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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29
FARM AND FlRESIpE.

Mutton is in greater demand than
wool, yet the supply of choice mutton
is always far below the demand.
All barns should have good cave
troughs, connected with spacious I'm
derground cisterns, il water is needed.
Dairy farming furnishes constant
source Of income and It may be carried
on with small capital without danger
OF being smothered by larger cstab-
lishments.
Every farm should be provided
with light tackle for raising sick or
injured animals when it is necessary to
sling them up, or for any ctherpurpose
where the saving of time and strength
| Is an object.
---For ambrosia, choose sweet
oranges, peel six and slice very thin.
taking out the seeds. Crate Il large
cocoanut Alternate the cocoanut and
oranges; sprinkle powdered sugar over
each layer. .--Rurdl Neao Yorker.
Investigation does not warrant the
the statement that tile draining in
creases damage from floods. On the
contrary. during the warm months tile
drainage mitigates damage. Surface
ditching and deforesting cause devas-
tation from floods.
After the cabbage maggot is once
developed, no application will kill 1t
that will not at the same time kill the
plant. Drawing the earth away from
the stems, thus destroying the eggs
before they hatch, If carefully followed,
will save the crop.
Mock Mince Pie: One half cup
brown sugar, half cup molasses, half
cup water and half cup vinegar, a
little butter. cinnamon, nutmeg. cloves
! and raisins, two crackers or two slices
OF bread crumbled fine. Bake with two
crusts. .-Albany Journal.
Imperial Gingerbread: Rub to-
gether half q cup Of butter and three
molasses, a cup Of cold water and one
egg, very well beaten; add a table
spoonful Of ginger, a teaspoonful OF
soda, and two teaspoonfuls of cream OF
tartar; beat the mixture and bake in a
fat pan. Christian Union.
While it is generally conceded
that posts set in the ground upside
down will last much longer than in
the reverse position, the why and
wherefore of it has been a mystery
with the public. The reason is this,
The pores of the wood are so con.
structed as to draw and push the moist
ure upward from the roots to the leaves
and branches of the tree, and this same
principle of action causes the constant
drying out of II post set reversely to its
natural growth, while if set down the
pores will constantly draw the moist
ure upward, thus causing its premature
decay.
Apples for domestic use may be
kept in cool, dry cellar in this way:
Get made number OF tiers of broad
shelves one foot apart. with II raised
edge Of an inch to keep the apples from
falling off. Spread the apples on the
shelves and cover them with any kind
OF cloth, sacking, spare blankets, or
such material. A little clean, dry rye
straw might answer this purpose. AS
apples are used take those which
ripen first, become shl'iveled, or have
specks of decay on them, leaving the
sound ones. 1t will pay to get cheap
blankets or felt carpet for this use, as
few barrels of fruit may be kept I'M
til late in the spring. Pears are kept
remarkably we'll in this way.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29
BALLOT REFORM.
How to Eradicate Some of the Iniqulties
of Political "Fine Work."

How to Eradicate Some of the Iniquities
of Political "Fine Work"
This is one of the reforms which
must come, for without 1t our system
of popular government can not be
maintained. Every election, especially
in our large cities, shows that until this
reform is secured all other reforms are
impossible of accomplishment. The
control OF. the election machinery, of
the printing and distributing of the
ballots, must be taken from the poll
ticians and put into the hands of the
State. That is. we must take the power
TO control our elections away from the
men who have no responsibility and no
interest in government save eXtrava-
gance and corruption and put it
into the hands of officials who
are sworn to do their duty. OF
what use is it to try to get honest
leave in the hands of the political
workers the power to defeat them at
the polls by distributing fraudulent or
defective ballots, or by making ideals"
and "dickers" which cheat the people
of their willp We have talked for years
about reforming the primaries and the
nominating conventions. but not one
particle of progress has been made.
Under the Massachusetts law any four
hundred voters, In case of Il candidate
for State office, and any one hundred
voters, in case OF a candidate for IL les
ser Office. by uniting in petition in
behalf OF candidate of their choice,
can have his name printed upon the,
official ballots and have those ballots
distributed Mt the polls at the public
expense. What more certain way of
reforming the primaries could be de-
vised than thisP II there were such
law in New York City there would be
an end to the astonishing spectacle
which Is there so often presented of Il
.'boss" setting up candidate OF his
own for Office in spite of all protests,
and frequently electing him in spite of
all opposition. Under such II law both
''bosses" aud primaries would in IA very
short time lose their present domi-
nance in our politics.
In fact, there is scarcely form of
iniquity known to. our election methods
which good ballot law would not
eradicate. We should be rid at one
stroke OF the assessments, upon candi-
dates. of the bribing and bnlldozing of
votera, of the nomination Of notoriously
unfit candidates. OF IDEALS" and
''dickers' and "trades" at the polls.
All these would disappear, for the sim
pie reason that the machinery OF elec-
tions would be taken out of the hands
of irresponsible and often dishonest
men. Such an obvious and imperative
reform as this can not be long delayed.
.--CenturY
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

