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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27
AMONG THE POULTRY.

WHEN the fowls appear droopy and
lose their appetite small quantity of
linseed oil can be given with benefit.
SMALL size is an item with bantams,
and this is one reason why they should
not be hatched until late in the summer.
IF the hens are kept in coops with
their broods it will pay to move to a
fresh place every two or three days, in
order to prevent one place from becom-
ing too foul.
Too MUCH grain is detrimental to old
ducks; they need during the summer
plenty of grass and coarse, bulky foods.
They do not bear confinement well, but
should have a good range.
You've turkeys need considerable
care. 1t will not do to depend toe
much on the mothers, especially turkey
hens; they are apt to forage so much as
to wear out the young turkeys.
IT is often the case from the amount
of young poultry sent to market that
prices get very low and when this hap
pens at this season it will pay to feec
longer, as the growth can be made at &
low cost.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27
HICKORY DAMAGED BY sAP-sUcKER.
as the white pine, hickory, apple and

as the white pine, hickory, apple and
peach.
For three years past 1 have been
studying the bird in question. Every
spring the downy woodpeckers have
visited small white pine within a
few feet of the window before which
spend several hours each day. The
BIRDS as is their usual way, go around
the tree and cut ring of holes around
it. When the wood is reached they
suck the sap, which at this season flows
copiously. With the aid of field glass
/ have observed their acting closely
and have seen them taking the sap and
soft bark, which of the white pine is
very sweet, and filing themselves with
it. By shooting them and examining
the stomachs they are found filled
with the sap aud soft, pulpy bark, or,
more correctly, the alburnum, but no
traces of insects are to be seen. The
same has been the case with apple
trees peach trees and an aspen which
is growing within twenty feet of the
window, and the same with young
hickories in the woods.
The hickory seems to be the most
favorite food with these birds of all the
forest trees. These trees are so dam
aged as to be entirely killed in few
years. The trees are girdled by annual
openings in the bark made in the same
place. The sketch sent herewith gives
an example of the damage done to
these trees The rings gradually form
restricted grooves around the trees,
where the bark forms thick calluses
and finally the wood dies. In time the
trees perish and break off at the rings
under any usually strong wind.
The white oaks are also damaged,
but seem to resist the injury better
than the hickories. The wood under
these rings upon some large oaks be-
comes curiously distorted in the grain,
showing how the injury in young
tree remains to the last Thick rings
of bark form over the wounded places
and wnen these trees are sawn into
boards some beautiful veinings arc
found in the grain, waves and curls
being formed at times for foot il
length, and the lumber cut from such
trees makes beautiful finishing stuff fol
panels and other ornamental work. II
no other harm were done we coulC
easily forgive these birds, but three
dead apple trees and several badly in
jured ones in my orchard prove thai
the sap-sucker, at some season of the
year, is beyond question an injuriou.
bird. H. Stewart, in Country Gentle
man.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27
ANCIENT AMERICAN CLOTHES.
Beautiful Fabrics Woven from the Hair of
Animals,

Beautiful Fabrics Woven from the Hair of
Animals.
The MeXicans spun and wove cotton,
and the Peruvians both cotton and wool,
into fabrics which the Spaniards found
in every way equal to anything they
had known at home. The Peruvians
in particular, were adopts in the art
When Pizarro made the conquest of
their country in 1888, he found in the
empire of the Incas four species of
animals little different from each other,
which he called the sheep of the coun-
try, because of their general resemb-
lance to the Spanish sheep, and the
similar utilization of its fiber. Two of
the species, the llama and alpaca, had
been in state of d0mestication fr0m
time immemorial, the remaining
varieties, the vicuna and the guanaea,
living in wild state in the businesses
of the Andes, From variety of sources
we are able to obtain minute details of
the Importance which the government
attached to these animals, and the large
part which they played in the domestic
economy of the country.
ne NOOlcH Id DTlCS WcCc Ol
three kinds-a coarse wooden cloth,
which they called avasca, which formed
the raiment of the common people,; a
finer variety, called compi, worn by the
captains and officials; and still another,
also called compi but of much finer
quality, reserved for the use of persons
of royal blood. Specimens of this cloth,
still preserved, reveal fineness of tex
ture and an exquisite finish which mod
ern ingenuity rarely equals. Both sides
of these cloths were woven alike. The
delicacy of the texture gave it the luster
of silk, while the brilliancy of the dyes
employed excited the envy and admira-
ton of the European artisan. The
Peruvians made also shawls robes, car
pets; coverlets, and hangings in great
varieties of patterns, They knew how
to produce an article of great strength
and durability, by mixing the hair of
animals with the fleece of theii llamas.
IS. n. d. North, in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

