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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
THE SHRUG.
a Language of Signs Much Used by Latin
Races.

a Language of Signs Much Used by Latin
Races.
There is a language which is not
written, spoken, taught or learned, and
is yet current when words are useless
to convey intensity of meaning or deli
cacy of thought. The language, for
such it is, may be found in use in al
most every part of the world Its
varied Significance is comprehcnded by
the rich and it's meaning understood by
the poor. This peculiar medium of
communication has no vocabulary,
fixed rules of grammar, or logical
terms. For brevity it is unsurpassed.
In point of perspicuity it stands with
out an equal. 1t is the shrug.
The shrug is for expressing a multi
tude of things, both effectively and
subjectively. 1t is as circumstances
require, noun, adjective. pronoun,
adverb, proposition, conjunction, inter-
lection or verb. The sphere of it's use
fulness is almost limitless.
A curious happening occurred in the
west end little more than year ago.
A certain man came home quite late
one dark night without his key; he ac-
cordingly had to ring the bell to sum
mon his wife to open the door. AS the
hour was late. his wife wished to know
who the individual was before she un-
locked the house, so called from the
window:
''Who's there?"
The man, not thinking of the dark
ness, gave an off-hand shrug, which or
dinarily would be interpreted as mean
ing, "Your husband, of course."
Not receiving an answer to her in
quiry, she became somewhat suspicious
and asked again, in accents not so mild:
"Who's at the door?'
The idea of his wife asking him who
he was so disturbed his even temper of
mind that he again failed to grasp the
situation" and from mere force of
habit stood there with outstretched
arms raised shoulders and pouting lips
the imprimatur of dismay. His
thoughts and feelings, as expressed by
his gesture, might be transcribed in
yernacular as: "She talks! She talks!"
An interregnum of silence followed
and the window was closed.
In moment the man realized the
situation. lie was locked out of his
own house. Looked upon as suspi.
cious character and liable to arrest-all
on account of a shrug.
The study of a shrug will be found of
intense interest and peculiarly fasci-
mating. 1t embodies SO much in n
little. 1t is a gesture full of as much
meaning as IL page of oratory, as pre-
else as geometrical conclusion, and as
di'erse of usage as philosfphica, argu
III .at.-Buffalo Courier.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
MONEY IN STOCK.
Why Farmers Should Raise More Mutton
Beef and Pork.

Beef and Pork.
Fat sheep of large size command good
prices. 1t is not easy to secure fat sheep
that present an attractive appearance
on the nsarlscs stalls. although there are
apparently plenty of sheep offered for
sale. The attention given to wool has
not been conducive to breeding the best
mutton sheep A ram of the Shrop-
shire, Oxford or Southdown breeds, il
used for grading the fiock with the
view of producing choice mutton, will
make a marked improvement in flock
in single season.
Bacon and pork bring high prices at
present. There should be fair profit
to breeders in the east in producing z
pork, especially when the prices are so
good. There is always IL waste of GER
tain foods that can be well utilized by
swine, and if only one or two pigs are
raised they will pay profit compared
with other stock. Despite the fact that
The west produces cheap corn and pork
she prices now received for pork are
larger than for many years previously.
Beef cattle should pay us we'll in the
east us in the west. Food can be pur.
chased and converted into manure
while the cattle are growing, and al
though but small profit may be no
ticed from tie cattle the farm will have
been increased in fertility and produc-
tiveness. On. W Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
FEEDING BIG HOGS.
Some Valuable Statistics Furnished by
| .... Prof, Henry.

