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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18
BETTER THAN MEDICINE.
why Swinging in n Hammock IL the Very
Luxury OF Rest to Some People.


Luxury OF Rest to Some People.
"she might "a braided two rugs in
the time she's Jest lain on her back and
stared up into tree" This was the
criticism made against a lady summer
boartlcr, who had taken her hammock
with her into rural district not famil.
lar with It's use.
The indignant speaker was an over
thrifty housewife, whose idea of time
was that every moment must be trans
muted into solid work, and that spare
minutes between cooking, securing,
washing, ironing, milking, churning,
bringing up and sending children out
West, must 60 into rugs, and she was
then engaged on her one hundred and
elghty-third rug. The hammock, how
ever, defended itself by the good it
quietly d d, and the next season dozen
of them swung there.
In this land and day we hardly need to
put in plea for periods of downright
rest The competitions of business, the
demands of home life, the exactions of
society, the excitements of pleasure, the
appeals of benevolence. the calls OF
duty and the friction upon our spirits,
through the daily press of the world-
wide movements of the age, combine to
sweep us along rcsistlessly in that ten
dency to overwork which we have in
herited from our fathers and mothers.
and of whom, after all, the old lady
was only a somewhat exaggerated rep
| resentative.
The hammock is great help in the
matter of rest. The brain-worker may
| get one kind of rest he needs in the
fatigues of hunting, or walking in the
mountains, or travelling amid new
scenes. Yet even such as he need to
unite with it more or less of passive
rest.
But to another class-jaded teachers,
exhausted housewives, and all who have
worked right along with some bodily
weakness or chronic ailment which
hardly seemed worthy physician
attention. Jest laying on her back
and staring up in tree" may. prove
the very luxury of rest, luxury tina
can be freely indulged in only with ben
eft. The mental repose in the cast
tells directly and indirectly on every
nerve-center in the system. The
posture adds greatly to its value, rest
ing every muscle and fiber of the body
and even the internal organs by reliev
ing their points of tension.
A hammock hung in the house il
we'll; hung in the verada is vastly bet
ter; but one hung beneath the wide
spreading branches of tree is the per
feet thing. There let the occupant clos
his eyes and go to sleep, if he feel lik
it: or watch the swallows swoopin!
through the air, or the birds hoppin!
from bough to bough above him. or tn
Kaleidoscope of clouds, or the subim
blue. This, repeated daily, he will fin
better than all medicine. - Youths Com
panion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18
STRAWBERRY BEDS.
Renewing the Old Plat SO That 1t "
Produce n Fair Crop.


Produce Fair Crop.
The following plan of renewal as
practiced by some of our best fruit
growers here is the most practical and
best have tried. 1t consists in turning
back burrows through the plat at inter-
vals of five or six feet, leaving strip
eight to twelve inches wide, according
to the number of plants it contains, be-
tween each back-furrow. This strip is
then carefully hoed and thinned, leav-
ing one plant as near rs practicable to
every twelve inches in the row, being
careful to disturb the roots of those left
as little as possible.
The plowing should be done soon rs the
crop is harvested, and if so done the
back-furrows may be left three or four
days before cultivating, when it should
be thoroughly cultivated down, the
roots rakcd off and replaced with fine
manure. Cultivation should continue
at intervals, and the runners be allowed
to take root as in spring planting.
If renewal or renovation of the plat
has been neglected until autumn it is
better to NOW and rake oil the plants
and weeds before plowing, then plow
shallow and make the back-furrows mar
row, leaving the rows not more than
three or four feet apart, and more plants
in the row, rs the chances are that they
will not have time, after this date, to
spread enough for remunerative crop,
if the rows are left the usual distance
apart. In all cases the space between
no should hn l-a,,t <,Ia orI
wide enough for p!ckers to pass without
treading ON the fruit. Soon rs the
plants are hoed, clean out all roots of
plants and weeds from the back-furrows
and cart them off either to the compost
heap or use them rs mulch for the
raspberries. Follow with good coat
of well-rotted manure and shallow cul-
tivation, often as necessary to keep the
ground clear from weeds and the sur
face mellow.
Strong growers like Crescent and
James Wick will set plants so thickly as
to choke each other and should be kept
thinned. At the setting in of winter
mulch with cut stalks, straw or coarse
manure. Either straw or cut stalks, if
not too thickly applied, need not be re-
moved in spring. Mulch is indispensa-
BILE to prevent hcaving or freezing out,
especially if the plants have light
growth. 1t helps to keep down weeds
in spring, may retard the blossoming
until after damaging frosts and serves
to keep the fruit clean. The latter is
an important item with varieties that
fruit near the ground, like the Sharp
less. Unlike most other plants, the
strawberry is not easily smothered by
winter covering.
The plan of leaving the old brush h in
tho raspberry patch until open weather
in winter or spring, has its favorable
side, especially rs winter protection,
but the new canes for best results should
be thnned to three or four stalks to tho
hill. One of our most successful rasp-
berry growers thns in May, thus secur-
ing strong canes with numerous
branches for next years fruiting. Cor.
OHIO Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18
FACTS ABOUT RIVERS.
Both the Nile and the Yangtse- Kiang
Longer Than the Amazon.

