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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-23
Choice Sayings.

In old times men used their power of
painting to show the objects of faith; in
later times they used the objects of faith
that they might show their powers of paint,
ing TT. Ruskin.
Those passionate persons who carry their
hearts iii their mouth are rather to be
pitied than feared; their threatening
serving no other purpose than to forearm
him that is threatened T. Fuller.
Death sets us safely on shore in our long
expected Canaan, where there are no temp
tations, no danger of falling, but eternal
purity and immortal joys secure our inno-
cence and happiness forever-[Wake.
Alas! it is not till time, with reckless
hand, has torn out half the leaves from
the Book Of Human Life, to light the fires
of passion with, from day to day, that
man begins to sec that the leaves which re-
main are few in number Longfellow.
To some men nature is like some wo-
men, inasmuch as it may be necessary to
thrust them into her acquaintance and i'm
prison them there before they will learn to
appreciate their worth, then, so great is the
revelation, they will call themselves stupid
for not loving her before.-[ Good Company.
An honest private man often grows cruel
and abandonded when converted into an
absolute prince. Give a man power Of do
ing what he pleases with IMMUNITY, you
extinguish his fear, and consequently over
turn him in one Of .he great pillars of
morality. This too we find confirmed by
matter Of fact. How many heis-apparent
to grand empires, when in the possession
Of them have become such monsters of
lust and cruelty as are q reproach to hu.
man natase.-[ Addison.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-23
The Agricultural Interest

We lind from the census oil 1870, that
there were in the United States 12,NO,OOO
male persons engaged in all occupations.
OF this number, 6.dOO,OOO were engaged in
agriculture. From the same source we
learn that the total valuation Of all personal
and real property for the year was $40, 900
OOO,OO0 Ofthis amount, $1,000, COO, 900
belonged to the agricultural interest. You
see that the agriculturalists comprise one
half Of the total number Of persons engage
ell in all the various industries of the cOun>
try; and that their business has Tor it's
capital stock over one-thiul of the entire
wealth Of the country. After realizing as
best VIC can now immense is the amount
OF human and monetary energy used in
this business we naturally might expect
some great results from the report Of
the Department Of agriculture, we learn
that in 1879 the value Of our crops, corn,
wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, pota-
toes, hay. cotton, and tobacco, was 81 99014 |,
100000. Let us compare this amount with
the value OF precious metals that have been
taken from american mines. From the
hest authority, we learn that the total
value Of the yield of the American mines
during twenty-seven years, from 1s40 to
1875, was 81 81, ! OO,OOO. You notice that
the value Of ten of the principle products
Of the soil for the one year Of 1879 was
greater than the total value DIAL the gold
and silver obtained from the mines during
t,senty-seven years of prosperous and few
crishly active operations. Let us 20 far
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-23
Buck Beer.

Buck beer is demoralizing in its tendency
when it moveth itself Alright. 1t layeth
hold of the intellect, and twisteth it out of
shape. ..a"..
My son, 20 not with them who 20 to seek
buck beer, for at last it stingeth like the
brocaded hornet with the red hot narrative,
and kicketh like the choleric mule.
Who hath woe? Who hath babbling !?
Who hath redness of eyes? He that goeth
to seek the schooner of buck beer
Who hath sorrow? Who striveth when
the middle watch of the night hath come
to wind up the clock with the fifteen puz-
zie? lie that kicketh against the buck
beer and getteth left.
Verify, the buckness of the buck beer
bucketh with % mighty buck, insomuch
that the buckee riseth at the noon hour
with head that compasseth the town
round about, and the sweetness thereof
waketh more and more, even from Dan to
Beer--Shcba. Current joke in the Holy
Land.
Who clamoreth with loud voice and
saith: "Verily, am not 1 bad man 2"
Who is he that walketh unsteadily, and
singcth unto himself: "The Bright Angles
are Waiting for Me?"
Who wOtteth not even q fractional wot,
but setteth his chronometer by the wooden
watch of the matchmaker and by means
of u toothbrush?
Go to. Is it not he that bangeth his in
tellect fernist the buck beer even unto the
eleventh hour?
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-23
Home Education.

