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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09

CANNING RHuBARB.-Prepare same as
for pies and pack intoglass cans, cover
ing with cold water; take care to get all
the air out, and then put the cover on
as tight as possible. | have just used
some which kept nicely, being nearly
as fresh MS new, though not quite SO
in the water, which, Of course, is not
used. The pies are made the same as
fresh Iie-plant.
She held firmly to the ropes, and gaily
warbled: ooh, George, isn't this just
NIGEL Now, really, think this Just too
exquisite for anything, with the cooling
breezes blowing silvery foam around in
little fairy gohlcts, and -" The dash
denotes the moment she gulped down
the billow.
A Chinaman in California, whose life
was insured for 4 large amount, was Sc
riously hurt by falling from wagon.
There was some doubt of his ever get
ting better, and at length one of his
friends wrote to the insurance COMPANY:
"Charlee half dead. Like half mony."
The word character comes from q
term which means to engravc upon or
cut III. NlluluClcI Is tllaI lllllcT SuDSlull-
tial and very essential quality which is
wrought into the very soul, and makes d
man what he is.
The gentle mind is like calm and
peaceful stream that reflects every object
in its just proportions; but the violent
spirit, like troubled waters, renders back
images of things distorted and broken.
1t is beautiful thing to frankly ack-
nOwledge an error we are conscious of
having committed towards another; and
a more enjoyable thing to know we are
wiping away the tears our thoughtless
words have caused.
An exchange thinks Noah ought to
have shut the door of the ark before the
potato bug got in. The bug didn't get
in. He was ''stow away" on the hurri-
cane deck.
A mule was killed out West the other
day by stroke of lightning. He kicked
against it, but the lightning was a little
too quick for him.
All the axes and buck-saws found in
the ruins of Pompeii are of light make,
as if constructed for woman's use. Those
old ancients knew their little business.
A natural soap mine has been discov-
cred in Elko county, Nevada. 1t looks
like notified CASTLE soap. There are a
great many natural soft-soap mines in
other sections.
1t pays better not to do wrong thar
to do it and then repent.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09
Diet for Weak StOmaCns,

The Medical Record says: "Where til,
stomach is weak, in its muscular action
but little food should be taken into it at a
time. The best diet is skinned milk,
half pint every four hours. When
milk is not well digested, lime water is
combined with it. Such foods rs coffee,
tea and tobacco must. of course be given
up absolutely and at once. A sovereign
article of diet is buttermilk. In butter
milk the casein Of milk is coagulatcd
and broken up, SO that the stomach is
spared two steps of the regular process
of digestion. Another excellent prepa-
ration of milk is koumyss. 1t contains
good deal of carbonic acid. In all
cases the stomach's work should be
made easier by a diet consisting of eggs,
milk, starchy vegetables, stewed fruits,
nnd little butter, with s"Nle bread"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09
The JaneSeS.

ATcH1soN, Kan, May 31.-A bold
and successful robbery perpetrated at
l O'Clock last night, at Nortonville, a
town on T. & San Francisco railroad II
miles south east of this city. Three
masked men entered the store Of Nc
Arley & Hogson, in which his clerks
two ladies, and two little girls were.
The robbers INN ediately upon enter
ing, drew revolvers aud commanded
the inmates to keep quiet. One of the
thieves then proceeded to the safe and
one took post at the door; and the
third kept guard over the occupants
While the robbers were thus occupied
two of the clerks who had been to
the depot, returned and we're at once
taken charge Of by the sentinel at the
door The safe contained between
81 200 and 400 in cash and this the
robbers carried Off An inner box in
the safe contained about $1,000, but the
robbers failed to effect an entrance into
this. They worked silently and quick
ly and after securing the money walked
backward out of the store, warning the
occupants not to look out of the door
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09
Household Hints.

Paint Spots.-When neither turpentine
nor benzine will remove paint spots from
garments, try chlorolorm 1t will absorb
and remove paint which has been on for
six months.
10 Restore Tainted Meat. - Pour 4 few
drops OF hydrcchloric acid in water till
of light sour taste, and immerse the
tainted meat in it for an hour or so, and
it will become quite sweet aghin.
Bruises or SpraUas.- Battle the part in
cold water until you can get ready q de-
coction Of NORWOOD. This is one of
the very best remedies for sprains and
bruises. When the NORWOOD is fresh
gathered, pound the leaves, and wet
them either with water or vinegar, and
bind them on the bruise; when the herb
is dry, put it into cold water and let it
boil a short time, then battle the bruise
and bind on the herb.
Window Baskets medium sized
fruit-bowl, one that slopes toward the
bottom, and with scarlet yarn and a GRO
Chef needle, knit a cover of open work
to fit it, and finish it with a narrow far
ing border at the bottom edge, tassel
in the center, and three stout cords of
the doubled worsted tied to the upper
edge to hang it by; fill the bowl with
sand and leaf mold. The plants should
be spotted Gala, ivy and tradescantia, us
they will not require drainage.
To Make Rugs. Take any kind Of old
yarn, such as socks or stockings ravel
them out, double the yarn three pl y and
twist it, after which it is coarse and dur
able. Then color it in pretty, bright CO.
ors, usually having that for the ground
work black, brown or drab. Take a bone
crochet needle, and knit in pretty figures
and stripes. Uus Java canvas patterns,
such as come in some of the magazines,
or any pattern your fancy may suggest.
A very pretty one has the groundwork
black, with two red birds and rose ard
green leaves for the center, wi9h rcd
border around the edge.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09
The Use OF Fallen Leaves.

