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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21
DOGS AND COBRA.
Tho Immunity of Eng lislimen In India
from the Omnipresent Reptile.

Tho Immunity of Eng lishmen In India
from the Omnipresent Reptile.
Comparatively few Englislimen re-
siding in India are bitten by snakes.
though hundreds of the natives die
every year from snake bite. A writer
atfirms that this immunity is some
what due to the presence in English
mems bungalows of pet dogs, and he
tells the following story in support of
his assertion:
My first acquaintance with q cobra
was one night when, awakened by Il
loud barking, / saw through the door
of the bathroom my two terriers bark
ing furiously in full battle front of a
large cobra that was reared on its tail
and facing them in turn.
SIT was motionless except for slow
swaying of the head, it's hood was dis
tended to complete circle, its tongue
darted in and out, while every now
and again it emitted a loud kissing
sound,
ut did not show trace of fear, or re-
move from the dogs the fierce, fas-
cinating stare that seemed to rouse
them to frenzy. l leaped hastily up
and despatched the reptile with a
stick, when the dogs no longer dread
ing their enemy, vented their rage on
his inanimate body.
II remembered that during the day
had been surprised at the dogs silent,
ly and persistently snufiing around
an old trunk in the bathroom, and
have no doubt it was the snake they
: scented.
II had to thank them in this in
stance, at least, for the timely warn
ing. Dogs, however, will never attack
a cobra at bay. Their instinct seem'
to appprise them of the sls."-Amer
| lean Nation.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21
A CITY OF BETTER DAYS.
The Falling on in Dublin's Industrial
Status.

Status.
The blow which fell on Dublin near
ly century ago, and which checked
its material prosperity as effectually
as the Spanish siege broke that of Ley
growth. 1t remains among the first
score of Europe's centers of popula-
tiop, and the county of which it is the
heart contains $4,000 more people than
it did in 1s41. There is only one other
county in Ireland which does not eX-
hibit loss in population of from 80 to
IS per cent. for the same period.
This increase does not unhappily, be-
token gain in resources and protitab BILE
activity. The average standard Of
wealth in Dublin has, should think,
declined considerably since 1S41. Be-
tween that date and the year 1900 the
fall was precipitons. The ledgers Of
the old banking house of Latouche pre-
serve a curious detail of proof. OF the
1O4 peers in the Irish parliament, SO
kept their accounts with Latouche, and
the personal expenditure of these in
Dublin aggregated 1924, 900 in a single
year. There were hundred town
houses of the nobility then, and there
were 800 members of the commons,
who, from the necessities of the case,
were either wealthy men or the sala-
ried nominees of wealthy patrons. The
mere presence of parliament must have
meant the annual circulation OF at
least two millions sterling in Dublin.
1t is possible to enumerate manufac.
tories and mills known to have existed
in Dublin in 1900, employing some 1G, 600
artisans, of which all vestige had disap.
peared within thirty years thereafter.
In 1925 the number of resident peers
had diminished to twelve, and to-day
there is practically none at all. The
toilers went away as we'll, not only the
woolen. silk and carpet weavers, and
those skilled in the fabrication OF other
manufactures, but the host of builders,
masons. stonecutters and artistic stuc
co workers who had been employed in
that splendid renaissance of public and
private architecture which marked the
lifetime of Grattan's parliament
Fortnightly Review.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21
A pecAv,No SECTION.
Barren and Uninhabitabis wastes OF .
South.

