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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
FARM AND GARDEN
BUILDING A sllo
~ emo man Describes One co,...
Without Corner. 'fu

an OHIO Man Describes One r..
Without Corners. ''usts
have looked over manv ds.,.,.,
ana diagrams of silos, but b.S ul'piioa
TO ind one that comes up to ths iails'
arg OF perfection for neatnss 'As stand
ing air proof. ''S and \
An enthusiastic siloist who
some years ago, one of tho ola mao
square, double-lined affairs , a|
ing given the subject much th As7
and personal investigation. s,i saougA|
a few days since: why don't W.. . y
administration of the manner !; SOu III
the best modern silos are m.Sa %als'
ferring at the same time to -
that had been constructed dur; ,.ss n
past two years. ng v
The only feature that we no,;,.
places this silo ahead Of tnas. ~
scribed in recent publications i ! !. Y
manner OF completing the Joints s - i !. !.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27

cause of the Inconvenience of travelling
to get checks cashed. He had takeI
some $4,000 with him on this trip an(
for protection carried revolver. Some
two miles from the nearest ranch he
had occasion to make stop in the
sage brush. His revolver he had
dropped into one of his CHAPS" as the
hip boots worn by the riders in that
country are called AS he remounted
his horse the revolver was discharged.
He had dropped the pistol in the "chap"
with the muzzle up, and the hammer
hit against the horn of the saddle. A
ball was sent up through his groin,
and, passing upward through his body,
came out behind one of his shoulders.
He fell to the ground, but rallied, and,
mortally wounded though he was, he
once more climbed into the saddle, but
could not sit on his horse. Painting
from loss of blood he tumbled out of
the saddle a second time.
When he revived his shepherd dog
was over him, acting as though fully
aware of the serious nature of what
had happened. The dog was one of
two which Gillen had trained to herd
horses and cattle. Realizing that he
was probably mortally wounded, and
that prompt assistance must be obtained
if the slight chance he had of surviving
was to be made the most of, Gillen told
the dog to ''go to McVey's ranch"
This was the nearest ranch. and one
from which he might expect help to be
sent as soon as they could know of the
accident. There were other ranches
in the surrounding country, but assist
ance might be obtained more quickly
from this one.
The dog whined and cried, and
showed desire to stay by his masters
side, but Gillen scolded and told the
dog to run the horse to McVey's.
Finally the dog started the horse ahead
of him, and made bee limo for the
ranch mentioned. On the way the
horse fell in with band of fifty other
horses. but the dog cut him out and ran
him at full speed to the ranch.
On arriving in sight Of the ranch the |
dog began barking to attract attention,
md when the dog and riderless horse
arrived at the place the people knew
something had happened to Gillen.
As soon as the dog saw that the blood
on the saddle was noticed he turned
and excitedly manifested desire that
the ranchmen should hasten back to
where Gillen lay. Horses were quickly
and the horsemen had diff
Guilty in keeping the dog in sight, so
great was the animals haste to return
to the side of his wounded master.
Gillen was still alive when his friends
reached him
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
Feminine Logic.

Madame comes home from the theater
and finds Minna, the servant, sitting in
the kitchen reading book by the
light of two candles. She is very natur-
ally annoyed at the girls extravaganza.
why, Minna, actually reading
novels with two candles burning?'
Mot at all, ma'am," was the cool re-
ply;l that's only one candle! l just cut
1t in two half an hour ago."-Once a
Week.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
cHuRNINo WITH ACIDS.
Important Discoveries Recently Msds
England and America.

