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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-23
saturday, the 18th day Of August, 1888,
Executors Sale of Real Estate.
Saturday, the 18th day of OCTOBER, 1888,

In pursuance of an order granted Ivy the Probate
Co IT u stark county, Ohio, l will offer Tor sae al
public auction, on
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-23

DOES PROTECTION PROTECT ?
BLAINE 'S PAUPER MADE
CLOTHES.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-09
Intelligence of Driver Ants.

Driver ants not only build boats, but
launch them, too; only these boats are
formed of their own bodies. They are
called drivers" because Of their ferocity.
Nothing Fan stand before the attacks of
these little creatures. Large pythons
have been killed by them in a single
night, while chickens. lizards and other
animals in western Africa flee from them
in terror. To protect themselves from
the heat they erect arches under which
numerous armies Of them passin safety.
Sometimes the arch is made of grass and
earth and gummed together by some Sc
erection. and again it is formed by the
bodies of the larger ants, which hold
themselves together by their strong nip
pers while the workers pass under them.
AT certain times of the year freshets
overflow the country inhabited by the
drivers, and it is then that these ants go
TO sea. The rain comes suddenly, and
the walls Of their houses are broken in
by the flood. but, instead of coming to
the surface in scattered hundreds and
being swept OFF to destruction, out of the
ruin rises a black ball that rides safely
on the water and drifts away. At the
first warning Of danger the little crea-
lures rush together and form a solid body
of ants, the weaker in the center. Often
the ball is larger than a common base
ball, and in. this way they float about
until they lodge against some tree, upon
the branches of which they are soon safe
| and sound.-St. Nicholas.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-09
Tie Penny Slot Machine.

There have been a good many vari-
atoms on the drop a nickel in the slot
business since it began. | am told that
the drop a penny in the slot machine is
quite as profitable as, if not even more 50,
than the more expensive device. Each
trial of it yields to the owner only IA fifth
Of what n nickel machine does. but many
people who would not throw q nickel do
not hesitate to experiment with n cent or
two, and often men will empty their
pockets of coppers at the machine. An
electrical battery is one of the latest Of
these machines. You drop your cent,
take hold of the two handles and pull
them out u the stand till you get as
strong a shock a. you want, You regu-
late the current yourself. and if YOU can
stand a dollars worth Of il, ] suppose,
get it for your single copper. Every now
and then | meet one OF another Of the
collectors employed 10y tie owners Of
these machines. with canvas sacks full of
hard cash gathered from them. Tho
money drops through the slot into the
sack, | believe. and the collector, when
he makes his rounds, exchanges an empty
sack at each machine for the full one
which ha carries otf with him. Alfred
Trumble N New York News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-09
Relies Of AN Ancient Race.

Recent explorations in Spain by two
Belgian scientists have resulted in some
very interesting discoveries. Relics of n
prehistoric race have been found in great
abundance, ranging from the stone age
TO that of bronze and metals. These
people buried their dead not only in
stones, graves and cells. but also in great
jars Of burnt clay, accompanied hy
pieces Of pottery and other articles Of use
and value. This form Of jar burial Is
very widespread and examples have been
found from Japan 10 Peru, These relics
are supposed TO belong TO that ancient
race which lived in Europe previous to
the Aryan immigration, the various
branches Of which are known as Iberians,
Pelasgians, Lgunans. ETC., according 10
the country in which they lived. Sew.
eral skeletons we're found adorned with
silver and gold ornaments. One of the
most remarkable relics Ia a female skull
encircled by q band Of silver, to which Is
attached a thin plate Of the same metal.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-09
Polishing Diamonds.

One Of the great industries Of .Amstcr-
dam is the cutting and polishing Of dia-
monds; and nearly all the finest diamonds
m the world are brought here to be- cut
into shaIe. We will make q visit to one
Of the principal diamond establishments,
and when we yet there ! think We shall
be surprised "a find a great factory four
or five stories high, a steam engine in the
basement and fly wheels and leathern
bands and all sorts Of whirring machinery
in the different stories. On the very top
floor the diamonds are finished and pol
jshe,l, and here we see skillful wnrkmen
'Itting lcfore rapidly revolving disks OF
steel. against which the diamonds are
pressed and polished.
1t requires great skill, time and pa
tience before one Of these valuable gems
is got into that shape in which II viii
best shine. sparkle and show its purity.
Nearly half tie diamonds produced in
the world. the best Of which come from
Brazil. are sent to this factory 10 be cut
and polished. Here the great Kohii-noor
was cut; and we are shown models Of
that aud other famous diamonds that
were cut in these rOons.- ST, Nicholas.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-09
instantaneous Interest Indicator.

