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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
SUNLIGHT AND TREES.
A Subject That Is Soon to Be IDvesti-
gated by the Government.

A subject That LIS Soon to Be IDvesti-
gated by the Government.
Trees, as rule, develop best in the
full enjoyment of light, air and heat,
but their capacity for growth under
opposite circumstances varies greatly
with the species. The yew, for in
stance, will thrive and make wood"
rapidly in the densest shade; or, in
other words, in situations where the
oak would barely live and the larch,
elder and birch would fall into rapid
decay and early death. In open places
naples. sycamores, elms and several
other species grow into healthy,
rugged trees in a short time, while in
shade they shoot up" slim and spin
ding, with scraggy limbs and thin,
poorly-colored foliage. Conifers such
as the spruces and frs have the
greatest capacity for growing in the
shade and preserving their foliage in
rich, healthy colors despite the re
moval or partial shutting out of the
light. In this country sufficient data
to enable one to catalogue forest trees
according to their capacity to grow in
partial darkness has not as yet been
collected, but rules based on European
experience have been carefully formu-
lated and laid down down as guides
for those engaging in arboriculture.
The leading botanical writers of the
country are now agitating the subject
of Sunlight VS.. Trees" and it is not
at all improbable that the whole mat
ter will, within the near future, be re-
ferred to the United States division of
forestry. SO that a series of expert
ments and observations may be carried
out by government experts. st. Louis
Republic.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
Leaves changing to Branches.

Meehans' Monthly says that only in
the present century has it been clearly
understood that every part of plant
is but a modification of one simple
form-as usually expressed, every part
of plant is only modified leaf blade.
But even the leaf blade is a modifica-
ton, and leaf and branch have sue h a
close and common origin that one may
be transformed to the other. The gar
dener knows that many leaves, such
as those of begonia, will produce buds
which ultimately become woody
plants. Even cabbage leaf will often
show a tendency to produce q woody
stem, and an illustration is given of
one, sent by well-known grower. in
which the upper portion of the nidrib
has started off on its own account and
formed a stalk with small cabbage
leaves projecting from it.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE.

DENMARK has determined to thor
oughly examine the Greenland and Ice.
land seas during the summers Of 1880.
and 1896. Commander Wandell will
have charge OF the expedition.
ARTIFICIAL whalebone is now being
made from leather, which is soaked for
two or three days in sulphate Of po-
tassium, then stretched, slowly dried,
subjected to high temperature and
then to q heavy pressure, which makes
it hard and elastic.
IL "A SHORT time ago q physician recon-
mended that cologne water be in
hailed through the nose and mouth
for curing short colds in the head and
chest. Fifty drops On Handkerchief
inhaled four or five times day is said
to have good effect.
Two auINEA-PIes were born at Ok
ford recently, each Of them with a
well-marked droop OF the left upper
eyelid. They were the offspring Of par
ents in whom the defect had been pro-
duced artidcially to test the theory OF
the inheritance Of acquired character
istics.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
Chances OF Death in Battle.

At the battle of Solferino, according
to M. Cassendi's carefully deduced cal
citations, comparison to the number
of shots fred on the Austrian side with
the number Of killed and wounded on
part of the enemy shows that 700 bull
lets were expended for every man
wounded and 200 for each man killed.
The average weight of the ball used
was thirty grains, therefore It must
have taken at least l26 Kilograms, or
2z7 pounds Of lead for every man put
out of the way. Yet Solferino has gone
into history as most important and
bloody engagement Chicago Tribune.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
Fruits Tor the Market

The varieties of fruits and vegeta.
bles in the city markets are not al.
ways the best in quality. unless from
nearby localities Those from a dis
lance are grown with more regard Ia
their keeping and sweetness. The
watermelons shipped from Georgia are
OF the Kolb's Gem variety, which bears
transportation we'll For home use
the Georgians use variety known as
the Rattlesnake. which is Of excellent
quality and flavor, but cannot be sent
long journey to market.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