~ Prof Henry.
Results show that for pig weighing
100 pounds about one and half of
grain is required for the mere main
tenance of the animal body. writes
Prof. Henry. IT, therefore, we bring
to our 100-pound pig each day one and
a half pounds of the grain mixture
above mentioned, the animal merely
holds its own weight and makes no
progress. so that at the close of the day
our pound and half of feed has dis
appeared. our pig is one day older but
no heavier in weight and we have
nothing to show for the food supplied
The amount of meal required to thus
support the body functions without
permitting the animal to gain in weight
has been designated 1.-The food of main
tenance" or 1.-THE food of support.
If now we increase the amount OF
food from pound and II half day,
the food of maintenance, to four and a
half day, about all our pig will eat,
he will thrive nicely and make a gain
of about one pound day thcrcfrom.
Thus it appears that the three extra
POUNDS of food which we aave given
this pig above the food of sup port gives
us pound of increase We may desig-
nate this portion of the ration as "the
food of increase When our pig is re.
ceiving four and half pounds of fced
per day and is gaining in weight al
the rate of one pound per day one-third
of what is supplied constitutes the
| food of maintenance and two-thirds
the food of increase.
When our 100-pound pig has increased
in weight to 200 pounds-thc food OF
support must also be increased, though
not quite doubled, judging from our in
vcstigations 1t is somewhat less thar
three pounds. When our pig has
reached the weight of 500 pounds the
food of support appeared to be about
five pounds, or one pound of food fol
each hundred weight of animal carcass
| The decrease in the amount of the foot
of support seems gradual. starting at {
pound and a half per hundred with {
100-pound pig, and gradually dininishe:
until reaching pound per hundred
with hogs weighing 800 pounds. Blu
the five pounds of meal required t.
support the hog weighing 800 pounds il
half a pound more than that which th
same hog required when weighing 1O
for both maintenance and increase.
To our 500-pound hog we must frs
OF all supply about five pounds of inca
to- support the animal carcass and tt
this must add something like thre,
pounds additional in order to secur,
one pound of increase. That is, will
our 5OO-pound hog it takes something
like eight pounds of meal to give re
turn of one pound of gain in weight
while four and half pounds of th
same were sufficient with the same ami
NAL when it was II 300-pound pig.
Evidently from this study there is
limit to the weight to which hogs cal
be profitably fed, even if they can still
make additional gain.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
Tobacco for Sheep.

A Virginia farmer found it convenient
to house his sheep in the tobacco house
and as they seemed as anxious to eat
tobacco stems as hay, he gave them
some every day as an experiment and
noted the results. Previous to that
time he had lost young sheep by lung
worms more or less every year, but
that year he lost none, though the sea-
son was such that he expected their
deadly visitation. He now feeds tobac-
co stems, when he has them, to his
sheep lie also feeds tobacco crumbs
and pulverized tobacco in bran and in
the salt to his flock, and they have
been perfectly healthy ever since. To-
bacco is known to be one of the best,
and TO Americans the simplest, insecti-
cides, II is quite possible to SO prepare
the system of the sheep by feeding to-
bacco that internal parasites cannot ex-
ist in any part OF the animal Amer
lean Farmer
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
IN THE HOP FIELDS.
Features of Life Among the Hop Picke
nf nvls


