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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14
Are Fall Litters Profitable ?

There seems to be vast difference
Of opinion in regard to fall pigs being
profitable. / take the ground that they
are. l have heard men say land it is
true) that fall pigs do not grow one
half as fast as spring pigs do. i say
this is true, but / will not admit that it
is so only in certain cases. If the pigs
are well cared for they will do we'll at
all seasons of the year. The best time
September. They have good grass dur
ing the fall, and by the time the grass
is gone they will do we'll on corn and
slops and are less trouble, as the farmers
have more time to look after them. L
have always raised two litters year,
and have not been able to have any
for the market The demand Cor breed
ing stock has been so great that I have
always sold out clean, and last season
l had to buy my meat, although l raised
over one hundred pigs. This season 1
had seventy-five spring pigs, and ex-
pect that many fall pigs. If the trade
is not sufficient to take all my fall lit
ters there is always pretty fair market
for fat hogs in June, and pigs farrowed
in September can be marketed the fol-
lowing June, and good stock can be
made to weigh two hundred and fifty
pounds by that time. 1t doesn't pay
man to keep sows and only raise one
litter year; it cuts down the profits
Western Swineherd.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14
Kesping Grnpns.

Two essentials are necessary to keep
grapes any length of time in good condi-
tion. One of these is we'll ripencd and
sound fruit, and the other is an even
temperature, as little above freezing as
it is possible to secure and avoid the
risk of lis getting too low.
Ono very good plan is to cut OFF the
lunches of grapes with good pair of
shears and pick OFF ~ tae damaged
fruit; dip the ends OF the punches into
melted sealing-wax and then pack in
cork or sawdust Have the dust perfect
ly dry. III there is any doubt on this
point put it into pans and set in the
stove until it is thoroughly dried out.
Put layer of the dust into box or jar
and then put in layer of grapes; FIJI in
with the dust until the fruit is covered,
and then put in another layer OF fruit,
and so on until the box or jar is full
Put in the cellar or other cool place
whore they can be kept cool and yet be
safe from frost, They can also be buried
in tho ground deep enough to be out OF
danger OF freezing and will keer In good
condition.-St Louis Republic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14

observed success was firm, but have
been conscious that the issues Of every
effort were in other hands.
"No one officer who was with me will
forget tho miseries he has endured, yet
every one that started from his home
determined to march with tho advance
column and share its wonderful adven-
lures is here to-day safe, sound, and
we'll, and the Herald correspondent may
interview them to his hearts content
"This is not due to mo. Lieutenant
Stairs was pierced with poisoned arrow
like others, but others died and he lives.
The poisoned tip anne out from under
his heart eighteen months after he was
pierced. Jephson was four months a
prisoner, with guards with loaded rifles
around him. That they did not murder
him is not due to me.
"These officers have had to wade
through as many as seventeen streams
and broad expanses of mud and swamp
in day. They have endured a sun that
| scorched whatever it touched. A null
| titude of impediments have ruffled their
tempers and harassed their hours They
have been maddcned with the agonies of
fierce fires. They have lived for months
in an atmosphere thatmedical authority
declared to be deadly. They have faced
dangers every day, and their diet was
all through what legal serfs would have
declared to be Infamous and abominable,
and yet they live. This is not due to
me any more than the courage with
which they have borne all that was
imposed upon them by their sur
roundings, or tho CHEEKY energy
which they bestowed to their work,
or the hopeful voices which rang in
the ears of deafening multitude of
blacks and urged the poor souls on to
their goal. The vulgar will call it luck.
Unbelievors will call it chance, but deep
down in each heart remains the feeling,
that of verify, there are more things in
heaven and earth than are dreamed of
in common philosophy.
81 must be brief. Numbers of scenes
crowd the memory. Could one but sum
them into q picture it would have
grand interest. The uncomplaining
heroism of our dark followers, the brave
manhood latent in such uncouth dis
guise, the tenderness we have seen is
suing from nameless entities, the great
love animating the ignoble. the sacrifice
made by the unfortunate for one more
unfortunate, the reverence we have
noted in barbarians, who, even as our
selves, were inspired with nobleness and
to duty, of all these we could
speak If we would, but we leave that to
the Herald correspondent, who, if no
has eyes to see, will see much for hiTc-
self, and who, with his gifts of compost
ton, may present every taking outline
of what has been done and is now near
ending, thanks be to God forever.
"Yours faithfully,
'HENRY NJ. STANLEY"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14
A COLD VALLEY.

