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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05
A TURKISH DIPLOMAT.
Moustapha Bey, the New Minister to Wash
ington, Knows the Ropes.

Moustapha Bey, the New Minister to Wash
ington, Knows the Ropes.
Moustapha Tahsin Bey, the new Turk
ish minister to the United States, is rather
an understood man, As years old, who has
keen eyes, the polished manners of a
diplomat and the easy grace of q typical
oriental. Although he has been for a
number of years connected with the for
eign office Of his government, this Is his
first experience as a minister, and he seems
very much pleased with his appointment.
Moustapha Bey speaks English with
some little difficulty, but he is as fluent in
French as in his native tongue This Is
his second visit to this country, and he Is
by no means stranger here, for from 1889
until 1885 he lived in New York city,
where he was sent as special commission
er by the sultan. His mission on that oc-
casion was to negotiate for the purchase of
6OO 900 American made rifles for the sui
tan's army. lie bought the rifles, and they
pleased the Turks greatly. Mavroyeni Bey,
whom Moustapha succeeds, has been in
this country for II years and was recalled
at his own request.
That the new minister Is skilled in all
the arts of diplomacy is evident from the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05
THE LAND OF FAMINE
WANT AND WOE AGAIN THREATEN
UNFORTUNATE INDIA.

What the Failure of the wheat Crop
Means to GO,OOO,OOO Hindoos - Great
Famines of History-How India, Ire
land and Russia Have Suffered.
Over all northern India hangs the dread
shadow of famine Here in this land OF
plenty, where we hear so much about over
production and gluttod markets, where
potatoes and apples rot because It does not
pay the farmers TO ship them, and where
we often use corn for fuel, it Is hard to
realize what widespread misery and whole
sale death can follow in the train of crop
failure. But no native of India fails to
comprehend the meaning Of the reports
which have recently reached us, even on
this side Of the earth
The cable dispatches which tell us that
the crops in large part of the northwest
provinces, in Oudh, in the Punjab and in
two districts Of upper Burma are serious
ly damaged mean but little to us. But
when we learn that the full import is that
6O, 900, 900 people are in danger Of starva-
tion the situation assumes a serious aspect.
Drought, q long, terrible drought, is the
cause. For many months the pitiless In.
dian sun has burned fercely In the brassy
sky, and the earth and all green things
have been baked until the surface Of the
country IL brown ana dusty The summer
rains which should have followed the set
ting in Of the monsoon did not come as
usual, and the wheat and other grain crops
withered and died long before the harvest
time came
Wholly dependent, as they are, upon the
annual bounty Of nature, these teeming
millions Of people could only watch with
helpless horror the fields grow scar and
brown, knowing that they had no resource
70 fall back upon when the crops withered.
Who can imagine the agony Of mind with
which they saw the famine stealing upon
themH Sixty millions Of them there are,
and IL months must come and go before
the ripe grain can be gathered from apoth-
or harvest field.
In the northwest provinces and Oudh
there is population Of more than 46, 0OO,-
600, equal to the population of the whole
OF the German empire and dependent upon
an area Of land just one-half the size. In
the Punjab, which is just about the size
Of Nevada, there are over 10000, 900 peo-
pie. The whole famine district has a
population almost equal to that of the
United States, but its area Is just about
one-tenth as great
Historians estimate that the world has
seen no less than $50 mighty famines, and
they begin by counting the great famines
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manner in which he has parried the ques-
tions Of the interviewers. With childlike
blandness Moustapha has expressed great
surprise that any one should think there
had been any trouble in Armenia. True,
he had heard that some chronic agitators
had stirred up some little disturbances,
but when he left Constantinople he under
stood that everything was quiet He was
I. ~ to assure Americans that the sultan
loved them like brother and that he
himself, as his majesty's representative,
most heartily shared that tender sentiment.
About the only feature of Moustaphas
apparel which stamps him as a Turk Is the
fez which he wears The rest of his clothes
are of European cut and were evidently
purchased in London. He owns up to hay-
Ing but one wife. He finds New York mar
velously hanged since he left 1t IL years
ago, and the tall buildings which have
been erected in that city within the last few
years astonished him greatly. The cable
cars Of the metropolis and the electric
cars Of Washington are also new to him,
and he Is far more ready TO talk about them
than of the European situation. Willy
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05
FASHIONS OF NEW YORK.
The Rich New Silks and Velvets
Now on View.
TAPFITAs ARE BACK NUMBERS

