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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23
FARM AND GARDEN.
DESTRUCTIVE FUNGUS.


Many Orchards Are being Destroyed by
the Black Knot. 'N
The black knot Is the worst enemy
with which plums. and cherries have
to contend. In many sections. es-
pccially i'm the east, large sections of
tile country have been given up to the
ravages of this pest, while in Michigan
many valuable orchards have been en-
tirely destroyed.
The time has come when most large
plum and cherry-growers are posted
on this fungus and are seeking its sup.
preston with tircless energy. The
mass of small growers, however, are
Indifferent or careless as far as the
black knot is concerned and watch its
development on their trees with little
or no concern. Some of the states
have recognized the seriousness of this
pest and have enacted stringent laws
providing for its destruction. How
ever, some of the states as we'll as the
great mass Of smaller fruit-growers in
many localities. treat this fungus with
criminal Indifference.
The spores Gig. shows sproutcd
spore greatly magnified) from the
black knot are spread by the wind to
healthy trees where some of them
lodge and lose no time in entering the
tissue of the tree. When once estab-
lished in the bark the fungus grows
unnoticed the first year, spreading
through the green layers of the bark.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23
GARDENING FOR WOMEN.
A Successful Employment Recently DO
M ve1Oped In London.

A Successful Employment Recently De-
veloped In London.
A practical and eminently success
full employment has been developed in
London for women in the shape of
gardening association. It is under
very fashionable patronage. Such
philanthropic people as the countess
OF Malmesbury, Lady Hamilton and
Lady Lubbock are among its officers,
and 1t has a well-organized bureau on
Lower Sloan street, and does business
all over London. There is no reason
why similar organizations should not
flourish in all large American towns
The Gardening association contracts
for the care of conservatories. window
boxes, balconies and gardens by the
year or season or month. Plants are
also loaned out on hire.
All orders are entirely executed by
women, a man being employed for dig
ging, conveying soil, laying gravel,
training high outside climbers, and
the like. The association also under
takes the care of graves in the GENE.
teries of London. 1t supplies what.
ever plants may be required. When
necessary, it replants the graves twice
a year. An excellent point in connec.
tion with this particular branch of the
work is that the prices are made as
reasonable as possible in order to
bring the benefit within the reach OF
persons in all circumstances.
Another department of the work con-
sists in taking temporary care of the
plants belonging to persons who are
L. ho
association uses it's own conserva-
tories. tsti3ttef.. rtts snit
Cut flowers are also supplied to fami-
lies. Every variety of floral decora-
ton, bouquets, wreaths, crosses. etc,
are made up quite equal to any sim.
liar work exhibited by first-class for
lists.
The secretary is always at the bu-
reau, ready to supply estimates and to
discuss any particulars relating to or
ders. The business, in fact, is ener-
getically pushed. 1t sends out charm
ing little prospectus artistically gotten
up on rough paper with light green
ink. ., ,..,4
In reply to some inquiries the secre-
tary said that although the work neces-
STATED good deal of STOPPING and
fatigue it was generally considered
pleasant by the women, even if not
particularly light. 1t entails early and
late hours, and much running to and
fro. Still those who have tried it say
they find it much healthier and
brighter occupation than many others
open to women-S. w. Sclfridge, in st.
Louis Republic. ~ ,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23
HUMAN SELFiSHNESS.

We GO our way In life too much alone;
We hold ourselves too far from all our kind;
Too often we are dead to sigh md moan;
Too often to the weak and helpless blind;
Too often where distress and want abide,
We turn and pass upon the other side.
The other side Is trodden smooth, and worn
ny footsteps passing idly all the day.
Where lie the bruised ones that faint and
mourn ....
Is seldom more than an untrodden way.
Our selfish hearts are for our feet the guide
rhey lead us by upon the other side.
n should be ours the oil and wine to pour
Into the bleeding wounds OF stricken ones;
To take the smitten and the sick and sore,
And bear them where a stream OF blessing
runs
instead we look about-the way is wide,
And so we pass upon the other side.
Oh, friends and brothers, gliding down the
years,
Humanity Is calling each and all
In tender accents born OF grief and tears!
pray you, listen to the thrilling call,
You cannot, in your cold and selfish pride,
Pass guiltlessly by on the other side.
Fl lELr 7 Buffalo News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23
BRILLIANT coLoRs..
Beauties That Meet the Eye on Approach
Ter III Ing the Bermu(las,

