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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-10

when demonstrated with and asked
what he could hope to achieve if he
continued in that course confidently re-
piled that he was going to be president
of the United States
When he was at New Orleans, in
1881, be visited voodoo fortune teller
and listened to her absurd prophecies
(as they then appeared) with eager at
tention. When his son Robert was bit
ten by a dog, he took him to Terre
Haute, at much inconvenience, to have
the virtues Of maidstone, as it was
called, tested as an antidote. When in
congress, he refused 20 be one of party
of l3 at table, and Robert Toombs, who
really liked him, told him with some
asperity that he would rather die than
to be so superstitious
Like Joan Of Arc, he heard phantom
voices; but, unlike that bewitchod fe
male, he kept their revelations and the
fact itself TO himself. One day. cow
ever, in the "Big Grove at UrI..N ne
said, partly in soliloquy and partly to
me: "When | was boy, used to wan
der out in the woods all by myself. 1t
had fascination for me which had an
element Of fear i'll it-superstitious fear
l knew that | was not alone just as
well as know that you are here now
Still could sec nothing and no one, but
| heard voices. Once / heard voico
right at my elbow-heard it distinctly
and plainly. l turned around, expect
ing TO see some one, Of course. No one
there, but che voice was there. " "What
did it say?'' Iagked. He made no reply.
Deep gloom--a look Of pain--settled On
his countenance and lasted some min
utes. We trudged slowly ON. lie was
oblivious of all external surroundings.
Another instance, somewhat obscure
to people in general, but conclusive to
me, who knew him SO we'll, and illus
trative of this tendency, happened ON
Oct. "a, 1854 when he visited my law
office with others of the travelling bar,
and, taking down a copy of Byron, he
readily turned to the third canto Of
"Childe Harold" and read aloud from
the thirty fourth verse, commencing,
There is u very life in our despair, etc,
to and including the forty y-fifth verse:
He who asoends to mountain tops shall find
Those loftiest peaks most wrapped in clouds
and snow.
He who surpacses or subdues mankind
Must look iayu on the hate az those below.
Though high above the sun Of glory glow,
And far beneath the earth and ocean spread,
Round him are icy rocks and loudiy blow
contending tempests on his naked head,
And thus reward the tolls which to those
SUBMITS lead.
This grand poetry, so apropos to his
later career, was evidently very famil-
lar to him. He looked specifically for
and found it with no difficulty or hesi-
taticn and read it with huenoy that
indicated that he had read it ofttimes
before. He also read it sadly If not in
deed reverently.
In view Of his later career, is not the
following moroccan, taken from fervid
pnd extravagant Lyoeum speech made
when he was 80 years of age, of great
interest and signiflcanoe9 Said he:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-10
a Fearful Experience
a POSTMASTER LOSES THE USE or his
LEGS AND ARMS.
Edwin R. Tripp, of NiddIefieId Center, Meets with
a Hazardous Encounter Which Renders
Him Helpless.
From OScgo Republican, cooperstoVn, ", Y.

or six boxes for $3.50 at any druggst's, and
sent for two boxes. | used the pills faith
fully and they gave me an appetite. | then
sent for four more boxes, and before | had
taken all of them my feet and legs which
had been cold began to get warm.
al member Of the Town Board that
sum and had to be carried and put into q
we TO go to the meetings, aud In fact was
+ IS, as my neghbors know. In August
aid walk around the house by pushing a
onair. l kept getting better and managed
to move around more, until at election time
that year, / walked with a cnne 30 the polls,
short distance rom my home. | continued
to take Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People until ! had taken eighteen boxes.
could then get around, and to-day walk 10
the post Office and back, a distance Of one
uuarte. of a mile, three times a day, and
attend 20 my duties as postmaster.
ain the spring Of 1898 / was elected town
clerk, which Office / held for three years, I
had previously been q justice Of the peace
for thirty-two years. I am now 20 years Of
age, and have lived in this town for about
forty-siE years. For nearly fifty years |
worked at the backsmth's trade. | am
able to do work in my garden now, and saw
some Of my wood. / consider that my res
toration to health is due to the use Of DR..
williams Pink Pills for Pale People
EDWIN r. TRIP"
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
23d day Of June, 1897
HOMER HANNAH, Notary Public.
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SIMPLY PRESIDENT.
A New ssOry OF Liucoln's Good Nstur
AID I,-Ct.

