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Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-11-09

abridged on account of sex.
AT the seventeenth annual Womans Congress,
which met October 8, at Denver, Colo, with Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe as president, Kentucky had the
largest representation from the South, says the
White Ribboner Miss Conway of Memphis, was
one of the three admitted from Tennessee.
WITH one or two exceptions, Mrs. Wallace has
been spoken of by the press of Mississippi in the
most complimentary manner. Her lectures have
been well received and listened to by large and in
telgent audiences. Many have been converted to
her views, and numbers have testified their appre-
citation of her lectures.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
FARMING FOR PROFIT.
John Gould Discusses Continuous Winter
Stabling for Cows.


Stabling for Cows.
Last winter practiced the advanced
idea in dairying, and kept the cows in
the stables for 120 days without letting
them out, and never before wintered
my COWS so cheaply and well. Never
before did they "come through" look
ing as fine, and so free from ailment.
The barn is very warm. the thermome-
ter never but once going below forty
five degrees above zero. the air pure
and fresh, and the stable abundantly
supplied with light. A large covered
tank in the stable, supplied from q
deep rock well, afforded the best and
finest of water. The idea that COW
giving milk needs exercise to keep her
in health and vigor, | now think a
mistake. No one thinks of driving his
fattening hogs or steers around for ex-
ercise, and the secretion of milk is a
similar process to secreting fat.
lido not confine my COWS with stanch-
ions, but chain them in pairs, in half
box stalls, giving them plenty of free
dom so far as movement is consistent
with safety. A good bed under them
and plenty to eat before them has
made them perfectly contented, so far
as could see. They showed no incli-
nation to want to go out, and finally
made up my mind there was no neces-
sity for it. They could lie down at
their ease, and the neck chain was
long enough to enable them to sleep
with their heads on their sides if they
wished. To me it was far nearer an
ideal way of wintering cows, than to
turn them out into stormy or zero
weather to make them hardy, or con-
tract constitutional vigor. am now
fully satisfied that it does not pay to
attempt to warm barnyards with COWS,
or to use hay and grain to warm ice-
water inside OF a cows hide. The
COWS were fed silage. bran. and a little
clover-hay, and gave summer messes
of milk all winter. have this sum
mer made calculations to provide more
silage, put the cows into the stables
earlier in the season, aud keep them
there later In the spring; and If posi-
BILE feed silage once per day through
the balance of the year. Farming to
pay must be SO ordered that the farmer
can command 365 days of summer in
each twelve months, and silagc, Il
warm barn, and COWS in the barn for
1865 days at least will give him that
advantage. American Agriculturist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
A BARBARIC FASHION.
Crusade Against the Pagan Costume OF
Wearing Mourning Garments.

Crusade Against the Pagan Costume OF
Wearing Mourning Garments.
A number of English women of high
standing in society have begun cru
sade against the mourning garments
which the customs of times com.
pei them to wear. They are not pio-
neers in this undertaking. Several
times before assaults have been made
upon the pagan ard barbaric fashion
of loading women down with crepe and
sombre robes of black when death
overtakes any one near or dear to
them. Their predecessors in the ad-
vocacy of this reform have had little
success.
Why should woman make herself
.hideous and miserable by means OF
overwhelming wells and funeral trap
pings? q. say the defenders of this
relic of barbarism, women wear mourn
ing because in them the emotions OF
sorrow are stronger and deeper than
in men, and the outward garb of woe
is the symbol of grief they feel within,
Here and there woman of hysterical
Dcup uidy pOiouioS iich SUI oioO ohS 10
grieving more because she has on a
four-ply crepe veil and a bonnet the
shape, color and weight OF coal scut-
tie, but if the rule of society that a
woman must indicate her grief by the
immensity and inkiness of her clothes
were abolished, we believe the great
majority of women would gladly fly to
healthier ard less hideous attire.
1t is fashion, that silly and cruel
tyrant, that DEGREES the weaker sex
shall be tormented with reminders of
their bereavements in their dress. No
matter how ugly, how harmful, or how
ridiculous thing may be, if fashion
says it is to be done it is done without
question or complaint by nine-tenths
of the women in the civilized world.
So mourning will continue to be worn
in its exaggerated form in spite of all
the crusades the minority of sensible
women may wage against it. If men
had to share the pains and inconven-
fences of mourning there would be a
radical reform at once. Men escape
almost scot free, however, and women
alone must harvest the aftermath Of
death. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
AUTOMATIC AIR BRAKES.
Something About tho Principles Govern
ing 1ts Application.

