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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09
NOVELTIES IN JEWELRY.

Unique Designs in Articles of Adornment.
A silver whistle is in the form of a
rams horn.
A lizard of emeralds and diamonds is
shown as a brooch.
A lady's spherical watch is enameled
in imitation of geographical globe.
A novel ring is formed of two horse
shoe nails, one of gold and one of silver.
dainty shell comb lately shown
folds into an elaborately decorated gold
case.
A novel scarf pin design is snake in
green enamel, coiled around a large
pearl
In watch charms a horse and rider
leaping through gold stirrup is Il neat
design.
A horseshoe nail in silver, having in
side its curling point a diamond, is
among the latest designs in scarf pins.
A gold horn of plenty, with flowers
in natural colors projecting from it,
serves as charm for lady's watch
chain.
A novel match box is representation
of a pocketbook, with dime and q
match in high relief projecting from un-
der the strap.
Representations of popular ocean
steamships and ships of the United
States Navy are engraved in the bowls
OF souvenir spoons. Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09
THE OLD BOY.
Cupid Has Lost None of His Youth and Is
Active Now as Ever.

Cupid Has Lost None of His Youth and Is
as Active Now as Ever.
Why "Old Boy?" Can any casuist
give plausible reason for the bestowal
of this nickname on the arch-fiend?
Moses introduces him as snake; Mil
ton, as debauched-looking spirit" IAN
arch angel ruined;" and most of the
early fathers depict him as Prctean
monster, without single engaging
shape in his repertoire of transforma-
tions. In German legends, we meet
with him, occasionally, disguised as a
gentleman, but always with sardonic
glare in his eyes and a lividness in his
complexion incompatible with the idea
of boyhood Wherefore, then, "Old
Boy?"
The title applies much more legiti-
mately to an ethereal intelligence" of
a very different nature. The poetic
Greeks embodied Love i'll the form of
fascinating little urc hin, with fillet
over his eyes, and the pretty brat of
paganism is such an apt mbodiment of
the sentiment that the i'm agination of
Christendom has adopted him lust as
he has come down to us in shirtless in
nocence. Cupid is the olde st boy eX.
tant and just as fresh to-day as he was
thousands of years ago. Paphos, now
ever, was not his birthplace, nor was
he Graded in rose. That's ''fish
story" He was born iE Eden. at the
very moment when Eve and Adam first
looked into each others eyes; and the
tears of rapture which they shed on
that happy occasion were the eISrir oito
N which he was baptized From that
day to this, his purple wings have never
lost feather, nor his cheeks dimple.
Six thousand years-be the same more
or less-have left him still the brightest
baby in the world. Glorious old boyl
He laughs at Times eff acing fingers
and shakes his curls defiantly in the
face of Fate. The same old story that
he told to Jacob and Boaz and Rachel
and Ruth he tells tod ay. And, wonder
of wonders, it is never stale!
Cynics however, insist that babyish
as he seems, the little fellow is not eX-
empt from that vice of old age called
covetousness; that, Notwithstanding his
apparent blindness, he has keen eye
for the main chance; and that when
Poverty comes in at the door, he makes
way through the window. But that's
slander. There is, indeed, vile little
mercenary impostor, no more like him
in principle than piclSpocliet is like
priest who assumes his name and trades
on it, but Cupid himself has not a mean
streak in his composition. He is the
quintessence of all that is disinterested
and unselfish-an ''old boy" pure and
without reproach; and we protest
against the title that of riSht belongs
to him being bestowed upon his Internal
antithesis. IN. Y. Ledger
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09
WON'T "cRoss A FUNERAL"
A Funny Notion of Some Superstltious
People.

