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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-18
Sues for seassckness,

Chicago Inter Ocean: Mrs Sarah
L. Ungerman, who has filed suit
against the Hamburg American Steam
ship company for damages for sea-
sickness, Is from Missouri. She says
she paid for a comfortable trip on the
steamship across the ocean, but she
didn't get it. She estimates the dam
age to her health, comfort and dignity
at $4,000. Mrs. Ungerman is specific
in her charges. She says she was
guaranteed four good meals a day
aboard the steamer going to Europe.
but on account of the peculiar antics
of the ship in trying to find the bot
tom with her nose and stand on her
stern, she was unable to eat, and the
display of fare was tantalizing. Insult
was added to injury, she says, when,
in the midst of her suffering, the cap
tain prescribed salt pork as a remedy.
Steamship managers are said to be
worrying over the suit, as an adverse
decision would establish a very dan
gorois precedent, and would probably
result In driving Them out Of business
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-18
HOLIDAY TREES IN WISCONSIN,.
Half a Million of Them Shipped An
nually to Dealers In the EASE.

nualiy to Dealers In the East.
From the Milwaukee Wisconsin,:
Few people realize the difficulty ex-
perienced nowadays in securing Christ
mas trees for the holidays. Millions
of trees are used every year in this
country. aid each succeeding year finds
it more difficult for the merchants to
secure choice trees ior the market,
owing to the rapid advance in clear
ing the forests of the west. 1t is es-
timated that nearly 100000 trees are
shipped every year from this state to
eastern parties. Theodore Hoffman,
Is probably the most extensive dealer
In Chr3zt1aas trees around here He
as.1es L. pecialty of the business, and
says -, he will break all records this
wear III regard to the number of trees
shipped east. Already he has several
crews of men at work in Marinette
county, about seventy miles north OF
Green Bay, and also in Florence coun.-
ty. Mr.. Hoffman, says that in years
past he had no trouble in getting all
the trees he desired in the swamps
above Green Bay and near Marinette,
cut now he is obliged to send his men
into the backwoods a considerable
distance, as the trees cannot be secured
now without a great de il of trouble.
The great difficulty now Is getting the
trees to the railway stations, much
time being lost in this work. He fig
ures that he will get out close to /, 000,-
200 trees this winter, more than half
OF this number going to the east. "At
the rate the trees have been disappear
ing of late years 1 figure there will be
scarcity of them in five or ten years.
remarked Mr.. Hoffman,, while dis
eussing the question. There are few
persons making a speciality of raising
them for the market, but it is prob
able that some one will take it up be-
fore 1T is too late. It is really hard
matter to get good trees, my men re-
porting that very few of them are of
good size and quality. However, there
are many swamps where the trees
grow in abundance, and the owners
will probably realize that they are
worth the holding after all, especially
when they learn how valuable they
may prove TO be-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-18
THE PENALTY FOR A HAT.
It Cost Pennsylvania Young Lady Her
Membership In q Church.

Because Miss May Oller, daughter OF
the late Bishop Jacob F. Oller, persist
I'd IN wearing a pretty creation of
hat In preference to the plain b. met
worn by the women Of the German
Baptist church. she has forfeited her
membership in the Antietam Gel nan
Baptist church of Waynesborough Pa,
according to the Philadelphia Times.
Miss Oller is a highly educated young
woman, graduate of Juniata college.
Her brother is superintendent of the
Prick company. Last spring Miss Oh
Ter returned from a European tour, and
wore in place of the conventional bon
net hat of the latest style. In July
meeting of the authoities of the churca
was held and Miss Oller was notified
that if she would retain her member
ship in the church she must return
to the palmer headgear, and that she
would be given until the next quarter
~ meeting to make the change. Miss
Oller wrote to the church authorities
asking them to extend the time, mean
while continuing to wear the hat. The
time was not extended, however. and
az the quarterly meeting she was form
ally expelled from the church. Elder
Jacob Snyder presided at the meeting,
which was unusually lively. Postmas-
ter S. E. Dubbel and ]. J. and Jesse R.
Oller, brothers of the young woman,
made fight against expulsion, claim
ing that the annual meeting had made
the wearing of the bonnet discretion
airy. This petition was, however, bit
terly fought by the two young German
Baptist ministers, the Rev. J. B. Rath-
ruff and the Rev John Oelig, who in
sisted that the traditions of the church
should not be broken down, and they
were successful in their battle by a
large majority There is much indig-
nation among Miss oilers friends and
relatives and they will take the matter
10 the next annual meeting.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-18
FERGUS & WRIGHT,
PLUMBING.
for Sale or Rent.
Bicycle and General Repairing.
Gas Fitting. Steam Pipe Fitting.
2I3 West Barraque Street.
rattooine Valuable Doea.

