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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-09-25
The Mulhausen Industrial Fund for
Aged WOrkmen.

The Industrial Society, interesting it
self in considering the too generally sad
condition of the wage-worker when the
season of his activity had passed, saw
that it can hardly be expected that dur
ING his wor ing season he could make,
without assistance, adequate provision
for hls old age, since the amount he could
possibly save from his wages ~as made
quate, and, besides, the wage " or. er has
seldom the opportunity to become an ex
pert in the techpicalitics of investment.
AS result of their Investigations, in 1851
an association, which now consists of nine
firms, was formed to meet the difficulty
Their rules are rs follows; The worH-
men from the age of sixteen are given
the opportunity to deposit three per cent.
of their wages with the state treasury,
and at the same time the employers, tor
the purpose of encouraging this saving,
and to increase the amount deposited,
agree to contribute also three per cent. of
the wages paid the workers Of both sexes
in their employ who have reached the
age OF eighteen and sixteen. Tive
thirds of this last sum are to be added
to that deposit by the workmen, the
other third being used as fund fer
paying the expenses of the accounts, to be
distributed for the assistance of aged or
infrm employees, and finally for increas-
ing the pensions, which were too small
to support their recipients. To further
tle objects of this association. from funds
collected by subscription, a large build
ing has been erected to serve as an asylum
for aged and invalid workmen, and it
now shelters 256 such-men and women.
The funds thus raised, invested, and on
! hand to invest. amount to very nearly
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DOMESTIC INTEILIGENCF.

Coleman's Ra3'dl advises against set
ting out willows for wind-breaks, as the
tree will appropriate all the substance
to themselves.
rhe English cntomologists are quar-
rclinG over tho otato beetle. Those who
fear and those who do not are taking sides
and writing freshly on the subject, us on
ly Il lew have yet appeared in the country
Indian corn charrcd into charcoal is
said to be a most valuable condiment for
poul,Iy. 1t will put the hens in good
health and cause Il general tcnning up #
the system, that will be seen in more and
better eggs. as
Green corn pudding a dozen
ears and CRATE them; add y tcacupful Of
milk, spoonful Of butter, n tcaspoonfnI
of salt and some grated nutmeg; mix well
together; put ina pan. place in hot
oven, and bake for an hour.
Light rye tea Cakcs.-- One pint of milk,
two eggs, Il tablespoonful Of brown sugar
and large pinch Of salt. Add enough
flour to make it as stiff rs common Grid
die cake batter Bake half an hour IN a
ycm pan. Serve hot or cold as Desired
Stuffed Tomatocs.-Cnt in halves and
hollow out in the center; take whatever
cold meat you have, chop with onion,
some herbs, crumbs of bread, and add to
it two yclks Of eggs; fill mp your toma-
toes, and put in a buttercd PAM let them
bake slowly.
Rich Pancakcs.--Boil half pound of
rice to jelly. When cold mix with a
pint Of cream, two eggs, little salt and
nutmeg. Stir in four ounces Of butter
Just warmed, and add as much flour as
will make batter thick enough. Fry IN
as little lard as possible.
Rice Water for Invahds.-Take four
ruuccs OF rice and wash carefully in three
waters; IN Il skillet put n quart Of water
and boil it; put i'll the rice and boil un-
til the rice is i'll perfect pulp; then
strain carefully, and put on the fire
again, adding white sugar to taste, and 4
small piece Of cinnamon, or, if preferred,
Il little grated nutmeg; skim if necessary,
and strain AGAIN; use when cold.
Scalloped Mutton. Chop the mutton
rather coarse: put a lsycr of mutton in 4
shallow dish; season with salt and pen
per; then two tablcspOontuls OF gravy
and a thin layer Of bread crumbs: another
layer of mutton, salt and pepper and
four tabicspoonfuls Of gravy. Now put
II thick layer OF bread crumvs and
brown in the oven. 1t will take about
twenty minutes.
Children must not eat peach kernels
They contain deadly poison called hy
drocyanic acid, Of w"ich two-thirds OF a
grain has often been fatal. Should any
sickness occur from eating peach or other
kernels, says the Christ5"n Union, it is
to remember that ammonia is one Of the
best antidotes. The patient should be
made to inhale all he can, and Il few
drops, diluted with four or five times the
hulk of water, should be given etcrnalv.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-09-25
Born Lucky.

