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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
ttr Uf,Aw~,-o Ils miNo.
The Singular Effcct of Pair OF spectn-
clos on n ratngoninn.

The Singular Effect Of Pair OF spectn-
clos on n ratnRonlnn.
The author of idle Days in Patago.
MIA" was listening, out of doors, TO a
conversation between two men, both
past middle life and of about the same
age, one an educated Englishman,
wearing spectaclcs, the other n native
Patagonian. All at once the native
fixed his eyes on the spectaclcs worn
by the other, and, bursting into a laugh,
cried out:
"Why do you always wear those eye
hiding glasses straddled across your
nose2 Are. they supposed to make a
man look handsomer or wiser than
other folks, or do you really imagine
that you can see better because OF
them?"
To this moclsing speech the other
good humorcdly replied that he had
worn glasses for twenty years; that
they did not only enable him to see
much better than he could without
them, but had preserved his sight from
further decadence.
"ll.ow do you know that your own
eyesight has not degenerated with
tymeP" he continued. "You may try my
glasses If you like. Our years are the
s,mc; it is just possible thnt our eyes
may be in the same condition"
The gaucho luughed. The idea was
too ridiculous. what, see better with
these thingsl' and he took them gin.
gerly in his hand, held them up to ex.
anime them, and finally put them on
his nose.
He looked at one man, then at an.
otl,er; then he stared all around him,
with an expression of utter astonish-
ment, and in the end burst into
exc lamations of delight Strange to
say, the glasses exactly suited his Wis
Ion, which, unknown to him. had prob
ably been decaying for years.
"What is this l see?" he shouted.
"What makes the trees look SO green?
They were never so green before! And
60 distinct! can count their leaves"
1t was hard to convince him that OBJ
jects had once looked as distinct, and
leaves as green, to his natural sight,
MS they-did- now through those mag
ical glasses. But in the end he was
convinced, and then he wanted to keep
the spectacles. He pulled out the
money to pay for them there and then,
and was much put out when the owner
insisted on having them back.
However, q pair was got for him
shortly afterward, and with these on
his nose he galloped about the country
~Shibiting them to all his ncighbors
and boasting of their miraculous
power.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
Sbell-Fish Clothes.

Many OF the crab species of shell-fish
"clothe" themselves. Some species
dress themselves c!aborately by gath
ering bits OF seaweed. chewing the
ends and sticking them on the shell, so
as to look like stone covered with
weed. They spend hours with the ut
most perseverance, in making these
pieces adhere by trying the same piece
over and over again till they succeed.
They have fine sense Of symmetry,
and always put red piece on one limb
to match the red piece they have put
on the other, and green piece to
match a green piece. though how they
know red from green in the dark pools
where they live is hard to say, unless
IT Is by taste or smell. When once
their dress is completed 1t improves
the older it becomes, as the weed
actually grows on them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
MOORISH WOMEk.
something Concerning tho Yelled Beautl,
of Northern Africa,

Something Concerning tho Yelled Beauties
OF Northern Africa.
There is something continually in
teresting in the mufied figures of
Moorish women, says writer in
Harper's Weekly. They make you
almost ashamed of the uncovered faces
of the American women in the town;
and, in the lack of any evidence to the
contrary, you begin to believe every
Moorish woman or girl you meet is as
beautiful as her eyes would make it
appear that she is. Those of the Moor
ish girls whose faces / saw were dis
tinctly handsome; they were the wom-
en- Benjamin Constant paints in his
pictures Of Algiers, and about whom
Pierre Lott goes into ecstasies in his
book on Tangier. Their robe or
cloak, or whatever the thing is that
they affect, covers the head like q
hood, and with ono hand they hold
one OF its folds in front of the face as
high as their eyes, The only times
that ever saw the face of any of them
was when ! occasionally eluded Ma
hamed and ran off with little guide
called Isaac, the especial protector of
two American women, who farmed
him out to me when they preferred to
remain In tho hotel. lie il particu-
larly beautiful youth, and ! noticed
that whenever he was with me the
cloaks of the women had fashion of
coming undone, and they would lower
them for an instant and look at Isaac,
and then replnce them severely upon the
bridge of the nose. Then Isaac would
turn toward me with shy conscious
smile and blush violently. Isaac says
that the young men Of Tangiers can
tell whether or not girl is pretty By
looking ut her feet. 1t is true that
thctr feet are bare, but it struck me as
heirg a somewhat reckless test for se-
ieetir3 & bride.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
sorhl pARTlrs PLEASED.
Tho Am,cablc Terms Upon which nm ol,

