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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25
RURAL BREVlTIES.

You can run in debt but you have to
crawi to get out
FERTILITY increases from the north
side to the south side of the farm.
IT is a poor crop that will not pay for
keeping an account of its cost and re-
ceipts.
IT is the last load of manure that
feeds your crop. All before that feeds
the land
KEEP the barnyard cleared up. A
nail in horses hoof may cause you
more trouble than it would to keep the
yard clean for Il life time.
BURN nothing that can be rotted by
blowing it down or burying it in the
manure pile. One exception to this
weeds that have seeds mature enough
to grow Burn them root and branch.
BETTER farming is to be secured by
more intelligent effort on the part of
the individual. Better laws can be had
only through the organized efforts of
tions and polls.
KEEP cheerful spirit, stop all
wastes, study the possibilities of your
family and the demand of your market,
and take courage, for we must make
the best of the times that are here if
we are to succeed.
THE ambition needed among farmers
is not to be lawyers, doctors nor politi-
clans, but to be better farmers When
this ambition is general agriculture
will look up and taxation be more
avenlV distributed
A GOOD, well-kept, tasteful farm,
with good buildings, handsome animals
and fine crops, advertises its owners
qualities, and you conclude at once that
he isn't badly depressed nor hankering
TO go west The east is n pretty good
place, if one only thinks so.
To KEEP the barn and stable doors
open has troub9sd many men. The
time spent by the world in hunting up
sticks to prop doors back would take
many years. Yet simple hook on the
barn and a staple on the door-costing
scar cely anything--would do the busi-
ness. old Homestead.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

four or six horses. The frame only is
shown. This Is boarded over, as the
wagon body is removed and otherwise
there would be nothing to keep the
load off the reach. Such rack allows
easy turning whether loaded or empty.
The protectors for the wheels are made
of strap iron, old light wagon tire serv-
ing well. Sometimes half-inch lumber
is steamed, warped and bolted in
place instead, being lighter and also
rattling less Fig. illustrates a rig
ging made for use in carting salt hay
off the marshes of northern New Jer-
sey. A strong frame is first made of
timber three inches square. This is
bored full of holes for wooden rods four
feet long which are supported at the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25
Ahont GranulnteN Honey.

To prevent comb honey from granu-
lating it should be kept in warm
room with free circulation of air. In
such place granulation may be kept
off as long as possible. A cool, damp
place will ruin any honey in the comb
in short time When once granulated,
we know of no way to liquefy it ex-
ccpt to melt the honey and comb; the
wax will then cake at the top, and can
be removed. Even then the honey
will granulate again, if exposed to the
American Bee journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25
A DIRT WHEEL BARREL.
1t Is Better for Farm Work Than the
Average Mheelbarrow.

lt Is Better for Farm work Than the
Average Wheelbarrow.
There has been fierce struggle in
New York city for clean streets. AL
most every known system has been
tried with but poor success. The au-
thorities have now decided to try hand
machinery in preference to horse-pow-
er machines. Hundreds of workmen
go about with the implements illus
trated herewith. They brush up the
dirt with stiff brushes, shovel it into
the barrel and wheel it off to some CEN
tral point where they meet the dump
cart. The machine ,is simply barrel
on wheels, so nicely balanced that it
will tip easily. The hooks in front
make place for broom, hoe and shovel
to hang. For many purposes wheel
barrel like this is better for farm work
than the usual wheelbarrow. One can
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25
BURNING DIAMONDS.
Instances which Go to Show That They
Arc Combustible.

