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Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

Careful investments at ordinary rates
Of interest roll up, at first slowly,
but in later years in immense proper
tons. The desire to grow rich fast
leads men to despise the safer methods,
aud disaster sweeps away on the in
slant accumulations that the slower
but surer rules of arithmetical pro-
gression would have made fortunes.
There never was time when eau
ton was more important than the
present in such matters. Money is so
abundant. and the rates of interest
consequently SO low upon securities
beyond question that the temptation to
embark in perilous enterprises is very
great. There is now a rage for new
corporations, and several are starting
every day. The Legislature has pro-
vided easy facilities for such undertak-
ings, and the public have developed so
much fondness for these investments
that the supply hardly keeps up with
the demand. These corporate bodies
are being formed to do every thing un-
der the sun, and their stock is eagerly
sought after on the belief that the divi-
idends will give a handsome return.
We have had all sorts of financial
crazes. and desire to utter a word OF
warning about the corporation craze
which now prevails. Go slow is our
advice, scrutinize carefully and invest
surely. The way to get rich is to be
prudent and saving. All other ways
are full of pitfalls. Those who come
ont in safety are the exceptions who
but prove the rule. There is no royal
road to riches any more than to learn
ing. Verbun sap.-Philadelphia Call.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05
HOW MONEY GROWS.
What May BE Done with = Small Sun
When safely Invested.

What May he Done with = Small Sum
When safely Invested.
Among lot of old rubbish has been
found warrant or order upon the
United States treasury for the pay
ment to John Yesterday of 81, 80,
dated February IA, 1898, with interest
at six per cent There is no doubt
about its genuiness, and none of the
authority of the drawer. who was at
that time Register. The Government
acknowledges the obligation. The
only question is as to the parties en-
titled to the payment. The small
amount of the warrant is increased by
more than ninety-three years interest,
and is thereby swelled to the hand
est were compounded it would reach
nearly one million. Every ten years
at that rate the principal would have
doubled, SO that the comparatively in
significant sum of $l,745.9O would
have been in February IA, 1883, the
magnificent fortune of 1898. 900. 80.
This exhibits what may be done with q
small sum in ninety. years of invest
ment and reinvestment at the legal
rate of interest In another ninety
years of compounding the S1.745. 80
would be nearly $45S, 100000. The
house of William Penn that stands in
the Park was built longer ago than
twice ninety years, and the money
that it cost to build in 1854, If 50
treated, would now be thousand mill
ions of dollars.
These facts. brought home to us by
the neglect of Yesterday in not draw
ing his warrant on the morrow, teach
the moral of small savings and careful;
investment. Commencing early i'm life.
putting away something every year,
and investing and reinvesting the in
come, will make almost any man
rich who lives the ordinary span
of existence. Five hundred dollars in
seventy years will compound into 364,-
600. This is the secret of large fort
unes left by humble men to the sur
prise Of :heir friends aud relations.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05
THE BUDDING PROCESS.
4 Species Of Grating Adopted for Stone
Fruits and Flower Plants.

4 Species OF Grating Adopted for Stone
Fruits and Flower Plants.
Budding is kind of grating in
which buds with a shield of the ad
jacent bark are used instead of cions,
and the union is formed between the
wood of the stock and the bark of the
bud by inserting the latter under the
bark of the stock in such manner
that at least one edge of the bark o1
the bud is brought into close contact
with the corresponding edge of the
bark of the stock. This process is used
for all the stone fruits-peaches. plums,
cherries, etc.-also for various Towering
plants, but chiefly tor roses. Ine
season is in the summer. when the bark
is easily detached from the wood, and
July and August is the most convenient
time. The tools required are nothing
more than knife with sharp broad
blade; a small flat chiseE made of hard
wood and tapered down to a thin end
half an inch broad, and with which the
bark is lifted. and some narrow bands
of cotton cloth or Eastwood inner bark,
by which the bud is held in its place
until union is formed.
The process is as follows. The bark
of the stock is cut in the shape of 4 I,
or as is here shown of the full size:
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05
FOR DUB YOUNG READERS.
THEORY.

