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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16
Homemade Sickness.

We're it not that the human constitution
has an enduring quality compared with
which The toaghHess OF the mule is sweei
infantile tenderness, the atmosphere of the
average city home in cold weather would
make the city lively with funeral process
sions. A visitor needs merely to pass the
front doors of most houses to discover
0dors that do not seem traeeabie to any
particular article. yet which have an OPP
pressiye effect upon respiration sometimes
odor is perceptible. Occasionally the resi-
dents Of 9 Aense, returning fron, church,
theater or party notice this popularity Of
the atmosphere, and promptly say all
sorts of bad things about the plumber, who
probably deserves them all, but no one
seems to think that the air of the house
should be changed once in while during
the winter. The air Of an unoccupied
house, with no connection whatsoever with
the sewers or other sources of disease, is
utterly unfit to breathe, for il is continual
~ being robbed OF its oxygen by carpets,
furniture, floors, walls and everything else
that is susceptible to decay. What, then,
must be the condition of the atmosphere
of house where haif dozen people and
an equal number Of gas burners or lamps
are daily assisting at the work of deoxy-
genasing the air and loading it with inn
puritiesy There are many houses in which
people who are cold would be warmed
quicker by leaving window open for two
minutes than by hugying the fire, for inn
pure air greatly lessons physical warmth.
But who ever sees window open in New
York, even for minute, unless for the pur
pose of being washed? Continuous venti-
lation is never thought Of by more than
ono builder in hundred, 50 but few peo-
Pile can hope always to breathe pure air in
doors in cold weather. An occasional OPP
ening of doors or windows throughout the
day, however the work being done most
thoroughly just before bedtime, would
put an end to thousands Of cases Of sick
ness and debility that come from no cause
but impure air.-Ner York Herald
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16
TEACH CHILDREN TO READ WRITING

TEACH CHILDREN To READ WRITING
Suppose our boys and girls were taught to
rrs.i nan ,is,Tis g little They are .sugh:
to read print, but manuscript is not print.
OK very Ike it, and they are left 10 pick up
the power Of reading the best way they
can they never devote half an hour day
Fog SIN months 10 manuscript reading. If
they did. ii would be easier to them all
their lives, and they would learn to believe
in leglbIlity as the greatest. or. at any rate,
the most useful, quality that writing can
dRsplay-an immense improvement, if our
experience can be trusted. in the usal youth
srl idea On the subject. The business of
me- no dauh4- so0n teaches children to read
manuscript bEs many of them never read
ri e::sliy. and FstaiE through life an uncon-
arsr1hle arersDan to the work. from the
EsaEgzss Ir9 vexsaiGa which it causes them.
We n.Ive kn0wn men 80 conscious of this
desses thai shey always have important
ks1srrs read aloud 70 them and Others who
wo'ai Vss1se any work. however anxious
On other grounds to accept it, if it Involved
the frequent perusal of long manuscripts
IN varied handwritings No doubt the
tendency to broad and course but beauti-
iuiiy lsfyibie- handwriting, which has con-
9uered the upper class and is slowly filter
ing downwards, is diminishing this reluc-
lance hs.t !. venld he mere .aniGlir re-
| moved If little trouble were taken to
teach children to read handwriting. They
see any ttiiH they begin &c receive
correspondence, and are never compelled
10 read any. and consequently learn to write
shat they cannot read without intelligence
sna without pleasure
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16
Remedy for C,orn,s.

!. Battle the corn with strong borax
water; then shave it closely, but be careful
not to make it bleed. Place over the corn
. white felt corn-plaster, and wear it con-
SANITY until the corn has disappeared
Every night and morning wet the small
cavity over the corn land in the plasterl
with little borax water, or, if preferable,
the pulp of a lemon, The corn plaster can
oe procured at any druggists. 2. Keep
he feet clean by frequent ablutions with
Hnrn, water, and wear easy, soft boots or
hoes Without the latter precaution. corns
will generally return even after they appear
20 have been perfectly removed. 3. After
soaking the feet in warm water for q few
minutes, pare the corns as close as possible
with o sharp knife, taking care not to max.
them bleed Place upon the mart affected
: email, circular piece of leather or buck
ckin, SPREAD with some emollient plaster.
and having hole in the center correspond.
ing to the size Of the corn. They may now
be touchei with nitric acid, BY means of q
small glass rod or wood toothpick, be cart
ing taken not to allow the liquid to come
in contact with the neighboring parts Re
peat this process daily until the Offender
is sufficiently softened to admit the re
noyal.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16

