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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-23

EY a, Z. G. ANDERSON,
1t is 4 known faoa THAT nearly every
thing in nature likes music: snakes have
danced tojG mice have come from tbeir
holes and listened with rapt attention
and even bugs arc not jn.eisjblc
W. call the Doodle Bugs up any time
we have mind" said some little cirl,
to nae one day when was teac6ina
school in Western Virginia.
Doodle Bugs" said [. 81 never
heard of such things"
" Would you like to see them?" asked
one. ''''"-N
" Most assuredly," answered
Then the little girls led me forth 10
the ruins of an old log school-houso
rootless and hoorless, and, Joining hands
they squatted upon the ground. forming
ring, and began chanting in the mosf
musical tones they could command
cmcte D0odle, ttcle D0odLe Uanir
Do-odie Buys"
l looked on in establishment. for I
could see nothing but hard-baked earth.
mere seemed not living thing visible:
but the children kept up their chant
some three or four minutes, when no.
tlced the ground began to heave in little
spots and tiny heads peepcd out. soon
followed by half or the whole body Of a
dirt-colored beetle.
When the children stopped singing
the little things scampered back into
their holes
This struck me as very singular But
then we are constantly meeting with
strange things in Bugdom. 1t is like
fairy land if we.only become interested.
There are many, many kinds of bee
Ties called c0lc0pteroug insects. because
they have wing cases; that is, they have
shells or cases On their backs, under
which they fold their wings, some kinds
using them so very seldom that we would
never know that they had wings. A
great many live under the ground, and
others on the trees, flowers and grain.
Indeed, there is scarce place where YOU
may not find them.
All Of you know that the ugly cater
pillar becomes a butterfly, but some Of
you may not know that nearly every
worm you can find, turns out some day
to be creature with wings
Almost every child who has lived in
the country has noticed, and perhaps
been very much amused with the Bill
Chafer, or tumble bug, as we call it
here in New Jersey. How they seem to
be playing with marbles in the middle
of the road on hot, dusty days, How
they push and tumble, and get their
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FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.


hH ANNA +. EuRNmAM.
" Amt anything in the world to pIuy
Ey'ying's old and boke,n
Grumbled the little ones, in the way
Ol all the world little folk.
so sister thought up wonderful game,
And told them all to " hnrk "
III hadn't any particular name,
She called it " Playing Noah'S ARK ~
Wen take this tub for Mark, veu know
And then the animals come.
Two by two, as they used te 90.
I'm Mrs Mcthuselum;
And Teddy, he's Father Noah, we'll nla,.
Wen get inside, and mark
f'' yn,, down 10y IN register book, the way
Ned better have some preachin', fink;
Noah prohly did. guess"
50 Mrs. Methusrlum ia mink,
And Noah in his baby dress
Preach and preach to "tbe wicked folks"
BE dood! - and " Love my lord!U
Mind your movyer!" and GEO IN shurcl,i -,
But, alas! with one accord,
They laugh in his face-poor Father Soah
lreacnlng with might and mainl
Dess lat we've seen a shower before!
Who's t'yaid OF your old wet rain?n
The kittens think it the best OF Jokes;
Old Rover begins to bark
They re playing hey are the wicked folks
A-leit out OF the Mark"
There's another tub on the edge OF the sink:
1t falls with splash, and thud
Poor little " wicked folksl" Didn't fink
Old Noah meant huiy hood!"
- Vide Awake
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-23

A quarter Of 2 century ago BLACK nit
tens or" mlts, aus they were then called,
We're regarded as the outward and visible
SIGN OF "schoomarm. Now they are
becoming the glory Of q woman Of fash
ION They nave even reaehaa India, and
Nr lfoouchefa ouijs bouquet # ..e
pheasant tMng- said atta0c them In .aat
taa country 4aeE lye Finishing
LoA"a ya lady dress They have d
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FooIisl, GirIs.

The following story seems hardly pos
sible and yet it is we'll understood that
the New York girls act without regard
to decency or common sense in their raw
ings over some Of the popular actors.
The Sunday Sun says:
" Anold florist in Fourteenth street,
who is q keen observer Of many things as
well as Of the flower market, says that
tho run on Jacques roses and yiolets was
due to the two actors, Montague and
Rignold. Both of them were playing
about the same time, one at Wallack's
and the other at Booths theater, in this
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-23
Something Concerning a Small Boy.

