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The herald., 1896-05-26
DISPLAYS Of the Chamber

The Ontario Lemon-Growers asso-
citation has sent the chamber Of COM
merce a box of lemons, finely cured.
They are smooth, thin-skinned and
bright.
Sharp & Shorting have sent a plant of
blue sweet pea of peculiar character.
The flower is small, but of very beau
tiful, pale blue tint. The seed came
from Rome. where there is a legend that
the original seed was found in the hand
of mummy.
Blackley & Newman Of Ell Monte have
sent bunch of barley. the stalk of
which measures 5h feet And C. w.
Keys of the same place sent bunch OF
oats. whose stalks are w feet. For a
season with only about eight inches OF
rainfall this is wonderful grain.
Mr.. George Mason. the owner Of the
chamber OF commerce building, has just
returned from a trip Of two years, COW
ering many places of interest in Europe
The herald., 1896-05-26

for deputies for the month Of June was.
on motion of Supervisor Hanley, al
lowed.
On motion of Supervisor Hay. Super
visors Hanley and Field were instructed
to visit Lang's station today to investi-
gate the proposed change in the Soleda,l
road. The same gentlemen will visit
Palmdale to investigate the establish
ment of road between Los Angeles and
San Bernardino counties.
The chairman was authorized to sign
the consent of the transfer Of the in
terest of Charles E. Gygger in the lease
of county property situated at the cor
ner Of Temple and Buena Vista streets.
The herald., 1896-05-26
Examination Of Teachers

The semi-annual examination Of ap-
plicants for teachers certificates In
primary work commences in the normal
school IN this CITY on Monday, June 90,
at 8 o'clock am, and will continue four
days.
Examinations In grammar Craze work
Will commence on Saturday, June e.
ard continue until Tuesday, Sunday ex-
cepted.
High school examinations will begin
Wednesday, July 1, and continue four
days.
The places for holding examinations
in grammar grade and high school work
have not yet been decided upon.
The herald., 1896-05-26

Angostura Bitters. the celebrated an
petizer. Of exquisite flavor. is used all over
the world, Dr. ]. G. B. Siegect & Sons,
sole manufacturers.
The herald., 1896-05-26

My prices for wallpaper beat all the city.
A. A. Eckstrona. 3A South Spring street,
The herald., 1896-05-26

Call tel" 243 for ambulance. Krerelt
& Bresee. Sixth and Broadway.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02

The Mercurial NenezueIans.

The Venezuelans seem to have lost
their mental bearings since the publica-
tion Of the message They seem to be
going on the theory that all they have to
do is to press the button and Uncle sam
will do the rest. They had better take
several reefs in the gales of the ship of
state 1t is speeding through the water
under very poor pilotage and is likely to
Hand on the rocks. 1t is one thing for the
United States to lend its good Offices and
60 demand arbitration in regard to the
proper location of boundary line and
quite another to back up Venezuela in
her war preparations before single fact
of the right and wrong of the dispute
between her and Great Britain is deter
mined. When it is time to come to blows
and long may the day be in coming
Uncle Sam will give the signal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
Kalamazoo Gallery.

Kalamazoo celery is known the world
over The name is such a guarantee of
quality that it is used for the better
kinds of celery, no matter where it is
raised. 1t may be Of interest to know
that the lunches are packed for market
i'll wooden boxes about the size of a
peach crate, say "a inches long, I6
inches wide and or s inches deep. The
bulk of the crop is handled and shipped
by middlemen, who contract for it, or
handle it on commission. 1t is shipped
by express and freight; the latter of
late has become more popular method.
The celery meadows are what might be
called bottom lands, located north and
south Of the city. They are surrounded
by hills and divided by the ridge of
higher ground upon which the city is
built They are perhaps three miles
long and mile wide. The soil is a
heavy black muck, originally very fer.
tile, but it now requires the liberal ap-
plication of fertilizers and manures.
The latter is furnished chiefly by the
stables of the city; when q load of cell
cry is hauled in town, load Of manure
is taken back.
The meadows or bottom lands, ex-
plains American Gardening, are not
common farming lands, as most people
suppose, but are evidently a peculiar
form of black muck, the result of vege-
table decomposition. The area is COM
paratively limited and must increase
largely in value as the demand for cell
cry increases.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
A Startling Forecast.