Tho tallest trees in the world are in Aus
traila. A fallen tree in Gippsland measur-
ID 4S5 feet from the root to the highest
point of the branches. Another standing
IA the Dundelong District. in Victoria, is
estimated to be $50 feet from the ground
to the top.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16

Jerusalem, according to British consular
-snnrts is growing town The foreign
Hebrew population has increased consid-
erabl OF late years That community is
now t1Ss1l estimated at 1900, including
native Jews. against 10000 in 1873. The
desire to avoid compulsory military service,
now enforced in most European countries,
and the right of holding real property in
Turkey, conceded to foreign subjects by
the protocol of 1868 probably account for
the increased immigration The German
colony at Jerusalem now numbers nearly
100 persons; that at Jafia, about 800. There
Is third German settlement at Caiffa of
about equal number with the last mention
ed The settlers are mechanics, art;ficers.
carriers aud agriculturists, and are fairly
prosperous. The chief industries remain
what they were-the manufacture OF oil.
soap and articles in olive wood and mother
of-pearl; the production of the latter articles
has greatly increased, as the sale is no lon
GER confined to visitors and pilgrims, large
quantities being exported to Europe and
America
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16

A FIRST RATE PUMPKIN PIE-Cut
the pumpkin in half, put it in dripping
pan. skin side up latter seeds are removed, ]
in slow oven; bake until all the good
can be scraped from the rind with spoon
ii II is Us brown as nicely ske,i 5lss.si, al
the better; mash finely, and to one quart
aid one Quarter Of . pound Of butter while
hot: when cool, sweeten to taste; one pint
Ss milk cr CREAM. t:s cream. be nsea, .h.es
eggs are sufficient; ii milk, four viii is
better. beat them separately, stir in yolks
two teaspoonIuis vi cinnamon, 0iis .. n
meg, wine-glass of wine or brandy; last
y, alld the whites of the eggs, stirring hui
little azteT sey are ..,i,issi: :: . The
bake in quick oven.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16

Bear in mind the fact that in the year
1900 February will have but twenty-eight
days, although leap year. This phenom-.
enon occurs once only in two hundred
years, and always in the odd hundred.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16

Longieliow can lake d sheet Ct raiser
and by writing poem on it make it worth
so. That's genus. Vanderbilt can wife
fewer words on similar sheet, and make
it worth S50OOOOOO. That's capital
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16

The most remarkable and unaccounsaole
thing in the worlds history is the fact that
the great Napoleon, who rose from peas
ants cottage to the throne, was not an ono
man Philadelphia News.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16
DAKOTA TER.
THE BOOT FULL OF SNOW.

On. the snow. the boo. full O. snow.
Dear to the heart OF the small fellow,
Who slides ON his sled down the Icy track,
A-lying as usual on his stomach
Riding,
Gliding,
Yelling along
Shouting aloud to the iaggard throng,
Seeing female and going for her.
And tossing her up on the swim runner.
While she. coming down, observes broad grin
On the vanishing face Of the bad urchiE.
Oh. the snow. the boot full O. snow.
Now for sleigh and @ young widow,
Or maid. II Is certainly much more fun
Than to rumble along In an old wagon.
Prancialg.
Dancing.
CHANGING by
lis good for The neryes-yes, verify.
She tmidly yields both her hands 10 his.
And he shelters her carefully from the breeze
And the buffalo covers them up TO the chin
And he taketh toll at the gate-certin.
o. she snow, the boot fall o. snow,
Heapins the streets aud the calm meadow.
On the water pipe the frost king sits,
And the plumber goe,h On his visits
Loating,
Dawdling.
Trying to sing,
With the susceptible cook sometimes flirting
He eats and he drinks and he winks at her.
And soldiers the pipe with his gold solder.
And he makes enough. ere the day is done,
To tay him . new brownstone mansion.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16
Tho Arctic Nlsle

