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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-02

The tailor often senGs home on
Saturday the trousers he promised the
Monday before, but, then. we are ac~
customed to these breeches Of promise
Pittsburgh Chronicle
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-02
Old Commodore Vanderbilt.

Commodore Vanderbilt made $780,
600, 900, beginning with no money and
very little education. He could write
his name, and that was about the eX-
tent of his scholastic requirements.
His name, which was good for any
amount on a check, was not much to
look at. He could not pronounce the
letter V, and always called himself
Vanderbilt. A new clerk at the post
Office greatly annoyed him by looking
for his letters under the WIS. Don't
look among the WIS; look among the
Wees" said the millionaire. At the
age of eighty, the commodore was a
match for the whole street. He opened
all his own letters, dictated his an
swers on the margins; spent an hour in
transacting business involving many
millions, and then went to his stables.
He was very proud of his horses, and
liked to lead the road-and he gener-
ally did.-N. Y. Letter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-02
Faults of Many Mothers.

American women of all classes are,
as rule, sinfully negligent of some OF
the duties which pertain to health,
especially exercise in the open air.
The excuse that their many cares en-
gross them, and that they, in conse-
quence, have but little opportunity for
leaving their homes, is scarcely sutii-
cient. The number who actually can
not enjoy, each day, an hours outing.
must be small indeed, even among the
class forced to work the hardest. Not
only do many women fail in this re-
spect in their duty to themselves, but
their young children suffer in conse-
quence of the same neglect. From one
weeks end to another, during the
winter, not a few of them keep their
little ones in overheated rooms, il not
huddled around the kitchen stove. and
the result is we find them, as spring
approaches, weak, puny and ailing.
In such families colds, coughs, sore
throats and the like are common atfec-
tions. There is scarcely day during
the coolest season when even the baby
can not be safely taken out of doors.
Mothers should understand that upon
the daily enjoyment of fresh and open
air depends, in a great degree. the
themselves; it is, in fact, absolutely in
dispensable to the well-being OF all
Boston journal of Health.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-02
BRINE-SALTlNG BUTTER.
A Method That Has Given Excellent Sa
isfaction to Consumers.


The demand for less salt in butter
has called attention anew to brine
sailing. and think that whenever the
maker has mastered the method this
brine-salted butter has given best sat
isfaction to consumers. 1t has been
wrongly supposed that salt used for
sailing butter strikes into the fats
themselves, and pickles them, as we
assume it does in the case of meat. But
all that is accomplished is to substitute
for the water left in the butter, usually
from ten to fifteen per cent, asaturated
brine, or water containing all the salt
it can hold in solution at ordinary
temperatures. AT the Minnesota EX-
pertinent Station it was found that
butter fats can not be made to absorb
salt or brine; the particles of fat are
only surrounded by this solution. All
the salt that will be dissolved in a
pound of butter by its own moisture
amounts to little. if any, over half an
ounce; hence of an ounce of salt in a
pound of Eutter large part is simply
ther, that the finer the granulation of
the butter, and the longer the butter
stands in the brine, the more of the
solution it will take up; the more brine
the butter contains the more of the
Gaseous or cheesey matter is removed,
or in some other way rendered harm
less, and the longer the butter will
keep.
But if the grain is made too fine an
undue amount OF water is left in the
butter, which washing will not remove.
On the other hand, if the grains are
left too large, they inclose more of the
gaseous matter that will not be taken
out, since the brine can not penetrate
into these larger masses of fat. Gath
ering the butter into granules the size
OF small bird-shot is about the best one
can do to avoid the undesirable ex-
tremes above mentioned. Brine-salt-
ing can be most perfectly done by
draining the butter as close as possible
after the last washing, then adding a
strong brine, enough to cover the but
ter-not to float it. Such granulated
butter will contain 50 per cent. Of its
weight of wash-water, which, of course,
weakens the added brine by that much.
If, after standing in this solution for a
few moments. this brine is mostly re-
moved and salt added to reinforce its
strength, and it is then poured back
and the churn slowly revolved, the but
ter will be salted as much as is posi-
Bile by any process of sailing II all the
salt is TO be dissolved; and this is all
the salt that can answer TO preserve
the Gaseous matter and keep the sugar
from .ermenting, Possibly, beyond
this. more salt may act for few days
as an antiseptic. but not long, unless
the butter iH placed in cold storage.
Make and care for butter as we may, it
Is best, like buckwheat cakes, when
eaten as soon after manufacture rs pos.
sible- IN. Y. Vribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-02
The EVERLASTING HILLS.

