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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26
ElREslpE. FRAGMENTS.


--For ivy poison apply sweet oil.
Always use "a wooden spoon or fork
to stir salads.
Boiled Squads Clean and singe,
wipe carefully with damp cloth, then
broil the same as spring chicken, or
they may be roasted whole before the
fire, trussed nicely and basted often.--
N Y. World.
--Shrunken, half-worn bed blankets
or comforts past using on bed, make
good pads to put under stair carpet
They will answer the purpose just as
well us the bought pads, and be a great
saving in the wear of the stair carpet.
kerosene will take iron rust and
fruit stains from almost every kind of
goods, without iniuring the fabric.
Wash the soiled spot in kerosene as you
would in water. The spots must be
washed in the kerosene before they
have been put into soap and water or
| it will do no good
Boiled Crabs. Have large pot of
water strongly salted, let it boil hard,
put in your crabs and boil them for
twenty minutes. If the water should
cease boiling the crabs will be watery.
Take them out, break off the claws,
wipe the shells very clean, also the
large claws, When cold place them on
dish with the large claws around it.
The claws should be cracked before
they ere sent to the table. The small
ones are not generally eaten.-Boston
Budget.
Silver Pie.-Peel and CRATE one
large potato. Add the juice and grated
rind of lemon. the beaten white of an
egg, one cupful of white sugar and one
of cold water. Bake in nice paste.
After baking spread on top the whites
of three eggs. frothed, sweetened and
favored with lemon. Set again in the
oven to brown, Lay upon the top small
pieces of jelly or jam just before taking
to the table. This is excellent. Detroit
Free Press.
"A fondu is preparation of eggs,
cheese and butter. Parmesan cheese is
very often used in a fondu, but any
good cheese will do Crate two ounces
of cheese into cooking pan, add q hall
teaspoonful of salt and pinch OF
cayenne; mix in quarter-pound of but
ter into the melted cheese, and the
beaten yolls of six eggs and stir thor.
oughly Beat the whites of six eggs tc
froth and add carefully to the other
ingredients. Pour the mixture into lit
tie porcelain-lined patty pans and bake
the fondu in moderate oven for fif
teen minutes and serve very hot.
Merely allowing mold to stant
, full of ice-cold water, which should bt
poured out just at the moment the
, mold is to be used, will usually preven
jelly or pudding sticking; buttering the
mold is always sure, but is not de
sirable for jelly. Some molds, how
| ever, will insist upon sticking es
pecially when their contents are to bt
! served on some state occasion. II
make sure that this does not happier
t brush the interior with the white of al
egg beaten with half cup of water
the she'll and white that is left will dt
nicely to clear the coffee the next morn
ing. BE careful to touch every in
dentation in order to bring the patterr
out distinctly; a small camels hal
, brush is excellent for this purpose n
Y. World
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26

more beautiful sirup than lax methods
which always make more filth possi-
BILE. The oftener the evaporating and
sugaring-off pan are cleaned the better,
together with strainers and other uten-
sils. 1t is frequently the custom to
cleanse the paus, gathering and storing
tubs only at the end Of the season, but
such neglect will not insure the best
colorcd product. Good sirup should
weigh II pounds to the gallon; let it
stand in good place free from dust
and settle few hours before putting
in jars, bottles and cans; be sure none
of the sediment goes into the packages.
Nice clear glass receptacles may cost
more, but the increased price the prod
uct will bring will more than pay for
for them. The best possible lid for the
gathering tubs is thick strainer in
the mouth OF the tank. 1t should hang
down in 19 inches so it will hold pail.
full or two Any stopping will be caught
and held from going out, and, while
the strainer will serve its own purpose,
it obviates the necessity of taking off
and putting on lid each time the team
stops Farm and Home.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26
NOTES ON STYLES.