The following rules are worthy Of being
printed in letters Of gold, and placed in :
conspicuous place in every household:
!. From your children's earliest infancy
inculcate the necessity of instant obedience
2. Unite tirmness with gentleness. Let
your children always understand that you
mean what you say.
3. Never promise them anything unless
you are quite sure you can give what you
say.
a. If you tell child to do something,
show him how to do it, and see that it is
done.
5. Always punish your child for willfully
disobeying you, but never punish in anger.
.. Never let them perceive that they
vex you, or makeyOu lose your self-com-
mand. ..
7. If they give way 10 petulancc or i'll
temper, wait till they are calm, and then
gently reason with them OH the improperly
of their conduct.
8. Remember that little present pun
ishment, when the occasion arises, is much
more etfectual than the threatening Of a
greater punishment should the fault be
renewed.
8. Never give your children anything
because they cry for it.
10. On no account allow them to do at
one time what you have forbidden, under
the same circumstances, at another.
II. Teach them that the only sure and
easy way to appear good is to be good.
II. Accustom them to make their little
recitals with perfect truth.
13. Never allow talc-bearing.
IA. Teach them self-denial, not seli-in-
diligence ofan angry and resentiul spirit.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-23
Sea.CrIClInhers.

The sea-Cucumbers, or as they are known
in the scientific world, the holotAu,ia, are
extraordinary looking creatures, which
vary in size from two or three inches in
length, to more than yard. They bear
some resemblance to u cucumber, being u
long worm-like cylinder open ut one end.
Their exterior is ruffled with little pro-
jections, which are usually armed with
minute sharp hooks, by which the animal
can hang or foreign bodies for few
seconds.
Many Of the species are able to produce
from their external pores u most irritating
fluid, which causes the hand that touches
them to itch intolerably But the creature
possesses most wonderful power: when
from any cause it fears death, it can eject
all its teeth, its stomach, its digestive APP
paratus, and reduce itself to q simple men,
braneous sac. DIR. Johnston kept one of
these animals in an aquarium; for some
reason or other he neglected to feed it, and
when after some days he visited it, he
found all its internal apparatus thrown
out on the floor of the vessel, and the holo-
thuria itself was II shrunken, dilapidated,
and empty tube. Yet it was alive, and in
three months had reproduced all its organs
anew. Another singular property they
possess is that Of being able to divide them.
selves into two parts, each part becoming
a separate creature. When this phenome-
non is in progress, the middle of the ami
NAL begins to contract, tfid the eXtremi-
ties to enlarge. This goes on until the
center is but thread; at last it snaps, and
forms two distict creatures, which in time
furnish themselves with all the necessary
organs. Our fishermen throw away the sea-
cucumbers, which are sometimes brought
up in their nets, and the South-sea island
ers cannot even look upon them without
But this is not universally the
case The Chinese relish them greatly
and "trepang," as they call the holothuria,
forms q very prominent article in all the
Chinese markets. The great trepang fishers
are the Malays. The experiences with which
they capture these creatures is marvellous.
By long experience they can see trepang
ut a depth of thirty yards. They then
poise harpoon made Of a long bamboo,
md seldom or never miss their aim. TO
prepare it the fish is boiled, then beaten
Cat with stones, and finally dried in the
sun. 1t is said that a soup can be made
with it, little if at all inferior to that made
from the turtle.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-23
The Ringing Rocks,

