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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05
MISS HELEN LoVETT.

class. This organization, which meets
each Tuesday and Thursday, is COM
posed of students who, desiring to pur-
scribed by the school curriculum, have
persuaded Prof. Skidmore, who directs
the department, to give them more Of
his special subjects. Prof. Skidmore's
long experience with girl students has
made him wise and he has cheerfully
given them the freedom of the labor
atories. Among them Is the right to use
the fine apparatus which the professor
himself employees in demonstration,
and which has, up to the present time,
been limited to his use. The man who
thinks that girls are not so fond of re-
search as men and less enthusiastic as
scientists, should visit this class Of busy
special workers enthusiastically pur-
suing under the guidance of their
teachers Investigations which are be-
yond those generally supposed to in
terest young women The class has not
found 1t necessary to have officers.
Somewhat the same character of an
organization is the class under the di-
rection of the teachers Of physical cul-
ture, which meets each Wednesday in
the gymnasium. These are the special
students who aspire to become leaders
Of divisions Of their own classes, so that
they may have charge of the work and
instruct their classmates. They are
practically being trained for officer
ships; to become, in fact, first lieuten-
ants Of the teachers of physical culture,
who are glad to find helpers among the
students themselves. This is volun-
tary work, as interesting as 1t Is en-
joyable. The students who Join this
class are strong and vigorous. 1t Is a
pleasant sight to witness them going
through this special athletic training.
Some have become expert in very diff
cult exercises and beside any of them
the young lady of the old social novel
whose smelling bottle was the most i'm
oortant belonging of her outfit no long
er exists. She has vanished with the
salt tears" and the crystal tears" Of
the poets IDEAL Athletics have no lit
tie to do with the growing self reliance
In women. The work which the girls
of the Normal school do will, for grace,
agility and daring, astonish those who
think athletics are the prerogatives of
the masculine mart Of creation.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05
did not transpire.

A white-haired statesman, who has
helped to make Colorado laws since the
territorial days, mistaking abuse for
argument, in seconding the nomina-
tion of E. o. Wolcott turned his speech
into a TRADE of abuse of women. He
spoke of the "hatchet-faced individuals
who presented the resolutions, and
warned women if they ever attempted
anything Of the kind again they would
receive such a reprimand as they would
remember" This cowardly assault on
women was applauded to the echo. A
great-minded senator from Pueblo was
of the opinion that the white-haired
veteran should receive vote of thanks
for his courage in rebuking the women.
Is it not time that women should go
into the legislature in numbers strong
enough to rebuke such men?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05

been required to sit with folded hands
and see its debasement.
At the polls in November last, which
was the first election after the enfran-
CHI ment Of the women of Colorado, 60
per ant of the votes cast were by wo-
men, md it was largely due to their ef-
forts that there were so many men,
who had stayed away from the polls
for years, working hand in hand with
them. 1t is idle to say that the rela-
tons between men and women arc in
the least affected by women's mingling
in the contests of political life. No
true man fails in chivalrous feeling to-
ward the woman who is simply doing
her duty. 1t is only the men who have
unclean records and who fear the veto
Of virtue upon degrading practices who
fail in chivalrous respect.
The scene at the polls in Colorado on
election day is a pleasant one. Young
women go with their fathers, young
men are often seen with an aged grand
mother, while sometimes an entire fam
lly makes pleasant party, and as they
wait their turn the pleasant courtesies
of the day are exchanged by friends and
leighboTs. Among the newly enfran-
.hised of last November was a white
haired woman who came, accompanied
oy her friends, to cast her first ballot,
She was enthusiastic over her privilege,
md said she hat never expected to live
% see the day when she might vote.
After carefully depositing her ballot,
she told the bystanders that she was
BORN in 1903. Last year the sharpest
POLITICAL battle that Colorado has known
or years was fought, yet women moved
rom polling place to polling place,
meeting with no disrespect.
Prompt and untiring in the first cam
)aign of women in Colorado was Mrs.
Anna d. Clemmer, who is now dairy
Commissioner of the state. No woman
n Colorado has had more varied po-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05

