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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14

Soon after this he left school, aud was
taken In charge 10y Boston meamerist
Thence he developed into spiritual
med UNI lie was always n strange crea-
ture, boy anl man. II may be interesting
10 know TINT when In England he was tho
guest for days of Lord Lytton, who made
him the foundation for his character Of
Margraye In the novel "a Strange Story
AZ the age Of 40 lac Wasn "portly mau, tall In
stature with gray hair, mou,tache and
Imperial, aud big, staring, light gray eyes" 4"
While performing his wonders ho lol a
Slgidly temperate and regular life, Then
occasionally hr would stop over and amuso
himself with the rest Of the boys While
iho III lasted ho iudulgcd In any dissipation
hc chose. but during this time there was
no wondormongrrug CmousIng destroyed
hIa peculiar g,llS Tor the time
These power were marvellous, aud somo OF
them ino,pl,cablo hy any known laws
Once whom ho wa, IN the west, ut Torro
llaulo, Ind, On old mHn from Illinois came
TO see him
~ woman N horo near relative OF
yours, said Foster In his brusque, jcrly
wav,
~ don't know her said the old man.
"You do' rctoWod Foster "Sho died
years ago suddenly Ia n mysterious way.
She N n daughter or nstcrn
81 dom know any such person. said the
bowIdcrcd old man,
Foster sprng TO his feet and paced tho
floor lie stamped, gostIculntod, and was
strongly excited,
81 tell you you do know her, ho Rid, an.
giily llc looked much ~ though he was about
10 collar his visitor and shake tho knowledge
Into him, He became half Wild In his excite
mcnt
Here, stop ho exclaimed, "Why can't
think Of Ter nomc' Oh, ycs have IT,
ltH Laura that's what II isn
In his excitement he shouted the word
Laura r high key.
The old mnn WIS In hii turn excited now.
ooh yes sco he replied, quickly, "Why
couldn't ! hlnl of that brforol Laura was
my sigiur She died many years ago, very
suddenly, md wc never know what caused
her death AK her what she died of,n
The medium explained that II wht some
hrOiu trouble, ot such a nature that death
cam uld nlU
beyond the pn.o ut thought reading or
thought tran ference The do1d woman was
not only not In thoylsltor's mind, but II was
wth difficulty that Fo,tor recalled hor 10 his
mcmlry
Eos or mndo enormous sums Of money,
which he gave away as fast rs II came, In
Emop' and Australia they called hir "Tho
American Puzzle Once he Wddouly bo.
came homctc, whom ho was earning $500 a
day In Australia, and ho throw this all over
aud came home In the next ship
A brain trouble overlook him years ago
since which tmo hc has boon out Of his mind
mostly aud undcr guardianship, He died at
last Of sottcniug Of the BRAIN At tho resi-
dcnco Of his aunt Mrs, Call Salon, Mass
He was half charla'an aud half mystery
The question ono luvoluntnriIy asks Is thlsi
with all his abnormal powers what good
did ho dot ELIZA ARCuARD.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14
CONSTIPATION!

There IL no medium through which
disease 80 often attacks tho system
as by Constipation, and th0rO is no
other III flesh Is heir tO,morO apt to
DO neglected, from the fact material
Inconvenience may not bo immediate,
ly i0lt from irregular action Of the
bowels. When there is not regular
action, the retention OF deCayed and
eiIoto matter, with Its poisonous
gases, soon polsons the whole system
by being absorbed into II, causing
piles, Astula, headache, impure blood
and many other serious affections.
BURD0CK BLOOD BITTERS will
Immediately relieve, and one bottle
positively cure or relieve any case
Of Constipation.
"Was troubled for q year with
torpid liver and indigestion, and after
trying everything Imaginable, used
BURD0CK BLOOD BITTERS. The
first bottle revived me and the second
cured me entlrvly."-J,S. Williamson.
Rochester, N. Y.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14
Bool,bindlng In America.


