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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
BEAN AND PEA wEev, G.
Two Very Destructive Insects and Ho
60 Exterminate Them.

Two Very Destructive Insects and How
TO Exterminate Them.
The adult weevil shown in the upper
part of the engraving is about one
eiphtieth inch long and in general color
is a rusty black, with some white on
the wing covers and distinct white
spot on the hinder part of the thorax,
SAYS Insect Life. The insects begin to
appear about the time the peas are in
blossom and when the young pods
form; the females lay their eggs upon
the surface without attempting to in
sert them. The eggs shown in the low
er right hand corne of the illustration
are deep yellow, three times as long as
wide, and are fastened in front by some
viscid fluid which turns white in
drying. 1t is probable that the egg.
laying occurs generally at night. Where
the insects are abundant single pod
will often be found to carry fifteon to
twenty eggs, though only one
larva can develop in a single pea.
The newly-hatched larva is deep vel.
low, with black head and bores di.
rectly through the pod into the nearest
pea, the hole in the pod soon growing
over, and mere speclS upon the side is
the only indication of it's entrance. In
feeding, the larva usually avoids the
germ of the pea, so that most of the
buggy" peas will germinate as readily
as those which have been untouched.
Before transforming to pupa, it cuts
a circular hole quite to the thin outer
memb brane Of the pea, thus providing
for the exit of the future beetle. 1t
then lines the interior of its excavation
with thin smooth layer of paste, ex.
cluding all eXcrement, and there trans.
forms to the pupa state. The adult
beetle in issuing has only to eat through
the thin membrane left by the larva
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
ALL ABOUT HORSES.

ALWAYS keep stout halter on every
horse.
Do NOT water the horse when over.
heated.
DON'T approach a horse in way to
startle it,
The well fed horse is always at a
premium.
HAVE colt grow naturally into the
right thing.
HAVE not only pure-bred stock, but
the best of that
A sKITTIsH driver is worse than q
skittish horse.
A BAD temper in the driver begets
one in the team.
NEVER let a colt know when it is
being educated.
GIVE the team ample rest, so it may
always be fresh.
WASHING with salt water is good for
collar-galls and bruises.
"GRAY horses live longest" That
depends good deal on how they are
treated.
DRIVE a horse with a rein that both
you and the horse can feel.
WHOLE and cracked corn induce collie
in horses, because it is not properly
masticated.
FEED the team more oats and less
corn. The latter is too heating for
warm weather
SEE that the blessed sunshine is not
kept out of the stalls. Few stables
have enough of it.
A WIDE wagon tire is road maker,
not IA rut cutter, One secret of the
good roads of France is the wide tires
in use there.
MARES should have access to grass
some little time before foaling. Living
on dry feed during the winter takes the
elasticity out oS the muscles,-Ameri-
can Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
oFFIcEHoLDERS IN AMERICA.

More Than One Hundred Thousand Federal
Employees on the Rolls-Grcat Variety.
The absorption of duties by the Unit
ed States has burdened the country with
the army of officeholders that still gives
an undue influence to the party of the
administration, and that compelled the
| adoption of the reformed civil service
as "a measure defensive of the right of
the people to choose their own legis-
lative and executive officers, unin-
tluenced by the government In Wash
ington's time the officeholders of the
federal government numbered six thou
sand, while now the government en-
ploys an army of more than one hun
dred thousand. This enormous force of
officeholders includes constitutional and
statutory officers, engineers, lawyers,
physicians, statisticians, geologists,
meteorologists, photographers, metal
lurgists, astronomers, makers of charts
and maps, school-teachers, railroad eX-
perts, skilled detectives, agriculturists,
entomologists, botanists, chemists, mi
croscopists, gardeners, tradesmen, mer-
chants, experts in textiles, china, glass
and the thousand articles imported
from foreign COuutrleS ana SuDJecU 10 u
tariff tax; clerks of various grades and
degrees of skill, from accountants to
copyists; expert machinists and mechan-
les, messengers and a host of laborers.
1t is not pretended by Harper's Maga-
zine that the employment of all these
persons, adopts or otherwise, is neces-
sarily incongruous. There are func-
tionS properly within the jurisdiction of
the federal government that demand
the labors of men of science and men
who are skilled in the secrets of COM
merce and manufactures. But if the
government had been confined to its
original purpose, if it had not gone
afield in strange pursuits, seeking vain
ly after what can be best attained
through the intelligent efforts of col
leges, universities and scientific associa-
tions, the corps of learned, artistic and
mechanical public functionaries would
not be one-half its present size.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

