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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04
Cobalt and Nickel In Aeroiites.

OF all the metals hitherto disoov-
cred there is none more interest
ing from certain points of view than
nickel and cobalt. There is seien-
tific mystery surrounding them that
has never been solved and is not
likely to be explained for many
years to come. Although they pos
sess very distinct properties, and
form salts of very different colors,
they have exactly the same combin-
ing number $3.50, and this number
approaches that of iron (28), the
commonest metal, with the excep-
tion perhaps of aluminium, that
exists in the crust of the earth.
They are also, like iron, attracted
by the magnet.
Moreover, they are invariably
present in those masses of metal
called meteoric iron, or aerolites,
which occasionally fall from the
skies upon the surface of our earth.
The fall of these aerolites generally
occurs in broad daylight, when the
sky is clear and the sun shining
brightly. A stream of cloud, or
metallic vapor, appears In the air,
and a noise like the loudest thunder
is heard after the whizzing OF the
aerolite, constituting one of the
most terrifying phenomena it is pos
sible to behold.-C Chambers Jour
nal. --------
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04
Herb Folklore.

The following piece Of herb folk
lore was told to me many years age
by North Lincolnshire lady: On
the night our blessed Lord was born
the stable of the nativity was litter
ed with bracken and what we now
call the yellow lady's bedstraw.
Before this time both these plants
had produced in the summer time
insignificant little white flowers, but
then it was the depth of winter, and
they were fiowerless.
Whom the first cry of the divine
infant was heard, the bedstraw
burst into bloom in honor of the
birth of the Saviour of the world,
but the bracken made no sign of
reverence; SO it has come to pass
that the bracken has ever since been
deprived of the power of producing
any blossoms whatever, while the
bedstraw has been endowed with
long sprays of golden tiorets. Notes
and Queries.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04
duoes this marvel of the early E,

duoes this marvel of the early ex-
plopers. The fern, known to bota-
nists as the Cibotium barometz, is
native of eastern Asia. 1t has been
introduced into our conservatories,
where it flourishos, producing, after
a few years' growth, good speci-
mems of the lamb "
The silky hairs of this fern form
favorite remedy among the Chi
nese for checking tho flow of blood
by applying them to a wound in
the same way as. felt or cobwebs are
used by some people in this country.
Tho more fibrous and elastic hairs
of several species of the same group,
natives of the Sandwich Islands, are
largely exported from these islands
to California and Australia for stuff
ing cushions and for similar pur-
poses. Philadelphia Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04
Her Eaults.

Edith-There is one thing in par
ticular that / like Mr.. Tactin for
Heis so frank, you know, He always
tells me of my faults without the
least hesitation. That was the
agreement | caused him to make.
Bertha-And You mean to say
that you do not get angry with him I
Edith-Never.
Bertha-Tell me some of the
faults he has found in you.
Edith-Oh, he hasn't found any
yet. When ask him to name them
he always says that ] am faultless.
Boston Transcript
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04

The moon shone family through
the mist, and it seemed to trouble
the boy who was looking at it from
a window.
Papa" he said at last, "if they
can't make it look any brighter than
that / should think the officers
would get after the moonshiners."
For long time tho father was
undecided whether the boy had got
off a good thing unwittingly OF
whether the germ of the profess
sional humorist had taken root in
the boy and needed to be whaled out
of him. Chicago Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04
shellinc the Tortoise.

The humanitarians of England say
that the method of taking the shell
from the tortoise is cruel. On being
caught the tortoise is semibroiled
over fire of red embers until the
flesh that retains the coveted shell
to its body is softened. The animal
is then shelled clean, and, though
the suffering must be intense. It
rarely dies, but In few months
grows another she'll. of which 1t is
deprived in the game manner.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04
Result OF Culture.

"Mr, Johnson" announced the
interlocutor at the minstrel enter
tainment in Boston, will now favor
the audience with the well known
song entitled There Will Bo a
Measured Portion of Duration Re-
markable For an Abnormal Eleva-
tion of Temperatures Within the
Corporate Limits of the Ancient
Municipality This Evening. Chi,
cago Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04
THE TARTARiAN LAMB.
4 Strange Plant That Closely Resembles
iftle J,tnh