Tho Amloahlc Terms upcn which nm Old
Hebt was Fuid
Lawsuits are to- be avoided by NIL
honorable means. Nine times IN ten
the result is satisfactory to neither
side. The Portland Argus, however,
lately recorded one striking exception:
A Portland lawyer says TINT not long
ngo n man came into his Office thor
oughly angry, as men usually arc when
they go on such errunds. lie had called
upon II debtor and asked him politely
for the payment of II bill of two dollars
and fifty cents and had been abused
for his pains Now he wanted the law.
yer to collect it.
The lawyer dcmurred. The amount
was too triiling. It would cost the
whole of it to collect it,
mo matter" said the client II
don't cnrc If don't get u ccut, SO long
as that fellow has to pay it,"
So the lawyer wrote the debtor n letter
and in due time the latter appeared in
high dudgcon. He didn't owe any
two dollars and fifty cents and he
wouldn't pay It,
Every we'll" said the lawyer; then
my instructions are to sue. But ! hard
ly think it will pay you to stand suit
for SO small q sum."
who'll get the money If I pay it?"
asked the man.
The lawyer was obliged to confess
that he should.
"Oh, WE'LL" said the debtor, "that's
another matter. If Mr.. - isn't going
to get it am perfectly willing to pay
it."
The debt was paid, the lawyer pock-
eted the amount, and, what is very un-
usual, all parties to the suit were per-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
Artificla.Iy Tlnted rru,t.

Some ingenious Paris dealers are re-
ported to have invented way of en-
HANGING the market value Of their
wares. 1t is said that they color ordi-
nary oranges a deep red, making them
look like mandarins, which fetch much
higher prices They also tint pine
apples to make them look more attract
tive, and dye the common white straw
berrissa lovely sed. Melons are being
treateA IN similar way and tinted q
tine orange, their flavor being increased
by injecting an essence of melon. The
latest development of this business is
In connection with pears, which are
dyed red for third Of their size and
blue below, thus presenting the ma
tional colors when peeled. These are
said to be In demand for dessert on ao-
count Of their novelty.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
A PERlLous feAr.
An Exciting nxpsrienco in colorado csr

An Exciting ExIErieylCo tn Nolorhuo tSu-
yon.
In an interesting account of jour
ney through the great canyons of the
Colorado river, Mr.. Robert brewster
Stanton gives In the Cosmopolitan q
lively impression of the danger of
scaling those marble cliffs, (which
stand from one to two thousand feet In
vertical walls, with scarce bench or
ledge wide enough for a mountain
sheep"
We carefully pick our way around
the lower points of the marble, up
through q crack some two hundred
feet in height and out upon n little
ledge perhaps three feet wide that
runs along the solid wall, till our
progress seems cut off by sharp but
tress that projects beyond the ledge.
The buttress is Y-shuped, the sharp
point extending out over the bench.
On the other side of 1t is the same lit
tie ledge. To reach 1t calls for
strength of muscle and something like
the nimbleness of cat, for with toe
of boot and ends Of fingers fastened on
little points of marble on one side, It
is necessary to reach just such points
on the other.
hesitate for moment, look down
over the precipice, and carefully calcu-
late how long it would take to reach
the bottom. The wild flowers are
blooming nll over the slopes at the foot
of the cliff
We cannot help each other, and
each must stand back while the other
reaches the ledge beyond or the dark
valley below.
Not word is spoken. Each one I'd
justs his trappings, that nothing may
be out of place. Hislop first swings
around and reaches the ledge in safe
ty place my foot carefully on the
edge of the WALL close to the buttress,
and secure good hold with my right
hand. My left foot is thrown round
and my left hand creeps along till it
catches little finger of marble which
seems left for the purpose.
Just as start to make the leap am
caught by my coat on the edge of the
marble, and held fast in mid air.
Again look down, and calculate how
long it would take to reach the bot
tom. With one strong effort bend my
back, loose the coat, and safely land on
the further edge.
Kane has longer arms and legs, and
In moment we are all around tho
buttress, having swung our bodies
clean out in the air, thousand feet Of
sheer wall below us, and as much more
above. 1t requires cool head and
steady nerve, for, looking back, we
see it is impossible to return.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
uEHmaNY's iRoN TREASURES.
Tho Rigorous Discipline Prevailing In tho
Kpiees,s ar,,v


