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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07
CHOICE SHEEP WRINKLES.
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MARK those ewes that have disap-
pointed you; don't be fooled twice by
the same sheep.
Fowls of any kind are nuisance
about the sheep barn, and should be
carefully excluded.
ANY breed of sheep is good if they
have shepherd; all breeds are poor if
they are neglected
MIX little sulphur with salt; it en-
riches the blood and disagrees with
ticks and other parasites
AFTER weaving lambs, milk the ewes
twice week and keep them on the
shortest pasture until dry.
EXAMINE carefully every ewes udder
before deciding to retain her as mem
Der of your breeding flock. If you find
one side spoiled, reject her.
Do NOT overstocl1; better keep too
few rather than too many. If a flock
profitable as flock of ten, shepherds
would be clothed in purple and fine
linen"
OLD, broken-mouthed ewes are dear
at any price. If they can not be sold to
the butcher feed them to the crows in
I'm the fall-they will get them anyhow
before "the voice of the turtle is heard
I'm the land"
ALL sheep are subject to both inter
nal and external parasites. Feed them
occasionally little hardwood ashes or
finely pulverized tobacco, which will
free them from worms and improve
their general health.
If you are giving it to them as warm
slop, one pint of grain each, three times
a day, stirred into enough warm water
TO make it into thin mush, the lambs
will dance and the ewes cry out for joy
every time they hear the rattle of your
pals
KEEP well-trained Scotch terrier in
the sheep barn; he will clean up the
rats and give notice of the approach of
prowling ours or thieving tramps. The
sheep will soon become familiar with
his presence, and he may run between
their legs or over their backs without
exciting them in the slightest.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07
FARM AND GARDEN.
POULTRY AND TOOLS.
A House That Serves Two Purposes Ex-
ceileutly Well.

A House That Serves Two Purposes Ex-
cellertly Well.
On many farms the hens are allowed
to lay their eggs about the barn, under
1t, or in fence corner, and to roost
wherever they can find foothold, re-
sulting in the frequent loss of eggs,
and in the vexatious soiling of wagons,
tools, and the premises generally. 1t
is also true that there is frequently no
place in which to store farm tools.
The plow is run in under the wagon,
and the moving machine occupies an
end of the barn floor during that por-
ton of the year when not in use, VIII lie
other tools. find resting places, some
within and some out of doors. 1t hard
ly needs argument TO show that such a
course is both wasteful and inconven-
lent. Such condition of things may
be remedied by constructing u building
like that shown in the illustrations
building that can be readily and cheaply
put together by one at all handy with
tools. 1t may be placed on one side of
the barnyard, thus affording desirabl G
windbreak. AS shown, it may face
either east or south. 1t could, of
course, be made to face the west also.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07
In the Big Sandy Region.

ZIP the sorghum region of the Big
Sandy river, said wholesale merchant,
"are some of the most abject people to
be found on the face of the earth. In
many instances they allow the pigs to
run under their houses, and while the
family is eating, the pigs may be seen
searching under the floor for crumbs or
such bits of food as should escape. In
many places the boards composing the
floor are half an inch apart and you can
easily imagine the odors that rise from
thence, and permeate all parts of the
house. The household furniture is very
meager and seldom extends beyond a
plain pine table, a few broken chairs
and cracked stove. The clothing
these people wear has the appearance
of having been mildewed years ago, and
has lost all traces of original color. -
Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07
THE DAILY ROUTINE.
Success In the Poultry Yard Depend ant OF
System.

success III the POuItry Haru Depenugnt on
System.
In the care of fowls no one thing is
more important than system, says the
Poultry Journal. There should be a
daily routine. II must be some.
body's business to attend to the fowls
punctually at just about the same time
every day-just as much as it is essen
tial to the well-being of a well-ordered
family to have the meals at regular
hours, the washing done on Monday,
the ironing on Tuesday, the baking on
Wednesday, the sweeping on Friday,
etc. IT is just as essential as it is to
groom the horses, milk the COWS, clean
out the stables, feed and water all
around, regularly and daily, week in
and week out.
In moderate weather fowls may
have their morning feed at sunrise, but
in very cold weather it is best to let
them stay on the roosts, where they
are warm, until the temperature has
somewhat moderated. Then the feed
ing room has been swept out, small
quantity of feed placed in the troughs,
and the fowls driven off their roosts IL
they do not come down of their own
free will. In cold weather warm feed
may be given-boiled potatoes mashed
with Indian meal or any thing of the
kind-and the drinking vessels should
be washed out and filed with warm
water. In moderate weather warm
feed and water are not desirable ex-
cept for fattening fowls.
AS soon as the fowls have left the
roosts, the attendant should take the
perches down, one by one, scrape each
of any adhering dirt, and set them out
side the house. Then the droppings
should be scraped togethir and thrown
into barrel with all the sweepings:
The dust bath should be examined any
droppings taken out, and dust added if
necessary. This is about ten minutes
work altogether. At noon the fowls
are fed again. This is usually the best
time to give soft feed, meat, condi-
mental food and green's. The eggs are
taken up, placed in boxes or drawers,
and either the eggs or the boxes marked
with the date. Just before sunset in
winter, and at about six o'clock at
other times, the fowls are fed hard
grain whole, the nests are examined for
more eggs, the roosts are replaced and
the house is made snug for the night
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07
UNDESIRABLE PATRONS.
How They Are Treated in the Aristocrat
Eating Houses.


