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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-27
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
NEW BERLIN.

Dr. steele, wife and daughter, spent
wedn es sdsy in Cleveland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kolp spent sun
day with Canton relatives.
Grandma Steele, of Mogadore, is visit
inc her son, DR.. W. @. Steele.
Miss Nell Coleman spent few days
visiting Miss Esther Meyer In Union
town.
The Misses Eta Willamsn and Pearl
Coleman spent Sunday with friends and
relatives in Talmage, Ohio.
Commencement execrises will be teld
a, the IToion church on Friday evening.
Seyep diplomas will be given away
MARLBORO.
Mrs. Nancy MILESTONE is very sick
with little hupes for her recovery.
Rev. Reed, Of East Liverpool, will de
liver an address on Decoration Day 10
the town hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Slabaugh, Of
Greeptown, were the guests OF J. >
Whites, Sunday.
Mrs. M. Croft, Of Shanesyille, re
turned home Saturday, after short Vlsl
with her friend, Mrs. E. 5. Walker.
Tom Lyon returned home Mouda!
from Fiudlay, where lie han been
tending the funeral of his brother-in-ia"
At the last meeting Of the school board
Mr. n. A. Replogle was hired TO TAX
charge of the Secondary the coming year
Miss Iu wearstler ana Mrs. Charlie
Stamm are the proud possessors Oh neN
wheels, being tho only ladies' IN 1o"'
who have them.
Miss Helen Neil, of Lisbon, and MI
Kirby McClellapd, Of Lucerne, were Tn
guests of william Pennopk and Henr
Brooks last week.
Mrs. W. II. Whelap, Of Cleveland,
spendiug a few days with her mothel
Mrs ]. r. Penpook. Miss There's
Sbriyer intends making her home wit
Mrs. Pennock this summer.
SPARTA.
The funeral Of T. II. Murray was II
largest ever held in Sparta.
william Fsilor's sister, Mrs. Waller
dorf, will keep house for him.
william Zerte aud wife of Cantor
spent Sunday with Grandma Dyer
Mrs. Susan Moss, of Navarro, spei
last W. elk with her brother, Joseph Spohi
hauer, who is sick.
Zslma Bowman was surprised by h
friends Saturday night, 1t being h
eightee nth birthday.
TIE Post has tecured Dr. Holtz to d
liver the memorial sermon at Spart
May 90 at 10 a. m. He is an old soldie
The third quarterly meeting will
held at Bolivar next Saturday at
m., and Sunday at 10 a. m. DIR. Hol
will conduct the conference.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-27

Burdock Blood Bitte's is natures
trpe remedy for constipation and kin
drsd ills 1t acts directly on the bowels,
the liver, the skin, and while cleansing
the blood imparts strength to the diges-
tive organs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28
THE ENGLISH ROTHSCHILDS.

The great financial genius of the
Rothschild family, though there have
been many Of great talent, was Nathan
Mayer, of The second generation, who
established the house of n. M. Roth
child & Co., in 1898, in London. He
flew to the stars, and groveled in the
mud for money. He welcomed all
transactions, big or little, wherewith
to turn the bankers penny. He was
the most daring speculator of his time
on the Stock Exchange, and the most
successful. He had carrier-pigeOns
and fast sailing boats to bring him the
earliest news from the war centers of
Europe, and SO help him to manipu
late stocks. He followed Wellington's
army to Waterloo in person, and had
relays of the swiftest horses, and
fast yacht laying in the harbor at Os-
tend. So he arrived at the London
Stock Exchange, after the battle,
twelve hours ahead of any public an
nCuncement Of the victory, and made
f5, 900 900 by one of the most tremen-
dous series of speculations in history.
In 1910, when the duke of Wellington,
then commanding in Spain, drew on
the English government for e., 900, 900,
and the English treasury was short,
Nathan bought the drafts at big dis
count and at once sent the money. The
stories about this remarkable man are
almost endless, and show how strongly
he was alike equal to the most tremen-
deus schemes and the pettiest tricks
of avarice-Harper' Round Table.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28

done for its own sake alone. The
same success awaits any competent
man who will manage any other Of
the city departments on the same
principle" 1t may be added that the
same success awaits any city which
will put the management of its street
cleaning into the hands of a compe-
tent man, as has been done in the city
of New York.
Col. Warning, in stating his position,
says: 81 accepted the commissioner
ship of street cleaning with the posi-
tive assurance of Mayor Strong that [
should not be interfered with in the
matter of appointments aid dismis-
sails. His power to dismiss me is I'M
limited, and he could get rid of me
any day if [ did not suit him; but so
long as I should remain I was to be
the real head Of my department" The
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28

