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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
And he wasn't stung?"


Speaking of the Prince OF Naples,
Signor Giarelli says: His hobbies are
Of scientific nature. He is, perhaps,
the only real electrician among all the
present princes OF Europe. He has
never occupied himself much with lit
erature, music or painting. but he is
a master OF electric mechanism. He
is very learned in all that concerns
the application of electricity to light,
motive power, sound and photogra-
ply. He was one of the first and
most successful experimenters with
the x rays after their discovery, and
in Rome his residence in the Quirinal
had the aspect, during his royal high
ness bachelor days, of scientific
laboratory"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
yHs OLD MANS GAME,

Badn't Seen Tenderfoot For Year, But
He Worked the First Along.
"Hullo, stranger, what's yer gamer"
reined in my horse and looked the
old man over.
"Trot her out, shuttle 'em up, bet yer
twenty thet | kin pick out the ace of
hearts every time!"
do you take me for card sharp?"
exclaimed.
"Sho, don't git madl Maybe hits
soap with ten-dollar bill wrapped
around hit. I'll bet yer forty thet
kin pick hit out every time!"
II don't gamble"
"Sho, is thet SO? Wul, l swan,
took we fer one Of them sharp Alecks
with a scheme! Wul, stand aside then,
here comes another gent, maybe he's
got some game thet he wants me ter
ruin against"
The other gent" proved to be more
satisfactory, for when he arrived on
the scene he proceeded to unfold a
small stand, and tlen produced three
walnut shells and a small rubber ball.
"See here"--I began.
But the old man would take no ad-
vice.
"Ye shet, stranger this yere Is a biz
ness matter between this yere gent an
mel Now then, shuttle 'em about!
That's the stuff" shouted the old man,
as he slapped his leg, bet yer twenty
thct / Kin find the little rubber ball
every time!"
winked at me.
Now move 'em up! Knock 'em
about" shouted the old man, agog
with excitement.
The sharper moved the shells deftry
about and palmed the ball, and then
told the old man to go ahead.
The old man squinted at the shells
for moment and then placing dirty
paw on one of the shells said:
Hits thar, amt hit?"
The sharper gasped and looked into
|Sthe long barrel of the A Colt that the
old man had suddenly thrust into his
face with his other hand, and smiling
sicilly smile admitted that it WAS.
"rold ye sol" said the old man, as
he kicked the stand over with his foot,
"Dow ye kin move on, an if ye want
a real soft thing ye kin 60 over yander
an try Ter work old Bill Bungs, who
is half witted and blind in one eye!"
"You saem to have game yourself"
| remarked as the sharper moved off
swearing.
"Ter right, stranger, hev, but dog
goru hit a feller has got ter make a
Twin somehow, an thar aint bin a
tenderfoot in the ne!ghborhood fer a
whole year. New York World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
The Professors wife as a Critic.

A college professor, who prided him.
self on his correct English, heard his
wife remark: II intended to tell JANE
to bring fresh bucket of water"
You doubtless mean a bucket OF
fresh water" corrected the professor
II wish you would pay some attention
to your rhetoric. Your mistakes are
curious" A few moments later the
professor said:
my dear, that picture would show tc
better advantage if you were to hang II
over the clock"
"Ah," she replied, quietly, "you
doubtless mean if / were to hang II
above the clock. If were to hang II
over the clock we could not tell the
time, ] wish you would be more care
full with your rhetoric my dear, your
mistakes are curious"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
eNsner AND POWER.
A Vast Difference Between the Two, Sass
The Engineer

A Vast Didcrcncs Between the Two. Sass
The Engineer.
A trolley wire conveys energy, not
power, from the power house to the
motor of the electric car. The energy
thus conveyed performs no work ex-
cept in overcoming the resistance OF
the wire, till it reaches the motor,
wherein 1t is converted into power,
which is expended in the performance
OF work. The boiler of locomotive
does not transmit power from the fur
mace to the water in the boiler; 1t
transmits that form Of energy known
as heat; strictly speaking, the boiler
does no work. BY figure of speech
we say boiler works we'll or ill.," as
the case may be; but, when we consult
our mechanical and thermodynomical
definitions, we find no warrant for say
ing that a boiler works, or that 1t
transmits power; what 1t transmits Is
energy-a very different thing from
either power or work. The steam pipe
leading from the boiler to the steam
chest of an engine cylinder does not
transmit power; it simply transmits
the heat energy generated in the boil
er; only when the steam reaches the
cylinder and the piston moves, energy
is converted into work, which, when
quantitatively expressed in units Of
work performed in a specified time, Is
power. On the other hand, rope trans
mission, belt transmission, shaft trans
mission, etc, are examples of power
transmission.--The Engineer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
The Cigarette in Diplomacy.

