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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.
Statistics of the Worlds Telegraph Line
and Telephones.


The total length of the telegraph lines
of the world amounts to 557,064 miles;
Europe, PIG, 400; America, 1853, ,642; Asia,
46, 500; Australia, 24,20i, and Africa, 49,
900 miles. There have been added $50
submarine cables, ia of which are laid
in European seas, and have total length
of 5000 miles, while the remaining 176,
with length of cable of $3.50 miles.
belong to companies. The service of
these lines is carried out by 1850, 900 of
fees. Telephone statistics are as fol-
lows: The United States; 739 exchanges
and 1853, 712 subscribers; Germany, 1854 ex-
changes and 81, 1926 subscribers; England,
1922 exchanges and 20,420 subscribers;
Sweden, 1877 exchanges and 12,s64 sub
scribers, France, 2S exchanges and 0,4S7
subscribers; Switzerland, n exchanges
and 1926 subscribers; Russia, 36 ex-
changes and 1856 subscribers; Italy, 2S
exchanges and 6,1S3 subscribers; Bel
gium, 4, GA subscribers; Austro-Hungary
1900 subscribers; Norway, 21 exchanges
and 3,0SJ subscribers; Holland, o ex-
changes and 2,S72 subscribers; Spain,
2,2lS subscribers; Denmark, 1,S37 sub
scribers; Portugal, 2 exchanges and 500
subscribers. The town with the largest
number of subscribers is Berlin, having
upward of 10000, and followed by New
York, $500, Paris with over 5000, and
London about that amopnt.--L lnmiere
Electrique.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

Some varieties Of pear trees produce
more wood than others, and more than
is we'll to leave on. The Seckel is one,
the Lawrence another. When this is
the case, more fruit will set than the
tree can bring to perfection. In times
past few advocated the pruning of pear
trees, but advised the thinning of the
fruit We followed this course for
years, says a writer in an exchange, and
did not prune, but lately have adopted
the method of pruning, and are well
pleased with the result. We have taken
from our Seckel pear trees from quar-
ter to third of the small branches, and
shall thin them out even more. The
fruit is very much larger, higher col
ored and better every way, and quite as
much in weight and measure, though
not in numbers. We fail to see any OBJ
lection to such pruning. We seldom
cut off large limb and when we do We
paint over the wound. This work may
be done any time in the fall or early
wirter.-O. j. Farmer
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23
WlNTERING POTATOES.
How to Keep the Tubers in Good Cor
dition for the Spring Market.

How to Keep the Tubers in Good Con-
dition for the Spring Market.
Properly keeping potatoes for the
spring market is point of Importance.
Not all who grow large quantities of po-
tatoes have suitable cellars in which to
store them. Thousands of bushels must
be wintered in pits. The question of so
caring for them that spring will find
them sound and in perfect condition is
the proper point to consider. Rotting,
sprouting, sweating are the sources
of injury. To prevent these is the aim.
If potatoes are sound and healthy when
put in the pits and are properly cared for
these conditions are not likely to arise.
To protect them from heat and damp is
no less important than to protect them
from frost.
Keeping them too warm in the fall and
too cold in midwinter are general causes
of destruction to potatoes wintered in
pits. They should be in cool condition
before being covered with dirt. Then
cover we'll with straw and lightly with
earth, leaving the extreme top of the pit
without earth, that any heat remaining
or generating in the pit may escape.
Protect the pits from the sun and rain
by roof of boards, under which there is
a free circulation of air, until cold
weather comes. Thus the tubers are
kept dry and cool and the earth is dry.
Frost will not penetrate far into dry
earth, but it will go deep into that which
is wet. With the coming of winter suf-
ficient covering to protect against frosts
will generally keep the tubers in excel
lent condition.-Troy IN. " Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23
The Use OF Linseed Meal.

