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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-12-21
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fore in our experience in
Canton have we seen such a
fall and winter as this one
has been. Business =?
Couldn't have been better.
Our store has been filled
with "lookers" who ulti-
mately have become pur-
chasers, every day since the
Holiday selling began. 1t
has been a most satisfactory
trade. too. Everyone has
bought more freely than
usual, a thing which always
pleases any merchant, no
matter in what business he
may be engaged. We've
simply had the goods that
the people wanted, and, at
tached to them were prices
that were the personifica-
ton of reason. This tells
the whole story. Of course,
the people have had money
to spend. The busy hum of
Canton factories has told it's
story too, and no one has
listened to it with more
pleasure-unless it is the
workingmen themselves
than the merchantmen of
Canton. No one has taken
undue advantage of Gus
toners because money has
been plentiful. charging un-
reasonable prices for their
wares, but, on the contrary,
we think the merchants have
met the people half way and
sold their goods at a closer
margin, that each mans dol
lar might 60 a long distance
towards bringing in two dol
lars worth of value. Least
wise this has been one of the
leading principles which has
guided the methods of this
stores business this fall.
The last week particularly.
has been a busy one. Of.
course, as Christmas draws
nearer, there is more buy
ing. So, this week, we are
looking for a very brisk
time. indeed. 1t behooves
everybody, therefore. who
is contemplating a purchase
Of furniture or allied goods,
to- get in early. While our
sales last week were very
large. our stocks are by no
means so broken that you
can't find anything you
want. If you don't see it
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-12-21
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Observation-Disclosures
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Did something particularly wanted and
upon asking the price, did
heart right mouth7 Did suddenly discover that the
article wasn't Worth t2 WELL you haven't good manyoe people have And
here's the point get You may this big fouooan
against proposition
like that All goods priced down the limit the first
there the until Sold We lots Of time for
although offering liberal discounts for cash.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-12-21
BUFFETS.

Bullets go a long way
towards giving the dining
room that expression Of.
homeness so much to be de-
sired. They are smaller
than sideboards, and are
very convenient. They
come in handy for almost
any kind of practical dining
room use. We have them
from SIS to $45.
Your Credit is Good.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-12-21

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-06
Emulsion
de'ScottI,

de Aceite de Hfgado de Baca-
lao con Hipofosfitos cuanto
nteS. Ella Sanara las mem
5ranas inflamadas, fortifican-
dolas a la vez en- alto grado.
"a digestion Sc fortificara,
mejorara ell apetito y aumen-
tara ell peso. Todo ell cuerpo
Sc fortificara y no podran to-.
mar arraigo los germenes de
Ia tiSis.
Esta propiedad de nutrir,
soStener y robustecer es la
que ha dado a la EMULSION
DE SCOTT valor tan extraor-
dinario en- todas las enferme-
dades que debilitan y desgas-
tan ell ORGANISING.
SCOTT BOVINE, Qufmicos, New York
- Rehdsense las imitaciones y las "prepa-
Kaciones sin sabor" "vinos" llamadOs
!" preparedness de aceite de higado de ba-
X peEo que no 10 contienen.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-06
No Hay
Escapatoria.

~ 1 PROCURE alguna vez
eludir las gotas de lIuvia2 Di-
flciliIla empresa, I no es cier-
to9 Pues igualmente in1til es
querer escapar a los germenes
de la tisis. No hay evasion
possible. Nos rodean en- todas
parties, y sin cesar los absor-
ben nueStros pulmoneS. !
1Como Sucede, entonces,
que esta enfermedad no ataca
a todo ell mundo9 Por la SEN
ella razon de que estos ger
meneS no pueden hacer him
capie en- una garganta y unos
pulmoneS robustos. SoIamen-
te cuando estos organos estan
debiles logran sobreponerse
esos germenes. 4
Is menester que ell cuerpo
Sc nalle Dlen prOVlStO de gra-
sa. En- el empobrecimiento de
la sangre y la delgadez del
cuerpo eSta ell peligro. ST no
cede esa toS, y Sc siente I'd.
la garganta y los puImones
irritados, no hay que perder
un solo d(a. Tome I'd. la
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-06
Horton & COrnWell
ABOGADOS AMERICANOS
BANco TERRI ToRIAL (altos).
Sac JNan P. K
I'IIN'1'AS.

