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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
CHINESE INSULTS.
funny Methods of "Getting Even" with
Foreigners.

Funny Methods Of "Getting Even" With
Foreigners.
II is as possible TO "slit the thin
spun life" with n stilletto as with a
broadsword, and in the most finished
periods a Chinaman finds himself quite
able TO express either withering con-
tempt or remorseless hate. But he has
other ways of giving vent TO his i'll hu-
mora The very punctilious rules of
lctter-writing enable him to convey his
dislike by omission as we'll as by com
mission. Chinese is, IL may be explain
ed, written in vertical columns, begin
ming on the top right-hand corner of
the page. In ordinary circumstances
each column is completed TO the bottom
of the page; but long usage has estab-
lishcd the custom that, if the name or
attributes Of the person addressed oc-
ours, the column is cut short, and the
characters representing these subjects
of honor begin the next column at an
elevation of one or two characters as
the case may be, above the general lev
el of the text. The expressions, for eX-
ample, Your honorable country"
MY benevolent elder brother" and
others, are entitled to stand prominent
ly out at the head of the columns--a
position which gives them the same
kind of distinction which capital letters
confer among ourselves.
1t will now be seen what q ready
weapon lies to the hand of Chinese
letter writer. To write Your Excel
lency' or the name of the correspon.
dents &C untry or sovereign in the body
of the column is to inilict dire insult
upon him, and is equivalent to the
expression of the bitterest contempt in
European cpistolary style. Occasion,
ally infringements of this kind are
made by mistake, and it not unfre
! quently happens that condign punish.
ment ovcrtakes careless or ignorant of
ticials who forget it's application to the
times of the imperial family. Not long
since an imperial censor presented &
memorial to the throne in which the
proper elevation was not given to the
dowager empress. The result wa,
! doubly disastrous 10 the writer. Not
only was the prayer of his memoria
rejected but he was handed over to the
board of punishmcnts to suffer the con
! sequence of his error On foreigner.
! Cinnamon used to delight, and still dc
to certain extent, in heaping up thi.
and other insults, trusting to the igno
rance of their correspondents in the
! forms and diction of the language. -
Saturday Review.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
MANURE WASTING.


Hauling Direct from stable or Sheds to
the Field.
To considerable extent the manner
of handling or managing the manure
on the farm is undergoing a change.
Many that formerly considered IL mecca
sary to rot thoroughly before hauling
out and applying are now willing TO
haul out fresh from the stables. Many
that considered it best to haul out and
apply on stubble land and then plow
under as soon rs possible, will now APP
ply on plowed land during the winter,
rs on grass land, and allow the rain or
snow to carry into the soil.
II used to be considered "a great waste
to apply manure on the surface and let
1t remain ever so short time, es-
pecially fresh, coarse manure direct
from the stables, under the impression
that there was very considerable loss
by evaporation and teaching.
In many cases there is, some loss OF
ammonia by evaporation, but that
amount Is comparatively small, while
under anything like ordinary condi-
tions the loss by teaching is not any
more than If left in the stable or feed
lots if as much, as the soil will take up
a large per cent. of the soluble portions
II the application is made either on
plowed land or meadows.
On hard smooth stubble land and
especially II badly broken hard beat
ing rain may carry some OF the soluble
portions away. But with little mar.
agement there can always be either
land plowed III the fall intended to bf
planted to some crop in the spring o,
meadow land upon which all of the
manure that can be secured on the farm
during the winter can be hauled Out
and applied.
Hauling direct lessons the handling
and in n majority of cases the best
management now is to haul direct from
the stables or sheds to the fields. Good
results can be secured by spreading
broadcast over grass land or clover ol
on land plowed in the fall to be plant
ed to crops in the spring. Care should
always be taken to spread evenly, es
pecially on grass lands.
In majority of cases better results
can be secured by surface manurine
than to apply and plow under, as il
many cases this puts good per cent
of the manure too deep to be of grca
deal of benefit to the plants, especially
to that class the roots of which grow
near the surface. N. j. Shepherd, il
Farm, Field and Stockman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.

