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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-17
Founderrd In Lake Erie.

CLEVELAND July 49, The schooner General
Burnside foundered in Lake Erie. about four
miles northwest OF Cleveland, at 8 o'clock this
morning She left here last night loaded with
coal. hut was disabled by the heavy sea. and
was trying to get back when the water filled
and sank her All on board were rescued by
tug, The Burnside was an old boat. owned in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-17
A Sow nna En., Tr.,n 10 th. soutL.

yeshule train to run solid daily. bet cen Wash.
lngton and Chattanooga over tho Aor ola and Western
Railroad ad the test Tennessee Nirgln,A aud Georgia
kAnray. qncken,ng u" I'M, 10 Chatt,no gs Atlanta
aud Men'pniS three hours. has been Jur on. Train
leaves Warrington ~ ~ NJ. Their" wa tie no chang
In slsepinRrar service, nor IN schedules from New
York and fhiiadc phA TINS train will carry the Ne
YORK md Ssw n.issns s.snrr wneh leaves New York
val,A RAilroad via isrisburgh. taking at shs y
AhdoSh Juntttan.-<ds,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-17

Changes in the time table OF the Iron Steam
boat Companys route to Belden Point will he
made to-day. To accommodate Harlem
people IL landing will be made at 10th street
East River. and the boats to-day will make
nine trips from New York and Brooklyn. No
boats for Belden Point will leave Pier /. North
liver They will Start from the Bridge Dock
at g:l0 and II a. NJ. ana at J. ?. 3. 5. q. AMI
T. NJ. and tonrh at ihiny.ilrst street, last
stree ftY ljinutrs after leaving brooklyn.
The week hay I'm. ,anle has Fix trips from
the same landings.
The Consy Islnnl boats viii make seventeen
triIe to-day from West Twenty-third street
and Pier J, North Liver, They make fourteen
trips oh week days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-17
Smallpox In British Columbia,

MONTREAL. July 1G-The Board OF Health
has received n telegram I ON the Provincial
Secretary of British Columbia saying that
there are forty-eisht cases If smallpox in
Victoria and five in Vancouver and New Vest
minister. There Is none elsewhere. so far as
Is known. All the cases are under the super
vision Of the authorities.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-17

fsst sp0cisi train for Trenton Falls IIonnsdaRs Oh
Forge, Fulton uhAun Rae rette Lake, ac, Ne "
York Central and Adirondack and OF. LAwreIca rail
Ways avery day AtSP h.-xU-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-17

ner. The hurried break
fast and the hurried
skimming Of the IN orning
newspaper are but the
beginning OF q hurried
day. Unfortunately. this
hurrying is hardly to bs
avoided amid the compe-
titions and social con.
hicts Of modern life. Dr..
Cyrus Edison spoke to the
point when he asked:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-17

Beyond all other material the
native mil foreign hard woods,
with their many effects OF grain
and color, are being used for
mantels. We constantly study
these points and have produced
many chaste and artistic patterns.
We manufacture to order from
our own special designs, to suit
your taste or the furnishing Of
your house.
Our new factory with extensive facilities
cnahles ns TO produce the finest oiass Of work
at greatly reduced cost.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
Eishing for ShaTks.

Captain and Mrs. w. A. Roberts were
fishing recently when three sharks
bobbed up near the wharf-two shovel
noses and one man eater. Captain Rob.
erts sent for sharp hook and began
fishing for the most dangerous of all
fishes. The hook was about six inches
long, attached to foot of chain, and
this was on TO 100 feet Of strong cotton
rope. About three feet up the line was
tied a shingle for q float and onto the
hook was placed small whiting. After
about thirty minutes patience the man
eater came to the top and swallowed
the fish, hook and all. He then made a
dash for the marsh across the bay, and
about eighty feet of line was played out.
The shark made several wild jumps
he would go to the bottom and then
come to the top and circle about. There
were twelve men holding onto the line,
and several of their hands were blistered
while mastering the dangerous fish.
Captain Roberts, who was farthest
down on the line, received the largest
number of blisters.
After fifteen minutes hard pulling
and plunging the shark gave up, and he
was pulled out on the wharf. After a
few firts in the air he gave up and died.
The fish was measured and was eight
feet long from the tip of his nose to the
end of his tail fins. He was weighed and
pulled the scales at 151 pounds.
The shark was a dangerous looking
one, his mouth measuring fourteen
inches across, and he had eighty-six
teeth, varying in length from one-fourth
Of an inch to an inch. His fins were cut
off for curiosities, and many Of the teeth
were taken out. The shark was cut
open, and besides several bushels OF
fresh fish it contained two small stock.
ings, pair of little shoes and few
other hings.-Brunswick Cor. Atlanta
Constitution.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
Keeping Accounts with Strings.

