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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-01-26
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS

is due not only TO the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
% the care and skill with which il IL
manufactured by scientific processes
known 20 the CALIFORNIA FIa SYRUP
Co. only, and we wish TO impress upor
all the Importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. AS the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the CALIFORNIA Fro SYRUP Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the CALI
FoRNIA FIa SYRUp Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. 1t is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken.
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nausaate In order to get as beneficial
effects, please remember the name Of
'he Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal
"A .
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-01-26

10 Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarots Candy Catharfin 10c or 25e.
Il q. D. q. fali 10 cure, dfuggists refund snonsy
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-01-26

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit ,uro, makes weak
men strong, blood pure soc 81 All druggists.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-01-26

"a - II q RrA.
Bsars tao 4, Tho Kind You lIaVB Always Bought
''',;'''' : MsH1zzZx
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13
LAW AS INTERPRETED.

| A theosophical corporation Is held. In
New England Theosophlcal corporation
-. Boston lMass.l. II l.. r. A. PSI. 10
be neither a scientific. benevolent. nor
charitable Institution. within the mean
ing Of statute respecting taxation
4 municipal corporation enforcing
valid ordinance for vaccination Is held
In Wyatt vs.. Rome tGai II L. r. A
$50, 10 be exercising governmental
! function and Therefore not liable fol
any damages caused by impure vaccine
matter.
An injunction against adding names
/ Ia political committee, OF striking
names therefrou. is refused Ia Kearni
y. Howley dPal. u l.. X. A. go, on the
| ground that the committee has no prop.
erty rights. The fact that the law rec.
ognizes political parties and commit
lees chosen at primary elections Is not
| deemed sufficient 10 give the court any
control over The acts of the committee.
A curfew ordinance passed without
feSpress Legislative authority. prohibit.
Ping all persons under The age or u
years from being ON the streets or
alleys OF city after y O'Clock at night,
unless accompanied by parent or guar.
dian, ar Ia search OF a physician, Is
held. IA ~ parte McCsryer Texas. AZ
T.. r. A. 5s7. 10 be void for nnreason
ableness and AS an Invasion OF the per
isonal liberty OF citizens.
- a..
property for which stock of corpora.
lion * issued * all that is demanded In
Kelly IS. Fourth OF July Mining Com
'pany Mont.). ~ l.. Il, 4. 1923 under
law which provides that stock may be
issued for property 10 the amount OF
Is held 10 be such belief as ii prudent
band sensible business man would hold
In the ordinary conduct OF his business.
The attempt of an executive commit
Nee to forestall the action of party
convention which II calls Is held. In
| Hutchinson W.. Brown Cab, ~ l.. K.
|. A, 932. 10 he Intellectual aud the viola
ton OF their pledges or the sacrifice OF
I'party interests by members OF the con
Invention In making a nomination Oh
adopting plan of fusion Is held insuffi>
lieient ground for refusing TO file Ger.
l,tlhcate OF nomination.
A boulevard l50 feet wide. OF which
lisixty feet IS graded. while the re
llnainder Is occupied BY grass plats and
sidewalks. and which is under the con
litrol OF park and boulevard commission
ers. who constitute city agency. Il
l'held. In Burridge vs.. Detroit Mich). 4.
/. II A. 6sI. IL be street. for the de
feetiye condition Of sidewalk OF
which The municipality Is liable rs II
The boulevard was under The direcl
control of the Common Council.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13
DANGERS OF MARcoNl SYSTEM.
Message Flashed Through Wireless
AirInValids an Unoffendins Citizen.

Message Flashed Through Wireless
Air InValids an Unoffending Citizen.
one day last week shabby genteel
man leaned against building mt the
corner OF State and Madison streets.
His battered silk hat was tipped over
one ear, his red necktle was nndone,
and his shiny frock coat betrayed re-
cent contact with the sprinklsl street.
lie was so evidently intoxicated that n
policeman accosted him and recon-
mended him to move on.
The man Immediately began to shake,
as II suffering from ague.
Its an outrage-a burning outrage,
sh sh-shir," he said, making an effort
to straighten up aud look dignltied.
You're laborlng under mish under
sthanding. You hth-think I'm drunk,
shir. but I'm only suffering from the
effects of that wireless tele-le-le- graph.
| was walking by here, when shome.
thing st-struck me right In the ch-ch.
chest 1t was Mar Marconi mesh
meshage."
The policeman was undecided what
To do. He hesltated for II moment.
"Ouch. Ouch" remarked The man
with new series OF shakes. Tin
-sh-shensitlve To Electricity. There
felt one of those dashes they're more
sh-sh-sheyere than the dots. I'm going
/ to have that Marconi arreshted. A
whole dshpatch has gotten caught
shr. right on harmless citizen. shlr
| It's an outrage (hIel-a dangerous out
rage (hiclw- Chicago Inter Ocean.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13
His CONCERN.

