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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
FLOOR FOR A DAIRY.
No Material Known to Be Superior to
Cement.

No Material Known to Be Superior to
Cement.
For dairy-room floor, nothing is SUI
perior to cement; it also serves an ad-
mirable purpose in cellars, wash-rooms,
stables, etc. There is no secret about
laying excellent cement floors. Make
an excavation to solid earth, which will
probably be nearly foot and fill with
stone or coarse gravel for foundation.
Use level and square to make the
foundation level. Next mix five parts
of coarse gravel to one of common ce-
ment. Mix dry, then wet slightly and
mix again thoroughly. Spread this two
inches at a time and tramp until solid.
There should be six inches of this; then
the floor is ready for the finishing coat
or liquid stone as it is called three parts
of coarse, clean, gritty sand to one of
Portland cement, thoroughly mixed.
Sift and wet small amount at one
time, and spread an inch in thickness.
1t should be laid in strips as wide as
one can easily reach across with a
trowel. To accomplish the work with
least trouble, get down on the knees on
a board of the thickness that you wish
the cement, and with short, straight
edge keep the floor level. After strip
is laid, go over it with the trowel, MAX
ing it perfectly smooth. Let the floor
harden a few days.-Hollister Sage, in
Country Gentleman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

che poles, with holes for the rod r, that
goes through the tongue. Also rod of
iron goes through the poles close to the
cross-piece. When the bolts are screwed
tight it makes the tongue very solid
In the cut, A is the broken tongue, B
the front axle of the wagon, and P the
poles.
The neclS-yokes are % inches long.
The middle ring is 10 inches from the
outer end of each yoke. The rings on
the end are fastened with clip and
two rivets. A small ring is welded in
each ring to snap the check strap in.
The two middle rings are connected by
third ring, for the middle horses
strap. 1 use hip britching. The length
of the poles and their distance apart
depend upon the size of horses My
horses weigh LOO to 1900 pounds. 1
made my poles as short as possible.
You can see by the cut of eveners Zig
q that can hitch short, and bring the
load close to the back that holds the
poles to the wagon. The poles should
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
Fighting the Hes sian Ely.

Prof. S. A. Forbes gives the follow
ing preventive and remedial advice:
The volunteer grain springing up in the
fields must be closely watched and
measures taken to destroy it about four
weeks after its appearance, as it will
otherwise assist to carry the insect
through the summer. The damage
done will depend, other things being
equal, on the fertility of the soil and
the strength of the plant. If the plants
be strong enough to send out from the
root new and vigorous stalks to replace
those killed ty the maggot, the crop
will not be much injured. From this it
follows that to MAINTAIN the fertility of
the soil is safeguard against any loss,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
INDIAN AND HEBREW.
A Comparison of Some Peculiar Customs
of the Two Races.

A Comparison of Some Peculiar Customs
of the Two Races.
Early travellers among the Indians
claim to have found rites and ceremonies
stril1ingly similar to those of the Jews
George Gatlin, the artist, who spent a
considerable portion of his life among
the tribes, said he believed they had
Jewish blood in their veins, although
he could not go so far as to identify
them with the lost tribes of Israel
The Indians worshiped Great Spirit,
or a Jehovah. ldolaters were never
found on the North American continent
The tribes had their council or medi-
cine houses, which they held most
sacred They had their high priests
and their prophets They followed the
Hebrew custom in not allowing the wo-
men to worship with the men. Fifty
years ago the Sioux exploited the same
belief that they are dancing themselves
crazy about now. They maintained
that the Indians were the chosen people
of the Great Spirit, and that in time
they were to triumph over the rest of
the world through Messiah.
In marriage the Indians had customs
which savored of Palestine. They gave
presents for their wives. In their bath
ing and in their family relations, they
followed with remarkable precision
many of the requirements of the Mosaic
law. They observed certain laws of
publication which the old testament
teaches. Fifty years ago travellers found
no difficulty in discovering the practice
of these rites and ceremonies by the
Indians. But as the line of white set
tlement advanced the Indians gave up
their old customs. Their forms were
laughed at by white men, and many of
them were abandoned. The ghost dance
which the Sioux have been soaring the
frontier with is the old sun dance under
a new name. 1t used to be practiced
very frequently as an atonement cere-
mony.
There was once an Indian feast which
was very like the annual feast of the
Passover. Some of the tribes kept a
feast with branches of willow and pre-
liminary fasting, which bore striking
resemblance to the feast of Tabernacles.
The practice of offering to the Great
Spirit the first green corn and the first
fruits of all kinds was almost universal
among the Indians before they became
contaminated with white men.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
THE CLIMAX.
A Christmas Present That Proved to Be a
Hoodoo.

