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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17
Shocking Accident.

So read the headlines of many newspa-
per column, and we peruse with palpitating
interest the details of the catastrophe, and
are deeply Impressed by the sacrifice of hui
man lives involved. Yet thousands of men
and women arc falling victims every year
70 that terrible disease, consumption (scrof-
ula OF the lungs), and they and their friends
BILE. Now, there could be no greater MIG.
take. No earthly power, OF course, can re-
store q lung that is entirely wasted, but DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will
rapidly and surely arrest the ravages of
consumption, If taken in time Do not,
wonderful remedy.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17
FARM AND e,Res,pe.

Growing animals need moro food
in proportion to their weight than
those that are full grown.
Spinach is one of the early greens.
An application of a very fre manure
will hasten them and give larger
crop.
Milk taken from frightened or
heated COW is unfit or food, and sick
ness in some form or other is sure to
follow its use.
Those who have experienced the
misery Of chilblsins will be glad to try
bathing the afflicted parts in pint Of
vinegar containing five cents worth Of
turpentinc.
Fried Parsnips: Wash and scrape
the parsnips and boil them until very
tender, cut them lengthwise. sprinkle a
little pepper, salt and sugar over them,
dredge with flour =. i both sides and fry
a light brown.
Golden Pudding: Mix we'll one
| quarter OF pound each of -four. bread
crumbs, sugar and finely minced meat;
and the same quantity Of orange mar
malade and one egg; pour into we'll
buttered mold and steam two and n
half hours.
Vegetables with a strong flavor,
such as onions and turnips, will be
much improved by putting them to boil
in cold water, renewing this from a
kettle of boiling water as soon as it
comes to scald. Good Cheer.
Tho customary remedy for the black
knot or blight on plum trees is to cut it
out rs fast as it appears and burn it.
This is laborious and not always satis-
factory. A Yankee fruit-grower re-
ports that painting the diseased spots
as soon as they appear with linseed oil,
has been sure preventive in his ex-
perience. and Home.
| The very best thing for sprain is
to put the limb into q vessel of very
hot water Immediately. then add boil
ing water as it can be borne. Keep the
part immersed for twenty minutes, OF
until the pain subsidies; then apply a
tight bandage and order rest. Some
times the joint can be used in twelve
hours. If necessary use silicate oi
sodium dressing.
Sausage Rolls: Take puff paste,
roll out to an eighth of an inch in thick
ness; then cut in squares of four inches
each, lay them on board; have sall.
sage meat ready, make in small rolls,
and place one on each square OF
pastry. Wet the edges and bring
them together. Work with beaten
white of an egg, bake nice and brown
If properly made these rolls are very
dainty,
Tho best way to make compost
heap. says q correspondent of the
Rural Nea0 Yorker. is with oxen and Z
cart, beginning with say one foot o.
muck at the bottom of the heap. ther
two feet of manure, then six inches o.
muck, then manure again, and so or
until the heap is completed with foo
of muck covering the entire pile ant
the sides too, if possible. In this way
thousands of tons of ragweed and othel
refuse allowed to 60 to waste on thu
farms can be turned to good advantage
Ham and Potatoes Beat the yelk
OF two eggs into little melted butte
'(about two ounces), cut some thir
slices of cooked ham; dip them in it
butter dish or pan, and lay in it .
layer of cold boiled and sliced potatoes
sprinkle them with pepper and salt
then put layer of the pieces of ham
another of potatoes. and SO on till tn,
dish be full, finishing with the potatoes
Pour over this half pint of cream
stand the dish in the oven and bak
quickly Yankee Blade.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17
CHARACTER STUDIES.
To Learn q Mans or Woman's Disposition
Watch Them Eat.