A Funny Notion of Some Superstltious
People.
You may get some idea of how wide
spread is the superstitious belief that
crossing funeral procession" brings
bad luck if you will stand any day at
the New York or Brooklyn entrance
to the East river bridge and wait until
hearse and a long line of carriages
appear. You won't have to wait very
long. So many mourners pass over
the bridge that it is almost entitled to
be called "rhe Bridge of Sighs."
And when your patience is rewarded
by the arrival of the cortege, if you are
on either the New York or the Brook
lyn side you will observe that, though
the horses are moving slowly and
though there is plenty of room to pass
between the carriages, many men and
women who have been walking rapid
ly halt suddenly and wait until the
last carriage has gone by. Some do
not stop, but hurry on. They are the
Indifferent or the ignorant or the reck-
less ones.
On the Brooklyn side one day 1 saw
crowd of certainly two hundred
superstitious persons awaiting the
passing of procession. A number of
those who waited were evidently an
noyed at the delay, and when the rear
vehicle had passed they ran to make
up the time which superstition had
caused them to lose.
docs that always occur when a
funeral procession is passing?" asked
of a bridge policeman.
"Oh, yes" he answered "Some-
times there's more and sometimes less,
but l don't believe funeral ever
crossed the bridge without omebody
stopping.
when I first came on the bridge"
he went on, 81 didn't understand it.
used to stop the carriages and motion
to the people to cross over. But they
wouldn't. They'd stand as if they were
glued. don't bother about em now.
One day as "a funeral procession was
leaving the roadway Il couple of girls
came up. One of them stopped. The
other ran across.
"'Oh, Mamien shouted the one who
had stopped, you have crossed funer-
al
Goodness, me-, says Mamie,
'what'll do?'
"'Come back quick before it gets by
says the other one, and Mamie ran
over in front of the last carriage.
II suppose" said the policeman,
they thought that would put the
kibosh on the hoodoo."-N. Y. Herald
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09
PuNeENT PARAGRAPHS.

--Clymer all, society is hol-
low thng!" Cooley-"You don't seem
able to get into it, though 49, Lifo's
Calendar.
-.-"Your assistant appears TO be prac-
tically useless" ayes, he's infected"
"With what?" with the idea that he
is indspensa ble."
---"Woman's voice is best adapted to
the telephone, they say" $50 | have
heard She seems to find plenty of
other uses for it, though. ."--Indianapo-
lis Journal
--"Now isn't that perfect picture of
the baby?" asked Mrs. Noopop, display
ing II new cabinet photograph. II don't
think it is, replied Noopop. 81 don't
hear sound. Harper Bazar
"A Head Line He" Whenever |
have cold it is invariably cold in the
head" Exactly. Colds always
fly to the weakest part of ones body,
you know" Sudden collapse of the
subject Comic.
-"What was the most successful fun
eral you ever saw?" well, I.thinlS the
best attended one was that of man
who had spent most of his life practic-
ing the cornet with his windows open"
Kate Fields Washington.
The st. Louis Girl. what would
you do if you were in my shoes?" asked
the perplexed Chicago girl of her ST.
Louis friend. Change them for
smaller pair" was the consoling reply.
Detroit Free Press.
No Occasion To Miss Blocker (of
y :. 80
holding the fair out west? Columbus
never heard of Chicago Miss Porous
(of hicago)-"Probabiy not; he wasn't
married man. IN Y. Herald.
That Will Please Them. or
81 have worked hard to please the
people. have tried everything in the
business, but they won't be pleased"
Manager-"Have you tried going out of
the business?"- ?"-Brooklyn Citizen
i'm Training. Il believe that boy is
training himself to be a policeman" said
the woman who keeps the apple stand"
"What makes you think SOP" asked her
friend: because he hooks an apple
every time he passes. IN. Y. Press.
-He-"What made you think that
picture in the academy was mine? You
lnuSJ De u JuuBe VI SJyle, uecduSc IL was
unsigned" She (modestly)-"Youh fat
ter me. l really didn't know it was
yours until I saw every ybody laughing
at it. Funny Folks.
Celebrated Physician-"What can
do for you, madam" Lady (haughtily)
j am wont to be addressed my LADY,"
Celebrated Physician-"Sorry my lady,
l can not cure you of that disease.
Opening the door, William, anybody
else in the waiting-room?"-B browning,
King & Co. S Monthly.
-Local-"I am writing little notice
about the appointment of our friend
Lakwit to the position of Town Auditor.
He has really no fitness for the position,
and yet, on personal grounds, l am
obliged to treat him with some decency.
How shall 1 speak of him. Chief Editor
why speak of him as man of rare
good Judgment. / know of nobody ih
whom good judgment is so rare. ."-Bos-
ton Courier.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09
Waterproof shoes.

