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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19
ALoVER OF NATURE.
A WeIl-Known Writer Whose Specially
Stories OF Birds.

WeIl-KnOWn Writer whose SpeciAUy II
Stories OF Birds.
A Brooklyn writer, who does not need
to leave her pretty home to attend to
her pen work, is Mrs Olive Thorne
Miller She has speciality, and a
unique one-descriptions of birds and
their habits. Some Of her books are
BIRD Ways" and I'm Nesting Time"
1t is not necessary for Mrs. Miller to go
out into the woods and fields and coun-
try by-ways to observe the pets OF
which she writes. 1t was very we'll foi
Thoreau to live in the woods, aad Johr,
Burroughs may and does tind 1t cor
venient to lurk about slyly to surpri 80
the shy inhabitants OF tree ard nest,
but Mrs. Miller, being a woman-and,
moreover, woman with family
could not do that, so she wisely con-
trived to bring the birds in-doors.
She has room fitted up exclusively
for her pets, and never wore birds bet
ter cared for, according to all nccounts.
Hcre she can observe and train and ex'
pertinent The results of her observa'
tions are jotted down in blank books,
of which there Is one for each bird, In
scribed with its name. Her articles on
this subject are seen in all the leading
magazines, though she does not confine
herself to her speciality. -Topeka
(Kau. Capital.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19
THE DAIRY.

Generous feeding OF all kinds or
stock must be kept up II we would have
full milk pail and egg basket.
Cheese takes the place OF meat in
the diet of the masses in Europe. IL
should be more largely consumed In
America. At the usual price cheese gives
more actual nutriment for the money
than almost any other article OF food.
1t costs at least two ounces OF butter
per COW before the effect Of bad fright
caused by strange dog running through
the milkyard wears away, says an ex-
change With high-bred, nervous AMI
NAL pound may be safe estimate
During the summe.,' writes corre-
spondent 81 will convert my very IN
convenient barn in to one Of convenience
so that can carry on my dairy more
easily" That is right. We wish every
dairyman, for his own interest and com
fort, would do the same thing.
One Of the causes of the spelling OF
so much dairy butter is the immersion
of milk in cold springs without hrst
mixing or airing it. Better results wlll
be obtained IL the milk be gradually
cooled to fifty degrees, mixing WE'LL
than by cooling to forty-five degrees
without mixing.
Scrub cows, stone pots, dash churn,
finger THERMOMETERS, bare hands butter
worker, unstirred cream, billed" shirt
butter cloths-butter per pound ten
cents.-Special butter cows deep-setting
cans, barrel churn, mercurial thermome-
ter, churn-worker, stirred cream, parch-
ment paper wrappers-butter per pound
twenty y-hve ents.-orange Judd Farmer:
Every farmer should have some kind
of milk house, and II they can not al
ford to build one with all the modern
conveniences, every one can at least pus
up rough board shed over some con-
venient spring, or near the well, and let
the waste water run into it. This KIND
of a building fitted with a good trough
for the milk cans, etc, often answers
very we'll, and at least is much better
than no milk house at all.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19
Remarkable Cause of Death.

The Sumterville (F'la.) Times tells a
remarkable story in connection with
the phosphate excitement. 1t says that
several persons have been drowned in
the Withlacooche river while diving
for hidden treasures. "A colored man
named Abrams is the last victim, and
his case was very peculiar one. A
party was sounding the bottom OF the
Withlacooche for phosphate, and when
an extraordinary bone or tooth was dis
covered Abrams would dive down and
bring it up. At last he saw very large
bone and dived for it, but remained at
tho bottom. Waiting few moments
and seeing his body AT the bottom, grap-
plinp-hooks were obtained by his com
rades and his body was brought to the
surface. AS he came up q huge horn or
tusk was seen sticking out of his head.
Upon examination it was found that in
diving he had struck head first huge
elephants tusk that was standing on
the rivers bed in an upright position.
1t had pierced his brain, causing instant
death. The tusk was over four feet
long,"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19
wHlTTlER'S MoCkING-BIRD.
A Splendid Songster That Gladdened the
Poets Home for Years.