To Learn q Mans or Woman's Disposition
Watch Them Eat.
There is no better place to study
human nature than the average hotel
dining-room. If character doesn't
show out when man is hungry, there
probably isn't any. Good breeding,
however, shows even more quickly, and
though it may not be altogether pleas
ant to watch the man next to you eat a
whole dish Of green peas with his knife,
it is curious and interesting sight.
A thin little woman leading four chill
dren came into the supper-room of one
of the city hotels last week. There
were three boys and one girl and they
were probably included between seven
and thirteen years of age. The ey had
evidently been travelling and the chill
dren, though not used to public dining
rooms. all had children's appetitss.
Each one demanded bill of fare and
studied it eagerly. There was mo-
ment's silence and then
ma, want some Strawberries and
a Bath bun and-and banana"
ma. want some turkey and pump
kin pie"
"Ma. ma. do they have bear steaksp'
~ don't know, my son-Willie, stop
reaching for the butter. and put down
that knife"
Here commotion arose owing to q
dispute between the eldest boy and the
one next, relative to the changing of
their order to 'golden buck. I" the second
boy contending that 1t would be better
to order all mince pie. because they
knew what that was.
INA, what's canvasback duckp"
''It's kind of wild duck"
What does it have canvas for, to
put up when it rainsp"
Here the waiter, having prepared ice
water all around. assumed receptive
attitude. and the thin woman said:
1--WE just want light supper The
children are not hungry" she ex-
planned. ''and 1t isn't good for them to
eat much before going to bed. You
might bring soms buttered toast, tea
and stewed pruaes, two portions OF
each will do"
And then eight sad, young eyes, from
which the light Of pie and turkey had
faded, followed tho waiter as he van
ished toward the kitohen.--M y 11i6-
une.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

"A French provincial lawyer recent
ly died. In his will he directed that an
annuity Of S400 year be paid to the
servant who should "close his eyes. y
When this clause was read the servant
who had performed the Office jumped
with joy, but his delight was speedily
dampened by The nephew and heir Of
the dead man who reminded the servant
that his master only had one eye, and
the servant actually failed to get his
legacy on this absurd technicality.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17
nisnstrous Failurai

We can mention no failure more disas-
trous than that of physical energy. 1t in
wolves the partial suspension of the digest
i've and assimilative processes, and entails
the retirement from business of the liver
and kidneys. Only through the good offices
of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters can the res
toration of its former vigorous status be
hoped for. When this aid has been secured,
a resumption of activity in the stomach, liver
and bowels may be relied upon. The Bitters
conquers malarial and kidney troubles.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

The latest freak in wood fires is
the pine cone blaze. No self-respecting
open fireplace is now without the
woodsy relics Of the past summer, and
the quaintest gilded baskets come to
hold them. A hostess welcomes her
visitor by throwing handful OF pine
cones into the fire, and then. inspired
by their CHEEKY blaze, the gossip and
the chatter how mervily on. -.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

Now is the time and the "GREAT Rock
ISLAND" is the route. Take advantage of
the series of cheap excursions to Kansas,
Nebraska, Northwestern Iowa, Minnesota
and Dakota, leaving Chicago March 20,
April and H. May and %, June s and 49,
Rate, one fare for the round trip; tickets
tirstcass, and good for 80 days for return
passage. Do not fail to take advantage OF
this opportunity may never have such
another. Be sure your tickets read. via
CHICAGO, Rock ISLAND & PACIFIC RAIL
WAY, which has its own lines to principal
roints in all these States. For rates and
full particulars, address E. A HoLBRooK,
u. T. and z. A., Chicago Ill
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17
Sienteel O,lacIxs,

ayes, it pays" said big, fat physician,
with name which is known throughout the
medical world. 81 have practice worth
$i0.00Oa year" "Women"s ayes. you vc
guessed it first time. They pay $40 every
time they come into my Office. When QUE
gets on my list tell you she stays" and
DIR. IL laughed long and loud. This is
quackery-g -gilt-edged, genteel quackery-to
keep suffering woman paying tribute year
IN and year out, and doing them no good.
DR.. Piorce's Favorite Prescription cures the
peculiar weaknesses and diseases of wom-
eu. 1t does not lie to them nor rob them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17
RHEUMA MATISM.