These celebrated rocks are top,,
farm Of Abraham Mcnch, in po,.oat
Township, three miles northeast O W y
town, Pa. They cover space " NJ p po't
quarters of an acre. In this traa, ufe
dcrs are piled upon powders of ali l. 40
and forms, and so promiscous]y ,,s su'
that considerable agility is reon;. .a,s
walk over them without falling
steps from rock to rock ringing M ~
produced by the nails in the 5oote.hsso.s A N
plainly heard. On rapping the STONES nsts
hammer, quite remarkable aconstin n
critics are revealed. Some of them
forth rich, full tone, which Womb '
ably vie with the best bell metal y
stones were fashioned into bells n"
them in particular, from its depth NJ !.
is known us the state-house bell MI
at Que time among the largest of tho -
1t has been broken off, however I'm,
has preserved its strong, full tone s
general sound produced by strikin, N
smaller stones resembles that of n i, n
smiths anvil, some having little c,~
ring than others, and no two soundinn ~ d
alike. In passing from one to anotI,.
the larger rocks one is reminded ot n
tapping Of car wheels by the train iOa
tors. Thousands of people visit this na,s'
phenomenon every summer. The
themselves bear evidence of this, the AZ
being battered off by hammer.srokes NJ
the sides of many having names car1
upon them, some parties who were ,nT 4
ling to take the time or trouble TO eh;.
their names upon the rocks having reso.,H
to paint, and considerable daubine hashs
done in various colors. The adyers'
fiend has not failed 70 put in his annsa 4
ance; and we are made aware of tl,e ny 4
its Of patent medicines, Of the place IA h. 4
carpets and the like, upon every hand MI
have not heard any satisfactory expl,,,R
ton Of the cause Of the ringing or leIlMH
sounds OF these rocks. Some say it is own I
to there being cavern under them. TbSH
however, can have nothing to do Whit N
when the rocks are removed they still hrIl
the same sound. One large and sououM (
bowider was taken to the Centennial ms
created great deal Of attention tles L
Another was sent 70 England aiterwamS
There is probably Il metallic substance NJ
this group of powders to which the nnE
ing sound my he attributed. We have pla
heard, however, of any geological analySa
being made. Half q mile east of the Kim /
ing Rocks, and in the same range of hlt /
there is another group of powders wlA I
are much visited. Here lofty pile Mi
rocks surmounts cavity of considenNg
depth, the whole being known as the 'Snp 4
House." Near by the stone house is hue !
bowlder, some fifteen or twenty feet hni
which, from its peculiar contour, is caiss
the HAY Stack" Besides their acous:!5
qualities there is another singular circup
stance about the Ringing Rocks which Wis \
itors rarely fail to notice. Many of the I
have very strange marks, or indentation I
At some points these resemble the track Il
Of horses hoOf. Others are like the twl !
Of a wagon. Some Of the larger indens
tons are said to resemble IN elephants
foot, and t;lc-simlles of the human foot an 1
claimed to be found among the smaller
ones III
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-23
Curious and Interesting.

Henry, upon being asked how man
boys were in his Sabbath-school class sal y.
If you multiply the number OF Jacv ~.
sons by the number of times which us
.lsraelities comprised Jericho, and aaa y
the product the number of measures ~, q
barly which Boaz gave Ruth divide UNI
by the number Of Haman's sons; s'lotla.
the number of each kind Of clean peass
that went into the ark multiply by w
number of men who went to seek hiJaa
after he was taken to heaven subtract n .ad
this Joseph's age at the time when ne s1os
before Pharaoh add the number OF s1 ,!as
in David's bag when he killed Gonah !,
subtract the number Of furlongs that be ~.
any was distant from Jerusalem; dl' Iss
BY the number Of anchors cast out AZ .hs
time of Pauls shipwreck subtract ,s
number Of people saved in the ark, anu wv ~
remainder will be the number of boys !"
the class How many were there?
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-23

The synapta, a peculiar genus Of the holo-
thurias, is a native Of the English Channel.
1t is q beautiful creature, Il cylinder OF
which seems as if it were made of rose
colored crystal, and passing through this
tube appears Ave narrow ribbons OF white
silk, which mingling together form the
head. The tissues are finer than the thin
est gauze; and yet this creature lives on a
sandy bottom, and it is gorged from one
end to the other with sand; the sharp an
giles of the grains can be seen with the
naked eye, and yet they do not injure the
fine membranes through which they pass.
The synapta has also peculiar mode of
meeting famine; just as Il general turns
out of Il beleaguered city all the useless
mouths, so dees this creature cut off the
useless parts of its body. 1t effects this by
first forming a compression or ring, which
gradually tishtens until all that part of
the cylinder which is below it drops off.
A synapta has been known to continue this
seltdestruction until only the head was
left, and in that head resided the life, which,
as soon as food was supplied to it, began to
reconstruct the body it had so lAlceremo-
niously rejected.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-23
olor.Blindnesc.

