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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
INK Edwards, the Colored wife slayer, of We'll
mnZnn hnn ham nn.nAnrnnA A. 49,.

Frank Edwards the ColoTed wife slayer, OF We'll
don, Texas, has been sentenced to hang.
Pittsburgh moulders will not strike according
to program, an advance OF ten per cent in wages
having been granted.
Louis Boyle and ]. 8. Ballard, Of Leadville, set.
tied their differences in true border style Bal.
lard leaves widow, who was a wife for day.
Locomotive drawing passenger train exploded
at Clearheld Pa, shaking the town like an earth.
quake. score Of people injured, but none fa.
tally
Fatal smash.up on the st. Paul, Minnesota g.
Manitoba Railroad. CabOose took FIRE. Joseph
Bingo burned to death and six other passengers
badly injured.
J.s. Brewer, a dissipated young man Of Gym.
thiana, KY, attempted to shoot his father in the
heat Of passion when R. H. Brewer the second
brother, interfered and received the charge with
fatal effect.
When the French fed from Fort Duquesne
(now Pittsburgh they carried off heavy load of
silver and gold and hid 1t somewhere. The rec
Ords, 1t is claimed, show that 1t was buried near
NewcOmerstown, and search for the wealth is to
be begun
AT the sale of Jay Cooke & Co.'s estate $4,000
worth ofWestern lands were disposed of, Total
sales thus far sl88 557.
The Denver New Orleans Railway Company
closed contracts for 1900 tons Of English Steel
rails.
About four hundred people were rendered
homeless by the food In OAK ota last week.
Four thousand emigrants left Bremen for the
United States on Wednesday last, making %, 900
since the first Of January.
The second largest electric light system In The
world In actual operation for lighting business
places was started in Utah on Friday.
Omaha, April 2--A party OF cow boys created a
disturbance al 0nelll City, Holt county, on Tues
day, were patlally disarmed by the Sheriff and
went away, but soon resumed, and one OF them,
named Harry Deans, shot Sheriff Kearns through
the heart, and the Deputy Sheriff was also
wounded
The workmen engaged in clearing away the
debris Of w. H, Birge and Sons wallpaper fac.
tory at Buffalo, which burned on the 28th Of De.
cember last uneRrthed one body and portions Of
wo other bodies. The complete body was recog.
nized as that Of Thomas Quinlan.
At Erie, Pa. in the malpractice suit Of McFar.
land vs. Lovett, the Jury returned verdict In
favor Of the former for $500.
San Antonio, Texas, April 2.-At dance last
night at a silversteen saloon, dispute arose be.
tween soldiers and Mexicans when William
Powell, Of Company K, 10th cavalry, shot and
killed Toribia Ware. Powell was arrested.
ogdentburg, N. Y. April 4,-Mrs. sabourin and
her husband last night, owing to their little
childs entreaties, both went with 1t up stairs to
put 1t to bed. Mr.. sabourin carried the child and
the mother carried kerosene lamp On the
stairway the lamp exploded, badly burning the
child and Its father, an inAictIng injuries to the
mother which 1t is feared will prove fatal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-07
WESTERN FLOODS.

Sioux City, April A. There are no particular
changes to note in the condition Of the Missouri,
The gorge, about thirty miles by the river up
stream from this city, continues to form and over.
flow in Union county, Dakota, and is unabated in
consequence. Two members Of the city council,
with other gentlemen, left this city going through
Neb raska to examine the gorge to see If 1t would
be possible to open 1t with dynamite OF gun
powder.
Council Bluffs, April 4.-The Missouri river at
this point is now seventeen feet aud ten inches
above low water marx, and is still rising rapidly
tonight Many acres OF bottom lands on the
Iowa side are inundated.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-07
POPULAR sUFFRAGE IN RUSSIA

st. Petersburg April A ukase is promulgat.
ed ordering, with view to the restoration Of
complete security in the Capitol the creation o a
temporary Council, charged to assist the Com.
mandant Of the city. The Council will consist Of
Smembcr for each Of the 22s city districts, and
be elected BY vote Of all the landlords, and in.
dependent tenants II Is understood the Council
Will decide BY Q majority vote on all measures
submitted by the CommandRnt, and the deciAions
Of the majority will be executed on receiving the
Empcror'a sanction. The same categOries OF per.
sons who vote will be eligible as candidateB The
Commandant liked the time Of the cleo ions this
Nternoon. FUNDS for carrying out the measure
will be provided from the Imperial Treasury.
The Agence Russe says the measure is part OF q
scheme for the whole Empire, projected by the
lnfa CgaP ..N tr....- - -
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-07
WINDOWS IMPORTANT CONFER.
ENCEs

