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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-12-22
A NEW POET.
Som ethIns About Arthur J. Burdick,
Author oC Just JiDgIcs."

Author OF Just JtBgIcs.'
When poet passes tho magazine stage
and sends out his fancies in substantial
cloth covers, he may be said to have arriv-
ed. Mr. Arthur j. Burdick is here He
came recently. A neat little volume of
poems, modestly labeled "Just .Jinglos,
is his card of Introduction, and It admits
him to scat among the great chorus Of
American singers.
Most of Mr.. Burdick's verses are moro
than jinglos. In his more serious moods
he gives us the real article His lines to
sea gull arc an example Of this, as a
couplet will show:
| Soul of bereaved one, troubled and tossed
Searching the sea for one who was lost
| But he is also happy in his humorous
verse. One of his best efforts In this line
describes old Aunt Keziah, who was the
| Curousest woman I ever sec,
Alters lin: "D Du tell La mel"
| Death came and laid his hand on her head,
| "Ive come to claim my own," he said.
| But she only said ola mel Du tell
I've been expectin ye quite a spell"
| There are number Of poems for chill.
dren In "Just Jtngles, and some Of these
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-12-22
Ca - TO ia.
Bears the n The Kind You Have Always Bought
''s11'''' of G<HZNlZI
Two Pointed OuestIons Answered.

What is the use of making better
article than your competitor If you can
not get better price for it2
Ans.-As there is no difference in the
price the public will buy only the bet
ter, so that while our profits my be
smaller ON a single sale they will be
much greater In the aggregate,
How can you get the public to know
that your make IL the besl2
II both articles are brought prominent
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-12-22

DR.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup seems
especially adapted to the needs of the
children. Pleasant to take; soothing in
it's influence; II is the remedy of all
remedies for every form of throat and
lung disease.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-12-22
10 WE'D A DUKE.
Miss Pn0IInc Astor, who May De
come Duchess of RoNburgbc.

Miss Pn0IInc Astor, who May De
come Duchess Of RoNburRbc.
When William Waldorf AstOr removed
himself and family to England, bought %
town house. n castle and London news
paper, he practically cxpatriated himself
and became an Euglishman, so the au.
nouncemont that his only daughter, Miss
Pauline Astor is to wed one Of the Eng.
lsh nobility should cause no surprise
The Duke Of Roxburghe, to whom it Is
said she Is engaged, Is peer Of ancient
lineage and has an enormous fortune, so
he il by no means fortune hunter.
Miss Pauline Astor is very pretty
young woman of 10 Of whom Americans
have seen and heard very lttle. She won't
TO live in England when she was child
and now she would hardly be- recognized
even In the most exclusive Newport circles
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-12-22

Late to bed and early to rise, prepares
man for bis home in the skies. But
early TO bed and Little Fairly Riser, ii g
pill that makes life longer and bette r
and wiser. e. O. Miller, East End
Phar., II. p. Shanafelt and Fishsr's
drug store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-12-22

lncontinence of water during sleep
stopped Immediately by DIR. Il. Det-
chon's Anti Diuretic. Cures children
and adults alike. Price el.00. Sold by
Durbln, Wright q Co., druggists, Can.
on, D.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-12-22

etching hemouhoids were the plague
of my life. Was almost wild. Doan's
Ointment cured me quickly and per-
manently, after doctors had failed" c..
r Cornwell, Valley Street, saugerties,
NY.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-12-22

In Siberia II "a man is dissatisfied with
the most trifilng acts Of his wife he tears
a cap or veil from her face, and that CON
stitutes divorce
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-12-22

npr box. Send address op postal 10 the
Wight Med. Go CO.nG4t ps, Ohio, for
trlNl siEs tVs-
Evening star., 1898-11-12

His PhfIorOphy.

oh. de mule is in de traces an he's do!n'
what he kin,
An de white man keeps a-workin' all de
day.
De way dey seems to vase desc precious
moments is sin.
An you'll nebber kotch me doin' data
way.
Dey looks down on yoh uncle an dey saws
he's missed heap.
But he's healthy an he's happy an he's
strong.
Cause dar ain no time so busy but he
manages to keep
A little while foh lazyin' along
Oh, de sreenbacks dey kin rustic while
de silver dollars shine:
But is saterfy to sing my little song
/ doesn' ak foh skessly muffin in dis
life o mine
'Cep' de privilege O. lazyin' along.
So it's go it, Mistuh whiteman. an it's go
it. Mistuh Mule;
A-laborin' on, de most dat you know how
fou's bof a-nakin' burrows when you
might be keepin' cool.
De lines is in yoh field an on yoh brow
No matter if you's bout de finest guesser
dats alive,
When you guess a black mans age. you
guess 1t wrong
He is jes' as young at sixty as he is at
twenty-five,
Cause he takes de time foh lazyin' along
Oars de spepshy in de mansion an
dar's con pone in de ash.
An rs saterfy to sing my little song
L Is lookin' foh Employment, but L doesu'
get too brash.
Cause Is comfable jes lazyin' along.
Evening star., 1898-11-12
How 1t Saved Pain.
New Orleans Times.Demncra

