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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-02

John l.. Locke newly elected preSi.
dent OF the Republican League of Ohio.
was once q NEWSPAPER mnn. aud IS now
a lawyer in Cambridge. ..
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-02

Wolves are reported 10 bc killing door
I, lar!sc numbers n several counties In
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
Farinaceous Food For prspeptios.

The conclusion that wheat bread is unfit
for dyspeptics, sometimes jumped at be-
cause i'll effects are noticed to follow its use,
is erroneous. On the contrary it has been
pointed out by Bouchard and others that
farinaceous food is peculiarly adapted to
some dyspeptic patients. It's the microbes
In the starch, which is capable of producing
irritating acids, that causes the trouble.
To avoid this, Bouchard recommends that
only the crust or toasted crumbs of the
bread be used by dyspeptics, particularly
those whose stomachs are dilated. The
reason of this is explained by the fact that
baking temporarily, though not perma-
nently, arrests the fermentation of dough.
When it is again heated by the warmth of
the stomach, the fermentation is renewed.
In cases where the bread is toasted brown
through, the fermentation is stopped per
manently.-Epod.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02

The puma climbs trees with great ease
and generally secures its prey by darting
down upon some unwary animal, such as
an antelope, which may be passing below.
It Is not only very active in its habits, but
It is powerfully built animal Fortunately
IL is rather cowardly, seldom venturing to
attack man face to face, though quite
willing to dog his footsteps day after day in
the hope of finding him off guard or asleep,
when II would at once attack and destroy
him. Many tales are told Of lonely travel
ers in great forests being thus followed by
q puma for days ut time.
Notwithstanding all this, the puma can,
It is said, be easily tanned If taken young
and kept well supplied with food. 1t then
proves to be gentle, purring like a cat
and equally fond of being caressed. This
capability of being tanned makes 1t desir-
able inhabitant of geological gardens,
where it seems happy and at ease, while the
little ones are as playful and frolicsome as
80 many kittens.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
Electricity In Nervous Diseases.

In recent address before medical so.
ciety DR.. f, Petersen expressed himself as
having not much faith in electricity for or
ganic nervous diseases, but he thought it
was often of benefit in many functional
nervous diseases, such as neuralgias and
local spasms. And in the treatment of
these he thought there was great differ
ence Of influence between the two poles.
He found that the negative pole increased
the irritability and the positive diminished
it. As rule, the two poles should be far
apart. He did not think the direction of
the current had much to do with the case.
For instance, it had often been said that in
applying electricity to the spinal cord it
was important whether the current ascend
ed or descended, but DIR. Petersen considers
the direction of the current a matter Of in
difference-that is, it makes no difference
which pole is above and which below.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02

The fox in the fable that had lost his tail
and thereupon began to try TO persuade his
fellows that they would find it much to
their advantage if they gotrid of their tails,
too, must have been but a sorry specimen of
fox, for if there is one thing on which Rey-
nard does pride himself it is this very
brush of his. AS he gallops along with
quick and easy stride he holds it well up in
the air, keeping it out of dirt and wet as
long as he can. In fact, such a fop is he in
this respect that you can tell his condition
from the mode in which he carries the
brush. 1t is a certain sign that the chase
has at last got too hot for him when his
tail begins to trail and to look soiled. There
is nothing fox dislikes so much as black
ened brush,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
The Last of the Lad In China.

When one sees lad in China with his
head shaved, one may be sure that, how
ever boylike he may look, he has put aside
all the things of youth and become a man.
In fact, this event is celebrated in the house
hold with great solemnity, for entrance
upon manhood is a grave matter for the
boys Of the Flowery Land. Invitations are
sent to the friends and relatives to a family
gathering, and each is expected to bring a
present-in money for choice-for the hero
of the hour. The boy himself is dressed
in fine silk robes and perfumed with spices.
When every one has arrived, the father
makes a speech in honor of the occasion,
the presents are given, and then Chinese
priest shaves the boys head to prepare the
way for the pigtail, which marks the man
of the Celestial empire.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
A Language Worth Learning Well.

The boys and girls who are struggling to
learn modern languages may be comforted
to know that the wiseacres predict that
English will soon become the universal
language A writer in a London maya
zine says that in uncivilized regions like the
interior of Africa the spread of English
has been marvellous during the last few
years, In Russia it is considered more fash
ionable to speak English than French,
which for many years has been the court
language. Japan is adopting English
wholesale. Even the signboards of the
shops and the names Of the towns and vii
lagos are always inscribed with English as
we'll as japanese characters.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
Natures nIimlcry.

