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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-08
FASHIONS OF NEW YORK
Tinsel Attainssa Sudden and
Surprising Vogue.
FAVORED BY THE BEST DREssERs

Lace to Re Extensively Used as Dress
Material the Coming Scason-The Pre-
yaIIing Passion For Pink-some Very
Modish Gowns Described.
Copyright, 1897 By American Press Associu.
ton.
had no idea when first saw tinscl in.
terwoven with the newest and finest dress
fabrics that twas going to gain any favor
among the best dresses, but It certainly
has, and not only the thin stuffs for sum
mer and evening wear, but rich silks show
the gold or silver tinscl threads. 1t Ia true
that it liphtens and brightcns the goods
but think It will be a short lived vogue.
Thore was one model gown imported this
week that shows the tnsol Is to be worn In
the finest dresses. This was Of peau dc sole
In pompadour stripes with figures between.
The ground was q delicate biscuit with
vines of pink flowers and their green
leaves and plain stripes of light delft
blue. the flowers all had tinsel Ccntcrs
and the leaves had tinscl vcinings. There
were panels of delft blue faillc embroidered
with silks and tinscl, and there was short
bolero Of the faille, with a wide scalloped
collar embroidered in the same manner.
To show the care bestowed upon all parts
of this model gown will refer TO my notes
The waist was of biscuit colored japanese
Grape in blouse fashion and draped TO tht
left somewhat like surplice. This wa.
under the bolero, and there was drapet
belt of the delft blue surah, with a Ions
gilt buckle at the left side. The Grape wal
open V shaped at tho Top, TO show vest O
the peau dc sole. The very high, smootl
collar had a high and unusually full lac,
ruche, which held the face ms In n soft ncs
of creamy foam. Similar rufllCs were a
tho wrists. Tho sleeves were tight and O
the pCau de sole and cut on the true bias
There were draped caps of the blue faillt
ut the top. The collar to the bolero wa
fat and laid out over these puffs and wa
edged with ruflle of the Grape an incl
wide, and another ruillc of the same wa
placed on the outer edge of the panel at th,
left side. No detail, no matter how small
was neglected in this gown, and the resul
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-08
MR.. MODERATOR

the reports Of the town officers for the
year ir'st ended, and in this shape it is
distributed ON town meeting day to the
voters. With one Of these documents in
his hand the worthy citizen is prepared
to throw of the gurb Of uuassuming re
serve which he usually wears and bios,
som ont as a statesman.
The whole town stops work on town
meeting day. 1t is considered rather dis
graceful to do otherwise, and the farmer
who stays at home on account of bad
roads on to finish cutting up his sum
mer's stove wood is looked upon as an
dnpatriotic citizen. 1t is no holiday af.
Sair, however There are gravity and fix
ity of purpose in the very manner of
Farmer Brown as he bitches his team
ln the shed back of the town hall. He
has not driven five miles over wretchcd
roads simply for the fun of the thing
He has como to take a hand in the bust
ness OF the town generally and specific
ally TO protest against the proposed lay
ing Of 800 feet of sewer ON Washington
street, which same is going to increase
the tax rate by at least 2 cents ON the
hundred. DR.. Jones, who has determin-
ed that the Widow Martin must worry
along with her 'rhepmatios" alone for
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-08

