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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-13
A RARE SUBSCRIPTION BOOK
1t would be a difficult matter to
produce better selling
book than
The Lives and Graves
OF Our Presidents.
6y the Reaowned Writer, c. $. Wedrer, d. D..
4uthoy Of "Looking ForrGrd for Young
Men. Heart of The World" etc.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Dnrr AMI COUNTY,

Its the only book ever published containing
fulI mage cabinet size engravingS of all the Pres
idents from Was hineton 10 harrison, together
with full and accurate
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
The May Wide Awake

Has an entertaining description of
life on a lighthouse island in the
China Seas by the Z. S. Consul at
Singapore. He calls it How we
played Robinson Crusoe." Grace
Dean Mcleod has 4 characters
tic Nova Scotia story-"Petit Pere
Felix" tale of the invasion of Acadie;
Joseph Hatton tells an exciting incl
dent connected with the coin room of
the British Museum, THE Princes Di-
lemma;" Crawford Capen writes of
STAMPS and Stamp Collccting;" Annie
Sawyer Downs tells how the Young
Folks at the Eddy" dealt with the
servant-girl problem; Penelope Palmer
writes of the wonderful Welsh boy in
the Pennsylvania mines who made
marvellous underground Music;" Mrs
Muller has n paper on the dolls of the
world; bright short stories; Hugh S.
Hart contributes to Wide Aledk6 AthIet
ics, "Golf: the Coming Game;" the poet
ry of the number is from Celia ThaX
ter, Marion Ames Taggart, Sallie Mar.
garet O'Malley, and Price Collier. A
delightful account of Il delightful boy
is Louise Imogen Guiney's sketch of
Hartley Coleridge, Ten Years Old"
illustrated by Wilkes portrait.
Price 20 cents number, S2.I year.
On sale at news stands or sent postpaid,
on receipt of price, by ID. Lothrop Com
pany, Publishers, Boston.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
TACTUAL PERCEPTIVENzsS.
Singular Development of the Nerve struC
lures.

lures.
1t is a current belief that the fingers
of the blind more practiced in tactua.
exploration than the fingers of those
who can see, acquire greater discrimi-
nativeness, especially the fingers OF
those blind who have been taught t.
read from raised letters Not wish
ing to trust to this current belief l re-
Gently tested two youths, one of fifteen
and the other younger, at the School
for the Blind in Upper Avenue road
and found the belief to be correct. In.
stead of being unable to distinguish be
tween points of the compass until they
were opened to one-twelfth of an inch
apart, l found that both of them coulI
distinguish between points when only
one-fourteenth of an inch apart. They
had thick and coarse skins and doubt
less, had this Intervening obstacle so pro
duced been less, the ediscriminative power
would have been greater
1t afterward occurred to me that n
better test would be furnished by those
whose fingers ends are exercised in
actual perceptions, not occasionally,
rs by the blind in reading but all day
long in pursuit of their occupations
The facts answered expectation. Two
skilled compositors on whom l expert
mented, were both able to distinguish
between points when they were only
one-seventeenth of an inch apart. Thus
we have clear proof that constant exer-
else of the tactual nervous structures
leads to further Development Herbert
Spencer in Contemporary Review.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
A GREAT HORSE RACE.


An Exciting Contest Between the North
aud South.
A great horse race--probably the
greatest match race ever run in this
country-was, according to st. Louis
horseman, that known as the test
event of sectional superiority, the north
against the south, in 1s45. The horses
were Peytona, owned by Mcssrs. Kirk
man, of Alabama, and Fashion, owned
by Messrs. Gibbons, of New Jersey.
The race was run at n track on Jersey
Heights, now a fashionable suburb of
Jersey City, overlooking the Hudson
river, and near the present American
summer homo of Mrs, Parnn Stevens, a
great society queen of the present day
in Paris, London and New York. The
match was for twenty thousand dollars
u side, and created intense interest in
ali northern and southern communities.
There was an immense crowd present,
distinguished men and women from all
over the country being among the
spectators. The spirit of local and
sectional pride was a great deal
stronger in those days than it is now,
and it was strung up to the highest ten
sion. Pcytona won the match, and the
entire south appeared to be as u unit in
demonstrations of Joy and enthusiasm;
the north was correspondingly crest.
fallen.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
ABOUT CYPRIAN BEES.
Their Honey-GntherIUg Qualities AR
said to BE Uncxceued.

