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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08
THE GOOSE NEST FARM.
Old Home of the Lincoln Family In iii
nOiS,

Old Home of the Lincoln Family In nli-
nois.
Near the graveyard where Lincoln's
father and stepmother rest, seven miles
south of Charleston, ILL.,, in a place
coins made their final settlement on re-
moving from Indiana. Here Abraham
Lincoln assisted his father in getting
settled" as they called it. He helped
him build log cabin, and cleared for
him patch of ground, and when he
saw him under headway" in the new
country bade him good-by and started
north afoot. He found employment not
far from Springfield, H., where the
active part of his early life was spent.
Though he did not linger long in the
Goose Nest cabin, he was there long
enough to stamp his individuality on
every heart for miles around, and many
are the stories told of his soiourn
among those people 1t was my lot to
be born and reared few miles from
the early home of the Lincolns, and
many are the incidents | picked up in
conversation with the old settlers about
our neigh borhood, all of whom knew
Lincoln well. | was shown u bridge
he helped to build, and many other
relics of his boyhood days.
One very old man told me that he
once rode up to Thomas Lincolns cabin
and inquired If he could spend the night
there. lie was informed that tn G house
afforded only two beds. and one of these
belonged To a son who was then Mt
home; but if he would got the consent
of this boy to take him in as bedfel-
low, he could stay. The strange l. dis
mounted, and soon found the six-foot
boy in the back yard lying on board
reading. The boy consented, and the
man slept with him that night The
boy was Abraham Lincoln, and the
other never tires of telling how he
spent the night with the future presi-
dent-CeuturV
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08
TIE LAND oE LONG AGO.
OHIO.

Sometimes, when thrushes sing, or sweet bells
chime
Far on nnd faint across the silent sea,
Or south wind watts the breath OF sunny cline,
Or ring.doves COO their love by babbling rills
Or the fair priestess Of the dawn, star-eyed,
Trails her white robe above the eastern hills;
Down dim way where stately lilies blow
I SEQ the land-the Land OF Long Ago.
Then memory beckons, and with trembling feet
L tread the ways where life was once so sweet;
Sec this dear face, that sleeps where marbles
shine,
And that--but oceans twixt us roll their brine
s'Dear ones, will you not come to me once more
And smile and kiss me as in days of yore"
s'Ah, foolish heartl when will you learn TO know
None Ger return from the dead Long AgoY"
s'But give me back my JOY the dreams of youth
Hopes rosy visions, or the lamp of Truth;
Roll back Times record from the dialpate
And snatch trophy from the grasp OF Fate"
Again gazcd with wildly streaming eyes
On the dread angel that so much denies
Again the still voice breathed DER fields OF
snow;
''Thcse are the treasures OF the Long Ago"
Alas, that land that Land of Long Ago;
No resurrection shines above its snow
Memory may enter, but flaming sword
Forbids with menace stern Hopes tender word,
The Past is gone-the Now we grasp full fond,
And the To Be looks darkly from bevond-
And still the years roll on with ceaseless flow
.Into the silence OF the Long Ago
Oh, Land of Long Agol
Mary G. Francis, in Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08

much material gent'manship to say q
wrong word in her presence.
At first sight of her, Custer started
an then dropped his eyes on his cards
She come down the room an layin' her
hand on her fathers shoulder called
him by name, but the game he'd begun
an he didn't notice her; she stood by
silent while they played an not one Of
us he'd the heart to tell her what was
the stakes.
The game seemed an age long; but
bimeby it was finished an OF Rogers
he'd lost. He fell back in his chair in a
faint, but revivin' in a minute, he
kinder moaned: "Oh what hev done?
Gambled even my darter away"
Jem Mace stood like stone.
1t was some minutes before Sue un-
derstood the awful truth, an she liked
TO tainted. She cried an rocked her.
self back an forth but not a word did
she say agin her father.
Jem's eyes were fastened on tho
gambler.
Custer rose an goin' to Sues side
took her hand. you're mine," says he,
II gambled far fur you," an slippin'
the ring from his finger, he put it on
hers.
She looked at it fur minute an then
screamed: "Take it off! Take it off,
it burns mel"
Such look of misery came into the
pore feller's eyes thet would "a made a
dog pity him. you won't wear my
ring says he, takin' it off, but you
are no less mine"
She shrunk from him an seen Jem's
hand slide back to his gun an stop.
Custer's grip frightened on her arm, an
he said in kind O. fercely gentle way:
"Sue, you are mine as far as ever wom-
an was, but love you too much to
break yore heart"
He led her across the room an put
her hand in Jem's.
Almost afore we knowed what he'd
happened, Custer he'd slipped out the
door an the boys cheers rung out, even
above them sounded pistol shot out
side.
We rushed out an pickin' pore Custer
up carried him into the room. A re-
volver was clinched in his hand, an a
bullet he'd gone through his brain.
PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08
FIG. 9.