En- la lmprenta del BoLR-
TIN hay constante existencia
de
TIN TAS
para peri6dicos E impresio
mes del mas delicado trabajo,
en- envases de todo peso. De
colores: azul, encarnada, vio-
leta, amarillo, verde, y cho-
colate. Estas 1ltimas en- en-
vases de 500 gramos y IA
kilo.
TIN 7 A s
para escribir y copiai &c di-
versas lnarcas. En- potes
pequenos hay infnidad de
claseS.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-30
In The Clothing Department
We Have a Few Flannel Suits
Left That Were Specially
Good Values At the Or
iginal Prices, But
WILL BE CLOSED OUT
In This Sale At a Still Closer
Margin.-Note the
Following:

3474 Light gray flannel, good
value at 600 now 4.65
3475 Light gray flannel. good
value at $50 now ATS
34N Dark with small stripe,
good value at 7'5OnoW 600
1855 Light tan with stripe. good
value at S.5O'nOW 6.65
S499 Medium dark gray, good
value at 8 SO now 6.65
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-30
SHOES TO FIT YOUR
RBETANDY0URPURSE

Here's a shoe Offer
ing that should command
your attention. Goods
are right in every par
tiCular. Prices are down
to a lower than usual
notch, and the best of
it is you can be fitted.
This is no odd lot of
broken sizes:
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-30
LADIES' READY MADE
SUITS and SKIRTS.
Ladies suits, good values
at $3.50 now $500
ChildrenS' dresses, sizes
6 to II will be sold at
one half regular price

White PIX skirts all over
emb'ey front 500 now $50
White PIX skirts with en-
br'dy inserting 400
now 3.25
White PIX skirts with en-
br'dy inserting $50
now go
White PIX skirts with en-
br'dy inserting 2.75
and 800 now 2.l5
White PIX skirts with lace
stri pc l.5O and l.65
now LILO
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-30

Stock No. Sale price
274 Tan Oxford spring heel S rs
276 Tan Oxford vesting top rs
246 Black Oxfhrd vesting top LOO
G Black kid Oxford 1875
SIS Black kid Oxford 9 90 $50
S Black kid Southern tie vest
ing top Its
Y Black kid Oxford vesting top Its
P Black vici kid Oxford $50 200
80 Black vici Southern tie 800 2.25
2H&D Black vici kid Oxford vesting
ing top 800 2.35
F Black vici kid Southern tie
vesting top 800 2.35
P Pat. Leather Oxford vesting
top 800 $50
10 Tan kid Oxford good vaIne LIS
IA Tan kid Oxford vesting top
extra good 2.lO
PA So. low cut elastic shoe coed
value at 225 now LIS
88 Black French vici kid Oxford
very new $50 now 2.75
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-30
Crash Skirts:

Colored duck and PIX
Skirts $50 now 1.O'
Crash and duck skirts
Loo and 1,25 now 65 and9
Crash and duck skirts to
close at 9!
Crash and duck skirts to
close at 2!
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
Carried Her Point and Pet.

1t is said by cynic Of the mascu-
line gender that a man never yields
when he knows he is in the right nor
a woman when she is equally certain
she is in the wrong. In an Amster-
dam avenue car the other day, while
the conductor was forward collecting
fares, a woman, followed by a large
English bulldog, entered and seated
herself
Madam" said the conductor, dogs
are not allowed In these cars"
81 am going to Fifty-seventh street.
Here is my fare" was the answer.
'I cannot take 1t, madam. It is as
much as my position is worth to let
that dog ride in this car"
Here is my fare"
81 must enforce the rule. 1t would
be better to get off quietly; otherwise
1 shall have to call an officer"
"1've taken the dog in these cars be-
fore"
"Only dogs that can be carried are
allowed to ride in these cars"
"Come, darling, get in mothers lap
she said to the beast, and after consid-
erable effort she succeeded in drag
ging darling" upon her knees. She
flashed a look of scorn at the con-
ductor and exclaimed, Now, aren't
you ashamed of yourselfr-New York
Herald
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
The white House Mail Box.

IAN amusing thing that we frequent
ly see at the White House," said one
of the attaches there, sis the mailing
of letters in the White House letter
box by visitors to the city. All visitors
to Washington go to the executive
mansion, and many Of them notice the
letter box in the vestibule just before
entering the east room. Some of them
decide to mail letters there, believing
that these letters will contain the
stamp of the White House. OF course
it would be great thing for distant
relative to receive a letter postmarked
at the White House.
"The other day an intelligent looking
woman, accompanied by several grown
daughters, asked me to lend her pen
ell. l heard her say, Won't it be love-
ly to mail them letter from here and
let them see that we've been to the
presidents homer She proceeded to
write for some time, secured an envel-
ope, addressed it and then proudly
dropped the epistle in our letter box.
She went off with radiant face. She
was sure that all her neighbors and
friends for miles around would hear of
that letter mailed from the White
House, and she would be besieged with
inquiries on her return. She'll learn
her mistake. The letter box here does
not differ in any way from those on
the streets. ."-Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
Aaue.tion of CIockr.

