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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05

Don't keep your calves shut upin dry
lots and stunt them. They viii either
die, or be runts al their lives Give
them pasturage if yon have to fence
for them. bermuda grass when it be-
comes woody in the fall viii kill calves,
especially II kept from water, Kept
grazed SO as to be tender, it is good for
all stock. We have fine pond ofclear
water, accessa BILE from our lot and pas
ture. Not drop of surface water is
ever permitted to go ipto into it, 1t is
filed by troughs from our gin house,
and by sipeage in winter when the
ground is saturated with water. All
onr stock have access to iC every day
whether in the lot or pasture, as it has
a division fence through it.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05

prices of what we have to sell, legisla'
tion can help us here. The rate Of inter
est we payis too high under the recent
changed condition OF affairs. This can
only be remedied by decreased de-
mand for money, induced BY a self sns.
tanning process on the farm, confidence
in the liability Of. our financial system,
fidelity and integrity to obligations,
and promptness in meeting them. All
taxes should be removed from money
loaned. because the borrower has IT. to
pay in the high rate of interest charged.
Sophists and demagogues may rant
a about single tax or abuse capital,
but sugar coat or gloss it as you may,
the poor man pays all in the end, in
rents, profits aud interest. 1T Won
want the poor befriended. don't legis-
late against the legitimate business OF
capital
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05

A man with bad temper should not
be permitted to handle sheep-no, nor
any other living thing If he cannot
manage the devil that is in him, how
shall he manage any other creature?
He can't do it as it ought to be done.
and you had better not hire him as a
shepherd; or, having hired him, fire
him at the first outbreak of malignity
Texas Farm and Ranch.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05

Mo ssrs. e. w. CoviDgton w
recently added to their stao's
handsome Kentucky saddle "
ness stallion, ENB0YD. hes|
years old next spring, lsH naps]
dark chestnut sorrel, star IN Y
heavy name and tail. good Oos
stylish, and a splendid eou
horse, a fine breeder and w
registration. ENB0YD's oreea
the best. his pedigree is nneA'
A visit to their stable ana
inspection of this great acqa',s
the county will well repay ~
terested in improving .nea
Mountain Slasher being
Tramp Denmark sold bN1
purchased to replace them ~
without fear Of cont aale''.
will in every respect equs
keel those well known sires
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05
HhOTA BENE.n mark well.)

That cursing Cleveland and Carlisle
or crying for free silver, will not hoe
any grass ont of your crops. My dear
friend you have got to do this yourself,
or come up this fall with tine bell off y
Your own right hand must work out
your salvation. God helps those who
help themselves. Watch out and see
If the fellow who works the least and
makes the poorest crop, don't "croak"
the loudest in the fall and curse tie
country, the laws aud old Cleveland
too.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05
Bucklen,S ArniGa Salye.

The best salve in tic world for Cuts
bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
fever Sores, letter, ChapLed Hands,
ChiIb)ains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
lions and positively cures Piles, or no
pay is required. 1t is guaranteed TO
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by w. J. Mosby
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05

During these long hot days, water
your stock between times of coming to
the house" You need and drink
vater. and they require and ought to
have it too, and that of as pure quality
IS You use. Remember you are both
animals. subject to the same natural
laws. only you have the advantage in
sense and position.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05

Most horses are worn out long before
their allotted time. They are old at ten
years, whereas they should then be at
their best, and their abilities to d,
should taper down ten years more at
least. A good horse, we'll cared for,
should be good at fifteen or eighteen
years old.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05
'DEBT-PAYING MADE /
AReai Occurrence