Knotted strings were employed by the
ancient people of Peru for messages.
They had no written characters to ex-
press single sounds, and so they put
words together for the purposes of com
munication and also for records by the
dexterous tying Of knots ON cords. To
one thick cord they attached several
thinner ones, and on the latter knots
were tied.
A single knot meant ten, a double
knot signifed 100 and triple knot / 900.
The little strings were Of different col
ors, 30 as to represent various kinds of
things. On one such "quipu" all the
accounts of the army were kept. AIRED
string gave the number of soldiers with
strings, white string the soldiers with
spears and black string the soldiers
with clubs, etc. Similarly all the books
Of the nation were posted.
IN every town were persons known as
Officers of the knots" whose business
1t was to tie the strings and to explain
them. They became 80 perfect in this
art that they could with ease make
known the laws by the same means and
pet down every important event of the
kingdom.
To this day like method is followed
by the farmers in that country, who use
it for keeping tally Of their focks and
crops.--Yankee Blade.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
PITH OF THE NEWS.

The Coopers' International union is in
session in st. Louis.
The champagne wine crop will be excel.
lent in quality but not large.
The big guns for the coast defense ship
Monterey have arrived at San Francisco.
The fourth annual concert and festival
pf the United Polish Singing Societies of
America is in session in Grand Rapids.
Mich
Indian Agent Burnett has arrived at
McAllister, l. Il and is taking prompt
measures to quell the rioting In progress
there.
The idea of the king OF Italy visiting all
the foreign flagships at Genoa was aban.
doned, for fear of raising questions Of
precedence.
A West Side mass meeting in Chicago
resolved to prosecute with renewed Vigor
the war against the Garfield Park race
track.
In prize fight near Northampton, En-
gland, between soldier named Clayson
and bootmaker named Langley, the lat
ter was so horribly battered that he died.
The rumor that the Indian government
will do nothing in the silver question till
after the international monetary confer.
lnce, excites great dissatisfaction there in
all classes Of the community.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
Origin of Postofnces.

The name postoffice originated in the
posts placed at intervals along the roads Of
the Roman empire, where carriers were
kept in readiness to bear dispatches and in
telligence; but the posts of ancient times
were never used for the purpose of convey
ing private correspondence. The first let
ter post seems to have been established in
the Hanse towns in the early part Of the
Thirteenth century. A line Of letter posts
followed, connecting Austria with LON
hardy, In the reign Of Macmillan. In Eng
land In early times letters We're sent by
messengers who wore the royal livery.
They had to supply themselves with
horses until the reign of Edward !, when
posts were established with horses for hire.
Camden mentions the Office of master OF
the posts" as existing in 1881. A foreign
post for the conveyance Of letters between
London and the Continent seems to have
been established in the Fifteenth century.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
SOLDIERS ORPHANS SCHOOLS.
The Legislative Investigation Committee
Concludes It's Harrisburg Session.


Concludes It's Harrisburg Session.
HARRIsBURa, Sept. 14.-The legisla.
tive committee to investigate the sol.
diers' orphans schools at yesterdays
meeting rejected General Gobin's propo-
sition to introduce witnesses to prove
that the syndicate conducted the
schools properly. Senator Lloyd
chiefly conducted the examination,
ex-senator Wright being upon the
stand. After some questioning as tc
his knowledge of the investigation con.
Quoted by the governors commission in
1887, Mr.. Wright stated that he was
never notified of that investigation and
was not invited to be present. Senator
Lloyd then offered in evidence the testi.
mony taken in that investigation, but
General Goblin objected on the ground
that such testimony was exparte, and
It's admission would be manifestly un.
fair.
Senator Lloyd stated in reply that the
committee was not a judicial tribunal
in the sense suggested by General
Goblin, and that its purpose was simply
to gather all the information within its
reach in order to discover whether there
has been any misappropriations Of state
funds, and to give an account to the
proper state authorities. The commit.
tee permitted the evidence to be intro.
duced as a guide to Mr.. Wright's cross.
examination. II was read, and wherever
it was alleged that the schools had not
gotten the benefit of the state appropri.
alton and the money had not been prop.
erly expended Wright denied it. The
committee will next meet at Mercer, on
Oct. 3, to investigate the syndicate's
books in the hands of r. N. Wright.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
The Cnnlera Again.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, Sept. 14.-Ever
since the Cooleys robbed old Jacob
Cover, on last Thursday night, they
have been hiding in that vicinity. Last
evening they again manifested their
presence by terrorizing a lot of Nichol.
son township farmers who were thresh.
ing at old Jacob Fast's. The outlaws
captured one of the boys and frightened
him almost to death. When the boy
returned to the barn and reported that
the gang was nearby, the men fed pre-
cipitately to the house. They were
afraid to move the machine to the next
farm house, and many of them were
afraid to go home, and remained with
Fast all night. These are part Of the
people who were said to be organizing a
posse to capture the gang after the rob-
berry of Jacob Cover,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
-NplAE!!@.Sa,
THEY SURPRISED HIM.
when Jack Was Away the Girls Fixed
Up His Room.