South.
One Of the most interesting facts that
have been brought out by recent inves-
legations of the United States geologi-
cal survey in the southern states, but
At the same time fact that bodies se-
rious i'll to that region, Is in connec-
tion with what are known as "the
abandoned fields" that is, the fields
that formerly were under high state
Of cultivation under the old system of
slave labor, but which have now for
years lain barren, and by the action Of
the elements are being rapidly con-
verted into deserts, of much the Same
sort as those of the Montana and Da-
kota dad lands"
The extent of these regions as esti.
mated by the field parties of the sur
vey is alarming, some of them aggre-
eating from four Thousand to ten thou
sand square miles in area. What is
worse, the destruction has in many
places progressed so far that the land
may be considered utterly useless for
purposes of cultivation for many years
to come, and only prompt measures
will prevent other thousands of miles
following in the track of these which
have already been laid waste.
The most serious feature of the case
is that in these new formed eastern
bad lands there is present an element
of destruction to the soil that is lack
ing in the west. There the barren soil
that has no protecting cover of vegeta-
tion to hold it nodded into the form Of
smooth rolling hills has been slowly
carved and chiselled through thousands
Of years by the scanty rains of the
region, the harder portions of the soft,
friable rocks maintaining their shape
and standing up in many places in
grotesque sculpturing familiar in the
solitary buttes of the open plains OF
the clustered statuary of the Garden
of the Gods. But in the east the rains
are copious, and at some seasons OF
long duration. This torrent of water,
when once taking hold of the soil
where the vegetable mantle has been
removed, plays havoc in a single sea-
son, such as in the arid west centuries
would hardly accomplish.
This description is said to apply par
ticularly to the northeastern corner o!
Mississippi and to much of eastern
Tennessee and Kentucky. In southern
Mississippi, along the Bayou Pierre
and the Big Black, the ravages of the
rains on the waste land are said to be
even worse. The fields are running
into CULTS and breaks, and the whole
face of the country is being carried
away. The plantations, mansions and
quarters are being undermined, and
entire villages, once the home OF
wealth and luxury, are being swept
away at the rate of acres each year.
The only check that is suggested fol
this destruction is that mentioned ir
the report of Prof. Nat Shaler, of the
survey, on the same region. 1t is the
planting of willows, or other swift
growing bushes and trees in thick-se'
burrows, so that they may hold il
check the rush of the water during
the rains and, acting as breaks to The
shifting soil, help once more to built
mp the region that is now each yeal
being cut into more and more barrer
and uninhabitable wastes.-Washing
ington Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21
Nothing strange.

whenever try to do anybody a
SERVICE" said good-nature young
man, something seems to go wrong,
and make up my mind that I'll never
try it again. In street car the other
day saw mother quiet crying in
fant by what seemed very simple en-
pedient. She pointed her finger ut the
little one and said, with increasing ra-
pidity OF utterance:o' 'Cutcher, Cntchcr,
er-cutcher-cutcher,' at the same
time advancing her finger rapidly to-
ward the child with sort of corlsscrew
movement The child appeared to be
greatly amused by this; it stopped
crying and began to laugh. In q street
car this morning saw IL mother with
u crying child; the mother appeared 10
be too tired 70 make an effort to quiet
the infant. Catching the child's eye ]
said TO it: 'Cutcher. butcher, cutcher-
cutcher-cutcher, at the same time ad.
yancing my finger spirally. Bnt the
charm didn't work; the child lool,edat
me for a moment with frozen sort of
look and with stiffness that was pos
itively alarming, and then 1t began 20
scream louder than ever"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet.
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
tho needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; cflectually cleansing the system,
disIeling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medica.
profession, because it acts on the Rid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
nfactured by the California Fig Syrup
Go. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21
.ANp you'll REMEMBER Nc. =

Ono evening as the sun went down
Among the golden hills,
And silcDt shadows, soft and brown.
Crept over Wales and riils.
] watched the dusky bats a-wing
Dip down the dusky lea;
Hardening, heard u maiden sing:
"And you'il remember me-"
"When other lips and other hearts,"
Came drifting through the trees:
TN language whose excess imparts,"
Was borne upon the breeze.
All! lovo is sweet and hope Is strong,
And lIfe's d summer sea
A woman's soul Is In her song:
''And you'll remember me-
Still ripping from the throbbing throat
With Joy akin 10 pain.
There seemed tear In every note.
A sob in every strain;
Soft rs the twilight shadows creep
Across the listless lea,
The singer sang her love to sleep
With: "You'll remember me" "
--Cy Warman, III N. Y. Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21
DRESSES FOR CHILDREN
How to Fie Out q Little Girl For the Sum.
mer Chenply and Well.