SbOduShCb Ahht Ihlccb LIlb Eye Vu 3ARRrOaGMs
rsF .s Ing the Bermudas.
The attention of the traveller is at
first attracted by the colors of the
waters as he approaches land, and in
the innumerable bays and inner sounds
The blue reminds him of the Mediter.
raRean, where the Mediterranean is at
its best, but among the islands the
blue changes to emerald as vivid as the
pope's ring, to Tyrian purple, to d
blending OF purple and maroon in the
shallow bays, while if he looks across
any wide stretch of it there is an ire
descent appearance, q shimmering OF
shifting colors like changeable silk
only the colors seem more solid, and
one doubts whether they are sky re-
hections and not solid. colors of the
bottom seen through the transparent
water. For the water at u great depth
is absolutely transparent. On the east
ern coast of Sicily. below Taornina,
are seen just such wonderful colors
along the shore, just such sparkling
blue in the sun, and there it Is associ
lted with ages of romance and advch
lure, with suggestions of treasurl
wrecked along the coast in the galley,
of Phenicin and Greek voyages. 1t !
mere diff ,ult to believe that these bril-
liant colors are inherent in the water
md the fancy is quickened BY some o.
the fish that sport in these halcyor
seas. Oae OF these is the angel fish
HAT and oval in form, Of cerulean blue
with two long strealners edged will
yellow, apparently one Of the happlest
as he Is one of the most graceful. Of al
marine Inhabitants. Another Is the
parrot tish, a larger animal, SO ealiet
from his colors of green and brown
who moves about vigorously with hi
long Hns, that initiate In their motiol
the stroke and recover OF the Yale boa
crew. His head IL brown, his back I
vivid green in shining scales, aud hi
tail is brown again, with fine shading
of green. Iic knows that hc Is one o
the handsomest Of swimming things.-
caaries Dudley Warner, In Harper
Magazine. F}tl'f g
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23
simple Plant Reqplrement..

In many cases plant suffers rather
than benefits from being handled too
much. All plants as a rule want wa
ter when dry, that is, when the soil
about them becomes moderately dry
Then they should get watering that
will go right through the pot and not
only little on the top soil, as is gen.
orally the practice. while the roots at
the bottom are starving. Flowering
plants need plenty Of fresh air and all
the light that can be given them.
while the foliage plants will do we'll
in shady places. Resides watering the
plants, care thould be taken to keep
them hee from insects, which is ac-
coinExished by occasional spanging and
keeping q few toba eco stems near
them or sprinkling them with tobacco
dust. ~
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23

be easily added from u small watering
can as required without the trouble Of
taking it down or removing the
grapes. The weight of the bunch will
press the immersed end of the stem
against the upper side of the bottle
and SO prevent it's slipping out. 1t is
always best to leave about eighteen
inches of stem beyond the bunch when
the grapes are cpt, as otherwise the
berries are apt to crack through alb.
sorbing too much of the water when
first stored. 1t is we'll also to cut of
the immersed end about once in three
weeks to maintain free passage for
ABSORPTION
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23

II possible have long rows for tn.
garden, 50 as to permit Of the use Of
the horse hpe. or eultivstor. By this
plan farmers who give but little stten-
tion to the cultivation OF garden will
be induced to grow quite variety Of
garden crops at but little extra cost of
labor. The aversion of farmers to the
use OF hand tools. such as the foe. rake
and spade, debars them frop making
the garden speciality, but by using .
seed drill and planting in long rows.
so as TO cultivate with the horse hoe, .
garden will email but 'itt!e sx:rs work
for some crops
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23