New Things In RIBBONS and Laces-The
Proper Thing In Hosiery-Unpopularit
of the Big Hat Costumes For the Conn
Ing Horse Show.
Copyright, 1890, by American Press Associa.
tion.l
Partly owing to the presidential election
and the natural excitement IL has caused,
the importers have withheld the finest and
richest Of the new silks and velvets, for they
feared that II shown too freely whilo mon
ey was 80 hard to obtain tho women
would weary of the sight of them; 80 It
Is not until now that the most costly Of
the stuffs are shown. We had reyeled In
the light taffetas SO long that those who
make our fine stuffs felt that the time for
reaction had come, and hence the satins,
silks and velvets of unapproachable splen.
dor. The crisp and delightful tafretas are
ne'rly all now relegated to the bargain
counter or are made up into petticoats.
Not all, but nearly all. In one store these
taffcta petticoats are offered all beautifully
made ut SO. as each. The silk of which they
are made cost from S75 to 81 a yard but
recently, and in each of these skirts there
are so yards of silk. There are others In
striped tafTetas all full and well made for
%. 95 each
This to the observer Is proof positive that
taffeta is no longer queen of fashion,
though there will be considerable Of it
worn this fall and winter, particularly the
changeable shades in blue and green, but
the reign of the rich and heavy brocades
and firm armures and moires has come
Some of the brocades are positively star.
tling, and at first glance one would take
them for upholstery. 1 think described
these silks and the moires, velvets and
yelours in my last letter; so this one shall
be devoted mostly to the minor matters,
which, however, have their own impor-
tanoe In the aggregate of fashionable
things.
Among these are the ribbons. While
ribbon will not be worn to any very great
extent, what is worn will be marked by
richness and quality. There are liberty
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05
MIC. ON the Indinn.

A champion has risen up for the In
dian in the person of General Miles.
The Indian fighter has become the most
earnest and aggressive of Indian defend
ers. This fact aud an energetic defense
of General Custer are the salient points
in the Miles memoirs. In his opinion
the red man has distinguished himself
as diplomat, statesman and warrior and
may be good even while he is alive. In
speaking of Custer, General Miles says,
II have no patience with those who
would kick dead lion" and he attrib.
utes the lions death in part to general
Ignorance throughout the army as to the
strength of the enemy, and in part to
the failure of Major Reno to assume re-
sponsibility for the movements of his
forces. Chicago Journal.
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her. She understands their suffering,
and has the power to relieve and cure.
IR nearly all cases the source OF
women's suffering is in the womb.
In many cases the gale physician does
not understand the case and treats the
patient for consumption-indigestion
anything but the right thing.
IT is under such circumstances that
thousands of women have turned to
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass, and
opened their heart and lives-woman
TO womau-and received her help.
You ask how she can tell if the doctor
cannot? Because no man living ever
treated so many cases and possesses
such vast expe fence.
Displacement, inflammation, torpid
action, stagnation, sends to all parts
of the body the pains that crush you.
Lydia f. Pinlham's Vegetable
Compound" is the sure cure for this
trouble. For twenty years it has done
its grand worlr and cured thousands.
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fact. She is known now as Sister Mary
Baptist, and she is mother superior Of
the order of Sisters of Mercy in Cali
fornia.
The Russell family is a remarkable
one, and almost every member of it has
become distinguished in some way.
There were II children, and of these z
entered religious institutions. OF the
boys Charles was the only one who en-
tered secular life. The others showed
much the same qualities of mind as
those he possessed-the qualities which
enabled him to reach the highest posi-
tiou in the legal profession. What
places the others would have taken in
life had they not devoted all their tai
epts to the church can only be guessed.
Mother Russell camo TO this country
when she was 26 years old, and as she
is now 6S it was just AZ years ago that
she took up the work of her order in
San Francisco AT that time there was
no branch Of the order in the city, SO
she founded one Under her able man
agement many large and prosperous in
stitutions have sprung up, such as st.
Mary's hospital, Our Lady Of Mercy's
academy, the Old Ladies' home, the
Mater Misericordia Sewing School For
Poor Girls, the Magdalen asylum, st.
Peters convent, Our Lady of Mercy's
academy at Berkeley and other schools.
She is we'll known to prominent citi-
zens Of San Francisco and is universally
loved for her Kindness as we'll as es-
teemed for her broad intelligence.
She has not seen her distinguished
brother since he visited her in San
Francisco, about ten years ago, and she
does not expect to see him OH this oc-
casion, for he has written her that, as
his trip is only short one. he would
not have time to cross the continent.
Lord Russell is five years the junior Of
his sister, but Mother Russell is we'll
preserved woman, who does not look
her age by at least dozen years.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05
MRS. sYLvANIF p wrIIIAus

