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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
FASHION NOTES.
What tho Women of style Are Wearing
During the Fall Season.

What tho Women of style Are Wearing
During the Fall Season.
Following the English fashion straw
hats will be worn until holidays. Some
of the newest of these have the brims
faced with fancy braid in contrasting
color, one specially handsome model
being of black Milan with facing of
lace braid in the natural color of straw.
The trimming is of loops of the braid
glossy wings and aigrettes in lack.
While round waists are still fashion
able, there are many basque bodices Of
various styles. One model is shown
with no black seams. but this is desira-
BILE only as novelty, as the effect is
by no means pleasing save in excep-
tional cases. The style and figure must
match to be harmonious.
Enormous quantities of narrow vel
vet ribbon are used for dress trimmings
Row upon row of this material is seen
on cloth and other wool fabric. A
white broadcloth has the lower part of
ribbon, set on in an open arabesque
pattern.
French lace and various initiation
laces are much liked. Old-time blacl,
laces of various sorts are being hunted
| up among the family heirlooms. Black
Chantilly, guipure and Brussels lace
are the height of fashion. The finer
and older, the more the lace is sapproved.
A fabric that may be described as
moire velvet is one of the new impor.
tations. The smooth surface of the
pile is slightly stamped to produce this
effect. which is extremely pretty, max.
! ing the surface into fine watered lines,
very dressy and elegant
| Black lace is used in enormous quan.
titles Ruchings, collarettes, plaitings,
shoulder rutfies, bertha founces, wide
or narrow bretelles. and, indeed, every
imaginable way of disposing this ma.
terial seems to be approved.
The fancy for changeables is running
riot. 1t has reached all classes of dress
goods, even mohairs and all grades OF
suitings.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
POULTRY FARMING.
1t VIII Pay II Managed with wlsdosn ana


We have letter before lis from q
young man who wants to 20 into poul-
try farming, and he asks the usual
questions, winding up with. "Does IL
pay?" That question IL asked thou
sand times year, and the inquirers all
know that poultry farming, like any
other kind of farming, will pay IL man
aged right. The evidence that it will
pay, that 1t has paid and that it is pay
ing now Is overwhelming. 1t pays the
man who knows how and who has the
requisite energy and business ability.
A prominent firm in this city has with.
in few years worked up a family
trade in fresh eggs of nearly half a
million dozen annually. 1t was done
by looking up the men who know how
to get eggs in the winter season, when
fresh eggs are n luxury. A representa-
tive of the firm said to us: I'VE care
nothing for the man who can furnish
eggs only when any fool can furnish
them-when uncared.for hens have a
mind to lay them. We are looking for
the man who can send lis eggs when all
his neighbors' hens are frozen up"
They have found quite number OF
these wide-awake men and are paying
them good prices for their eggs.
We understand they take the years
supply, winter and summer, simply to
hold the winter product We referred
last winter to one of those men who
lives near Orrville, y. He has few
acres OF land and keeps 300 hens. This
grocery firm sent him $40. so for his
February eggs last winter, and from
March 4 to IL, one week, his fowls
shelled out 130 to 15S eggs per day, Just
when they were bringing the tallest
prices.
oh, yes, poultry-keeping pays the
man who puts brains, energy, skill and
the necessary capital into it. But il
must be made an all-the-year-round
business. If you give the hens vaca
tion let it be in the summer when eggs
are low and poultry not wanted. The
dairyman who feeds the heads off 6
lot of dry cows during the winter never
makes it up during the summer, ant
the poultryman who let's his hens man
age the business as they please will
soon require an assignee.
| The man who quietly submits to cir
cumstances in any branch of business
is the man who gets left The man wht
makes circumstances is the man wht
succeeds. Ohio Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
rIReslpe FRAGMENTS.