THE MODERATOR CALLS FOR ORDER.
through. The consideration Of such
minor affairs may seem trivial and ludi-
crous, but the wise old Puritans who
established the system realized that
when the business Of the town was
transacted in this public manner it was
certain to be transacted honestly, and
this is as true today as it was 200 years
ago. He would be a shrewd politician
indeed who could run q crooked deal"
through u New England town meeting
for every dollar expended by the select
men must be accounted for and each ap-
preparation is debated in open session
before it is made.
The seleCtmCn are the town eXecu-
tives, and they number not less than
three or more than nine. Their author
ity is limited, and if they spend money
beyond the appropriation it is at their
own risk. They draw no salaries, but
are satisfied with the honor which ac-
companies the office. Besides the town
clerk, who is often the treasurer, too,
there are the tax assessors and collectors,
the school committeeman and the trus-
tees of the library and other town insti-
tutiOns to be elected.
Then there are the fence viewers and
the hog reeves, or as they are now more
commonly called the field drivers The
duties Of these officials are now largely
obsolete, but when the Office was estab-
lished it was not so. A hog reeve is the
proper official to apply to when citizen
desires to have stray cattle, hogs, sheep
or other animals driven from his prop
erty or the streets to the pound. Now
adays, although their services are not
often required, the Office is still filled
annually, The hog reeves are generally
elected by aCclamatiOn, and the nOmi.
nations are made on the spur Of the mo-
ment. In some localities the young men
who have been most recently married
are chosen for this Office as a Jest and
occasionally some very prominent and
dignitied citizen has the same unexpected
and doubtful honor thrust upon him.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Concord
philosopher, once served as hog reeve in
the littlo New Hampshire town where
he lived for time and appreciated the
joke Of his election as much as any one
The town meeting is u sort Of primary
school for embryo statesmen; it acts as
an escape valve for the pressure of pub
lie sentiment; it is the bedrock upon
which rest the principles Of self gov
ernmcnt, and it is a safeguard against
corruption III politics, Long may it sur
ViYe. CYRUS SYLVESTER.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-08
THE OLD TOWN MEETING
Still Flourishes In Its Pristine
Glory In New England.
THE SPIRIT OF TRUE DEMOCRACY.

A Legislature of which Every Citizen Ih
Member and Where Every Item of
Town Expenditure Ia Fully Debated-Its
Picturesque Features.
Town meeting day is one of the most
important events in the year TO rural
New Englauders. Coming as it does in
the early spring, it may be glorifed by
warm, mellow sunshine, or it may be
chilled by a delayed snowstorm, But
fair or foul, the New England towns
men turn out to attend to their public
duty.
Here you get the true democracy
Each voter is a legislator, and whether
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-08

He did not know much obout pictures,
and when she spoke Of a girl friend =
achievements with brush he was q.
little at sea. He said "Yes" and "No"
with reasonable accuracy until she
happened 10 say
"What l am especially disposed to
praise is her coloring."
"Hcr colorinE!' he echoed with alac.
rity. ITS sUporbl You know | always
did admire blouds '-Wahingtun Star
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-08
REAnING THE CALL.

he uses his suffra@c sclfshly for his own
interests or wioldS it for the general
good he is intensely interested in all the
proceedings. Here is true equality such
as the constitution promises.
In no part of the Union save in New
England can the town meeting be seen
in all its pristine glory. The middle
states have something akin to it, but it
is a weak imitation. In the west and
south the county is supreme and the
township is Il division noted only by the
surveyor In Yankceland. however the
town is the thing and the county is
larger but inferior division. This has
been so ever since the days when the
Puritans settled towns for safety and
convenience, when they fenced them
about with stout palings and built
stoCkade in the center. Some political
historians have tried to trace the origin
of the New England town meeting back
to the ancient Roman Comitia or the
factors of the old Hanscatic league of
Germany, but deeper reasonors hold that
while these were prccedents they did
not serve as models, and that necessity
begat the system.
But the mast of tbo town meeting Is
not nearly So interesting MS lis prcsent,
Ten davs or more before the animal
snripg nicotine q call uust bo is,ued
stating not only the day, hour and place
Of the assem- bly,, but the business which
is to be proposad. Special meetings NAV
be called mt any time Nv having a call
duIv signed Lva certain number Of IcrqI
voters and nj these sDociaI business Of
immediate importance 10 tbo town is
discussed. bnt tbp buIl Of tho town :
affairs us we'll as tbo animal election Of
town officers is submitted ut the annual
mcotipo. which is held either in March
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-08
Nc. A. Inyeen, residing at 72o Hem

Mrs. A. Tween, residing at 72O Henry
St., Alton, ILL.,, suffered with sciatic
rheumatism for over eight months
She doctored for il nearly the whole OF
this time, using various remedies re-
commended by friends, and was treat
ed by physicians, but received no re-
lief She then used one and halt
bottles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm,
which effected a complete cure. This
is published at her request, as she
wants others similarly afflicted to
know what cured her. The 25 and so
cent sizes for sale by @. N. Nye, Cor.
Barnett House; Schlabach's Drug
Store, 225 N. Market; II. /. Japson,
200 Tuscarawas st.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-08
Arnoid's Comment.