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Editor Democrat.star. n
A owed b SIS.
b owed c SEQ.
G owed D SIS.
ID owed E $40.
Z owed Il $3.50.
F owed A SlO.
All were seated at tba :,
having a 50 note, handed 4 / I
ing .hat it paid IS of the s., !,
y . passed the note to & y, i
Remark that it paid S. :, w v
wh,ch he owed G. c passed n n
ana pald with it s. Of the sls n !.
=. D HANDED it to E in part y y
ofthe $50 owed him. E pass n \
70 apply on account of the 4, |
MN. + passed it back to
rms pays half Of the amono,
YOU A again passed il 4 \
= now only owe you ss.p n !,
again t" 9 with the remark, III
i
auces my indebtedness to Wi \
= again passed it to D, redueipy
debtedness to IS. D paid !,
saying, Il now owe you NJ
handed It again to F, saying Vi
duces my Indebtedness to ",
Again f handed the note t.
Now ! owe you nothing
a passed II to B, thus capcell;'
balance OF his Indebtedness. /
ed it to c., reducing his indsh,l
to SIS. c cancelled the balape,
debt to D BY handing the note
D paid it again to E, saying, i
you SIS. Then E remarked d
you will give ne Sc 50 this will
my indebtedness to you" i too
from his pocket, handed it IL
returned the S. note to his poel
thus the spell was broken. M
s5 note having paid $50 50 and !,
I'd AS debt to B, C's debt X
debt to f, and G's debt to A,
the same time having redury
debt to G from $50 to SIS, D's dsb
from $40 to SIS.
Moral" Here a little and n
title" helps to pay off large SD
Money circulates from hand ID
ind business moves. Pay your
n full II you can, and if yoa
,ay in full, pay what you can.
What helps one helps all, and
oundis made Pascagoula Ds
star.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05

DR.. Galen Wilson declares that the
South possesses many advantage over
any portion of the North for raising
sheep. He says sheep in the South are
healthier and cost far less for feed. and
that those who do INST make sheep rails
ing profitable have only themselves to
blame
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05

Thfre,are a great many kind OF bugs;
the gold bugs, the lightning bugs. the
silver bugs. the big bug and the little
bug, and they will completely devour
the crops of the fellow who gives too
much attt ntioii to them TO the exclu-
sion of the plow.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05

Don't let up IN work on your crops.
until they are put in clean and grow
ing condition. 1t is folly to labor up
to the present Time. and by Stacking
up under hot sun from laziness or a
desire to frolie, loose a great part Of
the profits by neglect.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05

. we simple "rusticuses." hill.billies
and red necks, how popular you are.
how your horny hands are gripped by
the soft and itching palm Of the Office
hunter! Enjoy the occasion boys for
all it is worth, for it will soon be over
and you and old Beck will plow riga,
along as of yore, to make the taxes.
Don't ask any questions, it is not polite
to interrogate visitors. Like lite wood
peckers in the nest in the old hollow
tree in your field, opon your mouth.
(eyes being closed) and swallow all
that is offered you. 1t is not right for
you to think, you have some one else
to perform this function for you. Your
duty is to plow and hoe the corn and
cotton, and water ard feed old Beck,
and smile and be pleased when solicit
ed for your vote, and walk right up to
the poles and deposit it for the candi-
date that has made the best ''impres
sion" On you. and your part of the job
is over until the next palavering"
match takes place.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05

Work out the sweet potato patches
already planted and put out more. they
will have time to make if properly at
tended to. You cant have too many.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05
Mswelrs Emulsion Is the only prtp1
II Cod Liver Oil that dyspepus |
an taks.
4 b pleasant 10 the taste ald
nauslate. For sale BY

J. c. PITcHFORD, Shoccoe, Ml]
c. Z. CAUTHEN. Millville, Ms3
w. n. MAXWELL, Camden ~
SCHRGCK BROS, Schrotk, Mls3
ADAMS. DIVINE & Co., shn!o9
E. n. LACEY, Thomaston. Mlss|
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05

You fellows that pillow the earth, and
have grit in your shoes, have heap"
of friends now who are very sorry for
you. just ask some of them how much
they are sorry. Ask them if you help
them to accomplish what they want, if
they will lend mot give) you some
Of the money that they are going to
make for themselves, and are going to
have made for you when the govern
,n-nt mills are started, and see what
ans wer you will get? See ii the bull
has not gored the OK belonging to au-
other fellow. Ask if the free schools
can't he run in our State for less than
d million dollars annually? Ask
If deed can't be recorded for less than
Sl75' Gently insinuute that you think
"a. 90 a day for the Sheriff to wait upon
the Board of Supervisors. and $500 u
day for the Clerk. is 'twee bit" high,
''leetle" more than you and old Beck
can make from sun to sun, jumping
clods for many, many long days, with
old Sol for company. Now boys W,
don't want to put any foolish notions
ia your heads, nor break your rest
these hot nights, nor have any ''rucus'
nor disturb the even tenor of things
you have been used to so long. nor in
jure. any body, we just wanted to put
ourse,f.in position so hereafter when
we heard you "belnoanin" your hard
fate we cnnld say 81 told Won SO y
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-03-01
A Vagary of the Law.

