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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17

well-digger said that as they could not
dig without first taking out the water,
and that as the water came in as fast as
they bailed it out, he asked me to put it
to myself and to tell him how they could
dig 1t deeper. put the question to my
self, but could find no answer. also laid
the matter before some specialists and it
was generally agreed that if water came
in as fast as it was taken out,
nothing more could be desired. The well
was, therefore, pronounced deep enough.
1t was lined with great tiles, nearly a
yard in diameter, and my well-digger,
after congratulating me on finding water
so easily, babe me good-by and departed
with his men and his derrick.
While he had been speaking 70 mel had
thought heard smile, and turned my
head quickly, but saw no one, 1t is true
that people cannot hear smiles, but what
/ heard was something of a Kissing
nature, which, while it could not have
been a laugh, had in it suspicion of de-
rision. 1t might have been the creaking
of the departing derrick.
On the other side of the wall which
bounded my grounds, and near which my
well had been dug, there ran a country
lane, leading nowhere in particular and
which seemed to be there for the purpose
of allowing people to pass my house who
might otherwise be obliged to stop.
Along this lane my neighbors would
pass and often strangers drove by, and as
my well could easily be seen over the low
stone wall, its making had excited a great
deal of interest. Some of the people who
drove by were summer folks from the
city, and | am sure, from remarks over
heard. that it was thought a very queer
thing to dig for water. OF course they
must have known that people used to do
this in the Olden times, even so far back
as the time of Jacob and Rebecca but the
expression of some of their faces indicated
that they remembered that this was the
nineteenth century.
My neighbors. however, were all rural
people, and much more intelligent in re-
gard to water supplies. One of them,
Phineas Colwell by name, took more
lively interest in my operations than did
any one else. He was man of about
fifty Years of age who had been a soldier.
This fact was kept alive in the minds of
his associates by his dress, part of
which was always military. If he did not
wear an old fatigue jacket with brass
buttons, he wore his blue trousers, or
perhaps a waistcOat that belonged to his
uniform and if he wore none OF these his
military hat would appear upon his head.
l think he must also have been a sailor
judging from the little gold rings in his
ears. But when first knew him he was
a carpenter who did mason work when
ever any of the neigh bors had any Jobs of
the sort. He also worked in gardens by
the day and had told me that he under
stood the care of horses, and was very
good driver. He sometimes worked on
farms, especially at harvest time, and l
know he could paint, for he had once
showed me a fence which he said he had
painted. ] frequently saw him, because
he always seemed to be either going to
his work or coming from it. In fact, he
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about getting the water into my resi-
dence nearby. l built house over the
well and put in it little engine, and by
means of a system of pipes, like the ar
teries and veins of the human body, | pro
posed to distribute the water to the va
rious desirablepoints in my house. The
engine was the heart which should start
the circulation, which should keep it GO
ing, which should send throbbing through
every pipe the water, which, if it were
not our life, was very necessary TO il.
When all was ready we started the en-
glne, and i'll very short time we discov-
cred that something was wrong For IF
teen or twenty minutes water flowed into
the tank at the top of the house with a
sound that was grander i'll the ears of my
wife and myself than the roar of Niagara.
and then it stopped. Investigation proved
that the flow had stopped because there
was no more water in the well.
it is needless to detail the denominations.
investigations and-the multitude of coun-
sells and opinions with which our minds
were filled for the next few days. lt was
plain to see that. although this well was
fully able to meet the demands of a hand
pump or of bailing buckets, the water did
not flow into it as fast as it could be
pumped out by an engine. Therefore for
the purposes of supplying the circulation
VI NY tAOulCohiN water ~ SbClls VIC We'll
was declared a failure.
When this sentence had been prOnouuc-
cd, and was walking slowly toward the
house. | thought | heard that same deri-
sive hiss which | had noticed once before.
This time il could not have been the
creaking Of derrick, and there was not
wind enough to move the branches Of the
trees
My non-success was much talked about
in the neigh borhood, and we received a
great deal of sympathy and coincidence
Phineas Colwell was not surprised at the
outcome of the affair. He had said that
the we'll had been put in the wrong place
Mrs. Betty was not only surprised, but
disguised.