which they will do if not crowded. The
entrance to the building gives hallway
or small room between the pens, 10X20
feet, with doors on either side leading
into each pen. Feed bins l have shown
at the entrance end of the room where
corn, oats, wheat and other grain may
be put. A tool cupboard and work
bench and stove also have space in this
room, making it handy place for the
farmer to look after the hens. Pens
near the stove may be used for sick
fowls when any are ailing. Each pen
has dust boxes, roosts (R), feeding
square (FO conveniences as we'll as ne
cessities in any well-kept hen-house
The building is 40 feet long, 20 feet
wide, 10 feet high in the hen-house,
s feet to the cone of the roof
of the pigeon room, making it 1s
feet from the ground. (E) is the en-
trance to each of the runs; these are
on each side of the building. 1t mat
ters not whether the ground be level or
hilly, this building will suit any loca-
tion. The floor 1 always make of
boards; never rest it on the ground,
preferring to put earth or sand over
the boards and renew it once week
or as often as it is necessary.
The pigeon coop l show plan of in
Fig. 3. A fight of stairs (S) from the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08
PLowHANDLE PLoDDINes.

To MAKE the winter dairy profitable,
you must begin by filling II good big
silo.
IT is poor farming to sell the best
hay and leave your own stock only the
refuse.
FULL value can be had from the feed.
ing crops only by feeding them under
cover.
IT is hard matter to lose money
growing clover, because it has so many
good uses.
SURPLUS earnings cannot be invested
in anything that will pay much better
than good barn.
You cannot afford to buy all your
home supplies, no matter how big crops
you grow TO sell.
Hoes cannot be fed off too soon after
cold weather comes, if you mean to get
the maximum profit.
CHOICE fruit is never had from trees
that are permitted TO bear more than
they can properly nourish.
How CAN you expect to know wheth.
er 1t pays to feed stock, unless you
know the cost of the feed they eatP
If you really want the creamery
started, take some interest in it your
self instead of waiting for your neigh
bors to do all the work.
You cannot afford to get the impress.
sion that you know all about farming;
and you cannot afford to farm at all,
unless you do know good deal about
it-Amiercan Agriculturist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08
should then be sufficient and a remedy

should then be sufficient and remedy
when your next building goes up.
Our illustration shows a pleasing de-
sign for farmers hen house as well
as cot for pigeons. 1t is constructed of
plain boards, or weather boards look
neater; but what / wish to impress
upon my readers is that the same de-
sign can be carried out in building
costing $50, or if you put the best
material and workmanship it will cost
from $3.50 to $500. To put shingles,
good sash and flooring with every con-
venience it should cost you $3.50, In a
building of this style it is economy to
look to details such as will render you
as well as the fowls comfort. 1t costs
money every time. Some use roofing
paper because it is che aper than shin
giles. prefer shingles.
Fig. 1 shows the building; Fig. the
diagram Of the interior. The building,
as you will observe, is divided into six
pens, each i5x12, accommodations for
sixty fowls One hundred fowls could
be crowded into the same space, but
do not advocate crowding. Rather
keep fewer birds and be sure they are
comfortable, and doing good service,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08
THE FAMILY MARKET.
why 1t Pays to Raise Poultry for Home
Consumption.