There is no human infirmity more Gu.
riOus than is color blindness; and scarcely
any other about which so little is known
The oldest thing about it, perhaps, is that
it is not certain, or even likely, that the
person who is afflicted with .blindnes
is aware of the defect.
Color-blindness is an inability to distin.
guish colors. Those who are wholly color.
blind can see no more than the forms Of
things; but cases of total absence of the
power to perceive color are very rare. III
most persons who are lacking in this re
spect, the infirmity extends only to cert&
colors. One man cannot perceive ra
color; another green another blue, and 50
on.
This partial colOr-blindness is not un
common. Examinations by experts seen
to show that about one in every twenty
men is defective i'll the perception OF color
and it is asserted that the defect is not 50
common in women rs in men.
Probabably not many readers of this pl
per are conscious that they are color-blind
Yet, if Occulists are correct, and four Or
five in every 100 persons are deficient IN
this respect, the defect assumes proportions
that command attention, for the reason
that there are many occupations in which
a quick and accurate perception Of color IS
necessary The lack of it may render sue
cess impossible.
There are many ways Of testing the eye
to find out if it is color-blind. The best j.
to put into the hands of a person worsta
of various colors, and ask him to separate
the pieces into red, blue, green and o ,t
colors; and then to shade them from Ils i,,
to dark. A man who is cOlor-blind VIII
usually make a mistake in asserting tle
colors, in the first four or five pieces gwen
him Tor examination.
Another test is to see if a person can
read red letters printed on q black grouh0,
A third is to cover blue sheet pTln'eu
with black letters, with thin white tlssus
paper. To, the perfect vision, the let,eh
will appear a yellowish brown. II .ls!
are black letters printed on red sne''
they will appear green under the paper
The causes of color blindness have oeti
sought by scientific men, and very plaus
BILE theories have been formed with resal'
to them, which we have not space 70 ~, y,
The defect is incurable. A person WIN w
does not know cOlOrs can never be tausn
them, and there is no operation or lls''u
ment that will remedy the defect.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-23
HAVE COURAGE TO SAY NO.


You're starting to-day on iife's journey,
Alone on the highway Of life,
You'll meet with n thousand temptations
Each city with evil is rife.
This world Is astage Of excltement.-
There's danger wherever you 60
Butt you are tempted In weakness,
Have courage, my boy, to say no.
The SIRENS sweet song may allure YOU
Beware offer cunning and art
Whenever you see her approaching,
Be guarded, and haste to depart.
The billiard saloons are inviting,
Decked out In their tinsel and shows
You may be invited to enter
Have courage, my boy, TO say no.
The bright ruby wine may be Offered;
No matter how tempting 1t be,
From poison that stings like an addei,
My boy, have the courage to flee.
The gambling hells are open before you,
Their lights, how they dance to and fro
Ifyou should be tempted to enter,
Think twice, even thrice, ere you go.
In courage alone lies your safety,
When you the long journey begin.
And trust that a Heaven Father
VIII keep you unspotted from sin.
Temptation will COON increasing,
As streams from rivulet flow.
But II You are true 10 your manhood,
Haze the courage. my boy to say 10,
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-23

1t has been quite the fashion Of the
press Of late to ask: where do the boys
spend their eyenings?" and now some one
turns the tables, and asks; "Where do the
fathersspend thcirs ~ adding, "we certainly
can always find one family in four in
which the father spends his evening away
from home. And this is not confined ex-
clusiyely to men who love club-life or poll
tics. A man owes duties to his wife and
children which he sometimes forrets.
While they lose much, he loses equally Of
the things that should make life bless
ing"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-23