"a Little Lamb.
Among he strange stories to be
found in the narratives of early
travellers few are stranger than
that of the vegetable lambiof Tar
tary. This story, as believed by the
reading public and even by the nat
uralists of two centuries ago, is so
marvellous and SO obviously absurd
that we wonder how the most cred
ulous could have believed it to be
true.
Tho story, is. that, in an elevated
and cultivated salt plain of great
extent west of the river Volga,
there may be found creature half
animal, half plant, to which the ma
tivos give the name of barometz,
meaning little lamb" To obtain
it the Tartars SOW in the ground
seed like that of melon, from
which, in due time, rises the strange
plant, having the figure of lamb,
with the feet, the hoofs, the ears
and the whole head, except the
horns, of that animal: distinctly
formed
1t grows on a stalk about three feet
in height, being, according to one
version, rooted to the ground by it's
four feet, while another account
raises the whole lamb, feet and all,
from the ground on single. stem,
on which it is able to turn, and also
to bow itself downward to the herbs
on which it feeds. 1t lives as long
as there is grass or hefbage around
it, but when it has consumed all
within its reach it dies and withers
away. Its skin is covered with
very white down, as fine as silk,
and is greatly priced by the Tartars,
who pull it eff and wear it as a
cover for the head.
Inside it is composed of flesh and
bones, and when wounded it gives
out q liquid resembling blood.
i Wolves are said TO be the only ami
mails that will cat it, and they are
very fond Of it.
Specimens of this remarkable pro-
duction were looked upon as the
rarest treasures in the collections of
the curious in days gone by. Two
different specimens have been de-
scribed in the Philosophical Trans
actions" and third has its portrait
given in an engraving in Darwin 8
"Flower Garden" and its history
told in tho florid verse of that work.
The "lamb" is Il natural produc-
tion, greatly helped in the develop
ment of tho particulars in which it
most resembles that. creature by
the ingenuity Of the natives. The
body is Il portion of the creeping
stem of species of fern which gem
orally grows as erect as tree. This
stem is densely covered with beau
tiful, jointed, silky hairs of a rich
golden color.
On the surface next to the ground
few roots are given OFF, while the
leaves--or fronds, as they are called
in ferns-spring from the upper sur
face. The fronds reach height of
10 or IA feet, and have a long, bare
stalk before the leaf is spread out,
The Tartar takes a suitable part of
this creeping stem for d body, de-
prives it of the roots and of all the
leaf stalks except four, which are
intended to be the legs, two short
ones for the ears and stump for
the tail, and then, turning it upside
down. trims the stem, and 30 pro
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04
Very Different.

Smith-You must have wonder
ful memory to keep oil those things
in your head.
Jones-Yes; rever forget any
thing when it is once there (pointing
to his forohead).
Smith-Well. old man, how about
the $50 ] lent you some timo ago9
Jones-Ah, you see, that's differ
ent put that in my pocket. .-Har-
lem Life.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04

",At no time, said the oornfsd
philosopher, lis man 80 willing to
take the burden from the weak
shoulders of frail woman as WHOM
ahe is harassed with the care Of
large and paying property. I'm
dianapolis journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04

The first great international ex-
position was held in London in 1851.
1t lasted 144 days, there were 5000,
coo visitors, the receipts were g..
soc. 600 and the expenses g., 500, 900.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04

Grooer-You butchers have soft
snap. You weigh the bones with
the meat and charge meat prices.
Butcher don't see as you have
any call to talk. When you sell
Swiss cheese, don't you weigh The
holes and charge cheese prices for
them3-Boston Transcript. /
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04

1t is not 80 much what is thought
and said that matters, but when.
where and to whom it Is uttered.
Striking a light over a wet blanket
Is one thing, over a barfel of gun
powder. Is another.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04

She had been scolding him for
something like 90 minutes, but she
suddenly stopped to inquire;
what are you thinking about
nowf"
II was thinking that things arc
pretty evenly divided In this world
after all, " he replied.
I'm what wayG"
why, man can make moro
noise than woman when he tries
but he has nothing like her endur.
ance "--Chicago Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04

A cage once said, II have learned
much from my teachers, more from
my companions and most from my
pupils. Talmud.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04

The Freemasons were for several
centuries during the middle ages the
sole architects and builders of
chLfcLes.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04
Giving His Order.

II want you to write speech for
me to deliver at the annual banquet
OF our lodge, said MIR. Bunting to
the man who was engaged In gen.
eral literary work Z
"Yes, sir. Any particular instruo-
tionsi"
"oh, mol merely respond to the
toast, The Ladies. God Bless EN- /
OF course want the speech very
witty and about ten minutes long,
Be sure to begin by saying that, 'ow-
ing to the short notice, have not
had the time to devote to the re-
sponse which the Importance Of the
subject naturally demands. DE
troit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04

In looking at her husband, a
woman usually says, II believe you
are guilty of something, although 1
don't know what it is. Exchange.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-04
They Are stin Here.

"They say that poetry is dying. .
Eyes, but unfortunately the poets
aren't. "-Chicago Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17
CHAPTER VI
The Sheriff.

