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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11
ANCHORED 10 AN lvessro.
Everything Was Lovely Till the Bers
Rolled over.

Rolled over.
Now that the season OF floating icebergs
has arrived the story told by Captain Ches-
ser of the schooner Elwood, when he re.
turned to San Francisco year ago from a
cruise in Bering sea, is interesting. The
vessel was passing through che Icy straits
and was just of Hoonia, says Captain
Chester, when he espied an immense ice.
berg a mile away. 1t was fully ten times
the size of the schooner and appeared TO
have become fast upon a reef, which was
known to exist at that place. The captain
consitt ed this lucky find, for he could
now got all the ice he wanted without hav
ing TO go to the glacier, fully days sail
ing distant. The Elwood was headed for
the berg, and when the vessel was within
few yards of it the anchor was dropped
The schooner was then permitted to swing
around until she came alongside the ice
berg to which she WIS made fast with
lines.
The tide was at the full at the time, and
to all appearances the vessel was perfectly
safe gangplank was thrown over to u
ledge in the ice, and the men set to work
to break off huge chunks Of the berg ana
hoist them aboard the vessel. AL went well
until along toward the evening Mean.
caused the iceberg to settle heavily upon
the reef beneath, and then to gradually
tip over toward the side opposite the vessel
The iceberg continued to careen, and
Captain Chester began to suspect that all
was not going to be well for him. He or.
dered his men to get aboard and was about
to set sail when, with griAding roar the
iceberg rolled off the reef and started TO
revolve. Immediately there arose on the
starboard side of the vessel and beneath il
a jagged spur of ice which until then had
formed the bottom of the iceberg. With
crash the ice struck the keel The next in
slant the astonished crew found themselves
and their vessel lifted out of the water and
resting In sort of groove or cradle at
the south end of the ice mountain. 1t was
a panic inspiring predicament, to say the
least, and all hands began to pray for their
lives.
The weight of the vessel arrested the
revolution Of the berg, but did not have
the effect of turning it back again to its
original position. The reef prevented this
Chester ordered his men into the boats,
with instructions to get out of harms way
as fast as they could. Before abandoning
the vessel the mate cut the lines which
held her to the iceberg. The men then
pulled away to safe distance and anxious.
ly awaited the fate of the Elwood. The
anchor held fast, and the schooner, as IL
realizing its plight and desiring to escape,
tugged at the chain despairingly. The
tide dropped few more inches, the ice
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11

to work in the tobacco factories. He was
the youngest OF "a children, was born on
the 4th Of July, and on July 4, 1889, when
bew 81 years of age experienced religion
and 1t was made known to him, he says,
that he was called to preach the gospel.
He at once earnestly applied himself to
learn to read so that he could expound the
Scriptures, and after seven months Of hard
study In spelling book, assisted by fell
low slave named William jackson, he
could9ead we'll enough to warrant begin
ming his work as a preacher. He was
earnest, magnetic and crudely eloquent and
soon won considerable local fame. So great
was the demand for his services in the
vicinity of Richmond that his master
would allow him to make tours of several
weeks duration, receiving therefor 81 per
day for every day he was absent, Sundays
excepted.
When the war ended and Jasper found
himself free man, he had 73 cents in his
pocket and owed $42 In house rent. He
has always refused to receive more than
$50 per month as pastor of the Sixth
Mount Zion Baptist church Of Richmond,
but is said to be worth about $5, 900 to-
day. In 1857 he organized the church
with membership of nine. 1t now has
over 2, 900 members and Is very prosperous.
Eighteen years ago member of the
church choir engaged in "a controversy
with white man as to whether or not the
sun moved He asked the Rev. Jasper to
preach on the subject, and the result was
the famous "Sun DO Move" sermon which
has been repeated by reque@ fully 800
times and is still potent enough to pack
the church ON any Sunday the aged colored
divine adyertises that he will deliver 1t.
Jasper quotes numerous passages of Scrip
ture to prove that the sun moves around
the earth instead of the earth revolving
daily on It's axis. One Of his favorite argu-
ments is the following: Philosophers say
de earth moves roun an roun ON axles, an
Joshua told dc sun to stan still. Now, la
dies an gent'mun, do you b'lieve Joshua
would have asked God to stop de sun If 1t
hadn't been a-movinP Why didn't he ask
God to stop de earth which were goin roun
ON axles2'
The Rev. Jasper is a very intelligent
appearing negro. He is now 83 years old
and has been married four times.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