The everlasting hills they hedge me round
And hold me safe within this narrow vale
From all the worlds great turmoil not sound
Doth penetrate these silences profound.
Nh, life is paradise in this fair valei
Al morning all the east glows livid red
And oil the hills reflect the rosy light
At sunset warm and mellow rays are shed
Adown the valley, while the mountain head
Stands for o moment bathed in glory bright.
Then, like being pure and fair rs snow.
The full moon rises grandly DER the hills,
And mountains zenithward, serene and slow,
She pours food Of light on ull below
And views her face in myriad mountain rils.
All, this is peace to live at natures side.
To walk with her at morn and noon and eve,
To wander free with nature for guide,
To drift and dream upon life's quiet tide,
To find from worldly care a sweet repreve.
Harriet Frances Crocier.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-02
New Cloths for Tailor Gowns.

In the new faced cloths imported for
tailor gowns several shades of purple
are shown as novelties, among them the
oldfashioned royal purple with blue
tints, almost making it a violet shade,
and many other reddish puppies, such as
plum-color, prune, and heliotrope.
These will be made up in conjunction
with light pearl gray, and braided with
gold or silver. The green shades Of
reseda with gray tones, the pale Nile
green, and the darker moss greens re-
quire still darker green Win them. or
else Suede-colored cloth or brown furs
are associated with them. Charming
shades OF old-rose cloth are contrasted
with dark brown or with moss green.
Several red shades are shown like
those already noted, from the dull Eiffel
rouge to bright garnet, and even scar
let. Black is frightened by the use of
Eiffel rouge, dark tan color, or bright
green cloth under black silk cord pass.
emcnteries. -Harper's Bazar.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-02

the fires were fierce this autumn" she
said. Good night"
But knew she would not accept old
Groton If he proposed; and, besides, /
took pains to whisper to him, in the
dressing room.
"The widow is the woman for you."
He married her, but Debbie is maxi
ing a blueberry pie for me at this
moment, and the berries were picked
ON old Shaunagunk. Mary Kyle Dali
las in N. Y. Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-02
ALWAYS BE cN TIME.
Tho Importance of Doing Things whc
They ought to lie Done.


They Ought to he Done.
If you are going to do any thing, do
1t promptly.
The longer you wait and think
about it, and dread it, the worse il
will be.
Be on hand. Life is a great deal
pleasanter to the man who promptly
does what he is required to do.
Don't keep your friends waiting.
You have no right to waste the time
of other people. II you are one-half
hour behind time in fulfilling an en-
gagement, you may cause a dozen
other parties to break engagements,
and untold perplexities and delays
may come out of just that little short
coming of yours which you look upon
as such trihing thing.
To an active, energetic, wide-awake
person there is nothing more trying
and more annoying than to be made to
wait.
Brace up and make an effort, you
shiftless, indolent always hand
folks, and see if you can not come to
time.
If you have agreed to be at certain
place at certain time, be there, I'M
less you are sick, or dead. In either
case you might be excused, but not
otherwise.
If you are man, don't keep your
wife waiting dinner for you unless
there is some good and sufficient cause
and generally there is not. Waiting
n dinner spoils not only the dinner, but
the temper of the woman who is man
aging it.
If you are woman, and your hus-
band says he will be around at four
o'clock to take you to drive, be ready
for him. Have your bonnet and gloves
on. Don't keep him dancing on the
sidewalk for half an hour clinging to a
fidgety horse, while you leisurely get
on your wraps, and look at your back
hair in a hand-glass, and hunt up your
gloves and your parasol, and wonder
whether you had better take an extra
shawl or not. Have all these things
attended to and decided on before the
time he has fixed.
A little system, and a good deal of
| determination, will help you to be
prompt. And after you once get in the
habit of it, you will like it.
1t is refreshing to do business with
a party who is always on time, and
who, you know. 1OjU be on time. He
begets courage and confidence in every
body with whom he comes in contact.
He is a power in society. He is a
blessing to the world. When he dies,
he will be missed.
Teach the children early to be
prompt. Teach them to respect a
promise. Bring them up to tell the
truth and stick to it, A broken en-
gagement is lie. Sometimes it is
worse than lie, and may cause a
great many more unpleasant compli-
cations than lie. Be careful in max
ing agreements, but when you have
once agreed, stick to the terms of the
agreement.
And if you follow out the prompt.
punctual, persevering method of doing
every thing when it needs to be done,
there are ninety-nine chances out of a
hundred that you will be successful in
life; and if you are not, you will have
the delightful consciousness of knowing
that you have deserved success, and
you will not be contin ually beset by the
remorseful thought that you had only
come to time-if you had only been on
hand-you would have achieved sue
cess instead of failure.-Kate Thorn,
in n. Y. Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-02