Both the Nile and the Yangtse- Kiang
Longer Than the Amazon.
The explorations of recent years have
considerably changed our notions of the
comparative rank of the great rivers of
the world. If we class rivers according
to their length. both the Nile and the
Yangtse-Kiang must be named before
the Amazon. The Niles 1000 miles of
waterway from its headwaters south OF
Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean
make il the largest river in the world,
nearly Us long as the Mississippi and
Missouri together, and about 1000 miles
longer than the Amazon. The Amazon
is the greatest river in the world, be-
cause it has immense tributaries, some
of them larger than the Danube or the
Rhine, by means of which the Amazon
basin covers an area about 1,O00,O00
square miles greater than that of any
other river. The Congo river is the
fourth longest river in the world. but in
the volume of water that it pours into
the ocean it is second only to the Anna
Zon.
A very curious thing has been discov-
CIcu uuOuI tlc tulcC ShcNlcSu iiFCh
basins in South America-the Orinoco,
the Amazon and the Plata basins. 1t
has been found that they are SO con-
nected by watercourses that the traveller
can pass in steamboats, or canoes from
one river system into another. he can
ascend the Orinoco river for hundreds
of miles until he comes to the Cassaqu-
lari, on which he can travel for about
two hundred miles to the Rio Negro,
one of the largest tributaries of the
Amazon. Floating down to the Anna
zon, and then descending that river for
some distance, he can ascend the great
Madeira tributary. In its upper course
he can turn into the Mamorc, then into
the Guapore, then into the little
Allegro river. Here, rs is often done, he
can haul his canoe over low, grassy
fiat about two miles wide and launch it
into the Rio Agoapehy, and then de-
scend by the Jauru and Paraguay to
Buenos Ayres and the Plata river. The
Allegro and Agoapehy rivers, head
streams of two mighty systems. flow
side by side for twenty or thirty miles,
and many of their branches are separat.
ed by few hundred yards.
MIR. Wells, the engineer whom Brazil
has employed for years in its railroad
surveys, says that in many places the
basin of the Amazon could easily be
connected with that of the Plata river
by canals, and communication by water
would thus be rendered complete from
one system to another. N. y Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18
KING PAUL l.
Death of tho Sovereign OF . Microscopic
and Unknown Kingdom.

Death of the Sovereign OF . Microscopic
and Unknown Kingdom.
What schoolmaster, to say nothing of
"every school-boy," knows there is q
European kingdom named Tavolara ly-
ngin Mediterranean, or rather Tyrrhen-
an, waters. the King Of which, Paul l..
lied only a few months ago, full Of
rears and honorsp
Off the northeast coast of the Island
II Sardinia lies the much smaller Island
f Tavolara, five miles long and one
broad. Its possession and absolute SOW
,reignty were formally granted by King
Charles Albert, of Sardinia, to the
Bartoleoni family, and for more than
,alf century Paul l, King Of Tavolara,
:eigned over it in peace. On the 3Oth
,f May last, King Paul was compelled
20 60 to the mainland to seek treatment
or heart disease. Finding that science
was powerlcss in his case the King re-
mrned to his island to die in the midst
Of his subjects. who are forty in num-
Der. He died sitting in his chair, like
;he Emperor Vespasan, vainly cndeav-
oring to write will.
he was SeVentY-clSnI years oid' me
forty subjects of Re Paolo, as they called
him, lost in him benevolent and in
dustrious monarch his family lost a
kind father, and the wild goats of the
island, more numerous than the Kings
subjects, lost we will not say they
mourn the loss of-an intrepid hunter.
Tavolara is smaller State than either
the republic of San Marino, lying east
of Italy, which has twenty-five square
miles and eight thousand people; the
principality Of Monaco, on the French
coast of the Mediterranean near the
Italian frontier, which has eight anc
one-half square miles and eight thous
and five hundred inhabitants; or the re
public of Andorra, lying betweer
France and Spain, which is six hundred
square miles in extent and has sever
thousand people. -YouMs Companion
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18
No Such Wonder Living.