Christmas Present That Proved to Be a
Hoodoo.
"You seem put out, JIM he said, as
they met in the post-office.
I'm all broke up"
Anything wrong with the girl?"
"All wrong. See this letter? She
regrets that she won't be home this
evening-very sorry-call some time
next year, and so forth"
"And the occasion?"
"Christmas present, you know
brooch set -ahem-diamonds. For
got to take the price mark off, you
know-marked at S165."
81 think | discover"
"Girl goes in aptures-willing to
name the day-mamma all right-gov-
ernor asks me to take cigar with him.
Sure go, and price $4,000 houses and
look up art furniture"
II surmise that comprehend"
Every thing lovely up to a week ago.
Brooch gets out of repair; girl takes it
to another jeweler. See? Jeweler
offers to sell her peck of the same
quality of diamonds for two dollars, and
throw in set of Shakespeare; girl goes
home to tell ma; ma tells pa; finalel
See?"
81 calculate to observe"
"Cool reception; frozen out; no ex-
plantations; good night on an icicle,
Then this--the crisis-the climax. Ia
ta, old boy; broke up-gone up; see me
later at the coroner'sp'-Detroit Free
Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
A Big Georgia Tree.

There is an enormous tree in the Oc-
mulgee river swamp, near Abbeville,
Ga, that rivals the famous giants of the
California forests. The tree is of the
tupelo gum variety, and towers above
the surrounding forests of immense
oaks. 1t is evidently of great age. The
tree is hollow at the base with an aper-
ture large enough to admit tall man.
The hollow extends upward for a dis
tance of fifteen feet, affording space
enough for two stories. The hollow at
the base is twelve feet in diameter. -
Chicago Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
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FIG. 2.

be wider apart at the ends than at
the cross-pieces. Mine are 2s inches
apart at cross-piece and S6 or 3s inches
at the ends.
use an evener that 1 use on sllly
plow. This kind of rig causes the
wheels of the wagon to follow the in
side feet of the two outside horses and
prevents the wheels from getting in the
ruts, and with the neck-yolxes de-
scribed, team can hold back with ease.
ID. NJ. Cornell, in Ohio Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
1HE MARCH WIDE AWAKE

Has something for every taste, and all
is of the best and brightest; the maga-
zine is made for the young people, but
the contributions are of such n sort that
every member of the family will enjoy
each page. The number opens with
"An 0ld-fashioned Witch Story" from
the Danish, by Laura T.. Poulsson.
"Under G round" is true and thrilling
California adventure, by c. r. Parker.
"Tippetoe," by Maud Rittenhouse, is a
brief, pathetic Southern story. The
serials this year are unique: "Five Lit
tie Peppers Grown Up" by Margaret
Sidney, attracting thousands of readers;
"Cab and Caboose," the railroad story
by Kirk Monroe; and the autobiograph-
ical Italian story, "Marietta's Good
Times" by NJ. Ambrosi. Drawing the
Child Figure" is u novel series of prac-
tical art instruction by the daughter of
the Art-Anatomist, DIR. Rimmer.
The articles of the number cover a
wide range of topics: "Our Government
who made it and why" with fine
portrait of Hamilton, by Hon. John D..
Long; "a Visit to Winchester College
at Commencement Time )" by Oscar Fay
Adams, with the words and music of
the famous old Winchester commence
ment song, "Dulce Domum;'' "How
Grandmother's Spoons Were Made" by
Mrs. ormsbee; entertaining articles by
Prof. Otis II. Mason, Mrs. William
Claflin, Amanda Harris and others;
Prize Problems in Horology," by e. II.
Hawley, of the Smithson ian Institution;
and several pages of bright anecdotes.
WIDE AWAKE is $40 year; 20 cents
number. d. Lothrop Company, Pub
fishers, Boston.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

