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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-04-07
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How to Sweep the Floor.

In the days of Puritan grandmothers no
girl was considered fit to receive proposals
of marriage until she could make good
hemlock broom; but in these later times
many young lady not only offers herself
in the matrimonial market, but absolutely
gets married, and undertakes to manage
her house, without knowing how to use
broom that some one else has made. We
have seen broom used so unskillfully that
one would think the person engaged in
using it was endeavoring to transfer the
dust from the floor to the furniture. 1t re-
quires some science, or at least skill, to use
a broom well. To do this skillfully, the
handle should incline forward and not
backward. If the top of the broom in
clines forward beyond the part next the
floor it will prevent much of the dust from
rising into the air, and will carry it along
by a gently sliding motion toward the place
where it is to be disposed of. If, on the
other hand, the handle of the broom i'll
clines backward, the dust is sent into the
air by kind Of jerk, to the detriment of
everything in the apartment. More than
this, it wears off the threads of the carpet
quicker, Injuries the paint more, if the room
is uncarpeted, and destroys the broom
sooner, than if the sweeping is done in a
rational way. A brush of bristles is always
better to sweep a carpet, as it is less liable
to "kick up dust or to injure the tex
ture of the carpet.-N. Y. Observer.
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Teach the Women to Save.

There's the secret. A saving woman al
the head Of the family is the very best saw
ings bank yet established-one that re.
ceives deposits daily and hourly, with no
costly machinery to manage it. The idea
of saving is pleasant one, and if "the
women" would imbibe it once, they would
cultivate and adhere to it, and thus many
when they were not aware of it, would be
laying the foundation for competence,
security in stormy time, and shelter in a
rainy day. The woman who sees to he1
own house has large field to save in, and
the best way to make her comprehend it is
for her to keep an account of current ex-
penses. Probably not one wife in ten has
an idea how much are the expenditures Of
herself ard family.
Where from one to two thousand dollars
are expended annually there is chance to
save something, if the attempt is only made.
Let the housewife take the idea-act upon
it-and strive over it and she will save
many dollars-perhaps hundreds-where
before she thought it impossible. This is
duty-not a prompting of avarice-a
moral obligation that rests upon all-upon
" the women as we'll as the men, but it
is duty, we are sorry to say, that is cult
waited very little, even among those who
preach the most, and regard themselves as
examples in most matters. "Teach the
women to save" is good enough maxim
to be inserted in the next addition of " Poor
Richards Almanac.''
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How the Chinese go to Church.

The congregation is composed principal
ly of men and boys, dressed in their every
day clothes. Some of them stare about
them or talk with each other. Instead of
sitting down and paying attention to what
is said, many stand up and walk about
Perhaps some will come up to the speaker,
and try to look over his book, if he reads
from the Bible; or they will examine the
foreign stove, if it is cold weathrr and
there is fire in it; or they will stand in
front of the clock, and watch it for while
Others have parcels of merchandise, or
fowl, or some vegetables, etc., they
have bought or wish to sell; and if it is
warm weather, very many will strip the
upper part of their bodies naked, and fan
themselves so as to be as cool as possible.
Oftentimes, unless forbidden to smoke sew
eral engage in smoking little pipes of to-
bacco, having first struck fire by means
of a flint and piece of steel and some
very dry paper. Almost every Chinaman
carries about him his pipe and materials for
striking fire. Sometimes a beggar-woman
will enter the chapel, and bawl out Justify
for cash. 1t is very common practice for
most of those who come to stay but short
time and when one goes out, all of his
mates and friends usually follow. If an
idol procession, or a mandarin and his
retinue is passing along the streets, or some
sudden or unusual noise is heard outside,
the boys and most of the men rush out to
see what is to be seen, after which some of
them will perhaps come back.
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SOODer or Later.

