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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
HOW MOUNTAINS WERE MADE.
A Scientific Description of the Peculiar
Process.

Scientific Description of the Peculiar
Process.
Foremost in their geographic import
ance and in the intricacy and signifi-
cance of their geologic structure and
origin, are the mountain belts which
consist of folded rock formations The
strata forming the upper part of the
earth's crust are bent up and down in
long, nearly straight or curving, wave
like ridges and troughs, and where
their disturbance was greatest the sue
cessive ridged folds are closely pressed
together. The waves of the rock struc-
ture are then pushed to such steepness
that their sides become parallel with
each other, and the entire fold is driven
forward into an inclined position. The
order of the strata on the lower side of
the oppressed fold is thus inverted; the
originally highest and last formed de-
posits there lie beneath older beds, in
an overturned series. Subaerial erosion
then wears down the undulations and
the crests of the closely folded strata,
often planning them off until long
section, crossing mountain ranges, passes
from older to newer beds, and onward
from newer to older, in several alter
nations, having throughout the whole a
nearly constant steep dip. Owing to
the interbedding of hard and enduring
sandstone, quartzite, gneiss, and other
rock formations, with more easily
eroded limestones, shales, incoherent
sandstones, or schists, the erosion com.
monty PRODUCES a new topography,
making hollows and long valleys wherc
the most erosible beds have been re-
moved, and leaving ridges and noun
tain ranges of the harder rocks. More
than this, when erosion has been con-
tinued through very long periods, it
tends toward the ultimate result of re-
moving the upward curved or anticlinal
portions of the great folds and sparing
the originally lower downward curved
or synclinal portions, until valleys take
the places which were originally occu-
pied by the highest upheavals, while
the original troughs, where the rocks
were most compacted by pressure, re-
main now as the principal mountain
ridges. Under denudation, the folded
mountainous belt fulfills the prophecy,
Every valley shall be exalted, and
every mountain and hill shall be made
low. Warren Upham, in Popular Sci,
encc Monthly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
SHADING CELERY PLANTS.

plants, with good watering
night after setting and with the
shade given them after eleven a. IN.
and until night, never wilted and
apparently grew right along without
check. The boards are held in position
simply by little stakes driven into the
ground slantingly. AS the plants are
set six inches apart in the rows, a
board fourteen feet long width may be
from eight to twelve inches) will thus
shade about twenty eight plants, and
ten or u dozen such boards will be suffi"
cient to shade n pretty fair supply of
celery for an average-sized family.
There are probably few farms where
all the old boards needed for this pur-
pose could not easily be found or Sc
cured. Recourse to this subterfuge will
make success with celery pretty sure.
In September the boards may be thrown
back, the plants hoed and handled pre-
paratory to bleaching, and perhaps
blanched by the use of the same boards,
setting one line on each side of the
row, thus encasing the plants between
two upright boards so that only the top
leaves are sticking out above. The
boards employed for shading will, of
course, be enough for half the patch
only. The other half may be bleached
in the same manner, either by using
more boards or by using these boards a
second time, after the first half of the
patch has been sufficiently bleached for
use and is taken up. Otherwise the
second half may be bleached by earth
ing up in the old familiar style.
j hasten the bleaching of part of my
white plume celery by wrapping each
plant in several thicllnesses of ordinary
newspaper, held on by small rubber
band, and of another part by putting
one of my blanching tiles over each
plant Celery to be managed thus, or
to be blanched by boards, may have
the rows as near together as indicated
in my sketch, say two or three feet;
but if to be blanched by earthing up,
the rows ought to be at least four feet
apart.-Farm and Fireside.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
RURAL sREVlTlES.