Important Discoveries Recently MACS
England and America.
Probably in no department OF r.
search is a greater amount OF invesI']
cation going forward and vaiuao'
data and actual discovery being maze
says the Mark Lane Express, than U
dairy science. and while some Of sa'
discoveries have been OF little OF n'
value, a wonderful amount OF use'al
and practical material has been place.
in the hands OF the dairyman. Amols
the things announced, since u ~
been shown how nearly the fermens
and fiavors in butter are associated n
that if certain acids are added TO sWs''
cream it Is not necessary to wall =
the development of Tactic oacter's
the cream, but that tcould be cnurp0
at once and churned quite readily =.
the true flavor secured. lnvestgs~
have been at work on this prools.
and an announcement of the results
been made. The most satisfactory
suits came from using hydrochioric =
diluted in twice its bulk OF water, \.
adding this in small quantities W
sweet cream. Everything was ss
factory, except that the butter ns' al
aroma, though IL was pronounce 49,
and good by the judges. Inc ~.
kept well and had water conen
12k per cent; but the low navor h.
against it, though not trace y
acid was to be detected or iounu
analysis. About the most imP% n,.r
thing brought out was thai ~ -.
seems to be fully dependent a,
bacteria for true flavor rather 'nss ma,
food, provided that the latter Is w..
some and not OF character 70 ~ IA
favors TO the mils' 80
after all. could not be called
favor In any sense Of the word
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27

Small boys often ask their parents:
How deep is the sea2" The answer
depends entirely upon the sea. The
following table, compiled by one who
has investigated. may help on to the
solution of one of the small boys prob
lens. Average depth in yards; Pacific,
4.252; Atlantic, 4,O26; Indian, s,65s;
Antarctic, 5000; Artic, LOGO; Mediter-
ranean, 1,476; Irish. 24O; English
channel, ITO; Adriatic. As: Baltic. 43.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
YOUNG PEOPLE.
a PUZZLED LITTLE BRAIN.

dthink 1t Is so very queer
That when we little children here
Are fast nsleep-each curly head
Tucked snugly In his downy bed
Some children living far away
Are up and out of-doors at play.
And then my teacher says the SUM-
When all his shining here Is done.
Goes down to China and Japan
TO shine as brightly rs he can.
SO when lie down to my rest
The little Japs are being dressed
And when at morn my prayers are said
The Chinese girls are going TO bed
But oh, 1T seems to me so queer.
They do not do as we do herel
-Zitella Cooke, In Youths Companion.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
Placing Him.

She turned upon him imperiously:
What have you to say for your
self?"
The dude covered before her,
abashed, and then passed through the
door without word.
She shook her head sadly.
'Once more is the old saying verified:
1T goes without sayingF"
She gently locked the door behind
him.-Truth.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
Young Boys odd Profession.

A bright boy in the wholesale dry
goods district of New York has long
list of customers whose pencils he
keeps sharpened, and who also patron
ize him for new pencils. he has pat
ent sharpener. aid goes from store to
store and Office to Office, and he makes
between IS and ~ a week, working
four or five hours q day.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
A Horse on King Soil ONION.

One day Solomon and fool were
walking together.
Solomon" said the fool, why is II
that you never talk?"
"Fool," said Solomon. shat may
listen to other peoples wisdom"
And then after pause: But why
il it that you always talk?"
THAT other people, suppose,
quoth the fool. may listen to my wis
dom."
Whereat Solomon held his tongue
and went home thoughtfully. Truth.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
THE MYSTERIOUS DICE.
An Interesting Variation of Decidedly
Entertaining Experiment.

An Interesting Variation of Decidedly
Entertaining Experiment.
A simple experiment with which
most people are familiar is that known
as the "dance of the puppets" A
piece of glass is placed over two books
resting on their edges, while under.
meath, on the table, are laid number
of light objects, such as bits of cork,
paper or the pith of the elder tree. The
| upper surface of the glass is rubbed
with piece of flannel or other wooden
material previously warmed before the
fire. The glass thus becomes charged
with electricity, and all the objects
beneath it are seen to fly upward, then
fall back again, keeping up a lively
sort of dance.
An interesting variation of this ex-
pertinent is illustrated here. Procure
a box with glass cover, such as dolls
furniture is sold in, and from piece Of
the pith of an elder tree cut three little
cubes of equal size, like dice, marking
them with the required number of
dots by means of pen and ink. Place
these in the box and rub the cover
with piece of warmed flannel or
cloth. The three dice will fly upward
and stick to the under surface of the
cover. Now ask anyone present to add
up the points marked on the dice.
After few seconds, without having
touched the box, count them up your
self and you can show your friend
&haA - 49, l. l.
count; instead, for instance, Of
seeing 6, 4, ., giving total
Of IL, as he imagined, the
points are 1, 8, 4, which only give 8.
And yet the dice are fast to the under
surface of the cover, and no one has
touched them. In a few seconds more,
It you look again, you will find new
combination, and SO on, the mysterious
changes continuing to take place for
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
For Many Years.

