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The Forrest City times., 1898-04-08

Blacker the spot surer the cure. Use St.
Jacobs Oil for bruises.
The Forrest City times., 1898-04-08

Sudden weather changes bring rheuma-
tism. st. Jacobs Oil makes prompt cure.
The Forrest City times., 1898-04-08

Amy-lsn't that small shoe. dear?
: Maud-Yes, dear-for the foot!-Boston
Traveller.
The Forrest City times., 1898-04-08
To Cure a Cold in one Dnx

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money il it fails to cure. 25c
The Forrest City times., 1898-04-08

A man can never thrive who has waste.
full wife "''''
The Forrest City times., 1898-04-08
Friends, They Say.

All kinds. little or big. st. Jacobs Oil
Surely cures aches and pains.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15
ALEXANDER MACDONALD.

as TO the clothes he wears. In the front
room of the little cal where he rolls up
in n blanket at nignt =. hen he stops at
Dawson are two boards propped against
the wall. Only Of late have the two boards
risen to the dignity of three unassuming
account books in charge of man who il
the kings secretary. But, having these
luxuries, the king continues to carry his
accounts in his head. How would he know
that the account books were right If he
didn'tY As boy he learned to read and
write, which was considered enough for
any boy in the rural part of Nova Scotia
to know. If he had received an education,
perhaps he would have more respect for
written language When a man goes to
him with a long written contract, the king
says:
Now, / tell you what I'm going to do.
I'll remember just what told you, and
III do it. If you don't like that, I'll do
business with somebody else. "
If Inc goes to any man in the Klondike
and says, "I'll give you S20, 900 for your
claim Il month from today" the man
knows that he will see the $20, 900 ON that
day.
Tho success of his clean up this year has
made him literally tetich. The first rec
ommcndation of a claim put forward by
its owner is that the king has looked II
over with view to buying 1t. Probably
the king has.
The king docs not drink or smoke He
never plays faro or hangs about the So
looms, and his legs are long. A part of his
superiority is his physical fitness, for no
man In the Klondike can travel so many
miles between the different creeks and be-
tween the creeks and Dawson In day as
Alec Macdonald,
The king has an army of partners A
partner who win always be on the claim
In serving his own interest by getting the
most gold possible at the least expense out
of the ground must also serve the king,
and tho kings long legs carry him about
from property to property often enough
and at such times as to protect the inter
est OF partner against partner.
Most of the newly rich in the Klondike
are inclined to buy the best clothes in the
market, and they wear large nuggets on
their watch chains and for scarfpins. The
king dresses no better than any other
workman, and this helps him TO CLEAN
from the workmen the information that
he needs
Tho king is not fond of books or maga-
zines or of the theater-not yet He says
he has never thought about getting mar
ried. He Ia as busy MS a quartermaster In
the army. Wherever he goes there arc al
ways men waiting to sec him. He is pro-
to admit that he IL a natural plunger
that he enjoys 1t; that he would rather
tackle a big thing than little thing any
day. $50 long az l stick to what am
doing now," be says candidly, 1T am all
right, but II l get to fooling with othss
things may lose all I've got"
FRANCIS TALBERT
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15

ries at the first opportunity, swarming
through the laden patches careless of
the tearing thorns and picking into
pockets, hats, tin cans--anything that
would do for a receptacle
After the foul food they had been eat.
ing the acid Of the bIackberries was as
good as medicine. The men began to
brace up and look better The blackber-
ries began to grow scarce. FOragiug
parties wandered wide afeld seeking
new feasting places, found a few blue.
berry patches and devastated those. To-
day one Of Dewey gunners would have
a hard job locating an edible berry of
any kind with range finder within the
radius Of the camp.
Though the land has ceased furnish.
ing subsistence there remains the wa
ter, and the regulars have turned fisher
men, not for sport, but for the serious
purpose of filling up an empty interior.
The volunteers, it must be remembered,
were fed during their stay on assort-
ments of home prepared food in large
boxes. In fact, one of the hospital sur
geons actually complained that the vol
unteers We're surfoited by jam and py-
jamas, but the regulars, not being re-
membered in this way, went to fishing.
Later on the regulars received tardy
dainties from thoughtful societies who
heard of their neglected condition.
Probably the most acceptable contribu-
tion was load of watermelons sent to
the colored troopers who fought so va
liantly at Ell Caney and San Juan hill.
1t has taken long time to get the
camp in shape, and probably there has
been much mismanagement in some of
the departments, but in spite of all this
nothing could have been devised that
would have been better for Shafter's
fever shaken army. When tho conva-
Iescent soldiers began to get tho right
kind of food, the natural advantages of
the point did the rest. The dry, germ
absorbing sand makes an ideal camping
place, and the cool sea breezes which
sweep through the hospital tents are far
more healing than quinine and calomel.
The sick men whom official neglect
kept on coarse army fare have gone or
are now going to their homes, where is
every comfort that fond parents, proud
friends and grateful people can fur
nish, but Montauk Point will be long
remembered CYRUS SYLVESTER.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15
STARK COUNTY DEMOCRAT. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER l5 ASe,