A machine by which the interest on
any sum from &c. 900 10 81, from ten
years TO one day, at any rate per cent,
may be determined in thirty seconds, by
simply turning a knob, has been patented.
An interest sheet is wound around the
rollers inside the machine, which are ro-
tated by tls knobs at the side 10 stop at
the given amount desired, and given rate
per cent, Us printed on the interest sheet,
this portion then appearing in the open
space on the left hand margin Of the ma
chine. Then the small metal tablets on
the face and across the center are thrown
up with the point n the pencil, for the
time the interest IL 10 be computed.
This being done, the required interest is
in plain view. by the use u this ma
chine all Of the mental and three-fOurths
Of the physical labor ia dispensed with.
II Is quicker than books OF charts, IL 10
safer than books or charts, because you
cannot 500 any figures Tut those you
wish 20 see. IL keeps lis own time. -
Scientific American.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-09
No Other Railway in the Northwest

has IN 10 short a period gained the rep
utation and popularity enjoyed by the
WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINE.
From "A comparatively unknown factor
In the commercial world, II has been
transformed to an independent, infiu.
entail. grand Through Route, with
magnificent depotr, superb equipment
and unsurpassed terminal facilities.
through careful catering to details IL
has won for itself a reputation Of solid
ity, safety. convenience and attention
TO its patrons, second 10 no railroad In
the country. Pullman sleepers, moo
els Of palatial comfort, dining cars in
which the cuisine and general appoint
ments are up 10 the highest standard,
and coaches especially built for this
route, are among the chief elements
which have contributed towards cater
ing successfully TO a discriminating
public. Located directly on Its line,
between Minneapolis and 81. Paul. and
Milwaukee and Chicago, and Duluth and
Milwaukee and Chicago, are the follow
ing thriving cities of Wisconsin and
Michigan New Richmond, Chippewa
Falls, Eau Claire, Ashland, Hurley, Wis,
Ironwood, Mich, Bessemer, Mich, Stew
ems Point. Neenah, Menashs, Oshkosh,
Fond du Lac, Waukeshs, and Burling-
ton, Wis.
For detailed information, lowest eur.
Q n rates, berths, etc., via this route,
10 any point in the South or East, ar.
ply to nearest Ticket Agent, or address
VIM. S. MELLEN. JAMES BARKER.
General Manager. Genl. Paasr, a Ticket Agt,
MILWAUKEE,
2. N. ANSOst, Northwestern Passenger Ast,
No, 10 Nieolstt House. Minneapolis. MIMI
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-09
Slave 20 the QUINN. Habit.

A tall, fine looking woman, dressed IN
the latest fashion, entered an uptown
drug store the other evening, and, APP
preaching the counter, leaned YEARLY
against it. The clerk, who was waiting
ON another customer, reached TO a shelf,
and taking down a little box shook three
pills into n bit of paper. He passed them
10 the fashionable lady and gave her a
glass of mineral water. After putting
the pills in her mouth the lady drank the
water, and with a sigh of relief hurried
from the shop. Not a word passed be-
tween either customer or clerk, and no
money was paid for the pills.
well, that beats me- exclaimed q
visitor.
lit is rather singular, ~ said the clerk,
smiling, ''but such things happen here
every day. That customer is well known
in the social world. She has got the
quinine habit. which will kill her in the
end. There is too much of this quinine
business going on. but we have TO keep
up with the times. That lady exhausted
herself in social and charitable visits.
and then began 10 take a five grain pill
Of auinine Ia brace no Oh. She did it by
the advice of a friend. From five grains
every evening she advanced to fifteen,
and O she will want twenty. She
likes to feel cheerful and look well when
she goes out with her husband, and,
having become a slave to quinine, she
takes it as a stimulant, but her husband
is ignorant of the habit. She pays us
$3.50 per week, and We keep the pills
here for her. IL is far worse than drink
ing alcoholic iliquor, and we frequently
advise our quinine patients to brace up
on whisky or brandy, and let quinine
alone. New York Telegram.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-09
Fish Ia the Sen of GaIiIes.