Tho Rigorous Discipline Prevailing in tho
Bniscr's Army.
There Is nothing in the system on
which tho government of European
countries Is conducted that attracts
more attention from thoughtful men
than Germany's vast army and her
great scheme of military organization.
When France was humbled by the
strength of the German arm, she had
not only to bear the humiliation of de-
feat and set to work to rebuild and
restore, but she had also to pay an In
demnity of $1,000, 100000 to her con-
queror. That she did pay 1t and has
to-day recovered from the loss, is the
financial wonder Of the world.
In the fortress of Spandau, says
Golden Days, there ore stored millions
of silver pieces which formed part of
that indemnity, most of them stamped
with the head of Napoleon III. They
are kept as an emergency fund In case
Of foreign war, and the Germans coll
them the iron treasure.
The Germans are very fond Of the
word "iron," ns symbolical of strength,
firmness and endurance. Prince Bis
marck was the man of blood and iron;
their most priced reward Is the iron
cross, which can be earned only by act
unl bravery on the field, and when a
war begins each soldier goes to the field
supplied with whnt nre called "iron
rations."
When the German nrlny is put into
fighting order, each soldier Is given an
absolutely new uniform. In equip.
ment and nccoutrrment q similar. sys-
tenn is followed. In his knapsncls arW
his spare clothes aud his score of cart
ridges. Each one OF his pockets has o
particular purpose. The lining of the
left pocket in Tho tunic is incidentally
prepared, SO that it can be used If
needed, ns an antiscptic bandagc In
his hnvcrsack are his lonf Of bread and
his iron ration.
This is, so to speak, his reserve fund
Ibis sustcnance, when deprived of all
other resources. The ntions consist
OF coffee, rice, hard tack and tobacco,
put up in small bags, in q preserved
end compressed shape. To each sol
dicr Is given quantity sufficient for
three days use. The cavalry receives,
In addition, similarly prepared rations
for its horses, consisting of oats and
hay sufficient for five days.
These rntions cannot be touched. ex-
cept by command of u superior officer.
So long as the soldier is supplied by
the comnissarlat with tho necessary
food. or he can procure it by forage,
these rations arc sacred.
There Is factory in Maycnce which
packs them. The principles of cheIa-
icdi science enter into their prepara-
tion, and 1t is believed that, in tho
articles provided, the greatest amount
OF nutrition has been secured in ths
most compressed and endurable shape
If oil this labor and outlay were to
be expended so that the starving thou.
sands Of the empire might be fed, the
system would be pra!geworthy, but
humanity and benevolence do not enter
into the question ut oil. The solo OBJ
ject is to make the soldier better
fighting machine-a stronger part OF
that aggressive force which is to be
put to work Whenever an ambitious
ruler longs for greater power and
| Rlcrv
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
A MUSCULAR MONK.
How l5s Took tho Ccnceit Out of o BULLY.
ing EraGgn-t.

How IIe Took !hc Ccnceit Out OF q BULLY.
ing Erasgnrt.
When SN Richard Burton was trans
fcrred from Fernando To to the con-
sulatc Of Santos and Sac Paola there
was seminary of Capuchins, French
men and Italians, which contained
some curious specimens of muscular
Christianity, says the Liverpool Elcr.
curry.
For example: "Onc Of the monks
was tall, magnificent and very pow
erful man, IN ex-cavnlry officer, Count
Somebody, whose name forget, then
Friar G.. Before he arrived there
was bully in town, rather of free
thinking class, so. he used to go and
swagger up and down before the semi.
nary and call out: Come out, you
miserable petticoated monks! Come
cut and have FREQ fight for God or
the dcvil!' When Frinr c. arrived
lie heard of this and it SO happened he
had had an English friend when he
was with his regiment who had taught
him the use of fists. He found that his
brother monks were dreadfully dis
tress.d at this unsecmly challenge, SO
he said: The next time he comes
don't open the gate but let tho porter
call me-
$50 the next time the bully appeared
It was SO arranged that the gate was
opened by Friar c. (the usual
crowd had collected in the road to see
the fun), who looked nt him laughing
ly and said: Surely, brother, yvo will
fight for God or the devil, if yo,.
please So, saying, the frinr turned
up his sleeves and gown and told his
adversary to come on,' which he did,
and he was Immediately knocked into
cooked hat. Come. get up said the
friar NO lying there and whimper-
ing; tho devil won't win that way
The man stood three rounds, at tho
end OF which he whimpered und hal
looed for mercy, and, amidst the ieers
and bravos of large crowd, the vii
lnge cock retired, mass of jelly and
pulp, and was never seen more than a
half mile of the seminary"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
ONE DOLLAR
EVERY HOUR