EYES," he said, rs he slipped into the
Bell Office, 'you have heard of me, OF
course. Everybody has heard of me.
Never did, you sayP That's funny-I
thought you surely had. Why, am the
greatest living wonder in the Territory,
positively the greatest. My fame has
spread all over the Northwest. Crowds
flock to 500 me. l can scarcely walk
tho streets there are so many people
standing and staring Mt me. l am the
lion of the hour-the man who attracts
the most attention in this whole, grand
Territory. Look at me. sir, look ut
mcp' "But what is it about you that is
so wonderful" we asked. timidly. "My
friend" he said, as he struck a tragic
attitude, ~ am the only man in Dakota
who don't want oflice!' but he had
scarcely uttered the words when an Of
ticer camc in and took him. He was an
escaped lunatic. There is no such sane
man in the Territory. -Estelline %. ~
Bell.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18
The Pitch of Rivers.

The average pitch OF large rivers, ex-
cluding regions of cascades, seldom ex-
ceeds twelve inches to mile, and is
sometimes but one-third of that amount.
According to Humphreys and Abbot,
the pitch of the Mississippi from Me em-
phis down 1855 miles) is only 4.S2
inches at low water; from Cairo, at the
mouth of the Ohio Q,0SS miles), 6.94
inches; and above lhe Missouri, from
its source, only 11.75 inches. The Mis-
souri,, from its highest source (2,90S
miles), descends about $500 feet, or 20
inche mile; but from Fort Benton to
st. Joseph e. 1853 miles), about 11.40
inches; and below st. Joseph to the
mouth asa miles), 9.25 inches. Dana
gives the average pitch of the Amazon
ms little more than inches mile; OF
the Lower Nile, less than z; of the
Lower Ganges, about 4. The Rhone is
remarkable for it's great pitch, it being
80 inches per mile from Geneva to
Lyons, and 32 inches below Lyons.
ArkansaW Iraveler.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18
HOME AND FARM.