Poor ventilation is undoubtedly ia
vorable to the development of tuber-
culosis.
Do YOU favor stanchions for cows?
we are asked. We were never much
of an admirer of stanchions.
If the COW kicks you may know that
there is a cause, and il il is not re-
moved at once she may contract the
kicking habit for good.
The same COW may not give the
same quantity of milk or milk of the
same quality day after day. There is
often very marked difference.
How MUCH grain is proper to feed
with ensilage? we are asked. That
depends on how much corn there is in
the ensilage. Mr.. Gurler, in American
Dairying, says that when there is
enough corn to make forty bushels to
the acre, he feeds mature cows five
pounds of wheat shorts and Eve pounds
of granagluton feed.--Farmers' Voice.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21

to watch the workings of these meas
ures when adopted and to secure any
possible improvement in them. The
next step is to make the best possible
use of convict labor in road building.
My own impression is that state prison
convicts will be best employed in the
preparation of road materials in quar-
ry camps or gravel pits, where they
can be guarded and secluded as easily
as in prisons, and that county prison
ers and tramps should do the grading
and all other preparatory work on the
roads.
In regions where rock is plenty, by
using the best machinery for crushing
stone and employing the convicts only
in quarrying and handling it an
amount of material could be produced
sufficient to macadamize all the roads
in the state as fast as they could be
prepared, and in addition to furnish
ballast for the railroads as considera-
ton for their giving reduced rates on
road materials.
Of their own motion the railroads
are ready to contribute largely in this
way toward road Improvement In
their correspondence with the depart
ment of agriculture on the subject,
many have proposed to make half
rates or haul at bare cost whenever
a general advance toward road i'm
provement shall begin, and the state
commission would be in position to
make better terms with them than any
private individual or local authority,
and better than we could do on behalf
of the general government without
the power to offer any definite assist
ance on its part in return.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21

door. The time needed to fit this up
is scarcely worth the mentioning
when one reflects upon the rich, red
fruit thus saved from spelling. I The
closet may be large or small, with
more or less shelves, according to the
amount of the fruit raised. When
filed it should be set in warm, moist
place and inspected from time to time
in order to- remove Ianymof the fruit
thatmay have ripened, before thereis
possibility ofdecay and consequent
harm to the rest The convenience sof
the sliding shelves is apparent here,
as whole shelf full may be inspected
at glance by slipping out the shelf.
Darkness is the important thing, and
the closely-6tting door at once secures,
that leaving only the necessary
moisture and warmth to be attended
to. American Gardening.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
RiPENlNo TOMATOES.
A Pan That worked spIendidiy Desins
the Past Season.

ran = mat WorKou~ spienuhuAy 0DSlno
the Past Season.
1t does not seem to be generally
known that tomatoes do not require
sun, but ripen best in warm, dark
places. One can hardly pass along by
country homes without seeing in the
kitchen windows rows and rows Of
this delicious fruit in all stages of
ripening decaying, too, perhaps.
For sunstrokes are common among
the 'slove apples" and exposure to too
much light and sun heat ruins them
altogether oftentimes. The accom-
panying illustration suggests q simple
and suitable box or closet for storing
tomatoes while they are in process Of
ripening. 1t is only dry goods boz.
fitted with sliding shelves and q snug
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
GOOD ROAD PROBLEM.
Report of the Officers of Uncle SANS
Agricultural Department.

| Report of the Officers Of Uncle SAM
! Agricultural Department..
The agricultural department is about
to issue elaborate information on the
subject of good roads," which con.
gress has directed the department ia
investigate. The publication will en-
| brace the entire proceedings of the
national road conference, held at As
bury Park, N. j, July 5 and 8, at
which every shade of opinion on inn
proving roads was presented. Roy
Stone, the special agent and road en-
gineer of the department, will also I'M
clude number of addresses on the
road question:. He makes no report,
SO that these addresses practically
constitute a report. MIR. Stone says
among other things:
The main question is how can peo-
pie having no surplus capital build
good roads? For an answer we must
go where they have done it success
fully and study the methods. First,
we must study all the economics pos
sible in construction. Second, we
must find out all the parties to be
benefited and see that each bears his
proper share of the cost, whether or
not he belongs to the immediate To-
cality or even to the present genera
ton of men. Third, we must look
into local questions of road materials
and transportation, and into all latest
in road implements and
machinery. s. al M
But who is to do all this? And that
brings us to the first practical step in
general road improvement, namely, !
that every state should have perma-
nent commission composed of citizens
Of the highest character to undertake |
this investigation and recommend the
necessary measures to the legislature,
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
RoadmakiDe a, : sc,.pc..