something concerning SMail BOY.
According to the best scientific
authority, the small boy becomes boy
at the age of Is. At that age he ought
to put away small-boyish things, and to
put on the bashful awkwardness of semi
Intelligent boyhood. At all events, he
ought to know that his presence is not
desired by young men who come to see
his sister. We do not expect this amount
of intelligencein the small boy, and it is
often necessary to bride him with candy
or to persuade him with clubs before he
will consent to treat his sister with COM
mon humanity; but the 16-year-old boy
usually perceives when an area of court
ing, accompanied with gradually increas-
and marked depression Of the parlor gas GAS.
is about to set in, and thereupon dis
creetly, even if sneeringly, withdraws.-
~, Y Tins.
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"A New YoRKselergyman anxiously
inquiries: "Wills heaven be crowded 7"
Considering the fact that the person who
is morally sure of going there has soul
only about the size of a warped bean,
there is likely to be room for large
number Of liberal minded persons.
Fulton Times.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-23

HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO. FARMERS
The manufacturers of Sheridan's Cavslry
Condition Powders inform us that their
powder will etfectually prevent hog cholera
and all other diseases in hogs, and that they
will increase the size and weight one quar-.
ter. Large discountsto persons owning two
to three hundred hogs. o,5., ,-(.t,,s
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Boston Tea Bread.

To ore quart of -four add two tea
spoonfuls DooLEY's YEAST POWDER. a
little salt, butter the size of an egg rubbed
in the -four, one pint sweet milk, and the
yelks of two eggs beaten very light. Add
last, stirring in lightly, the whites of the
in quick oven. Break in squares for the
table,
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-23

A Troy man had his boy in the wood
shed and WAS taking his measure with an
infant sapling. AS he threw away the
CAD, he sarcastically remarked, Now,
what do you call that" Father said
the boy, it was very like whale, /"
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MOTHERS! MoTHERs!!s MoTHERs!!!
Don't fail to procure Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup for all diseases incident to the
period of teething in children. Itlrelieves
the child from pain. cures wind collie, regu-
lates the bowels, and by giving relief and
health to the child, gives restto the mother
1t is an old and we'll tried remedy. ~
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neys, Bladder aa
good in DrOpsicaI Coapfal
duces sickness, is certain and speedy
1t is fast supeTsedng all other remedies.
capsules cure in six or eight days. No other medi-
cine can do this.
Beware of limitations, for, owing TO its
great success, many have been offered some are
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sales eoatati'ly Oil OF 5andaltrood, sosd d0 drug
Stores Ask for circular. s6ad jor one TO IS and 81
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-06-06
The Result OF a Reyel.

James Blake took his last glimpse OF
she outside world during his ride to Sing
Sing on April 6. How swift to him must
have seemed the speed OF the iron horse
as it dashed along the Hudson, while he,
with eager eyes and yearning heart gazed
Upon the vernal beauty of the bright
world which the rash act of moment
shut out from him forever. This unfor-
tunate young man is only about twenty
two years of age. On January LIST, 1877,
he, with anumber of youthful companions
started out to make New Years calls.
The too frequent consequence was the
result After calling on number of
their lady friends, and drinking social
glass, they stopped at numerous saloons,
and all became drunk At Varick and
Hudson Streets the jewellers got into a
difficulty with stranger named
McDonad, truck-driver. A fight ensued
which resulted in the shooting of
Mcdonald. Blake was Immediately
arrested, and soon tried and convicted.
He has, until his recent removal, been
confined in the Tombs. Strenuous efforts
have been made to have his severe SEN
tence mitigated, but his appeal has not
been granted, and he now goes to the
prison on the Hudson for the rest of his
natural life.-N. Y. Dispatch.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-06-06
To Make a GOOD Wife Unhappy.

See her as seldom as possible. If she
is warm-hearted and cheerful in temper;
and if, after days or weeks absence, she
meet YOU with smiling face and in an
affectionatc manner, be sure to look cold
" upoa her, and answer her with dry
monosvllables. If she force back her
tears, and Is resolved TO look cheerful,
81. down and cape in her presence till
she Is fully convinced of your inditfer-
ence. Never agree with her in opinion,
or consult her in any OF your affairs, for
that would give her an idea ofcOnsequence.
Never think you have anything to do to
make hec happy; but that all happiness
is TO flow from gratifying your caprices ;
and when she has done all woman can
DO, be sure yoL do not appear gratitied.
Never take an interest in any of her
nursuits, aud if she ask your advice, make
her feel that she is troublesome and i'm
pertiuent. If she attempts to rally you
ssood-humoredly ON aay of your peculiar
tiles, never Join in the laugh, but frown
her into silence Ii she has faults (which
without doubt, she will have, and perhaps
may BE ignorant cfl, never attempt with
kindness TO correct them; but continually
ohtrude upon her ears, "What a good wife
ar. smith has, ''How happy friend
smith IS with his wifem In company
never seem to know YOU have wife,
treat all her remarks with indifference,
and be very affable ana complaisant to
every other lady. If you have married a
woman Of principle, and will follow tsese
directions, you may be certain of an
cbedieDt aud heart-broken wife.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-06-06
Elizabeth of Russia.

