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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
The Daughter,

The superior wisdom of the feminine
mind is shown in the fact that the
mother never rebels against her daugh-
ter's guidance. She is the first to dis
cover the young woman's wisdom and
she enjoys the security and sense Of
rest which comes from FEELING that she
has some one to depend upon, some
one to think and plan for her. She re-
CARDS it as providential that as the
husband Of her youth grows careless,
as his judgment becomes untrustwor-
thy as to details, as he grows inclined
to shirk the little questions which arise
in the conflict Of the household, the
daughter quite naturally takes up the
neglected duties, and assumes the man
agement of the affairs. OF course 1t Is
often difficult for the mother to live up
to the course the daughter marks out.
She sometimes finds herself deficient
in the strength or wisdom the daughter
expects from her. But this is not real
trouble, for under 1t all is the COM
forting sense of being guided by a
strong will, the sense Of being free from
responsibility for the social and do
mestic welfare Of the family, is filling
the young woman's soul with satisfac-
tlon, fiattering her with the conscious
ness of her great usefulness, making
her realize her importance in the
world.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
CsIkInr Joints Of Bntted Glass.

In greenhouses built with butted glass
the problem of keeping the joints be-
tween the glass tight has been one of
the most annoying, As long as the roof
is new and the lead between the glass
remains solid all goes we'll, but as soon
as this becomes broken or loosened from
any cause the question of calking it
without removing the glass has been a
great obstacle The usual plan is to have
such houses gone over each fall by
man with putty knife and mixture
of putty and white lead soft enough so
that it could be easily crowded into the
cracks. This is tedious and expensive
operation, and as a means of saving
time and at the same time cheapening
the operation correspondent of Ameri-
can Gardening writes that he prepared
a thick paint of white lead and boiled
oil; then with small, round marking
brush the cracks between the glass were
merely traced with the brush. The space
between the glass drew in and held the
paint as in capillary tube, and in this
way the houses were rapidly gone over
and more effectually calked than they
ever had been by the use Of putty put
ON with the knife in the old way. The
cautions necessary are small, stiff
brush and care in doing the work to see
that the space is we'll filled and that the
paint is not unnecessarily daubed upon
the glass.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
KEEP ACCOUNTS WITH T4g FARM.
1t Helps TO Reduce Expenses and Show
Which Crop Pays the Best.

1t Helps TO Reduce Expenses and Show
Which Crop Pays the Best.
Farmers, as rule, are too negligent
in this matter. They often complain of
, hard times, cheap wheat and low prices
for all other farm products when they
are utterly unable to state just what
their products cost them per bushel or
per ton. 1t is one of the most satisfac-
tory accounts farmer can keep and has
been largely the means of enabling
correspondent Of American Agriculturist
to reduce the cost of producing a bushel
of wheat from $1.25 in 1882 to "a cents
i'll 1894, allowing the same pay for la
Dor expended and for rental of land in
each case. The cost Of all other crops
was also reduced, but the reductions
were not so marked as in the case noted.
While it has a strong tendency to reduce
the cost of production, this is not all.
1t enables a farmer to know whether he
can afford to sell his products at prices
prevailing when he wants to sell. If he
raises them at loss, he will know it,
and, again, it is great help in showing
him which crop pays best on his farm,
so that he can grow more Of what is
adapted to his soil and climate and is
most profitable.
Any cheap memorandum book will
answer the purpose, but an indexed
ledger is better. Then plant your farm
and name or number the fields, stating
how many acres each contains. When
you begin farm operations in the spring,
charge the field with all labor at given
price for hand and team, given price
for hand where team is not used; also
all seed grain at what it is worth at the
time as seed, and lastly charge the field
with certain amount of rent or inter
est on investment.
Don't forget to keep dates for all these
charges, for they are a wonderful salts.
faction in after years. When you gather
the crop, give credit for the product in
bushels or tons, and at the end of the
year it is an easy matter to determine
the exact cost of each product. When
once accustomed to keeping such ac-
counts, the desire to continue them will
grow.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
Good Garden Soil.

