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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05
TILDEN DEAD.
The Distinguished Democratic Sage Of
6rsystOHe Expires at 9 A. N.
His Death Great Surprise and Shock to
the Country---BrisG Sketch of His
EVentful Life
Especial to Daily Democrat

NEW YORK, August 4.-Ex-GovernOI
Samuel j. Tilden died very sud lenly al
9 o'clock this morning at hi residence
Greystone. He was in the 72d year Of
his age, and the announcement Of bis
death In this city was like thunder
bolt from clear sky, so terrible was
Its suddenness.
A BRIEF SKETCH.
Hon. Samuel j. Tilden was born at
New Lebanon, Columbia county, New
York, in the year 1814-the year which
ruined the fortunes of the great Ma
poleon. He had a long line Of ancestry,
one Of his ancestors, Nathaniel Tilden,
having been elected Mayor Of the city
of Tenderden, Kent, England, 1923.
In 1874 Mr.. Tilden founded the news
paper called the Daily News, In prepar-
alton for the election which made James
K. Polk President. In 1845 he was sent
to the Assembly for New York, and
while a member was elected to the
convention for remodeling the constl-
tuition of the State.
In 1854 Mr.. Tilden withdrew from
politics and devoted his attention to the
practice Of law. Shortly after the close
Of the war Mr.. Tilden, with the assist
ance of Charles 0'ConnOr, assaulted and
oVerthrew the combined Republican
and Democratic ring, which ruled and
ruined New York.
Mr.. Tilden, made popular by bis work
of reform In brNaking up the Tweed
ring, was rendered the nomination for
Governor and was triumphsntly elected
over John A. Dix, by arOusing majority
He afterwards became q candidate for
the presidency, was nominated and elec
ted over Rutherford B. Hayes IN 1875 and
was kept from taking his seat by the no
tOriOus election commission, which
seated Hayes by vote Of eight to seven.
After 1876 Mr.. Tilden retired to his
farm, where, although q conspicuous
politician, he seldom took an active
part In politics.
Mr.. Tilden was FIVE feet ten inches In
height and he was what psychologists
call the purely nervous temperament,
with Its usual accomplishment Of
spare figure. blue eyes and fair COM
plexiOn. His hair, originally chestnut,
was siIVered with age. He was unmar-
ried and leaves large fortune.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05
MnKinlax nnd Civil servIce.

A correspondent Of the Salem Repub
lican referring to Major McKinley's
speech on civil Service, In MT. Union,
last Saturday evening, asks this imper-
tinent question. "Who are there In this
wide world Of ours, that ever heard Of
the Little Napoleon making speech on
Civil Service, when 1t was within his
province 90 practice the ssmsp" We
give It up. Ii wasn't us; who said we
did?-TAlliance Review.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05
Medical Examination Free.

Our method of diagnosing disease
combines the benefits Of thirty years Of
study and practical experience, with the
latest and best that progressive science
can furnish, aided by those wonderful
intuitive perceptions which lie at the
base Of all true knowledge. We will
give your case special examination, and
will send you a full diagnosis free of
expense. Address, DR.. e. F. Butter6eld,
Syracuse, N. Y.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05
They Preferred the Circus.

1t Is with feelings of regret that we
record the fact that the Brown town
ship delegation to the Prohibition State
Convention held at Canton last Wednes-
day, attended In q body Richards ten
cent circus instead Of the convention to
which they were accredited. The ex-
cessive heat at the Tabernacle was the
reason assigned by them for their
strange action.-[M Minerva News.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05

CONGRESS will hardly adjourn before
the last of this week. The House on
Saturday rejected by decisive vote the
conference report on the River and Hsr-
Dor bill, and q new conference was
ordered. The House seems unwilling
to accept the Hennepin Canal job In any
shane or form.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05

THANKS to Congressman seney, Of the
Seneca district, for pamphlet copy Of
his excellent speech In the House In
favor of using the surplus In the treas
ury to reduce the public debt. Jadge
Seney shows by thus using the surplus
our interest will be reduced over two
millions Of dollars year.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05

Col. JAMES P. BARR, editor and pro-
prietor of the Plttsburg Post and lead
ing Pennsylvania Democrat, Is lying at
the point Of death at his residence, and
his demise, which is mOmentarily ex-
pected, is the result Of general break
Ing down Of q remarkably strong con-
atitutInn
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05
The Democrat.