New Story OF Liucoln's Good Nature
AID E.ct.
Mr.. William Bender Wilson Of Lam
castor, Pa, no entered the war depart.
ment as q military telegrapher in 1861,
gives the following fresh anecdOte:
"In the fall Of 1861 fires in Washing
ton city We're of frequent occurrence,
without any organized adequate means
for eXtinguishing them being in exist
ence there. This condition of affairs
was a source Of SO much anxiety to the
country at large that no sooner was a
Washington fire announced in the news
paqcr rs Chan the mails would TEEN with
patriotic offers to the president from all
sections for the formation Of fire brigades
as "A component part Of the army for the
protection of the capital. This was one
of the many great annoyanoes of irrele-
want subjects thrust upon the president
He bore 1t all as part of the responsible
tiles resting upon him, yet at last was
compelled to rebuke it from sheer lack
of time to give it any attention.
Zone night the Washington infrmary
burned down, and, as was customary
after such disasters, the next day brought
the president the usual complement Of
offers Of fire engines and firemen. Phil
adelphia's patriotism, true to it's tradi-
tions, could not await the slow progress
Of the mail, but sent forward commit
tee Of citizens to urge upon the presi-
dent the acceptance Of fully equipped
fire brigade for Washington, On their
arrival at the White House they were
most oourteously and blandly received
by Mr.. Lincoln. Eloquently did they
urge their mission, but valuable time
was being wasted, and Mr.. Lincoln was
forced to bring the conference to a close,
which he did by interrupting the COM
mittee in the midst of grand and to be
clinching oratorical effort by gravely
saying, as if he had just awakened TO
the true import of the visit; All, yes,
gentlemen, but it is mistake to sup
pose that am at the head of the fire
department of the city Of Washington |
l am simply president of the United
States
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Il. G h .
it's goods and prices
that count I

in appealing to peoples self inter-
est and showing them where it pays
to buy.
Large assortments Of choice goods
and less prices are what this store
always depends on for growth, and
we're getting results that way
more now than ever before, not on
ly here in the store, but through
the mail order-had to enlarge that
department. give it more space, and
increase the force in order to ac-
c immediate the increased business.
/, 1t every woman who is ldoiDg or
planning early spring sewing will
send for samples, medium and fine
wash goods,.8 to. 35c, to finest i'm
ported Novelties, $1.25, she'll be
pleased 3 and when. she considers
style and price, find advantage to
her pocketbook.
Over..2OO stylesS.New Madras, 1872
inches wide, 15c-cbecks, pIaids,
stripes and distinctively new effects.
New Madras, 129c to finest i'm
ported Madras and Novelties, in
cluding D. IL J. Anderson's choicest
and best.
.. ~ Other fine wash goods in largest
variety more handsome styles than
we've ever yet shown. Write tor
samples,
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We are anxous to do little good in
his world and can think Of no pleas.
nter or better way to do it than by
q, ommending One Minute Cough Cure
IA preventive of pneumonia, consump-
lion and other serious lung troubles that
tollow neglected colds. +. Q. Miller,
East End Phar.. Fred P, Shanafelt and
Fishers drug store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-10
Turn again, whitttnrton,
Thrice lord mayor Of London

Mr. Lincoln was a fatalist He be-
lieved from an carly period in his career
that he was destined to attain to an ex.
alted pinnacle of eminence and also
that he should encounter bloody end,
and this belief remained with him to
the end. Mrs. Crawford never wearied
of narrating that when he was boy,
with little apparent promise, and was
acting out the clown in her kitchen,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-10
To cure drunkenness a, Homs

AXE Anti-Metha. Write for pamphlet
Iailed in plain sealed envelope. Penn
Tome Cure Co., st. Louis, Mo-, or call
Samuel e. Barr, Agent.
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LINCOLN A FATALIST.
HEARD PHANTOM VOICES AND BE-
LIEVEo IN DESTINY.