OF all forecasts that can he made today
regarding the future of the Cuited States
of America, none seems more reasonable
says Frederick william Hollis, i'm the Jan.
uary Forum than that the civilization Of
this nation will be essentially Gcrmanic in
It's fundamental characteristics. 1t may
in truth be said that from the loftiest
point of view Of universal history, the
most important event in the nineteenth
century-at least so far as western sciviliz-
alton is concerned-may easily prove to
be the reunion (after separation Of four
teen hundred years. Of the Germanic race
-Anglo-Saxons and Teutons--upon the
virgin soil Of the new continent. A CEN
tury ago, as Mr.. Kidd graphically de-
scribes in his "Social Evolution, " it was
q grave question whether the Celtic or
Anglo-Saxon race was TO predominate in
the nineteenth century. This question
was answered for Europe by the expan-
sion of England and the decline Of the
purely Celtic peoples. SO far rs the
United States was concerned, the issue
was never doubtful; and it was settled
for all time when the great tide Of Ger.
man, Austrian and Swiss emigration to
this country set in. The descendants of
those sturdy and enterprising tribes who
bade farewell to each other on the bleak
shore of the North Sea in 449 are today
the undisputed masters, for good or for
vii, of the destinies of this great oonti-
nent. As Lord Acton beautifully ex-
pressed it in his inaugural lecture at Cam
bridge, "the dense web of the fortunes of
man is woven without void; . in
society, as IL nature, the structure is con-
tinuous and we can trace things back un-
interruptedly until we dimly descry the
Declaration of Independence in the for
, SITS of Germany"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
Fruit In southern Illinois.

Within the last few years an active
campaign Of orchard planting has been
carried ON by the farmers of southern
Illinois. Millions of apple, pear, peach,
cherry and other fruit trees have been
set, besides many thousands Of acres of
small fruits. The Ben Davis leads
among apples and the Kieffer among
pears. Already has this fruit industry
assumed important proportions, the
acreage in apple orchards being notably
extended. Cooperative fruit companies
and shipping associations have been
formed, and there appear good reasons
for believing that this fruit belt is des-
tined to become noted in comparative
ly short time.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
Profits on New Fruits.

The profits on new fruits are large, If
they possess merit and are introduced in
businesslike way, The estate of the
originator Of the Fay currant has re-
ceived over $4,000 in royalties from
the introducer, who has doubtless made
an even larger net profit for himself out
of that delicious fruit. Had Mr.. Bull,
the originator of the Concord grape,
shown equal business ability in selling
it, he might have been millionaire in
stead of dying in poverty. The Niagara
grape has made fortune for its promo
ters. Many other good fruits have failed
to pay either the originator or the intro
ducer for want of good business man
agement, says American Cultivator.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
Value of RaDA.

Rape has been somewhat extensively
used at the Michigan station and
throughout the state for the fall pastur-
age of sheep intended for winter fatten-
ing. 1t has rapidly grown in favor on
account of producing a large amount
of forage to the acre, it's efficiency
for fattening sheep and the ease with
which it may be grown. 1t may be used
as catch crop after oats and peas which
have been cut for hay or even after an
ordinary hay crop AS a rule lambs may
be pastured on rape from Sept. 10 to
Nov. 10 at the rate Of 10 or 30 lambs
per acre, and they should gain in this
time 20 pounds each
The experiments with rape at this
station have indicated that rape fed
lambs were in much better condition at
the beginning of winter than those pas
tured on grass
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
CIubfoot In Cabbages.

