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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-15

"I've been travelling over Ohio Indi-
ana and Pennsylvania for a long time
and frequently come to Canton" said
another travelling man, who was put
ting in his Sunday at a local hotel, "but
l never get over wondering at Canton's
Saturday night crowds. 1t is the
greatest Saturday night town 1 ever
saw. OF course it is partially explained
by the large proportion of wage earners
in the population, but other manu-
featuring towns 1 visit do not present
the feature so strongly. / suspect 1t is
more of habit the town has fallen
into of making sort of a weekly
holiday and, l confess, 1 rather like it.
Take last night for instance, on Market
and TuscaraWas streets. The near ap-
proach of Christmas and the fact that
the store windows are taking on their
holiday attire had something to do, /
suppose, with the unusually large crowd
that turned out, but, l venture to say,
that there were no more animated street
scenes in any city in the country last
night than right here. Ask any travel
ing man who ever put In Saturday
night in Canton, and see If he doesn't
think as / do"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-15
DEATH OF CAPTAIN WOOD.
Former Captain of the Petrol Died of
Typhoid Fever In WASH.
ington.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Commander
E. P. Wood, United States Navy, died
OF typhoid fever at his residence in this
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-15

WASHINGTON, Dec. l2.-The condi.
tion of Lieutenant Brumby, Admiral
Dewey's flag lieutenant, changed for
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-15

my route is from Chicago to Bangor,
Maine; from Bangor to New Orleans,
and from New Orleans back to Chicago"
said a travelling representative of
well known local manufacturing con-
Germ to a News Democrat man yester-
day. "In fact, my territory is the
United States, east of the Mississippi.
That territory embraces a goodly share
of the wealth and population and re-
sources of the country, and in getting
over it, L get pretty well into the best
cities and towns in the United States,
and, have been getting over it for
number of years. In all that time and
all those visits 1 have never found a
better town than Canton and very few
as good"
"In fact" he continued, II believe
that, right now, Canton is the best
town in the country. OF course in pro-
portion to it's population. The only
trouble is that people who live right
here in Canton do not seem to appre-
ciate their own position as outsiders do.
Think of it," he said, waxing warm, "a
town of this size with nearly two hun
dred manufacturing concerns in opera
tion and the only people out of
profitable employment are the
Knockers who stand around and tell
strangers that the town is dead one.
They seem to think we ought to have
Mckinley brass band campaign times
year in and year out, and forget that
without them, it is phenomenon of
growth, hustle and hustle compared
with the great majority of other
towns, and is acknowledged so by other
towns.
Yes, SIR" he concluded, I'm from
Canton, and proud of it, and the
knockers ought to know the esteem
the town is held in all over the ter
ritory l go to. They'd stop kicking and
begin to feel as / do.
And the News Democrat man said
there was truth in it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-15

BEECHAMs PILLS for stomach ana
liver ills.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-15
JUST AT RANDOM.
Talks With Hotel Transients---A
Drummer Who Forgot His
Sisters Name.

He was another imam with grip"
who had run into Canton to spend
Sunday and he was ranged up at the
hotel writing desk, in the line of busi-
ness pilgrims and purveyors to trade,
some Of whom were writing to their
wives, some to their children, some to
their real sweathearts, some to the
girls they met in the last town and
some forgetting the Sabbath day to
keep it holy by making out delayed
expense accounts or writing the firm
to explain how an order was missed.
All of them were busy but this one. He
had pen and paper but he was not
bringing them into contact and 1T was
easy to tell that something was
troubling him as he sat gazing at the
ink we'll with a far-away, trying-hard-
to-think look. Suddenly he broke out
"Well, I'll be expressive adJectived,"
was the substance of his remark, al
though he used the real thing which
doesn't look so well in print as 'ex-
pressive adjective" but is a great deal
more effective in forcible conversation.
The meek eyed drummers gazed re-
proachfully at him. Why" they asked
in chorus. "Ohl nothing" said he,
"only / am becoming totally rum dunn
and imbecile. / started to write a let
ter to my sister and I've forgotten her
name. You see she was married about
a month ago to a man never met and
his name is gone from me-" and he re-
lapsed into moody silence as the drum
mers began jollying. Ten minutes after
he calculated the same expressive ad-
jective, with some additions. Ten
minutes later, more additions with
symptoms of violence, and the other
drummers beginning to edge away. Ten
minutes more, many additions and very
violent. Ten minutes more, almost a
total wreck, but the name wouldn't
come. Some friend then took him out
for walk. In an hour he returned
more calm but determined. Boys"
he said, my mind is almost gone. Be
fore it is clouded in darkness / will
write to my sister and mail it to my
brother for her, but l must do it soon
before 1 forget his name" And he
wrote while the boys looked sadly on.
When the missive was done and seal
ed and mailed he turned to the crowd (;
Take me to the clerk, boys, and tell
him my name, have me sent to my room
and notify the probate judge. If any
of you happen to think of my sisters s
name, write to her and tell her my
| light went out as 1 was trying to think
of it, and tell her 1 hope she is happy
| in bearing it, but it is too much for me
| to bear" and he sadly followed the
bell boy, his grip and the water pitcher,
! toward the elevator. His firm will be
notified and an effort made to find
his brother-in-law and sister.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15
A Nations Dead.

