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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-24


ords, to be of value must be simultane-
Gus. There is little time to spare, for the
regulations prescribe that the report
must be filed as soon after O'CLOCK as
possible
You may imagine that the weather
sharps do their work in leisurely
manner. But there Is no hint of leisure
in the way they move around at about
7:45 a. IN, nor, in fact, for several
hours after that The men who are TO
stay in the Office pull off their coats for
a "shirt sleeve job, and those who are
TO go up On tine roof dress according to
the weather. Sometimes during such a
winter storm as we have recently expe-
rienced these preparations are elaborate.
You know how uncomfortable the some
what sheltered street can be when bliZ-
Sart is in full blast just imagine how
much more uncomfortable il is when
You 60 out on the roof Of a city sky.
Ecraper, 8 or 20 stories above the side.
walk, where a 90 mile an hour gale
laden with snow and sleet ia bowling
and roaring,
Taking thermometer readings nnd"r
such circumstances is not such an @ y
task as ii might be. The assistants Of
the clerk Of the weather are not ordi-
narily reokoned among those Of whom
heroic things are expected We do not
class them with fremen, policemen,
life savers and other public servants
who are supposed to do deed of daring
whenever called upon. Yet occasionally
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-24
What is Scott's Emul

! What is Scott's Emul-
sion :
/ 1t is the best cod-liver oil,
partly digested, and COM
bined with the hypophos-
phiteS and glycerine. What
will it do? 1t will make
the poor blood of the anemic
rich and red.
II twill give nervous energy
to the overworked brain and
nerves. 1t will add flesh to
the thin form Of a child,
wasted from fat-starvation.
1t is everywhere acknowl-
edged as The Standard Of
the World. !,
soc. and $780, all druggists. 3
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-24
BOggs d. Bwb5,
allegheny, PA.
SIR JOHN MOORE.
rhe Brave Soldier Died "a He Had AIwayB
Hoped lie Would.

Ehe Brave Soldier Died "a He Had AIwayB
Hoped lie Would.
Moore wa dying. Baird was severely
wounded. The early winter night was
creeping over the field Of battle, and
Hope, gallant soldier though he was,
judged it prudent to stay his hand.
6ouit had been roughly driven back,
The transports were crowding into the
harbor It was enough to have ended a
long retreat with the halo of victory
and to have secured an undisturbed en-
barkation.
Meanwhile Moore had been carried
into his quarters at Coruna. A much
attached servant stood with tears run.
ming down his face as the dying man
was carried into the house. "My
friend" said Moore sit is nothingP'
Then, turning to a member of his staff,
Colonel Anderson, he said: "Anderson,
you know have always wished to die
in this way. / hope my country will do
me justice. Only once his lips culver
ed and his voice shook as he said, "Say
to my mother" and then stopped, while
he struggled to regain composure
"Stanhope, he said as his eyes fell on
his aid-de-camp's face, remember me
TO your sister"-the famous Hester
Stanhope Pitts niece, TO whom Moore
was engaged Life was fast and visibly
sinking, but he said, Il feel myself SO
strong / fear shall be long dying
But he was not. Death came swiftly
and almost painlessly. Wrapped in a
soldiers cloak, he was carried by the
light of torches to grave hastily dug
in the citadel at Coruna, and far off
to the south, an the sorrowing officers
stood round the grave of their dead
chief, could be heard from time to time
the sound of Soult's guns, yet in sullen
retreat That scene is ade immortal
in Wolfe's noble lines:
Few and short were the prayers we said.
And we spoke not word Of sorrow,
But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was
dead,
And we bitterly thought Of the morrow.
We thought as we followed his narrow bed
And smoothed down his lonely pillow
That the foe and the stranger would tread Ger
his head
And we far away on the billow
--Cornhill Magazine.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-24