Which is the best, a clock that is
right only once year, or clock that
is right twice every day2 ''The latter"
you reply, "unquestionably."
Very good, reader; now attend. 1
have two clocks; one doesn't go at all
and the other loses a minute a day,
which would you prefer? ''The losing
one," you answer, without doubt"
Now observe. The one which loses
a minute day has to lose IL hours, or
720 minutes, before 1t is right again;
consequently it is only right once in
two years, whereas the other is evi-
IDENTIFY right as often as the time 1t
points to come round, which happens
twice a day. So you've contradicted
yourself once. "Ah. but" you say,
whats the use Of its being right
twice a day, if can't tell when the
time comesT
Why, suppose the clock points to 8
o'clock, don't you see that the clock Is
right at 8 o'clock? Consequently when
8 o'clock comes your clock is right.
'Yes, see that" you reply.
Very good; then you've contradicted
yourself twice. Now get out of the diff
fculty as you can, and don't contradict
yourself again if you can help it,
Lewis Carroll Picture Book"
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
A Painful Memory.

A lady who lives on Morgan street
took her 5-year-old son to a photog-
rapher's to have his picture taken.
She was anxious to secure good like
ness at this particular sitting because
she wished to distribute the pictures
among some friends who were then
her guests.
The child's idea of the affair, how.
ever, did not apparently harmonize
with that Of his mother. for when
the man with the camera began to ad
just the lens and direct it toward little
Edward that young person set up what
was unquestionably a howl
In vain did the mother call into use
her utmost forensic abilities. Edward
did not want his picture taken.
''Why, my child" she said soothing
ly. "the gentleman won't hurt you
Just smile and keep still moment,
and it will be all over before you hnow
it."
Eyes, know, mamma" whimpered
the youth, with the tears running
down his cheeks, 'but that's what you
told me at the dentists. s."-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
THE REGENT DIAMOND.


1t Il Acknowledged the Most Perfect
Brilliant In Existence.
The PITT" Tor Regent" as it was
afterward called is the most perfect
brilliant in existence, and its history is
also very remarkable. 1t is said to
have been found by slave in the Par
teal mines in 1701, who to retain his
treasure cut a hole in the calf of his
leg, in which he concealed it, although
It is more probable he secreted it
among the bandages. The slave es-
capped to the coast with his find, where
he encountered an English skipper,
whom he made his confidant, offering,
indeed. to bestow upon him the stone in
return for his liberty. The mariner,
apparently consenting to the slaves
proposal, took him out to sea and when
there drowned him, after obtaining
possession of the diamond. Disposing
of the gem to diamond merchant for
1000, it is said the man afterward
hanged himself in fit of remorse.
Mr.. Pitt, governor of Fort st. George
and great-grandfather of the illustrious
William Pitt, became the next pos
SCISSOR of this valuable stone, weighing
40 carats. for 100000. He sent it to
London, where he had it very skillfully
cut at a cost of $4,000, the process oc-
cupying two years. Pitt appears to
have found his diamond no very envia-
BILE possession, for, after refuting the
calumnies, of his enemies, who had
charged him with having obtained it
by unfair means. he was so haunted by
the fear of being robbed that he never
slept two nights consecutively under
the same roof. never gave notice Of his
arrival in or departure from town and
went about mysteriously disguised. He
must necessarily have felt greatly re-
lieved when he parted with the dia-
mond TO the Due d'Orleans, regent
during the minority of Louis XIV, king
of France, in 1717 for the sum of f135,-
000.-Chambers' Journal.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
Made It a BurIesaue.

