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The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

One hundred pounds of wood ashes
contain five pounds of potash and are
particularly valuable as. an orchard
fertilizer and us renovator of loose,
sandy soils. Coal ashes. ON the other
hand, possess no fertilizing value for
any growing crop and should not be
used
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

shIrred lace, with a frill top and bot
tom, which gives the impression Of the
garter belonging to the sleeve.
Some of the coat and skirt suits are
in very trying shade of peacock blue
Many of the swaggcrest linen suits
will have cape bOlero jackets.
These little coats really look like XII
mOnos cut off above the waist line
with sleeves abbreviated Mt the elbow
Wide lace and linen collars are TO
. be nOdlsh this summer. They are
reminiscent OF the old fashioned ker-
chief and come in all kinds of becom-
ing shapes. For bringing last sum
merS gown into fashions line they are
excellent
The woman on the shady side of
thirty should have he; collars cut high
in the back, to come well up to the
hair and curying gracefully toward the
chin. as age lines make themselves
very conspicuous about the neck,
The blouse pictured Is a French
model carried out I'm white china silk.
Failing from the lace yoke Is an ne
Gordon plated blouse covered with
bands Of cluny lace ana tiny double
rutiies Of silk. The elbow sleeves are
puited and adorned with ru1le trim.
lned lace bands, JUDO CHOLLET
TREE PLANTING GOSPEL.
In addition 10 being state executive
OF more than ordinary forcefulness
and man OF unique ana striking per-
sonallty, the late Governor Hogg pos
sessed large fund OF common sense,
which was manifest in the Injunction
given his children al the time of his
death 10 plant at the head of his grave
n pecan tree mud AZ the fool "A walnut
tree, closing with the following hne
sentiment; "Nhen these trees shall
bear let the pecans and Yalnuts be
rlyen ont among the plain people OF
Texas. so that they may plant them
tnd make Texas a land Of trees" This
viii doubtless prove a more enduring
memorial Of the man than the wealth
Ae accumulated or The political honors
Which he won.
Many structures of antiquity testify
most fOreibly 10 the durability OF con
crete That used in the construction
OF the pyramids or Egypt seems TO
have SO hardened with age as to resist
the penetration Of stone drills Natural
stone, ON the other hand, tends 10 dis
integrate with the passing Of the cen
turtles
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

There seems to be an element of JUS
tice in the demand of shippers for what
is termed reciprocal demurrage bill,
which, while levying penalty on the
shipper for delay beyond given limit
in the loading of his car or cars, also
demands the payment to the shipper
by the transportation company of a
similar amount for failure TO furnish
cars at Il specified time, nonperform.
ance of which duty is often attended
with serious loss to the shipper because
of the consequent failure TO get his
products TO market IN time to get the
highest prices. 1t looks very much in
this instance as though what was
sauce for the goose was also sauce
for the gander"
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

As II general rule. all over the north
country where it has been used the
large tile for the culvert in the high
use for this purpose is being abandon
ed. The trouble is that water is allow
ed To settle on the bottom; then the
frost comes and cracks the tile and
renders it worthless.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

Some idea of the extent to which
flower culture is carried-the point at
which it amounts to a fad conveyed
in the news item which states that
$4,000 was recently paid for single
orchid at London flower sale.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

The department of agriculture has
recently issued bulletin No. PAT rela-
tive TO the control of the codling moth
and apple scab 1t is valuable circu-
lar and should be in the hands of all
orchardists.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

The cabbage worm craze is n thing
of the past, and people are now eating
regular rations of boiled dinners and
sauerkraut without so much as a
thought as to the consequences.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

One way to tell a good COW Is to
watch those that the dalryman does not
want to sell, and vice versa, we might
add.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

1t takes something more than simple
grit and push to win success. Asso-
ciated with these qualities there must
be intelligence and common sense.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

A carload of honey recently brought
$1,000 on the Kansas City market, be-
ing sold ut 50 % per case.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