why It Pays to Raise Poultry for Homo
Consumption.
II the markets are dull and prices
low, the cheapest place to sell is at
home. 1t pays to raise chickens for the
family table. When poultry and eggs
are consumed at home there are no
transportation expenses, no coops for
shipping required, no hauling to the
depot, and no commissions to pny for
selling. There is no reason why o
farmer should pay fifteen cents, or
more, for beef and sell his poultry for
less, nor should he be content with
pork and potatoes when he can have
poultry on his table.
Poultry on the farmers table Is more
| wholesome, and greater luxury, than
the poultry on the tables of the con-
sumers in the cities, as the supply sent
to the city markets is not always of the
best quality, much being consumed
that is very inferior. The farmer can
select the choicest and best for his use,
and can have it in fresh and whole
some condition.
The home market is the best and
most important The farmer should
| bell Ouly OnG SuTpluSt anu hOp aiiO"
any poultry or eggs to be sent to the
cities until after his own wants are
supplied. 1t will be a saving in some
other direction when poultry is used.
and the family will enjoy the gather
ing around the table when the diet is
more varied.
1t is not advisable to overlook high
prices. The farmer is wise to sell his
poultry when he can get good prices.
1t is not proper, however, for farmer
to sell at sacrifice when he can hnd a
market on his own table. The home
market is always the remedy for low
prices. When there are one or two fat
hens that do not lay, it will not pay to
ship them, but it pays to eat them and
save the cost of their food. Young
fowls that will not mature in time to
lay before winter, and which take up
room that the laying hens should have,
will do more service if used on the
table than if retained. The surplus
should be reduced before winter, in
order to save expenses. - Farm and
| Fireside.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08
Queen vIctoria's Dutch Dolls.

The queen has lately had sent to os-
borne House large collection of Dutch
dolls which she had dressed herself
when she was a little girl, in the cos
tunes of all the nationalities of the
world. They were accidentally found
by Sir Henry Ponsonby at Buckingham
Palace, and on his communicating the
fact to heF Majesty she at once COM
manded that they should be sent to
Osborne. Since the arrival of the pup
pets they have been photographed,
seated on chairs and sofas in specially
arranged room. An illustrated article,
with letter press description of them
and revised by an illustrious parsonage,
will appear in the coming number OF
one of the magazines. The queens
acquaintance with the various costumes
sxemplified will make the record most
interesting ---London Globe
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08
EARN AND GARDEN.
HOUSE EoR POULTRY.
Is Is of Pleasing Design and Can BE Built
for n Small Sum.

Is Is of Pleasing Design and Can BE Built
for Small Sum.
There should be as much neatness
and taste displayed in all the buildings
which farmer erects on his farm as
possible, and il does not always mean
additional expense to do so. 1t can be
kept within a limit when you need TO
look at the item of expense first before
you act. Very often this point is car
ried too far and with more or less igno-
rance on the part of the farmer as to
what he must expend. Economy in
building can be overdone and the point
sought entirely overreached. Instead
of its being less, the poor material put
into the building in few years falls to
pieces and repairing is the only way tc
keep the flimsy structure from falling
apart. You perhaps have had just
such an experience. One experience
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08

II was one o. them creepy, quiet
summer nights thet a man feels away
down an all over; there wasn't much
noise in the little gamblin' room o. the
tavern except the aip-hap o. the cards,
the occasional shuffiin' o. feet as some
man changed his position fur luck, an
now an then an oath thet told thet
somebody was busted.
OF man Rogers was all unnerved
thet night, cause he was losin' heavy
an he'd been fur near two weeks,
while Custer set there lookin' as cool
an handsome as could be. But there
was glitter In his eyes when he fixed
'em on the OF man, thet made body
think of snake charmin' a bird. He
was playin' fur purpose, it showed
in his face an the eager grasp of his
long, slender white fingers as they
touched the cards The men at the
other tables were finally aroused by
the deck being dashed on the table an
a groan from Rogers. He was busted.
This was common; so the men jest
went on with their own business. But
them thet was watchin' saw the
oil man lean over the table as he said:
"You asked me fur my darter, the
other day; stake me fifty against her
until / try my luck once more, an eff
lose, she's yore'n'."
"Done. An Custer laid down the
bills.
The news soon got around an the
men left their own games TO watch
this one. Jem Mace among 'em.
Jest as they began playin', with 6
sort of unconscious impulse, we looked
toward the door an there stood Sue.
1t wasn't no place fit fur woman
but she had come fur her father, an
there wasn't a man but what he'd toe
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08
ADJUSTABLE MARKER.