what Dame EaShlDn OruatnS Tor Her
Devotoes.
Walking coats no longer have hip
seams but the newest have large nip
pockets
A combination of cloth, bengalne,
Indian cashmere and watered silk is
seen in the most elegant recently i'm
ported costumes.
A novel combination in the way of
trimmings is jet and fur. The fur is in
narrow bands beaded with slender
passementcrie of cut jet.
White and yellow blossoms are in
high favor and violets promise to be
since they first came in favor three
years ago
A new and popular trimming is a
passementerie finished with u feather
edge, also galloons and gimps dotted
with shiny black cabochous are much in
vogue.
Long, graceful princess polonaise Of
cloth appear over skirts of repped silk,
with sleeves, collar and vest of the silk
and the hem of the sheath skirt covered
with rows of silk piping.
The aim of nodistes is to make gowns
as light in weight as possible. Very few
of the handsome wool gowns for the
coming season are lined. They are sim
ply silk-faced and are to be worn over a
silk or moreen pettcoat
The recently received hats and bon
nets from the most famous Partisan
milliners show q melange of moire an
tique ribbon, flowers, lace and feathers
which, to say the least of it, is, on sin
gle hcadgear, rather confusing.
Various weaves in Bedford cord, shot
bengalines, vicuna cloth roughly woven
and English homespun checked. striped
and aecked are among the most stylish
wool fabrics offered for spring gowns
both for home and the street.
A number OF fashionable women,
whose aim is to be very English in their
dress, and who, following the fashion
of certain well-known leaders in Lon
don society, have worn richly trimmed
straw bonnets all winter, are now or
dering black and other velvet hats and
bonnets, which they intend to wear all
summer, to impart rich tone and
touch to their airy, light-hued toilets
and costumes.
A London writer says that on account
of the extra long sleeves the one-button
glove is imminent. Yet notwithstand-
ing this assertion the long-wristed
mousquetaire and the many -buttoned.
straight-wristed gloves bid fair to retain
their popularity. Still, history has fre-
quently repeated itself in the matter of
short and long gloves, the long wristed
variety having been frequently favored
and discarded by the fashionable in
past centuries.
A prevailing fashion of the moment is
"bonnet teas" The chief aim of every
tea or chocolate slipper is to appear in
bonnet or hat that is either unquestion-
ably of French origin or is distinctly of
the English ART style. Spanish hats in
black and yellow are particularly af-
fected, also the large Rubens hats of
black velvet, with soft velvet puff as
the edge of the brim and full clustea
of short but heavy plumes that droop
over the crown from the back.-N. Y.
Post
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

ONE of the great reforms needed is
that of curing the evil of selling young
calves when only "a few days old They
are unfit for food. diminish the supply
of cows and steers, while milk in its
first stages is ropy and unfit to drink.
POULTRY houses should face 80 the
south If possible. Be careful about this
when you build your houses, for re-
member that sunshine has CONNER
cial value, and the hens should have u
good supply of this, especially in win
ter.
DISH full of water from which the
chicks not only drink but get their feet
and portions of their body wet kills as
many young chicks as any other method
OF lessening them, as the water chills
them to an extent from which they sell
dom recover, says the Manchester Mir
ror. 1t is not even advisable to allow
ice-eold water to drink.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26
PURE-BREO POULTRY.
If 1t Pays to Raise Other Biooded Stoc
NVhy Nnt

If 1t Pays to Raise Other Biooded Stock
Why Not Fowls?
Every poultry keeper who has accu-
mulated money in the poultry business
knows to certainty that pure bred
fowl is worth more per ounce than u
mongrel is per pound. But why is this
so? Simply because the pure bred
fowl has been cultivated for years and
through generation after generation
for 4 specific purpose, while the mon
grel or scrub is but the product Of
chance, has no fixed traits or charac
teristics peculiar to itself, and conse-
quently is unreliable. ! sometimes
think that people often keep poultry
lust to hear 'em crow. l cannot help
thinking so when see fl fteen roosters
strutting about barnyard with TWEEN
ty hens. Did anybody ever hear one
who keeps first-class stock of any sort,
adapted to his locality, say that poul
try was an expense? | think not.
Does the man who keeps pigs which
will convert n bushel of corn into four
teen pounds of pork, and weigh two
hundred pounds at six months of age
say that hogs are Improbable stock?
Neither does the man who raises any
variety of pure bred poultry and keeps
them up to the highest standard say
that fowls are Improbable. He knows
they are exceedingly profitable. If
there is anything in agriculture or
stoclt-raising which has been more
thoroughly or clearly demonstrated to
be plain unvarnished truth than that
it always pays to have the best of
everything, / don't know what it is
Yet we see farmers planting inferior
seed and breeding mediocre stock. and
then wailing because they do not get
superlative beasts and birds. First
class pure-bred stock requires no mo~e
room and no more feed than scrub
stock, while it invariably sells for near
ly twice as much. If it pays to keep
tirst-class horses, cattle, sheep and hogs
and no enlightened man denies it
then it likewise pays to keep first-class
pure bred poultry, and the farmer who
fails to do il is not living up to his priv
ileges Orange Judd Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26
Turning over strawberry Reds.

