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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20
POULTRY DISEASES.
Tuberculosis In Fowls and the uav'
wrought by the Affiiction.

Tuberculosis In Fowls and tho Havoc
wrought by the Affiiction.
Has il ever occurred to the readers
of this paper, or more particularly to
those who are in the poultry business,
that perhaps quite a number of fowls
diving may be afflicted with consump-
tionP / have no doubt a great many
fowls in this country die yearly from
the above disease. | have, in several
instances in the last year or SO, found
uumistakable evidence of the disease
in several fowls purchased at the
grocery for table use.
Very frequently have | heard farm
ers complain of their chickens dropping
off. and they can not account for it.
only they suppose they have the
cholera" Might we not as we'll pre-
sumo it was tuberculosis? At present
literature is somewhat limited on avian
tuberculosis; although writer's have
from time to time, in the past, given
descriptions of isolated cases of the
disease. 1t was impossible for some
time to tell whether the disease was
genuine tuberculosis or not. But after
the bacillus was discovered by Koch,
which gave pathologists some criterion
to go by, the genuineness OF the dis
ease was soon discovered.
A well-known writerin England, who
has given the disease in fowls quite a
bit of study says: "a farmer having
lost u large number of fowls in short
time, requested him to examine into the
cause, giving him permission to use
the remaining fowls in any way he saw
fit te fully acquaint himself with the
disease. and he soon found out the true
cause, and the disease to be tuberculo-
sis. In this time he had been furnished
with great number of fowls from other
poultry-yards throughout England, and
found the disease to be widely spread.
1t seems, too. that the disease differs
very much from most known forms OF
tuberculosis, in that the LESSONS peculiar
to the disease (tubercular deposits) are
mostly found in the alimentary canal
and the associate viscera, which are
the parts most exclusively affected.
Writers who have inquired into the
disease have been struck by the myr-
lads OF bacilH present in birds SO affect
ed. and those who have cultivated the
bacillus are unanimous in the opinion
that it thrives best at temperature
varying from 81 degrees c. to 39 de-
grees, the average temperature Of
fowls being about 40 degrees c., and
this in crease of temperature over that
of man may explain the luxuriant
growth Of the 6actlh.
The writer further on says: al feel
confident, If due attention be directed
to this disease in various parts OF the
world, it will stand good chance of
being included in the diseases commu-
nicated to man from the lower animals.
The list of fatal cases of tuberculosis
occurring in man, appalling though it
be, is small compared to the relative
mortality from this disease among the
grain-eating mombers of the feathered
tribe. Cor. Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20
SANITARY MAXlMS.
Abstract of q Leafiet Issued by tho Ma
tional Health Society of London.

Abstract OF n Leaflet Issued by tho Ma
tional Health Society of London.
1t is the duty of every householder
to ascertain for himself whether his
own house be free or not from we'll
known dangers to health.
This duty, imperative at all times, IL
of surprising urgency in house where
a woman is about to become mother,
or surgical operation is about to be
performed.
AS rule, the soundness of the sani.
tary arrangements of house is taken
for granted, and never questioned until
"drain-begotten illness has broken out.
In other words, we employ Illness and
Death as our drain detectives.
Whenever gas from sewers or the
emanation from leaking drain, cess
pool, or u fouled well make their way
into house the inmates are in inn
minent danger of an outbreak OF
typhoid fever, diphtheria, or other
febrile ailments classed together under
the term "zymotic," not to speak OF
minorillness and depressed vitality, the
connection of which with sewer gas is
now fully established. Sewer gas en-
ters house most rapidly at night,
when outer doors and windows are shut,
and is then perhaps most potent in
concentrating the meat, the milk, and
the drinking water, and in poisoning
the inmates.
A house in which children and sery-
ants are often ailing with sore throat,
headache or diarrhea is probably
wrong in its drainage.
Scamped drain work is one Of the
most dangerous of the sanitary flaws OF
new buildings; it is also one of the
most common and one of the most diff
cult to detect, and is rarely found out
except by the illness itproduces.
If you are about to buy or to rent a
house, be it new or be it old, take care
before you complete your bargain to
ascertain the soundness Of the sanitary
arrangements with no less care and
anxiety than you would exercise in
testing the soundness of horse before
you purchase it.
If you are building house or can
achieve it in an old one, let no drain
be under any part of your house.
If there is a smell of drains in your
house or damp place in wall near
which a waste-pipe or soil-pipe runs,
or damp place in the cellar or kitchen
floor near drain or tank, let no time
be lost in laying bare the pipes or
drains until the cause be detected.
If a rat appears through the floor ol
your kitchen or cellar and a strong
current of air blows from the rat-hole
when chimneys are acting and the
windows and doors of the house are
shut, feel sure that something is wrong
with the drain.
If you are tenants, and your landlord
refuses to remedy the evil, do it at
your own cost rather than allow your
family to be i'll.
A landlord may reasonably look for
interest on the money which he spends
for the benefit of his tenant; but he is
committing little short of ofmanslaughter
if by refusing to rectifv in his property
he saves his own pocket at the expense
of the health and lives of his tenants
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20
A RIDE OF TERROR.
The Story Connect ed with Hoosier Poll
tician's White Hair.