useless in many barn. Take a worm
out section bar of moving machine
holding the knives that play in the cut
ting bar, mortise it into the under side
of the wooden sled shoe, or otherwise
attach it to the sled runner, so that it
will slide on the ground at a slight
angle, as seen in the sketch. Some
fine day, when the meadow is cleared
of hay, hitch on to the sled and see how
neatly and speedily it will slice off the
bog tops. 1t is success and a con-
queror. Put on box, and let one man
follow the planer sled with fork and
pitch on every bog as fast as it is cut
off. Dried they make hot fire, and
should be saved for fuel for the kitchen
fire during warm weather.-American
Agriculturist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27
IN A HORSE CAR.
Three Women Enact Very Sensational
Little SCcne.

"
Little Scene.
There was but one vacant seat in the
car Two men, an old, grayhaired
lady, who was lame in one leg, and a
black-haired, blacl5-eyed and extremely
pert looking miss of fourteen, perhaps,
got in at street corner. The men
stood up. The old lady saw the vacant
seat and moved slowly toward it. The
miss, who was just behind her. also
saw the seat. She moved rapidly to-
ward it. She plowed past the old lady
and captured the seat. She dropped in
to it and looked around triumphantly.
A sweet-faced young woman, hand
somely dressed and with big and sym
pathetic eyes, was plainly displeased at
the girls presumption of the seat. She
rose quickly and gave her seat to the
lady. Then she said Indignantly to the
miss: you ought to be ashamed OF
yourself"'
How much do you get" replied the
pert one, with toss of her head, 'fol
mindin' other folks business?"
Before the young woman could an
swer the old lady spoke; "She gets il
this case, she said, the thanks of {
very tired old woman"
A bunch of violets was pinned to tht
young woman's pluff, When she lef
the car few moments later the flower
lay in the old lady's lap.--N. Y
| Times. 4
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27
Startling Dairy Eirnres.

The American Analyst makes the
dairy industry an immense one, and es-
Inmates that $2, 900, 600, 900 are invested
in it, and that 100000 cows are re-
quired to supply the people of the
United States with milk and its prod
ucts, and that to feed these cows 90, :
900, 600 acres of land are cultivated.
The agricultural and dairy machinery
is valued at $500, 900, boo, while $50, ,OOO
persons and 100000 horses are en-
ployed in the business. The average
COW yields 45O gallons of milk in year,
which gives total product of $780,
1000 gallons. At IL cents gallon
which is fair price--the milk is worth
$50, 10000 900 year.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27
POTASH For CORN.
Results OF Experiments at the Kentucky
and Ohio stations,

Results OF Experiments at the Kentucky
and ohio stations.
The Kentucky experiment station,
located at Lexington, is in the heart OF
the blue grass region, and on soil
which has been formed from the decom-
position of the underlying limestone
rocks. On this soil potash seems to be
the most needed element in a fertilizer
for corn, although It has not produced SO
marked an effect on wheat.
Bulletin No. 33 of this station reports
a aseries of experiments in applying fer
tilizers to corn, of which the following
is the stations summary:
'The results obtained this year are
almost identical with those of the last
two years, that is:
81. That in those plots where potash
was one of the ingredients of the fer
tilizers used there was II marked in
creased yield, both in corn and fodder.
So That in plot 10, where fertilizer
was used without potash, there was
scarcely any increase in yield over
those plots containing no fertilizer.
''3. That the greatest increased yield
was made by using mbination OF
potash and nitrogen.
~. The use of muriate of potash
alone resulted in marked increased
yield over the plots containing no fer.
tilizers.
''5. That there was a prof1s in the use
of fertilizers in every instance where
potash was one of the ingredients, the
largest net profit arising from the use
of the mixture of nitrate of sodium
and muriate of potash.
SO. That there was loss by the use
of fertilizers where potash was not one
of the ingredients.
''7. That so far, potash fertilizers
have shown their effect the third season
after application"
The Ohio station has be en- conducting
similar experiments to those reported
above, both on its farm in Columbus
| and on several other farms in different
| parts of the state; but the results diff
| fer from those of Kentucky in that no
| combination of fertilizers has produced
sufficient increase of crop to pay fol
the cost of application. In only one
place has potash produced any marked
| effect in Ohio, and that was in Butler
county, on a soil that is probably large
ly derived from similar rocks to those
which have formed the blue grass soil
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27
A STABLE LUXURY.
Protect tho Cow with Blanket While
Milking Her.