to any external pressure. Single trees
alone may be made to answer the pur-
pose, if the draft on them is not too
great while they are young. But if the
weight of the gate slightly bends the
tree, it will in time become perma,
nently inclined. This may be pre-
vented by using long horizontal limbs
to extend over the gate and meet, as
represented in Fig. 8. Years are of
course required to render such con-
trivance permanent. If the trees are
already large enough, they may be
used at once on which to hang the gate.
Among the kinds which may be en-
ployed for such supports are beech,
white oak and American elm.
Trees may be employed in the con-
tinuous line of fence, where barb
wire is used, by placing vertically strips
of inch plank as facing between the
wire and the bark of the trees. This
prevents the wire from sinking into the
bark of the trees during their continu-
GUS growth. Country Gentleman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

A circular from the department of
agriculture indicutcs Il belief that the
disease in cattle known us "lumpy
law" can be cured in few days by the
use of iodide of potassium, The dis
ease has never been recognized by the
department as contagious or incurable,
and it has condemned animals suffer-
ing from il only when the disease was
sufficiently advanced to affect the gem
eral condition of the beast. 1t is
pointed out that if lumpy jaw can be
cured thus easily the treatment can be
undertaken by farmers, who would
thus avoid loss of carcass The circular
asks for information in regard to the
value of the indicated remedy as shown
by actual trial of the same.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
GATES AND GATE POSTS.
valuable suggestions Relating TO Proper
Construction.

Valuable suggestions Relating TO Proper
Construction.
Posts of moderate size, set three feet
or more in depth, aie commonly rem
dered more firm by placing broad or
large stone against the yielding side
before the hole is filed. This increases
the stiffness of its position only so
much as the size of the stone is broader
than the post. A fat stone will prove
more efficient when placed fiat in the
ground with one edge firmly against
the post than If it's fat side rests
against it, as commonly adopted, be-
cause the stone will yield more readily
under simple pressure than it will slide
in compact soil, especially if the
earth has been beaten or rammed com
pactly around it, Fig. represents the
stone with its flat side against the post,
and Fig. lying fiat with its edge
against the post
A single heavy obstruction against
the post is not sufficient. Another
should be placed on the opposite side to
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

Plantain is the great pest of clover
fields. After the first crop of clover is
ripened, the plantain forces itself up.
and crop of seed is ready to befoul
the land. The moving machine cannot
keep the seed from forming, even if
continual moving was desirable. If
the clover sod is turned for corn or po-
tatoes before the plantain ripens, and
the ground left bare during fall and
winter, plant food is lost to the soil.
Better sow rye broadcast on the in
verted sod and harrow it in. This will
give big growth to turn under in
spring, addings much to the stock or
available plant food furnished by the
clover. Such "a practice kills out the
plantain and builds up the fertility of
the soil faster than clover alone, when
the first crop is removed for hay and
the manure from it left to leach under
the caves of stables, as is too commonly
seen.-Alva Agee, in Farm and Home.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
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less so will answer good purpose, be-
cause being well buried in compact
earth it is shielded from the decaying
influence of exposure to the air.
When several posts stand in row,
as in continuous fence, iron rods may
be used for braces, attached to the bot
tom of one post and to the top of the
next one, as shown in Fig. 4. The bot
tom of the first being nearly immov-
able, prevents the yielding OF the top
of the next one; and where gates are
in the line of a post fence, they may be
thus held immovable. When no pains
are taken to set the posts of board OF
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
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rail fences firmly, with full and sufi-
cient depth, q few years of exposure
will too often reduce them to the con-
dition represented by Fig. s.
A buried wooden frame, made of hor-
izontal rails, a foot or two below the
surface, is sometimes employed to rem
der gates firm in their position, and oc-
casionally answers good purposes, but
it requires more labor in construction
than some other modes.
There are positions where living trees
may be used as gate posts, which, after
becoming large enough, will not yield
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
A knowing rowhorse.