$3,555.95 in 1896 Each foreman is
obliged to report daily in writing the
exact point at which he was at each
half hour of the day, and the accuracy
OF these reports is tested. The per
fCrmance of the vastly greater amount
OF worked referred to is due to the
more effective supervision on the part
OF the foremen. It is found that the
use of the bicycle increases the eff
ficiency of the foreman fully three
fold.
The mileage of removal of snow at
ter each snowfall is now about 145
miles, or more than six times as
much as formerly. After the blizzard
of 1888, we are told, the total removal.
extending over the whole period, was
4O,542 loads: this was reported as
marking the high water point of
snow removal"
1 have been told by the president
OF the United States Rubber COM
pany, says Col. Waring, that this
snow removal, together with the aboIi-
ton of mud from the streets at all
seasons, has cost that company $780,
600 per year by reason of the de-
creased demand for rubber boots and
shoes. What this means to the poor
people of the city as compared with
the previous suffering need not be
said
The final disposition of the city
refuse collected constitutes one of the
most important and interesting parts
OF the work, in which the Delehanty
self-prOpelling automatic dumping
boat performs a very important part
The article gives in considerable
detail the features of the new system;
giving the regulations imposed upon
! hOuseholders, the methods of collect
ing the refuse, the method of disposal
and the profits derived by the city
| from the picking privileges. Among
! the agencies by which the remarkable
| changes have been brought about Col.
! Waring gives as one of the most i'm
portant the work of the Juvenile
| leaguerS, the young volunteer aids of
the department. The boys and girls
constituting these leagues" said Col
! Warning, "are active inspectors of local
conditions, and are especially useful
as means of communication with
their fathers and mothers, whom it
would be often impossible to reach di-
rectly."
Col. Waring gives comparative fig
ures showing the relative cost of keep
ing the streets clean at present and in
i former years, and finds that all the
work done in 1896, including the re-
moval of snow and the renewal of
stock and plant, amounted to exactly
three cents Fer week for each inhab-
itants of New York city. This" he
! says i'll conclusion, lis the outcome Of
! two and half years of strenuous eff
| fort, at first against official opposition
and much public criticism. Two, and
half years more, with a continuance OF
the present official favor and universal
approval, should bring our work to
perfection. 1t should make New York
much the cleanest, and should greatly
| help to make it the healthiest. city in
the world"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28

than $4,000 deaths in the year, on the
basis of the present population. Eye
and throat diseases, due to dust, and
especially to putrid dust, were rife.
No effort was made to remove snow
for the comfort of the people, only for
the convenience Of traffic. But little
more than twenty miles Of streets
were cleared after a snow storm. AS
a result, the people, especially The
poorer people who could not change
their wet clothing and could not buy
rubber shoes, suffered to an alarming
degree from colds and their results.
To misconduct the street depart
n!ent of the city in this way cost over
two and a quarter millions per year;
within nearly half million Of the
expense at which the work has been
so effectively done under the manage
mnt of Col. Waring and the organiza-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28