How to Fie Out Little Girl For the Sum.
mer Cheaply and Well.
A little girl needs ten or twelve
dresses. Get two or three of brown
linen strictly for morning wear This
wears and washes beautifully, and
shows the dirt less than any other
material 1t can be bought for twenty
five cents a yard, and three yards will
make a dress, and Ii sash of the, same
put in from the seams under the arms.
Make it very simply, with q short yoke
and full sleeves. The small red and
white and blue and white check ging-
hams at twenty-five cents yard make
nice morning dresses, made in the same
simple way. Very pretty percales can
be bought for twelve and Il half cents
yard. They wash well. and come in
pretty blue and pink stripes and dots
and little Powered patterns. Made
with a waist either full or plain, ex-
tending about three inches below the
armholes and with full rutties of the
same material cut on the bias. and
edged with a little narrow embroidery,
starting from the middle of the waist
in front. and going over the shoulder,
they make a very pretty and reasona-
bic dress for either morning or after
noon. 1t is nice to have four of this
kind: three yards of material make
one. If you want it a little more
dressy. make the ruific entirely of
white embroidery three or four inches
wide. and vary the pattern by putting
the ruftie around instead of bringing it
to II point front and back. India linen
at thirty cents a yard, or nainsook for
the same price make nice white dresses.
These can be made to wear with
guimpes if preferred. Cut the dress
low neckcd. and put II deep rutiie
of embroidery to fall all around the
neck, and short puff sleeve to the
elbow. A yard and IL half of EN-
broidery is required to trim in this
way. Great bargains cun often be
found in remnants. a small-dotted
muslin makes IL pretty change. trimmed
with lace instead of enbroidery but
the lace rarely looks well after n few
washings. Simplicity is the principal
thing to remember for it saves IN
money, time and washing and the
child will look twice AS well. a short
double-breusted coat made of French
flannel FOR everyday wear is very
important thing. This cannot be-
bought much under three dollars and
{, half, and look nice, but can he made
with one and half yards OF flannel
at seyenty-tive cents u yard. A fine
brown and white stripe is service
able color and the great advantage of
the French flannel is that it washes so
we'll. best coat is also needed. Yer,
often one has just the right materi;,!
in II dress that is no longer of use A
coat can quite easily be cut from the
skirt of u dark red or blue or white
serge dress. Make it with u big dolbie-
breasted collar and large white but
tons, and il will surely have an air of
it's own. A white leghorn is Il pretty
best hat. trimmed with bunch of
daisies and big white bow, and can
bc gotten up for aboat two dollars and
Il quarter. .llarper's Eazur.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21
False Guides

Are they who recommend the use of mercury
to the bilious, and gullible indeed are those
who follow such advice. Blue pill and calo-
mel poison the system. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is safe substitute for SUCH danger
Gus drugs. They arouse the liver when in
active most eifectually, and promote, not inn.
peril, general health. Constipation, malaria,
dyspepsia, rheumatism yieldto the Bitters.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21

isn't Willie Wibbles II terribly poor
conversutionalist:' said Maud.
Yes" replied Manic; ''but he is
ever SO much better now than he used
to be-"
II wonder wiill the cause is?r
"lIe has such u cold he can hardly
speak above whisper. "-.Washington
star.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21
Abraha m Lincoln stories.

tising, containing stories and anecdotes told
by Abraham Lincoln, many heretofore un-
published. will be sent free to every person
sending his or her address to the Lincoln
Tea Co., Et. Wayne, Ind.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21
the other day, when took him to have

