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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

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experience Of forty years. need not ex-
pect to know e. much as the young
man Of twenty.
The temperature Of water for
horses Is not so much of an object rs
the purity Of it While it is best to
have the water cool, it Is more impor-
tant to have it freefrom all impurities.
Mhen trimming grape vines
them be cut and trained SO as to admit
OF the air and sunshine. Too much
shade is sometimes the causeof rot, as
lit invites moisture. Trim the vines
while the weather is cold
Brown flashed Potatoes. Pare a
dozen potatoes and chop fine. Season
with salt and pepper and place in small
Eearthern dishes; cover with milk and
add small bits Of butter to each; bake
in q moderate oven one-half hour.
There is positively no garden
vegetable to which the commercial
phosphate Of lime can be moro profit
ably applied than to cabbage Even
late in the season phosphate, diluted
with water, may be beneficially used.
AN old stiff broom used over the
rows OF strawberries in the spring will
clean them nicely, fine up the manure
and the rains will complete the work.
This will prevent dirt on the straw.
berries when the picking season be-
gins.
Cheese Relish. Slice into very
thin pieces about a quarter Of pound
| OF fresh cheese. Let this stand on the
stove for a very few minutes after
adding butter, about the size of half
an egg, and little pepper and salt.
Then sprinkle cracker-dust until the
desired consistency is reached.
1t is a disagreeable fact that the
soil which, in respect of moisture, is
best for the strawberry is also best for
the grass and weeds which are SO un-
desirable in our strawberry beds. On
such soils it seems that to avoid the cost
of much hand wedding we must either
grow them In hills, or else, If other
wise, must limit ourselves to single
crop from each planting.
Seeds that terminate slowly, such
as carrot, parsnip and beet, are some
times killed by grass, owing to the
rows becoming lost. To avoid this
SOW radish seed lightly in the rows.
As the radish soon shows above
ground the row is defined, and the
grass can be kept down with the hoe.
By the time the radishes are pulled
out for use the seeds OF the late-ger-
minating plants will be up, and the
rows can be then kept clean.
1t is needless to say that the fat of
beef is as wholesome as butter; or that
hogs lard is one Of the most unwholes
some ingredients of our food; yet in
spite Of this acknowledged fact, it is
ztheGbeef that lis often thrown away,
and lard that is purchased for use. It
may not be known that every bit of
beef dripping, every bit of fat steak,
the skimming from water in which
beef has boiled, can be tried out and
clarified Into the purest and sweetest
beet lard-Rregr housekeeping
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13
NOTES ON cHURNING.

A Few Suggestions Concerning the Treat
mont of Obstinate Cream.
1t is several years since l learned
by careful experimentation that there
may be two different temperatures in
batch of cream, however we'll it is
mixed, and that the Thermometer does
notealways indicate the temperature
of the butter element in the cream
When cream is hastily warmed or
cooled, the fat or butter portion is less
rapidly affected, while the watery
portion, which absorbs and parts with
heat more readily, gives to the glass
its own temperature, sometimes even
before the other portion is affected at
all. have seen cream warmed by
pouring in hot water, giving it a little
stirring, and then testing it with the
glass till the standard was reached
Such treatment may do for fairly good
cream, but it is far from being tenn
pering to be depended upon.
Obstinacy in cream results from
several causes, generally, but not
always acting in combination. There
is certain viscid condition acquired
by the milk and cream from COWS long
in milk. The ,viscid element serves
as sort of lubricant which keeps the
particles q suppose l must not call
them .'globules'' any more), of butter
fat apart, SO that no amount of churn-
ing will bring them into cohesive
mass. A low condition of the COW, in
sufficient or poor food, and exposure
70 cold. all lessen. the proportion OF
true fat, and the attraction of the
particles for one another.
Now, the remedy for all these diff
culties seems to me to be exceedingly
simple. and as if in justification OF
this opinion, ] have never known its
application to fail. To begin with.
should raise the cream to a tempera-
ture several degreesshigher than that
at which ] propose ultimately to churn
it. If it was the product of long milk
ing COWS, whether going dry or far
row, in any considerable proportion,
I should dilute it freely with boiling
water in the operation. If the cream
is of higher, finer quality, should
prefer to leave the water out entirely
until had turned back and began to
cool it, though 1 do not know that the
judicious. use of hot water is injurious
even in the fattest cream. So much
depends, however, upon the exercise
of Judgment and fine discrimination,
that 1t is exceedingly difficult telling
anotherhow to proceed to make sure Of
the best results. Churning at seventy
degrees. if suspended in season, would
be easier and more effective than at a
lower temperature, and no injurious
results need follow. As soon as the
cream begins to break, cold water in
moderate quantities may be added
from time to time, and the churning
continued moderately till the proper
temperature for finishing is reached.
can take batch OF cream at seventy
degrees, and finish it off in the granu-
lar form just aswell as to begin at any
lower temperature. 1t will not re-
=qaire nearly as much work at the
crank. but the puttering binders so
that it probably takes quite as much
time, in any but extreme cases of OBJ
stinacy. But it eliminates the ele.
ment of unc ertainty from the opera
tion. Cor. N. \. Examiner.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13
Ono Of the curiosities of New 70