when Jack Was Away the Girls Fixed
Up His Room.
Away on his vacation was Jack, and
while he was gone the dear girls thought
II would be perfectly sweet idea to fix
up his room. Itwas rather demoral-
ized looking apartment from feminine
point of view, but regarded through
masculine orbs it was just about right
and perfectly comfortable.
But the girls wanted to surprise Broth
er Jack.
So they invaded the sanctum one day
and transformed it. They threw ont
the collection of old pipes on the mantel
and turned Pauline Halls picture to the
wall. They gave Jacks old slippers to
the janitor and tied pale blue cushions
on his leather chair. They painted for.
getmenots on his boxing gloves and put
a drapery Of Howered chintz over the
collection of photographs which adorned
his cabinet. They tied bows on every
thing, from the coal scuttle to the pic
ture nails, and hung spiky ornaments on
the gas Jet with baby blue ribbon. They
burned up collection OF newspaper CHIP
pings which Jack had taken five years
to accumulate and they decorated the
face of his shaving glass with spray Of
convolvulus. ~
They embroidered tender little senti-
ments and stuck them all over regard.
lessly-"A Friend in Need" on the soap
dish, "Think of Me" on the LIQUOR
stand and Sweets to the Sweet on
the shoebag.
Then they stood off and admired it.
1t was too lovely for anythingl
Then Jack came home and they
watched him to see how he would
take it.
He looked about him in dazed sort
of way first and put his hand to his fore
head.
"What is this forp he said in hoarse
voice, touching small fluffy pincush-
ion which stood on the floor.
"Why, that's footstool, Jack. When
you're reading you can put your feet on
it and be just so comfortablep
whats that wedding cake doing over
there In the fenderr"
That's not wedding cake; it's your
old cuspidor. We decorated it with
Valenciennes lace and white ribbon.
Don't you think it's cuteT
"Where have you taken the bedY'
"You're sitting on it, you great goose;
we've rigged 1t up as an oriental divan.
You'll have to take down the Japanese
umbrella and the lanterns every night
before you go to bed. It's too sweet,
isn't it?"
"But can't do without washstand." !"
"Why, you dear boy, you just loop
this curtain one side, remove the vases
and be careful of this swinging orna-
ment, and there you are"
"Is that music box over the desk?"
"Well, the idea! That's only the
bootjack. We stuck the shoehorn to it
and gilded them, and now you can keep
matches in it."
"Say, got any brandy in the house"
"Why, yes. Are you illT'
"Well, l do feel little rocky; but say,
before you go, what's this wriggling
collection Of blue snakes over the bed"
"That's an illuminated motto. Can't
you read it?"
mo, blessed if / can. What is it,"
"Why, it's just as plain as day-'God
Bless This Flat 1t will hang right
over your head every night"
Then the strong man buried his head
in an old rose cushion with Nile green
bows and wept like child.-New York
Herald.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
The Condition of Crops,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-The follow.
ing is the weekly telegraphic bulletin Of
the weather bureau as to the crop.
Pennsylvania-Adva corn and to.
bacco ripening well; corn cutting com
menced; tobacco cutting hurried; frosts
dreaded; potatoes only fair crop. West
Virginia-Some corn and buckwheat
being cut, light crop; pasture getting
short; ground too hard to plow; drought
has inquired vegetation; turnips, cab.
bage and potatoes fair. Ohio-Corn
cutting in progress, maturing nicely;
potatoes give poor yield; pastures short;
tobacco cutting well along, fair crop
buckwheat maturing. Frosts on the 18th.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
He Was Satisfied with That.

