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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-22

ease, or that certain remedies supplied
by them will cure disease, and whether
the stamp tax is computed upon the fee
that is charged for the treatment--i, e.,
If physician or company advertises
their ability to cure a disease, the
fee for which is, say IS, the medicine
supplied must be stamped to the
amount of 1914 cents, or, If two medi-
cines are supplied, each must have
stamps to the value of 6h cents affixed.
Attention of agents is called to circu-
lar sol, revised, one paragraph of which
reads as follows:
"All mixtures or prescriptions by
whomsoever sold, the demand for which
is created by circulars, circular letters
reason of such solicitation, pass through
the mails or express office to the con-
sumer. This includes preparations
made by physicians or other persons
who seek patronage by postoffice or
by printed circulars or advertisements,
classified lists Of afflicted persons"
Agents are advised that this ruling ap-
plies to all medicines furnished by
physicians or companies, who advertise
either their ability to cure diseases, or
who advertise that certain medicinal
them, will cure certain diseases incident
to the hnman or animal body.
The one material point that renders
the medicines taxable, it explained
is the established fact that the physi-
clans or companies do advertise their
ability to cure disease, and do supply
patients with certain medicines wheth-
er prepared by themselves or other
persons.
Agents are informed that the intern
al revenue office is reliably informed
that this method of soliciting the sick
and afflicted and supplying them with
medicines is largely employed through
out the country.
Agents are requested, therefore, by
Acting Commissioner Williams, to re-
port each physician or company as soon
as their Investigations are completed.
1t can readily be seen that the let
ter of the law dos not call for revenue
stamps for the medicine given out by
the country physician, and was not
originally intended to reach him, but
the administration is getting so hard up
in carrying on it's war against an un-
offending ally that the revenue depart
ment at Washington is about to insist
that the fact that the physician puts out
a shingle over his door is evidence that
he advertises to cure diseases. OF
course the patient will have to stand the
extra expense for stamps.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-22
EIGHTH OHIO
REMINISCENCE.
John ROhrer Tells How They
Left Cuba a Year Ago.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE EVENT
Difficulties That Beset the Brave Lads
When They Got to the Wharf
to Board the Notorious
Mohawk.

Mr.. John Rohrer, member of the
Eighth Ohio, said today:
August 1S one year ago was a very
busy day for the Eighth o. V. 1. Orders
came from Col. Hard that we would
break camp and go aboard some trans
port for home. The order gave new life
to all boys. For we were expecting it
for weeks. What a sight that was for
one to see the company march into
Santiago De Cuba. Early in the day
was given orders to get my mule train
ready to carry baggage to the wharf.
1t took some time to get them saddled
Just as we were ready to start for the
wharf it started to rain, but it did not
last very long. But we got wet just
the same. One of our boys asked me
to take him with me on my mule train.
He got on one of the mules. The mule
was not used to having any person on
his back and some very funny sights
resulted just at that time. He did not
ride into Santiago. The same day we
| left there was some artillery to go home
| too, and the street along the quay was
crowded with horses and artillery. We
got to the wharf and started to unload
the baggage from the mule and another
rain came up and that was the second
drenching we had that afternoon. We
finished in the rain. wet to the skin.
Some fellow had stolen my poncho and
did not have time to get another one,
so was left out in the wet.
| Now came the hardest problem to
solve. / did not know what to do with
my mule train. / was told when 1 got
them that did not need to feed them
much as they would eat most anything
and / was to water them once a day
finally found out what they would
eat. One morning I found one of my
pack saddles almost gone. 1t had beer
packed with excelsior and he ate the
whole business. I tied my lead mule
to a warehouse and when the guart
was looking at yellow girl across tn,
way helped myself to all the hav
could get, and for all l know the.
might be there yet. Now come the mex
question, something to eat and a plac,
to sleep. When got to the warehous
1t was crowded and 1 could not find |
place to lie down, so / got out OH tn
wharf and covered myself with a we
tent and slept my last good night
rest for eight weeks. Wet and hungr,
slept as good as I would If I ha
been at home in my bed The Red Cros
ship had a lot of jelly aboard and be
L xHpn Iaff hnl NJ 81
! That is about all we had to live on dur
: ing the awful trip home on the Mo
J hawk.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-22
JOHN C. WELTY
Spoken of In a Favorable Way
By a Prominent Lisbon
Newspaper.

