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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30
our Indehtedncss TO PompeiI.

The American Druggist says that we
are indebted to Pompcii for the great
industry OF canned fruit. Years ago,
when the excavations were just begin
ming. a party of Cincinnatians found in
what had been the pantry of the house
many jars of preserved figs One was
opened and they were found to be fresh
and good. investigation showed that
the figs had been put into jars in a
heated state. an aperture left for the
steam to escape and then sealed with
wax. The hinJ was taken, and the
next year fruit canning was introduced
into the United States. the process be-
ing identical with that in vogue in
pompeii twenty cen .alries ago.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30
RAISING CALVES.
Food That IL Almost Sure to Produce q
Fine Growth.

Fine Growth.
A calf may be fed skinned milk
when one week old, with the addition
of one gill of boiled faXseed, increas-
ing the ration gradually to pint per
day when four weeks old, and then
adding fine middlings or corn and oats
ground together, or pint to one Quart
of oats unground
Flaxseed Cruel, with plenty of
skinned milk, will produce very fine
growth leaving the calf as mellow to
the touch as if sucking the COW. A
calf two months old will gain three
pounds per day on this ration.
The oil taken off in the cream can be-
replaced for one-hfth of the money
value of the cream. Butter dairymen
may raise calf tc each COW upon
skinned milk and little additional
food, such as indicated, and get one.
fourth to one-third as much profit out
of the refuse milk as out of the butter
Selling butter robs the land of nothing
valuable--only carbon which has Nc
manurial value.-Andrew Ii. Ward, in
Prairie Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

amount of acid from this, in one quar-
ter of the time necessary to accomplish
the same work with the measure fur
nished with the machine. In adding
the hot water, we have another method
which is quite handy, shown ut the
same figure. 1t is can with u fat
back, to which is attached small rub,
ber tube four feet long. This hose has
attached to it u glass tube with the
joint drawn down. Just above the
glass joint is q pinch cock. The can is
hung on the wall above the tester.
When ready to add the hot water to the
test, fill the can, and from this add the
needed amount to the TASKS. / find
that these articles save me much valu-
able time. AS to cost, the burette cost
$500, the bottle s1.7C, the funnel ten
cents and the can and rubber tube
about fifty ceuts.-Rural New Yorker.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30
Correct Feeding tn 9 Best Cure.

Charcoal and wood ashes with numer-
ous othsr things, sometimes poisonous
drugs, are given to growing pigs to
correct the acidity of the stomach and
prevent the rotting process which re.
suits from undigested food in the
stomach at high temperature. This
rotting is the result of gluttony,
whether found in man or any other
beast and should be corrected by the
thoughtful AMI experienced feeder Toe
much is not only not good because
calculated to impair the vital functions
and militat- against their successful
working, but is waste of food us we'll,
and il is in the economical use OF food
that we find our profit. But should
such "a correction To the acidity of the
stomach be really called for there j.
nothing better or more readily avail
able than burnt corn cobs, or few
ears of burned corn. Corn ground
with cob, however, is probably the
best after all, affording as it does bulk
as well as nutrimeYt and permitting
the gastric juice an opportunity to
thoroughly perneate the mass in the
stomach. --Colman' Rurai World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

LET no dead flowers remain on the
Towering plant.
CELERY delights in liquid manure. 1t
needs plenty Of moisture.
REMOVE the suckers from the apple
trees. They ruin the trees.
CHRYsANTHEMUMs rejoice in liquid
manure and should have it once a
week.
A SUBSCRIBER uses nothing but Per-
sian insect powder for cabbage worms.
1t is too expensive.
SPINACH and kale should be covered
with light mulch when the ground
freezes in our northern climate.
II is said that pulveri2cd potash
placed in the runs will kill moles.
Open the rams, put in the potash and
cover with a stone.
PICK grapes three o- :opr days before
packing. and see to it that nothing but
perfect fruit is packed. No matter how
large the crop is, take this precaution.
ONE of our horticulturists speaking
of black knot says that the Wash
ington, bradshaw and Refine Claude
are the least subject to it, while the
Lombard, English Horse plum and
Magnum Bonum are more liable TO the
black not -Enrmers' Voice.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30
TIME FOR PRUNING.
Close Trimming When tho Tree Is Dor
nlant Induces Growth.

