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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08
BLAINE AND CoNKLINo.
Men without whose Leadership a Great
Party Hns Suffered.

The undoubtcd sentiment of the party
with which Blaine and Conkling have
been identified is that, since the days
of the war, the ablest stump speakers
that party has produced are these two
men. Mr.. Conkling has made three
speeches on the stump which are his
toric. One was in the Academy of
Music in New Yorl, at the opening of
the National campaign in 1872. Conk-
ling was then only 43 years old He
spoke for nearly four hours, aud prob
ably the speech is TO be accepted as the
finest achievement on the stump. Not
withstanding the great length OF the
speech, the vast and brilliant audience
seemed unaware of the lapse of time.
The speech was afterward printed
in pamphlet form and circulated by
hundreds of thousands as a campaign
document. Afterward Mr.. Conkling
made another notable speech in Phila-
delphia, regarded by many as even
ADLER than the New York address. In
the fall of 1SSO he made three speeches
in Ohio under such extraordinary cir
cumstances That the events have be-
come traditional. Gen. Garfield him
self has expressed the opinion that
these addresses, together with the one
delivered by Gen. Grant at the same
time, were the turning point in his
campaign for the presidency.
E Blaine's style of stump-speaking is
entirely different from that which
characterized Conltling. Blaine was
earnest, imprisoned, enthusiastic, in
cisive. Conkling was impressive,
magnificent, brilliantly rhetorical
sarcastic, and words came from his
lips in superb rhythm and delicious
melody. Conkling inspired respect, adj
| miration and intellectual approval.
Blaine commanded affection and that
quality which, when displayed in a
soldier, would lead an army TO follow
in forlorn hope, 1t is a rather curious
| fact to note that, Notwithstanding the
political influence which capacity on
! the stump gives to him who possesses
it, only three Of the Presidents elected
since the formation of the government
had any gift of that sort-Lincoln,
| Garfield and Gen. Harrison.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08
Drinking Coffee to Exccss.

Coffee drinking to excess is getting
more and more common in this city,
says a waiter. Hundreds of customers
come in five or siX times a day, drink
off Il cup of coffee and go ont without
eating anything. Coffee is evidently
used by these as a meat as we'll as a
beverage, for, from the frequency OF
their visits, it is very evident they do
not get meal between breakfast and
supper, which it is presumed they eat
at home. The habit is evidently very
injurious one, for not one Of the habit
ual coffee drinkers is healthy, nearly
all being nervous and sicltly, Some OF
them carry the habit so far that they
even so to two or three restaurants in
the course OF their rounds.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08
HE TAKES THE PRIZE.
The Kansas Individual Who Carries on
tho Mean Man Championshin,

The kansas Individual Who Carries ON
tho Mean Man Championship.
'"Thc mcancst man lives in Kansas.
He Is farmer worth a cool 500, 900.
His wife was taken suddenly i'll, and
he came to town to consult me about
her case" says q physician. II told
him that could not prescribe intelli-
gently without seeing the patient, but
he declined TO incur the expenses of a
visit. l charged him 81 for the pre-
scriptlon, and he spent half an hour
trying to beat me down to ninety
cents. He made me write the prescrip-
tion in English, then bought the drugs
and compounded it himself to save the
apothccary's fec. One of the ingrc-
dients was capsicum. He thought he
had some at home but was mistaken
and had to come back to town, dis
tancc of four miles, for it.
by the time he had succeeded in
saving about 90 cents and wasting 50
worth of time his wife was dead, and
the medicine dead loss on his hands
That so wore on him that he fell i'll
He took the medicine prepared for his
wife, but that only aggravated his
malady. When he finally recovered
he sued me for e1O, 900 and was beaten
and had to pay costs. He then went
before the grand jury and tried to
have me indicted for malpractice.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08
SUPERSTiTIONS
Held by Europeans Concerning the Tribe
of Judas,