The New York correspondent OF the
Boston Gazette writes:
at is better to he born lucky than
ricn,'' the proverb says, aud l believe it.
You may be born rich and die poor, but
if YOU are lucky you will never want.
A case IN point is that of Mrs. Mark Hop
kins, the widow of the California mil
lionaire. She was school teacher IN
this city, and no longer a young girl,
when Mark Hopkins happened at the
same boarding house, wooed and won
her. They had no children, so she adopt
ed boy of seven years of age by the
name of Tim. He is nineteen now, and
very amlablle, unspoiled fellow, not par
tlcularly bright, and not at all dull. His
adopted mother is perfectly devoted to
! him, and indulges HIM in all his desires
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-09-25
Too Much in q Name.

Gentlemen who go about the world
burdcned with names OF great length and
unwieldiness should tasc courage. A
young man in Chicago has set them a
valuable example. His name was Charles
in brief season OF gratitude, had pinned
this potential patrOnymiC to him. She
had been cured of some serious malady
by one DIR. Charles Oliver Brewster, and
by the way perpetuating the name of her
benefactor. she had inflicted it upon her
helpless son. The other day the young
man, weary Of his load, appeared in the
Superior Court of Chicago and asked for
an abridgement. He set forth in his
petition that his concentrated name
could not be spoken without great labor
of speech and great use of time, no
could 1t be written without uncommon
knowledge and skill in English lltera-
turen These reasons were thought suf-
ficient by the Court, and by the petition
ers instance he was permitted to iop of
the Brockway, there being to many of
that name already. 1t has been sug-
gested that the young man should have
gone step further, suppressed the
SOLVER and stosd before the admiring
world as plain Charles Brewster, with
license to condense the Charles in case
of urgency. The tendency to overnamc
children is very great, and it is a NUS
ance against which ciyilation should pro-
test There is nothing so simple and
effective us simple c ristian names. Men
with double names are always tempted to
divide them IN the middle, and this is
an abomination against which civilization
protests. A foppish title, such as J
Braithwaite Bogardus, or Joyce B. Bur
Joyce st. Arnard, when compared with
such simple and powerful name as
John Smith, is us bedeckcd bedizened
drum major to the transformations Napo.
leon in gray overcoat.
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"Whcrc are you golng?"

"Whcrc are you golng?"
The new man told him.
.'Do you mean to tell me that you arc
going down there to fix that pipe withou,
examining it, he gaspcd.
"Nhy, am gong to look at it when !
get there, said the man.
.'Why, said the proprietor, catching
hold Of the desk for support, ''can it be
possible that you would do Job of work
at one visit! Don t you know your trade
better than that? Have you no pride il
your business: Why, you'd rum the en-
tire community i'll less than year.
And the speaker burst into tears. As
soon as he grew calmcr he explained tC
the new man that he should first visit tho
house and make a thorough examination
OF the building, get the lay Of the streets
find the location of the nearest hydrant
go upon the roof Of the house, and thel
return thoughtfulIy to The shop for his
tools, keeping an accurate account of tho
time
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-09-25

200,o 600 names, and the manufacturers
have reduced their contributions to one
per cent upon the amount OF wages paid
10y them. The principle has. however,
been so thoroughly introduced into the
industry of Alsacc that ii is almost a rule
without exception, that the large indus
ria! enterprises OF that country consider
II duty they owe to their operatives to
provide for and to assist them by some
such plan. In SOME cases, where the fund
invested is large enough, the pensions are
paid without requiring the operatives to
continue their contribution, thus enabling
them to make immediate use Of all their
Nn,rpS
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There's the Difference.

