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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-26

,i,,.,,isbod in .he public life Of the city i;s
Mayors and Judges and many others, nave been
welcomed nj the Iotos Club In MI EIeikins
briaf hist re- all th,so prominent people are men,
toned. and Nj. Fraser has spared neither
tro.II. nor expense in obtaining r,raits
of every one Of them. Among his u.ustra-
II rs are rare portraits If many eminent men
who have passed away, a. well as hundlel- no
are stil members welcome guests Of th" club.
Anon! the notable portraits are those of Lester
Wallack. Chaunney NJ. Depew. Isaac II Brom-
lev Charles Inslao Pardee. Bret Harte. Mark
Twain Robert y. Roosevelt john la Fargo
Tlln.Is " Knox. William Winter John o.
Sake. Joseph H. ChOIte. George II. Br0ugnt0n
Wilson Barrett a Conan Doyle. Abram s.
Levitt. Aaron j. N1nGerpoel. +. Marion Cgiw-
f..I. Charles \. Dana. Hr Montrose Pa.l,n 1Ior-
s4a J. OBi.en. ChanIos Fulton. Moncdre y C,n-
.,y. Henry T.. Abbey lsnatz PadereH.k.. Max
Al:.,z.k; Bin ~. J. .. \ Ward. Sir VILLAIN
N-a Horne. Robert q. InS,rsoil. Ea.ard T4slor.
Eastman Johnson. TAomas Mast. v. T. Carleton,
AIgustin DAILY. George Inuass, Lord R"s'tery.
Anton Rubinstcin. Charles Bradlaugh. Anton
: 3D. Julian Rim. william Henry White. chester
:. i.,rI. st. clair NcKclway. Seth Low. Thomas
G. P.att George FaWeett Rowe. Or. ". ".
Walker John Il. Brady. Horace White Edmund
Hubert Horkomcr Daniel Dougher,y George II.
Stor,. John McCullsush Edward Moran. y. II.
Wyatt. SaN.ni. john L. Tooe. +. \. Sothern. y.
r. Lock. (Nasbc. Horace b. Fry. Leonard
jerome. Bran Stoke. and hundreds OF others.
~. book. as illustrated 10y Mr. Fraser. forms
2 pici rial record of the distinguished cpnempo-
iari-s . tn, author and collector. and many
members Of n" club believe that its exhibition
sin .ulI not bc confined 10 members of thu club,
but sl nd le open to all who are interested in
illustrated books and especially in portraits. II
has a'Sl been suggested that The book b" gwen
,o thc new Public Library f New-Iork. whore
.r.a.cr number OF people may have an uplor-
uuliy of seeing il than if il remained in the
Iotus club house or in Mr. Fraser's home.
NJ EIIcrki,'s Book tristles with sparkling n
/ c.d.u ts AID interesting; club experiences. \ it,
I G.. dinner o. King Kl.akaua. another .r. nal
affair at which canon Kingsley was tn aral
! figure Johann strauss playing his "h'nau
Wa'z.r" for select Lotos party John T. Ray
/ moud telling what H. know about "Thr u ,hty
Dollar" Jacques ONeuhach. Il. l. Far din
7 ng with the club, and ChaunG,y NJ u.lcws
+ witty remarks on the occasion Of the t.s'; OK
7 Gilbert and sullivan T. the club are among the
| many bright spots in the book. An informal ylsls
1 to thu club 10y pr. oliver Wendell Holmes on
/ April H.. lsS3. forms an interesting chapter.
+ pr Holmes came to the club with DR. Fordyce
Barker from the house OF Cyrus W. Field. where
they had dinod
The members Of the club rose to their Yet as
Dr. Holmes entered says the author ana
continued cheering until he had taken bis p!41"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-07-15
6 B.
We're
emptying the shelves
and it's being done more Wig.
orously than any shelf emp.
tying we've ever undertaken.
greatly reduced
prices

on every bit of surplus stock
in the store - Silks, Dress
Goods, Wash Goods, Black
Goods, Laces and Embroide.
ries, Lace Curtains, ORA peries,
Ladies Suits, Children's Dress.
es - choice goods - and the
sale is to be kept up unceas.
ingly and without ninching
at the loss, until we've done
what we started out to do.
