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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
OLD AMERICAN VESSELS.
The Eventful History Of tho Barks Ros-
seau and True Love.

The Oldest vessels in the world to-
day are the barks Rosseau and the True
Love. Both vessels were built in Phil
adelphia and have outlived both their
owners and their builders. The Ros-
seau was one of Stephen Girard's fleet,
and when she was launched as full
rugged ship she was the pride of the old
merchant. Many years ago Nicholas
Vandusen was a prominent ship-builder
of this city and had his ship-yard at
what is now Shaekamaxon street wharf.
In 1900 he made contract with Stephen
Girard to build full-rigged ship. and
the Rosseau was constructed and
launched the following year.
The Rosseau was considered very
fair-sized vessel in 1901. She was 95 feet
long and 20 feet breadth of beam, and
registered 305 tons. After doing service
for Girard for several years, her rig
ging was changed and she was known
as one of the fastest barks sailing from
this port. She made several trips to
the whaling grounds of the North At
lantic Ocean, and was one OF the most
successful whalers IN the fleet. OF
late years she has been used for mis-
cellaneous hauling, and she is now dis
charging a cargo at New Bedford,
Mass. But few repairs have been made
on her, and to-day she is almost as
good as when she was launched, eighty
seven years ago.
The bark True Love was built in
Philadelphia in 1864, and to-day is the
Oldest vessel in the commercial world.
But little is known of her early career,
but her papers prove her age beyond
question. All her iron work is hand
forged, and the holdings and interior
decorations of the cabin are of a style
that plainly shows no machinery was
used in their construction. For many
years she was engaged in the coasting
trade and piled between the West
Indies and this city. Some years ago
she became a coal carrier and sailed
from the Greenwich piers to Eastern
ports. She received many hard knocks,
but she was staunch and was built to
buffet heavy seas by men who under.
stood their business, and she always
came out of a storm safely. For the
past few few years the True Love has
been trading along the coast of En-
gland, and she is looked upon as Curl
osity in every port she stops. PAiladel-
1hia Record.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
DOES WEALTH coRRuPTq
Walter ScOtt's Theory That Saving, Not
Getting, Is the Mother of Riches.

Walter ScOtt's Theory That Saving, Not
Getting, Is the Mother of Riches.
Wealth is said to corrupt our species
We do not believe it. Wealth is one
of the great civilizers OF man. Wealth
corrupts when it is suddenly got, or
unjustly distributed; when, owing to
monopolies or entails, or some other
barbarous system, it is prevented from
diflusing itself naturally and justly.
But where all have an equal chance;
where all start nearly even; where all
have u certain degree of instruction to
begin with; where superior skill and
virtue alone give one man an advan-
tage over another, thore wealth is an
unmixed blessing.
We ought to rejoice that the desire
of wealth is so universal and so strong.
1t keeps the vast machinery of the
world going. 1t has suggested the
most beneacent enterprises and the
most useful improvements. We owe to
it the fact that Il man who can earn one
dollar day can be better lodged, bet
ter fed. Letter clothed, better taught,
than kings and mobiles could five hum
dred years ago.
Sir Walter Scott truly says that saw
ing, not getting, is the mother of
riches. This truth is wonderfully il
Illustrated in the history Of some families
once poor but now noted for their
wealth.
John Jacob Astor had u brother, not
so we'll known as himself, but who
possessed in an eminent degree the Pc
culiar characteristic of the family-the
art of saving money. 1t is told of him
by an old New Yorker, that intending
to operate upon the feelings OF an ac-
quaintance OF whom he was about to
make some purchases, he gave to tho
son of the latter, who was playing
about the store entrance, bright
penny. The trade having been con-
cluded, the thrifty Astor said to the
little fellow; Johnny, you've played
init the penny long enough; give Il
back to me-"
Johnny, much surprised and not a
little disheartened, handed over the
penny, and Astor, depositing 1t in his
pocket, walked OIL. He became very
rich MANY. Y Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
sMALL.FRUi1 CULTURE.
Following Natures Methods OF Nranurins
and MulchIng.