If olive oil congeals in freezing
weather, it is a sign that it is adulter-
ated with lard. Very few Of the expen-
sive bottles of so called oil will stand
this simple test In fact, we seldom get
the pure thing, and, If we did, the
chances are that we could not eat IL.
At least, that was the experience, once
upon time, of one woman who used a
great deal of mayonnaise dressing upon
her table and bad supposed that she
dotted on olive oil. An Italian friend be-
slowed upon her flask of the peculiar
ly green fluid. To her surprise, not one
Of her family, herself included, could
bear it's taste. There was a tang to 1t
which showed them that they had never
eaten olive oil before and that they
never wanted to eat it again. So they
gave the flask away.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05

said, however, that the character and
influence OF a school may be pretty ac-
curately determined by the number and
character of the independent organiza-
tions of the students which grow out OF
the work or the play of the school, II
the atmosphere Of the school is stimu-
lating and the teachers inspiring the
students catch the infection and sup
plement the work of the class room
with that Of special organizations. In
many professional schools self-interest,
apart from intellectual or social gain,
demands such organization OF stu
dents. Clubs, quizzes and societies are
1 familiar adjunct of medical and law
schools. Often the pure love of learn
ing born of contact with the schoo
whose spirit Ia Intellectually stimulat
Ing determines the number and charac
ter of the students organizations, oil
simply affection for the place--that In
tangible something that makes thu
students love TO linger about its hallI
and delight In pleasant memories which
are apparently aroused by tho rooms
themselves.
OF the seven hundred and twenty
Ave students who daily attend the Nor
NAL School one-half, perhaps. are mem
bers OF various organizations, whicf
hold their meetings In the building
after school honrs Theas organiza
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05
MISS BLANCHE LEVI.

No school means more to Philadel-
phia than does the Normal School-the
crown of an unbroken system of free
education which leads from kinder
garten to college and university door.
Even in America-the continent of
liberty, or, as Emerson defines it, "An-
other word for opportunity
tion for women has been accomplished
only after hard struggle. 1t was one
hundred and fifty years after Harvard
College was founded before any pro-
vision was made by Massachusetts, for
the education of girls, and public
schools were established in Boston for
boys one hundred and thirty-five years
before girls were admitted to learn
reading and writing for a part of the
year." When Mrs. Willard, in 1921, pre-
sented to the New York legislature the
first plan for the higher education Of
girls proposed in the United States, she
very scrupulously stated that she
wished to produce no "college-bred fe-
males"
The annual commandments of our
Girls High and Normal Schools are as
welcome as the June roses. The Ameri-
can eagle spreads its wings in pardon
able pride when one after another
pretty girl mounts the platform to de-
liver a graduation thesis. Yet only
fifty years ago Lucy Stone was shut out
Of the New England College, to which
her brother was admitted, and, Journey
ing to Oberlin, extraordinarily liberal
in governmental policy for those days,
when she graduated at the head of her
class, she was awarded the honor of a
commencement essay, provided she
would agree to let man read it! She
didn't!
Fifty years ago is long way off.
The world moves! In Philadelphia to-
day twenty-three hundred students at
tend the Girls High School and in the
beautiful building dedicated to Phila-
delphia's professional school for the
training Of young women in teaching
725 more names are enrolled.
Every phase Of the life of a large
school is interesting. 1t has been we'll
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05
squarlng the circle.

