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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04
COLOR IN ANIMALS.
Curious Relation Between Their Markings
and Their Inherited Disposition.

Curious Relation Between Their Markings
and Their Inherited Disposition.
did you ever keep white mice?" said
a naturalist. "Never did, eh? Well, they
are very interesting creatures, but they
exhibit one freak occasionally which
has puzzled me great deal OF course,
you know that they are alibnos-that is
to say, q lusus natur9. Now and then
among ordinary gray mice one or two
white ones will be born. 1t is the same
with rats. Because they are odd and
pretty such alb;nos are sometimes pre-
served and pair of them bred from.
Naturally, they tend to reproduce
albinism in their progeny, but some OF
the latter from generation to genera
ton are gray, reverting to the original
and normal color of the stock The
gray ones, however, are destroyed al
ways by the fancier, and at length a
pure strain oe white mice is obtained.
Precisely the same thing is done with
white rabbits, which are likewise al.
binos All white cats are apt to hav-
pink eyes, and to be nearly or quite
blind. AS for the mice, even in a race
of white ones that has long been culti-
waited by selection a gray specimen is
likely to turn up occasionally"
"All gray, like the ordinary mice?"
Exactly so. Now, it is just here
that the puzzle 1 speak of comes in.
Take litter of white mice in which
there are a couple of gray ones and you
will find that the behavior of the gray
mice is altogether different from that
of their white brothers and sisters.
Whereas the white ones show no fear
of human beings whatever, having be-
come accustomed to them through
many generations, the gray mice from
the earliest infancy exhibit dread of
man. In fact, they behave precisely as
small wild mice in nest would do
''Evidently reverting to the color of
their untamed ancestors they have at
the same time resumed the instincts of
the latter. Is not that very strange?
No, cannot pretend to account for it.
1t is psychological problem, too deep
for science to do more than guess at.
For reasons which we arc not able to
comprehend there is certain relation
between color and disposition in ami
mails For example, it is well known
that white horses are the most gentle 4"
Washington Star.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04
HOUSE DRESSES.
Hints of the Fashions in Indoor &C
tunes.

Hints of the Fashions In Indoor Cos
tunes.
The house dresses of the present sea.
son are charmingly simple and effect.
i've, with no eccentlicities in cut and
trimming. The best models have q
round easy-fitting corsage shorter than
those of year ago, with wide seamless
back and full gathered front, giving the
appearance of natural waist not drawn
in by tight lacing. The long slender
"hour-glass" waists, brought into use
by English tailors have almost entirely
disappeared. The breadth given the
top of the corsage by revers, bretelles,
epaulettes, or u Collarette, added tc
putfed sleeves will make any natural
waist seem small enough by contrast.
For this reason they serve a good pur,
pose, yet a danger to be guarded agains'
is that of eXaggerating these accesso
ries to too great size, and thus destroy.
ing in a new way all proportion and
symmetry. Some modistes are using
double revers without epaulettes above
dou BILE breasted fronts, making shoul.
der seams two or three inches longer
than formerly, and trusting to the
puffed sleeves for giving modsh
breadth. Others have adopted extreme
ly long shoulder seams, coming quite
over the shoulder-tips, with dropping
puffed sleeves in bell shape. Bolero
jacket fronts are turned back in revers
that expand in plated fullness above
the armhole, then disappear beneath
the sleeves in the back. There are also
new models with triple revers that st ri
in point on the shoulder seam, thea
widen on the bust while fancy prcva-
lent in Paris is for revers alike in front
and back, turned down in V shape
below a chemisette of cloth, silk or
Grape of contrasting color, made with
very long shoulder seams The sleeves
are either of round balloon shapN, or
else dropping puffs widest at the elbow,
in the fashion of $780, -Harper's Bazar
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

is safe to say, however, that a renewal
of the offer to-day would produce
scores of applications.
The demand for good roads is not n
craze. Illinois leads the western states
in population, prosperity and general
intelligence. 1t should lead the west
in the establishment of an improved
system of highways. To accomplish
this most desirable end, the people
must be taught that money spent for
good roads is a permanent invest
ment returning usurious interest.
The Iowa Road Improvement associa-
tion recognizes this fact, and at it's re-
cent session at Des Moines adopted a
resolution favoring such changes in
the revenue laws as would provide for
the levy of general county tax upon
all property located in cities, towns and
country, to be devoted to the improve.
ment of highways. The Iowa PROPOSE.
tion is fair, equitable and timely and
worthy of thoughtful investigation by
state lawmakers everywhere w,
Weippiert, in Chicago Graphic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04
HoT-BED FRAMES.