free wards for the INDECENT sick, for the
training of colored girls as nurses, and for
the purpose Of giving colored medical stu
dents and physicians the benefit Of a hos
pital experience
This extensive work is being under
taken by the Phyllis Wheatley club, thor
oughly organized association of educated
oolored women, many of whom are gradu-
ates Of universities, and all of whom are
highly intelligent and energetic. The club
organized by the election Of Mrs. Sylvanie
Il. Williams, a we'll known educator, as
president, In recognition Of her services in
founding It,
substantial nucleus for the new estab-
lishment has been secured by obtaining
from the medical school of New Orleans
that part of the building which was de-
voted to the colored youths. BY taking up
private subscriptions from among the club
members IL has been made possible to open
the sanitarium with at least 80 beds,
which are divided into wards for men,
women and children. While this number
Of beds will, of course, be inadequate for
the amount Of work which it is proposed
to accomplish, 1t Is at least good begin
ming.
The building thus occupied has CEN
tral location, being almost directly oppo-
site the medical college of the Tulane uni
versity. 1t has frontage of 32 feet and
depth of ia feet, while there is ample
room on the lot for the erection of addi-
tional buildings.
In this institution oolored girls will re-
oeive the training which they have so
much needed in order to become valuable
nurses, although they have been wonder
fully successful in this field without it.
Many southern physicians have shown a
decided preference for colored nurses in
spite of their lack of this training, and
with 1t they will be almost invaluable in
the sickroom. The opening of this insti-
tuition marks another step forward for the
colored women.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05
A Little Girls Riddle.

Several children were asking riddles
the other day. and bright little girl
who listened got the idea of what a
riddle was. The next day she went to
her father and said, "There was blind
and curtains ON pole and the pole fell
and two men laughed" The father
promptly gave it up when she said,
Don't you see the point?" Upon being
answered in the negative she puzzled
her brains for awhile, and said, "Nei.
ther do l. +" She is now practicing on
riddles that have some meaning in
them.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05