ana on moderate days the whole front will
be rather ostentatiously thrown open to
show the fur. The sleeves are much
| smaller.
Where the blouses OF handsome Jackets
are made of expensive cloth, braid is ap-
piled In many styles. In the first place
there are many styles of braid each being
well known TO womankind by It's specific
ppellation--soutaohe hercules, titan,
silk and mohair fiat, metal flats, serpen-
tine and passementerie. This last Is shown
in most beautiful designs. It is made of
two or three of the other kinds wrought
into designs more or less elaborate and
sewed together on the wrong side. Thus
at little trouble lady may richly trim
new gown or freshen up an old one. Very
many devices in military style are offered
all prepared and tackled to cardboard.
There are frogs and loops all sorts of bre-
loquen and pendants, cords and epaulets.
They are really beautiful and give distino-
tion to plain waist or jacket.
A very refined and elegant idea in tailor
costumes is in two shades of gray, and also
In tan and brown. The body of the suit
Is In the lighter shade, and around the bot
tom Of the skirt is wide band of dark,
with one narrow line of black, soutache
The jacket was bordored In the same way
and had collar and revers Of the dark; also
a tight vest The tan and brown made
more striking gown. Military blue in
dark shade is to prevail as far as colors are
concerned for gowns
There Is also now sort Of deep plum
color, which think exceptionally hand.
some, but 1t Is black which we will all
cry for this season, though there are and
will be many plaids and other oolored
goods worn.
The Louis XVI styles arc to obtain this
season in the way Of jackets and other
matters. Vests are fixed facts, some being
Of stiff stuff and tight and others shirred
or putfed. China Grape Is the favorite of
the soft stuffs for this purpose. 1t is also
delicately trimmed with very narrow rib
bon fulled on one edge and set on in scroll
design. Sometimes this is picked out with
very fine pearl beads.
The front breadth of some home dresses
are to be made so, and l saw few dainty
tea Jackets of china Grape. Sand color Is
the latest tint and this is very delicate
and refined in china Grape. There is cloth
of the same color, and tailor suits are
made of the cloth with Grape vest. Direo-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15

political economy work very queerly in
army matters because Of certain for
mule of procedure sometimes disre-
specially alluded to as red tape, and
supply does not by any means adjust it.
self TO demand In the course Of time 10
has become possible to obtain most
things at the camp. For the first few
weeks even the commonest necessaries
were beyond money, so far as immedi-
ate acquisition was concerned There
was but one restaurant in the entire
camp, and that was ON the hill overlook.
ing the sea, three miles from the rail.
road station.
The soldiers needed restaurant bad
ly. For months they had been on army
rations, and they were tired-oh, so
tired-of the stuff. What is it in q mil.
itary career that inspires a taste for
pie? Some experienced army surgeon
may carry the explanation locked in his
brain, but up to the present the phe-
nomenon is as dark as it is undeniable.
II it were the New England regiments
alone that evinced this dietetic pecul.
iarity, it might be set down to the score
Of heredity, the birthright of the stock
from whom came Emerson, who habit.
ually wrote poetry after eating apple
pie for breakfast, and IL wasn't dyspep.
tic poetry either. But all the soldiers,
from the colored troopers to the New
York boys Of the Seventy-frst, pined
for pie. They would tramp all the way
to the station to get it.
Pressing necessity and the deadly
monotony Of food that was unvarying
in nature and poor in quality led the
regulars to look to nature for subsist.
ence. Before the camp was pitched the
slopes of Montauk Point were rich with
the fruitage Of the big blackberries in
huge patches. The early corners found
the patches so luxuriant Of berries that
one could pick "a double handful by sim
ply choosing spot and plucking around
him without moving.
Then came the regulars, half starved
or worse, from their trip over in the i'll
provisioped transports, keen for any.
thing fresh and juicy. All that could
walk-and some few that actually
crawled up the slopes-wenta at the ber-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15
FASHIONS OF new YORK.
Horse Show Gowns Which Will
Set the Styles.
THE FURRIERs ARE ALREADY BUSY