of New York. -
Perhaps in no section of the United
States is there more prolific hop ter
ritory than may be found in the coun.
ties of Schoharie and Otsego, where
nearly every available foot of ground
is studded with the poles under which
thousands of young and old people an
nually earn and enjoy their vacations
Albany county, too, has number OF
hop fields The agents point out this
feature of the hop-picling pursuit as
the main argument in enlisting re.
cruits.
Each yard is invariably equipped
with a dancing pavilion, or a barn met.
amorphosed into one, and in the even.
ings fun reigns unchecked. The fun,
the recompense for the days labor, the
money consideration being of such
slight proportions as to form no con.
siderable matter for worry.
Albany generally furnishes the bulk
of assistance to the farm owners in the
persons of girls women, young and old,
men whose regular avocations do not
demand their services at this season of
the year, and who find this the only
available means of taking vacation.
One of the agents told an Argus man
recently that the main troubles to be
contended with in the business were
the hop lice and the bug juice, the
former on the vines and the latter in
the picllers. There is no known remedy
to suppress the hop lice evil, but the
,,,;n
fully contended with by the applica-
ton of the summary dismissal prin-
ciple.
In the vicinity of Cooperstown and
all around the shores of Lake Otsego
in the early September evenings the
jolly parties in the various hop fields,
notably Clarke's, may be heard in
dulging in all kinds of gay and pleas
! urable proceedings, marked mainly by
the sound of song and the squeak of
the country violin as the various groups
send vocal incense to Apollo, or beat in
merry cadence their pedal tribute to
Terpischore.
Some of the crops in the Schoharie
and Otsego fields are already owned by
Albany dealers, who have paid guar.
dhIeSu Duih pdyAiSHpi lilc oWuSTS VI
the fields to stand the expense of pick.
ing.
The pro liabilities of large crop are
excellent, and if good weather contin.
ues it is expected that 1893 will prov a
red-letter year, as the prices are fairly
high considering the immense output
it is likely will be made. The counte.
nlnces of several German hop-yard
bosses who annually gather host OF
pichers and take them to the yards
have been beaming since the news
came that the hon crop IVES good.
>, me OF the p'ckers mane lots of dol
lars at the hop yards. The ways taken
By this money are various Some who
| bslieve that industry, frugality and
economy lad the way to wealth put
by the proceeds of their hop picking.
Otacr pickers only 60 for the jolly
tines. The Albany police have a ira.
d lion that when the hop pickers come
back arrests are plenty ALBANY Argus
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
LONELINESS OF THE PACIFIC.
Out in tho Vast Trackicss Deserts OF the
Rolling Deep.


An item in the press stating that the
City of Pelxing in her recent trip sailed
1910 miles without meeting single
SAIL Is cited as showing the loneliness
of the Pacific ocean. In the summer Of
1860 left San Francisco, says traveller,
on a sail-vessel formerly from Balti-
mire) for Panama, distance 1000 miles,
and on the entire route, which lasted
forty-three days, we never saw sail.
Loneliness is no word for it, especially
when we lay becalmed in the tropics,
with our vessel floating as helplessly
about as a chip on mill-pond, the
ground swell keeping up the monoton-
Gus roll of the vessel from side to side
all day and all night and day after day
each roll being accompanied by flap
of the sails and crcaiiing of the rig
ging that might have passed for the
| flap of the wings and the wall of lost
| spirits
When we read about Noah and his
ark we are apt to think that he must
have had n lonely time, but then he
| was out only forty days, and besides,
with all the animals, etc, on board, he
had plenty to occupy his time and at
| tention, and if he wanted amusement
to while away the time, he had only to
start n sparring match between his
monkeys and parrots. True, there is
no report of any such proceeding on
his part. but that is doubtless because
there was no modern newspaper re-
porter on board. ! .ell you man can
not realize what loneliness or comfort
| is until he has made some such trip,
and if he wants to complete his educa-
tion in that line he should preface it
with n tramp of 1000 miles over the
mountains and across the deserts amid
wolves and wild Indians as thousands
of '40-ers did. Washington STAR
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
II has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute IL offered.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
Ef,ect of Peas on che soll.

Since the discovery that peas equally
with clover have the power of using at
mospheric nitrogen this crop is receiv-
ing more attention. 1t Is one of the
crops that leave the soil much richer.
except in mineral elements, than they
find IL. But as Il green manure peas
are not equal to clover. The pea early
in the season has little power, If any,
of using atmospheric nitrogen, and by
the time this power is fully developed
1t is too late to plow the peas under a
. green manure that season. In clover
crop. though the most nitrogen is found
in the soil toward fall, the sod can re-
main unplowed until spring. and with
much less waste OF fertility than from
peas, which die with frost and leave
the soil naked through the wiutey -
Rural World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

