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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27
POTATO CULTIVATION.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Raj
ing TuberA Under Straw.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Rails
ing Tubers Under Straw.
The plan is a good one in n dry or
loamy soil, especially in dry season,
but in wet soil it is liable to prove
failure. The soil should be prepared
in as good tilth as possible, plowing
deep and working fine with the harrow.
1t is essential with all root crops to
have the soil stirred deep and worked
into good tilth. Mark out the furrows
very shallow, as very light covering
of soil should be given. Make them as
close together as they can well be run
with the plow; as no cultivation is to be
given it is q waste of land, work and
straw to have the rows more than two
feet apart one and half is still bet
ter, and then have the hills one foot
apart in the rows.
As to the seed there is considera BILE
difference of opinion. Some prefer to
cut to single eyes and then drop two
cuts in each hill others prefer to cut two
of these eyes and drop only one cut in
each place; while again, others prefer
to select out medium sized tubers and
plant whole and after they come up to
thin out to not more than three vines
to each hill. Others again pick out all
the small potatoes and plant them as
they are. There is no advantage in cut
ting day nor an hour before planting
only to save time. If the potatoes are
cut it will be little better to place the
cut side down in the dropping. Cover
with soil and step on the hill after
covering, in order to have the soil and
tubers come in close contact. Cover
with wheat straw. When fresh laid on
it should average eight inches deep,
but it will settle considerably. as u
mulch that deep would rot the potatoes
before they would germinate. Always
use wheat straw; oat straw usually
contains too many seeds that will
germinate and often form a mat
through which the potato plants can
not force their way. In loose, loamy
soil or in localities subject to drought
the plan is good one,-St. Louis Re-
nublic
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27
SENSITIVE SCORPIONS.
Tie Delicate Hearing Apparatus of Thi
and Other Insects.

Ike Dencate hearing Apparatus OF his
and Other Insects,
4 correspondent writes to the Specta-
tor to confirm what that journal has
recently said about "the scorpions very
sensitive ear for the violin" 81 have"
says the correspondent, studied the
habits of the scorpion for many years,
and have often noticed how very sensi-
tive scorpions are to the most delicate
sound, musical or otherwise. Under
the thoraX the scorpion has two comb
like appendages, which are the anten-
nae (pectinat@). 1t is pretty we'll set
tied by Psychologists and entomologists
that in insects the antcHn@ represent
the organs of hearing. These delicate
structures are easily affected by the
vibrations of sound, and there can be
no doubt whatever that they are also
affected by sounds quite inaudible to
the human ear. The slightest vibra-
ton of the atmosphere from any cause
whatever at once puts in motion the
delicate structures which compose the
antennD, to which organs insects owe
the power of protecting themselves
against danger. as well as the means of
recognizing the approach of one
another. Spiders have wonderful eye
sight but am quite sure that the scor-
pion's vision, notwithstanding his six
eyes, is far from being acute. 1t is
very difficult to catch spider with IL
pair of forceps, but scorpion can be
easily captured, if no noise is made.
Spiders see their prey before they are
caught in the web, but the scorpion
makes no movement whatever to seize
flies or cocl1r5aches until they indicate
their whereabouts by movements. This
being the case, it can readily be under.
stood how easily the scorpion may be
| reused into motion by the vibrations of
music as described in the article alluded
to. If tuning-fork be sounded on tho
table on which keep my Gagged scor.
| pion, he at once becomes agitated, and
strikes out viciously with his sting On
touching him with the vibrating tuning
fork, he stings it. and then coils himself
up, as scorpions do when hedged in. In
Jamaica, the negroes believe that scor-
| pions know their name; so they never
call out, See, u scorpion, when they
meet with one on the ground or wall,
| for fear of his escaping. They thus in
directly recognize the scorpions deli
cate appreciation Of sound; but If you
wish to stop scorpion in his fight,
blow air on him from the mouth, and
he at once coils himself up. ! have re-
peatedly done this; but with a spider it
has contrary effect Music charms a
snake into silence, as the experiments
at the Zoo and elsewhere prove; but
the agitated contortions and writings
of the scorpions when reused by the
sound of the violin only prove that they
are reused by the vibrations of sound
caused by music, and this would hap
pen if they were disturbed by the dis
cordant sounds of a penny trumpet or
any other unmusical instrument. -
London Spectator.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