1T is all very well for YOU" she said
''who could afford TO buy watev if it
was necessary, but it is very different
with the widow and the orphan II /
had not supposed you were going to have
a real well. ! would have had my spring
cleaned out and deepened. | could have
had it done in the early summer but it
is of no use now, the spring has dried
up"
She told neighbor that she believed
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appeared to consider his actual labor in
the light of d bad habit which he wished
to conceal, and which he was continually
enGeavoring to reform.
PhlneaS walked along our lane at least
once day, and whenever he saw me he
told me something about the well. He
did not approve of the place | had Sc
lected for it. If he had been digging
well he would have put it in a very diff
ferent place. When [ had talked with
him for some time and explained why !
had chosen this spot he would say that
perhaps ] was right and begin TO talk of
something else. But the next time / saw
him he would again assert that if he had
been digging that well he would not have
put it there.
About a quarter of mile from my
house, at a turn of the lane, lived Mrs.
Betty Perch. She was a widow with
about twelve children. A few of these
were her own, and the others she had in
herited from two sisters who had mar
ried and died, and whose husbands, hay
ing proved their disloyalty b. marrying
again, were not allowed by the indignant
Mrs Perch to resume possession of
their offspring. The casual observer
might have supposed the number of these
children to be very great, fifteen or per-
haps even twenty. for if he happened to
see group of them on the doorstep, he
would see a lot more if he looked into the
little garden and under some cedar trees
at the back of the house there were al
WAYS some of them on fine days. But per
haps they sought TO increase their appar
ent number and ran from one place TO
another to be ready 10 meet observation,
as the famous clown, Grimaldi, who used
to go through his performances at one
London theater and then dash OF in his
paint and motley to another. so that a per-
ambulating theater-going man might i'm
aglue that there were two greatest clowns
in the world.
When Mrs Perch had time she sewed
for the neigh bors. and whether she had
time or not she was always ready to sup
ply them with news. From the moment
she heard | was going to dig well, she
took a vital interest in it. Her own
water supply was unsatisfactory, as she
depended upon little spring which some
times dried up in summer, and should my
well turn out to be good one, she knew
would not object to her sending the chill
dren for pals of water on occasions.
1T will be fun for them" she said,
"and il your water really is good il will
often come in very well for me. Mr.. Col
well tells me-" she continued. "that you
put your well in the wrong place. He is
4 practical man and knows all about
wells, and do hope that for your sake he
may be wrong
Nv neighbors were generally pessi-
mists. Country people are proverbially
prudent, and pessimism is prudence. We
feel safe when we doubt the success of
another because If lie should succeed.
we can say we are glad we we're mis-
taken. and SO step from position OF good
Judgment to one of generous disposition
without feeling that we have changed
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lend her five nails. what sort?" said |.
1.-The kind you nail clapboards on
with said she, there is one of them
been shook entirely of my house by your
well. | am in hopes that before the rest
are all shook OFF shall get in some money
that is owing me. and can afford to buy
nails for myself
/ stopped the night work. but this was
all could do for these neigh bors.
My optimist friend was delighted when
he heard of my driven well he lived so
far away that he and his mother were
not disturbed by the EARRING of the
ground. Now he was sure that some OF
the internal secrets of the earth would be
laid bare and he rode or drove over every
day to see what we were getting out of
the well. know that he was afraid we
would soon get water, but was too kind
hearted to say So
One day the pipe refused to go deeper.
No matter how hard it was struck. il
bounced up again. When some Of the
substance it had struck was brought up
it looked like French chalk, and my opti-
mist eagerly examined it.
"A French chalk minen said he.
would not be a bad thing, but / hoped
that you had struck a bed of mineral
gutta-percha. That would be a grand
find.
But the chalk bed was at last passed
and we began again to bring up nothing
but common earth.