IT requires, on an average, ten
pounds of grain to feed incubator
chickens ten weeks At first they will
at the last more.
THERE is good common sense in the
injunction to increase the feed grad
ually when preparing COW for test.
A month is not too long for prepara-
tion. If too rapid progress is made, it
is almost certain to cause indigestion,
of which the least bad effect is waste
of food.
A NOTED western man riding across
the country and noticing thousands
of acres of corn stalks standing in the
fields from which the ears had been
jerked, said: ''The farmer is conduct
ing the only business in the world that
allows a man to lose forty-fve per cent
of his capital stock and at the same
time live"
UNDER proper management either the
wool or increase should pay for keep
ing while the other should be profit,
but sheep cannot grow wool or furnish
nutritious milk to lambs if they have
only sufficient food to maintain animal
life. 1t requires more food during win
ter when the animals have no shelter
than when they were well protected.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Maine
Farmer cures collie in sheep by dissolv-
ing two tablespoonfuls of epson salts
in about half-pint of warm water,
and adding one tablespoonful of essence
of peppermint. Open the sleeps
mouth and insert n small funnel in It,
The boy pours the salts while hold
the sheep. In about two hours the
sheep will be all right
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
REGARDING WIRE WORMS.
Various Methods Tried for Destroying
the Greedy Parasites.

various Methods Tried for Destroying
the Greedy Parasites.
In many sections wire worms are
very destructive to growing crops, and
1t has been exceedingly difficult to pro.
tect vegetation from them. At the
Cornell university experiment station
investigation has been in progress for
the past three years to determine the
utility of various recommended meas
ures and to devise other effective ones
Bulletin 3S contains the account of
these experiments and Investigations.
Wire worms drc long, slender grubs, of
a yellowish white color, having un-
usually hard bodies; the hardness and
form of body suggested the name.
They are the young click beetles or
swapping bugs. as they are often called
from their habit of doubling quickly
with swapping noise when put upon
their backs, By this movement they
throw themselves some distance into
the air and come down upon their feet
There are several species of these
beetles, the young of many being per-
fectly harmless, but others feed upon
seeds and the roots of plants which
they find in the soil Destructive
species of wire worms were placed in
breeding cages, and the following
remedies were tried:
Protection OF Seed: 1. BY coating Of paris
green and flour; >. BY coating of tar: g. BY
soaking in sGlt solution A. BY soaking in a
copperas solution; 5. BY soaking in chloride
of lime and copperas solutions g. BY soaking in
kerosene oil; Z. by soaking in turpcntine; s. BY
soaking in u gtrychnine solution
Destruction of Wire-worms: T. BY starva-
tion, with clean fullow, with growth of crops
supposed to be free from attacks Of wireworms,
as buckwhent mustard and rape; 2 BY the use
of insecticides a3 kerosene oil (pure and as an
emulsion), crude petroleum (pure and as an
emulsion), poisoned dough, bisulphide Of car
bon, and by such fertilizers as salt, kainit muri-
ate of potash, lime, chloride of lime and gas
line.
Destruction of Pup@ and Adults 1. BY fall
plowing; . by trapping.
OF the various methods used to pro-
tect seed all failed entirely, and sever
al retarded termination or entirely de-
stroyed vitality. In the attempt to de-
stroy the wire-wor by starvation it
was found that these larve can live
for year or more in soil upon which
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
LOCUSTS IN ALGIERS.
An Army with Front of Three Miles and
Depth of Twenty.