Eating Houses.
"How in the world do you manage to
keep undesirable patrons out of your
cafe?" was asked, the other day, the
manager of one of the most aristocratio
diuing places in the city.
so, that is very simple matter, but
1 do not think l should care to make it
public, myself. If told you, might
afterward be obliged to deny having
done so, and it would pain me to be
obliged to be untruthful."
81 will tell you" remarked by.
stander who was an habitue of the
place" When person known to be OF
bad character manages to get into the
restaurant, he is received with the
greatest possible politeness, his order la
taken and then the waiter disappears.
The person waits and waits, but the
waiter never comes back. Then, if the
would-be patron does not take hint and
leave-if he sends second waiter to
search for the first one, the second one
also apparently gets lost. If he COM
plains, he is promised that the matter
shall be rectifed, but the promise or
promise succeeding promises are all
that he ever gets. He never is waited
upon. Eventually he goes out in dis
gust, and he never comes back. Chi
cago Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07
SHE SNUBBEp THE CLERK.

A Young Thing, but She Wasn't to BE Told
About Baby Carriages.
There was little, young thing, with
childlike eyes and positively infantile
smile buying baby carriage. She
might have been sixteen, but the smart
and painfully blonde clerk who was ex-
hibiting the vehicles for her was sure
that she was not yet trof boarding
school. She was in search of a very
particular sort of carriage-one that had
large canopy that worked up and
down like the top of buggy. The
clerk assured her that such baby car
riages were not only never made, but
that they would be undesirable. The
young thing flushed at this, and in
formed the clerk that she had seen just
such carriages, and that she considered
them superior to any other kind. He
would please, she hoped, permit her to
have her preference in the matter. The
dreadfully blonde clerk, somewhat
nettled that one so young should pre-
sumo to oppose his experienced taste in
baby carriages, carried the argument
still further, and after insinuating that
he had been in the business long enough
10 KNOW WndG was dpprpprldIe ana
stylish, he suggested to the girl that her
mother should come and select her own
baby carriage.
"My mother" exclaimed the girl;
''what do you mean? What has my
mother got to do with it?"
"Why," said the clerk, "the carriage
is for your mothers baby, isn't it?"
mo" responded the girl wife curtly,
tossing her head as she spoke, cts for
my own baby"
The blonde clerk blushed violently for
several seconds, and then said in mild
voice that he could have such a car
riage as the young lady desired made to
order-N Y Sun
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

hold the wood to be cut as shown in the
engraving. When a stick has been
placed in the rack it must be slid under
small chain which hangs over the
main body of the horse and between
two of the pins which are near together,
This chain hangs in loop low enough
to almost touch the ground. A piece of
board four feet long and three to four
inches wide completes the arrangement.
When the stick has been placed where
it is wished to saw it, the foot is put
upon the board and the stick to be
sawed can never stir, while it can be
easily drawn along when one stick has
been cut off. The sawyer has the adj
vantage of standing on both feet which
is much easier than to bear the weight
on one foot with the knee on the wood.
ID. M. Havens, in Farm and Home.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

No one doubts that DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy really
cures Catarrh, whether the
disease be recent or Of long
standing, because the makers
Of it clinch their faith in it
with a $500 guarantee, which
isn't a mere newspaper guar
antee, but "on call" in a
moment.
That moment is when you,
prove that its makers can't
cure you.
The reason for their faith
is this:
DR.. Sage's remedy has
proved itself the right cure
for ninety nine out of one
hundred cases of Catarrh in
the Head, and the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton can afford to take the
risk of your being the one
hundredth.
The only question is-are
you willing to make the test,
if the makers are willing to
take the riskf 7
If so, the rest is easy. You
pay your druggist SO cents
and the trial begins.
If you're wanting the $500
you'll get something better
a cuTe I
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

To measure corn in crib-multiply the
length in inches by the breadth in
inches, and that again by the height in
inches and divide the product by 2,47S-
the number of cubic inches in a heaped
bushel-and the quotient will be the
number of heaped bushels in the crib,
that is of corn on the cob. If the crib
is faring at the sides proceed to get the
dimensions by the rule for measuring
land, given in previous article. This
will give the average height and breadth
and length, then proceed to divide as
with the square or straight crib.-Farm,
Field and Stockman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

by local applications, az they can not reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way TO cure Deafness, and that is
caused by an inhamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when 1t is
entirely closed Deafness Is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by Catarrh) that
we cannot cure by taking Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free.
f. j. CHENEY 81 Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