Instances which Go to Show That They
Arc Combustible.
In the year 1894 it was discovered by
actual experiment that diamond would
burn. Then Cosmos III. had one fixed
in the focus of burning glass, and af-
ter some exposure to the rays of the
sun it cracked, corruscated and finally
diappeared like a ghost, leaving not
single trace that it had ever existed,
not even an atom of ashes.
But experiments of this sort were
costly; they were long in yielding any
scientific result 1t was only king
or a sovereign prince that could afford
to see his Jewels vanish like the gifts
of fairy god-mother. Another poten-
tate, Francis l., tried the quality of a
number of valuable diamonds in the
heat of furnace, and may have felt
some qualification when he found that
they had disappeared. This was in 1850,
and about twenty years later scientific
experimenters burned magnificent
diamond in Paris.
A ieweler named Leblanc now came
forward and denied the possibility of
burning a diamond, even going so far
as to accuse the chemist, Macquer, of
fraud in conducting his diamond-burn-
ing operations. He had often, he as
serted exposed diamonds to great heat
with the sole result of increasing their
brilliancy.
A Mr.. Streeter had done the same
with success. But it seems that Le-
Blame only knew half of what Mr..
Streeter knew. When Macquer de-
manded that the ieweler enclose some
diamonds in coal in a crucible, he rash
ly assented and in three hours they had
all disappeared.
Then Maillard, who seems to have
had his suspicious of these operations,
put three diamonds in an earthern
bowl packed in powdered charcoal and
exposed them to intense heat without
injury. Next Lavoisier came forward
with his explanations of the phenom.
ena attending the results of these vari'
Gus experiments. He says that by
shutting out the air, diamonds are pre-
served in the intense heat of fur
mace, but that the admission of oxygen,
which combines with the carbon of the
diamond, allows it to burn almost as
readily as a piece of coal.-St. Louis
Republic.
"A blue heron, measuring six feet
from tin of hill tn tin Of tail and six
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

The wonderful properties of nitrate
of soda are being strikingly exhibited
at the Ohio agricultural experiment
station, where wheat is being grown
continuously under different methods
of fertilizing. Although the nitrate
was not applied until the middle OF
April, it stimulated such big growth
that the plots which received nitrate in
large quantities carry ALMOST thrice as
great weight of vegetation as do the
p, p,ots that had no nitrate,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

rs She enters
womanhood, every young girl needs
the wisest care. Troubles beginning
then may make her whole life mis-
cradle.
But the troubles that are to be
feared have positive remedy. DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription builds
up and strengthens the system, and
regulates and promotes every proper
function. It's a generous, support
ing tonic, and a quoting, soothing
ncrvine "a legitimate medicine, not
beverage, free from alcohol and
injurious drugs, 1t coTocts and
cures, safely and surely, all those
delicate arrangements, weaknesses,
and diseases peculiar to the sex.
A remedy that does cure is one
that can be guaranteed. That's
what the proprietors of "Favorite
Prescription think. If it doesn't
give satisfaction, in every case for
which it's recommended, they'll re-
fund the money. No other medicine
for women is sold Oh such terms.
Decide for yourself whether some
thing else sold by the dealer, is
likely to be "just as good" for
you to buy.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

FIG. 4.

top by board four inches wide
through which they project. 1t is the
same shape as the box to a charcoal
wagon. Salt hay being so heavy and
slipping about SO easily it is seldom
piled above the rack. The contriyance
is heavy, clumsy to turn around with,
hard to hitch into and only commend
able for its service in the salt meadows,
unless some "city gentleman" is to
load, when its use will be imperative
if the load is expected to reach the
barn.-Farm and Fireside.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

Flowers and perfumes are chosen by
fastidious ladies to accord with the
furnishing of the private apartment,
One lady, to whom heliotrope tints are
especially becoming, has her boudoir
draped With heliotrope silk, and u
large bunch of heliotrope is always
standing before marble statuette of
Cupid. In white-and-gold room
daisies are the chosen flowers, and they
being odorless the fragment perfume
of spring flowers is diffused from the
curtains and other draperies, which are
sprayed with the extract, an atomizer
being used for the purpose. -Demorests
MapaZine
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

The through sleeping-car service over
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
and Michigan Central Railroads, be-
tween Cincinnati via Toledo and De-
troit to the fairy island of Mackinaw
and the Northern Lake resorts has been
resumed for the season. These cars leave
Cincinnati every evening, except Satur-
day, at 10 o'clock, arriving at Mackinaw
at GAO o'clock the next evening Ask
your local agent for tickets via c., H. s.
d. or address any c., II. & d. agent or E.
o. Mccormick, General Passenger and
Ticket Agent. Cincinnati. o.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25
FIG. 9.