The Empress Elizabeth of Russia,
daughter of Peter the Great, has been
styled s'humane Elizabeth" because she
made \ VOW, upon her accession to inf1ict
no capital punishment during her reign :;
ard she is said to have shed tears upon
the news of every victory gained by her
troops from the reflection that it could
net have been obtained without great
blOodshed. But although no criminal
was formally executed in public, yet the
state prisons were filled with wretched
suffers, many of whom, unheard of and
unknown, persisted in damp, unwhole-
some dungeons. The state inquisition, or
secret committee appointed to Judge per
sons suspected of nigh treason, had con-
slant occupation during her reign; many
underwent the knot. and expired under
the terrible infiiction. But the transac
ton which reflects the deepest disgrace
upon her reign was the public punishment
Of two court ladies, the Countesses
Bestuehef and lady Lspookin, each of
whoRl received fifty stroks of the knot in
the open square of St. Petersburg; their
tongues were cut cut, and they were ban
ished into Siberia. One of these ladies,
Madam Lapookin, esteemed the hand
soonest woman in Rusnia' was accused of
carrying on a reasonable correspondence
with the Frendh ambassador; but herreal
crime was her having commented too free
ty on the duoms of the empress. Even
the bare recital of such an affecting scene
as that of woman of great beauty and
high rank bublicly exposed and scourged
by the common exeeutioner must excite
the strongest emotions of horror, and for
bid us to venerate the memory of prin-
cess who. with so little regard to her own
sex. could issue such barbarous orders.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-06-06
Wife Poisoning in Scotland.

A trial similar in some respects to tina
now going on in New Jersey was COM
menced May Z in the high court OF JUS
ticiary, Edinburgh, before the lord justice
clerk lord Moncrieff). The prisoner at
the bar is Eugene Marie Chantrelie man
about Is years cf age, teacher of the
French language, and the charge against
him is that ne poisoned his wife, Eliza
beth Cullen or Dyer, by administering
OPIUM to her in an orange or in lemonade.
II was also charged against him that he
bore ill-will and malice toward his wife;
that he had falsely accused her of
adultery and incest; that he had struck
and maltreafed her, aud that he had
threatened to shoot and poison her. The
lord advocate and solicitor general and
Adeocst es- Deputy Burnet and Muirhead
were for the prosecution: while Mr.. Tray.
ner. Mr.. Robertson and MIR. Shaw, adv0-
estes, appeared for the prisoner.
Atthe outset an objection was taken to
the form of the indictment, which was
sustained to the extent that that part OF It
which averred that the prisoner bad false
" accused his wife of adultery and incest
Was struck out. It is alleged that the
murder was committed on last Nov- Year 5
day. and at the court yesterday anumoer Of
witnesses were examined in regard to the
circumstances connected with the death
of Nine ChantrelIe. She was q young
woman, IS years Of age, of preposscssing
appearance, who mad at one tiEe been 9
puf,ii of NJ. Chantrelle. She was married
70 him when she was only seventeen years
faye. Three sons were the fruit of the
marriage. 1t appeared that the pair had
lived q very unhappy life, and that Nine.
Chantrelle on many occasions had reason
to complain of her husbands cruelty.
ON New Years day their servant had a
holiday. She went away in the morning
to take part with her friends in the fes-
tivities Of the day, leaving Nine. Chantrelle
ouite well. When she returned at night
she found her mistress II bed, complain
ing Of internal gains. The next morning
Madame was worse. The servant called
ChanfreIIe, who always occupied another
room, to which IattefIy he had removed
the children. who used to sleep with their
mother. Some delay, it was alleged,
took place IN his going for doctor.
The servant, on the pretext that baby
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-06-06
Taking Cold.

If a cold settles on the outer covering
of the lungs, it becomes pneumonia, In
fiammation of the lungs, or lung fever,
and inmanvcases carries off the strongest
men to the grave within a week. If cold
falls upon the inner covering of the lungs,
it is pleurisy, with its knile-like pains
and its slow, very slow, recoveries. If a
cold settles in the joints, there is rheuma-
tism, with its agonies of pain, and
rheumatism of heart, which in an in
slant sometimes snaps asunder the cords
of life with no friendly warning. 1t is
of the utmost pratical Importance, then,
in the wintry weather, to know not SO
much how to cure cold, as how TO
avoid it.
Colds always come from one cause,
some part Of the body being colder than
natural for a time. If person will
keep his or her feet warm always, and
never allow himself or herself to be
chilled, be or she will never take cold in
lifetime; and this can only be accomp-
lished by due care ia warm clothing, and
avoidance of drafts and exposure. While
multitudes of colds come from cold feet,
perhaps the majority arise from cooling
off too quickly after becoming a little
warmer than is natural from exercise or
work, or fro confinement to warm
apartment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-06-06
A Prudent Person.

