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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-22
INGENIOUS MR.. DECKER.


Didn't Propose to Have His Wife Consid-
cred the Abused Member of the Family.
"Joseph," she said severely, as he re-
turned, leading one child by the hand
and wheeling another in the baby car
riage, 'where have you been with those
children?"
"All around the neighborhood," he
responded quietly.
Don't you know that don't like to
have you take both children out at
once?"
"Yes, my dear, but thought might
as well do the whole thing at once?"
"And what do you think the neigh
bors will say? They must have seen
me go away with Mrs Billings early in
the afternoon"
II presume they did, my dear"
"Why, they'll begin to think I'm a
woman's rights woman or something of
that sort, and that you're an abused
husband. How did the children behave?"
"First-rate, except when l pinched
them"
"Pinched them! What did you do
that for?"
~ biiOhh VI y tAAA avn tlSu
attention and then I'd tell them, loud
enough for anyone to hear, to be quiet
that mamma had gone to the conven-
ton or was busy at the sewing circle. "
80, you brute! You knew it wasn't
true"
"Of course did. But l want to tell
you, Mrs. Decker, that I'm tired of hav-
ing people talk about poor Mrs Decker,
and how her husband stays out nights
and neglects her. and | made up my
mind I'd have them talking about poor
hen-peclled Mr., Decker and how he
has to take care of the children while
his wife goes gadding about, Now
Mrs Decker, Pm going out tonight
and won't be back till late, and if you
say word when come in I'll take the
children to dry goods store tomorrow
and pretend I'm buying clothes for
them. Chicago Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-22
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
AN AMATEUR HEN.

a lad kncw-now this is true,
SO lsten, little boy
once had n hen of black and white,
He loved and watched from morn till night,
But had one pain with his delight,
one drawback to his Joy.
His pride was such he wanted much
Some little chicks to pct;
But every ooaxinR, pleading word
Was wasted on this stubborn bird;
S he seemed to think the thing absurd.
And plainly would not set.
He fastened then his wayward hen
Beneath an empty keg;
lie tied her on tho nest; but still
Her protest sounded, sharp and shrlll;
He could not force the biddy's Will,
Nor mako her hatch an egg.
Resolved-ho came, with checks ahame,
And from the closet shelf
His trousers bringing: Mamma" no bcgs
"Pleaso sew some feathers on the legs;
Pm going to set on Speckles eggs,
And hatch them out myselfw
Iva Lovett Carson, in our Little ones.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-22
a Now One to Him.

A man from one of the back counties
of this state, who is filling some sort of
an easy job about the National mu-
scum at Washington as a testimonial
of respect for his political services, was
home not long ago on vacation. Ho
was talking to group one evening,
when one of them said:
II understand you've got sinecure
down there"
mot that know Of" he replied, in
nocently; but they're getting in new
animals every day or so, and maybe it's
come in since l left. What paper did
you see it imp"
Then everybody laughed, and the
man wanted to know Where the joke
came in.-Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-22
One More Position.

One day, in my school Of little ones
we had been having a conversation les
son about things we could sit in or on
We had almost exhausted the list of OBJ
jects, but, as had one in my mind that
had not been named, said, II can
think of something else we can sit in;
can any one else?' One little maid
raised her hand, and on my saying:
"Yes, Alice?" meelsly suiting the action
to the words, said, innocently: "Wa
can sit in position. Youths Co,apai-
ion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-22
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
A Case of Clever Roguery Related
by a Detective.