Farmers bulletin No. 244, issued
by the department of agriculture, on
the food value of different products,
states that cottage cheese prepared
with cream compares favorably both
in composition and digestibility with
beef ana other meats and that OH the
farm where milk is produced this food
is one of the cheapest that can be used.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

Dogs, like n great many other things
that might be named, are well enough
when they serve Il definite purpose. but
are the worst kind of nuisances when
they miss their calling. Whether owned
in town or country the dog which IS
not trained to, do definite things and
whose only mission seems 10 be TO
chase passing teams aud bay at the
moon has no plausible excuse for liy-
ing The best CANNES are admitted to
be Spreaders of disease among both an
imals and human beings and may go
mad ut any time. Much more, then. IL
the gadding. good for nothing cur an
economic excrescence that should beput
out of the way at the earliest possible
moment. In IL general way it may be
stated that good dogs are the result OF
the same conditions that produce the
well behaved and respectful boy and
girl, in which they are taught to do
some useful thing and show regard
for properly constituted authority.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26
OUR FASHION LETTER.
The Tailor Made Wash Gown
Has Returned to Us.
BRAID NOW USED LAyIsnLY.

Lingerie Hats In High Favor For
SUMMER Wear-A Revival of Twill
eel Surah--ChccIIs Are Too Popular
To BE Retained 1Iuch Longer.
Buckles as trimmings Oh hats are Il
conspicuous feature. Many Of the new
est Of these are shown liz mother of
pearl smoked pearl or in colors har-
moulzing with different straws. lridrs-
cent blue and green effects will be pop
ular, and ivory ornaments showing de
signs In gilt are new and effective.
sheer pin dotted musinS are Ia be
had for 30 cents Il yard, and there are
all Kinds of cotton mercerized matrri-
ais that sell for 10 ana II cents yard.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

A member of the Missouri state
careful estimate, states that if two
kernels of corn were added to every
ear produced in the state the value Of
the crop would be increased to the ex-
tent of 100000. 1t is in view of fig
ures such as these that such tremen-
dous Importance is attached to the gos-
pei of good seed corn and scientific and
intelligent culture of the crop that is
being preached all over the corn belt.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26
She Made a Good Guess.

1t was at an afternoon tea. and
the girl with a bad memory turned
cold as two vaguely familiar women
greeted her cordially while she stood
chatting with a friend. An intro
duction was obviously expected, not
TO say imperative.
$50 stupid of me to forget your
lame," she mIrmured, smiling
weetly, "but | am sure it begins
tith an M now doesn't it ?"
"Almost," returned the other.
It's Emerson. New York Press.
A Cat Dilemma,
A babu In charge Of the documents
of certain town in India found that
they Were being seriously damaged by
rats. He wrote TO the government to
provide him with weekly ratlons for
two cats to deatroy the rats. The re-
quest was granted and the two cats
We're installed, one, the larger OF the
two, receiving slightly better rations
than the other. All went well for "A
few weeks, when the supreme govern
ment OF India received the following
dispatch: II have the honor 10 Inform
you that the senior cat Is absent with
out leave. What shall | dof' Tue
problem seemed to battle the supreme
government, for the babu received no
answer After Whiting few days he
sent off n proposal; I'm re absentee
cat propose 10 promote the Junior
cat ana IN the meantime to take into
government service n probationer eat
on full rations." The supreme govern
ment expressed its approval OF The
scheme, and things once more ran
smoothly ~ thai department.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

A good example is just about as
catching as IL bad one, and along agri-
cultural lines we think more So No
man can go to work and increase the
productveness of his fields, raise bet
ter crops and stock, fix his home
grounds up and put into his home
modern improvements but his less en-
terprising neighbors are stimulated to
follow his example.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

That bunch of farmers certainly had
hand in something worse than IL
poker game who dubbed together and
sent to a distant catalogue house for
their timothy seed because they could
get II cheaper than from the home
dealer. When 1t arrived some of the
buyers We're suspicious OF its appear
anee and sent sample TO their state
experiment station, where careful In
spection by experts showed 1t contain
I'd, besides timothy seed, seeds of the
Canada thistle and those OF other nox-
iOus weeds. Those economically in
Glued may indulge this tendency in
the matter Of purchasing ordinary
foodstutfs and wearing apparel which
are likely TO be bogus ana shoddy and
no serious results ensue but when IL
comes 10 the matter Of grain aud grass
seeds Il Is worse than playing Nlth fire.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

There Is Il man in the western part
OF Iowa who has made 5000 the past
season buying poultry and feeding II
on the milk he bought from nearby
creamery. He allowed the milk to
sour and fed il in shallow troughs after
II became thick. And, to use his own
words, you would be surprised to see
how they take on flesh with IT," These
milk fed chickens are sought after by
both Swift aud Armour at good prices,
This man commences work where the
farmer or the farmers wife leaves of.
He finishes the product-gets II into
marketable condition. Poultry should
DE fatted for market with Just as
much care as the hog or the steer. II
II pays this man to do it, 1t will pay
the man who raised the poultry,
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

Down on Chesapeake bay they fatten
oysters on corn, just as the northern
farmer fattens his hogs. The oysters
are placed Ia cool cellar and wet
down with salt water Cornmeal Is
then sprInkled over the pale. which they
greedily deVeur
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

The difference between being over
loaded with work and having what one
can attend to in proper manner is the
difference between drudgery and slay-
cry and enjoyable, satisfactory occupa-
ton. Try to get shut of the extra, un-
necessary burdens, and particularly
those you have voluntarily assumed.
Life is short at best, and you will be IL
long time dead, and it is better to en-
joy lfe's blessings and compensatiOns
over heels in work, so that those about
you will look forward to your demise
with sense of relief and be glad of a
day off to attend your funeral.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

Tests made by the Illinois expert
ment station show that cows kept in
any open shed during the winter
months, provided with abundance of
good feed water and plenty of bedding
and stabbed only at milking time made
better showing in the matter of milk
yield than COWS given the same ra
tions, but kept stabbed all the time dur
ing the period mentioned. The expert
ment would seem to show that the
cows kept in the open shed were in u
better condition of health and more
hardy than those confined.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

OF the month, but who, for all practi-
cal purposes, is working for her keep.
Such words of kindliness and sympu-
thy from you will help to rest the
weary body, ease the often sad and
anxious heart and bring light to the
tired eyes, being as gratefully and ca
gerly received as sunshine by opening
flower or rain by the parched and
thirsty earth.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

The general introduction of the farm
separator and the shipment OF the
cream to the central creamerles have re-
suited in materially lowering the grade
of the butter made owing TO the varia-
tion in the age and quality of the
cream. In order TO overcome this trou-
bic the crealnerles have adopted the
plan of grading the cream received,
paying good premium for No. and
Il lesser price for No. ..
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

The shade in the summer for stock
Is not more acceptable to them than Is
the sunshine in winter.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

Western crows have not yet got into
the habit of pulling up the newly plant
ed corn, as they do down east. 1t is
TO be hoped that they viii not as the
birds are SO plentiful they would make
bad work with the cornhelds.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

An Illinois fruit grower has invented
II folding strawberry box which bids
fair to come into popular use.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

Thirty years is given as the life of
the red cedar post; that of white oak
is eight, red and black oak four, elm
seven TO nine and catalpa twenty.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

That is a pretty good hired man who
ing.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

When harvest time comes we can al
most always see where had certain
things been done differently in the
spring results would have been much
better. Right now is the time to look
our for these things
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

There is an asparagus firm at Ogden,
Utah, which has l25 acres planted with
this vegetable. They harvest their first
crop from this tract this spring, most
OF the vegetable being canned.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

A we'll polished hoe and spade are
almost Indispensable If one is to have
any pleasure is using them, and one
way 10 keep them polished is never to
lend them.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-05-17
The Moon and Rain.

"When you see the new moon hangin'
straight up and down, lookin' sort Of
sour like, you're not goin' to have rain
for at least two-thirds Of the month"
said an old observer when she comes
up lookin' like she wouldn't spill, then
it's goin' TO be good weather for two
thirds of the month.
you can bank on that, boy. I've
been watchin' the moon for weather
more'n thirty years on land and sea,
and the dip tells the story better than
any weather prophet that ever called
turns on the weather from headquar-
tiers down in Washington.
Further than gettin' cue on the
weather." he continued, you can tell
by the color of the moon whether it's
goin' to be warm or cold rain.
eff the wet moon looks red It's goin'
to be a warm rain. If it looks bright
and silvery like it's goin' to be chilly
rain.
"I've been watchin' Luna, as they
call her, come up over Jersey for
number of years, and haven't found
her sign to fail yet."-Philadelphia In
Quirer.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-05-17
Cost of False Noses.

People sometimes lose their noses by
disease or by accidents, and some have
lost them in war. For noseless persons
the most appropriate organs are said
to be made of wax, and the best ones
cost about S175, though really good
one can be got for SO. A nose made
Of PAPER mache may be bought for So.
Noses made Of this material are enam-
eled and are deceptive, and for poor
man they are said to answer all the
purposes that are required. Waxen and
paper noses are, in case of disease,
preferable to those made by the plant
ing of flesh on the diseased part, for
several cases have been known where
the transplanting of the flesh Of the
nose has endangered mems liyes.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-05-17
KILLED Him In Cold Hood.

It was after dinner in the little cafe
beloved by literary Bohemia and the
diners at the end table were swapping
stories of their most startling expert
ences. Each had told thriller, and all
eyes turned TO the long haired poet
who wrote only martial lays.
'I had a terrible experience once"
he said. "The memory Of 1t haunts me
now. I inflicted the most awful fate
possible to imagine upon a fellow
creature. 1t was in Germany. didn't
know the language very well, and
suppose must have made some blum
der in addressing a fiery looking chap
at a hotel there. What 1t was | don't
know, but at any rate he declared he
had been insulted and demanded duel
on the spot.
zone of u.s. he cried in tones Of
fearful wrath, shall never leave this
room alive!
81 knew him to be an expert swords
man. But was | afraid? No. so let
1t be- said. And then l rushed out
of the room, locked the door behind me
and left him there to die!'-New York
Press.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-05-17
A harding House Superstition.

speaking of bad luck" said a land
lady the other day, did you ever hear
that it was bad luck to go back to
house you had once lived in? Well, 1t
is. / heard some one say that when
was a little girl, and some way 1t has
always remained in my mind. If any
person who has lived in my house goes
away and talks Of coming back l al
ways try to dissuade him. One young
fellow scoffed at the idea, yet the day
after he came back to live with me
he lost his position and did not get an
other until he moved away from my
house. He would have stuck 1t out
only | told him l would have to have
my room. So he went away, and at
once secured another and better posi-
ton than the one he had when he first
came to me-"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-05-17
The MunIn Bride.

Here is picturesque incident In the
Munka wedding ceremony In India:
The bride goes to a stream or well near
by with her pitcher and, having filed 1t,
raises 1t aloft on her head, steadying 1t
with her hand. The bridegroom comes
behind, as she turns homeward, and,
resting his hand on her shoulder, shoots
an arrow along the path in front Of her
through the loophole formed by her up
lifted arm. The bride then walks on
to where the arrow lies and picks it up
with her foot, still balancing the pitcher
on her head Transferring 1t grace
fully to her hand, she restores it to the
bridegroom, thus showing that she can
perform her domestic duties well, with
hand and foot at his service. He In
turn, by shooting the arrow in front of
her, has shown his ability to protect
her and clear her path Of any danger
that may beset It,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-05-17
A MAN OF MYSTERY.
Peculiar Life of Metastasio, the Cell
ebrated Italian Poet.

ebrated Italian Poet.
Metastasio Q69S-17s2), the celebrated
dramatic and operate poet, spent fifty
five years in Vienna with the Marines
family without ever learning German
or wishing to learn it.
Besides his utter Indifference to all
speech but Italian, Metastasio possess
ed many peculiarities of character.
None might mention death in his pres
ence. Those who alluded to smallpox
before him he made it a point not to
see again. In all his fifty-five years
in Vienna he never gave away more
than the equivalent of $50 to the
poor. He always occupied the same
seat at church, but never paid for 1t.
He took all his meals in the most mys-
ferrous privacy; his greatest friends
had never seen him eat anything but
biscuit with some lemonade. Nothing
would induce him to dine away from
home He never changed his wig or
the cut or color of his coat.
Metastasio was to have been present
ed to the pope the day he died and
raved about the intended interview in
the delirium of his last moments. Mrs.
Piozzi (familiar to readers of Boswelfs
Life Of Dr.. Johnson" as Mrs. Thrale)
collected these particulars from the la
dies of the Marines family, with
whom Metastasio was so long domest-
Gated without speaking or understand
ing a word of their language from first
to last.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-05-17
A WEAK STOMACH.
II May BE strengthened by wearing
m Wide Flannel Bandage.

II May Be strengthened ny WcaEhhS
Wide Flannel Bandage.
All who suffer from poor digestion
should wear a ten inch width OF liam
mel bandage next the skin, pinned fair
IL tight rop.d the body over the stom-
ach. No liver or digestive pill or pep
sin preparation helps the stomach
twentieth part as much as his flannel
prescription. A poor circulation In the
stomach, causing that chilly, "misera-
BILE" feeling, is at the root OF half the
indigestion that mortals are heir 10.
That is why hot water drinking gives
relief. 1t helps the circulation A fan-
mel bandage worn day and night all the
year round cures the faulty blood cir
culation of the stomach; consequently II
cures dyspepsia. Five hours interval
between meals, avoiding fried foods,
made dishes and mixtures and obsery-
ing three or four "Lenten meals in ev-
cry week are golden rules for good d.
gestion. A good dinner at night Is nee
essary for those whose pleasure or
work keeps them up very late, but for
ordinary folk who dine ar and go to
bed about 1920 only light, whole
some repast should be taken at the end
of the day, when the muscles and
nerves are more or less exhausted. A
tired stomach is weak stomach Is a
golden rule to remember, yet how often
one hears people say:
I've been rushing about all day and
am tired to death. 1 must have a big
meal to make up for It," You may put
the big meal into the stomach. but you
cannot make the stomach digest 1t
Exchange
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-05-17
rb. Rest Bargain on Record.

Probably never in the history Of the
world was better bargain made than
the purchase Of the island Of Grenada,
in the British West Indies. 1t was
bought by the French from the Caribs
by a solemn treaty in the middle of the
seventeenth century, and the price
paid was two bottles of rum. Esaus
mess Of pottage was a good stroke OF
business by comparison. The Caribs
soon regretted having sold their birth
right and vainly tried to get the island
back by force. 1t is now one Of Eng
lands most prosperous colonies in the
West Indies, with a population Of over
$4,000 and big trade.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-05-17

Cocaine which dulls the nerves never
vet cured nasal catarrh. The heavy
feeling IN the forehead, the stuffed up
sensation and watery discharge from
eyes and nose, along with ali the other
miseries attending the disease, are put
to rout by Ely's Cream Balm. Smell,
taste, and hearing are restored, breath
Ing is normal Until you try this rem
edy. you can form no idea of the good
it will do you. Is applied directly to
the sore spot. All druggists, soc.
Mailed by Ely Bros, So Warren. Street,
New York.