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, 1889-09-05

MONTREAL, Sept 2.---To-day was OBJ
served as a legal holiday, and members
number of 1000 repaired to Champ De-
mars, where sports were INDUCED in.
, 1889-09-05

ST., LOUIS Sept. 2.-Labor Day was
pretty generally observed here by tho
trades and labor unions. A large pro-
cossion of the trade organizations
paraded the streets and repaired 70 Con-
was held
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
A Decidedly Ambiguous Term.

Every is term that often
means very small portion of the
community. 1t is a convenient term
for indicating that portion of the COM
munity which is in the mind OF the
speaker as he uses it. When he says
that every body does this or that, he
means that this or that is the rule in
his own little circle or set A Philadel-
phia editor recently called attention to
the fact that while those persons who
are away from the city in midsummer
are accustomed to say that "every body
is away just now," it is still patent
fact that at least eleven hundred thou
sand persons out of twelve hundred
thousand are still in the city, at their
business. day by day. There are very
few things done by every body, whether
those things be good or bad. And the
poorest excuse in the world for doing
any thing-good or bad-is the claim
that every body does It's. S. Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
Fads of Railroad Engineers.

Said an old railway engineer the 9TH
trains that do not want to have any
thing to do with. One is the pay train.
You never know when you will over
take the section hands. You will be
going at the rate of forty miles an hour,
away you go around u curve, and you
will dash by the boss and hands, and
have to go back to them. There is
always Il good deal of talk over the
wages, and much time is taken up.
The next unpleasant train to handle is
an excursion train. Every one living
along the line of road knows you from
seeing you come by every day, and
they think you know them as we'll.
When on an excursion they presume
upon their friendship TO endeavor to
ride on the engine. No other place
will do them. The engineer has to re-
fuse them, as it would amount to dock
lag his wages from thirty to sixty days,
~ he complied, as it is positively
against the rules OF the road. The per-
sons denied the privilege always feel
hard about it, and look upon the en-
gineer as accommodating The last
and worst of all, however, is the oiii-
GERS train. II you run slow they say
you are scared and fear to run fast.
II you make good time they say you
are careless and reckless, and want to
kill somebody. You can't suit them"
Atlanta Constitution.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
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FARM AND FIRESlDE.

Let the horses run in the pasture
n little while when they come in from
n hard days work. They will enjoy ii
better than q full meal.
"A quart of milk in large pitcher.
with lump OF ice to stand in it, is a
refreshing article on n hot day. But
IL is best to keep in mind that the more
one drinks the more uncomfortable one
will feel, as it causes perspiration to
flow copiously.
"A COW may look well, and even be
q good mixer, yet be breachy, and
have confirmed habit of swinging her
right hind foot in an uncomfortable,
awkward manner around at the mixer
and the milk pail. You shonld look
out for such kind in purchasing.
-Bananas kept on ice few hours,
then peeled and sliced into a glass dish,
with cold yellow custard poured over
them, and frosted over the top, make
an easy and welcome dessert. Four
bananas to quart of custard is suffi-
cient for a medium-sized family.
Y. Independent.
The man who is thoroughly in
earnest and alive to the Importance of
killing weeds will be constantly on the
lookout for times when he can rid him
self of these pests; but few farmers
realize what a tax it becomes on their
energies and capital to allow weeds to
ripen their seeds.
do not expect too many eggs. Oc-
casionally hen may be found that will
lay an extraordinary number of eggs,
but this will prove the exception rather
than the rule. Ten dozen eggs in a
year is good average, and more than
large number of them will do, and
this number will return a handsome
profit on the cost of keeping.
If the season is of the rainy sort,
the growth of clover on the grain field
is only a fortunate mat for hay. or for
blowing under as manure, and will give
further dividend the next season as
an underground deposit. If not needed
for pasture, clover can always be used
to advantage in some other way
Orange Judd Farmer.
-Oat meal, vegetables, fresh fruit.
and plain, good bread should form by
far the greater part of our fare during
the hot weather. Use iced drinks spar
ingly. Much taken at one draught is
apt to do serions harm. Ice cream car
be indulged in frequently, provided il
is eaten very slowly. Then it will prove
healthful and nourishing. 1t is the
sudden chilling of the stomach tha
does harm.
During the long hot days of hayine
and harvesting those who work out ir
the fields feel the need Of some drink
more refreshing than water. All al
coholic stimulants are hurtful, not only
to the system but provoke an unhealthy
thirst. Let these entirely alone and
try the following, which is recommend
ed on good authority as refreshing ant
invigorating: One and quarter
ounces of tartaric acid, one pound o
fine sugar and few drops of essence
of lemon. A heaped tablespoonful il
q gill of water is about right.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
PERNIClOUS WEEDS.
Most OF Them Have been Imported Into
the United States.