"Have I met with much honor in my
career replied an old detective tc u
reporters question the other day.
Yes, honor"
"What kind of honor and where?"
Among thieves"
son! that kind" said the rogue
catcher, with q laugh. ''Yes, have
met with good deal of that character
istic you mean when you say honor
among thieves, out it's not honor, it's
only selfshness self-interest, self
preservation, and it willis whenever it
pays better to cast it aside.
But l have just heard of rather
remarkable display of this sort of
honor, which occurred i'll this city not
long ago.
'An elderly man, countryman, who
had come to town to see the sights, ac-
sosted policeman on the Bowery and
told him, with tears in his eyes, that
he must have been robbed of all his
money, eighty dollars, for he could not
find it in any of his pockets and he did
not know just where or when he had
last seen it.
"He had been pol1ing about in some of
the worst dives and dens of the city,
and the wonder was that in his green
ness ne had not met with something
rougher than mere picllpocket Moth
ing could be done, however, SO the old
fellow was advised to pawn his watch,
all he had left, for enough money to
buy return ticket and in future to
keep away from the wickedness of the
metropolis.
THE old man set out from the police
station for the pawnshop in wild de-
spair, but in few hours time burst in
upon the police sergeant behind the
desk with the shout:
"'l've been robbed again.'
"'Again, exclaimed the sergeant an
grily Have you been into the dives
again? Did you pawn your watch?'
"'No,' cried the countryman, 'iust as
was going into the pawnshop man
touched me on the arm and said that he
was detective in plain clothes, sent by
the police TO help me to get back my
money and if l would go with him he
would have it returned to mel!
"'And were you fool enough to go
with himp exclaimed the sergeant.
"'Of course went
"'Then you deserved to be robbed of
your watch toop
"'My watch?
eyes, your watch!'
"'My watch is all right?
"'You said you had been robbed
again
$50 have
"'But when you left here few hours
ago you said you had nothing but your
watch
o." Neither had
"'What in the mischief could they
steal from you then?'
"'My money!
YOU'RE drunk, you old idiot; I'll
lock you in the cooler for awhile till
you can talk sense.
"Gosh all fshhooks, l am talking
sense, captainl Don't lock me up, but
let me tell you the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth, so help
me George Washington.
"Go on, them said the sergeant,
threateningly, but cut it short; I've
wasted more than enough time over
you already
Then the old fellow told how he had
followed the bogus detective by devi-
Gus ways and dark alleys, into a room
on the top floor of a crowded tenement
house. There his conductor intro
duced him to another fictitious detect
i've, who appeared to the old man to
be of higher rank than his guide, ow-
ing to the bullying way in which he
spoke, and the Difference paid him.
This fellow produced the old mans $50
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-22
Salt not IA Germicide.

The idea entertained by many persons
that salt meat must be necessarily free
from disease infection is shown by ex-
periments to be erroneous, DR.. Frey
tag, of Amsterdam, has shown that the
germs Of typhoid fever survived five or
Six months when exposed to the con.
centrated solution of common salt, and
that the germs of tuberculosis, or con-
sumption, were still alive after three
months. The diphtheria germ was
alive after several weeks. - Good
Haolth
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-22
A Scientific Nlew.

Young Winks-I wonder why it is the
girls seem so much sweeter in the spring
than they do in the fall?
Young Jinks-I guess it's because their
spring clothes haven't been packed
away in carbolic acld.--N. Y. Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-22

Miss Antiquet-"You, sir, do not
know what w0man's sphere is" MIR.
Smartleigh Don't l? What's the mat.
ter with old maidenhood being woman'I
fear9"--Washington Star.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-22

-Watts-"Don't You always feel
more at peace with yourself after giving
aims to beggar?" Potts-"Wcll, no,
l hardly know whether l feel proud of
my soft heart or ashamed of my soft
head."-Indianapolis Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-22

Miss Blewbludd(proudly)- grand
father was Virginia Taylour
Newby-Indeedl Well, to be equally
candid, mine was a Jersey City butcher,
Puck.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-22

"a true incident, the lines being sug-
gested by the braye act of Fireman McAl-
haitian q No 10, west-bound accommodation,
in rescu.ng n little child from DEATH near
plfnmocR station. Pa.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-06
A Poets Good Annefita-