the other day. when took him to have
his hair cut?"
"No." said Bremner, enthusiastically.
"Tcll It to us, Snaggs"
"Girls," put In Gregsby, don't have
to have their hair cut MY little girl
has the most beautiful head of golden
hair you ever saw. You've seen IL,
Sommers; everyone turns to look at
her when she walks out with her
mother"
"Humph," said Snaggs, with iil-con-
cealed contempt 81 was saying that
took my boy to have his hair cut. and
it was the first time that he had ever
been in a BARRIERS shop A man was
lather. without word the boy drew
his hand from mine and bolted tor
home, running 80 fast that I didn't
overtake him until he was at the door.
What did you do that for, you young
rascal?' said.
"'Oh. papa! he answered. If my
face Is going to break out all like thatl
don't want to have my hair cut Fun
ny, wasn't it? He thought the lather
was the result of the hair cutting. He's
awfully quick at reasoning, that boy"
"Well, it seems to me that he didn't
reason to very correct conclusion.
Now, my little girl was having dress
fitted the other day, and she asked the
dressmaker where the dress orchard
was. She thought that dresses grew
on trees. -
~ must confess that can't sec much
reason about that" said Snaggs, spite
fully, ''if you are giving 1t as an in
stance OF reasoning, as against what
my boy said of the man at the bar
ber's."
"Reasoning?" hotly replied Gregsby.
II never said anything about reason-
ing. 1t was poetical She said she
thought that, dresses grew on trees, and
that ribbons were the blossoms. She
told me so herself. And then another
time, she and her mother were con.
versing-"
you'll have to excuse me-" said
Snaggs rising. 81 remember now that
have all appointment at the club.
forgot it, Bremner, when l promised to
come here with you."
"Oh, don't go yet" said Bremner;
"tell us the story about what the boy
said to the organ grinder"
"Ah, yes,'' replied Snaggs eagerly,
apparently forgetting his appointment
in the joy of narration "Mr. Sommers
didn't hear that one, did he? Well, one
day an organ grinder stopped in front
of our house.
81 don't wish to interrupt" put in
Gregsby, also rising, "but promised
Mrs. Gregsby that would be home al
most directly. I merely came over,
Sommers, to tell you that couldn''
stay tonight"
"Oh, WE'LL" cried Sommers and Brem
ner. simultaneously rising and holding
out their hands, 'if you really must go
why you must, I suppose"
II am very glad to have made you1
acquaintance, MIR. Gregsby,' said
Bremner, as he shook hands and
wished him good night, and he added
} II wish you would come over some
night and see me. My friend, Mr.
: Snaggs here. often pops in, and we will
all get better acquainte d."
'And you, Mr.. Snaggs, drop in ant
see me-" said Sommers; you will b'
nearly always sure of meeting GregsbJ
here. Come in often and have chat
have lot Of boys myself, and / ik
to hear about them"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21

BoRELEy-"See old Snobson's wife in box
X putting on airsl" Snoreley-"I'm glad
to see that she has put on somethingr'-
Halo.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21

The recent death of Jack Odell, the
oldest grave digger in Passaic county.
N. j., brought to light an agreement
entered into fifty years ago, when I'm
dertalcr Hiram Gould Inferred the
first body in the Sandy Hill cemetery.
odell, who was then the only grave
digger in the neighborhood, agreed
with Mr. Gould to dig his grave and
drive his hearse if the undertaken
should die first. Mr.. Gould made the
same agreement with Odell, and also
said he would pay the funeral ex-
penscs If Odell died poor Odell visited
Gould's establishment about year
ago and said he had saved enough TO
pay for his funeral, and turned the
money over to the undertaken. odell
died a few days ago Mr.. Gould, who
is nearly eighty years old, dug the
grave digger's grave and drove the
hearsc TO the cemetery.-N. Y. Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21

APPEARANCES are very deceptive re-
marked the tenor. YES replied the prima
donna; especially farewell appearances. :"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21

Mamma, heard the preacher
say to-day that matches were made in
Heaven Is it so?" Mamma-"Of course.
Why not9" Johnnie-"Well, 1 don't see any
use for matches. There's no night there"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21

LENA--"Fred didn't blow his brains OUT
because you Tilted him the other night; he
came and proposed to me-" Maud--''Did
hel Then he must have got rid of them in
some other way."-St. Louis Humorist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21

"YEs. he's my dog He answers to the
name of Jowler'' "How can he answer to
it! You've cut his tail clear off. Chicago
Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21

In 1910 John Peters published in
ridicule of classical learning a treatise
entitled IA new way to make Latin
verses, whereby anyone Of ordinary
capacity, that only knows the A, Il, G
and can count time though he under
stand not one word of Latin or what a
verse means, may be plainly taught to
make thousands of hexameter and pen
tametcr verses, which shall be true
Latin, true verse and good sense"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21
THE MARKETS.