Curious resemblances in nature, starting
with the cocoanut, in many respects like
the human skull and almost facsimile of
the monkeys, are traced by French sci
entific journal. The meat of the English
walnut, it AYERS. is almost copy of the
human brain; plums and black cherries are
like the human eye almonds like the hu-
man nose, and an opened oyster and shell
perfect likeness of the human ear. The
shape of a mans body may be traced in the
mammoth squash, the open hand in grow
ing scrub willows and celery, the human
heart in German turnips and eggplant, and
dozens of the mechanical inventions of the
present day to patterns furnished by ma
ture Thus the hog suggested the plow,
the butterfly the door hinge, the frog stool
the umbrella, the duck the ship and the
fuDgus growth on trees the bracket.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
Steady and Stick Do the Trick.

A rush is good in it's place, lad,
But not at the start, say,
For life's very long race, lad,
And never was won that way.
It's the stay that tells, the stay, boy,
And the heart that never says die;
A spurt may do with the goal in view,
But steadys the word, say /.
Steady's the word that wins, lad,
Grit and sturdy grain;
It's sticking 10 1t will carry you through it
Roll up your sleeves again.
Oh, Snap is q very good cur, lad,
To frighten the tramps, l trow,
But Holdlast sticks like o burr, lad
Brave Holdfast never lets go.
And Clever's a pretty nag, boy, "'
But stumbles and She's they say.
So Steady count the safer mount
To carry you all the way.
The iron bar will smile, lad,
AT straining muscle and thew,
But the patient teeth Of the file, lad,
Warrant will gnaw 1t through.
A snap may come at the end, boy,
And bout of might and main,
But Steady and Stick must do the trick
Roll up your sleeves again.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02

SCREEN DESIGN OF SWANS, LILIES, ETC.
water. The cattails can be made with
burnt lumber and yellow ocher. Care must
be used in shading these, for upon this en-
tirely are they dependent for rotundity.
The green of the reeds can be made with
cork black, white, cobalt, and in some parts
a touch of ocher may be added. In the lily
pads medium German green will do with
burnt lumber and lake in the shadows under
the edges, and white or yellow ocher and lake
In the light parts For the lilies use flake
white, shaded toward the center with lemon
yellow, turning to deep chrome in the sta
mems at centers. In some of the petals use a
little cobalt and lake. The swans can be
made by using white, shaded with cobalt,
and cork black with little umber and
ocher. In painting the reflections do not
make them positive in form, advises The
Priscilla, from which the foregoing is repro
duced.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
Burns "Cotter's saturday Night"

1t is told that boy was once asked, in
the poets presence, which of Burns works
he liked best After taking thought with
himself for little he declared that he
liked the "Cotter's Saturday Night" by far
the best, although" he added, "it made
me greet (cry) when my father bade me
read it to my mither." This statement
seemed to impress Burns, for presently he
said to the lad, "Weel, my Gallant (boy),
it made me greet, too, more than once when
i was writing it at my fathers flreside."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
Where Is the Oldest Tree In the worldq

The island of Ceylon claims to possess the
oldest tree in the world. This is known as
the bo tree, a species of the sacred fig. 1t
is held in the greatest reverence by all pro-
fessors of the Buddhist faith, one of the
Oldest religions in the east, because they
consider it branch of the actual fig tree
under which Gautama Buddha, the found
er of the faith, sat as he thought out the
doctrines which he afterward preached.
Sir James Emerson Tenant believed that
the tree was planted in 2SS b. c., 255 years
after Buddha's death, so that it would now
be 2, $50 years old. The tree being too sac
red to be touched with d knife, its leaves
are collected as they fall and given for a
consideration to pilgrims, who carry them
away as treasures.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
Tasting and the Tip of the Tongue.

1t is stated that, strictly speaking, with
the tip of the tongue one cannot really taste
at all. If you put small drop of honey on
this part of the tongue, you will find (no
doubt to your great surprise) that it pro
duces no effect of any sort; you only taste it
when it begins to slowly diffuse itself and
reaches the true tasting region in the mid
die distance. But if you put little cay
enne or mustard on the same part you will
find that it bites you Immediately.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
cOoB L@a,e8SSs'a,-,
G%xSy(d[Bo . y
aSsAEss - L.rHi
We ~ ~
AN UNUSUAL REMEDY.
A Beneficial Action Attributed Co Chewin
Gum In Continued Fevers.

A Beneficial Action Attributed Co Chewing
Gum In Continued Fevers.
The salivary glands play quite an impor-
tant part in continued fevers, yet they are
not considered in the treatment of the case.
One Of the first and most important re-
strictions in the patients dietary is to drop
all solid food at the physicians first request,
and just then the salivary glands begin to
lapse into a torpid condition, which very
often results in an Inflammation and finally
suppuration and that disagreeable dryness
to the tongue and fauces so uncomfortable
to the patient. For the relief of this trou-
Bile have found nothing of so much inn
portance as some nice form of aromatic
chewing gum, which relieves the thirst and
dry mouth, improves the appetite and di-
gestion and restrains nausea, IL any.
Hence some of the most disagreeable ac-
compartments of the disease are mitigated.
l believe also that it materially aids the alb
sorption of the medicine when the alimen-
tary tract is so impaired by the incessant
fever. do not claim originality in this
treatment, although have never found any
reference to any thing of the kind. How.
ever, it may have been regarded as too sim
pie to need mention. Still it is, in my esti-
nation, quite important In any continued
fever, writes a physician in The Medical
Record
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
ARE YOU SICK !?