bclanS Nhtte hair.
In late number of your paper your
correspondent Burdette asks:
Say, speaking OF Science with big S, will
some learned medical man tell fellow one
thing? Did ever anybody's hair turn white in u
single night from terror or griefs This is no
Joke but an honest and restless yearning after
Truth. with big II. wonder sometimes II this
hair turning business is only found in thrilling
stories would like an authoritative statement
upon the subject.
Now, ! am not "learned medical
man." but l think | can answer Bur-
dette's question. Some years ago | was
in Indianapolis, ind, on business, and
made there the acquaintance of very
pleasant and intelligent gentleman
who was member of the Senate OF
Indiana, Mr.. John Coburn. He had not
reached middle life. With fresh,
ruddy complexion and healthy look
and vigorous step and bearing OF early
manhood. he had an abundance of white
hair on his head that indicated man
of at least fourscore years. | could not
understand how so youthful u man in
personal appearance should have such
remarkably white hair. Curiosity led
me, after very agreeable and social
acquaintance of several days to ask:
"Why is it, Mr.. Coburn. that as young
man as you are should have so white
head of hair?" He answered at once:
80, Mr.. b., there is terrible story con-
nected with my white hair" And he told
it to me as follows: "a few years ago
was in the cattle business, shipping
them by carloads to the East. One night
| had Il train of several carloads, and
had stopped on Il side track to let n
passenger train pass, and on getting
on to a car in the dark my foot slipped,
and for some miles | was supported by
one foot from falling on to the track,
where | must have been Immediately
crushed to death. My strength was ex-
hausted. | thought must die. / could
not hold on any longer. The train was
stopped. was discovered and rescued
alive. My hair when | attempted to
get on the car was black as night.
When | was rescued it was white as
snow" My own hair almost stood on
end, like the fretful quilts of II porcu-
pine, when Mr.. Coburn was telling me
of his escape from death on that peril
Gus nights ride. think Mr.. Coburn
is yet living in Indiana. rs j have seen
his name occasionally in political mat
ters. flames A. Briggs, in BroASlyn
Eagle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20
CHARMS OF THE WEST.
Some Remarkable Attractions Discovered
by "A Puget Sound Tourist.