Incidents In His Life which Suggest That
He Was superstitious Ills Dreams and
Favorite Citations From the Poets Rem
iniscences of n Close Personal Friend.
Copyright, 1873, by the Authorl
The exponents of historical crises are
endowed with supernatural monitions of
their missions and, mot infrequently,
ore invested with presentiments Of their
destinies and (possibly) martyrdom.
Napoleon III said that Caesar had
faith in his destiny and confidence in
his genius; Mohammed drew inspiration
for his task from the angel who visited
him in the cave at Mount Hara; Joan
of Arc was melted to her uhuntasv by
the voices which appealed to her while
she was yet a simple peasant girl in the
little hamlet of Doreupy; Napoleon S
belief in his "star" is proverbial, and the
inspiration of Charlcmagnc is well at
tested, while Constantine triumphed by
the flaming cross and the Christian slo-
gan which be clearly saw emblazoned
ON the shining heavens.
Descending TO the commonplace we
all remember the familiar distich, con-
ceived to inspire oonstancy to the era Of
childhood:
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INCOLN had all
h u IN a anity for
mourners. From
the countless eu.
logies spoken
and written as
tributes to his
greatness the fol-
lowing are So
lected as repre-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-10

ascetio sorrow, with its stimulated rau
lery, like the harioquiu's fantastic geal
all tended to make up the seed plo'
from whence sprung the somber spiri.
who was decided to pilot the sorely dis
tresscd nation through the engulfng
waves, which momontarily Threatened
destruction
There are objects in nature and in
politics the forms Of which can only be
accurately ascertainod when contem.
plated aiar Off. Too near as we'll as too
far off prevents u correct view. Thus it
is with great events The hand of God
is visible in human affairs, but this
hand itself has a shadow which conceals
what it 0ccouplishes. AL that could
then he seen in the great national trans
formation announced the advent OF a
new idea in human kind, the democrat
iC idea in essence as well as in delusive
boast, and thereafter the democratic
government in fact as well as thereto
fore III empty name.
There are opochs in tho history of the
human race when the decayed branches
fall from the tree of humanity and
when institutions grown etfete and in
famous sink and leave space for fresh
institutions full Of sap which renew
the youth and recast the ideas of peo-
pie. Antiquity is replete with this
transformation, Of which we only catch
glimpse i'll tho relics of history. Each
decadence of ciIcte ideas carries with it
an old world and gives its name to a
new order Of civilization.
Such was the prelude to the great ma
tional awakening whose chords were
struck by this master of the political
art, such the revindication of freedom,
such tho reuascence of the vital spirit
Ito replace the dead letter. of the Dec
laration of Independence.
HENRY G. WHITNEY
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Note.-AIrs. Nottie Maynard has written
book devoted to an enforcement of the state
ment that MIR. Lincoln was addicted to attend.
ing spirituallstic seances while he was in the
presidency. have reflected considerably on
the matter, ana rs n result do not credit the
statcments-at least not to the full extent as
stated. While fully believe that Mr.. Lincoln
would be likely to have desire to make such
Investigations due sense Of propriety would
act az a check upon his attempting so radical
a departure from the staid ways OF life and
eXpCric1"C, from doing that which would give
a radical shock TO all Of the conservative
classes @? society. Mr.. Lincoln well knew that
he stood in the wave Of light that beat about
a throne ard that ho must not do any act
which would expose him 10 even unjust Cri,i-
cism, aud, as 10 attempting 10 do such a thing
ION tho sly" Lls honest nature and his ordi-
nary sense bOth TCEOIaelessly barred any such
doCeitful moJhUGs. IpTesume there was a film
OF basis for the story, rs that ho met the parties
named and gave Il courteous reception to their
avowals, possibly made some passing inquiries
i'm short, treated them with in crest and
possibly evinced some curiosity at their pre-
tensions, To any adhesion beyond that ! &C.
cline to believe thar lie was party,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-10

ONR ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
TO all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 30
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SKRUP co.
SAW FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. kY. NEW YORK, N.Y.
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Nice, Dress Goods

goods will prove they're desirable
-75c to $50 choice. Mixtures and
Suitings-
all soc a yard
lines we're not going to carry
over, and when samples are seen
and you note how good they are,
wen sell, and you'll get such value
as will pay you for sending.
Lines Of all wool Dress Goods, %
and 35c-splendld values for girls
school suits, and Tor skirts. Good
goods under price,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-06

Star want ads. bring good returns
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-06
Feed and
Flour.

There is not a large stock
in Honolulu. IT may be
come Scarce and Higher.
Very little prospect for low
er prices. The prudent
man will lay i'm II good sup
ply and take no chances.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-06
THE OCEANIC
Gas and ELECTRIC CO.