Write for samples of any
of the piece goods you'll
easily save car fare to make a
trip here-oferings of season
able goods and moneys worth
absolutely without equal We
mean business in this shelf
emptying-and the prices it's
being done at will show it.
Send for samples FINE
Dress Goods at 25 and SOC.
Choice Wash Goods at S, 8
and l0C.
Silks at 25, IS and Soc
any Of these will show you
what's being done. And the
same idea prevails in all Of
the 81 departments empty
! the shelves.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-07-15

mas q shirt waist or white or pale blue, or
In some cases plaid, and with this an open
blazer, with some sort of pretty facing.
The third has shirt waist of any pre-
ferred stuff, and neat, close eton jacket
so arranged that it will button across the
chest If made neoC ssary by stress of
weather.
While speaking Of golflng, let me men
tion the plaid and otherwise ornamented
stockings. These were originally brought
here by the importers some two years ago,
and then l gave illustrations of them. For
a long while no one would wear them, but
for some unexplained reason they are now
very popular for all rough wear. l saw in
one window yesterday group of them
cloud" enough to call out the fire engines.
They were in the most brilliant of plaids
In clan designs. Others had all sorts of
geometrical figures. These odd stockings
are not only for golf, but for any of the
outing occasions except bathing, for which
black hosiery is de rigueur
The shirt waists multiply in numbers
and kinds. Some shown this week were
of black india silk trimmed with fiat
valencieIines lace. They were very refined.
Black and also striped and self colored taf-
fetas were used to develop others. They
had soft upturned cuffs and soft stock
collars. Indeed ono sees fewer of the stiff
linen cuffs and collars on the shirt waists
now. There were for dressy afternoon
wear some chiffonette waists, where the
plaid was in silk lines over the sheer lin
en-. These were quite olaborately trimmed
with lace and narrow black velvet ribbon.
Ribbon is seen on toilets for this summer
only in shape of close bows. There are no
long flOatiug effects.
In shoes one finds new tan oxford tie
where the upper part is Of soft brown
prunella, and the toes are of brown patent
leather. Some of these shoes are really
quite artistic. The leather Is cut out in
fancy designs and stitched on in the neat
est way. They make the foot look smaller
than the russell shoes of last season did
There ara also some new kid ties where
the leather has sueLle finish. They are
elegant. The boots for bicycling are unusu.
ally pretty. Some are tan, some black and
some have flne canvas cloth tops with kid
dxinQs. MATE LEROY.
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separate rom the waist ana could be
slipped on over any plain dress. The same
form Is followed in making the swiss
blouses, only that there is generally dou-
BILE frill Of lace down the front.
Another design little more elaborate
had the skirt of madras Ringham, with
two rows of narrow black velvet ribbon all
around the bottom and crush belt Of
black velvet. The waist was blouse shaped
and covered with lace all around, but at
the top it was shirred and pulled to fit the
neck. Narrow black velvet ribbon was
run through 1t In three rows The collar
was high and made of the gingham with
lace over it and three rows Of velvet. The
sleeves were puffed closely at the top and
had pointed wrists with lace frills. There
was piece of the gingham cut into four
deep slashes In the back and the same
number in front, bordered with velvet.
This was cut out at the neck in pinafore
style The tabs were fastened in the back
over the lace, but in front they hung down
loosely. This was what the modistes call
"stylish" gown.
Early in the year l mentioned the hand
some linen crashes and predicted that they
would be favorito materials for all sort OF
outing gowns. They are made up In thou
sands this summer and may be found al
most everywhere. The lighter qualities
are worn for early morning gowns. rs they
are so very cool and comfortable. They
are shown for cycling suits in the stronger
qualities and made into the neatest o
suits for mountain climbing and for golf
ing. The patterns Of some Of them ar,
very Scotch.
Some Of the designs are exact limitations
Of the tweed and cheviot that are know
the world over, and they are as strong Al
the originals and cooler. They are mad
up with care as extreme as If the stuf
cost $40 yard. The skirts are short and
beautifully finished, being trimmed will
washable braid There arc leather belts
with chatelainc bags to hold small neoes
saries, and these may be in white, tan o
brown, any one looking well with the lin
| en-, which is In its natural shades, blended
and mingled with white, a few Of thcs,
suits, consisting Of jacket and skirt, havt
| exquisite but entirely useless trimming
of white kid or tan leather stitched oil
! fat or buttonholcd down with gold o
silver thread The majority, however, ar
! plain, depending upon their neat flnisl
and stylish cut for beauty. They are mad
in three principal styles, one being
princess shape, with the skirt made shor
and full, and with short cape or blaz
er, to wear when needed. Another stvl
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-07-15
Nervous Prostratioll
ON The VERGE OF A TOTAL COLLAPSE.