In the Gardeners Monthly, Mr.. Nee
han says: Leaves have to be gathered
up. They are excellent to mix with hot
bed material, and, where practicable
should be saved for this purpose. They
do not heat so rapidly as stable manure
and in this have an advantage; as TEN.
pering the violence makes the manure
last longer and maintain more regular
heat. They are excellent material t
put, round cold frames to protect half
hardy plants. A board is put up tc
til. height of the frame boards, ant
about foot or more from them, and the
leaves filled in between. If the plant;
are somewhat tender, the bottom of the
frames may be filled few feet with the
leaves. These leaves, after having beer
two or three years decaying, make ad
mirabe stuff for potting plants and tt
flowers in general"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09
Remember This.

An Iowa lady writes to an exchange
the following:
"For three years have lived in town,
and during that time my sitting room
has been free from flies, three only walk
ing about my breakfast table, while all
my neighbors rooms are crowded. I
often congratulate myself on my escape,
but never knew the reason of it until a
few days ago. l then had occasion to
remove my goods to another house while
| remained on for few days longer.
Among other things removed were two
boxes of geraniums and calceolarias
which stood in my window, being open
to its full extent, top and bottom. The
boxes were not gone half an hour when
my room was as full of flies as those of
my neighbors around me. This, to me,
is new discovery, and perhaps it may
serve to encourage others in that which
is always source Of pleasure, namely
window gardening. Mignonette, planted
i'll long, shallow boxes, placed on the
window sill, will be found excellent for
this purpose"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09
How Bow: Marbles are Made.

Almost all the marbles" with wh:ch
boys everywhere amuse themselves, in
season and out of season, on sidewalks
and in shady spots, are made at Ober-
stein, Germany. There are large agate
1uarries and mills in that neighborhood,
and the refuse is turned to good account
in providing the small stone balls for
experts to "knuckle" with. The stone
is broken into small cubes, by blows of
a light hammer. These small blocks of
stone are thrown by the shovelful into
the hopper of small mill, formed of
a bedstone, having its surface grooved
with concentrate burrows; above this is
the runner" which is of some hard
wood, having level face on its lover
surface. The upper block is made to re-
volve rapidly, water being delivered up
on the grooves of the bedstone where the
marbles are being rounded. 1t takes
about fifteen minutes to finish half
bushel of good marbles, ready for the
boys knuckles. One mill will turn out
100000 marbles per week. The very
hardest crackers" as the boys call them,
are made by slower process, somewhat
analogous, however, to the other.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09
To Gentlemen,

Is it not time that the effort should be
made to Danish from the conversation OF
men who respect themselves that fear
full habit of using profane words, which
has almost, if the idea is not too horri-
bic for expression, made itself a national
characteristic? l think that in England
there has been great reform made in
This respect; that among the higher
classes the old ways of evil language
have been materially changed, and the
social atmosphere purified of at least SO
much that was deplorable. Cannot the
gentlemen of American society quietly,
by individual, not associated action,
break the letters of q way or a habit,
which is nothing but evil? And if they
herald the way, the influence on all
others may be such as that out of the
depths of its degradation American
speech may become clean, and such as
men may, in calm moments, think of it
without horror. l commend the sug-
gestion to the quiet thought of the we'll
bred men who desire to fill the complete
standard of gentlemen in all things.
The wrong is to-day simply frightful,
and the remedy is before all of us.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09
The Star Routes.