CAREFUL observation throughout an
extended portion of almost any of our
best farming districts will show that
not one farmer in ten exercises due
care in the management of the manure
produced, even allowing it to go to
waste while buying commercial ferti-
lizers to take its place.
BUCKwHEAT and corn are fattening;
wheat is best for eggs; oats come
next to wheat. Rye, sun-howers and
sorghum can be used to make up good
variety. Ground bone and oyster shells
help form egg shells and sand and
gravel help the gizzard to grind the
food.-St Louis Republic.
IT is a good thing to be systematic
Teach your boys this. Let them be-
gin by keeping record of every thing
of the weather, of the work done on
the farm, the loads taken in of each
crop harvested, the cost of everything
bought or used, and the inco me from
the sales made. 1t is good practice.
WHEN commencing to feed out the
silage this fall keep in mind that to OBJ
tain the best results it should not be
fed alone Combine it with clover hay
and you have an excellent coarse
fodder. Then for your cattle, and for
making milk and beef, use in con-
nection with this bran, shorts, corn
meal, etc.
The Chinese are the best gardeners
in the world, not even excepting the
Germans The reason for this is that
they count all labor we'll spent that
adds an iota to the richness of the soil
They save fertilizers and manures of
all sorts with methodical care that is
wholly unknown to our advanced agri-
culture.
Roor crops cannot be considered di-
rectly as fat or flesh producing, but
they make an agreeable change of diet
and are valuable to use in connection
with mo7e concentrated foods, such as
corn, bran, oil meal, etc. Consisting
mostly of water, they have loosening
tendency that must be counteracted d
with heavier food
In is conceded that when a COW has
good pasturage in summer she should
produce more milk and butter than
when fed on dry food in the winter,
but at all seasons of the year the COWS
should have proportion of grain;
sorn meal and bran being excellent,
especially whom the cows have recent
ly calved and Hre in full flow of milk
FooD is best when it contains a va
riety of constituents. Phosphates sup
ply the growth and waste of the bones;
organic matter rich in gluten, al albumen,
legu;nen, etc, are the flesh formers,
and matter containing sugar, starch or
oil, supply the carbon or fat The
food t. be perfect must eontain ell the
elements necessary far the object
sought,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
And the Illckers subsidized.

1t will pay any honest milk producer
to have the milk test introduced into the
factory where his milk is worked up.
To illustrate: In a large factory il
was found that the yield of butter from
the weight of milk was suspiciously en-
ratio, so it was resolved to get milk
tester. There was "high kicking" on
the part of several of the patrons (?)
and few got up so high on their long
ears that they swore they would not
stand the innovation and withdrew
from the factory, which lessened the
weight of the milk received two thou
sand pounds per day. But 10 and be-
hold with the milk of the "high kick
ers" left out the factory made more
butter Immediately following the test
ing than it made when their milk was
added to the Pool.-Farm, Field and
Stockman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
FARM AND GARDEN.
SHADE FOR CELERY.
When Protected from tho Sun the PIar
Will Thrive Anywhere.

WhGn ErOtCcteN from tne sun tho Plnnt
Will Thrive Anywhere.
The greatest obstacle to healthy,
vigorous growth in celery plants, just
set out in permanent bed or yet to be
set out, is the burning sun of midsum-
mer and early fall, especially il its eff
fccts are given still greater emphasis
by accompanying drought. If little
shade can bc provided in some way the
plants will grow even with more thrift
than IL given extra stimulus in the
way of manuring, and, perhaps irri-
cation. Perhaps we can manage to
provide shade by setting our plants in
row on the north side of row of
corn or other tall growths, or in the
center between two rows of trees III
an orchard of from two to four years
planting. A row of white plume celery
in my garden, planted out early in
June and having the benefit of very
slight shading by row of tall growing
peas, has done better than another
planted in full exposure. My later
celery (for winter and spring use) is
given very effective shading by
means of boards set on edge along the
west side of the rows at an angle OF
fifty or tifty-hve degrees, as shown in
accompanying sketch. The rows in my
garden are north and south, which is
owing TO the 'lay of the land"
would prefer to have them east and
west and to have the boards on the
south side, thus securing shade for the
plants during the middle of the day
and sunshine mornings and nights.
am quite satisfied with the eff
feet as it is, however, for my
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
ANIMAL WORSHIP.
Pecnlinr Customs and SuperstitiOns
the Ancient Egyptians.