Protect the Cow with Blanket While
Milking Her.
A stable luxury to the COW is light
fy-blanl1et, to be used while milking.
In some of the European countries, es-
pecially where women do the milking,
the cows are always blanl1eted while
being milked, summer and winter. 1t
is practice we may well copy in this
country. We blanket our horses to
protect them from flies while standing
in their stalls, and why not our COWS
while we are milking them? Every
farmer has old sacking in which fertil-
izer or wheat bran has been bought,
and which may be easily sewed to-
gether in suitable size and shape for a
blanket to cover COW. There should
be one for each milker. Three sacks
sewed together without ripping them
open will usually make blanket large
enough to cover large COW, and
which no flies or mosquitoes will reach
their bills through. Most of the annoy
ance from cows tails being switched
about ones face and ears while milk
ing may be avoided by using such a
blanket. Many cows learn the trick of
throwing their hay around upon their
backs and sides while eating, to keep
off the flies, and not little is thus
wasted under their feet. 1t is well,
during fytime, to keep stable pretty
dark at milking time, and all the time
if cows are put up through the day. A
COW that is constantly tormented by
flies will give much less milk than she
would if kept constantly comfortable.
1t pays to treat our animals kindly, and
to keep them happy and contented--
| n. Il. Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

The largest amount of iewelry known
TO be in single grave is said to have
been buried several 4, Ears ago in Green
wood cemetery, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
The undertaken who had charge of the
funeral protested against it, but was Sc
Verely snubbed for his interference.
The family had its way, and in that
grave are fully five thousand dollars
worth of diamonds, with which the
body was declsed when prepared for
burial. Sometimes families who desire
10 bury their dead in the clothing worn
in life-in evening or wedding dresses,
for instance-substitute less costly
limitations for the iewelry worn in life,
partly from motives of thrift and partly
from a superstitious fear that any thing
taken off body when it is ready for
the tomb will bring i'll luck to future
wearers. jewelers. Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27
MEADOW SMOOTHER.
Any Farmer Can Make One without Go
Ing to Any Expense.

Any Farmer Can Make One without Co.
Ing to Any Expense.
The man on the moving machine dis
likes to jolt over the bogs, and to run a
mower on rough land soon spoils it.
Aside from this, to leave a meadow full
of bogs looks shiftless, and is poor
farming. Bog grass is fit for nothing
but bedding, while the clean meadow
fescue, bent grass or redtop would
make fragrant and nutritious hay.
Those who have tried it know that it is
next to impossible to dig or pull out the
good-sized meadow bogs, and the old,
slow, laborious way of cutting them off
with bog hoe is an expensive process.
Yet the remedy is a cheap one, and lies
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27
June. JnIY md Anrnst.

