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cAPuCHIN CATACOMBS.
Wiaa Carleton Describes &lae Unique Mot.
tuarv Pisces of Palermo.

; TYiaa Carleton Describes Sac Unique MOr -
tuarv Plaas 0f Palermo.
The most unique curiosity Of this
city is The Gapuchin Catacornbs, You
enter a plain hail hung with % multi
tude Of small paintings. These are
pictorial tragedies, telling the form
in which death came tt, those within.
But this was only the ;tnte-room to the
great assembly room OF death. A mild,
innocent-looking, barefooted monk led
us into q long corridor, with strong
shelves upon each side-arranged not
unlike the bertis of steamer, only
there were tive or six of them in tier.
Upon these shelves lay in full view
the skeletons Of the departed-many
of them clothed as if they were still
living. Some of them had white kid
gloves upon their hands; one woman
was dressed in pink satin, and the
poor, grinning skull wore white lace
cap, surrounded by a wreath Of pink
artificial roses. Two brothers en-
braced in death; sometimes a whole
family We're thus reunited.
Often there were suspended near
the bodies their photo graphs while liv-
ing. There never could he given to
mankind q palmer lesson concerning
the vanity OF all eartly objects. The
beauty Of wemanhood smiled within
q few inches of the shrunken bones
that formed its doletul wreckage.
Handsome and intellectual MARRIAGES
apologized for the poor, idiotic-look-
ing remains that lay behind them, A
lovely girl of eighteen and d grand
faced old lady of eighty We're
among the life-and~death contrasts.
Many OF the dead stood upright in
niches-their own grim statues. Some
bowed their blighted heads, as if in
deep reflection; others were kneeling
as in prayer. Sometimes a group Of
cronies sat together, as if talking over
old times. None but could easily be
found byinquiring friends, for each and
every one bore a tablet containing his
name and Che date OF his death
Cardinals in their faded red robes
were there; Bishops by the score: lords
and ladies by the hundred; and a King
and Queen were not wanting to rule over
this silent and peaceful colony Of the
grave. Through not only one but many
Of these awful corridors our bri ght~
faced monk led us-for there are eight
thousand guests in this solemn hostelry.
In the middle OF. the floors were great
piles of cotfins, heaped up like luggage
at railway station. Some OF them
were Widowed with glass, and showed
plainly their CHASTITY occupants. 9th
ert charitably sealed their contents
from the eye. This community Of the
dead years is not without its little
ones. In many places lie the skeletons
: OF. children, dressed in dainty baby
clothes In fact, there is no lesson in
/ tho great textbook Of mortality that
\ this unique cemetery does not teach. -
I Val Carleton, in Philadelphia Press.
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oRGAiNlzl;jEp foR WORK.
Minutes of the Initial Meeting of the Cam
paign Properties Union.

Minutes of the Initial Meeting of the Cam
paign Properties Union.
The campaign properties held g
meeting few days ago and organized
a union.
Rallying Cry was made chairman,
and in his opening speech said:
Gentlemen, it is high time we did
something for our own protection. We
are trampled upon! Our rights are
ignored! We are overworked! we are
underpaid. We must form union for
self-protection. The meeting is now
ready for notions
81 move," said Forthwith Pride,
rising and addressing the chair, "that
a committee OF three be appointed to
consider what had better be done
The motion was seconded by View
with Alarm and carried unanimously.
As such committee the chairman ap-
pointed Forthwith Pride, Viewwith
Alarm, and Spontaneous Enthusiasm.
On motion of Slogan, seconded by
Smokeof Battle, the meeting took re-
cess of two hours to permit the CON-
nittee to deliberate.
On reassembling the committee pre-
sented the following preamble and res
olution, and moved their adoption:
"WHEREAs, The Presidential cam
paign is at hand-the period during
which no mercy is shown us-there-
fore, be it
ResolUed, That we will work no
more than eight hours day; that we
demand increase in salary of one hun
dred per cent; that in the event of re-
fusal we decline to permit the use OF
our names in the campaign"
This report was signed by all the
members Of the committee, and its
adoption was seconded by Favorite Son,
who made brief but effective speech
in its favor.
Unfulhlled Pledges said he was of the
opinion that sight hours day was too
short in the heat Of the campaign, and
moved to amend by making it ten
hours, the other two hours being added
to permit attendance upon public meet
inga at night.
The amendment was seconded by
Steer Clear, and was supported by
short speeches from spellbound and
Ovation, while Scylla and Charybdis
spoke against it.
The amendment was then voted upon
and passed, when the original, as
amended, was further discussed, Re-
form, Casta Gloom, Observed Ofall OBJ
servers and Favorite Son taking part.
When vote was ordered the commit
tees report was unanimously carried.
The chairman, Railing Cry, was
thereupon elected president of the
union, Viewwith Alarm was made sec
rotary and the organization was COM
pleted with Spontaneous Enthusiasm
as Walking Delegate.
Several members who were inter-
viewed after the convention adjourned,
declared their intention to stand strict
ly by their pledges, even if it should
become necessary to stcike.-W. II.
ElriGeT, ia Iid-Blts.
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Train Men to Be Honest.