1T is said that the pods of lima beans
ire very injurious to hogs, though they
nay be fed freely to cows.
Have you ever observed how much
,ne tasty-looking, wcll-painted struc-
mre beside the house, even II 1t be only
.hc poultry house, adds to the appear
,nce of placer Field and Farm.
Correct Is the man who says the
majority of the pork consumers do not
want to eat clear grease or even half
lat A purely corn-fed hog from pig
hood to brotherhood Is nearly equiva-
lent to a skinful of lard oil. More lean
meat is great desideratum. Boston
Post.
--Corn-B Bread Without Eggs: Two
cups of corn meal. one cup of Hour, two
and one-half cups Of fresh buttermilk,
two and one.half teaspoonfuls of soda
Gust even fully, one tablespoonful of
salt. Beat thoroughly, add three table,
spoonfus of melted butter and bake.
The Caterer.
In making compost the object
should be to have the materials in fine
condition. As compost is usually n
mixture of quite number of materials
and also best when perfectly dccom-
posed, it serves better for young plants
that are tender, and is much superior to
stable manure for use in flower gardens.
Prairie Farmer.
--Buttermilk Soup: Let two quarts
of sweet milk come to q boil, then put
in your two quarts of buttermilk; stir
to keep from Jumping. Have slice
bread ready to pour it over, then put Il
lump of butter into the kettle, stir in
with SIX tablespoonfuls of flour, return
the soup to the pot a few minutes, then
dish .-Household.
Cold boiled ham is much more ap-
petizing if treated in this way: Boil
until within about fifteen minutes OF
being done, then skin it and rub all over
the fat and the cut end with brown
sugar, into which you have put few
drops of vinegar: then stick cloves nj.
over it and bake in the oven for fifteen
minutes. Very good for picnic. 10.
ledo Blade.
Happy is the apple grower, say:
the Farm Journal, who has a few acres
of naturally drained side soil, mellow
and porous, and deep enough to permit
the roots of his trees to go down out o.
reach of plow, or drouth, or frost, ant
anchor themselves in the very depths O
the earth. Such is not easy to find. ant
particularly in large bodies, but when
ever it is found by all means give thu
apple n chance at it.
The restoration of color to fabrics
which from one cause or another har'
deteriorated in this respect has suggest
ed various chemical appl cations ant
processes. 1t has been customary t.
employ ammonia for the purpose o
neutralizing acids that have accidental
ly or otherwise destroyed the color o
the stuifs, this being necessarily applied
Immediately, or the color is usually i'm
perfectly restored. An application Q
chloroform has the effect of bringin!
out the colors as bright rs ever. Plus
goods and all articles dyed with anilin
colors, faded from exposure to light
resume their original brightness of ap
pearance after being sponged witt
chloroform; the commercial chloro
form, which is less costly than the puri
} fed, answers we'll for this purpose. =
t Chicago Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The owners photograph must now
appear on all passports in Turkey.
The best female lacemakcrs of Sax
ony are not able to earn more than
sixty cents week.
The increase of postal business
made IL desirable for the German Gov
ernment to erect post-oflice ut Shang-
hal.
Samson, the French executioner,
behcaded Z, l43 people in his official ca
reer, being 217 year---rather busy
life.
The tomb of Mordecai and Queen
Esther is still visited by Hebrew pill
grims, and Is we'll preserved in the cef-
ter of the town Of Hamadan, in Pcrs'a.
More than two per cont. Of oil the
privntes in the Russian army were pun
ishcd by court-martial last year. Among
the offenses were five thousand robber-
les.
Tho national debt of Great Britain
amounts to more than ego for each in
habitant, but very few worry over the
matter. It is grocers' and butchers
bills which make us jump when the
door-bcll rings.
in England--that Is to say, manage
graph lines-the number of messages
sent annually has increased from 8, ,O0O.-
600 in 1879 to 100000 in 1885.
In Paris an enthusiastic crowd in
sisted on carrying an unwilling
stranger, who had saved man from
drowning, to the police station to be re-
warded. There he was recognized as
an offender who was wanted for larceny,
and he was placed in prison.
1t may be news to some to learn
that most of the London hospitals are
without any endowment, their only
source of income being voluntary con-
tributions. Last year these institutions
cared for over million patient at an
expense of five million dollars.
The Dryphore, u Noah h's-ark kind
of a looking vessel, now moored OFF the
Cours-la -Reine, Paris, has for show q
giant oak, weighing about fifty tons.
This mammoth of prehistoric forest
was dug up from the bed of the Rhine,
where it is supposed to have lain ovel
three thousand years.
The Berlin Central Union fol
Placing Labor" provided last year five
thousand three hundred and five per
sons, or more than SIXTY per cent. o
the applicants, with work. No fet
whatever is exacted by the union, whicl
derives its support from the contribu
tions of employers. 1t promotes thu
welfare of the laboring classes also b,
reading rooms and by the aid given tt
needy and unsuccessful applicants fol
places.
The Lancet, which is q publication
admirably calculated to send nervous
persons into lunatic asylums, declare
that persons who drink large quantitie
of tea first become "wildly eXcitable,
and then .the sense of hearing goes.
This is bad news for the Bishop of Lon
don, who is the greatest drinker of te
that has been known in England sine
the death of DR.. johnson.
Truth.
The Prussian House of Lords mum
bers nominally 3l3 members, 81 O
whom arc hereditary, while PIG are ap
pointed for life. However, while
Prussian cite are entitled to seats il
the House, some of them PRACTICAL
never avail themselves of the privilege
Thus Konigsberg has been without I
representative for nearly twelve years
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18
IA california; paper saws the gre

"A California paper says the great
plateau between the Rocky mountains
and the Sierras, comprising the Terri
tory of Utah and the State of Nevada, is
apparently destined to become the
greatest cattle range of the country.
Immense tracts of land, some embrao-
ing nearly two hundred and fifty thous.
and acres. have been purchased and
owners of large herds in Tcxas and 9th
or Southwestern States are looking for
ranges in this wide section OF natural
pasture land. The cattlemen ire being
crowded out OF other localities by tho
tide OF settlora
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18
II AstonishetI the PubIfo

TO hear of the resignation of DR.. Pierce a.
a Congressman to devote himself solely TO
his labors as a physician. It was because
his true constituents were tho sick and af-
flicted everywhere. They will find DIR.
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" a
beneflcent use of his scientific knowledge
In their behalf. Consumption, bronchitis,
cough, heart disens,. fever and ague, in
termittent fever, d -opsy, neuralgia, goitre
or thick neck, and all diseases of the blood,
are cured by this world-renowned medicine.
It's properties are wonderful, its action
magical. BY druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18
The Kind of a'stroke He Had.

