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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
ODD CLAIMS FILED.
Cases Wherein People Attempt to
Recover from Government.
Ask Congress TO Pay Them Money
Considerations on Most Absurd
Grounds Imaginable-some
Cases In Point.

Now and then persons file claims
against the United States for service In
the confederate army. a Chicago man
named Taylor asked congress for sew
eral sessions to give him $4,000 for hav-
ing suggested to President Lincoln the
idea of issuing greenbacks. One Col.
De Arnoud made repeated demands for
$4,000 for having shown Gen. Grant
how to capture the town of Paducah,
Ky. One man wanted $4,000 for cutting
the corns off soldiers during the rebel
lion; another wanted $25 for pair of
trousers which were eaten off clothes
line by government goat.
A Brooklyn, N. Y, fellow thought
$500 would satisfy him for calf killed
by cattle inspector who put tin tag
through his calfs nose, causing blood
poison; the sum of $500 would settle The
claim of Minnesota man who says he
had skye-blue horse taken by the SOL
diers; and hundreds of just such claims
from people in every state in the union
are on file.
Unquestionably many claims against
the government are on just such lines,
but it is difficult to get them considered
by congress, and lives have been ruined
and fortunes wrecked in efforts to get
settlement.
Many of these claims are handed
down from generation to generation,
and are now no nearer settlement
than when first filed. Nothing is more
difficult than to get consideration from
congress.
Even if favorably acted upon by COM
mittees the chances are against favor
able consideration in the house, and
even If successful there miracle must
interpose to secure its approval by the
senate and to obtain the presidents
signature.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02

MEMORIAL DAY ABROAD.
custom of Remembering the Dead
with Flowers IL Spreading.


custom of Remembering the Dead
with Flowers Is Spreading.
Memorial day in Europe is making
aeadway, principally through the infiu-
snce Of the large number Of wealthy
Americans who now reside in most Eu-
sopean cities. Though many Of these
have ceased to be Americans In spirit
and have in many cases succumbed to
their environments, the members of the
respective colonies celebrate such bat
ties as those of Gettysburg and of Ap
pomattox by banquets and other socia
festivities and thus aid in creating az
atmosphere favorable to the great
American holiday. Were there no colo
ny Of wealthy Americans in Paris, fol
example, the grave of Lafayette woul.
have been forgotten long since by hii
own countrymen. The representative.
Of both nations meet in common rever
ence over the grave Of Lafayette anI
in the evening usually celebrate by o
dinner, where toasts are given and re-
sponded to and where eloquence and
VIII nuu dpb uellNeIduCS'
In the same way in England the
American Memorial day is crowdine
out Of remembrance that of Nov. 3,
which has from time immemorial been
fixed by the church as the day devoted
to the departed dead. 1t is a season OF
gloomy weather and Of biting cold, when
people find it hard to be out of doors,
much more 80 to visit those lonely and
darkened streets Of metropolis which
are the very opposite in respect of site
and cheerful surroundings to American
cemeteries and which one can afford to
visit without carrying around with hiIa
an awful foreboding of the hereafter.
The countries outside of the United
States, however, where the American
ideas of Memorial day have made most
progress are naturally Mexico and Can
ada. Since Diaz has practically become
the dictator of Mexico, May "a is as
regularly celebrated in the City of Mex
leo as is May 80 in Chicago or New
York. The Mexican celebration is even
more elaborate in some respects than
ours and invariably those American
soldiers who fell in 1S47 are always in
cluded in the ceremonies The Mexicans
extend the celebration usually over
three days, and, besides costly floral
tributes, government military band
accompanies the processionists, which
pours forth strains Of delicious, music
With the dawn of Memorial day a
steady stream of people pour into the
cemeteries from daylight to dusk. Flow
ers are SO marvelously cheap the graves
present the appearance of being one
vast field bed of variegated colors, and,
as with us, the day is national holi-
day, and general light heartedness
pervades all the people, which in more
somber Europe would be regarded as
sadly in keeping with the solemnities of
the occasion. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
A MUNICIPAL COW.
New Jersey Town That Has Aroused
the Ire and Alarm of the
MiIkmen.