"A
Poets Home for Years.
In n bird store over on the west side a
few DAYS ago was much interested in
the efforts made by the proprietor OF the
aviary to induce prospective customer
to purchase full-throated mocking-
bird.
The dubious patron objected that he
had heard that birds of that variety
never lived for more than five years,
that they often died within a much
shorter period and that he was unwill-
ing to expend his money on songster
whose voice would be so soon hushed.
1t was in vain that the shopkoeper
argued that the tale of mocking- birds
wears was much longer than was gen.
orally supposed, and that the five-year
limit was a mere superstitious fiction.
The preconceived notion was indestruc-
tible and tho anticipated customer left
the shop unconvinced.
AS passed on 1 was reminded OF an
incident related to me on the occasion
of visit to the poet Whittier at his
home at Oak Knoll little over year
ago. 1t was the sage of Danver's eigh-
tieth birthday, and while he was re-
ceiving group of literary dignitaries
in his cosy parlor l was having de-
lightful chat with his charming little
eighteen-year-old niece, Phebe, in the
library.
Phebe's love for the domestic pets is
only second to that for her uncle, and
1t was with intense pride that she
exhibited the great black cat, whom she
christened Rip Van Wrinkle in Joe JEFF
ferson's honor, and the mocking bird
whose songs in many keys are scarcely
less tuneful than those OF the gray
bearded Quaker.
The cat and the bird are in perfect
accord, and together with the magnifi-
cent Newfoundland, who is always at
Mr.. Whittier's side, FORM as Phebe says,
"a perfectly happy family of three" F."
"How old is hep" Phebo repeated, when
l asked about the birds age, 80, he is
ever SO many years ahead OF me-" with
n blush and laugh, and then sho told
me of a visit paid to Oak Knoll some
| time before by a rather pretentions Bos.
ton gentleman. who had remarked as he
entered the library, "Ah, see you in
dulge in tho luxury of mocking. bird.
| Well, sir, mark my words, you'll not
| keep him long"
| TO this sage observation Mr.. Whittier
replied dryly: mo, indeed, fear not.
| He has been in the family for moro than
| twenty-five years now"
| Whether that bird is still in the land
| of the living is moro than can tell, but
the fact OF the possibility OF mocking-
birds longevity is TO my mind we'll es-
tablished. If only on bright-eyed Phobe'a
lauthority.-N. Y. Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19
OBJECTS OF EATING.
How the Body ODtaIns Its Supplies G
Warmth and Strength.

Warmth and Strength.
We eat for warmth and strength;
hence almost all articles of food have
both these clements; have carbon to
warm, and nitrogen to strengthen, to
give power to work. Butter, sugar and
oils are almost all carbon. Meats, flesh
of all kinds abound in nitrogen. Food
which has most nitrogen is most 'nu-
tritious." Butter has So per cent. OF
carbon and no nitrogen; an egg has no
carbon and 30 per cent. OF nitrogen.
Milk contains two parts of warmth and
one of strength. Bread contains one
part of nitrogen and eight of carbon. 1t
is thus seen that in reference to eating,
carbon-which is charcoal fuel-and
warmth are one and the same thing;
while nitrogen-which is in effect
saltpetre-gives flesh or muscle, which
are one and the same thing in substance
with strength. 1t Is seen that most ar
ticles of food have more carbon or
warmth than nitrogen or strength,
showing that it takes more to keep us
warm than to keep Us stro3g. a seden-
tary person requires, in round num-
bers, about ono pound of food
n day, while hardworking man
REQUIRES two pounds: thus two
pounds OF food gives out power enough
as steam in an engine gives out
power-to raise a man of average weight
eleven miles high. But calling tho two
pounds 1000 grains, only 800 grains OF
it are nitrogen, the remainder carbon;
that Is, sixteen tines more OF warmth
is required than of strength-producing
food. One practical result is, that as
the world becomes more thickly popu-
lated, the necessity increases OF econo-
mizing food; OF adapting it to various
needs of the sex, occupation ana season.
Persons living indoors should not eat
more than half as much as those VINO
work hard. Less warming food should
be eaten in hot weather than in cold. IL
we eat an excess of warming food In hot
weather we have to work II out the
system at great expenditure OF
strength; and until 1T Is worked OH we
feel full and feverish and oppressed; ON
the other hand, in winter we require an
additional quantity OF warming foou,
hence our instincts lead us to eat
heartily of pork and buckwheat cakes
and butter and molasses, which are al
most purely carbon. In warm weather
we need cooling food and Providence
sends us in profusion the fruits and ber-
ries and the green things, which have
no carbon at all; and while our appetite
for them is ravenous, the very idea OF
fatty food is nauseating. christian at
Work.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19
BILL ARP SURPRISED.
The wonderful Things Children Are Now
Taught at School.