A commercial traveller on his trip
called upon well-known chemist. He
was nervous as he put his hand In his
pocket aud handed out card,
II represent that concern said the
young man.
you are Fortunate" replied the
chemist
The commercial traveller was encour-
aged, and said:
II think SO, sir, and the chemist who
trades with us is even more SO. My
firm has the finest line of cosmetics In
the country"
Il shouldn't have thought It," slow
~ responded the man of medicines
Her complexion looks natural
And he handed back the photograph
which the young man had given him
by mistake. He took II and left with
out waiting to make any farewell re.
marks.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13
poLiTeNess
OF Women 10 Women az to seats IL
street Cars.

FHftA NaAHs
II ANYTHING rifles woman. II IS te
have some younger woman get up and
OFFER her a seat In a street eur. This
misplaced ciyility lnfers that the elder
woman Is 10 be considered ON account
OF her age. when. la fact there Is litIis
difference In years between the Two. !
Witnessed a droll BIZ OF comedy the
other day in Brookline electric that
makes me smile every lime think OF
II. The ear was full, with several pas
sengers standing. when IN bounced q
stout we'll preserved person. with
white hair beautifully pompadoursd
She was dressed In deep mourning, but
n bunch OF violet in the front OF the
cont gave a touch Of mitigation &c
her grief. which was quite borne out
by the merrlment lurking In her mouth
and eyes. The lady grasped "A strap
and looked out OF the window. Then
suddenly a young person sitting near
observing. perhaps. that no mau In The
car Intended To offer his seat rose and
leaning forward touched the other Oh
the arm. saying:
Won't you have my seatf'
Are you going 10 get outp asked
the standee.
NO, ma'am," replied this tactlsss
creature, but you are older than !,
and" But the sentence was never
finished. II a glance could slay. thai
Young person would have fallen on the
tioor dead.
Thank you. When ! am too old &c
stand up. | shall not enter public con
yeyance.
That was all. The Junior woman
skunk back Into the seat, and some OF
the passengers Uttered. Cincinnati
ENQUIRER.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13

A small farmer, an Eglishman, old
and devout, had dozen cattle, two OF
three of which he lost by the cattle
disease then prevailing. A clergyman
expressed his sympathy, and the aged
man replied. "'rhe Bible tells us that
tho cattle on thousand hills are His,
So when He wants any, He knows
where 10 find en-
Evidently the good farmer took pride
In his small herd. and felt compliment
ed by the death OF two or three OF them.
The Rev. Newman Hall. from whose
"A Autobiography" we have taken this
quaint bill OF plety, reports as quaint a
prayer, uttered by an old. decrepit
workman, whom he visited Ia an aims
house.
I'VE prayed together. and al my re-
quest leaning back In his easy chair.
he prayed for me IN terms have never
forgotten. God bless him. Make him
like the candlestick beaten gold. Help
him to say as the sailor when be rounds
n dangerous point. "All is wellw II
Thou make him useful Thou wilt give
him trials: but It's grand cross hearin'
when It's tied on WI love" A."
During our civil war there was n
great dearth of cotton In the English
manufacturing towns. and u quantity
of inferior short fiber was imported
from surat in India 4 mlll-hand. pray.
Ing at prayermeetlng. said. 20 LORD,
send MS cotton! send Us cottonl but no
Snrat. Lord.'
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13

