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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
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New ard Charming Notions Described
by Tha Decorator and Furnisher.
The glass topped table is seen In many
drawing rooms. II is a charming recepta-
Gle for a collection Of fans, snuffboxes,
medallions or tiny priceless bits Of china.
There must be silk lining of pale blue,
green or rose, which forms delicate and
artistic background for these dainty bits of
bric-a-b brac.
There is a rage for ornamental quilts at
present, and the most elegant are those
made Of Bargarrcn art cloth embroidered
with Scotch rope linen, which comes in
exquisite shades. The Bargarren art cloth
comes in shades of blue, old gold, green
and mahogany, as well as white, and in
four different weaves, and is flftytwo
inches wide, some weaves in white being
seventy-two inches.
An innovation I'm the matter Of piano
cases is to lacquer the wood, instead of
hiding it under cover, in water green
pearl gray, she'll pink, yellowing green and
other colors used alone or in combination
A beautiful bureau set may be made Of
thin sheer muslin in this way: If the
bureau has fiat top cut a piece Of the
muslin long enough to cover it, then stamp
upon it a conventional pattern of wild
roses il IL is pink room, or nasturtiums
If it is a yellow room. Work these in silks
using n deep buttonhole stitch for the out
side Of the flowers. Cover all the plain
part with cobweb etching in fine silk.
Finish the edge with a hem and lace. Have
piece Of silk or silesia, either white or n
suitable color, TO just cover the top of the
bureau under the muslin one. a square
for the top of the pincushion should be
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
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A PHOTOGRAPHIC FEAT.

A Simple Process That Affords Entertain
ment TO Amateur Photographers,
Striking results in photography are OBJ.
tained by the use of black or nonactinic
background and a process of double expos.
ure on the same plate. Popular Science
News illustrates and describes an excel
lent and amusing example, where a youth
sitting at a table is surprised, as he natur.
ally would be- to see his own head served
up to him ION charger" la John the
Baptist.
In this case the open door to a darkened
house formed the background. A piece OF
blackened cardboard pierced with hole
small enough to cut off all parts of the
scene except the doorway was placed inside
the camera, and the larger head photo
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
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TALKING SHOP.
This May BE an Innocent Pleasure or a
Most Selfish Amusement.

This May Do an Innocent Pleasure or a
Most Selfish Amusement.
People seem to think it necessary to
apologize for talking Of their chief bust
ness in life. IL q man makes pun, good
or bad-it is usually men who make puns
he assumes n sort Of half guilty, half
pleased air. ito be ready to look ashamed Of
himself or proud, according to how his wit
is received. But when man talks shOp'
he usually turns with some polite excuse
to whoever Of the party may be IAN out
sider," and yet this very topic may be Of
interest o all, from the mere fact that
those talking on it are those most COM
petent to discuss it thoroughly.
Talking shop" may, TO a great extent,
be called paradox, for while it is one of
our most innocent pleasures, it is often
also one Of our most selfish amusementS.
To render it selfish amusement it Is
only necessary to introduce one uncou.
genial element.
While talking shop" may be a great
pleasure, provided all present are interest
ed in or understand what they are talking
about, yet, if any false note be present in
the chord of perfect harmony which should
prevail in order to enjoy the talk comfort
ably, all is changed. 70 those discordant
minds let one word Of advice be addressed,
which is, If you are present when shop is
being talked, sit still and say nothing
that IS, If you are not thoroughly well in
formed on the subject. The intclligcI T.
listener will seldom fail to learn somcthLS
from those who are discussing any point
which they understand, and their patience
Will assuredly meet its reward.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