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
There's been wonderful advance in
dental surgery of late years" said a man
with a slightly swollen jaw. "The old.
brutal style of yanking out inolars by main
strength and awkwardness has gone out
of date had a tooth pulled this morning
and the whole thing was so quiet and easv
L could scarcely believe 1t had been done
| took a Whit of gas. and opened nv ewes
to 1nd the tooth gone. didn't even see
the forceps. 1t was in strong contrast bv
the way, with an experience of mine some
years ago. when painless dentistry was
sun In its experimental stages. | had a
back tooth that was giving me fits. and
went to man who advertised painless ex-
traction by means of what were called
electrical forceps.' 1t was compiicated
foreign device, long since abandoned, that
sent current along the instrument just as
1t took hold. The dentist was candid
looking chap. and 1 asked him to tell me
honestly whether it would hurt Well he
said. its like this: Suppose a fellow hit
you in the mouth with his fist and at the
same time hit you on the nose with a brick
you wouldn't feel the fist, would Won o.
/ told him to go ahead and drag out the
tooth in the good. old-fashioned way After
that explanation l wanted no electric for
cepS in mine"
Evening star., 1898-11-12
On a Large Scale.

Il have heard some very romantic stories
about your successes said the young wo-
man as she looked out of the corners of
her eyes and adjusted her mouth so as to
make dimples.
"Yes?' responded Senator Sorghum with
complacent smile.
1T has been intmated to me that you
haye made money out of politics. But, of
course, one doesn't have to believe every
thing one hears"
We'll, these silver people did so badly
when they tried to make politics out of
money, dunnos a man would be to blame
for turnin' the experiment the other way
around"
And then another person told me that
you got your very first start in life as a
curbstone fakr.'
That's libelous'
Il thought So
Absolutely false. The way 1 got my
first start was this. I had a farm left me
which wasn't good for anything else, so 1
got 1t surveyed and had maps printed and
opened up Office and sold the whole
thing off in lots. I'm not man of small
enterprises. When l start out to do any
thing l do it with a will. AS soon as L
made up my mind to fake, l faxed a whole
town. l wouldn't stop with a curbstone."
Evening star., 1898-11-12
THE MOUNTAIN MAIDS ESTIMATE
Men Are All Right, but Apple Buffers
More Important.

The road led down off the mountain and
past SO near the side of farm house
nesting in the narrow valley that l was
within speaking distance of a tall, sIab-
sided mountain maid stirring apple butter
in an iron wash kettle that would hold
about ten gallons. loose stone hearth
had been thrown together in the ward and
bed OF blazing embers was maintained
under the kettle. There was well under
a shade tree near by, and, though 7 had
no especial desire for water the sieht Of
the cool old well and the dripping bmcket
on the moss-green stone about the top
way, 50 l pulled my horse up at the side
gate and hailed the maiden.
How d'y'," she nodded, and kept on
stirring the apple butter
Excuse me-" l said, "but could I get
drink of water here?'
mot out thar whar you air." she snick-
cred, but you kin over thar at the WELL"
She kept on stirring the butter, and L
looked at her in surprise, for as a rule
the greatest lady in the mountains will
bring stranger at the gate a cup of cold
water.
"Will I have to get off my horse and
come after it?' 1 Inquired.
"Ef you'd ruther." she snickered again.
still stirring the apple butter, you kin
ride around to the bars and come in on yer
critter."
She kept on stirring the apple butter
and 1 got down, hitched my horse to the
palings and came in to the well. Taking
good, long drink, 1 came over to see the
stirring.
Excuse me-" I said to the maid, but
are you SO busy as all that?'
II amt playin', 1 reckon she replied
with some asperity.
81 presume l said teasingly that if.
instead OF an old codger like myself. some
of these young mountain lads had asked
you for a drink of water you wouldn't have
been SO busy stirring your apple butter
that you couldn't have taken It to him
She jabbed suddenly with the stirrer :.nd
made the butter bubbles fly up in little
steam puffs as she gave the whole mass
whrl and saved it from scorehing, and
then resumed her steady stirring.
Huh she shifted, mo. l wouldn't
neither 1 reckon you don't know nothin'
aaout maxim apple butter. Ef | wuz 10
let this yer stirrin' stop fer a minute, the
butter'd burn to the kittle and spile the
whole kttleful, and thar amt noun
taineer frum the headwarters NV the
North Fork to the West Virginny line that
I'd spile this yer kittle Wv apple butter
fer. Nary a one, and l amt sayin' thar's
whole heap nowhars. stranger"
With which rather insinuating conclusion
she made a lunge with the stirrer at a
demonstration which might have devel-
oped into possible scorch. and I quietly
got out to my horse and rode away, think
ing how di0erent some women were.
Evening star., 1898-11-12
X X
Cndeceived.