Probably 100000 persons aro engaged IN
the different branches Of the bookbndlhg
business In the United Statos, mostly om.
ployod In the great book publishing cenion
of Boston, New York aud Philadelphia,
while largo number arc located In Chi.
cngo, whore there are tlroo on four catab.
lishment, clcn Of which employ $40 % 1900
mon, Tho rush In binding comes In tho
li.tCr summer months when the book pub
ishom prepare Tor the fall and Christmas
rndo, While the Chicago bindors do not do
ug largo hu.iuoV as bOmO Of tho Cn,torn
cities, there /, ono firm located here engaged
n artistic work that cannot bo approached
Ly anything outside Of London or Now
York Valuable scicntlle works, maya
ginos onl encyclopedias uro rent from all
over the wcst and south TO Chicago Tor olo'
giant bIudin %, AMI uwnors OF both public
aud private libraries and book collectors
turn 20 Chicago for llno work
Bookbindmg In America ~ almost oXolu'
liycly In tho hands Of Foreigners Tho
majority Of the mechanics arc of English,
French or German extraction, Tho London
binders arc tho leaders Of the craft, how.
ever, and most of tho Inventions and In
novations In the art havo come from tho
famous cluw of hookbmdcB In the latter half
Of tho last century, Tho supremacy Of
English binding was due largely 10 tho work
Of Rogor Payne, n man highly giftod with
extraordinary skin, doNtcrity and taste, but
Of dissouto habits As u loader in book
making he wa uccocdod by Charles Lcwis,
whose books, like those Of Payne, como down
10 us a. models Of stylo and lIni h, In
America bmd3ls are content 10 take London
leather bindings Os patterns, but In cloth
they have made greater progress than thoir
British cousins, aud for beauty Of design and
tasto In ou.or aud lettering their work com.
paros tayowbly with that Of European
bindcrA
Tho Brit Ia idca In book covers is 10 mako
tho bindin, Of book conform 10 tho char
actor Of tho contents as near Ns possible,
BooGs Of science and encyclopedias shoild
woar dark morocco or russia; magazines DO
clothed In bright shade Of calf on morocco,
whilo works Of tho imagination, such as
poetry aud novels should bo bound In rich
morocco or calf, with fancitu ornaments
COOLING and gliding; aliases In cowhido, and
art books are we'll suited 20 adrcss Of crushed
lovant "a style of morocco that wears larger
grain, which Is expensive, but very elegant
The most durable leather is morocco or woll
tanned imitation, the least N shoop and troo-
calf.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14

Not only those who fought Unit Higeln but
nll old soldiers win bo Interested In seeing
how Con- Sigcl looks now that ho has bcon
appointed pension agent at New York
In place Of Mr. Costor, who resigned
Tho thin and nervous face no boro
In tho war has mollowed, II will
bo aocn, into the solid and stern expression
dcnoting GOODNESS aud ripe Judgment Con.
sigo was born at Zonshcim, Baden, Cor
many, but had 10 ilco the country whom II
young man for troasonoblu offences Being
we'll educated ho secured position ~
toachor on his arrival In New York
From there he went TO ST. Louis, Mo-,
aud entered the war Of the rebellion
~ colonel Of tho Third Missouri volunteers,
serving In the campaign In southwestern
Missouri. He afterwards fought with dis.
tInction al tho battle of Wilson's creek and
NJ Pea ridge, In Virginia ho was under
tho comman of Gems Fremont and Popo
llo also took part In the second Bull Run
Since the war ho settled down In one of tho
suburbs north OF Now York city and lived
quietly with his family
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14
LIME KILN CLUB,
Brother GARDENERS Memory hut Not ma
knowledge Falls Him,

Detroit Free Press
When the NEE ing opened In due form
Brother Gardner announced that the Hon.
Profile Liyermore Of Arkanaas, was In the
anteroom anl waiting 10 address lhe meet
ing The subject Of his address wasi Has
the White Man Passed His Henithr II there
were no objection he would be bropghtin In.
Profes or Wntrgreen Davis didn't pro-
pose 10 object, but hs would like 70 be in
formed Of the meaning OF the word zenith.
He had at ended twenty-ons different ward
oaucuses and had clerked la wood yArl for
thr weeks, luI he had never met win ths
word before,
There wa a deep silence ~ lao settled
down, and Brother Gardner scratched his
bald pate until as II tho friction would start
a fire.
zenith, - he finally said, "why, | ar mo-
dan selprIsel al your ignerence EbeIy
Guild pusson In dis kentTy orter ~ know all
about zenithN
eyes, sab, hut do word breaks me up"
"Zonith am dreiful easy word con-
tinued the president as he looked up aud
down the hall In q nervous manner you
didn't gt zanith an dthor all mixed up, did
your
mo, sab
"Whon anybody says dat Samuel Shin, for
instance, has passed his nnith dey cant 10
tooken ~ fur ander II means-it means
-N
He waited 70 long that the Rev. PonstoCk
arose aud sail
"Msser President, II means dat ho has
passed hs best pint Zonith am do highest
pitch,
"Bruddor Penstook, sot right down dis
mlnitlN exclaimed tho president ~ no used
his gayrl In vigorous manner, "Who aIed
you TO riz up an 'splain bout zenith,P
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14
snrrcas with pnnliry.

