenue, between Hyde and
Leavenworth streets, but there is a mixed
boys and girls higil-schooi class in the
Cogswell Polytechnic Institute.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26

was as bright as day, so we could see
it was white bag.
"Her money, I'm sure" whispered
pa
She took the bag to another nest,
and covered it there carefully, and then
marched out of the henhouse, not see
ing us, though we were almost touch
ing her.
She went straight TO her room and
pa said we must leave the money in the
nest and we could tell her and let her
get it herself.
You ought to have seen her the next
morning when we took her to the hen
house and showed her her treasure.
She hugged the bag and kissed it and
cried over it, as if it were lost child;
and then she hollered about her in
justice to her darlint, Terry O'Brien,
and how she would send for him and
marry him that very day.
But am glad to say that "Misther
O'Brien" didn't have the spending of
Mollie's earnings. He had been con-
cerned in a burglary and the police
were after him, and that is the reason
he had left town in such hurry.
He never came back and Molly still
lives with grandma. Marie b. VII
iams, in Youths Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26

Molly said she was expecting us TO
drop down dead, or run raving mad
after eating it, That's the way she
said bewitched things served the folks
in the ''ould counthry."
We sat around, the fire late that
night, talking over things Just as we
were going to bed Jim, the hired man,
came TO the door and said II don't
know what's the matter with Mollie.
She's walkin' about the yard barefoot,
and just nightgown on and it's free2-
ing hard. / spoke to her, and she
never turned her head, but just kept
on"
"Just as thought, pa said, jumping
up, 'the woman is somnambulist, a
sleep-walker. You must not make a
noise, or wake her suddenly"
We came upon her at the bars She
pulled out one as well as ! could do,
and got through the hole, and then
moved swiftly toward the henhouse,
which was in the back lot We fol.
lowed there, and she was fumbling in
the moss and straw of an empty nest
She drew something out, and the moon
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26

TnE her, he'll do it; but if he can't, he'll
T2lake her Mrs. O'Brien, and get away
with the money. But Molly keeps a
tight grip on her bag, She and Ter
,ence count the money over every two
ar three months, but she holds on to
every nickel, and he can't get one of
'em out of her.
Pa tried to persuade her to put her
money in . savings bank, but she hoot-
Gd at him.
mo, sor, I'll be niver that silly to
pat me money where | cannot see it
when / want. Banks break, and il
had all the goold and silver and jools
ar the wurld, no banks would see 'em,
AVID swaller 'em up. Sometimes
S1hram av me money, and then it does
are all the good in the wurld to open
-,le chist and see me bag all safe"
Take care, Molly!' pa said, laugh
ing. 'Since Terry knows so wen
where you keep your treasure, some
bright morning you will wake up and
Gnd both bag and sweetheart gone"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26
THE PASSING YEAR.

By the glimmer Of green and golden.
The leap and the sparkle of spray,
BY the heart of the rose unfolden
To the breath OF the summer day,
BY the shout and song of the reapers
Binding the ripened sheaf
BY the bloom or the fragrant cluster,
BY the fall Of the loosened leaf,
BY the feathery whirl of the winter,
And the deep waves hollow sound,
BY the moan OF the wind in the forest
When the night was gathering round,
BY the sweet of the honey OF lilies,
BY the fields all brown and sere--
Through the march of the changing seasons
We measured the passing year.
BY the brave things thought or spoken,
BY the true deeds simply done,
By the mean things crushed and conquered
And the bloodess battles won
BY the days when the load was heavy,
Yet the heart grew strong TO bear;
BY the days when the heart was craven,
Lacking the strength of prayer;
By the hour that crept slow-footed
And the hour that flew on wings,
The time when the harp was silent,
The time when we swept the strings;
By the dearth, the dole and the labor,
The fullness, reward and cheer
BY the book Of the angels record
We measured the passing year,
-Congregationalist
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26
THE YANKEE LOCK PICKER.
An American who Made Native Inventive
ness Famous in Europe.