believe in roadmaking as a science.
If we had the means, we should teach
il here. As IL is. we do all we can BY
encouraging bicycle riding. as | know
of no other single agency through
which so much has been accomplished,
up to date. as through intelligent road
sport.-B. L. Whitman, President Colby
University, Waterville. Ne
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21

Us MY hat in your wayg" inquired the
sweet glrl IN the parquet seat, as she turned
at all, said the man behind, grumpily. az he
surveyed her big hat and grabbed IN his
overcoat; my way lies towards the boy
ONCE to get my. seat changed. "--C Chicago
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
Double the Quantity, same Price.

Such is the highly important change
made by the propretors of that standard
remedy, Perry Davis Pain-Killer. for in
acceptable to the public, and will doubtless
result in largely Increased demand for
this Justly popular preparation.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21

MAeIsTRArE-"Yon are big man. Why
did you let those young toughs half kill you,
instead of defending yourselfl" Sufferer
Because / preferred clean bed in a hos
pital to dirty cot in q cell."-Puck.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
MAKING the most of it initiating a balloon.

from school stop at the store and Get me n
stick OF candy and a bar of soap" Father
what do you want of a stick of candy sn
Mother - That's SO he'll remember the
soap."-N. Y. Weekly.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21

HousER-I see that they are putting
plates on gunboats eighteen inches thick. y
MIS-. Houser : Lets get some Of them.
Philadelphia Record.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21

TEAcHER; James, you are late this morn
ing. Have you any excusep Pupil-"Yes'm
Maw's gone downtown lectioneerin' an
the hired girls on "a strike an paw burnt
sew on my spender buttons myself. See?''
Chicago Tribune,
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
A Child ENJOYS

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and sooth-
ing effect OF Syrup of Figs, when in need of
a laxative, and if the father or mother be
costive or bilious, the most gratifying re-
suits follow its use; so that it is the best
family remedy known and every family
should have a bottle. ~
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80 You want to marry my sonl' said the
stern mamma to the emancipated woman,
Ian you support him in the manner in
''Then take him and be happy life.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21

Cmcus MAN (hunting for stray elephant)
L"have you seen strange animal around
heref Irishman-"Be oil how that 4
There was an injun-rubber bull around here
p9llin' carrots with his tail Pr Credit Lost
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21

AMY Indignantly" on are lust like the
villain of the novelr' Jaclx-siWeIl. what
ought l to be ike-the hero of a novelln
IN. Y. Sun. ~
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21

DIPLOMATIC TUToR-"We now come to
the Emperor Caligula What do you know
about him, Princef' Pause, occasioned by
the silence Of the august pupiD "Your high
ness is right, perfectly right The less said
de Poche
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
Convict Labor No, yv.,,.o.

Don't use convict labor in building
roads. Convicts are justly crushed
and must not directly or indirectly
compete with honest labor. -Good
Roads
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
Weak as 4 Cat

Is bad smile, for the cat is very muscu.
lar animal for its size. But to be as weak
as convaleScent after a wasting and pro
tracted disease Is to be weak indeed. Moth
ing in the way of tonic promotes convaL
escence, hastens a gain in strength, like
appetite, helps digestion and induces sleep.
Nervous invalids derive from 1t unspeaka-
BILE benefit. 1T cures malaria, rheumatism,
constipatiOn. FAg VI
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21

JINKs-"I understand you were urettv
wei of before You were marriedp, BIinks
= fesi but didn 'tknow it n-Smith. GRAY
& Co.'S Monthly. - "'
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
Halls Catarrh Cure ~
Is Constitutional Cure. Price 75c..