my dinner-table will scarcely provide
a field for the display of swordman-
ship"
Guido laughed We'll, no. but these
fellows would like to make it one
why, they will pick a quarrel for the
mere lifting of an eyebrow. And the
rest of your company"
Are the inseparable brother sculp-
tors Carlo and Francesca Respetti,
Chevalier Mancini, scientist and man
Of letters, Luiano Salustri. poet and
musician, and the fascinating Mar
cheese Ippolito Gua1dro, whose CONVEX
sation, as you know, is more entranc-
| have only to add" and | smiled half
mockingly, 1.-The name of Signor Guido
Ferrari, true friend and loyal lover
and the party is complete"
Afro. Fifteen in all including
yourself, said Ferrari, gayly, enumer-
ating them on his fingers. Per la
madre di Dio. With such a goodly
company and host who entertainns
en- rio we shall pass a merry time of
it. And did you, AMIGO, actually Or
ganize this banquet, merely to well
come back so unworthy a person as
MYSELF"
Solely and entirely for that rea-
SON. l replied.
He jumped up from his chair and
clapped his two hands on my Shout
ders
"A la bonnie heure! But why, in the
name Of the saints or the devil, have
you taken such fancy to me?"
why have l taken such a fancy to
yCu?" [ repeated, slowly. My dear
Ferrari, l am surely not alone in my
admiration for your high qualities!
Does not every one like you? Are you
tell me that your late friend the Count
Rcmani held you as the dearest to
him in the world after his wife? Eb-
benei Why underrate YOURSELF
He let his hands fail slowly from his
shoulders and look of pain con-
tracted his features. After a little
silence he said:
'Fabio again! How mis- name and
memory haunt me! l told you he was
a fool-it was part Of his folly that he
loved me too well-perhaps. Do you
know l have thought of him very
much lately?"
''Indeed?" and | feigned to be alb
sorbed in fixing a star-like japonica in
my button hole. How is that?''
A grave and meditative look soft
cred the usually difiant brilliancy of
his eyes.
To be continued
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28
!: Cleaning A. 3;
+; -Great City. ;


Col. George E. Warning, Jr., to whose
energy and efficiency as commissioner
of street cleaning in New York the
public thoroughfares of that city owe
their remarkable transformation, con-
tributes a paper to the September is
sue of McClure's magazine. the sub
stance Of which is reprinted by Mod
ern Machinery, giving an outline Of
the work and methods Of his depart
ment under the new regime.
The whole secret of the change lies
in the fact, as Colonel Waring puts
it. that a man instead of voter has
been put at the other end of the broom
handle. In other words, there has
been an absolute enforcement of the
street cleaning department from pol
itics. my work" said Col. Waring,
has succeeded because it has been
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28

James Henderson and Will Long
had a terrible fight with two sharks
at Turtle Key Inlet, near Punta Rassa,
Fla, recently, and narrowly escaped
with their lives. They were fishing in
g small boat and had caught a large
mess of channel bass, which they had
strung on a Irvine and had hung over
shark came up and quickly gobbled
the lot. Long, Selling his oar, gave the
brute a vicious blow over the head
This angered the big fish, and, back
ing off, it came at full tilt against the
boat, knocking Henderson overheard
AS Henderson splashed into the water
the fins of another shark were seen
short distance off, rapidly coming to
the boat. Long helped him in just in
time, the big shark making dart for
him, but only succeeding in getting
a part of his shirt. The two sharks
then circled around the boat, hitting
it with their tails and humping it with
their heads, showing unusual ferocity
The men put their oars into the water
C'Au u iCu W lOW, UuI IuC 0lldI MS
snapped at them and broke them off.
The boathook was then used as a har-
pooh and one of the sharks was
hooked. He started off at terrific
pace, and, the hook being fast in the
toat, tOWed it away from the key.
The other shark followed close behind,
seemingly in doubt as to the move.
The men were AFRAID to cut the rope
clear Of the other shark, and for an
a fishing vessel, the Lizzie May, was
hour they were toWed straight out
through the bay into the gulf. Finally
seen and their shouts attracted the at
tention Of the captain, and he ranged
up beside them. The fishing vessel
sailed alongside, and, watching a
good opportunity, the big fish harpoon
as hurled into the shark, and after
few frantic struggles he gave up the
gECsC The other dashed to the boat
frantic with rage, breaking big hole
in it. Long and Henderson scrambled
UP the fishing boats side just as their
beat filled with water and sank. Hen
derson lost part of his shoes and three
toes as the shark darted at him. The
big shark was drawn on board and
found to be 16 feet long. The other
shark when last seen was swapping at
the fragments of the boat left on the
surface, dashing in and out among
them with frantic rage. Capt. May of
the schooner, says they must have
been mates, although it is seldom that
such ferocity is exhibited.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28