Rising at morning or evening from some
lowland, often carries in its folds tle seeds
Of malaria. Where malaral feve' prevail
no one is safe, unless protected ty some ell
ncient medicinal safeguard. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is both protection and q
remedy. No person who inAabits, or So
journs in miasmatio regicn OF country,
should omit to procure Chis fortitylng
agent. which is also the finest known rem
edy for dyspepsia, constipation, kidney
trouble and rheumatism.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure
F.. CHENEY e. Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j..
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions, and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West Il Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by oil Druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
Sand as Bedding for Horses.

White sand is valuable absorbent OF
urine, it is cooling to the horses feet,
and may be moistened TO remove the
feverishness of tender feet, and even
relieves the heat and tenderness of
founder. 1t prevents staining of the
coat of light colored or white horses,
and it is an admirable means of thor
oughly cleaning the legs and feet by
rubbing tt UP and down in handfuls.
1t gives a smooth and uniform surface
for the horse to lie upon. An iron
toothed rake readily removes litter and
droppings, while a few handfuls of
clean sand renews the bedding. Amer
lean Agriculturist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

LuNCJe GDWS
sick headache, bilious headache
dizziness, constipation, indigestion
bilious attacks, and all derHnge-
ments of the liver, stomach and
bowels. It's a large contract, buS.
the smallest things in the world do
the business-Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. They're the smallest, but
the most effective. They go to
work in the night way. They
cleanse and renovate the system
thoroughly but they do it mildly
and gently. You feel the good
they do-but you don't feel
them doing it. AS Liver Pill,
they're unequaled. Sugar Coated
easy to take, and put up in vials,
and Theoretically sealed, and thus
always fresh and reliable. A per.
feet vest pocket remedy, in small
vials, and only one necessary for =
laxative or three for cathartic-
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, because they're guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or your money N
returned.
You only pay for the good yon
get.
That's the peculiar plan all DIR.
Pierce's medicines are sold on
through druggists,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
Lovers of the Reantifnl

Will be pleased to learn that collection Of
twenty of the finest scenic views in Wis
consin and Minnesota may be obtained, free
of postage, by the sending Of an address
and fifty cents lin postage, or otherwise,)
to Geo. H. Heafford, General Passenger
Agent, Chicago, Illinois
P. S. AS the supply is limited, early ap.
plicatlon should be made.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
GOOD CLop CRusHER.

A Useful Implement for Preparing Land
for Planting.
For making land smooth and in good
condition for planting, clod crusher is
a useful implement. The one here
shown with seat attached is sent to the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

The Burlington Route, c., b. & Q. r. R,
from Chicago, Peoria Il St Louis, is now
completed, and daily passenger trains are
running through Lincoln, Neb., and Custer,
s. D., to Deadwood. Also to Newcastle,
Wyoming. Sleeping cars 10 Deadwood.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

HARSH purgative remedies are fast giving
way TO the gentle action and mild effects Of
Carter's Little Liver Pills If you try them
they will certainly please you.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

THOSE who use Dobbins' Electric Soap
each week, (dnd their name Is iegiOn) save
their clothes and strength, and let the soap
do the work. Did you ever try itl II not,
do so next Monday sure. Ask your grocer
for il.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

You can't help liking them, they are so very
dose. Carter Little Liver pills. Try them
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

No SAFER REMEDY can be had for Coughs
and Colds, or any trouble of the Throat
than "Broton's Bronchial Troches." Price 25
cts. Sold only in boIes.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