spots on the wood of furniture may
often be removed by rubbing vigor-
ously with turpentine and sweet oil,
and then renewing the polish by brisk
rubbing.
White Sponge Cake.--w Whites Of
three eggs, one and one-half cupfuls of
sugar, one cupful of hot water, two and
one-half cupfuls OF -four. Season to
taste. e.-Housekeeper
| Confederate Chicken Pie. Boil fowl
tender. Put layer of seasoned chicken
in dish with plenty of butter; then Q
layer of cold, boiled rice. Repeat till
dish is full with rice on top. Set in
oven till very hot, then serve.--Good
Housekeeping.
| Pumpkin Pie.-Press one quart of
stewed pumpkin through fine colan-
der; add to it two quarts of milk, two
cups of sngar, seven eggs beaten very
light, and teaspoonful each of butter.
ginger and cinnamon. Stir thoroughly
together and fill plates that have pre-.
viously been lined with rich pie
crust.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Boiled Bread and Apple Pudding.
Peel and chop six large apples, mix
with them one cup of fine bread crumbs
and the beaten yolks of three eggs.
Add one teaspoonful of mixed cinna-
mon and nutmeg, pinch of salt and
the whipped whites of three eggs. Beat
all together for a minute turn into q
creased mold and boil three hours
Home Queen.
Cream for Layer Cake. One pint of
milk, two eggs, two tablespoons level
full of corn starch, one small cup of
sugar, and essence to taste. Wet the
corn starch with little milk, let the
rest of the milk boil. stir all together
and cook until done. Frost the top
with the white of an egg beaten to q
stiff froth, and nine teaspoonfuls of
pulverized sugar. The cream should
not be put between the layers of the
cake until it is almost cold.-Ohio
Farmer.
Mock Turtle Soup.-An excellent
substitute for turtle soup is made as
follows: Ono pint of beans to one gal
lon of water, boil until the beans are
soft, then strain; add small onion, q
little summer savory, piece of butter
the size of two eggs, one teaspoonful
|
boiled, toast two slices of bread and
cut in small squares. Slice four hare
boiled eggs and place in the sour
tureen with the pieces of toast. When
ready to serve pour the soup over them
and send at once to the table.-Farm,
Field and Fireside.
-Venison Steaks.-Nice steaks may
be cut from the loin or the haunch an6
may be broiled the same as beefsteak
Cook longer over clear, hot fire thar
for beefsteak, turning frequently
When done, lay on hot platter, sea
son with salt and pepper, butter gener
ously, turn hot plate over them and
let them stand five minutes before
serving. Venison should never be
roasted unless fat. The shoulder is a
roasting piece and does not need paper
and paste. 1t should always be served
on hot plates, as it chills quickly. II
is best perfectly fresh, but in colo
cold weather it can be kept some time
by washing with milk and water and
drying perfectly; then rubbing every
part with we'll powdered and mixed
ginger and pepper.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
BRAIN WORK PAYS.
y The Farmer Who Leads Is the One That
Makes the Money.

\ The Farmer Who Leads Is the One That
Makes the Money.
Too many of us get into u rut and
stay there We plant and SOW and reap
this year just as we have ever DONE We
do not strike out into new paths, and
If we get into q new way it is after
some one else has pointed it out and
perhaps picked all the flowers that
bloomed along it's sides. Very often a
little thought will lead us into more
profitable ways, and in these times the
farmer finds it necessary, absolutely
necessary to get out of the old ruts
Some years ago friend of ours plowed
up ten acres of new land and planted
1t in cucumbers His neighbors laughed
at him. He made pickles of the cucum-
bers and sold The crop for $1,000 Next
year everybody around him planted Gu
cumbers and made nothing. Another
friend in anoth er section grew an acre
and Il half of onions. He thought he
would try it, never having tried it be-
fore. His crop was about 500 bushels,
which he sold for 81. 10 per bushcl The
next year all his neighbors grew onions,
but as it happened the price was very
low. We know u farmer who this year
planted 270 acres of sweet corn and
made profitable thing of it. We look
for about erybody who hears of it TO
go to raising sweet corn next year,
when down will come the price. We
need to study how to make changes in
our work and how to make them be-
fore other people. But we should be
careful about entering upon branch
of production when it is likely that ev-
erybody else will take it up.-Farmers'
Voice.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
PLATFORM READERS.
They Miss the Pleasant Time Enjoyed by
the Bards and Minstrels of Ola.