SANDUsKY Is no doubt good place for
the Soldiers Home, and Canton would
have been good place. But then, San
dusky had a member, good man too,
and Canton had no one on the Board of
Trustees. No doubt Governor Foraker
too thought we'll of sandusby.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05
MRS. MEIKLEHAM,s DAUGHTER
Discharged From a Clerkship In the q. g.
Treasury.

Discharged From a Clerkship In the U. 8.
Treasury.
WASHINGTON, D. G., August 2.-When
discharging clerks from the patent Of
fee because Of reduction necessitated
by the legislative bill, Miss Esther A.
Meikleham, great granddaughter Of
Thomas Jefferson, was dismissed. Her
mother was the lady for whom Mr.. Louis
Schsefer, of Canton, interested himself
by offering her home and for whom q
pension Is pending. The daughters
name was sent In with about fifty 9TH
ers as fit to be dismissed, and there was
no knowledge of the Importance of her
relationship. She was appointed by
General Grant on her own solicitation.
1t Is authOritatively stated, however,
this evening, that Miss Meikleham
will be reinstated. boss
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05
Prize Potatoes.

Potatoes grow big on Levi Bachters
farm In Pike township, near North In
dustry. Mr.. B. left supply OF good
specimens at the DEMOCRAT office Sat-
urdsy. One Of them weighed one pound,
four ounces, and they are also Of first
rate quality. The variety Is the I'm
proved Early Rose. A good potato Is q
0OOd thing.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05

The two Republican papers of Mans
field are illustrating the harmony thai
exists In that city between the Republi
cans. The Mansfield Herald speaks of W
s. Cappelar Of the other Republican
paper Of that city as the "pigeon. toed
Anock-kneed, fiat. .Dated, bald headed edi
tor Of the Evening Mortgage" And All
this within the shadow OF John Sher
mans fences Plain Dealer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05
Dlsastrous Fire at Bergholu,

ALLIANCE, o., July 3l.-The general
merchandise store OF Kirk & Kelley, at
BerghOlz caught FIRE from q lamp at 3
o'clock this morning, and the building
and contents were entirely consumed.
Loss $4,000; light inSNsnce.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05
What Wooster offered.

WOOSTER, o., Aug. 2.-The announce.
ment that the proposed new soldiers
home would be built at Ssndusky was
received here with SONS surprise, rs 1t
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05

IT is authoritatively stated that Miss
Meikleham, Thomas Jefferson's great
granddaughter, recently dismissed from
a clerkship at Washington, will be
reinststed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05

DEMOCRATS should remember the pri-
maries on Saturday Of this week and the
convention the Saturday following.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05

THE Senate has confirmed Fitz John
Porter as colonel in the regular army.
Under the law he will 60 at once on the
retired list.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05

The President has signed the 0leo
margarine bill, and sent message to
Congress explaining his reasons there
for.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12
Partial. Success.

There is a roma living down Howard
street who reads the newspapers. She read
In a newspaper the other day that a Boston
woman cured her husband of running out
nights by making him jealous. The idea
was a good 'un. She let her sister into the
plot, and the sisters husband might have
been seen %sneaking into and out of the
house at a late evening hour. Some of the
neighbors got hold of it. and some one
wrote to the husband:
Beware! AS q friend 1 would advise
you to watch your wifc!"
His wife saw the bud of suspicion in his
eye, and was hugely pleased. She told her
sister, and there was great cackling. Sister
told her husband, and he slapped his leg
and exclaimed:
"Ha! ha! ha! We've got him on the
runu'
The other night the Howard street man
went out as usual. The brother. in-law dis
guised himself and went over to the house,
taking care to be seen. He was just mount
ing the steps when q horsewlip began to
play over and around him, and as he started
to run he was knocked down and stepped
OH and walked over until he scarcely had
the strength left to climb out of the yard in
front of a No. o boot. The injured hus-
band then entered the house and broke up
five hundred dollars worth of furniture,
and destroyed jewelry ana dresses costing
as much more. His wife had to explain
the plot in order to save her life, but that
didn't restore the goods nor heal the
brother-in-law's bruises.
1t is very quiet down there now. The
husband goes out o'nights as usual, and the
Boston idea has been coated with tar and
buried in the back yard until wanted. DE
trOit Free Press,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12
A Duck Hunt.