In hygienic matters the japanese have
everywhere habit which may have q les
son for us, writes DIR. Benjamin Howard in
The Lancet In their nightly bath and
morning wash the water is never cold
never warm, but always hot as it can be
borne. To foreigners this habit seems very
surprising, but the most inveterate Eng
lishman, if he stays in the country long
enough, abandons his cold tub in its favor.
The cold taking which it is suspected must
follow is found not to occur if the water
has been hot enough. This heat is main
tanned by little furnace beneath the bath.
In the bath the bather or bathers take a
prolonged soaking, the washing proper be-
ing done on the bathroom floor; then fol-
lows a second and final soaking drying
with towel and lounge in bathing wrap
per. This habit seems to promote sOftness
and suppleness Of the skin, and by persons
inclined to rheumatism is soon found to be
altogether preferable to the cold bath in
every particular. The poorest Of the Jap.
anese hear of cold bath with amazement,
and would be sure the man who used it
must be barbarian. With respect to the
superiority of the hot bath over the cold,
| have come to find that in my own case GER
| tainly the japanese are right.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
Wire Glass.

Under the name of wire glass, a new in
vention has been brought on the market by
Dresden firm which marks an important
development in the glass making industry.
A foreign exchange tells that the process
of manufacture consists in furnishing glass
in q hot, plastic condition with a flexible
metallic layer, iron wire netting, for in
stance, which is completely inclosed by the
vitreous substance and effectively protected
against exterior influences, asrust, etc. The
new glass, which has been patented in the
leading countries, possesses much greater
resisting power than the ordinary metal,
and is, it is claimed, Indifferent to the most
abrupt changes Of temperature and will
even withstand open fire. A further proof
of it's toughness and durability is stated TO
be the fact that it may, in highly heated
state, be sprinlled with cold water without
being materially damaged. The glass is
specially adapted for skylights, the power,
full resisting qualities Of the material en-,
| abling the usual wire protectors to be dis
pensed with. AS wire glass cannot be cut
| by the diamond, except under the applica
| tion of great force, and cannot be broker
without creating considerable noise, the
| substance is claimed to he, in a measure
burglar proof.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
Mysterious Timbuctoo.

A city long surrounded by mystery is
Timbuctoo, in the western Soudan. By
looking on a map of Africa you will find it
a little north of the Niger river. A writer
tells in Golden Days that Timbuctoo was
visited by Europeans but five times in 80
years. The first visitor was Paul Imbert,
French sailor, who in 1880 was ship
wrecked on the African coast, fell into the
hands of the Arabs and was carried TO
Timbuctoo rs a slave. He died in bondage,
leaving no record Of his experiences, In
1926 Major Laing, an Englishman, COM
missioned to explore the Niger river,
crossed the desert from Tripoli, reached
Timbuctoo in 1926 and was there murdered,
leaving no record Of his visit.
Nothing daunted, Rene Caille, an adyen-
turous ETenchman, in 1898 started from
Senegambia to explore the secrets of the
mysterious CITY, He learned Arabic and
the customs of the Arabs and in the guise
of a pilgrim travelled by slow stages and
made his way inland through various Mo
hammedan tribes. Finally he reached the
forbidden city, where he spent some time,
and when he returned to Morocco and
thence to Paris he told the story of his
travels.
Twenty-Five years later Doctor Barth, a
German savant, entered Timbuctoo and
confirmed Caille's reports. Then the city
remained isolated as before, until Doctor
Oscar LEM, another German explorer, en-.
tered its confines in 1880, and from his
recently published work it is learned that
Timbuctoo is a big market, meeting
place of traders where the products of the
south are exchanged for those of the north,
but it is not likely to develop into large
city, unless under European influences.
There are, however, indications that Tim,
buctoo will soon cease to be mysterious
city, as the French, descending the Niger
in gunboat, have twice reached the en-,
virons of the town in the past three years
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
Bits of sncinI Misdom.