r. G, Post In Chicago Express
We have lailod 10 notice that n garden N
detrimental TO tho interests Of tho hons In
any way, but have frequently known hons 10
mako unproyokod and absolutely indolond.
bio attacks upon perfectly inolionsivo gar.
dons, and have therefore concluded IL Is
wisost not 10 attompt 10 raise tho two In Tho
samo inolo,urc, Lot tho gardon bO made
hon.proof land II tho heavier and moro
clumsy brocds are kopt this Is not dillcult,
and 30 koop tho hens outside, fixing tho on
trance 10 their quarters 80 that they eau
roach thoir roost' and nosting.placos from
without
We arranged things In this wuy once,
starting with trio, two hens aud rooster,
Of pure Cochin China stock aud with just
this small beginning kept u eolorod family
who lived IN the neighborhood IN materials
for chicken pot.pes Tor nearly two years, bo-
sides having fresh oggs for breakfast on sov.
oral occasions ourselves and wo are conf
don't that any ono else ean do ~ we'll
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14
Mhnt tItIn..MhAt u Doer

Hoods sarsaparllla Ia made Of sarsa'
parilla, dandellon, mandrake, cherry
root. IVA ura', dock and other vegetable
medicinal agents long and we'll known
for their power In eradlcatlng disease
and purifying the blood, II Will cure,
when In the power OF medicine, ecrofula
salt rheum, dyspepsia, headache, consti-
patton, billoulness, general debility ca
tarrh, kidney complaint, female weak
ness, cancerous humors Of the face, tu-
more, ringworm, pimples, ulcers, ecald
head, and all diseases arising from an
impure state or condition OF the blood.
Hood q sarsaparllla Ia madeby e. |. Hood
Il Co., Lowell, Macs. Sold by oil drug
giets, 81, ak for rs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14
WELLINGTON ON THE ART OF WAR,
Chat with the Iron Duke What Ito
Might Have Sail,

Might Have Sail,
lDlary Of John Wilson Croker
In coming TO 200 me las he had done tho
lay but one before Sept p he tho duke had
,hosen 10 walk from tho station TO our house
and without even u guide, He aid he had
found il u rough walk and the ground inler-
eeted in way ho had not expected 30 said
10 hImi ut seems you forgot 10 guess what
was at the other side OF tho hill. This was In
| alusion 10 n circumstance which had occurred
between him and me some thirty years bsfora
When travelling on the north road we amused
ourselves by guessing what sort Of country
we should find at the other side OF the hills
We drove up, AMI when | expressed surprise
at some extraordinary good guesses he had
made he saidi "Why, | have spent all my
life In trying 10 guess what was at tho other
| iide Of the hll,n
l had reminded him OF this just as we
We driving across the rayine that had im-
peded him. and no turned round 10 Mrs
Croger 10 explain IL 10 her, adding "All tho
business OF war; and indeol all tho business
Of life, Is 10 onieayor 30 lind out what you
don't know by what you do, that's what |
called guessing what was at the other side
Of the hill, ~
ae said the perfection OF practical war
was 10 move troops az steadily aud cOolly ON
field Of battle as on u parade, "Soults
fault was that though u great stlatogist, he
never seemed 10 mo 10 know how 30 handle
! the troops after the battle had begun"
then told him what Guizot told mo OF
Lannes having said that 40 plus grand gem
eral etait coul quo Ia cannonade faisat
mIeux entondre et quo la fumee fasalt yoir
, plus clair
Duke, Humphl "a pauseD That's only a
cleyorer pnras1 for what | have beon just
saying-sang froil-presenco of mind, but
that h not enough, tho mind besides being
cool must have tho art Of knowing what Ia 10
be done and how 10 do IL
"up, guards, aud NJ 'om"
| ~ certainly did not draw my sword,
may have ordered, aud | dare say | did
order, the charge Of tho cavalry, and pointed
out IL direction; but did not charge ~ a
common trooper,
"l have at an times been In tho habit OF
covering Oy much as possible the troops OK
bohind the top OF tho rising ground and
make thom st and lio down, tho botter "
coyor them from the fire.
"Aftor the irt OF tho enomy's cannon, the
onomyb troop, may have advanced, or a
favorable opportunity Of attacking might
have arrived, What must have said and
| possibly did say, wasi stand up, GudrdsI
aud then gave tho commanding officers tho
order 10 attack.
"My common practice In u defensive pest
tion was 10 attack tho omomy At tho very
moment at which he was about 10 attack our
! truOpan
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14