The well-known saying, "Westmins-
ter Abbey or glorious victory" attrib-
uted to Nelson when he boarded the
san Josef at the battle of Cape Vim
cent, seems to point TO the hero's own
wishes as TO an abbey grave. But for
some unknown reason, when the end
came at the famous battle at Trafalgar
1SO5), Nelson was buried at ST. Paufs,
and the abbey authorities. finding
crowds going there to gaze ON his last
resting place, had an efiigy made of
him and set 1t up near Kempenfeldt's
monument, in order to attract people
back to Westminster, with the desired
result. The figure now stands in the
Isllp Chantry Chapel with the other
funeral effigies, and is n very llfe-llke
and good representation of the great
man. 1t is said TO have been copied
from smaller figure for which Nelson
sat. and all the clothes except the coat
he actually wore. Maclise. who bor-
rowed the hat for his picture of THE
Death of Nelson" found the marks of
the eye patch on the inner lining. and
the stamp of the period in the crown.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15
Vivid Description.

A short sighted and deaf old gentle
man who was at an entertainment
where u professor performed ON a big
bass viol. thus described tho scene:
1.-The professor carried on to the plat
form a gigantic beetle attached to the
end of sort of lamppost. He leaned
over and fondly embraced it, tickling
its back violently with long comb.
1.-The spectators seemed much de-
lighted at this display of scientific af-
lection The beetle was apparently quite
unmoved. Then the professor gave a
capital imitation Of the drunken man
and the lamppost. He swayed rapidly
up and down, clutching quickly at all
points.
sometimes his fingers quiyered pas
sionately upon one spot, like an i'll tenn
pered man struggling with an obstinate
pair of braces. Sometimes he rested
momentarily. as one rests after con-
test with a stiff white tie.
"Finally, he gave a last convulsive
tickle to the huge beetle. picked himself
up from the lamppost and carried off
the unresisting insect. The audience
applauded vigorously.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15

The most grewsome apartment in
America is probably the demonstration
room in the Flower hospital in New
York, with its fantastic decorations Of
dead mems bones.
The name OF the room is spelled above
the door in letters made of finger bones
Upon the wall within appear in the
same grewsome lettering the names Of
DIR. Howard S. Nelson and DR.. North
way Meyer. demonstrators Besides
these legends sits a grinning human
skull
Crossing and recrossing the room
strings of bones interlace. Ribs alter
nate with the slender bones of fingers
and toes. Up and down the walls. like
CHASTITY white serpents, crawl coils Of
yertebrR. Arm and leg bones with
highly polished surfaces are hung on
the cupboard doors.
Everywhere the eye turns in this
curious charnel house symbols of NOR
tality start into relief. But it is on the
large table against the south wall that
death vertically sits enthroned. In the
middle. heaped into mound, bones
from all parts of sthe human frame are
snrmounted by skull. Here hand
there a crippled foot. a Uranium hol-
lowed into drinking cup-oddities of
all grisly shapes surround the mound
In chair to the right sits a skeleton
in leisurely attitude, leaning one arm
upon the table as he watches the skele-
tons over which the sunlight dances.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15
Well Answered.