New York, April 1.-The conference between
Secretary Windom, Assistant Secretary Upton,
Comptroller Knox and Attorney General NC
Veagh and the New York bankers began al II
o'clock this morning in the sur'treasury building
and is now in progress. Never before have fnan'
cial circles here shown more interest In any
financial event than in the present conference.
The secretary's party is literally overW helmed
with callers. All the leading banks are repre-
sented at the conference No particulars will be
given out for the present.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-07
WINDOW AND THE BANKERS,

New York, April 2 2--secretary Of the Treasury
Window had another conference to-day with
prominent bankers and financial men. 1t is said
to be the ge neral opinion Of the bankers present
that unless fixed price should be made on
bonds by the treasury, the bonds should be offered
at popular subscription to the highest bidders.
Window will lay the views Of the bankers before
the Cabinet. The Secretary visited the Custom
House this afternoon. No formal propositions
were made on either side, The conference was
confined to interchange of opinions.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-07
DEDUCTION IN RATES--THE SUM-
MER TARIFF.

New York, April 4-Rates are reduced from
Chicago to New York on grain, provisions and
live hogs FIVE cents, commencing April lst, thus
making The rates on grain thirty cents and on
live Ots thirty five cents. These rates TO remain
in force during the summer months.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-07
CHICAGO CATCHES 1T,

Chicago April L-Last night was one Of the
hercest OF the winter, A furious gale is blowing
the weather being very cold and consldersble
snow falling and drifting terribly. The same
sort Of weather continues today, being more like
midwinter than April.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-07
scIO FEELS THE SHOCK OF AN
EARTHQUAKES.

London, April 4--A ConstanIInopls dispatch
says that severe shock Of earthquake has been
the western coast Of Asia Minor The town Of
hol0 Is reported to have been almost destroy cd
and many persona killed and Wounded.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-07

DR.. Fleming, of Meadville, Pa, was arrested,
charged with stealing case Of surgical instIu.
ments nom brother saw bones
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-07
Senator Johnston Shows Up RiddlebergOr and
Malone.

Washington, April 1.-The Senate resumed the
consideration OF pending busiuess-the resolu.
ton for the election Of Senate officers.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-07-22
The Pueblo Indians and Their Religious
Reliefs.

The word Pueblo means villages: and
the tribe of Indians that have lived in
this region take their name, Pueblo,
from the fact that they lived in Pueblos,
or villages.
The Pueblos have some peculiar ideas
of the future. They believe that at
death they will be carried away in some
mysterious manner to place beneath
vast underground lake, where melons
and peaches and beautiful maidens and
horses are i'll never-ending supply for
the good.
The Zuni Indians have tradition that
they were placed where they arein order
to be out Of the reach of the deluge, of
which they have some account. The
tradition relates how the Great Spirit
set them apart as a chosen people. and
preserved them while all other tribes
and nations were drowned. They also
believe that all the people of the earth
are descended from the Zuni thus saved
from the deluge. This tradition has its
parallel with that given us in the Sacred
Scriptures.
They also believe that in Pecos Ia vii
| lage) Montezuma was born; that he grew
up with extraordinary mental powers;
that he travelled a great deal and taught
the people many good things; that he
usually rode on the back of an eagle and
always went ahead Of those who trav-
eled with him, and thus was, as was
the star to the wise men Of the East, a
guide to them both day and night, and,
whenever the eagle stopped at night,
| there was planted an Indian Pueblo.
The sign where the great capital should be
built was the alighting of the eagle upon
large actus.bush, and there devour-
ing a rattlesnake. This, tradition has
it, was on Montezuma's journey south,
and was his great and last journey. The
eagle stopped where the City of Mexico
now stands. The Mexican Government
has adopted the alighting Of the eagle
as the design Of the national seal, and
thus made memorable the legend. The
same design is also stamped on Mexican
coin. Montezuma never returned from
his southern trip, but in some mysteri-
Gus manner passed away to the land o.
the blessed, and since leads his people
by his spirit. The City of Mexico was
founded in 1926. --Neto Mcrico Cor.
Chicago tribune.
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Tho nnnrhter Of Ethnn Allen.