SECTION 1. The Sheriff shall be elected by the people, and he shall hold office for two years. He shall receive an annual salary of eight thousand dol lars, which shall be in full compensa- tion for all official services required of him by law; but said salary shall be exclusive of the compensation received by him from the State for the delivery of prisoners to the State prisons, and insane persons to the State aSylums for the insane. He shall have all the pow CTS conferred, and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon, the Sheriffs of counties by the general laws of this State.
 Sec. 2. He may appoint the follow ing deputies and employees, who shall each respectively receive the following annual salaries:
 One Under Sheriff, twenty-four hum dred dollars; one Attorney, eighteen hundred dollars; one Chief Bookkeeper, eighteen hundred dollars; two Assistant BGokkeepers, fifteen hundred dollars; ten Office Deputies, fifteen hundred dol lars; fourteen Bailiffs, twelve hundred dollars; one Chief Jailer at Branch Jail Number One eighteen hundred dollars; ten Jailers at Branch Jail Number One twelve hundred dollars; one Superin- tendent of Branch Jails Numbers Two and Three, eighteen hundred dollars; sixteen GudTuS aI bTdncn Jdll NufnDer Two, six hundred dollars; one Matron at Branch Jail Number Three, nine hundred dollars; six Guards at Branch Jail Number Three, six hundred dol lars; one CommisSary to act for all jails, fifteen hundred dollars; one Driver of Van, nine hundred dollars; and one Bookkeeper, for all said Branch Jails, fifteen hundred dollars.
 Sec. 3. The Sheriff may designate the services to be performed by h:s depu- ties
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17
CHAPTER III.
The District Attorneu-

SECTION 1. The District Attorney shall be electeF by the people and shall hold office for two years He shall be an elector of the City and County and must at the time of his election be qualified to practice in all the courts of this State, and must have been so qualified for It least five years next preceding his election. He shall re- ceive an annual salary of five thou sand dollars.
 Sec. 2. The District Attorney shall have all the powers conferred, and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon, the District Attorneys of coun- ties by the general laws of this State. and in addition thereto shall attend, in stitute and conduct on behalf of the people, all prosecutions cognizable in the Police Court of the City and County. He sNell draw all complaints and warrants in said Police Court, prosecute all forfeited recognizances therein. and all actions for the recovery of fines. penalties, and forfeitures ac- cruing to the City and County; deliver receipts, for money or property received In his official capacity, and file dupli- cates therefor with the County Treas urer; file with tte Auditor on the first Mondays of January, April, July and october in each year, an itemized statement under oath showing all moneys received by him in his official capacity durir- the preceding three months; keep a register of his official business in which must be entered a note of every action, whether criminal or civil, prosecuted officially bv him, and of the proceedings therein. and give, when required. without fee. ad- vice to the Board of Police Commis- sioners. the Chief of Police. the Poard of Health and the Coroner. 1non ,Toa+ ters relating to the duties of tba;r re spective offices.
 Sec. 3. He may appoint seven Assis+- ant District Attorneys to aid him iy tta discharge of his official duties tbrae of whom shall act as prosecutors in the Superior Court, and shall each receive an annual salary of thirty-six hundred dollars. and four of whom shall act as the prosecuting attorneys of the Police Court. and shall each receive an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars When any of the assistants of the Dis- trict Attorney acting as such prosecut ing attorneys in the Police Court are not actually engaged in work connected with prosecutions therein. they shall he at the call of the District Attorney for any service connected with his depart- ment The assistants must each. at the time of his appointment. be qualified to practice in all the courts of this State. and must have been so qualified for at least two years next preceding his ap- pointment The District Attorney may also appoint one chief clerk, who shall
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17

specifications and drawings shall be delivered to the contractor.
 At the same time with the execution of the contract the contractor shall eX- ecute to the City and County and de- liver to the Secretary of the Board a bond in the sum named in the notice for proposals with two or more suff1- cient sureties to be approved by the Board, or shall deposit with the Secre- tary certified check upon some sol- vent bank for said amount, for the faithful performance of the contract. No surety on any bond, other than law fully authorized surety companies, shall be taken unless he shall be a payer of taxes on real property the assessed value of which, over and above all membranes, Is equal in amount to his liabilities on all bonds on which he may be security to the City and County; and each surety shall justify and make an affidavit (for which form shall be printed upon said bondD, signed by him, that he is assessed upon the last Assessment Book of the City and County in his own name for real property in an amount greater than his liability on all bonds on which he is surety to the City and County. and that the taxes on such property so assessed are not de- linquent
 The contract shall specify the time within which the work shall be coru- menced, and when to be completed, as was specified in the notice inviting pro- posals therefor. Upon the recommen- dation of the Board, the Supervisors may extend said time; but in no event shall the time for the performance of said contract be extended by the Su- pervisors more than ninety days be- yond the time originally fixed for it's compilations; but, on the unanimous roO ny1orI and lot nf fHA or6 nf DI1h Works, a further extension may be granted by vote of fourteen members of the Board of Supervisors. In case of failure on the part of the contractor to complete his contract within the time fixed in the contract, or within such extension of said time as Is herein provided, his contract shall be void. and the Supervisors shall not pay or allow to him any compensation for any work done by him. under said contract; and, in the case of the improvement of streets, no assessment shall be made for the work done under said contract.
 Sec. 22. The work in this Article pro- vided for must be done under the di- rection and to the satisfaction of the Board of Public Works; and the mater ials used must be in accordance with the specifications and be to the satis- faction of said Board, and all contracts provided for in this Article must con- tain 8 provision to that effect, and also. that in no case, except where 1t Is otherwise provided in this Charter, will the City and County, or any de- partment or officer thereof, be liable for any portion of the expense, or in the case of improvement of streets, for any delinquency of persons or property assessed.
 When said work shall have been completed to the satisfaction and ac- ceptance of the Board, 1t shall so de- clare by resolution, and thereupon the Board shall deliver to the contractor a certificate to that effect.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17
CHAPTER K
The San Francisco Law Librar

