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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
OF SOLDIERS.
Severe Life of the Legions Sent by France
Into Foreign Countries.

Severe Life of the Legions Sent by France
Into Foreign Countries.
Horrors of soldier life in the foreign
legions of France are described by
German officer who once served in the
midst of them. He arrived at Oran,
capital ofnthe province of Oran, where
the foreign legions 10000 strong, are
stationed, after q stormy voyage OF
three days, and was at once set to break
ing stone His comrades at the work
were counts, doctors, barons, lawyers
and all sorts of uneducated men of ev-
cry European nationality, for the for
eign legions are refuge to which any
sound man between fifteen and forty
five years is welcomed, whatever his
blood, record or character. All the
soldiers work like day laborers with
picks and shovels and if one of them
tries to rest for a moment during work
ing hours he is spurred on by kick or
a blow from anon-commissioned officer
in command. This kind of abuse is so
frequent and so reclIlessly applied that
shortly before the German officers arri-
val young Austrian had knocked out
his own teeth in order that he might be
discharged and thus escape it. The
smallest offenses are punished by arrest
and confinement. Thirty or thirty-fiye
men are thrust into a room not large
enough for ten, and therefore so crowd
ed that at night each had to sleep sitting,
with his knees under his chin During
the day the prisoners are exercised in
running, jumping and the most difficult
military movements for six hours with
out cessation. Few men are able to en-
dure the fatigue. Dozens faint from
exhaustion in the third or fourth hour
and are carried from the parade ground.
The terror of all legionaires is confine-
ment in the sylos, hole in the ground,
with narrow entrance and broad
bottom. The depth of the hole is twelve
feet, and the prisoner is let down on a
string. The heat in the sylos, unshaded
from the African sun, is so terrible that
but few days of Imprisonment suffice
to transform healthy man into white
faced, emaciated and nerveless invalid.
Chicago Herald,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
RIsuLPHIDE OF CARBON.
The Most Reliable and Safest Remedy
Against Grain weevils.

The Most Reliable and Safest Remedy
Against Grain weevils.
Prof. Riley declares that the use of
bisulphide of carbon against different
insects attacking stored grain has
greatly increased in this country since
he first recommended it some thirteen
years ago. There is, however, consid-
cradle diversity in the method of using
it and the recommendations of some of
our writer's have evidently been made
with no sense of the fact that the
fumes are heavier than air and descend
rather than ascend. Prof. A. H. Church
in q recent number of the Kew Bulle-
tin records that he found that one and
one-half pounds of bisulphide is enough
to each ton of grain. He advises that
it be applied in the following way: A
ball of tow is tied to stick of such a
length that it can reach the middle of the
vessel containing the grain. The tow
receives the charge of bisulphide, like
a sponge, and is then at once plunged
into the vessel and left there, the mouth
or opening of the vessel then be-
ing tightly closed. When nee
essary the stick may be with
drawn and the charge (of one ounce
to one hundred pounds of grain) may
be renewed The action of carbon BIZ
sulphide lasts in ordinary cases six
weeks, after which period a fresh
charge is required. The bisulphide
does no harm to the grain as regards its
color, smell or cooking properties and
the terminating power of most seeds is
not appreciably affected, provided that
not too much is used, nor its action con-
tinued for too long period.
The assistant director of agriculture
of Burmah is reported to have used
naphthaline instead of bisulphide in
the following way, but Prof. Riley
would not expect, he says, anything
like as good results from the naphtha-
line as from the bisulphide: hollow
bamboo cylinder one and one-half
inches in diameter with stick fitted
into the cavity is pushed down to the
bottom of the bin, the stick is then
withdrawn and few teaspoonfuls of
naphthaline powder is poured into the
bamboo, which is then drawn out leav-
ing the naphthaline at the bottom of
the bin. II the bins are very large this
should be done once to every ten feet
square and the application should be
repeated every fifteen or twenty days.
Western Rural.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
ABOUT WORKING DAYS.
Divergences Observable "a the Hours
Labor in Various Countries.

