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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
RESULTS REACHED AT THE OHIO
.li EXPERIMENT STATION. n 3
In the Work Of this Year Repetition
ofthe Methods of Treating the
Plumb CurcuIio and the
III Success that Attend TJo
ed, ConcIseIy
ct--ll-s 4- Stated. t-tcpss3

q :. -. L . VI
The greatest enemy to the plumb Is
the insect commonly known as the
plumb cnrculio. This is the cause Of
the ewormy fruit that so often falls from
the trees. Various remedies have been
tried for this pest, and for several years
trials have been made at the Ohio ex-
pertinent station of the method of Kill.
ling the Insects by spraying with very
dilute mixture or Paris green and wat
er. The experiments were again re-
peated this season by the station ento-
mologist, DIR. @. Al. Weed, with good
results. An orchard of 900 bearing trees
in Ottawa county, Ohio, right in the
heart of a great fruit growing region,
was selected for the experiment. In
the north half of it the method of
catching the curculois by jarring on a
sort of inverted umbrella mounted on
wheels was employed, while the south
half was sprayed four times with pure
Paris green mixed with water in the
proportion of four ounces to fifty gall
Ions of water. 80,
The first application was made May
9Th. just after the blossoms had fallen
from the late blooming varieties. There
was a heavy rain the same night and it
rained almost continuously until May
18th, when there waa short cessation.
The second spraying was done on that
day. The third spraying was made
May 26th, and the fourth and last,
June End. eJ q. ,.as, q 70 ~
On the Jared portion of the orchard
a great many curculios were caught,
showing that they were present In
numbers, careful examination of
both parts of the orchard was made
June 3. Between one and two per
cent. Ofthe fruit on the sprayed trees
had been stung, while about three per
cent, of the fruit on the Jared trees
were injured. No damage to the trees
was then perceptibIe.
Early In July the orchard was again
examined. Some ofthe sprayed trees
showed that the foliage had been dam
aged by the spraying, but the injury
was not very serious. Not over three
per cent. of sprayed fruit was stung at
that time, while about four per cent.
of that on the Jared trees was injured.
But on both The fruit was SO thick that
artificial thinning was necessary topre-
vent overbearing. 1Ilal ~ sDla9''I =
A large crop of fruit was ripened on
both parts of the orchard, and so far as
could be judged from the experiment.
the practicability of preventing the In
juries of the plumb curculio by spray
ing was demonstrated. This process is
very much lesslaborious and costly than
jarring, and if future experience is as
successful as this seasons work plumb
growing will become much easier. i'i,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
A WINNING TICKET THIS YEAR.

Ipresent him as mascot. From the
time of the organization of Ohio as
State and the organization of Monroe
County in the early days when his great
grandfather, Leven Okey, was elected
one Of the associate judges of the COM
mon pleas court of that county (which
place he continued to hold for many
years with renown and credit unto him
self and the Democracy of his district);
and from 1920, when his grandfather,
Colonel Cornelius 0key, of Monroe Coun-
ty, was elected by the Democracy to the
Legislature, and when the Colonel for
many years would regularly travel on
horseback from his home to the Capital
at the opening of the session and re-
main until its close; and from 1853, when
his father, John w. okey, was elected
probate Judge of Monroe County, and
during all these subsequent years Of his
life when he was candidate for Com
mon Pleas Judge and the Supreme
Bench--it has never been recorded that
a Democrat by the name Of okey was
ever defeated for an Office to which he
aspired. And when say Democrat by
that name might as we'll say that an
0key has never been defeated, because
tits said that there is but one man of
that name in Ohio who is not a Demo-
crat; and if you will nominate George
B, 0key to-day am assured thathe will
also join the fold destined to perman-
ent supremacy.
The qualifications, the judicial bent
of mind, the fair and impartial dispose
tion, the characteristics of Mr.. Okey SO
we'll fit him for the bench that in 1885,
though he was not candidate, his
name was presented to the Columbus
convention for the Surpeme Bench. AS
will be remembered Mr.. Okey then re-
ceived within few votes Of enough to
nominate him. Nominate him and you
will not only have candidate ripe with
experience, popular and active, but one
who will add strength to the ticket and
be elected. fa,.s z.s.s
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
Speech by George A. Fairbanks In. Pre-
e,9 sentlpg His Name. sas saas
6Bs A9s MO-