Dareneadeu Co the theater makes dainty
little opera hoods, fasCinators and soarfs
all necessary. There used to be an awful
ly pretty contrivance to wear to places OF
evening amusements. They were crochet
ed in split zephyr, in half handkerchief
shape, in white or pale blue or pink. The
edges were crocheted into ruffles, that
part over the forehead being made very
full, like q ruche. Some of them had an
edging of gold braid worked on. They
were large enough to tic under the chin,
and how very dainty and pretty they were
one can imagine. They called them rigo-
lettes Some had very full fringe Of tiny
woolen or silk balls all around.
The horse show, which is generally the
FIRST great social function of the season, is
now close at hand, and some of the cos
tumes to be worn there are being made.
had glimpse of three all remarkable in
their way. One was of rich chestnut yelours
as to skirt and jGunty bOlero jacket. The
sleeves and sash were of the palest blue
armure, with blue silk null tic and jabot.
The hat was cadet blue felt, with brown
velvet and wings. The second was rough,
knotty mixture Of tiny red, yellow, green
and black knots on a gray ground. The
skirt was plain, save for row of braid
down the front seams and four large steel
buttons. The short jacket had four but
tons and smoke gray velvet fat collar
The hat was gray felt, with dark gray vel
vet and black plumes as a finish The
other was gown of light gray empress
reps trimmed with plucked raccoon skin
around the bottom, and with collet of
the same faced back with ermine The
front of ~ jasque was embroidered in
gold = n sash belt, with fancy ro-
SO. lie of slate gray velvet
TIN of armure silk TO match
the darker shade. The hal
was black, crimson velvet and black
plumes, witt ne aigret
MATE LEROY.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05
Relief In Sig Houra.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder
diseases relieved In six hours by the "New
Great South American Kidney Cure. Z"
This new remedy is a great suprirse on
account OF Its exceeding promptness In re-
lieving pain In the bladder, kidneys, back
and every part OF the urinary passa ges
In male or female. 1t relieves retention
Of water and pain In passing It almost
Immediately. II you want quick relief
and cure this is your remedy. Sold by
Durbin, Wright & Co., druggists, Can
ton, Ohio.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05
Noses.

1t is a somewhat singular fact that
the rarest of all noses is that found
where one would naturally expect to
find tin the middle of the face. TAX
ing 100 heads at random, one will not
hnd, on an average, more than three in
which the bridge of the nose descends
perpendicularly frorn a straight line
drawn exactly between the eyes
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05
A HOSPITAL FOR NEGROES.
Commendable Enterprise of the PhyIli.
wheatley Club of New Orleans.


One OF the most ambitious Of the charita
BILE undertakings which ha been launched
by the rapidly advancing Afro American
women Of the south has recently begun
operations In New Orleans 1t is sani.
tarium founded by colored women for the
benefit of people Of their own race in which
negroes Of wealth may obtain the same
scientific, medical and surgical attend
hnce which Is ever at the command Of
white patients who have means. In con.
neotiop with this sanitarium there will be
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05
Two Readings.

Husband, what did the doctor say
about me?'
"He said that you must give up re-
ligion and take to drink"
"Whatr
swell, he said you must stop doing
10 much church work aHd take tonic. :"
Louisville Courier-J ,urnaL
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05

Theories of cure may be discussed at
length by physicians, but the sufferers
want. quick relief; and One Minute
Cough Cure will give 1t to them. A safe
cure for children. 1t Is "the only harm
less remedy that produces immediate
results" o. N. Hye, Fishers Drug
Store, +. p. Shanafelt 4 Co.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05
LORD RUSSELL's SISTER.

Mother Superior of Convent In San
Francisco.
Some persons will be surprised to
learn that Sir Charles Russell, lord
chief justice Of England, whose visit to
this country has attracted so much at
tention, has a sister who is nun in a
San Francisco convent. Yet this is y
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05

If you have ever seen little child in
the agony of summer complaint, yon
can realize the danger of the trouble and
appreciate the value of instantaneous
relief always afforded by DeWitt's Collie
and Cholera Cure For dysentery and
diarrhoea 1t is reliable remedy. We
could not afford to recommend this as a
cure unless it were cure. O. N. Nye,
Fishers Drug Store, +. p. Shanafelt &
Co
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05

The whole system is drained and un-
dermined by indolent ulcers and open
sores. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye
speedily heals them. 1t is the best pile
cure ever known. O. N. Nye, Fishers
Drug Store, II. p. ShanafeIt & 90,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05

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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05

What the Failure of the wheat Cron
Means to 10000, 900 Hindoos - Great
Famines of History How India, Ire
land and Russia Have Suffered.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-04-09
CHAT
A Brief Summary of News
From Wide awake Cor
respondents.
TUBBSVILLE.
TUBBsvILLE, O., April 18th