OF Great Britain announces that At this
years horse show all yearlings must DE
unlocked. Next year the rule wlD DE
applied 10 yearlings and 2=year-olus'
the next year 1t will he extended 10
3-year-olds, and 50 on untll All horses
exhibited are provided with their nat
/ ural appendagcs.
A novel way Of Illuminating a ran
/ way tunnel has been devised III fhrls.
Rehectofs throw The light from many
/ electric lamps sixteen feet above ihe
! sails to the sides Of the tunnel where
il is again reflected by Furnished I'M
a soft aud agreeable light. The trains
automatically turn the current on anu
off in entering and leaving the tunnel
Just fifty years ago this spflng the
country was wild over the discovery OF
gold In California and Companies OF
men were forming over the whole Uni
ted States To start for the new Eel Dora
do. Some went by Capt Horn. some
by Panama. but most went overland.
These in after days were The forty
miners. Marshall discovered gold ut
Suffers Mill In 1918. but IL was not
generally believed until Polk confirmed
It In his annual message.
Yale divinity school students have hit
upon novel way for assisting them
selves In paying their expenses through
The theological course. They have
opened "A tailoring establishment In one
of the rooms in West Divinity Hall snd
have sent out circulars stating that
owing To the fact that they have no
rent to pay, they can make a suit Of
clothes from 81 10 $40 more eheaply
than ordinary tailoring houses. They
state thai they guarantee for one year
all suits against rips, loose buttons, etc.
Seven exploring expeditions operated
In Labrador last year aud reports from
all have been received by the geograph
zeal and other societies of London. The
CONSENSUS of opinion. as derived from
these reports. is that the country Is by
no means such sterile region as has
been supposed. Geoiogically, the forma
ton Of the country is very like that OF
the Klondike region and there are
scientists who believe that there will
be rich discoveries of gold and other
metals there. Vast forests of spruce
pine exist and there are other valuable
timber trees Of good size and CONNER.
clal value.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13
IgfRl!5klK IIJll7lgS

All the fifty incorporates OF the
Mississippi Cotton Manufacturing
Comuany. Just chartered and capital
ized at $3.50 900, are negroes, and styled
the best-known and most substantial
men OF their race In the State
Letters dropped In the postotiice at
Paris are delivered in Berlin in one
hour and half aud sometimes within
twenty-five minutes. The distance be
tween the cities Is $50 miles aud the
letters are sent through pneumatic
tubes.
Under the auspices of the army Y. NJ.
C. A. the soldiers at Porto Rico are to
have IA first-class cafe, also reading
room and gymnasium. Gen. Henry
has co-operated with the secretaries
and the army officers are all In sym
patty with the work.
The head of the fire department Ia an
Eastern city says that persons who per-
sh IN a burning building are invariably
suffocated and that the death Is pain
less. One breath OF heated air and
smoke causes Inconsistencies and the
victim has no further sensation.
The Royal Academy of Science of
Amsterdam has paid delicate compli-
ment 10 the English-speaking world by
+ ordering that Its transactions shall I'm
future be printed In English instead of
the native Dutch. In order that they
may be more available TO the scientific
world at large.
A singular objection TO good times
and civilization has been found by the
citizens OF London. who complain that
the prosperity OF the people has had
the effect to multiply the classes who
employ domestic servants aud to de-
crease the classes from which servants
are ordinarily recruited.
Something very like real campaign
In behalf Of the metric system OF
weights and measures has been started
In England and the London papers are
giving much space to arguments for
aud against the immediate aud com.
plete abandonment of the unscientitio
and complex British standards.
The following unusual advertisement
appears In Il Lebanon. Pa. paper
Public notice. hereby notify all 81
loon and hotel keepers. or any Other
person, not TO furnish liquor of an.
kind To me. as | am making an effort Il
quit the drinking habit aud cannot d.
SO as long as anyone win give M
liquor"
The Hunters improvement Society
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13
Began When Bors.

AS soon as II pioneer boy was big
enough 10 level rife, he was given
powder and ball 10 shoot squirrels.
After little practice he was required
To bring In as many squirrels ms he had
received charges, under penalty of II
severe lecture, or even Of having his
Jacket tanned" At the age OF II the
boy became fort soldier, with loop,
hole assigned him from which To fight
when the settlers rallied against an In
dian foray. Growing older, he became
Il hunter OF deer. elk, buffalo and bear.
skilled In trailing and In utilizing
cover, capable Of enduring long
marches through trackless mountain
forests At night he was content To
curl up ON single blanket beside n
small fire. and sleep under the roof of
heaven. II 1t rained, In n few minutes
he built him lodge of bark or boughs
with no implement but his one-pound
tomahawk. lncessant war with the
Indians taught him TO be his own gen.
eral, to be ever ON the alert, TO keep his
head and shoot straight under fire
Pitted against an enemy who gave no
quarter, but tortured the living and
sealped the death, he became himself
IA stanch fighter. who never surren-
dered. The wilderness bred men Of
iron, and probably contained greater
number of expert rlhemen than could
now be mustered In MI America
Harper's Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13
An Old PeeraRe.