Mr.. Kiddcr (exasperated)-Look at
that child! smearing itself and splitting
the coffee. I tell you, wasn't allowed
at the table until l had learned good
manners.
Mrs Kidder (swcetly)-Dear me. did
you never with anybody but the eat
servants?-N. Y. World.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
why tho Sermon Was Short.

"You must have had an awful long
sermon. You are half an hour later
than usual" said Col. Yerger to his
wife, who had just returned from
church.
why, thought the sermon was very
short, replied Mrs Yerger
"Did you have your new hat on for
the first timer"
Eyes, dear"
"Ah, that explains it. No sermon is
long to woman under those circum-
stances. Texas Siftings.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
FIG. l..

octagon, which is after the form p,,..
IN tine accompanying illustration
Some very costly silos about n.
were greatly damaged by HAVING \
cut the cornerboards to beyel inst.'
OF using block A cut with suf;e,s.l
curve to allow the lining to match L,
fectly with tongue and groove iutsx|
Where the lining is cut to a beyel M
air is sure to get in and do consider,
BILE damage in, silo. The matchins|
can be made still more perfect by NJ
ing off, with small plane, a light sha,l
ing on the inside edge at "a slight be,el|
These silos are constructed much n
same as other octagon structures witl
this exception, which we are satisaA
is very great improvement over thos1
made with corners, and can be erecte
with much less cost than the rouu3
ones, and in every way give just I
good satisfaction.
One of these silos has been furnisbins
ensilage put up last fall for a herd !
twelve cows, for the two past months
and the ensilage is as good nov
when used during the winter month
and seems to be keeping the COWS i
excellent milking condition.
This season is sure to convert man
doubling Thomases over to the silo I
the very short hay crop is bound
leave a great aching void that will nc|
drive the ghost out of empty mows til
grass grows again. Many are prepar
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
Twofers.

Have cigar" said Flowers, as Har-
greaves came into the Office. "Wilson
was passing them around. He has a
new baby at his house."
Hargreaves took one, tried It for
three puffs and dropped 1t on the floor.
"Ah! About his fourth baby, should
Judge, was all he said.-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
Her FAILING.

Mrs. crimsonbeak-why e It, 1 won.
der. that q woman will always turn "a
the end Of novel and read the last
page before reading any other part Of it7
Mr.: Crimsonbeak-Her propensity TO
get the last word, suppose. leads her
TO do it.-Yonlers Staterrunu.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
The Usual Grounds.

Mrs. Gasseppi-Ycs, Mrs. Larlspur is
going TO get divorce from her hus-
band.
Mrs. Murdstone-Indeed, and upon
what ground?
Mrs Gasseppi-Dukota. m. Y. Re-
corder.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
HER RESENTMENT.

Pat latter the engagement) Dim
.hure me darlint wor niver kissed be-
foor.
Miss o'Flaherty-Yez haythcn Choi-
nayl do yez think Dim thot hideous
thot no other mon has liver showed me
amy sttintion but yea ugly silf7-
Judge.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
Sad Indeed.

Visitor-What are you crying about,
my little man?
Little Willie All my brothers hez
had vacation, and l hain't got none
Visitor-Why that's too bad. How is
that?
Willie (between sobs) 60
to school yet.-Lifc.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
A Little TommIe Question.