Linseed meal is highly nitrogenous,
but contains a large proportion of the
carbonaceous elements also, and for
that reason should not be fed too
heavily to hens that are liable to be-
come fat. 1t is an invigorating food for
hens that are moulting or debilitated,
and also for growing stock. 1t promotes
digestion, and assists in forming new
feathers when the old feathers are being
replaced by the new. A gill of linseed
meal, three times woek, TO ten hens,
is ample, as too much is not beneficial,
Farm and Fireside.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

ing of draught to lamp; E, can-screw on
top of tube for pouring in water. The
tank sets in the pan. The pan is 4 by
10 inches; the tank, by inches, and
o inches or more high. The case in
which lamp is placed is 10 by IL inches
at the bottom, and 10 inches. high. The
pan is one inch deep, and is set on top
of the case, with flange. No solder to
melt. Door is on the left, with hinge
and hook. The whole to be hooked to
the floor to prevent the fowls tipping it
over. The air for lamp comes in at Il.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23
ConsumptIon Surely Cured.

To THE EDITOR Please inform your
readers that have n positive remedy for
the above named disease. BY its timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy FREE TO any OF
your readers who have consumption If they
will send me their express and post Office
address, Respectfully, T. A. SLocuM, NJ. c..
1S1 Pearl street, New York.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

",MIp pleasures and palaces, tho we may roam. .,
Be il ever so humble, there's no place ike home'
especially If blessed with wife whose
hours are not spent in misery causea oS
those dragging-down pains arising from
weaknesses peculiar to her sex. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription relieves and cures
these troubles and brings sunshine to many
darkened homes. Sold by druggists under
satisfaction or money refunded. Read guar
antee on bottle wrapper.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23
CATARRH.
Catarrhal Deafness-Hay Fever-A New
Home Treatment.

Home Treatment.
Sufferers are not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious, or that they
are due to the presence of living parasites
in the lining membrane of the nose and
eustachan tubes. Microscopic research,
however, has proved this to be fact, and
the result of this discovery is that simple
remedy has been formulated whereby
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
are permanently cured in from one to three
simple applications made at home by the
patient once in two weeks.
N. B.-This treatment is not q snuff or an
ointment; both have been discarded by
reputable physicians as injurious. A pamph-
let explaining this new treatment is sent on
receipt of three cents in stamps to pay
postage by A. II. Dixon q Son, cor. of John
and King Street, Toronto, Canada.-Chris-
tidn Advocate.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23
DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
A Winter Drinking Vessel for the Poult
House.

Winter Drinking Vessel Tor the Poultry
House.
Mr.. e. L. Grove sends to Farm and
Field design of drinking fountain
in which the water is kept warm by q
lamp. The tank is made of galvanized
iron, has a canscrew on top and vent
at the bottom, opening into the pan.
The water runs out of this vent Tor hole)
into the pan and ceases to flow as soon
as it reaches the level of the vent.
In the illustration, A is the tank; B,
the vent; ID, the ventilators for allow
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

MHpIocRIrY dltcdB copies superiority. Dob
bins Electric Soap has been initiated more
than any soap made. Ask your grocer for
Dobbins Electric. All other Electrics, Elec-
tricity, Magnetics, etc, are limitations.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23
Struck 1t the First Time.

''Do you know who her grandfather
was? Have you ascertained any thing
in regard to her pedigree? Those are
things you ought to know about the
woman you are to make your wife"
so, hang her grandfather"
"My boy, that's just what they di1."-
Judge.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

Cant you stay little while
longer" asked the criminal as his kind
friend was about to leave. mo, Bob,
haven't time to-day" "Well," said
Bob, take some of mine, | got teI
years more than want here. Life
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

AND now a rival Of Edison's has come to
the surface with an invention for piercing
the ears without pain. No modern opera
house should be without one.-Puck.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

THE fence owner who puts up a sign
"stick no bills' as warning to agents for
theatrical companies would possibly do
more good by making it "biu no sticks."-
Washington Capital.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23
FARM AND GARDEN.
HOMEMADE FRUIT Poker.