down" And / did. And still my
audience was large and attentive.
had discovered that she. like my
self, was alone in the world. l saw
that she was ready to meet me half
way. Yet the hour for parting ap-
preached, and If old Groton took her
home, proposed to her. and was ac-
cepted, all was over And yet while
strangers listened to my words, what
could utter to show her my inten-
tionsp This is what did say:
"As you write about such things,
Miss Doane, did you ever take notice
of the fact that the year after a forest
fire blueberries are very plenty on the
Shaunagunk Mountains?"
80 yes" she replied. / go to the
Shaunagunk every summer, and
made that discovery long ago"
"And you have not only made dis
coveries, but pies?" I remarked.
MANY" she answered.
"Oh! do you make pies? thought
authoresses never could cook" cried
one of our audience.
"a lady once promised to make blue
berry pies for me-" said |, ''It was
while forest fire was burning; but
she never kept her promise. If you go
to Shaunagunk next summer, shall
call at your camp. and ask you to make
pie for me"
II do not camp out, but you will
find me at little farmhouse nearby" 4"
said Dehbie. ''and | will make all
the pies you want"
ut Is a solemn premises" | said.
She gave me her hand.
Il thiak the blusberries will be
thick Oh Shaunagnnk next summer. for
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-02
Finish What You Begin.

My old great-grandmothe Knox had
IL way of making her children finish
their work. II they began thing they
must complete it. II they undertook
to build cob house they must not
leave it until it was done, and nothing
of the work or play to which they set
their hands would she allow them to
abandon incomplete. l sometimes wish
had been trained in this way. How
much of life is wasted in unfinished
work! Many man uses up his time
in splendid beginnings. The labor de-
voted to commence ten things and leave
them useless would finish five of them,
and make them profitable and useful.
Finish your work. Life is brief; time is
short. Stop beginning forty things, and
go finish four. Put patient. persistent
toll into the matter, and De assured,
one complete undertaking will yield
yourself more pleasure and the world
more profit than dozen fair plans of
which people say, This man began to
build and was not able TO finish. -
Golden Days.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-02
The Original BIuebeard.

The story as 1t is now told is mainly
fictitious, but it has foundation in
fact. GILES de Lavel, Lord OF Ret2
and other baronies and lordships in
Brittany. lived in the time Of Charles
VII. He was known as the richest and
the wickedest man OF his day. On
December %. 1440, he was burned aliS g
for having murdered several wives and
not less than one hundred children.
Before he was taken to the stake he
boasted OF his horrible crimes and ond-
ed by saying that he had committed
enough of them TO condemn to death
ten thousand men.-W Washington Post.
-"What houseful OF children you
have, uncle" said gentleman to an
old negro, whose cabin swarmed with
children of all ages and sizes. "Yes,
sab, yes, sah," replied their father,
proudly, "thirteen in all, sab; en- not
one too many. Couldn't spar one. All
boys but two. sab, EN- chances TO de
las one OBJ 'em to git into Congress.
Yes, sah 'Taint many men has de
chance OBJ bein' fader to 'leben Con-
grcssmen-no sah!"-Youths' Com
l,~nion.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-12-05
Governor Stone.

The solid name of John Marshall
Stone in found upon every page of
Mississippi's history for the past 10
years. He is no untried tyro in polit-
ical affairs. He gave the State the
''best administration it ever had,
and i'll his last message to the legisla
ture he used this language
"The States affairs have been hon
estly and economically administered;
and it has been my constant aim to
cast the weight of executive in
fuence on the side of economy"
Gov. Stones public record is as pure
as a lily, and his private character as
chaste as virgin snow upon the noun
tam top, even before it is kissed by
the sun of Heaven.
The people have called him back.
They have again made him their
Governor. And it is the best eXplfi-
cation in the States annals that merit
brings its own reward.-COmmon-
realh.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-12-05
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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-12-05
Chancery Court.

Chancery Court convened Tues
day morning, Chancellor COwan pre-
siding. Besides the local bar, Judge
Bridewell, of Beauregard, Hugh Wat
son, Esq, of Greenville, Hon. A. II
Longino, of Greenwood, and Col. j.
B. DeasOn, of Hattiesburg, have been
in attendance. In our next issue we
we will give full list of the cases
disposed of.