SECTION l. The Supervisors must provide, fit up and furnish with fuel, lights, stationery, and all necessary conveniences attendants and care, rooms convenient and accessible to the judges and officers of the courts and of the municipal government sufficient for the use and accommodation of the San Francisco Law Library, established under an Act of the Legislature of this State entitled: "An Act to provide for increasing the Law Library of the cor poration known as the San Francisco Law Library, and to secure the use of the same to the Courts held at San Francisco, the Bar, the City and Coun- ty Government and the People of the City and County of San Francisco" ap- proved March 9th, 1870. The Supervis- ors must appropriate, allow, and order paid out of the proper fund such sums
 as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid; and all sums lawfully ap-
 propriated and expended pursuant hereto shall be paid out of the proper fund on demands duly audited, in the mode prescribed by this Charter for auditing other demands upon the treas ury. The County Clerk must pay monthly to the Treasurer of the San Francisco Law Library such moneys as he shall collect under the Act referred to for the benefit of said Law Library.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17
Foh rAr SAN FRANCISCO.

Sec. 15. The Police Judges shall adopt all necessary rules and regula- tions for conducting the business of the Court.
 Sec. Is. No attorney shall appear in said Court to prosecute or defend per sons charged with offenses unless at the time of his appearance he be quail fled to practice law in all the courts of this State.
 Sec IT. The term of office of the Po- lice Judges elected at the general cleo tion held in the year eighteen hundred and ninety eight shall terminate at the hour of noon on the first Monday after the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred. and they shall at said time be succeeded by the Police Judges provided for in this Chapter; and all proceedings pending in said Court shall be transferred to the Police Court created under this Charter, and the Judges elected as herein provided shall have and obtain Jurisdiction of the same.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17
CHAPTER VIII.
The Police Court.

SECTION 1. There Is hereby created and established in and for the City and County of San Francisco a Court to be known as the Police Court of the City and County of San Francisco Said Court shall consist of four Judges. who shall be elected by the people and hold office for four years. They sf all each receive an annual salary of thirty-six hundred dollars. They shall be electors of the City and County at the time of their election, and must have been such for at least five years next preceding such time. No person shall be eligible to the office of Judge of the Police Court who is not at the time of his cleo tion qualified to practice in all the Courts of this State, and who has not been so qualified for at least five years next preceding his election. The Court shall be divided into departments, known as Department Number One, Department Number Two, Depart ment Number Three and Department Number Four. The Judges of such Court may hold as many sessions of the Court at the same time as there are Judges thereof. The Judges who shall be elected at the first election under this Charter shall so classify them selves by lot that two of them shall go out of office in two years and two of them in four years.
 1Hty SIldll CllOOSc HUH lIltlI d Presiding Judge who shall serve for one year. The Presiding Judge shall as- sign the Judges to their respective de- partments; but any of the Judges may preside in any of the departments in the absence or inability of the Judge regularly assigned thereto.
 The judgments, orders and proceed ings of any session of the Court held by any one or more of the Judges shall be equally effectual as if all the Judpes had presided at such session.
 Sec. 2. The Police Court of the City and County Of San Francisco shall have:
 First-Exclusive Jurisdiction of all prosecutions for the violation of or dinances of the Board of Supervisors
 Second jurisdiction with the Superior Court of all other misde- meanors and of the examination of all felonies committed in the City and County.
 Third-Said Court, or any Judge thereof, shall have the same powers in all criminal actions, cases, examina- tions and proceedings as are now or
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17

his custody and safely keep all books, records, maps and papers deposited in his office. Upon demand and payment of the fees prescribed therefor by law or by ordinance, he must furnish to any one applying therefor a copy of any such book. record. map or paper, certified under the hand and seal of his office. When any papers are presented for filing or recording. he or his depu- ties shall write on the margln of each paper so presented the number of folios, the amount pau for recording the same, and sha4l number consecutively all instruments and documents filed in his office. He shall also perform all other duties at the time and in the manner prescribed by the general laws of the State