An Army with a Front of Three Miles and
Depth of Twenty.
TIe fight of which they originally
formed members had front of about
three miles regulated by the width of
the valley.) They travelled fairly fast:
sprinting myself along the level path
for one hundred yards in the direction
of their passage, must confess to
having been outpaced by them. The
main body was nearly five hours in
passing u given point. Almost the
greater number of them flew at a con-
siderable height in the air but did not
perceptibly darlSen the sky. That
night, in the little country auberge
where l stayed, two team drivers, one
Spaniard, the other a Sicilian were
comparing notes. One said that in the
midst of the swarm he could not see
the SUM- the other, that he could not
drive his team against them, as the
horses refused to face them (Which was
probably true), and that they were
three inches deep on the road (Which
probably wasn't)
At about o'clock the locusts perched
down for the night, finding lodging on
the hot ground, in vineyards, corn
fields and wood or two. The frantic
proprietors did all in their power to
prevent 4uch calamity; but one can
not fight snowstorm, nor a fight
of locusts either In the vineyards
the acridians were everywhere; in
the cornfields they perched, head
upward one above the other, four
or five on each stalk; in the woods they
massed themselves upon the tree trunks.
facing the declining sun. Thus do they
like to take an afternoon nap after the
fatigues of their days journey, summing
themselves to the last moment as even
ing draws on. Especially do they love
to find sandy banks, or good dry road,
facing the sunset-and so they rest, mo-
tionless, for the night.
Next morning they ought to have got
up, and, after hasty toilet and break
fast, they ought to have winged their
way onward again northward; they gen
orally start so soon as the sun has dried
the air and their wings But to the eX-
asperation of the proprietors of the land
they stayed two days, mating and egg
laying, before morning. In the interim
many of them died or were put to death
and here we are arrived at few of the
graves.
Before this present year most people
believed that after mating and egg
laying the locusts would die natural
death. 1t isn't true. No doubt vast
quantities do die, but these are hardly
an appreciable fraction of the whole
number
SO, after two lays, on went the sur
vivors, They had eaten nothing! This
is on the principle of the cabbage
butterfly, who leaves her eggs exactly
where .he young caterpillar can find
plenty of food so soon as he is born
The locusts had left the vineyards aad
the corntelds for their sons and daugh-
ters, the oiiciSets, to make meal of so
soon as they should be hatched. For
here we are arrived at the cradles. The
female locusts had laid their eggs an
inch or so underground and in from ten
to twenty-five days time, according to
the heat and character of the soil, tho
eclosion-the hatching-would occur
And what were the eXasperated pro-
,prietors to do meanwhile?-Cornhill
Magazine
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
August
Flower

My wife suffered with indigestion
and dyspepsia for years. Life be-
came burden to her. Physicians
failed to give relief. After reading
one of your books, 1 purchased a
bottle of August Flower 1t worked
like charm. Mywife received i'm
mediate relief after taking the first
dose, She was completely cured
now weighs 165 pounds, and can eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the case. c. H. Dear, Prop'r Wash
ington House, Washington, Va. o
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

-tInfested by wireworms and clicll-beetles From
o specimen in the Cornell insectary.)
nothing is growing, and that they feed
and thrive upon buckwheat, mustard
and rape. Therefore it is not worth
Swhile to lose the use of the land for a
season, or to grow these crops to de-
stroy them.
OF the insecticides tried kerosene
was effective when used in sufficient
quantities to thoroughly permeate the
soil to the depth of several inches, but
this makes it too expensive for or1i-
nary practice. The same was found
true of bisulphide of carbon salt,
kainit muriate of potash, lime and gaS
lime. The poisoned dough seemed not
to attract the wireworms at all. OF
the methods of trapping employed,
lunches of freshly-cut clover dipped in
paris green water and placed about the
field under boards destroyed very
large number of the adult beetles, but
none of the bats attracted the larvae.
If this method could be carried out
Systematically for a term of years it
would doubtless be effective; but as
the larvae remain in the larval state
three years or more, as observed at the
station and by European writer's upon
the subject, it would prove very slow.
Fall plowing, which is the only effect
i've, practical method of destruction
discovered, also has the same disadvan-
tage, as only the third-year larvae are
destroyed by it. In July of the third
year of their existence the larvae
changes to soft white pupe resembling
the adult beetle in form, and in August
the adult state is assumed, but, strange
to say, the insect remains until spring
in its cell in the ground. Any disturb
ance during this time proves destructive
to its life. If, therefore, the ground is
plowed and kept thoroughly stirred for
three or four weeks after July 90 all
these adults will perish and autumn
sown crops may be put in. If this
method of procedure is followed for
three or four years the soil will become
nearly free from the wireworms Short
rotations of crops can be planned to
bring this about
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