The Arab in the Wild West Show remi-
niscently remarked:
Il never could understand why they left
that story out"
(which story is tkat?"
1.-The one about Selim. They ought not
to have left that out of the Arabian Nights
Selim was a very rich man. He had out
grown ordinary business and had invested
his capital to great advantage. Finally. he
got so well-to-do that 1t was no longer nee
esSary for him to run a place of his own
His sole occupation was to tell other pep
PIE that they must do thus and so or lose
money. He became great power in public
affairs, Notwithstanding the reform move
mentS and citizens unions. But he was
not satisfied. The news of Ali Babrs ad-
ventures with the forty thieves had spread
through the city, and he was anxious to
meet the leader of the gang. Accordingly,
one night, after sending for Ali Babi and
threatening to put him in Jail If he did not
Evening star., 1898-11-12
THE RULING PASSION.
One Man Who Did Not Want Gold Mt
Any Time.

The New York drummer, born with a
gold spoon in his mouth. of course, was
talking to half a dozen listening drummers.
"A man in our business, he was saying,
lis, as you all know, liable to see and hear
some strange things, and all of us have had
our share. There's your humble servant.
for instance. Four weeks ago 1 was down
in Georgia, in a county where every pros
pect's silver and only gold is vile, and the
man l was selling big bill of goods to was
the sixteen-to-oneest old chap you ever
saw. Indeed he was so affected infected
and afflicted with it that he even talked
silver in his sleep, and gave away the best
coon dog he ever owned because it was
yellow and he mated the color So But to
the story. The day spent with him there
was a funeral at the meeting house near
the store the chief actor in it being one of
the prominent citizens of the county. NY
friend asked me to go with him, as there
would be interesting exercises in the shape
of brief funeral addresses setting forth the
zens who had been his friends. AS he was
to be one, of course, 1 promptly accepted
his invitation, and we were there on time.
Everything went off beautifully and there
wasn't dry eye in the house, until my
friend arose to offer his remarks There
wasn't a person In the congregation more
deeply moved than he was, and as he was
quite capable man | fixed myself to hear
the best speech of the occasion.
He arose slowly and looked over the peo-
pie gathered about him with weeping eyes
Dear friends and fellow travellers to
that bourne whence none returns he said
with sniffie. inasmuch as Brother Jack
man has just spoken of our late lamented
friend and fellow citizen now upon the
streets of the golden city. think it Is only
hitting for me to say that the crime of
'T3-
What else he might have said nobody
! knows, but at the same time an impulse
moved the man on the other side of him
and the man at his back to simultaneously
grab for him, and by some means they got
him headed the other way and his remarks
were fully as appropriate as any Others"
Evening star., 1898-11-12
Black Sea a Poison,
From the Philhdelphia Record


The explorations of the Russian scientist.
Andrussow, have established very curious
fact. The Black sea, which in some parts
has a depth of more than $500 feet, is poi
soned by sulphuretted hydrogen wherever
the water is deeper than 1,20O feet. This ao-
counts for the curious fact that there is no
organic life below that depth, excepting
perhaps, some bacteria of very low order
impregnated with sulphur The causes for
this phenomenon are explained by the quick
outflow of the fresh water through the Bos-
phorus, while salt water coming from the
Mediterranean enters through deeper cur
rent into the depths of the Black sea. The
waters on the surface are, therefore, con-
trolled absolutely by horizontal currents Of
considerable force, and vertical currents
which might carry the noxious gases from
the bottom to the surface and fresh oxygen
from the surface to the bottom are hardly
ever noticeable. The water at great depths
Is now so saturated with sulphuric gas by
the disIntegration of organic matter sinking
10 the bottom by reason OF its weight that
no fish or other living being. which needs
oxygen for its organic system, can exist be-
yond a stated depth.
Evening star., 1898-11-12
AzzxEHINOS We
SHEAR0 c=9< c=94@EL III
EE@ -5EEf@ @zV