A man in the city of Baltimore stole
. cat. The owner of the cat procured
his arrest on warrant for theft.
Then the mans lawyer arose and told
the court that his client had not
stolen cat, because it was legally
impossible to steal cat, because only
property can be stolen, and cats in the
commonwealth of Maryland are not
property, but ferm nature-that is to
say, fleras, which are wild beasts, such
as tigers, lions and felis catus, living
in the state of nature. The Judge was
struck dumb by this argument of the
mans lawyer, and referred the ques-
tion to the encouragement, a person
of great learning, who in his youth
was mighty hunter of Wildcats,
which he pursued over peaks and
through chasms of the Blue ilge and
chased over back fences and through
vacant lots in his native village. The
formal decision of this eminent au-
thority has established that, under
Maryland law, you cannot steal cat.
Which is another illustrative example
of the variation and conflict of the
local laws in this country.-Legal
Adviser.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-03-01
FireprOOf CellulOid.

Ordinary celluloid is very usef ul
material, but its manufacture is at
tended with considerable risk, and its
combustible character even units it
for some purposes. A so.called fire.
proof celluloid is now being made by
a company of Exeter, England. 1t is
prepared from the spent fibres of pa
per mills, which are reduced to gel
atinous state by certain chemicals,
given an even substance in q centrifu-
gal pump, colored as desired with ami
line dyes and strained through flannel.
The product hardens after time,
when it can be cut into slices, or it
can be moulded while liquid. -Tren-
ton IN. J.) American.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-03-01
WISE WORDS.

Envy is culpable selfishness.
Persevere against discouragement.
Tears are no sign of q tender heart.
He who does most must bear most.
A man is known by the money he
keeps
A woman's conscience lives in her
heart.
There is no slavery like the servi-
tude of pretense.
True charity does not give what is
asked but what is needed.
We lose more friends by our re-
quests than by our refusals.
Only mile-stones should answer
questions without being asked.
A woman is not really beautiful un-
til she is beautiful to blind man.
Lawyers work IN the cause of JUS
tice; doctors in the cause of mercy.
The world may owe you living,
but you will have to work hard to col
lect it.
We must drink at the fountain of
knowledge to quench the thirst of
curiosity.
Time is that part Of eternity al
lowed us to make fair showing in the
remainder.
Too many good people expect pie
when they say: "Give us this day our
daily bread"
1t is not wrong to say what one
thinks. 1t is simply wicked to think
what one cannot say.
The affections are like lightning |;
you cannot tell where they will strike
until they have fallen.
Humane instincts will lead one to
regard the comfort of the dumb crea-
lures dependent upon them.
Habit is cable; we weave thread
of it every day, and at last it becomes
next to impossible to break it.
Do not anticipate trouble. or worry
about what may never happen. Keep
in the sunlight, was Franklin's sensi-
BILE advice.
A man may not eat his cake and
have it. but some men eat theirs and
then do what they can to have that of
other people.
One talent well used gives its pos
SCISSOR greater satisfaction than five
talents buried beneath the rust of idle
ness and s!oth.
My friend can never offend me
for if he Injuries me unknowingly, 1
care not; and if knowingly he is no
longer my friend.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-03-01
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement ana
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid.
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists In SOC and 81 bottles, but 1t is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed ON every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute If offered.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-03-01
Highest Of al In Leavenng Power-Laest u Govt Report
R3>:as!!! g! RRakiaes Rs%aesl!
Peat rs Fuel.