What is or what is not good garden
soil is often great question. Very few
people understand that good sol is one
in which the atmosphere can freely cir
culate. The earth must not allow the
air to circulate to such an extent as to
lose its moisture, but it must have an
abundance Of small spaces which will
contain small quantities Of air before
plants will thrive. We sometimes speak
Of 'air plants, but in truth all plants
are air plants, no matter whether grow
ing ON rocks or trees or whether growing
in the earth. Air is Of far more conse-
quence to the roots than to the leaves.
When, therefore, we have a stiff clay
earth to deal with, we make a good soil
by applying sand or vegetable matter,
which when it roots will leave small
spaces in which air may be collected.
1t is for the same reason that we crush
hard clods, for a hard clod has no air
spaces. When broken to pieces-pulver-
izing is the technical term-we simply
give the chance for atmospheric air to
spread throughout the whole mass. For
the same reason what is known as wet
soil is a bad soil because water drives
out the air. There is no air in earth
which is water tight. 1t has been noted
in Meehan's Monthly that the use of a
hole in the bottom Of a flowerpot is not
so much to allow the escape of water as
it is to permit fresher air to flow in the
spaces of the earth when the water
leaves it. In the language Of gardening,
good soil is one which is perfectly
Haerated -
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
Soil Improvement,

By drainage, clovering and by good
farming in general the mechanical COR
dition Of the heaviest, stiffest clay soilx
may be so changed that they require blt
little more work to plow and cultivate
than mellow loans. Accompanying this
process Of soil Improvement there is al
ways a gratifying increase in the yield
of crops. 1--WE frequently refer to clay
soils as heavy soils, " says The Drainage
Journal, because they are hard TO
work. Such soils, when thoroughly
drained, work easily, are readily pulvsr-
lied and become the hest for cultivation
and productivepess. They take up and
hold moisture sufficient for crop growth =
they take up and hold the manures and
fertilizers applied to them; they are
usually strong in mineral matter. All in
all, the clay soils are the best for grasses
and grain and for fruit growing"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
RENTING LAND.
A Term of Years Is Beneficial to Both
Owner and Tenant.

Ierm OF years Is BenehCtnl TO Both
Owner and Tenant.
In nearly every section local rates,
regulations and terms have been estab-
lishcd for those who rent or work land
on shares thence there is no need to dis
cuss that point. 1t is far better for all
parties concerned that the contract
should extend over a term Of years, no
matter whether the land be devoted to
trucking, grain raising or dairying.
1t is fact that unless the tenant is
thoroughly conversant with the actual
fertility and capabilities of the soil mis-
takes of serious nature will occur, such
as sowing field after field to crop the
soil Of which is not adapted for it. OF
course these mistakes need not or should
not occur after one or two years of cul-
tivation-that is, if the manager is an
observing man. 1t is a fact that the
successful farmer is the one who studies
the character Of his land as closely as he
does the habits and condition of his do
mestic animals and knows almost to O
certainty what crops this or that field
will produce and what kinds Of fertili-
Atlb Cuu Db uDpllSu W lUe DbbJ uuNunluBb'
All these important matters the new
conner has to learn hence the advantage
of long lease.
The owner is also benefited, as the
workman considers it more Of perma-
nent home. The fences and buildings
are kept in better repair and minor i'm
provements and conveniences added that
in a one or two year lease would not
have been made. Landowners are also
more kind and interested in a long
term tenant than one who migrates year
ly, and this yearly moving is destructive
to household effects and farming imple-
ments Of any farmer. The New England
Homestead, authority for the foregoing,
also advises as follows:
Put the terms Of the lease in black
and white, no matter how well ac-
quainted the parties may be. Half a
day spent in jotting down the important
portions of the contract is time we'll
spent and often prevents what might
otherwise lead to serious dispute and
misunderstanding.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
Irrigation by Pumping Plants.