Divergences Observable "a the Hours II
Labor in Various Countries.
A Turkish working day lasts from
sunrise to sunset, with certain intervals
for refreshment and repose. In Monte
negro the day laborer begins work be-
tween five and six in the morning,
knocks off at eight for half an hour,
works on till noon, rests until two, and
then labors on until sunset. This is in
summer. In winter he commences work
at seven and a-half or eight rests from
twelve to one, and works uninterrupt-
edly from that time to sunset The
rules respecting skilled labor are theo-
retically the same, but considerable
laxity prevails in practice; in Servia the
principle is individual convenience in
every case. In Portugal from sunrise
to sunset is the usual length of the
working day. With field laborers and
worlzmen in the building trades the
summer working day begins at four and
a-half or five in the morning and ends at
seven in the evening, two or three hours
rest being taken in the middle of the
day. In the winter the hours are from
seven and a-half to five, with shorter
interval If repose. In manufactures
the rule is twelve hours in summer and
ten in winter, with an hour and a-halt
allowed for meals,
Eleven hours is the average days
work in Belgium, but the brewers men
work from ten to seventeen hours;
briclmakers, sixteen; the cabinet
makers, of Brussels and Ghent, are
often at work seventeen hours day;
tramway drivers are on duty from fif-
teen to seventeen hours, with an hour
and half at noon; railway guards
sometimes know what it is to work
nineteen and a half hours at stretch,
and in the mining districts women are
often kept at truck loading or similar
heavy labor for thirteen or fifteen hours.
The normal worl1day throughout
Saxony is thirteen hours, with two
hours allowance for meal-taking In
Baden, the medium duration of labor is
from ten to twelve hours, but in some
cases it far exceeds this, often rising to
fifteen hours in stoneware and china
works and cotton mills; in saw mills to
seventeen hours; while the workers in
the sugar refineries, where the shift sys-
tenn is in vogue, work twenty-four hours
free, and in too many of the Baden fac
tories Sunday work is rule, In Rus
sian industrial establishments the diff
ference in the working hours is some
thing extraordinary varying from six
to twenty. 1t is remarkable that these
great Emergencies occur in the same
branches of industry within the same
inspectors district and among estab-
lishments whose produce realizes the
Rame market price. Chicago Herald
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
Woman. Lovely woman.

Woman is guilty of many awkward
nesses in public. She causes delays by
her chronic inability to find her ticket
or her fare, but this is because she has
but one chaotic pocket in which to keep
all the things which men have dozen
places for. She will never believe that
information on time table is as accur-
ate as that furnished by preoccupied
official, but that is because she is used
to assimilating such facts only after
they have filtered through the masculine
intellect. She wears disagreeable and
forbidding expression, but it is from
motives of rigid propriety, not from bad
temper. All these sins are hers, but, in
the matter of deliberate carelessness OF
the rights of the unknown multitude
about her, she is by no means the chief
of sinners.-Kate Fields Washington
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
Pollen for Crossing Apples.

When the first blossoms of the va
riety we wish to use for fertilizing have
expanded. we pluck out with forefnger
and thumb the stamens and pistils and
drop them into cup In an hour a
smart boy can gather in this way
enough of the anthers-in the "hard
pellet" state-to fertilize thousand or
more blossoms. After gathering we
dry in the cup, in n warm, close room.
In the process of drying the anthers
ripen and burst, and when needed for
use camels hair pencil, moistened,
will come out of The dish laden with the
golden dust. To chow the durability of
pollen gathered in this rough way,
will state that three years ago we laid
aside a cup of pollen not used for four
weeks. At the end of that time DIR.
Halsted germinated it on moistened
slides quite as perfectly as that freshly
gathered. Prof. L. j. Budd.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
POTATO STALK WEEvIL.
What the Insect Looks Like and How 1t
Does Its Work.

What the Insect Looks Like and How 1t
Does Its Work.
The accompanying engraving (after
Riley) shows this insect somewhat en-.
larged. The real length of the full
grown insect in the different stages is
represented in each case by straight
black line. The larva, or grub, and
pupa are white or yellowish white in
color, and the beetle is of beautiful
ash-gray color This color of the beetle
is due to a covering of gray scales. If
the scales are removed the color is
black. The beetle has short snout or
beak, and for this reason is called a
weevil. The female beetle deposits one
egg in place in slit made IN the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
The nest Color for HIves.

In painting hives, says Farm, Stock
and Home, dark colors should be
avoided, for in extreme hot weather the
combs in such hives will melt down,
while in hive which is painted white
no damage will be done. Such melting
down of combs often comes in the
times of scarcity of honey in the fields,
so that robbing is started by the honey
running from the hives, when the in
mates are in no condition to defend
themselves; and from this cause and
the spoiled combs much damage is done.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

stalk of the potato, little above the
surface of the ground. The grub soon
matches and tunnels its way down deep
into the root. 1t then works its way
back again, and when fully grown
changes to the pupa state and then to
the mature beetle in the stalk (see
illustration) just below the surface of
the ground. This tunneling of the root
and stalk weakens the vines very Sc
riously, the leaves begin to turn brown
as if sunburnt, and soon, especially if
the weather be warm and dry, the
whole top dies down; the potatoes are
small in size and few in number =
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