Close trimming When tho Tree Is Dor
mant Induces Growth.
The time to prune deciduous trees is
when the sap is down and leaves off the
tree. Plums are generally the first
ready and are followed by pears, april
cots, peaches and lastly apples.
Close pruning when the tree is DOR
mant induces tree growth. Hence if a
tree is feeble, or has not grown as could
be wished, it should be closely trimmed
in the winter season, always cutting
just above a healthy bud. A severe
shock to the tree, while the sap is flow
ing freely, causes the tree to throw out
fruit buds and spurs for the next sea-
son, and pruning while the tree is in
blossom will cause that crop to set.
When tree growth is desired, prune
while the tree is dormant; but if fruit
is desired, prune either root or top while
the sap is flowing.
For plumS. pruncS and apricots, leave
all the small spurs growing along the
branches, no matter whether the tree is
young or old, for on them the bulk of
the fruit is grown. Head in well from
the outside, which tends to develop
these spurs, and also strengthens the
tree, and the fruit will grow where the
tree is best able to bear it. Apples,
peaches and pears are inclined to bear
nearer the tips, and young trees should
be well headed in during the win
ter season, both to give the tree
symmetry and strength, and also to in
duce more vigorous wood growth, and
prevent premature bearing of fruit, a
fault that fruit growers do not seem to
appreciate. but which is nevertheless,
very serious one.-Farin and Home.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30
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rELFoRD BEFORE wEDG1Sa.

It is then imperative to cut or fill, or
both, as may be found most eXpedient,
in order to give sufficient fall in the
cutters to carry the water to the near
est stream. Underdrains are also re-
quired in such places to relieve the
subsoil of water. This matter of secur-
ment is really the most important
end to be gained by grading, as the
pavement may be constructed and
permanently maintained on grades of
very inconvenient steepness, bnt if the
drainage is neglected the existence of
the pavement itself is imperlled.
The total depth of pavement was
generally twelve inches. On some of
the roads the telford foundation was
not laid under the entire width of the
pavement, but "a strip two feet wide on
each side consisted of macadan stone
only. Underdrains were laid wherever
required to relieve the subgrade of
water and to fit it for rolling and con-
solidation.
The telford foundation consist cd of
trap rock on most of the roads, hard
granulite or similar stone being used
Oh UIle OUueTS. he SUOueS were OIL unc
general wedge shape shown in the il
lustration, set On their bases and
placed side by side with their longest
dimensions transverse to the line of the
road
The stones were at least eight inches
deep, the base Icing from eight to
twelve inches in .ength and not less
than four inches in width. After
sufficient length OF this foundation had
been laid all projecting points Of stone
were broken off with hammers, and
smaller stores, spaIls and chips were
wedged and hammer red into every open
ing until the whole was made rigid
mass Of stone. This process of KNAPP
ping was continued until all points
above grade were broken off, the low
places filed with stone, and the telford
presented sufficiently even surface at
the proper grade.
The foundation was then rolled thor
oughly, the roller used weighing at
least five tons. In the construction of
the latter roads thin layer of clay
was spread over the telford previous to
the rolling to prevent the screenings
(Which were to be applied later) from
sitting through the foundation, and
also to form cushion for the macadam
stone
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30
FARM AND GARDEN.
THE MAKING OF ROADS.
Importance of Easy Grades IL Not Under
eto0d Gepera11y.