pecnlInr Customs and Superstiiions of
the Ancient Egyptians.
One of the most singular customs
among the ancient Egyptians was the
worship of animals. In the light of
modern days their devotion to these
sacred animals displays many absurd
tiles 1t was considered capital crime
to kill any of them voluntarily, the of
fender being duly tried and immedl-
ately executed. If an ibis or hawk was
accidentally killed, the unfortunate
cause of it's death was very often put to
death by the people without the form
ality OF trial. Should it so happen
that man found the carcass of either
Of these birds he would fall upon his
knees at its side and loudly cry out that
he had found it dead
Cats were also looked upon as sacred,
and at the death of tabby every male
inmate of its owners house cut off his
eyebrows When n dog was buried
each man shaved his head and body.
They carried their hawks, cats and
dogs in all war expeditions, and those
that died were salted and prepared for
burial ut their homes, with as much
care us would be taken with human
being.
In addition TO these animals and birds
there were sacred bulls, crocodiles and
beetles, the latter being especially re-
vered on account of being considered n
type of the sun. These curious people
also entertained curious notions regard
ing its mode of reproduction, in which
they traced analogies to the movements
of the other heavenly bodies. One spe-
cics was dedicated to the sun, another
to the moon and third to Thoth or
| Iiermcs
Many plants were also looked upon
as sacred, the principal, us is well
known, being the lotus. In this flower
the Egyptians found an illusion to the
rising of the sun from the ocean, from
the fact that its blossoms are thrown
above the surface of the water
Peach trees were sacred to the great
Harpocrates, the god of silencc-a del.
| ty supposed to be the same as Horus
the son of Isis. Leeks and onions, the
acacia and the heliotrope were wor
SHIPPED and consecrated to the sun, anC
the laurel was considered the noblest o.
all plants Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
pAlRYlNa COS pRoFl1.
Good Management tho Keystone Of r
nancial Sucursg.

Good Management tho Kcystone Of n.
nancai SUGGEST
Last year great wall went up from
the dairy region of certain eastern
state ut the low returns for milk prod
ucts. "There is no money in IL; we are
keeping our cows at loss" cried the
majority. We were, however, person
ally cognizant OF many dairymen who
were actually laying up money on those
very prices. They were not close-tisted
misers either; but farmers enjoying all
of the good things of life. What was
the secret then of their making both
ends meet and having a surplus left
over, on an income that their neighbors
found insufficient to balance their an
nual outlay?
1t was simply frugality, or in other
words wise economy that did it. The
farm was made to yield, aside from the
dairy, nearly enough to supply the fam
lily treasury so that at least part of
the dairy income could be applied to
farm improvements or invested else
where. This is not fancy sketch, but
an array of veritable facts coming UNI
der the writer's observation. They
confute the idea that common dairying
cannot be made to pay in this year of
grace 1891. BY the way if all depart
ihents of agriculture cannot be made to
pay here in America during this great
labor-saving age, when has it or when
will it ever become - profitable bust
ness?
Bad management will work ruin in
the dairy as quickly as it will in any
other business, and to succeed at milk
husbandry we must be frugal in dairy
matters as well as in others. There
will always be poor, complaining, un
successful dairymen as there Away:
has been, but this casts no slur on the
liability of the business; the object
should be not to become one of these
malcontents.-Ge Il. Newell. ir
Prairie Farmer
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
to the runners a little more

than half way to the front from the
back end. A stout beam was secured
to the runners by the bolts, which Sc
cured the ends of the tire which was
between the runners and the beam. A
swing bolster was attached to the beam.
The heavy tire braced the sled and held
it in shape. The raves and wide beams
being dispensed with, reduced the
height of the sled and made loading
easy. 1t also made it lighter and easier
TO handle in places where the team
could not place it in position to load.
Being used without tongue allowed
of its being turned short on crooked
roads or dodge about among standing
timber.-Cor. Farm and Home.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19