coachman to Criticise those who own anu
ride in theI- carrie ges, and who pay US to
drive them, it may be pardonable for a
coachman to say that he would prefer TO
be allowed to cover up his legs much as
possible. The answer TO this from many
will be, no doubt. that if a coachman does
rot like to do he is told he should give
up his job, but that. after all, is not an
answer. for cnachrnen must live and live
by driving horses Neither is it a pubic
question. for those who are affected by 1t
are very few. but as the subject was in my
mind and the pain from it in my legs, L
ventured what / have said
''It may be well to add that whas are
known as the conservatives do nos accept
the new fad. for they believe more in COM
fort than style. both for themselves ana
their coachmen."
x X X X K
1T has been my lot" observed 4 postal
mail route agent to a Star reporter dur
ing tie twcnty-thIee years l have been III
the service to be on trains that have run
over and killed over twenty men and Wo-
men. / have also seen a number OF others
whc have beer killed, though l was not on
the train that did the killing. In every in
stance the killing was the result Of care
lessness Of the persons killed in not ohserv-
ing the approach of the train, and 1t has
impressed on me the firm conviction that
there should rot only be gates at much
through which one should be allowed 20
pass whea the train is near at hand. If
people will be careless 1t is the duty of SOME
one TO save them from the results of their
own caraieSSress, and the railroads should
be compelled to fence their tracks There
are no such killings by the railroads in Eu-
rope, for the reason that the laws require
that the railroads be fenced in, and the
railroads find that it pays to do So There
is no exception. In many instances there 3
Dn nrIIy ffr h1It hfeyh ra1
both sides of the track, so that it matters
not how careless persons are, they cannot
be run over by the train, for the reason
that they cannot get to the track except
at the proper gates, which are located at
every crossroads.
There is one popularity about the ap-
pearance of every person killed by n train
and that is. in every instance where per-
son is struck or run over the clothes are
literally torn off them. / have never known
an exception to this. In many instances
that have come under my observation every
shred of the clothing worn has been torn
off as thoroughly as If cut off with knife"
Evening star., 1898-11-12
AN IDHL OF THE HEART.
sometimes Love Argues According to
Rules of Logic.

Ahuhes VI
Love is so beautiful
"hat chords of harmony stretch strong
between two hearts that beat in rhythmic
cadence to each others time no human mind
may comprehend, no human soul may faith
ON, no human tongue may tell.
They are the infinite music OF heaven. the
songs of the angels.
The Man and the Woman stood hand I'm
hand where the evening shadows fell and
the fragrance of rose bloom filled the soft
air about them.
L am SO unworthy of you,'' he said 10 her
almost in whisper
Nay; nay" she pleaded. 'it is 1 l am the
unworthy one"
He put his arm about her shouIdsrS ca
ressingly. defensively
insisted.
Nay. not So" she contended. laying her
hands upon his arm and looking into his
face: An that you have is beautiful and
good and sufficient. 1t is what no other Is
1t Is yours. 1t is enough for me that it is
yours; that you possess il makes it the hest
in the world to me; the treasure Of ali
earthly treasures. Not you, dear: not you"
she coaxed, but / am unworthy"
he touched her fair, white forehead with
mis- lips and smiled.
But You cannot be unworthy" he said
with mock gravity, yet it did not seem so
to her, you are more than everything: you
are ,he treasure or all earthly treasures;
you have said so yourself"
Nay, nay" she protested as If his words
panied her
But Ii is true he persisted. Have Won
not said that whatever is mine is all of these
things?"
Truly" and she looked at him curiously,,
Yet with ineffable love and trust
And are you not mine, dear?" he asked
holding her close to his heart
The color of the roses came out of the
fragrance about them into her cheeks and
face and neck and she laid her head on his
breast and was silent.
Evening star., 1898-11-12
Fair Exchange.