w SChooe
never knew how it was that chicken
could sleep on the roost without falling
off, or how it could hold on to it in a
storm, but they told me that when a
bird sat down the tendonS in the legs
closed up the toes tight around the
limb, and the bird or the chicken
couldn't let go if it wanted to without
rising to perpendicular Tho chicken
stealers know that and will always push
at the chicken before they pull him off
the roost. reckon that must be so for
/ notice now that when chicken is
walking along the toes close up every
time the leg is raised. ! am learning a
heap from these children. | reckon
they can tell me why a cow gets up be-
hind and horse gets up before, and
how many eggs bat lays, and why a
whipporwill cant sit across limb, and
why bean vine climbs round "a pole
one way and hop vino the other. and
what the dew claws are on dogs hind
legs for. Maybe they know how 1t IL
that when horse eats grass the grass
makes hair, and when sheep eats
grass it turns to wool, and when u goose
eats grass 1T turns to feathers. There
is a reason for every thing in nature
and this generation is finding it out.
One would think from the way these
school children talk about hygiene and
what to eat and what not 10 eat and
how to cook it, that there MAS no need
for anybody to die II they would con-
form to science. And it is fact tina,
life can be prolonged in this way and
am glad the children have sach books
to study.-Atlanta Connts ~ lion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19
A aoSIoN EPISODE.
Tho sad Experiences OF = Mas Who wss
Civil to . Woman.

The Rev. Il. r. Hale writes in the
New England Magazine: This time,
Miss Reader, we will not try spinner;
there are no spinners in front OF the
Vendome. Let us take the more de-
corous and slower borse-car. And will
YOU tell me, Miss Reader, how the ladies
behave whom you meet In horse-cars In
Fort Wrangel? There is rather curl
GUS observation made as to the breeding
of Boston women. just read these lines,
which received yesterday from one OF
the most charming women whom have
the pleasure of knowing: "My expert.
ences with Boston women to whom
have been introduced have been very
charming in most cases; but my expert
ences in shops, cars and streets have
been otherwise, and would I'LL volume.
/ have been stranger in New YORK.
San Francisco and Boston, and have
lived in the three cities. In the first
two have asked for information, and
offered small courtesies to total stran-
ers-women--with the pleasantest re-
suits, in no case meeting with discour-
tesy. But my Boston experience has
taught me never to ask question, or
try to help well-dressed woman, oven
when / know her to belong to one OF
the best families"
have these lines in my pocket, as
you see and read them to you because
the last time was on this line an inter
esting thing happened. A young woman,
a little over-dressed, If you please,
stopped the car that she might leave it.
She dropped the parcel she had been
down town to buy. / saw 1t fall and
touched her and told her that she had
dropped her parcel. But, unfortunately
had never been presented TO her; We
had not danced together at Papanti's
nor were we members of the same club
She, therefore, looked at me with the
vigorous manner to which our frienC
alludes in the letter, a good dea
as il had struck her in the face, and IL
this way expressed her Indignation tina
any man should have addressed her wht
had not the honor Of her acquaintance
1 am, however, sixty-eight years old
and stand such things better than
boy does. So said very pleasantly
"You have dropped your parcel, and
is under your feet" Again she resented
the insult with a look--not with word
observe-and swung out of the car, drag
ging the parcel after her by her dress
so that it fell in the mud in the street
There the next horse that came alon
trod upon it, suppose, and | suppos
what is left of it is there now. l al
free to say think it was good enoug
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19
HOT WEATHER CAUTIONS.
Some of the Indispensable Summer Duties
of the Dairyman.

