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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17

Mr.. David @. Talbot Is q well-known and
respected citizen Of Otsego County, New
York. residing at Edmeston, who three years
ago had stroke of paralysis, which he at
tributes to the effects Of q wound received on
the 10th of June, 1864, before Petersburg,
Va, while serving with the New York
Heavy Artillery.
The following is his own account Of his
illness and convalescence, which will be
found interesting:
EDMEsToN, N. Y, Aug. 81, 1896.
"On the fifth day of December, 1898,
was taken with paralytic shock, which af-
lected tho whole of the left sde and could
not speak for three weeks. / was confined
to my bed for long time and constantly at
tended by q physician, though little relief
was experienced. My stomach and the
muscles of my throat were much affected.
/ was wounded in June, 1864, at Petersburg,
Va, having then lost three fingers of my left
hand, and that always affected me in q
marked degree, my arm often becoming
numb. should state that ON the day re.
ceived the stroke had two distinct shocks,
the first in the morning, which was so light
that the doctor was not at all alarmed, but
the second nearly finished me up. Ever
since the war had suffered with nervous de-
billy and my condition was very bad when
was attacked. / am now sixty years old and
hardly dared look for anything approaching
good health after my life Of suffering, but l
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17

years has devoted her life to one long
effort to better tho condition Of the In
dians.
Miss Crawford soon found that the
only way she could reach the savages
was to go right among them, live as
they lived and gain their confidence.
That is exactly what she has done. Sad
die Mountain, where she has her mis-
sionary school, is ~ miles from a rail
road and 81 miles from a postoffice.
The nearest whites are 20 miles away.
There, in the midst of the Indian vii.
lage, she has her little cabin, which
serves as schoolroom, chapel, kitchen
and sitting room, and which must be
shared with any Indian family, no mat
ter how large, which happens to claim
her hospitality. Her scant supply of
food, too, must be shared on such occa-
sions.
But this daring young missionary
lives in comparative comfort when at
headquarters, as she calls her cabin, to
what she does when she is travelling
among the scattered camps. Then she
shares the topees of the Indian women
and often sleeps under the same shelter
with a whole big family. She lives on
the coarsest and plainest food and is
glad when she has enough Of that. Be-
sides doing her own housekeeping work
she must cut her own firewood and haul
her water, for the Indian bucks make
their squaws do all such work.
But she has taught the Indians to
plow and plant and harvest and has en-.
couraged them to something approach.
ing industry. She has taught the squaws
to use stoves and to cook food properly
as we'll as how to take care Of their chill.
dren and their humble homes in some.
what civilized manner.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17

and Thomas Pringle, mechanical en-.
gineer. Both of these gentlemen are
Montreal men. They are not boomers
or speculators, but practical business
men and mechanics. They formed a
company which had real money behind
it and began the work without delay.
They have applied practically the
same principle which has been used to
harness Niagara, only they have done
their work under very different condi-
tions, of course. In the first place, they
built dam out into the river for /, 900
feet. 1t is so constructed as to form 43
fumes, and in each of these fumes are
set two turbine wheels. The turbines
are connected with dynamos or genera
tors, thus producing an immense amount
Of electrical power.
One of the most difficult features Of
the preparatory work was the removal
of natural reef of solid rock which
jutted out from the shore for consid-
erable distance and lay exactly across
the site for the main dam and power
house. This reef had to be blasted out
at considerable expense and at the cost
Of much time. But it was finally wiped
out, and then in the bed of the river
were sunk the foundations for the pow
er house. These are solidly built of steel
frames and cut stone and are calculated
to resist the terrific pressure Of the ice
when it goes out in the spring.
The turbines are set deep down in
the power house, and as the water
comes through the fumes it falls upon
them, causing them to spin on their
axles like so many gigantic pinwheels.
At the upper end Of the axles are the
"purring dynamos," as Kipling calls
them, which convert the force of the
rapids into that subtle power which may
be carried for miles over a wire and set
to turning car wheels, lighting streets
or doing hundred other errands for in
genious man.
To each dynamo are connected six
big turbines which rotate it l75 times
minute and make it capable of gener-
ating 4,400 volts. Starting from the
power house is pole line of gaunt skel.
stons which stretch away to the limits
Of the city. The poles are made of lat.
ticed steel work, and from their stout
arms hang the thick wires which carry
the power. When the wires reach the
city, they pass underground to central
station, from which they crawl out by
means Of network Of subways to all
parts Of the city. 1t is estimated that
not an appreciable fraction of the origi-
nal power is lost from the time it leaves
the generators out in the rapids until it
Is connected with the small feeders
which distribute it,
Like the Niagara company, the La.
chine Power company has obtained pos
session of large tract of land facing
the works and is laying it out for a
handsome suburb, offering the attrac-
tions of cheap electric lighting and con-
venient car service to Montreal. Before
a great while the streets Of the city
will be lighted, the cars run and fac
tory wheels turned all by the harnessed
power of Lachine falls
@. j. BowDEN.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17
OFFICE SOUGHT THE MAN.
1t Caught Him, but the Man Declined the
Salary.