Some Remarkable Attractions Discovered
by n Puget Sound Tourist.
Mr.. +. w. S. Tingle has returned
from visit to Tacoma and Seattle,
where he went to look over the deld
with view to starting a daily paper
somewhere in that far Western land.
Mr.. Tingle is very enthusiastic over the
country, and thinks that it is a tritle
more like the Garden of Eden thar any
place he has seen of late years. when
you climb over the Rocky Mountains
it is like getting over the garden wal" )"
he said, in burst of enthusiasm 81
am thoroughly convinced that IL was
on this spot thac the Deity smiled His
sweetest smile. Flowers bloom per-
ennially in that sunny land, ami the
murmur of the cowslips as they raise
their heads in the balmy air chiraes in
with singing of the birds to form the
most enhancing melodies. The bread
fruit trees grow luxuriantly in Seattle.
and discovered one variety on which
grew rye bread with caraway saeds in
it, such as is often imported ard used
on free-lunch counters of our rhodern
civilization. Flamingoes and other
tropical birds are common there, and
in the stream abound purple mullet
and goldfish. l caught some of the
latter, have seen roses there grow
ing on bushes as large as the Ink roll
ers Of my late printing press, while the
rose leaves are so large and succuient
that the citizens fry them and use
them for food. Altar of roses is COM
mon beverage, and the entire commun-
ity is very sweet-scented by reason OF
this fact. At Tacoma the entire picture
is duplicated. Nature has not spared
her bounties there. was shown some
samples of wool that grew on the hy-
draulic rams. / am convinced that a
factory for the manufacture of hy-
draulic rams could do paying busi-
ness at wool-growing. Cows are kept
for their beef alone, for the ingen-
ious citizens have reduced the culti-
walton Of the milk weed to such
high degree of perfection that
they furnish all that is needed in the
way of dairy products. Some of those
milk weeds produce the richest kind of
cream, and as the warm breezes sway
them to and fro, this cream soon turns
to butter by the gentle undulation.
think newspaper could be made to
bring in rich return to its owner.
The county printing there is very fat.
for it seems to keep pace with the other
native products. Carrier pigeons are
trained to visit merchants and solicit
subscriptions and display advertise
ments, and they do this wi III an intel
ligence that is remarkable. The print
ing press could be run by water power,
and under that clear sky and healthy
atmosphere am convinced that the
office boy would soon acquire the habit
of writing leading editorials and con-
lensed paragraphs. So the running
expenses are bound to be light. 1t is
possible that i am too conservative in
my views, but / can not help saying
that I was favorably impressed with
the entire country which l visited. -
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20
CHINESE LADIES' FEET.
A Sight Well Calculated to Disgust INTEL
llgent Foreigners.

lIgent Foreigners.
The small feet of Chinese women is
one of the first sights in China that
sickens the foreigner. In Tientsin and
North China all of the Chinese women
compress their feet, and they hobble
about the streets with canes, resting
their heavy forms on the stump of the
natural foot. There is woman here
in Canton whose foot is so small that
the part which goes into the shoe is
not bigger around than u trade dollar,
and the compressed foot is n horrible de-
formity. / had one photographed and
the sight fills me with disgust The
leg from the knee to the foot is like a
pipe stem. The beauty of the ballet
girls calf is missing and the skin
seems to be wrapped around the shin.
1t is crackled and rough and the foot
itself seems to be broken in two in the
middle. The instep was doubled over
upon the heel and the four small toes
were wrapped around under the sole of
the foot. The big toe and part of these
four were all that went into the shoe,
and the Chinese ladies. in reality, walk
on their toes. They have the heel set
about in the middle of the shoe, like
the French heel. and we get French
heels and rouge from China. The COM
preston of the feet is said to date back
to an empress who had II club foot and
who made the other ladies of the court
until ~ hnaana tho
fashionable thing. Another explana-
ton is that it was adopted to keep
Chinese women from gadding, and if
SO, it succeeds. All Chinese women,
except the Manchus or Tartars, now
bind their feet and it is u very low
peasant who has feet of the natural
shape. The pressing is with bandages,
which are put on the foot when the
child is five years old. They are
wrapped SO tightly that the toes are
forced into the flesh, that the instep il
forced up so that the heel and the big
toe forms perfect bow, and so that
the flesh often breaks at the instep,
and the bones sometimes protrude.
This binding is kept up through life,
and swelling takes place whenever the
bandages are removed. The woman
must be in continual pain, and in the
winter these compressed feet are liable
to freeze. DR.. Mary Niles, of the hos
pital here, told me yesterday of the
case of woman in the country near
Canton. Her feet became frozen and
sloughed Off. She came into Canton on
the stumps with her feet in her hand,
brought them to the hospital, and
asked the doctors to sew them on
again. A cast of one of these feet Is
now shown ut this hospital, which is
larger than any in America, and which,
since its foundation half century ago
has treated million of patients.-F
!. Carpenter, in Cleveland Leader.
| . -
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20
HOW sovEREIeNs DINE.
The viands Preferred by Some of the
worlds Great Monnrchs.