The Democrats of Ohio should be eau
tious in the electin of a candidate for
governor. He should be a bright, act
i've man whose good character and in
telleCtual attainments are acknowledge
ed. Then again he should be a man
aloof from any factional quarrel in the
party. Mclean and Kilbourne are both
good men, but there is a bitterness
among their supporters which will be
carried into the campaign if either is
nominated and that bitterness will turn
as an element of weakness when we are
graphing with the common enemy. Why
not turn our attention to a new man,
to a dark horse" so to speak? We can
name a man whose record is clean and
whose mature judgment cannot be
questioned. That man is Hon. John G.
Welty of Canton. AS a lawyer he
stands second to none at the bar OF
Stark county. He is a gentlemanly fell
low and very popular with the masses
of the people. He is an original silver
advocate and a warm friend of Colonel
Bryan. His nomination would mean
his election.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-22
HIGH RATES.
Members of George D. Harter
Post Say They Will Not
GO to Philadelphia.

A meeting of G. d. Harter post No.
s55, G. A. r., was held Friday evening
for the purpose of considering the ques-
tion Of attending the National encamp-
Inent at Philadelphia. 1t was the
unanimous sentiment of the meeting
that G. D. Harter post would remain at
home unless the railways reduced their
rates to one cent per mile. The post
has secured quarters at the corner OF
West Market and Thirty Eighth streets
and those who attend will find accom-
modations at that point. A member OF
the post stated to a News Democrat
reporter Saturday morning that there
was much disappointment at the action
of the railways which he contendec
have combined to keep up the rates.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-22
FOR THE DEWEY BLOWOUT.
Has Been Talked of For Some Time
andthe Boys Expect to Go.
WOULD LEAVE FOR THE EAST
Ample Time to BE Present when the Great
Admiral Arrives and to Take Part
In the Great Parade That
VIII BE Held in His
Hnnor.

1t is quite probable that the local
company of the Eighth regiment will
accompany the entire regiment to New
York some time in October for the pur-
pose of welcoming Dewey home to his
native shore. When the company here
was organized it was understood that
some such provision was to be made for
the regiment and that they were to par
ticipate in the parade on that event.
full day. Captain NJ. A. Fisher, when
questioned Friday morning, stated that
thus far he had received nothing de-
finite concerning the representation Of
his company in New York but that he
expected to receive word to that effect
before long. The local company will
probably receive it's equipment in a few
days and begin drilling within a short
time thereafter, and they will make
every effort to thoroughly enhance their
knowledge of military maneuvers and
tactics. Many of the company have al
ready had expert experience in this
line but few of the members will need
practice.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-22
WANT STAMPS ON
ALL THE BOTTLES
Country Physicians and Their Patients
Are Interested
In an order Recently Made by the Depart
ment at Washington and Which May
BE Enforced In Stark County.

BE Enforced In STARK County
In a number of smaller towns in Stark
county physicians furnish medicines
for their patients and frequently the
bin for medicines is as high as the bill
for the attention Of the, physician:
These doctors and some Of the physi-
clans in the larger towns will be in
terested in special from Washington,
discussing the revenue on matters of
this sort. The war against the Fill
pinos, who are struggling for their
liberty, is costing the country so much
money that revenue officials atWashing-
ton are exhasuting every means to gogue
the alst penny out of the public. The
special from Washington reads as fol-
lows:
Revenue agents throughout the coun-
try have been notified by the acting
internal revenue commissioner to cause
the thorough and systematic investiga.
ton to be made within their divisions
with the view Of ascertaining If adver,
tising physicians or companies are
stamping their medicines, the demand
for which is created by public advertis
ment of either their ability to cure dis
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-22
TOTAL ECLIPSE.
1t viii Be the First One Visible
In This City In Thirty
Years.