Asa Matthews, of Pike County, and
Loosh Croker, of La Sale, have long been
warm friends. '.Ace," as Matthews is
called, is of a rather poetic nature, given
to loving flowers and beautiful things in all
nature, while Loosh is severely practical
and coldly utilitarian. One time Ace and
Loosh went cunning for ducks down IN
Spoon River, and as they were drifting
along in their boat Ace spied some beauti-
full flowers growing on the bank.
80, Loosh," said he, ''pull over to the
bank there"
"What for?!" asked Loosl.
Il want to pick some of those beautiful
flowers"
Flowers be darncd." said Loosh, 1--WE
are duck-hunting now"
Eyes, but l want some,'' urged Ace,
reaching for an oar.
'Sh-l-h!' said Croker, pointing down
the river. Ducks, you blamed fool"
Sure enough, there were four or five
fine-looking mallards tossing about on the
water. The two men lay down in the boat
and got their guns ready. Down, down the
boat floated, and Croker whispered:
cpl take 'cm in the water and you let
'em have it when they rise"
Bang, bang, went both barrels Of Crook
er'S gun, but not a duck flew.
"Let 'em have it, Ace" said Croker.
Bang, bang, went Matthews gun, and
then came voice from the shore:
Hi, there, you fool idiots, you're shoot
ing at my decoys."
'Say, Ace," said Croker, presently,
''we'll go back and pick those flowers. You
and l are too big fools for duck-hunting;
nature endowed lis with just enough sense
to sit on the banks of Spoon River and pick
posico."-St. Louis Republican.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12
The Draft Horses of France.

While some people in America call
GU horses imported from France Nor
mans, 1t is a Jact that there is no breed
IN France called by that name by the
French people; the name, Norman,
therefore, is purely American. The
principal breeds of France are known
as Percherons and Boullanais. The
Percherons are the most highly priced of
dn Frcnch races, and all departments
OF france go to the Perche for stations
to improve their local breeds. The
l%ercheron stud book of France, pub
lshed umdcr the authority of tie French
Gorermmcnt, is the only stud book of
graft horses that IS or eucr has been pub
llshed in France, and now contains the
pedlgrces OF about 5000 animals. But
some importers are offering certificates
from France of Norman draft horses
that may mislead people who do not
understand the French language into
believing these records of origin. Not
one OF them issued contains a pedigree.
They are furnished at the request of
American buyers by the secretary of
one of the French Agricultural socie-
ties, who says there is no intention of
publishing them in stud book form, as
they have no pedigrees and are of no
value whatever. /; is a we'll known
fact that what a man gives for a horse
over from $500 to $SO0-the price of a
good grade-is paid for purity of blood;
and where the seller is not able to give
the recorded pedigree of the animal
sold as evidence of additional value. he
has no right to ask it. With these facts
before him, no intelligent man will buy
a horse imported from France unless
ne is recorded with his pedigree in full
in the Pcrcheron Stud Book of France.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12
Politics Ton Much for Him

AOU NAuCn LOT utms
"a lady on Fifth Avenue, New York.
quickly summoned q doctor:
"Oh, doctor, my husband is nearly dead.
ne attended a caucus lastnight. He made
Q speeches and promised to be with his
fellow citizens again to-day. But oh, doc
tor, ne looks nearly dead.H
has be been in politics long?"
"No, only last year. He worked hard
for James McCaulay's election"
lie will get well, madam! He has q
stomach for any disease, if he worked for
Political life, of short or long duration.
is very exhausting, as is evident from the
great mortality which prevails among
public men. Ex-U. S. Senator B. K. Bruce.
who has been long in public life, says:
1.-The other day, when stepping into a
car at a crossing, 1 found Dr. within,
who eyed me up and down in a surprised
way, remarking
"'Why, Senator, how we'll you loolv
:" Well, l feel pretty well,' [ answered."
The doctor uttered an incredulous reply,
when the Senator frankly told him, in an
swer to an inquiry, that it was Warmers
safe cure which accomplished for him
what the profession had failed to do. SEN
ator Bruce says his friends are very much
astonished ut this revelation of power
The Globe.
sOyerwhelminrIv Defeated.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12

wv Noou foloIies VI IL Hulck- SltteU Mctns
Odist Minister.
Rev. c. D. Bum is a remarkably eloquent
and witty member Of one of the New En-
gland Conferences of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. He has q peculiar drawl,
which adds much to the mirtll- provoking
character OF his sayings. He is, withal,
exceedingly bald and much addicted to
smoking. When he preached in - tho
young men Of his acquaintance used to
chatf him a great deal, for the sake of
drawing him oat. Ono day he was asked
how it happened that some men grew very
bald at so early an age, while Others were
we'll covered. "Weil," said he, ''somc
peoples heads run to hair and some to
brains"
At the Northport camp-meeting one day a
brother was walking about in the woods,
meditating upon e sermon, when he saw
smoke curling up from the roots of a large
tree that had been Ieveled by a storm
Mounting the trunk he crept cautiousl.,
along and peeped over the end. There sa'
Brother b., pulling away ut q I. ID. pipe
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12