The New England Homestead pub
fishes an article on irrigation by pump
ing plants. The belief is expressed that
certainly it will pay every grower OF
fruits and vegetables TO study carefully
into the cost of irrigation by means of a
ram or pump where the gravity method
cannot be used. And even for general
crops irrigation will often pay. Droughts
are too frequent to go uninsured against
by any farmer who is doing much bust
hess. With the improved hydraulic rams
of today or the various engines, wind
mills, etc. it ought to be possible to OBJ
tain at small cost an outht that would
pay for itself during a drought and per-
haps be available at other times for 9TH
or purposes "
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

may amount 60 4-,drv luuh the lnCIraSGG
value when the farmer has to pay rcgu-
lar hired mans wages for turning &
hand cutter. This matter of cutting UP
fodder is one Of the operations Of the
farm that requires wholesale power in
order to make it profitable. There srg
men who feed cornstalis to cattle with
out even husking the ears. They reason
that what the cows leave the hogs and
poultry will make use Of, so that the
waste is not large enough to balance the
cost of husking, shelling, grinding and
cutting This cost of cutting MP the f0d-
der must be reduced to the lowest limit
before it will pay to attempt it. The
new shredding machines promise to giVs
a new value to the corn crop beCansa
they will do the work cheaply and
quickly. Our experiment stations shOEld
now find ont for us the best way to kseP
the shredded fodder without loss.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
Potato Scab.

A bulletin from the New Jersey sta
tion, New Brunswick, tells about many
experiments which were carried on last
season to determine the effect upon po-
tatoes of lime, sulphur, manure, corro-
sive sublimate, kainit and sulphate of
copper as causing or preventing scab,
The RESULT, in a word, is that flour
Of sulphur, costing from 2 to cents a
pound, is, all things considered, the
best remedy for scab and soil rot as well
that the experiments suggest, and the
suggestion is emphatic and convincing,
Further trials show that sulphured po-
tatoes have superior keeping qualities.
In one series of experiments the sulphur
"kept off the scab almost completely
when the standard remedy, corrosive
sublimate, tested in four strengths, fail
ed absolutely to show any less scab than
the untreated plots, "
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
Those WrInklea

A correspondent wants a sure recipe
for the prevention OF wrinkles. Well
here is a pure and simple tonic, which
makes firm, hard flesh, and therefore
prevents wrinkles. / am glad that
am asked only for preventive, for
don't know anything on earth warrant
ed to cure wrinkles after they have
once become firmly set. Here is the
recipe: Two ounces of spirits of cam
phor, 2 ounces of spirits of ammonia, a
cupful Of sea salt, cupfuls Of alchohol.
Put all these in quart bottle and I'LL
1t up with boiling water. Rub the face,
neck and arms with this daily, and
they will become beautifully fresh and
firm looking. And remember that the
more sound sleep you get, the less you
worry, the more fresh air and nutri-
tious food you take in and the less you
screw your face up in the sun and wind
the better chance you have for keeping
clear of inkles.-Chicago Post.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
TINE POET TO HIS CAT.

Tuck In thy toes, prick up thine ears
Assume II listening attitude,
And will tell thee, happy cat,
The tale of thy beatitude,
And when I've told thee all the truth
Just rub my hand in gratitude.
What hast thou to be thankful for
Besides thy far famed fatitude9
Thou rOamcst free, with ample room,
Not housed in cramping latitude,
And thou hast beds luxurious
. On couch and chair and matitude-
Beds which but for thy hairs would b
Adorned with neatest nattltude.
Thy days are passed in quietness,
Unteased by brawling Gratitude,
Nor even are thy nerves outworn
BY steady stream of Gratitude.
Simple thy clothing, happy cat,
Unvexed by styles in latitude.
Well mayst thou pity other cats,
Harried and worn by scatitude,
For friendly hands are stroking thea
With touch Of gentle patitude,
And never once has cruelty
Stirred thee TO pitapatitude.
Noble cat pleasures I'LL thy life
And swell 70 high ecstatitude.
Thou meetost oft thy catfish kind
And join'st in feline spatitude,
And when the felines go for thee
Thou giv'st them titfortatitude,
And in the house thou max st thy boast
OF cellars cleared Of ratitude,
Let other cats their homes desert
In folly blind as latitude.
Thou'lt never seek divorce from thine
On grounds Of incompatitude.
Now, cat, I've told thee all thy lot
OF happy this and thatituds,
And expect TO sec In thee
Apprecintiyo catitGde.
Rev. W, n, Clarke In s.. NiehoisE-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
Review of the Fertilizer Markets.