FORTUNE TELLER-"You will be very poor
until you are thirty-five years of ageh I'm
pecunious Poet eagerly -'And afterthenl''
Fortune Teller-"You will get used to it,"
Sketch.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21

BEFORE THE COURT Judge fare you
guilty or not guilty2" Prisoner-"That's
what Pm here to find out."-Detroit Free
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21

EFanr How ala you like The 4 4
Harry was with me, and Won 1hvneryth4
company he isa Wen there w anow VII
whatever in the play to distramcta : nothiI
tion, and / lust reveled in Harry,sa y yo ate
sation. Boston Transcript. conge
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21
Done up brown-autumn leaves.

McSwATTERs-sI hear that Sl,inIv Ia oo;r,
to settle in New York; Sxiplv,s Tai1orSe
81 wish he had settled here first. n-Syra.
cuse Post. SJA"-
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-21

STEREoTYPING in the main according
to the present method was invented in
TITO by IilloNh.
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cine. bible.
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lever be us,,l againl Alas. me, for the
imply chair and the silence in the halls
nat will never echo again to those IA
miliar footstepsl Alas for the cry of
widowhood and orphanagel What Bit
ter Marahs in the wilderness, what
cities of the dead, what long, black
shadow from the wing of death, what
ayes sunken with grief, what hands
tremulous with bereavement, what in
struments of music shut now because
there are no fingers to play on them! Is
there no relief for such souls? Aye, let
that soul ride into the harbor Of my
text:
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
| | will not, will not desert to its foes.
That soul, though all hell shall endeavor to
shake,
I'll never, no never, no never forsake.
Now, the grave is brighter than the
tncient tomb where the lights were per-
| petually kept burning The SCARED feet
If him who was "the resurrection and
tle life'' are on the broken grave hill
lock, while the voices of angels ring
down the sky at the coronation of an
other soul come home to glory.
The Ruined Race.
Then there are many who carry the
burden of sin. All, we all carry it I'M
til in the appointed way that burden is
lifted We need no Bible to prove that
the whole race is ruined What spec
tacle it would be if we could tear off
the mask of human deflement or beat
drum that would bring up the whole
army of the worlds transgressions-the
deception, the fraud, and the rapine,
and the murder and the crime of all
centuries! Aye, if I could sound the
trumpet Of resurrection in the soul of the
best men in this audience, and all the
dead sins of the past should come up, we
could not endure the sight. Sin, grim
and dire, has put its clutch upon the inn
mortal soul, and that clutch will never
relax unless it be under the heel of him
who came to destroy the works of the
devil
Oh, to have mountain of sin on the
soul! Is there no way to have the bur-
den moved? Oh, yes. "Cast thy burden
upon the Lord" The sinless one came
to take the consequences of our sin! And
1 know he is in earnest. How do | know
it? By the streaming temples and the
streaming hands as he says, Come I'M
to me, all ye who are weary and heavy
laden, and l will give you rest. %
Why will prodigals live on swines'
husks when the robe, and the ring, and
the fathers welcome are ready? Why
go wandering over the great Sahara des-
ert of your sin when you are invited to
the gardens of God, the trees of life and
the fountains of living water? Why be
houseless and homeless forever when you
may become the sons and daughters of
the Lord God Almighty?
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A Curiosity of Taste.

What do you think of the idea OF
sweetening your sugar with little salt
or quinine? Don't laugh at the PROPOSE
ton, for there is more of point to it
than can be seen on the surface of the
mere assertion. Professor Zunte, Ger
man chemist and an expert before some
big Berlin physiological society, acct
dentally discovered the fact that sugars
sweetening properties were actually
strengthened by the addition of mi
mute quantity of salt From his expert
ments he finds that If to solution of
sugar there be added a slight amount of
salt and water, so weak that it excites
no saline taste, the result proves that
the strength of the sugar is much aug
mented thereby. He also says that the
very weakest possible solution of qui-
nine and water produces a similar eff
feet The explanation which the learned
professor gives of the above seeming in
eongruity is this-that, be the saltness
or bitterness ever so feeble, providing it
is sufficient to excite the follicles of the
tongue at all, it imparts an increased
sensibility to the organ of taste. For
fear that the above will be hardly intel
ligible, will close by giving quotation
from Professor Zunte: 1.-The sensation
of taste is wonderfully excited by the
simultaneous stimuli of the epyrean fol-
licles and the consequent enlargement
of their peletia- st Louis Republic.
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A Practical WOoer.