For club root, or foot, as it is various
ly called, in cabbages, turnips, etc., no
remedy or sure prevention has yet been
discovered save strict rotation. Never
plant cabbages or any other member Of
the same family twice ON the same
land except it be in old gardens or in
oalcareous soils. The New Jersey exper-
iment station says that in its expert
ments air Stacked stone lime gave sufii-
cient evidence Of its usefulness as pre-.
ventiye Of olubroot Of turnips to war
rant 1t being recommended for that pur-
pose. But no less than 70 bushels should
be applied per acre and at least three
months previous 10 tho time Of plant
ing. The soil ON which these expert.
ments were made was probably light
sandy loan. Undoubtedly even small.
or quantity Of limo would answer Tor
some other soils.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
Clean Ontthe senate.

The lower house of congress represents
he people. It's members appeal to the
masses, national questions are thoroughly
discussed on the stump and the result is
the recorded national will as embodied in
the house.
But the senate is largely composed of
representatives of coal interests, big silver
Interests, railroad interests and every
other form Of corporations. While there
are some splendid specimens Of American
manhood and American intellect in this
upper body of congress, there is a major
ity, we are sorry to say, composed Of time
servers and special Pleaders for private in
terests.
1t is this unrepresentative body which
now threatens to precipitate national dis
aster by throwing out the relief measures
devised by the President and Speaker
Heed. The representatives of the big sill
yer interests, like old Stewart, Of Nevada,
which has a population about the same as
Stark county, are commencing the old
grind about silver; the coal men, like
GormTn, Of Maryland, who was recently
turned down by the Jacksoniaus of that
state, want more duty on coal; the popu-
lists headed by Whiskers, of Kansas, are
alarmed about the greenbacks, and so it
goes. Every crank and special pleader is
having his say and his day. The result
is that there in considerable doubt as to
whether the relief bill will go through
the senate.
Let it fail there and see if the American
people are not heard from promptly and
with the proper emphasis on the subject
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
The Flax Crop.

The west has for many years grown
most of the fax produced in this coun-
try. Since wheat has been 80 low it has
taken the place of that crop, being
grown only for its seed, which general
ly sells for nearly twice as much busbel
as wheat. The fax will not produce as
many bushels as wheat, but it is quite
as easily grown. If there were some
way to make the fiber useful, the crop
would be fairly profitable. But it is an
exhaustive crop and can only be grown
successfully while the soil is rich. Amer
lean Cultivator in this connection tells
that in some parts of western New York
farmers have begun to grow fax, sell
ing the seed this fall for 90 cents
bushel, while wheat only brings 60 cents
If they count the fertility of their soil
which flax exhausts, this price leaves
no profit. But fax is worth more than
this to feed, taking care to give very
little Of it mixed with cut hay or straw.
If eastern farmers grow only what their
own stock could consume, they can prob
ably make the fax crop profitable.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02

against Mr.. Sherman, voted constantly
against the Mansfield sage. AS between
Foraker and Sherman, in point Of states.
manship, there is no comparison, and yet
Boxwell, in the face of the protests of his
constituents, voted for Foraker. The
latter is now In control of the republican
machinery Of Ohio and because Mr.. Box
well was favored by the friends of Gov
Mckinley, Foraker put the knife into his
former friend and by his influence secured
enough pledges for David Sleeper TO make
him speaker. Sleeper, until few weeks
ago, was never Foraker man; he was
always opposed to the "flre-alarm states
mani" he worked against him on all oc-
casions, but now to capture him, to get
him in the Foraker column, Mr.. Foraker
turns down and betrays an old friend.
This act is one of base ingratitude, but
that is Foraker
The whole case looks like direct slap
at Gov. Mckinley. Foraker and his
friends have been flirting with Mckinley
for several months. There Is nothing
serious in it and the day is not far distant
when the friends of our fellow townsman
will appreciate It with full force. For
aker will dump Mckinley just as he has
dumped Boxwell, Griffin, ct al
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
WINTER MuskMeLoNs.
How This Fruit Is Successfully Grown I'M
der Glass at the Cornell Station.