One Of the curiosities of New York
journalism Is small sheet printed en-
tirely in Russian for the dissemination
OF nihilism in the land Of the Car.
The people who read Russian in New
York number no more than the read
err OF Sanskrit and this paper de-
po Ids entirely for its usefulness upon
secret entrance into Russia in horse
collars, sleigh-runners and other in
genious devices
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

.Mereiful Congress. = cried the
frenzied editor. as he wheeled around
in his chair, what Is your articlea"
..It's ham. !" replied the visitor, a. he
laid 1t on the proof slips Il smoked a
hull lot t'other day, and I thought
p'raps you might wanter try one. FL
you don't care for it, though The
editor seized the ham with an iron
hand. There is always room for
these articles" he said. pleasantly.
by the way, you haven't been in to
see me for two months. Any thing
wrong up at the farm ?L-Drake' {
Magazine
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

u : museum h Bos1on = the swud
d 0ensral Cnstsr. sid 70 b The one
be carried vixen b died Il r Toledo
bla1e, and bears. in Spanish. tie N
I q I y. !: q
Il b said that IN an engagement Of
cavalry in Virginia Custer and Con
federats officer had = hand-t0-hand BAT
tie, in which CUSTER sword blade broke
on close to the hilt He cast away The
useless fragment, rode to rail fence
grabbed one OF the top rails and chargs
ing furiously upon the astonnded- Gonr
federate. knocked him from his horse.
He then replaced his broken sword
with the Toledo blade Of the Southern
or, and carried this to the day Of his
death. IN. Y. Sun
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

You poor little boyl On the
streets in rags such day as this.
Have you no homer" eyes m. live
in that house on the other side OF the
street" "You have no mother, have
you, little child?' "Yes'm; she and
forty other women are In there now
making embroidered nightgowns for
the Zulus. "-C Chicago Tribune.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

"A gentleman addressing the schol-
ars OF a large school observed among
the decorations about the room an
American flag, and said: Children.
can any OF YOU tell me why that flag
was hung there?' ITO hide the dirtr'
quickly responded one sharp boy, who
assisted in making the preparations for
the occasion Christian Advocate.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

CIGAR BOXES are supposed to be made Of
Spanish cedar, but there isdnot enough OF
the wood grown for the purpose, and near
y all the boxes used by American cigar
makers are made from West Virginia pop
lar. The wood Is sawed up into thin boards,
and the cigarmakers dye them brown with
cedar extract, which gives the proper color
and odOr. 60
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

TIE bulk of the water of the ocean has q
low temperature 1t is ice-cold at the bot
tom, even under the equator, but on the sur
face within the tropics there Ia relatively q
thin film Of warm water, with q temperature
Of from 10 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

THE Queen Of the Belgians has founded a
magazine for young women, and writes for
1t under the name Of Nine. Reyer. The
Princess Clementine, her daughter, is one
Queen Of Roumania, writes regularly for it
also
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