Sooner or later the storm shall beat
Over my slumbers from head to feet;
Sooner or later the winds shall wave
In the long grass above my grave.
| shall not heed them where lie,
Nothing their sounds shall signify;
Nothing the head-stones fret of rain,
Nothing to me the dark days pain.
Sooner or later the sun shall shine
With tender warmth on that mound of mine
Sooner or later in summer air,
Clover and violet blossom there,
| shall not feel, in that deep-laid rest,
The sheeted light fall over my breast,
Nor ever note in those hidden hours
The wind-blown breath of tossing flowers
Sooner or later the stainless SHOWS
Shall add their hush to my mute repose,
Sooner or later shall slant and shift
And heap my bed with dazzling drift.
Chill though that frozen pail shall seem,
Its touch no cooler can make the dream
That recks not the sweet and sacred dreac
Shrouding the city of the dead.
Sooner or later the bee shall come
And fill the noon with its golden hum;
Sooner or later, on half-poised wing,
The blue-bird's MARBLE about me ring.
Ring and chirrup, and whistle with glee;
Nothing his music shall seem to me;
None of these lovely things shall know
How fondly their lover sleeps below.
Sooner or later, far out in the night,
Inc stars above me shall wing their flight
Sooner or later by darkling dews
Catch the white spark in the silver ooze.
Never ray shall point the gloom
That wraps me round in the kindly tomb;
Peace shall be perfect for lip and brow
Sooner or later-oh! why not nowo
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-12
The Charity Ball.

1t was success. All say SO. Five hun
bred people Two thousand dollars-all
for the poor. Cost of dresses, say one
million. Net proceeds for the poor, one
thousand. Like subscriptions, we CON-
mence with dollars and end with pennies.
The question is, did charity cover multi
tude of sins that night Was there any
hope there? Had any body any faith p
Was anything true? Those Jewels, of
course, were all gsnuine. That beautiful
hair could not be false. That shawl was
imported. Those diamonds were not boz
rowed. Truth is mighty. Dothe chignons
really represent the false state of New
York society? What is the difference
really between charity ball in New York
and bal masque in Paris? But let us
throw no stones. The great expenditure
employed milliners, hair-dressers, cooks,
and servants.
This is the way the wheel turns round
Money once lasted three generations
Then two. Afterward one. And now
these gold millionairies of the ball are
changed into paper bankrupts by single
pool in Wall street. These balls do good.
The lady whose dress is not as elegant as
her neighbor's feels so happy about it
That sisters jewels shone SO dazzlingly,
but there was no envy. Who says there is
a whitened sepulchere in the dress circle
How dare any one intimate that this New
York is worse than Paris with the gambling
dens, its quack medicines, and its univer-
sal Restellism Did the Charity Ball cover
multitude of sins that night?
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GREAT EATERs-HaTs Journal of Health

GREAT EATERs-Halrs Journal of Health
discourses as follows about great eaters:-
Great eaters never live long. A voracious
appetite, so far from being sign of good
health, is certain indication of disease
Some dyspeptics are always hungry, and
feel best when eating; but as soon as they
have finished eating they endure torments
so distressing in their nature as to make
the unhappy victim wish for death. The
appetite of health is that which is inclined
moderately to eat; when satisfied, leaves
no unpleasant reminders. Multitudes meas
ure their health by the quantity they eat,
and out of ten persons nine are gratifed
with an increase of weight, when in reality
it is an increase of disease, showing that
the absorbents of the system are too weak
to discharge their duty, and the tendency
to fairness, to obesity, increases until exist
ence becomes a burden, and sudden death
closes the painful history.
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"Please let me out. My dear this ma.