Fair Exchanges.
Who laments the verdure vanished from the
hillside and the field
II the fall?
Shall we cling TO recollection and to melan-
choly yield?
Not at all.
Let the violets and the daisies in the years
procession pass
Let none in idle folly cry "alackr' nor yet.
"alas!''
When the celery is smiling on the table
from the glass
Crisp and tall.
Why recall the morning Jewels with their
sparkle and their glow
Which we've lost?
And wall because the dew-drops which were
clustering long ago
Turn to frost?
The sight of glimmering globules as they
drip into the pan,
When the feasts in preparation on an epi-
curean plan
Makes the blisses of the present fully worth
to any man
All they cost.
And he who mourns the song-bird that was
erstwhile perched so high
On a twig,
Deserves no recognition for his hypocritlc
sigh.
He's a prig.
For the bird which in the oven is reposing
so serene,
Adds a vastly greater share of picturesque
ness to the scene,
And he's infinitely sweeter and at smallest
seventeen
Times as big.
Evening star., 1898-11-12

''on; Il quit that paper years ago"
but here's piece in it you ought to
reau urged his neighbor
oont care. I'm particular about my
rSauih matter. An ain't goin' to take no
cnance: not even on squint sidewise 1
quit takin' that paper years ago. when il
di9n. amnounGed ,c the defeat OF a candidate 1
ui1n hke; An L amt forgive II yet
but IL had TO come out with the truth
some time
Mehpe so. But there want no use o.
peln in such an indecent hurry. 1t might
nave KEEP on claimin' fur three or four
weeks 1ust fur the sake OF its oil su'scrlb-
ers feelin's."
So you amt goin' to read It?'
mo. sir"
wen. m ashamed OF you. It's les sech
rolks as you as is tyin' the hands of out
spoken opinion and hringtn' things to a
pass where folks can't hardly believe half
they hear"
That's cause folks amt got sense" was
the reply. with calm self-approval. Folks
ought TO do as do an see to II that moth
IN comes into the house that they didn't
fully believe beforehand"
Evening star., 1898-11-12
Flooring Made of Paper.
m the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record
The newest floor is of paper and is OF Ger
man importation. The paper is imported in
dusty, powdery form. and is then mixed
with a kind of cement which gives substance
to the impalpable stuff and a plaster-Ike
appearance. 1t is said that when the floor
is laid the absence of joints and seams like
those of the hard-w wood floors is a distinct
Improvement and without the inconvenience e
of catching dirt. The paste of which the
floor Is composed is laid on and then rolled
out with a heavy roller. specially adapted
roller for asphalt. The floor, when smooth,
hard and dry, is either stained or painted to
match or contrast with the woodwork Of
the room.
Evening star., 1898-11-12

tell all he knew about the affair he got his
bicycle and his road book and started out
into the country to find the lonely lair of
the htghwayma1. AS soon as he said open
sesame the captain opened the Goor and
cordially invited him in to be robbed.
" I've nothing with me- answered Selim
except my bicycle. and that's insured. /
didn't call to see you professionally, any
how. It's just a friendly visit, to talk over
business
He handed over his card, and as soon as
he saw it the chief salaamed and said:
II am indeed honored by this visit
Come in and sit down.
:. People of large enterprises like our
own said Selim. after he had seated him
together once in a while and talk things
over. 1t does them good. Now, you've done
we'll in your business he went on, glancing
around the cave. I've no doubt those
enough jewelry to start pawn shop. What
L want to know now is, where did you
get "?
My gallant men and l sally out every now
and then and take a mean advantage of a
caravan
DO you go out with them in person?'
Yes. Ii braces mp their courage
But you take risks that way
i do; but it's necessary
But haven't you yet devised system
by which you can tie 'em up with hell
punches and cash registers, and let them go
where on your private yacht?
mo. 1 wouldn't think of such thing
Haven't you perfected some scheme by
which you receive regular payments from
people living in your neighbornood for pro-
tection?
Certainly not. We would regard that
as contrary to the ethics of our protest. m
suppose that when your mon have re-
ceived their shares of the booty vou Rave a
system of penalties and commissions by
which you take the major portion of each
allotment ard add 1t to -your owr.T
No. That wouldn't be fair
'Selim looked at the chief contemp-
tuously. and then arose to go.
Don't tear yourself away said the
captain affably.
I'm not tearing myself away. I'm glad
to leave. I'm disappointed in You. II shows
how terribly man may be overestimated
in popular opinion. 1 took you for a first
class. high-toned, up-to-date rob5er.' +"
Evening star., 1898-11-12
One Objection.
ysron Puck

From PUCK.
McLubberty-"Ofd loike to take q trip
around dthe worruld."
Mrs. McLubberty-'SsA tho. wud be
foinew
McLubberty-"Yis: bus vlnk av dthe cost
av gittin' home ag'in"
Evening star., 1898-11-12
MOnstrOsities,
From Puck

From Puck.
''Madge says there are two kinds of men
she can't endure
What are they?"
Young men trying to act old, and old
men trying to act young"