Send ten Q0) cents in stamps or coin to
John Sebastian, Gen'l TlSt and Pass. Ag't
CHICAGO, Rock ISLAND IL PACIFIC RY., Chi
cago, ILL.,, for pack of the latest, smooth
est, slickest playing cards that ever glad
dened the eyes and rippled along the fingers
of the devotee to High Five, Seven-Up, Ca
sino, Dutch, Euchre, Whist or any other
ancient or modern game, and get your
moneys worth five times over.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
To Strengthen weak Flower stems.

Helen Warburden, according to the
Michigan Farmer, advises the use of a
solution of sulphate of iron to give
strength to weak flower stems. Many
tall-growing plants like roses, carna-
tions and fuchsias have such weak
stems they are unable to support the
large full flowers, and must be stalSed,
and the supports are by no means a
graceful adjunct. Water the plants
with weak solution of the sulphate
when the buds are beginning to grow.
The color and beauty of the flowers are
enhanced by its use; and there is little
danger of injury unless the application
Is too strong.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
Fortune Seeking EmIrrants.

Many a poor family that seeks the west
ern wilds In the hope Of winning fortune,
emigrant and frontiersman chills and
fever--by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. So
effectually does that Incompatible medic
Unable defense fortify the system against
the combined influence of a malarious at
mosphere and miasma-tainted water, that
protected by It the pioneer, the miner or the
tourist provided with II, may safely en-
counter the danger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

egress hole from shed to the yard, and
r, ventilator, or lattice cover. The
main room has feed box and water
box at each end which may be re-
moved at will. 1t requires not over
1000 feet of boards and 200 feet of
scantling to build the house. The il
lustration is so plain that an extended
description is unnecessary.-Farm and
Fireside
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

Do YOU wish to know how to have no
steam, and not half the usual tUOrk on wash
dayl Ask your grocer for a bar Of Dobbins'
Electric Soap, and the directions will tell you
how. Be sure to get no imitation. There
are lots OF them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

All are entitled to the best that their
money will buy, so every family should
have at once, a bottle of the best family
remedy, Syrup of Figs, to cleanse the system
when costive or bilious For sale in SOC
and ST. 90 bottles by all leading druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating is relieved at once by taking
one of Carter's Little Liver Pills immedi-
ately after dinner. Don't forget this
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

A SLIGHT COLD, if neglected, often attacks
the lungs. Browns BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs
give sure and immediate relief. Sold only
IN bOres. Price % cents
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

AN inquirer wishes to know what will
cure fclon. The penitentiary or DEATH
st. Joseph News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

ANY one can take Carter's Little Liver
Pills, they are so very small. No trouble to
swallow No pain or gripping after taking.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

The beauty of being millionaire is that
you get things presented to you that poorer
people have to buy.-Munsey's Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
FARM AND GARDEN.
sENslslE POULTRY HOUSE.

IT You study the Picture You VIII Know
How to Build It.
The poultry house illustrated in this
Issue may be of any size, but as shown,
the house is 1Ox13 feet, intended for %
fowls The front is 8 feet, slanting TO
feet at the rear, the shed being 3x10
feet (main part 1Ox1O feet). The shed
is intended as a dust room, and for
scratching in rough weather. The
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

MANAGERS are said to be close and grasp
ing; still, IL you take fancy to play they
will take pains TO have it presented to you.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar upon n cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

Those who believe that DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy will
cure them are more liable
to get we'll than those who
don't.
If you happen to be one of
those who don't believe, there's
a matter of $500 to help your
faith, It's for you if the max
ers Of DR.. Sage's remedy can't
cure you, no matter how bad
or of how long standing your
catarrh in the head may be.
The makers are the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton of Buffalo, NY. They're
known to every newspaper
publisher and every druggist
in the land, and you can cas-
lily ascertain that their words
as good as their bond.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

ONE snow.storm docs not make winter,
but II makes q cold day for the bootblack.-
N. Y. Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

DEproR-"Why do you come round SO
oftenl" Creditor-"I have to to keep
square el"-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

THE mosquito is desperately wicked
fellow. 1t never rests until it gets "behind
the bars. PUCK.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

A PRUDENT housewife will not put of
baking until to-morrow the bread that
should be done to-day.-Texas Siftings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

CLous with silver lining-French peas
nnts with francs sewn In their coats.-N.
Y. Mail and Express.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