oil the Dairyhians
The air is now full of animal and vege-
table microbes. ready to seize upon so
highly nitrogenous substance as milk,
and not only prey upon its elements, but
make it a indus for the further propaga-
ton of their kind. Hence great caution
should be taken to wash and properly
scald milk implements, and to look
after strainers, wiping cloths, and
every thing that comes In contact with
milk. Drains, slop-holes and all possible
sources of bad odors, should be thor
oughly cleaned and disinfected. The
walls and ceilings should be freed from
mold, cobwebs and dirt, and every lurk-
ing chance for the development or lodg-
ment of bacteria, fungoid growths,
or other causes of decay and disc ase.
In case dry weather should prevail, sac
that the cows do not have access
to stagnant pools, and that they are
supplied with plenty of clean water
without going far to get 1t. The germs
generated in foul water, II taken into
the stomach of the COW, have been found
to enter into the general circulation,
poisoning the blood and diseasing the
milk secretions. Clean water IL indis-
pensible to the hcalthfulness OF the COW
and the wholesomeness of her milk.
Even the germs inhaled by breathing foul
air work much in the same way. A stay
of fifteen minutes in foul stable has
been known to give milk the smell and
taste Of the barnyard. 1t is therefore
necessary to keep stables and other
milking places clean, dry, and airy.
Whitewash should be applied wherever
it can be. Dry earth and common land
plaster should be freely used rs deodor-
izers. Tho plaster is specially recon-
mended, and there is no better way OF
applying it to the soil than through the
| manure spread over it Cleanliness in
| milking Is moro than ever necessary in
hot weather. No haste or press OF other
business should be permitted to in any
way cause neglect of duty in tho dairy.
-Exchaugc.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19
BACK TO THE SENDER.
Around the-world Letters VIII Not BE
Forwarded Through the Mails.

FORWARDED InrOuRn tne
In some form or another the question
is constantly being presented to the
Post-Ofice Department by enterprising
citizens who want to crafty their curl
osity by ascertaining how long it would
take letter to go around the world in
the regular mail channels. A short
time ago citizen of Bloomington, ILL.,,
started letter of this character on its
Journey, with the request written on the
outside that postmasters would please
hurry it along. 1t got as far as San
Francisco and the postmaster there,
being aware of the clause in the postal
regulations-which, by the way, has
been there since 1SS0-prohibiting the
carving in tho mails of postal cards
or letters addressed to go around the
world" forwarded the letter to this city.
The acting superintendent of the for
eign mails office, N. NJ. Brooks, prompt
ly had the letter returned to the sender,
and he informed the postmaster at San
Francisco, as lie has thousands OF others
since the year 1880, that in consequence
of objections raised by the British and
Hong Kong post departments. through
whose services this class Of correspond
ence would necessarily pass, it has been
found necessary to discontinue forward
ing such mail matter. Under the rules
of the postal union such matter can go
around the world for one postage, and
these governments concluded that the
pay was not large enough for the work
done to engage in experiments for the
qualification of idle curiosity.
Before this regulation was put in
force, however, several around-the-
world letters were received at tho for
eign mails office which had made the
trip in about eighty days.-Washington
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19

Pastor--I can't understand why some
members of my choir don't sing as we'll
as the others.
Friend-It 10 strange. They all have
the same chants. Detroit Froe Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19
melancholy Days.

Bob Easy-Cheer up, Jack. You
shouldn't borrow trouble.
Jack Short-Humph! It's tho only
thing my credit is good for Puck.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19

"A Georgia editor leads all the papers
ON the guessing schemes. 1t asks its
readers to guess who owes three years
subscription and refuses to pay " IN
sweet potatoes"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19

Sometimes a man is hard-working
man and then again sometimes he is
only hard workingman.-Terre Haute
Express.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-01
SHARP PR1crs In CurIrar.

The nrst Of last August gave import order fol
large lot OF Scissors. Some months. you can sss
before the new tariff went into effect. which enables
to sell them 40 per les than the regular price
but for leader viii do sti better. Thess Scsson
extra hne steel. emery ground. fun nickel plated
every pair (warsnted). They VIII hold an edee and
can b TshsEpsned whenever needed Sizes 81 TO Z
inches. Regular prices. 20. IS. SO. Co. 90 60 90c.,
81 10 PAIR. 1hess the loves prices that they
can Be bought for in any hardware Store In the
try. This We viii guarantees. but Sharp starsrzu
Cutlery you can have your choice of any ase from ~
70 z inches for 3oc. pair.
v. A. PIERCE CO..
saocssson 10 Z a. Davis
1e Nazkss spseA
Il Cor. Oh -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-01
Fun Cares.