Having received large consignment
of gas apparatus and fixtures and a
number of GRAPHOPHONES, with
full assortment of RECORDS, beg
leave to announce that the latter will
be at the disposal of the public from
1880 to 10 p. m.
Records will be made in accordance
with visitors suggestions.
LOOK AT OUR PRICES.
Eagle Graphophones, mounted, car
rying case of polished wood, complete
with reproducer hour and two way
hearing tube, $3.50; recorder, steel,
$500; records. So cents. We are CX-
elusive agents for the Columbia Phn-
nograph Company.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-06
GET 1T AT
WAREHOUSES;
CUT GLASS

To some the mere mention
of cut glass gives them
dreams of riches untold and
castles by the seas and every
thing to harmonic.
To certain extent they are
right and again, they are
wrong. A half century ago
cut glass ware was indeed a
luxury few could afford and
few did display. To-day at
the end of the nineteenth
century, it is placed on a.
plane where it is in the reach
of everyone. This revolution
has been brought about by
long experience in the manu-
facture Of these goods, and
close competition between
L.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-06
NOTICE.

The steamer Claudine leaving Tues
day. June nth, will arrive in Honolu-
In, Saturday morning, June 18th, one
day ahead of schedule time.
WILDER'S STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD.
Honolulu, May 90, 1898.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-06
BY AUTHORITY
OF PUBLIC IN
STRUCTION.

CHANGE IN TINE OF CLOSING
SCHOOLS FOR SUMNER VACA-
TION.
On account of the sailing days of
foreign and domestic steamers fall
ing in the last week of the present
month, and for the accommodation of
many teachers and pupils who wish
to take the same, the date of closing
the Government schools throughout
the Republic for the Summer vaca-
ton has been changed from Friday,
July 1st, to Friday, June 9th.
HENRY Z. COOPER,
Minister of Public Instruction.
c. T. RODGERS, Secretary.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-06
Don't Forget

The Palama COOPERATIVE Grocery
Company is now in full swing, and
solicits a call from old as well as
new customers. We handle the best
brands of Groveries, direct from the
Coast, on the Cooperative plan, which
is proving a great success.
No harm in giving us a trial Goods
delivered to all parts of the city and
suburbs.
PALAMA COOP. GROCERY CO., LTD.
Opposite Railway Depot, King st.
Telephone 1855. s4H
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If you need anything read the adj
vertising columns of The Star
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-06
Shadow of Herself
Stomach Was Too Weak
to Retain Food
A Complete Cure Effected by
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Now Enjoying the Best Of HeaitsSo
With Digestion Perfect.

"My mother was subject to sick head
aches and indigestion for over a year.
She was unable to stand for any length
of time, and was Obliged to stay in q dark
room as she could not bear the light. Sins
had no appetite whatever and her stomach
was so weak she could not retain what
food she did eat. She also had severe
pains in her head. She suffered SO muuzs
that she became but the shadow of her.
self. One day / happened to read tes-
timonial about Hoods Sarsaparilla. II
Sounded SO Truthful
/ persuaded her to try this medicine.
Before finishing the first bottle there wRs
an improvement in her condition. She nc
longer threw up her food and her head
ache was not as severe. She took In gIA
four bottles OF Hoods Sarsaparilla and
several boxes of Hoods Pills and regained
her weight. She is now enjoying the best
of health. Her digestion is good and she
can eat almost anything she wishes. She
is AZ years old and says she feels as we'll
as when she was 16. Hoods SarsapsrillE
made complete cure in her case"
Miss MARY MAscARIE, Ironton, Ohio.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Is the best-n fact the One True Blood Purifier
Hoods Pills the best s. th tamy cq %5s
Hebron Drug COmpanT
WHOLESALE AGENTS.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-06

TIC Val louS pIOuuCeIS.
Nothing gives so much tone
to your dinner as HAND
SOME CUT GLASS.
In our Waikiki window we,
are displaying a handsome
line of these goods, Of new
designs, and further more,
they are placed at a figure.
that will cause no one any
inconvenience of pocket
book. We carry several
makes so if one line does not
suit you either in design or
price the others will. Fur
Their more we are in a posi-
ton to stand squarely behind
the goods and warrant them
to be up to the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-04
Tea at the Soldiers Home.