Importance of Easy Grades IL Not Under
stood Generally.
Mr.. +. A. Dunham, who was the on
gineer in charge OF road improvements
in Union county, N. j., and other popu-
lar suburbs of New York, the results of
which have been in high degree sat
lsfactory, in communication to Good
Roads gives his general plan of opera
tions.
All the roads were carefully located
and mapped, and accurate levels were
tahcI and profles made for establish
ing the grades, particui ar care being
taken with this part of the work, as it
was considered of the greatest inn
portance. On the earlier roads some
quite heavy earthwork was done both
IN excavation and embankment in order
to reduce steep grades as much as pos
siblc. On later work, however, it was
considered advisable to reduce the cost
Of the earthworls, and in order to do
this grades were established which
necessarily followed more nearly the
general surface of the old roads. Sufi-
cient grading was always done, how
ever to secure adequate inclination for
! drainage.
| The benefits 10 be secured 'by expend-
ing even q moderate amour of money
in improving the grade of loads about
TO be paved are not appreciated as they
should be. Hills and hollows which
might have been improved at very
slight expense are often left in the road
TO be continual detrimcnt to its USE
fitness. 1t tshould be remem bercd that
i is not expected nor desired to make a
level road, but that often only small
amount of earth need be taken from
the top of a hill and added to the hol-
low at its foot 10 convert bad, hilly
road into good one with easy grades
We should also bear in mind that this
expense of grading, once incurred, is
forever done with, while if the need of
grading should be realized after the
completion of the pavement all the
work done upon the latter would kave
to be sacrificed.
Sometimes the road is too level al
lowing the water to settle at slight de-
pressions and saturate the subgrade.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30
Swimmers in the British Navy.

Twenty-Five years ago it was discov-
cred by official inquiry that 50 per cent
of the British marines and more than
20 per cent of the sailors on British war
vessels were unable to swim. Eleven
per cent of the officers could not do SO.
This was followed by the adoption of q
regulation requiring all who enter the
navy to learn this art. In parliament
it was stated that the great numbers
who lost their lives in the Victoria dis
aster did not perish because they had
not been taught to swim, as mt first re-
ported, 'but were drowned because
they jumped into the water in such
large groups that they were unable
to use their limbs. Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

In western town there lives WON.
an who has genius for large stories.
AS she is accustomed to say, she "scnrns
petty details" At tea party she an.
tertaincd the company with the do
scription Of hog which her father
fatted to the enormous weight of five
thousand pounds. "Oh, my dear!'
ejaculated her husband, ''it must have
been Ave hundred pounds" "Why,
Edward Babbittr' exclaimed the nara.
tor. with evident disgust 1.-THE skin
weighed thatl'
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

No Catch There. -"Chicago is a,
queer town" remarked II Detroit law
yer who had been out there during the
fair. 'How?" inquired Il listener. I'm
its views of law and the enforcement
thereof. During my visit there. a man
stole $500 in cash and, though there
were at least fifty people to testify
against him and plenty of lawyers to
prosecute him, I'll be blamed if he
didn't get off scot free" "Aw, come
off," eXpostulated the listener "there's
some catch to that" ''No there isn't,
or wasn't, protested the narrator they
couldn't catch him in the crowd and he
escaped See?"-Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30
SOME COMING MODES.
0uaintness the Keynote to the Autumn
Fashions What Is to De Expected.

Ouaintness the Keynote to the Autumn
Fashions What is to BE Expected.
Any observing one who takes her
walks abroad" in the pleasant ways of
the worlds fair grounds cannot fail to
be struck and saddened by the aggre-
gate monotony of the women's dresses,
SO that the eccentric vcsture of the
midway comes as great relief. After
the uniform" of the navy blue serge
Eton suit, a thing really fitted for none
other than small, slight women, and
which is preposterously hideous on
''divinely tall" maid, or matron of
proportions, there is the living horror
of the 1880 period. And there is moth
ing else. These fiaring skirts and
bulging sleeves, how common they
have become, until each woman looks
exactly like every other woman, and
all resemble butter tubs. Surely a
change is imminent. 1t requires re-
markably pretty woman to be quaint
and picturesque in an 1880 outfit, and
the American woman is oftener we'll
formed and stylish horrible word, but
1t has no equivalent,) than she is beau
tiful.
ASuo NhiSh way wv oiiO opiaWo VI ldSIl@
ion blow? Never is state secret better
guarded than are the ideas of the lead,
ing couteriere for coming fashions
But that the ''incroyable" will have
vogue is more than likely. 1t may not
be fashion of common sense, but it is
one of extreme quaintness and pos,
sesses a charm all its own. The orig
inal incroyables were French dandies,
who professed semi-invalidism,
swathed their delicate throats in neck
cloths many times wound around and
fiaring charmingly beneath the chin.
They supported their fragile frames
upon very long and exquisite sticks,
and wore long-tailed coats with eSag-
gerated revers and cooked hats. The
cooked hat is already here and the
modified remainder is likely to follow
soon.
The fashion for high shoulders, with
all its smartness, is rapidly passing
away and the overfashionable guipure
lacs is being supplanted by point d. Ar
geneon as decoration for gowns. The
new lace is of a lovely yellow tone. its
net clear and rather broadly meshed
and scattered with conventional de.
signs in series of stitches that look
like the patient grouping of myriad
millet seeds. Chicago Post.
what do you think of my dog,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30
gust 6
Flow or -