WHENEVER you want invisible blue, Just
try to find policeman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21

"THoMAs, l see that the D.. L. & w rail-
road had an accident yesterday. What docs
d., l.. and w. stand forl' Dead; living
and wounded, sir."-Hallo.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21

The tallest trees In the world grow
in Australia. They are specics of
marsh gum, and some are snid to sx-
ceed threv hundred feet in height
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21

''That man Gregsby is a blanked
idiot" said Snaggs to Bremner few
days after; land give you notice that
if he comes to your house, won't"
And as Gregsby said almost the same
thing to Sommers, let us hope that the
acid OF one neutralizes the alkali of the
other. Robert Barr, in Detroit Free
presS
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21

HIS MornER--''You ought to feel ashamed
Of yourself, fighting little Johnny Maybe l''
Tommy-"1 do. mamma, he licked me."-
Chicago Record.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21

PREJUDICE 81 blind from birth.-Ram's
Horn.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1894-06-16
Robbing Graves.

There are lot of vandals about
this city, male and female, who
deserve a term on the rock pile
or in the pen. for their mean,
sneaking thievery. They have
gotten so bad that its almost inn
possible to keep a flower on the
graves or plant in lot in the
cemetery. On Saturday a lady
planted four fine roses in her lot
and on Sunday they were gone;
another lady placed placed flowers
upon the grave of loved one
Sunday morning and by four
o'clock in the afternoon they were
stolen.
These prowling petty thieves
may think they are committing no
ofense in taking the flowers from
graves but as plants and flowers
cost money, they are as much
guilty of theft as as if they picked
the pockets of the lot owners, and
deserve to be punished severely,
for if there is one spot that should
be kept sacred from their poluting
touch it is the last resting place
of our dead.
This thing has been stopped
before and the lot owners have
right to expect the Cemetery
Company to.see that these often
ders are speedily looked after.
One or two arrests with heavy
fines inflicted will 60 great ways
towards breaking it up.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1894-06-16

A Handsome Table.

Mrs. Mary Brown Day. State
Lib ariaD. has been presented with
a table by a convict in the peniten.
tiary, which is the handsomest
piece Of iniaid work we have ever
seen. 1t is the work Of James
Stafford, who was sent up from
Glasgow. 1t contains thousands
of pieces of different woods, most
Of them foreign, and is elegantly
finished. 1t is a round center
table and has her initials-"M. B.
r. D., 1894, "-inlaid upon the
lower shelf. She is very proud of
it and has it on exhibition in the
library rooms.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1894-06-16
Large Excursion.

y Hon. w. c. Owens and Hon.
E. E. Settle, candidates for the
Democratic nomination for Con-
gress. spoke in Lexington on
Monday and drew a large crowd
from all over the district. A
special train Of four coaches, filled
with people, went up from this
city, in addition to quite number
who went on the regular trains.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1894-06-16
The Ladies.

The pleasant effect and perfect
safety with which ladies may use
the California liquid laxative,
Syrup of Figs, under all condi-
tons, make it their favorite RENE
dy. To get the true and genuine
article, look for the name OF the
California Fig Syrup Co., printed
near the bottom of the package.
DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder :
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1894-06-16
Blood Will Tell.

According to the condition of it.
If in bad order it shows itself in PIN
Piles, sallow complexion and various
erruptions of the skin. If in good
order it shows in the clear complex
ion, the glow of health, the good
spirits. The latter condition you
can produce by the use of DR.. Hale's
Household Tea, the great blood puri-
fer and nerve tonic. 25c. and SOC.
package at P. H. CARPENTERS drug
store. C
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1894-06-16

evening. Also to Brother Geo.
Darsie for his impressive and
appropriate prayer delivered on
that occasion, and to the Lieder-
kranz Society for the vocal music
contributed by them.
Rescued, That the Secretary of
our Lodge be instructed to copy
these resolutions on the minute
book Of our Lodge.