An attache of one of the legations in
Washington said the other day: Dip
lomacy couldn't get along without the
cigarette. For hundreds of years am
bassadors used the snuff box as a dis
courager of impulsiveness and temper.
You can't think of Talleyrand, for in
stance, without his precious snuff box.
Recall the paintings and prints of the
picturesque old fellow; he seemed to be
always offering a pinch of snuff to
some other smirking chap. When pas
sions became strained, or things that
ought not to be said were likely to be
forced out by sly remark of ones ad-
versary, or an unexpected situation de-
yeloped the passing of snuff always
gained time. The cigarette does the
same business now. The cigar is too
big and too heavy for many men, but
the cigarette is dainty and harmless,
and II it does anything, it steadies the
nerve for the time. 1t is a graceful
thing to offer; it affords a chance for
a polite smile; it helps a fellow to get
an impassive face; and most of all it
makes him careful in speech. Why
the world never will know how often
even war has been averted by the Gig
arctic. There is always a war of dip
lomats before the open war of nations,
and that little roll of tobacco has
again and again during the last ten
years been spell of peace among am
bassadors when irritation had got the
better of them and any moment might
hear the irrevocable words which
would precipitate war. All the sensit-
ivesness of whole nation Is some
times tingling in the person of it's one
ambassador during a critical inter-
view, and l could tell you strange
stories, were at liberty, which l have
gathered among the diplomatic corps
of various capitals of how international
anger has been soothed by the smoke
of a cigarette"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
FALLING OF TIE Stars.
Tho Coming shower of Meteroids and 1,ai
m

Tho Coming Shower of Meteroids and Rain
OF Fire One Year Hence.
The astronomers look for the next
great meteroric shower on the MORN
ing of November Is, 1899. They cal
culate that the earth will then pass
again through the center of an i'm
mense swarm of meteoroids, as they
are called, before combustion. These
great "Lecnide Star Showers" as they
are called, occur at intervals of every
33 years and one day. The great show
er of 1899 occurred on November IL;
that of 1888 on November a. and, con-
sequently repetition of the next won
derful phenomena is expected on the
morning of November Is, 1S99
In the meanwhile, however, as the ag-
gregation of meteoroids is of immense
length, one end of it will encounter the
earth in 1898 and the other in 1900,
making as Professor Lewis Smith, the
distinguished astronomer of Rochester,
n. Y, says considerable showers In
those years also. Not only this, but
1t is stated on the same authority that
many forerunners of the great shower
may be expected to come within the
earth's atmosphere on November IA,
1897, because many of the meteoroids
are always considerably in advance of
the main cluster. Professor Swift says
"the thickness of the meteoroidal
stream is 100000 miles, and the dura-
tion of the shower is equal to the time
OF the diagonal passage of the earth
through it, usually from midnight to
dawn" He adds LAS there is a light
shower OF Leonoids every November,
we know that there is vast ring form
ed by the comets tail, and that the i'm
mense shoal in one portion is the pro-
duct of the exploded comet itself, and
through which we pass once every 33
years and a day."
The meteoroids are dark bodies, and
1t is only when they pass into the
earth's atmosphere that they are igni-
ted by friction and become visible for
a few seconds. The stream makes a
revolution around the sun in about 33
Ia years, and by consequence the
earth passes through it in new place
every year. The length of the swarm
is so enormous that although it moves
at the rate of nearly 25 miles second,
yet it takes it two years to pass the
earth, SO that when it's hinder part is
still with us it's advancing side will
have reached the orbits Of Jupiter and
Saturn. Notwithstanding this extent,
~ 10 httt fraction nf thn antira orbit
Professor Swift says: This great clus-
ter will reach the earth's orbit about
June /, 1899, but the earth will not
have arrived there then, but will be
due nearly six months later, when our
planet will plunge into the swarming
mass, and for at least five years we
shall experience literal rain of fire."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11