The following spring it causes a swell
ing in the affected parts, and in a
month or two the swelling becomes
much enlarged and the bark broken.
Over the injured surface of the bark
the parasite spreads in the form of nu-
merous threads-that later give rise to
spores-which impart to the whole
bunch green, velvety appearance
Fig. 2. t
The spores, each supported on a
stalk, soon developed on the bunch
Gig. 3, represents few of them great
ly magnified). where they ripen and
are blown by the wind in every direc-
tion.
In the fall black crust forms over
the knot, containing numerous bunch
numerous spores developed in several
oval bodies called spore sacs. Fig. S
shows sac with spores greatly mag
nified. In the latter part of the win
ter the spores escape from the sacs a. nd
pass into the open air to help carry on
their work of destruction. These,
like the summer spores, lodge on the
bark of healthy trees and produce more
knots which go through similar stages
as described above.
The fungus, If not destroyed, will
often remain in a tree for years, and
thus while sapping the very life of its
host, is continually putting out myr-
lads of spores. The fungus not only
absorbs much of it's sap, but in turn it
oftGn girdles the affected twigs or
limbs, thus destroying them entirely.
The black knot has been seemingly
checked by washes of turpentine, kero-
sene, sulphate of copper or tincture
of iodine, but experience has proved
that the safest way is to cut off the
affected parts and burn them. Where
the trunk of valuable tree is affect
ed, it is sometimes cured by cutting
off the punches and applying sulphate
of copper or tincture of iodine to the
exposed parts and then cover with q
thick coat of any oil paint.
All plum and cherry trees should be
carefully watched and the knots cut of
with the affected twigs several inches
below the point of affection. Bunches
that may be overlooked in the summer
should be carefully sought out and
burned when the leaves have fallen in
the fall, thus preventing the winte,
output of spores. 5
Too many careless fruit-grower,
have half realized the danger of per
mitting the black knot to go un
checked, and have cut off the affected
parts, throwing them on the ground
in which case the fungus is left alive
to do an indefinite amount of damage
The only safety lies in burning every
infested limb as soon ,es. it appears
This applies to the various species O.
wild plums and cherries no less thar
to the domesticated varieties kg sls.
NJ Delay in attending to the black kno
is hazardous. in the extreme. True, /,
few years may pass with seemingly
slight advance in its rayages, but i
may be like, the calm that precedes i
pending storm, for, by virtue of it,
spasmodic nature. this fungus is lilsel,
to burst forth at any time in deadly
attack that ceases not to destroy un
til every plum and cherry tree owe
the fated area has been ruined
Charles Benjamin Cook, In Farm, Fielt
and Fireside. i}'4 "tHis 9''H
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23
TroubIe.on,s Door Bells.

Half the time when an electric door.
bell will not ring, its owner can get
over the difficulty by. shaking the
glass jars or by adding little water
to them. When the jars are placed in
warm corner of the kitchen, which
sometimes happens. there is too much
evaporation and the fluid gets too low
to complete the connection and start
the bell. Unless the apparatus has
been In use for long time this can be
generally remedied by adding tum
blerful of water to each jar and gently
shaking the mixture. This Is condi
tion of affairs which is especially indi
Gated when . bell will ring when o
button is first pushed in, but ceases al
most Immediately. tiiy pN
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23
KEEPING GRAPES.

A Contrivance very Popular with Some
Growers In England.
Glasses, such as shown in accompa-
nying illustration (talsen from Garden
ing Illustrated) are used by some
growers in England to keep grapes.
The receptacle is made of clear glass.
and, having wide mouth, water can
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23
A TIP for the Egotist.

II every man could know what other
people are thinking of hi,n sll the time
he wonld lind out that the greater
part Of the time they are not thinking
OF hen atall. Journal. N
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23
sending Fruit Long Distance..

Ventilation of packages in which
fruit is packed for shipping serves no
purpose except to allow the escape of
surplus moisture. Otherwise the con-
tact with fresh air every moment
hastens its decay all the more The
important poine In packing fruit is to
see that it is us dry on the outside as
it can be made. Then wrap each spec
linen In little cotton, which will
serve both TO exclude air and TO st-
sorb any moisture that the fruit will
naturally exhale. This was the way
that strawberries were successfully
shipped to the worlds fair at Chicago
last summer, says an exchange. whei
taken out Of the cotton each specimen
was ss fresh as when put up and would
keep six to eight days With large
frAit piece Of lime put In the package
proves an excellent absorbcr of MOIST
ure, which is what is most likely to
cause decay.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23

IN Is estimated that the use OF q
mulch may sometimes increase tho
amount OF water In the upper one foot
0f soil on one acre by l,700 barrels
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23