Mr. Bowerman and wife left for the
country yesterday. One could tell that
their trunks were not over half full, as
they were pitched into the baggagc.car
with crash. They began packing a
week ago. When the subject was broach-
ed, he said he preferred to pack his own
trunk. and he didn propose to be a whole
month at it, either. All he intended to
take along was an extra suit, and he
could throw that i'll most any way.
1t struck him that he'd better put in an
extra pair of boots as foundation, and
he flung 'em in and braced 'cm in the
corners with his clean shirts. The shirts
didn t seem to ride very well, and he
braced them witn two pairs of trowscrs
Then he stuffed his Sunday coat pocket
with collars and cuffs, and found Il place
for 1t, used his white vest for "chinking,''
and the balance Of his clothing lust fitted
in nicely.
'Thc man who takes over ten minutes
to pack Il trunk is a dolt!' said Mr.. Bow
erman, rs he slammed down tic lid and
turned the key.
Mrs. Bowcrman had been at it just
seven days and seven nights and when
oiS iluSpdIl't "Glll u p-9lt'ilo ~ 'Sh " S'o''
she sat down before the open trunk with
tears in her eyes.
"You see how it is" she explained, as
he looked down upon her in awful con
tempt. 81 We got only part Of my dresses
in here, saying nothing Of a Thousand
other things, and even now the lid won I
shut down I've got such headache
must lop down for a few minutes
She went away to lop, and Mr.. Bower
man sat down and mused:
"Space is space. The use of space is
in knowing how to utilize it.
Removing evcrythIng,shc began repack
ing. He found that a silk dress could b'
rolled to the size of Il quart jug. \ fresh
ly starched lawn was made to take th'
place of palr of slippers. Her brown
bunting fitted into the niche she had re
served for three handkerchicts, and he
best bonnet was turned bottom up i'll 1T
box and packed full OF Undertaking
He sat there viewing sufficient empt,
space to pack in whole bed when sH'
returned and said he was. the only rca
good husband in this world, and sh'
kissed him on the nose as he turned th'
key.
It's simply the difference between tn
sexes was his patronizing reply as h
went down stairs to turn on the burgla
alarm.
When that wife opened that trunk las
night -! But screams and shrek
would avail nothing.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-09-25
That Awful Cow.


OThcre probably isn't a woman in North
America who isn't afraid of cows, and
there is not q COW in North America
which would harm one hair of any wonl-
ans head if it had the best chance in the
world and no other Job on hand. We'd
ncsday forenoon a stray COW, per APPS from
the country for taste OF baled hay, foantis
Il gate open and entered a yard on Second
street. The woman came to the front
door dressed to 60 out. but seeing the
COW she uttered scream and hurried
buck. There wasn't i, thing in the yard
for the COW to damage or eat, and being
tired she raised her cud, lay down and
began to chew away as If she had gos
home from long visit to Europe. The
woman next appeared at side window
and called upon the COW to s.gct out"
A dog might have "got," but the COW
didn't Then the woman threw rag al
the COW and called for the dog. The
dog didn't come and the rag didn't
scare. Then the woman shook q pill
low at the COW and peremptorily or.
| dered her off the premises, but the bo
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-09-25
FOLDED Eyes,


from the Home Journal
| have some where seen ii written,
And have wondered if 'twcrc true,
Folded eyes see brighter colors
Than The open ever do"
Can II be the little sleeper
Slumbcrng on the mothers knee
Really secs, what, from lis smiling
We can fancy il must sec?
Little lips, Oh, open for me,
Tell me if indeed 'tis true,
"f"Idcd eyes sec brighter color,
Than the open ever do"
Happy maiden, idly dreaming,
Where The shadows come and 90
In among the apple blossoms,
Tell me trucly if It's so;
Is the picture fancy sketches
Bri%hcr tn n all else to you:
Folded eyes see brighter colorS
Than the open ever do"
Folded eyes from which the sunlight
Faded, leaving us in shade;
In the light which fadeth never,
Is 1t true, as poet said,
Still belioldiu- in unfolding,
Glorics that are ever new,
Folded eyes sec brighter colors
Than the open ever dOn
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The Vertiant Plumber.

{ Plumbers are looked upon as the nat
ural subjects for ,jo< es, doubtless from the
fact that only in that way can one get
even with their bills.
A plumbing establishment q few days
ago took on new hand, just arrived from
Wales On the day alter his arrival q
water-pipe in do .n-town establishment
burst. He was told to go and attend to
il.
Seeing the owner of the house in the
shop he went up to him and got the par
ticulars of the accident, and then made
ready his tools and started. The prppri'
etOr shouted:
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-09-25
ilized world, never beheld so fair face,