The name Of Okey is familiar to every
Democrat Of the State, be they young or
Old. Four generations bearing that
Anne have been jurists and legislators,
Winning fair fame for themselves, and
rejecting credit upon both the State,
they served and the party they repre-
sented. Geo. B. oltey, the great grand
son of Leven okey, who was a judge in
the early days of ohio's career as a
State, the grandson Of Colonel Cornelius
Okey, later on q member Of the State
Legislature and the son of Judge John
w. okey, the great lawyer and jurist,
who distinguished himself so signally
Whilst on the Supreme Bench, was
chosen by the late State Convention as
the candidate for Judge Of the Supreme
Court.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
The Democratic Nominee for Judge
OF the Supreme Court. ...-..- .-e-

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Bucklen's Arnicaalye.

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For Sale by d.
J. Humphrey. l. yr.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23

Sand you mean to say that your
train crossed the chasm where the
bridge had burned without being wreck
ed? Remarkable! What kept it from
going DOWN." LAS good luck would
have it, it was being held UP by train
robbers. ."-Chicago Post.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23

We take great pleasure in presentingl
. portrait OF the next Supreme Judge Of
Ohio, with a sketch Of his life as set
forth in the nominating speech Of Geo.
"A. Fairbanks, Of the Columbus bar, II
is as follows: v-". u
GEORGE A. FAIRBANKS NOMINATING
SPEECH 5t
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Conven'
ton: ~ sJs -' .',t
I have the honor on behalf Of the
Franklin County delegation and the De-
bocracy of Central Ohio, to present for
the consideration of this body the name
b man for Supreme Judge "a man
well known to the people Of Ohio for his
distinguished services to the State in
The codifcation Of her laws, to the bar
SAd the Judiciary of Ohio for his ability
as lawyer and his services in the
Courts of this State. Well known to the
Democracy Of Ohio because OF the fact
that from the time of the organization
5t the State his name has been synon-
onous with Democracy. 1 refer to the
BRILLIANT AND TALENTED LAWYER,
Hon. George B. Okey, of Columbus, son
81 the late John w. Okey, whose record
as member of the Supreme Bench Of
this State from 1877 until the time Of
bis death in 1885, is we'll known to the
people of Ohio, and stands without a
Superior among the great men who have
distinguished themselves upon the Ohio
bench for ability, learning and legal
acumen. v,.It y..
George B. okey may be said to have
been reared in his fathers office and to
have received his legal education under
his personal supervision. From the
time he left college until, the death Of
his father, he was the business partner
and the hourly
ASSOCIATE OF THE GREAT JURIsT.
Inheriting the qualities and qualifica-
tions of a great lawyer, and receiving
daily for many years the instructions
Shd directions of that great jurist, it is
not unnatural that the son should have
imbibed the taste for research and labor
in the walks of his profession, and
should have acquired the habits Of study
and reflection which have made his
father Of so great renown.
There is no man in the State to-day
better qualified or who will reflect more
credit upon the people of this great State
as member of the Supreme Bench than
he. In the prime Of life, having been
born in the year 1s49, he possesses the
strength and vigor necessary to the ac-
cOmplishment of great ends.
Graduating at the, Cincinnati law
school in April, 1871, and admitted to
the bar at the same time, his first inn
portant labor was the annotation, for
Use by the members Of the constitution
ri convention Of 1873, Of the constitu-
tions Of 1902 and 1851, His careful train
ing, deep study and research We're then
made apparent. That work was pub
aished by the State in volume 10 Of the
Ohio laws and found its place in all
subsequent publications Of the statutes
without substantial change.
At twenty-seven years Of age he was
appointed to serve with those eminent
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
GEORGE B. 0KEY.
9A 1a'
Sketch Of the Life Of the Emf.
mont Young Attorney. :
JUDGE oKEY'S ABLE son.