THE INSTRUMENT TOWER, NEW YORK.
mometers showing the minimum and
maximum temperatures of the preceding
IL hours, and the barometer are written
down. Next the direction of the wind
and the amount and kind of clouds in
the sky are noted, and the observation
is complete.
But the work in the station has only
arrived at an interesting point The
brief story Of the weather Id rapidly
put into the official code, which makes
it read like the verieEt nonsense, and
given to an operator, who clicks it over
the wires to the main office at Wash
ington. Soon after this come messages
in code from other stations, and the To-
cal observer begins to make up his own
forecast as well as to print the daily
weather map. On this map the weather
facts as they are received from other
parts Of the country are indicated by the
well known symbols, and when every
point has been heard from the isobaric
and isothermal lines in curious curves
can be drawn.
At this point the weather bureau
"goes to press'-that is, the weather
map is printed in duplicate many times
for distribution about that section of
the country. This is no small job, for
many people want to see the weather
maps every day. New England people,
it seems, take the most interest in the
weather, for from the Boston station are
sent out every day no less than /, 100
maps and / $50 postal cards as we'll as
numerous telegraphic and telephone
messages, all predicting the weather
conditions for the next "a hours.
Why do people want weather infor-
nation? For business reasons. The pre-
dictions are Of great value to fruit and
meat shippers, ice harvesters and 9th
ers, so you see that the work Of the bu-
reau is not useless by any means.
Neither are its predictions generally
inaccurate, as some people would have
us believe. From actual records it is
shown that SO times out Of 100 the fore
casts are correct. In other words, only
10 times in the course of over three
months does the weather clerk fail to
"hit it, " Can you do as we'll as this by
watching a sensitive bunion?
Once in awhile a weather forecaster
has chance to be Of more than COM
mercial utility, Sometimes he is instru-
mental in saving lives and property. 1t
was. Elias b. Dunn who predicted the
foods in Cincinnati in 1853 in time for
the people who were in danger to move
to other parts of the city, thereby gain.
ing the thanks of the chamber of COM
merce and promotion. In 1890 he pre-
dicted rise Of water in the Mississippi
and warned the people at New Orleans.
No, the government weather sharps are
not always useless, and they are not al
ways wrong. SEwEIL FORD.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-24
To BE washed with Care.

Eyes" said the man whose nara
tives are almost invariably interesting,
II had some curious experiences in that
mining country. One day l met two
children with the dirtiest faces l ever
beheld.
"Poor things!"
"That's what thought. said to
them, Children, why don't you wash
your facesY' and one of them answered
we dasent. We've been playin on
pap's best claim, and he's liable to lose
money if anybody touchesus but him. "
Washington star.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-24
Selling out odd lots
dress goods and suitings,
Is, 35, soc,

that new goods have crowded out =
throw-away prices that's selling
them good, useful goods for dresses
and skirts and children's wear for
so little money as makes it worth
your while to see about.
New Fine Dress Goods and Suit
ings on sale--largest lines we ever
offered-45c to $3.50 time to get
choice things is when they first
come out.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-24

Don't annoy others by your coughing
and risk your life by neglecting a cold.
One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs,
colds, Group, grippe and al throat and
lung troubles. l.. @. Miller East End
Phar, F. p. shanafelt Il Co., Mel
bourne Hotel, Fishers drug store,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-24
black taHetdS

extensive assortments - so, 65,
rs, 85c, s1.0O to Sl.50 yard.
Collection of plain and figured
Taffetas that will repay investiga-
ton.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-24
65C to $3.50.

Lines at IS and Soc to which we
direct special attention on account
of value in medium priced silks.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-24
BLADDER TROUBLES,