The premier baron of England. Lord
de Ros. has completed his seventy sec
ond year. There are older pcerages still
In existence, but the barony Of DE RIOS
having been created In 1864 by Henry
Ill. and the present peer Is the TWEEN
ty-fourth holder of the title. That
gives an average life to each hold
or of over twenty-slx years, but many
OF them did not succeed to the title
very early in life. The present peer
was AZ when he succeeded his father
The present Lord de RIOS served rs
equerry and lordln waiting to th'
queen and prince consort.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13
THE TONGA ISLANDS.
HOW THEY CAME INTO ENGLISH
POSSESSION.
Case of National sharp Practice aud
Dieting There First" = Germany
Was Abont to seize the Group, but
Was ontwitted by the Native King.

The details Of the taking of the
Tonga groups of Islands under the Brit.
ISL dag have only recently been made
public III this country, bur there is Il
vein of humor running through the ar-
fair that gives il more Than usual
amount of Interest. The Tonga group
forms Il portion Of the Friendly Isl
ands. aud Is located little north OF the
troplc of Capricorn. between il and he
Fiji archipelago. aud southwest of Sa-
moa. While the Tongas are Of no gls,at
commercial value. they form Il hered-
ltary monarchy governed by King
and a legislative assembly. composed
of lhirty-one mobiles and thirty-one rep
resentatises elected by the people. This
little kingdom embraces three groups
OF Islands the Tonga. Haapai aud
Nayan covering an area OF al square
miles, with Il population Of 1000, the
capital being located ut fongatabu
The Islands have several OF the best
harhors Ia the South Pacific.
For years Germany has been schem.
Ing 10 gel possession of Tonga. Last
winter The German vice consul at Sa
moa. Mr. Grune. arrived at Tonga aud
presented claims amounting 10 500
900. as being due from the fongans 10
German traders. and demanded their
immediate payment. but rs some of
these claims were more than twenty
years old the king repudiaied them.
When Mr.. Grune found he could not
secure the money for his claims he de.
parted will The official notification that
within "A few months IA German war
vessel would arrive at Nou-Nou and
enforce immediate payment. or. In case
of further refusal, seize the islands.
The consul had no soner departed
than the king communicated with the
British authorities at sydney and the
cruiser ranranga WIS at once dis
patched for Tonga. arriving carly In
December. The officer In command had
4 conference with the king, and after
some three hours of debate the sover-
eighty Of the entire group WAS trans
ferred 10 Great Britain, the rongan
government remaining "A dependency Of
the British crown. The captain of the
Tauranga turned over To the king Sl23.-
000. aud the next day the British flag
was raised with all necessary formal
ties ANA great reJoieings on the part Of
the people. Great Britain guarantees
peace aud order to the islands secures
flexity 81 land tennres and additional
rights to foreign settlers on the group.
Chicago News.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13
The Difference.

$50 You went into the stock market
yesterday and made several thousand
dollars" said the young mans uncle.
Yes. sir
THAT shows how one may, with
proper pluck and promptness. succeed
If lie Will only take advantage of his
opportunities"
But | lost that and several thousand
more today
Young man, how often have | told
you that such transactions are merely
gambling. and that you are bound TO
come To grief. sooner or later, il you
dabble In them Washington star
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13
A8sSisltFE'asSlsFs
II M Aaslss'1% s
sNHVRH BOS9