Every winter sees new idea in shoe
making to avoid wet and cold feet The
cork sole has outlived three or four in
ventions and seems very popular, but
the fashionable idea now is to have an
oil-skin lining between the uppers and
the ordinary lining. This effectually
keeps out cold and wet, and by doing
away with all ventilation and retaining
the perspiration a considerable amount
of warmth is acquired. The plan is
probably open to certain sanitary objec-
tions, but residents in suburban dis
tricts far removed from granitoid or
even plank walks are willing to take a
few chances in order to get downtown
with dry feet. In Canada they have a
simpler and much cheaper way of secur-
ing the same result by using very
thick sock made of wood pulp and mill
board, which requires an immense
amount of water to soak through. 1t is
doubtful whether anything but good
rubbers will pass muster from medi-
cinal standpoint, but as long as some
people have a prejudice against wearing
them, every winter will probably see
some new invention to take their place.
st Louis Shoe Dealer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09
LOST HIS GAME,
A Farmers Experience With a Wolf Sup
posed to be Dead.

A Farmers Experience with a Wolf Sup
posed to be Dead.
Benjamin Hammond, one of the early
settlers of Paris, Maine, used to tell a
story of the times when wolves were
common in that neighborhood. One
winter they were especially numerous
and troublesome He set traps and
caught five of the brutes. The pelts
brought a fair price, and there was also
small bounty paid.
One winter afternoon I went out to
inspect my traps, and found the fifth
wolf caught in them. He was big
fellow and ugly enough. He showed
his teeth and leaped fiercely at me,
coming within three inches of my face.
procured club, and after struggle,
succeeded in laying the old fellow out.
had hurt my right hand in the scrim-
mage, and decided to lug the carcass
home and let my boy assist in the skin
ming.
| seized the animal by the hind leg,
swung him to my shoulder, and started.
had gone about half mile when 1
heard wolf snarl behind me- 1 looked
around, but couldn't see anything, and
WSllb Oh aga SOOu L HearQ Une
same snarling noise close behind me.
jumped, and turned quickly, for was
certain there was a wolf close at my
heels.
looked and looked, but there wasn't
a thing to be seen or heard. I.was puz-
zled. But the next moment the wolf
on my back, which had supposed dead,
began to squirm and snarl in "a way to
leave no doubt where the other noises
had come from.
l was taken completely unawares,
and before / could manage to get
tirmer hold, the creature had squirmed
right out of my hands to the ground
turned and tried to grab him, but he
was too quick for me, and l had the
pleasure of seeing my dead wolf make
a clean run for freedom.-Youth's Com
naniOn
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09

bered downward determined to keep
the poclSetbook in her own possession
or die in its defense.
Hanged if she isn't too plucky to
shoot" muttered the robber. iii
have to follow her or she'll slip me,
money and all, before | can go down
stairs and round the house. SO here
goes"
great crashing in the branches in
formed Mrs. Nettie of his movements,
and spurred her to yet greater efforts.
Reaching the bottom limbs she grasped
one firmly, swung herself downward,
and dropped unhurt into the drift be-
meath. There was only one thing to
think of.-fight. Bareheaded as she
was, she tumbled on out into the road
and started after her husband.
There was no sound of pursuit as she
fled, but as her tensely strung nerves
began to relax she grew nearly frantic
with terror. Blindly she staggered on
ward against the STORM. At first she
scarcely noticed the cold or the drifting
snow, but her waning strength and
failing breath soon brought her to a
'NhoS Va hSA hdhECli diOLb dJ HllunlRnJ
in the snowy highway, bareheaded and
thinly dressed, with the pitiless wind
of a smothering storm buffeting her
with all its fury and masked and
bloodthirsty robber behind her.
On and on she struggled through the
storm and cold in the desperate en-
deavor to find assistance. Still on she
staggered with sinking heart and
shortening breath, while the numbing
cold crept into her very vitals. On and
onward yet.
Just as she felt she could 90 no
farther, but must sink down and die in
the snowy highway, her tired feet
stuck in the clogging drifts and she
stun bled and fell fairly into the arms
of man approaching in the opposite
direction. Then her hus bands voice
rang above the bowling of the wind,
and she felt that both she and the
pocketbook were safe at last And then
the brave but exhausted little woman
tainted dead away.
When she came TO herself again It
was daylight and she was safely in bed
at neighbours house, while her hus-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09
now ~ Nation Apologies.