AS school inspector Matthew Arnold
was examining a class in geography one
day, and, holding up the poker with
which he was about to stir the fire, he
asked ii any child could tell him where
itwas manufactured. There was long
silence, broken by the schoolmistress,
who remarked nervously that such in
formation was not mentioned in Corn
wells geography. "No, =" said Arnold
"Cornwel's an assw-San Francisco
ArgOnaut.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-08

Lydia L. Pinliham's Vegetable Com.
pound. 1t speedily relieves irregu-
larity, suppressed or painful men
situations, weakness of the stomach,
Indigestion, bloating, leucorrh1a,
womb trouble, flooding, nervous pros
tration, headache, general debility,
etc Symptoms of Womb Troubles
are dizziness, faintness, extreme lassi-
tude, "don't care" and "want-to-be-
left-alone" feelings, excitability, irri-
liability, nervousness, sleeplessness,
Hatulency, melancholy, or the "blues,"
and backache. Lydio +. Pinkhamb
Vegetable Compound viii correct all
this trouble as sure as the sun
shines. That Bearing-down Feeling,
carsinr pain, weight, and backache, il
Instantly relieved and permanently
ured by its n>e. II is wonderful toD
tIoDev Corp'0tpts in either sex.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-08

Many cases 0 "Grppe" have lately
been CURED by One Minute Cough Cure
This preparation seems especially adsp
ted to the cure of this disease. 1t actl
quickly, thus preventing serious com
plications and bad effects in which thii
disease often leaves the patient. f. p
Shanafelt & Co., Q. N. Nye, Fisher
Drug Store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-08
Let us send you samples of
ALL WOOL DRESS GOODS.
25C, 35C, 4OC

goods with more desirable style
and color mixture and better quail
ty than we ever offered before at
such prices.
Something extraordinary in
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-08
DIR. WEIGH snd s5!i 'ss%Psi .s:s5iSs for 'sSsi sHG

cines all persons applying for treatment.
If you will read the references below, you
will see what DR.. Welch's reputation has
been where he came from, and he comes
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-08

honorable dealing with the people
to
the will tell honestly
TAPPAN, January 23rd,
WHOM IT INTERESTS
while
leading Physicians Harrison adjoining
without
make
his Respectfully,
d. L. TAYLOR, Merchant and Postmaster
patients by step taking by
patients
The age-herald., 1897-10-29
Hon. Augustus Barnes.

In the death of Hon. Augustus Barnes, of Opelika, on Wednesday, the state of Alabama has suffered a loss hat will be long felt Mir. Barnes was hardly yet in the prime of life, but by his talents and steadfastness to friends and convictions. he had won perhaps the most conspicu- ous place at the bar in East Alabama, and recognized position in the councils of his party. that promised a brilliant future.
 He was no trimmer. He was bold and aggressive in following honest convic- tions. He commanded by his talents and uprighness his love of fair play, the respect of his opponents and the affec- ton of his friends Stout of heart, strong of limb, fearless in the discharge of duty, kind and affectionate of dispo- sition, he had place In 'he confidence and affections of those who knew him that will be hard to fill.
The age-herald., 1897-10-29
A Business Matter.

When congress looks into ihe matter of an armor plate plant no political on sectional considerations will be likely 10 prevail. The whole country will be watching the outcome and the people will be as familiar with she points dis cussed as the congressman themselves.
 When the facts of the case are pre- scented and it is seen that the incompara- ble advantages of Birmingham enable her to manufacture the best article of armor plate cheaper than any other competitor, the business sentiment of the country will be overwhelmingly in favor of this city.
 Tax payers and business men in dis gant states will not be likely to favor a. point which is unable to equal Birming- hams product in quality and price.
 It Is so purely business affair that 1t is doing congress an injustice to hint that i. may attempt to favor one sec tion at the expense of another, and the people in general
The age-herald., 1897-10-29
THE TOWN OF NOGOoD.