One of the problems that are as old as
the science of mathematics is that Of
"squaring the circle " By squaring the
circle is meant the problem of finding
the sides of square exactly equal in
area to circle of given diameter. To
do this, either by elementary geometry
or by expressing it automatically in
Commensurate numbers, has been found
to be an impossibility. In other words.
the ratio between the diameter and the
circumference of circle cannot be ex-
actly found, even though in the division
the decimal be carried out to 10000
figures. The above being the exact facts
in the case. we will say that the problem
of "squaring the circle" is one that has
long been given mp by the mathema-
ticians as insolubie. .---St. Louie Repub-
bo.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05

tical experience. Always lady, she
as never forgotten her womanhood; al
ays a republican, she has never for
otten her patriotism, and has won the
,sDect and admiration of all classes.
ceiling the great need of her state, and
ppreciating that a woman could ven-
ire to SOW seed where man would not
, tolerated by the populist element,
le bravely went into the mining camps
Boulder county, and did the work
at was impossible to man.
Mrs. Frances S. Klock, Clara Cres-
ngham and Mrs. Carrie c. Holly en-
y the distinction OF being the first wo-
sn who represented Colorado In the
neral assembly and the first women
er elected to the legislature in the
lited States. They we're the firLt wo-
en TO become lawmakers in the
tilted States did not make them less
manly or bring disastrous results up
the state. AS "legislatresses" they
aducted themselves with dignity,
liking the most OF their dificult posi-
a. doubly difhcult through its hope
8 minority.
70 Mrs. Holly. representative from
eblo. is due the passage OF the bill
fnging the age OF consent from 16 to
years She handled this bill with
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05
Special Corresto

the hundreds Of girls who seek the por-
tai; and at afternoon, when the stu
dents, arm in arm, chatting gaily in
groups of twos and threes, retrace
their steps, the chiseled face, bathed in
warmer radiance, still smiles upon their
way. Coming or going one marks the
springy step, and the eyes that see the
future through rose-colored spectacles
Youthful optimism is as yet undimmed.
You who have never looked into the
faces of these seven hundred girls as
one can see them every morning at 9
o'clock in the assembly room of the
Normal School, will still muse on, mar
yelling why the ancients conceived Of
wisdom as a woman.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05

liable which would signify that Ismail
Khan-who lies with the prophet -
cleared out again as rapidly as possi-
BILE. Unfortunately the maintenance OF
the Pax Britannica in the valley of the
Indus requires the constant presence
in that delectable spot of a squadron OF
horse and battalion of foot belong
ing to those fine troops, the Punjab
frontier force. In the middle of June
1t is often impossible to see the COM
pound gate from the verandah at mid
day owing to the prevalence of a swirl
ing dust storm, and twelve hours later
1t may be necessary to pour water over
the bed to render 1t sufficiently cool to
be laid upon.
Yet the officers of the Piffers-so-
called by Anglo-Indians as a phonetic
way of expressing the initials p. F. F.
manage to live there, and, what Is still
more marvellous, half a dozen Regent
street gowns may be seen there when
ever the station foregathers at club or
gymkhana. Not long ago the c. o. at
Bera Ismail Khan had as a daughter
the prettiest girl that was to be set eyes
upon along the whole 1000 miles Of the
Indus. Ethel Townsend was known far
and wide as the pride Of the Piffers,
and l will tell you another time how she
won the title. Just now / wish to place
on record what Major Dalrymple did
for her. Dalrymple did not know, un-
til Townsend married the only child
Of the chief of the Indus flotilla, that
he would never care for any other
woman. Mrs. Townsend n, er even
guessed his secret, but it near ly broke
his heart when she died in giving birth
to the little one who afterward bore her
name.
Ethel always called him uncle, and
next to her love for her father she gave
him the full warmth of her impulsive
affections. But now that she had come
back from seven years residence in
France and Germany she found that
there was yet another corner vacant in
her heart, and this place was at once
bestowed upon Capt, the Hon. Robert
McGregor Cameron, whom the natives
had christened the Babadursahib, and
who was known to his associates as the
Hon. Bob.
Hence it was that when the Guides
to which distinguished section of the
Punjab frontier force all these people
ordered to Join an ex-
pedition against particularly obnox-
ious tribe in the Bara Khel, Ethel be-
took herself to Mayor Dalrymple and
cried her pretty eyes out on the score
that Bob would be sure to get himself
killed.
"He won't be in any greater danger
than your father or I, sweetheart"
said the major, at his wits end for
words of consolation, "and you have
seen us return safely too often to feel
alarmed now"
"Oh, dad and you have got good sense,
but Bob is such mad thing-and he
will do something ridiculous, and /
shall never see him again." boohoo,
boohoo-the pride of the Piffers was
but a woman.
Ethel, my dear, listen to me-" and
the fine-looking soldier tenderly
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05
SPECIAL TO HENEws-DENocRAT