Professor Max Rubner, who lectures
on hygiene at the Berlin University.
has published a very interesting ar
ticle on the use of starched laundry in
summer. After extensive and careful
investigation, he has come to the con-
clusion that ,starched linen forms a
very strong obstacle to the discharge
of heat, an influence that becomes
stronger in proportion as the outside
temperature rises. In winter, when we
try hard to retain our bodily heat, the
protection given by starched linen Is
very small, on account of the low tenn
nerature on the outside, and in summer
when he try as hard to cool off as much
as possible, starched linen energetical-
ly keeps the heat in. 1t Is true enough
that with the rising temperature per-
spiration will dissolve the starch, but
even then it is very disagreeably felt.
In this condition it closes up the pores
of the linen and renders difficult the
entrance Of dry air to the skin, and 1t
is just the fresh and dry air that gives
US coolnesS in summer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
Soms CurIou, Compliments.

The compliments paid by the poor
are often put in an amusing way. One
old lady who was very fond of the rec
tor said to Mr.. Bernays: "You know
sir, us likes the rector, is ears is so
clean!"-surely an odd reason for pa.
rochial affection. Another admirer
once declared with regard to the
whole staff Of clergy: you are all SO
plain "a word of high commenda-
tion), but as for the vicar, 'e's beau
tiful!" The greatest compliment,
though at the same time the most GU
rious Mr.. Bernays ever heard, was
paid by working man to a certain
bishop, famous for his simple kindli-
ness: What likes bout the bishop
is 'e's not gentleman"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
Sinple Subtraction.

An Irishman was hauling water in
barrels from a small river to supply the
inhabitants of the village, which was
rot provided with waterworks. AS he
halted at the top of the bank to give
blow" before proceeding to peddle the
water, gentleman of the inquisitive
type rode UP, and after passing the
time of the day, asked:
How long have you been hauling
water for the village, my good
MANI"
Tin years or more, sor," was the re-
ply.
"Ah! and how many loads do you
make !: day."
From tin to fifteen, accordin' to the
weather, sor."
"Yes. Now, have one for you, Pat"
said the gentleman, laughing. "How
much water have you hauled altogeth-
err"
The Irishman jerked his thumb in
the direction of the river, at the same
time giving his team the hint to start,
and replied:
"All the water that yez don't see
there now, sor."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
NOT JOSHUA TAYLOR,
By NJ. QUAD.

There 40 passengers In the car
when man wearing fur cap and
having rather an innocent expression
of countenance boarded the train at q
small station and appeared among us.
There were plenty of empty seats, but
he did not sit down. Instead, he walk
ed down the aisle and took a close look
in every mans face. That he was
looking for some one in particular was
evident, but he passed each one to the
very last man. who was asleep with
his chin on his breast
Here, you-wake up!" said the man
with the fur Cap, as he shook the other
by the shoulder.
"W-what you want?" stammered
the man, as he Strengthened UP.
"Is your name Joshua Taylor"
"No, sir! How dare you come along
and put your paws on me, and ask me
IL my name Is Joshua Taylor?"
"If you amt Joshua Taylor you look
like him. rayther think you are the
mani"
Look here, sir exclaimed the
aroused passenger as he began to get
red in the face--"who are you, and
what do you want with me?"
"My names Benjamin Scott. A fell
Ter named Joshua Taylor cum along
here a few months ago with patent
hay fork and"
Sir! do / look like man who
travels around with a patent gimcrack
to skin farmers!" interrupted the pas
senger.
"Mebbe you don't, but there's no use
gittin' mad about it. l jest asked IL
you was Joshua Taylor"
'And 1 said wasn't. Who in Texas
is Joshua Taylor, and how dare you
lay hands on me?"
"He had patent hay fork and he
pretended to fall in love with my
daughter Sary. He axed her right
plump out to mary him, and then skip
ped off in the night. That poor GAL"
"You confounded idiot" roared the
passenger, but I've mind to make
your heels break your neck! Do look
like a villain? Do l look like. fakir? +?
Do / look like Joshua Taylor? Why,
sir, if l had you on the ground I'd
knock your head eff your shoulders!"
"Then you are not the man?" calmly
inquired MIR. Scott.
'Ot course I'm mott"
wall, don't bust lung. II your
name amt Joshua Taylor then you
didn't travel with patent hay fork
and fall in love with my daughter
Sary. If you was him"
"Then what would you do, sir? What
would you do?" yelled the passenger,
as he shook his fist under the others
nose.
"Wall, nobody kin skeer me by hol-
lerin'!" said Mr.. Scott, as he backed
off and turned pale. you kin whoop
and yell and make all the threats you
want to- but if I'd found out that you
was Joshua Taylor, I'll be hanged If
wouldn't-yes, sir, I'll be hanged If !
wouldn't hev jest told you right to
your face that you outer be ashamed O.
youself, and that I'd rather see Sary
married to barbed wire fence man,
even If you had a million dollars!"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
Ills Suspicious Action.