In Friesland and other parts of Hol-
land the "black turf" is made into fuel
for brick-kilns, litter for stable, and
mould for mixing with sewage. Some
of it is exported to Bremen, Brunswick
and Belgium, and it is stated that $50, :
600 tons of the fuel, worth $665, 600,
are annually consumed thoroughout
the Netherlands. The Dutch canals
facilitate the transport of the peat,
and as the subsoil Of the moors is al
ways cultivated after the peat is lifted,
the bargea that take away the peat
bring back manure for the ground. At
Groningen, for instance. all the sew
erage of the city is applied to the re-
clamation of the surrounding turf
moors.
In Denmark, where there is no
great supply of peat, it is chiefly used
by the peasants Us fuel, or as bedding
in the dairy farms. In Sweden, on
the contrary, there are bogs extend
ing for hundreds of square miles, and
of late years over 600, 900 acres of the
moorland have been brought under
the plow. The peat is prepared as
fuel, and largely consumed in making
iron, glass, or brick, either alone or
mixed with coal and fr-cones. In
southern Sweden there are factories
solely engaged in manufacturing peat
fuel for sale, as it's use is steadily in
creasing, and some 1000 tons a year
are employed in metallurgical opera
tions.
In southern and central Sweden
there are some twenty factories for
preparing peat-litter and mold, each
factory turning out from 15, 900 TO 80,
900 bales year, fetching about fifty
cents apiece. The mould is used for
gardening in Sweden, while stuffing
for mattresses or furniture, and sur
gical bandages are made from the
white moss of the moors. In France
Che peat is moulded into "briquettes'
I with tar and resin, teased into litter,
or woven into fabrics, which are used
in the army, in barracks and hospi-
tails, as blankets, mattresses, and sad
die cloths, or for stuffing cofferdams
and certain parts of machinery. The
Nineteenth Century.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-03-01

"a military training is invaluable
to business man if he will mako it
SO, +" said the Vice-Presideht of Chi
cago Wholesale house. "a man learns
perseverance, courage and self-con-
troll. He learns to be thorough and,
best Of all, perhaps, he acquires the
habit of order and the facility of
handling men and situations. Having
learned how to obey, he knows how to
command. He keeps cool and col
lected in trying situations. I was in
the artillery service under General
Thomas. I always noticed that the
excitement over any incident in
creased at an accelerated ratio the
farther down it went into the ranks.
The officer in command would be
calm, the officers under him compare
lively 80, but the corporals were fre-
quently very much agltated. I re-
member at the battle of Stone River
General Thomas, who was my ideal of
a soldier, rode to an exposed position,
where he could get good view of the
enemy. The bullets we're coming
thick from one quarter among the
trees. He didn't seem to mind it, but
turned his field glass on that particu-
lar point and surveyed it carefully.
Then he ordered up seventy pieces Of
artillery and we opened up. In short
time that territory became quiet and
we had no more trouble from there.
cit was ticklish kind of business,
that of studying the situation with
bullets whizzing by and cutting the
twigs every moment. The General
might have sent somebody else to do
it for him and bring back report,
but no words could have described the
conditions as he could get them for
himself. and knowing this he took the
risk without hesitation. 1 remember
he examined the field as calmly and
critically as if he had been looking at
an eclipse through piece of smoked
glass.
"a man in business life isn't often
called upon to inspect rifle volley at
close range, but he sometimes comes
suddenly upon things almost as dis
concerting. If he remains cool and
collected and faces them as Pap
Thomas did the guns at Stony Ridge,
he will win unless the odds are too
heavy against him. Look over the
list of successful business men in Chi
cago and you will find ex-soldiers
largely represented. Chicago Tri-
bune
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-03-01
WasherwOman to q Poet.