ton which he has formed and dis
ciplined. THE great, the almost in
estimable beneficial effect Of the work
of the department" says Col. Waring,
lis shown in the great reduction Of
the death rate, and in the less keenly
realized, but still more important re-
duction in the sick rate. AS compared
with the average death rate of 26.78
of 1882-1894, that of 1895 was % 10,
that of 1896 was 81 80, and that of
the first half Of 1897 was 10 SO. If
this latter figure is maintained
throughout the year, there will have
been $4,000 fewer deaths than there
would have been had the average rate
of the thirteen previous years pre-
vailed It is not maintained, of course,
that this great saving CT life and
health is due to STRENGTHENING work
alone. Much is TO be ascribed to i'm
provements Of the methods of the
beard of health, and not little TO the
condemnation and destruction of rear
tenements; but the board of health
itself credits large share of the gain
to this department"
In 1888, when the department was
under James S. Coleman, whom
Col. Waring refers to as one of the
best commissioners of the depart
ment, he reported an average daily
street sweeping Of about IT'S miles.
Now there is daily average sweep
ing Of 924 miles, or nine miles more
than the distance from New York to
Chicago Measuring the entire ex-
penditure of the department by the
yearly cost Of each mile of daily
sweeping, it was s7,176 As in 1883, and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28

of vehicles so standing on Sunday,
counting $4,000 on a portion of one
side Of the city; they reached the con-
clusion that there were in all more
than $4,000. These trucks not only
restricted traffic and made complete
street cleaning practically impossible
but they were harbors of vice and
crime. Thieves and highwaymen
made them their dens, tcughs ca
reused in them, both sexes resorted to
them, and they were used for the vilest
purposes, until they became both fig
uratively and literally, a stencil in the
nostrils of the people. In the crowd
ed districts they were veritable noe
turnal hell"
The average annual death rate from
1882 to 1894, inclusive, was 25.7S per
thousand persons living, equal to more
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28

mayor has lived up to his promise
from that day to this, although Col.
Waring frankly admits that he has
sometimes been a sore trial to the
city's executive, especially in his re-
iations with certain pons9Oner and
labor leaders. The condition of the
streets just prior to the inauguration
of the new system are graphically
described as follows: Before 1895
the streets were almost universally
in filthy state. In wet weather they
were covered with slime, and in dry
weather the air was filled with dust.
Artificial sprinkling in summer con-
verted the dust into mud, and the
drying winds changed the mud to
powder. Rubbish Of all kids, gar
bage and ashes lay neglected in the
streets, and in the hot weather the
city stank with the carnations of pu-
trefying organic matter. 1t was not
always possible to see the pavement
because Of the dirt that covered it.
One expert, a former contractor of
street cleaning, told me that West
Broadway could not be cleaned, be
cause it was so coated with grease
from wagon axles; it was really coatet
with Shiny mud The sewer inlets
were clogged with refuse; dirty pa
per was prevalent everywhere, and
black rottenness was seen and smelt
on every hand.
''The practice Of standing unhar-
messed trucks and wagons in the pub
lie streets was well-nigh universal, in
all except the main thoroughfares and
the better residence districts. The
board of health made an enumeration
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28
CLEVER ADVERTISERS IN PARIS.