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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23

"A drove OF hogs In Hudson, Mich.
became intoxicated by drinking the
scum from a sorghum factory, and in
the orgies which followed one hog was
drowned by the gay debanchees.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23

The chestnut crop in Virginia is un-
usually large this season. In Patrick
county it is immense, and every train
from Stuart for the last 30 days has had
from one to three carloads ofchestnuts.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23

A novel way to pay off a church debt
has been adopted by a Trenton No.
woman. She Is now selling l 900 COM
mon bricks at 81 each for. the church
fund. Y # y Nss' u a es
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-16

SAvEDBYA SCRATCH Your @Uncls's'
signature 70 this Sheck.-Light
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-16
A Goat Spells a Wedding.

Our little town, says a Christians
burg CVa.) correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Times, had quite a sensation in
its best circles at the marriage yester-
day of one Of its most prominent young
men to a young lady whose beauty and
wit made her belle, but whose nup-
tials were nearly prevented by billy
goat belonging to a family
living IN the suburbs. The
bridal party was followed into the
church by the goat, which proceeded to
quietly and peacefully inspect the
edifce, and probably would have re-
tired in like manner had it not been for
the injudicious efforts of one of the
groom's attendants to induce it to leave
by an impertinent shoe.
This was more than his goatship
meant to tamely endure, and to sooth
his wounded honor he made q break at
the bridegroom, who happened to be
nearest him, and without that gentle
man having suspected his proximity
made him painfully aware of it by
well-directed blow that caused the can
didate for matrimony to alight several
feet distant, though hardly with the
grace of posture he could have desired.
Tie animal then turned his attention to
the bride, but the lady escaped by
climbing the pulpit stairs.
The clergyman, wedding party, and
guests dared not stir, for every move
ment caused the goat to make for them
with lowered head, so for awhile the
animal was monarch of all he surveyed,
but the arrival on the scene of one of the
infantile masters speedily reduced him
to submission and he followed the boy
from the church as meek and humble
goat as ever dined on tomato-can. The
bridegroom, though much bruised and
one arm broken, insisted on having the
interrupted ceremony completed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-16
Reckless ,CycIing.

During the last fortnight there have
been quite a number of serious &C
cidents-some attended by fatal con-
sequences - through people being
ridden over by cyclists. In
all of these cases the evidence goes
to indicate excessive speed as the prime
cause. There is a pace, especially when
going down hill, which practically de-
prives the rider of all control over his
machine. He can guide it, but that is
all. As for pulling up quickly, as well
might the engine driver of an express
train attempt to do so. Nor even in the
matter of guiding has the cyclist free
hand. Any large deviation from the
straight line of his course would, if he
were pelting along at the rate of eight
cen or twenty miles an hour, inevitably
cause an upset. He has nothing for it,
therefore, but to trust to luck and the
chapter of accidents, which he does
with sang-froid that would be truly
admirable were it not so largely tinct-
ured with recklessness. When he
mounts to the stretching out before
him, he knows perfectly well that if he
once allows his steel steed to take
charge" there can be no attempt to pull
up until the bottom is reached. Equally
aware is he thai, by timely application
of the brake, and by back 'pedalling,
the machine can be kept at q moderate
pace, admitting of guidance and of stop
ping. But because it Is q pleasant rush
down hill at the speed of a racer, with
out ANY exertion, he takes his feet of
the pedals, sets his teeth tight, and, to
use his own expression, lets her slide"
The result is that if any pedestrian
chances to block his way-being per-
haps, too deaf to hear the warning bell
. fearful collision takes place, and one
OF the other IS killed. Cyclists have
yet to learn, apparently, that the respon-
sibility of keeping clear Of people on
foot rests on the drivers Of vehicles.-
London Graphic
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-16
Beneath the Grooming.