Their Honey-GntherIwg Qualities Are
said to BE UncXceied.
Mr.. Frank Benton, before the North
American Bee-keepers association, de-
livered an address in which he said
that Cyprian bees were raised on the
| island of Cyprus and were peculiar on
account of their isolation. They were
kept in mud-cylinder hives; movements
were very quick-so quick, indeed,
that they might fit on the nose. As
to their honey-g"thering qualities,
they exceed all o.her known races;
will often gather honey when others
are doing nothing. The cappings of
their comb hone V have rather water
soaked appearance, and therefore were
not suited for comb honey. They were
| prolitic-more so than the Carniolans.
| Right at this point Mr.. Benton wished
to emphasize the fact that it was not
a bad thing to have bees extra prolific,
| because an intelligent bee-keeper-one
who knows how-could turn il to good
| account. AS to the temper of Cyprians,
| they feared nothing. Smoke had no
effect on them whatever; in fact, the
more they were smoked the worse
they became. Ihey were very SenSi-
tive to light; and hence on opening Il
hive it must be done gradually. BY
working cautiously of course, under no
consideration being without veil, he
could get along with them very well.
| They winter better than Syrians and
Palestines. For extracted honey, he
| believed they were the best bees in the
world. If honey were to be extracted
it would make no difference whether
the cappinGs We're water-soalled or
otherwise. AS the swarming mania
has been bred into the Carniolans, so
vindictiveness has been bred into the
Cyprians on account of their natural
environments. Wasps were their
natural enemies on the island of
Cyprus, and Mr. Benton has known
them to pounce upon the weakest of
the colonies, and so decimate their
number as to finally cause their utter
annihilation. Mr.. Benton regretted
that the Cyprians were not now to be
had in this country, and thought they
had been discarded prematurely,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
POULTRY EoR MARKET
When to Raise and When to Sell Chioi
cna and Turkeys.

when to Raise and When to Sell Chick.
ona and Turkeys.
For poultry raising as a business you
must have poultry house with yard
attached, with apartments so you have
separate places for the chicks OF Giifer-
ent ages.
Hatch your poultry so you have
chickens to sell in the latter part of
February until the latter part of Au-
gust; from that time on chicken raising
for market does not pay so we'll.
Though you use an incubator for
Matching your chickens and ducks, you
must use a hen for caring for young
chicks the first months.
Sell your early-hatched chickens as
soon as they weigh two pounds head,
as n chicken of that size will bring
twice as much from March till May as
others do later on.
The best growing feed for chicks is
boiled eggs, as soon us they come out
from the shell, and bread soaked in
water for the first ten days; then corn
meal moistened with water, also
wheat screenings or wheat itself. As
soon as they get large enough to eat
corn feed them on that. as it is the
cheapest and best fatteuing food.
Do not give them too large a space,
but enough that they have exercise.
Keep plenty of gravel in reach of
them, and fresh water several times a
day. Do not feed oftener than three
times day, and give them all they
want to eat. Do not mix any more
food than they will consume at one
meal, as it may get sour from one
meal to another, and cause your chicks
TO get sick
Do not keep any chickens till they
are full grown, unless they are for
breeding purposes.
Chickens will bring money quicker
for their expense than any other poul-
try. Ducks are not quite so profitable,
as it requires u longer time to get them
ready for market. Unless you have a
place for them to swim, free of turtles
and other vermin, it does not pay well
to raise ducks for market.
If you raise turkeys they should be
hatched by turkeys, as young turkeys
do not do well being confined in d
yard until they are ready for market.
Turkeys to do well and grow fast must
have free access to forage, besides they
must be fed morning and night. They
should have ahouse to roost in at night
until they weigh about four pounds.
Whatever kind of poultry you raise
you should have n quick-growing vari
ETY. to mature early.
Keed your poultry houses clean al
all times. -Mrs.C. l.. Meinzer, in Far m
Field and Fireside.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
silk Houses.