Astronomers of this territory are pre-
pairing for the total eclipse OF the sun
which is scheduled to occur May 27, 1900.
Important observations are to be made
and calculations will be based on the
event. From present observations
made the total eclipse win be at 11:15
a. m. This will be the first total eclipse
visible in this city since August 7, 1869.
II is said that the eclipse Will appear
10 good advantage, as the eclipse Will
be of the south limb OF the sun.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-22
Family Reunion.

The Sickman-Van Voorhis families
are holding their annual reunion to-
day, atNlmisilla park. A large number
Of the descendants of the two families
are present and are enjoying pleasant
outing. All "reminiscences of the early
history of the two families are in order
and histories Of each family are being
related. A large number of Canton
people are present.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-22

II suffered from piles for twenty five
years, and after all so-called cures had
failed, was permanently cured by one
box of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve,"
says Ell iiie, OF Lumber City. Pa. Be
sure you get "DeWitt's." There are
injurious and dishonest counterfeits.
u. @. Miller, East End pharmacy, b.
p. shanafelt & Co., Fishers drug store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-22
MARRIAGE PERMITS ISSUED.

Charles f. Menzinger, 2s..... Massillon
Ella Kimbell 26........".......M Massillon
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-22
WANTS TO RECOVER.

George w. Grouse has I:gun proceed
ings against Hiram and James Stripe
to recover real estate situated in Lake
township. Attorneys Atterholt and
Marvin, of Akron, filed the petition.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12
They Die Hard.

That ad is Dead" said the fore
man, "Throw it in"
But 1t was not dead. 1t could
not die until the last copy of the
paper containing it had been des-
troyed. Even then the ADVERTISE
ment might be kept alive by word
of mouth. The advertiser who
lets all his contr acts expire is
wrong if he imagines that his ad-
vertlsements have ceased to "pull. "
They may indeed, have failed to
bring in business enough to pay
the gas bill, but they are far from
dead. Fourteen or fifteen years
ago a bright young man opened
a book store in Harlem. He put
a small advertisement in a maya
zine. To this day he sometimes
hears from that advertisement, al.
though he ran II only few times
and has been out of the book bust
ness since 1892.
The Scranton (Pa.) Republican
tells of medicine man who adj
vertises to cure certain diseases.
One day a woman came to him
for treatment, and got $3.50 worth
of it. The doctor asked her how
she had heard of him, and she
said her husband, when taking ur
an old carpet in Buffalo, had
found beneath it an old newspaper
in which he saw the DOCTORS adj
There is no telling how long an
advertisement will live.-Nation-
! al Advertiser.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12
Fast Mail CARRYING.

Figures in the railway mail SER
vice show that it costs the govern
ment to carry all mails over the
Burlington from Chicago to Coun-
Gil Bluffs, per year S537, 9lS.46,
aside from car service allowed,
which is 1888, 2l9.50 per year adj
ditional. The cost on the Bur-
lington is cited because it is now
the main road IN the carrying be-
tween Chicago and Omaha. The
agreement for carrying the mails
on all roads between Chicago and
Omaha expires July l, 1899, when
there will be a REIMBURSEMENT of
the amount to be allowed for the
next four years.
The fast mail which has just
been put on does not in any way
increase the cost of transportation
SO far as the government is con-
cerned.-World-Herald.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12
How Many Apples did Adam
and Eve EatP

Some say Eve 8 and Adam q
total of 10 only. Now we figure
tie thing out far differently. Eve
8 and Adam ate also total l6, and
yet the above figures are entirely
wrong. If Eve 8 and Adam so,
certainly the total will be 80. Sci
entific men, however, ON the
strength OF the theory that the an
tediluvians were a raceof giants,
reason something like this: Eve 81
and Adam 50. Total 1853.
Wrong again: What could be
clearer than if Eve 81 and Adam
Sl2; the total was 1913.
If Eve 8llst and Adam Sl2
would not the total be 1923?
l believe the following to be q
fair aolution: Eve 8l4 Adam, ADJ
am 1921 Eve. Total 1898.
Still another calculation is as
follows: If Eve 8l4 Adam, Adam
8l242 oblige Eve, total $685.
We think this, however, not suf-
icient quantity. For though we
admit that Eve Sl4 Adam, Adam,
if he 8lSl42 keep Eve company
lotal als,95d.
All wrong. Eve, when she 1882
many and probably she felt sorry
for it, but her companion in order
to relieve her grief, Sl2. There.
fore when Adam 8lSl424Ofy Ewes
depressed spirits. Hence both ate
81, 896,S64 Apples,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12
Discovered by a Woman.