THE UsvAA treatment of catarrh Is very
unsatisfactory, as thousands of despairing
patients can testify. On this point a trust.
worthy writer says: proper local treat
mcnt is positively necessary to success but
many, if not most, of the remedies in gen.
eral use by physicians afford but temporary
benefit y cure certainly cannot be expect
cd from snuffs, powders, douches and
washes" Elys Cream Balm, which is SC
highly commended by physicians and drug
gists, is "A remedy which combines the inn
portant requisites of quick action, specific
curative unwcr with r"rfect safety and
plnasan ness 10 the patient.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

caused by the first settling on the
clothing or blowing into ones face
The box is made in sections, which
may be lifted so that it can be taken
apart to facilitate shoveling out the
ashes" After you get this sitter made,
don't conclude that just because you
have made the work little easier,
sitting ashes is the wife's job. 1t isn't.
1t is mans job as much rs it is his
duty to shovel coal or cut wood. Rural
New Yorker.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
SITTER FOR ASHES.
Every Farm House Should Have Ono
More of Them.

More of Them.
Scattered over the ground around
many farm homes we see coal enough
to run the stoves for a month. 1t was
just dumped on the ground because it
was too much trouble to pick it out Of
the ashes. We shouldn't care to do
such picking with bare fingers, but it
is well enough to let sieve do the
work. The sitter shown is made by a
friend in Wisconsin, who says about
it; "The apparatus consists of an ordi-
nary coal sieve with narrow strip
nailed across the center, as shown, and
let into the top of u box having n
hinged cover in the manner indicated
in the drawing The coal ashes may
be poured into the sieve, and then the
cover may be shut down, and the sift-
ing done without the necessity of sup
porting the sieve and the ashes by the
hands, and without the annoyance
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

-Playwright-Is her acting natural?
Manager enthusiastically y)-Why, when
she appeared rs the dying mother last
night q life insurance agent who has
her insured for $40, 600, and who was in
the audience, actually tainted. Brook
lYn Life.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

-Backwoods Subscriber-We want
ter git a look at the editor. Whar
bout is he? Office Boy-Thats him
sleepin' with his feet on the desk
Backwoods ubscrbcr-Golly, Jim.
Hanged if he amt got on a shirt, red
galluses and socks-jas' like the rest of
us!-Atlanta Constitution.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
HE HAD THE GRIP.

MIR. f. SCHLICHTING, living at No 2O49
under date of Dec. Goth, 1891 Two weeks ago
1 was taken with severe pains in my back, head,
chest and throat, in fact my whole body aChed
and concluded it must be the grip. l used two
bottles of DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup and found re-
lief, the third bottle cured me. Two of my chill
dren were taken the same way and two bot.
ties cured them. Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup is
worth its weight in gold.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

Husband (llindly)-My dear, you
have nothing decent to wear, have you?
Wife with alacrity)-No, indeed,
haven't; not thing. I'd be ashamed
to be seen anywhere. My evening"
dress has been worn three times al
ready. Husband-Yes; that's just what
told BliflSins when he offered me
two tickets for the theater for to. might.
l knew if took them they'd only be
wasted, so 1 just'got one. You won't
mind if hurry off.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

Beauty often depends on
plumpness; SO does comfort;
so does health. If you get
thin, there is something
wrong, though you may feel
no sign of it.
Thinness itself is a sign;
sometimes the first sign;
sometimes not.
The way to get back
plumpness is by CAREFUL
LIVING, which sometimes in
cludes the use of SCOTS
Emulsion of cod-liver oil.
Let us send you-free-a
little book which throws much
light on all these subjects.
ScoTT & BowSE. Chemists I3s South sth Avenue,
New York
Your druggist keeps Scous Emulsion Of cod liver
ol-all druggists everywhere do. 81.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
co5Pp7KrcETfzt5Ii---

