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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10
POULTRY PiCKlNGS.

FROM now on until spring early and
late feeding should be the rule.
ARRANGE convenient drinking veH-
sells for the fowls during the winter.
II is important to have the floor of
the duck and geese quarters dry in
winter.
BY watching for the first appearance
of cold and curing it roup may be
prevented
DRESSED poultry should always be
thoroughly cooled out before packing
for market.
ONE of the best ways of securing dry
ness under foot is by using dry earth
on the floor
For swelled head wash clean with
warm water and then anoint the whole
head with glycerine.
WHEN the fowls must stay in the
house scatter the grains among straw
or litter to give them exercise.
CONSIDERABLE care must be taken to
prevent the eggs from getting chilled
if they are to be Matched in an incu-
Eator.
If plenty of clover is given there will
be much less necessity for supplying
lime, as there is considerable lime in
the composition of clover.
WHILE less range is needed during
the winter than in summer. at the
same tune it is usually best to give the
fowls every opportunity to exercise.
BY using crude carbolic acid freely
lice may be effectually cleaned out OF
the quarters, as they cannot thrive
where this is used freely.--St. Louis Re.
| pn1,1in
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.


To clean lamp burners, boil with
potato skins. or in strong soap suds or
vinegar. Then rub to remove smoke.
Coffee Cake. Two cups of sugar or
one of molasses and one of sugar If pre-
ferred, one and one-half cups of butter,
one of strong, clear coffee, two eggs
beaten separately, three cups of flour,
three teaspoonfuls of baking powder -
| Home.
| Pork Cake.-One cup of salt pork
chopped fine; pour over it one cup OF
! boiling water, one cup each of sugar
and molasses, one teaspoonful of soda
and one-half cup of chopped raisins and
one teaspoonful each of Cloves cinna'
mon and nutmeg. This makes two
loaves. Detroit Free Press.
-Grandmothers Plum Pudding
Take quart of flour, add two table
| spoonfuls of yeast, six we'll beaten eggs
and milk to make dough, let rise, lSnead
in half "a pound of butter, work well,
| add one and onc-half pounds of stoned
raisins flavor with nutmeg, mix all to-
gether, put in pudding bag, let rise
half an hour, put in a pot of boiling
water and boil until done. Serve with
butter sauce. Home.
Peppermint Drops. One cupful OF
sugar crushed fine and just moistened
with boiling water, then boil five min
utes; take from fire and add cream of
| tartar size of a pea; mix well and add
| one-haf teaspoonful of essence of pep
permint; beat brisltly until mixture
whitens, then drop quickly upon white
! paper; have cream of tartar and essence
of peppermint measured while the sugar
is boiling. If it sugars before it is all
dropped add a little water and boil Il
minute or two. Boston Budget.
Cranberry Dumping. Make a rich
bis ,uit dough with sour milk an1 soda,
or with sweet milk and baking powder.
! The dough should be trife sti lie: than
for biscuit. Roll out until alb jut half
an inch thick, cut in convenient pieces,
| fill with raw crauberries and a little
sugar. Press the edges of the dough to.
gether carefully. They may each be
wrapped in cloth and dropped into a
kettle of boiling water, or they may be
steamed. d.-Housekecper.
Coffee Cakc-For this cake take
one-half cupful of butter, one-haf cup
ful of brown sugar, onc-half cupful OF
! nolesses, two cupfuls of flour, one cup.
ful of strong coffee, one egg, one cupful
of raisins, two teaspoonfuls of CHINA
mon, one of allspice, a small teaspoon.
full of cloves and one level teaspoonful
of soda-this last to be put into the
molasses. Cream the butter and sugar
together, stir in the molasses and spices,
then the egg well beaten, the coffee,
and lastly the flour. Prairie Farmer.
Chicken Pie. e.-NTix crust with
sweet milk and shorten with butter.
Line the sides mot the bottom) of q
milk pan; have young chicken cut up;
one quart of potatoes peeled and sliced,
about an inch thick. Place a layer oil
potatoes, chicken and dough cut il
small strips; add pepper salt, butter
and some small bits of piclslcd pork.
Continue these layers until the pan is
filed. To this add one pint of cold
water; put on the upper crust, with a
hole cut in it. After cooking while
add two pints more of hot water. Cook
for an hour in moderate oven Farm
and Fireside.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10
BATTLING WITH SHARKS.
4 Young Cuban's Brave Defense of a
Purser's Child.

