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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07
The Imagination Cure.

Alta large hotel in Suffolk, the not
uncommon dilemma arose Of there be-
ing only one room in the house vacant
when two visitors required accommo-
dations for the night. 1t was double
bedded chamber, or was soon convert
ed into such, and the two guests-who
were both commercial travellers
agreed to share if One Of the gentle
men was a confirmed hypochondriac,
and greatly alarmed his companion by
waking him up in the middle of the
night, gasping for breath. asthma"
he painted out; 81 am subject to these
spasmodic attacks, Open the window
quickly; give me airl'
Terrified beyond measure, the other
jumped out Of, bed, But the eroom was
pitch-dark; he had no matches, and he
had forgotten the position of the win
dow.
"For heavens sake be quickW gasped
the invalid. "Give me more air or I
shall chokew
At length, by dint of groplng wildly
and upsetting half the furniture in the
apartment, the window was found; but
it was an old7fashioned casem ent, and
no hasp or catch could he discovered
"Quick, quick; air. air!' implored
the apparently dying man. "Open it,
break it, or l shall suffocatew
Thus adjured, his friend lost no more
time, but selling boot. smashed every
pane: and the sufferer Immediately
experienced relief.
"Oh, thank you. thousand thanks.
Hap he exclaimed, drawing deep sighs,
which testified to the great comfort he
derived; II think in another moment l
chould have been dead"
And when he had sufficiently recov-
4 cred, he described the intense distress
Of these attacks, and the length of time
he had suffered from them. After a
while both fell asleep again, devoutly
thankful for the result. 1t was. d warm
summer night, and they, felt-no incon-
venience from the broken window, but
when daylight relieved the pitchy dark
ness of the night, the window as found
to be still entirel Had invisible glaz-
iers been at work already, or was the
episode of the past night only dream?
No; for the floor was still strewn with
the broken glass. Then, as they looked
round the room IN amazon cnt the So
luton Of the mystery presented vitself
in the shape afan aptiquated bookcase.
The spasmodically attacked one was
cured from that moment SO much
| for Imagination. ggg aaF5apW yaH
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07
NO. l2.

Postmaster Gen. James and Secretary
Hunt, express themselves confidently
hopeful that the presidents condition
will improve during the night as it did
last night, and there will be strong rea-
sons for expecting final recovery.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, 10 o'cock p. NJ.
There is slight ameloration of the
symptoms during the past twenty-four
hours. There has been no vomiting
during that period. Pulse 124, tempera-
ture l0l, respiration "a In order not
to disturb the president unnecessarily
no further :bulitins will be issued until
tomorrow morning.
(Signed J D. w. BLISS,
j. X. BARNES.
J. J. WOODWARD.
RoBT. REBURN.
The last bulletin at midnight of July
4th was very unfavorable.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07
Ex-senator COnkling,s Curl.

From The auburn [N. 7 J Ahbnrnian.
/, An old lady who knew ex-senator
Conkling's father and mother, says.
"One day when Roscoe was visiting my
fathers family, as the horse and sulky
were brought up to the door, and my
father was just getting ready to start
out for a ride among his patients, young
Roscoe, thinking hewould get some life
out of the old horse, took a pin and
stuck it in his launches, when the
usually utaid animal suddenly gave
kick and hit Roscoe severe blow on
the forehead, cutting cash that to this
day leaves a scar on his brow. And
this is why the ex-senator permits lit
tie auburn curl to drop down over the
blemish."
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

ACCORDING to the ireport- Of J. 4.
Dodge, Special Agent of the Census
Bureau for the collection of statistics of
agriculture, the acreage Of the United
States in tobacco in 1880 was 637 $50.
The crop was 74,107,573 pounds,
against 62,735, ,341 pounds in 1870.
Kentucky raises more tobacco than
any other state (171, ,121, 1874 poundsl,
Virginia coming next, with SO,099, 1888
pounds; Pennsylvania third, with &c.
957,772 pounds, and Ohio fourth, with
34,725, 5,4O5 pounds. Of the northwest
ern states, Wisconsin has the largest
crop, 1O,S7s, ,46S pounds.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