The Wear and Tear Incident TO the Life Of Travelling
Salesman Very Often Results Seriously.
from the Press, Cleveland, Ohio.

J. IT. whann, who lives in suite No. 20 in
Che Body block, corner of Payne and Wilson
Avenues, Cleveland, Ohio, had suffered for
months from nervous prostration and eI-
treme nervousness His nervous system
had become undermined by irregular habits,
and he was reduced to the verge of total
prostration. Mr.. Whann is no longer a
travelling salesman, that occupation was
fraught with too much danger to his health,
and he abandoned it. At present he is con-
nected with the Mahoning Coal Company,
and has charge of mine three miles distant
from Alliance, Ohio and there he spends
most of his time.
Travelling statesmen have to put up with
q great many Inconvenience when they are
on the rond," said Mr. Whann, Meals,
sleep and rest, are often irregular, and these
causes unsettlc ones nerves, ] was rapidly
approaching a point where | would become
nervous wreck unless ] employed extreme
measures. | found 1t almost impossible TO
read or write for period longer than few
minutes. | would pick upa newspaper with
the intention of glancing over the news of
the day. In five or ten TiD.scs | would
have to lay the paper aside and get up and
walk around to quiet my nerves il was the
same when / did any writing. ] could write
for few minutes and then have tO give II
up, as my hands would become shaky and
my whole body and mind in a quiver.
"This nervousness brought on severe head.
aches; il also brought loss of sleep, all ot
which combined to gradually break down my
bealth. became run down and lost my ap
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-07-15
BATHING IN THE SURF.
1t Is a Wild, Exciting and Often
Perilous Sport.
HOW TO RIDE ON THE ROLLERS.
The Girl with the Pretty Bathing Suit
who Doesn't Go Near the water go The
Deadly Undertow -wsye Sliding In the
Sandwich Islands.
There's n tone in the deep

Sandwich Islands.
There's n tone i'm the deep
Like the murmuring breath of lion asleep.
We Americans think lot Of the sea-
shore. All summer long the north At
lantic coast from Bar Harbor to Cape
May is like vast stretch of populous
city hundreds Of miles long and a half
mile wide. Millions of us go down to
the ocean edge each season.
And what do we do when we get
there? Well, largo majority Of us sit
on the hotel vorGudas or lounge around
in the sand. Comparatively few of us
bathe in the surf. Oh, yes, kuowl A
whole lot Of us make a great pretense
about being enthusiastic surf bathers.
We talk fueutly about taking regu.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-07-15
or NEW YORK.
Some Outing Costumes Which
Are Dreams Of Beauty.
CRASH GOODS IN HIGH FAVOR.

Natty New Dresses For Cycling, Boating,
Golfing and other Out of Door Sports.
Severe Simplicity Of Tailor Made Gowns
Somewhat sofSened.
ICopyrlght, 1897, by American Press Asso-
CiatiOn.1
It Is a maze and bewilderment Of light
and fllmy stuffs in tho stores just now,
with frill Of lace around tho edges and
the glow of bright colors everywhere, with
backgrounds of green of all the tints of
nature.
This being midsummer the lightest and
thinnest Of everything naturally takes the
lead yet there are great windows given up
to covert suitings In different elegant
shades, like gray, dust, smoke and cadet.
These are for tailor dresses and for various
outing costumes There always will be
some ladies' to prcfor snug and stylish
tailor suit, and for those there is little. va
riety possible. Plaid silk is made TO show
as vests or in some other way as "a slight
change.
note I'm n few cases that there Is lit.
tie difference In that tnilor suit is made
with all its old time rigidity Of outline
and finish as TO skirt, sleeves and rovCrs,
yet few softening touches arc added, in a
blouse yest fo' instance, Of plaid silk or
silk of some suitable color, and over this
Is bolero or oton, with little braiding
or some other light and accepted trim.
ming.