The people of Hamilton, o., one OF
the most noted cities in the United
States as well as the most prosperous
of the many thriving ones on the line
of the @. II. & D., celebrates the hun
dredth anniversary of its birth, Septem-
ber II, 1S and 10. Just hundred years
ngo Gen. Arthur st. Clair, then gov
crnor of the Northwest Territory, with
an army of 1900, marched from what
is now called Cumminsville to the pres.
ent site of Hamilton, on the Big Miami
river, and erected n stockade fort
which he called Fort Hamilton.
1t was n Wilderness then, and in
a hundred years il has been transformed
into busy city. The celebration will
begin Thursday, September II, with a
beautiful pageant, entitled THE Feast
of Flowers and Youth" Friday will be
day of concerts, and meetings ad-
dressed by prominent orators and old
settlers The Celebration will conclude
on Saturday with grand concert by a
chorus of 500; historical Grafton by Hon.
Joseph Cox, of Cincinnati, magnificent
fireworks and a mammoth parade. The
latter will be reviewed by Gov Camp
bell, of Ohio, and the governors of Ken
tuclSy and Indiana. The C.. II. & ID.
| announces the sale of round trip tickets
at one cent per mile to Hamilton and
return on September 70, from Cincin
natl, Lima, Indianapolis, Chillicothe
and all intermediate points.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
scrapings from tho Yards.

The scrapings from the yards, that
is, the earth that contains decomposed
manure, will be found excellent for all
kinds of flowers, and to save such ma
terial for that purpose will recompense
for the work done. Such scrapings do
not consist wholly OF droppings, for
there is always quite large proper
tion of the food wasted, when it is fed
in troughs, and this food, if of grain, is
of itself quite valuable when in tho
condition as it exists on the top soil
by scraping the yards first acd then
spading them, the yards will be in bet
ter condition for the hens Farm and
Fireside
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
A Bright idea.

The smart speeches of children are al
ways off-hand, consequently they are,
as rule, clever.
A little girl of this city likes to keep
n box of candy for long time, but as
it is usually discovered by the other
children she fails to do so. The othe.
day she went to her mother.
"Please give me piece Of camphor.
gum, mamma"
What doyou want of it, Elsie?"
"'ro put in my candy to keep the
mouths out of it," was the quick reply.
Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19

The last grand opportunity to witness
the great historical spectacle under the
auspices of the order of Cincinnatus,
will be Sept 10. The Last Days
of Pompcii" is Pains masterpiece and
the fireworks displays are the grandest
ever given in Cincinnati. The c., II. &c
D. announce this last chance with an
excursion to Cincinnati and return on
Sept. 10 at rate of one cent per mile.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19

The Burlington route, c., B. q Q. r. R.,
will sell from principal stations on its lines,
on Tuesdays, August 25 and Sept 10 and 20
Harvest Excursion Tickets at Lou Rates. tc
principal cities and points in the Farming
Regions of the West, Southwest and North
west For tickets and further information
concerning these excursions, call on youl
nearest c., B. d Q. ticket agent, or address
2. s. Eustis, Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agent
Chicago Ill,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
A Genuine Harvest Excursion

viii be run from Chicago, Milwaukee and
other points on the lines of the Chicago,
Milwaukee q St. Paul Railway, to points in
Western Minnesota, Northwestern Iowa,
sas, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Mon
tana, at cheap excursion rates, September
20, 1891. For further particulars apply 10
the nearest coupon ticket agent, or address
GEO. II HEAFFORD, Genl Pass. Ag't, Chi
cago, Ill.
7. SIT will do your heart good to see
the magnificent crops in South Dakota.
They are simply immense.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
BARE GROUND SLED.

A Handy Contrivance tor Hauling Logs
Across Fields and Roads.
A log sled which recently saw was
made for the purpose of hauling logs
on bare ground. The runners were of
the size and shape of ordinary bob sled
runners. 1t contained roller without
a tongue. A piece of heavy old wagon
tire was bent into a Y shape and bolted
to the roller with the loop end extend.
ing far enough front to admit hook or
clevis. Each end of the tire crossed
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
The Only Ono Ever Printed-Can You Find
the Wnrdo

There is inch display advertisement
in this paper, this week, which has no two
words alike except one word. The same is
true of each new one aprearing each week,
from The DIR. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places "Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name of the word and they will
samples free.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19

-Francisque Sarcey, the French play
wright and critic. is noted in Partisan
theaters as the only man who uses a
single -barreled opera-glass. 1t was
constructed for his special use after he
lost the sight of one eye through cata-
ract. The prediction was made at that
time that he would soon be obliged to
abandon theatrical criticism, but he
still follows it with an ardor that in
creascs with his years.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19

Whether on pleasure bent or business,
should take on every trip bottle of Syrup
of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and eff
preventing fevers, headaches and other
forms of sickness. For sale in SOC and 81 0C
bottles by all leading druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19

Miss Emily Dickinson, whose poems
have been published only since her
death, is said to have left eight hundred
manuscripts of complete poems and
fragments of nearly as many more. Her
shyness amountcd almost to mania, and
her later years were spent entirely in
her own home. She loved children,
and had a habit of lowering gifts to them
from her windows.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
ono rare for nound Trlp.