In his "reminiscences of Montreal, in
the Star, of that city, Mr.. J. II. Dorwln
writes 81 have one more little event to
mention, one that is scarcely worth re-
cording, only that il interested me very
much ut the time il happened, and re-
calls the name Of man somewhat re-
nowned in the Revolutionary War, and
connected with an important event III
Montreals history. On the 10th OF
December, 1919, there died at the Hotel
Dieu, on st. Paul street, nun known as
Sister Allen. Her full name was
Margaret Allen, and she was the daughter
of the famous Colonel Ethan Allen, who,
il will be remembered, accompanied
Montgomery in his invasion OF Canada
in 1775, and attempted, with small
detachment to surprise Montreal, but
was defeated and captured and sent TO
England in irons. She came from her
home in Burlington, Vermont, in 1903,
when twenty-four years old, and TINS
spent eleven years in the nunnery !
never knew Of her presence here until
one afternoon heard on the street that
daughter of the brave but unfortunate
old soldier had just died in the Hotel
Dieu, and ! hurried over to see her.
Her body was lying in state in the
chapel, and, it being my first visit 70 q
Convent, the solemn stiffness Of th'
place, the wax lights burning beside thu
coffin, the nuns kneeling there repeating
prayers for the departed soul, and above
all the thoughts called up by the name
and presence Of the dead woman, al
made strong impression upon me
The body lay thus for three days, an'
was Yisited by a great many people
She was one of the most beautiful women
even in death, that ever saw, and be
longed TO one Of the best families i
New England, and why she left tn
world TO become nun ! never knew
II was strange, too, that the daughte
should seek refuge in the very cit
which the father had invaded, and wher
he met with his worst misfortune.
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CObblers Who Went Beyond Their Last.

No one but shoemaker could have
thought Coleridge serious in his strange
saying that the shoemaker's bench had
produced more eminent men than any
other handicraft. The Shoe and Leath-
er Reporter has, however, compiled
"bill Of particulars in the shape of
list of famous cobblers, which seems to
act as an effectual estopel on all jealous
craftsmen. Hans Christian Andersen,
who needs no introduction, may head
the list, and Hans Sachs, of Nuremberg,
who, though he made shoes all his life,
yet also made 5000 poems, plays, farces
and rhyming fables, may be put next.
Sir Oloudesley Shovel was a shoemaker
until he enlisted in the navy, and so was
Sir Christopher Minns, another English
Admiral. John Hewson, one of Crom-
wells Colonels, and a signer of Charles
lis death-warrant Samuel Bradburn,
the Demosthenes of Methodism, as
well as a Bishop; James Lackinton,
whose catalogue of publications reached
the total--enormou for that time-of
10000 volumes, i'll 17S7--all these were
cobblers at first, if not at the last. Con-
tinuing the English list, William Gift
ford, whose memory is preserved by n
complimentary allusion in Byron's +" En-
glish Bards and Scotch Reviewers" and
whose body is buried in Westminster
Abbey George Fox, the arch Quaker;
William Carey, missionary famous a
century ago, and who read the proofs of
the Bible in twenty-seyen Oriental Ian
gllages Samuel Drew, "the Locke of
the nineteenth century," whose expert
ence as an author led him to formulate
| the sad truth that " the man who makes
shoes is sure of his wages, but the man
who makes books is never sure Of any
thing !" Thomas Holcroft, whose name
is not nearly SO well known as that of a
single one Of his plays, "The Road TO
Ruin !" the Bloomfield brothers, whom
Byron thus apostrophized
Ye tuneful cobblers still your notes prolong,
Compose At once slipper and song;
John Pounds, whom school-children
cried at beirg turned away from-all
these and lesser lights too numerous to
mention were English shoemakers.
Coming TO our own country, Roger
Sherman, one Of the "signers," leads
the list in time, but Vice President Hen
ry Wilson in rank. Beside these were
Congressman Sheffey and Noah Worces-
ter, not the photographer, but the
founder of the Massachusetts, Peace So
ciety. And ex-Govs. III. p. Baldwin, oI
Michigan, and William Cla1in, OF Mas.
sachusetts, if they never made SHOES, al
least dealt in them largely enough to be
named here. Altogether, the list is sufli.
GENTLY imposing and convincing to justi
fy verdict in favor Of Coleridge's say.
ing.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-07-22
A Melsh OpInlon Of RoralIty.