4 Young Cuban's Brave Defense of a
Purser's Child.
"The prettiest battle l ever witnessed
was between a young Cuban and two
sharks" said an American sea-captain.
"We had reached Havana and were ly-
ing half mile from the docks, await
ing the signal to go on. Several fruit
pcddlers had boarded us, among them
swarthy, bare-legged young fellow who
looked like a pirate. The purser was
standing by the rail, holding his FIVE
year-old son in his arms, watching a
couple of monster sharks that were
hanging about the vessel, when the
child slipped from his grasp and fell
into the water The father plunged
overheard and seized him, and the
sharks at once made for the pair The
bare-lcggcd young buccaneer dropped
the fruit basket and went over the rail
like flash. AS the first shark turned
on its back, the invariable prelude to
biting, the Cuban rose, and with a long,
keen knife, fairly disemboweled it. The
other was not to be disposed of so cas-
lily, though. The purser and his child
had been pulled on deck, and the COM
batants had fair field. The Cuban
dived but the shark did not wait for
him to come up and changed his loca-
ton. Finally the shark advanced
straight upon his antagonist his ugly fin
cutting through the water like q knife,
turned quickly upon his back, and the
huge jaws came together with a vicious
snap, but the Cuban was not between
them. He had sunk just in time to
avoid the shark, and, as the latter
passed, shot the steel into it. The old
sea wolf made the water boil, and
strove desperately to strike his antag-
onist with his tail, but the latter kept
well amidships and literally cut him in
pieces Golden Days.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

There are some very curious ideas
lingering in certain localities as to the
times when deaths occur. Thus, for ex,
ample, am told that at Stairway, in
Gloucestershire, it is believed that if a
burial occurs on New Years day it will
be followed by one in each month of
the year, The population of the parish
is under three hundred, and the usual
average of deaths is six annually. An
other idea which is current is that if a
corpse lies unburied over Sunday, ther,
will be another death in the parish
within month. In the northern coun.
ties somewhat similar notion prevaila
amongst certain of the country people
At KirlSdale, am told, a common idea
is that if a funeral takes place on a
Sunday, especially if on that day the
grave should have been opened three
persons will be inferred within a very
short snace of time. Live pool Mercurv,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10
COMFORT POULTRY HOUSE.

is also Sx1o feet, giving total space of
SX20 feet. In the illustration, A is the
door, opening into u passageway, b,
and is passageway into the room,
ID showing the partition. e is the
roost, and f is a drop-board under the
roost, the nest being shown at G.. A
run under the floor is shown at ii, the
steps from the run to the floor above
being shown at X. Ventilators are SIS,
and T is a small door leading outside
The covered run has hinged door,
which can be raised or lowered as de-
sired. The roof may be of tarred felt,
or any suitable roofing material, and
the lights in the windows of the cev-
cred run may be of oiled muslin or
glass. 1t is very snug and convenient
poultry house, giving plenty of room
for roosting and exercise. Farm and
EireSide
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10
BETWEEN THE wARRlNo LINES
An Incident of the War which Has Both
a nnmorous md II Pnthetlc side.