A pretty tailor gown for a young lady
was made Of smoke gray diagonal, very fine
and close in weave. On the two front
seams were lines of Fat silver braid one
eighth of an inch wide This was sewGd
on in two lines, there being six loops in d
cluster and four clusters on the uppel
portion, defining the pocket openings
There was blouse of green gray and pink
plaid, with pointed belt. The jacket
was blending of the three, as it had al
eton back and both boloro and figaro fea
lures in front. The wide pointed rever
and collar were bordered with tho silye
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-07-15

know of no more delightful sensation
than to lie stretched out on your back
just outside the surf line, feet to the
shore, and slide down the back of the
moderately gentle waves as they hasten
boom on the sands.
1t does not require great skill in
swimming to enjoy this pleasure If you
take it when the ocean is in one of its
milder moods, for under such conditions
the waves break close inshore. OF course
this depends something on the character
of the beach and the state of the tide,
but at most popular bathing places the
shore shelves off gradually, so that at
low tide you may walk out for some
distance without going beyond your
depth
But at other times. when a storm has
called up the great deep rollers which
break and form again and break still
again before they finally dash out their
fury ON the shore, the sport is Of differ
| ent character, Then is no time for a
novice or a weakling to "toy with the
breakers, for it sometimes happens
that the bathcr becomes the toyee.
But for rno experienced surf bather
It is grand exciting, wild, glorious
sport. To begin with comes the thrill.
ing dash through the inner line of
breakers. They do not come lazily now,
but rush toward you at the rate of two
or three % minute. You cannot get
through them in one rush. What are
] t.. a. a
curling wall of water two or three feet
higher than your head? If you try tC
breast it as you staud you will be beat
en- down without mercy, perhaps knock
ed inscnsible and carried out by the un
dertOw.
The only thing TO do is 70 dive, anC
dive you do PIuuging head first into
the wall Of water as near its base a.
possible, you feel its crest tugging al
your feet and ankles with the strength
Of muscular man. But it has broker
behind you, and up you come, shaking
the water from your eyes and filling
your lungs with a deep draft of air.
But you have no time to spare. YoI
have barely caught your breath before
another one, bigger than the first, rise
before you, grim, relentless, monacing
Watch it closely now and make you
dive just before it breaks, There yoU
gol Whew, but that was a corkerl An
other breath and down you 60 agaii
under the third one.
This time you come up in deep wate
and are safe. Now you can ride then
without fear and with almost uEofICr
at all, for the upward prcssure o. thl
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lar morning Dip and that sort Of thing.
Our wives and our sisters and our sweet
hearts are especially fond of gushing
about the delights of surf bathing,
But you and 1 know that they really
take more pleasure in wearing the un-
conventional costumes which custom al
lows than they do when actually in the
surf. We have seen seashore bellies with
out number who prattle away by the
hour about it. They tell chow perfectly
delightful" it is to "rom2 in the surf"
and go into details as TO chow much
good it is doing them, when as a mat
ter Of fact they dance daintily along the
beach without hardly wetting their
ankles
OF course there are exceptions. Some
OF the most expert and daring salt wa
ter swimmers whom / have ever seen
were women, but there are few Of
them. At seashore resort where there
are from 1000 to $1,000 women you
will generally find not more than half
dozen good surf bathers. The rest
wear pretty bathing suits and occasion
ally cling to the life lines waist deep in
the water when the ocean is compara-
lively calm.
But it doesn't matter. Surf bathing
is most violent kind of exercise and is
dangerous too. So it is just as well that
their timidity should keep them well
out of harm way
Besides that, surf bathing is an art.
It's so. Not one man in 20 who goes
into the surf this summer at any of the
various beaches ON the coast knows more
than the first rudiments of it. Some of
them do not know even that More than
this, not all of them can acquire it, To
become an expert surf bather requires,
like many other things, long experience
as we'll as certain aptitude,
One of the first things to be learned
is a wholesome respect for old ocean 8
waves They look harmless enough as
they come rolling in under bright
summers sky, break into white foam
and fatten themselves out on the shelv-
ing sand. The inexperienced bather is
apt to be surprised when the first one
hits him amidships and sends him roll
ing along in front Of it. He swallows
great mouthfuls Of salt water, gets sand
in his hair and ears and rises, sputtering
and wondering what hit him, just in
time to have the performance repeated.