ana MutchtnR.
To preserve moisture and GOODNESS
in the soil is prime necessity In small
fruit culture. In my experience I find
manure and soil-stirring Of decidedly
secondary Importance. These fruits
do not draw hard on those manurial
elements which are necessary for full
crops Of cereals, and they don't require
and don't like to be pushed into rapid.
succulent, tender growth, like most
vegetables. have, for several years,
looked rather to Natures own process
OF culture than to any theories OF mans
device; for these are continually trip
ping while Natures growths are every
where healthful and strong where not
interfered with by man or his domestic
animals. Nature does not plow except
by means Of the frost, nor manure ex-
cept with the leaves and other wastes
OF growth, and with the slow weather.
ings Of the rocks.
I have been initiating this simple
course. The raspberry rows that have
been kept mulched for five or six years,
mostly with their own prunnings,
sheared off in lengths straight enough
to lie close and fat, have done admira-
ably we'll without any tillage, more
than now and then here and there to
scuffle out incipient weeds, Of which
there are almost none, and redundant
suckers which are rubbed out as soon
as they show their noses. Quite a
layer of black mold has already accu-
mulated on the surface, and, without
any digging or soil-stirring at all, the
growth is so strong that Cuthberts
become top-heavy, and many canes
grow too large to mature we'll, and 1
am giving precedence to the trim, erect,
clean, well-ripening Marlboro.
treat strawberry beds quite SINH
larly, using no raw stable manure, I
introduce no weed seeds and take
care to grow none of my own. / mulch
we'll before Christmas with tan or
saw-dust which, remaining on the
top, does not sour but in one year be-
comes so carbonized as to do no ap-
parent harm if dug into the soil. One
bed of Cumberland has not been dug or
replanted for eight years, and is now
as we'll set with strong, healthy-looking
plants as most others. AS soon as
practicable after picking is over, the
old exhausted plants are chopped out
and their runners thinned to eighteen
or twenty inches apart. This is heroic
work, and seems to leave nothing but
devastation, but it is rapidly done, and
when the autumn rains come strong,
new growth sets in, and 1 take care
that there is no competing growth.
The soil is mostly clay, some of it
heavy, but this, compact as it gets
under this system of little tillage,
yields quite as well as any of the mel
lower loan. This method of culture is
well suited for female fruit growers, as
there is very little heavy labor attend
ing it, but there is never any lack Of
something to do, except just in the hot
test of the summer and the dead of the
winter.-Cor. Rural Neao Yorker.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08

San Francisco claims it takes less
police force in proportion to pepula-
ton to preserve order in that city than
1t does In New York, Philadelphia,
Chicago, Brooklyn, st. Louis, Boston,
Baltimore or Cincinnati. Yet the orig.
inal population Of that city came FROM
every portion Of the world.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08

You were up bei0re me about Two
weeks ago.
"Yes, sah."
"For stealinge"
Eyes, sah."
"And you were tined."
"Dats so,"
Sand here you are up again for steal
ing. What made you repeat your
crlmep'
"Huh! how does yer 'spect me ter
git back de money paid fur de fine Of
! doan steal some NOAH. "-Jesas SIT
Glgs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
Why He Stole Again.

"You were up before mo about two
h,a nIro
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-25
Horse stables.

To have healthy and hearty horses
due care must be taken TO provide them
with suitable stables. These should be
warm, dry and well ventilated. III the
ROOT Is of straw let it be matched so that
1t c not leak. No farmer can afford
10 have water leaking down upon his
horses. Have first n roof that does not
leak, next see that the sides of the stable
are Tree from cracks, so that there will
be no drafts upon the horses. Have the
ventllators so that they are under your
control. After you have a good roof
and tight sides, properly ventilated and
hgnted' 1T IS proper to consider the floor
OF the stable. You can get no better one
than earth. This will keep the feet of
The horses in good condition. and needs
only to be kept level by filing in the
holes made by the stamping of the feet
OF the horses. If you have an earth floor
be sure and keep it free from a ridge over
which the horse must hang when it lies
down. The next best floor is one made
OF short blocks of wood, such as arc used
IN paving city streets. If the stable is
not on the ground level, of course a floor
will needs be made of plank. OF what
ever the stable floor is made have n drain
This will facilitate keeping the horses
clean and the stable clean and healthy.
Have the stalls wide enough 10 allow tho
horses to lie down comfortably. 1t is
well enough to have the partitions high
enough to prevent the horses reaching
each other. Be sure to have no proiec-
tons in the stables, upon which the
horses can hurt themselves in lying down.
turning around, or raising their heads.
This will necessitate having the ceiling
high enough to clear their heads when
lerked up suddenly. Have the feed boxes
and racks just high enough to allow the
head to be in a natural position while
eating. Have both these so arranged
hat there will be no waste Of grain or
hay. To save time in feeling have grain
bin and hay handy to stable. When the
stable Is made comfortable, convenient
and healthy, see that the surroundings
are made the anne. Don't have a great
pile of manure just In front of the door.
Have a small drain to carry the water
from the stable, SO that it NAV be an
preached handily. and be at the same
time more healthful, because free from
Stagnant water. NOwis the best time of
the year to put your stable in good shape.
-Fdrm, FieM aRd StockmaR.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-25
winter Dairyine.