An Incident of the War which Has Both
humorous and Pathetic side.
81 was on one of the outposts in front
of Sheridan on the Opequan one after
noon when it began to rain. There was
a sort of lull just then in army matters
in the valley, and it was tacitly under
stood between opposing picliets that
there should be no firing. My post was
under dead tree, with a screen of
bushes in front. Having no poncho to
keep me dry, and knowing that the re-
! lief would not come around for over an
hour yet, | advanced at left oblique'
about forty PAGES to large tree which
promised shelter. ! had stood with my
back to the trunk for ten or fifteen min
utes when thought heard a noise on
the other side. Pigs were often met
with in the woods on our front, and as
turned and carefully poked my head
out from behind the trunk ! fully eN-
pected to see one. What did see, how
ever, was the face of q man, who had
| polled his head out to see around on my
side The trunk was about three feet
| through, and our faces were pretty
close together knew at first glance
that he was Johnny and he also
knew that | was q 'Yank.' We looked
at each other for minute, and then he
calmly inquired:
"'That you, Yank?'
"'Yes That you, Johnny?'
Thought you was hogs.
g. so did L.
"'What we gwine to do about itP'
Nothing
THAT suits me. Come around yere
on my dry spot
81 moved around and we sat down,
and while we talked | watched one way
and the other. At the end of three
quarters of an hour we got up to go and
he said
" Reckon I'll know you next time
forty rods off and I'll aim high
"'So1l L.
Come over to my house some day?
. Thanks, and you drop in on me
whenever you can
I'VE turned back to back and walked
away, each fully trusting the other, ,anc
it was our first and last visit. a week
later, after the battle which routet
| Early, | saw the poor fellow lying
among the dead on the dusty BerryvillC
pike. M. Quad, in Chicago Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10
If You Loavo Chicngo at @ p. NJ.

for either St Paul Minneapolis, Omaha or
Sioux City, via the Chicago, Milwaukee a.
St. Paul Railway, an excellent supper viii
be served in the Dining Car. You can then
enjoy Il fragrant cigar and "swap lies''
with your fellow travellers in the smoking
room. or read a novel by the light Of the
electric berth lamp, and then 20 to bed in a
steam heated apartment car with Il sense
of comfort and security that all travellers
desire. In the morning YOU are at your
destination ready for breakfast and bust
ness. For further particulars address Geo.
FL, Heatford, General Passenger Agent, Chi
cagO, Ill
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10
Foul Foot in a Cow.

Cows and horses are subject to dis
ease of the feet similar to scratches in
horses. Diseased g:anulations, similar
in appearance to the heart of cauli'
flower, break out and eXcrete a thin
acrid matter. The treatment should
be to dress the diseased part with
caustics, such as powdered sulphate OF
copper (blue vitriol) or sulphate OF
zinc (white vitrioD, rubbed up smooth
ly with clean, sweet lard, and give the
animal repeated doses of one ounce
hyposulphite of soda as an Alternative.
The soda should be given every other
day for week or ten day Farmers
Voice.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

Messrs. Editors: Knowing how many ex-
pcctant Mothers in the land will appreciate
the information, and desiring to save all
the anguish and pain of the trying hour,
wish to give my experience.
| used two bottles of Mothers Friend
with great relief, suffered but little pain.
and was not sick over twenty minutes.
did not experience that weakness usual in
such cases, and looked and felt so well after
wards that my friends wondered at it; as or
previous occasions of this kind suffered
greatly. used the remedy on my breasts and
did not have the least trouble with them
passed through the crisis with so little
trouble that even my physician was aston.
ished, and after told him that 1t was the
result of the use of Mothers Friend, he ad.
vised his daughter to use the remedy, and
she says she cannot praise it enough.
have known many ladies to use Mothers
Friend and they all pronounce it great
blessing to eXpectant mothers.
Mrs. SAM HAMILTON,
Eureka Springs, Ark.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10
valuo OF rile prnlnnre.

1t is the average good quality of a
crop evenly distributed over field that
gives the satisfactory return in bush
els; not the good grain in favorable
patches. The crop of grain, evenly
distributed over the entire field, shows
the value of tile drainage for wet sea-
sons. In no other way can these even
crops be secured, The farmer may re-
gret putting expensive buildings and
other improvements on top of his land,
but we have yet to see the man who
has regretted putting tile under his
Land when properly done. We have
5een able to work our corn this season
when, il the land had not been tile
( drained, much of it would have been
scaided or lost, because it could not be
cultivated; and more the land will be
in good condition for sowing to wheat
this fall; otherwise it could not be prop
erly seeded,--Colman's Rural World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

sheep stable, is made suitable for dip
ping sheep.
The shed part contains haymow,
shop, tool house, wagon shed, watering
place, corn-crib and harness room. Nj is
the wagon shed, SX20; c, harness room,
4x715; II, corn-crib, 4x12; w, water
trough.
Fig. is the second story of shed. T,
10X2O, is for storing away ralles, hoes,
picks and other farm implements. The
other part, also 1Ox20, is the shop.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