abundant Towering if his crop is de-
stroyed in the Towering by the spring
frosts-which has repeatedly happened
the last few years in certain localities"
This further illustrates the same diff
culty-that of frosts in valleys for ten
der growth.
In all cases, whether high or low in
situation, thorough underdrainage
should be always given to the ground
where orchards are to be planted, unless
a good natural drainage already exists
with the soil. Those who are about set
ing out new peach and other orchards
the present autumn, or preparing tho
land and trees for them next spring, will
find it advantageous to select situations
least subject to sharp valley frosts, and
to provide in advance ample drainage.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14

sharp penlnife. edge downward, clear
through the center, cutting downward,
| remaining in the center for nearly three
inches, and finally cut to the outside
with a smooth slanting cut. A small,
thin piece of wood is now to be inserted
in the slit, and the free end slightly but
carefully bent outward. The plant APP
pears now as shown in Fig. at the left:
A piece of tin is then bent in funnel
shape around the branch operated on,
usually held together by tying with
wire and fastened to a stake, as ap-
pearing at the right. The lower end of
this funnel is filed with moist sphag-
mum and the balance, up to within an
inch from the top, with sifted mixture
of sand and leaf mold. To prevent rapid
evaporation n layer of moist sphagnum
is next firmly packed on top.
The soil in the funnel has to be kept
watered whenever necessary to keep
continuously moist. In the beginning
of autumn, or soon after, careful ex-
animation of the soil will reveal the
presence of roots, and the branch can
now be severed from the parent plant
by smooth cut Immediately below the
funnel.
This latter is now carefully opened
and removed and the young plant, with
ball of soil adhering, potted off in
reasonably large pot, and in good rich
potting soil. 1t is ther treated in same
way as other plants Of its kind, and in
the spring following will be large
enough for sale. The tunnels are usual
10 tn
and two to four inches across the top.
The described mode is much en-
ployed by Italian growers in the propa-
CATION of camellias, rhododendrons, box
woods, olea fragr ans, magnolia fusca,
ericas and many other shrubs, also of
very choice roses.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14

a Love Tale From Europe.

No romantic tale ever had so many in
cidents as that of a young woman OF
Bultowina. She was very beautiful, and
all tho young men who were in the dis
trict fell in love with hor. She had a
hundred offers of marriage before she
was twenty and before she accepted the
one hundred and first. Then her troub-
los began. Her first iance died sudden
ly from an accident; the second was
taken away with the army, likewise tho
third and fourth; the fifth and sixth
were drowned; the seventh and eighth
broke of on learning OF the smallncss OF
her fortune; the ninth got drunk on his
betrothal day, and tried to beat the
young woman, so she broke it or; tho
tenth seemed promising in every way,
but as the marriage was about to take
place it was learned that he had wife
and children in Besarabia. Tho wedding
was fixed for the eleventh, but he de-
camped for some unknown reason, und
thereupon the young woman gave it up
and poisoned hersclf.-N. Y. Telegram.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14

sharp edge and great weight. When
withdrawn it leaves pit in the shape
of a cross and twelve to eighteen inches
deep. The posts for the new fence must
be prepared as shown in the left-hand
figure and of the shape of the plunger,
and rs soon as the plunger is withdrawn
the post is forced at once into the place
which it made. The iron implement
may now be reversed and It's round head
used to pack the earth about the new
post, or lighter tamping pole may he
used. OF course this is only applicable
where the soil is fairly light and free
from stone. The central figure repre-
sents tho bottom of the main post, three
inches thick and slotted for the cross
piece to enter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14