Our experience does not favor burn
ing over the straw berry patch at any
season. In private gardens, for home
use or for ma rket growing, it is most
satisfactory to form matted rows, pick
two crops and turn the patch under.
The two-crop system gives strong,
vigorous plants, permits clean culture,
and not least, gives little trouble from
insect or rust of leaves. The bugbear
with amateurs is the starting of new
plantation. If the ground to be set is
plowed in September and again just
before closing up for winter, the cut
worms will give little trouble, and if
the plants are set with wet roots
turned in bunch downward with "A
spade, it takes but little time. Begin
ners set the plants with roots in the
natural position, forgetting tha: the
main thing is to make the plant live.
Planting the rooss with points down
ward favors an even stand, and the
new roots will soon start in natural
position. Prof. j. l.. Budd
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26
LoNooN's AMERICAN MARKET.
ItIsa Place which Is Fuli Of Bustlc an


Tt Isa Place Which is Full Of Bustlc and
Excitement.
The American market in London is
an important adjunct to the stock eX-
change. 1t is resort for SPECTATORS
whore they can make all the noise they
please. and be in almost every respect
unfcttcred by the rules which govern
the rest of the house, 1t is a place of
hustle and excitement, where the bulls
can roar and the bears can growl to
their hearts content. TO the visitor
ia the British capital the american
market" possesses special attraction.
There is nothing slow pertaining to
this branch of the house" Even on
days when quotations are steady, and
there is no unusual feature in specula-
ton in stocks and bonds, its habitues
are never caught mapping.
Every Britishcr realizes that the
American market" is thoroughly
American. In point of time the New
York market is about five hours be-
hind London. New York opening
prices, when cabled to London. are an
nounccd only u few minutes prior to
| the closing of business in this city
| Whatever the spcculator here wishes to
do must be done quickly. A rush of
orders is received for execution, many
Of them from Wall street and others
from local operators. based on indica-
tions supplied from the prices or 9th
rr news to hand. The arbitrageurs,
ns they are called, who do an apparent
ly precarious but really most lucrative
business, based upon the fractional dis
crcpancies in value on the different
sides of the Atlantic, have received
their early cables and are reaping their
daily harvest.
With the house closing at about the
most important time in the days deal
ugs the market adjourns almost in a
body to Shorter's court Just outside one
of the doors, and frequently overhows
into Throgmorton street to the perplex-
ity of the passing cabby and the won
der of the uninitiated foot passenger.
On the days that the market is espe-
cially active the assembly docs not dis
pcrse until $50 or o'clock in the even
ing. but members as a rule show no dis
position to loiter, and some of the
kings" of the market are at all times
chary Of their presence in the court A
number of outsiders always mingle
with the throng. IN. Y. Telegram.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26
ONE FARMERS WAY.
He Thinks That Keeping Two Cows in
Box stall Is the Thing.