CHICAGO, May 30.-The Times Wash
ington special says, there may be a
practical outcome for the star route in.
vestigation, but if there is, the credit
should be given entirely to the news
papers of the country that have kept
! the public informed of the enormous
frauds and extravaganza of the star
route service. After all the exposures
and reel al of degrading and undisput-
ed facts, the men who are responsible
for the frauds do not appear to be in
any imminent danger: What is every
body's business is apparently no5ody's
business. To convict any Of the
members Of the powerful ring
that has so long despoiled
the government requires thorough evil
dence. The discovery of the frauds
and their manner of coming into being
is only small step in the way of right
ing them and bringing the perpetrators
to justice. Practically, the govern
ment is doing nothing to bring the
star route people into the courts. The
postmaster general, an honest man
and we'll meaning, knows nothing of
the details Of the star route business,
and is so occupied with his regular
work that he can hardly spare the
time. The attorney is in the same
way occupied with his regular duties.
The work of compiling testimony
is at present IN the hands Of Special
Agent Woodward, of the postotfice
department. He is a hard working,
painstaking officer, but he has but lit
tie, if any, assistance in a work where
fully one hundred men could be profit
ably employed. What is needed is q
special corps of experts and trusty spe-
cial agents to do detective work. The
exposures thus far have resulted in
showing a way to the postmaster gen.
eral to lop off large extravaganza; but
it is extremely doubtful if the work of
the department will ever get beyond
that. There is deal of clatter about
the tremendous push of the admin
stration in gathering testimony, but at
the rate affairs are now being conduct
ed the guilty parties will be sweetly
sleeping in their graves before the gov
eminent reaches them. In all expos
ures and reforms there is first the ex-
hilarating rush occasioned by public
applause; then comes the period Of
dry, dull work of gathering
facts to make the exposure
practical. This second stage Of
proceedings is apt to be the last. The
departments are not conducted in a
business way. There is no system, no
special organization, or much execu-
tive ability among the government Of
fcials. The inertia and lassitude of
Washington life in the dull season
comes also as an added weight. 1t is
so much easier to walk in the tread
mill Of routine than to branch out in
independent paths. If it had not been
for the untiring work Of one Or two
experts not connected with the govern
ment, the star-route business would
even now be bit of ancient history.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09
Choir or Congregation?

Dr. Holland, in discussion of church
music in Scribner, writes as follows:
For ourselves, we are very much
afraid of the movement toward congre-
gational music. The tendency thus far
has been to depreciate not only the
quality of music in the churches, but
the Importance Of it, and to make pub
lie worship very much less attractive to
the great world, which it is the church's
duty and policy to attract and to in
huence. The churches are full, as rule,
where the music is excellent. This fact
may not be very tlattering to preachers,
but it is fact, and it is quite a legiti
mate question whether church has
right to surrender any attraction that
will give it hold upon the attention of
the world, especially if that attraction is
ali eievating one, and in the direct line
of Christian influence. Congregational
singing is well enough in its place and
proportions, but very little of the inspi-
ration of music comes through it. 1t is,
indeed, more Of a torture than pleas
ure to many musical and deyout people.
The ideal arrangement, as it seems to us,
is a frst-class quartette, made up Of
soloists, who take q prominent part in
the public service, with single choral
in each service given to the congrega-
ton to sing. In this way, the two offices
Of music in public religious assemblies
seem to be secured more surely and sat-
isfactorily than i'll any other.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09
Moral and Religious.

Every man sees the faults of others,
but cannot discern his own.
. Act well at the moment and you hare
performed a good action to all eternity.
Improve the wit you have bought at a
dear rate, and the wisdom you have
gained by sad experience.
Hard work is the price asked for sue
cess, and it cannot be purchased with
any other kind Of currency.
y Our eyesight is the most exquisite Of
our senses, yet it does not serve us to
would it kindle within us. ~. -.
= Said Anne of Austria: ''God is a sure
paymaster. He may not pay at the end
Of the week, or month or year; but
charge you to remember He pays in the
end"
The greatest evils in life have had
their rise from something which was
thought to be of too little Importance to
be attended to.
Has it never occurred to us, when sur
rounded by sorrows, that they may be
sent to us only for our instruction, as we
darken the cages of birds when we wish
to teach them to sing?
We can easily manage, if we will only
take each day the burden appointed for
it. But the load will be too heavy for
us if we add to its weight the burden of
tomorrow before we are called to bear it.
The spirit of liberty is not merely, as
multitudes imagine, jealousy of our
own particular rights, but a respect for
the rights Of others, and an unwilling
ness that any man, whether high or low.
should be wronged and trampled under
foot.
The violet cannot become the rose, the
daisy cannot be the lilly; but if sacl,
could be the loveliest flower, earth would
lose half it's beauty. Without variety, Il
scene however fair within itself soon
wearies us. Knowest thou the moral:
Be content in thy proper sphere. Thou
mayest be the violet or the daisy, but
envy not the rose or the lilly; ali are
beautiful when heir appointedrlaces
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09
4 Boom.

New YORK, June From public
business still at high tide, changes
show that the reports Of a general stag
nation in the trade which has been
persistently circulated in the vicinity
of the stock exchange are not in &C
cord with the facts. The amount at
New York last week has been exceeded
only three times in the history of clear
ing house, although it was the fourth
week of the month, and dealings in
stocks were by no means the heaviest
on record
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09

oALTpETRF2 FOR BLAcKLEG.-Giye each
81 o., your alFes and yearlings teaspoon.
~. Oh saitRetre, finely pounded, once in
i in5 weeks, and they will not be troub-
. .eo WIN si tblackleg. The blood becomes
. .o SHE INC to circulate freely, and causes
. siIoIppage. Fever ensues, and the ami.
h h1al diesi But the saltpetre thins the
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09
Preparation of EhOnite.