Tom Marshall, the brilliant Kentucky
lawyer, in an after-dinner speech, once
told story which has significance for
the readers of the Companion.
my father, like all Kentuckians, he
said, loved good horse. When was
little shaver of he babe me choose
pony for myself. I took fat, shiny
fellow, short-winded and vicious. 'Ha,
Tom,' he said, never choose a horse by
his coat. His groom gives him that.
Look beneath it for the real animal
I have since learned never to choose
friend, either man or horse, by his coat
or his manners. I go beneath the
grooming"
Boys and girls are apt to Judge of
each other and of adults by some facti-
tious accident which does not at all af-
feet the character.
A teacher with a nose too small for
her face sometimes loses, for that reason
much of her influence over her more
frivolous pupils; and flaming head of
hair has made the first year of school
lonely and friendless for any a sensi-
tive boy.
OdE1J10 hIOI0 d HAOl6 DOOh W prove
that rank, birth, even education, were
but so many outer skins or "old clothes"
beneath which we must look to find the
real man.
If we do not Judge of the staying
power or temper of horse by the
satiny skin which is the result of careful
grooming, why should we like this man
or dislike that because of their clothes
or the house in which they live or the
social rank into which they we're born?
In family, too, we often find girl
censured and ridiculed because she is
excitable and Eighty, or boy perpetu-
ally nagged and sighted because of his
slowness and stupidity. A diseased
nervous system or a slow-moving brain
are qualities for the possession of which
no man or woman is responsible.
at is not, says Madam de Preyere,
for the things which God has given me
that should be loved or hated. but for
my own use or abuse of them
Youths Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-16
The sublime and the Ridiculous.

The saying that there is only a step
between the sublime and the ridiculous
Is attributed to the great Napoleon, and
it contains a world of truth in it, no
matter who may have coined it.
In Richard III. Shakespeare evidently
tries how near he can approach the
ridiculous and yet not touch it. The
scene in which Richard Crookback
wooes and wins the distressed widow in
the very presence of the remains of her,
husband. Actors and authors declare
that scene to be a stupendous monu-i
ment to Shakspeare's genius. No other
genins that ever lived could have writ.
teu that scene and saved it from being.
transformed into roaring farce. It Is
sublime, but it is not more than an inch
and a halt, so to speak, from the
absurd.
Some preachers find it very difficult
not to degenerate into the ridiculous in
their extempore prayers. Take for ex-
ample the case of the minister giving
praise at harvest time: I'VE thank
Thee, O!-Lord. for Thy great bounty;
we thank Thee for the fine weather: We
thank Thee for beautiful harvest. and
that Thou has enabled Us to gather In,
the wheat throughout all this district
with the exception Of q farmer Mills
little three-cornered patch down In the
hollow, not worth mentioning. -TerGs
ISiflin0s,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-16
ABuddhIst Marriage.

A missionary describes q marriage
ceremony which he witnessed in the
palace of the Governor of Cambodia, as
follows:
%I was ushered, amid tremendous
din of gongs, into large room beyond
the reception hall, where were seated
the Governor and about 100 noblemen
and invited guests. The bridegroom,
young man about 20 years of age,
elegantly attired in silk garments, was
also there. By the time we foreigners
were seated, q procession-headed by
the bride, supported on either side by
demure looking matrons, composed
principally of aged or married women,
all elegantly attired - entered and
slowly marched toward the Governor.
"The bride was not particularly in
teresting as regards personal charms;
she was young, however, and dressed
richly and in good taste. Besides her
silk dress she wore gold embroidered
scarf upon her shoulders; also gold
rings upon her fingers, bracelets upon
her wrists and armlets above the
elbows. The bride took up her posi-
ton near the bridegroom, both sitting
upon the floor, but not looking toward
each other; in fact, throughout the en-
tire ceremony they both were perfectly
impressive and nonchalant.
"The marriage ceremony proper now
began. A number of wax candles were
brought in salYer, and then lighted by
one of the mobiles. The silver waiter
was then passed round before the COM
pany eight times, each one in turn
saluting the couple and wishing them
good fortune by waving or blowing the
smoke toward them, thus expressing
something like the old English custom
of throwing the slipper after a newly
married couple-the bend of string
instruments playing the meanwhile.
Two large velvet cushions having
been previously placed before the bride
and bridegroom. and upon them q
large sword, the leader of the theatric-
ais now came forward and went
through, for few moments, a most
fantastical sword exercise.
Dishes had been placed before the
couple upon the floor, with covers upon
them. Nothing, however, was eaten.
Next the hands of the expectant couple
were bound together, and to each other,
with silken threads, by the women
attendants, probably some near rela-
tives. Thus were they truly joined in
Buddhist wedlock. And this COM
pleted the simple, yet effective cere-
pnOpuo
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-16