the Bards and Minstrels of Ola.
The business of appearing in public
as reader of ones own writings is not
as pleasant as a misguided few may
fancy. To us there seems to be nc
more graceless occupation. The incon-
veniences of travel, the changes of eli
mate, the vicissitudes of weather, the
different tastes OF different publics-
these are but the beginning of the in
evitable horrors that attend upon the
career of him who takes to the plat
form.
The bards and minstrels of old had
an easier time of it. They played fewer
but longer engagements. There were
no one-night stands in those good old
times. The "talented and popular
minnesinger" didn't have to jump
from Weeping Water, Neb., to West
Brookfeld, Mass; he wasn't compelled
TO do "Western dialect" one week and
Horatian paraphrases the next; there
were no way freights in those days
landing fellow at his destination at
3:0S u. IN.
When n minnesinger came to town he
came to stay for a mon til of Sundays,
and there was nothing too good for
him. If the critics didn't like his
poems or objected to the way he
touched his light guitar he was disem-
boweled or otherwise reproved The
poet had things all his own way; roy
atty housed and fed him, and people
considered it a great honor to be per-
mitted to hear him drone out the poems
which, likely as not, he had cribbed
from worthier poets in far-distant
country. There was some show for
platform poets in those dim, majestic
ages. True, there were no lecture bu-
reaus then nor any railways. but hu.
manity was kind and tn, walking was
good. d.-Eugene Field, in Chicago Rec
l ord
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
SUNFLOWER~SEEp.
1t Has Great Possibilities Us n Profitable
Farm Cror

1t Has Great Possibilities Us n Profitable
Farm Crop.
The North Carolina station has tried
experiments with the various kinds of
cultivated sunfiowers. Il. w. Kilpore
reports (B % By that the average Weld
per acre has been about 65 bushels.
Ihe large striped or mammoth Russian
weighed nearly "a pounds TO the
bushel, yielding nearly 22 per cent, or
five and three-fourths pounds of oil.
The black giant or small seed weighed
~ pounds to the bushel, yielding near
~ ri per cent, or six and two-thirds
pounds of oil. The sunhower has been
grown in Russia as farm crop for
half century. The small black
seeded variety is grown for its oil
which takes the place of all other veg
etable oils in many parts of Russia.
The large striped-seeded sort is used
largely as a dainty food by the COM
mon people. The average yield is
about 45 bushels or 1850 pounds per
acre. Sunflower-seed oil is extracted
In the same Kramer as cottonseed oil,
by separating the hulls from the kerr
nels and expressing the oil from the
heterogeneous cattle food, and is largely
used in Germany and England for that
purpose. The hulls or shells are more
than half of the seed and are used for
fuel, and the stalks and seed cups are
fed to sheep. Chemical analyses show
that the hulls of both varieties of sun
flower seed contain more protein, fats
and crude fiber and less nitrogen free
extract than cotton seedhulls, which
are just half the seed. This indicates
that they are at least equal, if not SUI
perior, to cotton seed hulls as cattle
food. Whole cotton seed weighs 80
pounds to the bushel, yielding nearly
20 per cent, or five and four-fifths
pounds of oil. Thus sunfower-seed
kernels contain the most oil, and the
other nutrients show that after the oil
is expressed, the sunflower cake is
rather moro nutritious than the cot.
ton seed cake. which is now largely
used in the south.-American Agricul
turist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
Its Promotion One of the Great Economi.
cal Problems of the Nation.