ilized world, never beheld so fair face,
SO regular in outline, so calm, so sweet
so angelic in expression. ..
My eyes were riveted TO the picture.
and Tor several minutes neither Of us
spoke. Then asked him who shc was.
"My wife, was his reply; and his look
forbade further questioning. Then We
arose and wound our way back TO town.
For two or three days I did not see
: oc; and then went to his cabin, but il
was tcnantless. Joe was gone,
A month passed, and yet Joe did not
return One evening | met a friend, and
he stopped me with a wonderful story
Joe had "struck it richr somewhere, in
the hills, and hal, gone to San Francisco
and sold his clAim for tNcnty thousand
dollars. 30 ho had been prospecting all
the tine we thought he was idling around
with that everlasting rife!
A week after Joe came back, and senl
for me. / found him in his old cabin,
and dying. A lady was sitting ny his
bedside, and single glance showed me
rhat she was the original Of that beauti
fuI photograph.
Joe called me to him and handed me i.
newspaper Itcontained romantic story
of n dctaulting bank. cashier named ,Io- 4
seph Denton, who, having gamblcd away
a hundred thousand dollars Of the banks
funds, absconded, and had not been heard
of for three years. Then suddenly, from
tar-otf California, comes check for the
full amount, sent by Mr.. Denton himteli.
II am Joseph Denton," said he sand
this is my wife. My life work is ended .
And in five minutes he was dead
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A Golden Crown.

If there is any class OF persons who
need sympathy, tenderness and encour-
agement, it is the tired women of our
pleasant land. Weary limbs and hearts,
puzzled brains, all attest the fact There
should be special privileges granted to
them as much as to invalids. IT'S said
"Over all pathways the clouds must lower,
Under all feet some sharp thorns spring
Tearing the flesh to bleeding wounds,
Or entering the heart with their bitter sting:
Upon all brows rough winds must blow.
Over all shoulders q cross must be ain
Bouing the form in its lofty height
Down to the dust in bitter pain
True, into all hands there are duties
thrust, and into all arms some heavy bur
dens given; to women doing double work.
anxious, scheming, planning and econe-
mizing how they can manage every de
tail of domestic lite with least expense
Doing double, Oh! triple work themselves
TO save for this and at until their nerves
are strained and shattered to degree un-
bearable to themselves. and particularly
offensive to others. But into all hearts
and homes and lives Gods dear sunshine
| may be brought, gliding the ruins OF
life's great plain, if only husbands or
fathers would but deal gently with the
wife or mother, cheer and brighten her
| life by all the means in their power, for
she needs your help, and your sympathy
does much to buoy ner up, that she may
be nerved with fresh vigor to impart sun
shine in her heme and to all who are a
constant drain upon er life and energies.
believe it to be a woman's duty to be a
cheerful companion, making her home a
model one, a place where her husband
delights to be- And if trials come &c
will find him ever ready to sFmpathizc
and assist IN making the pathway of life
smooth, and when cur time on earth has
expired we have woven golden crown.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-09-25

At Scranton, Pa, August 81, locomo-
tive OF the Lackawanna Iron d coal company
jumped the track, and John Blackwood, chief
engineer of the company, and Daniel Vaugen
ly injured
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-09-25

1T is evident that you are no cynic
old gentleman" said the reporter.
THAT depends. Certainly not for
such poor waits of humanityas Mary Val
cntinc was
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-09-25

The telephone wire between Dclcno
and Buffalo has been torn do~n three
miles from Dclano and 800 feet of wire
stolen.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-02-22
A NATIONAL BANK.

Such an institution is the great need
of this community. There is a wide
scope hof country fully capable Of
furnishing Il profitable support to II
good banking concern. We have
the wealthy parishes of East and West
Fciicin,a and West Baton Rouge, be-
sides the business interests Of this city
and parish, as well as those of her
vile, near by. We have here the
government post, the Louisiana Uni
versity and other institutions, besides
tho near prospect of the location Of
the Capital, already decided upon by
the people, which needs but the rntiti-
cation of tho approaching convention.
There are two bank buildings in
this city thoroughly fitted for such I'LL
institution. There can he no doubt
that men of capital could not seize
upon II better opportunity whereby
t" reap handsome profits, while they
can, accommodate OH the best Of secu-
rity, our agricultural, manufacturing
and business interests, at living ratios
OF interest, desiderutum loudly de-
mandcd in this section. We call tho
attention of cntrrprising und wide
awake financial men to this extra.
ordinarily good opening.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-02-22
BATON ROUGE, La, FEB'Y %, 1879
OUR VALENTINE.