The classification Of the fishes found in
the sea Of Galilee has led 10 the strange
discovery that these fishes do not belong
10 the Mediterranean system, but aro pc
culiar, and belong 10 the fish system Of
the great inland lakes Of Afnca-Tan-
ganyika, Nyassa and the neighboring
waters. The inference H. drawn that UNI
told ages ago the Jordan valley was filed
by q lake which was joined to the Red
cen, then a fresh water lake, which in
turn was In direct communication with
the great lake system OF Central Africa.
Boston Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-09
Water Of IN. Thames.

Tho average Englishnah is beginning
vaguely 10 suspect that the water Of the
river Thames Is not N pure as IL might
be. A correspondent d The London
Daily Telegraph sends that journal a
ietter Of about fifty words written with
thc scdi,nent OF three ounces u Thames
watcr, taken from near tho Naval col
lece at Grcenwich.-New York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-11
Medicinal Qualities of Onions.

The free use of onions for the table
has always been considered by most
people healthy and desirable, and but
for the odor, which is Objectionable to
many, they would be found more gen
orally on our dining-tables. For cold
on the chest there is no better specific,
for most persons, than well-bOiled or
roasted onions. They may not agree with
every one, but to persons with good di-
gestion they will not only be found to be
a most excellent remedy for a cough ,
and the clogging of the bronchial tubes
which is usually the cause of the cough
but if eaten freely at the outset of a
cold they will usually break up what
promised from the severity of the at
tack to have been serious one. A
writer in one of our medical journals
recently recommended the giving of
young raw onions to children three or
four times a week, and when they get
too large and strong to be eaten raw,
then boil and roast them, but do not
abandon their free use. Another writer,
advocating their use, says: During
unhealthy seasons, when diphtheria
and like contagious diseases prevail
onions ought to be eaten in the spring
of the year at least once week. Onions
are invigorating and prophylactic be-
yond description. Further, challenge
the medical fraternity or any mother to
point out place where children have
died from diphtheria or scarlatina, an
ginosa, ETC., where onions were freely
used -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-11
Questions Answered.

G.. W., WAITsFIELD.-If soldier
dies after applying for pension and
before it is granted, leaving a widow or
a child under sixteen years of age sur
viving, his widow or child has a right to
complete his claim and receive the pen
sion he would have received at the time
of his death, whether the soldier died
of disease contracted in the United
States service or not.
II. W., HANOvER, N. H.-Twelve
dollars a month is the rate of pension
fixed by law for the mother of private
soldier and it can not be increased by an
application to the pension office for that
purpose, however needy and helpless
she may be. The attorney who desires
to prosecute such claim does not know
his business, or else he expects pay for
his services whether successful or not.
r. II. E., RoXBURY.-The soldier
you mention is worthy of admission to
the Soldiers Home in Bennington.
Send to Captain r. J. Coffey, the SUI
perintendent, for blank application.
There is room now at the Home for
few more needy veterans. Several in
mates have recently received pensions
sufficiently large to support them out
side the Home and have been fur
Laughed.
T. S., PEACHAM. - The dependent
pension bill is service pension bill so
far as it relates to pensions for widows.
In the shape it passed the senate
it grants pensions to the widows of
soldiers without regard to the cause of
the death of the soldier. The bill in
troduced in the senate by Mr.. Edmunds
grants pensions to the widows of all in
valid pensioners who were receiving, or
entitled to receive, a pension of not less
than IS month at the time of the hus-
bands death.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-11
AmmOniated Bread.