Do you have pains about the chest and sides. and
sometimes In the back?
DO you feel dull and sleepy2
Does your mouth have bad taste especially In the
mornUg2 Is there sort of sticky slime collects about
the teeth2 Is your appetite poor9
Is there feeling like heavy load on the st m
sometimes faint gone sensation at the pit tf
stomach, " hich food does not satisfy9
Are your eyes sunken2 Do your hands andfs
come cold and clammy2 Have you q dry coughi %
you expectorate greensh. .colored matter7 Are you
sneezng hawking and splitting all part OF the timer
DO you feel tired all the whilef Are you nervous,
irritable and gloomy2 Do you have evil forebodingsS
10 there gddness sort OF whirling sensation In the
head when rising up suddenly?
Do your bowels become costiye? Is your skin dry
and hot at times7 Is your blood thick stagnanti
-FOUR urine scanty and high coored? Does 1t deposit q
sediment after standng2 Do you frequently spit up
your food. sometimes with sour taste and sometimes
with sweet? Is II frequently attended with palpit
tion Of the heart? Has vision become impairedi
Arc there spots before eyes2 Is there feeling
OF great prostration aud weekness2
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02

danger" and the dotted lines show the
safety" position. The semaphore signal
Gig. 2) is more positive in its indication,
because it is more easily discernable than
disk. The safety position of the semaphore
Is shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.
The blade or arm carries frame, I, In
which red glass is fixed, so that at night,
when the blade is raised to indicate danger,
the lamp, !, fastened on the bracket, b,
will show red light. When lowered for
safety, the lamp is uncovered and Of
course shows white.
The introduction and recent rapid exten-
sion Of block signal systems Of various
kinds have led to the almost universal en-
ployment Of semaphores even where an alb
solute block system is not maintained. In
these systems the road is divided up into
spaces or blocks, and no train is allowed to
enter any block unless the last preceding
train shall have passed beyond its limits.
The limits of each space or block are
marked by signals, usually semaphores,
operated directly by signalman, or else
controlled by him through the intervention
Of compressed air and electricity.
Some railroads, unable to incur the ex.
pense of installing and maintaining first
class block signal system, have provided
signals at every regular station, where the
station agents, being in telegraphic com.
munication with one another, can, If neces-
sary, carry out a very fair absolute" block
system. Each station, then, marks the end
Of one section and the beginning of another.
In times of heavy traffic, however, these
blocks between stations are too long, and it
Is quite usual to allow trains to follow one
another after an interval of time, deter.
mined in each case to suit the circum.
stances. The practice thereby becomes "per.
missive, as opposed to absolute" blocking.
Railroads with very heavy traffic and
traversing thickly settled regions have late
ly found it expedient to equip their lines
with this absolute" system in which, by
combination of mechanical and electrical
devices, each lever that moves a signal is
locked in position by the man in the tower
at the farther end of the block section and
can be unlocked only with the latter's con.
sent and cooperation. For example, sig.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
What is

Castoria Samuel Pitchers prescription Infants
and Children. contains neither Opium, Morphine
Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
ParegOric Drops Soothing Syrups and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant Its guarantee is thirty years. by
Mothers Casora destroys Worms and allays
feverishness Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teethng troubles constipation and fatulency.
Castoria assimates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-.
tora is the Childrep's Panacea-the Mothers Friend
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
Patohoull In Its Natural Home.

To follow some of the things of common
use to their home in nature is sometimes
to get new idea of them. Patchouli, for
instance, is not merely an odor, repellent
to some people, but the simple, unmixed
and innocent breath of shrub whose leaf
you may pinch in an Italian garden. Pat
chouli, green and alive out Of doors, must
necessarily make one more tolerant Of pat
chouli, betraying itself In white rose" In
side shop.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
)ARl S
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<: ;'ss ss.s. 80 80,
|%AMATEQRSI
PAINTING A SCREEN.
A Picturesque study, Very Effective II
Either Oils or Water Colors.