The new firm of Moody & Miller has
gone into the revival business, The
senior partner is Dexter L. Moody, the
famous evangelist, formerly with Ira
D. Sankey, and the junior is E. F. Mil
ler, formerly workman in the car
shops at Denver. Moody and Sankey
are said to have disagreed as to the di-
vision of the proceeds from the sale of
Sankey's hymn books, and Miller is to
take the place Of Sankey in the new
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

PRINCE ALEXANDER, of Bulgaria
seems determined that the ferthcom-
ing elections shall result favorably to
him, and that there shall be no mistake
about it, Zancoff and three other promi-
nent liberal leaders were arrested and
put into prison On the charge that they
had insulted Prince Alexander, and for
attacking the government in procla-
nation, -#E.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

casioned no particular surprise to par.
ties who are acquainted with Guiteau.
The general opinion has always pre-
vailed that he is crazy and apt to com =
NIT a rash deed. There is, however,
some sympathy expressed for him on
account of his family connections, and
further developments will be looked
for eagerly by the people. ..m.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07
.UUCETI

GENERAL ORD has arrived i'll St. Louis
from Mexico. Being interviewed on
the condition of the sister republic, he
spoke very favorably thereof. Better
times were evidenced by the railroad
and agricultural developments, increase
of value~of property, better public
schools. more attention paid to- the
Indian laborers, and a more stable gov
ernments%He saw the elements Of
growth" and prosperity in the country.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07
dark.

The delay of the star-route trials un-
til September, is more encouraging to
the swindlers than The public. Expec-
tation saw Postmaster General James
and Attorney General MacVeagh walk
ing the ring to jail, and "hope deferred
make'h the heart sick"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

ACCORDING to the census just COM
pleted, London has a population Of
S,S14, 81, an increase of more than half
a million since 1871. The area of the
city is now about 122 square miles and
includes large number of towns and
hamlets that were form erly outlying
suburbs. The common council con-
sists of 206 members, and the police
force numbers between 5000 and 5000
men
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

I III 1871 : brilliant. comet was visible
through September, October and No
vember. Som ! of the astronomers ex-
press the opinion that the comet now
visible is the one that has always been
associated in this. country with the war
of 1912, or the one that remained visi-
BILE for so many months in the autumn
that preceded the opening of hostilities.
Professor Stone, Of Cincinnati, dissents
from this view.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

The London Sportsman says of the
Cornell crew that, while their style was
liked by the outside public, their man
ner of getting their boat along con-
trasts badly with means of working
adopted by Crack English fours."
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07
No Hospital Needed.

No palatial hospital needed for Hop
Bitters patients, nor large-salaried tai
ented puffers to tell what Hop Bitters
will do or cure, as they tell their own
story by their certain and absolute
cures at home.-N. Y. Independent.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

To PREVENT the mailing Of reyolu-
tionary documents, the Sultan has sup
pressed the post offices in Constantine
pie. He also wishes the powers to cut
his empire out Of the General Postal
Union. Now, if he were to abolish
paper, and spill all the Turkish ink
into the Bosphorus, "the sick man"
might recover.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

AN observer at Evansville claims to
have discovered still another comet,
with tail of greater length than the
one seen first on Wednesday. 1t was
visible in the northwestern quarter at
.C-C
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

The directory of the City of New
York for 'S1-'S2 is published. 1t con-
tains 2S5,477 names, an increase over
the previous year of 11,761. 1t esti-
mates the population of the city at
| 257.54
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

! A SCHEME is on foot at st. Louis to
consolidate the Iron Mountain, Pilot
. Knob, Vulcan, and Grand Tower iron
works, which now have capital stock
of 81. 100000.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07
NEWS NOTES.