Nov, Mr.. Beefy," coldly said the
handsome young widow, who was do
ing her own marketing, while 1 am
fully conscious of the honor you wish
to confer upon me, i must tell you that
l have no present intention of marry
ing again, and am, therefore, compell-
ed to refuse the hand yol Offer"
ub-bub-but. Mum-Mrs. Hooks"
stammered the astonished butcher, 81
have never offered you my hand, and
-ah-"
Then, why are you trying to weigh
it on the scales with the roast, sir?"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
HAD eEss KoR aALE.
Row Farmer INV iiiingiy Contributed
Shoes for Tramp.


Row n Farmer Unwiliingiy Contributed
shoes for Tramp.
AS sat on the veranda with the
farmer after supper, asked him II he
was not greatly bothered by tramps,
and his reply was:
wall, good many of 'em come
along and want bite to eat, and some
of 'em are pretty sassy, but only one
man OF 'em ever served me real mean
trick"
Poison your dog?" queried.
1T was meaner than that. We was
eatin' dinner one day in the spring
when hive Of bees started to swarm.
I'd been expectln' 1t and watchin 'em
and had new hive ready. When
bees swarm they will light on most
anything handy-a limb, a bush or
even the pump. Jest as the bees began
to pour out Of the hive and circle
around, along comes a tramp up the
path to ask for sunthin' to eat. The
queen bee settled down on his old hat,
and the hull swarm follered her. In
two minits that tramp's head and
shoulders was covered by bees, and
yells to him for heavens sake not to
try to fight 'em off or he'd be stung to
death"
He must have been terror-stricken,"
l said.
mot bit Of 1t, sir. He was as cool
as cowcumber, and when / told him
he'd have to stand in smudge till the
bees was killed Off he just laughed.
When they'd all settled down on him
and / was goin' to start smudge, he
SEE:
old man, what dye consider this
swarm o. bees with in cold cash?'
"'About s5,' sez I.
"'Ar' ye willin' to give three?' sez
he.
"'What fur?' sez I.
'Bekase you'll either pay me SO or
I'll walk off with the bizness and sell
out to somebody else!'"
"And you had to buy him Off" I
asked.
That's where the meanness came
in," replied the farmer. Them bees
was my property, and wasn't buyin'
what was my own. He offered to take
81, but / couldn't see how he could git
away with 'em and refused to come
down. Then he starts off. reckoned
the bees would get angry and sting
him to death, but nuthin' happened.
He jest walked out into the road and
down the hill, and he carried them
bees seven miles and sold 'em fur new
pair o. Shoes"
"And he wasn't stung?"
mot once, sir. The bees seemed to
like the smell O. him, and he padded
along the road as grand as you please.
AS fur tramps. I've had 'em lie and
steal and set fire to straw stacks, but
l amt feelin' hard towards anybody
but the feller who walked away with
the bees"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
seven Feet of Hair ON His Chin.

Mr.. Legrand Larow of Lamar, Mo-,
has a beard which perhaps is the long
est worn by any man in the world. His
beard is feet in length. and has
measured 71a feet. Mr.. Larow was
born in Tompkins County, N. Y, in
1852, and his relatives are noted for
heavy boards, but not of extraordinary
length. He is feet in height, and
weighs IT'S pounds. When standing
with his beard down it extends feet
upon the food. He has not shaved for
over twenty years. He wears his beard
braided and wound around his body,
or else wrapped and lodged inside his
vest.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11

y want said the recently married
man Ia the novelty store, "a lady's
belt"
"Yea, Sir" said the polite shop en-
press. What size?'
A blush mantled the customers brow,
and he swallowed twice in rapid sue
cession. Then he said:
Il don't know exactly. Let me have
yardstick, please"
And as he placed it along the inside
of his arm, from shoulder to wrist, the
shop empress remarked beneath her
breath to her chum, He amt the fool
he looks is he, Jenny?"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
What the Minister snid.