By W. E. Penny. My friend, have you heard of the town of
 Nogood,
 On the banks of the River Slow, Where blooms the Waitawhile flower fair, Where the Sometimeorother scents the Rir,
 Andthe soft Goeasys grow? It lies in the valley of Whatstheuse,
 In the province of Leterslide; Thattiredfeefing is native there, It's the home of the reckless Idon'tcare
 Where the Giveitups abide. The town is as old as the human race,
 And it grows with the flight of years. It is wrapped in the fog of idlers' dreams, Its streets are paved with discarded And sprinkled with useless tears. The Collegebredfool and the Richman' shedr
 Are plentiful there, no doubt; With every class except one in view
 The Foolkiller is barred out The town of Nogood Is all hedged about
 By the Mountains of Despair. No sentinel stands on it's gloomy wallA No trumpet to battle and triumph callA
 For towards alone are there. My friend. from the dead-alive town Mo- If you would keep far away. Just follow your duty through good and III, Take this for your motto. '1 can. w1ha And live up to t each day.
The age-herald., 1897-10-29
American Iron and Steel.

An English expert who had predicted that not only England, but the northern states also, would encounter from the south the lxeenest competition. moves the Philadelphia Record to say:
 "There is no longer any room for doubt that iron and steel can be made in the south and sent to England and sold at an advantage in that market. But 1t is not we'll for English ironmasters to so rashly dismiss from consideration the northern iron field. The increasing cheapness of Lake Superior ores has largely made up for the failure of na- tural gas. Cleveland and Pittsburg will have something to say about the prices of steel in the markets of the world, as we'll as the ironmasters in Alabama and Tennessee"
 The Record is altogether correct. The immense resources and unrivalled enter prise and skill of northern manufactur- CTS will enable them to hold high place in the great industry through another StHeIdulOH dt ISdSls lhClC io iiO SAPNN tation- here in Alabama that all the worlds iron and steel is to be made in the south. And so far as the export trade is concerned there need not be- for the good of all there should not be- any rivalry, at least not of the cut throat sort. The three great iron pro- ducing cities, Cleveland, Pittsburg and Birmingham, should pull together in the effort to place American iron and steel in foreign markets. Birmingham can supply some grades of iron to better ad- vantage than can either Pittsburg or Cleveland, while either of the two last named towns is now ready to supply the world with rails and with all the other various forms into which steel is rolled. A combine may not be advisable or feasible, but hearty. honest co-opera- tion would be very helpful to all who are making iron or steel in this coun- try, and very beneficial to, our national trade,
The age-herald., 1897-10-29

months of winter each year, are larger than they are in Alabama? Wages can not be cut below the expenses of living for any considerable length of time. New Hampshire is not Alabama. Even South Carolina has to pay more for fuel, and finds no compensation in any other respect. If wages are to conform to the cost of living, rather than to any mans arbitrary will. then the Amoskeag mills will have to accept present conditions of manufacturing.
 The stockholders of those great mills will soon see that the place to turn raw cotton into goods for all the world is where fusl, the raw material, and the general cost of living can be the most advantageously utilized. Treasurer Cool edge is evidently one of those men who will not learn. He cannot materially change wages in either section. The stockholders of the Amoskeag and all other companies should come to the cot ton fields and coal beds of Alabama. Turn your mills over to the silk people, and start anew where you can earn dividends-where, too, you can com- mand all the markets. defying England and India and Japan and Germany-all the world and the rest of mankind.
The age-herald., 1897-10-29
Where Life Is Cheap.