SINCE the victory Of .lroquois, Mrs.
Lorillard, who is now in London, has
been visited and congratulated by
numbers Of ladies connected with the
leading members of the English turf
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

The officials Of the Union Stock
Yard company. at Chicago, are of the
opinion that the value Of hogs and
other animals stolen from the yards,
during the past year. has not fallen
much short of 100000. Michael
Harty, who is believed to be one of a
gang engaged in these rohheties, is now
on trial in the criminal court, at CHI
capo
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

with him to the commencement exer-
cises at Williams College, Mass. The
news was gently broken to her by Gen,
Swain, and a special train was placed
at her service, upon which, after fear
full ride, Mrs. Garfield arrived in Wash
ington soon after D. m.
The following dispatch was sent to
Gen. Swain: -,....
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07
The President ASSaSSinated !
A Terrible Crime Which Has
Shocked the Whole
World.
A Full History Of the Deed and of
the Assassin.

The whole world was unutterably
shocked on the morning of July End,
by telegram from Washington an
that President James A. Gar
field had been ruthlessly shot down by
an assassin. Almost Immediately the
report was supplemented by state
ment that the president was dead: but
the latter statement was not true, al
though it was then supposed by his
that the victim of this terri
BILE deed could live but few hours at
most.
THE PARTICULARS.
The following dispatch was among
the first sent out:
WASHINGTON, July 2.
James Russell L0,ceH Minister etc., Lon.
don:
The president of the United States
was shot this morning by an assassin
named Charles Gitteau. The weapon
used was a large sized revolver. The
president had just reached the Balti-
more and Potomac station, at about 20
minutes paste, intending with a portion
of his cabinet, to leave on a limited ex-
press for New York. I rode in car
riage with him from the executive
and was walking by his side
when he was shot. The assassin was
Immediately arrested, and the presi-
dent was conveyed to private
room in the station building and sur
gical aid at once summoned.
He has now at twenty minutes past
ten O'Clock, been removed to the exec
utive mansion. The surgeons, in con-
sultation, regard his wounds as very
serious, though not necessarily fatal.
His vigorous health gives strong hopes
Of his recovery. He has not lost con-
sciousness for a smoment, inform our
ministers in Europe.
Signed, JAMES G. BLAINE,
Secretary of State,
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07
ARTHUR HEARS THE NEWS.

New YORK, July 2.-Vice President
Arthur and Ex-senator Conkling ar
rived from Albany by boat this morn
ing. The boat was late, not arriving
till 10 o'clock. As soon as she touched
the wharf, a telegram was handed to
Arthur. Upon reading it, he dropped
back in his chair, greatly shocked. 1t.
is presumed to be telegram announc-
ing the shooting of Presidens Garfield.
The following
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

South side, but his character became
known just in time to prevent such
calamity to the young lady and her
family.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07

LONG BRANCH, July 2-Gen. Grant, in
speaking about the attempted assassin
alton of this morning, says it is the out
growth Of nhilism in our country. |
am in favor of crushing it out in its in
fancy by the prompt execution of the
and his followers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20

erful field.glass. Almost mechanically
turned and looked at John McWii.
liams' hillside home. A door was stand
ing wide open and a lace curtain
streamed idly from a window In
through the open door 1 could see the
tea-table set and waiting. On the lawn
a handsome, graceful woman romped
with two children, frequently shading
her eyes with her hands and looking
down the street long and earnestly. II
was Mrs. McWilliams, and she was wait
ing and watching for the loving husband
and father who would come not aoain
on this earth, never, nevermore.
Slowly the sun crept behind the west
ern hills, and with aching hearts we
took up our burden again and prepared
to descend into the city, my brain ring
ing with the words of the Inflated John
that night many weeks before: elf MY
wife-should should see me as l saw
Tom Bailey to-day it would would
would kill her!"-Br0dford (Pa.) Cor.
PhiiadeiphiG Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20
WEEDS.