A Simple Yet ETcient Little Device That
Saves Both Time and Labor.
For the general gathering of heavy
crops OF apples, pears, ETC., there is
nothing so reliable as the two hands of
man, but when the fruit is somewhat
scattered upon the tree this little device
saves much labor in climbing or moving
ladder. AS rule the best and largest
fruit is found at the topmost or outside
branches; 1t is almost inaccessible and
can only be secured by shaking off or
bruising in some way. Most fruit pick
ers which have been placed Upon the
market have linen bag attached with a
mouth of wire so arranged as to catch
the apple by the stem, or one provided
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

HAVE no equal as q prompt and positive
cure for sick headache, biliousness, consti-
patton pain in the side, and all liver troub-
les. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

A SORE Throat or Cough, if suffered to
progress, often results in an incurable
throat or lung trouble. " Broicn's Bronchial
Trochesn give instant relief.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

LAND devoted to timber should be
completely occupied, 1t should be
thinned out, but never cleared of, un-
less it is to be used for another purpose.
We are no longer obliged to destroy
hive or colony OF bees in order to got the
honey, so we need not destroy our wood
lot In order to get timber.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

THE highest grade of impudence-To wait
in an umbrella shop for a shower to pass
over.-Fliegend Blatter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

THE weather is as uncertain as the age OF
a7grl over thirty.-Richmond Recorder
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

The cleansing, antiseptic and healing quail
tiles of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy are un-
nnllnlpl
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

OYSTERS are very self-possessed Great
ures. They never turn red when they ge
into stew.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

BAD water is sometimes the cause OF
sickness among sheep. The matter OF
pure water supply for all our animals
is vital one; and in this connection it
may be mentioned that the priced ''liv-
ing stream" on the farm is frequently
the source of the greatest impurity. 1t
brings with it all the impurities that in
one way or another may get into it
above ''our farm. ."-Western Rural.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

THE best cough medicine is Piso's Cur
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

COLONEL JOHN CocKERILL Is paid e20, 900 a
year by the New York World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23
Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.

Mild, equable climate, certain and abundan,
crops Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Full Information free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

THERE is wide difference between the
best-known and the known best men Of q
modern city.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

Do NOT purge nor weaken the bowels, br-
act specially on the liver and bile A perfect
liyercorrecter. Carter's Little Liver Pills.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

THE law permits man to use his wife TO
rob his creditors. Yet in the face Of this il
is argued that marriage is failure.-Bipg-
hamton Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23
CURE Fits!

When say cure do not moan merely TO stop them
for n time and have them return again. mean
radical cure have made the disease OF FITS El'I'
IEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS life long study war
rant my remedy to cure the worst cases Berause
others failed for not now RECEIVING
cure Send at once a treatise and Free Bottle OF
my infallible remedy. Give Express and Iostlnice.
RI. G.. ROOT, NJ O., 1sB Pearl street. New y ork-'
ss-gAME THIS PAPER s,erJ TN, you vrts
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

THE star actress wardrobe is incomplete
nowadays without divorce suit.-Terre
Haute Express.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

THE easiest way for a good wife to get
along pleasantly Is to practise what her
husband breaches. .-Atchison Globe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-23

GRATITUDE is the music of the heart when
its chords are moved by kindness.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-02-21
riniInal.

JOHN CoHEs, q clerk in pawn shop At
Boston, is missing, ana iewelry to the
amount Of $4,000 Is also gone.
THE Duouqus wife murderer, Barney
Kennedy, has been refused new trial
and will be hanged March
HARyEY GUBLEY and MS wife we're held
in $2,5OO bonds each by Justice Lyon, Of
Chicago, for examination on the charge
Of sbdueLing little Annie Redmond.
HENRY DICKxAS, OF St. Louis, has
skipped across the river 10 Canada.
Dedication, 800 600. He was President
of the Motel & Borgess. Flour Milling
Company.
MAsos CRY, Iowa.-The jury in the
BrosL murder trial returned a verdict Of
mot guilty NJ. Brown received the
news calmly, The verdict gives general
satisfaction here.
LITTLE Rock, Ark.--The bill authorizing
the Governor TO offer 5000 for the APP
prehension Of any notorious recent erin
male, and which is designed to cover the
Clayton murder, passed the Legislature
and has been signed by Governor Eagle,
who will offer that sum for the arrest Of
the assassins of Johu NJ. Clayton.
STEVENS PoINr, George Searissel,
Bohemian. aged 30 fatally shot Ida B0ltza,
Il years old, waitress a hotel a. McDil
a suburb OF Stevens Point, ano then
blew his own brains ont. The girl re-
susiug Schri-zsls offer OF marriage was
tae cause OF the tragedy.
Iris reported thar William L. Porter,
treasurer OF Yermilliou county, Ind, Is
snort IN his accounts about $4,000. He
has ieeded all his property n trust for
the benefit OF his boudsmen and il Is
rhought they will lose nothing. Loose
business methods are said % be she cause
OF the shortage.
ST. LouIs.-Advices from the Indian
Territory say thar Hihcar Yohoia, full
olc5ded Greek Indian d To be publicly
shot until dead for the crime of larceny.
10 appears shat under recent Law 8 man
convicted ot larceny three times must
suffer death. As YoholA has been thrice
convicted OF that ofruse the distrlc.
codr. al Eliauia sentenced him to suffer
tho penalty.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-02-21