An American who Made Native Inventive
ness Famous in Europe.
The late Alfred Charles Hobbs, at the
time of his death, the other day, super
intendent of the Union Metallic Cart
ridge Company, of Bridgeport, Conn,
was one of the Americans who made
Yankee inventiveness famous in Europe
forty years ago. 1t was he who opened
the great Bramah lock in London and
earned the name of the yankee Lock
Picker" Bramah, the celebrated lock-
maker, had on exhibition in his window
q lock of his own production, and made
standing offer of 200 guineas to any
body who could open it without a key.
Mr.. Hobbs went to England to sell his
own locks. 1t was important that he
should carry with him his tools in order
to demonstrate the insecurity of other
locks Fearing lest these tools might
bring trouble upon him by causing him
to be mistaken for burglar, he took
the precaution of supplying himself
with credentials and letters. Among
others he carried one from the we'll
known George w. Matsell, then chief
of the New York police 1t was we'll
that he took this precaution, for when
his baggage was examined at South
ampton the intervention of the Ameri-
can consul was needed to convince the
officials of his good intentions.
Mr.. Hobbs studied the Bramah lock
from the street, procured the tools he
needed, and then, entering the shop,
asked clerk to show him the lock.
The clerk handed it to him, turned
around, and as he did so heard a click.
Wheeling about quickly he was as
founded to see Mr.. Hobbs standing with
the lock in his hands open. The clerk
summoned his employer, who would
not acknowledge that the lock had been
opened fairly until after Mr. Hobbs had
accomplished the feat the second time
before committee. Then the Yankee
received the reward of two hundred
guineas
During his stay in London he was one
of the lions of the day, and at times
would be followed in the streets by ad-
miring crowds His performances were
remarkable. Locks of the most intri-
cate construction would open readily
and apparently without the slightest
difficulty under his magic touch.
Brown, Shipley & Co., the well-l1nown
bankers, were supposed to have on their
vault doors the most secure lock in En-
gland. 1t was invented by member
of the firm, who had written an elab-
crate description of it, showing how
many million combinations it had, the
various ways to close it, and only one
way to open it, Mr.. Hobbs, neverthe
less, unlocked it while a member of the
firm with whom he had been talking
had his back turned. Chicago Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26
THE PASSING OF THE OLD YEAR.

The night is waning fast
And the dying year lies cold and prone
Upon his royal couch OF ice and stone;
Tonight he breathes his last
The darkest hour draws nigh
And the old years scepter and his crown,
With power and life, he must lay down;
Must cease to reign, and die.
The world is silent now!
Save the signing of those who pray ana weep
While the grand old monarch falls asleep;
Deaths hand upon his brow!
Hush'd is all the earth!
As the soul OF the old year homeward hies;
But bark! an advent bids the world arise
To hail Il Princes birth.
Loud the music swells
And men OF earth no longer weep and mourn
A glad new year-a Royal Prince is born;
Peal forth! o joyful bells
"A. W. Moore, in Jury.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26

that picture nor the other would be
good for anything to me-"
Aunt James voice was hushed, and
she knit two or three rounds upon the
gray sock that she was making for our
Poor society, and then her hands fell
in her lap, her chin dropped little,
and the old lady was asleep. Abby and
] looked intently at her; hair, that had
once been as yellow as our own, was
of snowy whiteness, and it lay on each
eide of forehead that was full of
seams and wrinkles the eyes that
were tight shut were as blue as our
baby's, and the mouth that was a little
open was almost as small as his. But
her cheeks were one mass of Fuckers,
and even under the edge of her white
hair we could see them deep and drawn.
Say, Lila" Abby said to me in a
whisper, show dreadful it must be to
be eighty years old; only think, Lila,
that is eight times as old as | am"
what of it?" asked. "She doesn't
mind it, and she isn't eight times older
than | am
"H'm. All but two years" Abby an
swered.
but I'd have you to know" | said,
frankly, that two years is a long
| time"
mo, it is not, my darlings," was
Aunt Jane's unexpected interruption,
as the blue eyes popped open. 1T is
only very little time-only that ]
knew of one year that meant great
deal to two folks"
Tell us about it, auntie," we both
exclaimed.
Yes | will. Let's see. must have
dropped off to sleep while was telling
you about Tom and Het Shaw. Well,
don't let me go again; just give me a
! shake if you see my eyes shut Me-
hitable Larkins was as pretty as q
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26
The Garmans We're Ahead.

Philadelphia has always been proud
to boast that it was the first to bestow
on George Washington his immortal
title of Father of His Country" In
1890 an English history published here
applied that title to the president for
the first time. But now Philadelphian
himself is seeking to despoil the city OF
this honor. Judge Pennypacker has In
his possession German almanac pub
lished in Lancaster for the year 1779,
even before the close of the revolution,
which as frontispiece contains por
trait labeled; George Washington
Landesvater Despite the term being
a piece of German nomenclature, the
Judge dwells with emphasis upon the
fact that it was used as sobriquet
since Washington was but genera
and not yet president = Philadelphia
Record.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26
PuNeENr PARAGRAPHS.