The first city in New Jersey to make
an experiment in municipal ownership
is Plainfield, and already the trial has
proved so successful that opposition to
it has developed. The city has bought
a COW, the milk from which it supplies
to the inmates of the city industrial
home. The opposition comes from the
mill1men. 1t has been found that the
municipal COW yields enough lacteal
fluid every day for the use of the in
mates of the institution and leaves
plenty for cheese. The milkmen have
held an indignation meeting, at which
numerous arguments against the town
COW were advanced. They fear that
the city may buy another COW and go
into the butter business and eventual
ly get herd of cows and supply the
citizens with milk and butter at ruinous
prices.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
NO EXTRA PAY.
Claim of Capt. II. l. Draper Is Turned,
Down by the Assistant Controller
Of the Treasury.

Mounted officers in the army or ma
rine corps receive more pay than those
on foot, and recently a marine officer
who had acted technically as mounted
officer claimed the extra compensation,
Capt. II. L. Draper insisted on mounted,
pay while serving as first lieutenant of
the First marine battalion, which was
on dutyin Cuba, and the assistant comp
troller of the treasury decides that to
entitle an officer of the marine corps to
mounted pay it must appear his duties
required him to be mounted, and that
he was so mounted during the period
for which he claims such increased pay.
The particular duties of marines are
on board ship, and when called to serve
upon land, unless cooperating with the
army by direction of the president,
their services as such must be limited.
1t cannot be assumed, therefore, that
because an adjutant of an organization
in the infantry of the army is required
to be mounted the adjutant Of a cor
responding organization in the marine
corps must be so mounted. 1t does not
follow because officers of the army are
required by their duties to be mounted
that officers of the marine corps of cor
responding grade must also be mount
ed. AS Capt. Draper did not, in the
comptroller's opinion, furnish sufi-
cient evidence that he was mounted
during the time for which he asks
mounted pay his claim is rejected.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
NEW SOCIAL RULE.
Causes Not Little Perplexity In So
ciety Circles at WASH
ington.

Not little perplexity is being caused
In social circles in Washington by the
custom inaugurated by certain set
OF introducing people. 1t is claimed
by the originators of this custom that
people in society ought to be acquaint-
ed, and therefore an introduction is an
implication that the parties to it do
not belong to the leading circles. The
hostesses who have adopted this Gus
tom, however, brought no end of
trouble upon themselves.
Recently newly rich woman was
endeavoring to entertain seven women
In her drawing-room. Not one of the
seven happened to know any of the
Others. The call was anything but sat
isfactory, and now these seven women
all pass the newly rich woman by on
the street without so much as a nod.
Yet she Is confident her theory is right,
although it may not be applicable to
the curious social fabric of Washing
ton, when people appear and disappear
with startling rapidity.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
LIVES FOR HIS MONEY
Russell Sage Finds His Chief Joy In
Caring for His Investments.
Expresses an Emphatic Dissent from
Andrew Csrnegie's Statement That
Man who Dies Enormously
Rich Dies DIsgraced.

Russell Sage expressed emphatic dis
sent from Andrew Carnegie's state
ment that man who dies enormously
rich dies disgraced. Mr.. Sage, who IL
reputed to be worth at least 500, ,000,-
600, and who is more than 80 years of
age, declares, on the contrary, that 1t
is an honor to man to die rich In
answer to the question put to him:
"Have you any intention of retiring
from business, like Mr.. Carnegiep" Mr..
Sage replied: "Never had such an idea.
No, sir, never-past or present I in
tend to continue as long as have the
health to do so. It is mistake for men
possessing such great properties to
go out of business. They should hold
on to their interests as a protection to
the public.
~ don't think 1t is to the struggling
mans interest for men of large inter
ests to retire from business"
"But Mr.. Carnegie believes that a
man should devote certain portion Of
his life seeking pleasure?"
"Well, people have different ideas
about that" remarked Mr.. Sage. us
it not your pleasure to take care Of
your business interests? It has al
ways been q great pleasure to me-"
"But since you have accumulated
such fortune, what pleasure can you
find to-day in adding TO il.
81 don't continue in business now to
make more money. I have many inter
ests and devote all my time to manag-
ing them and protecting them"
'Is that your only pleasure in hfe?"
"It certainly is" replied Mr.. Sage,
with an appreciable degree of frank
ness. "And in keeping together that
property l protect the public welfare
as well and set an example for the
young man of to-day"
"You have heard, Mr.. Sage, that Mr..
Carnegie has declared that "a man who
dies rich dies disgraced.' Do you also
believe that?"
"Well," answered Mr.. Sage, "I don't
like to criticise Mr.. Carnegie. / sup
pose he has his ideas about that ques-
ton. But / don't think that man who
had thrown away his money and died
poor could have the respect of the COM
munity. I think it is, If anything, an
honor to die rich"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
New story of Ruskln.