1t Caught Him, but the Man Declined the
Salary.
Rudolph Lehfeldt holds unique po-
sition among politicians. Much against
his will ho was elected member of the
Iowa state senate. He positively refused
the nomination when offered, but the
Republicans would not take no for an
answer and insisted on putting his name
on the ticket. 1t was one of those rare
cases where the Office actually sought
the man. In this instance, as in most
others on record, the Office caught him,
for he was elected.
But Mr.. Lehfeldt, being somewhat
determined man, did not propose to be
coerced into Office holding, SO he at
tended but very few sessions of the SEN
ate, and then only took his seat to vote
on two measures in which he was very
much interested. But this was not the
most startling thing about Senator Leh-
feldt's political creed. When salary day
came around at the state capitol Mr.
Lehfeldt was not present to draw his
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17
LIVES WITH rhE INDIANS.
Bliss Crawford Ia the Advance Agent OF
Civilization TO the Kiowas.

Mainly through the efforts Of Miss
Isabelle Crawford, young missionary,
the Kiowa Indians are gradually be-
coming civilized. They have advanced
so far that the tribe is soon to hold a
great Christian camp meeting, when
those who have already been converted
will promulgate the new doctrine
among the unregenerate, The Kiowas
live in the western part Of Oklahoma,
and the only missionary among them is
Miss Crawford She is the daughter of
Canadian college professor, and for Id
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17

Thirty years is long time to fight
80 painful trouble as piles, but Jacob
Mitchell, of Unionville, Pa, struggled
that long before he tried DeWitt'a
Witch Hazel salve, which quickly and
permanently cured him. It is equally
effective in eczema and all skin affec-
tions. f. P. shanafelt q Co., q. N.
Nye, Fishers Drug Store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17

Not only acute lung troubles, which
may prove fatal in few days, but old
chronic coughs and throat troubles
may receive immediate relief and be
permanently cured by One Minute
Cough Cure. +. p. Shanafelt 4 Co.,
o. N. Nye, Fishers Drug Store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17

PRRsoNAL-The gentleman who an
noyed the congregation last Sunday
by continually coughing, will find
instant relief by using One Minute
Cough Cure, speedy and harmless
remedy for throat and lung troubles.
+. p. shanafelt Il Co.,, @. N. Nye, Fishers
Drug Store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17

Hundreds and thousands have been
induced to try Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy by reading what it has done for
others, and having tested its merits for
themselves are to-day its warmest
friends. For sale by Q. N. Nye, Cor
Barnett House; Schlabach's Drug Store,
225 N. Market; Il. l.. Janson, 200 w
Tuscarawas st.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17

II should be made matter of public
knowledge that DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve will speedily cure piles of the
longest standing, 1t is the household
favorite for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises
and sores of all kinds. +. p. Shana-
felt 4 Co., q. N. Nye, Fishers drug store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17
URGED AN INVESTIGATION
The Conservative Leader Says Spain Must
Abandon Her Policy.