Nowadays the owner of a valuable
dog has it tattooed. SO that when it is
stolen it can be identified. The dog
tattooers do lucrative business,
though of course they are not rushed
with work
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-18
One bird of Our Life

is spent in bed. The
bedroom should be coy, cheerful
and full Of comfort. We are max
ing a special cut en- chamber sets
which is p perfect beauty. The
wood is nice y fni: he'd, and each
piece is well put togetherand FIRM.
You may have al offer like this
again, but we doubt it.
BLUFF CITY
FURNITURE co.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02

The plain unvarnished truth is that
either Mckinley or stronger bosses be-
hind him determined upon the policy.
He then sought to make people believe
him determined upon the policy. He
then sought to make people believe, re-
sorting to downright deception for that
purpose, that the policy had been i'm
posed upon the country by an overrul-
ing Providence. And finally he involv-
ed the country in war which he falsely
pretended was brought on by the Fill
pinos without provocation. This he did
to get the American blood up" so that
the people would readily accept the con-
queror's dictum that there must be no
appeal to justice or reason until the Fill
ipinos should surrender unconditionally
To sum up, the bosses attempted to
deceive the people, they dealt most
treacherously with our allies, they told
hypocritical lies about the unexpected
and the providential, they brought on
Ndr III oluSr W Bel tHS counliy lnoI
oughly committed to the policy of con-
quest before the people could get a
chance to express a calm judgment on
the subject and they falsely pretended
that there was nothing new in all this
which the whole world has recognized
as the complete abandonment not only
of policy from which we have never
before deviated, but even of the foun-
dation principles of our political de.
mocracy. And now they have the colos'
sal impudence to pretend that the people
have been the instigators of all this
miserable recreancy to our history and
to the cause of human liberty.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02

him talk you would supposehe never for
moment dreamed of doing anything
political, from running for a town Of
flee to subjugating 100000 of brownies,
without getting his orders from the
dear and sovereign people.
In reality he is a shrewd and willy
person who qualities Lincoln's famous
statement about fooling the people by
adding thereto: "You can fool the peo-
pie all the time If you are a first-rate
politician He belives in that religious
tempt for the would-be politician who
is so absurdly impractical as to really
consult the people about anything. He
has his ear to the ground, to be sure,
but only for the purpose Of finding out
just how far he can go, leading
the people by the ring he has so cleverly
inserted in their nose.
Probably Judge Day would pretend
to find in this last sentence an admis-
sion of the truth of his assertion that
after all the people decide. But the
admission is not there. The people in
the hands of the politicians are like a
balky horse who decides only when he
will stop, not where he shall go when
at last he must go somewhere. They
may pitch the driver out of the carriage
but they will not even choose their own
course, for another driver will take
them in hand. Such, at all events. is
the theory of the political boss and
such, generally speaking, is the fact.
Judge Day knows and everybody who
will stop to think of it knows the people
of the United States have never yet
had an opportunity to say whether or
not they are in favor of the wholly new
imperial policy-the policy of subJugat-
ing millions of people and forcing them
to submit to government from Wash
ington whether they will or not Mr..
Mckinley has often pretended to voice
the opinion of the people, which has
been conveyed to him in some mysteri-
Gus way, but he never heard from them
in the only way in which under our
political system It ever becomes possible
for them to express their opinion about
any public question so that 1t can be
certainly known.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02
HOW TIE POLITICIANS RULE.
Chicago Chronicle.)