The Bookman tells new story of
Ruskin. An American had sent to a
friend in England an American edition
of Ruskin's works, and the books were
seized by the customs officers as in
fringing on the authors English rights.
The consignee heard that they would
be released if Ruskin gave his consent,
and the author was promptly adj
dressed. The reply was vigorous and to
the point: "Sir; do not see that
your friends desire to give you pres
ent at my expense is any apology for
your intrusion upon me-"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
A GIGANTIC SCHEME.
Syndicate Buying Vast Timber ana
Mineral Lands in West Virginia.
and East Tennessee.

A gigantic scheme appears to be on
foot to buy up the vast timber and min
eral lands throughout western Virginia
and east Tennessee and build railroads
to all the principal points to open them
up to trade. 1t is said there are mill
lions of dollars interested in the prof.
ect. There are thousands of acres Of
the richest land in the world lying idle
In this section because of the lack Of
railroad facilities. The Virginia Coal
and Iron company is ostensibly at the
head of this scheme to monopolize this
land, but 1t Is believed that northern
and English capitalists are backing the
company.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
CARGO OF SNAKES.
Dark Reaches New Orleans from
South America with $4,000
Worth of Reptiles.

The arrival at New Orleans Of the
bark Atlantico from Para, Brazil, with
a cargo of snakes, the first ever i'm
ported to that city, if not to the United
States, caused more commotion than
any other vessel that has arrived there
in ten years. The owners of this Pc
culiar cargo are Jose and Maria Renhi,
natives of France. The collection in
cludes pythons, boa constructors, cob
ras, asps, cerastes, as well as sea, water,
thunder-rattle, ringed, black, hoop and
other snakes, vipers and moccasins, be-
sides electric eels. Most of the snakes
are three years old, and Renhi claims
that the collection is worth $50, 200.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
SILK SHIRT WAISTS.
There Are Dozens OF Different De-
signs to Select from This
Season.

Even the cheap, ready-made waists
are in every respect vastly superior to,
those that were sold last year, but it
is not wise to buy without q careful in
spection of the silk. At best taffetas
are treacherous things that have sad
way of cracking and going to pieces
long before they should show any
signs Of wear.
Tight-fitting waists of liberty satin
and peau de sole are shown at one or
two Of the swell tailors and are among
the seasons novelties. They are ex-
tremely expensive and very Smart"
made like cloth waists. They are
boned and lined and fit close to the fig.
ure in the old-fashioned high bust eff
feet.
A particularly attractive one made in
pale yellow satin foulard had three
rows Of narrow tucks arranged in clus-
ters on the back. In front there we're
three clusters of tucks on either side
and pointed vest was made entirely
of tucks. The sleeves were tight fitting,
with pointed cuffs, and the col,
lar, high stock collar with wired
points at the ears, was also OF
tucks. With this waist was worn stiff
bow of lace.
Many fancy silk and foulard waists
still are being made with yokes and
vests. They always are attractive and
generally becoming. A smart one just
turned out to be worn with gray
tweed costume of coatsnd skirt is madc
of gray taffeta with large polka dot
Of black. There are deep yoke and
loose front Of tucked white taffeta, with
bands of black lace insertion. On the
body of the waist which does not meet
in front, but fastens across the vest
with strap and fancy button, is line
of braid, black with an edge of white.
The collar Is of whit taffeta silk,
tucked, and with points edged with lace,
and the plain cuffs, trimmed on the out
side with the black and white braid,
are lined with the white taffeta.
For the benefit of stout women who
do not look well in shirt waists there
are no end of smart little jackets this
season that are made to wear with false
fronts, and are every bit as cool as the
shirt waists. These are in taffeta and
India silk. When the latter is used it
Is the figured, not the plain. These
jackets should have basque effect at
the back; or, If woman is long-waist-
ed, they can be cut in Eton shape, with
long fronts either square or pointed
as are most becoming. Black or dark
blue are the best colors to choose, and
a facing of green or white ribbon gives
becoming contrast of color.-N. Y.
Press.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
COLOR PICTURES FROM EGYPT.
400 Negatives which Are Es-
pecially Valuable.