I'm a store the other day a lady was
looking at some blankets. sis this all
wool?:" she asked. "Well, ma'am,"
responded the clerk, contidentially,
''they are nearly all wool-they are a
very good pair for two dollars" ''Have
you any warranted all wool?" ooh,
yes; here are some marked down to six
dollars" 'Seems to me-" she re-
marked, musingly, ga few threads
more or less of wool make a great diff
ference in the price" "Ah, but, you
see, we warrant these" ''and charge
four dollars for the w~arranting," she
finished the sentence for him and walked
away.-Chacago Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12
THE OPEN CRATE

be nc the Swapping. glowing CRATE.
Mesit my wife and l together,
And happy in our tete.a-tete.
neiy inns duii November weather.
There's nothing like n blazing fro
~ ~ ro iiah e u man feel blithe and jolly.
In,ss ms drooping spirits higher
Anu drive away his melanchclv
And we enjoy, my wife and |.
sn unf w fhG'eef ~ fire when darkness hovers,
We sit there like a pair Of loycrs' sign
sometimes think that there must be
Some subtle witcher, about IT. 10
But this | know. | can not SEQ
How we could ever do without
So every night it's lighted now.
For thus we both of us have wi,,o3n
And every night we have a row IVA"
10 settle which OF us shall build it,
-Somcrctlte Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12
a Model Farm.

o,h iafm Of David NJ. Clough, of
v'9urN, Mass, the widcly-known
" n.,s, comprises five hundred
|, anu follows the fertile bank of
a asIrimac River for one mile.
= 'ne productions this season are:
.ne ear, 5000 bushels; oats,
|al po'a Ioes, 500, and hay, $50 tons.
anu mas one hundred head of neat
/ wv" nv' eight horses, while in addition
bv 1%aer and his sons, four men are
e' regularly, with extra help as
Of f ann sixty years no intoxicating
|heeu any kind, not even cider,
os'' allowed on the premises as a
is Z T.. Distinguished agriculturists
"s me best farm in the Merrimac
Eel Cha IN addition at to the homestead,
Tough owns five hundred acres
s,ng land in Canterbury. Bos-
Em ana Northfield, and large tracts
kn ,,I' ana ana London, in all about one
I'VE hundred acres.-N. Y.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12

The Northern Pacific Railroad Company
issue several illustrated pamphlets and
sectional land maps for free distribution
which contain valuable information con
corning the rich agricultural and grazing
Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington and Oregon. The publications con-
tain O synopsis of the United States land
laws by which Government land. can be
secured free under the homestead pre-emp-
ton and timber culture acts and the terms
of sale of railroad lands, the rates of fare
and freight rates on emigrant movables
and household goods and much other infor-
nation. They ore mailed free to any ad-
dress by addressing Chas. b. Lamborn,
Land Commissioner, st. Paul, MINI.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12
"A Frenchman arrived in

"A Frenchman arrived in New
York a short time ago to study a new
system of education for the blind, and
in one of the blind schools saw a num-
Der of young people of both exc occu-
pied in learning to distinguish rapidly
by the touch coins of all kinds under
the direction of the professor, who
taught them to discriminate between
the good and the bad. The curious in
stigator asked for M explanation, and
was informed that his class was for the
instruction of those who intended to
adopt the profession of street beggars.
M. Y. Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12
.,oME AND FARM.