AFTER harvest comes a time of COM
parative leisure. This is good oppor-
tunity for cleaning up the farm. Some
brush and dirt and debris is almost sure
to collect, through the busy season, and
it is much better to get it out of the
way now than to let it lie until spring.
The man who devotes the least
amount of plant food to sustaining
crop of weeds is the one who has uni
formly the best crops for market.
Weeds of course have their uses, but
ordinarily they are not marketable
and so it is hardly worth while to pro-
duce them.
THERE is no use trying it-you cannot
crop land continuously without feeding
it. Perhaps you have been trying to do
SO, and that is the reason you think
farming don't pay. 1t never will pay,
in that way. Begin now, if you never
have done SO before, to study how to
feed the soil.
IF you should spend money for fertil-
1zers, and then leave them out in the
rain until they were pretty thoroughly
washed out,you would do a pretty fool
fish thing. But no more foolish than to
let the manure remain piled beneath
the caves of the barn, where it gets
washed by every rain. 1t would be a
good plan to remedy this.
II is an old and true axiom that a
crop well put in is half made. Keep
this in mind when seeding wheat this
fall, for If there ever was time and
a crop regarding which the farmer
needed all possible assurances of sue
cess, that time is now-and the crop is
wheat The only way that it will pay
to grow wheat now is TO grow it ex-
ceedingly we'll.
LAND hunger, and the itch tc have
every new implement invented, keeps
many farmer poor. With less land
expenses may be reduced when times
are hard, and fewer implements will be
needed in order to cultivate it Per
fectly. A smaller range of crops, each
one grown as speciality, will give bet,
ter returns than wider range and less
careful methods.
IT is good plan to look about in the
fall and see what can be done that will
lessen the work next spring. You can
trim out the dead brush from the small
fruits, for one thing; and set out more
of them if you have not enough already.
You can haul out every bit of the manure
and put it on the field where it is
wanted.-Prairie Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
FARM AND GARDEN.
USEFUL BAG HOLDER.
A Device Tint should Find IA Place on
Every Farm.

A Device Tint should Find Place on
Every Farm.
A is inch board 12 inches wide and
20 iaches long. B is q I inch board 9
inches wide and "a inches long. Nail
small strips under the ends of these
boards, I inch strip under board A
and q strip inches thick under each
end of the board B. To make the hold
cr stand well is an upright stick ii5x
11a inches and 81 feet high, mortised
in the center of boards a and II. ID is
n stick ! XXI 4 inches and feet inches
long Il is II band made of ~ hoop
iron fastened to the lower end of the
stick ID on both sides and fitting loose
around the stick c so as to be free to
slide up and down. Il is a clevis made
of light fiat iron, boltcd loose to ID 9
inches from top of ID at q. II IL arc
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
ElOnrel.

Mr.. Galleywest-(whose wife has
gone to spend a week in the country
Gretchen, ] am getting tired of white
bread. ! wish you would make some
brown bread for tomorrow.
Domestic-Ach don't know how.
well, you can learn, can't you?"
will you dell mc?"
"Of course not. i don't know how to
make bread"
Well den. how vas going to learn?"
Chicago Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

craving is an excellent one now in use.
The main barn is about 90 feet square,
and the shed attached 12X20 The floor
shown through the open door gives
ample room for carriages. sleighs, the
lawn mower, kindling wood, etc, be-
sides room to unhitch and clean har
ness The harness closet is on the barn
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
The Worlds Inn,

The ABOVE Chicago hotel. under the capa-
bic management of Mr. Chas. E. Leland, is
having the patronage it deserves. 1t is not
fire trap. but Is built of steel and fire
proof tie combining absolute safety with
reasonable prices. Its location-southwest
corner Midway llaIsance Goth ST. and
Madison ave.-is unsurpassed, AS it faces
the Fair Grounds. Is accessible by steam,
cable and elevated lines. Write or tele-
grup.l in advance of your coming for ac-
comuodations. or look The World Inn up
when you arrive. You will not be disap-
pointed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
CARRIAGE S

floor with the vehicles, and no am
monia from the stables can reach it
and rot it. The horse can be taken
from the floor directly into the stable,
without going out of doors. The hay
is put IN above the barn floor, and after
being cut thrown down n shute into
the stable. --Farm journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