rho Case Stated.--Jan'y 18th, 1893. Mcssrs.
George @. Osgood Il Co, druggists, Lowell,
Mass. wrote TO the undersigned as follows
"Mr Lewis Dennis, No. 1876 Moody street,
wishes TO recommend st. Jacobs Oil, and
desires especially TO say that
"ORfN ROBINSON, of Granville, Mass, a
boy Of IL years, came TO his house In the
summer Of 1881 walking on crutches, his
left lcg being bent at the knee for over two
months, and could not be bent back. Mr..
Dennis had some st, Jacobs Oil in the house,
and gave 1t to him to rub on his knee. In
six days he had no use for his cru'chcs, and
went home well without them, us lie has
been ever since"
corroboraiive and Conclusive Testimony
Lowell Mass, July 9. lSSI--Gentlemen
Mr.. Lewis Dennis has Just called upon me,
and informs Inc ihut ,lie boy Orin Robinson
who was poor cripple ON cyutchcs, and
was cured by st. Jacobs Oil in 1881; the
cure has remained permanent The young
man has been and is now at work at manual
labor; the case certainly proves the efficacy o!
st. Jacobs Oil.-Dr. Gro. G. Oseoop, NJ. d..
Sold by Druggists and Dealers Ererytchere
THE cuhr, rs A Vnrr' 80 m rarimcro. ND.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

CouGns, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, etc.,
quickly relieved by BRowN's BRONCHIAL
TRocnEs. A simple and effectual remedy,
superior to all other articles for the same
purpose. Sold only bl 6o1cS.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17
Half Rate Excursions to Kansas and Ne
brn.Sa.

The Missouri Pacific Railway will run ex-
cursions to all points in Kansas and Ne
braska forty miles west and south of Mis-
souri, River Points, at one fare for the round
trip, on the following dates: March 2lst,
April 4th and 25th, May 9th and 23d. and
June 9th. The tickets are good for 30 days,
10 days allowed for going passage and five
days for return trip, with stop over priyi
leges in the territory to which these special
rates are made.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

FALL drinks should not be cut full in the
neck - Washington Hatehet.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

TOMMY, my son, what is longitude?"
IA telegraph wire, papa" prove it, my
SON" because 1t Stretches from pole to
DO1a ~
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

PIso's Cure for Consumption IS the best
Cough Medicine. If you don't believe it
take dose. By druggists, 25c. bottle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

DANGER Signaled by q Cough is averted
with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

THERE were wrestlers in the old chivaric
days, or else how could knight throw
down the gaunllet?-Ieras Sittiags.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

A valuablep paper on homeopathy, givinJ
remedies for curing diseases, sent gratis b.
j. P. Geppert, NJ. D., 3o5 Race ST., Cin'ti,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

MOST people neglect the eyes" says
medical paper; but very few neg .ect the II
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

If you want to know what a sliding scale
is try to handle wet fish h--BoSton Com
mercial Bulletin.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

A NOVELTY for fashionable luncheon.
good uppette
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

"Ynu so CD in your dress?" asked the
school-teacher of n tramp. @X Qs me,
num-" replied he; Il drank 2 Y S."-PihS-
Jur1h Chronicle
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

IHE prop her study of mankind is how to
support q wife-Critic
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

The boo.black deserves to succeed. He
gets right down to business. Burlington
Free Press
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

were the exact number shipped during the
short, dull month of November, 1887, by the
largest mail order cigar house in the world,
namely, r. w. Tansill a. Co., Chicago.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

The impecunious man in need of gum
shoes is not opposed to rubber trust-BaL
tiulOre AMERICAN
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

NAAA A MONTH AGENTS Wanted. 90 best sell.
V6O Address IA Y THOMSON Detroit, 1isi.
~ MANA ynis sAskA sIsy sss yss sssA
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17
sexcn Chean Excursions to the wes,.

MEN are too much inclined to accept n
pretty woman at her face value. Teas Slit
iHQS,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

iF ship arrives in port second late
ihev dock 1t
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

A PERFECT spectic-Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-17

Sk a IN 1AYd sa@p,ss r.. Sss.. ySstA s
w bREWsTRR SAFETY KEIkH0LDIR co., Holly, hirh.
ez MANI TAIS PAPER s,sIy llas ". srils
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-21
What The War Cost in Labor.