'Please let me out My dear this may
be a joke to you, but
81 assure you, Luke, it nothing of the
kind; it's the soberest of serious matters
to me. 1t is question as to whether my
future life shall be miserable or happy
There was third brief interval of
silence.
"Evelyn,' said Luke presently, ina sub
dued voice, twill you open this door?''
son one condition only
"And what's that %
"Ah. ah"' thought the little lieutenant
general, "he's beginning to entertain
terms of capitulation, is he?" On condi-
TONS" she added aloud, "that you will
break your self of the habit of speaking
sharply and Grossly to me, on all occasions
keep your temper"
"My temper, indeed, sputtered Luke.
"Just your temper" returned his wife,
sternly. CIVIL you promise? %
"Never madam
Mrs. Darcy quietly took up pair of hose
that required mending, and prepared to
leave the apartment. AS the door creaked
on its hinges, however voice came shrilly
through the opposite key hole.
"Mrs. Darcy, Evelyn! wifeH'
eyes"
"You are not going downstairs to leave
me in this place."
81 am
"Well look here-I promise"
"All and every thing I require?"
eyes, all and every thing that you re-
quire, confound it ALL
Wisely deaf to the muttered sequel, Mrs.
Darcy opened the door, and Luke stalked
out, looking right over the top of her shin
ing brown hair.
Suddenly, a little OBTAINING hand was
laid on his coat-sleeve.
"Luke, Dear!'
"Well?"
"Won't you give me a kiss?'
And Mrs Darcy burst out crying Oh her
husbands shoulder.
"Well!' calculated the puzzled Luke,
"if you aren't the greatest enigma going.
A kiss? Yes half-dozen of 'em if you
want you kind hearted little turnkey. Do
not cry, pet, I'm not angry with you al
though I suppose I ought to be-
"And may 1 let Freddy out %
eyes, on the same terms that papa was
released. Evelyn, was very intolerable?"
eff you hadn't been, Luke I never
should have ventured on such a violent
remedy"
"Did l make you very unhappy"
every"
And the gush of warm, sparkling tears
supplied dictionary full of words.
Luke Darcy buttoned up his overcoat,
put on his hat shouldered his umbrella,
and went to the Applegate will case, musing
as he went upon the new state of affairs
that had presented itself for his considera-
ton.
"By Jove.' he calculated, ''that little
oner'
And then he burst out laughing on the
steps.
1t is more than probable that he left his
stock of bad temper in the law buildings
that day, for Evelyn and Clara never saw
any more Of it; and Freddy is daily getting
the better of the peppery element in his in
fantile disposition.
Men, after all, are but children of larger
growth; and SO Mrs. Darcy had reasoned.
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Never enter sick-room in a state of
perspiration, as the moment you become
cool your pores absorb. Do not approach
contagious disease with an empty stomach,
nor sit between the sick and the fire, be-
cause the heat attracts the vapor. Preven-
tives are preferable to pills or powders.
Miss Polly Collins took up Robert
Knowles for not fulfilling his promise to
marry her. The gist of the evidence turned
out thus: 81 asked Polly if she would have
me, and she answered, Yes: but did not
tell Polly would have her." That made
it bad for Polly.
-"Mother, shouldn't be surprised if
our Susan gets choked some ay."-"Why,
my sonP" because John Wipsy twisted
his arms around her neck the other night,
and if she had not kissed him to let her 90,
he would have strangled her.
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SIR WALTER ScoTT's YOUTHFUL Ne
GLEcT.-Walter Scott, in narrative of his
personal history, gives the following eau
ton to youth: eff it should ever fall to
the lot of youth to peruse these pages, let
such readers remember that it is with the
deepest regret that recollect in my man.
hood the opportunities Of learning which I
neglected in my youth; that through every
part of my literary career, have felt
pinched and hampered by my own igno-
rance; and I would this moment give half
the reputation that it has been my good
fortune to acquire, if by doing so, could
rest the remaining part upon sound foun-
dation of learning and science.n
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Golden Hair.

Golden Hair sat on her grandfather S
Dear little Golden Hair, tired was she,
All the day busy as busy could be.
Up in the morning as soon as twas light,
Out with the birds and butterflies bright,
Fitting about till the coming of night.
Grandfather toyed with the curls on he1
head:
"What has my baby been doing" he said,
"Since she arose with the sun from hel
bed?'
s Pity much ~ answered the sweet little
{: I cannot tell, so much things have I done,
Played with my dolly, and feeded by bun.
''And have jumped with my little jump
rope
And then have made out of water and
soap
Buflle round worlds, mammals castles OF
Hope.
"Then have readed in my picture book,
And little Bella and | went to look
For some smooth stones, by the side of the
brook"
Nearer and nearer the little head pressed,
Until it dropped upon grandfather's breast
Dear little Golden Hair, sweet be thy rest.
We are but children; the things that we do
Are as sports of a babe to the Intimate
view,
That sees all our weakness, and pities it
too.
God grant that when night overshadows
our way,
And we shall be called to account for the
day,
He shall find it as guileless as Golden Hair S
play.
And o! when a-weary may we be so blest
AS to sink like an innocent child to our
rest,
And feel ourselves clasped to the Infinite
breast.
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Vigorous Women.