Judge Day, ex-secretary of state and
head dictator Of the Administrations
imperial program, recently told Chi
cago audience that the administration
had merely executed the popular will
After all, said he, the people decide and
dictate the public policies that are pur-
sued. These may not be Judge Days
exact words, but tney convey the ideas
he meant to express.
Judge Day was simply practicing the
high art of the American politician
when he used language of this import.
That art is to rule the people while
making the people believe they are rul-
ing themselves; to impose far-reaching
public policies-policies involving the
whole character of our institutions, the
whole mode of our national life and the
destiny of the republic-upon the coun-
try, while making the credulous people
belive they are doing 1t all themselves,
except in so far as they are blind in
struments in the hands of an overruling
Providence.
Your adept in this high and noble art
OF getting the people TO Dublin by maxi
ing them think they are going to Cork
always has his ear to the ground to
catch the first distant rumbling of the
voice of his beloved people. TO hear
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02

city who never go to church," or words
to that effect Mr.. Wright in looking
around for a reason for this lack OF
church attendance came to the conclu-
sion that church people were praying
themselves to death. That instead OF
church people going out into the high
ways and byways" to gather them in
they simply went to church ito pray and
have good social time" Professor
Wright was perhaps not entirely wrong
in his conclusions, but there are other
reasons for lack of church attendance
not touched upon by the professor, and
for which church people are in no way
responsible. Professor G. A. Briggs, in
an article in a recent issue of the Pop
ular Science Monthly, on "The Decline
of Church Attendance" does not assign
as a reason "too much prayer in the
church." nor to a lack of work on the
part of the church. Neither does II
follow, from his way of thinking, that
the church is the only means of Chris
tian education, or that the 10000 of Can
toms population, who are not church
attendants are morally and religiously
bad. For, says DR.. Briggs:
"The pulpit used to be the chief means
of instruction and of intellectual and
moral stimulation for the people. The
pulpit orator was the peoples orator
The pulpit has in great measure lost its
attractive power in this regard. The
daily and weekly press have greater
influence in public instruction. The
multiplication of cheap books also takes
from the pulpit large share of it's in
fiuence in this regard. Oratory in legis-
lative bodies has to a great extent lost
it's influence. It's place has been taken
by simple, compact time-saving state
ments, often printed but not delivered
Committees do the work that used to be
done after discussion before the public
So the people will not listen now to the
pulpit orator of former generations
They demand short, crisp sermons that
bristle with points, and are practical
and helpful. In other words, the ora
torical and highly intellectual charac-
ter of the pulpit which used to attract
worshippers no longer attracts them.
They feel that they can get more ben
eft in this regard by reading in the
comfort of their home. Multitudes of
people can no longer be induced to at
tend church to be instructed by the min
lister or to get his judgment on topics
of the time, or to be stirred by his elo-
quence; they can get all these things
cheaper and easier by reading at home.
When, now, this is re-enforced by the
fact that multitudes dislike the doc
trines of the church, and resent them
when they are preached, we can easily
understand that church attendance
should decline very greatly from this
reason"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02

Mrs. Theophile Schmitt, wife of the
Ex-Secretary of the German consulate,
writes the following letter to DIR. Hart
man, from 3417 Wabash Ave., Chicago,
Ill. Mrs. Schmitt says: al suffered
this winter with q severe attack of la
grippe, and having repeatedly heard of
the value of Pe-ru-na in such cases
thought would try it. used it faith
fully and began to feel a change for the
better the second day, and in the course
of week 1 was very much improved.
After using three bottles 1 not only
found that the grippe had disappeared,
but my general health was much better.
! am satisfied that Pe-ru-na is q wonder
full family remedy and gladly endorse
it. Yours, Mrs. Theophile Schmitt."
Mrs. NJ. e. Wheeler, Rockford, Tenn,
writes: al am very glad to write you
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02
GOOD SHOWING FOR MUNICIPAL
OWNERSHIP.