cal Problems of the Nation.
The public health is great public
concern. 1t is the peoples cause 1t
appeals not only to the wage-worker
and the bread-winner, but to those of
all classes and conditions of society.
Whether we will or not, the physical
stamina Of nation to great degree
determines its intellectual and politi-
cal status. A weak man or weak
woman may do great things. But the
old age of nations require robustness.
If this is not fostered and continued,
the nation itself dies or is crippled in
comparative youth. 1t is the record of
the Romans that they showed physical
before they did intellectual or moral
decadence. 1t is great political and
social question, and one for wise
craftsmanship to consider, how
the physical welfare of peo-
pie is best to be promoted
Labor is healthful, but if allowed
its way, goes on under many enforced
conditions, prejudicial to vigor. Recre-
alton is healthful, yet it may be con-
Quoted as to lead to an ease as ignoble
for the body as for the mind. Food is
healthful, but it may be so indulged in
us to wreck and ruin the noblest frame
work. Sleep is healthful, and yet the
sluggard may need to go to the ant
| not only to learn wisdom, but to find
an animal living in accord with the
laws of it's being. 1t is high time to
realize that the great national problem
is at hand-how to preserve the health
of the people. Study it as bearing or
happiness and contentment, or on in
tellectual md ,ncr.l- productivity; it il
far beyond astronomy botany, me
chanics or the ants. Study it as al
economic fa ctor, and it is appalling
not only in view of sickness and death
but of the reduced vitality that re
mains to the nation that survives. -
N V Tn5epenleDt
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
THE SHAH'S HIGHWAY.
A Word Picture of tho Avenue of Approach
to n Great CAPITAL.

A Word Picture of the Avenue of Approach
toa Great Capital.
The shah's highway, considered as
I'M agreeable promenade, or merely as
e. necessary avenue of approach to a
great capital, cannot be considered as
shining success. Straight away in
front of U.S. as far as the eye can reach,
it stretches over a level plain, and up II
nrrow-straight line of iron telegraph
poles The sky is slightly overcast; u
fierce wind blows in our faces bringing
dense clouds of dust, which rise at
times to great height in the distance,
often taking the form of waterspouts
or of towering columns of smoke; once
enveloped in one of these travelling
dust storms, there is nothing to do but
to hold our heads down. and with eyes
tightly shut ride through it. emerging
on the other side white-bearded and
powdered like millers. Sometimes we
try to avoid these encounters by riding
over the rough and broken ground on
one side There are many wrecks by
the way of what were once stout ships
of the desert. s.well as the last rem
nants of horses. mules and donksys,
lying where they gave up the struggle
for life. The only birds in this drear
landscape are the ravons, which hunt
in couples, and fly up from the road
croaking hoarsely as we apprcachI
There 10 not even hard bank of earth
or q stone large enough to sit upon
when Ii Is time for lunch, and one can
only squat ignominiously In the dust.
Edwin Lord Weeks. In Harper's
Magazine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
sUsHEs are degraded lilies.

RUsHEs are degraded lilies.
SoAPsUDs are excellent manure.
CORN can be fed cattle without shuck-
ing.
The fat in q cheese determines it's
market value.
IT does not pay to raise calf from q
poor or ordinary COW.
STRAW and oil cake meal form good
substitute for good hay.
CABBAGE not fully ripe will winter
better than that matured.
Cows should be allowed as much pure
water as they will drink.
SEEDLEss apples arc said to have been
produced at Columbus, Ore.
ENGLAND is officially reported free
of the foot-and-mouth disease.
A MoDERATE-sized, highly-cultivat:d
farm is the most profitable.
CREAM should invariably be removed
from the milk before it is sour.
To MAKE your fruit sell we'll, it must
be carefully picked and packed.
1T is well to consider the mutton as
first and the wool as only secondary.
THE strawberry will adapt itself ia
and bear some fruit on almost any soil
"A COAT of manure is one of the best
mulches for anything of tender char.
acter.
SHEEP thrive better If kept in the
open air as long as the weather will
permit
MILK which shows less than three pei
cent. of fat is not profitable for cheese
making
ONLY use milk from healthy cows
and not until at least five days after
calving.
MILK readily absorbs odors, hence Il
is important that all the surrounding
be pure.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
The Coat OF Eggs in winter.