1t seems curious fact that every one
of all the more pernicious weeds known
in the United States is a naturalized
foreigner. OF the less Objectionable
class, which may be styled trouble
some weeds, at least two-thirds are
likewise OF foreign ancestry. The few
American plants that may be arranged
under the general term of weeds are
for the most part ANIMALS, and there
fore easily eradicated. Take, for in
stance, the common ragwced, or as it
is sometimes known, bitterweed; the
long-leg daisies (Erigeron); freweed,
beggar-ticks. ETC.; one cutting before
the seeds ripen is generally sufficient
to destroy them, as well as prevent y
succeeding crop. Carelessness on the
part OF the owner will often procure
for him fine supply of sumach and
other plants that increase by means of
underground stems, but all such are
easily eradicated. The vile class OF
plants represented by the Canada
thistle, Convolvulus aruensis, couch
grass etc., which are comparatively
harmless at home but find on our
shores just the conditions needed to
increase and multiply in wonderful
degree, are difficult to fight. but as the
late eminent botanist. DIR. Darlington
once advised, "Be continually cutting
off the tops; they represent the lungs
OF the plant. "--Josiah Hopes, in N.
Y. Tribune,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
SALT FOR BUTTER.
Facts Which Are Not Understood by
Many Farm Dairymen.


Many Farm Dairymen.
Salt does not preserve butter. Butter
preserves itself, and the salt gives it
q flavor. Salt has a tendency to ar
rest the fermentation or decay of the
buttermilk, but not the butter. 1t is
not necessary that you should work
this salt through your butter, or work
the butter until you grind it to death
to get the salt through it. If the but
termilk is out of the butter that is all
you want, and you then distribute the
salt through evenly so that one portion
will not be more salty than another.
There are many things which affect
the character of butter, and skillful
manipulation is necessary to have it
perfect. In the first place by not skim
ming the cream from the milk at the
proper time, or it is not properly ripenet
and mixed, and hence we do not get all
the butter out of it. If allowed to stand
too long there is a good deal of the but
ter eaten by the acidity of the cream.
Another reason is the over-working of
the butter, which grinds the grain out
of it. Another reason is, the tubs for
packing are often improperly prepared
for the keeping and preservation of the
butter. and to exclude the air absolute
ly from it, 1t is very important that
the tub should be thoroughly soaked
and scalded with hot brine, a cloth
should be put at the bottom, and then
thin layer of salt, then the butter
pressed down firmly. so there can be
no opportunity for the air to get in.
Cover the butter with cloth, put some
salt or brine on top, and cover air.
tight. Then set the tub in place
where the temperature is cool and dry,
and where it can not get musty or
moldy or absorb taints. You can keep
butter an almost indefinite length OF
time if treated in this way. We should
do our utmost to have all our butter
go to market in the very best possible
condition. Orange Judd Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
REcoNCILED BY MUSIC.
An Incident of the Conquest of Californl
by the United States.