The second Of the annual teas at the
Soldiers Home, under the auspices OF
the Hollywood Memorial Association
drew together a pleasant company and
diverted the old soldiers between 6 and
10 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The lawn was brightly illuminated with
Japanese lanterns suspended from tree
to tree. the trunks OF the trees being
wrapped in the Confederate colors. Pro
fessor STEMS band supplied a delightful
musical programme a~djourning about
half past eight o'clock TO the mess-hall,
where dancing was begun and continued
until 10. The reception committee con-
sisted Of Mrs. James 3. Pace, chairman;
Mrs. J. Taylor Ellyson. Miss Betty Ely
son. Mrs. f.. d. Hotchkiss. Mrs. stephen
Putney. Mrs. Ben Purcell, Mrs. Kate
VIM. Mrs. c. l.. Bigelow, Mrs. Angle,
and Miss Leila Dlmmock. others on hos
pitable duty. serving refreshments, were
Mrs. James Grigg. Mrs. Rogers, Mrs.
John Miller. Mrs. Wade. Misses Jose
phine Putney. Bowe. Maggie and Lima
Shields. Sophie White. Constance Knox,
Sarah Angle, and others.
The members OF the Ways and Means
Committee desire 20 express their hearty
hanks 10 all friends who contributed 10
the tea. whose proceeds are devoted 10
the care of the graves Of the Confed-
crate dead.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-04
A BOOM LAND SUIT.
Stockholders Have Right ofTrial by a
Jury-Histories Recommended.

BERRYVILLE, VA. June Especial
The clerk OF the Circuit Court has just
completed me copying Of the record in
the chancery cause Of George c. Rica-
more at ais. against the Berryville Land
and Improvement Company. This case is
a relic of the boom" of 1Ssp-9l. Ricamore
sold land 10 the company, and when they
failed 20 pay him he brought suit for
his debt, the lands of the company were
sold. and they being insufficient 20 pay
the debts OF Ricamore and others. an
efforts is now being made 10 hold the
stockholders liable. Judge Nicol at a re-
cent term Of the Circuit Court held that
under a recent act of the Virginia Legis-
lature the stockholders were entitled 20
a trial by jury and it is from this opinion
that the appeal is TO be asked. A num-
Der of other interesting legal questions
are involved IN the case. The record
contains about 1000 words.
The committee appointed by J. +. b.
Stuart Camp. Confederate Veterans. Of
this county TO examine n recommend
United States histories for use in the
county schools. submitted a report in
which they found Holmes History fair
in statement OF facts. but defective as
a text book. The committee recommend
ed the following histories 10 be used by
public and private schools: Mrs. Lees
Histories, DR.. Jones Histories, and Ma
gill's History OF Virginia.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-04
GORDON LITERARY SOCIETY.
Commencement Exercises of Fredcr
icksburg COIlege-Wedding Cards.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA, June a.
Special.-The commencement exercises Of
Gordon Literary Society of Locust Dale
Academy took place to-day. Mr.. J. b.
Rawlings, Of this city. Is president Of the
society. and Mr.. H.. T.. Crismod, Jr., OF
this city, is vice-president. The latter
was one Of the disclaimers n Mr.. W. 3.
Embrey. Jr.. of this place. was one OF
the marshals.
The commencement exercises OF Fred
ericksburg College will be held next week.
On Sunday, June 9Th, the bacCalaureate
sermon will be preached at the Presby-
terrain church by Rev. DR.. a. p. Saunders.
on Monday night. June 9th, the literary
societies will have their celebration and
a general reception held. Tuesday. at IL
a. NJ, al the opera House, the regular
comm encement exercises will be held,
when diplomas, medals. and certificates
will be awarded 10 graduates and others.
Tuesday night Mr.. A. Stewart Marye, Of
Washington. will deliver an address be-
fore the literary societies.
Mr.. James p. Corbin. of this city, has
been appointed District Deputy Grand
Master Of Masons for this Masonic dis
trict. to succeed Captain 5. j. Quinn, re-
signed.
Cards are out for the marriage If Miss
India e. Scaggs, Of this city, 70 Mr..
Henry Norman Taylor. the ceremony TO
take place at St. Georges Episcopal
church Tuesday. JUNE lith, at $40 T.. NJ.