Heinrich Heine, when a student at
Gottingen, was invited with a fellow
student to take supper with Professor
Hugo and his hospitable wife. The
fare was simple and not too plentiful,
but one dish was viewed with conscious
pride by the hostess, who evidently
felt that nothing could be better for the
occasion; this was a small plate con
tanning four fat sausages, with tempt
ing gravy and furnishings of green.
The choice dish was passed first to
Heine, who was in the full tide of a
long and animated discourse, setting
forth his opinions on some question
which had been started by the profess
sor.
Instead of serving himself to one sau-
sage, and allowing the dish to proceed
on its way to the Others who were eager
ly expecting it, he seized the plate,
placed it before him, and proceeded to
dispose of one sausage after another.
not neglecting the gravy either, until
the furnishings alone remained to show
the havoc he had made.
Coming to the end of his speech at
about the same time that lie finished the
last sausage, he looked at the gloomy
faces about him, then at the empty
dish, discovered what had been the
meaning of certain spasmodic attempts
on the part of Professor Hugo and his
distracted spouse to interrupt his flow
of language, and of course made pro-
fuse apologies.
But he was never invited to that
house for supper again-the chance of
being left supperless themselves was too
great for his hosts to risk it second
time Youths Companion.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-06
A DOOrknnb Problem.

The other day man who is so fond
of mathematics that he is never so
happy as when setting himself hard
sums, tried to give some sort of an av-
erage of the amount of work and time
and strength and health and patience
and good nature that could be saved if
everybody opened and closed the doors
of all the houses by means of the door
knobs. OF course he had to give it up.
But think of it one moment. Think
of how many doors there are in one
house, and how much time it takes
every week to scrub off the dirt which
need not be there if the fingers closed
upon the doorknob instead of the door,
Watch yourself, and watch your friends
as they let themselves in and out They
turn the knob if there is no other way
of entering, and then transfer the
hand to the door, feel of the wood for
awhile, and then push it to with the
fingers upon the paint instead of the
knob.
''Show me human" said the wife
of Thomas Carlyle, ''who can open
and close door without slamming it,
and without leaving a mark upon it,
and will show you some one whose
acquaintance you would do well to cul-
tiYate."
Mrs. Carlyle evidently understood
the use of doorknobs -Harpers Young
People.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-06
A Duty for Every youpp rotber

A most serious fault with many
mothers, and one accountable for a
terrible waste of life, is that of failing
to properly discipline their children to
take medicine when offered them and
patiently submit to any other treat
ment to bear which little or no forti-
tude is required.
Every young mother should distinct
ly understand that there are many oc-
casions in child life when the chances
of recovery depend almost entirely
upon the early training. If a child is
pampered and petted and hired to take
medicine, there is sure to come a time
when all persuasion is utterly useless
and force must be resorted to.
In diphtheria, for instance, if he has
always had his own way, little or moth
ing need be expected from medical
treatment, and before the disease has
reached its most dangerous point
brides and articles will have long since
been exhausted, and medicine or food
can be administered only by main
strength" Force must now be used,
for it would never do to permit child
to go without treatment, and yet in not
a few instances it must do more harm
than good.
All this trouble and much of the
danger might easily be obviated by
mothers. At very early age they
should fix in their little ones the habit
of taking, without hesitation, every
thing offered them in spoon or cup
Boston Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-06
The Best Sort of Trunk.

The best trunk ever made, or that
ever will be made, was that old time
horsehair covered trunk. 1t would
defy any baggage smasher of the pres
ent age. Why it went out of style l
never knew. 1t was a good seller and
seldom came back for repairs. Next
to it the best trunk now made is the
cloth covered one. They are much
better than the tin covered ones, and
yet it is almost impossible to convince
O. customer of that. | do not know
whether you are aware of it, but most
English travellers to this country buy
their trunks over here. Our trunks are
no better than the English trunks, but
the English think SO. There are a few
things in this country to which an En-
glishman will take off his hat. Inter
view in Chicago Tribune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-06
A Street Romance.

Saturday morning a young girl dressed
in gray gown leaned over the railing
on the Main street canal bridge. She
leaned backward and whether she was
weary of life or weary of standing no
one knows, for Immediately there was
d rotation of patent leather boot, gray
gown, with white skirts and down,
down, over and over rolled the girl.
A gallant was near her and jumped
over the railing after her. By mir
acle the girl mad lodged six feet down
on a jutting ledge of the canal wall a
dozen feet above the canal level. 1t
was full tide in the canal and a swift
current under the dark bridge.
Rain was falling end splashing into
the dismal depths, and there the girl
lay, three inches from the brink, either
partially stunned or partially indiffer-
emit. A strong hand was on her arm in
a moment, and she was pulled back up
to the street level She stood a mo-
ment or two by the railing before she
climbed back to the sidewalk, and as
she finally dragged herself over she
dropped her hand into the coat pocket
of the young man, and with curious
look said, IL guess I'll go home with
you" II guess you letter." was the
reply, and off they Sent.-Lewiston
(Me.) Journal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-06