MANY women have excelled as execu-
tants in music; no woman has ever been
great or even mediocre composer.
A MANAGER of a large dry goods.
house in New York once said that not
one woman in a million can properly
tie up bundle.
THE papillae on the tips of lady's
fingers are 81, 900, ,0O0ths of an inch
smaller than those ON the fingers of
man.
THE suttee, or burning of widows on
the funeral pyres of their husbands,
was inculcated in India as religious
duty.
1T isa singular fact that of the queens
who reigned as soverigns, everyone
who reached middle life became quite
feshy.
AN authority on micoscropy states
that the hair of a woman can be dis
tinguished, by its constitution, from
that of man.
THERE are said to be over thousand
women in New York, who, in one way
or another, make their living by their
pens.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11

done his diplomatic work SO we'll that he
Is considered the best available man for
the 81, 500 position as minister. just at
this time the post Is very important one,
owing to the fact that Great Britain in
her boundary dispute with Venezuela
seems threatening to seize some Of the
weak republics territory and thus violate
the famous doctrine laid down by Presi-
dent Monroe that future aggression Of that
character would be deemed an unfriendly
act by the United States.
Minister Thomas was born In Maryland
about SO years ago and Is a lawyer by pro-
fessiop and a graduate of Princeton col
lege. When young man, he removed to
Louisiana, became interested in sugar
planting and upon the outbreak of the war
enlisted on the Confederate side. He saw
considerable fighting and rose to the rank
Of a brigadier general
After the war Mr.. Thomas resumed
for awhile the sugar business, but met
with reverses. Later he became professor
at the University of Louisiana at Baton
Rouge and during President Cleveland S
first administration was appointed a coiner
at the mint in New Orleans. He held this
Office for time after the Inauguration of
President Harrison. When Mr.. Cleveland
returned to power, General Thomas was an
applicant for some diplomatic position and
after many disappointments he was com
PEELED TO accept the small consulate at La
Guayra. He devoted himself conscientious
ly TO the discharge of his duties, however,
despite the meager salary, and his diplo-
matte talents, aided perhaps by the strong
friendship Of Supreme Court Justice
White, have led to his promotion.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11

THE MEN ABANDONED THE SCHOONER.
berg careened still farther, and the Elwood
rose still higher into the air. Although at
first thought this seemed to render her
condition even more desperate, 1t really
proved the schooner's salvation. The
tendency of the iceberg to roll over and
raise the vessel brought such an enormous
strain to bear upon the anchor chain that
something had to give way. Something
did, and to the joy of the fishermen it was
not the anchor or the chain. The iceberg
lurched, and the schooner was seen to slide
several feet along the crevice it rested in
There was another lurch and another slide
Then the vessel reached downward grade
and the next instant shot off the iceberg
and into the sea, bows on, like a rocket
She shipped heavy sea, as the result OF
plunging her nose beneath the surface but
quickly righted, and after stumbling over
her anchor chain and tugging viciously to
get away settled down to her original state
of tranquility, to all appearances unhurt.
"You can rest assured that no happier
mortals ever climbed aboard that ship
than we were when we pulled over to the
Elwood, concluded the captain.
A somewhat similar experience occurred
to the steamer Portia, in the Atlantic, two
or three years ago. Captain Ash thus de-
scribes it: 1.-THE iceberg was directly in
our course. proposed to pass at what
had every reason to believe was perfectly
safe distance. Just as we got abreast of
the first end few tons of ice fell out of
Its square face. Then 1 told the nian at
the wheel to steer to starboard. In ten
seconds there were three bergs instead of
one. The break was accompanied by ter
rible noises.
"The farthest portion ahead of us tipped
SO that It's submerged part arose directly
In our course, lifting us almost out Of the
sea, there being not more than three or
four feet OF water under u.s. The propeller
began to go around rapidly. stopped the
engines. We had run squarely upon q
shelf about 100 yards from the main body
Of the berg. Then the oommotion Of the
waters caused by the plunge of the berg
raised wave that swept onward while we
were trying to go ahead. signaled the
engineer to proceed at full speed. That
was the CRITICAL moment. Had the berg
continued to roll IL would have carried us
over and under. Had not that wave helped
us our ship would have been high and dry
on that mountain of ice.
"We left broad streak of red paint on
that ice dock, and the wave that saved us
swept quantities Of ice aboard. This the
passengers gathered and put in tumblers
of water"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11
MUSICAL NoTATloNS