Tho theoretic turtle started out to see the
toad;
He came to stop at q HDerty-pOie IN the
middle of the road.
-~Now how, in the name of the sporting
whale" the indignant turtle cred,
~Csn climb this perpendicular clir, and
get on the other side!
- If only could make big balloon, Ia
lightly over it fly;
Or a very long ladder might reach the top.
though it does look fearfuily high.
If beaver were in my place. he'd gnaw q
passage through with his teeth;
I can't do that, but can dig tunnel and
pass beneath,
He was digging his tunnel, with might and
main. when dog looked down at the
hoe.
1.-THE eus. est way, my fr;end." said he, "is
to walk around the pole"
"A. Il. Wells, in ST. Nicholas.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05
FEEDING THE HORSE.
A Little Variety Relished by Animals
Well as by Men.

A Little Variety Rslished by Animals as
Well as by Men.
1t is about rs difficult, as we under
stand it, for a man to find out just how
to feed horse to the best advantage,
all things considered, as it is to find out
how to feed himself. How many men
know just what to eat, and how much?
How many are as careful about their
food as they know how to be? Their
own feelings may be warning, some
| need. In feeding the horse we have no
such reminders. 1t is all judgment,
and half of that is guess-work.
Oats are the natural grain food of
the horse. This is the popular verdict.
But does the horse not want or need
something else? Yes, he wants rea-
sOnable allowance of good hay, clover
or timothy, or the two cOmbined. Oat
straw is good, when the oats are cut
before the stalk has lost all of its green
hue. Wheat would be found nour-
ishing food for the horse, and not so
dear as some would at first think. But
| it is very concentrated food, and all
such must be fed with great care and
in connection with cOarser food of
some kind.
If oats are crushed. or just coarsely
ground. they will prove more nourish-
ing. In England, they are passed be-
tween rollers. But if a horses teeth
are good, it will generally grind it's
oats pretty we'll. There is a great
in =
respect, just as there is in men. Some
bolt their food much more rapidly and
less masticated than others. But what
ever grain you feed, do not let the
horse drink Immediately after. If YOU
do. much of the grain will be washed
out of the stomach without being
digested. See that the horse is properly
watered little while before eating ita
grain.
Corn is not the best food for the
horse. 1t is too carbonaceous, or heat
ing and fattening. Not every one
wants fat horse. Fat is not a sign of
the best of health in either man or
horse. 1t is better to sell the corn and
buy oats with the money received for
it. Corn is apt to make a horse stiff
and logy. 1t is very concentrated food.
as well as fatt9ning.
All dry feed is not the best for the
horses health. 1t needs few roots.
apples, carrots, potatoes or other sue.
cuient food, as relish and regulator
OF the bowels. Nor is all grass gcoi
ior the horse, II it is to do any work, as
most people know. we presume. a
moderate ration of grass. followed with
dry nay, and always accompanied with
oats. will do horse good. The horse.
IKE man and other animals. relishes :
iirtle variety. and it does him good
Gos'on0l Lsre-Stosk Journal.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

The upper dot represents the bud,
the lower one the stalk of the leaf di-
rectly below it The leaf is cut off,
leaving the stalk, which serves as q
handle to hold the bud by. The piece
of bark is then carefully placedin posi-
ton under the raised corners on the
stock, the straight edges being fitted
close together and the raised corners
being laid over the inserted bark. The
bandage is then fitted and tied secure
ly. The bandage may be made of any
soft flexible material which is tough
coarse, soft yarn, the soft, thin inner
husk of corn ear, soft hickory or
Eastwood bark, or strips of cotton
cloth, but if necessary the bands
should be softened by soaking them in
water, by which they can be tied with
out breaking.
The bark will unite in ten or four
teen days and if the bud has taken or
the union has been made, the bark will
appear fresh and the bud plump and
the leaf stalk will have dropped. In
this case the knot of the band should
be loosened to prevent strangulation of
the stock and to permit it to grow
freely. If the bark is shriveled and
the dry stalk still adheres to it the
operation has failed and may be re-
peated by using a bud which has been
reserved for this purpose by wrapping
the twigs in damp moss or cloth and
keeping them in q cool dark place.
When the bud has taken successfully
nothing more is done until the follow
ing spring when the stock is cut off
above it and the shoot is permitted to
grow. To prevent the new shoot from
being injured by high winds it is well
to tie it to stake if the position is ex-
posed.
The new growth is. of course, the
same variety as that OF the tree from
which the bud is taken. but OCCASION
ally some difference will occur in the
fruit from the bud BY reason of the eff
feet of the stock. These pears budded
on ounce stocks will be dwarfed and
the fruit will differ in quality, some
pears being far better thus grown than
on pear stocks; but, as rule. there is
no important variation. The opera
ton is mostly performed on peaches.
cherries and plums, the better kinds
being budded on Seeding stocks which
would bear inferior fruit. The finer
kinds of roses are also budded on
strong growing stocks and sometimes
on the Wild bricr to produce what are
known as standards, which have the
form of \ small tree on tall, upright
stem.-Henry Sterart in N. =. Times.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05
CGNOY-MAK.NG.