Getting Late. Late Stayer-"Why,
the lamp is going out" Oracle (tired and
sleepy)-"I suppose 1T thinks it's time
something went out. IN. Y. Herald.
Harry stunning girl just passed,
eh, old boy? Did you see her look back
at me?" Fred-"Yes; they say it don't
! take much to turn q woman's head -
Fun.
"A Telling Compliment DE Gary
"Why were you so particular to praise
her new hat?" Merritt learned from
her little brother that she had trimmed
| it herself Epoch.
"A Phenomenon. School Teacher
what is a phenomenor?' Little girl
from Chicago)-"A gen'man out walk
ing wifi his own wife. e."-Demorest's
Magazine
-Millicent-"Arthur is so noble, so
high bred" Millicent's Pa-'IIe
will be high meat for Towser some
night in the near future If he doesn't
cease his visits hero. Boston Globe.
--Singleton-'I am suffering dread
fully; cutting my wisdom teeth, you
know" Doubleup Don't say? 1
didn't cut mine till after was mar
ried. Kate Fields Washington.
Mrs Brown--"It's foolish for your
father to sleep during the sermon"
Little Johnnie-''No, it amt, ma. It's
only foolish for him to wake mp whNe
the basket is going around Epoch.
--Winkle - Have you seen Miss
Twitter in her new tailor-made gown"
Nodd-"No. She was out walking
|
Mt home?" Nodd - "Yes. The tailor
who made it was there. e."-Cloall Be-
view.
"A Clever Child. ld.-Frances Ito her
little brother)-"Dob be quiet, Johnny;
don't you know that there's visitor in
the next room?" Johnny--''How do
you know? You haven't been in"
Frances-"But hear mamma saying
MY dear to papa. st. Louis Humor-
ist.
He Looked Hungry Miss TomaX
-"What fine large dog you have, Mr..
Van All. 1t must cost u good deal to
keep him" Van ALTO, no, he eats
very little indeed" Miss Tomax lab
sently)-"Im sorry he don't get more. Z"
Brooklyn Citizen.
circumstances Alter Cases.-Ed-"I
have just called on Miss Cooley, but she
was not at home" Fred-"Is that
what the servant said?" Ed-"Yes"
Fred-"Then she was at home. If she
was not in you would have been told
she was out. Lowell Citizen.
you are lazy fellow, Bronson"
said Cadley. 81 don't believe you have
done stroke of work this week. :"
20, yes, l have, Cad" returned Bron
son, put in ten hours of hard labor
yesterday" What at?" Trying to
read one of your quantrains Har-
per's Bazaar.
Managing Tramps. - distress =
"Did any one call while l was out?"
Servant-"No one, ma am, exceptin' a
tramp. He wanted somethn' to eat,
but told him there was nothin' ready,
an he'd have to wait till tn Teddy of
the house got back from the cooking
school, an mebby she'd make him some
thing" "Of all things! Did he waltz"
Servant-"No, ma'am. He runned." -
DemoreSt'S MapaZine
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26
The Ways of woman.

A family in Harlem were just sitting
down to dinner the other evening when
a messenger arrived in hot haste with a
note for the mistress of the house. 1t
was from a woman friend and ran: 81
am unexpectedly invited out to dine
this evening and want to make an i'm
preston. Do send me all your diamond
rings to wear and I'll return them in
the morning. Tshall be so obliged and
viii do as much tor you If | ever have
the opportunity" The rings were sent
aud promptly returned next day. And
the man of the house says that the ways
OF women We're beyond any mans com
preheBsion, but his wife only laughed
softly and said nothing, Y. Recorder
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26
A sociable Thinning Bird.

A Worcester (Mass.) druggist has a
diminutive pet in the shape of hum
ming bird which is so tame that it feeds
readily from its masters hand, always
posing in the air and never showing IA
disposition to alight when partating of
its food. Although very fond of sweets
it will not touch honey, but eagerly
sips rock candy sirup from quill that
is kept "loaded" for that purpose IL
is also fond of flies and spiders and is
very expert in catching them. The
merry little hummer flew in from the
outside one chilly day and has since had
the freedom of the store. Its favorite
perch is on the branch of the gas-pipe
over the soda fountain, from which
vantage point it frequently surprises a
customer by darting down and dipping
It's slender bealS into the glass from
which he "a drinking. In many other
ways tho bird shows its sociatility, par
ticularly when the store is FIRST entered
in the moining,-Golden Days
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26