1t is in ceremonies of various kinds
that the honors to the flag are most
frequently shown. A man of war visit
ing foreign port will run up the flag
of the country she is visiting, and salute
it with IL certain number of guns This
is pretty custom, but it is doing an
honor to some one else's flag, not to our
own. Sometimes this honor is done
under compulsion; that is, when one
country is exacting an apology from
another. The commanding officer of a
fleet lying in front of an enemy's town,
may demand that the forts ON the shore
run up the flag of the country whence
the fleet comes, and honor it with a
national salute. This sort of thing,
however, belongs to the eve of hostiii-
ties W. J. Hen derson, in St Nicholas.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09
THE FARMERS SONG BIRD.

Tou ulzy talk about the music OF the thrush
SEEiHg from q shady nook in June,
F'au may tell INC how in early mornings hush
Hcoins thruats their melodies uttune;
Toa may even praise the chatter Of the wren,
mat 20 me the sweetest warbling in the world
Is the cut cut cut cutdawcut,
Cut cut cut cutdawcut,
Cut cut cut cut
Cut cut cut cut
''0t the ordinary hen,
have nnurht against the bobolink TO say,
NOr the blackbirds crazy Quiverings;
can listen quite enchanted all IL day
II The oriole above me sings.
tstnst the nightingale I've not single word
Rut claim there is no singing in the world
Like cut cut cut cutdawcut
Cut cut cut cutdawcut
Cut cut cut cut
Cut cut cut cut
dawcut
OF our gailnaceous birdi
Tfs pean and promise all in one,
'Tis an invitation to feast,
'Tis an honest boast of useful labor done
Ard il tells OF capital increased
0h, praise no fancy bird with tongue or pen,
EoE 10 me the noblest music in the world
is the cut cut cut cutdawcut
Cut cut cut cutdawcut
Cut cut cut cut
Cut cut cut cut
dawcut
Os the common barnyard hen
TRUE It's not cultured operatic song
Like the Gagged canary shouts and trills,
But il Ofteu makes a city fellow long
Ror his boyhood back among the hills.
Tbfis he dreams he's barefoot hunting eggs
again
TO that most pathetic music In the world,
To the cut cut cut cutdawcut
Cut cut cut cutdawcut
Cut cut cut cut
Cut cut cut cut
dawcut
OF his mothers speclled hem
George Horton, in Chicago Herald
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09
THE CAT IN HISTORY.
GrlmalkIn, from Cesar's Day to Our Ow
in Literature and Science.

Nrlmalkln, from CteSnr'S Day to Our own,
in Literature and Science.
The Romans recognized the economic
value of the cat, and during the mid
die ages several countries in Europe
had laws to prevent the killing of cats,
the fine in some cases being as much
wheat as was needed to form a pile
sufficient to cover over the body of the
animal TO the tip of it's tail, the cat be-
ing held vertically, the muzzle resting
on the ground.
The domestic cats of the present day
are probably the descendants of the old
domestic cats of Egypt, which, as the
granary of the ancient world, might
well have been the place where they
were originally tanned.
When Caesar landed in Britain tho
forests were full of wild cats, but there
was probably not single domestic cat
in any British town or village, and for
one thousand years after the Roman
invasion, although wild eats were plen-
ty, domestic cats were rare.
The literature of Shakespeare's time
abounds in superstitions of cats as tho
favorite agents of witches. Thrice
the brindle cat hath mewed," says the
first witch in Macbeth" when she
would announce that the time for nc
ton had come. Il Eittsburgh Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09

and his horror-stricken neighbors were
gazing full upon his features. No
wonder the man had cried out on first
beholding them!
1t was the face of Lewis Lakewood
indeed, but it was now cold and icy
one. Justice, swift and sure, had
overtaken him in his nefarious attempt;
for he had been caught and strangled
between the confning branches of the
old apple tree, to hang there all through
the long and freezing night only to be
discovered in the morning, frozen and
dead L. Young, in Goodalls Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09
CURIOSITY OF CHILDREN.
1t Gives Them "a Mental Superiority Ovei
the Average Adult.