Say, mamma" said little Tommie.
looking up from his tin soldiers. do
angels put their heads under their
wings like turkeys when they 60 TO
slcep9'-Harpers Round Table.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
10 Room fnr nenhf.

Mr.. Newwed Earthquakes eggs
do not seem very fresh.
Young Wife-Nonsense. my dear.
They are Just out Of the storei-N. =.
Weekly.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27

Miss oldum tplsyfully)-In Older
than ron think lam.
Mas c.ustique-I doubt H. chicarr
Record
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
FIG. o.

ing to build silos and cut up their asld
corn, to be able to bridge the coming
winter, and it may be the part OF wis
dom to do so. Where this is the case
it would be wise for such parties Y
either visit successful silo or become
satisfied that the plan they propose Y
use is after such a one. Don't depend
upon any carpenter, however expert q
may be, to plan one, unless he has haa
experience in constructing successful
one. George E. Scott, in Ohio Farmer
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27

No One-There, have written the
ad Shall read it?
No. Two-Cert.
No. One-Wanted-Two valettes for
bachelor girls; must know how to curl
hair and ride q bicycle. -Brooklyn
Life.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27

Nolis Prea
whsn ttey took him 70 the justice
he was vsry, very drunk;
But they told Aim he was free
To continus on his spree.
When be said HIS uffsf mamma
Had arrived and brouEkt her trunk
N Y. Worif
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
MnIIons for AtI..tIe c.bIe..

The eleven cables now In operation
across The Atlantic have cost upward Of
$40 .OO0, 600
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
On the Test.

Millie-1f you were in love with two
men, and didn't know which one to
choose, what would you do?
Tillie-Put them to test.
Millie-A duel?
Title Nothing SO absurd. Walk
them both by an ice-cream parlor, and
see which one turns palest.
Blade.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27

SIX Times He's been here twenty
times since to collect the bill. Chico
90 Record.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The Three Impostors, or The Transmuta.
ton. By Arthur Machen. (Boston
Roberts BroUbers; Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmony This really clever,
but certainly most exasperating little
book offers rather more of mystery
than one of Gibson's puzzles, as "Find
the man who paid for the dinner" or
"Find the girl who has been kissed in
the last ten minutes.'' For We must
make the notifying confession. that
after reading carefully every page and
re-readings some of them to be sure
that, like the creature in "The Snark''
we had not continued to lose count, we
cannot "ind" the "three impostors. -
We have an uneasy feeling that we are
being fooled to the top of our bent +" Or
are "the three who appear in the begin
ming and who re-appear, quite literally,
"at the DEATH" the persons who go
through the ftransmutationsY' And are
they masquerading, say, as the Professor
of the ''Black Seal" or the sister of & the
missing Brother" or haply-somebody
elseP If SO, in poetic language, "The1n S
'um ~ Again, is Thereon is there not
lit Is almost a toss-up either way) any
connection between the various stories?
Occasionally, it seems rs if what may be
called che ''Gold Tiberius" coin "moye-
ment' was the leading motif; or per-
haps it is to be found in the uncanny
people of the hills who have an uncom-
Portable way of taking possession of
people and making them talk gibberish
ana foam at the mouth-if they do not
actually lose all identity, or share in
something like the fsmous Jekyll-Hyde
partnership and at last disappear bowling
into desolate space-as in the terrible tale
OF The Recluse of Bayswater. This
tantalizing notion once taking possession
OF the reader, he has little peace as he
1ollows what appears to be a clue in
and out of the labyrinthine mazes. until
he at last finds himself at the end of A.
road very clearly marked ''No Thorougb-
fare''
All this would be of comparative1v
llbIle Importance were not the book in
many ways very bright and clever VOL
ume-1ndeed possessed of considerable
literary style. Some of the stories have
decided dash of the gruesomeness Of
Edgar Poe. Then there is flavor of
Stevenson, with his fine distinction. The
horrors are not over-done, but leave-as
all truest horrors should-an air of mys-
terry and what the Scotch call the nm
canny' behind them. 1.-The Three I'm
posters they are-vanish into
their native element, and we half fear to
turn our heads to see if they are not still
pursuing US.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-21
THE COMMISSION.