II large amount OF feed is given the
hens, and they do not lay, each egg
will be costly, hence the feeding Is not
SO much matter of economy in price
as economy in lessening expenses by Sc
curing greater production II Gpound
of meat costing ten cents will promote
the laying of two or three eggs, 1t is
cheaper than grain At any price II no
eggs arc obtained. 1t Is very plain,
therefore, that the cheapest food to use
Is that which will make the hens lay.
aad this Is also regulsted by the warmth
Of the poultry house
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting The worlds best products to
the needs OF physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, The refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of Il perfect Lax
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup OF Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 60c and 81 bottles, but it is nlail'
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also The name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being we'll Informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
Disease Caused by Mud.

This from Iowa: A strange and
fatal diseuse has broken out among the
horses in the mud girt regions OF
J'ocahont,.s and surrounding counties.
Mud fcver'' it Is called, and Its effect
Is TO stiffcn horses legs SO the animal
iinally becomes unable to move The
symptoms arc very much like rhenms-
tisln, ami tits thought the excess OF
mud Is the cause OF the disettsc. Many
horses havc died from ~ effects
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
A Financial Error.

Stingy Husband (after moving)-Do
you think, wife, you will like our new
quarters?
Wife-Any quarters will be accepta-
BILE; l haven't seen even dime for u
month. Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
GOOD MEAT SMOKER.

A Device That Cools the Smoke Before
Reaches the Meat.
1t is important in smoking meat,
hams, mutton, beef or fish that the
smoke is cooled before it reaches the
meat. This may be easily accomplished
by the device shown in the illustration.
The smoke is generated in the usual
way and imparts rich sweet flavor.
1t is carried in fue q metal, brick or
wood to the smoke house where the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

meat is hung and it's inf ow b is regu-
lated by the damper ID, which may be
turned by the handle in the smoker.
Another Aue at G allows for the dis
charge of the smoke. BY simple ar
rangement, such as shown, the meat is
hung by peg which can be turned
around upon metal post as shown
Farm and Home.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
EOUR-hQRSE TEAM.

Only Two Lines Needed for Guiding tho
Animal Quartette.
We illustrate herewith device for
driving four horse team with single
pair of lines. Take an ordinary pair of
heavy lines, the checks of which will
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

Friend-Wouldn't you like to have
me sit here and shoot at the poets
when they come in?
Editor-No You are too poor shot,
brooklyn Life.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

"How DO you know, then, the young art
ist has an income outside of his professioni"
asked the landlady's daughter. Because"
was the confident reply, "ho pays his rent
regularly. Wv ashington Star.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

"FoLKs is always maxim fun of de fellers
dat de worl calls has beens,'" said Unclo
Nose, "but it looks to me lax 1t am heap
better fer u man to be a has-ber dan 10 be
nebber-was. ."--Indianapolis Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

A. NJ PRIEST, Druggist, Shelbyville, Ind,
says: Halls Catarrh Cure gives the best OK
satisfaction. Can get plenty OF testimonials,
as IL cures every one who takes it," Drug
giSts sell 1t, 75c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

The mace used bv the speaker Of
the house Of representatives is made OF
thirteen ebony rods twined together
and held in place by silver bands.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

THERE'S no objection TO gir's s making up
q face i'll the privacy of her own room oc-
casionally, providing she doesn't do it with
powder and paint Somerville Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

DESERVING CoNrIDENcE.-There is no ar
ticle which so richly deserves the entire
confidence of the community as BHowN's
BRONCHIAL. TRocHEs. Price, 20 cents.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

THE fair may be forgotten and all Of its
glores vanish from the memory; but peo.
pie will probably never cease TO recall
and sniggle over their experiences in tho
Midway Plaisance.-Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

NO." SHE exclaimed with emotion, ~ can
never forgive you, but-but-l will try to
forget you. ''-Boston Transcript.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

He is a miss guided youth who does ev.
erything his sweetheart asks him TO do
Boston Courier.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

SHELLFIsu.-C -Customer--"Give me a dozen
fried oysters." Walter-"Sorry, san, but
we's all out o. shellfish, sab, 'ceptin' eggs"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

A DOSE in Time Saves Nine of Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar for Coughs.
Pike s Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

THE trouble with the love of bonnet is
the hate of the bll.-puck.