The Psychological department Of the
Haskell oriental museum at the Uni
versity of Chicago has just received a
valuable addition to Its material by the
receipt of $50 negatives, taken by the,
latest process of color photography, of
inscriptions and remains in the land
of Pharaoh. The pictures were taken
by student, Charles Crewdson, who,
went to Egypt prepared to secure pho
tographs which would be of especial
help to the museum. The pictures were
sent to Curator James j. Breasted, who
said of them:
"The plates are very veluable to us,
since they make it possible to publish
many reproductions which have never
been satisfactorily made. Mr.. Crewd-
son is only a beginner in the art of
photography, but the views include
many exposures in museums and col
lection of systematic views of remains
as far as the first cataract. OF course,
the art of the printer is not sufficiently
advanced to make the plates of use for
printing, but they can be used perfect
ly as lantern slides.
by the old process these pictures
would be colored by hand at heavy
expense. Inaccurate coloring is COM
mon, even in the most careful publica-
tions, and this destroys the value of
the reproduction. For example, many
of the inscriptions in recent mono
graphs are illegible on account of faulty
copying. Photography avoids all Of
these inaccuracies. A comparison of
the cost shows that these pictures cost
little more than ordinary photographs,
while the cost of hand coloring is enor-
nous. The work of Lepsius for the
German government cost at least A, ,Ooo,-
600 marks, and is inaccurate"
Word has just come to DR.. Breasted
that he has been appointed collaboration
In the production of the new dictionary
Of the Egyptian language, which has,
been endowed by the German emperor.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
EXPORTS OF FARM PRODUCTS
Remarkable Falling on In Theix
Value During the Month
of April.

During the month of April there was
q remarkable falling off in the exports
of agricultural products, provisions, in
Guiding cattle and hogs, showing a re-
duction of $3.50, 1888, and breadstuffs
$12,2o7,517, as compared with the same
month last year. Cotton exports
dropped $6,227,454, thus making to-
tai shrinkage for the month in products
from field and farm of $24, ,425. The
exports of breadstuffs for April were
smaller than for any month since July,
1897.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
FRIENDS OF THE FLOWERS.
insect Gardeners That Labor Faith
fully TO Help Them to
Live.

The flowers even the commonest
that blossom in April along the road.
side--all have their insect gardeners
who work more faithfully and take bet
ter care of them than the boys and girls
with the best gardens you know.
Every kind of flower has its own kind
of gardener. The pussy willows have
many gardeners. In the springtime in
New England little bees, smaller than
the ordinary honey bee, may be seen
coming In hungry swarms to feed on the
sweets hidden deep in the pussy will
lows, but after they have gathered what
honey they need they pay for their
marketing by obligingly carrying the
golden grains here and there exactly
where the blossoms wish them placed.
In that way the bees act as gardeners
and the plants keep sweetmeat shops
that repay them for their trouble.
Sometimes great bumblebee will come
along with his two pollen baskets, one
fastened on each leg, for he, too, is q
gardener who is willing to carry from
one to another the golden powder which
the pussies must have IL they are to
live for another year. There is de-
hghtful book by G. M. Weed, called
"Ten New England Blossoms and
Their Insect Visitors" which tells us,
however, that the big humble bees ask
"too high wages in nectar and pollen
for the return they give" to be profit
able gardeners in comparison with less
greedy small bees, which are really the
very best gardeners Of all.
The trailing arbutus has for its gar
deners the handsome bee fly, the big
bumblebees, the small bees, the beauti-
full humming bird moth, and one of the
earliest spring butterflies, which is
called the American tortoise shell.
These gardeners work very hard and
with an astonishing quickness that
should make lazy boys and girls blush.
They push their long, slender tongues
down to the bottom of the open flower
cup, which the plant holds out so glad
ly; they take every drop of honey that
is offered, and then they load them
selves with the pollen, which they know
perfectly well it is their duty to leave,
at the next place they go before they
carry the honey to their own homes.
What would happen, you may ask, If,
by any chance, the little gardener
should be prevented from carrying poll
len from flower to flower? The only
thing that interferes with an insect.
gardeners work is rainy weather. The
insects that visited the fruit blossoms
In some orchard of southern New,
Hampshire had long period of dry
weather in the spring of 1894. They
worked SO busily that the fruit crop
was finer and larger than it had been
for years; but in southern New Jersey,
during the same season, when the trees
and vines were in bloom, there were
frequent and heavy rains. "The re-
suit" Mr.. Weed goes on to say, was a.
marked failure of the crops" simply,
because natures best gardeners could
not thoroughly do their work.-0ur
Animal Friends.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
lGATHMANN'S SHELL.
Prevents Explosion of Wet Gun Cot
ton Fired from a Cannon.
lsevere Test at sandy Hook Proves .
Perfect success--Burted Cam
non with Shell Inside
L. Exploded.