An Incident of the Conquest of California
by the United States.
The Spanish and Indian Californians
were passionately fond of music. All
the men could make shoes and play the
guitar, and every woman could sing
Spanish songs to her own accompani-
ment. Bancroft, in his California
PASTORAL" tells how the people, after
the conquest of the country by the
United states were reconciled to the
new rule by music.
The Californians were invited to re-
turn to their homes and resume their
usual occupations. Proclamations
which promised protection of their
persons and property were placarded
in the towns. but they would not come
out of their hiding-places.
The Commodore whose naval force
had helped to conquer the country was
at Los Angeles, and, meeting Captain
Phelps, an old trader on the coast, re-
quested his help.
Commodore, replied the captain,
"you have a fine band on your ship,
and such thing was never before in
this country. Let it play one hour in
the plaza each day at sunset and l as
sure you it will do more toward recon
Cling the people than all your procla-
nations, which few OF them can read. !"
The captains suggestion was adopted.
At first the children came forth and
peeped around the corners OF the
houses. A few lively tunes brought on
the vivas OF the older ones, and before
the band ceased playing they were sur
rounded by delighted natives.
The next afternoon the plaza was
thronged with the people OF the town,
end with ranchmen from a distance.
who. having heard of the wonderful
band, had ridden in. the old priest
OF the mission of San Gabriel. as he sat
by the church door opposite the plaza
listening to the music, was introduced
to several of the naval officers.
~ have not heard band" said the
old man, .'since left Spain over fifty
years ago. All! that music will do
more service in the conquest OF Cali
fornia than thousand bayonets. -
Musical Record.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
JEWELLERS, SIGNS.
why tho Hands Always Indicate Seven
tnen nlinntea Past Eight.

WHY tho Hands Always Indicate Severn
teen Minutes Past Eight
Did you ever notice the position of
the hands on the clock and watch signs
in front Of the jewelers. storesp They
will be found almost uniformly to point
to seventeen minutes past eight o clock.
Whyp
Probably you have never thought of
1t, and perhaps you never before no.
ticed the fact. But it is fact, never
theless, and having become satisfied Of
il you will of course want to know why
1t is so.
Well, one reason assigned and deci-
dedly the most interesting is, that the
clock-hands in this position perma-
nently chronicle the moment of Abra-
ham Lincoln's death as the result of
the shot fred by the assassin, John
Wilkes Booth--or at least the time
when the clocks in the White House
were stopped Immediately after the
great emancipation expired on April l5,
1865.
1t is said that the large clock in the
main hall of the Executive Mansion at
Washington was stopped at exactly
S:17 on that fateful morning by one OF
the officials who was at the bedside of
the President in his last moments, and
that it was not again put in motion un-
til after the funeral and the removal Of
the evidences of mourning.
During all this time the clock at
| tracted the attention of visitors at the
White House, and the position of the
hands on the dial became impressed
upon the minds of hundreds of promi-
nent citizens of the nation. 1t is added
that the jewellers of the country, the
watch-makers and clock-makers, by
common consent adopted the time for
their signs as a mark of their regard
for the martyred President.
That was quarter of a century ago.
Clock and watch signs of to-day nearly
all have the hands in the same position,
but comparatively few jewelers. of the
present time pretend to give the reason
for it. When asked why the pointers
are so placed they generally reply:
Don't know" or Hadn't noticed it. "
1t is only as tradition, therefore, that
the explanation is made by one who
has implicit faith in its truth.
There is but slight variation in the
location of the hands, whether the dial
has Arabic characters or Roman fig
ures. And this has given currency to
another theory, which makes the prac-
tice of painting clock signs in this way
of much more ancient origin than 1865.
This tradition is to the effect that the
custom was adopted upon the occasion
of the Lisbon earthquake of November
1, 1755, which destroyed the city and
in which 10000 souls perished. The
clocks of the city were stopped by the
upheaval, and such as were not totally
demolished gave silent but indisputa-
BILE evidence of the hour at which the
calamity occurred. Chicago News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
LOOKING UPWARD.
what Man Can Learn by Contemplating
the Wonders of tho Sky.