Miss Buell., Cincinnati artist,
spent the summer at Egmont, on the
North Sea. She found n potato patch
well situated for obtaining sunset Of
fects, and pitched her easel there. The
owner objected, but she paid no atten-
tion to him. Then he complained to the
burgomaster, and he refused to inter-
tere. The farmer, as last resort, petit
toned the King, and the result was n
letter of reproof to the farmer, In
which he declares that Miss Buell.
might trespass on all the potato patches
in Holland.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29
cAsSlus M. CLAY.
A visit to tho veteran Politicians House
in Madison County, Ky.

IN MauisOn county, kys
This county OF Madison, from which
write, is one of the old and rich Blue
Grass aud former large slave-holding
counties OF the State. II has reputa-
ton outside of the State rs the home
of Cassius M. Clay, the famous anti
slavery agitator OF the ante-bellum
days. l am sure your readers will be
interested in hearing something about
him (for he still lives, at seventy-eight
years Of age), especially those who re-
member the speech he delivered at
Wheeling in 1859 and the excitement
that attended 1t.
Cash" Clay, as he is familiarlv
known, was born in this county, of
Virginia parents, and inherited n large
fortune in land and negroes. But he
was educated at Yale College. and this
accounts for his anti-slavery ideas. He
imbibed them at the North during his
education sojourn, and never gave
them up afterward. He became an adj
vocate of emancipation in Kentucky,
and in this he had the sympathy and
to some extent the countenance of his
great kinsman. Henry Clay. As far
back as 1S45 he undertook to publish an
emancipation paper in Lexington. but
he was mobbed and suppressed. Curl
ously enough, and apparently also in
consistently enough, he at the outbreak
of the Mexican war, soon afterward,
volunteered his services and led u com
pany to the front, although the war
was notoriously n pro-slavery raid on
Mexico for Texas and other territory.
He confessed that he enlisted in it rs u
matter of expediency, to gain the mill
tary prestige that would give him an
Influential following for emancipation
in this State.
had known Mr.. Clay, aud corre-
'sponded quite often with him just be-
fore the war, but had not met him
since the war until this visit. First. 1
went out with friend. and paid him
call, and since then have, at his invi.
tation, spent couple of days with him
at his large country home-the largest
and most unique country home in the
county and perhaps in the State. He
lives almost as hermit in this big
house in the country. in the midst Of
thirty-eight acres offorest trees planted
by his own hands many years ago. 1t
is seven miles to the west of this place
by way of the Lexington pike. just
where you turn to leave the pike and
go across the country to his home stands
the elm tree underneath which he and
Turner engaged in combat at politi-
cal discussion in 1919, in which combat
both men were wounded unto death
Clay was stabbed into the lungs and
Turner disemboweled. Clay barely re-
covered and Turner died. The former
having acted in self-defense was never
indicted and, of course, never tried for
the killing OF Turner. This was his
second encounter at a political meeting
and it became apparent to his opponents
that he was dangerous man TO attack.
None but such man could have car
ried on the unequal contest with slavery
here. His knife and pistol were re.
spected, but his arguments were not
Richmond (Ky.) Letter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29
PROVERBS REVISED.
old Laws Transformed TO Suit the Wants
OF the Rising Generation.