He Thinks That Keeping Two Cows in
Box stall Is the Thing.
/ have two cows in a stable 10X12:
they have lived together three years
without being tied up and are not only
a great deal cleaner than most cattle in
stables, but have the advantage of be-
ing able to walk around and assume
any position they prefer. The manger
runs across the narrow way, leaving a
space 10 feet square for the cows. The
manure falls about midway, leaving an
entirely clean space next the manger,
where one COW lies, the other lying at
the back side, both parallel with the
manger. The cows are fed twice day
on corn fodder (cut in finch lengths,
with heavy, single-knife cutting box),
and hay at noon. Each night at milk
ing time the managers are cleaned of
rubbish, and (after leveling the little
ridge of manure) it is spread around
the stable, adding bedding from an
outside supply, if that from the ma n
gers is not enough. The manure and
bedding is not allowed to accumulate,
the manger being raised by another
board and false bottom when neces-
sary. Occasionally we find some man
ure in the manger but this does not
happen oftener than once IL month
After three months of constant occu-
pancy there is now about feet Of ex-
cellent manure on which the cows
stand, and it is level and solid and
without odor. AS the cows are not
compelled to lie partly in the manure,
as they are when confined in stanch
ions, there is no filth adhering to their
udders or hanks The cows are kept
in the stable continuously, as do not
believe in turning cows out, to shiver
each day, as many do They are strong,
healthy and as happy apparently as in
crouching to leeward of "A barnyard
fence. For single COW stable Z feet
square, with manger in one corner,
would answer. The floor of my sta bic
is of earth, and when the cows are put
in in the fall the earth is covered or s
inches deep with leaves. These pack
fiat on the bottom and make the floor
clean and dry to start with. The ad-
vantages of this way are: The cows
keep clean, have their freedom, and
the manure lies in compact form un
der cover, with less daily labor than by
any other method. L. B. Pierce, in n
Y. Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26
sowiNc GRASS SEED.
An Operation Requiring Considerable On
and Patience,

An operation requiring COnStuernDic care
nnd Patience.
II you have never sowcd any grass
seed on u nice soft snow, by all means
try to do so this spring, and after you
have sowcd Il piece go over your ground
seeded and see how even tor uneven) it
is If you have never paid any atten-
tion as to how it looks after it has left
your hand, or even the secder, you will
be surprised when you examine closely.
You may have to get right on your
lIhe rs to get the full benefit of your
work. You will then see the impor-
tauce of being very particular in this
work. think am safe in saying that
three-fourths of the seed sown is sown
by hand. 1t is almost an impossibility
to SOW such seed by hand and not get
ii streaky on the snow.
The wheelbarrow seeder is perhaps
the evenest distributor of any seeder
made, but this has serious objections.
1t may do on sandy soil but If taken on
clay soil, and hilly at that, where it is
| necessary to seed sometimes when the
gound is quite soft, this would be II
very inconvenient tool, and IL | am
right, it is quite expensive. My favorite
tool is the fiddle" as it is called TO
SOW with fiddle and do a good job re-
| quires little thought. The mistake
made by many is they try TO throw
the seed too far. When clover and
timothy are mixed and sown together
and thrown with great force clover
seed will fly the farthest, and if you
do not make little lap your work
will be streaky. If you want good
work with mixed seed, taking in q
little windy weather, | would not SOW
more than ten feet, or two drill widths,
one on each side of you. This will
give a good lap and will mix your seed
we'll, and you will not have any strips
of weeds across your fields.
In conclusion, will say that If you
are not familiar with the amount YOU
machine sows you can measure your
seed in quarts and count your fence
corners aud you can tell at the first
bout just how you are going to come
out Don't think it will not pay tc
LAP" l tell you it does pay. 1t will
not take over one hour more on ter
acres to do it right No weeds vii
then get foothold, besides the salts
faction that your work is well done. -
Adam Leister, in Ohio Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26
Poultry Manure.

When the droppings are frozen they
quickly deteriorate in value after they
begin to thaw. To save them keep dry
earth or sifted coal ashes under the
roost as an absorbent and also sprinkle
plaster over the dirt. The absorb, nj
material should be cleaned away as
often as possible, and before putting
the droppings in Il barrel mix them well
with the absorbent If you have gar
den plot it will be- no disadvantage to
spread the droppings on the ground,
especially after the ground has been
plowed or spaded, early in the season.
Farm and Fireside.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
EXCELLENT SAP PAN.
Suggestions FOR Those who wish to Maho

Suggestions for Those who Wish to Maho
Nice Maple sugar.
Here is the plan of sap pan used by
j. ID. Hubbell, of Delaware county, n.
Y. lie has one large pan nearly by
3 feet with two partitions running
through it to divide it into four smaller
pans. The sap runs from the storage
tank through u pipe into No and
then to No, 2 through small hole, and
from there into Nos. 3 and !. When
he wishes to sirup off the hole is
stopped up between and and all OF
the sirup dipped into 4. When thick
enough this sirup is dipped out with
an old.frshionc d Skinner having a
straight end made for the purpose.
When u small quantity of sap is had
to finish mp water is used in Nos. !,
and o to- prevent burning. The house
is set against Il small hollow and dug
out about feet on the back side, max.
ing it very convenient,
When the sap begins to boil keep II
hopping until it is ready to remove foi
sugaring. Keep steady fire in the
arch and il pan be used see that the
sap does not burn Mt the sides, Repeat
ed straining through double flame
strainers will make better sugar ant
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26
How 10 Meet Flattery.