Along the roadsides and up the hills;
Peering demurely into the rills;
Lifting their faces up to the sky;
Throwing their kisses to each pasSer-by;
Trailing their gowns all over the grasses;
Waving their hands to a bird as it passes;
Calling the Notwithstanding and gay,
Ragged and rollicking all the long day.
How the winds love them! How the bees
linger!
How the birds WOO them, each happy young
singer! .t.
How the sun kisses them, eager and warml
How the grass shelters them safely from
harm! ... 'll
Who is so jolly, who is so free,
OF all the bright blossoms that grow on the
lea?
Purple and azure, golden and red
Some with big bonnets and some with bare
head;
Some with gold stars on their foreheads so
sweet
Some with great mantles straight down to their
feet;
Some like a drift of May snow, pure and
white,
Some that are dark as the middle of night;
Some with shy eyes that are hidden meath
lashes,
Some with the largest and gayest of sashes;
Some with lips sober and some with arch
smiles .,.. r.t ..
All with the bonniest, gladdest of wiles.
Amber and rosy, snowy and blue,
Some that are false and some that are true;
YellS% and an Us Tie sagRhi J ana h drink
Along all the roadsideS, down by the brooks,
Hiding away in magical hooks
Down in the meadows, always aglow-
Dearest of all the things that grow.
Fanny DfiScoH, an Boston Commonwealth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20
Bananas and Plantains.

A pound of bananas contains more
nutriment than three pounds of meat or
many pounds of potatoes, while as a
food it is in every sense of the word far
superior to the best wheaton bread. AL
though it grows spontaneously through
out the Tropics, when cultivated its
yield is prodigious, for an acre of ground
planted with bananas will return, ac-
cording to Humboldt, as much food ma
terial as thirty-three acres of wheat or
over 100 acres of potatoes. The banana,
then, is the bread of millions who could
not well subsist without it. In Brazil it
is the principal food of the laboring
classes, while it is no less priced in the
island of Cuba. Indeed, in the latter
country the sugar-planters grow or
Ghards of it expressly for the consump-
ton of their slaves. Every day each
hand receives his ration of salt fish or
dried beef, as the case may be, and four
bananas and two plantains. The banana
it should be called plantain, for until
lately there was no such word as banana
is divided into several varieties, all OF
which are used for food. The PLATING
mauzanito is small, delicate fruit,
neither longer nor stouter than q lady's
forefnger. 1t is the most delicious and
priced of all the varieties Of the plan
tain. Ell PLATING guinea, called by us
the banana, is probably more in demand
than any other kind. 1t is subdivided
into different varieties, the principal of
which are the yellow and purple bananas
we see for sale in our market; but the
latter is so little esteemed by the natives
of the Tropics that it is seldom eaten by
them. Ell PLATING grande-known to us
as simply the plantain-is also subdi-
vided into varieties which are known by
their SAVIOR and their size. The kind
that reaches our market is almost ten
inches long, yet on the Isthmus of Da-
rien there are plantains that grow from
eighteen to twenty-five inches. They
are never eaten raw, but are either boil
ed or roasted or are prepared as pre-
serves.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20