Nearly all European countries form
erly observed curious customs which
had bearing on the real or tradition
ary life of Judas Iscariot Even to
this day, when the ceremony of wash
ing the feet is performed in the Greek
church at Smyrna, the priest represents
Christ and the lower church digni-
taries the Twelve Apostles. The one
who persouates Judas must, however, be
we'll paid for his menial part, for such
is the feeling OF the people in regard
to the matter that whosoevcr accepts
the odious position usually retains the
name the remainder of his life.
In Brazil the churchmen dress up n
figure to represent Judao usually with
red hair and sandy beardD and give it
to the street arabs, who carry it about
until it has been riddled by stones and
other missiles and then barn it on the
commons. In the same country the
Spanish sailors dress figure on GER
tain feast days, subject it to all sorts of
indignitcs, winding up the ceremony
by hanging it at the yard-arm.
In the Island of Rhodes, "thc eye OF
the sum-" a dead hog is dressed as Ju,
das, the grand climax in the ccle bra,
! tion being the removal of the beasts 5
cntrailS in fulfllmcnt of the scriptura]
passage which says that the betrayer
"fcll aud his bowels gushed out. ."
Coed Friday is the day when the in
habitants of the islands of the Med
iterraneau burn their cftigies of Judas.
Here, too, the prevailing idea that
Judas was red-haired may be seer
illus tratcd in the "anto-da-fe" figures
which are invariably surmountcd with
a wig of red-dyed wool,
In this connection it may be inter,
esting to know that Shakespeare calleC
the red hair "Judas-colored hair" auC
that many other famous writer's have
spoken of it as the flaming brand OF
k infdelitV."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08

Where the snakes really go when
they vanish in her mouth is q mystery
and puzzles all the physicians about,
many having gone from New Orleans
to witness the phenomenon. Some
really believe that the snakes do go
down into the stomach, while others
are convinced the witch is simply play
ing, some sleight-of-hand trick upon
them; but if the latter is the case it is
SO cleverly done that there is no de.
tecting the performance.
The witch presents most cStraor-
dinary and hideous appearance sitting
with the snakes darting their fat
heads in and out of her toothless
mouth with their little bead-lilte eyes
swapping as if in fury at all about
their mistress. AS nearly as they can
be counted there are six or seven OF
these reptiles, though old Nance says
there are many more, but they are all
so much. of size and color that they
cannot be identified. They are prob.
ably of harmless nature, though old
Nance declares that they are highly
poisonous and no one wishes to eX.
pertinent with them,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08

made $3.50, 900. There are perhaps 100
doctors in New York who have an an
nual income of $40, 600 and over, and
possibly a score who earn over S2O,O00
every year.
What does the professional artist
earn? Is question to which no definite
and explicit answer can be given. The
leaders earn large incomes, the begin
ners are thankful for what they can
get, and between the two there is
large middle class whose skill assures
them q comfortable living. f. A.
Abbey has for several years been paid
an annual salary of $50, 900 by the
Harpers, but Abbey is in class by
himself The best known illustrators
of books and periodicals are Reming-
ton, Graham, DeGrimm, Reinhardt,
Church, Kemble, Taylor, Rogers, Glib
son aud dc Thulstrup These men
earn all the way from $4,000 to Si2, 600
q year and their incomes, like those of
lawyers, vary greatly from year to
year. The illustrator who makes
Ss, 900 year Is considered lucky by his
fellows. The painter whose reputa-
tion is established generally makes
money rapidly, especially portait paint
ers. Hubert Herkomer spenta winter in
New York few years ago and earned
between 5000, 900 and $3.50, 900. The lead
ing American portrait painters are
Sargent, Alexander, Dewing, johnson,
Huntington, Chase and Porter. Sar.
gent is reputed to earn about $50, ,OOO
year and Chases income must be
nearly, If not quite, as large.
Several of our leading authors arc
credited with fabulous incomes which,
to their infinite regret, they do not
receive. Mark Twain is rich, but he has
made the greater part of his fortune as
a publisher, and not as an author
Fanny Hodgson Burnett and William
Dean Howells earn perhaps $4,000 q
year, and they are the largest money
makers of their profession, Bret Harte
earns between SO, 900 and Sl2, 600 a year.
Among the other American authors
who earn more than S. 900 a year are
Frank r. Stockton, Marion Crawford,
Edgar Saltus, Captain Charles King,
Henry James, Sara Orne Jewett and
Julian Hawthorne.
There is no calling which offers
quicker returns to a bright young man
than journalism, but its great prizes
/ are few and far between, and the
newspaper worker at the end Of ten or
twenty years generally finds himself
| about where he started from. There
are to-day in New York 1000 news
paper workers who average S95 a week,
but there are less then two score who
earn more than 500 in the same period
John A. CocSerill, while managing
editor of the World, was paid $4,000
year. and George w. Turner re-
ceived $50, 900 as manager of the same
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08