Tact is the art of putting yourself in an
others place, and being quick about it.
To know the beauty of apology in it's full
ness it should be met in the same spirit Of
frankness, To receive an apology in a
doubling, grudging ungracious way is a
disgrace. 1t is ill bred, ignoble.
1t is hard to find fault with people who
think just as we do.
1t pays 100 per cent to be polite to every
one, from the garbage gatherer to the gov
ernor.
Give boy address and accomplish
ments," says Emerson, "and you give him
the mastery of palaces and fortunes wher
ever he goes; he has not the trouble of
earning or owning them; they solicit him
TO enter and possess"
Lord Chesterfield wrote; ''It is better to
return dropped fan genteelly than give
thousand pounds awkwardly; you had bet
ter refuse favor gracefully than grant it
clumsly. All your Greek can never ad-
vance you from secretary TO envoy or from
envoy to ambassador, but your address,
your air, your manner, If good, may"
To get something for nothing is contrary
to the laws Of nature and mankind
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

graphed first, its position being accurately
marked by a bit of paper gummed to the
ground glass screen. The pasteboard was
then removed and the rest of the group
arranged and photographed in the usual
manner. Upon development the two diff
ferent exposures were combined with the
amusing result shown in the illustration
Photography with nonactiniC back.
ground is an easy, simple and inexpensive
process, capable of an infinite number Of
notifications, and for these reasons is par
ticularly well adapted for the amusement
of the increasing army Of Photographic
amateurs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
To Remoye GInss stonncrs.

Sometimes it is very difficult TO remove
a glass stopper from bottle. a cloth wet
in hot water sometimes is sufficient, but if
this fails remember that the principle is TO
expand the neck of the bottle by heat and
not the stopper. With hot water the latter
is often heated equally with the neck, and
thus the desired effect is not produced. BY
holding the neck of the bottle about half
on inch above the flame of lamp or
candle says The Industrial World, in a
few seconds the most obstinate stopper will
generally come out. Care must be taken
to turn the bottle rapidly and not allow
the fame to touch the glass, as it might
crack it. When the glass is thoroughly
heated steady pull and twist will almost
always bring out the stopper.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
Vegetable Springs for Furniture.

One of the most curious developments of
commercial enterprise and industrial in
genuity recently exhibited is noted by The
Industrial World as the importation into
this country of a peculiar vegetable ma
terial from Oran, an Algerian seaport on
the Mediterranean sea. The fiber of this
substance possesses the quality of being so
elastic that it can be used rs a substitute
for springs and the like in the manufacture
of furniture backs and seats; it is 50 eX-
pansive, indeed, and so easily affected
by higher temperatures in its dry state
that when packed the bales have to be held
in place by means of heavy steel bands
The popularity of this grass is that it
thrives only around the volcanic slopes of
0ran and hourishes up to within a short
distance Of the craters themselves, the lat
ter being always in q semiactive state,
and the earth around so warm that not q
plant of any kind can thrive or is ever seen
to grow except this steel-like product, and
the practical value of which is likely to be
fully utilized in future.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

Two eggs, one cupful of sugar one-half
cupful of butter, one cupful of chopped
raisins, one-half cupful of sour milk, one
teaspoonful Of soda dissolved in the milk,
spice to taste and sufficient flour stirred in
10 make the mixture very stiff. Roll out
quite thin, cut strips about two inches
wide and four long and roll around the
fngeras if curling the hair. Fry butter
till Of delicate brown. Sprinkle with
granulated sugar.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
Foreign Patent Records.

1t is perhaps not generally known, says
The Engineer, that the only collection of
patent records other than American in
New York city is to be found in the Astor
library Besides possessing a full set of
the English patents (6l7 to the present
timeJ, the library receives also records of
French German, Belgian, Canadian, Vic
torian, New Zealand and New South Wales
patents, as we'll as those granted in the
United States. These records are of great
use to the inventor, the patent agent and
the lawyer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

In connection with the consideration of
exhaust steam as a by product, an absorp-
tion ice machine is advanced, in which it is
claimed that the incorporation of the am
monia may be effected by exhaust steam,
thus rendering it possible for establish
ments like electric light stations to utilize
their exhaust steam in the prosecution Of
icemaking as a secondary industry. 1t is
true that the process requires the use Of
cooling water, but this is claimed to be
much less than would be required to run
the engines condensing, while the proceeds
of the ice plant would more than compen.
safe for the loss of the vacuum.-Power.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