If you examine into the history OF
rogues. you will find that they are as
truly manufactured articles as any
thing else. and it is just because our
present English) system of political
economy gives SO large. a stimulus to
that manufacture that you may know
it to be a false one. We had better
seek for a system which will develop
honest men than for one which will
deal cunningly with vagabonds. Let
us reform our schools and we shall find
little reform needed in our prisons
From John Ruskin's ..Ueto This Last. :
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FEDERAL. DEVELOPMENT.

~ Type of Government OF Wkici, tle
United States is tlse best
& remarkable ? ilen olnenon OF the
last hundred years is the impetus that
has been given to the development OF
federal institutions. There are to-day
ccntemporaneously existing no less
than eight distinct federal govern
ments.
first and foremost is the United
States Of America, where We have an
example of the Federal Union in the
most perfect form yet attained. Then
comes Switzerland, Of less Importance
than the United States of America, but
most nearly approaching it in perfeo-
ton. Again we have the German EN-
pire, that great factor in European
politics, which is truly a. Federal
Union, but cum brous one aud full OF
anomalies. Next in Importance comes
the Dominion Of Canada, which is the
only country forming a Federal Union
and al the same time a colony. Lastly
comes the Argentine Republic, Mexico
and the States Of Columbia and Vene-
zuela.
This is a very remarkable List when
we consider that never before the pres
emit century did more than two Federal
Unions ever coexist, and that very rare
Iy, and that even those unions were far
from satisfying the true requirements
OF federation. Only three woll-marked
declarations existed prior to the founda~
ton Of the United States Of America.
The first belongs to the ancient world,
and to the second and third centuries
3. C.--namely, the Achsean League
which is interesting. if for no other
reason than that Hamilton, the master
architect OF the American constitution,
longed to know more about it. The
second is Swiss, which, taking its origin
as the old League OF Upper Germany
in the thirteenth century, has lasted in
varying forms to the present day. The
third is the United Netherlands, which
arose at the end Of sixteenth century
and lasted to the end of the eighteenth.
The task of any one who has to con-
s5ruct a federal government in the fut~
ure will be comparatively easy, for the
constitution OF the United States of
Americas will always stand as his mod
Hl.-- Westminster RevieaU.
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The Worlds Richest Men.

The Revue 0es .Dear lNo7zaes recent.
" contained an article by G.. de
Farigny on the money kings of the
United States, which presents curious
ly sounding statistics about the mil
honaires not only Of this country, but
Of the whole world. According to NJ.
de Varigny. who derives his infor-
nation from an English source, the
millionaire begins not with a million
dollars, but With million pounds
sterling. The statistical table he has
borrowed gives for the whole world
absut 700 millionaires. Of these zoe
are assigned to Eng land. 100 to the
United States, 100 to Germany and
Austria combined, IS to France, so to
Russia, SO to India and 1925 to all other
countries. Jay Gould heads the list
(for the year 1884) with capital
reckoned at 1876, 600 900 francs, and g
yearly income of 10000, 900 francs. ;
w. Mackay comes next with an esti
mated wealth of 1850, 100000 francs.
Then follows the English Rothchilds
with 100000, 900. c. Vanderbilt with
625,OOO,000, J. p, Jones. 100000, 600,
the Duke Of Westminster 100000, 600,
John a. Astor 100000, 900, W. Stewart
200, 900, 900, J. G. Bennett $50, 600, 900.
the Duke of Switzerland $50, 900, 900,
the Duke Of North cumberland 12O, 900,
600, and the MARQUIS Of Butte 100, 600,
GOO. /,
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The Man Makes Himself.

