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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28
PROGRESSIVE FARMING.
A Word About Stock Raising and Gen
oral Farm Improvement.

A Word About Stock Raising and Gem
oral Farm Improvement.
Whether the keeping of stock is for
the purpose of conducting a dairy or
for the sale of meat the farm itself is
made more valuable, and for this
reason it is doubtful if loss occurs in
stock-raising when the receipts and
expenses are nearly equal. The farmer
views only the amount he has received
from sales, and compares it with
the sum expended. If there is no
profit the venture is considered loss.
But it is truth that all materials
brought on farm remain until re-
moved, and though they may change
in form yet they possess value for some
purpose. The farmer who buys large
amount of bran, middlings and other
refuse of the mills brings on his farm
that which remains as an investment
until it can be converted into some
other salable product. Every ounce
of food procured for the use of stock is
converted into beef, mutton, pork,
milk or manure. In the shape of meat
and milk the farmer disposes of it at
an increased price, but the expenses
are to be deducted. All that remains
on the farm unsold, after the cost Of
the whole has been secured in the
sales, is just as much matter of profit
as that which has been marketed, and
this surplus is the manure, which can
be converted into food the next year.
The farm is therefore increased in fer
tility and at the same time increased
in value, the profits being expended on
the farm as manure. If the value Of
the manure annually made in this
country could be estimated on some
basis the figures would be startling,
and they would show that the farmers
create more wealth than the estimates
given in the crops only. 1t is an old
proverb, 'More stock, more manure;
more manure, more corps; more crops,
more stock" There is, of course, n
limit to be reached somewhere in the
increase, but the farmer who engages
in stock raising is sure to reach a point
where his stock can not dispose of the
productions OF the soil by producing
meat and milk, and his expenses are
then reduced by reason of his abun-
dance and independence of the neces-
sity Of buying elsewhere, which in
creases the profits from sales and gives
the farm a greater value due to its
capacity of production, and in that re-
spect he may be storing up the profit
OF each year to reap it at future timo
in the shape of the surplus crops sold
over and above the amount required for
stock. The farmer whose farm is
abundantly stocked with all the api-
mails he can accommodate, and who
sells his hay, is not always as unwise
as is sometimes charged, as the hay is
simply portion of the surplus which
has been added to the farm in the ma
nure, and which now becomes profit
Troy IN. Y.) Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28
A Predatory Dog Outwltted.


The other day spaniel that had a
bad habit of stealing poultry, was seen
approaching the house at moderate
trot with Il large rooster in his mouth.
The fowl seemed to be defunct, and SO
the spaniel evidently thought, for being
somewhat weakened by the excursion,
and the weather being warm, he laid
down his prey for moment in order
to rest. But the rooster was alive and
in full possession of all his faculties,
for no sooner did he feel himself re-
leased from the jaws of the fell beast
that had captured him than he huttered
his wings and struggled up among the
branches of a convenient tree. The
dog was SO astounded at this miracle,
as it must have seemed TO him. that he
lost his presence of mind for a second
or two. and in that interval his booty
escaped. This tale is perfectly true
(and remember a very similar occur
ence years ago), althoug.s must con.
fess 1t sounds good deal like the be.
ginning OF one Esop's Eoblss --Bos
ton Post
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28
A SUBMARINE BRIDGE.
The Novel Proposal Made BY n Well
known Swedish Engineer.