Franklin Fyles recalls some amusing
first night experiences in his article on
'The Theater and Its People" in The
Ladies' Home Journal. One he relates
is of Laura Don, now dead: She had
the role Of an Egyptian princess in
Fresh, the American 1t was intend
ed that she should be seriously and
sentimentally impressive, while the
late John T. Raymond, the star of the
company, should be contrastingly COM
ical as the lover. But the audience
would not have it so. Nor was it any
thing in Miss Don's appearance, for
she was beautiful, nor in her acting,
for it was clever, that made the people
laugh. 1t came Of a miscalculation by
the author. The quick witted woman,
seeing that she could not control the
audience, resolved to humor it. By an
exaggeration of speech and manner
she turned the part into burlesque,
and it was always after acted in that
way"
Mr.. Fyles also tells that "in 'Cleopa-
tra.' as produced by the late Fanny
Davenport, a general should have Civ
en- to his queen an impetuous account
Of battle which he had won. But he
stood wordless, silent, stuck fast. You
have come to tell me- Miss Davenport
said and then went on with the narra-
tive which he should have spoken"
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
An Absentminded PROFESSOR.

| have a story of gentleman now
engaged in educational work which is,
think, somewhat remarkable and is
also quite true. This gentleman was
once professor of mathematics in a
fine New England college. He was
greatly interested in the work and de-
voted himself so wholly to it that a
natural tendency which he had to alb
sentmindedness became much accen-
tuated.
One day when he had guests at din
ner and was helping them to fish from
platter he took a plate bottom side
up, put a fish on the bottom of the
plate and handed it thus to one Of the
guests. There was a laugh at once,
and his wife said, "My dear, If your
observation-disclosures has gone so far that
you are serving people food on the bot
toms Of plates, 1 shall insist on your
resigning your professorship."
. She did insist on it, and he resigned
and went into another and more gen.
eral field of teaching. He is still lit
tie inclined to be forgetful-like some
of the rest of us-but he has never
since served food on the bottom Of a
plate.-Boston Transcript.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
FIRST WIG IN HISTORY.
It Was Worn by the Daughter OF
Saul, King of Israel.


Saul, King of Israel.
The first wig mentioned in history
was made of goats skin and worn by
the daughter of Saul, king of Israel.
The first artistic wigs were made I'm
the south of Italy for the Gapiniens,
who lived in Apulia and were known
for the luxuries Of their toilet These
people were, they say, the first who
painted their faces. This they did with
the juice of strawberries.
The Persians wore wigs. Xenophon
relates that little Cyrus, when he visit
ed Astyages, his grandfather, whose
eyes were framed in blue paint and
who wore an enormous wig, threw
himself on his knees and cried, "Oh,
mother, what a beautiful grandfather
l havep Aglais, maid of honor, was
so struck by the appearance of the old
gentleman that she remained with AS
tyages as a slave.
The Ph9nician women, who were
proud of their hair, having been or
dered by their priests to offer 1t up on
the affairs dedicated to Venus after the
death Of Adonis, obeyed, but with MUIR
muring. Soon after they were consoled
by a Greek merchant, who told them
that he would give them the means of
hiding their bald pates under luxurious
curls. In his chariot he had hundreds
of wigs of all colors.
Wigs were in vogue in Rome toward
the end Of the republic and so well
made that, says Ovid, mo man could
know if his wife had any hair at all be-
fore she had given him an opportunity
of seizing her by the tresses.'
Teutonic peasants were the provid
ers of blond hair for rich Roman prin-
cesses, who loved the contrast of its
faxen hue with their black eyes. They
even had morning wigs. small and
tightly curled. of any color. and they
kept the beautiful fair ones to receive
their admirers at night. Messalina had
$50 wigs TO disguise herself.-Cincin-
natl Commercial Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
His Resentment.

A Memphis young lady who is very
fond of her sisters little child, boy
Of or years, who is visiting her now,
was trying yesterday to get him to let
her ''flx him up" to have his photo
graph taken. She got her curling tongs
and was trying to coax him to let her
curl his hair. But with true boyish
disgust at the idea Of having his hair
treated like girls he refused to sub
NIT to the process. She insisted, how
ever, and offered him every kind of
bribe, but in every instance he refused
to allow her to do what she wished,
and finally, becoming tired of her at
tempt to get him to submit, he sat
down, crossed his legs and looked up at
her very seriously and said:
"Auntie, I tell you what I'll do. 1
won't take dollar to let you curl my
hair, but I'll give you a dollar il you
Just go away and let my hair alone."-
Memphis Scimitar.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
The Iceland Dinner.