Old Laws Transformed TO Suit the Wants
OF the Rising Generation.
'Hunger has no ears, hence wisdom
must give first place to dinner.
"a rolling stone gathers no moss"
but 1t 'gets over" great deal.
Every man is the architect of his
own fortunes" which saves all chance
of hard feeling on account of COMPETE
tive examinations.
"Faithful are the wounds of friend"
and there arc none more punctiliously
given.
The last that was not least is held by
st. Louis men to have been made for n
Chicago girls boot.
IA miss is as good as mile" but a
Mrs. is as good as league.
The pavement OF Hades is relaid the
first OF every January.
"Sic semper tyrannus" may be freely
rendered.: "The sick always are tyr
ants"
Love goes out at the window when
poverty enters the door," but should
poverty retire by the door, il is amaz-
ing with what celebrity love comes
scrambling in at the window.
"Time and tide wait for no man."
but when woman is in the case, even
time and tide must wait or go on with
out her.
"All men are born free and equal, :"
but unfortunately some men are born
equal to two or three of their fellows.
Pride goes before fall" and the
'swinter of discomfort" comes after.
ga poet is born not maid" and yet
women persist in writing rhymes.
"God helps them that helps them
selves,n so that drummers at hotel
tables are sure of the assistance OF
Heaven.
'He that is down need fear no fall"
because feathers fall so softly.
"The blind can not lead the blind"
and as justice and love both have
bandaged eyes, neither can guide the
other.
Many men who profess to pass their
lives in the pursuit of virtue are apt to
take care to keep so far behind that
there is no danger whatever of their
overtaking her.
And speaking of proverbs, there is
nothing easier than the manufacture
of pseudo-proverbs, if one will only
give his mind to it, as witness the fol-
lowing, which, if not very good, at
least serve well enough for illustration:
Never put a gift cigar in the mouth.
A man may wear epaulets, and be
only drummer in the band.
II is the last step that costs.
A man is known by the dog he keeps.
One may learn at every horse-car
station that man may be a starter and
never start.
There is no yesterday for popcorn.
Providence always provides u shorn
lamb for the wind to blow upon.
The barber takes even the king by
the nose. -BatdtO Courier.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29
In a Boston Police Court.

"Prisoner," said the magistrate,
you are charged with being found
dead drunk on the street. What have
you to sayp'
II reckon I'm guilty your Honor"
'Ten dollars and costs. Next. Same
charge against you, sir. Have you any
plea to malfep"
"Your Honor" replied the prisoner,
wiping his specticles on the tail of his
coat and speaking with great dignity.
with your permission ! wish to enter
a plea of guilty TO the charge Of being
discovered ON public thoroughfare
while in the condition technically and
scientifically known as alcoholic
trance"
"My friend" said the magistrate,
kindly, "your offense is merely NOM
inal one. You may go" = Chicago
JIiJaae.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29
YELLOW FEVER MICROBES.
They Are SO Small That billions Can In
habit Drop of Blood.