DON'T Neglect Cough. Take some Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar insta,tter.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

THE girl with the reddest cheeks will,
when she secs q mouse, change to yeller.
Boston Traveller.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

MANY an Italian has n personal organ
soon after reaching this country. y.-Texas
SifunRs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
Seat
EfiI

Orange Judd Farmer by subscriber at
Gilmanton, Wis. He has been using
one of like pattern for number of
years, and says that by it's use the
rough places are made smoother-fill-
ing up all holes. The holes in the
tongue-piece are for the double-tree pin
to suit team. An iron rod holds the
tongue as shown
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

"CAT-HIPPED squeaked the mouse as
Tabby got grip on Washington Post
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

BANouETs are dangerous plaoes: Can a
man be sober wheu his health Is druhkt-
Binghnmton Republican.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

THE front stairs Of club house are gen
orally to be found at the windows.-Bostor
Commercial
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

THE best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

THE worse q mans temper il, the moro
becoming ana profitable 1t will be for him
TO keep it.-BnghaInton Leader.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

SPEAKING of fasting, sailors have been
known to live on salt water for months at a
time.-WashinDton Star.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
FARM AND GARDEN.
rHREe-HoRsE WAGON POLE.

One That Is Easily Made and VIII Bear
Considerable Strain.
Three or four years ago broke my
wagon tongue. bought another and
made thrce-horse tongue out of the
old one. l sawed the pole off about 4
or inches from the hounds and made n
tenon on the end. took scantling
about 2]G inches square and 2 feet 4
inches long, and made mortice in the
middle for the tenon on the pole; also
made a small tenon on each end of the
cross-pieces, as shown in the cut at G..
/ bolted pieces of iron on the ends of
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

Mosr people think Of the marriage tie,
that it's knotty, but It's nice.-St. Joseph
Newa.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

II. a courting-match is not declared of II
must end In O tie.-N. Y. Picayupe
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

NATURALLY enough q man doesn't sliced
on bed of soft down when he gets hard up.
-WashinRton Mirror,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. N.Y.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-05
WONDERS OF THE EAR.
A Department OF Human Anatomy
That Defles the Surgeon.
From The Washington Star.


From the Washington Star.
1.-THE human ear" said scientist, "is an
organ the true inwardness Of which the
physicians have never been able to get at.
They can examine the interior of the eye
with ease by throwing into its dark cham
Der a ray Of light reflected from little
mirror, and of late they have found it pos
sible even to see the gray matter of the brain
by looking through the little canal by which
the optic nerve enters
1.-THE cavity behind the nose they inspect
with the aid Of light placed far back in
the mouth. They have no difficulty In Sec
ing into the stomach by an electric appa-
ratus, the intestines are likewise readily
enough investigated. and the bladder also.
But the ear, as TO its internal arrangements,
is unapproachable. 1t is even impossible to
dissect it satisfactorily after death, for the
reason that the parts collapse at once whom
the vital spark leaves the body. The drum
in living person bars the way to observa-
ton, and, even though IL be pierced, the
winding passages beyond cannot be seen
through.
'On the other side Of the drum are the
three little bones-the mallet, the anvil and
the stirrup-which act upon each other as
levers. The drum acts as a sort of buffer,
and the mallet, Immediately in contact with
it, conveys the sound waves through the
anvil and the stirrup to The 'cochlea,' a
spiral shell-shaped chamber just behind
and above the external opening of the
ear. The shell is composed Of filaments Of
the auditory nerve ooiled spirallv and each
one erect and waving TREMENDOUSLY in
response to the slightest wave Of sound.
They carry the sound impression directly
to the brain. and so delicate is their sensi-
tiveness that the hearer perceives not only
the degree Of loudness but even the finest
quality of sound, the harmony of tones
and the distance from which it comes. The
moment that life becomes extinct, however,
the spiral she'll of nerves collapses, and the
marvellous organ is a dead thing, unsatis-
factory to the investigating anntomist. If
only it had been found possible to examine
the internal structure of the living ear,
aural surgery might, perhaps. amount to
something to-day.
"The SC enoe Of treating the eye was born
when Helmholtz invented the simple instru-
ment called the ophthalmoscope for in
speeding its interior. There are plenty of
ear doctors. and people pay big prices for
being treated by them for deafness, but did
You ever know Of a case where the patient
was really much benefited by anything che
could doi ! have known dozens of deaf
persons who have persistently sought relief
at the hands Of aural specialists, but not
one or them has been cured or materially
helped, simply because science has
achieved hardly anything in that branch
Of knowledge"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-05
VERSE BROUGHT FORTUNE.
But the Man Who Writes Candy
Notices Bas Won No Fame.
From the Boston Journal

