The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-30
PLUckY YOUNG EELs.

how They Overcome tho Distractions In
Passing Up tho Thames.
Young eels, in passing up q river.
show the most extraordinary persever-
ancc in overcoming all obstruction.
The large NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fif-
teen feet in hcight-on the Thames
might be supposed sufficient to bar the
progress of fish the size of darning
needle, says Rod and Gun. But young
cells have wholesome idea that moth
ing can stop them, and, in consequence,
nothing does. Speaking of the way in
which they ascend noodgates and other
barriers, one writer says: "Those
which die stick to the post; others,
which get little higher, meet with
the same fate. until at last layer Of
them is formed which enables the rest
to overcome the difficulty of the pass
nge. The mortality resulting from
such 'forlorn hopes greatly helps to
Der OF young cells on their upward mi
grafton and that of those which return
down stream in the autumn. In some
places these baby eels are much sought
after and are formed into cakes. which
nre eaten fried.
''Eels spawn like other fishes. For
long, however, the most remarkable
theories were held as to their birth.
One of the old beliefs was that they
sprang from mud; rival theory held
that young cells developed from frag
ments separated from their pare nts'
bodies by their rubbing against rocks.
One old author not only declared TINT
they came from May dew, but gave the
following recipe for producing them:
Cut up two turfs covered with May
dew and lay them one upon the other.
the grassy sides inwards, and then ex-
pose them to the heat of the sun. In o
few hours there will spring from them
an infinite quantity Of eels.'"
A RACE OF TOoTHLESS MEN.
| Coming Generations Will Have to Masti.
cato by Artificial Means.
There Is reason to apprehcnd that
unless some cataclysm occurs to arrest
the progress of civilization our de-
scendants will be us toothlcss US Eu
roptolcmus, king Of Cyprus, described
by the historian Pliny MS reduced te
masticate his food with u structure o,
solid bone. in lieu of teeth. This, al
any rate, in the opinion of the New
York Tribune, is the inference to bt
deducted from the statistics recently
published by order of the British par
Lament, demonstrating the alarming
ly small number Of cases of In any way
sound dentition among the Englisl
people. OF 1000 children attending
the London public schools, there wer,
only TOT who had sound teeth; Will,
during period of three months 500 re
cruits were rejected by the medical de
partment of the army for purely den
tai reasons. OF course, part OF thi
state of affairs Is due to neglect of tn,
digestion, and of tho teeth themselve
fact demonstrated by the statemen
that all the girls who ntercd domesti
service from the London public school
last year fve-sixths had never ever
heard OF such o thing as toothbrusl
AN assertion that has led the educa
tional authorities TO institute In man,
of the metropolitan schools what
now known ns the Toothbrush drill.
Decay of teeth has always sttende,
the advance OF civilization and eacl
barbaric invasion has been followe
by q recovery Of sound teeth In tn
old world. Under the circumstances
might be worth while to conside
whether the repeal OF the Geary la,
and tho opening up of the Unite
.States to q pacific invasion on the par
OF the Chinese might not 60 far TO in
! prove the American jaw, which, a