II is, we think, to be regretted that the
Prince Of Wales has declined to allow
his name to be used in connection with
the National Eisteddfod OF Wales The
loyalty of the Welsh people is beyond
question, but when they ask little favor
it ought, il possible, to be granted As
there must have been reasons why his
Royal Highness declined 10 have any
thing to do with the Eisteddfod it seems
pity they were not stated. We make
these remarks because the refusal OF the
Prince to patronize the Eistoddfod has
not only created sore feeling in the
Principality, but it has also exposed him
to vulgar abuse, and has given the en-
emies Of the Monarchy the opportunity
of attacking not merely the Prince him
self, but also the Queen and the Royal
family.
Thus, contributor to Welsh news
paper elegantly declares that the Incl
dent has shortened Royalitys life in
this country fifty years"
Already" he continues ''the Welsh
press have been heard to grumble, not
only loudly hut angrily, at this ungra-
cious conduct Of him who some day
hopes to be called His Most Gracious
Majesty. In the columns Of an English
daily last week appeared an article which,
though not (becanse of the old absurd
yeneration for Royalty so long prevail
ing) so outspoken az it might have been,
may yet be considered the first mutter-
ings of q storm which will one day burst
as surely as it is now brewing. Men,
who, il you had spoken to them sneer-
ingly or slightingly of the principle ol
Royalty few months back, would have
turned away from you in disgust, arc
now beginning to see through the mists
Of prejudice, and to question the use ot
the thing. When not only the uttel
uselessness, but the positive evil, Of tha
which they have to pay so dearly fol
shall become apparent, then will it ant
| other fooleries and sins be sent packing
As beginning in the right direction
allow me to suggest the dropping from
! all toasts lists Of the insane custom 0
drinking the healths Of the Queen, th'
Prince of Wales and the rest OF TIN
Royal family. Welshmen have (althougl
not for the first time) received proc
positive that none of them are of an.
use to Wales. Even the musical an
literary members Of that family-th
fiddling Duke of Edinburgh and tn
studions little Leopold, whom the II
reverent believe to be in training for tn
Arbishopric Of Canterbury-have though
themselves above patronizing Welshmel
of like pursuits with themselves. Lon
don Figaro.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-07-22

AS TO the character of the Turks, it
has been said by one of the highest con-
srlar authorities that the poorer and
humber he is, the better he is. AS he
gets money and power, he detenorates.
In the lowest classes You may and do
meet with honesty; in the middle class
es, seldom; in the highest, never. The
Turk, above all, is good host. In
deed, hospitality is enioined by the Ko-
ran. We may we'll take a lesson from
him, too, in politeness, especially in
conversation. If you are privileged to
have an interview with Turk, you viii
find him good listener he never i'll
terrupts, and never wastes words TO
make talk. When he has finished, he
asks permission to go, and vanishes. He
is not given to the odious, because
abused, custom of the "shake -hands. "
His salute, the Temenas, is most grace.
full. He makes the motion as if TO
sweep the ground with his right hand,
bringing it to his heart, lips and fore
head, thus indicating that all he has on
earth is yours, as well as showing his
friendliness and constant thoughtfulness
for your welfare.
Listen to a true story illustrating the
Turk in all his dealings, whether com
mercially, politically, or as diplomat
| ist. A peasant was summoned before
the Cadi for stealing sack Of onions.
"Now we have thee on the hip, and
| thou shalt know what it is to incur on
displeasure. Bismillah Choose, slave
wilt thou pay 1000 piasters, receive
| 100 blows of the bastinado, or wilt thou
cat the contents Of the sack Of onions
Quick choose |
"Gracious Lord, / have no money
wherewith to satisfy thee; / fear th'
bastinado, and will choose rather to ca
my onions"
He ate, and was fain to stop, and pre-
ferred the bastinado. After some fift,
strokes he repents, and thinks he cal
find somewhere in his house 800 pias
ters. But this money was not enougl
to release him from his troubles; he at
more onions, then there was alittle NOR
bastinado. Eventuallyhe received eight
strokes, ate nearly all the onions, an
paid the penalty Of 1000 piasters in full
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-07-22
the influence Of Zoe.