have been troubled with dysrcp.
sia, but after fair trial of August
Flower, am freed from the vexatious
trouble-J. B. Young, Daughters
College, Harrodsburg, Ky. l Lad
headache oneyear steady. One bottle
of August Flower cured ME. 1t was
positively worth one hundred dollars
to me-J w. Smith, P. M. and Gen.
Merchant, Townsend, Ont. 1 have
used it myself for constipation and
dyspepsia and it cured me, 1t is the
best seller / ever handled-C. Rugh,
Druggist, Mechanicsburg, Pa. o
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30
DAIRY coNVENIeNoEs.
Littlo Things Which Save Considerable
Worry and Work.

Little Things Which save ConsfdernbiS
Worry and Work.
Time Is money, and an hour saved in
testing herd of cows amounts to con-
siderable in year. A few additions TO
the apparatus furnished with the Bah
cock tester will save this time. In the
cut show some additions to our tester.
A is glass tube, with a glass stop.
cock, called burette. 1t is graduated
in tenths of c. c., but the marks
shown in the drawing are for the propc,
amount of acid TO be used. B is a glass
funnel; c is reservoir bottle holding
two quarts. When ready TO test, fill
the bottle with acid, and then run the
burctte full. The testing TASKS can
then be supplied with the required
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30
Drawing cap4.ity oil "a Horse.

On the worst kind Of earth ROAD a
horse can draw about four times as
much as he can carry on his back On
q good macadanlized road he can pull
ten times us much; on plank road
twenty-five times as much, and on
metal lines ffty-eight times as much.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

81 wonder why Cinderclla's god
mother compelled her TO get home be-
fore midnightP' sabd Hicks. II guess
the old lady had heard it was bad form
TO wear, diamonds in the morning re-
turned Mawson. -Harpcr's Bazlr.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

Ralph Lane and his companions,
who went back to England from Vir-
ginia with Sir Francis Drake, carried
with them the first tobacco seen in that
country. Sir Walter Raleigh intro
duced it to the queen and nobility.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

"A Sure gn.-Presidcnt of the Cor
poration-But what makes you SO sure
Alderman Grabbc can be Influenced?
Secretary of Ditto-lIe often quotes the
expression: Every man has his price.
-Tr1th
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

Orthodox Turks shave the head
with the exception of II tuft on the
crown, which is left to insure u tight
grip to the angel of the resurrection
when he comes TO pull them out of the
grave on the day OF Judgment.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

The city of London is sacred from
intrusion by the royal troops, and only
two regiments in the British service
have the right to march through it in
martial array, with bands playing,
bayoncts fixed and colors displayed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

SLEEPY CiTi2E&-"Wh do you want IL
my house" Burglar presenting gum 81
want money Sleepy CltGen-"Good LORD .
plaiudcaler.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

CLosEFtsT-"I hear YOUR son is grcn' 81
contracting dcbts.' Hunks-"B Base fabrl
ton, assure you; he is an expander.
Kate Fields Washington.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

CASE (muoye5J Don't you know tha
heard so; now 1 know it."-Boston Tran
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

ALL people have Il history, but the wise
ones are not in the autobiography business.
M lt,,nlll,nn .ln.rILnl
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

What do you think Of my dog,
Jack?" We'll, If only he combined
the good points OF all his breeds, what
= wonderful dog he'd ber'-Life.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

WE ought to keep peace with China as
long as we have Il pacific ocean between US.
Troy PrNss
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-30

ONE feature of cyclone is worthy of gem
eral imitation; il always does its level best.
4 q ,,nll - LinN
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-12-13
Tears ami Nerves.