Surely few house-warmings-and q
house-warming is one of the most
memorable and significant of domes-
tic celebrations-are likely to be re-
membered with more satisfaction and
pride than that which attended the
first occupancy of the dwelling Of Mrs.
Choate, of Amesbury.
She was the poet Whittier's washer
woman; and when by persevering in
dustry she had earned home for her.
self and her family, he was one of the
foremost among the neighbors and
friends who organized the festivities,
and heightened the delight of their
hostess by leaving substantial tokens
of their regard, including a complete
set of furniture for the new parlor.
Mr.. Whittier was present among the
guests and made the speech of con-
graduation, concluding it with the
recitation of poem which he modest
ly described as piece of machine
poetry entrusted to him for the occa-
sion. 1t was his own, of course, an
it is given in full in his Life and
Letters" recently published. The
last three verses are as follows:
Thanks, then, to Kate Choate!
Let the idle take note,
What their fingers were made for;
She cheerful and jolly,
Worked on late and early,
And bought-what she paid for.
Never vainly repining,
Nor begging, nor whining;
The morning star wrinkles
On no heart that's lighter
AS she makes the world whittier
And smoothes out its wrinkles.
So, long life to Kate!
May her heirs have to wait
Till they're gray in attendance;
And her tlatiron press on
Still teaching its lesson
OF brave independence.
Mr.. Whittier's early poems accord
ed, in his "Song of Labor" due
poetic honors to the professions OF
drover, shoemaker, ship-builder. farm
er and fisherman. 1t is pleasant
to find him also gracefully recogniz.
ing the worth of profession no less
useful and honorable, but less hon
ored. "Long life to Kate too, he
has doubtless secured, in transferring
her, fatiron and oil, from the steamy
realm of the kitcnen to the more ro-
mantio atmosphere Of verse. Youth &
Companion.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-03-01
The British Regular Army.

Returns Of the strength of the Brit
ish regular army ut the close Of the
year show that there are rather more
than 220. 900 officers and men on the
regimental rolls. number in excess
OF that provided for in the army es-
Inmates. OF these about l06.0 arc
quartered in the United Kingdom
~. 900 being in England aud Wales.
$500 Ia Scotland, $1,000 in Ireland
aud the remainder in tho Channel Isl.
ands as, 600 ia the colonies and
Egypt ani rs. 900 in India aud Bur.
nah. Canada has tho services Of
shea, 1900 imperial soldiers only
Chicago Herald.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-03-01
quagmires and snakes they abandoned

quagmires and snakes they abandoned
the swamp.
There are many weird traditions
connected with the Great Dismal.
One of the most uncanny is Of q
phantom ship said to be a merchant
man captured by Captain Kidd. the
pirate. The ship was dismantled,
robbed, its crew murdered and then
towed up one of the rivers flowing
from Lake Drummond to the sea. The
ship. covered with phosphorus, stands
near the lake. The ghosts of the crew
still man it, and on moonlight nights
the hunter who sees 1t hears q ban
shee wall, which means disaster, sick
ness or death to him.
One Of the most romantic traditions
is of an Indian warrior, who loved the
favorite daughter of his chief. The
father looked higher for the maiden,
but the lovers ran off to the shores of
Lake Drummond, built wigwam be-
meath its Expresses and lived SO hap
PLY together until they were both
very old that the Great Spirit allowed
them to revisit the earth every full
moon and ride on the lake in boat
drawn by white swans. This Indian
myth bears an analogy to Lohengrin,
one of the most romantic of the Rhine
gold legends, the only instance of this
kind I recall among the traditions of
the American aborigines. Another
story is of an Indian lover who was
driven insane by the death of his
afianced bride. This was related to
Thomas Moore when he was in this
country, and by him embalmed in
verse. The Indian warrior fed to the
lake of the Dismal Swamp and dis
appeared forever, excepting at mid
night, when he, too, CROSSES the lake
with his sweetheart in q white canoe.
Many people who live near believe
Lnke Drummond to be the rendez-
vous for numerous other ghosts which
are supposed to haunt the swamp.
This supposition arose from the num-
ber of ignes fatui which are really
seen every night in almost every part
of the Dismal Swamp.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-03-01
She Rode or ON the Robbers Bicycle.

A highwayman on bicycle came
upon young lady who was watching
the sunset on the Cornice road, near
Mentone, lately, took her purse, and
demanded her watch and chain. While
she was removing the chain from her
neck he walked off from the bicycle to
light cigarette, whereupon the young
woman jumped on the machine and
tore down hill to Mentone. From
there a telegram was sent to Vintimig-
Iia, and the robber was caught in u
trap, for the perpendicular cliff on
the one side aud the precipice on the
other make it impossible to get out of
the Cornice road.