ADHhuOh Her FOIcy'
MADRID, June l4.-At a meeting of
the dessident Conservatives Saturday,
Senior Silvela, the leader of the party,
declared that the Cannovas ministry
had signed the death warrant OF par
liamentary government. He earnestly
advocated investigation into the af-
fairs in Cuba, the development of the
material interests of the island, as we'll
as a reform in its administration.
= In conclusion he expressed thelopinion
that it was now absolutely necessary
for Spain to abandon her policy of in.
ternational isolation.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17

Croop and whooping cough are child
hoods terrors; but like pneumonia
bronchitis, and other throat and lung
troubles, can be quickly cured by using
One Minute Cough Cure. f. p. Shana-
felt 4 Co., O. N. Nye. Fishers Drug Store
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17
Novel Picture Frame.

Ernest White of West Chester, Pa,
has small picture frame made of
2,200 separate pieces of wood that lock
into one another. 1t was made by hand.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17
G B.
Money to be
saved
on a lot Of nice choice
dress goods

- Scotch Suitings, checks, broken
checks and stylish mixtures-fno
all woolens, A to 80 inches wide
none were less than 75c a yard
some Of them dollar goods we've
marked them all
SOC a yard
for samples and see what
splendid quality and desirable goods
they are.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17
SOC a yard
Lupin'S black goods

the importer brought over too
many, and was glad to be relieved
for cash at half price. Here they
are -
Lupin's 48 inch canvas weave
lace effect SOC.
Lupin's 4S inch CamePs Hair
Grenadines, 5Oc-halt price, splen-
did quality-and for every woman
who wants an extra dressy black
summer gown is moneys worth sur
passing anything we've heretofore
offered.
so inch all wool Storm Serges--
navy blue and black,
35c a yard
extra wide and extra good.
Assortments of
Wash Goods
in variety and completeness that
will surprise buyers-wanted styles
and colorings-and so will be less
prices therefor.
Finest French Percales, 15c.
Embroidered Linen Batistes, zoe
linen color grounds with colored
stripes and dots.
Large lots pretty wash goods, Sc,
1Oc, 12!c, 15c, 20c, 25c.
Write for samples.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17

Jerome u. wheeicr's sudden Success In
the Colorado silver Mines 80 How He
Doomed the Town of Aspen-Reverses
Thai Have DenIeted His Enrfnne.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-14
TO REGULATE STREET-RAILVAY
FRANCHISES.

Senate bill No. 81. introduced by Senator
New, to amend and define the street-rail-
road Incorporation act approved June 4.
1861, is intended to settle in the interests
of the people the pending street-railroad
controversy in this city. The gist of that
controversy is as to the duration of the
charter, the question being whether it ter
inmates in 1901 or is perpetual. The COM
mon understanding of the people and the
city authorities has always been that the
present charter, granted in 1854 for thirty
years and subsequently extended for seven
years, expires in 1901. The company. how
ever. claims that it is perpetual and it
hopes to get a decision on purely technical
grounds to this effect The object of bill
No. 81 is to interpret the act of 1861 accord
ing to the intent of the original charter of
the present company by providing that
hereafter no street-railroad charter shall
be grained for a longer period than thirty
years. and that any existing charter grant
&c for a limited period and subsequently
extended by ordinance for a term of years,
shall terminate at the expiration of such
extension. In other words, the bill says
in effect tina the streets of a city belong
to the people thereof, hat they shall not
under any circumstances be granted for
street-railroad purposes longer than thirty
years at a time. and that the charter of
the Citizens Street-railroad Company of
this city shall terminate according to the
plain intent of the contract, in 1901. Pri-
marily the bill declares the general prin-
ciple of municipal ownership of the streets,
and ~secondarily it CONSTITUTES the charter
of the Citizens Company according to that
principle. There is no doubt whatever as
to the right of the Legislature to pass such
a bill. and it's duty to do so is equally plain,
unless 1t is prepared to put the rights of
corporations above those of the people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-14
THE FEELING OF THE TALL SYCA-
MORE.