When dis chair can't stan on one log an
sploln any word In common use ho viii con-
foss his ignorance an' call fur holpl ! shall
fine you 5000 fur dIsturlin' dis mootln',
and Professor Davis will now be brung inr
IlE N "nRuNG,"
II was evident 10 all ~ soon os ho entered
tho room that lho professor wa on lilo
grnnod an bowed aud scrapcd, aud finally
took chair near tho stove Whom Give
adam Jones went over TO him and askol II
ho was III, he roplcdi
"Shoyl III fight you two rounds for
twenty-five shont,W
lie wus drurlyl As soon ~ Brother Gard
ncr realized thi, fact hO ordered him ro-
moved from tho lodge, Tho stranger waS
assisted down stairs into tho alloy, and ha,nt
been seen In Detroit since, From tho
spushos of mud ON tho right board fence,
aud the distance between his tracks, u is
believed tina, ho loft In hurry
"Ds um Uut another proof said Brother
Gardner, a. ht took his seat, dat whHn you
Iit brains og.n whisky, common sense ugin
gin, on intellect 0gIu lugor beer do liquids
am bound 20 SO undor tho wire lOuglh
ahead
A CLOSE SHAVE
Sir Isaac Wupoc then moved 10 tako
from the lublp lhu cusD OF the Keeper OF tho
museum, who was lat week suspend II from
Office nd fined gs,OOl Sir lwnc hal caro-,
fully inquired into all tho facts In tho case
and followed thpu 10 bo us folluWG Tho
keeper desired 90 run down 90 the p1, ullleo
TO mM Icttur 90 his tthor iu-Iuw Tboro
was present IN the museum q cplorcl man
who claimed 10 bc u professor OF botany at
Harvard, aud hc was asked 10 rem VIA until
the kuupci's return Tho timo occupi' d was
only twelve miuulei huJ whom the kcopor
returned no found the stranger had do,
plrtol taking with him an oght-day clock
once owned hy Napoleon l, The keeper
was 10 blame, and yet ho was no, u
everybody coming along hero and claiming
TO bo a profc sor nt Harvard was 10 DO
suspected and walohol, the whole police
force would bo kopt uusy Tho clock WIS
probably gone hey ond recovery, but tho lou
was not irrcpurnblc Sir Isaac had In his
possession clock which Napoleon wnntod
10 buy, hut didn't have money enough, llo
would turn this In 10 tho museum In oaso
the keeper was roinslatod and his lno ro.
mittcd II would tOke him 400 years, tho
very bcst he could do, TO pay tho fine, and
he hadn't secured two hours sleep since
bong suspended,
"BoIn' dat dis matter has bin toohcn up
an considered 10y sich distinguished nom.
bor, said the president, "l shall no hesitate
10 com ly wild de request, though want do
Keeper Of de museum to fully realize dat he
has had powerful close shave
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14
An EdltorlnI IdYl.
InnrlInnlon rroo proas.

TE77'' ~"
Silly Night and flowed around the SCISSORS,
cumming thom up 30 that they could not
scis
"Stopl" cricd the Scissors, "Don't you 500
that you are doing rreparablo injury TO your
best friondp
"ilush" replied tho posto. Pot thichly
"To.morrow is the Busy Day, and wo will
have some Fun In Lifen
SO the Scissors curled up its legs IN the
Paste and went 10 sleep, and the Clock on
the mantel purrcd pleasantly " itsolf and
nidi
uNo editorial to-morrowW
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14
fosIER TIE MEDIUM.
chaflntnn, Wonder Monger and Mgstsay,
lie Died of sOftening Of tho Brain,

BosToE, lnn 2,-lhis individual was
very slrHug' person, In mannars no was
wholly ord nary His morals perhaps we're
by spells none oi tbs best, aud yet he could
perform what AZ times seemed 10 be real
miracles lle was born In Boston % years
apG lie attended lha Phillips school IN that
city and was rather dull pupil, II Is said,
His strange power began TO develop it'elf In
chool Loud raps we're heard from time 20
time near his desk, Before long loud noises
began " awaken him at night, and In tho
morning the furniture Of his room would be
scattered topsy turvy Then objects in his
room woull be heard moving about when
nobody was present, as though plrits inyls-
ible were performing devils danca
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14

81 81 The Cleveland Rilling Mill Co.
"a o. yai rhi'd wscei, luta threat
~ rTa rriRe Monday induced a
IL gfant 10 Dar cent advance
The com nuV Hg ped last snmmrg
faise " g's II lrun advanced, hut ~
move wa mat IN that direction I'LL
friRp Wua Tal'Pnpd,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14

The best on earth, can truly be said OF
Grigg's Glycerine Selve, which Ia sure
cure for cuts, bruises, scalds, burns,
wounds, and oil other sores. VIII posi-
lively cure piles, tetter and all skin
eruptions. Try this wonder healer. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed or money refund
cd. Only 25 cents. For sale by Dur.
bin, Wright Il CO., Druggists.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14