The Novel Proposal Made BY a Well
Known Swedish Engineer.
A proposal recently brought for
ward by Herr Rudolf Lilljeqvist, {
Swedish engineer, for effecting perma
nent railway communication between
Sweden and Copenhagen, merits some
notice, as introducing a new mode
never as yet, however, put to the test
of actual experience-of carrying q
line beneath the sea.
The distance between Elsinore and
Helsingborg is about two and hall
miles; and the passage is frequently
blocked in winter by ice, preventing
navigation. The cost of an ordinary
bridge, which would of necessity have
to be carried sufficiently high above
sea-level to offer no impediment to
vessels, would be prohibitive in a
country but sparsely populated and OF
limited financial resources; whilst the
additional strength requisite in the
piers to withstand damage to the
structure from the floating blocks OF
ice would add very materially to the
estimates.
The proposal put forward is to con-
struct an ordinary girder bridge of one
hundred feet spans. and sink it to such
depth that ample room is left for YES
sells of the greatest draught to sail
over it; the bridge being encased in
cy lindrical tubes, which exclude
the water; the outer skin of
the tube being of iron, that
inside of steel. the space between
being filled with concrete. The tubes
inclosing the bridge are to be carried
on ordinary caisson piers filled with
concrete and spaced one hundred feet
apart. pontoons similar to those so
successfully employed in the construc-
tion of the Tay bridge being adopted
for founding.
The bridge. which is to carry a
single line of railway, with foundation
and encasing tubes. but exclusive OF
the land approaches, is estimated to
cost about three-quarters of million
sterling.
The scheme may be described as an
ingenious compromise between an or
dinary bridge and tunnel; and it is
claimed that it combines the advan-
tages of each. whilst avoiding tho at
tendant drawbacks of construction,
and heavy outlay involved in the ex-
ecution of either in this particular
case.
The general idea, it may be added,
Is not altogether novel. and has pre-
viously been mooted; indeed. some
years back similar method of passing
under the Thames was proposed and
commenced, some lengths of the en-
casing tube being actually put in hand.
The project. however. was abandoned,
owing, it is understood, to financial
difficulties. and has never been resus-
citated. chambers journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28
Skinned MIX for Hens,

1 don't "lknow." but think that II
skinned milk is fed to the hens in
stead of the pigs it will yield a greater
profit. Our hens get nothing to drink
but milk, and they lay right straight
along. One advantage in butter over
milk dairying is that the skimmed-milk
and buttermiik are left for use on the
farm. Another advantage is that in
selling butter you carry off none of the
farm fertility, whereas in selling milk
you do. Still another advantage is that
you do not have to go to market SO
often. Horses and wagons cost money;
neighbor of mine sold milk and kept
two wagons; as he put it, she had one
wagon on the road and one ut the
shop. Rural New Yorker.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

MECHANICAL. PROGRESS.
A New and Simple Method For tho Trans
mission of Power.

A New and Simple Method For the Trans-
mission of Power.
There has been for some time before
the public novel device for the trans
mission of power that has claimed the
attention of manufacturers to con-
siderable degree, both on account of
its simplicity and its radical departure
from ordinary methods of betting. 1t
consists simply in placing loose belt
between the pulleys or cones, as the
case may be, instead of encircling the
pulleys with a belt The most re-
markable thing about this device and
the Characteristic which makes the
greatest claim to attention of those
interested. is the fact that more power
can be transmitted by this method OF
betting, II we are to believe its expo
nents, with less pressure on the bear
'ings than by the ordinary practice in
betting. This, at first sight, seems
unreasonable and against all practice
and experience with frictions of any
similar kind. But, the results of tests
made both by manufacturers and by
celebrated experts, seem to prove this
beyond all doubt, the fact being that the
belt which runs between the pulleys is
loose and free to act under the influ-
ences of the forces which operate upon
it. Wherever power is to be trans
mitted from one shaft to another, il
can be done in this way. in great
deal less space. By simple arrange
ment any shaft or line of shaft
ing or machine can be easily
started or stopped without recourse
to loose pulleys. Cone pulleys driven
by this method for changing the speed
of paper machines are found to be
more efficient, convenient and reliable
than the customary methods of cones
and speed gears, and they are being
fast adopted by the largest and best
paper mills in this country. 1t prom
ises to be especially valuable in elec-
trio light stations where the question
of room is of prime Importance, and
where it is necessary to have reliable
method of transmitting power from
the engine wheel to the dynamo, which
will give steady speed. By this
method it is possible to do this in a
way which is extremely simple and
direct, and which admits of further
advantages such as, for instance, the
facility with which any dynamo may
be started or stopped, independently
of any other machine, and great saw
ing in the first cost of belt and future
outlays for the long belts, such as are
used to-day. At the Chestnut Hill
pumping station. city of Boston water
department. they are driving their
electric light plant by this method,
and with the most satisfactory results.
Many manufacturers, realizing the i'm
portance of this system and the change
it will make in some lines of mill
practice, are making arrangements to
embody it in their machinery, and
some of them have already made ex-
tensive alterations in their plant to
end.-Boston Advertiser.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28
THE WORLDS ooLossI.
Some OF the Most Celebrated Specimens
of Ancient and Modern Times.