"Joe, it's shame your boat got left
in the race. You came out thirdg'
Eyes, Bill. Fergy had the Yale
stroke"
"And Fettersp'
"le had the Harvard stroke"
"And youp"
"Well, had sun-stroke. "-Phili.
deiphia CaN.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18
"sAY, why is every thing -,

Probably, my dear nervous sister, be-
:ause you are suffering from some OF the
diseases peculiar to your sex. You have
dragging down" feeling, the back ache,
you are debilitated, you have pains of va
rious kinds Take DR.. r. " Pierce's .'Fav-
orite Prescription" and be cured. Price re-
iuced to one dollar. BY druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18

The professional beauty" craze is
now well over in England, according to
a London correspondent of the New
York World. 1t first manifested itself
ten years ago, and decade is quite
long enough for such folly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18

"DREAM Of eggs, sign Of money" says the
dream book. Perhaps that is the origin Of
the term shell out. '-ChicagO Mail.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18

GRAY or sandy boards are colored brown
er black by Buckingham's Dye for the
Whiskers.
One bottle of Ayers Ague Cure will erad-
icate malarial poisons from the system.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18

A POSITIVE FACT of the Ago is the certain
ty of relief afforded in skin diseases by
GLENN's SULPHUR SOAP.
HILLS HAIR AND WnisKER DYE, Black or
Lrown, 60c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18

PIERcE's "Pleasant Purgative Pellets''
are perfect preventives of constipation.
lnclosed in glass bottles, always fresh. By
Ill druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18

THE fly Is not much of an astron omer,
but II there is a cream-]ug within his orbit
he'll find out all about the milky way.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18

HE--"Miss Elsa, do you play on tho
piano" Sbe-"No. sir; / can't play a
single note" He-"Elsa, love you."-
Life.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18

EVERY man is said TO have his price, but
the trouble is nobody but himself knows
the private mark. Chicago Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18
SPRA1Ns, burns, bruises are promptly heal
I'd by st. Jacobs Oil, the conqueror of pain.

The ST. Nicholas tells Of dog that can
count. But it can't equal a cat in running
up column.-TeIds SiJtings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18

| THE Frazer Axle Grease is the best in the
world. Sold every where. Use it.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18

W. STID-The name OF the goldsmith who
made the welkin ring.-Ieras Sittings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18

LAWN ORpEn-"Keep Off the grass."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18

HILL and Just as naturally life. energy and strength
are gained by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. Tho PEE
cuar toning, purifying and vitailzng qualities OF
this successful medicine felt throughout the
tire system, expelinT disease. and giving quick
healthy action TO every organ. II you suffer from
any disease of the blood stomach disorder, or DIM
Guilty with the liver and kidneys, try tho peculiar
medicine, Hoods Snrsaparilla. Be suro to get
Hoods. Take no other.
~ have taken Hoods Sarsnparilia for dyspepsia
and as tonic Alternative, with the most beneficial
results. ! have also used II for rheumatism with
tho good effect. regard II as one of the very best
family medicines. and would not willingly bo With
out It." A. b. CURRY, Providence, RI.
"1have been using Hoods Sarsaparilln for indI-
aestion and liver trouble. II has greatly benefited
me, and think II is fully as good medicine rs
claimed" T.. 3. CugsEBRo. nbief engineer fre
dept, stonington. CT.
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Bold by all druggists. u; ak for IS. Prepared only
By c. !. HOOD & CO., Apothecares, Lowell, Mass
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18
THE MARKETS.

WHY is a dogs tail q noveltyi 1t wa
never seen before.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18

RELIEF is Immediate, and a cure sure
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. so cents.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-18

Au UniOubtsd Hie.slnx.
About thirty years ago prominent physician by
the name OF DR.. William Hall discovered a remedy
for diseases OF the throat, chest and lungs which
soon gained wide reputation in this country. The
name OF tho medicine is DR. WIN. HALLS BALsAM
FOR THE LUNGS, and may be safely relied on q
speedy and positive cure for coughs, colds, con.
sumption, pneumonia, etc.