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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
ANTS IN THE ORCHARD.

How the Busy Insects Are Utilized by
Foreign Fruit Growers.
Some of our fruit-growers regard the
ants as a nuisance in the orchard, and
take pains to destroy the ant hills
wherever found Orchardists in Italy
and Germany, however, regard the ants
as very beneficial and encourage their
presence. A correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Saturday Evening Post says:
"Many of the leading orchard propri-
etors in northern Italy and southern
Germany are cultivators of the com
mon black ant, which insect they hold
in high esteem as the fruit-grower's
best friend, They establish ant hills in
their orchards, and leave the police
service of their fruit trees entirely to
their tiny colonists, which pass all
their time in elm bing up the stems of
the fruit trees, cleansing the boughs
and leaves of Indicators, matured as
well as embryotic, and descending
laden with spoils to the ground,
where they comfortably consume
or prudently store away their booty.
They never meddle with sound fruit,
but only invade such apples, pears and
plums as have already been penetrated
by the canller, which they remorse-
lessly pursue to its fastness within the
very heart of the fruit. Nowhere are
apple and pear trees so free from blight
and destructive insects as in the inn
mediate neighborhood of large ant
hill five or six years old" Ants have
been used in China for many years to
protect orange trees and other fruit
trees from the depredations of insects.
DIR. G. T.. Mcgowan, in communica-
ton to Prof c. " Riley, gives curious
account of the use of ants in the vicin-
ity of Hong Kong. In many parts of
the province of Canton the orange trees
are injured by certain worms, and, to
rid themselves of these pests the in
habitants import ants from the neigh
boring hills. Two species of ants-the
red and yellow, which build their nests
suspended from the branches of trees
are collected and sold to the owners of
the orange trees. The trees are colou-
lied by placing the ants on their upper
branches; bamboo rods are s;.ej.l
between the different trees, so as to
give the ants easy access to the whole
orchard. This remedy, it is said, has
been in constant use since 1910, and
probably from a much earlier period.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

The sponge is simply marine ami
NAL, and it grows in the sea, just as an
oyster or clam grows. The best sponges
are caught off the Florida coast, The
work of catching sponges is regularin-
dustry. Men go out in boats with long
spears and hooks. The sponge catchers
wear boX-like oblong glasses that fit
over the face and around the front part
of the head There are magnifying ar
rangements in these boxes, and the
glasses are made to enable the wearer
to see through the water. Whenever u
sponge is deserted from the surface of
the water the catcher thrusts down his
spear and hooks up the fabby mass.
There is n good deal of work necessary
on sponge before it is ready for the
market, and in the processes of prepa-
ration there is much adulteration.
Sponge is sold in wholesale by the
pound, and very often the material is
weighed with sand, glycerine and other
things to increase its valne.--St Louis
Globe Democrat
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
A HOMEMADE FEED CUTTER.

four scantling, three feet long, cross
them within one foot of the ends and
place thereon two boards, securely
fastened, to serve as a trough for
holding the clover to be cut. Next
take stick about one aud one-half by
two inches, and three feet long, and
fasten one end at or near the bottom OF
one of the legs with bolt and at the
other end of the stick make a mortise
one and one-half by two inches long, to
admit the heel of an old scythe which
has been bent back and made fiat,
with a half-inch hole in it to admit o
bolt. Have the point of the scythe
hammered down so that a handle can
be put on it. On the inside of the
trough put two strips of thin iron about
one inch wide and as long as the boards
are wide, so that the scythe will not cut
into the ends of the boards. The stick
in which the scythe is put should be
incased with board, so as to steady
the motion of the scythe. One peck OF
feed can be cut in two minutes"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
POULTRY PICKlNGS.