She-Who is the most popular man in
your club?
He-I am.
She-Isn't it rather conceited of you
to say that?
He-o, no; it is merelycequivalent to
saying that lose more money at poker
than any of the other members Truth.
"A Vivid Illustration. .-Slidmore-
"Can you think of an illustration of the
scientific truth that motion produces
heat?" Snooper-''When my wife's
tongue moves l get uncomfortably
warm. Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10
COMFORT POULTRY HOUSE.
1t Provides Ample Room for Exercise ii
Winter.

1t Provides Ample Room for Exercise In
Winter.
The illustration, styled the Comfort
poultry house" by the designer, Capt.
Phillips, of Chicago, and the general
outline is made plain in the cut. 1t
keeps the fowls warm in winter and
provides ample room for exercise, Civ
ing plenty of floor space. The house is
61s feet at the back, 6 feet at the bend
of the roof, 219 feet at the beginning of
the covered run and foot at the front
end of the covered run. The house
proper is SX10 feet, and the covered run
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10
KILLED BY CRITICISM.

Mr.. Herve, the French Com
poser, died from hostile criti-
ciSm. He had published a
work. The papers reviewed it
unfavorably. 1t made him SD
angry that it brought on an at
tack of asthma and killed hirrE,
Asthma is a nervous disease
No one knows much about it.
1t kills some people and some
people can have it and live to
a good old age. Reds Ger
man Cough and Kidney Cure
will relieve most cases. Ask
your druggist for it. He wiR
give it toyou if you insist upon
it. Small bottles Twenty-Five
cents, large size fifty cents.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO.,
Peoria, TN.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

-Goslin-'I--ah-have called, sir, to
-ahem!-awslz for your daughters
hand" Old Kidder-'My dear boy,
have you any idea of the quantity of
gloves she needs in the course of a
year?" ?"-Blacll and White.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10
FIG. 8.

c is tool chest. r, work bench. w,
windows. D, below Gig y is simply a
hallway from horse stable to watering
trough. Horses can be watered and
taken through to wagon shed, or out
doors, very conveniently, The cost of
this barn is estimated at 50, o00.-J. Col
Inns, in Ohio Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10
The SEX oE The MOON.
Various Ideas Entertained in Regardto
by Different Nations.


by Different Nations.
In archaic times the moon was re-
garded as a male god. primitive man."
says a well-lSnow writer, "saw the
moon as most conspicuous object,
whose spots, at periods, had the sem
blance of a mans face. Its waxing and
waning increased their wonder, its
coming and going among the still and
solemn night added to the mystery,
until from being viewed as a man it
was seated, especially when apparently
angry, in a mist or eclipse, and so
reverenced and worshiped as the
heaven mantle monthly god.
We learn from Max Muller that
"moon' is very old word, and in An
glo-SaXon, where it was used as a mas
culine and not as a feminine, was
"mona." In all the Teutonic languages
the sun was feminine, and it is only
through the influence of classical mod
els that in England moon has been
changed into feminine and the sun into
masculine. Even in comparatively re-
cent times the Germans were fond of
calling the sun and moon Frau Some
and Herr Mond"
Another reason" says Sir Gardner
Wilkinson, that the moon in Egyptian
mythology could not be related to Bu-
bastis is that it is male and not a fe-
male deity pcrsonihed in the god Thoth,
This was the case in some religions in
the West. The Romans recognized the
god Lunus, and the Germans, like the
Arabs, considered the moon masculine
and not feminine, as were the Selene
and Luna of the Greeks and Romans. ii
In Slavonic, as in Teutonic mythology,
the moon is male.-Pearson' Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

THE THROAT.-"Brow bronchial TrocheS'
act directly on the organs of the voice They
have an extraordinary etfectin in all disorders
of the throat
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

PACK the turnips and beets in sand in
bins, under shelter, instead of in
mounds outside, and they will not only
keep well but be always convenient for
use, instead of being frozen and sealed
up in the ground.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