In the carly part of this century there
lived in Nantucket young Quakeress
whose wit eaused many a ripple in the
demmc circle Of the Friends.
When this pretty Martha attended
yearly meeting in Newport at the age
Of Is, her youthful spirits brought her
occasional grave looks from the elders,
although her real goodness of heart was
never questioned.
One evening. during the session of
yearly meeting, Martha was the center
Of group of young people gathered
near the windows of the parlor in the
boarding house where some Ct the
Friends lodged fer the time. The young
people were playing the simple and
amusing game of humorous defni-
tons " Martha's wit caused such fire.
quent laughter that solemn faced per
ION rose from his seat at the other end
Df the room and asked, in loud, stern
voice;
"Martha. can thee give me the def
milton Of gravity"
The pretty Quakeress colored at this
public and unnecessary rebuke, hut
after scarcely perceptible hesitation,
she answered demurely:
81 am not able TO give thee defni-
ton of my own, Friend Brown but
perhaps that of DE Ia Rochefoucauld
will suit thee. lie says that gravity is
a mysterious carriage of the body, in
vented TO cover the defects Of the
mind. Youth Companion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15

An article entitled "Historic Homes
In Washington, by Catherine Cava
nagh, in Munsey's, gives an interesting
narrative of the home once occupied by
James G. Blaine The lot ON which it
stood once belonged to Henry Clay who
won it at game of cards. at which he
was always very lucky. On his wife be-
ing asked If her husbands gambling
did not make her anxious, she an
swered "Why should l worry? Henry
generally wins. After keeping the lot
a short time he snapped it for Nal.
tese jackass that Commodore Rodgers
brought home from a Mediterranean
cruise. He built the house. In it once
lived James X. Paulding, secretary of
the navy under Van Buren,. Secretary
Seward bought it, and was living in it
when his assassination on the night of
Lincoln's murder was attempted. Sec
rotary of War Belknap afterward re-
sided there, and finally Mr. Blaine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15
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Barry Pain, the humorist. grows
flowers and IS famous for his double
snowdrops. Henry Norman farms and
fuses with camera and his wife,
Menie Muriel Dowle, spins.
phoebe Tilson" is the name of n
book by Mrs. Frank Pope Humphrey,
the story of life in a township of Mas
sachusetts. in the beginning of the CEN
tury-a story well told and thoroughly
enjoyable.
Francois Coppee, the French writer,
says: "The author prefer, the author
who never leaves me, is dear and de-
llghtful Dickens. l have read and re
read him ten times: | shall read him
yet again.
j. NJ. Barrie hopes to have the sequel
to Sentimental Tommy" ready for
publication In the year 1900. lie has
chosen for IL so far the title. 1.-The Cele-
brated Tommy" but with a likelihood
of changing 1t later.
One of the peeuliarlties of the eeeen-
trio Ouda Is that she cannot write AT u
table. but always writes with pad on
her knee, her ink bottle being ON the
carpet 1t has been stated that she has
written twenty thousand words at n
sitting. or twelve full columns-a num-
Der which staggers belief.
Miss Elizabeth Godfrey, author of
the musical novel, Poor Human Ma
ture" NOW in its second impresslon).
says of herself: 81 made by debut In
Temple Bar, with "A Green Door," the
first thing ever wrote for publication.
II is such an odd thing to want
TO know all about any one whose book
chances to become popular
Miss Marie Corelli's favorite amuse-
ment is music, Marion Crawford Is a
great yaehtsman; Mr.. Crockett cycles
and COLTS; |. Zangwill rides on horse
back; George Gisslng's favorite recrea-
ton is natural history; Bret Harte's one
amusement is golfng; w. ID. Howells
likes theaters and long walks; Rudyard
Kipllng fishes and cycles; Andrew
Lang COLTS, plays cricket and fishes.
and Richard lie Gallienne cycles in a
very attractive get-up.
The new novel, "Windyhaugh," by
Graham Travers, author of Mona Mac
lean, seems TO be attracting much at
tention In England. 1t is described as
the story of a modern woman, but n
story which will be read by men and
women alike. The heroine "caryed no
statue, painted no picture-she did not
even Write book; but when all these
things have been excluded, there re-
mains that little art of living which has
been open in all ages alike to the wise
and the simple" 1t is understood that
the American publishers are ID. Apple
ton 4 Company.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15
A Lock of His Hair.