The Earl of Rose berry is new knight
of the Garter in room of the late Duke
of Sutherland. All the knights OF
this order who are not Royalties are
either Dukes, Marquises or Earls
Among the foreign potentates upon
whom the honor has been conferred
are the King of the Belgians, the King
of Denmark, the German and Russian
Emperors, the King of Italy and the
Shah.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08


the community in which she lives, and
the way in which she does this is to
apparently swallow number of small
snakes of variety unknown in that
State. They are of dusky
color, nearly black, pied with
dull green about the fat
head, and of dirty white in the belly.
These reptiles remain secreted about
old Nances cabin until she gives a PEE
culiar whistling CALL when they will
come to her, wriggling over the floor,
up her dress and run into her open
mouth, Kissing hideously. They dis
appear and remain hidden sometimes
for minutes. She asserts that they
are concealed in her stomach until she
recalls them, when they will come
pouring out to writhe about her scrag.
gy neck and coil in her bosom.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08


conduces to making many Of them the
inveterate spendthrifts thay are known
to be. The late Sd. M. Barlow was
long one of the largest money makers
at tho New York bar, but died bank
rupt, and James Strahan, whose an
nual earnings for many years seldom
fell below $50, 900. left his heirs moth
ing but his law books, At the present
time the earnings of John Z. Parsons
are probably larger than those of any
other New York lawyer. He earns
regularly from $50, 900 to 100000 q
year. 1t is the general opinion of the
profession that the fee he received for
organizing the sugar trust, which has
since been dissolved by the courts, did
not fall below $3.50, 900, and some esti-
mates have put it at treble that sum.
1t was without doubt the largest single
fee ever received by an American law
yer.
The earnings of James G. Carter are
nearly as large us those of Mr.. Par
sons, and it is said that the annual in
come of Bourke Cochran has for sew
eral years exceeded o$1Oo,Ooo, but a
portion of this great sum has come
yearly from the successful specula-
tions for which the brainy and elo-
quent Irish lawyer is known to have a
fondness. Senator Hill, when he
practiced law in Elmira ten
or twelve years ago, seldom earned
over $5, 900 year, but not long since
he divided with Charles P. Bacon, a fee
of S400, 900 says the New York Press.
This was paid them by the plain tiffs in
the famous Fiske will case against
Cornell university. Roscoe Oonkling,
had he lived, would probably now be
the biggest money maker at the New
York bar. His earnings in q single year
exceeded, it is said, Sl50,c00, and his
foes in the cases left uncompleted at
the time OF his death amounted to
nearly $500, GOO. But the average New
York lawyer, and New York is the
lawyers Mecca, counts himself lucky
if at the end of the year he can put
SIS, 900 on the profit side of the ledger.
The heads of nearly all the big life
and fire insurance companies receive
princely salaries Henry B. Hyde, who
not so very long ago was q modest in
surance solicitor, draws a salary of
$50, 900 year as president of the Equi-
table, and the vice-president of the
same concern receives $40, 900 a year.
The annual salary of Richard A.
McCurdy, president of the Mutual In
surance company, is $50, 900, and that
of John A. Mccall, president of tha
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08

paper. William c. Rieck is paid the
annual salary of $4,000 by the Her
aid, and George H. Hepworth, Mr..
Benefits chief editorial writer, re-
ceives $4,000 year. "Bilr' Nye
earns probably $50, 900 year, but q
portion of this comes to him from his
lecture tours. Blakely Hall, Julian
Ralph, John p. Bocock and other well
known special writers earn from 500
to S15O a week. Mayo w. ITazleton is
paid $3.50 n week for his brilliant book
reviews is the Sun and 5000 weekly as
managing editor of the New York
Ledger, which, with his contributions
to the magazines, swells his annual in
come to over $4,000. The editors Of
the lesding magazines are fairly
well paid. L. w. Glider receives SIO,-
600 year from the Century company,
in which he is also a stockholder, and
Henry NJ. Alden the editor of Harper $
and l. L. Burlingame, the editor OF
Scribper's, are paid Gbout the same
salary.
The leading ministers of New Yorl;
city are well cared for in financial
way. DIR. John Hall, pastor of the
Fifth Avenue church, is paid $50, OOC u
year by his church, receives $1,000 as
chancellor of the University of New
York and doubtless make as much
more by his writings for the New York
Ledger. Il. Dewitt Talmage is paid
$4,000 year by the Brooklyn Tab,
ernacle, and his editorial work
and lectures bring his yearly in
come up to S25O DR.. Nor
gan Dix, the rector of the Old
Trinity, receives $4,000 yearly; DIR.
Brown, rector of St Thomas, $15, GOO;
DIR. Huntington, rector of Grace church,
SIS, coo; DR.. Greer ofSt, bartholomew 5,
$l5, 600; DR.. Rainsford of st. Georges,
$40, 600; DR.. Charles Hall, who is very
eloquent, and whose church, the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian, is always
crowded, Sis, 900; the Rev. Robert Col
lyer of the Park Avenue Unitarian
church, $4,000; DR.. Charles r. Park
hurst of the Madison Square church,
81, ,0GO, and DIR. John r. Paxton, who
breaches to Jay Gould and other mill
ionaires, $4,000. RUFUS r. WILSON.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08
An oetorsnarIan gharpshootsr.