|
A yellow fever microbc has the APP
pearance OF three joints of sugar-cane.
i got them from Washington in glass
tube, that somewhat resembled a
gourd. The tiny microbes are placed
in the big end, but by looking at it
any thing but air in it. The small end
is sealed up. and the microbes are in
there. though apparently dead. Some
microbes live in such places for twenty
years.
We will suppose, now, that we want
to look at some of them under the
microscope. Upon the little glass slide
we put a drop of gelatine, of the con-
sistency that will not run. We take Il
cambric needle. and after heating it to
destroy all microbes that may be in the
air. we quickly break the seal of the
glass tube and insert the needle. draw
ing it out quickly and resealing the
neck of the tube.
We insert the needle into the drop
of gelatine on the slide, and quickly
put on the little cover to shut such
germs or microbes that may be float
ing about in the air. Then we place
the slide under the microscope. In
forty-five minutes the microbes have
fully aroused from their Rip Van
Winkle sleep, and now you see what
curious things they are. AS said be-
fore, they resemble three joints OF
sugar cane, but the joints are not
straight, but at opposite angles.
Take this fellow, for instance, and
you see Joint drops off, leaving them
with two joints. Presently another
joint joins onto the dropped joint, and
by this time third joint appears on
No. /. Now, look at No. and there is
third joint. Now joint drops from
No. 1, and by the time it gains another
joint No.. 2 drops joint. and this. with
the joint from No, . join together and
there is microbe No. 4. Another Joint
grows on Nos. and 2, and one drops
from No. 8, and these joining togethe
make microbe No. A. and so they go,
until the little drop of gelatine is
working, seething mass OF microbes
Now, these microbes are in, the blood
OF yellow fever patient, and there's
where they live. They get into blood
corpuscle and eat out all the red part,
as darkey eats out the red meat of
watermelon. and the blood is then Il
drop OF clear fluid.
To give you an. idea of how many |
can crowd into Il corpusclc Of blood, let |
me say that ii takes 5000 corpuscles |
strung together to make an inch. Well. |
you can string just 100, 600 microbes |
across the diameter Of one corpuGele, |
consequently you can guess billions
after billions of microbes in IL drop OF |
blood. The theory is that these mi.
crobes eat up ones blood so rapidly as
totake 1t all away from him in very
short time. Seme men can stand the
letting of more blood than others, and
some men recover from
yellow fever. Macon (Ga.) 1etegraph.
William Spears, n farmer living in
Walnut Bend, Cook County, Tex, sud
lenly went mad. He attacked large
log, bit out its tongue and ate ii. He
then attacked Il neighbor aud bit him
severely. He was finally overcome
md confined.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29
The Combination Was Safe.

Business man to new confidential
clerk-''Here. Waggley. is the safes
combination-be very careful that you
don't lose it,"
"Yes, sir"
Business man next morning -"What,
haven't you opened the safe yet''
"No, sir, couldn't"
you haven't lost that slip, hopeP"
''No, sir; but put it inside the safe
last nightn' Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

"A Michigan man who decided to
settle in Jasper, Ala, shipped his
goods there by rail- and then, with his
wife and two children, drove the whole
distance, 1000 miles. They had u
splendid time, and saw more Of the
country and the people than years Of
railroad travel would have permitted.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29
A Reasonable Voter.

Who'd you vote for for Congress-,
ColonelP' asked one citizen of another.
Jim"
"JimP Thought you didn't believe
in Jimp"
"Neither | do. That's why voted
for him. Got tired o. seem him hangin'
round home. " -Ha,per's uaCeoige.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29
Smiling Gardens of Plenty

Where nature beams her brightost-in the
extreme south, on our sister continent and
in the tropics of the Caribbean Sea are too
often the home of malaria, the vertical sun,
copious decaying vegetation and bad water,
also cooperating to breed virulent disor-
1ers of the stomach, liver and bowels. 1t
is in such regions that Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters gets in some of its most beneiicenI
tunrF
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

"MY friends laughed at the idea Of n $500
bone mill, but since got one Of Wilson's,
advertised in this paper, the laugh is all on
my side. Every one that sees IT has to ac-
knowledge it is n perfect success. i can
crack enough shells for $50 fowls inl3 min
utes; and the same amount will go five
times farther than if cracked with n ham
mer. There is no waste, and child can
crack them. Bones take q little moro
strength. 1t also cracks corn easily and
wellb
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

USUALLY the inconsistency is of the man
who processes much and does little, but
there may be an inconsistency ON the part
of the man who processes nothing and does
much. The profession and the character
should be one.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

For Throat Diseases and Coughs use
BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoClIEs. Like all
real good things, they are initiated. The
genuine are sOid only Ia b0rcS.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

"a REGULAR high hycr'-our American
eagle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