A venerable, white haired clergyman
recently preached in the parish Of a
friend. He had hardly got back to the
vicarage from the church when the door
bell rang and a charming girl Of 10
asked to see him. He received her.
They talked about the sermon and other
things until finally she asked diffident
ly:
"Oh. won you please give me lock
of your hair ?"
Certainly. my child, said the old
gentleman, hattered at the request.
"I'll send it to you tomorrow, and he
did.
On his return to his own home he
had five more requests of the same kind,
and he proudly boosted to his wife that
he was glad to see that he had not yet
lost his power to please. All went well
until his wife received this note:
"Dear Mrs. -, won't you please
ask your husband to send me just lit
tie lock of his hair? We have all been
taking lessons in making hair flowers.
So many of the other girls asked him
and he sent it to them-that thought
/ would rather ask you to get it for me.
Won't you please do this for met 1t is
SO hard to get white hair fer lilies Of
the valley"
This was a terrible blow. and the less
now said about locks of hair in that old
gentleman presence the better.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15
The sackIng of the TuiIerles, 1913.

The sight that presented itself was
the straneest have ever seen and has
remained in my memory almost as Wv
idly as If 1t We're yesterday. The mag
nificent apartments Of the palace were
soon filled with as strange a set of ruff
fans as You could meet anywhere. 1t
seemed as If they were all mad or
drunk. and yet they were as jolly as
sandboys They seemed positively to
revel in destruction and to yell with
delight as they smashed and tore every
thing TO pieces that they came across.
There was scarcely a picture that was
not cut into ribbons, and ornaments,
however costly. were thrown down and
broken TO atoms.
While | was standing in one of the
grand apartments looking on in Won
der, little man, with sword almost
rs big as himself. stood in front of a
magnificent mirror that reached from
the floor to the ceiling. He surveyed it
for moment, and then, as though he
were about to storm a town single
handed, went deliberately up to it and
with one blow of his great cavalry blade
shiyered it to pieces. AS they fell at
his feet he put ON a grand air and said
"Lal" as if this was one Of the greatest
deeds he had ever accomplished and the
proudest moment of his life -"Sketches
From Memory. q. A. Storey.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15
The Elder Got the Rest one.

An account of the life Of Judge James
3. Bradwell of Chicago by his daugh-
ter tells story of the deeply religious
training of his childhood. He had the
Did fashioned faith in the efficacy of
prayer before he was of sufficient age
to understand the reasonable limits Of
such petitions
Once, when James was only 8 years
old, the wagon was sent to Chicago for
provisions. Five days elapsed. The
wagon was detained, and the Bradwell
family was without food and without
man to provide it, Little James, as
usual with even small boys of tn time
and place, was good shot. His mother
loaded the gun for him, and he started
out to see what he could shoot to sup
ply the table.
In due time he saw two prairie chick
EMS not far away. He got his gun ready
and then took long enough to pray
thus:
20 Father, if you will just let me
bring down those two chickens I'll give
your minister the choice of the pair II
The trigger was pulled and down
came the two prairie chickens. James
believed the shot to be direct answer
to his prayer. He took the two birds to
Elder Snow, the minister. and told him
of the circumstances.
The good elder took long time to
examine the two chickens, in order to
be quite sure that he got the better Of
the two, because, he said, he thought
it best that the boys compact should
be faithfully carried out.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15
A Painful Mistake.

A conductor got up early the other
morning and got his own breakfast. He
is not used to this. as his wife. who was
sick ON this occasion, is used to getting
breakfast ready. He is fond of strong
coffee for his early meal, and, filling the
pot with water. heaped in four table
spoonfuls of what he took to be coffee.
After all was done, the eoffeepot
steaming and hash well Drowned, he sat
by his own self to break his fast. The
coffee did not seem very hot, so he drank
off half the cup in three or four swal-
lows. Then the roof started. He yelled
like a maniac. His trembling little wife
ran out TO see her husband dancing
about ON one foot and screeehing like a
maniac.
He ran to the water pipe and drank
off two quarts of cold water and then
quoted down enough to ask; what in
thunder the matter with the coffee p
She smelled of it and said: "Why,
dear, You mistook the ground cloves for
the coffee, that 5 all. Lewiston Jour
nal
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15