THERE are thousands of young men stand
make Il wise decision as to what business or
profession they VIII follow. To all such we
would say, before deciding the question
write to B. f. Johnson q Co, Richmond, Va
They can be of service TO you, as they have
been TO others.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

SIS MY son thorough in his school work,
Mr.. Pedagog!' asked Bosbvshcl. "Yes, he
is" said the teacher He shows ten
dency to 20 to the bottom of everything. l
think he will be foot of his class in few
days'
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

WHAT makes the weather so uncer,
said the man with his coat buttoned
his chin. 81 guess the thermometer .
have taken IL drop too much," repliou i
friend, with shiver. Washington Star.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
a VILLAGE STABLE.

One That Is suitable for II Horse, Cow
and Carriage.
A correspondent asks for the plan OF
village stable suitable for Il horse, COW
and carriage. The one show in the en-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

SEEING is not always believing. For in-
stance we see liars frequently. tly.-PhiladeL-
phia North America.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

THESE are the nights when the man who
is covered with glory has over him all that
is necessary to keep hun warm Buffalo
Courier
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

"THBRE, mamma" said the small boy, 40
he gazed at the dromedary, "thst must be
the camel that had the last straw put on his
back
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

THE ascent of the balloon is generally .
soar point with the aeronaut
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

"SuPPosE you wanted TO propose marriage
to girl, Jarley, what would you ask her
trstN "lf we were alone
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

Z. B. WALTuALL 81 Co., Druggists, Horse
Cave, KY say: Hall s Catarrn Cure cures
every one that takes it, Sold by Druggists,
15c
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

WHILE vacation always begins with Y
1t always ends with "a scarcity of them
Baltimore American.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

THoueH the ships crew may boast his abil.
ity 10 prepare good meal, he generally
makes n "messn of it.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

DINER-"Isn't this meat rather toughf
Waiter-"rhere's no denying that, sir, but
then we serve extra strong toothpicks with
it, Boston Trun sclipt.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

LOVE never has to go to school to learn
how TO speak.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

right in outcn de SUM-" screamed negro
mamma to her child "Whaffur, mamma.'
"Whaffur. I'll tell yo' whaffur Fust
thing yo' know yo' completion III be
tanned us bad us de white trash"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

FIRST MoTH-"Are you going furf" Sec
ond Moth-"I intend to spend the summer
on the cape.'
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

ANYONE would be justified in recommend,
ing Beecham's Pills for all affections Of the
liver and other vital organs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

JUST when the coffee thinks it has good
grounds for complaint the egg drops in and
settles the whole business.
AS TO riding a bicycle, the H.n appear
more bent on it than the girls.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

FRESHNESS and purity are impaired to the
complexion by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and WhisSer Dye, SOC.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
Don't Blame the Cook

If a baking powder is not uniform in strength,
SO that the same quantity will always do the same
work, no one can know how to use it, and uni
formly good light food cannot be produced with it
All baking powders except Royal, because
improperly compounded and made from inferior
materials, lose their strength quickly when the
is opened for use At subsequent bakings there
will be noticed falling off in strength. The food
isheavy and the flour, eggs and butter wasted.
1t is always the case that the consumer suffers
in pocket, if not in health, by accepting any sub
sttute for the Royal Baking Powder. The Royal
is the embodiment Of all the excellence that it is
possible to attain in absolutely pure powder.
1t is always strictly reliable. 1t is not only more
economical because of its greater strength, but
will retain it's full leavenng power, which no
other powder will, until used, and make
wholesome food.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

WHILE the elevator man gives many fel,
low a lift, he doesn't t hesitate 10 run a chap
down.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

IN the second-grade grammar Teacher
-"Bobby Smart, give me the feminine OF
friar."' Bobby (brIsky)-"The feminine OF
friar is cooks