WHO SUFFERS with his liver. constipation,
bilious ills, poor blood or dizziness take
Beecham's Pills or druggists. 25 cents.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

AN exchange calls love species of intox-
tcation. Perhaps that is why the course of
true love is so often arrested. Texas Sift
ings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

A Two-PoUND pomegranate is an agri
curiosity of Stnrile. Fla
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

ALWAYS credit wise man with what he
does not say, and charge the FOOLS words
up to him. m.-Galveston News,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10
FARM AND GARDEN.
LEVEL GROUND eARN.

complete in Every Detail and Yet Not
Very Expensive.
This barn is 4OXG4 feet, with shed at
tached, 20X20. Fig. 1 shows an end
view Of tie main barn and shed. Fig
contains tine horse stable, S; at the
right of the stairway, N; COW stable,
5; sheep or calf stable in the corner
ut the right Of COW stable, 16N24. In
this sta6le, II is The feed racks and w
water tank u is box stall in the
horse stable, 12Xl6. The stairs leading
above arc made tight, the top and bot
tom steps being hung on hinges to lift
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

up and form receptacle for oats. The
barn floor, Z, is 1Gx4O, with a water tank,
w in one corner, having a hinged lid to
keep out chaff, dust, etc. The cow
stables contain 10 stalls, entered by
two outside doors, also manure door
at the end, not shown in cut is the
grapary, 11X1G The water tank, w, in
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

You cannot expect II man TO keep an un-
moved face when he let's his countenance
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

EXPLOSIONS of Coughing are stopped by
Hale's Honey of Horehouud and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

EXTRACT from a sentimental young lady's
letter: Last night l sat in II gomdola on
Venice's grand canal drinking it all in, and
life never seemed SO full before SCRAPS
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10
ROOT AND BRANCH,

1T is the early boy who catches the worm
in the chestnut.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-10

she-Who is the most popular man in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-02-18
THE oROrTo OF ANrlPARos.
A Celebrated Cavern In Which Alexander
tho Great took Rafnea.

A Cole bratsd Cavern In Which Alexander
the Great took Refuge.
Few caverns have been longer or
moro justly celebrated than the Grotto
Of Antiparos. one of the Cyclades, an
island 80 insignificant in itself that its
very name makes it an appendage to
the neighboring and larger island of
Paros, says the St Louis Republi G
An old tradition affirms that some
conspirators who had failed in an at
tempt to murder Alexander the Great
took refuge in this grotto, and tab
let still exists which purports to give
the names of these men.
A curious stalagmite at the entrance
Of the cave, the form of which is strik-
ingly like that of q colossal human
figure long prevented the supersti-
tious people of the island from enter
ing or exploring it. The entrance is
on the side Of hill sort OF natural
pillar dividing the opening, smaller
columns and pilas1ers forming a sort
of rude colonnade around the weird
scene These pillars being as solid as
the Rock of Ages, form a support for
tho rope which is used by the explorer
in descending into the yawning abyss
below.
NJ. Olier de Nointel. French Ambas-
sador to Turkey, who visited the grot-
to in the winter Of 1878. about tho
time of the Christmas festivities IL
believed to have given the best de-
scription of the interior of this noted
cavern yet written. 1t runs as follows:
Our candles being now all lighted,
and the whole place completely illumi-
mated, never could the eye be charmed
with q more glittering or magnificent
scene. The whole canopy overhead
hung with solid icicles, transparent 20
glass. and as solid as marble. The
eye was scarcely equal to the task of
penetrating the semi-darkness above,
but We were able to dimly make out
that the ceiling was hung with >fes-
toons Of variegated spar which re-
hected back thousand colors, remind
ing ono of theatre Illuminated with
lights The floor was Of
solid marble with throea affairs and
other objects springing up from all
sides as If nature had designed to
mock the puny curiosities OF art"
10 add to the brllliancy of the
scene, DE N0intel caused q thousand
wax candles to be lighted while he
and his party said mass at the foot Of
tho immense natural altar which stands
In the centre of one of the chambera