The bladder was created for one pur-
pose, namely, a receptacle for the urine,
and as such 1t Is not liable to any form
of disease except by one or two ways.
The first way is from imperfect action OF
the kidneys. The second way Is from
careless local treatment Of other dis
eases,
SAMPLE SENT FREE.
Unhealthy urine from unhealthy kid
news is the chief cause of bladder trou-
bles. 1t ia comforting to know that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root tulfiIls every wish
in quickly curing bladder and urinary
troubles. 1t corrects inability to hold
urine and scalding or stinging pain in
passing it, or bad effects following use OF
liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that
unpleasant necessity of being compelled
to get up many times during the night
to urinate. The mild and extraordinary
effect of DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for
it's wonderful cures Of the most distress
ing cases. II you need medicine you
should have the best.
At druggists fifty cents and one dollar.
You may have q sample bottle and
pamphlet, both sent free by mail,
upon receipt of three two-cent stamps to
cover cost of postage on the bottle.
Mention News-Democr and send your
address to DIR. Kilmer 4 Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y. The proprietors of this paper
guarantee the genuineness Of this offer
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-24
MAKING THE WEATHER.
The Daily Forecast and How 1t
Is Prepared.
THE WORK Is NOT ALWAYS EASY,
the Bureau Has Use For n
Hero - The weather Maps and the
Practical Use to which Predictions Are
Put-More Reliable Than Bunisps.

"Clearing tonight and colder.
Humph l'' said when I read the pre-
diction in the afternoon paper.
Outside a bowling snowstorm was
raging. 1t was that fine kind Of snow,
too, which we have been led to believe
indicates long and heavy fall Of snow.
Remem bering this and recalling the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-24

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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-22
Potash in Fruit-Tree wood.

The apple tree is great consumer
of potash in its trunk, leaves and
twigs. as we'll as in the formation of
seeds. Every housewife who has
used wood ashes for making lye to
make soft soap, knows that apple-tree
wood has larger proportion of pot
ash than have any trees from the for
est. The stone fruits, peach, plum,
cherry and apricot, all have in the
trees on which they are grown large
proportion of potash. There is more
in the leaves and twigs than there is
in the trunk or large branches. 1t is
probably the extra demand for potash
to make the she'll of the stone and
also the germ that calls on the roots
to supply potash. Coming into the
sunlight the moisture of the sap evap-
crates, so that only small amount of
the potash finally goes to making the
seed.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-22
Dogging the Cows.

In drive through leading dairy
section recently, in the Elgin district,
just at milking time in the evening,
we were surprised to see that about
every one kept dog to help drive the
cattle up from pasture. Nearly all
these dogs manifested about the same
propensity to make themselves useful
in keeping close to the heels of the
cows, with the result that the COWS
would take to running to get away,
and in some cases the lively trot of
some of the animals seems to have
afforded the boys some amusement, as
the dogs were not called away until
the whole herd was about getting into
a run.
This over-exertion just before milk
ing could have but one effect-dimin-
ishing the quantity of milk, and thus
creating quite loss to the pockets of
the owners. But the help on the
farm or the careless sons of the own
ers had apparently no other consider
alton than to get the cows into the
barnyard or stable and get through
milking as soon as possible. 1t never
for moment occurred to the milkmen
that they were diminishing the supply
by such haste, and the owner probably
never figured on the expense attend
ant on keeping dog in the herd.
While we had no means of knowing,
the chances are that these people do
not subscribe for any dairy paper or
think it necessary to keep posted out
side the experience they may have ac-
quired in the business. The dog may
have his uses around farm, but as
an adjunct to the profitable manage
ment of dairy he is detriment and
should be chained up or killed.
diana Farmer.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-22

there is the view Of Cabans fortress
across the bay, and Of tho masts and
rigging of the ships in the harbor.
Commerce had not yet spread it's
wings, and the shipping is not exten-
sive. A pleasanter walk is through
Cuba street, with glimpses into the
barracks of the Spanish soldiers and
chance views of the home life of the
people who dwell in their stores and
shops. Seeing the soldiers in the
barracks one is tempted to ask If they
are ever clean. And of the dwellers
in Havana houses the question will
recur thousand times: How can
they help feeling themselves prison
ers behind those massive doors and
grated windows?
It is better to come to the Cathe-
dral this way than to take a cab and
drive directly from the hotel. Com
ing in cab the two towers stand out
just like the towers of innumeraDle
other cathedrals, and the crumbling
gray stones are as other time-eaten
monuments. But coming upon the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-22
How to Save the Bees.