In the rear of the National bank of
Chester county Il large pole was raised
yesterday afternoon, on the top of
which was martens box. The mar
tens soon gathered and flew around the
box as it rose. 1t appeared they were
inspecting it. Feeling perfectly salts
fed with the affair they signed the lease
and took possession cat home" cards
will be issued in a day or two, as soon
as Mr. and Mrs Marten have arranged
their apartments
Upholstering and wall papering is
now the order of the day there On
the occasion of the house warming it
Is stated that the Robin family, from
Wawa; the Humming family, from
Oakbourne, and Mr.. and Mrs Balti-
timore Oriole will be present, as we'll as
the Misses Catbird and Blackbird.
Owing, it is said, to the fact of a fam
lily feud which has existed since the
days of Brian Boru, the English spar
rows will be given the cold shoulder
and will be rigidly excluded from the
drawing rooms Mr.. American Eagle
will be stationed at the door to receive
the cards, which will be issued for the
event. West Chester Pa.) News.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-06
Crimes Traced Hereditary Influence.

In a general way it has been found
that criminals customarily exhibit alb
normalities of physical structure, which
it is sought to classify for the purpose
of studying to better advantage the
natural history of the wicked. Hitherto
it has been supposed that the bad man
was made such chiefly by his unfortu-
nate environment in youth, with posi-
bly, tinge of influence, innate and in
herited; but science seeks to prove that
the criminal is born such, though
doubtless matured by unhealthy moral
conditions.
Criminal anthropology" therefore is
the study of the being who, in conse-
quence of physical conformation, hered-
itary faint and surroundings of vice
yields to temptation and begins career
of crime. As for the influence OF hered-
ity in this matter better refereDee CAN
not be made than to the case of the
Jukes, so infamous in history.
In seventy-five years the descendants
of a single pair, 200 persons-all be-
came devoted to life of crime. 1t has
been estimated that over 81 $50, 900 of
loss was caused by them, without TAX
ing into account the entailment of pau
perism and crime upon subsequent gen
erations. Star.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-06
WHARF, Mothers Build Houses,
Woman in Zr1uland Is the Arckitect and
Constructor of the DomfciIc.

Woman in Zr1uIand Is the Arckitect and
Constructor of the DomfciIe.
The Zulu woman is the architect and
builder of the Zulu house, and the style
of architecture is known in the colonies
as ''wattle and daub." 1t looks like an
exaggerated beehive, for the Zulu mind
has this popularity, that it cannot
grasp the idea of anything that is not
round or elipticaI in form. There are
no squares in nature. To build her
house the woman traces circle on the
ground, fourteen feet in diameter, and
and getting a number of long, timber
branches, she sticks them firmly into
the ground, and then bends the tops
over and ties them with fiber obtained
from the numerous creepers or mon
key ropes.
Then she twines thicker creepers in
and out of these sticks all around the
circle of these spaces, about twelve
inches apart, and then taking waffle "a
kind of coarse grass or reedD she thatches
the edifice, leaving a small hole at the
top for a chimney and another hole
three feet square for door. In front
of this she builds a covered way extend
ing outward about three feet, and the
exterior of the house is finished by
coat of "daub," or mud.
She then seeks nest of the white
ant, and, digging it up, obtains a
quantity of white clay, which she beats
to powder, dries and then, mixing it
with water, kneads it until it is quite
smooth. This she spreads over the
ground inside the hut, and beats it
carefully until it is quite hard and free
from cracks. This floor good house
wife will scour twice day, with smooth
stones, until it is like piece of polished
marble.
The fireplace is near the door, and is
simply n ring of this clay to confine the
embers in one place. The other neces-
saries found in hut are a bundle of
spear shafts, some drying tobacco and
several punches of millet hanging from
the roof Grouped around the walls
are the three amasti "a species of sour
milk jars, the native beer jars and
open jars for holding grain.
OF course the dense wood smoke ris-
ing coats the roof, lnillet and tobacco
with SCOT, and long fingers" of it hang
in every direction; but the floor will be
clean enough to eat on, and as long as
that is so the social Mrs. Grundy of the
Zulu is satisfied. Sheffield Telegraph.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-06
FARM TOR SALE F.!