A young lady, who was the recipient
of attention from two young men equal
ly eligible in point of good looks, social
position and financial solidity, and en-
tertained similar feelings for both, was
in quandary as to which to choose
should they propose. A friend to whom
she confided her difficulty suggested
that she should put both to some test to
prove the strength of their affection.
She took the advice, and to the first who
avowed his affection said:
"You tell me that you love me. How
do know that you are sincere? What
would you do to show your lover"
Anything, replied the ardent low
er, who had a spice of romance in his
disposition. "Anything-I would go to
the worlds end for you 1 would die
for you, if necessary.
Such ardent protestations brought the
bushes to her cheeks and thrill of
happiness to her, and she thought that
certainly no one could love her more
fondly than he did She asked him,
however, for little delay before giving
an answer to his suit
Meanwhile the other proposed, and
she questioned him in like manner.
"Well," said he, ''I'll tell you what
l would do to show you my love. If you
marry me, you shall have good clothes
to wear. will see that you are always
the owner Of handsome sealskin jack
ct, and that your hats or bonnets are al
ways in fashion, and will be faith
full and loving husband to you"
"But wouldn't you go to the worlds
end for me or any of that sort of thing,
you know?" she asked as she toyed
with his coat buttons
II don't want to go to the worlds
end," he replied. "I've got nice pay
ing business here, and, as for dying for
you, I'd rather live with you"
Well" said she as visions of the
sealskin jacket and fashionable bonnets
flashed before her mind, IT think you
can speak to pa"
The practical wooer is the man for
the times. Boston Home Journal
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"Still it Moves"

The advancement in the healing art
caused by the discovery of Compound Oxy-
gen and by its use, though opposed by many
physicians whose chrome, and therefore,
remunerative patients are cured by it, can
no longer be denied. In spite of these, "the
world does move" and we have on our re-
cords the names of over one thousand ply
sicians who have either takensthe remedy
themselves or who have used it in their
practice
Asthma, bronchitis, catarrh consumption,
dyspepsia, neuralgia, MISREPRESENTATION,
rheumatism, are diseases which the doctors
call chronic, meaning that they continue
long time, often during the life of patient;
but these, as well as acute diseases, have
been cured in numerous cases and are still
cured by the inhalation of our Compound
Oxygen. This remedy has been in use for
nearly a quarter of century. Its merits
are known. We can furnish abundant and
irrefutable evidence to its wonderful eff
cheney in the cure of disease and debility,
and We will gladly do So Write us and
we will send you, free of charge our book
of two hundred pages, with history OF
Compound Oxygen, and numerous testlmo-
malls and records of surprising cures.
We have both home and office treatment.
The former is sent out by express, to De
used at home: the latter is administered
here. Consultation free. The Treatmehe
does not leave behind any of the evil efiects
which too often follow the use Of drugs.
Drs. STARKEY & PALEN.
1870 Arch ST, PHILADELPHIA. Pa.
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worst of all was that
awful crowding-
down feeling in my
abdomen.
" A friend of mine
told me of Lydia 3.
Pinkhana's Vegeta-
BILE Compound; her
faith won mine, and
now / am well. Oh
how can | return
thanks to Mrs. Pink
ham 4?
~ LNYnt-ty urnyD1 n N
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troubled with uterus or womb troubles can
be cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, for it cured me, and will
them.'' - Mrs. KERHAUGH, Juniata St.,
Nicetown, Pa. Every druggist has it.
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ESPECIAL TO OUR LADY READERS ]

not walk or stand, and had to be assisted to
my feet when arising from a chair. My
head whired, and my back ached; but
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You hear that it is avarice which
drives these men of business through the
street, ard that is the commonly ao-