BosToN's Kneisel quartette (Kneisel,
Roth, Swecench and Schroeder) is to
play in London next June.
MAscAGNI, the composer, according
to the Milan Corriere della Sera, is go
ing to Paris to challenge Maurice Wig
naux at billiards
MENDEIssoHN was not fond of feast
ing. He said he could live week on a
sausage and loaf of bread. His ro-
mantle opera Of "Lorely" was to some
extent inspired by this diet, for he ate
little else while composing it.
A cANrArA by Rossini, hitherto un-
known, has been discovered in the
Rossini museum at Pesaro, and was re-
Gently sung theres The subject Is the
episode OF Francesca da Rimini In
Dante's Inferno,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11

arms, and the forked twig / held In my
hands began to revolve. j thought very
little about the matter at the time, but
when, after another trial, found that my
health would not bear the strain for Office
life, and when discovered that my power
increased with practice seriously consid-
cred the possibilities of water divining as
profession.
"What happens when you light upon
hidden waterP'
"a sensation not unlike slight shiver
comes into my arms first and afterward
all over my body. 1 then hold the twig in
my hands, and SO long as am above the
water 1t revolves, ceasing Immediately
get off the bed Of the stream. A twig
freshly cut from the hedge serves the pur-
pose best, but wire answers very well, cop
per wire being, however, much less sensi-
tive than steel or iron. This would seem
to argue some magnetic attraction, and
my own opinion is that water divination
is corresponding power to mesmerism-
a kind OF animal magnetism. You would
be surprised at the number of people who
have the power and are ignorant Of the
fact, ladies more especially"
"Surely, the presence Of water affecting
you as it does, hidden stagnant pool or
closed drain might deceive youp
"No. ] am only affected by running
water, and ! can gauge its depth and the
number Of gallons that it runs per minute.
SIS there any attraction between the
twig and the hidden waterS"
Mr.. Gataker smiled. $50 many people
ask me that question:, he answered lit
tie wearily, "and If the water l find rs
pure and fit for drinking purposes. The
attraction is in me alone. The movement
Of the twig is merely its outward sign.
can find water without the twig, simply
by holding out my hands. guarantee to
find water-not pure water; that is OBJ
viously impossible.
"Have you had many failures in finding
water?"
He shook his head "There are failures
and failures, you know. / have always
found water when'water has been there to
be found, but sometimes that has not been
In the place where it was needed or de-
sired -
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11

ufacturer In Canton. He was for several
years a student In the American Baptist
Home Mission sooiety's school In San
Francisco, under the direction of DIR. ]. b.
Hartwell. After leaving the school he be-
gan to expose the lawbreakers OF San
Francisco's Chinatown, giving the evil
dence that he was able to gather to Detect
i've James Gillin.
The result was a series OF convictions
for various misdemeanors, and finally the
Six Companies offered a reward for his
death. San Francisco became too uncom-
Portable for him, and he journeyed east
ward. He prepared list OF the gambling
houses, showing the location Of IA regular
fantan games, 20 lotteries and 8 policy
shops. He translated the signs into Eng
lish and placed the records in the hands of
the police
Quan is very much In earnest In his ex-
p0sures and he believes Chinatown may
be purified by the police. He has not heard
of any Victims of highbinders In this city,
and he does not wish to be the first. Chi
nese murders in San Francisco under such
circumstances have not been uncommon.
Quan thinks he is in serious danger.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11
An Escaped Convict Gives himself Up.