Facts OF Interest to Our Young Readers
Concerning This Vast Industry.
How many of the boys and girls who
read the Christian Onion know or even
think what vast industry candy
making is in this country? An article
recently published in Harper's Kosth,y,
written by Mr.. r r. Bowker, tells
us many interesting facts
In 1880 there were in the United
States 1852 confectioners. In New
York City alone there are at the pres
cnt time several large factories where
hundreds Of boys and girls as well as
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05
FARM AND FIREsIoE.

-Currants dipped in ice water are
excellent to allay thirst. = Wons0n's
Journal.
"A solution of equal parts OF gum
Arabic and plaster of Paris cements
china and Western RsI-
raj.
"A Utica genius has invented farm
harness that weighs less than fifteen
pounds and does away with whiIfle-
trees, traces and many of the cumber-
some straps and buckles. Moreover.
it is cheap.-N. p. Sun.
For pudding sauce, stir thickening
into one and one-half cups of water
and boil few minutes. then stir in two
thirds cup of sugar and one-half cup of
sweet cream. take off the stove and add
a piece of butter the size Of a robins
egg.-Toledo Blade.
-Stewed Beef Steaks: Roll with a
rolling-pin, flour, season, and fry with
sliced onion to light brown; then lay
them in a astew-pan, pour as much boil
ing water as will serve for sauce. stew
half an hour. and add spoonful of
catsup before serving.-Tae Caterer.
An experienced horticulturist thus
describes his mode of planting fruit
trees: He makes hoes eighteen inches
deep and three feet in diameter. fills in
four inches of strong. short horse ma
nure, then two or three inches of street
dirt, sets the trees. and fills in with
earth.-N Y telegram.
To start rose slips. fill an old pan
.ol eli, 80 %h<>
depth of an inch and half; set where
the sun will shine directly on them all
day, and keep them thoroughly wet all
the time. Do not allow them to dry
out, and you can raise nine out of ev-
cry ten.-Bostoh Globe.
"A cow, says the american Agricul-
turist, should have clean skin in or
der to give clean milk and make good
butter, and that cleanliness can not be
secured except by the use of the brush
and the thorough removal of dirt and
filth, which should be done before the
COWS are MIXED in the morning and
evening.
1t is a mistake to place the roost-
ing poles at different heights rising
from the front, because all will strive
to get on the highest one, and the
weaker ones are crowded off and fire.
quently fall to the ground. only to
repeat the process. or. if injured. to
remain on the ground all night. Place
all the poles at the same elevatiOn.-
N. Y. Tribune.
-Wide-awake Pie: One cup of
sugar. one cup of molasses. One-fourth
cup of vinegar, two-thirds cup OF
water, and butter the size of an egg.
Simmer them together, then add one
cup of powdered cracker, allspice, Gin
namon. nutmeg and raisins. Bake
with two crusts. This makes two pies.
The Household.
Minute Pudding: Take one quart
of milk, one pint of flour. two eggs.
one tablespoonful of salt. Boil the milk
in a double boiler: beat the eggs and
add the flour slowly, with enough of
the milk to make it smooth; stir into
the boiling milk and cook it half an
hour. Eat with liquid sauce or sirup.
Toledo Blade.
"A correspondent of the Western
PloUman says almost any variety of
corn can be obtained by careful selec-
ton of seeds. For variety that could
not be injured by wet weather he
gathered strong, healthy ears that hung
down upon erect stalks; and for best
results in shelled corn ears with deep
grains and small cobs. bearing grains
the entire length. He advises trying
this few years and noting the results.
-
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

"A story was told in Maine one hum
dred years ago or more of an old ;ady
who. having read in the Scriptures that
by faith mountains could be moved,
prayed that q hill which obstructed the
view in front of her house might be
taken away. She afterward told .
friend that sit didn't 60 away, and she
didn't believe it would In the frst
place. ."-Lesciston (Ae.) Journal
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

in the midst of his infirmities, dur.
ing which he has sometimes for days
together been unable to hold q pen Mr..
Spurgeon has issued his nineteen-hun.
dredth sermon
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