Something About tho Principles Govern
ing Its Application.
Under the middle OF the car the or
dinary pull rod of the old hand brake
is cut and two levers are inserted. One
lever is connected with tho brake cylin-
der and the other with the piston.
which slides in that cylinder. When
air is admitted to the cylinder the
piston is driven out, and the brakes
are applied exactly as they would be
were the chains wound up by turning
the hand wheels. Air is supplied to
the brake cylinder from the reservoir
TO it, in which the pressure is main
tained by the action OF an air com
pressing pump, placed on one side of
the locomotive. The pump fills the
main reservoir on the engine, and also
train pipe, which extends under all the
cars. When the brakes are off there is
full pressure of air in all OF the car
reservoirs and train pipes. 1t is re-
duction OF the pressure in the train
pipes which causes the brakes to be
applied. This fact must be borne in
mind, for it is on this principle that
the automatic action of the brakes de-
pends. II train parts, or If the air
leaks out of the train pipe, the brake
goes on. This automatic principle is a
vital one in most safety appliances, and
it is secured in the case of the air
brake by one of the most ingenious
little devices that man ever contrived
that is, the triple valye-which is
placed in the piping system between
the brake cylinder and the car reser-
voir This triple valve has passages
to the brake cylinder, to the car reser-
voir, to the train pipe and to the at
mospbere. Which of these passages
are open and which are closed depends
upon the position of piston inside OF
the triple valve, and the position OF
that piston is determined by the differ
ence in air pressure on either side OF
it. Thus, when the pressure in the
train pipe is greater than that in the
car reservoir, the triple valve piston
is forced over, say to the left. com.
munication is opened from the train
pipe to the car reservoir. and the all
pressure in the latter is restored from
the main reservoir on the locomotive.
At the same time passage is opened
from the brake cylinder to the atmos
phere, the compressed air escapes, the
brake piston is driven back by spring
and the brakes are released. G.
| Prout, in Scribner's Magazine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
COuRTLY JUSTICE FIELD.
Personality of the Best-Known Member
of the Supreme Court.

Personality of the Best-Known Member
of the Supreme Court.
Justice Field Is one OF the courtliest
men in public life here. And his home
is enriched by many curios from his
early residence abroad, for from his
thirteenth to his sixteenth year he was
in Smyrna with his sister Emilia, who
had married n missionary of the Amer
ican Board. Here he learned to speak
modern Greek with great fluency, and
acquired certain cosmopolitan tone OF
thot ght and manner which sits upon
him with charming grace. He grad
uated ut the Williams College in 1887,
first in his class. Eleven years later he
took his venerable father abroad with
him for stay Of many months, where
he had gone on some legal business for
his brothers firm. In 1S49 he went to
California, was alcalde of the Marys-
vile district in the troubulous early
days, and represented Yuba County in
the Legislature as early as 1851.
He was already bachelor of con-
siderable over forty when he married
daughter of his California landlady,
Miss Swearingen. who ripened into one
of the most patrician matrons in the
capital city, and until one or two re-
cent accessions she was called the hand
soonest of the Supreme Court ladies.
They have no children. Mrs. Field
particular cult is Shakespeare, and she
is the founder and chief patroness OF
club of lady students, which meets per-
ipatetically during the social months.
The marked resemblance OF Justice
Field to the busts of Shakespeare, no.
table in the high, bald forehead and
pointed beard, emphasizes this fad OF
his good wife very pleasantly.
1t is part of the unwritten social history
that Justice and Mrs. Field resented
strongly the action of President Cleve-
land in passing him by to appoint Mr..
| Fuller Neither of them attended the
Presidents judiciary state dinner, which
was marked affront. They, however,
were the guests at dinner given to
the President shortly afterwards by
Postmaster General and Mrs Don Dick
| ersOH, uU WHICH 1iio L uiioio "O'S oi0O
present. In matters OF unofficial con-
sultation it is an open secret that Chief
Justice Fuller, reciprocating the cool
ness on the part of Justice Field,
passes him by and confers instead with
his right-hand neighbor on the bench,
Justice Miller; and Mrs. Fuller 'runs
in" to Mrs. Miller's on her way home
from marketing in a familiar, village
friendship way, whereas her acquaint-
ance with Mrs. Field is of the most
formal character. Washington Cor.
Philadelphia Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
ANTICS OF A LEMUR.
How tho Little Creature Amused Himself
and His Mistress.