The work of excavating for the frag-
,lments of the Gathmann shell, the fuse
of which was subjected to the severest
government test at the Sandy Hook
proving grounds, has been completed.
1T resulted in finding embedded in the
sand the muzzle end of the Rodman
Igun, the blowing up of which with the
shell inserted, after being buried 20
feet below the surface, was part of
the test; the twisted and battered rem
!nants Of various portions of the shell,
tand about 20 pounds of the SO pounds Of
wet gun cotton, with which the shell
had been loaded. 1t has been asserted
by the inventor that with his patent
ed decorating contrivance, or fuse, at
the base of the shell, the heaviest gun
powder shock that could be applied
would fail to explode the wet gun cotton
in the shell. In making this test the
'16-foot gun was buried 13 feet below
the surface, and back of the shell had
been placed 100 pounds OF smokeless
powder. The muzzle of the gun had
been tamped with sand. Immediately
after the explosion pieces of the base
of the gun were found on the surface
and small fragments of the wet gun
cotton were discovered. Excavations
were begun at once to discover what
had been the complete result of the
test.
Several days were required for the
work, which was under the direction Of
Maj. Heath and Lieut.. Montgomery, of
the army. When the work was fin
ished it was found that the breech Of
the gun for distance of eight feet had
been blown entirely away, but the
.muzzle end for the remaining eight
feet of the guns length had only been
broken into large pieces, all of which
were found within a radius of eight
feet.
Where the muzzle of the gun had
been, was found the lower half of the
barrel, three feet long, which had not
been moved by the explosion. Three
feet away was piece of the upper half
of the barrel, three feet long. Three
feet back of where the muzzle had been
were found pieces of the shell, crushed
and battered, while lying about were
pieces or wet gun cotton about the size
of walnuts; further back, toward
where the powder charge had been,
was found nearly half the the alum
mum bronze base of the shell, which
was about two inches thick. The out
side portion was partially melted
where it had been exposed to the ter
rifle heat of the powder charge for an
4 -
ly bright, showing that the gun cot
ton had not exploded.
Louis Gathmann, the inventor, ex-
pressed himself as entirely satisfied
with the test. The report of the army
officers is awaited with interest by mil
itary and naval men, as the demonstra-
ton that his explosive may be thrown
safely with gunpowder charge is
likely TO reVolutionize ordnance meth
DDS.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
TRIALS OF THE RICH.
Army of Mendicants - Has Al
ready Given All He Can Afrord.

Andrew Carnegie has left London for
skibo castle. In an interview just pub
hshed he is quoted as saying:
II am looking forward to protection
In my highland solitude from the army
of mendicants that every hour is i'm
portuning me for subscriptions to
every conceivable object. Even were
disposed to accede to these applications
for promiscuous assistance, my re-
sources for philanthropy have already
been fully hypothecated, and lombard
ing me with further appeals is simply
adding to the postal revenue"