President Cleveland has got is COM
mission plan approved by both houses of
Congress, substantially in the form he
suggested. The next thing is to get
the commissioners. OF Course
the commission must be COM
posed of men Of great ability who
command the confidence of the country.
It's members ought to be lawyers of the
highest standing. In this case the office
has got to seek the man, and seek him
very diligently, we are afraid, before it
finds him, for there are liable to be some
tremendous responsibilities connected
with the position, from which the most
patriotic man may we'll shrink. If the
programme mapped out by the President
in his message is followed in it's entirety,
as it has already been followed in
part, upon this commission is to be placed
virtually the deciding of whether we
shall or shall not go to war with Eng
land. when the report of this commits
sion is made and accepted" says the
President, sit will be the duty of the
United States to resist by every means
in its power rs q wilful aggression upon
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-21
THE PRESIDENTS LATEST.

1t. seems to us that it was particularly
unfortunate for the President to send the
message to Congress that he did yester-
day. The information contained therein
might have been communicated to Con-
gress in way that would have been just
as effective, but would not have excited
so much public apprehension. The New
York Stock Exchange yesterday gave
abundant evidence that public confidence
was shaken and that there was feverish
anxiety among financiers. This message
which will go all over the country will
not tend to allay it. 1t will be interpret:
ed as cry OF public distress, and will
surely serve to still rather shake public
confidence and intensity private distress.
Two remar kable things about the mes
sage are; the Presidents studied effort to
disconnect the tumbling down of the
gold reserve entirely from his message of
Monday with it's threat of war; and it's
utter failure to suggest or indicate in the
slightest manner any remedy for the
trouble which it discloses. The President
pretends to think that all the trouble is
due to our bad financial policy. He
knows perfectly well that the most of II
comes from his own threat of war He
has no suggestion to offer further thar
that Congress should do som sthing to re-
assure the country. Less than a week
ago he did not hesita to to advise the
country to go to war in certain oontin.
genoies. though the business of declaring
war belongs exclusively to Congress.
Having got the country into sorape. be
now proposes to let Congress get it out the
best way it can. Meanwhile, perhaps
he will go on another duck hunting ex
pedition.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-21

its rights and interests, the appropriation
by Great Britain of any lands or the ex
eroise of governmental jurisdiction over
any territory which, after Investigation,
we have determined of right belongs tc
Venezuela. That is to say if the COM
mission finds that any of the territory
| now claimed by England belongs to Bra
zli,and England refuses to give it up, we
| are to declare war. Of course the actual
declaration of war must come from Con-
gress, but the justictiation of it is to be
the report of this commission. Now men
may we'll hesitate, and cannot be oriti-
cised very much if they do hesitate, to
have such responsibility thrust upon
them in this way and under the existing
circumstances. Their position would be
anything but pleasant if they were sure
that in the course of their investigation
they would get all the evidence on both
sides of the controversy. But the best
Investigation, which to large extent will
be ex parte England will not disclose
her case to it, and all that it will get on
that side is what documentary evidence
it may be able to dig out itself. How
ever, conscientious and thorough its dig
ging may be, in the absence of any state
ment from Enlgand, il will never feel GER
tain that it has got at all the material
facts of the case. Ye5 on this incomplete
investigation, and haunted by the fear
there may be some vital facts that it has
not got at. it is to make up report upon
which will hinge, perhaps one Of the
greatest and most destructive wars of
modern or ancient times 1t seems to us
that it is very unfortunate that the Pres
ident should have added to his suggestion
of commission the further suggestion
that it's report would b, decisive of
peace or war. He might have we'll left it
to Congress to deal with the report as lit
saw fit, without suggestion made fay in
advance of its reception. ~
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-21

On Winds of Fancy Blown. Original
Verse and Illustrations by Mary Yale