A new and effective style of silk waist
IS the blouse that is made with long
6chu-fronts, the ends being crossed ON
the corsage and fastened in the back or
ON one side. This blouse can be worn
with any skirt, and is dressy enough
for the evening. They are found in our
large dry goods houses, but are very
recent importation. White silk blouse
waists, ready-made, form part of the
encourage of the dress depart
ment in the shops, as do also pale pink,
blue or plaid silks. These garments
being manufactured before the ad-
vance in fashion, are of moderate di-
mensions as TO sleeves and shoulder
puffs.-Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. /
] NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

proved exceedingly good so fa. and
gives promise tn remain so for many
years (See cut). The hedgerow is
gone; the grazing of the stock and the
use of the scythe will keep it away.
By this arrangement 1 get for three
cents u foot a four-foot fence which
has been perfect as line fence for
horses, cows and sheep, and fowls also
by putting something below the
smooth twisted wire A. l think it
criminal to use barbed wire, and so
have always used the two smooth wires
twisted together, in my fencing. The
woven strips foot wide work like a
charm to prevent any effort TO get be-
tween the wires, and, being well gal
vanized, should last a long time. A,
B and C are twisted fence wires. and d
and E are the woven strips. This ap
pears to me u very good fence, tn
best for the money Of any have seen.
George z Mott in Rural New YorkeH
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
FRESH SHEEP NOTES.

A POOR sheep will eat us much and
require as much care as good one.
MERINo sheep are better calculated
to keep together in large hoclss than
almost any other breed.
The Merin crossed with Southdown
makes superb all purpose sheep,
profitable for both wool and mutton.
SHEEP can be fed oil meal with safe
ty, even when the ewes are carrying
lambs. 1t must be fed in small guam
titles, say one-eighth of ration.
If we had nothing in the way of hay
except timothy to feed sheep we would
feed corn meal, oatmeal and oil meal.
Oil meal in small quantities is good for
sheep under all winter conditions
Colman's Rural World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22

This arrangement should be tried to
find its convenience in getting among
your birds quickly or even when want
ing to view them from the outside.
The building having an upper story
it can be useu for grain and materials
necessary about poultry buildings.
Storing dust from the road for the hens
to bath their feathers and body is con-
venicnt; if put in barrels or boxes in
such n room, it will be accessible ut all
times. Then your bone rnill, meat
chopper and cooking paraphcrnalia
can be operated in this room, away
from the fowls, and kept in better con-
dition away from changeable states of
the atmosphere. The buiiding is con-
structed of plain weather boards over
a strong framework, with roofing pa
per or shingles for the roof The roof
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22

ing paper Is the cheapest material to
be had, and If properly put on will
wear n long time before requiring Il
renewal; shingles are the most durable,
but are more costly.
The interior arrangement is about as
usual. The letters ID indicate all doors
about the building; e, the entrances to
the runs (the fence is omitted being
ing always understood where runs are
used); n, the nesting place; r, the
roosts in each pen; d B, the dusting
places where the fowls may dust their
feathers at their own sweet pleasure.
From the illustrations and descrip-
ton you should be able to erect this
building without any difficulty, doing
away with the present mode of allow
ing hens to roost in horse or cow
stables and lay where they please.
That plan was good enough for your
forefathers, but you are living in n
more advanced age when improvement
is the motto of ALL. w. Caughey,
in Country Gentleman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
world,s tair Accommodations.