the Wonders OF tho Sky.
Brutes are constructed so as to look
down. Even those earthly creatures
that have wings when they rise from
the earth still look down, and the eagle
searches for mice in the grass and the
raven for carcasses in the field. Man
alone is made to look up. To induce
him to look up God makes the sky
picture gallery, Dusseldorf, Louvre,
Luxembourg, Vatican, that eclipses
all that German or French or Italian
art ever accomplished. But God has
failed so far to attract the attention OF
most of us by the scenery OF the sky.
We go into raptures over flowers in the
soil, but have little or no appreciation
of the "morning glories" that bloom on
the wall of the sky at sunrise, or the
dahlias in the clouds at sunset We are
in ecstacies over q Gobelin tapestry, or
bridal veil of rare fabric, or a snow
bank of exquisite curve, but see not at
all, or see without emotion, the bridal
walls of mist that the face of the Cats
kills, or the swaying upholstery around
the couch of the dying day, or the snow
banks of vapor piled up in the heavens.
We have only to lift our chin three or
four inches and open the two telescopes,
which under the forehead are put on
swivels easily turned upward, and see
that the clouds are not merely uninter-
esting signs of wet or dry weather, but
that they are embroidered canopies of
shade; that they are the conservatories
of the sky; that they are thrones OF
pomp; that they are crystalline bowers;
that they are paintings in water colors;
that they are the angels of the mist;
that they are great cathedrals of light
with broad aisles for angelic feet to
walk through and bow at altars of am
ber and alabaster; that they are the
mothers of the dew; that they are lad
ders for ascending and descending
glories, Cotopaxis of belching flame,
Niagaras of color; that they are the
masterpieces of the Lord God Almighty.
II. De Witt Talmage, in N. Y. OBJ.
server.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
SHORT FASHION NOTES.
Styles That Seems to BE I'm High Favor
Among Fashion Leaders.

Styles THU seems To III HIGH faEOT
Among Fashion Leaders.
Dresses made entirely of Grape are
worn only by widows.
The newest wrinkle in Paris is a
colored gown with black sleeves.
Henrietta cloth is the material used
for the first-mourning dress.
White flannel gowns look cool; their
wearers do not unless the day is frigid.
Never any fashion in dress died so
hard as the hustle, but it is almost
gone.
Every well-regulated costume bears
fan attachment at the present time.
Blazers are closed with one button at
the throat, or three buttons placed
lower down.
There are fans and fans, but the
good old-fashiened palm-leaf fan takes
the prize.
The straight skirts which are now so
fashionable measure four and half
yards around.
Woolen dresses of different weights
are the most appropriate fabrics OF
seaside costumes.
Accordion-plaited skirts are in high
favor in Paris, so their lease of life is
likely to be extended here.
Crepe de chine is the prettiest fabric
in use that can be worn on dress oc-
casions during the period of mourning.
The French style of mourning is
more generally adopted in this country
than the English, because it is less
heavy.
Minton China is in high favor for
dinner services, Worcester for table
decorations, and crown Derby for
vases.
The prettiest white dresses of the
season are made of China silk and silk
null, the null being used for the
sleeves.
To cover parasol twenty inches
deep it requires two and one-quarter
yards of material that is twenty inches
wide.
Trade for shoemakers will look up
If dresses which show the ankles find
favor. They are the newest importa-
tions from abroad.
White silk and lace parasols have an
air that is not truly rural, but which is
becoming to light and jaunty costumes
nevertheless.
Angel sleeves, or, as the Parisians
call them. "mauchera la Juive," are
worn with sleeveless jackets over
skirts the same color as the sleeves.
la Surprise de la Course" is the
name given to dress which was in
high favor at the English races. At
first view it appears somewhat like a
plain redingote. but when thrown open
in front displays petticoat and waist
coat of great richness. IN. Y. Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
Delightful Outings.

Mountain Top and Ocean Wave. The
Chesapeake and Ohio Route announces per-
sonally conducted limited excursions to
White Sulphur Springs, Natural Bridge and
Old Point Comfort for August 9th and
September oath, 1SS9-not typical crowded
excursions, but ideal pleasure tours through
the heart of picturesque America. Superb
Vestibule Special will leave Cincinnati at
S:15 A. NJ, reach White Sulphur the first
night, Natural Bridge the second, and Old
Point the third, allowing ample time for
sight seeing and carriage drive about Rich
mond en- route. Round trip tickets, s2l so,
including all expenses on going trip. The
descriptive matter will interest you. Call
at G. q o. ticket Office, S. W. Cor. Fifth and
Walnut streets, or address: III. w. FULLER,
General Passenger Agent, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
Half-Rate Excursions.