spring it forms the hot-bed. After
ward when the manure is taken out it
is capital place to summer over"
many plants which do not do well ex-
posed to hot dry winds, Then in the
fall it is just the place to grow chrys-
anthemums, and all winter with proper
protection many half-hardy plants can
be nicely kept in it Tough prairie
sod may be used for the sides with
good effect provided the land is low
and the pit liable to collect water. In
the engravings are still other styles of
frames which for certain purposes will
be found very useful For example,
the upper one shows span shape; that
is, it has sash slanting each way and
hinged at the top, Such miniature
greenhouse, for summer use, will be
found convenient for growing Chinese
primroses, cinerarias, calceolarias,
cyclamen and similar plants; even
azaleas, provided there is height
enough, will do finely. In the lower
right-hand corner is very modest af-
fair and just the thing to construct for
the children's garden. With it they
may go through the performances of
their elders, and thus find innocent en-
ployment, and cultivate love for
flowers and gardening.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04
cHuRNlNG SWEET CREAM.

A Subject in Which All Dairymen Are
Interested Just Now.
There is much interest manifested in
the claims of those who are insisting
that cream may be churned sweet, and
more eXhaustively, if the temper ature
is made very low, some claiming as low
a temperature as even SO degrees, while
others deny this and put the lowest
limit at 4S degrees. Renewed interest
has been manifested in the matter by
the published statement that the Nor
ton butter is made from sweet cream
churned at 36 degrees and only leaves
0.2 of per cent. of fat in milk and but,
ter fats. On inquiry it is found that
the result is only made successfully
possible by separating the cream from
the freshly drawn milk with q sep
arator and iced and churned at once.
Cream twenty-four hours old, no mat
ter how kept, is fresh, and right from
the separator is in part churned which
last influence would be lost if the
cream was held few hours 1t may
be possibly due to the specific breed of
butter COWS, and more, that it is the
aim of the proprietor to have fresh
COW added to the herd as often as once
in two weeks or even oftener. 1t is
doubtful if the cream made from any
plans of gravity setting or kept for
several hours will churn exhaustively,
and will, if attempted, confirm the
usual idea in regard to it, but with a
specific dairy COW, fed succulent foods,
the milk in part separating as soon as
milked and churned at once, the case
is entirely different. nt.-Prac ctical Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04
TIE ROAD MOVEMENT.
10 Is Gaining strength in All of th
Western states.

Tt Is Gaining Strength Ia Ali of Tho
Western states.
The agitation for good roads, begun
few years ago in most unfavorable
conditions, is rapidly assuming national
proportions. Farmers, at one time the
bitterest opponents of improved roads,
are now advocating the construction of
macadamized or graveled highways,
and this year the governors of various
states referred TO the subject in their
messages.
In the state of Illinois the contract
labor system has been abolished by
law. New modes of employment must
be found for the thousands of prison
ers housed in penal institutions. Joliet,
where the principal penitentiary is
located, is the center of western stone
trade, and it is not surprising that Gov.
Altgeld suggested the employment of
II portion of the convicts in the prepar-
alton of stone for road purposes.
Some years ago, the Graphic is in
formed, the warden of the peniten
tiary made an offer to the county
boards of northern Illinois to deliver
pounded rock, free of charge on board
cars, to counties willing to pay the
freight charges. He did not receive
one favorable response ut that time. II
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04
POISONOUS MILK.
Why 1t Is Dangerous to Treat Dairy
COWS with Brutality.

Why 1t Is Dangerous to Treat Dairy
COWS with Brutality.
Cows which are brutally treated, or
millSed when in state of excitement,
will give milk so changed and
poisoned as to produce fearful conse-
quences. Well authenticated instances
are related where children have been
broken down in health through being
fed from milk taken from animals who
were badly abused. One case in par
ticular is given where child originally
healthy, after being fed upon the milk
from a certain COW, whose calf was
just previously taken from her, became
broken out with rash, which was
followed by a fever that seriously
affected the brain and nerves. The
bowels became irritated and were
alternately constipated and relaxed.
1t was discovered that the COW had to
be whipped in close stall before she
would yield and allow herself to be
milked. Not only did this affect
COW had become diseased by such
constant irritation of her nerves,
so that the milk was more or
less poisoned after she had yielded
to her brutal tormentors. Gentle,
kind treatment is an absolute necessity
then, not only for the sake of the
health of the COW, which affects the
quantity and quality of the milk and
butter produced, but also for the con-
sequence upon the human beings who
use them. There is no doubt but that
the greatest suffering has been caused
by the harsh treatment of the animal
and its consequent effect upon its prod
ucts.-Farmer's Voice.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04
Wasps and Grapes.