Bake one ounce best rice in half pint OF
milk with "A little cinnamon. When done
remove the skin from the top. Dissolve
ons-fourth ounce gelatine that has been
soaked in little cold milk in half pint
of boiling milk, add the yolk of an egg and
three teaspoonfuls Of white sugar Stir
over the fire for five minutes, mix it with
the rice, then pour in mold TO set Serve
in a glass dish with raspberry jam put
round it in nice little piles.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

or cholera morbus, before medicine could
be procured OF physician summoned. A
fair trial will satisfy you that Chamber
lain's Coltc, Cholera and Diarrhota Rem
edy is unequalled for those diseases. Itis
also a certain cure for dysentary and diar.
rhoea. When reduced with water and
sweetened IL 10 pleasant TO take. Children
like IL.
For sale by Durbin, Wright g. Co. or L.
Sollmann, Druggists.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

Some of the Grand Army boys may be
interested in the following from Alex. b ;,
Pope, A. ID. c., Commander, Dept Tenn
and Ga. He says: 1--WE have had an epit
demic of whooping cough here, (Stewar h
TennesseeO and Chamberlain's Cougat
Remedy has been the only medicine tn er
has done any good" There is no dangdy
is given freely. 1t completely contr
the disease. 50cent bottles.
For sale by Durbin, Wright q Co. or L,
SollmAnn, Druggists.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
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HOW TO MAKE A KITE.

Plain Instructions in the Art of Kite
Building by an Expert.
Here is the practical way in which a
writer in The Farm Journal tells boy
how 20 make kite; Whittle out three
pieces of straight, light wood-pine is
good-a little thicker than a slate pencil,
two of them 12 inches long and one 10
inches. Notch the ends slightly, but don't
split. Lay the two 12-inch ones together,
and about 81 inches from the end wrap a
few times with strong thread. Spread
like an X; lay the middle of the other
stick on the crossing, and wrap with thread
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
The Mandarin and His Rat.

The Mandarin and His Rat
A mandarin once caught n rat
Upon u sunny day,
And thought he'd teach him little tricks
To pass the time away.
He gave his cunning captive cheese
The captive liked the fun;
And soon, attired in soldier clothes,
He learned TO shoot a gun.
The children all would crowd around,
And clap their hands and grin,
To see the rodent roll n hoop
To please the mandarin,
Full soon that rat with little sticks
Would drum upon pan;
Or lightly skip across n rope
With parasol and fan.
The rat he liked the mandarin,
The mandarin the rat;
And when his day of tricks was done,
He'd sleep within his hat.
They grew at last to be good friends,
And liked each other well;
And thus they lived together long
How long cannot tell.
r.. r. Munkittrick.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

put good paste on
the margins and fold them down over the
thread of the frame and ends Of the sticks.
Don't leave wrinkles in the paper
This kite is about large enough to raise"
with ordinary cotton twine When dry
make small holes where the black dots are
in the sketch, pass pieces of the twine you
will fly it with from the front (the paper
side is the 'front.' around the sticks, through
the other hole, and tie in front. They
should be stretched no more than in black
lines in sketch. Fasten the two upper
strings together by the cord a, and tie the
end of your twine TO fly by at about on
the belly band" Practice will soon tell
you whether this should be slipped higher
or lower. At middle of "tail band" fasten
tail of strips of muslin or bits of folded
paper tied across n string. For this size
kite tail should be used about ten or twelve
feet long.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
Frothed sauce,

Put the yolks Of two eggs into basin
with dessertspoonful of powdered sugar,
the finely grated rind of d lemon, a wine
glassful of white wine and, if liked, few
drops of vanilla essence. Stand the basin
in a stewpan half full Of boiling water, or
in the bainmarie, and whip the sauce over
the fire till it is quito light and a thick
frOfb
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