A Washington driver says that there
is an old gray hill horse there that
sometimes cannot get back to his ac-
customcd place Mt the foot of the hill
in time for the next car. This horse
has nothing to do with the blue line,
and knows the difference between the
blue and the brown cars. If he is on
his way hack to the starting point and
sees n brown car coming, this shrewd
animal will turn around and stand
alongside the track waiting for the car
to reach him. No amount of coaxing
can induce him to move, but after the
car reaches him he will pull like ma
jor' until he reaches the top. Then he
returns to his post, and when he again
sees his car coming turns out and gets
into position. A day or two ago the
hill boy, instead of walking back with
the horse or riding him, as was his
usual custom, jumped on a car and rode
down. The horse saw this and stopped
half way up the hill and would not
move until the boy came after him.
Whenever the boy rides on the car the
horse stops half way down the hill, but
when the hoy remains with him the old
gray pursues the even tenor of his way
until he reaches ths bottom. ."--Our
Animal Friends.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
Ruined Temples.

Our bodies are the temples of our souls
Should these temples, fashioned by the Di-
vine hand, be allowed to fall into premature
ruinl Assuredly not. Renovate, there
fore, failing strength, renew lost appetite
and an impaired power to sleep, recreate
vital energy with Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tors, which restores digestion, liver. bowel
and kidney regularity, and overcomes ma
laria and rheumatism.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

Which is the best to try, if you have Ca,
tarrh Ia medicine that claims to have cured
others, or medicine that is backed by
Sage's Catarrh Remedy agree to cure your
Satarrh, perfectly and permanently or
they'u pay you $500 in cash,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

or all diseases this is the most uncom-
Portable. DR.. Hoxsie's Certain Group Cure
has peculiar effect upon the membranes OF
the throat and nose and speedily relieves
Hay Fever entirely out Of the system. 80 cents
For sale by all prominent druggists
throughout the state. A. p. HoxsIE, Buff
falo, N. Y, mfr and sole proprietor.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

A DULL knife will make even q fillet seem
tough, but II sharp one makes Il pounded
steak seem q tenderoin. RAMS Horn.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

HARD times may make US careful, but it's
a good time that makes us tight,-Peck s
Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

THERE is but one remedy for blight
on the pear tree, and that is to cut off
the blighted branch as soon as the first
signs of the disease appear.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

KEEP the pores open is essential to health
Glenn's sulphur Soap does this.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
August

SAN FRANOISC0, CAL,
LOUISVILLE, KY, NEW YORK. R,F

Ny 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, l purchased a
bottle of August Flower. 1t worked
like charm. My wife 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. @
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
THE MARKETS.

81 AM getting things down to fine point"
said the balloonist, as he lit on u steeple.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

A SECOND street upholsterer advertises
that his best mattresses may be fairly des-
cribed as ''spring poems. s."-Philadelphia
Record
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

That day is failure in which you do not
try TO make somebody happy.-Ram's Horn.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

No WONDER the weather ia go warm,
everybody talks about it.-Arkansas Thomas
Cat
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

HITcH your team so that it will give
lifting instead of downward pull.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

If you do not want your feelings hurt
keep them out of the way.-Galveston
News
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

HALLS CATARRH CURE is liquid and is
taken internally. Sold by Druggists, Toe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FLO SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. nv
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

"A carpenter may be first-class
boarder and yet be very far from find
ing favor in the eyes OF his lanNady.-
Lowell Mail.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

LAWYERS may be poets; they write lots oi
''versus. Texas Sftings.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-10-11
NATIONS AS EATERS.

II has been remarked that the ruling
pc pie of our civilization, or, in other
words, the English, French, Germans
and Americans are the greatest eaters
The S~paniards and Italians do not live
upon nearly "a good or substantial a
diet as the Germans and English, jls5
as the activity of the former two Is
notably less than that of the latter
two. But, on the average, the Ameri-
can eats nor than a person Of any
other nationality, AMI a generally
have meat for his labor.
He is apt to appreciate the good
things of this life ali the more when he
can have such palatabie dishes as those
which the Enterprise Meat Chopper
will assist him, or his good wife, in
preparing. For chopping Sausage
Meat, Mince Meat, Hamburg Steak tor
dyspeptics, Hogs head Cheese, Suet,
Hash, Triple, CLAIMS, Peppers, Scrap
Meat for poultry, Corn for fritters,
Stale Bread for bread crumbs, Horse
Radish, COcOanut, HOLSTERS, Vanilla
Beans, Cabbage, it is not excelled, and
the economical housewife will find 1t
aln9st indispensable in preparing
Chicken Salad and Chicken CrCQuettes,
making Beef Tea for invalids. MASKING
Potatoes. Pulverizing Crackers. &c.
In a word, the Enterprise Meat Chop
per will be found invaluable in the
k tchen in many processes of cooking.
All hardw ire stores sell 1t and the
price IS only So 90 Reader, buy one,
And send to the Enterprise Manufac-
turing Co., Philadelphia, for one OF
their enterprisiDg catalOgue5-they are
furnished free.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-10-11
DICTIONARY.