One of our correspondents writes
that his grapes suffered severely last
year from wasps. He asks for rem
edy. A gardener of Strass burg Neu-
dorf possesses large vine, from which
the wasps in one week removed three
hundred to four hundred pounds of
grapes. After trying in vain to get rid
of the insect pest by attaching to the
vines bottles with honey water, which
attracts and browns the wasps, he took
bucket half filed with boiling water,
placed it under the grapes, and by
beating the attacked vines he brushed
the wasps off into the boiling water
In two hours he killed nearly two
quarts of wasps. The early morning,
when the wasps are stiffened with the
cool air, at noon, when they are giddy
from the juice which they have abb
sorbed, and the evening are the hest
times for this operation.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04
FARM AND GARDEN.
FRAMEs FoR Hor.egps.
Directions for Constructing Good Ones
rho I1ao of Pits.

Directions for Constructing Good Ones
rho Use of Pits.
The time is near for beginning hot
bed " worlS and as the frame" must
FIRST he prepared It may be as well per-
haps TO explain how it is made. Com
mon boards and sash will answer all
purposes. Anyone with u square, saw
and hammer can construct it for him
self. The frame may be from one to
four sash in length, the latter being
about what can be made from 14-foot
boards. The most suitable width to
use without waste is 10 inches; allow
two for the back of the frame making
1t 20 inches high, and one for the front,
10 inches, which gives sufficient pitch
to the roof to shed rain and collect the
rays of the sun.
Purchase the sash ready-made from
the manufacturers, having it 6 feet
long, 3 feet wide and IL inches thick.
To make u four-sash frame then, we
will want four 10-inch boards Ia feet
long, one of which must be cut in two
equal parts to form the end pieces.
Besides this, to secure u strong frame
st is better to have at each corner q
piece of by scantling, to which the
boards are nailed. Let the end boards
project inches above the side pieces
to hold the sash in place. Then fasten
u strip 3 inches wide and inch thick
to each side and to the upper end on a
level with the top and bottom boards.
This forms slide upon which the sash
rests. Thus we have homely frame
ready for use.
In the lower left.hand corner of the
illustration may be seen a three-sash
light frame Ga very useful size for anna
teurs) about the style we have de-
scribed. Truck or vegetable garden
ers, who sometimes use many of this
kind of frames, lay them end to end
and so have rows one after another
covering their entire hot-bed ground.
For example: They dig trench about
feet deep, feet wide aud as long as
needed. In this pit or trench is placed
manure, piling a foot or so above
the surface to allow for settling Over
this the frames are placed. The first
row is then complete, When needed
another row is made in the same way
and so on as time and wants demand.
When the hot-beds are of no further
use, the sash and frames are put un-
der shelter. Still another way of ac-
complishing nearly the same result is
by constructing what are called pits.
These are made by taking out the
soil to certain depth and walling up
the sides with boards or bricks. On
top of the wall, place wooden plate
upon which the sash is to slide. The
advantages of a pit are manifold In
the first place filled with manure in the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04
BABBLlNa STREAMS OF RuMoR
Slanders and EVIL Reports Rest Answered
by Heinp Ipnnren.

SlanuerS ana EVIL REPORTS BeSC answered
by Being Ignored.
"What shall / do to protect myself?'
said talented young statesman, in pro-
claiming some opponents vilification of
himself to an aged diplomatist DO Ia
protect yourself?" he replied musingly
'Why, put on your 'rhinoceros hide!
There was sound advice there for
every one of us who aspires to serve our
fellows in any public capacity. Men
can be drawn aside from the deep, sw I
current of life's earnest purpose until all
their energies are wasted away int
stagnant marshes of nothingness, AMI
the tattlers of scandal are ever ready 10
take advantage of this, well-known
weakness. But when we are so intent
upon marking out and accomplishing
good work that we have no time to no.
tice falsehood's putrid breath, then are
we most safe from it's malice
To live beyond reproach and meet
calumny with the conscious majesty oi
innocence is the privilege of few great
souls And it is of the highest import,
ance that all should act from noble mo.
tives, with integrity and righteousne,s,
For the sting of reproach is often il,
truth, not it's falsehood, But some.
times we err, and pitiless world is nm
sparing in it's censure, less chary OF its
blame than praise Then is there Il d.
vine silence which can treat with inif-
ference the misrepresentation of our
failure and we may strive to build out
of our dead selves stepping-stones Ia
nobler things.
Useless controversy is always harm
full. Bentley, the great scholar said
that mo man was ever WI itten down
but by himself" And DR.. johnson, al
though a fighter by every instinct OF
his combative nature, resolutely deter
mined to avoid that maelstrom of many
writer's, replies to calumny aud evil re-
port He never lowered his pen TO an,
swer pigmies who would have been ina.
mortalized by the mere fact of his men.
tioning shem Wise old doctor N T.
Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04
CLEANING BOX CHURNs.
The Operation Must Begin Before Cream
Is Put Into Them.