ing his spear thrust IL clean through the
body of the ape, which, turning, grabbed
at his daring assailant. He missed his
grasp at the leg, but grippcd coil OF
vine in which Oshupus foot had got
caught
The beast almost smiled, and drew
the vine in, hand over hand, as If he
knew his advantage. Oshupu struck
him again with the spear, which broke
in two and placed the hunter at the apes
mercy.
l saw that none of the Fans moved to
help Oshupu, and quick as thought sent
two bullets blowing their way through
the apes head, tearing the top OF the
skull clean off. He reeled and fell, rose
again. clenched at the mass of vines, and
rolled over still convulsively twitching
and tearing at the underground, while
Oshupu got his foot clear, and coming to
me placed my hand on his head in token
that his life henceforth belonged to me.
There the brute lay, a strange sight,
and one of which the stuffed gorilla
skins of the natural history collections
can give but faint idea. The face was
| hideous; the breadth of chest was grand,
the arms and hands were massive; but
the huge trunk dwindled into a pair of
legs, thin, bent and decrepit as those of
an old woman. The native may be we'll
excused for entertaining superstitious
awe of the animal in its freedom.
Their idea is that man is sometimes
transformed into a sylvan demon, who
is like a gorilla, and can not be killed
by black. man, unless the spears have
been specially treated by the medicine
man.
| had wished to preserve the skin, but
before L could prevent their action, the
natives had thronged around the body,
making perfect sieve of it with spear
thrusts. The head was destroyed, so
simply took measurements of the beast
he was five feet four inches in height
and cut off the hands and feet for tro-
phies. We buried the young chief after
carrying him back to the village, but no
funeral rites were observed as he had
been killed by a gorilla, and so was be-
lieved to be bewitched.
When left the village l brought away
some fine specimens of native work.
One of these specimens, an aXe-blade,
was covered with the most delicate
tracery work, although the tools used in
its construction were of the rudest possi-
BILE pattern. TO work out the figure on
this axe occupied four months. 1t has
been constant matter of regret to me
that have never been able to return to |
the country of the Fans and spend a
longer time with them.-Wilf. p. Pond, |
in Youths Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14
FORTUNES IN DRUGS.
Why Some Powders and Extracts Conn
mand Fancy Prices.


mand Fancy Prices.
A number of gentlemen were admir-
ing the display of beautiful and costly
chemicals made in the Office of the New
Denison Hotel during the session of the
National Wholesale Druggists Associa-
tion. "Why docs that cost so much?"
inquired one of the gazers of Chemist
Hurty, who stood near, pointing as he
| spoke to six-pound jar, which bore the
label, "IIom-Atropine Hydrobromase,
| cryst, valued at S12, 600 for the quantity
displayed, or 81, 100 por pound.
81 have paid for few grains of that"
said the chemist, sat the rate of sixty
cents grain. or $4,000 pound. Why
does it cost so much? In the first place,
the basis of the cost is in the labor and
skill required to produce it. Beginning
with the plant from which this is OBJ
tanned, belladona leaves, the labor OF
extracting and presenting this form of
the active principle, atropine, is almost
intorminable. Perhaps from the begin
ming of the process until the product is
in hand, one years time has elapsed.
1t has gone through n series of pro-
cesses that, even to attempt to follow
in the mind, would dive one to distrac-
tion. After the product has beon OBJ
tanned it must be takon into account
that there is but very limited demand
for it. That chemical is used in eye
practice for dilating the pupil, and in
that one bottle there is enough for all
the earth and for the inhabitants of any
of the other planets whose eyes require
treatment. 1t is the limited use OF
many of tho chemicals here displayed,
quite as much as the difficulty of pro-
duction, that puts them upon price cur
rents at such high figures. When the
demand gets to be great the price rapidly
declines.
"Takc, for instance, cocaine (pro-
nounced ko-ka-een) which a few years
ago sold at nearly $500 an ounce and
now sells at IS an ounce. To pharma-
cists belong most of the credit of having
brought it into use. 1t was the pharm-
acists who made it and who employed
men in the hospitals to make clinical
observations upon it. The result of
these inv estigations wore distributed
among pharmacists and druggists all
over tho land and these. in turn did
moro than all other agencies combined
to bring physicians to notice and employ
the new remedy. In fact these dealers
fairly put chains upon tho necks of the
physicians and dragged them up to the
rcmed U o-TndiaDapOlis ,Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14
ABOUT ILLITERACY,
Most Widespread in Russia, But Little
Known in Sweden.