The most charming Summer Resorts, Of
which there are over three hundred choice
locations, are TO be found in Wisconsin,
Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and the
Peninsula of Michigan, along the lines Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee u St Paul Ry. N arly
all are located near lakes which have not
been fished out
These resorts are easily reached by rail
way, and range in variety from the "full
dress for dinnern TO the fiannel-shirt cos
tune for every meal.
SEPTEMBER AND OCToBER.-The finest
shooting grounds in the Northwest are on
and tributary to the lines OF the Chicago,
Milwaukee az St Paul Ry. The crop of
Prairie Chickens will be exceptionally
good this year; also Ducks and Geese. In
Northern Wisconsin and the Peninsula of
Michigan splendid Deer shooting is to be
had
Full information furnished free. Address
GEO. II. HEAFFoRD, Gen. Pass. Agt Chica-
20. ILL
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

C/N INe UCyOD
Liver, Stomach, and Bowels
after DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets have done their work.
It's a healthy movement, too
"a ma5uraL one. The organs
are not forced into activity
one day, to sink back into a
worse state the next. They're
cleansed and regulated--mild-
lly and quietly, without wrench
ing or gripping. One tiny,
sugar-coated Pellet is all that's
needed as a gentle laxativey
three to four act as a cathar.
tic. They're the smallest
cheapest, the easiest to take,
Sick Headache, Bilious Head
ache, Constipation, Indigestion,
Bilious Attacks, and all de-
rangements of the Liver,
Stomach and Bowels are
promptly relieved and cured.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27
culture of the sugar beet.

In recent compilation made by the
Norfolk e. Western Railroad Company,
for the information of Virginia agri-
culturists, it is shown that there are
1000, 900 acres devoted to sugar beet
culture in Europe; Germany leads in
the manufacture of sugar, though
France has more acres under crltiva'
ton. Though the mode of planting and
cultivation changes somewhat as ex-
,5erience dictates, yet the prevailing
method is to stir the soil to the depth OF
twenty inches the fall previous to
planting; then upon previously-pre-
pared ridges, two feet apart, plant the
seed, and when the plants appear thin
them to ten or twelve inches apart in
the row. Neither very light nor heavy
clay soils are suited to beet raising; a
soil suitable TO wheat culture seems
the most favorable for beet culture.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

ALI in the Business. Optician, to
his clerk, directing his circulars: BE
sure and write the addresses as small as
you can, so that people will be remind
ed that they need glasses. Prom
Fliegende Blatter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

The yearly exodus from the Cana.
dian provinces to New England has be-
gun. Maine Central railroad officials
say that about $4,000 persons will go
from points beyond Vanceboro toward
Boston this year, and about 25, 900 will
90 back
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

-Teacher-NOw, children, what
ever you sow, that shall you reap" If
you SOW dandeliOn seed, you will get
dandelions. Little Girl Ito her com
panion) n)-Well, il he sowed bird seed he
wouldn't get birds
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

The favorable impression produced on
the first appearance of the agreeable liquid
fruit remedy Syrup of Figs few years ago
has been more than confirmed by the pleas
ant experience of all who have usec it, and
the success of the proprietors and manu-
facturers the California Fig Syrup Com
pany.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

THOSE who wish to practice economy
should buy Carter's Little Liver Pills.
Forty pills in a vial; only one pill dose.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

THE murderer's version of it-no moose 1:
good noose.-Boston Courier.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

RHEUMATIC Pains are greatly relieved b,
Glenns Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whlsker Dye, so cents.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

DURING hot days all draughts win be duly
honored at this office.-Binghamton Re
nnhlican.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

WILL be found an excellent remedy fol-
sick headache. Carter's Little Liver Pills
Thousands of letters from people who have
used them prove this fact. Try them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

A CLEVELAND boy, whose best girl has
her his "Mary- ."-Columbus Post
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

SOMETIMES its the hardest kind Of work
TO get tho strapplng big fellow to buckle
down to work.-Pittsburgh Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

A GALLows is probably put together with
apgnails-Binghamton Republican.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN subscriber
rubbed his cattle all over with onions
and killed the lice On them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27
August.
Flower

ed boys. Life is an interrogation
point. "What is it for?" we con-
tinually cry from the cradle to the
grave. So with this little introduc-
tory sermon we turn and ask: What
is AUGUST FLOWER FOR ?" AS easily
answered as asked: 1t is for Dys-
pepsia. 1t is special remedy for
the Stomach and Liver. Nothing
more than this; but this brimftll.
We believe August Flower cures
Dyspepsia. We know it will We
have reasons for knowing it. Twenty
years ago it started in a small country
town. To-day it has an honored
place IN every city and country store,
possesses one of the largest manu-
featuring plants in the country and
sells everywhere. WHY'S this? The
reason is as simple as a child S
thought. 1t is honest, does one
thing, and does it right along-it
cures Dyspepsia. @
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, Woodbury., j.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27

BEST, easiest,to use and cheapest. Pisos
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. 25c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-27
JONES OF BINGHAMTON,
BINGHAMTON, N. Y.
READ THIS LETTER.