TAKE your puzzle to tho druggist-he's
always ready with a acknowledgements
Republican,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

NOWADAYS n bird on the bonnet Is worth
a dozen in the bush.-Baltimore American.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

Begin right. The first stage
is to purify the system. You
don't want to build on a wrong
foundation, when you're build
ing for health. And don't
shock the stomach with harsh
treatment. Use the milder
means.
You wind your watch once
a day. Your liver and bowels
should act as regularly. If
they do not, use a key.
Tie key is - DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. One a dose.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

BRONCHITIS Is cured by frequent small
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

house may be boarded or built in any
manner, with tarred paper roof. In
Fig. is shown the interior, b being
the feedbox; G, the grain box; d d, the
roosts; e y, the nests; A A A, the
egress and ingress holes from main
room to the shed; p, the ingress and
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

"PIroE be with you" remarked the tramp
as he left n remnant OF his coat-tail with
the bull dog -Binghamton Republican.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

A GIRL should remain under her mothers
wing-especially II she's little chic
Richmond Recorder.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

A GROCERY clcrk puts down an order, and
then he puts II up.-Yonkcrs Statesman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
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Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-15
NInxinR Made EASY.

When madam gets good and ready to
move she notifies the moving bureau
that on Wednesday she wishes her goods
and chattels removed from 110 Washing
ton avenue to Clinton Park place, and
that said articles are valued at $4,000.
On the appointed day the family break
fast as usual, let the fire go out in the
fireplace and cook stove, and, putting on
their jewelry, go out to luncheon. Then
they go to the matinee. Later they find
their way to the new fiat at 8 Clinton
Park place, to be greeted by the familiar
lares and penates, which have been
transferred in their entirety to the new
quarters.
OF course some rearrangements are
necessary. Tides must be pinned on
squarely instead of cornerwise, pictures
must be hung by two wires instead of
one, and the prayer rug must be placed
in front of an east window instead of be-
tween the folding doors. But these things
are trifiing. And madam and family go
to bed with rainbow in their souls, for
all the moving has been accomplished
successfully without work, worry OF
pneumonia. And all this for twenty-five
dollars.-New York Cor. Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-15
NORRIS & JONES,
Sole Agents,
3.17 ems 345 SOUTH SPRING STREET.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE AT PUB
Lie AUCTION.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN
~ pursuance of an order of the superior
court of Los Angeles county, California, made
on April %, 1891, in the matter of the estate
of Jacob Hommel, deceased, the undersigned
administrator of said estate will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash, and
subject to confirmation by said superior court,
on Saturday, the 23d day of May, 1891, at the
places and hours hereinafter mentioned all
the right, title, interest and estate OF said Jacob
Hommel, at the time of his DEATH and all the
right title and estate that the said estate has
acquired, other than or in addition to that OF
said Jacob Hommel, at the time of his death,
in and to that certain real property hereinafter
described, situate in Los Angeles county, Cali
fornia, to wit:
Lots l, and of Stevens subdivision of lots
IT, 1S, 10, 20, 81, % and %. of block ID, Fort
Hill tract, in Los Angeles city, will be sold on
said premises, corner of Philadelphia street
and Bellevue avenue, at 10 o'clock am, on
said May %, 1891.
city, viz Lots 6, z, 8, block l, Rosemont
tract; the equitable interest in lot %, block l,
Rosemont tract under contract of sale from J.
II. Burks to j. D. Fyke, dated May IL, 1887,
assigned by Fyke to Jacob Hommel, there be-
ing due to said j. II. Burks upon said lot $16l
and interest from May l, 1887, at per cent.
per annum.
Lot 20, block 80. Los Angeles Improvement
companys subdivision of part Of lot 2, block
38, Hancock's survey; lot 8, block /, Waterloo
tract; undivided one,half o OF iot >, oioeS . y
block d; lot %, block G, and lot II, Dlock +, OF
the Cable Road tract.
Also the following lots IN East SANTA MONICA,
to wit: Lot 8, block AZ; lot Al. block 38; lot L,
block 80, will be sold in Los Angeles city, Los
Angeles county, in front of the county clerk s
office, at the old court house, at the hour OF IL
M, on said May %, 1891.
Terms and conditions of sale: Cash, lawful
money of the Uuited States; 10 per cent. OF the
purchase money to be paid to the auctioneer
on the day of SALE balance on confirmation of
sale by said superior court; deed at expense OF
purchaser w. :. WATERS.
Administrator of the Estate of Jacob Hommel,
deceased.
Dated April 30, 1891. 4-3O I'd