More Simple and Easier Made Than Other
Similar Devices.
The marks are made by runners
about 80 inches in length, s inches wide
and inches thick. The center runner
is but six inches wide, and is spiked to
a board 8 feet long and s inches wide.
The end runners are mortised an inch
from the top, so that they slip readily
on this frame board. They are held in
place by wire spikes, slipped into holes
bored through the runner and also
through the frane-board The distance
can be readily varied to suit different
needs The marker may be drawn or
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08
DEATH MASKS.
Antiquity and Interest of Such Portra

Antiquity and Interest of Such Portraits.
Although there is no mention of death
masks in the works of Homer, or in any
of the later classics, recent explorers
have satisfied themselves that in the
early burials of all nations it was the
custom to cover the heads and bodies of
the dead with sheets of gold so pliable
that they took the impress of the form;
and not infrequently, when in 1.-The
course of centuries the embalmed flesh
has shrivelled or fallen away, the gold
retained the exact cast of the features.
Schliemann found a number of bodies
covered with large masks of gold-plate
in repousse work." several of which
have been reproduced by means of en-
craving in his Mycene; and he asserts
that there can be no doubt whatever
that each one of these represents the
likeness of the deceased person whose
face it covered.
When Hamlet said that Alexander
died, Alexander was buried, Alexander
returneth to the dust, he overlooked the
fact that AleXander's dust, instead of
being converted into loan to stopa beer
barrel, was preserved from corruption
by the process of embalming and from
external injury by being cased in the
most precious of metals Petigrew, in
his History of Egyptian Mummies, says
of the death mask Of Alexander,
that sit was sort of chase work,
and of such a nature that it could be
applied so closely to the skin as to pre-
serve not only the form of the body, but
also to give the expression of the fea-
lures to the countenance." He does
| not quote his authority for this state
ment, but it is unquestionably derived
from the account of the death and
burial of Alexander written by Diodorus
Siculus, who said: "And first IA coffin
of beaten gold was provided, so wrought
by the hammer as to answer to the pro-
portions of the body; it was half filed
with aromatic spices, which served as
well to delight the sense as to prevent
the body from putrefaction. Then
follows description of the funeral
chariot, and of the long line of march
from babylon to Alexandria, where
Augustus Caesar saw the tomb three
hundred years later; but there is no
reference to a mask of Alexander's face
in gold.
The value of plaster cast as por-
trait of the dead or living face cannot
for moment be questioned, 1t must
of necessity be absolutely true to nature.
1t cannot fatter; it cannot caricature.
1t shows the subject as he was, or is,
not only as others saw him, in the
actual flesh, but as he saw himself.
And in the case of the death-masl1 par
ticularly, it shows the subject often as
he permitted no one but himself to see
himself. He does not pose; he does not
try to look pleasant" In his mask he
is seen, as it were, with his mask off,
Laurence Hutton, in Harper'sh n agazine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08

%eivin' critter, not that she meant to
be dcceivin but her disposition was so
different from her looks. Her hair was
brown, and her eyes was blue an in
uercent lookin' as baby's, an she he'd
a little mouth thet alters looked like it
was Jest ready to curve into a cry.
She looked as timid as a mouse, but
she was as brave as any woman ever
was.
Hevin' almost growed up amongst us,
we all liked an respected her, which
them thet knowed her couldn't help
doin'. We all felt kinder near to her, a
zninglin' of awe an pity together. You
know how men will feel toward a
brave little woman thet's got a lot of
trouble to contend with. An thet was
Sues trouble. Her father would
gamble and drink.
There wasn't cleverer man in the
place then OF 81 Rogers. He was a
gosld workman, an made good money.
But keep it, he couldn't. He was
death on playin' poker, an when he
played he he'd to drink to steady his
NERVES.
But even in his most reckless drink
in tantrums he never forgot his love
for Sue. An he hedn't ought to,
uuther, for she was us faithful an low
In to him as eff he didn't hev fault in
the world. Tho it was sometimes
pnrty tryin fur her, when things was
needed IN the house to hev the oil man
lose every cent he had in a Jackpot an
come home staggerin', stone blind
drunk. But thets what often hap
pened. When folks'ud try ter persuade
her to leave him, she Civ 'em cold en-
couragement an arter awhile they jest
got to loollin on in kinder silent re-
spect an shallin' their heads when any
thing particular bad turned up.
She never minded none o. thet but
just went on in the same way lavishin'
her affections upon thct OIL hulk of a
father o hers. But the young fellers,
when they seen that she was good an
faithful as well as purity, commenced
90 banker arter her more an more. But
ntwaSn't no use, ferevery body clated
Ghet eff Sue ever sot her affections on
any man that one would be Jim Mace,
which the same he'd kinder growed up
In her favor. Most all the fellows he'd
learned to content themselves, lcavln'
Che field to jim, fur none of them
Thought they was man enough to cut
him out. Jim was mighty nice fell
Govg, steady an easy goin' with no
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08