How can I save large swarm of
bees that have been robbed of winter
stores by bee hunters? The old home
is the first thing to be provided, and
the bees invited to enter it either by
kindness or jarring their temporary
quarters. If the cluster is fully ex-
posed to manipulation, arrange the
hive on broad platform at about the
same height and within a foot or two
of the cluster. Spread sheet smooth
ly under the hive and on the boards.
extending it nearly to the bees. Raise
the front side of the hive one or two
inches. A gentle puff or two of smoke
with very light spray OF sweetened
water may be of service in quieting
the bees if they appear turbulent, but
the treatment must not be overdone.
With long-handled tin dipper
scoop up carefully quantity of bees
from the cluster and deposit them
under the hive which is raised for the
purpose, and then quickly lower it,
Many of this first dipperful will rush
out and take to wing, but some will be
likely to remain and will set up the
call for the others which are to be
taken up ina similar way and poured
down close up to the open front of
the hive. Gentle agitation with a
soft leafy bush will facilitate their en-
trance and also compel the laggards in
the old home to take fight and join
their companions. After it is certain
that the queen is no longer outside,
the hive may be carefully removed to
a safe position few feet distant.
They may be moved short distances
without loss by each day changing the
location of the hive few feet toward
the desired spot. Otherwise long
distances should be covered at once.
The feeding consists in giving the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-22

with the masses, for copper will buy
a long stick of it. The fruits are
mostly new to any one not tropic-
travelled, and the familiar looking
bananas are tucked in with sapotes,
manages, aguacates, chabacanos,
maneoes, and great variety of other
products rarely ever seen outside those
atitudes. This fellow will soon be
shouting out his stock with loud d-lunged
persistency about the streets and into
the patios of the houses, and will then
sleep and smoke away the rest of the
day.
LAUNDERING wains come straining
into town, drawn by heavy-necked
yokes with restraining nose-hitches.
A four-team of these cattle and their
great cart will alone block the average
side-street, SO the country ox-carts
rarely get very far into town. When
two of them meet there is an ably
conducted debate on road rights and
considerable native profanity. An am
bulating hsystack adds picturesque
touch to the scene and breath from
the fields. AS the diminitive horse
under the load swings down the way
the grass often brushes the houses on
either side and crowds the foot-men
to the extremity of the eighteen-inch
sidewalks. An ox-cart, load of hay
ard q long-poled volante blankly re-
garding each other in narrow street,
and each with an eloquent driver, is a
"jam" combination excelled nowhere
on lower Broadway.
The Cubans are like every other
Spanish -tinctured nationality in their
utter indifference to time. Theirs is o
land of manana indeed, and almost
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-22

Cathedral out of some byway unez-
pectedly, the whole panorama of its
history may sweep across the mental
vision in flash. As for the sacred
bones of Columbus, they are by COM
mon report gone. They might have
been removed openly with the consent
of the United States Government if
it had been asked. The ceremony
would have been of historic interest,
but the painful reflections to which it
would have given rise may excuse
Captain General Blanco for the mys-
terry with which the removal of those
ashes was accomplished. Santo Do
mingo can henceforth dispute with
Madrid instead of with Havana the
genuineness of the ashes.
The Cathedral will lose none of its
attractiveness if the disputed ashes
are no longer in the urn or under the
slab which was supposed to cover
them. And good poetry and good
epitaph writing will be the gamers
that the tomb of Columbus is no
longer subject to the inscription:
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-22

froL Lake Bennett to Dawson, goes
throu. b many difficulties. On enter
ing the canyon with it's huge wall-like
sides, there is an abrupt turn, and it
is most difficult to prevent the steam
er dashing against the rocks as the
turn is made. The illustration rep
resents the steamer Goddard on her
way to Dawson City. She just grazed
her side against the sheer rugged cliffs
as she entered, but the captain brought
her round in straight line with the can
yon. and no damage resulted. The
engines were kept at full speed to
give her steerage way, and as she
tore down the river the excitement
was intense. After fifteen minutes of
suspense, during which five miles of
swift water was traversed. the steam
er took her last leap in the foaming
White Horse, and entered the lower
branches of the Sixty Mile. Then on
she went through Lake Lebarge to
the Pelly River. Though the waters
were unknown, and the rocks and
sandbars not shown an any chart, the
captain, with an apparently instinc-
tive knowledge and with consummate
Judgment, cleared every obstacle, not
ing each treacherous place for use in
future trips.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-22