The Viands Preferred by some OF ths
worlds Great Monarchs.
Beginning with the offshoots Of royal
houses, 1t may be mentioned that the
Due d'Aumale has French cuisine
onion soup for luncheon and household
bread the only luxury admitted is
cheese made of the finest cream. With
the Comte de Paris the cuisine Is
English and bourgeoisie, so Nj. Benigne
says, though the custom OF taking soup
for breakfast is surely not English. In
the morning he uses English, in the
evening French plate, and his favorite
wine is Asti. In Italy the court dimes
around table covered with magnifi-
cent service in gold; it is the only
luxury; there are no flowers, and the
dishes of the country are invariably
served-above all the fritto, composed
OF foundation of artichokes, liver,
brains and cocks'-combs. The Empress
Victoria adheres to the old English
fashion, but has used more milk ever
since the first symptoms OF her hus-
band illness appeared. She is fond OF
gravy, soups and pastries. At the Ger
man court the finest table is that of the
Grand Duchess of Baden; she has an
excellent French cuisine and q Partisan
chef. The cuisine is rather too white,
thinks the writer-there are too many
"uuenelles" and "coulis la refine, "
but the wines are excellent and every
thing exquisite. The Queen of Sweden
has a very tempting table and bill of
fare-soups. almost always milk "cat-
tle," and beefsteak; one of her favorite
dishes is composed of balls of mince-
meat cooked with oil and surrounded
with garnishing of poached eggs;
then there is almost at each repast the
national plate, salmon preserved in
earth.
M. Benigne cites Queen Victoria as
an example of sovereigns who live,
comparatively speaking, more plainly
than ordinary individuals. Among the
other likings she has learned in Scot
land is one for the dish on which Sgd
ney Smith and his companions culti-
waited the muses., but we never before
heard it called ''une bouillie d'avoine
ct de creme porridge;" however it is
just possible that the phrase may con-
vey the right idea to the French minds,
though we should doubt it. We are
further told that the Queens favorite
wine is pale sherry, which she drinks
from beautifully carved silver cup,
inherited from Queen Anne. The
royal dinner is very complete. The
table is lighted with gold candelabra
furnished with candles; orchids placed
in epergnes rise up to the ceiling. The
Queen eats special bread, square,
well cooked and of a mastic color.
Among the beauties who did not eat,
one may mention Nine. Recamier,
whom very few people ever saw at
table. She ate alone, rapidly, and
that she might not spoil the romance,
scarcely ever accepted dinner in
town. If she was forced to do so, she
came late and took only some slight
delicacy under the pretext of illness.
Oftener she remained gantee, and sat
at little distance from the table. 1t
was said at the time that her stomachic
regimen sprung from belief on her
part that she did not look to advantage
at the table.-London Globe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20
An Angel of Mercy.

Alittle girl was graciously permitted,
one bright Sunday, to go with her
mamma to hear papa.preach. 1t was a
time of great rejoicing and response
bility, and the little face was all alight
with happy anticipation. Now it
chanced that on this special occasion
papa's sermon was on the "warning"
order. and his earnest voice rang out
solemnly in the Sunday quiet. After II
moment of breathless surprise and
horror, the little listeners soul was
wrought upon with great pity for the
poor mortals upon whom SO much
wrath was descending. She rose eX-
citedly to her feet, and, her wide, re-
proachful eyes just peeping over the
back of the seat, called out, in sweet
Gliding tones: "What for is you
scolding all the people SO, papa. -
Harper's Young People.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20

-"Have you dumb waiter in the
house?" asked the guest, merely by
way of making talk. while he waited
for his change. WELL" replied the
clerk, abstractedly putting the flyer In
his vest pocket and taking the change
from the drawer; 'they hain't any OF
'em got much sense, but when II comes
to that reckon the landlord is the
man you want; he knows less than all
the rest of the help put together. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20
FARM AND FiRESlDE.