,bc outside of an orchard
! .,l.''ally more prolific Ct there ,nots Is ha mlo' q
ia[rht and air and the roo.. n'''
anre.-Rw'a1 New lorNe,.
"a If the best ways to loosen a
lone o., savs an Eastern journal.
fed sIr s.. no,t 10 the head. A rcd-not
/" hnlil at the head OF the sore" VIII
N ''' It's Withdrawal easy
~" y,rscrv carpets in which the designs
~Nult't tsles in Mother Goose and
'fe5e,,s are supplements to the pc
ry lore ~" 'nancrs which have long been
nIii;e d. to little oncs.-chtcogo 1tn'cs.
rsiJroad Cake: One cup each OF
-ha,,,l iiour, two tablespoonfuls each
car MnJ butter and milk. three eggs,
M@t l.v" of cream of tartar. and
c igS1 toaspoonful of soda. Flavor
En- iSmon.-7Ae Housen0Na:
u The whey that is left after making
-l's NOT a sufficient food by itself
easG = or calves, but its deficiencies
Ns, .nnDlicd by the addition of some
Y y" " sshipstutf; it is then a passably
Eod food for pigs or sw'ne'-4'0y
", y,., Loaf for Lunch: Mince half a
WI If cold veal very fine, mix with
NN" o,,nces of bread crumbs that have
'mo soaked in milk. Season with salt,
en- so"r and nutmeg and add beaten
pfV' pnt in a buttered mould and boil
g hour. Serve cold.-Ioledo
", Tho chief difficulty in teaching
,,os 10 drink from the pail arisesfrom
lSs .,o ~ haste. Let the calf become
0 49, -. warm the food to the tempcra.
H. M ! new milk, give it the finger to
~. INIT only far a moment, and the
\ u: /, ' easily taught to ink.-Prai,le
i,rmcr in the oil regions of Penn
[1rania warns people against using
, noi.' on fruit trees and shrubbery.
.Ia vicinity of flowing wells it kills
the trees; and an orchard in which
= ,roa, had been painted with it showed
nlsomc bark and fine fruit the first
[,r' but afterward declined.
After washing and cleaning your
lstead, fill all the crcvices with com
or bar soap. and rubitacross the ends
thc :'ats which are usually rough and
,Lr excellent nesting places. Put i,
10 on any part of the wood or springs
,orn burs or eggs are found, and you
Il never ind another in those places.
Toronto Nal.
ON q portion of adultcrated flour
inc placed in y small quantity o.,
lorotorm the flour floats, while tho
,m or other mineral matter sinks to
hottom; so also, in u similar way,
IN in bread may be instantly detected
placing a small piece of the suspected
bi in a solution of dog wood and am
onia-the bread turning blue if any
kadar.
Many of the diseases of fruit trecc
Il az be due to lack of hardness on tho
II 1t Of special varieties. Formerly the
l.limc varieties we're seldom attacked
disease. While many orchards of
|ytle,t pears die out in a few years,
CHI is not the case with seedlings.
ere is 4 pear tree in Montgomery
unity, Georgia, now %eighty-seven
hrs old, which has not failed to bear a
bp since it was seven years old. The
e is six feet in circumference, and its
it resembles the sand pear in shape
tlavor.-M Y. Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12
One Price Only.

One Price Only.
"Schentlemens, schoost Walk in and
look at dose winter goots."
"IIOw much is this ovcrcOat?"
"Tervcnty tollars for dot o%vergoat, and
dot vas making you a present of dot over
goat"
THAT'S too high"
II dells you Mishter Gilhooly, I have
only Won brice, l never drades. Choost
read dot sign on der vail Fixed Prices.'"
80, that means you fix the prices to suit
yourself. Twenty dollars is too much"
believe you heard me ven [ tole you l
had only Won price, terventy tollars."
"It's not worth seven and a half"
Nose Scllaumburg, eagerly: viii yer
give dot?!'-IeIus SUtinyS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12
From the National CAPITAL.

Tho Washington Post says: We admire
the stand taken by numerous eminent ply
sicians in changing the mode of treatment
of coughs and colds, and publicly endors-
ing Rcd Star Cough Cure because it is eff
c%acious, free from dangerous ingredients
and without morphia or opium. This ex-
cellent remedy costs but twenty-five cents.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12
"! !!ooo[[[ Well, by gosh?'
MT Familiar with Them.

Miss Clara-Can you call the names OF
the different stars and consultations, MI.
Featherly?
Featherly-Oh, yes. There is the north
star and the evening star and the Great
Gear and the Little Dipper and the Milky
Way, and all the rest. On yes.
Miss Clara-The Great Bear Is caileo
Ursa Major, is it not? ~
Featherly-Oh, you mean 40 NOV W.
tanical names? l am ashamed 10 con'eo' :
do not.-N. Y. Times.