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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18

Michigan, company obtained a new
franchise by binding itself not to charge
more than s2l per annum wheroupon the
Bell Company promptly reduced its
charges from e4s to s1s. At Kokoma,
Indiana, the Bell Company cut Its rates
in half-how does that compare with the
Canton reductlonS--and yet new com
pany has promptly entered the field. At
Terre Haute the Harrison Company starts
In with 600 subscribers while in FIT.
Wayne u new company has 200 at rates
just one-half the old ones. In Ohio the
rates are being reduced throughout the
state about on. the Canton basis, which is
a light cut, about half what 1t should be.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18

Most rich people do not try to make
themselves attractive, because they are led
to believe that their money does that for
them.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18

that he had no power to exclude them, al
were part Of the library, and, upon thef-
ten order Of n Senator or Representative,
he delivered. The law gives the librarian
option in the execution OF such orders. Ir4
case Of the general public Mr.. Spoford
he had the right TO decline to furnish
books, but as yet he had not given that "a
ject any thought. The fact that Wilde's IA
novel appeared in oueof the leading magazine
of the country further complexities the effect
keep II from the public The British Museum
has withdrawn from public use IN the librar.
the books Of its collection Of which OSCAR
Wilde is the author
MRS. CLEVELAND TIRED OF FORM
Atty.
[Chicago Times Herald.l
II is well known here that Mrs. Cleveland
Is very tired of being the wife of the President
and that she looks forward with great joy to
the time when she once more be plain Mrs.
Cleveland As the wife of the PRESIDENT, Mrs.
Cleveland leads life which is dreadfully
monotonous. She is debarred from general
society and can accept no hospitality except
from the members Of the cabinet, and cabinet
dinners are pretty dreary affairs, because all
the members know one other so thoroughly
before the first season is half over that they
get tired of the same society before the list has
been exhausted. The wives Of the members
of the cabinet have a much better time Of 10
socially; out shopping, at the theater or in any
public place Mrs. Clevelands every movement
Is watched so that her whole life is more or
less artificial and subjects her to constant
constmint. Mrs. Cleveland would no doubt
be glad to leave the White House behind her.
She is fully convinced that il is not place for
happiness.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18

The Vinegar pool and the yeast trust
are having fight. This is n sour-ful
affair
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18

II Kentucky democrats keep on using
each other for targets the republicans will
capture the state
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18

Whom In town do not forget TO stop at
the Democrats Office and pay your SUBJ
scription as 1t is now due.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18
MRS. yANDERBILTs MoDEsTY.
BoYooTTING WILDE.

The 81. Louis Circulating Library having
excluded the books Of Oscar Wide, United
States Librarian Spoiiord WIS asked II he had
Congressional Library. Mr. sponord replied
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18
CURRENT COMMENTS.
WOULD A DUCK SWIM?
TTsN --


Mrs. Don Cameron is quoted as saying of
her husbands presidential prospects: "Mr.
Cameron is of a very nervous disposition and
he would not live year in such position.
When my uncle, General Sherman, was tender
ed the nomination he telegraphed the conven-
ton: Il will not accept If nominated, or
serve if elected and my husband would doubt
less make the same reply"
THE EDNA BROWN PLAN.
Enquirer.
The Presbyterians in Elwood, Ind, have
adopted the EDNA Brown plan" of raising
money to bnild new church in this city. Sec
retary W. III. Banfield of the church society,
has started chain of letters by sending out
copies to his friends asking for dime, and in
stIucting them to make three copies of bis let
ter and send their friends, returning the let
ters they receive TO him with dime and so
on until the chain is completed.
II Is expected that enough money will be
raised in this mapner to build church, and if
IL proves as successful as Edna Browns did,
the Elwood postoffice will be simply over
whelmed with letters in answer to the request
UTAH AND WOMEN.
New York Adveftiser.l iat fA
The action of the Utah Constitutional con-
ventiOn in voting by an overwhelming major
ity to give women the right OF franchise is not
only am indication of the growing strength of
able proof of the moral and intellectual ad-
vancement which Utah has made within late
years. Under the reign of polygamy the
proposition to give women equal political pri-
vileges with men would have been secuted
as madness. Woman was regarded as the toy
or servant Of the masculine sex, a sort of in
ferior creation desinged TO serve the whims of
man, and, like the colored people in ante
bellum days, were considered a race whose
rights demanded no respect.
MRS. YANDERBILT'S MODESTY.
NEW York Press.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt appears to be op-
posed to the nude art, for she has ordered
sweeping changes in the character Of the inter
ior decoration of her 81, ,0O0,O 900 villa at New
port. The decorations showed many undaped
figures, copies Of masterpieces of famous
artists. Notwithstanding their artistic merit,
Mrs. Vanderbilt objected TO them, and she is
now having the nude covered with drapery.
A fine designed In the billiard room, repre-
senting an unclad woman with several chill
dren clinging 10 her, particularly annoys Mrs.
Vanderbilt, and the figures are now being
draped They may be spoiled as examples oi
art, but the most sensitive eye can look upon
them now without causing the blush of shame
to mantle the face.
QOVCOuvrI WIZ mn
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18