PrTTsBURGH, Pa, boasts of the most en-.
tensive cork mandatory on the continent.
The imports of cork are confined wholly to
he port Of New York, and are valued at
81, 400 600 annually,
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

THE demand for sycamore lumber, It Is
said, is increasing wherever tobacco Is
packed. This wood is employed for tobac-
CO boxes, and large, quantities are shipped
to Richmond, St Louis and other tobacco
packing centers.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

DAseKR s,rnalicd by Cough is averted
with Hale Honey OF Horehound' and Tar.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

Somebody describes walking
stick as 1.-THE old mans strength
and the young mans weakness.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

You hardly realize that it is medicine, when
taking Carriers Little Liver Pills; they are
sery small; no bad effects alltroubles from
torpid liver are relieved by their use.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

THIS Is the age Of wonders and the Az
erage American citizen. is no longer sur
prfsed at any thing lf ron want to err
pe5aencs nas sensation h9Ysxsr, isst, write
f0 H. r. johnson " Co, 100 Main street.
Richmond, Va, and hear what they have
got to say OF the success OF some OF their
agents. They have got the goods that sell,
and any one out Of enploymentwill consult
their own interests by applying TO them.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

john CHINAMAN has no reason to COM
plain Of the inequalities Of the tariff. Joss
sticks are on the free list; Bibles pay q
duty Of twenty five per cent
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

SHAKEspEARE spelled his name in forty
three different ways and since his time ii
has gone through two hundred and seven
teen variations.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

AN English chemist claims to have die
covered q process Of treating camphor with
sulphuric acid that produces q pirmeni
IDENTICAL with India ink, the process 81 man
lfacturing which has been q secret with
the Chinese for many centuriea
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

WITHIN ten years nearly naif the rolling.
mills In New England have gone out Of use
The number has Increased in the West and
Southwest.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13
THE IMPROVED METHOD.
How to Make Bntter that VIII Command
Good Price.

How to Make Bntter that VIII Command
Good Price.
There is increased interest in butter
making and we have. perhaps, more
questions concerning it than upon any
other subject. Of coursesevery farmers
wife knows how to make butter, and
"butter that is as good as any, too;'
but obstinate buyers will not pay top
prices for it. Again, there are differ
emit ways OF making it, and some are
easier than others, and it is worth
while to learn the simplest, quickest
and surest way, especially where there
are only the limited farm consumers.
We will take for granted the milk is
set in deep cans. The cream must be
''ripened" slightly acid-and no fresh
cream should be added within twelve
ours Of churning. as it will waste
Churn at about So by the thermome-
ter. 81 to IS will do in the winter.
Use a barrel or rectangular churn,
without any ..inside fixings."
Stop when the butter is in granules
like shot or kernels of wheat. Draw
off the buttermilk from beneath FIJI
the churn with cold we'll water, ti1r
nearly -to-the brfr1. sRsevofve the
churn a few times. Let it stand for
the butter granules to harden
winter a few minutes is sufficient; in
hot weather let it stand till the butter
is firm If it takes half an hour. Draw
off the water and adj the salt. sprink-
! ling one5thfrd or moro on top, then tip
the churn to one side and sprinkle one
half the remainder, then to the other
side and add the rest.
TurnShe churn slowly and gently a
few times SO as to thoroughly mix in
the salt, but not gather the butter into
Jumps.
Let it, stand ten minutes tit may
stand an hour or more) then revolve
the churn till the butter gathers in a
mass.
Take out the butter Immediately and
pack at once. That is all.
The advantage of this method is that
the butter is not exposed to the air and
consequently is-not- affected by-it.
When butter is takenEoat to be salted
and left twenty-foHr4 hours more or
less, for the salt to ..set,n then worked
over again with butter-worker, there
are numerous openings for spelling
the butter in unfavorable weather, and
great care is necessary and much
trouble and anxiety are saved by the
plan outlined above. Thisis known as
1.-The Improved Method" Try it on
a churning for your own use. Bremen
Ga. Republican.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

The Harvard Cooperative Society
has 600 members and does d business
Of about $50, 000 year.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