For many years past Senator Voorhees, has
been widely known as the Tall Sycamore of
the Wabash. This sobriquet was first APP
piled to him by the Journal because of his
height. and because in his younger days.
when his hair was auburn and bristly, his
head bore some resemblance to the ripened
boil of a sycamore tree. The sobriquet that
was first applied as a joke became a per-
manent designation. and for many years
Senator Voorhees, has been as often re-
ferred TO by that title as by his real name.
AT the beginning he may have resented it
on account of the personal allusion TO the
color of his hair. In those days his temper
was as fiery as his hair and as explosive as
"a sycamore boil. which goes to pieces at a
touch. But with advancing years and sill
vering locks. latterly free silvering. he bore
the title easily and rather proudly. AS time
passed and it lost the flavor of personal al
fusion he found that besides being distinct
i've it was rather complimentary. He did
not object to being known as tall-and in
deed. he was and is a fine looking man. The
sycamore. though not a very useful tree. is
handsome. stately looking and of distin-
guished appearance. 1t is of very little ac-
count for building purposes. but it makes
excellent butchers blocks and a hollow one
makes a fairly good beehive. Its associa-
tions are entirely respectable. and there
was nothing really Objectionable in the
designation Tall Sycamore. The remainder
of the sobriquet made il still more distinct
i've. By locating the tall sycamore on the
Wabash IL identified him with one of the
great rivers and rich valleys OF Indiana,
and with the city which has been so true 10
him and 10 which he owes so much. There
are other tall in other river bot
toms OF Indiana, but there was only one
Tall Sycamore i'm public life. and it was OF
the Wabash. Besides these pleasant asso-
Citations. Senator Voorhees, doubtless found
that the sobriquet was a real factor In his
popularity. Sobriquets almost always are.
American politics abound with them. An
drew Jackson was "Old Hickory" Abra-
ham Lincoln was Uncle Abe" General
Grant was "Old Unconditional Sur
render General Thomas was Pap
Thomas. or THE Rock OF Chickamauga,'
Thomas II. Benton was "Old Bullion" Gov
ernor Williams was Blue Jeans" Senator
Mcdonald was "oId saddlebags." Senator
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-14
OUT-OF-SEASON PUBLICITY.
Why DuIl-Time Advertising Is Best
Time Advertising

The engine will not run without coal.
Men refuse to live without eating.
Folks get cold without clothes.
Children do not go barefoot in winter.
The world moves because it cannot stand
still.
Human life is active, even when business
is inactive.
The January thaw, and the January bus
mess depression. come together
Business isn't as good now as it was or
will be because there's no reason why it
should be. SIS H.
There must be a time when folks don't
buy as much as they did or as they will.
because If there was not occasional depres-
sion, there couldn't be increased activity.
The January depression is here, but folks
are living just the same, and eating. and
wearing out clothes, and enjoying them
selves, apd they must buy something, and
they will buy that something of the man
who knows enough to tell them that he has
that something for sale.
Dull-time advertising is profitable. be-
cause:
First-People are buying all the time.
~Second-The necessity of purchasing is
never annihilated.
~Third-People are thinking about buying,
and are liable TO buy Of the man who helps
them in a preliminary way.
F~ourth-Others are not advertising extern
sively, and he who does advertise the most
must get the most of the business.
Fffth-Good enterprise during the dull
times looks to be three times the enterprise
it is. and the large dull-time advertiser is
the man who stands out in a light of his
own. in an atmosphere dim enough to make
his light seem brighter than it is.
Sixth-The papers are not filled with adj
vertising, and the advertisements now APP
pearing are of great conspicuousness.
The majority of successful advertisers
are those who advertise all the time, and
who consider the dull times good times for
progressive publicity.
1t doesn't make any Inference what you
think, and you may succeed by any method,
but the safe rule toN follow is the rule of
success, and that rule says tina he who
advertises when others are advertising gets
his full share of the business, and that he
who advertises when others are not adver-
Using, gets more than his full share of the
business.
NATHANIEL C. FOWLER, JR.
Copyright. 1897. by Publicity Publishing
Company, New York;
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-14
Representative Overstreet Thinks 1t
Is Possible to Pass the ~Indianap-
oils Bill This Session.
M'KINLEY FOR GOLD ALONE
PRESIDENT-ELECT NOW SAID TO RE
OPPOSED TO BIMETALLIsM.
Yesterdays Proceedings in the sem
ate and HOuse-Plans of ReorSan-
izers OF the Pacific Roads,.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Mr. Overstreet
has by no means despaired of getting the
Indianapolis building bill through before
the end of the short session. The speaker
and the committee on rules are against
him, as they are against every man VINO
has a building bill. but a combination is
being formed by which it is possible to give
public-building legislation a chance. Only
one day is asked for, and a petition
that one day be set apart has already re-
ceived the signatures of over three hundred
members, or six-sevenths of the entire
membership of the House. The rules COM
mittee will probably ignore this, and then
1T remains TO be seen whether the matter
can be taken arbitrarily out of the COM
mittee's hands and made a special order by
direct vote of the House.. Mr.. Overstreet
thinks this may be done, and he is not
alone in that belief.
The Indianapolis bill occupies a peculiar
ly advantageous parliamentary position
in the House. A similar bill has passed
the Senate. and if the bill in the House
can be brought up, all that is necessary to
be done is to substitute the Senate bill
for the House bill. and if a majority vote
can be secured it becomes a law with the
signature of the President. Mr.. Overstreet
will from this time devote his undivided
time to working for the Indianapolis pub
lie building.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-14
THE ARBITRATION TREATY.