Another great discovery has been
made, and THAT too by lady in this
country. :Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its seyerest tests, but her vital
organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three month
she coughed necessarily, and could not
sleep. She finally discovered a way to
recovery, by purchasing of us bottle
of DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption, and was SO much relieved on
taking first dose, that she slept all night
and with two bottles, has been abso=
lutely cured. Her name is Mrs, Luther
I.utz." Thus writes w. c. Hamnick 4
Co, of Shelby, N. g. Trial bottles free
at Elliott's Drug store. Regular size
SOC and ST.. Every bottle guaranteed
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12
PROSPERITY OF THE RAIL
ROADS.
Marked Improvement in the
Properties and in Bust
ness Handled.

Tor many weeks the railroads of
the United States have had all the
business they could handle with
their present equipment, and in
nearly all parts of the country
there has been constant complaint
of scarcity of cars. At all the
great market centers the transpor-
tation of grain has been impeded
by the lack of cars, and there has
been more or less complaint of a
similar character among wholesale
merchants. The railroads have
every available car and engine in
use and the factories are turning
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12

out more as fast as they can be
made. They never before expert.
enced such a condition, except for
a short period during the after
harvest rush of great grain CROP
to market. 1t is entirely without
precedent at this season of the
year. This means, of course. con-
slant increases in earnings. Some
companies which have not paid
dlvldeDs for many years are now
able to distribute profits to stock
holders. Most of the railroads
which went Into the hands Of re-
ceivers during and after the panic
of 1888 have been reorganized.
Many companies have substituted
new bonds bearing reduced rates
LOT interest for their old obliga-
tons. Nearly all have made
special efforts in the last few
years to improve their properties
by laying heavier rails, straighten-
ing their tracks, building new
bridges. extending their terminal
facilities and in other ways, SO
that it may be said that the rail
roads Of the United States, taking
them all together, are in better
condition physically and financial
ly at the present time than they
ever were before. The market
value of their securities is higher
In consequence than for many
years past. There is less specula-
tive manipulation by officials and
a more general practice of manag-
ing railroads on conservative bust
ness principles than at any pre-.
eedlng time. The railroads con-
stitute about Is per cent of the
aggregate wealth Of the country
and, therefore, it is important that
they should be prosperous, and it
is fortunate for the country that
their prosperity is not of a specu-
lative character, but rather of the
kind that insures steady, moderate
returns on the capital invested in
them. They are haaliug freight
and passengers at lower rates now
than ever before and every ef1ici-
ent railroad manager, recognizing
that the declining tendency Of
rates must continue, is bending
his efforts toward reducing the
cost of transportation and increas-
ing profits in that way, rather than
by seeking to Increase the charges
for transportation. -Kapsas City
Star.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12
t44h::i: ::.;;;.:.:a;. :.s.l...'
ELEVEN CAMPS: ALONG
THE ILLINOIS. CEN
TRIAL LINE.
Graders and Rip-Rappers
Will Work All Winter
Opposite Florence.
World