No one should contract for board in
Chicago during the Worlds fair until
they are satisfied they are dealing with
people of reliability. The Ohio Worlds
Fair Co. represents accommodations for
40, 600 people in the most desirable sec
tions of Chicago. 1t is the only enter
prise recognized by the railroads tCrlni-
mating in Chicago. Its president is the
president of the Chemical national
bank in that city, and every railroad
entering Chicago is represented in its
list Of directors and stockholders. 1t is
the only company that viii have uni
formed agents on every train entering
Chicago for the purpose of directing
patrons to their hotels and boarding.
houses. 1t is recognized by the railroad
companies because after investigation
they have found that it is the best
equipped of any OF the companies to
take care of Worlds fair visitors, and
because the price fixed for board and
lodging is less than win be charged by
| other similar enterprises. Everyone
who intends visiting the Worlds fair
! should investigate it. The Star con-
tract provides for six days board and
lodging, six admissions to the Worlds
fair, lake excursion, admission to the
attractions of the Midway Plaisance
| anu pJller interesting duJhIlGtS W JIG
| Worlds fair. If you want to know eX-
| actly where you will be located in Chi
| cago you should MAZE your arrange.
ments now with this company, apply.
| ing to any of its agents, or address w.
| i. Ticrnon, general manager, No. 1GI
/ Walnut street, Cincinnati who viii
furnish pamphlet giving full details.
"YoU should see Mrs Buul;ins and hei
| daughter in their new dresses SAID the
marksman's wife. "Thcy are sights
wife. 81 never saw such spectacles. ~
! Washington Star.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
AN EXCELLENT FENCE.
One That Gives Promise of Lasting Many


cnS InaJ Gives PromlSe OF Lasting Many
Years.
A year ago had need of a few hun
dred loads of stone 20 fill washed out
road had Il mble-down wall and
hedgerow on recently purchased
place. 1t was line fence, so fence
was desired there and not a stone wall.
l pondered and concluded that the
stone row would ill the washed-out
part of the road, and soon it did. Then
for fence, had chestnut timbor for
posts. They We're soon cut, charred
and set eight feet apart. I always
char the ends of posts to be put into
the ground, as they last from two to
four times longer than those not
burned. Then l stretched on these
posts three fence wires and two strips
of woven galvanized wire one foot
wide, thoroughly fastened to the posts
with proper staples, and l have Il
fence that is ornamental and has
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
1t Pays to Push Pigs.

The pig pushed steadily until at six
months old he weighs 200 pounds costs
much less than another that reaches
this weight at the age of nine or ten
months by srasmodic stops and starts.
A good appetite is Indispensable in the
pen and is as important as liberal and
nutritious feeding. Some have made
pork during the past winter by close,
warm shelter while feeding. Any
such meat saved for family use must
be dressed and preserved before the
weather becomes too mild Give the
boy q pig.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
FARM AND GARDEN.
FARM FOWL HOUSE.
lt Is PIaIn nut Very Convenient and
Easily Kept Clean.

t Is PlaIn nut Very Convenient and
Easily Kept Clean.
Plain buildings usually suit plain
,eople. farmers. ia particular; hence in
presenting design for poultry build
ng l have chosen plain one. 1t is,
however, substantial and practical,
we'll adapted TO the needs Of farmer
keeping few fowls. 1t is 60 feet long,
"a feet wide, IL feet high, giving 6
pens, each 30 by Is feet; room in each
for 20 hens, or 100 hens in all. There
are pens on either side of the center
hallway, extending from one end of
the building to the other This hall is
feet wide, ample to meet the purpose.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
Corn Fodder Wasted.

1t is estimated that about forty per
cent of the corn fodder produced in
the United States is wantonly wasted
by the farmers. This immense loss
would lift the mortgages off all the
farms In few years, il prevented, as
well as pay off the whole Of the ma
tional debt In addition to the waste
OF corn fodder there is also great loss
In straw, due TO improper methods in
ntilixing It
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
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 perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fcvers
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 SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
A WONDERFUL HEN.
She Laid Some Big Eggs but Failed In o
Instance.