and His Mistress.
No beast that ever saw was more
fond of play than the little Malagasy,
not even lively kitten. From the
moment his door was opened till he
was shut in for the night he often gave
his mind to a constant succession OF
pranks. He scraped the beads off our
dress-trimmings with his comb-like
teeth, and he slapped or pulled books
or work out of our hands, and espe-
cially liked to frolic in ones lap, lying
on his back kicking with all fours, pre-
tending to bite, and even turning
somersaults or indulging in the most
peculiar little leaps. In the latter he
flung out his arms. dropped his head
on one side in bewitching way,
turned half around in the air, and
came down in the spot he started from,
the whole performance so sudden, APP
parently SO involuntary, and his face
SO grave all the time, it seemed as il a
spring had gone of inside, with which
his will had nothing to do.
A favorite plaything with the lemur
was window-shade. He began by
jumping up to the fringe, seizing it and
swinging it back and forth. One day
he learned by accident that he could
"set it OIL" and then his extreme
pleasure was to snatch at it with SO
much force as to start the spring, when
he instantly let go and made one bound
to the other side Of the room, or to the
mantel. where he sat, looking the pict-
ure OF innocence, while the released
shade sprang to the top and went over
and over the rod. We could never
prevent his carrying out this little pro-
gramme. and we drew down one shade
only to have him slyly set off another
the next instant. Olive Thorne Miller,
in Popular Science Monthly.
"A little thing that feels big In
tight place 10 y corn.-Troy Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
FISH IN AQUARlA.
The United States Fish Commission Tells
How to Feed Them.

The United States Fish Commission Tells
How to Feed Them.
In feeding the fish care must be taken
to introduce no more food than they
can eat in a short time, as what is not
eaten will soon decompose and make
the water cloudy, and generate nox-
ious gases as we'll. If due care is OBJ
served in regard to quantity it does
not matter how often fish are fed ex-
cept that if fed abundantly they will
grow rapidly. which is not generally
desired. Fish may be fed every day,
or but two or three times week, with
equally good results apparently. They
will always find small amount of food
in the aquarium in the vegetation.
Where they are not fed sufficiently
they are apt to strip the plants of their
leaves. In a natural condition fish are
feeding continually and grow very
rapidly. The water food which is uni
versally sold for goldfish and other
vegetable-feeding fishes is good.
nutritious food. Bread, cake and
cracker sour more quickly, and are
therefore somewhat Objectionable un-
less carefully used. Most fish, even
those supposed to be strict vegetarians,
are fond of raw beef. 1t should be
scraped to get the pulp free from mus
cular fiber, or chopped very fine. Lean
beef, unsalted, may be dried quite hard
and can then be scraped quite fine. 1t
soon softens in the water, but does not
give off the blood as when raw. The
fish, however, prefer it raw. Ants
eggs are excellent food. They can be
generally bought at bird stores. Oys-
ters and clans, we'll washed to get rid
OF the juices and chopped fine, are en-
joyed by most fishes. Worms. chopped
fine for small fish, are enjoyed most of
all. All chance of communicating the
water in feeding the fish may be
avoided by having an ordinary con-
fectionery or other jar into which the
food may be dropped after placing 1t
in. the aquarium. The fish will soon
find their way into it. Many of our
common brook and pond fishes will eat
animal food only, and some Of them
only living things Among such are
the various sunfshes, sticklebacks, etc.
They are perhaps more lively and in
teresting in their habits than the
more peace-loving vegetarians, the
goldfish and others of the cyprlnde,
but there is more difficulty in finding
food for them. A small scoop-net made
with cheese cloth and used in almost
any quiet water among the dead leaves
will often yield large numbers OF insect
larvae, small c"ustaceans, which afford
them natural and needed food.-Bulle-
tin United States Fish Commission.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
FARM AND FIRESlDE.