It may be assumed that at mini
mum the cost of suppressing the re-
bellion was $4,000, 900, 900, writes Ed
ward Atkinson, in the Forum. It was,
therefore, 81, 1876, 100000 year for
seven years. 1t has been held that the
maximum product of each person &C.
cupied for gain in 1880 could not have
exceeded 5000 worth; labor and CAPT.
tai were at least one-third more effect
i've during and since the year 1880 than
during tho period Of war and recon-
struction. III, then, we value one mans
labor from 1861 to 1868, inclusive, at
$500 year, the work of war required
the unremitting labor of 2,270, 1000 men
for seven years, either in two armies or
in sustaining them. At $500 each, an
estimate probably nearer to the mark
at that time, the measure would be the
constant work of 1885,, 500 men each
year for seven years. The average
population of that period was 35,O0O,-
600, of whom not over one in five could
be considered an able-bodied man of
bearing age. The cost of liberty,
therefore, consisted, in actual arduous
work at the risk of life for seven years,
of one man of transferring age in every
three,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-21

wheel, she being the only one who I'M
derstood their workings. And right
royalty she performed her self-imposed
task Of carding, spinning AMI weaving,
saving, with smile OF satisfaction:
that She would "first make jeans for
the Young masters 'breeches,' to get
her hand, in before she commenced on
the fine cloth for the young mistresses'
dresses.
The devoted old creature was ever
faithful and untiring in her work, sup
plying the family with cloth OF many
different textures, from rough jeans to
the softest flannel, in wool, and from a
heavy, thick goods to the finest pn,
bleached domestic, in cotton. She dld
ali this besides spinning the yarn to
knit our comforters, hoods, gloves,
socks and stockings.
Every scrap of colored worsted, either
new or old, was preserved as something
scraps to pieces, and mixed the threads
with the white wool intended for our
dresses, and by this means we had
dresses "seeded" with almost every
color. The black scraps were all re-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-21
Womed Soldiers.

Wife-I see by this book that some
of the African kings have women SOL
diers.
Husband-Yes.
Il don't see why they can't have
women soldiers in this country"
GA regiment of women would look
we'll, I have no doubt, but then they
couldn't fight"
"Why not'?"
20, we'll, you know, you couldn't ex-
pect q regiment of women to march up
to battery in the teeth of CALLING
fire. That's not women's business.
Women are beautiful and"
"Well, sir, 1 wish you to understand
that women are as brave as men. 1
could march up to q battery as bravely
as you could, ay, in the face OF the
deadliest fire, and meet On enemy hand
to hand"
"Why, Mary, there is mouse under
your chair and"
The yell she gave as she seized her
skirts and sprang upon the table could
have been heard three blocks away.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-21

servti for mothers dresses, and pro-
duoeG lovely gray when intermingled
with the pure white wool.
Our buttons we cut from drv oonras
covering them with cloth to correspond
with the garments on which they were
TO be worn. We preferred the gourd
to wood, on account of its Being softer
and of uniform thickness. We trim
med extensively with buttons during
the war: Mother always said we tried
to rival the soldiers in that respect,
and We laughingly accepted the impu-
One article that gave lis considerable
trouble was corsets. We used an old
bought one" as pattern, and made
them from the strongest homespun and
finished them with rows of neat hand
stitching. Our sewing machines were
almost useless, as it was impossible to
get suitable needles and thread to run
them with.
AS We had neither steel nor whale
bone, and could not manufacture these
essentials to corsets, we were compelled
to find substitutes for them as best we
could; 80, for the double steel in front
we substituted Dusk made of we'll
seasoned hickory wood scraped per-
fectly smooth. All the old umbrellas
on the place were held almost sacred,
as we knew that when the supply on
hand was exhausted it would be impos-
sible to replenish our stock. The ribs
OF these umbrellas, which at that time
were frequently made of whalebone.
we split and polished until they served
very we'll for the ordinary stay; but
somehow we never made speciality of
corsets.
We succeeded splendidly, however,
in the manufacture of our combs.
Hickory wood was also used for these.
We cut them the desired shape, made
the teeth smooth with pieces Of broken
glass, and then polished them with a
mixture Of charcoal and tallow until
they were soft and plant. These
combs were lasting, and performed
their different Offices, of dressing and
combining the hair, remarkably we'll.
Our hair-pins We made in the same
mannor
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-21
In the Days IF the confsdoracy.