The Chicago Tribune has the following interesting paragraph:
 John Bright used to say that the safest place in the world is a seat in an ex- press train. The official reports just made in England on railway accidents during the year 1896 would seem to con- firm the remark. During the year ,00S persons were killed and 1,5S6 injured on all the railways of the United Kingdom; but among the killed only ninety-thrse were passengers This is serious enough death roll if one person had to attend so many inquests. But the total number of passenger journeys during the year, exclusive of journeys by season ticket holders, was 9S0, 3396 This was at the rate of one to 11,00O,O0O killed. That is @ pretty fair ratio of safety in travel by railway and shows the per lection to which the English railways have carried their system of safeguard ing against accident. It is a result which does infinite credit to the government and the railway officials.
 In this country the steam and street railways make fearful slaughter of people every year The reason is not hard to give. Life is held in light es- teem in even tine oldest American com munities. Everything rushes along at such rapid pace that life and limb are d S. regarded. People are in a hurry. They build in a hurry and kill workingmen in their haste. They have no time to build safely and so the lives of tenants are endangered
 They are in a hurry on the railways and steamboat lines; insa hurry behind their horses and on their bicycles, and somebody must be run over. Rush" is the world everywhere. and it is very destructive word.
The age-herald., 1897-10-29

From Tid Bits.
 When Poole, the famous tailor. was an old man he was at Brighton on a vaca- tion, and one afternoon went out to walk upon the pier A young man was also upon the pier with 8 couple of ladies, to whom he said, as he saw Poole com ing:
 Now, you wouldn't take that good looking man for a tailor, but he is. Just listen while I take him down a notch or two. I'll tell him my coat, which I have just had from him, doesn't fit." As he spoke Poole approached and po- litely acknowledged the salutatlon of his customer, who. walking up to him. said: Here, Poole, now do take a look at me. Does this coat fit?"
 Poole took in the situation. 'Tt cer- tainly does not fft," said he, and pulling out a piece of French chalk he proceed- ed liberally to mark and cross the coat all over. and then observed. with the utmost urbanity: ''Now, if you will kindly send that coat to my shop the alterations shall be attended to-
The age-herald., 1897-10-29
In the Hands of Friends.

A Georgia correspondent sends to Case and Comment this account of a young mans oral examination for the bar by local committee before an old judge who was also an old acquaintance of the can didate. Being asked, What is arson?" he scratched his head and finally said, q believe that's poison, aint it?" On this the old judge to help him out, says, Tut, tut, Jim. Suppose I were to set fire to your house and burn it down, what would that be?" With quick and emphatic reply Jim says, T think it would be a dad drafted mean trick" But although this answer was not tech nically accurate, Jim was in the hands of his friends and was honorab1y ad- mitted.
 So, after Jim's admission as learned counselor an old neighbor to give him a start gave him lot of hard claims to collect, telling him he could have half that was collected. Jim soon re- ceived half that was due from one of the debtors and was called on a little later "Your haf," said the astute lawyer, T didn't collect your half, I only collected mine." The astonished old patron said, "Why, Jim, don't understand such pro- ceeding." But the lofty reply was. "There is a heap of law you don't un- derstand. I tell you old fellow, this law is a powerful thing"
The age-herald., 1897-10-29
Sorry He Was Not Related.

An Englishwoman once attended the military funeral of a major of the Vic- toria Guards. When the mournful pa gsanu was over she stood thinking of the solemn scene-those sad-faced men, the reversed arms, slow tread, sad mu- sic and touching sight of fiag-draped coffin and unused helmet Some one touched her elbow and said: Was the dead gintleman anythin' to ye, ma'am?" "No," said the stranger, smiling in spite of herself. ''Ye looked so sorry I was full sure he was some thin to ye," she continued, disappointedly. "He was a human being and a brave soldier; that should be something to all of us" Yis, wis, to be sure. do be feeling that way messlf this mornin'. But wouldn't it be grand, ma'am, mournin' for man like that, supposin' he was somethin' to ye?"
The age-herald., 1897-10-29
The New Hampshire Mills.

"Wages will either have to be re- duced in New England or be advanced in the south." said Treasurer Cooledge, of the Amoskeag cotton mills recently.
 It is we'll to suggest to Treasurer astray The wages of operatives in New England are already down to the French Canadian point, and cannot go lower without. entailing suffering upon many people to such an extent that disrup- ton would be inevitable. The differ erce in the cost of living must be taken into account. Does not Treasurer Cool edge know that living expenses in New Hampshire, where there are thirteen