In Iceland the natives dinner usual
ly consists of dried fish and butter.
The fish is ling or cod, which, when
caught, is split open and then hung on
the lines by the seashore to dry in the
cold winds and hot sun. When thus
preserved. they will keep for years,
being as hard as the neither milestone.
When wanted for dinner. the fish is
well hammered by stone mallet and
then cut up into strips. In this state
1t Is eaten, but it is said that it
needs an Icelanders teeth to get
through the meal. The butter is not
spread on the fish, but the two are
taken alternately. first a mouthful of
fish, then a mouthful of butter 1t
may easily be supposed that the Ice
lander is thankful to have his jaws
well creased after every mouthful of
the tough morsel.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
ODD TOWN OF CULLODEN.

The Liquor Element Engineered"
the Antis Out of the village.
81 reckon we've got the oldest town
in our state that there is in the United
States" said a West Virginia man.
Ever hear of Culloden? I don't mean
the clans of Culloden described by the
poet Campbell. / mean Culloden, w.
Va. Well, sir, about half the popula-
ton of the town doesn't live In the
town and can't vote in the town, al
though they are right in the town
"I'll explain. The good people, and
they are in the majority, too, are down
on saloons and liquor in any shape
They got up temperance meeting and
purposed to drive the liquor men out Of
town. When you find West Virgin
ian who believes in liquor, you find a
man who is ready to fight for it. The
liquor people got together and In some
way got the confidence of the town en-
gineer. l don't know whether he was
a liquor man or not, but they got him
on their side. The engineer discovered
that the town was not laid out right.
and he got authority to change the
metes and bounds. When he finished
the job. the temperance people found
out that they lived lust outside Of the
line of the town, no matter what part
of the town their houses were In. A
man could stand in his back yard and
talk to the man whose place was right
up against his place and who was a
voter. but the first man had lost his
vote.
"The lines of the engineer excluded.
as l have said, the temperance people.
1t took in the license folk all right
The map Of Culloden as It is now looks
good deal like sheet of paper after
a fly with ink on its feet meandcrs
across it. You can tell how citizen ~
Culloden stands on the liquor question
by the piece where he builds house,
If he buiids one, which doesn't often
occur. In spite of its zigzag bounda-
ries. however, Culloden is contented
community."-New York Sun.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
Apinerence of Opinion.

The fat man is sure he has paid his
! fare to the conductor. He is positive
on this point, because he had only a
session.
The conductor is also positive, with
no actual proof therefor, that the fat
man has not contributed his mite to
swell the Golfers of the corporation
He demands the fare.
The fat man for obvious reasons re.
fuses.
He announces in bleat of rage that
he'll see the conductor and the corpora.
ton elsewhere before he yields.
The other passengers are wild with
joy. They have no particular love for
the corporation, they do not know the
fat man, and If they met the conductor
again they would not look at him.
Passengers seldom do. They are loyal
Americans.
Behind the fat mans underlying
principle there is knowledge of a six
mile walk, an angry wife, cold sup.
per and neglected euchre party. He
announces again that he will see the
conductor elsewhere. He does.
He sees the conductor in the street
The fat man is with him.
The fat mans hat is in the gutter
his coat is torn and myriad packages
are strewn over the field of battle
The car and the conductor fade from
sight, and the fat man gathers up his
bundles for the Siy mile walk
Will he sue the corporation for $780,.
600? He will not. He remembers that
he spent the nickel for Queen of the
Backwoods cigar.-Chicago Democrat
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
How He Discovered Her.

YES" said a noted detective, 81 have
seen a great many queer things in my
experience"
discovered a good many gigantic
frauds, 1 supposeT ventured an ad-
mirer
"Well, should say so," was the re-
ply. "But, between you and me, the
most complete piece Of deception
ever saw was a woman, young, pretty
and, would have sworn, an angel"
"But she wasn'tp
II should say not. She has temper
like a whirlwind, and when she gets
wild the very earth seems to shake"
Good graciousl And how did you
manage to discover her true charac-
terR'
''Well, I-aheml The fact is, mar
ried herw
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
His Answer Was Reas.urins.

Mgr. Calino, the simple hearted and
ingenious Frenchman, happened to be
riding in train in the same compart-
ment with lady who was in constant
fear of smashup.
At every sudden stop, every jar, ev-
cry sound of the bell or whistle, she
cried out:
"Oh! Oh! Have we run off the
track? Is it collision? Are we going
to be killed."
Calino paid no attention, but remain
ed wrapped in solemn silence. Pres
emily the lady said to him:
And you, sir, aren't you afraid Of
railroad accidentsT
mot |, madame" answered Calino
reassuringly. 'It has been foretold
that I am to die on the guillotineP'
The nervous woman went into hys-
terics and had to be removed from the
train at the next station. - Youths
Companion.