part OF the keepers, or previops -
rOcence OF the inmates. are NOT ~
Stimulated by any evidence pre--r "a =
this committee. An xamination Of n.
stliu'es will stow laws Tor sne suno.-.
sion OF all such resorts, If they are ~
forced. Ths enforcement.is in the bs- \.
of local officials as 1t must Hese.ss-fIv
be. The executive of the state has 6Hi-
gently urged action on the part of ~
local cfic rs. If they have failed. he 49,
the right on com plants being made -
cite any delinquent officer before him -
show cause why a removal should nat
take place. The records prove that po
such complaint have been made show
ing conclusively that il "the dives IN
Wisconsin" are any way near as alleged
the parties affecting to posses
such knowledge preferred 70 vent that
knowledge IN newspapers Outside OF the
state, or elaborate IL In sensational lee.
lures. Had g complaint been made IN
the proper authority, your committee ia
con ddent that the late executive, as veil
as the present one, would have FROM pflv
removed any delinquent officer. It must
be understood that. 10 the courts ia or.
der TO secure convictions, necessary proof
mus. be put in evidence, and it is often
a difficult and SLOW procedure 20 secure
this. Mere allegations are not sufficient.
Nearly all OF the recent convictions
of houses of il,-fsme kee pers were
on complaints made prior to auy
allegations Of this question; and
those convictions, your committee is glad
to state, having awakened general
feeling in the communities affected
to wipe out aud utterly destroy al houses
Of prostitution. Under these circum.
stances, aud in view of the impractica.
biHty of such a courre, We think that
legislative INV esrIgaston is entirely IN
necessary. Before closing this report, your
committee would suggest TO those social.
ed reformers il other states, who affect
such hoIr 0r over sensational allegations as
TO the lack Of morals in northern Wiscon-
sin, that an application of the old adage,
Physician, heal myself" would be very
beneficial. Looking with indignation al
alleged crimes, from one TO ten hundred
miles distant, through glasses taht mag
Nifty thousand fold, will not beueft hu-
msnity one-half as much a. a dis position
70 correct the immoral, and licentious
criminal condition OF their own immedi-
ate localities. We recommend that the
joint resolution be non-concurred in.
The senate killed the resolution, making
it appear that Miss Bushnell's "den" basi-
ness ia q fraud. After the usual introduc.
ton of bills and concurrence in several
assembly bills, mostly relating to Mil
waukee the senate adjourned to Monday
evening next at O'clock.
AssEMBIY.-The usual number of peti.
tioDs aud remOnstrauces were sent in
for and against the Taylor bill, medical
bill, favoring capital punishment and
against dens of iufamy. A motion was
made by Mr Horn, that when the assem-
bly, adjourn it be until 1880 Monday eve
ming, which after some discussion, pre-
vaIlel
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-02-21