Here is cheap, low rack and one from
which load will seldom or never slide.
1t has the advantage also of being easy
to take off or put on, as it is in sections
and can be stored in small compass
when not in use.
Fig. shows form of rack that is
popular in the west and in the Cham
plain valley, where the crops are great
and the season long and busy one,
mainly because crops requiring such
hauling are made speciality. Placed
directly on the wagon holsters, enor-
nous loads may be put on suitable for
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

of ~ to inches. Peel them when
bark slips easily and they will dry and
become lighter than plank, durable and
tough. Two short pieces are first laid
across the body, being slightly hewed
where they are to rest, to lie fiat. A
middle support makes the rigging still
stronger. This rack is pinned togeth-
er with seasoned white-oal pins three
fourths of an inch in diameter. These
pins must project to the bottom of the
body at the corners to hold it in place.
At the outside corners they are elong-
ated eight or ten inches and pointed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

Few facts more strikingly show the
progress made during the last half CEN
tury than the case of an aged couple
who have returned to Connecticut after
an absence of fifty-three years 1t took
them in 1888 TO go from Glastonbury to
their new western home in wild Illinois
three weeks and two days. They have
come back in one day and two nights
Hartford Times
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25
A DIRT WHEEL BARREL.

take heavier load with less work on
two wheels. One novel use to which
we recently saw one of these wheel
barrels put was in planting potatoes.
The barrel of seed was wheeled through
the field, and five or six rows were
dropped at one trip, making short jour
neys to the barrel. Rural New Yorker
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25
Its Excellent Qualities

Commend to public approval the California
liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs. 1t is
pleasing to the eye, and to the taste and by
gently acting on the kidneys, liver and
thereby promoting the health and comfort
Of all who use it.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25
FARM AND GARDEN.
SEVERAL HAY RACKS.
rhey Fiji the Requirements of Every Sec.
tion of the Country.


tion of the Country.
Several hay racks are illustrated
here which may fill the requirements.
The first is in common use for cart or
wagon, being made of 2x3-inch scant-
ling bolted together at the angles.
The chief precaution necessary in max
ing this rack is TO make it upright
enough to prevent the wheels from
rubbing it and so increasing the draft
for the team. The objection to this
style is its height and the increased
work of high pitching in harvest.
Sometimes crooked tree is cut and
sawed to make the end cross-pieces the
shape of a in Fig. 1. When this is done
the wheels have to be arched over as
in Fig. 3. For cart, hay rack like
Fig. is excellent, though the same
may be applied to a wagon or adapted
nicely to sled. 1t is made of hemloclS
or chestnut poles of o uniform diameter
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

Tho Burlington Route, O., b. g. Q. r r.
operates 1000 miles Of road, with termini In
Chicago, St. Louis, st. Paul, Omaha, Kansas
City and Denver. For speed, safety, com
fort, equipment, track, and efficient service
il has no equal. The Burlington gains new
patrons, but loses none.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

IT is all very well to offer your sympathy
to man who has followed your advice and
failed, but it is hard sometimes to get him
to accept it-Somerville journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

TIE fellow who lives on his wits must
frequently put up with poor "wittles -
Binghamton Republican.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

IT is the unloaded guns that always go of
at unexpected moments and wreck things.
1t is different with men.-N. Y. Recorder.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

"PooR Jigsbyl He has lost his mind"
.'rm not surprised 10 hear IL. l knew
long ago that his head was cracked. I'm
dianapolis Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

MALE fiirts are to be dealt with at water
ing places this summer. Let no jllty man
escape.-N. o. Picayune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest Piso'
Remedy for Catarrh. Bydruggists. 25c
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

A BosToN woman has been granted q
patent on q stocking supporter which an ex-
pert says will support Boston woman by O
royalty for good many years.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