OF Ancient ana modern Times
The Asiatics, the Egyptians, and in
particular the Greeks, have excelled in
these works. Tho most celebrated
Egyptian colossus was the statue Of
Memnon in the plain Of Thebes, sup
posed to be identical with the most
northerly OF two existing colossi (60 feet
high) on the west bank Of the Nile.
Among the colossi of Greece the most
celebrated was the Colossus OF Rhodes,
brass statue Of Apollo 20 cubits high,
esteemed one OF the wonders of the
world, erected at the port of Rhodes by
Chares 290 or 2SS B. G. The statue was
in ruins for nearly nine centuries, when
the Saracens, taking Rhodes. sold the
metal, weighing 10000 pounds, to a
jew, about 653. There is no authority
for the popularly-received statement
that It bestrode the harbor mouth, and
that the Rhodian vessels could pass
under its legs. Among the colossi OF
Phidias were the Olympian Zeus and
the Athena of the Parthenon, the former
go feet high and the latter 40 feet. The
most famous OF the Roman colossi were
the Jupiter of the Capitol, the Apollo
of the Palatine Library, and the statue
Of Nero, ITO or 120 feet high, and
from which the contiguous amphi-
theater derived its name of Colosseum.
Recently rock-cut statues have been
measured at Bamian, on the road be-
tween Cabul and Balkh, the largest
being 173 feet high and the second 120
feet. Among modern works of this
nature is the colossus of San Carlo Bor-
romeo, at Arono, in the Milanese terri
tory, 60 feet in height; rhe statue OF
Bavaria" at Munich, 60 feet high;
the statue of Hermann or Arminius
near Detmold, erected in 1875. 80 feet
in height to the point of the upraised
sword, which itself is twenty-four feet
in length, the height of the figure to the
point of the helmet being 30 feet the
statue of Germania, erected in 1888 near
Rudesheim, afigure "a feet high, placed
on an laborately-sculpured pedestal
over 81 feet high; and Bartholdi S statue
Of Liberty, presented to the United
States by the French nation, and which
measures 104 feet; or to the extremity
of the torch in the hand of the figure
1873 feet. 1t is erected at New York
harbor on a pedestal la feet, is con-
structed for lighthouse with one OF the
most powerful fixed lights in the world
and stands 317 feet above mean tide
/ Ipfaripr
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28
Some Justification. Young man, !"

Some Justification. Young man."
said the Judge, yours is serious case
You called on tho young lady with a
gun in your pocket and murder in your
heart. hardly think you would have
shot at the young woman when she re-
fused your offer unless such was your
performed and premeditated inten-
tion." Indeed I had no such inten-
ton, Judge; indeed hadn't" exclaim-
ed the young man, In the most earnest
tones. "Of course, it made me feel
pretty bad to be rejected-maybe you
have been there yourself-but when
she sat down at the piano and COM
menced to play Johnny Get Your Gun.
l just naturally got wild."-Terre
Haute Express
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28
-"Where did YOU buv YOUR