Mrs. Sarah Howard, Of Honlton, has
two queer pets-a couple of muskrats
that came up the drain into her cellar
and thence even into her kitchen. They
have now got 80 tame that they eat out
Of the cats saucer and show no fear of
that individual, who ON her part docs
not deign TO notice them. though her
kittens sometimes cuff the rats. One
day they got straw and pieces OIL the
broom and made nest under the cup
board. They will come close to one'd
chair and smell ones hand when
reached down to them. When eating
milk they sit beside the saucer, thrust
both paws into the milk, and then lap
u from their paws, sometimes taking .
hhtf hjnr to consume q small saucer ol
pllk. -Iaewlston JOurua' ias
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-23

Macl,.y tells us that three times Lieut..
Morris asked Capt. Hull II he should
return the enemy's fire, which had
, made havoc in the American frigate,
and three times received Capt. Hull's
calm Not yet, SIR" Bnt when the de-
sired position was gained, of the enc
my's port quarter, the order aame and
terrific broadside crashed into the
Gnerriere.j At the end Of forty min
utes she was wreck. Ma. Maclay says
that Hull and the gallant Dacres had
often exchanged visits before the war
| and that Dacres once bet him a hat on
the result of fight between their re-
| spective vessels, SO that when Dacres
surrendered his sword Hull politely re-
fused it, but added, playfully: 'I'll
| trouble you for that hat" The story
is good enough to be true. They re-
manned excellent friends after the war.
The second great frigate conquered
was the Macedonian, which surren-
dered to the United States. comma nd
ed by Decatur, after sanguinary bat
tie, in which she lost one hundred
aud four, killed and wounded. out of q
crew Of two hundred and ninety-sev.
en-. When the lava, after a third
great battle, in which she was 30 rid
died that she had to be blown up, sur
rendered to the Consultation, then
under Bainbridge, the London Timer
emitted prolonged wall. Lloyd,
list, it said. ''contsins notices of up
ward OF five hundred British vessels
captured in seven months by the Amer
leans. Five hundred merchantmer
and three frigates! Can these state
ments be true? Can the English peo
Pile hear them nnmoved? Apyon.
who hsd predicted such . result of III
AmeriShn war this time last yea
would have been treated rs o madmar
" = traitor" Then, adding thas !
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-14

c.in see, the Scandinavians are 50 to 30
per cent popuiis,s."
Chairman BiXby wants to get u few
of the scandinavian papers back Into
line. He has State Gram Inspector
CiauSen detailed To- attend TO thiS.-a
gno,i man for the job, all who know hlm
viii admit. bat ClauSrn has not been
very successful. About the time he
thought he mad enc organ "pcrSuaded,
Chairman Bixby's interview saying
that the bolt ui HE Scandinavian press
was purely money matter appeared
and how IL is likely that no inducements
can be offered that will bring back the
bnters. The Winunt Herald, In speak
Ing Of this, says:
Nelson's Defeat Certain
The >candinayians appear 10 be deserving
GOV. Nelson and The Republican party en-
masse In addition TO the FniSets lidning,
mentioned last W, Elk aud which is the most
Influential scandinavian paper il the North
west. the t;ulhraudsou. five papers IN +
terent languages" has since reFudiaied Mel
son, and now follows The Sycnska Ameri-
Sanskl POSten.
The proprietor of the Posten says he could
have had Il bi. pile of money 10 support The
Republican, candidate. but does not believe
is scandinavian h. should not be given
life grip Oh Office. When we consider that
The only reason The millionaire bosses OF the
Republican patty allowed Nelson 10 be nom
mated was because they thought ne couti
draw the Scaniinavdn vote, which Is de
serIing him by bricadeS, il LOOKS us though
his defeat was certain.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-14