"A blue heron, measuring six feet
from tip of bill to tip of tail and six
feet one inch from tip to tip of wings,
was shot at Pigeon Eiver, n. C.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

ANY one can take Carter's Little Liver
Pills, they are so very small. No trouble to
swallow. No pain or gripping after taking.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

HAVE no equal as a prompt and positive
cure for sick headache, biliousness, consti-
patton, pain IN the side, and all liver trou-
bles. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25
g August
Flower

The Hon. ]. w. Fennimore is the
Sheriff of Kent Co., Del, and lives
at Dover, the County Seat and Cap
ital of the State. The sheriff is a
gentleman fifty-nine years of age,
and this is what he says: II have
fused your August Flower for sew
"eral years in my family and for my
"own use, and found it does me
more good than any other remedy.
Z" have been troubled with what 1
call Sick Headache. A pain comes
in the back part of my head first,
and then soon a general headache
until 1 become sick and vomit.
At times, too, 1 have fullness
after eating, pressure after eating
&c at the pit Of the stomach, and
sourness, when food seemed to rise
up in my throat and mouth. When
II feel this coming on if 1 take a
little August Flower it relieves
me, and is the best remedy l have
"ever taken for it. For this reason
81 take it and recommend it to
Others as great remedy for Dys-
"pepsia, &C." o
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. S. A.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

THE diplomat who said that tale bearers
could not occupy high places never saw
monkey go for cocoanut tree.-Elmira Ca
zpttp
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

A sALLow skin acquires n healthy clear
ness by the use of Glcnn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 80 cents.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-25

THE penny-in-the-slot machine is great
incentive to the chewing gum industry.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-07-11
Henry LOwry's Good Opinion

Henry Lowry of Flowerrec & l.
owners of "cattle on a thousand hill.
enjoying a visit in the city. Mr.. L@'
business has brought him to this
many times even before there IS
thought Of building a city here. i
great many others he at first put
Falls down as a "bOom town
thoughtlessly concluded there was
ing here to warrant One-tenth %
claims set forth by the friends and
moters of this city.
But" said Mr.. Lowry to IA Tai
representative yesterday, II have
pletely changed my opinion and 10.
any Of your people hold Great fa.
higher regard than | do. Now !
everything here to build up a city
have the water power. cheap fuel "a
farming land, mineral wealth, raiIr
in fact, everything. In less tina
years Great Falls will be the largrs'
in Montana, Mark the prediction.
Mr.. Lowry said this with an ear.
ness that proved his convictiou
will see how near the mark ne is q
adc hence.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-07-11
TIE WOOL

The republican party proposes to make
the Mckinley tariff the issue in the DO
litical campaigns this and the next year.
1t proposes to stand or fall by that meas
ure. 1t knows it cannot go before the
people on its silver record and hence the
tariff will be its shibboleth for the next
sixteen months. The democratic party
accepts the issue and will, hencefOrth,
through its press and upon it's platform
show the absurdity, the inconsistency
and the injustice of that measure. Its e
mics, however, are not confined to the
democratic party. They are found even
in the republican party itself as witness
the following from the Chicago Tribune
which floats the republican flag at it's
masthead:
1.-The men who drafted the wool
schedule of the Mckinley bill made it
the Keystone and the very soul of the
bad measure, were the intolerable and
jDtolerant fools who declared that an in
crease in the wool duties would raise the
price of the Ohio and Michigan %tieeces,
enrich farmers, keep out foreign wool
and wonderfully stimulate the pro-
duction of the domestic article. They
put through their wool schedule drafted
by the Ohio shepherd, and the ex-
perience of the last six months have
shown that they were assinine politicians
and ignorant political economists. They
have damaged the farmers they said they
were going to enrich, and they have
badly injured the party they said they
were going to strengthen AMI make
victorious. Is it not time rOl '.,r..i to
own up that they made fools ii tn.,-
selves and to proceed to un!o ;,.c,r
blunder.:"
What says the Leader to tine above
roasting of 'the men who drafted the
wool schedule or the Mckinley bill:" /,
has been as silent as a last years oyster
on the unenviablc silver record OF its
party. Dare it remain silent when the
pet schedule Of its pet tariff is thus so
numerically berated by "a leading news
paper of its own party?
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-07-11
WILL BE WATCHED.