CLEAN straw is good for the hens to
scratch in.
PUT turpentine in the drinking wa ter
to prevent gapes
SOME recommend soaking corn in
kerosene for cholera.
GENERALLY on the farm there is no
necessity for buying extra foods.
GEESE eat the grass close down to
the roots and often kill it out in this
way.
WHEN hawks bother the chickens a
few brush piles will afford good pro-
lection.
POULTRY will readily digest bones if
they are broken fine enough for them
to eat.
CLEANLINESS now will aid materially
in preventing the lice from getting a
good start.
HENS will lay more eggs without the
roosters than with them, but of course
the eggs will not hatch.
THE tendency of wheat fed whole is
to produce a healthy growth and to aid
materially in laying eggs.
IN a majority of cases it is impossible
to compete to advantage with incubat-
ed chickens as regards earliness.
FEED only what is eaten up clean and
at certain hours in order to keep the
fowls from getting too fat
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
FIG. T..

Between the manger and the feeding
alley the partition is low enough to adj
init of readily feeding over it and see
ing the cattle, and it does not reach
down to the floor by foot. The square
feeding boxes have each q handle, so
that they are easily pulled out into the
alley and cleaned and emptied without
any lifting; the manger is swept out
into the alley, and the boxes refilled
with food at the proper time, and pushed
back again.
| fine this good arrangement, if l
could only do two things. One is, to
board up the partition in front, and, l
think. when get time to study it out
little, can invent something that will
be m0ccbye, so it can be easily removed
FOR feeding or if friend comes in to
see the cattle The other necessity is,
to both widen and deepen the gutter
behind the cattle, although this is not
as much needed, as the entire stables
are cleaned out twice day, and at
present cutters are l foot wide and 6
inches deep.
One impr rovement / have made that
was not in Col. Russell's stable, or if
it was, did not observe it; it is neces-
sary to nail two upright cleats on each
side partition of each cows stall to
slide the front piece or V down into.
Instead of two cleats on each side, we
have half dozen, and we can thus suit
the length of the stall to the length of
the animal, which is great conven-
ience, as it does not take minute to
lift out the V, as we call it, and set it
further back or forward, as the case
may be.
Next 1 found that the stall floors
were just as short as it was possible to
have them. Next, that the gutter was
very great deal wider and deeper
than our own. But now came the RI
diculous part. just above the gutter,
and running the whole length of the
barn, was a horizontal wire rope, of
such height that mans head could
not strike it. On this were a number
of small rings, each of which had a
long cord hanging to it, and at the end
of the cord was common harness
snap. The whole thing looked
like Fig. 2, These snaps were about
two feet from touching the floor. AS
each COW walked into her stanchion,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
BUSINESS PRINCIPLES.
why Farmers Should Keep Accounts o
Their business Affairs.

why HAfihtFh hteD accounts oil
Their business Affairs.
While looking about for the cause
of agricultural depression, we should
not fail to scrutinize those things that
come more directly under individual
control. 1t is true we have Just cause
for criticising our public officials, but
at the same time, if we examine our
own management of individual affairs
on the farm, we may sometimes find
sources of loss that could easily be
remedied
Among other things, the farmer
should have some systematic method
for keeping his accounts. lie should
have this system so arranged as to
enable him to ascertain which crop
yields the greatest profit. or which line
of stock is more profitable for him to
raise. 1t is a lamcntable fact, how
ever, that u comparatively small num-
Der of farmers keep any accounts what
ever. The general excuse is that they
have not the time, or that the varied
complexities of their business render it
impossible to so systematic it as to
make bookkeeping practical. AS to
the first excuse, it will not hold
good, for many farmers waste enough
time to keep several sets of books.
Besides, in many families there
are boys or girls to whom the
task would be great benefit. The
second excuse has better foundation,
yet farm transactions may be so re-
corded as to be of great value. We
could not think of contending against
the low prices of the present time did
we not produce those articles which
our books show to be the most profta-
ble For farmers who have no lnowl-
edge of bookkeeping we would sug-
gest large account book, ruled, let
tered and spaced for every department
of farm operations. Though we have
kept careful record of all transactions
for twenty years on ordinary blank
books, we have lately secured one of
these books, as its small cost is no item,
and it will enable us to make our
accounts more definite and require
less time.
We believe farmers should not only
keep their accounts Systematically, but
all contracts, verbal or written, should
be properly recorded, that no room may
be left for troublesome disputes. Then,
again, where everything is thus re-
corded, the mans house is always sin
order" so that when the summons
come his executor will have no diff
Guilty in adjusting his affairs and MAX
ing final settlement of the estate
John L. Shawver, in Farm and Fire
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
A CHANGING SEA.
Remarkable Fluctuations of the Level {
the Caspian.