II suppose" said my optomist to me
one morning, "that you must soon come
to water, and if you do / hope il will be
hot water
Hot water" I exclaimed, Il do not
want that"
"Oh, yes. you would il you had thought
about il as much as | have" he
replied. Il lay awake for hours last
night, thinking what would happen if
you struck hot water. In the first place.
it would be absolutely pure, because
even If 1t were possible for germs and
bacilli to get down so deep they would be
boiled before you got them. and then YOU
could cool that water for drinking
When fresh 1t would be already heated
for cooking and hot baths. And then-
Just think OF it!-you could introduce the
hot water system of heating into YOUR
house, and there would be the hot water
always ready. But the great thing
would be your garden. Think Of the ref
use hot water circulating in pipes up and
down and under all your beds That gar
den would bloom in the winter as others
do in the summer. At least, YOU could be-
gin TO have lima beans and tomatoes as
soon as the frost was out of the air"
] laughed. 1T would take a lot Of
pumping, said, 'to do ali that with the
not water"
20, forgot TO say" he cried, with
sparkling eyes, that do not believe you
would ever have am more pumping to
do. You have now gone down so far that
] am sure whatever you find viii force
itself up, II will spout high into the
air or far through your pipes and run al
ways"
Phineas Colwell was by when this was
said, and he must have gone down 10 Mrs.
Betty Percb's house and talked il over
with her, for in the afternoon she came 70
see me
II understand, - said she, ''that you are
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our plane of merit But the optimist
often gets himself into trrihle scrapes
Tor II re IS wrong we cannot say he is
glad Of IT,
But whatever else he may be, pessi-
mist, IS depressing, and it was. therefore,
a great pleasure te me to have a friend
who was an out and out optimist In
fact. he might be called a working opti-
mist. He lived about six miles from my
house and had a hobby, which was
natural phenomena. He was always
on the look out for that sort of
thing, aud when he found it he
would study its nature and effect.
He was a man in the maturity of
youth and If the estate on which
he lived had not belonged to his mother
he would have spent much time and
money in investigating into natural phe-
uomena. He often drove over to see me
and always told me how glad he would
be II he had an opportunity of digging a
well
Il have the widest desire,'' he said.
ito know what is in the earth under our
place, and if it should so happen in the
course OF time that the limits of earthly
existence should be reached BY mean
If the estate should come into my hands.
| would go down, down, down until
had found out all that could be discov-
cred. To own a plug of earth 1900 miles
long and only know what is on the sur
face of the upper end of it is unmanly, we
might as well be grazing beasts.n
He was sorry that l was digging only
for water, because water is a very com
mon-place thing, but he was quite sure
would get it, and when my well was fin
ished he was one of the first TO congratu-
late me.
But if Ihad been in you place. said
he, with full right to do as / pleased,
would not have let those men go away. ]
would have set them TO work in some
place where there would be no danger of
getting water-at least, for long time
and then you would have found out what
are the deeper treasures of your land"
Having finished my we'll, l now set
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17
RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
CITY 0Rd Suburban R0iIH0y COnV0ly.
SCHEDULE FOR
ISROI HOPE, Montgomery Ond All EOy Sau0Ig
SUNDAY TIME.
CARS RUN AS FOLLOWS;

Leave Bolton street 800 a. M: leave Isle OF
Hope S:17 a. m; leave Bay street 10, II a. m,
IL noon, /, ., 3, 4, 3, q, 7 and 8 p. m. running
direct from Bay street TO Isle Of Hope, and
connecting with the steam cars at Sandfiy.
Leave Isle of Hope lil5 a. m, i2:15. I:i5,
2:l5, BIB 4:ih, 5:15 6: IS, 1:ib, S:i5 and D. m.
Cars from Thunderbolt 20 Isle of Hope every
hour after 200 p. IN. until 8 p. m.
Leave Isle Of Hope for 1hunderbOlt at 2:30
and hourly afterwards until $3.50 D. m.
CITY AND SUBURBAN R'Y co.
r. T.. IAUGHTON, Supt.
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CONTINUED on FACE IA.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-01-12
MURDER AvERTED
BY THE TIMELY ACTION OF LOU S
eLsAss' NelGHBoR,

A Wife Beater who Ran Against q Cir
cumstauoe in the Snaps OF Pok ar in the
Hands of a Determined Man.
Louis Elsass, a farmer residing on the
Harrisburgh road about four miles from
this city, was arrested last night by Off.