The American Agriculturist's review
Of the fertilizer markets for the past
year shows that nitrogen in all forms
has ruled considerably lower, that pot
ash salts have been somewhat cheaper
and that there has been no great change
in the cost of available phosphoric acid.
Indications now point TO cheaper phos-
pilates and potash salts for the coming
year, with stiff advance in organic nj
trogen, especially in the form OF cotton
seed meal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

H. Peckham was nominated for the su-
preme court by President Cleveland and
vehemently and successfully opposed by
Senator Hill. The senator, however,
seems to have experienced a change of
heart, as he recently said in an inter-
view: II hope the President will send
in the name of Rufus w. Peckham to be
associate justice of the supreme court.
New York ought to get the place, and /
think it will. In my judgment, there, is
nothing in this talk about Carlisle's go
ing on the supreme court behch. The
President knows that New York State
is entitled to it, and I believe that he
will select New York man. Rufus w.
Peckham is my choice"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
Fatal
! FdIdI
# Pneumonia.

That dreaded disease that tern.
porarily compels a cessation of
the work of all the greater organs
of the body, thus stopping the
digestion of food, the creation
of new tissue, brings the patient
to a point where the Pickering
fame of life is blown out like the
light of burnt-out candle. To
make recovery probable, keep up
the patients strength give him
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
SULTAN ABDUL HAMID.

tan, and after all, the outside world
knows little about his real personally.
The Armenian outrages have caused
him to be more unpopular than before.
He has been in momentary dread of as
sassination for the last eighteen years,
and can no longer trust anybody. He
lives in perfect agony of remorseful
terror. Those who have been admitted
to private audience with the autocrat
of the Bosphorus say that his voice is
not unmusical, and he adopts low tone
in conversation. His manners are de-
scribed as the very escence of courtesy.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
BOVinine

that great concentrated essence
of the vital principles of lean
beef, the strength of which is
enhanced by our special cold
process method of manufacture,
it can be retained by the weakest
stomach, and in every instance
makes blood, flesh and strength.
DR.. Charles Wilson, Atwell Ave,
Providence, says; "My wife
suffered a severe attack Of pneu.
monia; after passing the acute
stage fearing heart failure, /
gave her freely Bovinine and
port wine, equal parts. l have
never seen such good results.
am a hearty believer in Bowl
nine for, quick nutrition" Over
$4,000 other physicians endorse
it equally strong.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

The secretary Of the Wisconsin StatS
Horticultural society says: Weave to
gether eight laths so they will be ons-
eighth Of an inch apart and fasten them
about the tree. This will afford protec-
tion from rabbits, borers, sheep, mice
and sun Ecald, and will last a long tims
at a cost Of half a cent year. have
used this protection for IL years ard
have not lost a single tree.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

A traveller in Japan says that the
Japanese tramp takes his hot bath daily
If he has fraction Of a cent to pay for
1t, or his cold bath If he hasn't a cent.
He carries a comb, toothpicks, a razor
and tooth brush in little bundle. A
few Japanese tramps might we'll be In
troduced as missionaries in the Ameri-
can brotherhood, whose members do not
seem to appreciate what cleanliness is
"neXt to-"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
A Sheriff Prevents a LynobinR,

SULLIVAN, Ind, Jan. 27.-A mob has
endeavored o lynch Grant Atterbury,
who is unde arrest on a charge OF Gs-
saulting his sister-in-law. The mob
was driven of by the sheriff. The only
evidence ag ust him is that bloodhounda
followed trail to his house.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

Abdul Hamid H., sultan of Turkey,
who is SO much talked of at present, is
perhaps fifty-one years Of age, rather
tall, but somewhat STOPPING. Many and
greatly diverse stories are told of the
personal life and attributes Of the sui
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
Alive and Well,

The fact is recalled that the teacher
and all those who sat under her in
struction in little schoolhouse in the
town of Minot, Mass, fifty-three years
ago are alive and we'll today.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