With people who cannot use cod liver oil
cream is said to act like n charm for con
sumptive tendency. Aged people, growing
children, invalids and those who have
feeble digestion are sometimes greatly ben
Gifted by taking sweet cream in liberal
quantities.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

There Is one remedy which every family
should keep at hand. Mr.. John CARPENTER
of Goodland, Indiana, says of it: ~ tried
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
cramps and pains in the stomach and
bowels, with the best results. In the worst
cases never bad to give more than the
third dose to effect cure. In most cases
one dose will do. Besides its other good
qualities II is pleasant 10 take" 25 and 80
cent bottles.
For sale by Durbiu, Wright q Co. or L.
Sollmann, Druggists
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

The Stark County Agricultural Board is
entitled to appoint one student for the
free scholsrship iu tn shorI course in
agriculture OF the OHIO State University
JOHN HAY, Sc,
(2O,o,w,h) 1917 Il, Tuscarawas st.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

Every family should he provided with
some reliable REM dy for bowel complaint.
The want of such an article is the cause
of much suffering, especially during the
summer months. In almost every neigh
bordood some one has died, with cramps
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

in two directions.
Garry the thread
spirally around to
the end of one
stick and pass it
in the notches
around the ends of
all, tightly fasten-
ing at the end you
started from. Lay
this frame on
news or tissue
paper, cut SO as to
leave a q inch
margin outside,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
Marriage Lieens ses.

Otto Durr and Elenora Gonser, Canton.
Arthur Il. Smith and Viola V. Maiers,
Massillon.
Rufus hartman and Minerva Anthony,
Osnaburg.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

which favors the
deception so that
it is almost impos-
sible to see it
among the jungle
foliage unless it
moves. 1t has six
legs, each resem-
bling two small
leaves, and the
veins throughout
appear of n paler
tint, in exact imi-
tation of a lime
leaf. The insect
is a rare and CON
spicuous species
of the PhasmidB
family, and it's
remarkable for
nation is sure to
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
A Rare and Remarkable Insect.

Our cut represents n large specimen of
the walking leaf insect of India. The
color of the insect is like fresh green leaf
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

Elastic Fiber from Peat Bogs.
The extensive peat bogs of Germany and
Vther Continental countries are now being
worked with view of obtaining an elastic
iber which, when free from dust, is used
In weaving carpets and other textile fabrics.
Formerly this material was only employed
for fuel purposes
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
Petroleum
as a Medicine
DR.. c. L. DREEsE,
Goshen, Ind, writes (:

ain the of the membranes especially of the nos
throat lungs find Anglers Petroleum Emulsion sovereign
ha finer results than Emulsion Cod Liver Oil used
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

then covered with garnet colored plush
and surrounded with a'pufiing of cream
spotted gauze The back is faced with
cardboard and ring added to suspend the
cushion to the wall
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05
An odd and Pretty Cushion.

In the cut is depicted a quaint hanging
| pincushion. The circular center is cut out
| in coarse linen and filed with bran; it is
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-05

"NN "i-Ar i4"A' nation is sure to
interest the general reader as well as the
naturalist
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-06-16
Harrison Wins.

On Friday, the republican nom''
mating convention at Minneapolis
renominated Harrison on the hrst
ballot. The vote stood as follows
Harrison, 534; Mckinley lSo;
Blame, 175; Reed, 4; L'ncoln' l.
The nomination of Harrison was
generally expected, but everybody
was surprised that he won on the
first ballot, and with so many votes
to spare. Hon. Whitelaw Reid,
late minister to France, was noml-
mated for vice President on the
first ballot.
Some of the leading democratic
papers express the opiulon thas the
tail of the ticket is much stronger
than the head.
Cleveland, With a good second,
could lead the democratic hosts to
victory.