Polite and civil manners are not lost
sven in the workshop; it pays 30 be
pleasant and courteous at all times and
In all places. Your employer will re-
spect you for it, and your fellow-work-
men will honor you. Aman's surround
.ngs lower him only as he lowers his
surroundings. The blacksmith and
.moulder may be as true gentlemen as
he clerk or the proprietor. Honest
,abor is nc degrader, Man makes Or
mars his own character, and is alone
responsible for the result. Boston
Btttl0et. 5,5ss
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

An interesting copy Of Pickwick
in the original parts sold for fifty
pounds sterling. 1t was the first copy
from the press and was presented by
Dickens to Mary Hogarth.
Mr.. Labouchere, of London Truth,
has discovered the exact weight Of
Ignatius Donnel]y's cryptogram vol
ume. The book may be referred to as
six pounds of Bacon.--Anaerica.
OF the original edition of the Som
nets of William Shakespeare, published
by George Daniel, of London, in 1905,
there are only two perfect copies. One
is in the British Museum. For the
other gentleman of New York paid
five thousand dollars. 1t is little
book about seven by four inches iii
size.
The most valuable manuscript ip
this country, judging from the price
paid, is in the possession Of John
Jacob Astor. It is the Sforzss Missa},
for which fifteen thousand five hue.
dred dollars was paid. It is dated liz
the fifteenth century and comprises
four hundred and eighty-four pages ot
vellum bound in red morocco.
Miss Louisa NJ Alcott, in a re1nin.
iscence of her childhood days, says
that she came across Goethe's Ca2rge-
spo,s0easce with a Child in Mr.. Finer
sons library when she was young.
ster, and that she was Immediately
seized with a desire to be second Bet,
tina. She chose Emerson as her
Goete, and wrote letters to him which
she never sent, and sang songs, which
she hopes he mover heard, under his
window in bad German.
A rather novel but no doubt lucra~
tive business is one taken up by
ssEleanor Kirk" II is located IN
Brooklyn and called THE Bureau OF
Correspondence.' This well-known
literary lady undertakes to read AND
criticise the work of those who write,
Five dollars is her charge for looking
over manuscript, and one dollar
short story or article. So many de-
1nands of this kind were made upon
her that she took up the business in
self-defense.
The Richmond Whig lately pro-
duced a poem originally published in
the New York Horne Journal in 1SAs
and addressed to s.Miss Amelie Louise
Rives on Her Departure for France"
by John r. Thompson, at that time
editor of the Southern Literary lNes.
seq7ger. The lady was the daughter q
William c.. Rives and aunt Of tho
present gifted author, Miss Amelia
Rives. She was lost at sea On the
voyage which the poem commem'
CRATES.
John Habberton, author Of ttHelef,'a
Babies" outside OF his regular dulles
as New York reporter, ia not engagea
on any special literary work. He gen
orally has two or three novels sin the
rough" but never completes one Until
it is wanted for publication, when he
revises it and gives it to q, typewrite,
to copy. He has no set hours Or place
for work, writing only When a plot OF
scene occurs to him. He uses any kind
of paper that comes in his way. ire
quently writing on the margin q .
newspaper, where, he says, there il
room for two chapters of a novel.
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-.In nine cases out of ten," says a
Detroit doctor, ''where people come to
me and want something for the liver,
I give them bread pill and they are
promptly cured. The liver is about the
last organ to rebel, but is tbs drst to be
suspected II one doesn't fell Wel.n
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SYMPATHY AND JOY.
The Rare ability of Heartily Rejoicing
with Those That DO Rejoice.

The Rare Ability OF Heartily Rejoicing
with Those That DO Rejoice.
We often think, says writer, of the
duty and privilege of sympathizing
with our friends when affection ove--
takes them; but there is a sympathy in
their joys which is quite. as beautiful,
and is even more Indicative of a gener.
Gus nature free from guile and envy.
A sour and rnorose disposition may
take sort Of melancholy satisfaction
in sympathizing with an unfortunate
friend; it is only g generous soul that
can heartily rejoice with those that do
rejoice as well as weep with those who
weep.
1t lis very easy for us, when Neighbor
johnson loses$10, 900 in an unfortunate
speculation to say: Poor fellow, how
he'll feel that loss! fear he won't pull
through. We can even tell him, with
a good degree of sincerity, of our sor-
row in his trouble; while, at the same
time, we hug ourselves most COM
plactently with the thought that we
did not put our money in the same
kind Of mining. stock. But when
Neighbor Johnson's real estate in
creases on his hands and his Western
town lots ret him handsome ten thou
sand, it requires a good deal more grace
to congratulate him, especially when
we think of our own town lots that
steadily refuse to rise. There is no
surer Indication OF a large and gerler-
Gus nature than the ability to rejoice
in asnother's joy.- CHICAGO Times.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16