Remarkable Fluctuations of the Level OF
the Caspian.
The Caspian sea lies eighty-five feet
below the level of the Black sea, and is
the greatest body of water in the world
lying below the sea level. 1t is remarka-
BILE not only for this fact, but for the
changes that have occurred in it's level.
About the first century of our era, there
is no doubt that the level of the sea
stood eighty-five feet above it's present
horizon, and, of course, spread over a
vastly more extensive area than at
present. The Russian Geological soci-
ETY. has printed a treatise, written by
N. M. Philipof, on these remarkable
changes of level. Since the early part
of the Christian era, a general and
gradual decline of the level of the sea
has taken place. In the eighteenth CEN
tury, however, there appear to have
been few periods when the level rose.
From the beginning of the present CEN
tury there has been fall, but since
1865, judging from recent observations,
the level has been higher. Lieut.. Soko-
lof, a naval officer, while working in
the Caspian region, from 1S43 to 1S4S,
collected much information. He found
that in the present century the level
had steadily fallen, just as in the last
century it had risen. causing great ap-
prehension among the inhabitants of
an inundation, and giving rise to the
belief in periodical variations every
thirteen years. Lerch, while in Bal1u,
in 1884 and 1747, found submerged build
ings which had stood on dry land thirty
years before, and he mentions a saying
of the Persians that the sea rose and
fell alternately every thirty years. Mr..
Philipof has made a special study of
the whole question. Inquiring into the
causes of these changes of level, he
finds variety of influences at work,
such as wind driving the water towards
certain coasts, temperature of the air
causing in summer evaporation and con-
sequent fall in level, and in winter cold
producing rise in level. Rivers, rain
and earthquakes are also among the
active agencies, causing fluctuations
from month to month and from day to
day y.-Goldthwaites' Geographical Mag
azine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

KEEPING COWS CLEAN.

Woman's Tutercatlng Contribution to
Agricultural Literature.
Much of the trouble in keeping cows
clean could be obviated by Boarding up
the managers on thc back or side farth-
est from the cow, so she could not
step forward at all. This detracts
greatly from the pleasure of looking at
the cattle (mine stand face to face,
with siX-foot alley betwcen), and it is
also impossible, then, to feed from the
alley. My present mode of tying 1
learned in the barn of Col H. S. Rus
SELL Milton, Mass. Each COW has a
separate stall. and the partition runs
back to the gutter las there is still am
pie room for them TO back OUT and the
front of manger is formed of II stout
piece, with u big V cut out in center,
Fig 1; q a are two iron rods about as
thick as ones finger, which runs paral-
lei with the sloping sides of the V, and
are secured at each end by small bolts.
On each of these rods runs an iron ring,
with about fifteen inches of chain at
tached ID By, and the other end of these
chains meet in a ring, to which is at
tached the broad leather strap (c). 1
have seen nothing more comfortable
for the cows, and nothing which gives
a better view of them, in easy and
natural positions.
When the cows get up, the rings run
up on the rods and spread out, so that
the chain is stretched horizontally
across the big opening at the top of the
V. When the cows lie down, the rings
slide down, till they meet at the lower
point of the V, and the COW then has
all the slack there is, and can turn her
head and reach away back in her stall,
and sleep with her head on her side.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
ALLuRlNa RRoAnWAY.