Tho chief advantages of winter over
summer dairying, says q writer in the
Country Genaieman, consist in having
the greater part Of the seasons make of
butter TO sell when the price is highest;
in having less trouble to make and mar
ket a good article in cool weather; in
making the milking season considerably
longer. aud the quantity for the season
considerably greater; and in being able
TO raise better calves, because they will
be so much older and larger than spring
calves to eat grass in the summer, and
endure the rigors of the ensuing winter.
The disadvantage is in having TO feed
moro meal and bran to make good win
ter butter and to keep up a full flow of
milk till grass comes, when the meal can
be taken away without the yield falling
of, though IL il be continued the flow
will increase. Feeding literally with
meal and bran makes winter butter cost
more than grass butter, but the higher
prices Of the winter market moro than
pay the additional expense for feed.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-25
THE SAVAGE A
How tho InsIsa Treat. an Injury-O

How the Indian Treats nm Injury-Oid
The savage is emphatically the child OF ma
turo. He lives close TO nature, his only edu-
cat on is gained in natures school
When the Indian receives an injury, he
does not seek a cure i'm mineral pohsons. but
binds on the simple leaf, administers the herb
al tea, and, with natures aid, comes natural
recovery.
Our rugged ancestors who pierced the
wilderness, built their uncouth but comforta-
BILE Log Cabins and started the ~clearings in
the woods, which in time became the broad
fertile fields OF the modern farmer, found in
roots and herbs that lay close at hand ma
lures potent remedies for all their common
ailments. It was only in very serious cases
they sent for old ''saddle-bagsn with his
physic, which quito as often killed as cured.
Latter-day society has wandered too far
away from nature, in every way, for its own
good Our grandfathers and grandmothers
ifved wholesomer, purer, letter, healthier,
more natural lives than we do. Their minds
were not filed with noxious isms, nor their
bodies saturated with poisonous drugs
is IL not time to make a change, 10 return
to the simple vegetable preparat ions OF our
g~randmothers. which contained the power
and potency OF nature as remedial agents,
and in all the ordinary ailments were eilica-
cions, at least hafmlessi
The proprietors OF Warmers Log Cabin
remedies have thought so, and nave put on
the market "A number OF these pure vegetable
preparations, made from formulas secured
after patient searching into the annals OF the
past so that those who want them need not
be without them.
Among these Log Cabin remedies will be
found Log Cabin sarsaparilla,n for the
blood; LOG Cabin hops aud buchu remedy. y
a tonic and stomac remedy; Log Cabin
cough and consumption remedy" "Los
Cabin hair tonic" for strengthening aud r.
newing tile hair; "Log Cabin extract for
both external and internal application; "Log
Cabin liver pills;' LOG Cabin rose cream,
an old but effective remedy for catarrh, an
"Log Cabin plasters.n An these remedies
are carefully prepared from recipes which
were found. after long investigation, 70 have
been those most successfully used by our
grandmothers OF rye olden time" They are
the simple, vegetable, eflcacious remedies Of
Log Cabin days. n
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-25
swine reeding for Size.