"The o ardent advocates of the tin
plate duties on the Montana press, who
are either wilfully disappearing the
status of the tin plate industry in the
country, or who are culpably ignorant of
what is being done in that direction,
should read the following from Brad
streets of the 4th inst, and govern their
lying pens accordingly. The standing Of
that journal of trade, finance and public
economy in the business world cannot be
successfully impeachcd, and what it says
concerning a matter of which it is so
thoroughly familiar as that of tin plate
enterprises, my be accepted with conf
dence. Brad,treet's is not a political
organ. u confines itself to statements of
facts 'or the guidance of business men
generally and cannot nave. as far as the
question of tin plate manufacturing in
this country is concerned, any interest or
motive in misrepresenting the facts. At
%tention is called to what it says:
The new duties on tin plate went into
effect on July |, and the circumstance
has naturally been made the occasion of
a considerable amount of discussion as to
the effects of the new duties on the tin
plate industry. Accounts have appeared
OF plans for the establishment of plants
for the making of tin plates, which
give the impression that a vigor-
Gus effort will be made to prosecute
the industry, with what success
to be seen. Calculations re-
gardlng the amount of labor to be en-
in the industry, and the gross
of wages which it will put into the
pockets of American workingmen. are
also INDUCED in and attractive totals are
at. So much for the outlook as
1t appears 10 the mOr ardent advocates
Of the tin plate duties. 1t need scarcely
be said that the progress of the effort to
build up a great tin-plate industry in
The United States will be watched with
keen interest.
The esteemed Leader will please note
hat it is not known yet whether even
plans for the making of tin plates have
perfected. Only accounts have
appeared of plans In the language of
.}radstrcets the TRIBUNE will say. it
need scarcely be said that the progress
the effort to build up IA great tin plate
industry in the United States will be
watched with keen interest.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-07-11
PITTSBURGH. July >. 1891.

ilII>!iL RGii. july .. 1871.
j. BOOKWNLTER, Esq. Great Falls.
Montana Dear Sir: | am N receipt of
two packages containing maps. and illus
t~ratiOns of Great Falls and vicinity, for
which please accept my thanks.
The general view Of your thriving city
taken from a point below the mouth Of
Sun river. is extremely interesting to me.
On the very spot from which the view
was taken ] camped for several days
with five or six men. and at any moment
gazing over the territory now partly oc-
cupied by the city, antelopes without
number. and black tail" and other
deer. could be seen through the field
glass bounding Ovcrthr undulating plain.
That was in 1872 only yesterday | call
it, for it is a scene which never grows old
in my memory. though in your wild,
woody" twooly is good for Montana
western way, you no doubt count such
things as part Of the ancient history of
tn" state.
! see that you hayea dam placed above
Black Eagle falls. With it's aid | should
Judge you must have fully thirty feet of
fall, which should give for the discharge
Of the Missouri which is rarely less
thar 100000 cubic feet per minute, about
10000 horsepower and this power can
be increased to more than 100000 horse
power by utilizing the tails below. This
is on the assumption that Prof. MOrtson's
figures of elevation. presented on page
~ OF the Great Falls illustrated circular
are correct, ! did not complete my sur
vey OF the falls. and therefore have no
figures OF my W for the total descent.
Without any doubt. however, the city
of Great Falls is the most advantage
Ously located place in the United States
between the Mississippi and the Rocky
mountains, and perhaps the best from
sea to sea in the entire country, bearing
in mind surrounding conditions. for
cheap water power With the start you
have as a manufacturing point your city
within a decade or two will. as surely as
night follows the day, become one of the
greatest and wealthiest places in the
western interior. Even now, l think you
should be doing something to light the