SPECIAL TO THE HENEws-DENocRAT.
Cincinnati, Nov. 90.
Shortly after Joseph Benson Foraker
was defeated for the govcrnurship of Ohio
I'm 1899, he declared omphatiCally to the
Torld that hc had gone out of politics for
good and in future proposed merely to be
u spectator of the stirring incidents that
come when campaigns ure hottest. Yet
behold he is again to the front, having
been unanimously selected by the Repub-
liCan state convention of Ohio to serve as
United States sunatorto succeed Calvin S.
BriCe, and for the first time in his political
career Mr.. Foraker is to get his office with
out being obliged to make a fight for It,
since Ohio's Legislature is overwhelmingly
Republican this year, and its members of
that party would not dare TO disobey the
mandates of the convention even II they
wished so to do.
There Is something about Foraker that
you cannot help liking, even II you are n
Democrat and so opposed on principle TO
his holding office There have been times
when he was not liked by all the Repub-
licans, but even those who have been most
bitterly opposed to him " the past have
been unable altogether to fiil Of admiring
him, largely perhaps because he is such a
lasting fighter. 1t never seemed to make
any difference to him, until his disastrous
defeat of 1889, whether he won or lost.
He went on fighting just as enthusiastic.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05
Taking No Risks.

81 am not going to take my meals at
he Hash restaurant any longer.
"Why not?"
~ heard the proprietor tell delin-
quent customer to pony upP "-Detroit
Free Press.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05
ETHEL TOWNSEND.

ERA Ismail Khan
is a frontier station
on the cutthroat
side of the Indus.
Its name means
that Ismail Khan
may his bones rest
once pitched his
tent there. but a
not too careful phil
ology forgot to add
some elouuent syl-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05

Knave originally signified onlya hoy !;
then, as most walters and pages were
boys, it was applied to male servants,
and as not few of these were Of rough
ish habits, it finally came to mean a ras-
cal
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05
The News Democrat.
Philadelphia, Nov. 20.

'hlladelphia, NOV. ~.
ii A p p Y thought
prompted the sculp-
tor to carve above
the archway of the
Philadelphia n or
NAL school a bust
of Minerva. Day by
day the all-wise
goddess be C k o n s
through the clear
light of the No
vember morning To
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05

is not the new or coming women
no are working 10 purify politics in
Colorado; It is the women who have,
through hardship and trials, done their
full share in building up the centennial
state.
These women feel that they have q
duty to perform in demonstrating to
the entire nation that suffrage will be
OF value to them by being earnest, con-
servative, yet courageous. The venal
vote cuts but a small figure among the
women Of Colorado. The ballot is
dearly bought privilege, not lightly to
be bartered away. The ballot does not
purify woman, but she realizes its value
more fully than man, who has never
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05

S politicians the
representative wo-
men of Colorado are
upright, shrewd
and capable. They
are asking nothing
because OF their
sex, and, compare.
lively, the women
who are ready to
barter their rights
are in the minority.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05
j. B. FORAKER
The Man Who Will Succeed
Brice in the Senate.
HE'S AGAIN IN FRONT

After Few Years of Retirement from
Po1itics-For Once He Will Get an
Office without Fighting for It-An
Interesting Sketch of an Interesting
and Dashing Man.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05