The Chicago & Northwestern Railway
offers exceptional opportunities for an in
spection of the cheap lands and growing
business centers of Iowa, Minnesota, Ne
braska, Wyoming, North and South Dakota,
Colorado and the far West and Northwest,
by series of Harvest Excursions, for
which tickets will be sold at half rates, or
one fare for the round trip. Excursions
leave Chicago, August 9th and Goth, Sep
tember 10th and oath, and October Sth. For
full particulars apply to any ticket agent,
or address E. p. WILSON, General Passen-
ger Agent Chicago 81 North W estern Rail
way, Chicago, Illinois.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14

The Wagner Palace Car Company is revo;,
lutionizing the equipment of its cars and
making them superior TO anything OF the
kind in the world. One of the greatest i'm
p-ovements is the lighting of the cars with
gas. The New York Central & Hudson
River Railroad Company is also equippng
its passenger coaches with gas. About one
hundred OF them running out of New York
pressed in a cylinder Under each car, and
one filling Of a cylinder will last the round
trip between New York and Chicago. The
gas is made from petroleum, and furnishes
6O-candle powerlig lightas against 16-candle
power light under the old method. Coaches
lighted with gas are as light as parlor, and
passengers can read as well in the night as
In the daytime.-Rome IN. " Sentinel.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
Her Face was Her Fortune.

She was as pretty as a picture and so ami
mated and lively that it did one good to look
at her. She tUds all this but she is not now.
Poor soul, the roses linger no more in her
cheeks, the former luster of her eyes Is
gone. She is q woe-begone looking piece OF
humanity now. She has one of those
troubles SO common to women and needs
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t re-
cupcrates the wasted strength, puts the
whole system right, restores the roses and
the luster and makes the woman what she
once was, bright, well and happy. ia
yorite Prescription" is the only medicine
for women, sold by druggists, under a pos
itipe guarantee from the manufacturers, that
it will give satisfaction in every case, or
money will be refunded. This guarantee
has been printed on the bottle wrapper, and
faithfully carried out for many years.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
Do Wo Need Big Muscles?

By no means Persons of herculear
build frequently possess minimum of gen
une vigor, and exhibit less endurance thar
very small people. Real vigor means the
ability to digest and sleep well, and to per
form reasonable amount of daily physica
and mental labor without unnatural fatigue
1t is because course of Hostetter's Stom
ach Bitters enables the enfeebled dyspeptit
to consume the allotted activity of every
day life, as well as to participate without
discomfort in it's enJoyments, that it is sucf
q pre-eminently useful medicine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
Couldn't Stand Financial Disaster.

Angelina-There is no use in TALK
ing. mother. All is over between US.
Mother-What has happenedp
Angelina-Two minutes after George
left me at the gate last evening he ut
tered IL terrible curse.
Misunderstanding! What caused its
Angelina--I don't know for sure.
mother; but when turned the light up
In the parlor found twenty-five
cent piece where George had been sit
ting. ] am afraid George is no gem
tleman. Puck.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14

THE room should be kept thoroughly ventl-
lated and temperature not lower than sixty
eight degrees nor higher than seventy de-
grees. If the patient is kept warm air may
be freely admitted without the least dan
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14

Do YOU wish to know how to have no steam,
and not half the usual tcorh on wasli-day:
Ask your grocer for bar of DObbns' Eiec-
trio Soap, and the directions will tell you
how. Be sure to get no imitation.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14

BEEswAx may be used for polishing han
dies, etc, in the lathe. 1t may be tempered
to any degree of softness by heating with
turpentine. This must be done with great
care to avoid confagration.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14

HARSH purgative remedies are fast giving
way to the gentle action and mild effects OF
Carters Little Liver Pills. If you try them
they will certainly please you.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14

''THE railroads of India,n says a writer
on the orient, shave almost done away with
caste" Never mind, wait until they get to
introducing American sleeping car porters
and the system will at once be re-estab-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14

CALIFORNIA fruit growers, who used 10
throw away their peach pits, are now get
ting six dollars a ton for them. They are
worth this for fuel. They make hot and
aromatic fire.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14

A GEORGIA hen had in her gizzard TWEEN
ty-seven horse-pistol cartridge shells, six
buttons and piece of lead.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14

CALIFORNIA holds the cake on snake
stories for the season of 1889, with Georgia
and North Carolina crowding each other
for second place.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14

You can't help liking them, they are sovery
small and their action is so perfect. One pill a
dose. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them