A school inspector was examining a
class in grammar, and trying to eluci-
date the complex relations of adjectives
and nouns by a telling example.
"Now, for instance" said he, "what
am II"
That was an easy question, and all
the children shouted, "a manw and
then looked around triumphantly, as
much as to say, "aslS another"
"Yes, but what else" said the in
spector
This was not so easy, but after n
pause boy ventured to suggest, "a lit
tie man."
"Yes, but there is something more
than that"
This was poser, but at last an infant
phenomenon almost leaped from his
seat in his eagerness and cried, "Please,
sir. / know, sir-an ugly little man.
Boston Globe,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
N ew FAN , nd Winter Goods.

ID. collars & Co. take pleasure In an
nouncing to their many customers and
friends that they have just opened the
largest, most desirable and cheapest stock
of goods ever shown in this county.
The following quotations will show
some of the bargains they are Offering:
case standard prints at 4c, worth &c.
case bleached muslin, A, at Be,
worth &c.
/ case unbleached muslin, 4N4, at &c,
worth 6.
/ case ginghams ut &c, worth So.
/ case Domet fianneis at DC, worth DC.
1 case blankets at 7bc, worth III.
! case jamestown dress goods 2bc to Doe,
worth 43.
Pattern dress goods at half price.
They call special attention to their
novelty dress goods, prices from 60c 70 "
per yard. Plain dress goods In all colora
and all prices. Black and colored silks
cheaper than ever. They also call atten-
tion 10 their LARGE line of jackets and new
markets. Cheap and stylish.
ID. ZoLLARs u Co.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
M'KINLEY IN INDIANA.

Republican Principles Set Forth in His
Speech of the Western Campaign.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. lathe fates
seemed to be against Governor McKin.
ley yesterday, for the big Elwood cele.
bration, where he was to act as high
priest at the birth of the infant tin plate
industry, proved the most disagreeable
of the season. A drizzle that set in at
midnight developed into a driving rain
storm by daylight and it poured inces.
sanity until after 2 o'clock.
Notwithstanding the downpour, the
train bearing Mckinley and Governor
Chase from this city carried about ,00C
excursionists and fairly large crowds
greeted at the towns on the way
When they arrived at Elwood, at noon
they found 5000 or 5000 from other
towns in the state had also braved the
storm to see the works of the American
Tin Plate company and hear the apostle
of protection. At 1.30 o'clock about
1000 people stood in the rain in front of
the opera house and listened to three
minute addresses by Governors McKin,
ley and Chase, who were themselves
without shelter. Later as many people
as could be packed into the little opera
house listened to a more lengthy ad
dress by Governor Mckinley, devoted tc
the tariff issue. He said many new and
bright things In defense of his bill, com,
plimented Indiana upon the rapid
growth of her industries in the past si1
years, and pointed to Elwood, now O
town of $4,000 people from what three
years ago was a village of 900, as q
striking example of what he claimed the
protective policy is doing for the coun
try. Aside from the tin plate plant
Elwood has one of the largest glass
works in the country, and II happens
that all the industries of the town are oi
the protected class. He predicted pros
perity for the tin mill and prophesied
that it would help to make American
tin cheaper than imported tin ever was.
After the speech he was taken through
the works before leaving for home, at 4
p. m. The company, of which A. l.
Conger is president, has six mills, occu
pying three large buildings, employing
300 men. 1t produces six carloads o.
plates per week.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
The Pittsburg Market.

Pi1TsBURG, Sept. II.
BUTTER Choice Elgin creamery, 2Sd29c;
other brands, 25d27o; choice TO fancy country
roll, 23a25c medium grades, l6dlsc; low grades,
l2G15c; cooking, 91lOc.
CHEESE Ohm, l0j4@l0l6c; New York, l0h
Ml03zc; fancy new Wisconsin Swiss blocks,
li615c; do bricks l0iF0llc Wisconsin SWEET.
ger, in tubs, l3@l3I6c for new, lblk0l6c for old.
limberger, l0l6@llI6c; Ohio Swiss, la0l3c.
EGGS-Strictly fresh Pennsylvania and Ohio,
le1l9c; held stock, l5Dlec.
POULTRY-Spring chickens, 45tf5sc per pair
for medium sized and 65070c for extra large;
old chickens, ;0G9Oc; ducks 657175c; geese. 75c
6$l.O0.
wHEAT-No. 2 red, 73n75c.
CORN-No. 9 yellow ear, H65716c; high
mixed ear, 55l6dD56c; mixed ear. 5305tc; No. 2
yellow shelled, 54lfd55c; high mixed shellcd,
HG15ilHc; mixed shelled, 52d53c.
OATS-No. white, 39130l6c; No. 2white asa
3SlIc; extra No. 3 white. 3id31lSc; mixed, asa
36c.
FJ0UR-jobbers' prices-Fancy brands,
e5.00t525; standard winter patents, si7b(65.Oo;
spring patents, st7J6b5.0O; straight winter,
s4.25db4.50; clear winter. sl.000i.25; XXX
bakers, siOOd4.25; rye, s3.7564.OO
HAY--No. timothy, Sl3.0OlAl3.2j No tim.
othy, Sll.50dll2.00; mixed clover and timothy,
sl2.0Od1l2.50; packing ss.O0ds.50; No. prairie,
SgOOa9.J0; wagon hay, Sl3.006l5O0
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
madam Trade Congress.