There's nothing left
of Catarrh, when you use DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. With the poison
ous, irritating snuffs and strong,
caustic solutions, a good deal IS
left. They may, perhaps, stop it
for a time, but there's danger of
driving it to the lungs. They work
on false principles.
But DR.. Sage's Remedy cures it,
no matter how bad the case, or of
how long standing. Not only Ca
tarrh itself, but Catarrhal Headache,
Cold in the Head - everything
catarrhal in its nature. The worst
cases yield to its mild, soothing,
cleansing and healing properties.
SO will yours. You may not be-
lieve it, but the proprietors of DR..
Sage's Remedy do.
And to prove it they make you
this offer:
If they can't cure you, they'll
pay you $500 in cash. It's bust
ness proposition from a responsible
house.
But do you think they'd make
it if they, and yoat, couldn't depend
upon their medicine ?
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

Ducklings are so easily raised by
hens, and require so little care, com
pared with chicks, that it will pay to
have hens to sit on ducks eggs and
bring off the young. OF the large
eggs of the PelSin, eight will be suffi-
-cient for a large hen. 1t is not
necessary to turn the hen and duck
lings out, or allow them to go near
the water. On the contrary, they
should be kept warm and dry. Young
ducklings should not be given very
cold water to drink as it cramps
them, and under no circumstances
must they become wet Feed them
literally and often, and give the hen
and ducklings plenty of litter upon
which to sleep at night. AS they grow
very rapidly they soon become toe
large for hen to hover them, and for
that reason they should be looked
after at night, and fastened up in a
warm, snug box, Farm and Fireside.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
ABOUT CORN COOKIE.
a Damaging Weed Among wheat and

a Damaging Weed Among wheat and
Rye and How to Dcstroy IL.
Csclle or corn cookie Osychnis githa-
go) is very troublesome weed when
it becomes mixed with wheat or rye,
rs the seed is so near the size of the
wheat and rye grains as to make 1t very
difficult to screen it out, and If left in
it seriously Injuries the quality of the
-four made from the grain containing
It. Cookie belongs to the same family
as the pink and sweet William. 1t is
native of Europe from which it has
been introduces and scattered through
out all ,vheaS and rye-growing Sec
tions. The plant is from two to four feet
high, splringly branched above. The
leaves are three to five inches long,
less than half an inch wide and gradu.
ally taper to II point. They are thick,
the edges entire, and the surface, like
that of the rest Of the plant, is covered
with fine soft hairs They grow in single
pairs at the base OF each branch and
opposite each other. The branches are
slender, naked and terminated by
flowers of reddish purple color from
to.2H inches long when expanded
The seed-pod is oblong and roundish
and is filled with numerous dark-pur
pie seeds Nlillers consider cookie
much more damaging than chess, as
the latter is light and can readily bC
screened ont, while cookie is nearly Al
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27
FOR HOME CONSUMPTION.
Implements Necessary for Making Cheese
on n Small Soalc.