ALI ADVERTISEMENTS and other matter desired
60 be inserted in THE STARK County DEMOCRAT
must be in this office not later than TUESDAY,
NOON,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18

SUBSCRIBERS who fail to secure their papers
promptly and regularly will confer favor upon
the publishers by reporting the same at this office.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18

All articles sent for publication must be accom-
panied by the name Of the writer. The writer's
name win not necessarily be published.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18

TBE STARK County DEMoCRAT will not be re.
sponsbe for the return of rejected manuscript un-
less the same is accompanied by postage stamps.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04
Stage Jokes.

Actors and actresses have good deal of
fun among themselves on the stage,
though guying is strongly discounte-
nanced by good managers. Generally the
fun is impromptu, but sometimes joke is
carefully planned beforehand.
In performance of 'The Lady of the
Lake" one of the principal actors-Rod-
erick Dhu-was known to be in pecuniary
difficulties.
When Roderick gave the line, ''I am
Roderick Dhu," Fitz-James responded,
Eyes, and you rents due too''
On the production of piece called ''The
Spy" the early acts showed that it was
going to be dead failure. So when, at a
certain point, character had to rush on
and shout, give hundred pounds for the
spy!" the author, who was concealed be-
hind rock, arose and cried, ''It's yours
copyright, manuscript and parts!'' That
was the end of the performance.
When eating takes place on the stage,
the temptations to play tricks with the
food are naturally great. In "Henry w
the leek, which Pistol has to eat, is usu-
ally made from an apple. But on one new
er to be forgotten occasion the Fluellen of
the evening gave him real onion, and he
bad no choice but to struggle through it,
though the tears coursed down his fat
eheeks. London Tit-Bits.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04
Mystifed by an Abbreviation.

Among the stories told about the ex-
periences of police telegraph operators
by the attaches of the electrical bureau
is one which relates to an ex-special
officer, who is now regular operator
at substation up town. While acting
as "sub" in a West Philadelphia dis
trict he received a call from the CEN
trail, which he promptly wrote on his
slate as he received it. At the close Of
the message he found that it read:
"Send wagon to Phil. Ahosp. and learn
condition of Hen. Coop" He was COM
pletely stalled He could not imagine
who Phil Ahosp was. nor where he was
to be found, nor what particular hem
coop the central was interested in. He
felt that there was a mistake some
where, but was satisfied that it must be
at the other end of the wire. AS the
hour was near relieving time, he decid-
ed to wait and consult his relief before
sending the wagon on wild goose
chase or asking the central to repeat.
On the arrival of his relief he was in
formed that the operator who had sent
the message generally abbreviated his
messages, and probably the one received
would read: Send wagon to Philadel-
phia hospital and learn condition of
Henry Cooper. - This proved to be the
proper solution. philadelphia Record.
None Worthy to Succeed Tennyson.
1t is now definitely understood, SAYS
a London journal, that there is no in
tention of appointing a successor to
Tennyson at present. 1t is frankly ad-
mitted that the reason is because there
is no poet worthy to wear the laurel
last worn by Wordsworth and Tenny-
son. 1t is even asserted that the present
government have an understanding with
the Conservative leaders to leave the va
cancy untitled until more worthy bard
arises.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04
SENSATIONS IN ILLNESS.
1t Is Curious How a Man Feels When He
Knows He Needs q Doctor.


"It is curious" said man yesterday,
"the various sensations a man expert
ences when he goes to see doctor or a
dentist. There is long, preliminary
siege of mental agony, alternately exas-
gerating and belittling your ailment,
until finally in moment of desperation
you decide to go and see what is the
matter anyway. Perhaps you have
cold, which has settled on the lungs
and developed troublesome cough that
keeps you awake nights. The cough it.
self is not so bad as the terrible posi-
bilities it suggests. Visions of swift de-
mise from pneumonia or slow wasting
away with consumption rise up before
your eyes, and every wheeze and cough
confirms these terrible premonitions.
If you could, you would go then in a
hurry, but in the morning you feel bet
ter.
1.-THE cough is still there, but the ter
rors of the imagination have fed before
the daylight, so you put it off another
day. But finally you decide to go, and
with firmness born Of despair march up
to the medical mans door to learn your
fate. In case of toothache every one
knows how a tooth will hop and jump
and smart all day until you get to the
dentists and then calm down so quiet
and painless that you can't tell which
one was aching. 1t is the same way
with cough or other ailment. AS you
go up to the door you secretly hope that
the doctor is not at home. You pull the
doorbell gently and half wish you had
not come. Then the funniest part of it
all is how mad you will get when you
find the doctor is not at home and feel
as if you had been cheated out of one
of your dearest hopes. - Washington
Post
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04
HE Is TURNING WHITE.
A Negro In the st. Louis Dispensary Who
Is Undergoing a Remarkable Change.