You are taken ashore from the ship
at Havana by rowboats hooded with
canvas against the sun, and the sturdy
boatmen give the visitor the first inn
preston of the real Cubans. They
are an admixture of African and In
dian and Spaniard, with the blood OF
the African very evidently supreme
among the lower classes. There is 8
frowzy crew of hackmen and hotel
runners bawling out an almost unin-
telligible Spanish patois at the landing
as your welcome to "the pearl of the
Antilles" and the Cuban cochero i'm
presses your American nationality
upon you at once. Like other cabmen
the world over he considers the Ameri-
can as his legitimate prey, and while
Cubans pay one price, and foreigners
in general figure one-third higher,
the proverbially wealthy American
must pay two-thirds more, as a gen.
eral thing. unless he be an adept at
parrying an overcharge.
Havana is dilapidated and pictur-
esque, and the traveller will find as
much of the bizarre and unique in
stroll up the Prado and about the lesser
streets as he has perhaps ever en-
countered in a like distance anywhere.
To me the most interesting hour in
the day in one of those antique towns
is in the very early morning, when the
place is just getting awake and the
hucksters are coming in.
These country people arrive in all
sorts of ways for the daily market.
One group comes afoot, with tremend-
ously heavy loads of fruits and vege-
tables carelessly balanced on their
heads or swung on their backs. Here
is swarthy fellow leading horse
bearing capacious reeded panniers of
fruits and stalks of sugar-cane, which
latter is favorite natural confection
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-22
stabling and Blanketing Horses.

At this time of year horses that are
exposed to damp and bad weather
should be blanketed while out Of
doors, and the blanket, or rather a
dry one, should cover the horse after
he is under shelter. Under the blank
ct the heat gathers from the internal
heat of the body, and as there is thus
double protection between the skin
and the outer air the skin does not
chill. Carefulness in blanketing a
horse has at all seasons more to do
with his condition than feeding grain.
If cold is developed at this season
it is extremely likely to last until
spring, and may then develop into
much worse disease than an ordinary
cold.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-22

door to door by the dairymen, for this
is the way the acute Cuban housewives
have taken to assure for their tables q
lacteal supply which is entirely fresh
and absolutely pure. Otherwise the
guile-loving vender might dilute the
milk before delivering it to his Gus.
toners, and craftily stir into the
watery fluid the juice of the sweet
potato to color it up to duly rich and
creamy cast. Even with the cows
milked before the door one must con-
tinue to watch the milkman, for have
even heard of their having rubber
bag of water concealed under their
loose frocks and connected with rub
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-22
Growing Potatoe. From Seed.

The growing of new varieties OF
potatoes by planting the seed balls
ought to be more practiced than il is.
It involves some trouble, MS the first
and second years the potatoes grown
from seed will be little larger than
beans or marbles, and with scarcely
any indication of it's future character
or value. In most cases the seed
from the same seed ball will produce
varieties that vary widely from each
other, and also from the potato that
grew the seed. Most of the entirely
new varieties will not for one reason
or another be valuable. Most of the
old-fashioned potatoes have degener-
ated in vigor, and cannot produce the
crops they once did. Conse luently
there is good demand from experienced
potato growers for all the new sorts,
as they have learned that each variety
produces more potatoes while new
than it does after the variety has been
long in cultivation.
It is not until the third season from
seed that the character of the new po.
tato can be determined. If hundred
varieties are produced probably not
more than five or ten will be worth
planting the fourth year. But in the
years when the season is unusually
favorable for the potato crop, and when
the vines are most vigorous, the pro.
portion of valuable seedlings will be
increased. A Seeding from variety
that still retains its vigor will be liable
to excel in vigor of growth and pro.
ductiveness. Most of the valuable
new varieties are originated after sea
sons when the potato crop has been
abundant and productive. This also
applies to the productio of new va
rieties of fruit from seed. American
Cultivation.