How This Fruit Is Successfully Grown Un-
der Glass at the Cornell Station.
Professor L. H. Bailey of the Cornell
experiment station has proved that good
melons may be secured in December,
January and February nearly as cheaply
as the English or frame cucumbers.
After six years experimenting he has ar
rived at the following conclusions,
which are given in detail in bulletin
ON the subject:
The requisites for ripening melons
under glass in winter are temperature
Of 80 to 50 degrees at midday in the
shade and 10 or 12 degrees lower at
night continuous and steady growth
from the time the seeds germinate; q
soil rich in mineral elements and with
out much stimulating nitrogen dryness
at time Of ripening; care in preventing
the attacks Of insects and fungi; hand
pollination; the selection Of varieties
adapted to the purpose. The melon
house should have all the direct sunlight
obtainable, and be capable Of being
easily heated. There should be space
of five or six feet above the benches to
allow Of training. Melons demand un-
shaded roofs.
Muskmelons should be grown in
benches, with strong bottom heat, such
as is supplied to frame cuoumbers and
tomatoes. The soil should be five or six
inches deep and each plant have about
four square feet Of ground room. But
because so many accidents are likely to
overtake the plants two or three times
the number of plants should be trans
planted into the benches which it is de-
signed shall ultimately stand there. A
soil made of pulverized strong clay sod,
mixed with half its bulk of old manure,
is fit for melons. Raw, fresh manure
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02

gives too much stimulating growth.
Subsequent fertilization may be effected
by applications of liquid manure or min
eral fertilizers.
Young and rapidly growing melon
plants demand free watering, and a
moist atmosphere also keeps down the
mite and red spider, but when the fruit
begins to ripen, and when the flowers
are being pollinated, the house must be
dry. The house should be ventilated
continuously and drafts avoided. Early
varieties mature fruits in three months
from the seed, except in midwintar,
when more time is required. The seeds
are sown in thumb pots, repotted into
A inch pots and thence transplanted
to the benches. The plants are stopped"
before they show tendency to run, and
three or four strong shoots are trained
upward ON wire trellis. These main
shoots are stopped when they reach
height Of about four feet Melon flowers
must be hand pollinated ON a sunny
day. Good varieties for house use, in
order Of ripening, are Emerald Gem,
Blenheim Orange, Hero Of Lockinge
and Masterpiece. The best single one ON
the list is Blenheim Orange.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
An Eminent Economist on Our FL
nanCes.


NJ. Paul Leroy Beaulieu, the most dis
tinguished living. economist, has contrib
uted to the Forum an article on our hnan-
cjal stuation!that sis attracting wide at.
tention. The eminent Frenchman ex-
presses surprise that a nation so great as
Is the United States should allow its de-
yelopments to be trammelled by frequent
and severe scrises, and that it should be
either unable to disc rn their causes or
lack decision in removing them from its
path. In the opinion of this eminent for
eign observer, two things only are neces-
sary to ensure American commercial and
financial supremacy-the retirement Of
legal tender notes, and complete cessa-
tion of all attempts to "rehabilitate" sill
yer. Nj. Leroy Beaulieu points out that
the geographical position Of the United
States is such that 1t can aspire to take
from England, in the course of the next
century, its commercial and financial
supremacy, but that in order to do this
the pound sterling. In other words there
must be no sort of doubt that 1t is a gold
dollar After warning Americans not to
be duped by the ambiguous expressions as
10 bimetallism, indulged In by European
statesmen for political effect, he calls at
tention to the enormously increasing out
put OF gold, and says that, in view of this
fact, the bimetallism movement is bound
to collapse M. Beauliou closes his artl.
Gle with these profoundly significant
words;
"The abandonment of notes or paper
money issued by the state; the definite
adoption Of gold as the sole standard
these are the two necessary conditions on
which the United States can secure
financial position as important as that
they now hold In agriculture and indus
try. On these two conditions they can
some day approach and equal Great Brit
ain as financial power. II, on tho con
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
Root Knot of Orchard Trees.