Flight woodcock are coming here
now in goodly numbers, and the few
who are posted and know their rest"
ing and feeding grounds are making
good bags, writes Vermont corre-
spondeRt. An immigration of gray
squirrels has made them very plentiful
in this vicinity. Their skins tackled
up on every woodshcd show that the
farmers boy and his pOt-metal gun
have not been idle, and that they are
reaping their share of the harvest.
My old governor, though so years
of age, is out with his muzzle-loading
rifle, and at arms end loft hand) can
still pink q squirrel through the head,
and no sighting shots required.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08
4 CORAL REEF,
1t Forms a Plateau and Walls in a
Native Colony.

it Forms a Plateau and walls In
Native Colony.
a curious discovery has been made
on the Island Of Kitaba, one of the
Trobriand group, off the northeast
coast of New Guinea. A great many
sailors passing this little island have
imagined that it had no inhabitants,
because they saw 10 evidence of human
occupation. Sir William McGrcgor,
the administrator of British New
Guinea, says the island has au area of
only five or six square miles On all
sides it presents a low and slightly
sloping margin, usually about a quar-
ter of mile broad, covered by heavy
timber Within is precipitous coral
wall which can be assembled only at
few places. The bank rises to p height
of 800 or 400 feet. Once at the top,
the visitor finds within this wall
plateau which occupies the whole of
the center of the island, an d is from so
to 100 feet below the coral wall sur
rounding it.
There about 1000 natives live and
till their gardens, The rteh, chocolate
colored soil yields them an ample sup
ply of food. They are completely pro-
tected from the wind by the rocky rim
that encloses their plateau. The island
seems to have been an atoll which was
lifted above the sea several hundred
feet, so that the atoll ring now forms
the coral wall now surrounding the
plateau.
On this elevated and almost inac-
cessible plain are thirteen villages,
each of which contains over twenty
houses. Sir William McGregor says
the natives gave him most pleasant
reception. He found IT difficult to
travel through some villages on ac-
copOt of the VaWa cocoanuts. mats
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08
Sunlsh as Bass BaIt.

Small suufish, commonly called
eiTers in this locality, are killing bait
for black bass, and have the adyant-
age of being very hardy. They will
swim about in lively manner for a
long time If properly hooked through
the back. When others, with sinners,
shrimp and worms, have had no luck.
] have still fshed with young suntish
about the size of silver dollar, and
have taken nay three-pounder where
no large fish were suspected OF livi4z
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08

One of the regulations of the Rus
sian police refers to the censorphip of
price lists of goods, notes of invita-,
tion to parties and personal visiting
cards; also for the censorship of seals,
rubber stamps and business cards OF
individuals or corporations. Another
order regulates the sale of soap, starch,
tooth brushes and insect powder, and
another controls the printing on tho
paper used in making cigarettes.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08
HENRY B. HYDE.