A Picturesque study, Very Effective In
Either Oils or Water Colors.
A popular study is Of swans in mirror
like sheet of water, surrounded by beauti-
full lilies and reeds. 1t will be found inter-
esting in design as well as coloring, and
painted on a large canvas in oils forms an
especially pretty screen panel. II is also
adapted for water colors.
To paint the study in oil colors, use
white, cobalt and little vermilion in the
upper part Of the sky, with white and mad
der lake in the lower portion, blending
them carefully from the clear, warm pink
tones at the horizon to the delicate blue
the upper parts.
The water will reflect the colors of the
sky only in little lower or deeper tone,
and consequently the same colors that are
suggested for the sky will do also for the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02

mailman cannot lower his signal to safety"
in order to admit train to the block
ahead, without asking the operator at the
next tower to unlock his (the first signal
man's) lever. The man at the next tower
will not do this unless he knows the block
or section is clear. Such, in substance, is
the block system, as illustrated and de.
scribed at length in Science It's advan.
tages over the early "time interval" sys-
tenn, in which everything depends upon
the faithfulness and activity of the reai
brakeman of train, are obvious
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
New Idea I'm Rank Notes.

A new principle has been suggested in
the manufacture of bank notes. The In
dustrial World says that If a sheet of paper
be plunged into mixture of various color
ing matters, each color will penetrate into
every fiber with different degree of speed,
and the paper will present a streaked ap-
pearance, each brand having distinct
color. 1t would be impossible to initiate
these effects without an exact knowledge
of how the mixture of colors was made. II
. drop of the mixture of colors be allowed
to fall on sheet of paper, a number OF
rings, each having a determined size and
shade, viii be developed, and thus imitation
win be rendered more difficult.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
Castoria.

"Castoria ia IN excellent medicine for chill.
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
DIR. @. @. osoooD,
Lowell, Mass.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02

"Castoria Is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted. Ihope the day is not
far distant when mothers will llconsider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead OF the variousquack nostrums which arc
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them TO premature graves"
DR.. ]. f. KINcHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02

An armless boy of Middletown, Conn,
named William Mylehreert, has completed
the painting of wagon. His feet did the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
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1T is A CHRONIC CONDITION.


y0u nese longer Important
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
Castoria.

"oastoria is SO we'll adapted to children that
recommend IL as superior To- any prescription
known TO me-" me
II. A. ARCHER, M. D.,
iii 80. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. Y.
sour physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly Of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free TO confess that the
merits Of Castoria has won US TO look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARY,
Boston, Mass.
ALLEN O, SMITH, Pres,
,rray Street, New York City.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
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THE PUMA OR AMERICAN LION.

Happy In Captivity with Its Playful and
Frolicsome Young.
The puma or cougar, sometimes called
the American lion, is one of the largest of
the American felidB or cat family, rivaled
only by the jaguar. Its fur is thick and
close, reddish brown above and of paler
color on the breast and lower parts of the
body. Young pumas, however, have dark
brown spots all over the back, which dis
appear when the animal is full grown.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02

Jeanne dare was a genius by her intrep
i'd will. She had faith in her visions.
Her faith rested upon the immovable foun-
dation of numerous hallucinations having
the force Of moral and intellectual impul-
sion, making her superior to those around
her Science can pronounce as to her in
SEPARATIONS, but its judgment does not di-
minish in the least the merit of her hero
ism. Jeanne was Of the peasant class and
uneducated. According to her statement,
she first heard supernatural voices when
she was 13 years old.-New York Times.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02

Tho Centaux Company, ~ Murray Street, City
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
RAILROAD SIGNALING.

A System That Agreeably Lessons the
PeriIs of our Railway Journeys.
The chief object of signaling on railroads
is to inform enginemen Ixsitively, at given
points. whether they must stop or proceed,
and the universal method of conveying this
information is by visible signal. OF all
the different forms for signals that have
been tried, the disk and the semaphore are
the only ones in use now. Fig. 1 shows
an electrically operated disk signal at
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-07-10
Seeing by Electricity.

Morse taught the world years ago to
write at Il distance by electricity, the tel
rphone enables Us to talk at distance
by electricity, and now scientists are
agreed that there is no theoretical rea-
son why the we'll known principles Of
light &,.ould not be applied in the same
way that the principles of sound have
been applied in the telephone, and thus
allow us to see at q distance by electrici-
ty. 1t is some 10 years since the scien-
tific papers of the world were greatly
exercised over n report that | had filed
1T the Smii !sOnian institution q sealed
packet supposed to contain a method Of
doing this very thing-that is, transmit
The vision Of persons ard things from
one point on the earth to another
as matter Of fact, there was no truth
In the report, but it resulted in stirring
up IL dozen scientific men of eminence TO
rome out with statements to the effect
That they too had discovered vario,.s
methods of seeing by electricity. Thct
shows what l know to be the case, tt
men are working at this great proble-l
in many laboratories, and | firmly |
lieve it will be solved one day.-Profess-
br Bell in McClure's Magazine