MIS-. Eliza wike, 80 iron 81, Akron, o.
Mrs. Eliza Wike says: II would be
in my grave now II it had not been for
your God-sent remedy, Pe.ru-na.
Everybo says am looking so much
better. No doctor could help me as
Pe-ru-na did. was hroken-down
woman. 1t is now seven years past
that WAS cured
Mrs. Sarah Galliiz. OF Luton, Ia,
also writes: 81 was suffering with the
change OF life. | had spells OF flowing
every two or three weeks, which would
leave me nearly dead. | had given up
hope of being cured, when | heard OF
DIR. Hartman's remedies and began TO
use them. | am entirely cured, and
give all the credit to fe.ru-na and
Man-a-lin."
A healthy woman is becoming more
and more rare. But comparatively
few women who are suffering with
catarrh know that this is the case.
Their trouble is called dyspepsia, heart
trouble, female weakness, weak lungs,
nervous debility; indeed, almost the
whole category of medical terms has
been applied to catarrh of some organ
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15
REVEALS IN PIONEER DAYS.


Revival work. said the professor,
isn't what 1t Was In the old time. The
life Is different. and religious expert
ence Is different. ! have not heard u
man or woman shout in church for for
ty years, and yet can remember when
n service or meeting was not counted
much Of meeting II some good sister
did not shout. A great preacher would
stir a crowd TO conviction. an exhorter
would make an imprisoned appeal,
some emotional woman would be ask
ed to pray, and soon the shouting
would begin.
The good woman kneellng on the
floor, and with bowed head. would be-
gin in Il voice almost inaudible, but ms
she proceeded her voice would become
louder and stronger. her figure would
become more erect. until finally In the
very ecstasy of excitement she would
cry aloud In her rejoicing.
Her shouts would be greeted by ex-
carnations of amen" and GLORY to
God" and then there would be hand
shaking, singing, and chorus OF &C.
static ordinations. Before such a
wild wave Of excitement had expend-
ed its force dozens and scores would
be at the mourners' bench. surrounded
by the rejoicing church members.
| have heard my father relate most
wonderful experiences In northern
Ohio, where, In the old time, 1t was the
rule for church congregations 10 be
greatly moved.
1t was the custom then for women to
wear busks, or corset boards, instead
of stays or corsets. These busks were
made of pliable hickory. but they COM
PEELED woman TO sit very straight,
and imposed some limitations on free
movement.
My father said that frequently after
n meeting In which there had been ex-
citement and shouting lie had gathered
up an armful of corset boards which
the women in their frenzy had drawn
from their dresses and thrown under
their seats and Chicago In
ter Ocean.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15
The Flag ON the Wall.

The Troy Times tells of visitor at
a public school, who, being requested
to address the pupils, spoke of the
necessity of obeying their teacher and
growing up to be useful, loyal and
patriotic citizens
To emphasize his remarks, lie pointed
to large national flag that almost COW
"Now, boys, who can tell me what that
flag is there forg"
One little fellow. who understood the
condition of the room better than the
speaker. replied
81 know, sir. It's to hide the dirt.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15
THEY WANT TO TELL
These Grateful Women Who Have
Been Helped by Mrs. Pinkham.

Women who have suffered severely
and been relieved of their ills by Mrs.
Pinlsham's advice and medicine are
constantly urging publication of their
statements for the benefit of other wo-
men. Here are two such letters:
Mrs. LIZZIE BEVERLY, 25S Merrimac
st., Lowell, Mass. writes;
ut affords me great pleasure to tell
all suffering women of the benefit have
received from taking Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. lean hard
ly find words toexpress my gratitude for
what she has done for me. My trouble
was liberation OF the womb. was un-
der the doctors care. Upon examine
ton he found fifteen very large ulcers.
but he failed to do me good. took sew
eral bottles of Lydia Il. Pinkham' Nege-
table Compound, also used the Sanative
Wash, and am cured. Mrs. Pinkham's
medicine saved my life, and ! would
recommend it TO all suffering women
Mrs. Amos TRoMBLEAY, Ellenburgh
Ctr, N. Y. writes;
81 took cold at the time my baby
was born. causing me to have milk
legs, and was sick in bed for eight
weeks. Doctors did me no good. ]
surely thought would die. | was al
SO troubled with falling of the womb
could not eat, had faint spells as
often as ten times a day. One day a
lady came to see me and told me OF the
benefit she had derived from taking
lydia T. Pinkham's medicine, and adj
vised me to try it, j did so, and had
taken only half bottle before ] was
able to sit in a chair. After taking
three bottles could do my own work,
/ am now in perfect health"