Ger Jacobs and John Il. Bederman, and
locked up over night In the city prison.
Eisass Is a milk peddler in this city.
Last night be went home about o'clock.
Before starting, Il seems he imbibed some
Intoxicating fluid, aud when he reached
the family domicile he made things gen
orally unpleasant. His twenty year old
sou william usually assists him in doing
the evenings chores, and last evening
when Elsass came home drunk tho boy
and his mother went TO the home OF n
neighbor named II. Barker. The now
itsta father followed them, but before he
could step on tho porch Barker came out
and made n etrike at him but missed him.
Then O f9ht ensued in which Elsaes was
we'll puumelled The angry father left
the place but soon returned with
an tx with which 10 decapitate the
entire party. Again be attempted tn enter
the house but ibis time Charles Barker, q
son Of Henry Barker, came out with an
iron poker and struck Elssss In the face
producing b,sck eye. The man made
an assault on Barker, sno later on, an
affidavit was sworn out for his arrest
which process was served in the evening,
The houss was looked when the officer
arrived there and Elssss' con was put
through - window 10 open the door and
pprmit them to onter. Elsass was asleep
In bed IN at upper room. Jacobs told him
10 get up and he refused 20 move, when he
was dragged out, and after dressing, and
kissing his little girl goodby, he was
brought 10 this city.
Az police headquarters he stated to \
reporter that ne had some difficulty with
neighbor b Arker, md when he went TO
the house he was assaulted by the Bark
ers and bad to defend himself.
Elsass, il will Re remembered, bldly
beat his wife n short time ago. and il ap
pears be is In the hsbi, almost daily of
a1nt drnker but only imbibes once in o
while and this causes him TO act b IDLY.
NINETY DAYS.
Elsass has often beaten his wife and
makes life generally unpleasant for her.
he WAS brought before the mayor, and It
was apparent that Barker's con did a good
job with that poker, as the milk mans
eye was swollen almost shut, 1. is
generally conceded that II Barker had not
been at home. murder would have been
committed as Elssss is equal to the Job Of
cutting his wife's head open with su Gx
when he Ii crazed with drink. Mayor
Blake sent him to Jail for ninety days,
which sentence is none too severe. 1t is
to be hoped that when he gets out In the
spring he will bud forth into a new man
and conduct himself like n citzsn of the
United States should. Americans have
no love for a man VINO abuses q woman
and the provocatiol IL seldom IL quired
into. None appears to exist in this case.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-01-12
PLEASANT VIEW LITERARY.
a Large Crowd Present and Good Pr
gramme Rendered.

a Large Crowd Present and Good Pro-
gramme Rendered.
The seventh session of the Pleasant
View Literary Society, was held Friday
evening, four miles west of Canton, The
society Was called to order by the chairA
man, G. z. Martin, with Miss Susie Cocher
as secretary. The programme was as
follows: DeclaiminR class, in which some
20 delivered performances.
Reading class responded TO and criti,
cised,
Reading class With five performers were
then criticised by j. w. Martin.
An extempore speech was then deliv-
ton Of the Law ~ and one by j. W. Mar
tin on "Corruptlon ia Politics.n
After quite number Of very well rem
dsred volunteer performances, short
recess WAS taken, after which very
newsy periodical was read, provoking
much mirth. Then came the debate.
Question, "ResoVed that the Euormity of
the Late War was No. Justified by the
Resultsn Participated IL By g. L. Mar
liu andJ. w. Martin nn the affirm, and q.
Deckard aud John Frailey on the deny.
The discussion aroused considerable on
thusiaaYn.
The assignment Of performances for
the next evening was then road. Qusss
tion, "Reaolvsd that Women Should
Have the Right Of Suffcage.n Affirm,
W. Martin, john Brailey deny, g. z
Martin and G. Declard. The society then
adjourned to meet in one week. A very
large concourse OF people were in attend
ance, and fine music wss presented by
MssErs. Miller and Delap.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-01-12
NO RESPECTOR.
Death Invades Happy Household and
Claims Beloved Wife.

Clsims q beloved Wlfe.