5. Il. MIDDLgBgsoK OF I-t Bridge
port, Conn, has oesu informed by q
fortune teller as 20 the whereabouts Of
Cap. Kidd's buried treasure, aud has Oh
tanned Rssistsrce ia search Of it. Mr.
Middlsbrouk u confident Of success.
T. W. BUSCH, of Keokuk, Iowa, claims
20 have Invented a machine for perpet-
ual motion, which he offers 70 clearly
demonstrate 20 any parties putting up
bonus Of 81 100000 in KeOkuk bank.
FArHEB AsHEIELD, priest of 81. Peter
Catholic church, Memphis, Tenn, vas
stabbed 20 desth by man whose release
from jail he had effected some little tins
ago.
MIS-. NELLIE GRANT SARroRIs, who Is a.
present with her mother in Mex York.
will remain here for some time-rumor
says, permanently. Mrs. Sartoris is well
remembered by, and is very dear 70 the
people OF Washington, where she will
spend a part At least of shs coming sea
son as the guest OF Mrs. Harrison.
EASTERN capitalists, IL Is reported, are
TO form an organization, with s. 100000
capital, 30 develop the natural gas adyan-
tages OF the Muncie (Iud.l region, and
have already purchased 1900 acres of
land. Ex-Governor Leon Abbot, OF New
Jersey, is president Of the association.
MnwAUKEE.-A special from Ia Crosse
says an effort will be made to form po-
litical organization of railway N ployes
Of Wisconsin. The object OF the organ
izatiOn will be 20 advance the interests Of
railway employees by voting for men for
public Office who are ia sympathy With
the railroad corporations. The aszooia
tiou is intended 20 become national in
extent.
Az attempt was made 20 block the esrs
on the Belt Line Railroad is New York
Sunday night by gang OF roughs. The
first car 70 approach the distinctions
contained Captain Murphy and about
twenty OF his men. This was a surprise
20 the rioters, Who decamped very hastily
after receiving good clubbing.
san FBASCIsCo.-Ne comes from San
Jacinto, little mountain town in the
exEr me northern part Of San Diego
County, that an earthquake shock q few
days ago was 80 severe there that a ball
In large hall was brekon I'D and goo
people present sought safety By jumping
through windows. Many we're trsmped
under foot, others were cot by broken
glass, but no one was fatally hurt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-02-21
SPARKS.
Flres And Casualties.

NEW YoBK.-Fire late Sunday night a
the works OF the Standard Oil com psny
At Coustsbe Hook, y. j., j. reported 20
hove caused 100000 damages.
JHE Riverside Cotton Mill at North
Bridge, Mass, was burned Friday morn
ing, tu.ailing a loss Of $4,000; fully in
sured.
MIS-. MoNULrY and Annie NcGuire were
frozen 10 death ia blizzard near their
home in the vicinity Of Ottawa, Ont.
A loss of $4,000 vas caused by the
burning Of the Standard Oil company's
glue factory At Constable Hook.
The elevator Of TIE Mutohner Higgins
company, at Indianapolis, was burned.
Loss about 100000.
The public schools Of Bslyidere, H.,
have been closed on account OF an cpl
demic OF measles, chicken pox and scarlet
fever.
A LOADED car dashed down an incline
al Grou's Mines, East Brady, Pa, instant
ly killing ". Baker, ID usr, and in
ioring K. E. Criswell, the weigher.
A DAKOTA Dispatch says that six stores
we're burned ia Miner, entsAtng loss of
$4,000. The buildings were blown up TO
cheek the FIRE,
A FfEE vas discovered in room over
the Bank of Superior at West Superior,
Wis Ou-zoaked kindliug had been seat.
tered over the door, very evidently for
the purpose Of burning the building.
NEW YoBK.-A terrific explosion Of
dynamite occurred on the NeS Haven
railroad between Williams Bridge aud
Woodlavn. where the track IL being
widened. Many passengers in passing
tram we're badly injured by the flying
uiazelz
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-02-21
.ne asaon4I capita

WAsHrSorox lit Iooss as it the samoan
conference 80 rim viii Lot be held by
-ept esentstiyes IF the present admins
trsuJu.
wAsHNeroN, d. C.-The japanese
minister received telegram Monday from
the minister OF forsiku affairs Uf Japan
saving the constitution ot she empire was
proclaimed by the emperor in persoa this
morning amid great enthusiasm.
THE president ard Mrs. Cleveland took
advantage of heir visit 80 SeS York 60
20 house hunting They did not sue
ce4d IN making q choics, but both ex-
presssd themselves blessed at the pros
psct of making their future home in
New York, where many friends vii be
delighted 20 retura the cgurtesIes extend,
ed to them az the white house.
les president hiss approved the Sc ex-
tending the privileges Of leland tran-~
purtauon ia bond o. the port of saait
SIC. Marie. the &c, for tne relief OF the
town az Flagstaff A. T.; the act author
ring the Choctas Coal and Railway c0m
usuy 20 coustruo, railroad through the
Indian Territory, snd the ser for 3 public
binding ~ Sedaua- Mo.