The Operation Must Begin Before Cream
Is Put Into Them.
If the dairy utensils are not kept
strictly clean at all times, the decom-
posing accumulations of the remaining
particles in corners continue to ferment
and to throw off offensive disease
germs to contaminate the pure healthy
milk or cream, and good pure butter is
impossible. In reference to cleaning
box churn an exchange says: 1t is
one of the easiest to keep clean that
can be imagined, provided only that
the proper methods are used. 1t would
seem that similar conditions obtain
with the barrel churn. The great diff
ficulty is that users are either over par
ticular or actually negligent. The
matter of keeping one of these churns
clean should commence before the
cream is put into it. If the churn is
first scalded with hot water and then
rinsed with cold water, the cream will
not pack into the corners or crevices,
or adhere to the sides. Then after the
churniug and the withdrawal of butter
and the buttermilk reverse this proc.
ess-that is, first thoroughly rinse
with cold water and then scald with
hot water, and the operation is COM
plete. Keep brushes and cloths and
soap of every description out of the
churn. A little sal soda in the last
scalding water may be occasionally
used with good results.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04
A word of Caution.

The American hog is now receiving
more consideration than he has had
for several years past Foreign mar
kets have been thrown open to him.
There is not enough of him to go
around. He has greatly increased in
value. At present prices. it is easy for
farmers to figure up big profits in swine
husbandry. And the indications are
that there will be boom in hog rails
ing. When all his neighbors are rush
ing into this husinesA the shrewd farm
er, for that very reason, will turn his
attention more particularly to some
other branch of agriculture 1t is often
more profitable not to follow the
crowd. .-Earm and Preside.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

THERE Is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For great many
years doctors pronounced it a local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronouncedit it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be q constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney q Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con-
stitutional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful. II acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails TO
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address, f. j. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, o.
E5y Sold by Druggists, T5c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

Trying as it's vicissitudes are, by those un-
vexed by chronic disease. Mainly because
Hostetters Stomach Bitters fOrtihes the
system against disease by promoting a Wig
orous performance of the functions of the
system, it possesses a wide, general utility.
1t promotes strength through improved di-
gestion. This is the first the most essential
step. Subsequently the Bitters insures reg
ularity of the bowels, liver and kidneys
Weld to it,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

Finiclsy Woman ton a street carr
Conductor, this is positively disgusting
Somebody has been expectorating al
over the floor. Kah!
Possibly it was your
dog, madam,
''My dog, sir-r-r?'
"Yes'm. He's Spitz dog, amt hep
National Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

To cleanse the system in gentle and truly
beneficial manner, when the Springtime
comes, use the true and perfect remedy,
Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for
all the family and costs only 80 cents: the
large size 81. Try it and be pleased. Man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
1v
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

"That unrivalled complcXion,n said a
prominent New Yorker, alluding to a lady
acquaintance, was the result of using Gar
field Tea Send for free sample to 3l9
West 45th Street, New York City.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

Y.-"Do YOU believe Schiller when he
says that the best woman is the one whom
nobody talks aboutn Z.-"I rather think
it is the one who talks about nobodyl".-
PlanderecRe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

CoUGHs AND COLDS. Those who are suffer-
ing from Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, etc.
should try BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs.
Sold Oniy IN boxes.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

AN exchange says q mans full mental
power is not reached before the age of
twenty-five. Either this is wrong or the
college freshman has been misinformed as
to himself. Boston Transcript.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

SOLOMON was pretty good at writing
proverbs; but, then, man with eight hun
dred wives, more or less, had abundant OPP
portunities for getting wisdom, don't you
see. .-Someryille Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

To ONE travelling through the country
milestones are pretty good signs OF prog
ress,-Troy Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

IT'S the man who has no music in his soul
that is able to harp on the faults of others.
Inter Ocean.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

"WHY do they call that daughter of theirs
'Oliver" because liking for her has to
be acquired. ."-Chicago News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

Patient--Can you recommend some
thing that could take for insomnia9
Doctor-You might take Q pap. y Do
troit Free Press
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

BEEcHAM's PILLS take the place of an en-
tire medicine chest, and should be kept for
use in every family. 25 cents box.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

BIOLOGISTS say the cradle of the deep has
nothing to do with making the bed rock
Texas Siftings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

HARD pressed for money-The produc.
tions of the mint.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

IT is dangerous even in a ballroom to step
on moving train.-Boston Transcript.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04

made Medlclne Tor Coughs,
Bronchitis, and other dis
eases Of the Throat and
Lungs. Like other so called
Patent Medicines, it is well
advertised, and having merit
it has attained Il wide sale
under the name of PisO's
Cure for COnsumnffOp,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04
CHILDREN

In recovering from
GRIPPE or in con
valosccnco from pneu-
monia, fevers, or other