After q severe and torturing Illness Of
more than a week's duration, Mrs. Robert
N. Taylor of No 296 North Cleveland ave.
nue., died on Saturday night. She was
only twenty six years OF age and her early
demise has cast gloom over one OF the
happiest homes of the city aud is felt with
emotions Of keen sadness by large circle
of friends and acquaintances.
Only about a year ego Robert N, Taylor,
the popular young attorney Of the firm OF
Welty- and Taylor, and the son
Miss Ida Patton TO the marriage
altar at the home of her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. John Patton of South Market street.
She was the only daughter, W 8 a bright
and attractive young lady, o social favor
lite ard no union of hearts in matrimony
Ia Canton last year was attended with O
more bright and happy outlook than that
OF h. n. Taylor and Ida Patton, who be :
came his wife
On Sunday u child was born but after
living until Tuesday, its life went back to
The God who gave il. Septicemia attacked
the mother on Tuesday and after linger-
inR in intense suffering until Saturday
night, she was called from the hard and
dusty paths Of life into eternity. The
shock is a severe one to her husband and
parents and the circumstances attending
her death make it one of surprising and
consuming sadness,
The funeral of Mrs, Taylor took place
this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the house.
The remains were inferred in Westlawn
cemetery.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-01-12
WHAT IT COSTS
TO CONVICT OFFENDERS OF THE LAW
IN OHIO,


A Comparison Of Counties Showing That
stark County stands High in the bist,
with Reference to the Cost Of oonvic-
tion.
Tho auditor Of state has prepared u
tabulated etAtement OF the NUMBER OF
convictions, and the cost Cf prosecution
and TRANSPORTATION Of convicta TO the pen'
itentlary during the year, giving the in~
formation in detail by counties. Some
interesting data may be obtained from
this report, and the attention of taxpayers
Stark county stands high in she list,
lhough II is nos ths highest IN the state,
yet IL occupies place whieh u In,snt De
well to consider. II costs considerable
money to convict people OF ohenses in
Stark county, as Is set forth by the table.
In the wear 1899 Il cost the state 2,45S 20
10 convict 10 prisoners in Stark county
and have then sent to the penitentiary.
This is the amount paid back by the state
TO this county. 1n Lucas county, of which
Toledo is the couuty aeat, tcost the state
81, 1900 to convict 80 people. The dis
tahce from Toledo 10 Columbus is l25
miles; from Canton TO Columbus 1913
miles. The difference in mileage is not
material, but what little difference exists
10 in favor Of Stark county.
IL GObb tll6 BNhkH on aN hNfTA Se elGJ 90 70
convict one prisoner in Stark county,
while II cost only S7l 25 to convict man
in Lucas county. or a difference Of S58.l3
f"r each man. Il cost the state only S8l.38
TO convict man in UlioD county. In
Richlaud county IL cost only S64 Go TO cou-
vict cnch man. Ten were convicted In
that couaty. In Pickaway county the av>
erage was $40 10, 1t cost the state S97 "a
u man in Seneca county. The average ia
Mahoning county, with greater mileage
than Stark county, is S1l2.5i, consideras
bly, lover than the cost 10 Stark county.
Stark county is not, however, alone in
the matter OF heavy expenses. The table
shows that in franklin county, where
there is no expense for transportation, the
convictions come higher than in any other
county OF the state. With 60 convictions
The sher II OF Franklin county drew from
the fund act aside for the prosecution,
conviction and transportation Of convicts
the sum Of SllS04 10, while Cuyshoga
couuty, with 80 convictions and 100 miles
TO travel with each batch of prisoners
brought to the penitontiary, bad a cost bill
aRgregating only S9,62652, sid Hamilton
county. with 113 convictions, drew but
81, ,769. .38.
In Defiance county 1t cost 1921 81 each
for 3 convictions, while in an adjoining
Williams, the cost per capita was
only Sl0S SO, which is less than the per
capita in Stark county
The total cost to the state to convict and
transport 9l2 prisoners was S142, ,S64.62
There is - prevailing opinion that there
Ia chance for reform In the direction Of
the cost for the conviction Cf offenders OF
the law.