on n Small scale.
For the manufacture of cheese on a
small scale are required cheese hoop,
about ten inches in diameter with a
| follower, a new washtub and press.
The milk should be taken perfectly
fresh from the COW, and strained
through a cloth into the cheese tub.
As a gallon of milk will make one
pound of cheese, the precise quantity
used at time should be noted. Part
of it should be warmed so that the
temperature of the whole, when in the
tub, shall be raised to eighty-three
degrees Fahrenheit The rennet,
thoroughly cleaned and prepared,
should be then added, enough being
used to produce curdling in about
forty minutes. AS soon as the curd
will break smoothly, it should be cut
with curd-knives into squares, and
then allowed to stand until all the
whey runs off. Part of this whey is
then heated, the mass of curd is lifted
and broken into minute pieces, and
warm whey is added until the tcmpera-
ture of the whole is raised to ninety
eight degrees Fahrenheit When cool
this operation is repeated until the
curd becomes erumbly, easily falling
to pieces when pressed in the hand.
The whey is then all drained off, and
the curd put into the cooler and cut up
with curd knives. When the tempera-
ture has fallen somewhat. it is turned
over and left until it assumes haky
condition. When nearly dry, salt is
added, and the whole is mixed thor
oughly with curd mill 1t is then put
into the bandage inside of the hoop, and
is put on the press. After remaining
there from two to four hours it should
be taken out and turned. The next DAY
it may be taken out from the press and
put on shelf to cure. While curing il
should be watched closely TO keep all
flies from it: should be rubbed ove'
daily with warm melted butter and
daily turned. 1t is fit for use from si1
to eight weeks after it is pressed. In
diana Farmer
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27
GROWING FINE WOOL.
Only Animals That Have Uniformly Good
Health Produce It.

Health Produce It.
Even during an excessive demand for
wool the finer grndes generally in
crense in value more than the com.
moner grades, and in times of depres-
sion the finer grades are always the
most profitable. The commoner grades
can easily be made by many inexperi-
enced sheep growers, and as the de-
mand for wool increases thousands will
go into the business of supplying the
busy looms with this product, and in
stead of being pushed out of their busi-
ness by the newcomers in it, the old
veterans at wool growing should de-
vote their experience and skill in pro-
ducing the very finest grade OF the raw
product. This is the Legitimate gain
and profit which must be due them for
their study aud labor.
The finer grades of raw wool should
have II fine staple, with fiber that is
fine, but not silky. If this fiber is
evenly developed, so that 1t can stand
equal tension all over, it con be classed
as finest grade. Very few of our sheep
have such fine wool, not even among
the very best breeds. The secret of it
is in the care of the animals more than
in the. blood or breed.
Such wool is only found on animals
that have uniformly good health, and
which are not suffering from any skin
diseases. If the health is poor the
wool will be unevenly developed. A
weakened growth of fleece will follow
where neglect of proper feed is shown;
where lack of water or exposure to in
clement weather is allowed Animals
that have to use up animal heat to re-
sist the cold which strikes in from wet
frozen fleece, or very cold weather, can
not give the same amount OF growth tc
the wool The wool has to suffer to
keep the internal organs in condition.
Good stock and health count to begin
with, but these alone cannot be de
pended upon to produce high-grade
wool. Sheep that are not adapted tC
the climate and country may also fail
to produce high-grade wool for this
reason alone, and it is important thai
the proper breed should be selected
1t is we'll to remember that the WOO
depends upon the good health Of th'
animal for its growth, the same as the
plants depend upon good soil for thu
development and maturity. .-Americai
Cultivator.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27
WOMEN REeeARs.
The baby Proves the Key That UnlocIt'
Human Nature.