Non Observation-Disclosures who vote
against Alliance principles.
Partisan-A man who Is for the Al
lance demands on election day.
Republi ana man who wants the
Democrats to stick to their party.
DemOcracy-A sort Of paste that
holds the Republican party together.
Politics Forbidden fruit to Alliance
men.
Bribery-Brilliant management.
HOnorable-5kinned the public for
over a million.
Seab-W Worth only what he has
earned.
Crank-A man who believes that
human life is a standard of all values.
Tramp-What is left of Mclean -"
man after he gets through the mill.
Prosperity-Mountains of wealth
where honest men rs it.
Sound Finance-Le5 your brother
keep enough to keep alive; gather the
rest to yourself, and do it according to
the statutes.
Electioneering-Sett up the cigars
and bug juice for the boys, In the hope
that the boys will mistake you for a
good fellow, and the country foot the
bill.
Keep out of Politics-Throwing I'M
your hat and yelling in the Democratic
or Republican procession.
Honest Dollar-The sort that made
John Sherman a millionaire on six
thousand a year.
Tarif-Something that always needs
liking when Congress has something
else to do. ?
Gold-Theo only material in the bowels
OF the earth that can make bread and
meat worth eating,
Silver-A metal on which the gov
eminent could print good money, If it
wasn't too handy.
Paper-A substance on which laws
are printed for the management of the
common herd.
Government-You turn the crank
and let him feed and look after the
spout.
Patriotism Getting yourself skinned
and then Dragging about the dexteritv
of the orator-POimters.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-10-11
THE SILVER

Nh. EDTToR:-The way in which the
demonstration of silver affects the
Drice OF cotton cannot be too often
called to the attention Of the people.
England is the great cotton spinner.
India is our greatest competitor in
COTTON growing. Silver Is the money
of India. England uses silver in buy
inc India cotton. This silver she buvs
in Europe and America at seventy
cents and passes 1t In India at one hun
dred cents. Our cotton is thus brought
into competition with cotton SO pur-
chased. England needs a constant sun
ply of cheap silver for such purposes
of trade. Decentralization of silver
furnishes her with just the supply she
needs. In 1873 Germany began to sell
it's silver. 1t sold PSI millions and has
got more for sale. AS the sale pro
Ceeded the price of silver kept falling
from year to year, and England kept
getting it cheaper and cheaper to con
duct It's Eastern commerce. The Eng
lish and the Germans are pretty thick
anyhow. The old Queen is grand
mother of the present German En-
perOr. Demonstration there may
nave been accomplished by favor and
affection without bribery. But Ger
many only had about $50 millions Of
silver in circulation. England knew
that would not make permanent sup
ply. So she turned her attention TO
the United States, and with what sue
cess we are all familiar. We produce
118 million dollars worth of silver a
wear. and If this can be kept out of
circulation, it insures its being cheap
as long as It is produced. There is q
E-1%InmhnOH oT1nTnn fhInCycC in oil ~,
tiOns. The men who are in favor of a
tight currency understand each other
all over the world, as the coming
monetary conference will demonstrate.
Money, not kings, rules Europe. No
nation there can go to war without the
consent of a few great bankers, and
these mostly do business in Frankfort
and London. The great capitalists in
Yankeedom are backed up with Eng
lIsh money. Chauncey Dtpew, a rail
road attorney (nOw a railroad presi-
dent) is wlned and dinei by the bank
ers and other nobility of England He
must be regarded as a faithful servant.
Andrew Carnegie has moved to Scot.
land and bought him a castle. He could
probably tell us why some ree-trade
EnglIshmen are delighted with Ameri-
can protection. We Will never know
until he renders his final account, how
much of his money is his. Consider
ing the amount of British capital in.
We ,ted In America, there ought not to
be much difficulty about these two
nations coming together IN the money
conference. 1t was much harder for
England to gain this advantage than
1t is to keep it now. The monetary con
ference, if it does anything, will fix the
ratio between silver and gold while
| the former is degraded by adverse leg
islatIon, and it will be too lac Il alter
IL when reconciliation increases it's
value. w. J. PEELE.
P. S-As long as England a keep
silver at nearly one third below its
normal market value, it can keep
Southern cotton at something like one-
third below its normal price, by keep
ing it In competition with cotton pUr-
chased with the ~artitciaIly cheap
money. w. D.. +