Tn use of ebonite, one of the newer
preparations of india rubber, is constant
ly increasing, on account of it's better
applicability to many purposes in the
arts than its near ally, vulcanite. The
two substances are quite similar, being
composed of india rubber and sui phur,
with some preparation of gutta percha,
shcllac, asplalte, graphite, etc, although
these latter are not essential. In yul-
canite the amount Of sulphur does not
exceed 20 to 80 per cent, whereas in
cbonite the percentage of sulphur may
reach as high as 60. An increased tenn
perature is also required for this prepa-
ration. The approved formula consists
in mixing together 400 parts of rubber,
45 of sulphur, and 10 OF gutta percha,
and heat to facilitate the combination.
In manufacture, a sufficient quantity of
this mixture is placed in mold, of a
desired shape, and of such material as
will not be affected by the sulphur con-
tanned in the mass. 1t is then exposed
to heat of about 3l50 Fab, and a press
ure Of about - lbs. to the square inch,
for two hours. This can be done most
readily by placing the mold in steam
pan, where the requisite pressure and
temperature can easily be kept up.
When cold, the ebonite is removed
from the mold, and finished and pol
shed in the usual manner.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09
YOUTH AND AGE.

The more we live, more brief appear
Our life's succeeding stages
A day to childhood seems a year.
And years like passing ages
The gladstone current of our youth
Ere passion yet disorders,
Seems lingering like q river smooth
Along its grassy borders.
But the careworn cheek grows wan,
And sorrow ) shafts fly thicker.
Ye stars, that measure life to man.
Why seem your courses quicker:
When Joys have lost their bloom and breath,
And life itself is vapid,
Why, as we near the Falls of Death,
Feel we its tide more rapid:
1t may be strange, yet who would change
Times course to slower speeding,
When one by one our friends have gone
And left our bosoms bleeding:
Heaven gives our years of fading strength
Indcmnfying heetneSs;
And those of youth, q seeming length
Proportioned to their sweetness.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09

When your straw hat needs bleaching,
first scrub it well with borax, using
very little soap; then rinse in borax-
water, using a teaspoonful of powdered
borax to basin of water; bleach it in
the sun two or three days. If the hat is
very yellow a little lemon juice rubbed
OIL will prove effective.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09

for an hour or they would be shot.
Gaining the street the robbers rode off
south. Up to the present time no trace
of them has been discovered.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09

Who said nature does not supply peo-
pie with clothing? Doesn't she furnish
children with plenty of black-caps every
Summer?
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-09
Won the Derby.

SPLENDID VICTORY FOR IROQUO1S.
New YORK, June line news that
Pierre Lorilard's three-year-od colt
Iroquois won tie English Derby, was
received in this city with an enthusi-
astic expression OF pleasure in sport
ing circles and at the cl':hs.
AT the Union club, Pierre Lorillard
stood in the center of crowd of at
least 900 excited men, who congratu-
lated him on the ownership of the first
American horse which has won even
place in Derby.
A little before noon, party from the
Uuion club started for the Jerome
Park race. the Lorillard carriage being
decorated with bunting They were
greeted with cheers from the different
groups of clubs, and shouting men
along the line.
American and English critics have
spoken highly of Iroquois and conse-
quently he has been quite heavily
backed here.
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The Way to ExpOstulate.


misplaced. There are situations in this
life where politeness and suavity are not
SO useful and effective as a good club.
The New York papers are busily ell
gagged in discussing what is the proper
thing to do when burglar enters a
house in the still watches Of the night
1t must be admitted that vast majority
are in favor of getting under the bed or
behind the door. There is also an i'm.
mense preponderance of public senti-
ment in favor of lying still and pretend
ing that sound sleep makes us obliv-
Gus to burglars or other doings. 1t is
almost unanimously agreed by the New
York press shat the line, "deal gently
with the erring," does not apply TO the
case Of burglar. It does not do to ac-
cost the burglar as if he had entered the
wrong house. Mr.. Bryant, of Harlem:
did that the other night, and received a
blow over the head from jimmy for
his pains Mrs. Hull expostulated with
q burglar who entered her room, and lost
her life in consequence. The general
verdict is, that rs soon asa burglar enters
the house he should tilst be riddled
with bullets and expostulated with after
wards. A burglar is always more amen
able to reason when he has from two to
five ounces of lead in him. He then
begins to see the error of his ways, and
any remarks that the householder may
see fit to bestow upon him will make a
greater impression than at any other
time. IF any one attempts to burglar
ize your house, shoot him on the spot.