Although Long In Advance OF the wintry
Days, the Fur Garments For the Coming
Season Are Ready For Inspeotion-Aome
Of Cost and Comfort.
copyright. 1893. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
This week has been full to overflowing
with new things for fall and cold winter.
A few days ago ones eyes palled upon the
dainty and fllmy summer muslins and
now that like the flowers they are passing
into the land Of forgetfulness they sudden
ly take on new beauty, and one hastens
to see tho last of them.
How few days It will be now before the
great show windows which have been
graced with the sweetness and light of the
flimsy gowns, the thistle down parasols
and the lovely flowers, ribbons and lace
will change to the sober oolors of autumn
II is curious thing Co me to note that
even while the delicate summer attire Is
still on view the furs which are not to be
publicly worn before November however
great this uncertain climate may tempt
one, are ready for the preliminary inspec-
tion. By that / mean that the furriers
send out scaled invitations TO their prefer.
red customers who flock in from their
country or seaside homes TO take their pick
before the general public is allowed to see
them
Often wealthy lady will pay four prices
for fur garment on condition that IL
shall not he duplicated. The dealer may
not break faith, but somehow the secret
leaks out, and a rival may produce one so
very near the first that it seems difficult
to think it mere coincidence.
heard of "a lady who tainted away at n
grand function when she met hated rival
In gown the exact reproduction of her
own. The other lady was nearly as much
vexed also, as each supposed she had the
only gown of that kind in the world.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15

The Prince of Wales is placed by fate
in the most difficult position of any
English subject. Libeled necessarily,
continuously and Indignantly, silence
Is imposed on him by reasons OF state.
If he patronizes the drama, for the
neglect Of which the queen is persist
eptly blamed, the prince is depicted as
trifier, who finds in the society Of
mummers relief from the tedium of a
wasted life. If he encourages our ma
tional sports, he is a profigate and Is
compared with royal predecessors,
whose conduct would certainly not
commend itself today even to the
stanchest supporters of monarchy. If
he does not lavish money he does not
possess, he Is said to be stingy. If he
makes an outlay ON church at Sand
bingham or ball at Marlborough
House, he is spendthrift. Unworthy
friendships are attributed to him with
men upon whom he has never set eyes
or with whom he may perhaps have ex-
changed casual word. II he plays a
game Of cards, he Is gambler.
Fierce as Is the light that beats upon
a throne, the cruel and searching illumi-
nation OF the princess life inhiots on
him the disabilities and responsible Titles,
while denying him either the power of
the throne or the privileges of private
station. Harper Magazine.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15