THE question occurs, will the boom In
iron make q general boom In wages
Wages have been advanced Is per cent.
by the Edgar Thompson Go. near Pitts.
burgh, and nj other mills at Youpgs.
town, Cleveland aud elsewhere. Labor
ers that got Sl,lb day will now get
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14

PRESIDENT Cleveland writes that hs
does not think "there ever was o time
when newspaper lying was 30 general
and 40 mean 90 NJ present, and there
never was a country under tho sun
where II Il urlshed NJ II does In thle."
The President should subscribe for Fos-
ter's Daily Democrat and attentlyely
read II. He would change his tune NJ
once and proclaim blessed be the news
papers for the truths they tell Fos-
ter's Daily Democrat, Dover, N II,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14

Persons whose lungs are impaired or
have throat diseases should not 70 TO
the seashore, as the alr IL always polls
onous 10 such troubles Use DR.. Blge.
lows Positive Cure; II cures coughs,
colds, Group, bronchitis, asthma, influ-
enza, and all throat and lung dloeases.
Montgomery & Co., druggists, Decorah.
Iowa, say: 1--WE are having n run on
Positive Cure. II gives universal sat
isfactlon." Price 30 cents and one dol.
lar: trial bottles free Of Durbin Wright
n Co., Druggists.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14
BuckIen's Arpica salvc,

The best salve In the world for cuts.
bruises, sores, ulcers, eal rheum, fever
sores, chapped hands, chilblains, corns,
and all akin eruptione, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. II IL
guaranteed TO give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price % cents per
box. For sale by Durbin, Wright u Co.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14

REV. l. NJ. DERBY, Of Linden, n X.
says: 1.-THE Gilmore Aromatic Wine
proved a great blessing 10 my wife,
For sale by Durbin, Wright q Go.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14

GlLMoRE's AROMATIC Ia u great sue.
cess, therefore we challenge the world
to produce its equal as q restorative for
women. For sale by Durbin, Wright u
IN
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14

grave The funeral car was preceded TO
tho cemetery by three distinctive lodges
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14

:, The will OF Mary Burgel, deceased, OF
Perry tOwnahln .hpa ,hee,,. .nrnhn toa ..'-'.....
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lfyou cannot got ATiuoruoRos Of your lng.
RHt we VIII send u express paid, ON receipt Of
regular ptlCe-Ono dollar per bottle, We pfelcr
else, but order NJ once from M ~ directed,
ATilLollloRos Coz lla Wall Street, New York
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mlsoEbLANEoUs.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18
GENERAL LABOR NOTES.

PITrSEURG, March ia convention OF the
railroad miners Pittsburg District viii be held here to-
morrow In this district there 1000 miners working
AT 2la cents per bu,he Tho meeting will be to II
they cannot receive money for digging mp TO May
l. The scott Haven miners VINO struck on Monday re-
turned 10 work Yesterday. aud continued at II despite
the efforts the IRWIN strikers VINO came over VITA
brass band to dram them out again. The men al the
JcnSln, Guflry AMI Watson mines are out on strike
tor check weigEinan.
HARTFORD, March 1.-THE str ke OF the bakers ended
Yesterday afternoon. the bOs.rs yielding 10 the mems
demands Hereafter sryeutywO hours WIZ constitute
a weeks work, and no baker can board with MS DOss
GRANp RArtps March 17.-Thc WddicOmb Furniture
Compauys factory, employing 600 men, adopted the
eIeht hour system to-day. Nelson Matter Co. Will fO
low shortly and the Indications are that every mauutac
turing concern I'm the city Will be working only eight
hours day by May l, without any formal demand from
the Knights OF Labor.
NRw-IAvEN. March L (Spccnb.-Thc carriage BODY
makers and blacksmiths in dozen shops to-day called
for an increase pay from 10 100 per cent Crut-
tcnden Il CO., Ntnye n Co.. kean x Lines, ArlnStrong
Hall IL Co.. Ktllan a Co. aud other smaller manutac
tuIers Affected.
CfNCINNArf MIrch 1.-THE street driyers and con-
ductors in Coyugtuu and Newport have demanded ~ a
day for twelve hours and VIII wait until sunday for an
answer
READING March 1.-THE 300 employees of the Read
ing Iron Works to-day forwarded to the comD'nys ON
cias in Philadelphia petition asking an Increase III
wages m the Increase asked Tor amounts 10
20 per cent. The Mrcrt Iron Company has announced
a voluntary the wages OF It's Z3O employees