Ny-----se1)As Az our KING 10
" days to come
when we walk within his palace
And IL seems as sweet as home,
What would we ask OF Time to bless us,
What from his hands would we receive?--
But courage for the tasks before u.s.
And power to do as we believe.
Let his royal grace command us
In the name of truth to fight;
Let his banner. floating DER u.s.
Ever lead us to the right.
Strike dnvl the sins that smite US,
Danish the bandits in our way;
Like red cross knights be bold to vanquiSh
The monsters making man their prey
In these days of toll and striving
Yhere's so much for hands TO do
And Cor lips that have u message
Is the need that they be true; 7't<e
Tho ancient word Of love is mighty,
It's living power to save is sure
And were our souls aflame and Jealous,
The day Of victory we'd secure.
Let us strive to make men better,
Doing something for the race,
Wiping out some gilded error,
Bringing back some gentle grace;
BY honest word and deed defending
What earnest hearts desire to do
by hope and help their plans perfeCting,
And by the old enrich the new
Let us ask of Time correction
OF the pas we used but ill;
Let us ask to do cur duty,
With a braver, truer will;
Then walking in the new years portals,
Thrilling with soldier love OF fame,
Wen give our God our grandest service
In holy worship of His name!
William Brunton, in Good Housekeeping.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26

Years with her. When | say all OF us
mean pa and ma and Helen and Alice
and myself (Robert), the only boy in the
family, and l can tell you being the
only boy, with two older sisters order
ing you round, and nagging and MAX
ing fun of you, isn't a delightful posi-
ton.
Pa is srandma's only child, and that's
the reason there's so few of us when
we come together at family dinner.
To be sure we have other relatives,
but they live way up north, and l
haven't seen half of them and couldn't
even tell you half their names.
Grandma lives on farm about two
miles from the town of Shelton, and
though she's very old lady she's as
spry and active as if she was young,
and manages the farm by herself just
as well as grandpa did when he was
living.
We live so far from Pine Grove
Ghat's the name of the farm-that we
always get there a day or two before
New Years. l must say for grandma
there ism any stinting at her table, or
winking and frowning at you not to
take two helps of this or that, and
-vlen she catches ma or the girls doing
it at me, she calls out:
For goodness sake, let Bob eat as
much as he wants to- Where's the
sense of stinting boy of thirteen in
his eating? like to see young people
eat as if they enjoyed their meals, and
not mincing and dallying over their
plates. Let the boy alone, Maria"
Grandma has a cook. an Irishwoman
named Molly McShane, just as jolly
and good-natured as herself She's
lived ten years at Pine Grove, and she's
;ls glad to see us all as grandma is.
She's no beauty, Molly isn't, for she's
short and squat, and has no more fig
are than a cotton bale, and her face is
broad and red, and her nose looks as il
rs had been mashed fiat
She isn't young, either, but for ali
shat she's got a beau named Terence
OBrien. a worthless young fellow he
IS grandma says, who wants to get al
Molly's bag of savings, and if he car
Cajole her out of them without marry
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26
AUNT JAMES STORY.
A New Years Day That Meant n Great
Deal to Two Folks.

New Years Day That Meant Great
Deal to Two Folks.
"a good many years have passed
since Tom Shaw brought his wife home
to the house on the hill; and there is
no doubt they have both grown a
good deal older and wiser since then.
To be sure, as folks find it nowadays,
time does fly fast. l remember now
the picture in my little primer books
of old Father Time with sickle in his
hand: he seemed to be moving at a
right smart pace, but la! he looks
mighty weak in the legs, and don't
have an idea that he could get on very
fast at the best. On the very next
page there's picture of very little
tree with bushy top, and a man as
big as itself sitting on it, and under the
tree there's bit of rhyme that says:
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26

She (reproachfully)-'I didn't ge:
a Christmas present" lie (gallantlyl
Probably Santa Claus was unable to
see anything as diminutive as your
stocking" And he basked in the radi-
ance of her smile during the remainder
of the evening. IN. Y. Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26

-"Gracious!" said paterfamilias, as
the bills for the Christmas presents
purchased by his wife and daughters
came in, unless can pawn some of
the gifts they have received Wen have
to live on salt pork for month";
Boston Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26

The Very Worst
can't sec much in any fad,
But, as an institution,
know not one that's half so bad
AS the Dew-yoar resolution.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26
: 'Zaccheus he
Did climb the tree
His Lord to see

"Now know that if Zaccheus had
climbed into that tree he never would
have seen anything, for it would have
broken down, and that would have
been the end of it. And so neither
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1891-01-01
..Ar1hur's Home Magazine.

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In addition to liberal monthly sup
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