GIVE mixed feed, and always remem-
ber that oats should constitute part of
the food of the golden hoof." If you
are feeding a mixture of equal parts of
cornmeal, ground oats and wheat bran,
and forget to exchange it for something
else every thirty days, as the books di-
rect, don't be- alarmed, the sheep won't
be insulted.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07
II Remote from Medical Help,

Doubly essential is it that you should be
provided with some reliable family. med
icine. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Is the
best Of its class, remedying thoroughly as
tion, constipation and biliousness, and af-
fordinE safe and speedy help in malarial
cases, rheumatism and inactivity of the
kidneys.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07
GOOD SAW HORSE.

just the Thing Needed by Farmers In
Timber Countries.
One of the best saw horses L have
ever seen is made of log six to eight
feet long and eight inches in diameter.
-Four legs are put into it with an inch
and-a-half auger and six pins set in the
top in the same manner. These are to
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07
It's 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 bow
els, it cleanses the system effectually, there
by promoting the health and comfort of all
who use it.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

THERE is nothing cunless it be the sewing
machine) that has lightened womans labor
sold since 1854. All grocers have it. Have
you made its acquaintance Try it.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

"Fruits and Fruit Trees" chuck full of just
the information one wants. The title does
not give notion of its real value-send to
Stark Bros. Nurseries, Louisiana, Mo, for
the book.-Farmers' Call.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

WHILE eggs can readily be hatched in
the incubators now, it will hardly be
advisable to attempt setting hens unless
the house is much warmer than the
average.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

SUDDEN CHANGES OF WEATHER cause
Throat Diseases. There is no more effect
ual remedy for Coughs, Colds, etc, than
BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs Sold only in
bOreS Price p cts
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

A CLOTHING merchant advertised ten
dollar suit for FIVE dollars 1t isn't law
suit A ten-dollar lawsuit costs twenty
dollars Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

CURE your cough with Hale's Honey Of
Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

The amputator frequently has peculiar
off-hand way about him.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. 25c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

IT is easier to trace figures that lie In
ledCers than trace lies that figure in society.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

IT seems to be an undisputed fact that a
married woman Is better shot with roll
ing-pin than she is with a stone.-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

A MAN, deserted by his friends, is apt to
have an all-gone feeling come over him at
times.-Draze's Magazine
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

EVERY father thinks there's no baby like
mis- baby, and all the other fathers are glad
IF it-BinghamtOn Leader.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

"D1D the doctor give your husband solid
adviceln mo; liquid. He adylsed him to
stop drinking ''-Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

For any case of nervousness, sleepless-
relief is sure in Carteris little Liver Pills'
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills. They
first make you sick and then leave you con-
Etipated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and make you we'll Dose, one pill.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07
REFERENCE TABLE.

Things Which Every Wlde-AwaIxe Farmer
Should Remember.
The following table shows the square
feet and feet square of the fractions of
an acre:
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

"WHAT a frightfully decollete animal ~
exclaimed Miss Buddington as she looked
at the giraffe.-W Wnshington Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

"Do YOU know who built this bridget"
s'but if you go over you'll be tolled."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07

fN the old days OF the Sandwich Islands
the missionary used TO be the chief part Of
the andwich.-Somerville Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07
1-16 of an acre i 9. .72eN sanare feet.

An acre of land is contained II q
plot
3x5Sb rods.
dX40 z"
bX32
6X263 I"
Tx22 6-7 "
SX20
9X177-9 "
10x16 "
11xl4 Oil d"
12X13M
Capacity of boxes or bins, supposing
them to have sides and ends of equal
The historic times. [volume] (Lawrence, Kansas) 1891-1891, 1891-08-29

to organizing a national league, there
would have been a foundation upon
which the national league could have
rested, and then in turn the state
leagues could have turned to the ma
tional for protection.
There should have been state leagues
and then a national and their interests
should have been reciprocal, their aim
the same. The meeting at Knoxville
passed resolutions denouncing separate
railroad coaches. Now if Tennessee
had well organized and well working
state league there might be some po-
tency in these denunciatory resolutions,
but as it Is they will effect nothing.
The non-political clause in the con.
stitution was stricken out This is sig
nifcant, and it but further evidences
the political discomfort among Afro
Americans This leaves local leagues
to act as they deem best in political
campaigns. This means that the party
which does the most for the Afro-Amer-
lean, as a race, gets the support of the
league, and it further establishes the
fact that the Afro-American league is,
HUN GAl> IlI1C i1CuCGs a pO11tlCdl OTSdI-
ization. Whether this was the best pol
icy or not, we leave for wiser heads to
decide, but in our opinion it is the be-
ginning of the end of the league.
Perhaps the best thing the league
did was the electing of TgThomas For
tune to the presidency. No man in the
country labored harder, more zealously
and necessarily for the organization of
this league than Fortune, and if justice
had been done, he would have been made
it's first president instead of the second
That the mills of the gods grind slow
ly, and justice oftimes delayed, is true
in this case. We congratulate the
league on it's choice, and predict that
new life will be infused into it from
this on, but we feel that Mr.. Fortune is
seriously Handicapped by the league
out the non-political clause
With Mr.. Fortune as president and
as the next meeting place,
the next meeting will in all probability |
be large one, but we opine it will be |
a purely political gathering.
The historic times. [volume] (Lawrence, Kansas) 1891-1891, 1891-08-29