Why Detectives Hunt for Criminals In
New YorIts Great Thoroughfare.
81 am waiting for bunco sharp who
ought to have got into town yesterday
or the day before from New Orleans"
said a detective from police headquar-
ters, who stood in doorway on Broad
way, near Twenty-sixth street, one
morning. "IIe has been out of town
for nearly two years, but he had TO skip
to New Orleans on account of heavy
job he put up on farmer down there.
We've got to get him and send him
back. ! never saw him with whiskers,
but I'm told he wore EN- when he start
ed north. You see, | missed him at the
depot. He didn't come in on the ex-
press. Probably got off at the last stop
and came in on Il local. think he'll be
along here some time to-day. That's a
2eculiarity of the crook in this city. He
adores New York to an extent that
leads him into taking all sorts of risks,
and he simply can't stay away from this
strip of land right along here on Broad
way. Now, there are certain dives all
through this locality where crooks are
in the habit of congregating, but when
one of them is wanted he will avoid
those places, knowing that they are
the first spots examined by the police.
They are like ostriches, however, that
stick their heads into the sand about
Broadway, and come out here in
the boldest way, thinking them
selves lost in the crowd. 1 was
on burglary case few months
ago, and was looking for man who
was good for fifteen years when | once
got the irons on him. Well, l did the
down town and up town resorts for
weeks, and never set eyes on the chap.
/ went into dens where anywhere from
ten to twenty Jail birds would be drink
ing together, but my man never show
ed his nose. / was beginning to get
tired when one day 1 thought | would
walk up Broadway. l was going by
the st. James hotel when | saw quiet
looking, well-dressed man with gray
moustache and beard standing on the
steps. His high bridged nose and small
eyes were familiar | made as though
l was going to enter the hotel and got
close enough to look at his right cheek.
L lISlS w dS OllS lltiIh was lOOhlllB lOI,
a long scar just under the beard, where
it grew thin on the cheek took my
man without any more ado, and he said
when we were on the way to head
quarters that Broadway had always got
him into trouble. 1t really is the most
fascinating street in the world, you
know, and 1 don't blame the boys for
sticking to it, even if it does play them
false. Hello There's Mr.. BunRo. I'll
have to be excused. All the way from
New Orleans, and on Broadway the
first day"
The detective stepped from the door
way, walked up behind a young man
with sandy beard, and, touching him
on the shoulder, slipped a pair of hand
cuffs on him, and before crowd could
gather, had him on horse car bound
for police headquarters y. Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
Queer Ways of Cooking.

Ingenuity can eXtemporize the most
unusual methods for attaining certain
purposes. The Lounger happened into
rolling mill one evening recently and
witnessed novel feat in the beefsteall-
broiling line which commended itself
from sheer force of ingenuity. On
the cooling bed-back of the rolls lay q
pile of red-hot iron which had just been
rolled. The "heat'' was over, and "a
brawny ''rougher-up" began to prepare
his supper. In jitfy he had slapped a
beefsteak on the hot iron, and by
quickly turning it as often as once in
five seconds he broiled that steak to Il
nicely. This was equal to the make
shift of hod-carrier at work on Dear
born street building. When the noon
hour struck he rammed handful of
lime in Il hole scooped in the sand, and
sprinkling it with water, placed his
dinner-pail over his flameless fire, Sc
curing Il warm dinner and the open
eyed admiration of his amused specta-
tors.-Chicago News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

FIG. 2,

the owner grasped her tail, by the
plated switch, and in an instant he
had fastened the snap into it and let it
go. l never saw anything so funny in
all my life! But it did just exactly
what the owner wanted. AS the COWS
stood up, their tails hung in the nat
ural position, or pretty much so; the
gutter was so deep and wide, and floor
of stalls so short, and stanchions kept
them housekeeping forward, so that the
floors where they stood and lay were
spotlessly clean. just then some of the
cows lay down, and the owner pointed
with pride to the fact that not one of
their tails lay in the wet gutter to after
wards befoul the cows. And it was all
true. There lay the cows, coutentedly
chewing their cuds, and each with her
tail gracefully festooned up, Just out of
the dirt; not a particle of bedding, but
a good clean floor, II warm stable, and
plenty of good food, and each COW as
clean as my own at home. Eliza M.
Jones. in Country Gentleman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
There's a patent medicine