TUBBsvILLE, O., April 18th.
The Easter entertainment given by
the Y. p. G. U. Sunday evening was
we'll attended. The programme was
very interesting and well carried out
by the leader, Carrie Reynolds. The
Olive Branch Y. P. G. U. was present
r. S. Woodburn attended Peoples
Party convention at Ottawa last
week.
Isaac Sheneman has been hired as
janitor of the U. b. Church the COM
ing year.
There was an Easter supper at Geo.
Clifton's Saturday evening for the
benefit of the Freedom Sunday
school, There were about sixty pres
ent. They netted about six dollars.
VIM. Mohr and Charlie Woodburn
made a business trip to Woodburn,
Ind. last week.
J. b. Zug expects to move near
Paulding this week, where he has
bought farm.
DR.. Arba Tubbs arrived home to-
day from Baltimore, where he has
been attending a medical college.
w. G. X.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-04-09
SHOT TO KILL.
Burt Bean Attempts to Clean
Out His Family.

While under the influence of liquor
Monday evening, Burt Bean went to
the house of his mother-in-law just
across the railroad on Scott street
and breaking in a pane of glass
thrust 80 caliber revolver into the
room and commenced shooting pro-
miscuously at the inmates, who were
sitting at the supper table.
Last week we made mention of
Bean being arrested for hitting his
son with a beer bottle. He was
bound over to Common Pleas Court
for this under a 800 bond, which
was given by Geo. Patrick. His
family, fearing that when he was re-
leased he would take his wrath out
on them, left the Bean domicile and
went to his mothers-in-law's, Mrs.
Phillips, to live.
The shooting took place about 8
o'clock and shortly afterwards
Marshal Burns found his man near
the canal bridge. Bean protested
against being arrested and said he
had nothing whatever to do with it.
H had his hearing before the Mayor
Tuesday evening when it was shown
pretty conclusively that Bean was
the man that was wanted and he
was bound over to Common Pleas
court under a $1,000 bond. Being
unable to give this he was committed
to Jail.
At the time of the shooting there
were four persons in the room. Mrs.
Phillips, Mrs. Bean, q 10 year old son
of Beans, and Lillian Davis, daught-
er of Simon Davis. They were sitting
at the supper table eating when the
window was shattered and accord
ing to the boys testimony he saw his
| fathers face and arm as he pushed
the revolver into the room. Five
shots were fired in all, only one tax
ing effect. This one hit Mrs. Phillips
just above the hips, grazing the skin
clear across her back. The wound
is painful but not serious. 1t is sup
posed that after Bean did the shoot
ing he started across the railroad GO
ing south to the canal where he did
away with his revolver and then
started around by Perry street to go
up town when he was caught by the
Marshal.
The prisoner has a tough reputa-
ton and the tales that are told by
the son and mother of the doings of
Bean are too horrible to relate. 1t is
hardly necessary to say that in decid
ing the case the court will take in con
sideration his previous record and
that a long term in the penitentiary
will be the result.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-04-09
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Young Lady's Clothing Catches
Fire.
Burned So Badly that Death
Only Relieved Her From
Her Sufferings.

A horrible accident occurred in
Marion township on March 2Sth. On
that day Mary, the IS year old
daughter of Peter Thome, was out in
the yard at her home attending to a
kettle Of soft soap, her clothing in
some manner caught fire, and in a
moment she was wrapped in flames.
She ran screaming towards broth
er who was in the yard at the time,
and who shouted to her to run and
throw herself into the watering
trough in the barnyard; she tried to
obey, but before she reached the
trough she fell exhausted. The
brother threw water over the un-
fortunate girl, but most of the
clothing was burned from her body
before the flames were extinguished.
She presented a most pitiable sight,
her body from her waste down was
burned into a blister. Medical aid
was summoned, and all that human
hands and hearts could do to relieve
her was done, but death came to her
relief on April 3rd.
The funeral took place on Easter
Sunday from the Church of the Sa-
cred Heart on the South Ridge,
and was largely attended by rela-
tives and sympathizing friends and
neighbors.
Mary Thome was young lady OF
intelligence, and a favorite in the
community in which she lived. She
was betrothed to one of the young
farmers of Marion township, and had
she lived would have been married
shortly.
Truly, in the midst of life we are
in death.