soul to God. for in five minutes more
you viii diei"
The face of the doomed man
assumed an sshen hue, and there was .
perceptible trembling of his lips as he
spoke:
Il have O sister living in
mentioning town In Missouri; %Iwish
you would send her this and he pro-
duced a golden locket and gave it to the
leader.
Then sinking upon his knees, he
tremblingIy uttered an almost unin-
telligible prayer. Upon rising to his
feet he looked more calmly upon those
around him rs he said:
Gentlemen, afore 1 die, I want ter
right one wrong I've done to this ERE
gentleman" pointing to me, @and
that is that he is innocent. What
he's told you air the truth. I am
ashamed that I tried to bring him in as
my pardner, and I hope God will for
give mel"
At this I sprang forward and, Selling
him by the hand, profusely thanked
him again and again. A moment more
and the leader called out:
"Time upl One! two! three!" As
the last word fell from the lips of the
leader, the rope suddenly became tant,
and the next instant the body of the
thief was dangling IN mid-air. Then
turning to me, the leader observed:
Young man, you've had a mighty
narrow escaped Be more careful in the
future and choose better company"
After waiting some twenty minutes,
until the swinging body had become
nearly motionless, the party mounted
their horses-the leader driving the
stolen outfit-and in a few minutes
they had disappeared in bend of the
road.
1 now proceeded on my way with q
fervent feeling of thankfulness to God
for my miraculous preservation from an
ignominious death.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-16
SoutheY,s Earnings.

No man ever lived more plainly or
worked harder than SoutheS; yet he
never had years income In advance,
we are told. till In 1885, when he was
81 years old, Sir Robert Peel settled
pension of e3OO on him, and offered
him baronetcy, which he had the good
sense to decline. Eight-and-twenty
years earlier. in 1907, pension of e160
syear. had been.conferred on him through
the good Offices of his staunch friend
WYNN, who had hitherto allowed him
similar sum annually. When he was
forty-four the unexpected payment of
a bad debt enabled him to buy e300 In
the 8 per cents. Il have e100 already
there" he wrote with a mournful touch
of IRONY, "and shall then be worth Ell
per annum.7 Three years later the
e1OO had grown to e625, the gather
ings of half the most studious and
blameless lifetime of which the annals
of our literature hold record And this
man was Poet Laureate of England
mot quite one of her best, perhaps),
and had enriched our literature with
some of its finest prose. he had wife
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-16
TO nay LOVE.
By FRANCIS s. SMITH.

The torrent leaves the mountain
And joins the crystal tide
That flows along in beauty
Till il meets the ocean wide.
And, love, when thou art absent,
The thought occurs to me
That my hearts love is torrent,
And thy bosom is its sea.
The zephyr stirs the light leaves
With sweetlv soothing sound,
And the red rose, in its blooming,
Sheds its perfume all around.
And as muse enraptured
In this my calm retreat,
The south wind seems thy whisper,
And thy breath the perfume sweet.
see the ivy clinging
around the wildwood tree,
And as 1 view its tendrils,
This thought occurs to me:
Thy white arms are the ivy,
Nursed by thy hearts deep spring,
And my neck the wildwood monarch
Round which they closely cling.
-Eel0 York Weekly.