Astrachan Fur Capes tmade Of whole skins and not
pieced many are). Sizes SO to 40 We are over
stocked with these Capes. have reduced them
from el2 to % EACH What nicer for holiday pres
ent than Good Fur Cape. aud then you save % on
each Cape
One Real Monkey Fur Cape. with Alaska Seal and
collar; storm collar. Size 30. Regular price, e37.
Marked down TO $50.
One Monkey Fur Cape. with Persian Lamb collar.
Size 80. Regular price. $50. Reduced to e25
Astrachan Cloth Capes. AL sizea Regular price,
%. Reduced to S4.g0 each. These Capes are well
made, satin lined, with storm collar.
One White Bear Set, Nun and Boa. Regular price,
GA. Reduced to o..
Russian Badger Trimming Fur. inches wide. Reg
ular price, 81. 25. Reduced to :39c. per yard.
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Observation-Disclosures I ! ;i' 'i'
WV H. MckSEws DAILY LETTER.
MONDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1880.


- Now for the Christmas trade, You -
- remainder the pledge you made last -
- Christmas about putting Of your
- buying until the last moment Is -
- care the rush. scramble and other -
- aiscoiliorts by doing your shopping -
- now. We going 10 tempt you
- with few specials
- LINEN INADVERTENTLY
= The increased duty Linen Land -
- kerchiefs will cause many merchants -
- 10 buy cotton and linen mixed. Not
so with u.s. Cor shah sell none but -
- pure linen. Pure linen may not look
- 80 well to the eye. but improves with -
- every washing, while cotton and -
linen liked Will grow yellow it -
grows older and into Sits. -
Ladies' AIl-inen Hemstitched Hand -
kerchiefs. plain White and color-d -
- borders Only l0c. each $40 per -
- dozen. and equal TO many l2}sc. -
qualities.
GLovEs.-R. n. Taylor enjoyed -
the reputation OF having the best
stock OF Fine Gloves in the city We -
have steadfistly maintained that -
reputation and the gloves We sell can
be relied upon TO give absolute salts -
faction.
- Many Of customers buy them -
- by tie half dozen and dozen pairs -
- early in the winter in order 10 Iva sure -
- Of securing their favorite Kind and -
- quality ard their exact size al season. -
- We put them up in attractive fancy -
- boxes II you want good gloves We -
- have them.
- HOSIERG.-we have seru-ed
- special grade of Ladies' Fine-gauSed
- Fast Black Hose of 4 medium weight,
- 10 sell az :sJc. per pair. three pairs for -
- dollar. Worth two pairs q: nc
hose.
- UNDERWEAR.-Silk Unierweara -
- speciality. Black and colors. IN Pants
- and Vests. White silk Vests at 6Sc.
- that ought to be 10. -
- COATS AND CLOAKS.-Only
- word. We hope those who were una -
- bic TO get waited upon saturday will -
- call this week. Having the largest
- and most stylish line of Coats and
- Cloaks we have naturally been busy -
- ever since the season leyan. We will
- not be able TO duplicate our best styles s.
- again. Delays dangerous. -
WILLIAM ii. McKNEw.
(successor to r. II. Taylor.
II G53 Pennsylvania ave- NV.
Observation-Disclosures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-01

The ANIMAL message OF the President of the
United States is always awaited with curiosity
and read by those who read public documents.
with interest Mr.. Bryce saws that the recon-
niendAtlons contained in il are little valuable
as steps toward legislation The message NAV
not really accomplish all that is expected of il.
One reason Is the obvious generality that dis
tmguishes 1t from the special message sent at
Intervals when deemed important by the Ex-
ecutive- But. making al allowance for that
anu other reasons. the Presidents annual
communication TO Congress a, the beginning of
each recurring session Is both an imposing and
useful public paper. In it are discussed most
OF the great measures. the Ma ton. and to some
extent the Larger world outside. are discussing
Messages have always been bulky, The SrAH
thinks beyond absolute necessity III the lesser
ideas were omitted. left TO the departme n tai
reports, and only the greater ones presented in
a e"mPendious shape. the public would seldom
be loser. OF course an exception should
marx moment OF national crisis. The second
annual message Of President Harrison il
shorter. a. Was to be expected, than its prede-
cessor In less than twelve Thousand words he
discusses In crisp. direct, business-like style
the state OF the republic and its relations with
foreign governments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-01

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25c Nah Brushes. warranted .................2l gle
DC Unbresksble Rubber Combs 2lc
Soc English Bristls Hair Brushes .l5c
81 Hspd painted whisk Holders .............. $50
l6c. Bottles Best Bay Rum. l6c
25c. bottles Best Florida Water. .21c
6c. bottles Ammonia
Oc. bars Pure Castile Soap.
(Couhnusd.)