AAAfl'HIA r. LEV IF NhNl NlN'fts
drove the Spanish out Of the eastern
end of Cuba and made Spain sue for
peace at any price.
Today the greatness and sadness OF
Camp Wikoff has dwindled, for the he.
roes of Santiago have been furloughed
and their places partly filled With
troops who have seen but little active
service. In few weeks more it will be
only q memory, but the spot where our
volunteers Camped after their brilliant
campaign will always be historic one.
1t was the scene Of rather a sad home
coming for a victorious army. There
were no Haunting banners, no bands
playing, no cheering crowds. One by
one the transports limpcd in with their
decks crowded above and below with
weak, sick soldiers There is no such
thing as overlooking the fact. Skaters
army, heroic and victorious was a sick
army when it reached MOntauk Point
For this reason the great encampment
where nearly 10000 troops have been
quarterod has been first Of all a hospital
camp. The surgeon was more needed
than the general The 0mbulanCcs were
busy while the field guns were neglect
ed. The drill sergcGuts, if they were
well enough, helped the nurses.
There are many unique things about |
this Camp WikOR, as il is called. In |
the first place, its growth was remark !
able. 1t is always an interesting sight |
10 watch the sudden population of Il
waste place. Less than six weeks ago |
MTV,f1r7Ir 900 ~ =
manity and had been so for years There |
were a lighthouse, few summer cot |
tages and fisherman S shuuty, all scat |
tered about over an area three or four |
miles square. There was a diminutive !
railroad station with single siding. |
Two or three trains a day came in and !
departed with almost empty cars.
Three weeks later Montauk Point |
was as popuIous as the residence dis |
tricts Of most cities and far more lively.
Stretching back from the water and .
dotted around over the rolling hillocks
were thousands Of white tents. Dozens !
Of one story board shanties, roughly !
and hastily erected, clustered around |
the enlarged railroad station. On a net
work of side tracks stood miles of cars
and every hour of the day trains arrived
and departed. Wagon roads wound |
over the sand dunes and were trav-
ersed by ambulances, army CARTS
mounted officers and plodding soldiers
on foot. Steamers of all sizes lay at
the wharfs or rode at anchor in the
bay. Here and there was an uncom.
planning private on sentry duty.
We're it not for the occasional officers
and sentries there would be little to
identify this as military camp. A
small amount Of soldering has been in
evidence The civilian exertion of get
ting things to eat was the most prom
inent feature of the activities. 1t is
necessarily so, for there were 90, 900
men pumped down in the sand so
miles from the nearest base of supplies
30 the canvas covered army wagons
daily creak to and fro, laden with sup
plies from the distant commissary de-
partment
There is nothing about the plain uni
form of the private soldier, unless it is
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15

tore styles are also seen In the cut Of
many of the finest tailor and visiting
gowns This, with the bolero and the
Louis XVI jacket, are ell to be seen on
nice costumes.
As we are not exactly yet in the season
Of furs and yglvots, we may speak of the
early autumn gowns. The horse show
brings out the prettiest of these gowns
and wraps. A leading house is preparing
busily for this function and Is finishing
gowns to grace its opening night.
/ saw one cadet blue tatfeta shot with
white. Tho skirt had an applique Of cream
lace, and the waist had the same and a
crush belt Of dark blue satin tied in a bow.
There was figured foulard, the ground
being pale green, with figures of darker
shade. The trimming consisted of black
chantilly insertion on waist and Dewey
tiounce and on the tulip leaf collar. An
other girlish dress for debutante was of
venus pink taffeta, with clover leaves and
broken branches. This, too, was lavishly
trimmed with very narrow black lace. A
tailor suit was in oyster colored cloth with
an open blouse basque with pure white
shirred vest. Tho whole was trimmed
with fat mohair braid in the suspicion Of
shade darker.
If it should be cool when the show
opens, there will be the new box coat three.
quarter length, with three to six little
coachman's capes over the shoulders.
There are still number of crepon effects
among the very newest of the gowns, but
the most of them depend more on sepa.
rate waist than on full suit for their pop
ularity. Drapery for skirts still advances,
and have seen several instances of apron
and shawl draperies, and one dress of rich
poplin had regular polonaise drapery. 1t
looked very oddly there alone, but the
princess shape Of the waist took away its
reproach and made it thing of beauty.
MATE LEROY.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15
KING OF KLONDIKE.
BIG ALEC" MACDONALD AND HOW HE
GOT HIS MlLLloNS.