A Negro In the st. Louis Dispensary Who
Undergoing a Remarkable Change.
There was a rare case the other day
at the CITY dispensary in the person of
a middle aged cOlOred man who dr1tted
into st. Louis from Newport, Ark. His
name was Isaiah Johnson, and he said
he had been employed as a farmland
down in Arkansas ever since he was
boy. He was possessed of powerful
frame, and there was nothing in his
physical appearance to denote that he
was sick man.
What is the matter?" asked DR..
Houeh as the man sat down in the pa
tient chair.
Oats what | want to find out, doc
tor. I'ze come all the way from New
port to see what's comm ober my hide.
saw doctor down thar, and he said
he looked ober and read up 81 books,
and he doan' find any case like mine. "
He then went on to tell DR.. Hough
that he had white patches all over
his body, and he believed he was going
to turn into leopard. He was taken
into the consultation room and told to
strip. DR.. Priest was called in and
the case pronounced one of leucoderma.
There were about eight spots on the
mans chest and stomach varying in
size from 2 to inches in diameter.
One-half of the back of each hand was
white, and the legs from the knee down
were entirely so, with the exception Of
two or three black splotches on each
calf. There were also patches of white
skin on the upper part OF the legs, the
thighs and back. His face had not yet
begun to turn. His original skin was a
dark coffee brown color, and he had
long hair on his head and full growth
of whiskers.
Johnson said he had noticed white
spots on his hands about year ago, but
paid no attention to them. Then large
spot developed on each side of his chest,
which was followed by two on his legs.
So 1t continued until he became alarmed
and consulted doctor. The man has
no money, though he is physically able
to do any kind of work. DR.. Holman
says the chances are that if he lives
long enough he will become entirely
white. The cases are very rare, there
being not more than one in every 10, 900
negroes who become afflicted with it.
st. Louis POst-Dispatch.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04
The Word Bronze"

The etymology of the word bronze" has
proved stumbling block to most lexicog-
raphers. It is left unsolved even in the
"New English Dictionary" To the Ital-
ian "bronzo," probably from "bruno,"
brown, is as far as the monosyllable has
generally been traced. In the HATFIELD
Darmesteter "Dictionnaire de la Langue
Franchise" however, a step beyond "bron-
zo' is taken-to the burial place of Virgil,
Brindisi, the Latin Brundusium, and Pro
fessor Skeat, who has been furnished by a
friend with substantial evidence upon the
point, now has no hesitation in declaring
that it is to the name of the old Italian
town that we must look for the correct
derivation of bronZe.-Languages
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04
OF LOVE AND TIME.

When he died, though he had not been dead
n hour, it seemed as if he had died great
While ago, such a difference there Is betWlxt
ife and death.-"Essays of Ella"
Dead but month"; Yet his smile is gay;
His laughter light as of yore.
How frail is Lowell" So the idlers say,
How soon is his sorrow o'er!'
Dead but a month! Nay, the time has flown.
1t is surely many year
Since / left my dear dead love alone,
All alone, on the hillside here.
Oh, love, my love, how can mortals speak
Of lately" or "long ago?"
Let them mete out life by the day or week.
Our love is not measured so.
And what is the difference now to me.
If the moment you went away
Fell ten years since, or one or three,
Or, as men count it, yesterday?
The hours pass, but care not now
How swift or how slow they glide,
For to me all time fell dead, trow,
The day that my darling died.
Mary Macleod in Chambers Journal.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04
LOSS OF THE PRESIDENT.
Strange Story of the Scuttling of a Great
Steamship by Pirates.


What a strange story is that COM
municated by the Duke of Newcastle to
The Globe concerning the loss Of the
President! He says that trustworthy
informant in the United States assured
him that sailor, dying in an American
port, had confessed to having formed
one of the crew of pirate vessel which
captured the great steamship. Every
soul on board was made to walk the
plank, and the ship was scuttled."
The story seems incredible. yet it may
be true, and the possibility of it gives
and more since the President disappear
ed from human sight, without, l be-
lieve, leaving a trace. The loss of no
other vessel-for it was the first of the
gr eat passenger ships to go-has caused
SO great an excitement How those at
home chung to hope, some of them for
years-for the notion of the crew being
wrecked on some out of the way island
was eagerly adopted-and how many a
heart was broken by the intolerable
suspensel At last it was generally con-
cluded that the ship had collided with
an iceberg and foundered. And now
comes this terrible story, which, it is
fortunate, was not conceived of when
it would have had the power to make
those at home more miserable.
1t is not to be forgotten, however,
that more than one story has been re-
Gently written upon this subject-the
capture and scuttling of passenger
steamer-and it seems more likely
that they have suggested the idea being
adapted to the loss of the President than
that a solitary pirate should have re-
vealed such long kept secret of the
seas. London News.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04
A GREAT CELEBRATION,
Portland Will Observe the Fourth Bet
ter Than Ever.