READ THIS LETTER.
"FOr years have been afflicted with 0Ss"
Digestion, Constipation and Piles. AHvn
tried aI the medicines could get hol0 ot~
but all In vain. Even my physicians coLRtss'
not relieve my cOstIveness. In tn c me0n-
time L struggled under great pain. Life 08
% burden. Two weeks ago saw the Chicago
"TAmes," and my eye fell on an adVertives-
ment of TUFTS Pills. decided to try tHcnas>
They have worked wonderfully. They keep
me regular, don't make me sick, give me aAch
appetite and arc curing my piles. ESze
strong and can walk any distance. Lfn hnd
had these pills five yenrb nEO they w0utiSl
have saved me 8 L q, 900; but they have sawed
my life. Let the afflicted everywhere know
their value, which Is beyond expression"
THERALD LUND, Springfield, o.
TUFTS Liver Pills.
ASSIMUVATE TB4E HOnu
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-30
lNHU MAN FIENDS.
The Bestial Conduct of George Blount
and Lige Hays-A Girls Story of Misery
at the Hands of Brother-in-Law.
Special to the Gazette.

Speclai 70 the Gazette.
PARIS, TEX. April 29-Deputy Marshal
Matt Cook brought il two men to-day who
are charged with dastarGly outrage. They
are George Blount and Lige Hays. and
were arrested near Healdtown, l. T., about
two weeks ago, while the Ardmore, l. T.,
court was in session. Daniel Miller, who
lives about twelve miles from Ardmore,
had to attend the court as u witness. He
took his wife with him, leaving the children
alone. Among them was his stepdaughter,
Arkadelphia Creek, about thirteen years
old. While Miller and his wife were absent
George Blount, who lived in the neighbor
hood, went o the house and persuaded the
girl to drink some whisky he had with
him. Soon after drinking the whisky she
became unconscious, and when she recov
cred she was lying in the bed of a wagon
in lonely place and George Blount was the
only person near. That night he carried
her to the house of negro, telling her be-
forehand that he would pass her of as
his wife. and would occupy the same bed,
and if she made any outcry or attempted
to resist, he would cut her throat. This
programme he carried out, and the next
morning he placed her in the wagon and
drove to place where he met Lige Hays
and a third man. who is unknown. He told
the girl this man was preacher and that
she must now marry Hays. She objected,
but they forced her to go through the cere-
mony with the unknown man perSonating
minister. After it was over the pretended
parson left, and that night Hays carried her
to q house and spent the night with her.
The next morning they took her near her
home and released her, with dire threats if
she ever told anything that had occurred.
Miller and wife had returned, however
and the child told them what had happened
and warrants were at once sworn out before
the commissioner at Purcell. Hays and
Blount had warning and skipped, but VEN
tured back near Healdtown and were
caught there by Cook, Monday, and on
hearing they were committed without bail.
The girls story as above given is cor
roborrated by the negroes to whose house
Blount carried her the first night. The girl
is sister of Blount's wife
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-30

iects stated to be to improve the condition
OF livestock, agriculture, horticulture and
the mechanical and household arts. Ali
citizens Of this county can become mem.
bers by subscribing to the capital stock,
which is fixed at s12 30 per share. The
government and control is vested il a
board Of nine directors who are annually
elected by the stockholders, and the Of
fcers are to be president, two yice-presi-
dents, secretary and treasurer. Annual
ia rs are to be held at such time as shall be
designated by the directors. The subscrip-
ton books were opened and over five
hundred shares were taken, which insures
the fair for this year at least, and from the
enthusiasm and interest manifested it
promises 10 be complete success. Farm
ers throughout the county are being So
hcited to take stock in the enterprise, and
it is proposed to annually have fairs in
Gainesville which WILL not only be credit
able to Gainesville and Cooke county but to
this entire section