THE PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK.
Deposits OF o. and upward received, fleft 90
DAYS or longer interest allowed at pei can't
80 SOUTH MARKET STREET.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

lolU, aIter having served as n ulStrlCt
attorney of Albany county, as member
Of congress, and in 1859 having been
elected justice of the supreme court
The elder Justice Peckham, with his
wife, was drowned at sea in the Vile
de Havre accident in 1873.
Young Peckham passed through the
Albany Academy, and at the age Of 1S
he entered the Office of Colt & Peckham,
where, after three years Of study he was
admitted to the bar. With the same as
siduity that he displayed in his studies
he pushed his advancement in the pro-
fession of his choice and soon obtained
reputation and clients. Soon after his
admission to practice he became mem
ber Of the firm of Peckham & Tremain,
and continued in that connection until
the death of Mr.. Tremain, when the firm
became Peckham C Rosendale.
AS his father did before him, the
younger Peckham began the ascent Of
the ladder of legal fame by means Of
the district attorneyship of Albany
county, which he attained in 1869. He
made brilliant record as a prosecutor.
He always took deep interest in State
and National politics, being active in
the presidential conventions of 1876 and
1880, when he was leader of the Tilden
forces. After serving as corporation
counsel of Albany, he was, in 1888,
elected justice of the supreme court
for a term Of fourteen years. His cleo
tion to the court of appeals followed in
1886. His eloquent denunciation Of the
onondaga county election frauds won
for him the opposition of Gov. Hill, who
procured the disastrous nomination Of
Maynard for chief justice Of that court
to prevent Judge Peckham's nomination
for it. Judge Peckham's term would ex-
pire in 1900.
1t will be remembered that Wheeler
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
THE NEW JUSTICE.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF
RUFUS w. PECKHAM.

Unlike Most Men who Attain DIst'nc-
tlon, the Way for Him Was well
Paved-He Comes from Famous
Family.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

Does It Pay 20 Cut Corn Fodder
Rural New Yorker expresses the opin-
ion that the cost Of cutting corn foddar
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
CLEARANCE! NO PROFIT SALEI
GRAND CLEARING OUTI
in
Clothing and
Winter Goods
MUST be Sold!

Our Suit Stock is too large, and now is your
opportunity. We will Sacrifice all pro-
fit to reduce our Mammoth Stock.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

USTICB Rufus
w. Peckham, the
new associate jus
tice of the su-
preme court, was
born in Albany, ff-
ty-eight years ago.
He is the son Of the
late Justice Rufus
w. Penkham, who
was elevated TO the
appellate bench in
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-11-05
People In Print.

Judge Royal Tyler died at Brattle-
boro, VT, after brief illness, aged 81
years.
Daniel V. Bennett. who founded the
first newspaper ever published IN
Piuua, Ohio, has died at his home In
Brooklyn, n. Y, at the age of 70 years,
Leonard Courtney, who was a prom
inent candidate for the speakershlp OF
the British house of commons two
wears ago, is threatened with total
blindness.
Judge Charles Speck, collector of in
ternal revenue at St. Louis. died IN
expectedly. About the first of this
year he suffered from stroke OF par
alysis, but had apparently fully recov-
cred.
James Garvey, aged Sc years, tray
cling passenger and ticket agent Tor
the Wabash railroad an done of the
most widely known railroad men in
the West, is dead at MOberly, Mo. or
apopleXy.
Gen. Morton c. Hunter died at
Bloomington, ILL.,, Of paralysis. He
was the most honored citizen of Bloom
ington, and was distinguished both in
civil and military life. He was the
hero of Snodgrass Hill and saved the
day at Chickamauga.
Joseph U. S. Clemens, aged almost
so years, and the oldest pilot in the
United States, was killed in Mobile
bay, Ala, while plotting the steamship
Miami over the bar. He had done
pilot work ON the Mobile bar for sixty
years.
DR.. George Harley is dead in Lon
don. He was born in 1929 and gradu-
ated from the University Of Edinburgh
as doctor of medicine in 1850. He was
author of many medical books and was
also an earnest advocate of spelling re-
form.