She Laid Some big Eggs but Failed In One
Instance.
Sam, q colored man, comes and takes
care of my chickens of which am very
proud, but he used to be always talking
in this strain. Yes, boss, youse got
some good hens, an dey lays big aigs,
but 1 got a ole hen what kin lay yo'
hens clear in de shade wild de aigs.
Dey's monstrous" Coin" along the
river one day last spring l found under
some bushes little bit of q bird egg
which some bird had evidently dis.
cardel as out of shape, for it was very
long drawn out, and quite curiosity
a thought struck me. l had got tired
of hearing about Sans wonderful
layer l told him to bri1g his hen over
the next day and ii 1 found she laid
eggs as large as he said, I'll buy her at
n good price. The next day the hen
was brought and duly shut up in Il box
in the coop. After Sam had gone l
heard 4 cacllling, and went down; she
had certainly laid n meritorious egg. |
took it out and put this little egg in its
place and went to the house In the
afternoon l heard racket, looked
down and saw Sam thrashing the hen
with a brush all about the coop and
heard him Calculating "Wha foh yo'
mean?' "VYha yo' gwine an acli dis
way foh, yo' blame ole fool hcn?" III
teach yo' sumpin'." l hurried down
and stopped the racket whats the
matter, SAM l asked (The little egg
was gomez "Nothin', boss only de ole
hen lonesome way fun home an amt
done lay no aig yit- Guess l took her
back wild me till she iarn some sense. +"
Since then have heard nothing more
about those wonderful eggs -Goodalrs
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22

A traveller in India tells all interest
ing fact concerning the post Office in
that far-of country which will amuse
if it does not particularly interest the
boys and girls who hear of it for the
first time. The fact that letter may
be dropped into post-ottice box on Il
street lamp has convinced the natives,
who never saw that sort of thing be-
fore, that there is something supernat-
ural about it, the more ignorant por-
ton of the inhabitants even going so
far as to worship the pillar boxes on
the streets. In one case a man put
his letter into the box, and called out
the directions in a loud voice for the
information of the spirit which he
thought resided in it, besecching him
to favor the sender with n prompt de-
livery, and if it suited his, the spirits,
will, to vouchsafe to him a speedy an
swer. Another native, on approaching
the letter-boX, meekly took off his
shoes, performed his devotions before
and after posting the letter, then lay
ing a few copper coins as an offering
before the pillar walked away with
the same reverential demeanor as he
had come.-Harper's Young People.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22

supported by blocks of wood also fixed
firmly. The stays are placed high
enough from the ground to allow sheep
to pass under and eat the hay from be-
meath the stack. The hay will slip
down the stay as eaten and keep with
in reach of the sheep. 1t might per-
haps be as well to build the stack from
the ground, covering up the stays and
letting the sheep eat their way
through. N. L. Homestead.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22

IT is n great thing for a young man to get
out little and come in contact with other
people and see how they live. B. i. johnson
d Co, Richmond. Va, are giving many
young men u chance TO do this, and at the
same time to put money in bank rapidly.
Try them and see.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
srArr OF ONO, CRY OF ToIrDo, !

STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO, 90
Lucas CoUSTY.
FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he 10
the senior partner Of tho firm OF +. j. CHB.
MY a. Co, doing business in the City Of
Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum OF ONE Hun.
DRIED DOLLARS for each and every case OF
CATARHH that cannot he cured hy the use OF
HALLS CATARRn CURE.
Frank j. CHENEY.
Sworn 10 before me and subscribed IN my
presence, this 9Th day OF December, ID. 1886,
- A. W. GLEASON,
l9LN"l Notary Public.
HALLS Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. i. J. CHENEY 81 Co., Toledo, o.
u" Sold by Druggists, T5c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22

If beauty draws us by a single hair. what
a pull the hnircloth skirt will have.-Phila.
dupAia Record.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22

"THAT air is very familiar" said mu.
sician, as Il gust of wind took his hat away
Harvard Laupoou.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22

DRoPsY is dread disease, but it has lost
its terrOrs to those who know that II. h
Green d Sons. the Dropsy Specialists of
Atlanta, Georgia, treat IL with such great
success. Write them for pamphlet giving
fnll in fnrrnntinn
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22

THE Public Awards the Palm to Hale's
Pixies Toothachc Drops Cure in one minute.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22

ALL tho worlds stage, but TO anyone
who has ever witnessed an amateur theatri-
cal performance the fact is apparent that
all men and women are not actors.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22

B. +. ALLEN Co., 3G5 Canal St, NcwYork,
are sole agents in the United States for
Bcccham's Pills. % cents box.