From the Boston journal.
On the top floor Of one Of the tallest
buildings of upper New York tolls an old
man who has probably written m IRE poetry
than any other single man living. His bust
ness is that Of writing poetic" notices
which one finds in the cheap candies OF the
day. Poetry which could never see the
light of day IN any other way is hidden In
these tissue papered parry" candies.
had an interesting talk with this man
a few days ago. He has been twenty years
in the business, is over 60 years of age, and
has accumulated fortune, although he
still keeps up the same monotonous poetical
grind. at is a curious trade you think,
suppose" said the old man, yet some one
must do it, and it is very probable. have
built fourteen city and country houses out
of it, and In year or two shall lay down
the pen for good, and let some one else take
up the work. How do ] write 90 muchl
Why il hes become se sond nature to me.
These notices are simple, anything will
dc. and the more silly they are the
better. know ii is perfect trash,
and it is preposterous to dignity the
things with the word poetry / spend
three days every week here, and reel of, I
suppose, a hundred of these things every
day. Why, / often eat my lunch in one
hand and write with the other. Yet, as !
say, it is profitable, much better than
writing bad novels, for. after all, my verses
never do any harm. They are silly. grant
you, but perfectly harmless, and young lads
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-05
A RACE PHENOMENON.
The West India Black Men Beginning
to Cypress the Whites.

From the National Observer.
1t is fact that all over the British West
Indies, with the exception OF Barbados, and
especially in two OF the most valuable and
important islands, steady aud determined,
though unobstrusive, effort is making by
certain ambitious black and colored men in
Office, in journalism, and in the professions,
gradually to Gust the whites from commer>
cial enterprise and public life, as a prelirni-
nary to making existence generally impos-
sible. The home government Is over and
over again induced 10 make and confirm
appointments Of men who, while apparently
working in auity with their respective sd
illustrations and with the white people
they hate, are really doing all In their
power to subvert the white supremacy
chiefly by pushing black and colored men
Whose only qualifications are reading,
writing, aud unbounded impudencc) into
subordinate positions where they may hope
to leaven the oaicial lump. When ladies
are pushed aside in the streets by black
loafers; when the black servant who steals
from you almost under your very eyes
dehes you to prosecute him. when officials
OF sthe highest character are hbeled in
public prints by men beneath the intellect
ual level Of an English street boy-and that
in terms which, through INSCRIPTIONS in
termedlarles, may actually pass 10 the colo
NAL Office, or even to the House of Com
mons, ss the utterancss of white men of
position-the time has come to speak out
plainly.
No wonder that year by year the hopes Of
West Indian whites turn more and more
toward the United States; not one of which
Is silly enough to allow the negro danger
GUS amount Of commercial or political
power. So much for the disease. And
what is the remedy Simply that the
colonial Office look to it that it knows ia
whom II trusts. Properly supported by the
colonial Office, O compact and well-organized
party of loyal English creoles and other
whites in the West Indies might hope for
perpetuity, so long as the mauliness and in-
tellectusl character Of the people are main
tanned" Without such party, 50 sup
ported. within thirty years West Indian
prosperity will 60 over the precipice ctis
already on the edge with crash which
will be felt throughout the empire.