JACKSONVILLE. FLA, August 13.-The
death OF Lucius r, futile, agent of the
Louisville and Nashville, and formerly of
the Cincinnati Southern, started the panic
afresh and Saturday evening trains were
TANNED TO suffocation. The days report
was two new cases and two deaths. At
noon iour new cases were reported-Mrs.
w. S. McClelland, Miss L. B. Buchanan,
Mrs. J. L. Scofeld and Mrs. Pine.
A little messenger boy is also reported to
be i'll. DR.. Keneworthy says there are
seven cases Of yellow fever at Quarantine
Hosdital, and all doing we'll. There are
over a score of suspects there also. The
patients are now treated at their homes.
A large meeting of Board of Trade. city
and county of officials, and Board of Health
representatives met again Saturday to de-
wise means to stamp out the scourge. Will
sons Battery will be here If the guns ar
rive from Pensacola, and the conclusion
theory will be given a thorough trial. The
country outside of the city is wild with
fright, and shotgun quarantine is in
force everywhere.
Trains on the Jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West, Peninsular and Tropical and
st. Augustine roads are practically aban-
doned, save the cannon-ball noon train on
the Savannah, Florida and Western, which
was taken off yesterday, A large portion
OF the business houses are closed, and none
remain open after five o'clock.
Telegraph operators are workingly nobly
to keep up communication, but they are
few and the work has showed them under.
They deserve honorable mention for work
ing fifteen TO twenty hours daily. People
are still 'eaying by every train.
The nix o'clock report gave two moro
new cases than reported at two o'clock
Glider, who kept a restaurant adjoining the
building where the first case was discovered
and Henry Vesper, a tailor. No deaths are
reported up to this hour. After to-day all
the banks will open at ten and close at one.
Postal deliveries are now only made twice
per day, and everything else is cut down.
Owing to the strict quarantine maintained
at interior points not a pound of freight or
Express natter will be received by the com
panies. An effort will be made next week
to send an ''emigrant train,'' as there are
scores of people here ~endeavoring to get OIL
who haven't the means. This will reduce
the feyers supply" and thus aid in the
attempt to stamp it out.
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Placid Uniontown, twelve miles
north Of this city, is reveling i'll an in
tense excitement. 1t is over an alleged
sensational case, and society from the
highest to the lowest strata is deeply
agitated. The residents, who have not
for years had any subject of greater i'm
p~ortance to ruiiie their feelings than an
advance in the price of butter, a drop
in the poultry market or an occasional
itenerant iewelry pedler who would ex-
pose to their gaze on his II by IA stand
what he proclaimed to be full caret
rings or baubles to catch the feminine
eye, are utterly astonished.
Others who delight in gos-
sip are taking full advantage
Of this case and stand in groups on the
corners or lean far over their neighbors
fence and talk in an agitated manner,
rolling this scandal under their tongues
like some ~succulent morsel. The ex-
preston on their faces is a strained one,
indicating fear that they can not say
enough, and the velocity with which
their jaws work would put to shame
he piston rod on a fast express.
The sensation over which so much
ado it being made in that quiet village
is the charge of infanticide made
against a pretty young lady of that
place, who has been married but a few
months. The charge is that several
weeks ago the woman's mother left her
daughter and child in bed while she
went to another part of the house to
attend to some household duties.
When leaving the room the soft croon-
ing of the infant fell upon the grand
mothers ears like the ripping of silvery
water over sands of gold, and although
bewaillng her daughters disgrace, the
good old woman's heart was touched,
and she went about her work with a
lighter heart. When she returned,
a short time later the childish prattle
was missing. Soon she had aus to
lift the child but was almost distracted
to find it l~ifeless, but still warm. Moth
ing was mentioned outside of the house
of the death and it is charged that the
body was buried in the yard and a week
later exhumed and buried in the Gem
etery. The facts leaked out and re-
suited in Rev. Novinger, of the Re-
formed church, driving to this city this
morning and taking Coroner Cock back
with him to investigate the case. They
left this afternoon for Unlontown and
the gossip will be quoted or greatly IT.
creased, if other rumors a be taken
aaany indication. In justice to those
concerned the names will not be given
until the result of the investigation is
ended.
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William Barber, one of the old pio-
neers of this county, died Wednes lay af
ternoOn at 3 o'clock, of cancer, at his
residence, No. 101 West Ninth street.
About a year ago Mr.. Barber began
complaining about a sore eye. He
thought nothing of it at first, but it
gradually grew worse until it was pro
nounced by the physicians as cancer.
His face began to swell and it pressed
against the eye ball so hard as to cause
him great pain. Mr.. Barber became
alarmed at this and went to Cleve-
land to have an operation performed.
The eye Was taken out by Drs. Smith
and Weber and put back again. The
operation did not benefit him much eX-
cept to relieve him for a time of the
intense pain.
The cancer then began to eat down
his face and grew worse day by day.
About six weeks ago he was compelled
to take his bed, and for the last four
weeks he has not taken any nOurish-
ment except a little milk. The pain of
which he had been relieved for a while
after the operation became as intense
as ever, and he fingered along in this
way until yesterday afternoon, when
death claimed him as its own. His flu
neral will take place from his late resi-
dence Friday afternoon att o'clock. He
requested shortly before his death to be
buried according to Masonic rites, and
the Masonic order will turn out in a
body. Rev. j. f. Rapson will oiliciate,
and the remains will be inferred at WtS5
Lawn.
William Barber was born in Canton
township, January, 1914, and vas there
fore in his se~yenty-ffth year. His
boyhood days were spent in Stark and
Carroll counties. When but a boy he
was engaged in carrying the mails
through Carroll county and afterwards
drove stage coach from Steubenville to
Wooster. This vocation he followed
for several years until he was made
general superintendent of the stage
coach lines. This necessitated his NOV
ing to C~arrollton, where he lived as long
as he was connected with the stage
coach line as general superintendent.
He then moved to Canton where he en-
gagged in the livery business. He con-
tinued in this business until a few years
ago when he was compelled to relin-
quish it on account of i'll health. In
1860 he received the Republican nom
ination for Intirmary Director of Stark
county and was elected over his Demo
cratic opponent by about 300 majority.
He was reelected in 1868, again in 1865
and again in 1869. In 1879 Mr.. Barber
received the nomination for Infirmary
Director for a fifth time and was elect
ed. He was renominated again in 1882
but was deferted by Andrew Shorb by
81 votes. He was appointed one of the
trustees of the children's home at the
time the institution was founded, and
was president of the board for a num-
Der of years. He was a member of
Canton Lodge, No. 60, F. & A. M, and
was one of the Oldest masons in the city.
He is the father of Marshall, Orrin and
Edward Barber and of Mrs. Bockius
and Mrs. Yost, all of whom live in Can
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SHE WANTS NO MORE OF IT.