After one experience of this kind he
is apt to be more cautious. He learns
! that mass of water four or five feet
high and varying in thickness from
three feet to fingers breadth is liable
to develop a great deal of unexpected
energy when it tumbles over against q
man.
The next thing he learns is that the
only way to avoid such punishment is
either to stay on shore or else get out
where the waves can't tumble against
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petite and performed my duties with no heart
whatever. My friends recommended one
medicine or another and one of them suggest
ed DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
bought q few boxes and followed the direc-
tions regarding their use. They restored my
nerves to their normal and natural condition /;
they drove away the violent headaches and in
somna and made me feel like q man who en-.
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headache while experimenting the work at
the mine, but the pills quickly and effectively
dissipate it,"
Mrs. Whann, too is very enthusiastic in
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water as the foot Of the waves strikes
the bottom buoys you up like cork,
and you are able to throw both arms
clear out of water without sinking.
Now you can imagine yourself part and
parcel of the watery pendulum, feel
yourself lifted into the air and dropped
gently down into the hollows. 1t is the
ecstasy of motion.
But there is an element Of peril in
this sport even for the strongest swim
mer In the exhilaratiCn of the moment
he is apt to forget all about that subtle,
unseen danger of the surf, the under
tow, and be carried out so far that it is
beyond his strength to fight his way
back.
1t is in this way that so many drown
ing casualties occur. Swimmers who
are expert enough in fresh water are
often deceived by the superior buoyancy
Of salt water and are lured too far out.
1t is easy to drift beyond the surf
lines and buoys. But when they come
to return they find an unlocked for ele-
ment to contend with. The strength Of
the undertow wears them out and final.
ly sweeps them out TO sea,
Undoubtedly the most skillful surf
bathers in the world are the Kanakas,
or native Sandwich Islanders. Fifty
years ago they practiced "hee nalu," or
wave sliding. In this they used a long,
thin smooth board Of cOrkwood. With
ono of these boards under his arm a
Kanaka would swim to the outer surf
Then he would climb on the board and
wait for a mighty comber. When
it came, he would force himself to
its crest with few deXterous motions
of his hands and then shoot forward
with it to the shore. The more expert
would rise to their feet and, like black
statues, sweep shorHward with the grace
Of an albatrOss.
Mono of US can hope to become ex-
pert in the art Of wave sliding, for the
north Atlantic surf is like ice water
nine months out Of the year, but we can
have royal sport in the waves if we are
neither timid nor reckless and go about
it in the right way. SEwEIL FORD.
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The late Archduke Charles Louis of
Austria always believed that if the Unit
ed States had shown any interest at all
in the fate of his brother Maximilian
In Mexico that unfortunate would be
emperor would not have been shot by
the restored authorities Of the Mexi-
can republic. For that reason Charles
Louis always hated us. But since
that stern lesson on the consequences
of meddling with republics in the
western hemisphere it is to be OBJ
served that European nations have not
endeavored to set up any kings or en-
perors on their own account on this side
Of the Atlantic.
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him. To do the latter he must go far
enough out so that the waves will not
break on him-that is, take them be-
fore they ground. Waves, as you proba-
bly, know, vary in depth, When the surf
Ia low, they are sometimes only two or
three feet deep, but when it is high they
may De--well, authorities differ ON that
point. Some say waves are seldom more
than 20 feet high, while others declare
that they are frequently 75 and 100 feet
high. But even a wall of water ten feet
high is a formidable customer when it
reaches you with all tho impetus ao-
quired after hundred mile race across
the ocean, strikes the bottom and tum-
bleE shoreward to spend its energy on
whatever happens to be in the way.
But the surf bather soon finds that,
Bnoe out beyond the point Of breaking,
1t requires but little exertion to keep on
top of the rollers, touching his feet to
the bottom between waves and rising
with them as they pass under him. I
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-07-15

81 crave but One Minute" said the
public speaker in husky voice; and
then he took a dose of One Minut.
Cough Cure, and proceeded with hi'
oratory. One Minute Cough Cure il
unequaled for throat and lung troubles
T. Shanafelt d Co., O. N. Nye, Fisher'l
Drug Store.