The recently notorious Barrison sis.
ters first came into notice as an ad.
vertisement of play, The F'airys
Well" run by Owen Ferree in New
York, and while hardly more than ba-
bies were seen every day riding in an
Irish jaunting car through the streets
of New York, says the Boston Herald.
That was 10 years ago. All these
methods are common enough in the
states, and much more frequently
used than such of the public as is not
familiar with the business section OF
the city knows. Now hear how it was
done i'll France:
Today" writes a Paris correspt nd.
ent, ca The bou!eyards I came across
a wedding party, which, to my aston
ishment, drove up in splendidly ap-
pointed equipage and alighted in front
of a fashionable restaurant. The
men were in evening dress. The
bride had on her orange blossoms and
VEIL a pretty bride she was, too.
Everything about the party was au
fait. They took their seats on the ter
asse and, of course, a crowd at once
began to gather near them, for while
bridal parties are not an uncommon
sight in Paris, still, as rule, the
bIushing bride hides herself discreetly
ia some far-Off, obscure restaurant,
rather than 1aunt herself in the face
and eyes of the bOulevards. Slipping
their absinthe, the party chatted and
laughed and the gaping people about
them drank in every word. They talked
in unconscious audibleness, and every
word they said was simply a glorif-
cation of the Montmartre cafe. That
done they passed on to their next
stand
Yet even that has not yet discount
ed the manner in which Yvette Gull
bert was advertised last year. At that
time, during the racing season, long,
light overcoats became the fashion in
France-those startling affairs that
reached to the heels, and only be-
came slight and elegant figures, al
though in Paris at that time almost
every smart man who could wore one.
Never more than half a dozen ever
came to Boston. At that time one
constantly met on the streets in Paris
dozen well-dressed men wearing
these coats. They wore silk hats and
patent leather, and had field glasses
swung over their shoulders. They
looked so clean, SO happy, SO altogether
attractive and correct that everyone
stared at them-and envied them-un-
til the leader shouted out "Yvette Gull
bert" and the rest of the crowd re-
sronded "Tonignt-9 o'clock-at La
Scala" The snap being given away.
the crowd marched on, laughing and
testing, to attract another hearing,
and like Frenchmen, they played the
cart well. II seems to me that it may
we'll be claimed that the French want
DO lessons from us.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28

During 1896 there were stamped in
Austria 1,723,245 decks of playing
cards for home use, and 931, 900 for ex-
port. Only 1885 decks were imported
There is a great deal of sickness in
the British Mediterranean fleet, the
Malta naval hospitals being full. One
storeship from Crete brought 70 men
sick with dysentery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28

There are, it is stated, 2,127 feather
curriers', 4,507 artificial flower makers,
and 4.075 umbrella and walking-stick
makers in London.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28
FIGHT WITH SHARKS.

To be continued.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-09-02
The GRAND ARMY.
nenti"a Of somc Bu-incs- of Importance
Transacted Ia ts-cutI,. ~-.-lon.

EuFFALn. y. V. Aug. -. Among
other business transacted in the cNrcu-
tive session Of I g Grand Army of the
Republic cncampment Friday, was the
following:
resolution was adopted urging the
government u enforce the law relative
to the employment in government
~ uriS Of soldiers who were wounded
during the war. aud recommending all
citizens who have occasion to give en-
p.nyment To- discriminate wherever pos
siblr ia favor of such veterans.
The commitss, reported in favor ~
urging congress 10 pa, a bill scttin Z
apart GiD acres of timber land in the
lniian territory for the u,c Of the ia.
mates of the soldiers homr uf O.la-
homa. Ths report was adopted.
The communication from th' Lin
coin Monument a>sociation of Califoc.
MA, recommending that monument
L. Lincoln bc erected in every city IA
the land. was indorsed. and tar Ma
tional Monument association will bc
asked to take favorable action.
The cacampm mt urged the passage
OF the bin Ia eongres, appropriating
money 10 build a sanitarium oa the site
81 Castle Piacsnry, in Charleston har-
hor. ~ memorial 10 Maj anderson
II Fort sumter fame.
Arcsolutiou was adopted thanKing the
common council aud the Young Mems
linsiurs, n association of Richmond. for
the iasit1tioa t. ia, eucampment Ia
xfaft ff.t ..ff.. t.. fsua .,rI ,..........,..
ing that tat next eneanpment take
IA .orablc action.
Resolutions indOrsiug the acts Of the
outgoing administration, the introdue-
ticn Of military instruction in the pub
lie schools. AMI urging the reduction
OF expenses IA the eneaupmcnt were
adopted.
An invitation was real from the
nnyor and common council OF Toronto.
tan, ASKING the eneampmsnt - visit
that city The commander-in- chief
was instructed To- telegraph the thanks
of the cnrampmcnt, aud its regret at
I'm ling it impossible u accep, the in
vitatiol.
The new officer, wcre installed by
Gen. Wagner, of fennsy lvania. the
| oldest survivin. cN-eommlud, in
chief CO onmaadcrin-chirf Gobin has
| three appointments to make, quarter
master general, adjutant general aud
inspector general. The first two are
salaried offices. the position Of quarter
mast tsr-general paying 81 80 year.
Gen. Goblin will not make these APP
pointments Tor several days.