Lieut.. SchwatkA, since his i4urn hon
IN expedition in search Of Sir John Frank
Inns ill-fated company, combats t,e pre~a-
lent opinion that the Arctic winte., espee-
tally in the higher ATTITUDES, is pa nod Of
total darkness In latitude So degres 9
minutes n seconds north-the highel
point ever reached by man there are -four
hours and forty two minutes of twilight o.
Dec u the shortest day in the year in ~
Northern Hemisphere In latitude 81 d.
0ees u minutes north the highest point
where white men have wintered-there ~
nix hours and two minutes in the shortest
day; and latitude 81 degrees "a minutes
north, 172 geographical miles nearer tla
north pole than Markham reached. and
328 geographical miles from that point
mnst yet bc obtained before the true Pln-
tonic zone, or that one in which there is
no twilight whatsoever, even upon tho
shortest day Of the year, can be said 70
have been entered by man OF course,
about the the beginning and ending of this
twilight it IS very feeble and easily ex-
tinguished by even the slightest mists. but
it nevertheless exists. and IS quite appre-
ciable on clear cold days, or nights properly
speaking. The north pole itself is only
shronded in perfect darkness from Nov. IL
70 Jan ., period of seventy-seven days
Surprising that the sun has set ssupposing
. circumpOlar sea or body Of water I'M
limited 20 yisloni on Sep. Il. not TO rise
until March is for that particular point,
giving period Of about fifty days Of uni
formily yarying twilight, the pole has
about 1888 days Of continuous daylight 100
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16


On the slopes of Amethyst Mountain,
in the Yellowstone Park, are exposed at
different levels large number Of silicifesl
trees, many being rooted in the position in
which they grew, and from twenty to
thirty feet in height. Some lying down of
immense size. The series Of sandstone
congi0merates in which the trees are inn
bedded Is moro than five thousand feet
thick, forming vertical mile Of fossil for
ests The woody structure Is well preserv-
cd. Where cavities have been formed by
the wood they are filed with crystals Of
amethyst and quartz
Group REPRESENTATIVES. get piece
Of ehnnois skin, make il like little bib,
cut out the neck and sew ON tapes to tie it
ION with; then melt together some tallow
and pine tar; rub some Of this ON the bib,
md let the child wear it all the time Re
new with the tar occasionally.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16
A Game lor Winter Evenings,

Although this specimen OF poetry has
oeen considered hard TO write and often
harder to read when written, simple
recipe is here given by which s,nnets cssn
be produced One person selects sonnet
from the work of any authorize less
known the better-and covers the printed
lines with sheet OF paper, leaving the
last word of each line only visible He
then reads aloud the word which cnnel adss
the first line, and waits until every player
has composed line ending in this word
in any metre, and ON any subject. Wien
all are ready he reads the next word and
50 on until every person present has eeEs-
posed a poem, ali Of which differ IN every
way excepting that the last words are alike.
This game will be found interesting alike
20 children and their parents. and Is uelI
worthy the attention of the mos, experS
enced players
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16

A little child was asked, 3Where do you
hye? Turning to its mother, who stood
near BY, the little one said, 1where mother
is, there Is where i've
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16

Insects, although possessing no voice
possess The power Of occasioning sounds b.
certain movements which to some extern.
are characteristic Of the various species.
The shEiu trumpet sound of the mesquite
and the busy hum of bees and flies are pro
duced by the rapid motion OF tine wings
while flying. The harsh shrek of the
grasshopper is caused by the friction of the
legs against the wings The chirp of the
cricket is produced by rubbing the wing
cases against each other The ominouE
click Of the death watch is caused by The
jaup in tho act of masticating.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-16

THE FRENCH SUNDAY.-Sunday In
France. instead of being universally given
up to mere sensuoas qualification CT idle
ness, is devoted by vast numbers to some
of the most laborious and philanthropic
objects Since the Inauguration OF the
republic, q real apostolate of instruction
may be said to have originated throughout
the country and 10 conference populairc,
or Sunday afternoon lecture, mas ixcutn- !.
regular thing In most Of the large towns,
though it has the strongest hold in Paris.
Inis melnosi vi pIon.vtilag intelligence !. :.
. part of the plan Of popular education
suggested by Condoreci, who realized that
the time Was al manu- men E;lIiion i.,ino,as
formula would be thus changed on the lipe
Of the true republican: DE INSTRUCTION
encore de INSTRUCTION, toujouIs de linstruc.
tion r
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-11-24
COLORADO'S CAVE.