-"Where did you buy your new
dress Bridget" asked IL lady in SUI
burban Roxbury, the other day, of her
newly imported Irish domestic. "At
Push and Pulls store on Washington
street, it was, ma am" replied the
girl. "'Push & Pull's'P' queried the
mistress. "I really do not recall any
such firm in Boston. Are you not mis-
taken as to the namePn II think not,
ma'am," said Bridget, confidently.
"At any rate, that's what it said on
the door, Boston Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

is but the stepping-stone to those divine in
stitutions, the family and the home, which
constitute the very foundation on which
our nation rests; and upon the health
and strength of the wife, and mother, de-
pends the sunshine and enjoyment of the
home, and the prosperity of the family.
Thousands of wives, and thousands of single
ladies', drag out weary existence in conse.
ouence of perplexing "female disorders"
in total ignorance of the fact, that DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is positive
cure for the most complicated and obstinate
cases of leucorrhea, prolapsus, weak back,
.female weakness" anteversion, retro
version, bearing-down sensations, chronic
congestion, inflammation, liberation, and
kindred ailments. Guaranteed to give sat
isfaction, or money refunded. All druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28
We have often been asked why '

We have often been asked why we
did not establish a Daily Kicker, and
many individuals have promised us
their hearty support In the first
place, we are now running under one
roof great weekly newspaper, har-
ness shop. a grocery, feed store and
IL great boot and shoe house, and we
haven't much spare time, and in the
second place, when we have any
money to throw away We'll do it by
establishing u school of philosophy for
Indians. We've got good thing as it
is, and we don't sigh for the whole
earth. Arizona Kicker.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28
What the Dickens is tho Natter

What makes me so drowsy, yawn and
stretch so, feel cold chllls running down my
back9 Why does my head, usually clear,
feel so heavy and dulll These are inquiries
not unlikely to suggest themselves to the
individual who is not yet aware that he has
an incipient attack of malaria. Nip the
disease in the bud with Hostetter' 8
Stomach Bltters, sovereign remedy also
for kidney complaint, debility, indigestion,
rheumatism and neuralgia.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

An extreme specimen of masher
alighted from four-wheeler and went
round to pay the driver. The poor old
bag-of bones mare turned her head to
gaze at him. Yes" said the driver
(who had only received his legal fare),
confidentially to the horse, as the pas
senger moved away, "thats the blessed
hobject you've been a-drawin' Of"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28
Excelsior Springs, Mo.

Unequaled as health and pleasure resort
Finest Watering Place Hotel in the West.
The waters will positively cure all Kidney
and Liver Diseases, Dyspepsia, Diabetes,
Female Complaints, Skin and Blood Dis
eases, etc
For handsomely illustrated descriptive
pamphlet, apply to F. CHANDLER, G. P. o. L.
A., wabash Line" St. Louis, Mo.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

doesn't it embarrass you to be
kissed by your husband before car
full of people?" "Embarrass meP" re-
piled the lady who was starting off on
a journey, as she seated herself in a
seat and looked at the questioner. Ibid
John kiss me when he said good-bye9
I declare; didn't notice it. Is my hat
on straight, LauraP"-San Francisco
Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

ANY article that has outlived "a years of
competition and imitation, and sells more
each year, must have merit. DoDDins' Electric
Soap, made in 1865 is just that article. ASK
your grocer for it. He has 1t, or will get IL.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

Will be run via Wabash Line to points in
Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Dakota, Col
orado and all parts of the West, on Septem-
ber "a and October 8, 1889. Rate One Fare
for Round Trip. For particulars, apply to
nearest Wabash Ticket Agent.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

THE fashion of women wearing the single
eyc-glass has been started in London. 1t is
chiefly affected by theatrical people.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

THE losses in Pennsylvania alone, from the
floods of May 30 to June l, amounted to $780,
100000 and $500 lives.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

WHEN a young lady begins to manifest an
interest In the arrangement Of q young
mans 8 cravat his bachelor days are num-
bered. 1t is time to begin to hoard money.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

PEOPLE Are Killed by Coughs that Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar would cure.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

DR.. Pierce's Pellets-cleanse and regulate
the stomach, bowels and system generally.
One dose; purely vegetable.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