or passing from the milky to the hard
state, the cane is ready to cut for the
mill. If long delayed, the juice in the
bottom joints will lose its sweetness, and
suckers will appear at the top Joints,
which also rob the cane of saccharine
strength. And if sugar is desired, the
granulations will be much the most sue
cessful from the first cuttings. For sew
eral seasons the amber cane has been
ready to commence grinding by the 1st
of September. This gives from seventy
five to ninety days to handle the crop,
and affords ample time before freezing
weather to make it up. An outfit capa,
BILE of grinding at the rate of two acres
per day could thus handle, at least, ore
hundred and fifty acres.
The cane should be stripped before il
is cut. This is best done by using lath,
and striking down between the stalks in
each hill. A stout boy will easily strip
an acre per day. The fodder is very
valuable-nearly as much so as corn
blades; but unless labor is cheap and
plentiful, like corn-fodder, which is
rarely saved, it will not pay to save the
cane-leaves-at least, not until hay and
oat-straw become a great deal dearer
than they now are.
A good corn-knife is also the right i'm
plement for the canefield. In cutting
the cane gather the hill with the left
arm, cut off the stalks, usually with one
blow, above the first joint next to the
ground. Then tnrn so as to bring the
seed ends over the place where pile OF
seed is desired, and top the cane below
the first upper joint. This part of the
operation should be carefully performed,
as any seed left attached to the cane
spoils the taste of the syrup. After
topping lay the cane across the rows.
the butt ends on one row, the top ends
on the next, so as to enable the loader to
pass his arm readily around the canes.
Put as many canes in each pile as will
make good armful. In this way the
seed will all be in piles, and can be
hauled at any time before the snow falls,
and will be found very desirable food for
cattle after the winter feed begins to get
scarce. The cane will all be in arm
tulls, convenient to load, and the cutter
will get along very fast-will cut an acre
per day. The cane should be piled in
ranks, like cordwood, near the mill, and
under shelter, if possible, unless it is to
be ground Immediately.
A frost will not injure standing cane.
On the contrary, a light frost will fire.
quently increase the quantity and quality
of the yield. But freeze will spoil the
cane-as soon as it thaws it will turn
sour. In Louisiana it is usual when
freezing weather is expected, ordinarily
about the middle of November, to win
row the cane. This is done by cutting
the cane, unstripped, and laying it down
in the furrow between the rows in such
a way that the leaves on the tops pro-
tect the cane from the effects of pretty
severe freezes. The same plan could be
pursued here, but better plan, which
the earlier ripening Of the northern cane
permits, is to commence in season and
get through before freezing weather. 1t
is tedious job to lift the cane out of the
winrow, strip the leaves, and top the
stalks one by one.-Cor. Chicago Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20
Tive Cents and Principle Involved.

A suit involving the immense amount
of two cents has been decided by Justice
Forney, of Hanover, York County, Pa.
The Hanover & Baltimore Turnpike
Company brought suit against Mr.. Levi
B. Miller, of Penn Township, for two
cents toll due for passing through the toll
gate south of Hanover. Mr.. Miller re-
fused payment because he was on his
way to attend religious meeting at
Hoff's meeting house. At the hearing
it was admitted that he did pass through
the gate, and it was shown that he at
tended religious meeting. The Justice
decided that Mr.. Miller must prove that
he positively went there to worship, and
gave judgment against him for the two
cents and costs. Mr.. Miller will take
the case to higher court and have the
principle decided. Pittsburgh Tele-
OrdDh
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20

Mr.. Joseph Parton says that a curl
GUS circumstance occurred many years
ago, when a testator in England left two
thousand pounds to friend, but with
the condition that one-half the sum
should be buried with him in his coffin.
The legatee took advice on this matter.
" Where is the money nowP" asked his
friend. "In the bank" was the reply.
=" All right" said the adviser; "write
check for a thousand pounds and put it
into the old gentleman's coffin, payable
to his order I"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20

"A compound is described for the
preparation of what are termed safety
envelopes. That part of the envelope
covered by the flap is treated with so.
luton of chronic acid, ammonia, sul-
phuric acid, sulphate of copper, and fine
white paper. The flap itself is coated
with a solution of isinglass in acetic
acid, and when this is moistened and
pressed down on the under part Of
the envelope a solid cement is formed.
entirely insoluble in acids, alkalies, hot
or cold water, steam, etc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20

R. H. Chittenden is inclined to the
belief that in the stomach there are two
stages of digestion, separate one from
the other-a first, in which the action of
the saliva can go on without hindrance.
and a second, in which pepsin alone is
active. -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20

There is reason to believe that IN a; !
few years carp will be abundant IN I ina
country. The fish that were put IN p ~.
ponds in Morris County, N. j., last p ,e+
cember, all lived through the VIM u.
and are thriving finely. They nSse s Il
creased from two inches in length 70 ~. %
inches. They find their own fooo 'HN
bid fair to multiply rapidly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20

The Boston Post speaks of merchants
who nail horse-shoes over store doors
instead of advertising their business in
the papers. nDouI
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20

Mayor King, of Philadelphls' ,bs
taking vigorous steps to break up s
habit of carrying firearms in tha' w