Portland Will Observe the Fourth Bet
ter Than Ever.
Arrangements are we'll under way
for the greatest celebration of the
Fourth of July at Portland ever held
III the metropolis. The celebration
will occupy three days, from the Sd to
the 9th, inclusive. The Fourth will
of course be the big day, and will be
filled up with a splendid programme
A great parade will take place at 1920
A. M. During the day there will be
numerous and varied amusements, with
many new features. Speed Associa-
ton races at Irvington Park, purses
aggregating $780, in the afternoons.
The most gorgeous pyrotechnic display
ever witnessed in the Northwest in the
evening. Everybody assured great
time" at small expense. Reduced
rates on all lines of travel.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04
LIKE A SIEVE.

The chief function of the kidneys is to sep
arate from the blood, in its passage through
them. of certain Impurities and watery particles
which make their final exit through the blad-
der The retention of these, in consequence OF
inactivity of the kidneys. is productive OF
and other maladies with fatal tendency. Hos
letters Stomach Bit,ers, highly sanctioned
diuretic and blood depurent impels the kid
neys when inactive to renew their sitting func-
ton, and strain from the vital current 1mpurl-
ties which infest it and threaten their own ex-
istence as organs of the body. Catarrh OF the
bladder, gravel and retention of the urine are
also maladies arrested or averted by this benign
promoter and restorative of organic action. Ma
faria, rheumatism, constipation, biliousness
and dyspepsia also yield to the Bitters, which Is
also speedily beneficial to the weak and ner-
yOuS.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04
Peter the Great.

Peter the Great of Russia had the
typical face of Russian peasant. A
short, thick nose, with large nostrils,
heavy brows, full, sensual lips, wide
mouth and high cheek bones were among
his most prominent features. His head
was almost round and showed by its
width at the ears that combativeness of
disposition that was one of the leading
points in his character
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04

Burlingame, San Mateo County, Cal, will
reopen August 9Th. 1t is in charge OF Ira
G. Hoitt, ex-State Superintendent, ana ID
one of the best schools for boys IN Oailiof-
MAS. f. Examiner.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04

A Newark IN. J.) policeman has con-
centrated upon himself the ridicule OF his
associates because he discovered two dogs
fighting in the street and arrested the ag-
gressor and actually locked the animal In
a cell in the station house.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04
Substitute Jurors.

In Mexico two substitute jurors sit near
the Jury box in trial. If one OF the regu-
lars falls ill, substitute takes his place
and the trial proceeds.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04
DR.. PIERCE'S
Golden rledical
DISCOVERY
Cures Ninefy-eighf per cent. of ali
cases of Consumption, in all its
Earlier Stages

Although by many believed to be incura-
bic, there is the evidence of hundreds of
living witnesses to the fact that, in all its
earlier stages, consumption is durable
disease. Not every case, but large per
centage of cases, and we believe, fully 90
: per cent. are cured by DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, even after the disease
has progressed so far as to induce repeated
b1eedings from the lungs, severe lingering
cough with copious expectoration (includ.
ing tubercular matter), great loss of flesh
and extreme emaciation and weakness.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04

"Blessed if amt regular Tr1lby, muttered
he man in the crowd after being stepped on
half a dozen times; Everybody gets onto my
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04
HOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure!
FL. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F: J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04

"Speaking of the Voice of Labor" said Brown,
] never realized how much it was out OF tune
until 1 heard our new cook singing at her
work."
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04

For Whooping Cough Piso's Cure is a
successful remedy. = M. P. DIETER, 81
Throop Ave-, Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. IA, '94.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-04

MUSIC STORE-Wiley B. Allen Co., the
Oldest, the largest, 211 First St., Portland.
Chickering Hardman, Fischer Pianos, Estey
Organs. Low prices, easy terms.
1O-CENT MUSIC-Send for catalogues.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-10-08
To the Citizens of Idaho.

Greeting:-Having been ap-
pointed to organize lodges of the
Silver Knights of America, by
the Supreme Temple of the Ma
ton, Therefor, l would announce
to all good citizens of our State,
without regard to political opin-
ions or former associations, who
are in favor of firm fellowship
and reinstatement of silver as it
was handed down to us by the
inspired fathers of the Revolu-
ton, that I will answer any cor
respondence relating to the Or
der, with pleasure, and will meet
and organize any lodge that may
be prepared to join in our most
Holy mission. r. A. PIERCE.
Challis, Idaho, Oct. 4, 1895.