Mt. Holyoke Seminary, the pioneer
in the higher education of women in the
Connecticut Valley, has nearly COM
pleted the first half century of its unique
End excellent work.-Hartford Cowrant.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02

Hon Benjamin T, Biggs, the "Dela-
ware PiowbOy," was born in New Castle
county, Oct lat, 1921. His father was
John Biggs, farmer, born In Cecil Co.,
Md, but removed early in life to PEN
cader Hundred, New Castle county, Del.
Be- jsmin Biggs first began attendance
at the public schools Of his neighbor.
hood, and at the age of nineteen years
was sent to the New Jersey Conference
Seminary, where he continued two
taught school, after which time he en-
tered the Wesleyan University at Mid
dletOwn, Conn. Upon his return home
be engaged in farming on land owned
by his father, and cOntriVed TO live on
the estate for nearly twenty years, d.
Vlding his attention between cereal and
peach culture. This to him was congo
NAL employment, and he made it the
calling of his life. But In his early life
his capacity as an orator often drew him
into the field OF literature and public or
patriotic assemblies and finally into
public life.
In 1846 he was commissioned by Gov
eTnor VIM. Temple, Major of the Della
ware regiment which was raising for
the Mexican war, in anticipation Of
Ii for troops by the United States
G Vernment. In 1852 he was elect
ed on the Wbig ticket a mem.
Der Of the Constitutional COnven-
tiOn called for the purpose Of
amending the State Constitution.
When the Wing party ceased to ex-
ist, and was succeeded by the "KnoW
NOthings," he refused to join that party
because Of Its pr1scriptive character. In
1865 he acted with the Democratic party,
FL ding that his former party affiliations
could not lead him to cOuntenRnce the
doctrines of the so called american"
party, and he has since been closely
Identified with the history of the Demo-
cratic party in his State. In 1860 he
was nominated for Representative in
Congress on the Democratic ticket, but
was defeated. In 1867, when the Queen
Ann & Kent railroad was in its infancy
be was made one Of its directors, and In
1874 was elected president of said road,
which position he holds at present In
1878 be was again nominated for Con-
gTess, was elected and re elected in
1870, thus serving for two terms. He left
lis farm in 1877 and removed to his
handsome residence in Midd letOWn.
He was married May Is, 1858, TO Miss
Mary S. Baekman, of New Jersey. Five
children were born to them, of whom
lhree survive.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02
The Frontier Photographer.

"Tallsing about photographers, said a
young lady who reclined lazily in one of the
luxurious chair cars ~ have been out west
on visit to my married sister-way out
where there isn't much but prairie and wind,
you know. Well, there's a photographer
there-Id like to know where you can go in
this country and not find one-and he was
good one. Nothing would do my sister but
we must go up and have our pictures taken,
and so we went up. sat first He arranged
me in the chair, an old wooden one, and
placed my head in the rest, which was am old
pitchfork, with the sharp ends of the tines
broken off. Then what do you suppose the
brute did9 Well, he fixed his old camera and
took huge quid of tobacco out of his mouth,
threw it against the wall higher than his
head, and said:
"'Now, look right at that, mum, hold still,
and look purity. '"-Chicago Herald
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02
Iocl, of tho ola mime vigor

The old coal miner who allowed his wife to
thrash him daily because "it pleased her and
didn't hurt l )" was once noticed by COM
panion to be very respondent, and he gave as
a reason for his gloom that he noticed the
old woman's arm was failing" She could
not strike as hard as she used to. In like
manner the general public will regret to
notice that the vigorous abuse which one
paper heaps on another is not as virulent as
heretofore. For instance, here is mild, in
offensive paragraph which a local contempor-
airy applies to the editor of The Vicksburg
Herald. Heprobably intended to be abusive,
but the reader will notice with sorrow that
the pen has lost its wonted vigor. He says of
the editor:
When he disappears beneath the vile green
scum where he belongs, and his warty and
diseased soul goes to its black home, all hell
will shudder with horror at the intrusion, and
the demons will draw aside their reeking gar
ments lest they be polluted by his infectious
touch. Detroit Free Press.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02
WHEN bigh taxation was nronoaed a,