A Wife Says Her Husband is Guilty of
Habitual Drunkenness, Extreme CRU
city and Adultery.
Mrs. Nancy Buchtel has filed an ap-
plicatiOn for a divorce in the Court of
Common Pleas, asking to be divorced
from her husband Samuel Buchtel.
The petition AYERS that she was mar
ried to the defendant in October, 1876,
and has yer since conducted herself as
a faithful wife.
For the first cause of action the plain
tiff AYERS that the defendant has been
guilty of habitual drunkenness for
more than three years past. For the
second cause of action the plaintiff says
that the defendant has been guilty of
extreme cruelty toward her in this:
That in July 10, 1883, the defendant be-
ing under the influence of liquor, called
her many vile and indecent names and
used foul and p~r0fane language toward
her, at the same time the defendant
with a large pocket knife in his hand
and with the blade open, threatened to
kill the plaintiff. On said occasion the
defendant with his hand struck the
plaintiff violently in the face twice.
For the third cause of action the
plaintiff AYERS that in August, 1856, and
in August, 1888, the defendant commit
ted adultery with one Margaret Rich
ards. The plaintiff further says that
the defendant and Margaret Richards
have been travelling together through
the cities of Cleveland, Cincinnati, Al
lance and Orryille as man and wife,
and on all such occasions the defendant
has committed adultery.
A temporary injunction has been
allowed to restrain the defendant from
~disposing of his property.