The Baby Proves the Key That UnlocIts
Human Nature.
There nre some avocations in which
men succeed better than women, but
this does not hold true in the profess
sion of begging. Women make more
successful beggars than men because
they appeal more forcibly to the sym
pathy of the public. What can be
more fetching than the sad, haggard
face of supposed-to-Ge starving
woman holding in her arms weak,
helpless, innocent babyl
Ay, the baby is the key that unloclss
the hearts and purses and sends the
coins rattling into the tin cup The
beggar-man by his sex is haudi-
capped. lie can not employ the strong
est of all drawing cards. baby. And
so while the beggar-woman woos and
wins fortune with only q sorry face and
little bundle of ragged clothes through
which the public may discern the wan
and pinchcd features of baby, the
bcggar-man must, If he would become
IL strong competitor for business. go to
the expense of purchasing u hand-organ
or something equally ns attractive.
! Furthermore. he must placard himself
in manner to excite the sympathy of
the public. The fact that he is blind or
crippled or deaf and dumb must be her
| aided To the world. Sometimes these
printed efforts to awaken sympathy
would be almost amusing if the subjects
treated were not so painful. One OF
Chicago's hund-organ players displays
| the following notice:
| Always uight every day. Ladies and gentle
| men, am Il poor blind man VINO lost my sight
| by disease known rs smallpox. Forget me
not.
Another who seems to have forgotten
that life is short and that the people OF
to-day want everything in condensed,
Touchdown form bulletins the story OF
his unhappy condition in the following
proliX manner;
Notice: In God trust. l often think of my
| Lord in Heaven. Dear friends, ] am n pool
! blind man, and through this world I travel
Brethren, sisters, and friends, ladies and gents
| | come here 10 ask you to help me, II you please
will be so thankful II you will help me o
think of your eyes 1t is sad to be blind. Hell
me and God will help you. IL Is pity! Tel
years ago lost my sight by being accidental,
shot Dec I, 1890, while going to school. What
pity IL is Pity the poor blind man, dear friends
| l can not labor for myself, though in HEAVIER
above the blind have sight The poor blind man
William Perry.
But one who notes the amount o
business done by the aims askers soor
learns that a beggarman with a hand
organ that plays everything from
Sweet BY and BY" to Johnny Go
Your Cum" and a placard with whole
columns of tender, touching pathos OF
it can not compete with a beggar-wom
an whose entire sympathy working
paraphernalia consists of sad face
ragged clothed and borrowed baby
Chicago Tribune
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

heavy as the grain in which it is found.
Since cookie is an annual plant, a care
full selection of seed will keep it out of
the fields Sow perfectly clean seed
upon land where no grain was grown
the previous year, and select the next
years seed wheat from the crop grown
upon this field. In few years the
wheat will be free from cookie. The
grower of such seed would enlarge his
field of usefulness and protect his own
fields from cookie by offering clean seed
to wheat-growing neighbors. = Orange
Judd Farmer
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

No farm should ever become poorer,
The true farmer aims TO make his land
richer every year, without regard to
the cost as any outlay to improve the
soil is sure to return more than it's
equivalent sooner or later. A poor
farm is improbable and it pays to inn
prove it. Agriculture does not reim-
burse its devotees Immediately, but
there will be a gradual increase of
wealth to him who aims to make his
farm pay in the future.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

FLAvoRING butter with the odor of
fresh flowers is one of the arts of the
French peasantry. The process is very
simple and consists of putting the lit.
tie prints, which have first been
wrapped in a thin cloth, into a tight
porcelain dish on bed of roses, or
whatever blossoms are chosen. Among
the flowers which give the most de
sirable results ars clover and nasturti
uma
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

Parasites and Cannibnls, -"Can any
one in this class give definition of the
word 'parasite?' asked the teacher
There was no response and she pro-
ceeded to define it herself. "A parasite
is creature that lives on its fellow
creatures. Now, remember, children;
what is parasite?" And little boy
with thoughtful, Emersonian cast of
countenance stood up and said: "a
parasite is cannibal. Chicago Tri-
bune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27
How It's Done Nowadays.

Judge-Have you anything to say
why sentence of death should not be
passed upon you?
Prisoner (haughtily)-If have any
thing to say, I'll say it in my autobi-
opranhV Life
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

-Tennyson was first moved to write
verses, according to some special in
formation the Boston Globe has recent
ly obtained, when sixteen years of age
and upon Sunday while staying home
from church. The attempt was sug-
gested by some one else as means of
occupying his spare time. The task
was undertaken, so the story goes, and
with such success that the youth was
encouraged to try further
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27
Sheen RnlsInr In Dakota

Is financial success, as is evidenced by
the statements made by prominent Da-
kotians in pamphlet just issued by the
Chicago, Milwaukee q St Paul Railway,
copy OF which will be sent free upon appli-
cation 10 j. II. Hiland, Genl Freight Agout,
Chicago, Ill
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

No SAFER REMEDY can be had for Coughs
and Colds, or any trouble of the Throat,
than "Br0iDm's Bronchial Troehes" Price %
cts. Sold only IN bOrCs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27
u USEFUL DEVICE.