Eleven camps now mark the
line Of the Illinois Central's ON
aha extension from a point four
miles north of Council Bluffs to
LovelaDa. There are something
over 200 teams at work and about
as many men. About half of this
force is at the camp where the
bluff projects out to the rivers
edge, two miles below Crescent, or
about opposite Florence. This is
where the Illinois Central owns
the l, 100 acre tract with the sand
pits.
The bluff is being worked under
just east of the Northwestern
tracks at the Northwestern dixie"
and being hauled across to the
west side and dumped over the
old river bank to make the new
roadbed for the Illinois Central.
1t is now assured that this fill of
the river bed can be finished and
amply protected before the high
water in the spring.
just below for over half a mile
a big crew of rip-rappers is work.
ing. 1t has just finished weaving
the willows, and is rushing to COM
pletion the stone work. 1t has
been somewhat delayed owing to
the slow arrival Of the stone,
which must he hauled about FIVE
miles from Council Bluffs.
Grading south of the NV. dixie
has been suspended, both on &C.
count of the cold weather and be-
cause the right of way from that
point down to Council Bluffs has
not been all secured.
From the NV. dixie north to
Loveland is an easy grade, at no
point not exceeding ope-tenth of |
per cent. ITS height varies great
ly, because of low places along
the valley, but work by the ten
small camps is progressing nicely.
Zach night the last thing before
quitting, the ground is freshly
Iplowed, SO frosts have but little
chance to get in their work.
From Loveland east to Denison.
and even farther, several contracts
for grading have been let, bat ma
work will begin till the frost is
out in the spring. The late con-
tractors we're not SO Fortunate as
those from Loveland south in
getting ground broken before
freezing.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12

Valley Junction Express: Don't
cry my little man because some
one is criticising your efforts in
life. The world is full Of critics
who have nothing better for a
livelihood. Go right ahead saw
ing wood my son, and some day
you will'be able to look down up
on the critic with esteemed con-.
tempt.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12

Last evening at the home OF
Miss Olga Strobehn on Second
street, the young girls Of this city
entertained in most royal man
ner their young gentlemen &C.
quaintences who afforded them
such pleasant party New Years
eve. The evening was devoted te
anagrams and other amusements
followed by dancing, after which
q SYMPTOMS evening feast was
served.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12

At their meeting yesterday the.
Polk County Equal Suffrage So
ciety, adopted a resolution boycott
ting the Chicago q Northwestern
railway, because of the dismissal
of all women who have not been
employees of the road over two
years. This action on the part of
these indignant females will un-
doubtedly bankrupt the road.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12
Missouri Valley Times

The Canadian government has
purchased lao Eskimo dogs for
shipment to the Klondike region,
where the CANNES will be used to
carry mails. The animals were
imported from Greenland and
Labrador at cost of $50 each,
and wers selected for their super
iority in speed, training and
weight.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12

Dennis O'Leary has purchased
an interest in the Glidden Graph
ic, paper he has been connected
with as associate editor for most a
year. The Nucleus congratulates
Mr.. Orchard in securing an ef-
ficient partner and Dennis in his
adventure. May the Graphic
sail at the brilliant heights of
newspaperdom with this coalition
of newspaper sbility.-Nucleus.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12
Mrs. s. o. Goodman will return
from Sioux City this evening.
"Not So Warm

In talk with conductor on
No. Is, the afternoon fast mail,
we learned that the train has al
most as fast a schedule from
Boone to Council Bluffs as the
early morning fast mail that is
now racing with the G. B. & @.
fast mail. The morning fast mail
has only five minutes shorter
schedule between Boone and
Council Bluffs. than the afternoon
fast mail. The afternoon fast
mail has 2 hrs. 40 min. including
all stops, to make the 137 miles
in. From Logan to Mo. Valley,
nine miles, the afternoon fast mail
has only eight minutes 70 run il
in. .
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12

Clinton Age: Now come the
tanners of leather and demand the
removal of the tariff on Lides. 1t
is claimed that the Is per cent
duty handicaps American tanners
Just that much in their competi-
ton with the European tanners.
Carnegie is for freer trade and
now no, comes the tanners. Very good.
Who is'next?
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12

The Atlantic Canning company
cans more corn than any like in
stitution in the world, the output
reaching five million cans per year.
This year they paid $4,000 for
cans, S4,77O for labels, $4,000 for
solder, S140 for acid, $4,000 for
boxes, $500 for gas, $4,000 for
labor, $4,000 for corn and $4,000
for peas.