The fancles of men do so vary that IL
is not pc sible at any given period to say
In what shape or In what condition a
given commodity may be most salable.
The time was when cream cheese would
not sell TO consumers, il under one year
old or approaching that age. Now, rich
cream, fresh from the hands of the maker
IS esteemed a luxury. II is not long since
the center Of the berry was thought best
for producing superior flour. Now, that
which is obtained from close proximity
TO the hull, or bran, is counted best OF
all.
1t is within the memory Of many that
the large breed of swine, notably the
Poland Chinas and Chester Whites, got
their 'stnd-on" to quite a degree through
possessing large size. The same was true
of the beef breeds of cattle, notably
short horns. We remember well when
it was counted a serious defect in a short
horn beast not TO be large-extra large
symmetry MT being considered of iirsi
importance, as now. AS to swine, the
ancients bred for size, and history tells
ms that great weights and extraordinary
thickness of meat were bred for and at
tanned.
Prior to the great depreciation that oc-
CURED to live-stock-growing aud general
agriculture during the middle ages say
up to the sixteenth centufy-great
weights were attained to. Narro tells of
a cut OF swine meat that was sent by a
peasant 10 Volumnius, a Senator, that
measured n 'foot and three fingers in
thickness Another Roman historian
mentions a Lusitanian hog, whose meat,
when cut up, measured one foot and
three inches in thickness.
We have accounts Of great weights,
approaching the period when the inn
provcments in farm stock took place. A
specimen of the old Berkshire breed is
stated to have attained the weight of
1880 pounds. In 17T4 q hog was killed,
having a reported weight of 100 pounds,
with a length of close to ten feet, and n
height of four feet and five inches. The
writer, when a boy, was in Cincinnati,
Ohio, at the time of the exhibition of a
spotted hog, brought to the city from
Butler County, Ohio, whose weight was
said to be 1925 pounds. A small flat.
boat wa built, on which this hog was
fioated down the river to New Orleans,
being exhibited on the way. This was
about 1889. This hog was doubtless Of
tho Poland China sort.
Size, other things being equal, was,
not many years since, to quite q degree
the thing that governed the price in our
leading markets. But il is different now
at any rate, it is to quite a degree.
Yet, should the exactions of the market
change, calling again for very large
hogs, swine are So readily nodded, and
breed 90 rapidly, that the caprices of the
markets can be met to an extent not at
tainable by any other class of live stock.
AS is we'll known to breeders, there are,
in pretty much every litter, pigs that
are shaped for a greater growth than
others in the same litter, and nothing is
more certain than that by selecting
these, breeding of like kind, not akin,
upon them, large size would be promptly
secured. Prairie Farmer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-25
Farm and Garden Notes.

Plant cucumbers for late pickles.
Near the close Of a journey let the
horse walk.
Bran will pay tho milk seller, but oats
the butter-maker.
Never wash a horse with cold water
when he is heated.
Use land in which some cultivated
crop grew last year.
The cropping process diminishes the
supply of plant foods.
The humble COW pen does not receive
the attention it merits.
Sheep are often injured by roaming
through tall, wet grass.
1t is inhuman to allow a sharp-spurred
rooster 10 run with hens.
Swedish turnips, parsnips and carrots
are all excellent for flttening hogs.
If the hog pasture gets short this
month, roots and pumpkins can be used
70 supplement it.
Ducks may be proftably raised on
farms where there are no streams or pond
OF water for them.
Do not use coal oil or grease Of an,
-" VI . oAftiuH hth ~ VIII prevent
the eggs from Matching.
The evening milk has been proven b,
recent Fngl sh dairy tests to contain
more solids than the morning milk.
The net food may be taken at abou.
two-thirds the value Of the ration. Tn,
balance is the value Of the manure.
The dairyman has a good chance "a
do some independent thinking on politi
cal matters this fail. when he hat
thought sufficiently let him vote intelli
gently.
A poor COW in the dairy is like a dul
tool I'm a carpenters eyes. 10 requiref
the expenditure Of a large percentage OF
energy 70 obtain o small percentage o
result.
Ono of the corner stones Of success IN
sheep raising is 90 draft out heavily bu
u%dicioufly at least once each year ther,
is no time at which q sheep can be 81
accurately sized up as when SHARED.
DO not stint your horses in the use o
salt, especially in the spring time. a
horse ought TO have a pound o week o
30, IF he wants &C.. Throw it in the en-.
Of his box then he can help himself a.
he wishes.
Young colts are as fond Of pottinQ a
kittens arc, and q little foDdliDg ever
day viii do them good. By being han
died Kindly often, they soon becom,
gentle and dOcilc, and arc much NOR,
easily handled when They become horses
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-25
A stratve,Ic Ret.