WHEN high taxation was proposed as
= remedy for all the evils from which
the people of Canada were suffering In
a season of worldwide depression, the
Globe pointed out that its effect on
manufactures would be first undue and
unwhOlesome stimulation, next over
production, and in some cases collapse,
and thirdly combination. The cotton
manufacturers have demonstrated most
clearly how correct our anticipatiOns
were. We have seen the stimulation
and the production, and now we
hear that representatives of ell the cot
ton factories In Canada, except only one,
met in Montreal few days ago to make
such arrangements as would prevent
over production and enable them to put
up the prices. 1t Is gratifying perhaps,
to learn that for the present, at least,
they do not prOprose more than an ad-
vance of ten per cent.-[TOrOntO Globe.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02

desired height is PUNCHING RIvET HOLES.
reached and the deck is ON the vessel, it is slid
softly down into the water and towed around
to the "Shears," as the great fitting out wharf
is termed. Here the engines and boilers are
placed in position and the deck work finished.
Their armament is of the latest pattern.
One peculiar feature of these vessels is the
turrets which bulge out from the sides, two
forward and two aft These turrets are fur
nished with long range guns, which can be
fired, to cross either bow or stern, at dis
tance of 400 feet ahead or astern Of the boat.
If engaged in either running from or chas-
ing an enemy the advantages Of this particu-
lar part of her gear are plainly apparent.
Secretary Whitney has ordered the Puritan
to the League Island navy yard, few miles
further up tine Delaware. The Boston goes
to Brooklyn navy yard for her guns and
spars.
The Chicago is still at the yard putting in
her machinery
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02

It is g thankless task to warn young people
Of the evils Of overindulgence in cooling
viands and drinks during the heated term.
Young people will be young people, but not
very long if they keep on gorging that insidi-
GUS foe to health and life, ice cream. There
Is death, and, what is worse, premature old
age in the freezer. A single teaspoonful of
ice cream dropped upon the tongue of a rat
tlesnalle will kill the man that drops it just as
quick as the rattlesnake can get crack at
him, which will be while he is measuring the
ice cream
Fifteen grains of strychnine, mixed with
freezerful of ice cream, will kill as many peo-
pie as young man can stand treat for.
A dog shut up in an air tight iron box for
six weeks and fed upon nothing but ice cream
will die.
A young man named w. s. Thornton pre-
sumptuously declared that he could live on
ice cream. He ate fifteen cents worth, and
deiiantly ordered another dish. While wait
ing for it, he heard a noise out in the street,
and going out to see what caused it,
steamer on its way to a fire knocked him
down and ran over him. An ambulance was
summoned, and while waiting to be conveyed
to the hospital the wretched youth died of old
age.-R j. Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02

dat a pusson dales to come an steal my mems
in the daytime, feelin' dat I'll forgive him, an
| doan want to be so bad dat none OBJ de nay
burs will dare to come in an borry soft soap,
knowin' dat like to lend. In tryin' to strike
dc happy medium my hens hev all died of de
pip an none of de borryed soap has bin re-
turned.
| want TO treat all my nayburs alike, but
when johnson comes in an abuses Smith, an
Smith comes in an abuses Johnson, de happy
medium which search arouf fur makes en-
emies Of boat, bokase l doan agree with
either.
If pray so loud dat my ba2oo floats out on
dc night air to de ears Of de nayburhood,
somebody remarks dat wind power religion
may be all right to trade mules by, but it
doan reach de gates of Hoaben If pray in
sich low voice dat nobody hars it, remarks
are made to de effeck dat has cooled off a
good deal since payin dat bill fur three
months pew rent
My left hand naybur has ohilren who am
de terror of Kaintuck. He comes ober to me
in de gloamin' an axes what should be DONE
De happy medium would be to buy mad
dog an turn him loose in de back yard, but
de suggestion makes de man my enemy.
My right hand naybur has chill'en who am
SO good dat dey lay down an let darselves be
robbed an pounded. He wakes me up in de
mawnin' to ak my advice, an when l tell him
to pack dem off to an idiot asylum he doan'
speak to me agin fur six months.
De medium which we should strive fur may
de divided up as follows:
l. Be deaf in nayburhood quarrels.
2. Be dumb as to mems faults onleSs you am
In de witness box.
8. Be silent when you can't praise.
4. If you advise at all, agree wild de ideas
Of de pussOns aslin' it.
8. A blind man am nebber brought into
court fur a witness.
Q. wisdom am not in knowin' such power
ful sight, butin keepm shet on what you doan'
mow.-Dctroit Free Press.