Owing to the advancing years oil
my father, l have purchased the
farm owned by him for many years
past, near Hyde Park village. Hav.
ing neither time nor ability to car
ry it on properly, l will sell it at
much less than its value.
To those who are acquainted
with the place no commentator
is necessary. For the benefit of
those who are not, say it is one of
the best farms on the Lamoille
River. 1t has a meadow nearly or
quite one mile in length, and
nearly as level as a floor. 1t was
in a fair state of cultivation when
purchased by my father, and du-
ring the many years that he has
owned it he has been constantly
improving it, until it is to-day one
of the most fertile farms on the
Lamoille River. The dwelling is
a good two-story house, in an ex-
cellent state of repair and pleas.
antly located, and the barns are
fair. 1t would cost $500 at least
to build the buildings to-day
The larger part of the farm is
in Morrlstown, where taxes are
comparatively low. The balance
lies contiguous to Hyde Park vii
lage, where there is an academy,
court house, two banks, printing
office, steam mill, hide house, and
sundry stores, railroad depot, ETC.,
all of which are within Il to y
mile of the farm. The place is
now offered for $4,000. 1t was
sold few years since for $4,000
1t contains 200 or zig acres, but
if desired will reserve a part of it. !
Terms for payment will be made |
easy to any one who can either
pay or secure $1,000.
CARROLL S. PAGE.
HuJn Dor'- We Eak 70 'Ar
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-06
Returned Forty Years After.

There has arrived at Memel, n sea.
port town of Prussia, a bent white
haired and careworn man whose com
ing produced great sensation. lie
was Gustav Gebhardt, who forty year.
ago was butcher in Memel, and was
accused of having committed double
murder and was condemned 10 death.
On the morning set for the execution
his cell was found empty and he could
never be tracked.
After some years n respectable citi.
zen, when on the point OF death, con.
fessed TO his pastor that he was the
murderer, and not Gebhardt. Adyer
tisements Of this news were inserted IN
native and foreign papers, summoninp
Gebhardt to return to Memel. but
nothing was heard Of him. At last
however, the facts reached his ear and
he returned TO his home. -Exchanpe
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-06
King aud Teiegraphsr.

A sudden favorable turn of fortune
does not always ALLEVIATE the lucky in
dividual from his habitual occupations
This more or less wise saw is applicable
to the cause of the present king Of
Segon, who was put on the throne Of
his black kingdom by Colonel Archin-
ard, when his royal predecessor, Alma
dou, took to flight for bis safety.
Mademba, the present monarch, Is a
native of the country over which he at
present rules, but was formerly con-
troller of telegraphs at Senegal Be-
fore accepting his regal state he made
it condition that his name should
continue 10 be inscribed on the list OF
telegraph servitors, and that his situa-
ton of king should be considered as
subservient to that of his original EN-
ployment.
Mademba must have learned, either
by intuition or from acute observation,
that the lot OF n monarch Is less certain
in these days than the position of an
officer in the service OF the "Postes ct
Telegraphes, and so preferred to keep
in reserve what might one day prove 10
he a happy issue out of all his afIlic-
tons
He has, no doubt, constantly one eye
on his throne and the other one of
memory on the Office of his former tele-
graphic exploits. Should the future
bring about for Mademba that change
which is in the modern order of things,
he may return TO the tick tick OF his
former days, with the right TO add TO
his title of preference that of 'ex.king
of Segon."
Politeness in telegraph Offices, al.
though once seriously complained of by
NJ. Guy de Maupassant, is generally the
rule, even with the ordinary employees;
but should Mademba of Segon ever
return 10 his Senegalian bureau. his
clients may expect to be treated in
right royal fashion by man who never
lost sight of business, even when pro
NOTED to the honors of "A African
throne. -Galignani's Messr.Ns-i.