Physically our American women of to-
day present striking contrast with those
of ten years ago. Wasp-like waists have
disappeared. Delicate limbs, languid
countenances, and frail constitutions gen.
orally have ceased to be at a premium, and
in their place we have strong limbs, ruddy
cheeks and robust constitutions. The
English women are yearly becoming more
the model. Without becoming strong
minded, in the common acceptation of the
term, our wives, daughters, and sisters are
becoming stronger physically. We do not
allude, of course, to those whose lives are
devoted to round of fashionable gayety
and dissipation. This encouraging change
is to considerable extent due to our out
door pastimes inaugurated among the wo-
men. Horseback riding, ten-pins, croquet,
billiards, skating and walking have ceased
to be confined to the sterner sex. Women
eagerly embrace these amusements, and
seemingly derive all the enjoyment they
are capable of yielding.
The English girl, who thinks nothing of
doing five mile walk before breakfast
now finds a competitor in her American
cousin. Many of the most devoted and
skillful disciples Of the curling art belong
to the other sex. Women yield their Gro
quet-mallcts, pocket billiard-balls and
make ten strikes with all the enthusiasm
of the male sex. A fondness and taste for
these pastimes should be fostered and de-
veloped, instead of being repressed and
checked, through fear of making woman
unwomenly. "Marriage,' says Michelet,
lis the chief end of woman" If such be
the case, she can attain it in no quicker
way than by presenting robust physique,
overlooking with animal life and spirits, in
contrast to weak, puny constitution, bend
ing before any adverse wind.
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The Apocrypha has 1873 chapters, G, Os1
verses, 152, 1856 words.
Whole number of words in the Bible,
3,71S, 655.
The middle chapter, and the least in the
Bible, is Psalm III.
The middle verse is the 9th of Psalm III.
The word "and" occurs in the Old Tes-
lament 81, 543 times.
The same in the New Testament also oc-
ours 10, 6S4 times.
The word Jehovah occurs G, s55 times.
The middle book of the Old Testament
is Proverbs.
The middle chapter is Job 20.
The middle verse is I'd Chronicles, chap
ter 20, 18th verse.
The least verse is list Chronicles, chapter
1, and list verse.
The middle book in the New Testament
is I'd Thessalonians.
The middle chapters are Romans 10 and
A.
The middle verse is Acts II, 18th verse.
The least verse is John 9, 35th verse.
The 21st verse, chapter 1, of Ezra, has
all the letters of the alphabet.
The 10Th chapter of I'd Kings, and chap
ter 81 of Isaiah, are both alike.
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WORK, BoYs.-Do not be afraid of good
hard work. Your hands were not so cum
ningly contrived to be nursed with cologne
and Alexandra kid gloves. Your muscles
were not made for base ball Alone
American boys, it is said, do not learn
trades; they expect to get their living by
their wits; poor stock in trade. If an
honest mans the noblest work of God, he
is working man, with strong muscles and
well developed frame. Boys, do not shrink
from work.
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" IF you want to be in good humor
all the week, get your washing nicely done
by 10 o'clock Monday morning and have
the clothes ironed and put away before
night. Now if yon don't know how to do
this, just inquire at Moore s. Bro, who
manufacture that famous Wilminoton
City Soap" Ask your grocer for it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-12