From Turning n Windlass mt 80 Day He
Has Become Mining PIutoorat and q
| Speculative Plunger--Some of His Char
noteristics.
During the last two years several men
have been given the alliterative title of
king of the Klondike," but TO mono has
it been more fitting than TO Alexander
Macdonald. Physically, mentally and
financially "Big Alec" is leader He
has the largest interests and tho most in
fluenco of any man in the golden district.
Therefore he is interesting
Alec Macdonald Is one of the newly
made plutocrats of the Klondike Less
than two years ago he was turning awind
lass for 50 day At present his wealth is
reckoned at about SO, 900, 600. His rise has
been phenomenal. A native of Nova
Scotia, Macdonald left that bleak and
moneylcss country to drift west several
years before he had attained his majority
In Colorado he went to work In the mines
stakcd claim and accumulated about
$4,000. He thought he was rich man,
but he invested his fortune and lost every
cent in much less time than it had taken
him to get 1t.
Five years ago the big Nova Scotian
driEted TO Alaska. He had learned lot
about placer mining, but he was without
capital, and so he was compelled TO work
for others For three years he did this
uncomplainingly. Then the strike was
made on Bonanza creek. "Big Alec" took
a vacation and joined the rush. Ho was
late in starting, so the creek had been
staked when he arrived. He returned and
began TO borrow money. Few among the
miners had given him credit for possess
ing anything but muscle and good heart,
so IL was with difficulty that he scraped
together about $500. Then he went to his
employer and resigned.
Il ain't goiug to work any more " ne
said. "pm going 10 get rich"
Tho next thing that was heard from
him was that he had bought No 30 Bo-
nan2a from discouraged prospector For
eight droary months Macdonald worked
his claim, living prccariously. Then came
the clean up. Well, big Alec" took
$3.50, 600 out Of No. 8O and it Is estimated
that there IL still something like 81, 000,-
600 left in the ground. Refusing all offers
to sell, Macdonald began TO buy claims
right and left Ho plunged. Not only did
he invest every dollar that no had earned,
but went in debt for as much more as he
could, Wherever there was good claim
he was sure TO got either an interest in 1t
or part Of the one next to it. That is what
has made Alexander Macdonald "King of
tho Elondike"
After him there are a score Of mon, one
of whom is as rich as another. He Is
feet 2 inches in height and not particular
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15
Ladies' Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to shake into the
shoes. 1t makes tight or new shoes feel
easy; gives instant relief to corns and
bunlons. It's the greatest comfort dis.
covery of the age. Cures and prevents
swollen feet, blisters, callous and sore
spots. Aliens Foot. Ease Ia q certain
cure for sweating, hot, aching, nervous
feet. At all druggists and shoe stores,
25c. Trial package FREE. Address,
Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15

9SAEhAL NhfhLEh AND COLONhL hOObh-
WELT AT CAMP WIKoFF.
It's color or possibly the cartridge web
belt, to indicate the soldier He might
easily pass for the miner or the settler.
He wears blue shirt much faded by
the southern sun, pair Of blue trousers
that long ago have put away their look
of newness, a campaign hat that looks
for all the world like the cowboys
hsadgear, pair of canvas leggings and
beavv shoes Perbaps he wears a can
vas uniforni-it is all the same-and O
pistol In holster at the belt only makes
his semblanoe to the ranohman or pio-
neer the more marked.
There were uniforms, though, that
were beyond the possibility Of desorip-
tion, real OF fancied, but it did not
spoil the picture, because you expected
TO see them there, and ON the whole 1t
was not hard to fancy you were looking
upon Wild West show scene construct
I'd ON gigantic scale. o
The widest boom Of western min
ing camp never furnished an instance
where the demand was equally made
auate 30 the supply. Ordinary rules Of
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15
Do You wl.h 70 Gain Flsah,

Ninety per cent Of our passengers
gain from 1--WE to ten pounds on trip
to Mackinac. II you are run down take
cruise up the Lakes.A We guarantees
your outing will benefit you. The cost
is within the reach Of all. Send 20 for
illustrated pamphlet. Address A. A..
sohants, @. p. A., ID. a o. Steamer,
The Coast line, Detroit. Mich.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15
UUR BIG HOSPITAL CAMP
How Skaters Invalid but Vic
torious Army Was Chartered.
RISE AND FALL OF CAMP wIKoFF.

q Sandy, Desolate Waste which wns
Changed Iu Few Weeks to PopuIous
City-The Pathetic, DwindIed Glory Of
Montauk Point.
The most important center of martial
interest, and there is still whole lot
of it in this country, is in the great hos
pital camp at Montauk Point on the
eastern tip end of Long Island. There,
under acres of white tents, has rested
the larger part Of the great army which
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15
]. ". Bowman, or Now FattsburE. O.
Recommends WriKhvs Celery
Com DOund.

New Pittsburg, o., Jan. 81, 1897.
To The Wright Medical Co., Columb bus,
o.: Dear 6irs--I have purchased box OF
Wright's Celery Capsules from George
Kreiger, druggist, Wooster, o., and used
them for rheumatism and stomach
trouble. The Capsules renewed me and
am now In excellent nsalth. II is the
best remedy ever used. / am out In all
kinds Of weather carrying overland mail,
and am now In perfect health. i gladly
recommend the Capsules.
Very truly yours,
]. II. Bowman.
Sold by all druggists st 50c and q. 90
per boz. Send address ON postal TO the
Wright Med. Co., Columbus. Ohio. for
trial aixes tres fff