Root knots is disease that is causing
much concern in California. The knots
are about the size of hens egg and
are found on the roots of prune, apricot.
almond and peach trees. The expert
ment stations of the university at Berke-
ley, the Stanford university and Cor
nell university are working ON the mat
ter, but none of the scientists is able
to say whether the disease is the result
of fungus or insects. One remedy rec
commended is to cut the knot off with
knife and apply common salt to the
cut.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02

message, like Secretary Olney in his dis
patches, assumes that the policy of Great
Britain in Veneuzuela involves u menace
to this country. The assumption is alb
surJl."
Great Britain has increased her claim
several times in the last fifty years. This
is simply a roundabout method of seour-
ing great areas of valuable territory by
means of "claims" which are passed upon
by but one of the chief parties Of interest.
Hands off says President Cleveland,
and so say 90 out of every 100 of the
American people
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
Home Markets For western Farmers.

The farmer in the Rocky mountain
and "sagebrush" states is hedged in
by distance and transportation rates
from the large commercial centers.
Consequently his market necessarily
consists to great extent of the mining
and numbering camps near him. He
should study those markets, and if he
finds, for instance, that dairy products
are scarce and high during the winter
season winter dairying will suggest
itself. There arc few mining camps in
which large quantities of fresh vegeta-
bles could not be disposed of at remu-
nerative prices. Even in high attitudes
hotbeds might be used to produce enough
to more than pay the winters expenses
Of the family, while cheap cloth GOV
ering to protect growing plants from
late spring and early summer frosts
might be the means Of putting the prod
uce in the market two or three weeks
earlier than usual at correspondingly in
creased prices. All this may seem like
"puttering" work to those who have
been used to raising large areas of one
crop, at loss perhaps, but it may mean
to the average farmer Of the Rocky
mountain states the comfortable feeling
of having his debts paid and living
ahead, which some are strangers to now,
is the testimony of an American Agri-
culturist correspondent.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
The People Want a Detailed Report


The People Want a Detailed Report,
The Massillon Independent reproduccs
the editorial from this paper in regard to
the county commissioners publishing a
detailed report of their business, and then
in all its sublimity, says "the Canton
News-Democrat intimates very strongly
that something is rotten In Denmark. If
any paper has information that wrong has
been done, let us have specifications rather
than glittering generalities."
1t is pretty hard to tell what depart
ment of the Independent drew the above
remarkable deduction. The News-D Demo
crat intimated nothing. We simply stated
the law on what commissioners report
ought to bc-because past reports in this
county have not been full enough to car
ry all the information that the people
have right to know. We do not believe
that the democratic board will call for all
their acts to be made public. A tull re-
port is desired to silence just such insinu-
ations and charges as the Independent
has INDUCED in for years As long as the
board of county commissioners was dem.
ocratio, and while the court house was be.
ing erected, the Independent indulged in
violent and ignorant intimations of rot.
tenness without daring to state a single
specific fact
The News-Democrat believes that a
FULL report Of the expenditures Of the
taxpayers money is what the people
want. Such report will show where
every dollar went, who got it, and what
it was for. Such report is not only ac-
cording to law, but it serves to silence
all talk and to let the Taxpayers see for
themselves. This paper is not making in
situations. When we have anything to
say, we will say it right out moreover,
we believe that all transactions are honest
and honorable, yet we take the ground
that the people have right to see how
and where and to whom tie money went
A detailed report will show all this and
while the cost will be little greater than
under the old condensed and unsatisfac-
torysway, the people will gladly pay the
difference.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
The Croous In the House.

A writer in Vick's Monthly tells that
the ordinary crocus seems to be some-
thing out of the ordinary when grown
in the house, the blossoms grow so large,
and instead of only remaining open one
day often stay for four or five days.
closing each evening and opening again
in the morning. Ten cents worth of
these little bslbs planted in pot will
give more real pleasure when in boom
than dollars worth of some kinds cf
bulbs.