When we are tAe objects of flattery,
or witness its being administered TO
others, we should examine aud consider
well the character and circumstances of
the person offering it, in order to Judge
If the act be an offense against good
morals, and, If so, how far it is so. If it
appear to proceed from base motives,
let it be treated with open contempt; if
from the wish for return, pass it as a
weakness; if from gooe nature or exces-
sive appreciation, excuse it for the sake
OF its -niabls souScs, -Once Week.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26
A rrnmisInr situation.

New York Daily Investigator
Good judges say that one of the next To-
calities to achieve distinction by jumping
from II substantial town TO n thriving me-
tropolis in q few years will be the city of
Superior, Wisconsin, and this, too, without
the effort and struggle through which in
terror towns have passed while etfecting
the same result. Untiln year or two ago
the average man did not stop to think that
Superior as n monopolist of the water and
rail tcrmlni at one end of the lakes is in the
same position as Buffalo Mt the other end
Figures are uninteresting unless given
briefly, but comparisons are always impor-
tant. This little Superior, credited by its
last census with only q, 900 people, handled
more coal last year than did Chicago; of
grain, 1t shipped nineteen million bushels {;
of Hour, sixteen hundred thousand barrels /;
of wool, four million pounds; oil merchan-
disc, to the value of thirteen million dol
lars. or all lake cities this business was
second only to Chicago in magnitude.
There is an economical reason for this con-
dition of things. 1t is that the rail rate on
freight sent west OF Lake Michigan is one
cent per ton per mile, while the water rate
is one-tenth of one cent per ton per mile,
This position at the extreme western end OF
Lake Superior is what gives the city of Su-
perior its prestige, and is making it grow
faster than Chicago ever did. Besides one
hundred aud one smaller industrial con-
Germs, Superior has located twenty-eight
large manufacturing enterprises in the past
eighteen months, including the American
Steel Barge Company, the builders of the
famous "whaleback" vessel, which is revo.
lutonizing the lake and ocean freightcar.
rying trade. The twenty eight institutions
above mentioned, include iron and steel
| plants, flour mills, stove foundries, wagon
factories, pump makers, shipbuildcrs and
saw and shingle mills. The most conserva.
tive business men in the Northwest believe
that Superior will grow faster in the next
| ten years than any other city in that pros.
them claim that Chicago, st Paul, Mime
apolis and Milwaukee have never seen the
rapid growth that will come to the head OF
the great chain Of lakes and the city OF Su.
| pCrior.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26
The seed Is 71Znllte6

The seed IS planted
when you feel "run down" and
"used up" Malarial, typhoid or
bilious fcvers spring from it-all
sorts of diseases. Don't take any
risk. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery invigorates the system
and repcls disease. 1t starts the
torpid liver into healthful action,
purifies and enrichcs the blood, and
restores health and vigor. AS an
appetizing, restorative tonic, it sets
at work all the processes of diges,
tion and nutrition, and builds up
flesh and strength. For all diseases
that come from a disordered liver
and impure blood, skin, scalp and
scrofulous affections, it's the only
remedy that's guaranteed. If il
doesn't benefit or cure in every
case, you have your money back.
You pay only for the good you
get.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26

them have been cultivated with sue
cess. In England they are quite large
grown. They flourish on all soils
upon which other trees and shrubs do
well. 1t is said that as high as 3, 900
pounds of nuts have been grown upon
an acre. The hazel and filbert are
closely related and the bushes are
very similar in appearance, Our illus
tration, which we reengrave from the
American Cyclop@dia, represents a
hazel twig with the leaves and fruit
upOn IL