Elijah Brown, alias ]. W. Howard, q
convicted burglar who escaped from the
Kansas state prison three years ago with
eight long years to serve, was converted
In Seattle recently at the Salvation Army
barracks, and he now notifies the governor
OF Kansas and the warden of the state pen
itentiary at Leavenworth that he is here
and ready and willing to go back to Kan
sas and expiate his crime whenever sent
for
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11
FIGS AND THIsTLEs.

IF you want to do something, find one
who believes something.
IT never hurts Gods work any for
people to get mad at His truth.
uoUB lives please God when they make
sinners want to know Christ.
AN extravagant man loves to lecture
his wife on the beauty of economy.
GoD will give us strength to resist
temptation II we win use II to walk
swav from had Nnmn any --ps.~'- u,.---
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11
A PRICE ON HIS HEAD.
Chinese Gamblers Offer $1,000 For tn
Murder of N Celestial Reformer

Chinese Gamblers Oher $1,000 For the
Murder Of n Celestial Reformer.
Quan Yick Nam, young Chinese Park
hurst, has recently been engaged in a cru
sade against vice in New Yorks China.
town. He has met with considerable sue
cess, says the New York Herald, but he
now fears there is serious trouble in store
for him. Several leading Chinese mer-
chants have warned him that price has
been set on his head by the gamblers of
their nationality, and that any highbinder
can earn 81, 200 by cutting his throat.
Quan's appearance is childlike and bland.
He looks younger than he is, 81, and there
Is nothing about him to suggest deter
mined reformer. He came to the United
States about II years ago to learn English.
His father, he says is a wealthy silk man
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11

Cleveland has be-
slowed upon Al
len Thomas, who
succeeds ii on
Seneca HaseltoD
as United States
minister TO Vene-
zuela. Mr.. Thorn
as has been draw
ing the modest
lstipend of 81, 500
las consul at La
Guayra, Vonezue-
Ia, for ~ years
and has become so
W ell informed
concerning { h 9
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11
"DE SUN DO MOVE"

So Said Rev. John Jasper, Colored, and
the Sermon Made Him Famous.
The most famous colored preacher in the
United States is the Rev. John Jasper,
whose oft repeated ingenious but illiterate
sermon proves to his own satisfaction at
least that ode sun do move" Jasper was
born slave near Richmond In 1872 He
was very bright boy and was allowed to
serve in his masters house as waiter until
at the age Of 13 he was sent to Richmond
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11

Zebras are among the latest fads Of the
British aristocracy. Lord Rothsohild has
a pair OF zebras broken to harness which
he drives around his country place, while
recently a well known peer was seen driv-
ing a four In hand Of these beautiful anil
mails through the streets Of South Ken
sington. The question Is now being dis
oussed as to whether they cannot BIO broken
for Csc as polo ponies.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11
He 1wles TIE WATER.
An English water Diviner Tells How He
Does It.

"How did you discover that you pos
sessed the power Of divinationp asked q
representative Of the London Black and
White of Mr.. Leicester Gataker, water
diviner.
"By the merest chance. After leaving
Bath college, where was educated, went
into London office, but the confinement
made me i'll, and was obliged to go down
to the west country to rest. i was walk
ing one day with friend who knew a To-
cal water diviner, and he suggested that
we should try II we, too possessed the fac
ulty of finding water. He was unsuccess-
full; but, to my great amazement, as l was
walking across a field / suddenly felt
mild shivering sensation, chiefly In my
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11
nredIoal virtues .os Cinnamoa Tea.

Cinnamon tea is recommended as bev-
erage for people who dwell In malarial dis
tricts. II Is also useful as . preventive Of
typhoid fever.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11
Three divorces In twenty M,uute..

Judge McAdam recently tried three di-
vocre cases In New York in less than 20
minutes and In each case granted decrees
70 the plaintiffs, who were Ida Chayitz,
Flora J. Bradbury and Jnlia n. MnKaA
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11
Deatb 10 Cats.