corn well pub III bne RrOunu Huu
we'll titled will mature crop on less
moisture than any other crop.
If properly managed, corn fodder
is one of the cheapest feeding materials
that can be secured, aud it will pay to
secure full supply.
Nov down all the weeds and grass
as soon as you cut the corn off. DO
not stack the corn to remain, but plow
the ground before winter sets in.
--Mildewed linen may be restored
by soaping the spots while wet, cover
ing them with fine chalk scraped to
powder, and rubbing it we'll in. Or
soak in buttermilk and spread on the
grass in the sun.
Cream Slaw: Take one solid head
cabbage; shave all of fine; take two or
three tablespoons thick sweet cream,
three tablespoons sugar, salt and pep
per to taste; one-half pint good cider
vinegar; mix thoroughly; serve.
Mixed rations are more economical
than the feeding of any particular
article of food exclusively, as some
foods assist in the digestion Of others.
There are growing rations. which are
best for growing stock, and there are
rations that promote fat more than
others.
In spreading manure over the sur
face of the ground, to remain there all
the winter, it is best to first plow the
ground and then spread the manure.
If the ground be not plowed, and be
hard or rolling much of the soluble
matter of the manure will be dissolved
and carried off by the rains. If the
ground be first plowed the matter will
soak in.
Chicken Patties: Mince cold fowl
with little ham or tongue and add
the chopped yelks of hard boiled eggs.
Rub together in stewpan over the
fire one tablespoonful of butter and one
of flour; add three beaten eggs and one
teacupful of milk, season with pepper
and salt. Put in the minced chicken
until it gets thoroughly hot, then serve
in puff shells.-Good Housekeeping.
Baked Fish: Clean, rinse and
wipe dry, a fish weighing three or four
pounds. Rub inside and out with salt,
and fill with a stuffing made as for
poultry, except dryer. Sew up the
opening in the fish and put it in hot
pan with drippings and melted butter,
dredge with flour and put bits of but
ter on the fish. Bake one and one
half hours, basting occasionally. -
Household.
Indian Sandwiches: These may
be made from a mixture Of veal or
chicken, mixed with chopped cooked
ham or tongue. After the two are
rubbed together, to each half-pint may
be added tablespoonful of stock, a
teaspoonful of essence of anchovy or
little lemon juice. Cut thin slices OF
bread from the loaf, then with a round
biscuit cutter cut out the sandwiches,
butter each lightly. and toast until a
golden brown. Spread over them
while hot thin layer of the mixture,
and press two together.
Apple seed can be safely planted
in the fall or it can be mixed with two
or three times its bulk of sand in boxes.
and allowed to freeze through the
winter, and planted just as soon as the
ground is in good condition in the
spring. Or, as is the practice of some
large growers, it can be kept until
nearly time to plant and then soaked in
water for forty-eight hours, changing
the water once or twice; the seeds
should not be allowed to even become
dry before planting.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
Don't Waste Your Time

and money experimenting with doubtful
remedies, when DR.. Pierces Golden Medi-
cal Discovery is so positively certain in its
curative action as to warrant its manufact-
urers in supplying it to the public, as they are
doing through druggists, under duly ex.
ecuted certificate of guarantee, that II Will
accomplish all it is recommended to do, or
money paid for it will be promptly returned.
1t cures torpid liver or biliousness, indi.
gestion or dyspepsia, all humors, or blood
taints, from whatever cause arising, SKIN
and scalp diseases, scrofulous affections,
mot excepting consumption, or lung-scrof'
ula), if taken in time and given fair trial.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
Orange Blossoms for Brides.

The emblem may have been occa-
sionally worn by European brides ever
since the time Of the crusades; but the
general adoption OF orange blossoms
for brides is comparatively modern
practice, probably at first adopted be-
cause the orange flower was rare and
costly, and it has always been the
practice to be expensive at weddings.
The orange blossoms were found ap-
propriate and suitable, the sentiment
under which it was used by the Sar-
acens was approved. and it became the
fashion for brides to wear orange bios
SONS. The orange fruit was brought
to England as early as 1890, but it was
long time before there was really any
cultivation of the orange. The tree is
supposed by many to have been
brought into England by Sir Walter
Raleigh, and the statement is made
that 1t was not adopted from the Sar-
acens. but probably from lnaia, or at
least from the far East. 1t owed its
adoption at first from the fact that it
was both rare and scented flower,
and was introduced without any refer
ence to its symbolism. .-Lippincott's
Magazine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
AN INTERESTING RELIC.
RcproductIon OF the First Paper Ever
Published I'm Chicago,