Colorado abounds in the finest scene
~, and now it comes to the front with
fine cave at Manitou. which for beauty
cannot be excelled in the world. This
wonderful cave is situated about one
mile from Manitou depot, up Williams
canon, and should be seen by every one
who visits that favorite resort during the
summer months. While this cave is not
as large as the Mammoth one in Ken
tucl,y, it is equally interesting. 1t was
discovered last year by couple of boys
from Colorado Springs, but the wopder-
full beauties under ground were not
known until last February, when Messrs.
Rinehart and Snider purchased it and
began exploring The different chambers,
and their trouble was rewarded by find
ing some seventy-five or eighty different
chambers, varying in size from 25 feet
square to 100 feet, while one chamber is
225 feet long by 81 feet wide and the
same distance high. The caverns are
covered with limestone formations called
stalactites, and they can be found in every
imaginable shape. Upwards of 5000
people visited this wonderful cave dur
ing the past season. All were well pleas
ed with the sight. This cave is six stor
les high, and when tourists visit Manitou
next year it will have been explored and
made ready for them.-DenUer Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-11-24
THE GREAT SALT LAKE.

-Four barrels of water of the Great
Salt Lake will leave, after evaporation,
nearly barrel of salt. The lake was
discovered in the year 1920, and no out
let from it has yet been asoertained.
Four or five large streams empty them
selves into it, and the fact of it's still re-
tanning its saline properties seems to
point to the conclusion that there exists
some secret bed of saline deposit over
which its waters flow, and that thus they
continue salt; for, though the lake may
be but the residue Of an immense sea
which once covered the whole of this
region, yet, by its continuing so salt with
the amount of fresh water poured into it
daily, the idea of the existence of some
such deposit from which it receives its
supply seems to be only too probable.
For the past fifteen years--until last
year-the lake has been gradually rising;
but in 1879 it receded some two or three
feet-a most unusual occurrence, owing
to the exceptionally warm summer. There
are no fish in the lake, but myriads of
small flies cover its surface. The buoy
ancy of the water is so great that it is
not at all an easy matter to drown in it.
The entire length of the Salt Lake is 85
mile', and its breadth As miles. Com
pared with the Dead Sea, the Great Salt
Lake is longer by 43 miles and broader
by 35 miles.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-11-24

RED LIPS AND Rosy CHEEKS. Wheel
ing, W. Va, May 30, 1881. | am an old
physician, and have lost many of my
youthful prejudices. Learning of the
great good done by certain remedy in
restoring to robust health former pa
tient OF mine who suffered severely from
several chronic ailments resulting from
"edh puiuoIafy. ulg6stva and nrinar.r
organs, and whom was unable 10 ben
eft with my most careful treatment, L
determined to prescribe it. l must have
done SO, and the results have invariably
been most satisfactory. Under its use
the blood becomes richer, the digestive.
urinary and pulmonary organs are made
strong and perform their natural fun
ctions readily and without pain all decay
seems to be Immediately checked and the
progress of the diseases arrested; the
pulse becomes fuller and stronger, the
lips red and the cheeks rosy, the tenn
perature increased and more uniform,
the action of the heart regular, and the
muscular strength greatly invigorated.
In justice to the inventors, [ will say this
remedy is Browns Iron Bitters, il is @
preparation of Iron and vegetable tonics;
contains no alcohol, aud is the only pre-
paratlon of Iron IN perfec ly assimilable
form and that does not blacken the teeth.
have never known it to fail to give per-
manent strength to every part of the
body, or to injure the most delicate con-
stltutlon. [ have known it to assist in
curing many chronic diseases when all
other remedies has failed.-M. ID.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-11-24

DARWIN has discovered that the worm
ls good FOR something besides batting
hooks. The creature makes neat nest
in the ground and lines it with leaves
Which in time decay and enrich the soil.
Tie main occupation of the worm is The
swallowing Of earth which passes through
Its digestive organs and comes out in a
finely trifurized and fertilized condition.
Every boy who has noticed the heap O.
dit at the entrance of worm hole or
sqiashed one OF the creatures when put
tilg it on hook will understand this
pdnt. As there are $4,000 to so, 600
wsrms at work in every acre of land cast
lnt up this triturated and fertilized earth
1t estimated that what they spread over
th surface of the ground Is equivalent
toone inch in depth every five years.
lnone instance twelve osnses OF castings
wee thrown up in year on square
fot, or six and one third pounds out tie
spare yard, equal to l4s tons of the best
OF fertilizers, vegetable mold, over an
ace in year.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-11-24
THE INTENSITY OF ARCTIC COLD