The following clipped from the edi-
torial column Of the Atlanta. Ca.
Southern Appeal must find responsive
amen Ia tie heart of every true Afro
American:
If the traffic in prostitution Is by
any means a protection ~ virtue thus
let it be- But. while the big papers are
shedding tears over the sad plight Of
white country girls who come TO town
to see the elephant let them east a
glance at the young Negro girls who
are being led astray by the white boys
ia Atlanta aGe. call halt There Is .
law against seduction bit il has no an
plication when the woman is black and
the man white, but when the color ana
sex i opposite there are two, important
IN the Lax, va:
list. A rope- ID 4 Winchester
1t is very seldom that colored editors
turn aside from the discussion political
trade and financial topics 10 speak upon
the subject dear TO every colorea yvarr-
an that Of virtue There is no doBht
but what many a young eolored girl
innocent and guileless, Is led as.ray
The historic times. [volume] (Lawrence, Kansas) 1891-1891, 1891-08-29

They will in all probability construe
the delay as Withholding from them
their just representation There are a
number of eminent men spoken of for
the place, who would honorably and
creditably fill the Office, and we believe
the president owes it not only to the
race but to the country to quickly ap-
point a successor to Mr.. Douglass, in case
he resigns. The representation accorded
to the Afro Americans by this admins
tration is not so fattering that an i'm
portant mission like this can be left
open and not create comment adversely.
Minister Douglass career as a diplomat
has not been one marked by brilliancy,
and we believe, for this reason alone.
another Afro American should be ap-
pointed, one who is young, vigorous
and active
The historic times. [volume] (Lawrence, Kansas) 1891-1891, 1891-08-29
COLORED ARIsToCRAcY-

There are few persons who realize
more fully the rapid progress of the
AfrO-Americans than they themselves.
The general, will modify this and say,
the almost general belief of the whites
that the only graduation which exists
among the cOlored population is in the
color of their skin is strongly protested
against
The line between the "400'' and the
masses of the colored population is as
clearly drawn as If an ebon Ward Nc
Allister had spent lifetime preaching
his theories of social distinction. The
more educated drift into one set and
form an exclusive circle of their own.
In every city that has a colored popula-
ton there is set who pride themselves
on being exclusive. 1t is almost i'm
possible for one who is not of that set
10 obtain invitations to its entertain
ments or gain admittance to its clubs
and societies.
Besides the personal appearance and
character of the man or woman who
seeks to enter the best colored social
circles, there are certain general prin-
N4PlCS ~ VIC taken INTO consideration
before one of the masses can be reckon
ed among the chosen few.
In the first place, just as there are
certain fashionable resident streets for
the whites so are there fashionable
colored quarters. 1t is almost impossi-
BILE for colored people living in certain
parts of cities to rise socially. In col
ored society money has very little
weight, education being the chief requi-
site
The dialect Of the lower class 81 coll
0red people, which is supposed by the
whites to belong to the colored people
in general, is never heard among the
"400," and one using such expressions
as 'sartin sure" gum and the like
will soon be ruled out of good society,
that is the upper tendon, if by any
chance they have gained admittance.
The prevalent belief among many of .
the whites that there is no social dis f.
tinetion among Afro-Americans is er- +.
roneous, as they are sticklers for social (
distinction.
The historic times. [volume] (Lawrence, Kansas) 1891-1891, 1891-08-29

A highly esteemed medical journal
tells rs that a sneeze may be always
suppressed by pressing the finger hard
upon the upper lip. But, salzes alive,
who wants to suppress n sneeze. unless
he happens for the moment TO be bur
glarizing neighbours house or some
thing Of that sort? There's all too lit
tie fun in this world now. without try
ing to shut off the innocent enjoyment
OF a sneeze. And inasmuch as there il
an ancient tradition and belief that
when one sneezes he casts out devils. il
would seem 10 Ice scheme of the evil
one to suppress sneezing. Good. hon
est people should frown it down De
troit Free Press.