Published in Chicago,
Mr. r. II. Taylor, Jr., OF Chicago.
who edited in 1888 the first and small
est newspaper ever published In this
CITY, has issued from memory dupli-
cate of that sheet. This little four
page paper is less than five inches
long and little more than three inches
wide, and is called the New Ark.
Mr. Taylor says on the first page Of
this issue: This little newspaper is a
duplicate in size and appearance, as
near as my memory serves me. 1t was
in my fathers garret that published
little newspaper when but boy, on
the corner of Canal and Van Buren,
streets, in 1888. / built my press of
wood and my stick out of a tin soda
powder box" Further on he says: 81
would not begrudge $50 for the original
copy of this duplicate"
The recent copy of the New Ark
contains some interesting information
about early Chicago. 1t says: "The
first steamboat built in Chicago was
the George w. Dole. The second was
the James p. Allen. They were both
built by Captain Chase. The first
propeller built in Chicago was the In
dependence. She was built by Captain
Avery, and was taken to Lake Super
ior before the canal was built. She
was taken overland on ways.
"The first upper-cabin steamboat
that came to Chicago was the steamer
Great Western. 1t was built by Cap
tain Walker"
The first man hanged in Chicago
was a murderer named Stone. The
first tavern in this city was the old
Green Tree tavern, on the west side of
the river, corner of Lake and Canal
streets. The second was the old Man
sion House. on South Market street,
between lake and Randolph.
A. ID. Taylor was the architect and
builder of the first brick church erected
in this city. 1t stood on the north side
of the river. In 1884 there was an
old burying ground between Wabash
avenue and the lake shore. There was
time when, for a distance of quar-
ter of mile along the shore, coffins
could be seen projecting one or two
feet beyond the bank.
The American was the first Whig
newspaper published in Chicago. 1t
was edited by Mr.. Stewart. John
c. Calhoun published the first Demo-
cratic newspaper, which afterward
passed into the hands of John Went
worth.
Philo Carpenter was proprietor OF
the first drug store in the village,
Captain w. Church organized the first
military company, and John e. Hog
gon was the first postmaster. Old
Squire Howe was the first justice OF
the peace. A Mr.. Marsh owned the
first pork and beef packing establish
ment. Frink & Walker organized the
first omnibus line. The first black
smith-shop was on the southeast corner
of Clark and Randolph streets. The
next was on West Randolph street,
between Water and Canal. 1t was run
by P. w. Gates, who afterward founded
the Eagle foundry, on Canal street.
The first railroad was the Galena. II
was strap rail then.
Anson A. Taylor had the first gov.
ernment contract to carry United States
mail from Chicago to Peru, Ill. He
also built the first bridge in this city.
The second was drawbridge across
Clark street. News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19

THE man who is proiitably employed is
generally a happy man. If You are not
happy 1t may be because you have not found
your proper work We earnestly urge all
such persons TO write to b. F. Johnson d
Co., 1909 Main street, Richmond, Va, and
they can show you n work in which you can
be happily and neutrality-suspicious..
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
Mutual lnterrogatorles.

"William," said she. severely, show
many more times are you going to ask
me to marry your
"Clara," said he, with equal stern
ness. show much longer are you going
to persist in refusing mep"-Merchant
Traveller.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19

DID you ever go within a mile of a soap
factory! If SO you know what material
they make soap of. Dobbins' Electric Soap
factory is as free from odor as II char
factory. Try IL once. Ask your grocer for it.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19
"A Chinese doctor in San Francisco

A Chinese doctor in San Francisco
Is said to ENJOY an income from the
practice of his profession OF Sc, 900 per
month. He has been in Americr
nearly thirty years, and many Cau
casians are among his patients
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-19

-Garrick was once accosted on the
street in London by q ...an in rags with
"Halloa. Garrick, don't you know
mep" II do not" replied the actor.
Strange" said the tattered man. "we
acted together at the Drury Lane
Theater.' 'lmpoSsible,' replied Gar
rick; sin what playp" I'm Hamlet
] took the part OF the cock, and crowed
three times behind the curtain"