a friend of mine went few days back
TO have tooth stopped. The dentist adj
vised him that he had better have the
tooth taken out, and assured him that nc
would feel no pain il he took laughing
gas.
"But what is the effect Of the gasr
asked my friend.
at is simply makes you totally insen-
sible,n remarked the dentist; you don t
know anything that takes place"
My friend submitted: but just previous
to the gas being administered he put his
hand in his pocket and pulled out his
money. oh, don't trouble about that
now said the dentist, thinking he was
going to be paid his fee
Not at all, 2 remarked the patient;
was simply going to see how much !
had before the gas took effect.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-06-06

was crying, was sent out Of her mistress
room, on returning found a strange smell
of gas.e 1t was afterward discovered that
a gas pipe had been broken at the back
Of a window shutter, bKt OF its existence
Chantrelle denied all knowledge. The
servant alleges that no smell of gas was
felt before she left the ROOM Nine
CEantrefle was taken to the infirmary, OF
the city by order Of the physician who
visited her. The medical men at first
believed Chantrelle's story that she was
suffering from coal-gas poisoning, to
which she had accidentIy been subjected
by the leaking of the gas-pipe, but this
suggested theory was soon dissipated.
Nine. Chantrelle died in the infirmary a
few hours after her admission. 4 medi-
cal ANALYSIS of the contents of the gtom-
ach was made and the evidence is being
looked for with great interest by the fac
ulty of medicine. It was stated that
Chantrelle effected a policy Of insurance
on the life of his wife for considerable
amout sometime prior to her death.
The case is expected to last throughout
the week.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-06-06
III Was Funny.

.Confound them for tinkering III our
currency, exclaimed Detroit business
man, as he laid down his cigar and looked
over the papers in his wallet. aAman steps
in, buys goods of me, makes few figures
on d piece of paper, 10 its value to me i
$300i / take it to the bank, write my name
across the back, and they hand me out
pieces of other paper called money. No
coin to lug around no base alloy to de-
tract from beauty. / say that they should
let the currency alone.
Half an hour after that he entered 2
bank, threw down an Endorsed check, and
remarked to the cashier.
Il was just linking how funny il is that
d simple BIT IL paper like that has such
intrinsic value.
Eyes. it is very funny WIS the grim
reply, for the maker Of that hash 4 cent
on deposit here.
Let us tinker the currency is now the
motto of that business man 81 Detroit FRI
Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-06-06
In The Clutches or An Octopus.

The Warrnambool (Australia) Stand.
ard gives an account of a diver being
seize1 by an octopus or sea-devil: The
diver engaged at the Moyne River
Belfast, in removing the reef had a
rather narrow escape from loosing his
fife. 1t appears that Mr.. Smale had
fired off I. charge Of dynamite and dis
placed large quantity of stones at the
bottom of the river. He went down to
prepare for lifting these stones by the
aid Of chains into the punt. While en-
gagged in rolling over large stone he
saw something which he supposed at the
time was piece of clean looking kelp
moving about in front of where he was
working In few seconds this object
came in contact with the divers arm.
about which it quickly coiled, partly
holding him. Immediately Mr.. Smale
touched what was coiled round his arm
he became aware of his position, and
tried to extricate himself from the grasp
OF ' Sea DEVIL" but found it far more
difficult Job than he anticipated. Catch
ing hold of the part hanging from the
arm we walked along the bottom of the
river towards the end of it, when he
saw he was firmly held by one of the
feelers OF large octupus, better known
amongst sailors as the devil fish" Mr.
Smale tried to pull the fish off from its
hold of the rocks, but with out effect
for some time.
At last the fish, perhaps thinking
had not sufficient hold or power over it
preY, Ioosened itself from the stones and
quickly transferred its feelers or arms
around the divers legs and body. In
this position Mr.. samle thought the best
thing for him to do was to get up on
deck as soon as possible, and he quickly
made track for the ladder which reaches
from the deck of the punt to the bottom
of the river The diver was certainly
curious looking object when he
came up. This huge, ugly-looking
thing appeared to be entangled all
over him, holding him in firm en-
brace However, Mr.. Smale's fellow
workmen were not long in freeing him
froin the unfriendly hug of his submar-
ing companion. The body prtion of the
octopus was only aloud the size of a
large soup plate, with eyes in its
head like those of a sheep, but it pos
sessed nine arms, each about four feet in
Iergth, at the butt as thick as mans
wrist, tapering off at the end to as fine
a point as that of penknife; thus it
coald spread over an area of nine feet in
diameter. Ali the way along the under
meath part of each feerer are suckers
every Ioarter of an inch, given it inn
mense power. Mr.. Smale declares it
wss powerful enough to keed three men
under water.