The annual consumption OF lemons IN
the United States amounts to 5000, 600
boxes.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05

"Notsoe TO Vacate" blanks 10 oents per
dozen at the News Democrat Office.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05

Rent and sale cards at tho News D,mo
orat ONCE.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05

Special correspondence T. the News Democrat.
Denver, Cello. Nov. 30.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05

All this happened six years ago. Since
then have seen a fat youngster held
on to the back Of still fatter Kabuli
pony, and the name of the youngster
was Robert Dalrymple Cameron
Utica Press.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-09
MIR. JouSsoN,s RESIGNATION.
Stiil Friendly With the Company, He
Remains I'm seattle.

J. II. johnson. who resigned the posi-
ton OF Puget sound superintendent OF
the Pacific CoGst Steamship Company
last Thursday stated TO n Post-inteiii-
gencer reporter yesterday that he re-
signed OF his own voiitEon and upon good
ard sufficient reasons TO himself. He
said that his relations with the company
are. az they have always been. cordial.
and that strong efforts were made 10
have him remain with the company. but
he thought otherwise and consequently
rendered his resignation. Mr. johnson
states that he intends "a remain I'm Seat
tie and make IL his permanent home. be-
cause he thinks IL offers strong induce
uaents to young men In Its surely bright
future.
Mr.. Johnson has heen with the Pacific
Coast company for thirteen years, and
during that time has crsditnbEy filed all
the positions OF trust In the gift af the
company. He started IS clerk on she
wharf at San Francisco. and from that 90
rur.er or ali the company's iines then
as auditor Of the freight and ticket csface.
from that TO manager OF the entire
freight department and then Puget sound
superintendent.
During his residence Ga this city Mr..
Johnson has made a large number 90
warm friends. who regret 20 see him
leave the company. =. r. Trcwhrieigs.
his successor. has been the purchasing
agent OF the company in this city for the
past four years. ard has wen high
opinions of his ability and personal quail
ties
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-09
THE TERMS ARE MADE sTRIcTER.
New Specifications for Pike street Paw
ing VIII Increase Bids.


ond time receive and open bids for the
paving OF Pike street. the most important
local piece OF permanent. street improve
ment yet proposed. and the contractors
are busiiy engaged Just now in figuring
on the plans and specifications on file In
the city engineers Office. II is generally
believed by these who keep posted on
street improvements that the bids will be
much higher than they were the first time.
In fact some OF the contractors say that
sthe city has made few amendments to
the old specifications which. while guar
aneeeinE q better Improvement, will re-
quire them to make their figures larger
When the contractors bid the frat time
II Is said that some Of them figured on
using but 20 barrels OF cement in the
work and one or two of the contractors
considered that 100 would be sufficient.
Then they further figured on there being
i-5 cubic feet In a barrel OF cement. but
she city explains in the new specifications
that there are only about Is cubic feet
Ia barrel. The city further expects. ac-
cording TO the wording OF the specifica-
tions. that the contractor who does the
work shall use in the neighborhood of
Ibis barrels OF cement and says that the
concrete shall be 6fs inches thick. when
the contractors figured before on SIX
inches. Then some of the contractors
thought that the gravel TO be put on the
Specifications state that the gravel shall
be six inches when packed. which means
about eight inches loose. Before. the con-
tractors figured on one inch OF cement,
four OF sand and six OF stone. Now they
figure on eight of stone.
One or the contractors said yesterday
that IL was understood among contractors
that the contractor who paved Union
street lost money. The lowest bid re-
csived the first time for paving Pike
street, he said. was proportionately lower
than the bid which captured the Union
street contract. He was satisfied that
when the city opened It's bids next Thurs
day IL would find that the figures we're
higher than before.
The city under the present specifications
requires that the contractor getting the
contract shall give bond for the main
tenance of the street for period of one
year. The city officials think that In that
time. IL there are any flaws in the work,
they viii come to light.