--"Breed from the best" Is good
rule for poultry-keepers, as well as for
breeders of the large domestic animals.
"A pretty fancy in marking linen Is
to have the wearer's favorite flower
worked in with the embroidered in
itial.
Crops would suffer less from many
noxious insect or animal and It's
progeny were it not for the shelter OF
the hedge or of the rubbish in the fence
row.
--Skim-milk and corn meal make n
splendid ration, but the meal or milk
may be used in excessive quantities in
the combination. II larger amount
of either is used than the animal can
assimilate it will be lost.
AS farming is in one sense a con-
tinuous round of sowing, cultivating,
reaping, just as the year is ever spring,
summer. fall and winter, and yet who
ever saw two seasons alike, or the cul-
tivating of the soil that ought to have
been the same? We must study our
work if we are going to make II success
of it.
The work of inducing farmers to
discard common stock, and grade up
hy the use of pure bred males, has been
in progress for half century or more,
and vet the farms are filled with COM
mon stock. 1t is satisfactory to pro-
gressive farmers that they have i'm
proved, however, and they do not re.
sort to the inferior kinds.
Pork baked with apple: Cut a
pound of salt pork in thin slices and
freshen in cold water brought to boil.
Take two tart apples, an onion, and
half dozen potatoes; pare them all
and slice. Mix all together with the
pork in baking tin, season with black
pepper, add water to barely cover, and
bake for two hours.
Asparagus soup: Two quarts of
good soup stocks, thirty large aspara-
gus stalks, two tablespoonful of but
ter, one of flour, pepper and salt to
taste. Cut off the heads of the as
paragus and cook until tender, mash
them through u sieve and put into
the soup kettle, add the butter
and -four let boil slowly for five min
utes. pour into the soup tureen, add
the asparagus heads and serve.
1t is better to plow in the manure
for potatoes deeper than the seed is to
be put, and to scatter phosphate in the
drill before dropping the seed. There
is not any danger of the phosphate in
juring the seed, even when it is used
at the rate of a ton to the acre. Few
farmers use one-half and not many
more than one-quarter that amount.
The profitable amount to use, will de,
pend very much upon the character OF
the soil, and something also depends
upon the composition of the fertilizer.
The season for putting away furs
is near at hand, and as they should al
ways be packed away clean, descrip'
ton of the process of cleaning such
garments in Russia, the country o
furs, is interesting. A foreign scien
tific journal tells that some rye flour is
put into pot and heated upon stove
with constant stirring, as long as the
hand can bear the heat. The flour il
then spread over the fur and rubbed
into it. After this the fur is brushed
with very clean brush, or, better, Ii
gently beaten till all the -four is re
moved. The fur thus resumes its nat
ural lustre and appears as If new.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20

England owns one-hali of all the
spindles Of the world, aa3 consumes
more than one-third OF AN We cotton
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20

"A Baltimore barber makes the as
sertion that mans beard grows faster
In bright weather than in cloudy. He
thinks that the sunlight has the same
effect on the hair OF a mans head and
face as it has on plants.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20
You Need 1t Now

This Is the best time to purify your blood for at
no other is the body so susceptible TO bene
at from medicine. The peculiar purifying and re-
viving qualities of Hoods Sarsaparilla are just
what are needed to oxpel disease and fortify the
system against the debilitating effects OF mild
weather. Every year increases the popularity OF
Hoods Sarsaparilia, for tits just what people need
at this season, II Ia the ideal spring medicine. III
you have never tried 1t, do SO.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20

A telegraph operator in Mime
apolis has invented u word-counting
machine, which may be used BY Itself
or attached TO u typewriter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20
Hoods SarsapariIla

"For years my blood was in an unhealthy cond
tion. My legs, arms. and face were covered with
sorofulous humor. I was advised to try Hoods
sarsaparilla. After taking four bottles, the sores
were all healed up. And after using elk bottles.
which cost me only nve dollars, was well and
healthy as / ever was" FRED ]. NJ, WEBER,
Lincoln, Mass.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20

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