A YOUNG woman on being asked how her
father was, replied tearfully that he was IN
A sss.atamoSe condition.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

Bu.fousSrss, dizziness, nausea, headache,
are relieved by small doses OF Carriers lslt-
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

THr value Of the dairy producta la.t va,
was about $500,000,000, being so Oo6 IN
more than theyalue Of the whole wheat crou
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

Ir afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson,s Eye Water. Druggists sell n 25c
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

HuMANsforesight often leaves Its proadess
possessor only choice Of evilA
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

'<rCoWs IN full MIX roqu1zo uere m1l
~ y other times, and thoes which
~ The mort milk require he mosl
--One csuse of trouble with churn-
ll IA
the cream.
Forty pounds Of good corn ensit
iage, with fre pounds Of hay and, six
pounds Of cotton-seed meal and shorts
il full ration for an sOo-pound COW.
\ "A sflo and good ensilage Ii neces-
sary to make good butter 10 winter. It
cheapens cost OF production. and i'm
proves the quality a. tbs. BAXTER
American Dairyman.
There is great saving in feeding
cows in summer. They will eat silage
before they viii taste green corn. fod-
der, and do not drink more than one
fourth as much water. -
"A COW whose total milk record av-
erages not more than eight quarts per
day, judging from our own condition,
promisessto prove better investment
when prepared for the meat market
than when constituting q liberal pro.
portion OF the stock kept for supplying
Che general milk market at stated
prices.
To weaving the calf there is no OBJ
lection; that all the milk must be
A ra wn ax,I thar 4ba ,.If be fod fh;s
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

Or TO SD A DAY. Samples worth g.. u
XIII Free Lines not under horses feet Write
W. BREWSTER SAFETY REIN HOLDER CO, Holly, nich.
rarNAME THIS PAPER sxsy ane you wrile.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

Let it stand ten minutes tit may
stand an hour or more) then revolve
the churn till the butter gathers in a
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

.nat swept oVer Ins'' no ione VIII 4ase =
know VINO mas not passed. through I.
all
suddenly heara a souna-a SOUND
whlch niieo me WIN Siohehins u.eau'
Inc boys were aWaK lss.--ss moving - -
were calling me.
The burglar sprang to his feet, light
and noiseless as a breath, and stood
poised and ready, his back toward me.
There came the quick patter OF little
feet. He turned-his lamp hared up.
In the glass opposite, above the mask
which had doubtless slipped as he
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-22
VACCINATION RULES,

The merits of vaccination have
been considered since 1888 by Ger
man commission-three members
of which were anti-vaccinationists-
and these are among the conclusions
which have at length been announc-
ed. The period during which vac
cination protects against smallpox
varies greatly, but as rule all per-
sons should be vaccinated every ten
wears two well-marked vesicles are
necessary to insure successful pro-
lection animal vaccine is preferable;
no special disease or increasing
death-rate can be traced TO the prac-
tice of vaccination the operation
should not be performed during epi-
denies of scarlet-fever, measles,
diphtheria, whooping cough, typhus,
or erysipelas infants should not be
vaccinated until three months old
and the greatest care in cleansing
and disinfecting instruments should
be observed.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-22
THE APE A USEFUL ANIMAL.

Apes probably rank next to man
in general intelligence, and, though
they lack perseverance,, there seems
to be no reason for doubling that
they might be trained to do n variety
of useful work. This is the opinion
of Madame Clemence Roger, the
French translator of Darwin, but
she points out that the domesticated
apes would require great quantities
of such food rs fruit, bread and eggs,
that the process of educating them
would be costly, and that for many
generations the climate Of Europe
would be too severe for them. She
suggests that the experiment should
be tried first in tropical countries,
where the apes might aid in culti-
waiting coffee, cocoa and cotton.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-22
COMMON MYTHS.