An Antikatzen verein exists at Mum
ster, In Westphalia, whose members are
pledged to kill all the stray cats they find
The tails are brought as evidence to the So
ciety's rooms, and last year 1929 were
brought In.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11
FROM CONSUL TO MINISTER.

General Thomas Promotion TO the venexu.
elan Mission Raised His Salary $4,000.
A raise In salary of go, 900 at single
Jump Is the good fortune that President
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-31

NroTrCE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
IN subscriber has been duly appointed exc
cutor of the will OF
DAVID HARRINGTON, late of Harpswell.
in the County of Cumberland, deceased. and has
taken upon himself that trust by giving ponds
as the law directs All persons having de-
mands upon the estate of said deceased. are
required to exhibit the same; and all persons
indebted to said estate are called upon to make
STEPHEN PURINTON, Executor.
Harpswel, January 16, 1925.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-16

Many writer's have spoken Of the
great wall Of China as a waste Of hui
man energy. But there they are In cr-
ror. From a military point Of view it
was Of prime Importance. There Is
no doubt that for some centuries the
hordes Of Mongolia were stopped in
their war expeditions at the foot Of
this wall, which marked the southern
edge of their land; for the wall was
nothing more nor less than an immense
fertilization, the greatest the world
ever saw, and there were plenty OF Chi
nese soldiers to man it. Scattered all
along the top Of the wall We're sentinels
within communicating distance Of one
another, and no enemy could approach
without these sentinels signaling the
fact all along the frontier. Every gate
In the wall had its garrison and every
mountain pass through which the wall
was built had its military camp. Towns
were built and agriculture developed
along the wall in order to supply the
needs Of the soldiers, and this fact in
itself was Il protection to China, as it
increased the density Of population
along the frontier. The wall is now in
ruins, and has ceased to be of use; but
for fourteen centuries it helped to pro-
tect the empire from its northern foes.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-16
RaZOrs Made by Machinery.

The manufacture of raZOrS by nal
chinery has now become a fixed fact
in Germany. and the quality Of the
article is said to compare favOrably
with the best Sheffield product, the
process being also applicable to scis-
SOrs-making. A die bearing the I'M
press of Il razor blade and tongue, or
of a scissors blade and bow. as the
case may be, is screwed into the bot
tom of a drop hammer, which is worked
by hand owe Il pulley, Il corresponding
die being placed on the anvil upon
which the hammer falls, the end Of the
steel bar or ramrOd having been heated
to a red heat is laid across the anvil
weight of about thirty hundred-weight,
or less, according to the size of the arti-
Gle to be produced, forces the metal
into the mould. this, when withdrawn.
appearing in the shape of Il perfect
razor or scissors blank. but surrounded
with Il fray or fringe, which is after
ward pared with the stripping tools as
waste. This operation is repeated i'll
definitely, according to the extent OF
the order in hand, the tools being then
changed on to another size of blade or
scissors. Repeated blows Of the ham,
mer are required to forge some of the
blanks, regulated by their size and
shape.-New York Sun.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-16

"Twelve years ago last month"; said
Mr.. Beltzhoover. Of Pennsylvania, Il
had an interesting experience on the
floor Of the House yer a term used by
me in the course of debate. l had
been criticising Gen. HaZen, who vas
at that time Chief Signal Officer of the
army. ] referred to him as wearing
the muniments of war; and in other
ways deporting himself in public places.
HaZen was defended by as brainy 4
quartet Of men as ever Il in the
House. They were Ezra Taylor, Gar
fields successor; Ben ButterwOrth, of
Cincinnati; Judge Converse, Of Column
bus, all three Ohio men, and Maj. Cal
kins. of Indiana. Judge Taylor ridi-
culed my use of the term 'muniments
of war While he was speaking, |
slipped out to the Congressional IL
brary and asked AinswOrth Spofford if
it was correct. He replied that it was,
and, picking up a copy of Shakespeare.
which lay on his desk, he opened it at
the second act of CoriOlanus and point
ed to the passage which contained it.
1t was quick work. 1t showed the
thoroughness of Mr.. SpOfford's literary
training, and enabled me to get back
at my opponents in a manner particu-
larly gratifying to myself .'-Washing
ION Times.