--Masons will be interested in the
invention by an Eastern man Of two
kinds of plastering composition. That
to be .,ed for the first coat consists of
sand sawdust, plaster Of paris, slached
lime. sugar and carbonate of soda.
while tn It for the second coat is made
OF cream of tartar, pumico stone, sugar.
lime, and plaster of paris, each compo-
sition being compounded and applied
in proportions and after n manner de-
scl'ibed. Both compositions have been
patented.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

DON'T wait until you are sick before trying
Carter's Little Liver Pills, but get u vial al
once. You can't take them without benefit.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

HARSH purgative remedies are fast giving
way TO the gentle action and mild effects of
Carter's Little Liver Pills. If you try them,
they will certainly please you.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

A PROMPT Way of Easing Asthma. Use
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

The Chinese does not take his qneue
from nature. Two thirds of il is third.
class silk.-SdH Francisco Alta.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

THE man who invented the typewriter
did more toward giving women their
writes than all the women suffrage asso-
Citations in the country.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

WHEN the last one Of q quartet OF good
fellows determines to die, the thing is q
four gone conclusion.-N. o. PicdD,use.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29
Get Only the Best.

"Baker's Norwegian Cod Liver Oil " is
pure. Recommended and prescribed by best
physicians. Jno.C g. Baker < Co., Philadelphia
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

MEN can talk horse without having Q
bad cold.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

A PROMINENT band--tho engagement
ring.-DetrOh Free Press
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29
ETIQUETTE AT vASSAR.
A Glimpse ut the College Life OF bright
American Girls.


American Girls.
Vassar is n college in all that tho
name implies; and II thorough educa-
tiOn is give, in all academical branches;
and il has its rules OF social etiquette
Just us rigidly adhered to as in Yale or
Harvard.
Every girl in the college sallies forth
during the early days of the term. card
case in hand, to call on the freshmen in
her corridor. II the freshmen be out,
q card is left; If in, the acquaintance is
formed. But in either case the call
must be returned within II week. After
this calls and visits are more informal,
and parties given
Each girl is expected to give n party
in her room once in the year. These
are invariably held after ten o'clock,
at which hour lights should be put out;
but with closed doors, carefully shroud-
ed in shawls and waterproof cloaks, the
night watchman gets no hint of the dis
sipation being INDUCED in within.
When three girls share II sitting
room. with II bedroom apiece opening
out of it (for most Of the rooms are in
groups of this lIind), they combine in
the giving OF their entertainments. thns
saving no small amount Of trouble and
expense.
Besides the individual parties or
spreads" there are the Legitimate
class parties. The seniors invite tho
juniors, the Juniors the seniors. Tho
sophomores give the freshmen n party
early in the year, and later on invite
them to the ''trig" ceremonies, an ec-
centric performance to signalize their
Joy at having finished their course In
trigonometry, to which the freshmen
are still looking forward.
The character OF the entertainment
Is burlesque Mathematical signs and
terms are personitied, and good natured
ridicule Bhowered on classmates, OBJ
jectiorable college institutions, and
even the "faculty" itself. There are
occasional minstrel performances, with
peanuts. apples. maple sugar and lem
onade for refreshments; also dancing
in the college palloi's, and sometimes
''powdern and costume balls of course
confined To inmates Of the house. -
Golden DayS.
-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

DIAMOND dust-money paid for @ soli-
taira
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29
SJACoRs OIL
For Bruises and Burns.

best Results. East PTovtdsaee, 4. l., June SO.
while In tbs employ OF tho Barstow Stove o..
Applisd your st. Jacobs Oil to many bad burns ef
tia nouldsTx and always with best results
aEo W. HonToH.
Ladder Fell. Galveston, Texas June rs, isss.
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ana wrist: suffered ave days was cured By "a
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Pitchers Luck. Detroit Mich, June 0, 1883.
Pitching ball sprained and bruised my arm i've
applications Of 81. jacobs Oh cured mo.
toyIs nuaa.
AT DEUGoIsTs AND DxAIERs
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29

The best known remedy for consumption &
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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29
THE MARKETS.

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