My medical friend explains: As the
muscular power that extends or hexes
finger is nj distance from the part
moved, 80 the excitement 90 tears is
from an irritation in " distant nervous
center, and is removed when hc ncrv-
ouG center is either soothed or ox.
haustcd. The relief comes, not from
the mere escape of tears, which is only
II symptom, but from the cessation of
the storm in thc nervous chain. If
tho storm bc calmed by soothing
measures -as When We soothc a child
that is weeping from fear. annoyance
ur injury--wo quiet the nervous cen.
tcrs, upon which the effect ceases. In
children the soothing method sue.
cecds, and sometimes il succeeds in
adults, although i'll adults the cessa-
tion of tears is more commonly due to
actual exhaustion following u period
Of nervous activity. Boston Globe.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-12-13
Take no Substitute for
Royal Baking Powder.
1t is Absolutely Pure.
All others contain alum or ammonia.
Wolves in Maine.

1t has been long since any wolves
were reported in Maine, but the latest
news is that few have got across the
border. Word comes from Spencer
Pond that one was shot near there the
other day. A woman at a camp about
twelve miles from Spencer having ven
tured some distance from the camp
was chased by wolf clear up to her
own door, and believes she heard two
or three more of the beasts ot far be-
hind. On her arrival man at the
camp snatched a gun, rushed out and
shot tho beast before ho had time to
retreat to the woods. Lewiston Jour
nnl
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-12-13
WaSps as PAPER Makers.

Welsh paper notes that two wasps'
nests are on view in shop window in
Carmarthen. In shape they resemble
~ cOcOanut, the covering being com
posed of paper. Speaking of the wasp
as paper manufacturers, Lord Broug-
ham is reported by the Paper Record,
London, Ms saying she makes II paper
rs excellent as any manufacturer nt
Maidstone, aud he held that she has
for sixty centuries been acquainted
with what was only discovered by man
between five and six hundred wears
ago. His lordship also states that on
examining the structure of wasps
nest he found that she makes two kinds
of paper-white and brown, the former
being fine cambric-a both are glued
together by n smooth and durable &C.
ment The white paper took the ink
Just as well as il il had been sized As
matter of fact, the wasp is not very
particular rs to the color of her nest.
"A case was recorded of nest made in
successive layers of parti- colorcd paper
red, blue, yellow and white. Upon
investigation it was found that the
wasp had drawn her materials from n
number of strips of many y-hued paper,
which had been suspended over a
newly -sown flower bed in order to scare
away the birds. The wasp, in tropical
countries, is probably II paper maker
proper, using vegetable fibre for her
half stuff, but in England tho examina-
tion of many nests leads us to believe
that the insect il merely worker up
of old material, and prefers to use
ready made paper without taking the
trouble to grind up vegetable fibre in
to pulp.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-12-13
Flower Shows in India.

The display of flowers at flower
show in India is naturally very mag
nificent. In one recently held in
Poona and opened by Lady Harris,
the chief interest was attached to the
arrangement of cut flowers and to
table decoration. Lady Harris COM
peted in the latter, and, of course, be.
ing so devoted to cricket, had two
cricketers supporting the three branch
lamp in the centre of her table, which
was an arrangement in scarlet and
green The first prize was awarded TO
Mrs. Whitworth, for blue and white
table, the centre spread and the ice
plate being pale blue, and the flowers
used white zinziber, tho bridal or
snow creeper, white hibiscus and
maidenhair fern. The second prize
fell to table decorated with nothing
but the Glarisa supcrba, and rushes
mixed with silk of the yellow hue seen
when the flower opens, Another lady
had for centre white swan floating
in water and bordered with broken
swan eggs. The judges were two
ladies who did not compete and whose
names were iudiciously kept secret.
In the basket OF flowers competition,
the most original was one formed of
hollow bamboos Of different sizes, ar.
tistically tillod with flowers, grasses
and creepers. Another lady requisi.
toned n real hornets nest ms recepta.
Gle for her flowers. Very gorgeous,
indeed, were the fine tables decorated
by native buffers, which were u perfect
blaze of color, especially yellow.
Hearth and Home.