Helen Hunt, Chicago girl, found
purse in church, and notified the pastor
that she had it, SO II anyone reported
the loss it could be returned. The next
Sunday the clergyman made the fol-
lowing announcement from the pulpit:
Someone lost a purse here last Sun
day evening, and If the owner wants
the property he can go to Helen Hunt
for it,"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
The Statesman.

He sits where the throng may behold
him,
And pensively gazes on high,
And they say, as gloom seems to en-.
fold him,
Inspiration is certainly nigh"
Then swiftly a paper he seizes
And traces it over with ink,
And they echo, like whispering breezes
Now watch him; he's going to
Think"
And the shades of the great seem tc
hover
AS he struggles to drain wisdom's
fount;
And they'll probably never discover
@ He's at work on his mileage ac-
count.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
A Chapter O: Excuses.

Five men on an Atlantic liner were
thirsty. They ambled up to the bar.
One wanted drink because he was
sick; another wanted a drink because
he YVES sleepy; another wanted one be-
cause he couldn't sleep; another could
not eat unless he had an appetizer. FL
nally, an old soak deranded a drink
because he liked it.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11

An Oberlin President certifies that
During all my experiences as pro-
fessor-27 years In ALL have never
observed any difference in the sexes as
to psr5sEpages 5ssEcgpa ~ . geeltalon," The
boys may now pluck dp Courage.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
A Russian Dragon.

A real old-fashioned dragon was seen
not long ago, day by day, by terrified
peasants, in the River Vistula, near
Cracow, Russia. 1t was finally CAP
tured in net and killed, when it prov
ed to be an alligator which had escaped
from menagerie.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
Dancing Toilets.

Cream-colored point de Venise, with
silk net top, is in great use for the
decoration of dancing toilets of palest
sea gray, golden green, Persian mauve
silks and satins; the beautiful sunsho
taffetas, the exquisitely tinted crepes
de chine and the soft. plable Marie
Antoinette brocades, made with low
bodice, or half low, round waist, with
a ripple OF the lace at the neck and a
similar fall OF the garniture below the
ribbon belt; the latter arrangement if
called the "basquine finish.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
One Advantage.

Some Satisfaction--Mrs. Bridewell-
I'm glad l wasn't born in France Just
think Of having your husband selected
for you by somebody else?" Mrs. Old.
ham-"I know; but there's the con.
ISOLATION of having somebody to blame
1t on to."-Judge.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
Unexpected Frankness.

Miss Quickstep-What part of towL
are we driving through, Mr.. Fibble9
Fweddy-I haven't the least idea.
Miss Quickstep-I was aware of that.
Still, ] thought it possible you might
know what part of town we are driving
through.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11

of Hunter and Walnut streets. No resident
pastor. Services irregular.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HURCH.-
East Hunter. street. No resident pastor
Services irregular.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
The Husbands WAY.

She Cat the desk)-Dear, please tell
me how to spell costume. I'm writing
to mother about my lovely new gown"
He-Well are you ready?
She--Yes.
He-C-o-s-t, cost
She--Yes.
He-T-u--to-
She-Well?
He-M-e, me-$65, as yet unpaid.
She You're wretch.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
A Jauudiced View.

II don't see why it should be deemed
disgrace" the youthful bachelor re-
marked in the course of the converse
tion, for a woman to ask a man to
marry her."
1T isn't a disgrace" replied the ell
derly maiden. "Idiocy is misfor-
tune"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
Coming Hack.

II was the beginning of their we'd
ding trip.
Dear" she inquired anxiously, "in
the excitement of leaving. did you say
goodby to papa and mama?"
"No," he replied; II said 'au re-
voir.'"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11

He-Did you tell your father that
would kill myself if l couldn't have
you?
She-Yes.
He-What did he say?
She-IIe said that settled it. You
couldn't have me.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
Easily Satisfied.

she-Wlll you write to me after you
go up to college!
e-Why-er-you know
can't write.
She-oh, don't expect you to write
brilliantly -oE-amusingly; just write as
you talk!
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
The Undertaker.s weicon,e

At the recent reunion at Leayen-
worth, Kan, local undertaken thought
he was showing the proper spirit when
he displayed a banner in the window
with these words on 1t, Welcome,
comrades"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-11
An Exnsrt Comes to Grief.

The expert has come to grief again
in a Louisiana rural town. He tes-
lifies that oxen are nearly all of one
color, basing his opinion on special
personal observation. 1t was proved
that he had been keeping tally ON the
only cx team in the neighborhood.