|
Known in Sweden.
Statistics of illiteracy show that the
United States are outstripped by some
of the countries of Europe in the per
centage of persons who are able to read
and write. This country is, however,
far ahead of most coun tries of the
globe.
The highest per cent. of illiteracy is
in Russia, Servia and Roumania, where
about so per cent of the population is
unable to read and write. In Spain 90
per cent. and in Italy 4S per cent. of the
people are unable to read and write. In
England about IL per cent and in the
United States s per cent. of the popula-
tion is misunderstanding the calcula-
tion to the white population in the Unit
ed States. Taking the entire popula-
tion of the United States the percent
age of those over 10 years OF age who
can not read is 1874 per cent. and of
those who can not write is II per cent.
In the German empire only about 1
per cent. of the population is illiterate.
In Sweden and Denmark there is
practically, it is said, no one who is un-
able to write.
The superiority of Germany and the
Scandinavian nations in this respect is
doubtless due to the maintenance dur
ing many years of efficient public.
schools. This conclusion is strength
ened by the fact that in Spain and It
ally, where there are few public schools,
the percentage of illitcracy is very
high.
This view of the relation between IL
literacy and the public schools is also
supported by the fact that in New Mex
leo, whore until recently but little at
tention WAS paid to public schools, the
percentage of illiteracy is higher than
in any other part of the United States
In New Mexico go per cent. OF the pop
ulation is unable to read.
In Colorado only SO per cent, and in
Massachusetts 5.3 per cent OF the popu-
lation is unable to read. Denver Re-
nublicnn
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14
THE SURGEONS ART.
1t is Called Into Plny In Two Decidedly
InterestinS Cases.

III IN HI TWO DCClucuIy
Interesting Cases.
There are at present in st. Marys
Hospital two patients whose cases are
attracting a groat deal nj attention
among physicians and surgeons. The
most remarkable case is that of gontle-
man connected with one OF the leading
business houses of the city, who has
lately been suffering from brain trouble.
His case had become so serious that it
was decided an operation was advisable.
1t was what is known az degeneration
OF tho brain. The only possible remedy
is by removing tie top Of tho skull and
taking out the diseased matter. 1t is
an exceedingly delicate operation, of
course, and one the success o. which in
this case was considered exceedingly
problcmatical, but ms it was the only
hope tho operation was performed in tho
presence Of score Of physicians. The
patient is doing well, though tho final
result can not yet be determined. The
flow of blood is very great, and tho OPP
Grafton has proved much more SUCCESS
full than was thought probable at the
time. Ii Is said to have been the first
operation of the kind ever performed
in the State.
Tho second case, If less remarkable,
is more curious. A man in some mys
torious way swallowed his teeth, pot the
molars which nature gavo him, but the
sot which his dentist provided as sub
stitute. They lodged deop down in his
throat, and put stop TO every thing
except breathing. A hole had TO hn cut
In his throat and tho teeth extracted.
Tho operation was successfully per-
formed. and the patient Is doing well, and
will keep his ego on his teeth after this.
ST. Paul Pisneer Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14
EXPOSED ORCHARDS.
Tho Importance of Selecting Favorable
Sitcs-A Cold Valley.

Sitcs-A Cold valley.
We furnished to the public many
years ago. says the Country Gentleman,
full statement OF many Instances in
which crops of half-tender fruits, such
as peaches and nectarines, were de-
stroyed by the frosts of winter when
planted in sheltered valleys. while
those on exposed hills escaped. The
soil was rich in the valleys and fayora-
BILE to the free growth of tbs trees; and
sheltered from the bleak winds of ele-
waited grounds, they were enormously
supposed by some persons to be safer
there than on more exposed localities.
The cold air on sharp winter nights,
made heavier by the exposure, rolled
down the sides of the valleys, and filled
the bottom with lake of cold air, while
warmer air remained above. The ac-
companying figure represents this re-
suit distinctly. We have known diff
ference in sixty feet of ltitude to make
all the difference between an uninjured
crop of peaches on the hill and its en-
tire destruction at the bottom of the
valley.
This effect is increased and the trees
as we'll as the crop sometimes destroyed
on account Of the rank and succulent
growth in the richer soil below, render
ing them liable to winter-killing, while
the well-ripened and well-hardened
growth on drier and more compact soil
were proof against the frost. 1t some-
times happens, however, that trees grow.
ing low down on a compact, well-drained
and moderately fertile soil will succeed
better than those higher up, if on
muclly and water-soaked piece ofground.
In climate of milder winters, and
where the peach crop is never killed by
weather below zero, late English
writer says: 81 do not believe in plant
ing fruit trees in the bottom of valleys.
This is often done to secure the rich soil.
"But it is oflittle benefit to the grower
to realize strong growth and an
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14
UNHEEDlNG.