TORONTO, Sept. 14.--At the Dominion
Trade and Labor congress yesterday
resolutions were passed unanimously in
favor of municipalities owning all elec.
tric light plants, water works; ferries
and street railways and the federal gov.
ernment owning and controlling all rail-
way, telegraph and telephone lines.
The Lower province delegates moved a
resolution in favor of nine hours a day
for women and children employed in
workshops and factories, but an amend.
ment making it eight hours was carried
by an overwhelming majority after q
hot debate.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
eulLT A PlER 10 THE. WRECK.
A Profitable Work OF Recovering Cargo
from the Bottom of the Sea.

A Profitable Work of Recovering Cargo
from the Bottom of the Sea.
Every reader is familiar with the
wreck of the ship Abercorn, which went
ashore on the weather beach near Gray's
harbor, also the fact that A. M. Cannon,
Of Spokane, bought the wreck and its
cargo Of steel rails.
The ship lies just outside Of the break
ers, and a pier 1,750 feet long has been
built from the beach out to the wreck.
Altogether thirty-fve men are at work.
These include four professional divers,
who are paid ten dollars a day for four
hours work and four dollars q day
when not engaged. Suits are also pro.
vided for them at cost of five dollars
a day for each diver.
The wreck lies in twenty-four feet of
water at high tide and twelve at low.
The higher the tide the better the divers
can work, as the sea is comparatively
still below, the breakers rolling over the
divers and not bothering them in their
work. Four rails make ton, and ton
is raised at time. The divers adjust
the chains around the ends of the rails
and give the signal to hoist, and two
engines do the rest. During this fine
weather from fifty to 100 tons are lifted
out daily. The ship carried $500 tons,
and 500 tons have already been taken
out.
After the rails are taken out they are
loaded on wagons and hauled along the
beach five miles. They are then placed
upon a railway built by the wreckers
and carried a mile across the peninsula
to point on Gray's harbor, where they
can be loaded either on the railroad or
on vessel and carried to market. They
are worth from fifty dollars to sixty dol
lars per ton in Portland, and as they can
be gotten there for two dollars ton, or
less than five dollals from the wreck
itself, it is seen that Mr.. Cannon has
hold of a 100000 proposition, and that
all between that figure and the cost Of
the undertaking will be profit. The
profits will be somewhere between
$4,000 and 100000. The rails are not
injured in the least. They were covered
with coal tar before being placed in the
vessel, and when this is scraped off the
red sand of the blast is still found at.
tached to the steel.-Hoquiam Wash.
ingtonian.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
Snnrt at Grnxesend.

GRAvEsEND, L. L. Sept. 14.--First race. one
and one-sixteenth miles-Banquet /, Lowlandt
er ., Fagot 3. Time, 1.50.
Second race, one mile-Aiay Win |, English
Lady 2, Dalsyrian 3. Time, 1.43I1.
Third race, three-fourths Of a mile-white
Rose 1, Fred Taral 2, Chesapeake 3. Time,
l.l4L.
Fourth race, three -fourths Of mue-Dr.
Hasbrouck |, Kingston 2, Correction Q. Time,
liza.
Fifth race, ive-eighths OF a mile-Annie FL
Doctor 2, Halcyon 8. Time, l.0234.
Sixth race, three-fourths Of a mile--Rosa II
], Dagonet 2, Melan g. Time, 1141f. .,
Seventh race, three-fourths Of o mile wah
Jim /, Ella q Reclare 3. Time, l.1lL1. .
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-15
Sawed His Skull Omen.

CINCINNATI, Sept. 14.-Eleven years
ago G. V. Englest fell from wagon
while suffering from a sunstroke. He
apparently recovered, but some months
later was attacked with epilepsy and for
two or three years has been demented
and suffering from excruciating pains
Yesterday surgeons opened the skull and
were astounded to find it one-half inch
thick. Even after the saw had done its
work it was necessary to use the gimlet
to remove the piece. The pain stopped
instantly and to the surprise of all the
mans reason has returned.