On September % tickets at the rate OF
one fare will be sold from all points in
territory south of the Ohio river and
west of Indiana TO all points in Ohio,
Indiana and Michigan on the line of or
reached via the c., H. &c ID. or its con-
nections. The tickets will be good
thirty days from date of sale. Ask your
local agent for tickets via the c., ii. 81
D., or address L. o. Mccormick, G.. p.
Il 7. Agent, Cincinnati, o.
WHEN you sec a rattlcsnake with ten rat
tics and button, YOU touch the button and
the snake will do the rest.-rOpcku journal
For any case of nervousness, sleepless-
hess, weak stomach, Indigestion, dyspepsia,
relief is sure in Carter's Little Liver Pills
IL aquatic disturbances tho scullcr is apt
TO be an oar-struclt man.-Boston Courier
PEOPLE Are Killed by Coughs that Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar would cure
Pike'S Toothache drops Cure in one minute.
THAT breaks the long, hot spell, ~ said the
printer when he pied the wCathe.' bulletin.
Washington Star.
BEST, easiest to use and cheapest Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. BY druggists. 25c.
-s
THE clerk who had been stealing for a
long time finally got it.--Elmira Gazette.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19

Even if flying machines should all
prove failure, it seems probable that
within the next fifty years our locomo-
tive n qchinery will be improved suffi-
ciently 70 rival the speed of the swift
est birds. The best railway engineers
of England and America seem to agree
that, with broader gauges and more
careful grading of our railway tracks,
steam locomotives could be safely in
creased to Il size that would make a
hundred miles an hour an entirely
practicable rate of speed Twenty-foot
engine wheels and six-foot car wheels,
at that rate of travel, would not even
involve the risk of u "hoC box.
Voice
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
Cheap Excursion Rates via Chicago, st
Paul 81 Kansas City Ry.

The Chicago, st. Paul 81 Kansas City Rail
way announces a Harvest Excursion AT
greatly reduced rates TO principal points in
the West, Northwest, Southwestaud South
on September Goth, tickets good for thirty
days and covering the greatest variety OF
routes.
For rates, maps and other information
pertaining to this popular route call on OF
address any ticket agent.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
Wothing can be sad

NORtn1 can 0e S6a0
in favor of the best medicine in the
world that may not be said of the
most worthless. In one case, it's
true; in the other, it isn't;-but how
can you distinguish?
Judge by what is done. There's
only one blood-purifier that's guar
anteed. It's DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery-and this is what
is done with it; if it doesn't benefit
or cure, in every case, you get your
money back. Isn't it likely to be
the best?
All the year round, as well at one
time as another, it cleanses and pur.
ifies the system. All blood-poisons
must go. For Dyspepsia, Bilious
ness, Scrofula, Salt-rheum, letter,
Erysipelas, or any blood-taint or dis
order, it is an unequaled remedy.
It's the cheapest, too. With this,
you pay only for the good you get.
And nothing else is "just as good"
1t may be better-for the dealer.
But he isn't the one that's to be
helped.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19

The c., Il. & D. announce very low
rates TO Cincinnati and return from all
points on their lines in Ohio, September
22 and %, on account of the Ohio
Knights Templar Conclave to be held
in Cincinnati. Tickets will be good re-
turning till September 25 inclusive.
For rates. etc, call on or address any
c., II. & d. agent. or L, o. Mccormick,
G. p. &, 7. Agent, Cincinnati, o.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19

M. Gaillard presents himself at the
fire insurance company's office with his
policy. Il wish to draw my indemnity" :"
"Monsieur's property has been de-
voured by fiames?" mo, not that,
But have just moved to new fiat for
the second time. and you know that
moving twice is equivalent to being
once burned out. Paris Figaro.