We can scarcelv cnu by INV other
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TUE inc proposition WHICH h''S pcci
submitted to us by our est celncd neigh
,f.o hJ,o.o,. T,I. ,,r..+ c,..-
''' "a VIZ
ton now revolving in our mlnd, VIZ:
whether tl,c s,,ypestion. IA he terms
it. is meant in earnest, or is it IL
burlesque on the exact amount Of
purity (?) necessary to constitute IL
full fiedgcd delegate to the Convcn-
ton. We will not attempt to conceal
our embarrassment, and we will ask
our readers to help us out of the
dilemma. Here it is:
1nasmuch as there seems to be a grow
ing sentiment dispr"rin;; of s:,l"ric' Off
hc;,,,, s.n+ ms Jrlr,nt,s tn the Eoustit,,-
tionai Convention, We would suggest II
pun ny Mn.en ,I , ;,'i,,I,,t ~. ~ ~, :"
category NAV be had without mourning
IL risk OF being suspected "i working III
hnli.r,. r;7,', 'rh;s m,nn ~ ;,n,m,,,in,,.tv
upon the assembling of the Stat" Con-
s.'.'", "' H. ;,'.''rt; 20 r H.,
the constitution prohibiting each and
~!
nppointuont, for ut least five years.
What does the New Or
nf ~ Ana. cu,u;n,r nearer hu,nr we
would ask our sprightly contemporary,
inc anHIonan, IN" w" l'4ata, 10. Avn
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w. don't th;nl, so How, will II IN.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-02-22
OUR NEW ORLEANS CONTEMPT
RARIES.

AS will bc noticed in another col
umn, tho Capitolian has been the
recipient of most fattcring notices
from the country press. In New Or
leans. howevcr-whethcr it is the title
of our paper, or its tone that our
friends don't likc-tlcy have, we are
sorry to say, given us the go-bye.
We have been racking our brain to
find out tho reason why, but alas I!
We've not caught it yet. All, yes!
but it cannot he; because the Capt.
tolian is too ''Capitolian'' in vcntil-
ating the fact that the people of Lou
isiana, in their now forward move
ment have decided to rc-establiSh the
Capital at Baton Rouge, where it was
located by the wise and patriotic men
of 1916 and of 1852
We are 10th to assign that as Il real
son. Still, when we come to consider
that the only crumb of comfort that
reaches us from our confreres of the
Crescent City-some of whom are
our personal fricnds-is from the
-Ercning Post, and reads as follows,
we cannot help but '1smcu a rat"
Here it is:
Baton Rouge has Il new paper, the
Louisiana Capitolian, w. A. LcStncr,
publisher, and Leon Jastrcmski, editor.
In politics it t:lvors the removal of tn"
= Capital of the State to Baton RonSr.
Perhaps, the nearer to the P"nitrntiary
tho Capitol of the State id located the
better.
This expression sounds very much
like growl. IFS decidedly cool and
dry. However, for the sake Of h:,r-
mouy, We'll declare the Posts propo-
sition carried. As an example: No
later than last week forty-nine con-
victs came up from New Orleans to
be injured in the Penitentiary, here
where that institution is so near at
hand, very few are anxious TO enter
it, and the consequence is that we
have 1aw-abiding community.
If this be an evidence, it is very
wise indeed to have the Capital sit
uated near this porte respect.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-02-22

CHARLES WIECK.-Whilc we take
pleasure in noting the return Of our
philosophical and enterprisiny friend,
we deem it opportune to call attention
to the fact that he 'hollA the fOrt'-
Sumter, ut the corner of Third and
Laurel Instead Of lowering his colors,
he has them there waving in the brccz.
:.s dctiantiy ever. His magazine has
been SO r-plcns'ietl that he can stand
either a strict quarantine or q Trojan
siege. ke,s, casks, bottles, barrels and
boxes, containing beer, wines, liuuora
s.n', cigars t" flrc-yul,-wc are being
piled up in his large warclr,,sr. What
he means by this We are at IL loss to
comprehend, unless hc- knows for sure
thnt Eaton Rouge is the State Capital,
and that when the strangers arc here
tliry' all 90 to til" Sumter Saloon, when
they want Il tip-top drink, which hc is
enabled to always serve icc-cold, for he
has the leo depot, which he is about to
rcplcnish by u tlntboat load that will
| reach horv next month. For further
particulars, see his advert isemcnt.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-02-22

The Temperance lecture, on last even
ing, delivered ut tho Methodist Church,
10y the Rev. Mr.. Sawyer, w,s>a complete
success. Tho address YVES eloquent and
earnest. AS Il result, twcnty-nine per-
SONS enrolled themselves under the ban
ncr of Temperance. After tho lecture
the audience repaired to tho basement
Of the church, where ediblcs and refresh
were dispensed to tho many in attend
auce.