II is a matter Of surprise that two or
three reputable newspapers should de-
clare against the arbitration treaty which
has just been negotiated with Great Brit
ain. In any event the treaty stands but
five years. so that If it does not meet the
expectations Of its advocates it will re-
quire no effort to get rid of it. The prin-
ciple upon which it is based is sound. War
should be the last resort of nations. and
rights of citizens. All questions of claims
can be proftably settled by the board of
arbitration just as disputes between indi-
viduals are settled by the courts. 1t should
be easier to settle a boundary line before a
war than after it.. Because of the positions
of the two nations and their intimate COM
mercial relations, many cases of minor inn
relative to the claims of citizens
will arise. These can be quickly disposed
of without friction if they shall in every
case be referred to an impartial board.
1t is the first treaty of the kind into
which two nations have entered. 1t is,
therefore, the first step toward the adop-
ton of a policy which will revolutionize
the conditions under which the nations of
the world exist 1t would disband the
standing armies of the world and relieve
the people of Europe of their heaviest bur-
dens. 1t substitutes the orderly and mex
pensive methods of a higher civilization in
the adjustment of disputes for the de-
structive, inhuman and senseless arbitra-
ment of war.
In view of such a revolution toward uni
versal peace, one fails to see any reason
why the Senate should refuse to ratify the
treaty. Certainly, no hostility to the Pres
ident in any quarter should stand in the
way of its ratification.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-14

convention shall appoint a committee of
fifteen to urge the present Congress to
enact a law authorizing the President to
appoint a monetary commission to devise a
plan for carrying the declarations of the
convention into effect. In the event that
Congress shall fail to pass such a bill. the
executive committee will name a commits
sion TO organize a movement and bring the
propositions of the convention before the
country and create a sentiment in favor Of
them. This plan was adop1 by a unani-
nous vote. While - a certain sense the
action of re convention in regard to carry
ing out its views is a compromise. it is a
gain for the cause of sound money 10 have
brought so many business men from all
parts OF the country together in a consulta-
ton which was concluded in a general
agreement IS to tie currency which the
country should have.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-14

Congressman and Senator-elect Money is
getting some unenviable notoriety out of
his trip 10 Cuba. In the first place, he CAV
out that he went entirely on his own mo-
ton. as a statesman at large, to obtain cor
rect views regarding the situation. Now it
transpires that he went in the interest Of
a New York paper which is doing more
hard lying about the situation in Cuba than
any other paper in the country. 1t is pref
ty small business for a senator-elect to go
to a>foreign country as the representative
of a sensational newspaper and come back
with highly-colored reports made to order.
Quite as reprehensible are Mr.. Moneys
statements in regard TO Consul General
Lees views. The latter denies having ex-
pressed the views attributed to him. but
if he did il was in confidence and without
supposing that a senator-elect could be a
newspaper employee. Mr.. Money has made
what might be called a bad break.