Poe, like Pope, threw himself into a
war with ounces. He hit and thrust at
them vigorously; he exposed score OF
cheap popnlarities he was merclless 70
the inexpensive regulations then readily
ncouired by every tootler on the whistle
Of Miss Eliza Cook. Since the time Of
Poe American literature has wonderfully
advanced in the acquisition OF force and
polish. American novelists, for exam-
ple, almost give Ms lessons in careful
elaboration Of style, in reticence and IN
well-calculated effects. American poets
are. perhaps, too numerous. That they
get hearing as they do, and appeal to
a really-large public, says much for the
interest of the people in contemporary
verse. In form, in the mere art OF versi-
| fvinp. even the minor American poets Of
to-day show wonderful versatility and
deftness. Commonplace Is much less
successful than it was Of old. In fiction,
| analysts Is almost too careful. We can-
NOT but think that this rapid Tipening OF
the American muse (wlO was raw, un-
informed sohool-oirl in the lifetime OF
Poe) is due in part to the lnnuence OF
tbaf critic His method is as unlike the
method OF Mr.. Matthew Arnold as pos
B1ble. BnJ ne tAeltlsSu e.iS Ss,i-
Of influence. Like Mr.. Arnold, he IN
troduced some tinge Of French thoughf'
and Of French literature into the work
manship Of his countryman. Perhaps
he was not wide reader, and the ele
ment of affectation in his nature may b'
detected in his quotations ot Obscure
Latin authors and n his Oriental allu
sions. II is hard TO say how mnci
knowledge was implied in these allu
sions-how rich the minewa from whici
Poe dug these sparkling fragments
Stll, he Judged the writers Of his coun
try with some knowledge Of other litera
lures. AS he was quite ruthless IN ni
criticisms he did good, but at nus owl
cost. ~ London Neuls.
Ip young man starts fair IN this I, !. wQrl sr
! IN 4 GOOD. sound, selfish basis, ne Is tol
erably sure to make money.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-07-22
BoW1EaGED JOE.

In the dark and gloomy shadow
OF cliff in Colorado
Bat Bowlegged Joe chieftAin Of the Utss
Frown as black French oil blacking
Der his features (beauty lacking)
somber hung-the buck was mad, you bet your boots
For his painted, bowling whoopers
Had been scattered by the troopers
In scrimmage on the range an hour before;
And his heart was flled with sorrow
When he thought that on the morrow,
They might come and wax 1t to his crowd some more.
Round him stood his warriors savage
Heroes bold of many ravags
On the smokShouse of the settler far below
And their murdsrous eyebals glistensd
Az they silent stood and listened
To the curses of infuriated Joe.
Suddenly the chieftain pointed
Skinny finger, ugly jointed,
At the homes Of settlers far out on the plain.
"There," he cried, "the pale face dweIleth,
And my nostril murderer smelleth,
While thoughts Of CORY vengeance fire my brainl"
With yell thar loud rssounded
Mid the mountain peaks, he bounded
TO bis feet, and danced neer he'd danced before
VAST the war-dance he was dancDg2
OF what meant that fearful prancing?
Would he food that settlers peaceful home with gore
Was the dance preliminary
To swoop down from his eyrle,
Or did the aborigne but jest?
Jest? All, moi thousand swarming
Insects were his bronze hide warming
He'd been sitting on a yellow Jackets nest
--Ka Adams