A good story is told of an actor who
recently paid a visit TO Cohoes. lie had
but SO dollars 10 reach home, and the
thought struck him that If could get
some one to bet with him he might at
tain the desired mount. He entered
a saloon kept by IN Irishman, told him
his plight, saying he wanted to make a
bet. "All rightp said the bartende.,
who had just purchased a ham, 'lll bet
you $3.50 that you can't carry this him
across the street and back without lay
ing it down" The bet was promptly
accepted and the actor seized the ham
by the string, walked across the street
and back and laid the ham on the floor.
"You've lost, +" said the Irishman, 'you
laid il down; but here a friend Of
mine and you can get even." The friend
readily bit at the bait. He seized the
ham, walked across the street and back
and hung the ham on a hook, thus win
ming the stakes. 1t is not known
whether the actor has reached his des-
tination yet.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-25

get rid Of a swarm Of summer insects, leap
not into a jungle OF Bengal tigers.
There IL a sorrowiess world, and it Is so "a
diant that the monday sun Is only the low
est doorstep and the aurora that lights
up our northern heavens, confounding
astronomers as TO what il can be, IS
the waving OF the banners of the
procession como 10 take the ~conquerors
home from church militant 10 church
triumphant, and you and / ave ten thou
sand reasons for wanting to 90 there. bur we
will never get there either by self-imnso,a-
ton or impenitency. All our sins slain by the
Christ who came To do that thing, we want
70 go in at just the time dIvinely arranged,
and from a couch divinely spread, and then
the clang OF tho %sepulchral gates behind US
viii be overpowercd by the clang OF the
opening OF the solid pearl before Us. o God,
whatever others may choose, give me a
Christians life, a Christians death. a Chris
tian's burial, a Christians Immortality
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-25
The Question Of Sheen Washing.

English authorities are divided as to
the advantages of sheep'washing. Most
OF the wool received there from France.
La Plata and South Australia comes un-
washed, and packed in its natural grease.
In tho latter countries the wool is OF
more importance than the meat, and it
may be reasonably assumed that grow.
ers know and follow the best plan of
dealing with the iccces. Where sheen
are kept on grass lands there is no press.
ing necessity. for washing. but where
they are fed on tillage lands, say the
English farmers, il is almost absolutely
essential to remove the soil and dirt. The
washing of sheep always carries away
from the skin of the animal a natural
oily soap called STUNT, which is very
soluble in water, with the result that the
o becomes harsh and dry and re-
duced in value for many manufacturing
purposes. Unwashed wool should be n
double advantage to the grower, as it
ought to fetch a larger price, and the
cost OF washing would be saved. In
cases where sheep must be washed, it is
advisable to perform the operation i'm a
pond or tub, rather than in a running
stream, as the STUNT does not flow away.
but is taken up or at least q portion Of
lt-by the fleece Of the animal as it
energies from the water. -AaericaR O1l-
tirdt0r.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-25
Proof Btner Thnn A..ertIon.

With such proof as the following letter from
w. II. Dean, of No. 27s Seventh street, New
York, it is not necessary TO make the bare as
sertion that ALLcocK's Porous PLAsTEIs euro
lumbago. Mr.. Dean says:
Some ten days ago l was taken with n very
violent pain in the small OF my back. IL was 20
severe that ! could hardly breathe; every move
ment caused great agony. l finally found out
1t was lumbago. Being entirely helpless, a
friend sent out 10 n druggist and got two ALI
COCKS Porous PLAsTERs; these were well
warmed and applied to my back, one above the
other. In half an hour, TO my great delight
and surprise, i found the pain began TO abate.
In two hours l was able TO walk out and attend
TO my business, the pain being almost gone.
Next day 1 was all right, but continued wear
ing the plasters for a week.