Summer wind lightly wave
The grass above your grave;
Summer rains softly weep
Ger your long, silent sleep.
Fair flowers bud and blow,
Sweet birds sing clear and low;
Yet, unhocding thrush's b
Song, or roses bushes
Sun, wind or falling rain
Unheeding, too, my pain
AS l sad vigil keep
In peace you softly sleep.
There was do unheeding
Once, each other needing.
We thought we scarce could part
One brief hour, heart from heart.
And at my lightest word.
You said your heart was stirred
With loves sweet, tender thrill.
Now, listen rs will,
hear no sound or sigh
Or heart-throb, as 1 cry:
'Oh love, my lovcl" and weep,
While you, unheeding, sleep.
Yet these tears falling fast
In that dear, far-of1 past
You would have wipe away
With gentle kiss. To-day
With lips ali unhceding,
With cars deaf TO pleading,
And eyes dry while mine weep
How calm your endless sleep!
Springfield (Massl Republican.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14
FARM AND GARDEN.
GARDEN CHAT.
a Novel Method of Layering Hard woode
,te

A Novel Method of Layering Hard Wooded
Plants.
A novel method of propagating many
OF the hardwooded evergreens (such as
camellias, for instance), much prac-
ticed in Italy, deserves, says Popular
Gardening, to be more widely known,
both for its simplicity and its certainty
ofgiving good results with many shrubs
that frequently refuse to grow readily,
or to make strong points In reasonable
lcugth of time.
The time for layering in this manner
is in spring, when the plants are making
their strongest growth. Select we'll
grown, thrifty side branch of about the
thickness Of pencil; remove most of
the leaves; then drive the point Of a
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14
Commercinl Fertilizers.

1t Is said that the farmers and garden
ers Of the United States pay out thirty
millions OF dollars annually for COM
M "cal fertilizers, this money being ex-
pended mostly by the farmers OF the
States bordering on the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts. Fortunately, their use has
not become common in tho Western
States, though here and there will bo
found farmer who is trying the virtue
Of this source OF plant food in small way.
Upon the thin, rocky soils of the New
England States 1t Is natural that fer
tilizeri should be used Freely, and,
indeed, in many cases. there Is no
other way OF getting crop. so, also,
with tho poor soil of some of the
SoI tliern States, where tho farmers do
not grow stock nor practice the rotation
of crops, but devote their land almost
wholly to cotton. The enormous OK
pcnso of fertilizers must be grievous
tax upon the tillers Of the soil at the
East and south. and in large measure
their cost offsets all tho advantage the
East possesses OF proximity 10 centors
of consumption. With the present prices
for agricultural products there seems to
be no place for high-priced fertilizers on
Western farms, and there should not be
until we have taken much better care Of
barnyard manure and have learned to
appreciate the value of red clover in
renovating land. Breeders Gazette.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-14
James II ,sseII LowclI's Hobby.

A gentleman was telling mo lately
that among tho hobbies of James Rus
sell Lowell is ono concerning the admix-
turc of the jewish with the European
Christian races. Mr.. Lowell holds that
about eight hundred of the greatest
families in Europe and America, which
are rcputcd to be orthodox Christians.
have the Jewish strain in them. After
he had proved to his own satisfaction
that such was the case, he was mis-
chicyously asked if this view came from
any personal interest, whereupon he is
said to have replied; "Why, yes. of
course. Every body named Lowell and
Russell has the Jewish strain in them"
He then went on to show the derivation
OF Russell, aud said that all the Russell
or Derby family in England were of
partial Jewish stock. The same is tht,
view taken by Ronan in his works that
the Christian and the jew together have
built up the system of civilization, but
in that ease also, the wish may have
been father TO the hought.-Cincinnat
Enquirer.