His Seiglibor, Ole kro7, Desires
to locate Re possibility for Ger


His Seig!ibor, Ole krOi, Desires
to Locate Re possibility for Ger
tain Law.
Ole kron, Of Douglas county, the
Prohibition candidate for congress in
the Seventh district, has asked Gov.
willy chief executive Will hardly answer
from the stump. Two of the lot are:
Who has persisted in taxing the American
farmer III the form Of tariff Tor The sake of
protecting Such corporations aS the farm
machinery firm of Mccormick company. of
chicago, making ii possible to snip its ma
chimes 10 Australia and drive Engiands
manufacturers of the same kinds of ma
chimney ont of Englands own colonies as
such firm states III its own publication called
The Farmers Advance OF March, ls9 on
page 1; AMI maxim. the false assertion that
such manufacturers cannot compete with
Gngland's manufacturers her; al home. if
not YOU:
VINO IS making the false statement that a
protective laIiT by protecting the mtnufact-
urcr also protects the laborer, if not you:
| Cor proofs see Hon. kuatc Nelson's speech
| III congress wherein he SAYS that supply and
| demand regulates yhe wages of the aporer,
| and that the protected manufacturer does
not pay his IabOrcrS III proportion 10 the pro
! lection he receives but TO the scarcity of
| iabor.)
Evansville. The home of Mr.. Kron, is
| not far from Alexandria. the home of
Gov Nelson. but the latter has ALWAYS
given the liar'i-ueaded merchant Il vide
berth. Nj. hron is man of ability.
and he has opinions Oh ali pnb;ic quea-
lions which ne advocate, on all occa-
| slonS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-14
COLLINS Is ANXIOUS.
lie Tries to Secure Ammunition
With Which 10 .issait Judge
Willis

lie Tries to Secure Ammunition
With Which 10 .issaii Judge
Willis.
H NJ. l.. w. Collins. associate justice
0. .he supreme court. who thinks he is
running against John W. Willis for the
office named, spends great deal of his
time in persona! vituparat'on OF his OPP
ponent. He has Disguised many persons
uy his abusive language 1t seems
mat ne Is not above the per-
iurmamce of eisctioneering laborS
IF the baser sort. He does not delegate
Such labors to henchmen, but attends
10 it himself. Ever OH the keen scent
for scandal. lie recently went to the
+ utilce of the county auditor Of Ramsey
county and hunted up Democratic
clerk IN ttat Democratic Office. He i'll
tervIewed the clerk regarding certain
litigation, to which THIS clerk had been
Il party and In which Judge Willis,
while practicing law. had acted as
counsel for the opposing party. Judge
Collins thought that the clerk in queS-
ZION would say something against Judge
Willis. which could be USED Tor the
benefit OF Judge Colins. Tile gentle
manly assistant of Auditor Kahn. how
ever. refused to give lie Republican
politician any coIEfurt amt he went aw ay
disappointed. Such is politics accord
ing 10 the high Standard Of those whH
deplore PARTS iIGiriary.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-14
CAR REED TALKS.
Continued From FIRST Page.

stltuents in West Virginia to reilerate
the same notice. crossed the lift
ing waters 10 proclaim IL again
To the British and refreshed by that
touch of his mother earth. vibra,ed back
To renew his declarations. Surely he
dnes not mean peace and quietness.
Nor has he lbe slightest idea OF the
the value thereof. Mr.. President writes
10 Mr.. Gatherings that this is
Oniy tise Vantage Ground
for new attack. Mr.. Hill declares
That only the citadel has been carried.
and that he is going back for the rest OF
The town. These men seem backed up
by all the official Democratic power.
Tho Democratic press seems with
them. 1t does look as if the
only men in the Democratic party
who have any disposition to try their
own work were the senators from Mary
land. Ohio and New Jersey, and they
are being hooIed at in all Democratic
conventions in the United States; and.
whereas, in Ohio they were not maligned
in set terms. the presiding officer pIO-
claimed the doctrine Of renewed war"
of"vantage ground for new attack" and
such unwholes0uie advice.
Ii Is pretty evident then. to any sensi-
bl. man, that quiet and certainty are
not To be hoped for in Democratic sue
cess. q" the other hand, the Republic
ans are for 81 into such a position that
that til IN st for the next two years
give 10 uusl.less that certainty which il
must have TO do anything successfully.
We could not make any change for
the better from oar point of view.
because Cleveland and the senate
could oppose. We certainly should not
do anything to make the tariff worse,
TOR that is contrary to our principles.
To sum it all up in word, this appeal
is TO business men, and by
business men mean almost
ali the people. Democracy prom
iSeS war on business certainty.
while the Republicans must give you
rest, We do not promise you prosperity.
for these conditions are not OF our
choosing. We do not recommend the
senate bill. 1t was not OF our enacting
But ii is very certain inat if there is any
good III ii. the only way to get 1t out is
to give it Il chance.