ARE as small as homeopathic pellets, and
as easy to take rs sugar. Everybody likes
them. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

CLEANTuEs, a philosopher, was pugilist,
and also supported himself at first by draw
ing water and carrying burdens.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

THE Eiffel tower in Paris has been Of
fered Prof Marcy TO enable him to make
studies in photography Of birds in fight,
and very instructive results are anticipated.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

THE pest cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

ALL disorders caused by bilious state of
the system can be cured by using Carter's
Little Liver Pills. No pain, gripping or dis
comfort attending their use. Try them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

If cook books helped people to eat
intelligently there would be none toy
many.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

HONEST men are soon bound, but you can
never bind lSnave.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

EsoP, Publius, Syrus, Terrence and
Epictetus-all distinguished men in ancient
times-were serfs at their outset in life.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

The misfortunes of other people we all
bear with heroic constancy.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

"THIs is the prop her position" said
young man, as he placed his arm around a
maiden's waist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28
Sick Headache

Ts very distressing affection. generally arising
from stomach troubles biliousness and dyspepsia,
and we frequently find persons of both sexes sub
ject to periodic headaches for which they can
ascribe no direct cause. But the headache Is sure
Indication that there is something wrong some-
where, and whatever the cause Hoods Sarsapariila
is a reliable remedy for headache, and for trou-
bes which seem to require a corrective and regu'
lator. It cures dyspepsia, bIiousness. malaria,
tones the stomach, creates an appetite, and gives
strength to the nerves.
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for S. Prepared only
by c. I. HOOD g. Co, Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 DoSeS One Dollar
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

AMERICA -"Tansilrs Punch" Cigar.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28

WHEN a mans coat is threadbare it is
easy to pick l.ole in 1t.
, 1889-02-28

SPEAKING of the republican oppo-
sition to the confirmation of Thomas
Vance as receiver of the Yakima land
office, the Walla Walla Statesman says
"They call him rebel, traitor, and ap-
peared stirred to the very depths of
their rabid natures. Mr.. Vance must
have been a terror to the federals dur
ing the war and probably was to his
parents for year or two after it was
over. He was born in 1866" We
have not seen or heard any such ap-
pellations in connection with the
young man, nor have we seen or
heard any reason advanced for his
appointment except that he is the son
of an ex-rebel general. This, how
ever, did not constitute the principal
objection to his appointment to an i'm
portant office in Washington, which
should require knowledge OF the
country and the people. He is a
citizen OF North Carolina, and has had
no opportunity to acquire the informa'
tod necessary to enable him to trans
act the business of the Office satisfac-
torily. That was the chief reason for
the opposition to him, and it was a
good one. Washington men for the
Washington offices should be the
motto of every true Washingtonian,
be he democrat or republican.
, 1889-02-28
TEXT BOOks AND BRIBERY.

The legislatures of nearly all the
states in the Union are now in
session, and there is not one Of them
that has not undertaken the task Of
reforming the system Of publishing
and supplying text books for the pub
lie schools. This has become to such
an extent part of the routine work
Of legislatures that it might as we'll be
adopted as regular order of business.
1t is not recorded in the history OF any
legislative body, however, that any
permanent good has ever been accom-
plished by an effort to settle the school
book question through legislative
enactments. Such legislation is al
ways based upon the anti-monopoly
theory, but instead Of stamping out
school book monopolies and combines
it usually paves the way for a greater
monopoly than formerly existed. Mean.
while the patrons of the public schools
are compelled b discard the old
books at least once year
and buy new ones. As q
rule the new books are an improve
nient over the old in some particular
features, while in others they are in.
ferior, and as whole less desirable. II
is difficult problem, and will never bs
solved by Legislative enactment tina,
seeks to prescribe all the details of @
system OF school text books. The on
ly thing that can be done by general
legislation in that regard is the laying
of foundation upon which local
school authorities may establish sys-
tenn that cannot be changed within a
prescribed limitation of time. Even
this will admit of corruption in the
interest OF monopolies, but it is better