There's a patent medicine
which is not patent medicine
-paradoxical as that may
sound. It's a discovery the
golden discovery of medical
science It's the medicine for
you-tired, run down, exhaust
ed, nerve wasted men and
women; for you sufferers from
diseases Of skin or scalp, liver
or lungs-it's chance is with
every one, it's season always,
because it aims to purify the
fountain of life-the blood
upon which all such diseases
depend.
The medicine is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery.
The makers of it have
enough confidence in it to
sell it on trial.
That is-you can get it from
your druggist, and if it doesn't
do what it's claimed to do, you
can get your money back,
e0ery cent Of ii.
That's what it's makers call
taking tie risk Of their aoOnas.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
USEFUL FEED GUTTER,
t VIII Cut One Peck of Feed for Poultry
I'm Two Minutes,

1t VIII Cut One Peck of Feed for Poultry
in Two Minutes.
Those who are interested in the use
of chopped clover for fowls, will no
doubt notice the illustration of a
cheap, homemade feed cutter, sent to
Farm and Fireside by Mr.. w. j. Noble,
State Center, Ia. Mr.. Noble says: 81
am astonished at the great amount of
tinely-chopped clover that a flock will
eat, and for the use of those who desire
a cutter, l send the cut of one not new,
but which will answer the purpose. To
make it, take four pieces of two by
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

"A -Understanding.-Type
er Salesman-Your typewriter is rather
old; can't make deal with you for an
exchange? Merchant-No, stree; my
time is too valuable to allow me to
spend the day in swearing. I've tried
the young and giddy blonde variety,
and although it gives me pain to look
at the old crows face, still the relief to
my nervous system more than repays
me.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

Tiny, little, sugar coated
granules, are what DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are. The best
Liver Pills ever invented; &C
tive, yet mild in operation !;
cure sick and bilious head
aches. One a dose.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

The Ruling Observation-Disclosures
l vos tired of life. Gif me some poison,
and so / will kill meinself. Drug Clerk
(jocularly)-All right. What do you
want-arsenic or strychnine? Hook
stein-Vich vos der sheapest?-N. Y.
Herald
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

Take the Chicago, St Paul & Kansas
City Railway, the popular route to all points
of interest in the scenic Northwest and the
Puget Sound region. Connects with trans
continental trains for all resorts dear TO the
hearts of pleasure seekers. f. II. LORD,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Phoenix Building, Chicago, Ill.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

Says Slobbs:-How much do you
earn a week, Charlie? Blobbs-Fifty
dollars. Slobbs-I heard you only got
ten. Blobbs-You asked me what
earned, not what l got.
Record.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

ETHBI-"Do you know Of anything more
delightful than real true loverl" Maud
eyes, Ethel-"Wh Maud-"Two Of
them. '-Harper's Bazar.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

HARSH purgative remedies are fast giving
way to the gentle action and mild effects of
Carter,s Little Liver Pills. If you try them,
they will certainly please you
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
Do You Want 10 Make Monev?

Any energetic man or woman con make SO TO So q
sSng ShefwS2M % rfS MA sh9e a t2r Gganing end
CEssIrH IN EVERY FAMILY. Sample, prepaid,
for oIc. Write TIE IODINE ROOFING co.. Mansfield, Ohio
As-NAME THIS PAYER erery las Iou Nrits
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

THE most polite man we know Of is one
VINO never permits himself to look over his
own Standardization transcript.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

LADIES who possess the finest complex
IONS !,l are patrons Of Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hilps Hair and Whisker Dive. soc.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

FOR any case of nervousness, sleepless.
ness, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia,
relief is sure in Carter's little liver pile
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

Haven't You Noticed It?-How
much easier it is to be pleasant to peo-
pie of consequence than to those who
are no account.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

EVEN vinegar has to work to be worth
anything. Dispatch.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

THE man who has "a sight of trouble"
should 90 to an oculist-Judge.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

81 have withdrawn from yuah anna
tuah acting club" said Willie Washing
ton. "Why?" 81 couldn't stand it any
longah, you know. was cawst for the
villain, and Miss Pcpperton was the
heroine, and she was 70 say: villain,
do youah worst" THAT was easy"
"Ya-a-s; but Miss Pepperton wouldn't
repeat the words. She said / had al
ready done as badly as any one could
reasonably expect Washington Post