The chronicler of Lieut.. Schwatka's
expedition in search of the remains of
Sir John Franklin records some interest
ing facts regarding the great cold of Arc
tic regions. The lowest temperature met
with by the company was 103 degrees
below the freezing point. or seventy one
degrees below zero Fahrenheit. degree
of cold almost impossible to imagine by
people of more temperate climes. The
effects of such intense cold upon the hu-
man system were not SO marked in the
case of the lieutenant and his compani-
ons as might be supposed, and even dur
ing the month in which the average
temperature was sixty-fve degrees below
zero, the health of the party remained
unimpaired. The men adapted them
selves as much as possible to the habits
of the natives, feeding largely upon fat
and blubber, by which the vital heat was
sustained. Plenty of game was found
By the adventurers, who were able to se-
cure with their repeating rifles enough
reindeer at one time TO last them for sew
eral days. The difficulty of approaching
these animals was very great, for in the
still cold air the step of man upon the
snow could be heard two miles away, and
the grating of sledge runners resounded
like the clothing of tempered steel. 1t
was not an easy matter to keep the guns
in working order in this climate, for at
sixty and seventy degrees below zero,
strong oak and hickory would break like
iclcles, and all lubricants harden and in
terfere with the working of the locks
When the guns were brought into the
warm atmosphere Of the huts to be clean
ed, they would at once become coated
with moisture. and every part had to be
carefully dried and wiped, lest the hun
ter, on stepping into the cold air again,
would find useless block Of ice in his
hands. A bottle of whiskey which was
IN the stores was CONCEALED to the con-
sistency of thick syrup by the intense
cold, and the cup from which one of the
travellers essayed to drink, actually froze
to his lips. The low temperature of this
latitude permitted some of the Escui-
maux to practice terrible revenge upon
some wolves which had attacked them.
They set upright in the ice several keen
knife-blades, and covered them with
blood. These the wolves licked, slicing
their tongues, but being prevented by
the cold from feeling the wounds at the
time, and their own warm blood temnt-
ed them to continue until their tongues
were SO scaritie9 that death was inevita.
bic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-11-24

A KISS ON THE SLY.-There is to be
found much refreshment in a we'll pro-
portioned kiss. This much everybody
acknowledges, though only frank few
have acknowledged it openly. And it is
a curious fact, as yet unexplained by the
philosopher, that the slyer the kiss is the
more there is In it of refreshment.
A kiss that is paid as forfeit before a
whole room full of people, is prosaic, not
to say embarrassing. The girl laughs,
which spoils the romance, and the fell
low, ten to one, blushes-neither Of them
thinking much of it, and they both are
apt pretty soon to forget all about it.
But let the same fellow kiss the same
girl when nobody is looking and the sit
uation is as different as possible. That
sort of a kiss, fred off in hurry behind
door or in conservatory, is like an
oluvtfIC SHOCK, and is as SWEEP ID cream.
The taste of it sort of holds on and con-
stantly suggests the propriety-or impro-
priety, as the case may be-of trying it
again And the laughing and blushing
are exactly reversed. The fellow laughs
without spelling the romance a bit, and
the girl bushes like pink carnation.
1t is queer that the very same thing
should, under slightly altered circum-
stances, be so entirely different, nor is It
any the less queer because the difference
has existed from the earliest ages of the
world.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-11-24

A FULL-GRowN moose Of immense size
was standing on the track of the Euro :
pean and North American Railroad, be-
tween Forest and Eaton, Me-, one day
last week, when a freight train came
along. With its great body and heavy,
spreading antlers, it presented an
imposing sight. The engineer carried
away by the spirit of the chase, obeyed
a sudden impulse and threw the throttle
Of the locomotive open, in an endeavor
to run into the huge animal. It is prob
ably fortunate for the train that be was
unsuccessful. This moose is supposed
to be the last survivor of his race in
Washington eonnty.