New York Life, is the same. William
II. Beers, formerly president of the
New Work. Life, was paid $75, 900 a
year, with an added present of $50, 600
at Christmas, and when he retired from
the presidency was voted an annual
pension of S40,0 John r. Hegeman
draws s35, 900 year from the Metro
politan company, and d. o. Heald and
John W. Murry are equally well paid
by the Home Fire and German-Amer-
ican companies respectively. p. b.
Armstrong, when he disposed of
his hre insurance interests year or
30 ago, was guaranteed 500, 900 Year
for the term of five years If during
that time he would not again engage
In the fire insurance business Arm
strong is pushing, keen-witted Cana
dian, who went to New York a decade
ago with hardly dollar In his pocket
DIR. Norvip Green, president of the
Western Union Telegraph company,
is paid $4,000 year, and the late
John Hoey, while president of the
Adams Express company, Jared equal
ly well.
Dr. Il. Gaillard Thomas, the New
York specialist in women's troubles,
makes more money than any other
doctor In America. His annual income
is not less than 500, 900, and DIR, Sails
bury makes nearly as much. DIR. win.
lam A. Hammond, during his last year
In New York 70 credited with having
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08

ana other articles that were laid down
before him for his acceptance. There
are no inter-tribal hostilities, and 1t is
not possible for the natives of other
islands to oppress the people, because
on their plateau, naturally fortified as
It is, they are inaccessible to hostile
tribes. The drainage Of tho plateau
is excellent. There are great cavities
in the coral wall through which the
rainfall filters and makes its way to
the sea
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08
$500 Reward !

WI viii pay the above reward for any case oi
Liver Comp piaint Dyspepsia, sick Headache lnol'
yss lOu COpsIpatiuL or COStiVenesS We Cannol cCEe
Wit VESTS Vegetable Liver Pills when INC direS-
Ont ~ g stTicliy complied with. They arc purely
,eprlEble ard never fail 10 give RstisfaCuOp. Su-
ynf coated. large boxes containing 80 Pms; 20
.ruls, reyare Of counterieits aud limitations ILS
3eluiue manufactured only by THE JOHN =, Nkhl
N0TrLNI. CErCEGO. LII. For asle by Durhln,
weight n 10. Canton o. NV
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08

of the large law firms Of New York
have in their employ lawyers, bright
and capable men, too, who try their
minor causes and receive salaries of
from $1,000 to $1,000 a year. Some
lawyers of this class receive as high as
SlO,0 900 year, but their number is
small, and, as their lot is an arduous
one, lawyers avoid it whenever pos
sible. The incomes, even of the most
successful lawyers, vary greatly from
year to year, and this probably
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08

Sore throat and bronchial affections
are speedily relieved and tffectuaily cured
by The use Of that safe and reliable REM
edy DR., BulPs Cough Syrup. II has stoou
the test Of half a century.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08
WITH THE HIDEOIJS.
A NEW SALAMMBo IN THE IN
TERROR OF LOUISIANA,
The Extraordinary Doings OF an Old
witch Dootress, who Is MystifyIng
Negroes with Pet Reptiles-Even In
tellIgent People are AstonIshed.
I AGED NEGRESS

n AGED NEGRESS
of great repute as
a "voodo or
, witch doc tress,
among negroes Of
Central Louisiana
is attracting much
attention not only
from those of her
own co olor, but
from the more in
tellippnt norton of
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08
DRAW FAT SALARIES.
PROFESSIONAL MEN OF NEW
YORK ARE WELL PAID.
Lawyers who Earn Over 500, 900
Year--Bourke Cochran Leads-what
Journalists, Artists, Doctors and
Others Receive for Their Services.

N NO PR OFE s.
sion are the finan-
cial rewards which
atten d success s
greater than in the
law; but it is a fact
that the average
income of the sue
cessful lawyers of
this big town is
not much over S5,-
OOO o vaar Many
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's BAlsam stops the cough at once.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-05-26
100000 PROHI. VOTERS.
The Agreement Plan for Sc
curing That Number.
Now is the Time to Push the
Scheme in Mississippi.

What is known as the Million Voters
Agreement for securing 100000
voters pledged to vote the Prohibi-
toin party ticket in the presidential
election of 1892, is already familiar to
many readers of the LEADER. 1t was
originated by the Voice last fall, and
has grown in favor with Prohibition
ists throughout the country from the
day of its publication. The plan has
met with the hearty endorsement of
Chairman Dickcy and every member
of the National Prohibition Party EX-
ccutivc Committee. The committee
now has active supervision of the
work and is pushing the agreement in
all of the States.
Agreement blanks are furnished
free, and the names, as they are sent
in, are counted and audited under the
supervision of two members of the
Prohibition party, and II well known
member each of the Democratic, PeO-
pies and Republican parties, to insure
perfect fairness.
The following is