l. Stove Pipe yentilator Which Has Many
Advantages.
We live in an old-style rented house
without an open Fireplace or venti-
lating fue. For heating we use the
largest size base-burner, which has a
ventiduct fue, causing circulation of
air, but no ventilation. This fall /
bought Il stove pipe and ran drop
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

He Played His Part Front Rank-I
had to laugh at Quickstep in the sham
battle. Rightwheel-Why? Front
Rank-When he was killed he said,
20 death, where is thy sting?"-N. Y.
Herald
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

'I've lost my overcoat
mot irreparably, / hope"
yes; it'R gone for keeps My wife
hung II dp in her wArdsVbe. PUCK.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

A Gentle Hint-Manager-"Do you
believe in spirts?" Mem ner of the GO "
~ used to, but it's so long since I've
seen the ghost walk that I'm begin
ming to grow skeptical brooklyn
Eagle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

WE have noticed that the cheaper the
trousers a young man has on, the more fur
he puts on the collar and cuffs OF hts OYER
coat. .-Arkansuw Traveller.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

Rocks are disintegrated by minute
animal organisms as we'll as by atmos-
pheric agencies Prof. VIM. o. At
water says: 1t is well known that
plants of the higher and lower orders,
growing on the surfaces or in the fs-
sures of rocks, tend to disintegrate
them by the action of acld or other
secretions, as well as by mechanical
means.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

Chicago Mani want to change
my order for linen duster, and order a
fur-lined coat Tailor-"Yes, sir,-noth-
ing wrong, sir?" Chicago Man-"Oh,
no. l have just moved into more
northern part Of the city.'-Clothier
and Furnisher
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

PEOPLE who blow their own horns do
not always furnish good music for other
people.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

THE following question is now being dis
cussod before the Bungtown Debating so
cioty; Can big man ache harder than q
lille onotu
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

FoGG is inclined TO think that cocktail
is not an unmixed eviL-Boston Tran
script
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

THE course of true love nav never run
smooth, but it generally gets there just the
samc.-N. Y. World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

AT all times, in all places on all occa-
sous, under all circumstances, for all head
aches, use Bradycrotine only.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

Mrs. A.-What did Charles have to
say about the theater last night? Mr..
A-Not much of anything, except that
the house was papered. Mrs. A.
Mercy! Paper the house while the per-
formance was going on? l should
think it must have been very discourag-
ing Mr.. Alt was-to the box office.
Boston Transcript
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

BEEcHAM's PILLS take the place of an en-
tire medicine chest and should be kept for
use in every family. 25 cents n box
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

The southern COW pea is used as a
renovator of the soil, and will grow on
any soil and in any climate whore corn
hourishes, but if the season is short il
may not mature seed but will produce
very large amount of green manurial
substance. 1t flourishes on the poorest
sandy soil 1t is claimed that crop
of cow pease, plowed under and lime
applied, will fit the land for clover,
The seeds are broadcasted over the
surface, about six peclSs being suffi'
cient for an acre, but it is best to SOW
the seed thickly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey OF Horehound and Tar upon acold.
Pike ) Toothache Drops Curein one minute.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

pipe to within one inch of the floor The
regular stove flue, being warm, causes
an upward current of cold air from the
floor in my drop flue, and carries it
outside with the smoke, etc. In this
way (see picture) / have secured, at
small cost, the effect of an open fire.
place, while / still have all the benefit
from my base-b burner. The Il can be
bought from any dealer and every
American knows how to put stove pipe
together.-W Douglas King, in Rural
New Yorker.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

WITH n politician the check is mightier
than his word.-Texas Sftings
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

AT this season little neglect goes a
long ways with the poultry.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

The Only Ono Lver Printed-Can You Find
the Word?
There is inch display advertisement
in this paper this week, which has no two
words alike except one word. The same is
true of each new one appearing each week,
from The DR.. Harter Medicine Co This
house places n Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for 1t, send
samples free.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27

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