"Barg.in days" have become an es-
tablished custom in local stores, says
the Albany IN. W Journal, and the
penurious husband breads to hear Of
their approach. Others have occasion
to get provoked when the bills come
in. But they would have more occa-
sion to get angry if q bill similar to the
following, which is in the possession of
George W. Gibbons, Of Albany, were
ron6ara1.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-21
How We Did During the War.
By A SOUTHERN LADY.

)HE loom and
It h 9 spinning
wheel, that had
lain in the garnet
for more than a
quarter of q CEN
t u ry, W g r Q
brought for t h
from their rest
ing place amid
dust and rubbish
ndgiven o place
of honor. NAM
my Rose imme-
diately installed
herself mistress
of the loom and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-21

The only way to get Christian e1-
perience worth having is to give your
self wholly to the Lord. The only way
to retain a Christian experience worth
keeping, is too look to Jesus, and to
yourself. Looking at other things,
looking at difficulties, diacouragements,
losses, and failures, looking at other
people, only jeopardizes your exper-
fence, good or bad. Look inward to
self and upward to Christ and you will
have and keep all that saint on earth
will need,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-21

rms, join the Army of the Potomac,
nd help repel the invaders. A great
eal of cheap indignation has been
Manifested, first and last, upon this
ubject, and it has often been declared
hameful that the people of Pennsyl-
Fania could see the Confederate army
occupying their State to the Susque-
ANNA, and not turn out en- masse and
efend it with arms. Nothing of that
lind had been seen before that in the
var; it had never happened when our
lrmies occupied large parts of Virginia,
tennessee, and Louisiana, nor was it
observed when General Lee invaded
Maryland in the previous year. But,
Bome way, it has been thought that the
pennsylvanians were lacking in spirit
Fnd patriotism when they failed to "de-
FeEd their homes"
There we're two incidents occurring
during the three days battle at Get
tysburg which I have always thought
contributed to this feeling. One was
the case of Jenny Wade, the only
woman killed in that campaign. She
had lover in one of the Pennsylvania
regiments, who fell during the first
days fight. Jenny lived in house on
Baltimore street, and within the same
hour she was instantly killed by a
chance bullet. Our forces were re-
treating through the town at the time,
closely pursued by the enemy; most of
the inhabitants had taken to their Gel
lars, and bullets were flying about wild
~ The story went that at the time of
her death Jenny was baking bread for
the Union soldiers, and all the circum-
stances of the fate of this noble girl in
tensifed the sneer that "here was at
least one of the people of Gettysburg
who did her duty"
The other case was that OF John
burns. o name now we'll known to
story and song. All accounts agree so
we'll about it that there cannot be the
least d ,ubt that this man, citizen OF
the town, not being soldier at all,
joined our army with his muske CT
his shoulder, with his old-fashiv, d
|powder-horn and bullet-pouch, in lis
citizens clothes, and fought all orc day
among the soldiers, receiving IL slight
wound. I believe. The act was Ger.
tanly praiseworthy from sentimental
point of view-the man was both
brave and patriotic I should be the
last to detract from the well-earned
Donor that "Old John Burns OF Get
iysburg" has obtained in poetry and IN
the record of the m .norincidents OF the
rebsll on. But when we come to look
at the cold, stern code of military law
Ifor there is such code, though sol
iiers generally have little occasion 70
know anything about it), it will be
seen at once that John Burns condnct'
heroic though it was. does not make "a q
standard by which the good people OF
Gettysburg are to be judged. ! sup,
pose, in fact, that the man himself
never realized that he was braylng
much greater perils that day than On
those from the enemy's shot ana sne5'
greater perils than any soldier faced.
To make this point perfectly clear
let us inquire what, in all Probapli1it y,
would have happened had Burns fallen
into the hands of the enemy,
In chat case it would have been seer
at once from his dress that ne Qua ao'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-21

"He that is much in heaven in his
thoughts" says Sibbs, sis free from be-
ing tossed with tempests here below.
The top of those mountains that are
above the middle region, are so quiet,
as that the ightest things, as ashes, lie
still and are not moved. The way to
1nortify earthly members that bestir
themselves in us, is to mind things
above"