Ammoniated baking pOwders-that
is, baking powders in which carbonate
of ammonia is used as an ingredient,
and which exhale an odor of ammonia
when heated-are classed by many emf
nent physicians and sanitarians as SUI
perior to all others. Professor Hassell
of London, who is recognized as high
est authority on the subject of food
hygiene, commends in the strongest
terms the use of carbonate of am
monia as leavening agent, stating its
great advantage to be in its perfect vola-
tility, which permits it to be, by the
heat of baking, entirely thrown into
leavening gas whereby bread is raised.
The experiment with heat would seem
to indicate the superior, not the inferior,
value of such baking powder. The
little heat that is impaired to it when
held over the gas-jet, lamp or stove
suflices to resolve the carbonate of am
mona into leavening gas and throw it
off. The first heat of baking, there
fore, will effectually develop all the gas,
thoroughly leaven the loaf and dissi-
pate the gas producing ingredients of a
powder of this kind, and this is the
highest test of perfect baking pow
der Where other alkalies alone are
used they are not infrequently retained,
unresolved, through the whole process
Of baking and remain an unwholesome
ingredient in the finished bread. The
carbonate of ammonia can not be used
as substitute for cream of tartar
NeW York Weekly Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-11

the candy dough in pieces about the
size of hickory nut, roll in your
hands into round balls and set them in
cool place to harden. When they
are quite firm dip them in the choco-
late, drain out with fork and put
on buttered plate to dry. The amount
of candy dough mentioned will make
about one hundred creams. AS you
will probably not care for so many of
one kind, you can use one-third or one
half and save the rest for other creams.
For date creams take the stones from
the dates, fill with a piece of candy
dough and roll each in sugar. Roll out
a small piece of the candy dough and
put layer of split figs on it; then
another layer of candy and another of
figs; cut in squares and leave to stiffen.
For almond creams roll each almond in
piece of candy, then in sugar and dry.
For walnut creams split the walnut
kernels in half, shape pieces of the
dough in thick lozenges, put half nut
on each side, press firmly and set
away to harden. For cocoanut creams
roll out a piece of candy dough, sprinkle
thickly with cocoanut and cover with
another layer of candy; roll it slightly
and cut in squares.
Do not forget that all these candies
must be set in cool place to harden,
and if the tired mothers, who are
almost at loss to find patience to en-
dure the cry for "a cent to buy candy"
profit by these recipes l will be glad to
give other kinds, accompanied by a
little good advice, some other time.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-11

THE novel and somewhat peculiar
series of advertisements which we are
now publishing for the well-known
Estey Organ Company will be sure to
attract the attention of our readers.
The best is always the cheapest in the
long run, and although it may be pos
sible to purchase for mere nominal
price what is called an organ, expert
ence has often shown that what you
have been induced to buy for that is
really but an apology for one. No one
who buys THE ESTEY ORGAN will
ever have occasion to say that they
were deceived in any respect. These
instruments are so well known through
out the civilized world, and their repu-
tation is so high for perfection of work
manship, purity of tone and beauty of
design and finish, that all may feel per-
fectly safe in purchasing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-11
Gbe 9OusebOlo.
Contributions to this department should be sent to
the agricultural editor, North Pomfret VT.
Good Housekeeping.


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M stain IN cause regretful thrill
Nor bro,sen cun ar Mate,
The broem turnod stiely inside down.
Tho mufpns naver n shade too brown
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-11
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-11
Feather-Eatin Hens.

Can any one tell me what to do with
hens that eat feathers? My hens have
spoiled the beauty of their once hand
some husband by plucking his feath-
ers, and he will have few left by warm
weather at this rate. One of my hens
had scabby, rough legs and feet, and l
applied the following mixture from a
poultry-book recipe, with very good re-
suit: "Three tablespoonful of lard,
two of kerosene and twelve drops of
carbolic acid. Apply plentifully once
in two or three days"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-11
Soldiers Budget.
Pensions Granted.

To Frederick A. Lewis, Granville,
an additional pension from so to $l2 a
month and $40 arrears; Simeon
Balaw's children, Plain6eld, Sl4 a
month and 81 900 arrears; Peter Lam
bert, Johnson, So a month and 1888
arrears; John Seymour, Jr., West Ran
dolph, an increase from "a to So u
month and 500 arrears; James Camp
bell, Montpelier, an increase from 81
to S12 month and 1926 arrears.