III GlVeB Inem MentAl superiority Over
the Average adult.
The little children of the race are
intellectually more respectable than
the majority of it's addlts. To be sure,
it is their attitude and not their achieve.
ments that makes them so; but in esti-
mating the human being as a mind
rather than as "a screw in the social
machine, who can help thinking the
attitude more important than the
achievement? The abounding intel
lectual curiosity of children, and their
continual return to the biggest and
deepest questionable origin of things,
the sources and ends of being-these
are what make them superior What
If the questions can never be absolutely
answered. Is it not infinitely more re-
spectacle to have them earnestly in
mind than, accepting some mumbo-
jumbo reply, to dismiss them altogether
and to devote existence wholly to the
frivolities we call business, or pleasure,
or learning? What else was Carlyle's
fundamental raison d. etre but his
power to call us to degree of the seri-
Gus reasonable wonder with which we
start in life?
Upon my word, l sometimes think
that if the world were started now on a
new plan, and peopled altogether with
The middle-aged religions, after going
ON n snort time through the impetus of
custom, would die out all over the
world from this simple lick of interest
in the questions they primarily under
take TO answer. AS il is the children
force us to keep some sort of theory of
existence furbished up-Century.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09

81 suppose you learned great deal
while you were out west" remarked a
Boston man to Boston youth who had
just arrived home after trip of six
weeks.
'No, sir / only learned one new thing. A"
Indeed, why aot?"
because, after l learned how mine
was salted hadn't any money left for
further tuition. n-TeXas SiftingA
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09
PolItIo.

Miss May-I think that papa will
let me marry q Gorge, after all.
Miss Maude-"Why, thought he was
bitterly opposed to the match. What
has caused him to change his mind?
Miss May-Why, you know George is
a physician, and after he had sent In n
bill demanding two dollars and fifty
cents for every visit he had made at our
house papa thought it better policy to
withdraw his objections --Pharmaceu-
tical Era.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09

AN Infants Test Minnie (aRed
six -"Mithter Martin, may / thpit on
my finger an put it on you thcarf pin ?"
RcT Sisters Beau-"Ya-as, if you
wish. But why?" Minnie" "Thihster
thayth 18th posthte, an ] want to thee
II 1t VIII thticlk. "--Jewelers' Weekly,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09

Mrs Tangle-~"Henry, Jon hare
been making presents to that girl you
call your amanuensis. Don't try 10
deny it! l have proof" Mr. Tangle~-
'What proof, pray?" Mrs. Tangle
found III your pocket bill for ribbon
for typewriter "-Kate Fields Wash.
inRton
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-11-26
Synopsis Of Tax Laws.


All taxes are due November !, and the
whole or one-half of the same may be
paid on or before December 20, without
penalty.
One-half Of the taxes on real or personal
property may be paid on or before De-
cember 20, and the other half ON or before
June 20, following. without penalty.
If the whole tax is paid On or before
December 20 rebate of pei cent, is
allowed on the half that may run to June
20.
On real estate or personal property
where no payment has been made by
December 20, the whole becomes due, land
a penalty of per cent. is added on De-
cnmber 81.
A penalty of 5 per cent. is added on
March 81, and another 5 per cent. on June
q, on all real estate where the first install.
ment was not paid by December 20.
Warrants for delinquent tazes on per.
sonal property will be issued January 10,
and July 10.
Land delinquent for taxes will be ad.
yertised July 10. and sold the first Tues.
day in September.
After the tax sales the amount of the
taxes and costs will be subject to interest
at the rate of "a per cent. per annum.
At the END of the third year tax deed
will be issued to the purchaser.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-11-26

ways disastrous, but the evils most to be
deplored are those which continue FOR
several years after a prairie fire has
passed over . community. 1t has been
Demonstrated that burnt district is less
liable to receive rains and consequently
less liable to produce crops than where
the native grass is allowed to grow and
cure on the ground. The evils of a prairie
fire are almost incalculable. In view oil
these facts too much care cannot BE- ex-
ercised, and where a fire originates
through malice, the offender should re-
ceive no sympathy. We have law
against setting out prairie fires and if il
was called into operation in a few in.
stances it might have salutary effect
The man who deliberately sets out a
prairie fire is an enemy to the entire COM
munity and should receive no considera-
ton.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-11-26
To the Farmer and Others.

You are respectfully requested to send
to A. w. Nutz, Collyer, Kansas, sample
of all kinds of grain that he may be able
to select the best to make the grain map
of Trego county. If you have any
ochre, chalk, agate or anything of the
kind that is of interest to You and the
county send him sample. As this map
is going to the Worlds Fair we want
the county fully represented as to its
grain and mining facilities. We expect
you to take interest enough in this to
attend to this Immediately and to do all
in your power to make it a success.
Z. 81. MEET.
County Commissioner.