Is easiy earned by any one Of either sex in any
,riously at the employment which we furnish
I. le ,sSor y light and pleasant and you run no
70 yonrself. For those willing to do little work
ainIs G Is the gr.ndest offer made. You can work
~ ~ aay' or ~ the evening only. II you are ein.
posal, utilize them, and add to your income, -
our business VIII not interfere ut all. You viii
DC annxed on the start At the rapidity and ease
5y wnic you alnass dollar upon dollar, day In and
guy, guy Gut Even beginners are successful from the
9a nrst hour. Any one can run the business : none
taii' You should try nothing else until you see
which ,sua. we Offer. No capital risked Women nre
grana ~ workers; nowadays they make as much
~ ,,en. Ihey should try this business as II Il 10
~. NunPtea 70 them. Write nt once aud see for
yourself Address II. HALLETT = CO.,
Box &S0s POrtlahd, Ne.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
spstls rhe,r Fuckers.

A fellow once tried to start whis.
tling school in Kansas City, and sta rted
IN with eleven scholars at one dollar a
head. They were all sitting with
solemn visages wondering how he was
going to begin, when he stood them up
In a row. both boys and girls, and then
gave the order; Prepare to puclser. y
Their risibilities were SO affected that
they burst out laughing. and the first
lesson came to naught, for there was
not quicker" In tho crowd.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
Dangerous Road Mak,u..

To cut track through the high and
precipitous mountains of north Queens
land the men arc obliged to be hung In
chains, and Notwithstanding this pre-
caution about fifty have lost their
lives by losing their footing and being
dashed down one thousand feet into
the chasms below. Twice the attempt
TO form this roadway has all but been
abandoned, but the contractors have
addressed themselves to the work
sgain.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
Soldiers Are Not Cr,nin.,s.

Careful Investigations made by grand
army men In Philadelphia have re-
vesled the gratifying fact that of
i,b64 prisoners brought to trial in one
OF the police courts of that city during
the tirst six months of this year but
eight were men who served In the
army OF the navy during the civil war,
and OF these four were acquitted. Pet
" larceny was the offense charged
against most Of the eight
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
THE ENGLISH WASP PLAGUE.
An Ehlcac!ous Method of Destroying
Nests in tho Ground.

Nests in tho Ground.
The wasp plague continues to cause
great inconvenience in the neighbor-
hood of Dover, England. Acurious in
cident happened recently in village
near Sandwich. A laborer discovered
wasp's nest, and, struck with the
beauty. Of its formation, took it home
ana carclessly put It us1ue, wfcrr the ons-
ject of taking it to u naturalist. The
nest proved to be full of eggs, which
the warmth of the house developed
during the night into hundreds of
wasps. When the family awolse on
Sunday morning the house was swarm
ing with wasps, and the family had to
make their escape us best they could.
Some OF them were severely stung.
correspondent of the Newcastle
Chronicle writes: 1t may he of value to
sufferers from the present aspplague
to know the following simple and most
efficacious method of destroying nests
In the ground: Procure from the chem
list some cyanide of potassium, dissolve
1t in water (about four ounces cyanide
to quart Of water), and pour small
quantity of the mixture into the
mouth Of the hole. The result is mar
vclous. Waaps returning home enter
to leave no more. Those already at
home remain there permanently. The
work should be done quietly about
midday, when most of the wasps are
out. We have destroyed in the last
ten days about eighteen or twenty
large nests in this wny with perfect
success. The cyanide of potassium
should, Of course, be handled carefully,
beina deadly poison.
ONE OF THE LOST TRIBES.
4 Strange Corn munity In India and Their
Strange Beliefs.
Scattered over the breezy downs of
Che Nilgherries, in little villages of
wicker houses, that look at little dis
tancc like nothing in the world so much
as colony of beehives, lives COM
munity of six or seven hundred people,
who arc variously believed to be the
descendants of one Of the lost tribes of
Israel. the ahorigincs Of southern India
md u community of Muaichasens.
They believe IL q strange trinity and
n hell, dismal stream full of leeches,
and this they must cross by means of
single thread Tho soul burdened with
sin is too heavy for this slender sup
port and the sinner falls into the
stream, but the thread sustains easily
tie souls of t;lc good. The funeral of
a Toda, for that is the name of the
singular tribe, l.. as odd in it's way as
its religious oclics. His body is
wrapped in new cloth. and his toes
tied together Wit. red thread; grain,
sugar, tobacco nad money are wrapped
in his funeral to;a to provide him for
his journey across the Styx and the
dark plain beyond.
Two buif.locs are slain beside the
corpse and the dead mans hands are
placed upon their horns; piece of his
skull, his hair and his fingcr-nails are
removed, to be used later on at the
great celebration o.; the death of all
those who, during the twelve months,
have taken the leap over the great
precipice into the bottomless abyss"
When these tokens are removed, clari-
fled butter is smcarcd on the fragrant
wood of the funeral pyrc, and the body
is burned to ashes and the ashes scat
tered to the four winds.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
N1TiC :.