The English language must appear
fearfully and wonderfully made to foreign
ers. One Of them, looking at a picture of
number Of vessels, said, .'See what flock
of ships" He was told that flock of
ships was called fleet, and that fleet of
sheep was called flock. And it was added,
for his guidance in mastering the intricacies
of our language, that flock of girls is
called bevy, that bevy of wolves is called
pack, and pack of thieves is called
gang, and that gang of angels is called a
host, and that host of porpoises is called
shoal, and shoal of buffaloes is called a
herd, and herd of children is called a
troop, and troop of partridges is called a
covey and covey of beauties is called a
galaxy, and galaxy of ruffians is called a
horde, and horde of rubbish is called
heap, and heap of oxen is called drove,
and drove of blackguards is called mob,
and mob of whales is called a school, and
school of worshipers is called a congrega-
ton, and congregation of engineers is
called a corps, and corps of robbers is
called a band, and band of locusts Is call
ed a swarm, and swarm of people is called
a crowd.
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THE AMERICAN STOCK JOURNAL for June
contains the usual amount of interesting
articles which commend to the careful peru.
sal of rural readers. Send your name and
address to the Publishers, N. P. BOYER
Il Co., Parkesburg, Chester Co., Pa, and
they will send you specimen copy free.
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az We would call the public attention
to the justly celebrated Wilmington City
Soap" manufactured by Moore s. Bro
1t works like magic! and no good house.
keeper who has once used it, will be with
out it,
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How Candies are Made.

Wouldn't you like to 60 with me to that
mysterious land of sweets where all the
candy comes from9
suppose you imagine it to be some ex-
quisite fairy-like place, where little elves
measure, concoct, mix stir up and roll out
the various kinds Of bon-bons which you
buy in nice boxes. No such thing; on the
contrary, it is a commonplace-lo looking brown
building that I shall take you into. And
instead of FAIRIES, you will see big men with
their sleeves rolled up, working in huge
cellars, before immense furnaces, where
| the delicious sweets are melted and mixed.
Think of seeing brawny- armed man
rolling "chunk" of soft candy into
stick, two or three feet long, ornamenting
it with stripes of different colored candy,
and at last cutting it into lengths to sell for
penny.
1t is wonderful how much work is ex-
pended on little things. Gum-drops and
cordial drops of various kinds are all formed
in moulds. Perhaps you have wondered
how the delicious drop of pear or pine ap-
PIC CSSChSO SCtS lhtO tllc CcuUIc VI u COTuldl
drop. 1t is thus: When the sugar is a
beautiful, clear liquid, like water, and
ready to come up, they mix with it some of
the essence, and pour it into the moulds.-
The sugar at once crystalizes, becomes hard
and white; the essence does not crystalize,
but remains in the middle of the sugar
crystal
Flat candies, like hearts, crosses, etc.,
are cut out Of thin sugar dough, as you
have seen biscuit cut from flour dough-
Some kinds are pressed into shape by roll
ers with figures or words on them, which
| figures of course are impressed upon the
candy.
1t takes many men to make the candies
that are sold in this one building, and it
| takes thirty-ive girls to sell them. You
would fancy that a good many choice sweets
would find their way between the lips of
these thirty-fve girls; but their employer
is wise man, and he takes pains to cure
his clerks of that desire, the first thing
This is how he does. When a new clerk
comes to him, he gives her cordial leave to
eat as much as she wishes. Well, girls are
| all fond of sweets, and the new hand is
| sure to stuff herself to such an extent as
to make herself sick; and after that day,
she wants no more candy. Girls sometimes
remain five or six years in the house, and
never taste sugar-plum. The result seems
incredible, but it has been proved by years
of experience.
In Paris, where the most delightful bon
bons are made, they are put into exquisite
little baskets or boxes, lined with satin,
and tied with delicate ribbon, or garland
ed with flowers. In fact, the casket is
beautiful, as the contents are delicious
OLIVE THoME, IN Our Boys and Girls.
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Analysis of the Bible.

The following analysis of the Old and
New Testaments is taken from an exchange;
it will no doubt be interesting to our read
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INvIsIBLE-The Post of the Grand Army
of the Republic.