Observations at the Blue Hill ObSery-
atory showed that FOR several days be.
fore the great cold wave of February
last. the high cirrus clouds. which at
tain an elevation Of about nine miles
moved with unusual velocity on one
day these clouds were flying AT the rate
Of 1866 miles per hour. II Is thought
that measures OF cloud motions VIII
play an important part Ia weather pre-
dlctions hereafter.
Or. -. q. Brinton calls attention TO
the rapid extinction Of the Polynesian
tribes nhablting the Pacific arehlpela
goes. A hundred years ago the Hawai-
Ian Islands were said 10 contain 400. 900
native inhabitants; to-day they have
scarcely 10000. The same rapid dimin-
nton has occurred throughout Poly
nesla. and Is attributed mainly 10 iep-
rosy, tuberculosis aud evil ways OF
living.
The best way to prevent fog Is the
consumption OF smoke and the removal
IF dust. Hot bodies repel dust by
molecular bombardme cold bodies
attract IL. For this reason furniture in
a room with an open lire is less dusty
than when the heating Is done by fur
nace. A discharge OF electricity also
lIspels dust. A thunderstorm clears
the air. not only by the fall of heavy
lrops of rain. but by the electrical dis
uIrbance. The particles Of dust are
thrown down, and tile germs falling
Into milk and other foods produce fer
mentation. 1t Is for this reason that
when there Is thunder in the air, IL Is
bad keeping wenther.
According n the newspapers OF San
Francisco, that city Is sinking Into the
sea. Surveys made by the city authori-
Ties are said 10 have shown that the
average rate OF subsistence Is two inch
es "a year. The engineers explain the
phenomenon by the condition OF the
ground on which the city Is built sand
mixed with decayed vegetable ma tier
extending 10 II depth of at least sixty
Iceland believe that the compression
or escape of soil. this under the heavy
load of buildings which have been
nlaced on II. IL sufficient 10 account FOR
The subsidence. Whether the spongy
soil settles by compression or escapes
INTO the sea remains 10 De determined
The director of the geological survey
~ India SAYS there Is abundant eyi
1ence that the tenaeity with which cpl
denies of the plague cling to particular
localities. such as Bombay, IL lnnu-
.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13

Young Criminal lawyer have a.
ranged to have the prisoners wife and
babies sit in front of the jury and WEEP
all through the trial. Do YOU think Il
advisable TO pick bachelors or married
men for the jury?
Old Criminal Lawyer-Oh. 1t doesn't
make a particle of dlfferenee-if bach
elors. they VIII sympathize with the
woman aud babies. and ii married men
they will sympathize with the prisoner
Puck.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13
Economy Is Wealth.

Mrs. Nnbblns lto her husband, Who
has just returned from fighting a fire
In his wood lot tor the lands sake.
Sllas. you've burned yer hands Jest aw-
full Why didn't ye wear yer buckskin
gloves
Farmer Nubbins-I reckon | know
what I'm about, Hammer. This ere
hide of mine'll grow on again all right
but bueksbin gloves cost money. New
York World.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13

Shelf | We're q man would never
rest until | had become a hero. Ii
seems 10 me .eSery man who is a man
ought 10 do Something heroic at least
once in his life.
He Wen, don't know but that
you're right. ! think myself that every
man ought 10 lac a hero once in ii while
She Then why don't you have the
courage Of your convictions:
ilel have. Didn't | walk clear
down The aisle 10 the front pew with
you after the preacher had got nearly
half through with his sermon last Sun
day morning?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13
q Z

eve needn't be afraid" observed the
European diplomat, of any permanent
alliance between England and the
United States. All that is necessary
Is for us TO wait few years
All" replied another diplomat,
you'd wait until some other English
author visits America and describes
the country"
No: wait until there is a boundary
dispute between Canada and Chicago. >
Puck.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13

"What made you challenge that
American to duelg' asked II Partisan
journalists friend.
1T was in self-defense. I thought
that If | could get him to fight with
weapons we could make 1t the usual
harmless affair. Otherwise he'd be
likely to insist on trying to whip me
with his fists. and probably hurt me. -
Washington Star
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13

"Do you mind II go out into the
smoking compartment of the ear for
few minutes?" he asked
You'd better not go just now" she
replied. SUCCESSFULLY. We're coming
To tunnel In few minutes. Chicago
Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-13
A Ten,nting snbiect.

III Shakespeare could be alive now. .
remarked the fanclful person. Il Won
der what he would think of all the con
tr0yersy his works have Inspired"
a man OF his genius wouldn't miss
the opportunity. replied the student
He'd write splendid satire on EN-.
Washington Star.