Ignorant folks, wonder-mongers,
and even scientific observers, have
disseminated many erroneous and
exaggerated notions which are not
readily eradicated. We are still
told, for instance, of the Norwegian n
maelstorm, a frightful whirling
chasm in the sea, capable of suck
ing down the largest ships; though
in reality, this frightful whirlpool"
is simply run Of the tide through
sloping channel, is rarely danger
our, and then chiefly on account of
the rocks on which it may draw
vessels. John Herschel gave his en-
dorsement to the statement that
the stars may be seen in the day
time from the bottom of a well, but
this has been proven to be an error
by tests from shaft nearly half a
mile deep. John Murdoch has re-
Gently shown that the Eskimos do
not, as textbooks of physiology af-
firm, doze through their long win
ter night, keeping up their bodily
heat by enormous meals of raw
blubber and lamp oil, but that
their winter life is active, their food
mostly cooked, and their cons ump-
ton of oil not excessive. A still
wi le'y-accepted belief that the hair
snak is l won lerful transformation
of a horses lair when kept in water
though these odd creatures, really
grow from eggs, and in early stages
inhabit the bodies Of insects. A
very old idea, without foundation
in fact, lis that crocodiles shed mourn
full tears; while toads imprisoned in
solid rock are numerous and sup
ported by much evidence, but have
probably resulted from imperfect
observations. Accounts of the
germation of grain from the mum
my-pits Of Egypt have arisen from
deception practised by the Arabs
IN placing fresh seeds with the the
belongings of the mummies.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-22

state, for the following reasons:
, First, They buy from first hands
in large quantities. They save the
profits of the middle men. They
save in freight. They also have the
advantage of buying BANKRUPT
stocks, and also very often reliable
merchants who are pushed for funds
sell them the best of goods at twenty
to thirty per cent. discount for cash.
Second, They have leased the
elegant Opera House building for a
long time for almost nominal rent.
They have the most commodious
and best lighted store rooms in the
city. They carry a full and COM
plete stock of dry goods, clothing,
hats, boots and shoes, ladies' and
gents, furnishing goods, jewelry and
silverware, notions, stationery and
cutlery, groceries, in fact a general
variety such as are usually kept in a
first class store. The Capitol Ad.
venture Co. is about the only firm
in Salem that tries to command the
farmers trade by buying all their
merchantable products, and they re-
tail the farmers products the same
prices they pay, thus saving to
the mechanics and laborers from
ten to twenty per cent for the real
necessaries of life. Therefore the
Capitol Adventure Co. asks for the
continuance of the public's patron.
age. You will find them at the
Opera House corner, Court and
Liberty streets, Salem, Oregon.
EUGENE WILLIS, S. FRIEDMAN,
Secretary. Manager.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-22
DRIFTING SANDS.

Near the sea the shifting of sand
by the winds is a familiar sight, and
the drifts are often known to en-
croach on cultivated fields, forests,
and village. Striking examples are
found on Lake Michigan, where
the withered tops of forest are Wis
able above q sand-drift, and in Nor
folk, England: where farms and
houses have been covered. The
same phenomenon occurs in deserts,
the great sand-hills being not only
carried about by the wind but even
forced beyond the proper limits OF
the sandy wastes. The extensive
Registrar desert in central Afghanis-
is reported as being steadily pushed
northeaswardly, and calculations
have shown that its present rate OF
progress will cause it to overwhelm
some of the most fertile and prosper
GUS districts of the country in a few
thousand years.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-22

Some political phrophets aver that we
shall. Be that as IL may, the battle waged
by medical science against disease will
never cease until we arrive at that utopian
epoch when the human family shall cease
10 be AFFLICTED with bodily ailments. One
OF the most potent weapons which the
armory OF medicine furnishes, is Hostett-
sr's Stomach Bitters, which is of special
utility as a family remedy, as il is adapted
To Immediate relief and ultimate cure OF
those disorders OF the stomach, liver and
bowels which are OF cOmmonest occur
renee. Indigestion, billiousness and con-
stipation are inseparable companions, and
these ailments are completely eradicated
by the Bitters. But the remedial scope of
this ,uperlatively wholesome and genial
medicine takes in also nervous ailments,
rheumatism and k dney troubles; its
action in these, as in the other COM
plants, being characterized by uneQualed
thoroughness.