There has been kind of shale dlscove.
ed in Pennsylvania which decomposes a.: "a.
lily and rapidly, and which is being col !,1s,
erably used rs q fertilizer and bug Kun ,u,n
1t is composed of sulphuric-acid, iron, a .iaar
and humlc-acid. It is said that nei.n st
the chinch nor any other bug will at'u -
vegetation growing in a soil fortified ("
this material.
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Agnes iove,t her father, hut she loved
her friend too. II Edgar were prohibited
from visiting her at her own hearth, she
was not ashamed to meet him openly I'M
der the sky to walk with him to the choir
rehearsals, and to go riding with his sister,
while he held the reins and his swift horses,
the admiration Of the country, trotted
smoothly up hill and down vale and over
the hard, beautiful Aoor-like roads which
swept around mountain Sides skirted linn
pid streams, and intersected the thriving
villages which dotted that portion Of the
state. Had any other member Of his
family thus dared,h displeasnre, the Dea-
con would have met them with prohibition
and threatening; but IL was too late to he
GIN this course with Agnes, whom he did
not wish to drive into entire arrangement.
% the year wore on, darkling and SORROW
ful In the Cameron household, though out
wardly oil things prospered and Whatever
ths Deacon touched turned to gold.
His main trouble was with his Bible,
Turn where he would, the verses familiar
nom his childhood Knocked him. The word
vow seemed to stare at him from every
p1ge. 1t was David who said: shall /
oeer to the Lord sacrifices Of that which
Cot me ncthing~ And David had alwayu
ben hts fayorite character. But they all
raid their vows.
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s}sss to Physicians and all sufferers, ~
Neustaedter 4 Co., Box S948, New York
City. Sole manufacturers Of ANAKESl6
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p.v.b,. IN School order These
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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-19
BOBCASTEEL,
A Horsethief, Leaps From a
Narrow Gauge Train
Yesterday,
While Being Taken Back to
the Scene Of His Crime by
q Deputy Sheriff,
And Makes Good His Escap
Sheriff Continues His Journey
Without the Prisoner.

On the evening Of the Fourth Of July
Bob Casteel, young man who has
resided near Carrolton, Carol county, some
years past, stole a valuable horse from a
farmer living near CarroltOn named Jno
c. Smith. On last Thursday morning
Casteel made his appearance at Warsaw,
having in charge the horse, where be Of
ferred the animal for sale.
The marshal OF that town, suspecting
all was net right, arrested the young man,
when he confessed to having stole it, and
told where the man lived from whom he
took the animal The marshal immedi-
ately notified Mr.. Smith OF the finding If
his horse and capture Of the thief.
kkMr. Smith caused a state war
ran; to be issued, which was placed in
the hands Of Deputy Sheriff H. c. Jeans,
Of Carol county. Mr.. Smith and the
deputy arrived in this city last Saturday
evening on their way to Warsaw after the
thief. As there was no train going to
Warsaw that evening, they stopped over
night and went down Sunday
morning. On arriving there the
thief was turned over to
the deputy and he started back Yesterday
evening, Mr.. Smith telling him that he
would 60 out in the country where the
horse was being kept, get the animal and
ride it 70 CarroIlton.
When the train arrived at point about
ten miles south Of this city, it was stopped
by some cattle getting on the track, and
while standing still the thief slipped his
hands out of the cuffs, stepped ont on the
platform and jumped of. He Immediately
took to the brush and all trace of him was
lost.
On arriving in this city the deputy I'M
mediately took the north bound train for
his home and did not make any attempt to
catch the prisoner.
About nine o'clock this morning Mr..
Smith arrived with the horse. He ex-
pressed not little contempt for the deputy
in allowing the thief to escape. He left
for his home this morning.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-19
An Invention.

Owing to the immense number Of miles
of new railroad now in process OF construc-
ton, the attention of all mechanics has
been directed toward the perfecting OF
some better mode of unloading ballast
than has vet been in general use. Several
weeks ago an invention was shown in St.
Louis that has practically solved the prob
lem of quickly dumping gravel trains,
either on curved or straight track. The
machine or pillow made at Toledo was very
good in its way, but the centre dump in
vented in St.Louis and controlled by sew
eral railroad officials Of DenisOn, does the
the work Of two plows and is more easily
worked.