For the choicest and best of old
Munongahela Rye or Bourbon
Whiskies for medical use, and Il e
best of Foreign and Domestic
Wines, Brandips, Runs, Alcohol,
&r., for ali purposes, call at the old
veliable corner of Market and Main
Streets, where Sammy" empel
will wait on yon. Every article
you will find to he as represented
by the attending clerks, and war.
ranted strictly pure.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

II you are in need Of glasses c4ll
ON me and ] will guarantee you 8
perfect 1T. am better prepared
TO test the eye than ever before
and cheaper n. ]. WElLANp.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
NuRrlJ gorNu.

a'l3. inel% eNeep, sonday. Meals
SuHGay only.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-06-29
Mans SAmbitiOn

The ambition of man at the present
time is to accumulate large and un-
necessary amount of wealth. and this
ambition, north and south east and
west, is the cause of vast amount of
suffering. The ambitious man in quest
of gold will not relent or listen to the
pleadings of his unfortunate fellow man
who lying upon his death bed asks for
protection of his pOverty-stricken wife
and helpless children; that is not his
ambition. To be sure he has the right
to accumulate vast sums of money: but
as general thing he is possessed with
greed and a grasping and unrelenting
will to those who have the misfortune
to fall into his power; he has no higher
motives then to become rich, by honest
or dishonest means, or at the expense
of his fellow man who is struggling
with the adversities of life through
sickness, starvation and woe. He reach
.es his ends by coalitions and trusts Of
gigantic proportions. that affect the peo-
pie the country over, especially the poor
who are compelled to buy the necessa-
ries of life at any price. Millions are
reaped from the people by this dishOn-
est method that is disgrace to man
kind. Our business men are looked up
on as successful and enterprising, and
no questions asked, if they accumulate
a fortune. When from man is extin-
guished his ruling passion of gain by
greed then, and not till then, will there
be peace upon earth and good will
among men. County jails, warehouses
and state prisons will then be unknown:
strikes will be thing of the past; en-
ployee and employer will cooperate in
the glorious work in the betterment of
mankind in building charitable institu-
tiOns to nOurish the sick and comfort the
dying. And man will sing Praise We
the Lord" for ever and ever more.
T. 8
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-06-29
THE EXPRESS.

The first train leaves at six p. m.
For the land where the poppy blows
The mother dear is the engineer,
And the passenger laughs and crows.
The palace-car is the mothers arms,
The whistle, a low. sweet strain;
The passenger winkS and mods and blinkS
And goes to sleep in the train.
At eight p. m. the next train starts
For the poppy land afar:
The summons clear falls on the ear.
''All aboard for the Sleeping-car!"
But what is the fare to the poppy land?
l hope it is not to DEAR
The fare is this, hug and kiss,
And 'tiS paid to the engineer!
So 1 ask of Him who children took
On His knee in kindness great.
'Take charge. pray, of the trains each day,
That leave at six and eight.
keep watch of the passengers" thus pray
For to me they are very dear;
And special ward, o gracious Lord,
"O'er the gentle engineer!"
Edgar Wade Abbott.