Il picture
of health-the woman who has
faithfully used DR.. Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription. She feels well and
she looks so. It's a medicine that
makes her well, whether she's over
worked and rundown" or afflicted
with any of the distressing diseases
and disorders peculiar to her sex.
1t builds up-and it cures. For
all chronic weaknesses, functional
arrangements, and female com
plants" " of every kind, it's an un-
failing remedy.
And it's the only one, among
medicines for women, that's guar
a,ateed. If it doesn't give satisfac-
ton, in any case, you have your
money back.
Can anything else be "just as
good ?"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
-Experienced Traveller lat railw,

Experienced Traveller (at railway
restaurant)-Whend did that man at the
other table give his order? Waiter
Bout ten minutes ago. sab. What
did he order?" "Beefsteali and txin's,
sah." How much did he fee you?"
Quarter, sah." well, here's half a
dollar Cook him another steak and
bring me his" Eyes, sah."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

81 have heard" said the Chicago
schoolmistress, addressing her class of
girls, "that some of you are in the habit
of using slang. Is it SOP" Some blush
ed, some looked indignant but none
ventured to reply. 'If any of you have
acquired such a habit" pursued the
schoolmistress with severe look, "all
I've got to say is, you've got to shake
it."-N. Y. Press. n
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

The Doctors Advice. Patient
Doctor, there's a friend OF mine who
has symptoms of consumption. What
do you advise? Doctor-Tell him to go
south. Patient-But he lives in the
south. Doctor-Hm. Tell him to come
north. Yankee Blade.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

YES" said the young doctor,
proudly, though ] do have to stand
like Patience on monument waiting
for customers, always manage finally
to stand the monument on the patients. p"
Evening Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

"They'rc about as bad as the
disease I" Not all of them, though.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
pleasant both when they're taken
and when they act. They cure per-
manently Sick and Nervous Head
aches, Biliousness, Costiveness, and
all arrangements of the Liver,
Stomach and Bowels.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
The Only One Ever PriDted-Cau You Find
NVnrHo

There Is 3 inch display advertisement
in this paper, this week, which has no two
words alike except one wcrd The same is
true of each new one appearing each week,
from The DR.. Harter Medicine Co. This
house laces Crescent" ON everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name OF the word and they will
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
Pure and Wholesome Quality

Commends TO public approval the California
liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs 1t
is pleasant to the taste and by acting gently
on the kidneys, liver and bowels to cleanse
the system effectually, it promotes the
health and comfort of all who use it, and
with millions it is the best and only remedy.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
HnM,a Thiai

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
II; w; o. GnhNL1 o. ~, 'pSpS,; iu,euo, , ~
Cheney for the last IL years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in ull business
transactions and financially able 10 carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West a. Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o., Walding, Kinnnn q Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price T5c. per bot
tie Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

"A Large Circulation. -Friend-Is
your book of poems having a large cir
culation? Poet-Yes, very You are
the tenth person who has borrowed my
copy within q month. Yankee Blade
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

CoUGHs AND HoARsENEss.- The irritation
which induces coughing Immediately re-
lieved by use of BrOUn'S Bronchial TrOckes." !"
Sold only in boxes.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

Mr. C. C. CAMPBELL, of Campbell's Cot
ton Compress Co., city of Cincinnati ONO,
writes "Everybody finds relief shortly
after using Bradycrotine for headache"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

BEEcuAM's PILLS cure sick headache,
disordered liver and act like magic on the
vital organs For sale by all druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

MARRYING for wealth is gambling in
boardiug-house futures -Binghnmton Re-
publican.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey OF HOrehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

WHY is II bad sinner like a good cabbage!
Because he has hard heart
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

IT is always proper TO call upon the super
intendent of streets to "mend his ways."--
Boaton Commercial Bulletin.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

For external use only-Trousers To be
taken in water-A bath Shake before
using-A dusty coat a spoonful A
drunken lover.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

THE old man in his second childhood is
rarely as ridiculous as the young father IN
his first babyhood. indianapolis journal.