-Younghusband-'If l we're you,
my dear, wouldn't tell my friends /
had trimmed that hat myself" Mrs,
Younghusband-"Why, love, would Il
be conceite3P" Yonnghushand- "No;
superhuous." -Life's caloudar.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08
ADJUSTABLE MARKER.

pushed, as you suggest The number
of runners, weight, ETC., may also be
varied to suit the work the runner is
designed for.-J. Ii. Van, in America n
Gardening.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08
Fall Mnnurlng of Land.

Land that is manured in the fall will
be in good condition in the spring if the
subsoil is heavy A loss often results
when manure is spread on unplowed
land, due to washing of the rains in
winter, but If the manure is turned un-
der with one-horse plow the loss will
be light. In the late fall the hauling
of the manure may be done to better
advantage, as the teams are not then
busy.
IF the late cabbage plants are small
and do not appear to grow as they
should, apply a small quantity of super.
phosphate or some nitrogenous fertil-
izer around each one of the plants and
then give the field good working with
hoe or cultivatoT.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-08

Carl HagenbeclS, the celebrated
German collector and tanner of wild ami
mails, is in Chicago to arrange for the
extensive geological exhibit which he
will make in Midway Plaisance at the
worlds fair. He will exhibit lions
tigers, panthers, leopards, bears, mon.
keysetc., in great number, and will show
the largest happy family" ever seen.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-12-01

The schooner Chas. R. Wilson is in
and loading at Wilson Bros.
The schooner Laura May came in Sun
dav and went on up to Cosmopolis.
The steam schooner Lakme came in
yesterday and passed on up to Cosmopo-
lis.
The steamer Homer went out from
Cosmopolis last week loaded with lum-
Der.
The following vessels were loading at
Hoquiam Monday: Gardiner City, J. G.
Ford, North Bend, Arago, Portland and
Eureka.
On Sunday last the Gardiner City and
North Bend came into Hoquiam to load
for the Northwestern Lumber Co. On
the same day the J. G. Ford arrived there
for the Slade Co.
The steamer Willapa has made hel
last trip to the Harbor. She will go to
the Sound and run between Neah bay
and Seattle having been chartered by the
Hastings Steamboat Co.. Of Port Town
send. The steamer Alliance which has
been laid up for some time at Astoria,
will be put back on the route abandoned
by the Willapa.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-12-01
NOTICE OF
Delinquent Tax list
--oF THE
Toun Of cosmopolis.

Notice il hereby given that whereas
pursuant to the laws Of the state Of
Washington, and Ordinance No. of the
Town Of Cosmopolis for the purpose Of
Assessment, levy and collection OF taxes
in said town Of Cosmopolis.
And whereas the Town clerk Of said
town OF Cosmopolis delivered to me the
delinquent tax roll on the 18th day of
November, 1892, ordering me to collect
all taxes therein found due and unpaid.
Now therefore, pursuant to said order
and direction Of the Town clerk, ard in
accordance with the law Of said ordinance,
l, Silas w. Smith, Marshal and Ex-officio
collector Of delinquent taxes for Town Of
Cosmopolis, do hereby give notice, that
unless the taxes delinquent together with
the costs and percentage are paid, the
real property upon which said taxes are
lien will be sold at public auction to
pay the same on the 18th day Of Decem-
Der at the hour of 10 o'clock .. m. Of said
day at the city Office on Front Street in
the Town Of Cosmopolis, Wash. All the
Real Estate within the town of Cosmopo-
lis described in the following delinquent
tax list, or 30 much Of each lot or
parcel thereof as may be necessary to
satisfy AL taxes LEVIED by said Town Of
Cosmopolis, for the year 1892 against
each lot or portion thereof, together with
interest, penalties and cost due and re-
naming unpaid. Said tax sale to con-
tinue from day to day from the hour Of
10 o'clock o. m. until A o'clock p. m. un-
til said sale is completed: