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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-11

he would feed them. "When sow my
corn for the crows, says he, II do not
poison it, but sow it in different parts
Of the field. They pick it up and while
so doing they pick up many worms"
Mr.. Ellsworth pursues the some course
and thinks an allowance of two quarts of
corn much better than to lose 100 or 200
hills of corn.
Several farmers claimed that by apply
ing tar to the seed when planting, the
crows will not pull the corn. Mr.. Day
reckons the destruction of corn by crows
in New England by thousands and thou
sands of dollars. Mr.. Day has succeeded
in driving off the crows BY hanging
small looking-glass with a short string on
a slanting stake driven in an elevation in
the corn field. Mr.. Fem said tarred corn
was not an absolute preventive. The
looking glass scheme is all right when the
sun is shining, but without effect in
cloudy weather.
Secretary Gold resorts to strychnine.
"a little sprinkled with this poison and
distributed here and there in the field was
sufficient to leave number of crows in
the field. The crows held Indignation
meetings all about the woods on the sub
ject. They left my cornfeld, and last
year planted the same fields and others
adjoining on my farm, and the crows did
not trouble me at all. They transmitted
their experience of the previous year. Mr..
Seeley had similar experience, using a
gun, however, instead of strychnine.
Mr.. Chamberlain added the following;
II think the efficiency of the various
methods of defending our cornfelds de-
pends upon the familiarity of the crows
with them. l remember an East Hart
ford farmer telling me it was useless to
undertake to scare them at all, because,
he said, the crows have been fighting
Yankees for 200 years, and they have
learned all the tricks. I, thought would
see if l could not get little the start of
the crows, so last year, as my field was
not protected in any way until after the
corn came up, and 1 found that few hills
had been pulled, l carried q bundle OF
newspapers to the field. I opened them
and spread them over the ground, putting
a stone in the middle, allowing the wind
to sway them, making at times quite a
disturbance in the field. l found it was
perfect protection.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-11
FEEDING WORK HORSES,

There is no place where a farmer is
called upon to use better Judgment than
in the care of his work team in the stable.
Says the Western Stocka.a1s and Culti0ator::
The team is required to do constant and
severe labor day after day, and must be
kept in constant health to endure the
strain. The variety of food at hand is
limited to dry corn and hay on a great
many farms, and it is almost impossible
on such diet to keep team in good
health. The stomach of the horse is
smailerin proportion to,his size than that of
any other animal, and as the horse is more
active than other large animals he ought
to have nourishment in its least bulky
form and oftener than other animals.
Feeding often is impracticable when
much work is required of him, so the
horse must make up at night for the
wear and tear of day of starvation and
exercise. With this in view good horse
man will provide his team with the clean
est and most nutritious food. He will
also provide a variety of foods so as to
keep up the appetite and meet all the
wants of the system. Where corn is the
only grain grown on the farm and the
only rough food is prairie hay, it will be
some trouble to provide variety of food.
But there is always way if there is only a
will. Some corn can be sold and with
the proceeds wheat bran can be bought,
a small amount of which, mixed with
corn, will produce excellent results. A
small amount of clover hay can be pro-
cured in every neighborhood. An oc-
casional feed of clover hay, moistened,
will be relished by the team, and has a
feeding value almost equal to oats, pound
for pound. Some good farmers keep their
teams on clover hay alone without any
grain whatever.
Care in watering horses is as important
as feeding. A horse has only one sensa-
ton at time, and when he is hungry he
don't want water, and when thirsty he
don't want food till he is watered, so that
it is impossible to lay down rule for
watering. It is good plan to water be-
fore feeding, especially in the morning,
and if the horse seems very thirsty do not
let him have all he will drink. Water
him again some time after feeding, also.
A horse will not digest his food if he is
wanting water, and painting and ex-
haustion often noticed is generally caused
by indigestion from not getting enough
water to supply the system. In such a
case it will pay to take team to water
no matter how great is the hurry.
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now TO MAKE A COOL CELLAR.

A great mistake is sometimes made in
Tentilating cellars and milk houses. The
object of ventilation is to keep the cellars
:ool and dry, but this object often fails
VI being accomplished by single mis-
AXE, and instead the cellar is made both
warm and damp. A cool place should
never be ventilated unless the air ad-
nitted is cooler than the air within, or at
east as cool as that or very little warmer.
The warmer the air the more moisture it
aolds in suspension. Necessarily, the
cooler the air the more the moisture is
condensed and precipitated. When a
cool cellar is aired on warm day, the
entering air being in motion appears cool,
out as it fills the cellar the cooler air with
which it becomes mixed chills it, the
moisture is condensed and dew is de-
posted on the cold walls, and may often
be seen running down them in streams.
Then the cellar is damp and soon becomes
nouldy. To avoid this the windows
should only be opened at night, and late
the last thing before retiring. There
IS no need to fear that the night air is un.
healthful; it is as pure as the air of mid.
lay, and really drier. The cool air en-.
ters the apartment during the night an6
circulates through it. The window:
should be closed before sunrise in thu
morning and kept closed and shaded dur.
ing the day. If the air in the cellar is
damp it may be thoroughly dried by
placing in it a peck of fresh lime in ar
open box. A peck of lime will Absorb
about seven pounds, or more than three
quarts of water, and in this way cellar
or milk room may soon be dried even il
the hottest weather.
If cellar has damp smell and cannot
be thoroughly ventilated few trays Of
charcoal set around on the floor, shelves
and ledges will make the air pure anG
sweet. If a large basketful of charcoa
be placed in damp cellar where milk il
kept there will be no danger of its be-
coming tainted. Colnsan's Rural World
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PRUNING SHRUBS,

Shrubs, like trees, are pruned for
different purposes, and no one rule will
apply for all cases. The shade tree re-
quires pruning, but not of the same kind
as the apple tree, which must be pruned
with the view to making it produce the
best fruit, and liberal supply of it.
Shrubs are similar to trees in this respect.
Some are pruned for grace and symmetry,
while Others are pruned in order to make
the production of flowers greater. Shrubs
should not be cut back ruthlessly, as
many ungarden-ike gardeners do. They
should be sheared off evenly and uni
formally in growing in border. Grace
and beauty are the two things desired,
and this cannot be obtained any better
than by trimming the sides over off in
a symmetrical curve. Single, isolated
plants should be made to assume the ap-
pearance of an egg or perfect sphere,
Flowering shrubs should be carefully
pruned. Every branch that is Topped off
is likely to carry with it several buds
which would in time present handsome
flowers. If the pruning is done after the
buds are formed the shrubs will attempt
to repair the loss by throwing out new
shoots, which will bear abundant flowers
the following spring. In this way prun-
ing will sometimes encourage a strong
growth of towering wood. In pruning
it is not always advisable to adopt treat
.ment that has only one season of flower
ing in view. The time of Towering is
short, and the general shape and grace Of
the shrub should also be had in view
when cutting off the branches. Even in
winter gracefully trimmed shrub has 9
grace and beauty of its own. As general
rule, then, no shrub should be cut back
so as to impair its vigor or to ruin its
natural outlines. Weak shoots should
only be cut off, and in such way as t.
develop the best form of the who
plant.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Watch the colts feet and thus preven.
misshaped feet.
To be sure wool is kept free from dirt,
better sack the feeces as soon as sheared,
even though you are not ready to sell.
Size alone does not make a desirable
horse to breed to, for draft horse cov-
cred with blemishes is not wanted by
buyers.
Birds always prefer the open air. They
do not favor remaining indoors, no mat.
ter how clean and bright the poultry
house may be.
The poultry-house should be built with
view of promoting the comfort of the
fowls and keeping them in proper con-
dition for laying.
If COWS are not kept up all Of the time
and fed in stable on succulent foods
bran and meal---then they should have {
regular feeding night and morning.
1t may be set down as rule that the
more special dairy blood COW has tn,
more certain is she to turn her food into
milk solids and not into fat and flesh.
Comfort is essential in the dairy. Thi
must not end entirely in the effort to keel
the cows out of the cold. In summe
they should be kept out of the heat ant
away from flies.
Always assort your eggs. Do not hav
several colors and sizes together. Pu
the dark eggs in one basket and the ligh
ones in another, and pick out the small
ones to be sold separately.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-11
AT A CHURCH FAIR.

"Oh, Mr.. Blank, you're the very man
I'm looking for. You must take at least
ten chances in the drawing for the crazy
quilt. It's only twenty five cents a chance,
and-"
"Oh, Mr.. Blank, you must give me
fifteen cents and then guess how many
beans there are in this jar, and if you
guess"
tThere, Mr.. Blank, isn't that lovely
little bouquet in your buttonhole9 A
dollar, please"
''Aha, I've found you at last, Mr..
Blank We're voting an afghan to the
prettiest young lady here, and you must
put in at least twenty five votes for Miss
Brassy. It's only ten cents a vote,
| and"
"Ah, Mr.. Blank, I just know you
want this smoking cap and jacket.
They're only twenty nine dollars, and y
CHOW, Mr.. Blank, you're not going
by my table without buying something
Here's the very pen-wiper you desire, and
it's only dollar. There it is all done up
nicely for you. What's this-a five dollar
bill? Aha, you foolish man! We never
give any change at this table. Ha, ha,
ha!"
"Oh, but you must buy this cigar case,
Mr.. Blank, I won let you say no. Here
it is. There! I've slipped it in your
overcoat pocket. Four dollars, please. y
"Oh, you bad, naughty man to try tc
go by my table when I've the very pail
of slippers you've been longing for all
these years. You're ever and ever SC
wicked! Wait until I do the slippers up
in this lovely tissue paper, and"
"Oh, Mr.. Blank, have you seen Re-
becca at the well, and the gypsy fortune.
tellera Come, and I'll take you to them,
and"
''Stop, stop, Mr.. Blank, not step
further until you've paid your quarter foi
a chance in the grab-bag!"
"Why, Mr.. Blank, I'm SO glad I ran
across you. want you to take six Of
the loveliest old ladies down stairs and
get them oysters and ice cream. Oh, you
shan't say no, just won't let you!"
When Blank finally escapes by sneak.
ing down cellar and out through the
furnace room he walks three miles to his
boarding place, because he hasn't cal
fare left out of the fifty dollars he left
home with.-Drake's Magagae.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-11
TIE TOMATO As AN NsEcrnE.

A Mexican journal gives the following
experience of French agriculturist:
Two peach trees of my orchard were
covered with insects, just as they were
lbout to flower. Having cut several
omato vines, the idea occurred to me
20 place them around the trunks and
branches of the peach trees, to shelter
hem from the rays of the sun. What
vas my surprise, on the following day,
10 notice that all the insects had dis
appeared, except from the leaves be-
Tond the influence of the tomato plant.
[ carefully separated these leaves and ap.
,lied the tomato to them, when the insects
disappeared as if by enchantment, and
rom that time the peach trees began to
grow luxuriantly. Wishing to, carry the
experiment. further, l put some of the
omato leaves in water and sprinkled
,ther plants, such as the rose bush,
'range tree, apple tree, pear tree, ETC.,
With the infusion, which also had the
ame effect of completely freeing them
If insects within few days.
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FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
SETTING HENs-


The mother cautioned her son against
owing by remarking that rolling stones
yather no moss. He retorted by saying
Setting hens never get fat" The
,eason for this latter observation is that
hey are almost always troubled with
ice. If hen wants to set in the hen
iouse break her up and allow only
hose to set who choose a place en-
irely by themselves. Then they will
ieither give lice to Others nor take it
rom them. If setting hen becomes
ousy the lice will after the clutch is
iatched, attack her chicks and kill them.
Rub the chicks with grease and the lice
will disappear. Oil, not kerosene, is as
rood an insectide for lice as any one need
want; but do not put it on setting
lens, as the oil will close the pores in
he eggs and addle them.-Amsricaa
OuttiUator.
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HE KNEW THE SIGNS.

When Mr.. Spooner went home the
other evening the door unexpectedly
flew open while he was fumbling in his
pocket for his latch key, and Mrs. .Spooner
had her arms around his neck and had
given him, a kiss on either cheek; then
she said cheerily;
"Let me help you off with your over
coat, dear. There, I'll hang it up, dear
You'll find your slippers by your chair
and I'll put your shoes away. Did you
have a good day down town, dear2 You
look tired. Poor, dear, old boy! There
never was woman who had a dearer
husband than my dear, old George, any
how! Sit right down, dear. There,
there, darling, I'll get the evening paper
for you. You just sit still and rest while
I tell you about what a naughty little
wife I've been to-day, for, oh, George, I
got me the loveliest bonnet for only 319
and-and-you Son't mind, will you,
dear9 know you won't. That's.a dar-
lingi It's so lovely I'll run right up
and get it and show it to you before tea ~
"Humph!' growled George, like the
wretch he was, II knew there was some
thing of that sort coming. I knew the
signs !"-TSme.
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AN ADOPTED BROTHER.

"Hullo, Black"
'tHullo, White!"
"You're going to be brother-in-law
~of mine, hear"
IA brother-in-la
eyes"
''How can that be9 I'm not going to
fenter into your family, as far as I know. T"
"You are going to marry Miss Brown,
amt youa"
II am"
"We,l, she's my sister"
ttYour sister2'
eyes, she promised to be sister to
are, always, as much as three months
ago. ."-Bostos Gourier.
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A Gigantic Stingaree.

The latest fish story comes all the way
from Guaymas, and is to the effect that
a stingaree was caught there, of which
the following is a, description: Length,
from mouth to tail, IS feet, width, 20
feet; thickness of the center, about 2
feet; mouth, 81 inches; length of fins,
40 inches; color of the back, dark
brown; belly, spotted and a whitish
gray; estimated weight, 1900 pounds -
Sun Francisco Chronicle. -1-~
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SPEAKING LITERALLY.

Miss Breezy Ito Prof. x, of the Natu-
raj History Muzeum) )-''Do you not think,
Prof. X, that Miss Smith, at the piano
there, is beautiful girl9"
Prof. X-"Er yes, indeed, Miss
Breezy, she is exceedingly lovely"
Miss Breezy-''I have always contend
ed, professor, that she is one of the most
beautiful girls in Chicago, and that there
are no flies on her."
Prof. x. (here his profession SLOWS
itself)-"Yes, Miss Breezy, but suppose
that in the summer, when the weather is
very warm, she is naturally more or less
troubled with them. "-New York Sun.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-11
HUMANITY TRIUMPHANT.

III would like to rent the large room
Ion the second floor of your livery stable
for the purpose of instructing brass
band just organizing"
Gas the proprietor of the stable
should be glad to let you have the room,
sir, but as q member of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals it is
my duty to tell you that if you don't
get out of here in just ten seconds by
the watch l will have you kicked out,
you heartless wretch !'-C Chicago Tribune
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BOUND TO KILL THEM SOMEBODY.

"Mary," said the sick man feebly,
''those yowling cats annoy me terribly,
can't they be reached by shot gun or
something of that kind ~
"No," replied his wife; ''they are on
the fiat roof of the adjoining house"
MARY" exclaimed the invalid again,
after a pause, and his face grew hard and
pitiless-''t throw some Of those medicines
up on the roofw- Chicago Tribune.
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ooh. Mr.. Nidowerin

"Oh, Mr.. Widowerl"
''You are pref"
"How can you, Mr.. Widowerl"
81 started to say that you were pret-
ty-"
''Oh, you horrid man, stop"
''Gosh blame it all, woman" shouted
Mr.. Widower, rising and breaking for
The door. 'Iwanted to say that you are
pretty near as old as l am. Now,I think
you are twice as old. d."-Saa Francisco
Examiner.
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crows IN THE CORN FrBLp.

At discussion at the meeting of
Connecticut State Board of Agricultu
on the question, "Can Crows be Prevente
From Pulling Corn2" Mr.. Webb said, b
made an agreement with the crows year
ago that if they would not pull bis corr
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-11
THEN THE WORLD TURNED ROUND AGAIN

THEN THE WORLD TURNED ROUND AGAIN.
He entered tobacco store on Grand
River avenue with handkerchief pressed
to his jaw, and was at once an object of
solicitude.
'I've been there" said number one,
'and can feel for you. Try pepper
mint essence"
81 always put on bag of hot salt, "
said number two. ''Have cured the
worst kind O. case inside of two hours"
"Bosh!" exclaimed number three,
electricity will stop that ache in two
minutes. I'll never fool with any other
remedy"
"Gentlemen," said number four as he
put his finger into his mouth to feel of an
old snag, "there's nothing like laud-
anum for the toothache. It comes from
an exposed nerve. Laudanum deadens the
sensibility of the nerve. I've used it with
success hundred times"
s'I never'd advise a man to waste time
fooling around" said number five. "Let
him go straight to the dentist and have
it pulled out. 1t takes grit, of course,
but in five minutes you are over it for.
ever"
"I've had eleven pulled out" said
number six, "and I'd sooner lose eleven
more than suffer with toothache for one
hour. I'll go with you, Smith"
"Where to2' innocently asked Smith
as he pocketed the handkerchief.
''To the dentists. Haven't you got
the toothache?"
"Oh, no. Every one of my molars is
false. 1 always carry my handkerchief
that way when thinking deeply. Much
obliged gents. What will you smoke
at your own expense?"-Detroit Fire,
| Press,
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AN UNREASONABLE LOVER.

81 could sit here by the hour to hear
what the wild waves are saying"
miranda, it would be plagued sight
more encouraging to me if you listened
to what I'm saying. ."-EpOch.
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THE TRAMP's TROUBLE.

Crimple Ito tramp)-"My friend, you
look as if you were in the SOUP"
Tramp-"That amt what worries me,
guv'nor; the trouble is how ter git some
soup inter me. Time.
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THE JUVENILE MATcH-BREAKER.

THE JUVENILE MATcH-BREAKER.
Daisy-"Mr. Poseyboy, do you live
next to farm2"
Mr.. Poseyboy-"No, little one, 1 live
here in the city. Why do you ask9"
Daisy-"Because mamma said you
were next door to calf. ."-BurIingtOn
Free Press.
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KNEW THE SYMPTOMS.

Wife-''Cyrus, I am sure young
.Spoonamore is becoming serious in his at
tentions to our Susie"
acknowledgements! What makes
you think so2"
"He wears new necktie every time
he comes"
"Do you think Susie cares anything
for him?"
"Iknow she does. She hasn't eaten an
onion this year"
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THE HEADsHAKE OF IGNORANCE.

"What ails your husband, Mrs.
Bailey ?"
Nothing, much, guess"
"What makes you think that ~
"Well, young DR.. Squeers called
yesterday, saw Mr.. Bailey, shook his head,
and left"
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AN NOTWITHSTANDING AT 1Asr.

Old Mr.. Widower had been sitting
silently alone with Miss Autumn for fif-
teen minutes. Finally he spoke: vic,
/. 4sMiss Autumn. YOU are pret--n -'
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NOT ALL HER FAULT.

"Maria," demanded Mr.. Billus, with
much severity, ''do you mean to tell me
you paid so cents for that lot of worth
less auction trumpery? Are you ever
going to learn the value of money!"
Chow can you expect me to learn
anything about it, John, when I have
only S1.50 a week to practise on?" re-
piled Mrs. Billus, sweetly, and John stole
softly out into the woodshed and kicked
himself Chicago Tribune.
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BLOOD WILL TELL.

Phyllis (sotto voce)-''Why don't you
acknowledge his courtly salutation, Do
rothy9 Is it because his father was in
:soap?"
Dorothy (in whispered warmth) eyes,
my family traditions are against cultivat-
ing such an acquaintance.
Phyllis (soothingly)-''Pardon me,
dearest, | did not mean to wound you,
But were all your ancestors trampsH-
Munseys Weekly.
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THE President and directors of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal have been authorized
to restore the channel to navigable con-
lition The cost will be about $500, 900.
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THE testimony in the A. I. Stewart wilt
contest in New York city covered 1800G
folios and twenty five copies of it have been,
made at cost of about S25,000. If there is
compromise, Judge Hilton will have to pay,
this and everything else. Roscoe Conkling'S
retainer was $4,000, and those of severah
other lawyers were not much less
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THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.

STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BIZ THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.
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Song of the Mosquito-The Tramp's
TroubIe-An Unreasonable Lover
The Juvenile Match Breaker, Etc.
Some 60 to the mountains,
And some to the sea,
And some stay at home
Meath their own fig tree!
And Pm mosquito,
So happy and free,
With nothing to do.
But to do them all three
And you bet
! will.
Washington Critic.