A municipal lighting committee re-
Gently appointed in Washington, In
diana, to investigate municipal owner
ship in that state reports
That Logansport owns it's own
electric light plant That upto the year
| 1893 the city of Logansport was fur
nished electric lighting by a private
company at the rate of 500 a year per
arc light, and that private consumers
were charged one cent an hour for in
candescents. In 1898 the city purchased
an electric plant for $4,000. The capac-
ity we found to be too small to meet the
increased demand for lights, so that it
has to be increased to the value of $685.
O0O The plant is up to date and well
equipped. All repair work is done by
the regular employees. The lights fur
nished are equal to the lights furnished
to this city, the street lights being much
stronger.
That under the present management
the city of Logansport gets it's street
lighting free.
That the city furnishes private lights
at cents per 1000 watts, which is about
1S cents per light a month, assuming
sumo 5000 watts in 60 hours, the average
period that light is used month.
That said city furnishes electric light
to it's patrons through the meter sys-
tenn, for which it charges for meter SER
vices 25 cents a month.
That the city has had constantly to
increase the capacity of the plant to
meet the increased demand for lights.
At the time the city purchased it's own
plant, there were 500 consumers for pri-
vate light; this has increased to LOO
customers, who burn more than $4,000
incandescents of'16 to 80 candle power,
from which the city last year derived a
revenue of $19,570.81. The cost of opera
ton last year was $13,9O7.20, leaving a
net profit Of $4,653.61, and the city has
secured it's street lighting and lighting
for all public buildings absolutely free.
The plant is managed by a board of
trustees and superintendent The SUI
perintendent in charge has served since
the plant was purchased. The trustees
are not chosen with regard to political
beliefs. Though the city is Democratic,
the trustees are Republican.
The plant is run by steam and water
power. Steam is made by the use of
coal and natural gas.
The city is now using 1872 arc lights.
Since the city bought the plant the in
| candescents have increased from $500
/ to $4,000.
That the receipts Of the plant doubled
the second year the city owned it, and
the demand for lights increases so rap
! idly that now the city is unable to sup
| ply all that have made application.
| We have taken from the books of the
city prices paid by different consumers
and patrons of the plant. The price is
the average price per monthof the entire
number of lights used for the first nine
months of the year 1899:
Barber shop, using six 16-candle pow
er incandescents, $1.10 per month.
| Grocery using nine 16-candle power
lights, $1.l8 per mouth.
Dry goods store of 25 lights, $1.75 a
month.
Carpet store of so lights, $3.O5 month
Hotel of 300 rooms. 16 and 32 candle
power lights, $SO,82 a month.
Saloon of 80 lights, $5.65 month.
Dwelling of 81 lights. $l.29 month.
Dwelling of IA lights, 99 cents month
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02

you think this letter will be Of any use
to suffering humanity you may use it,"
La grippe is acute, epidemic catarrh.
There is no remedy in the world that
meets this form Of catarrh as thoroughly
as Pe-ru-na. During the first stages of
la grippe Pe-ru-na is an unfailing rem
edy. People who have had la grippe
and have partly recovered, but remain
half sick, will find Pe-ru-na exactly
suited to their case. There is no remedy
devised that will so quickly and thor
oughIy dispel the disagreeable and seri-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02

in our day, is fully demonstrating that
all men have powers, at least in ru-
dimentary condition to do the very
things commanded by Jesus.
Let the church be wholly true to her
mission and audiences will be large.
A VOICE.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02

Englishmen, and even Americans,
who have been in tffe habit of looking
upon the Beers as half civilized people
have pretty good reasons now to think
otherwise.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02

that L am in every
way cured Of ca
tarrh with which
I h We b Q e n
troubled for ten
years or more. 1
feel very grateful
to you for curing
my catarrh, as it
was a very stub
born case, I have
felt no symptoms
of the catarrh for
Aa Tc
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02

GUS after-effects of la grippe as Pe-ru-na.
The leading actors and actresses of
this country have come to regard Peru
ma as indispensable to their success.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02
GHE DECLIsE q, ,HURCH ATTEN
DING Il.

At a recent meeting OF the Christian
people Of Canton, or at least a part of
them, held in the First Methodist
church, christian Education" was the
subject for discussion. During the dis
custom, Professor Wright, superinten-
dent of the public schools, said that the
teachers of Canton were making a
strenuous effort to give the boys and
girls under their care good Christian
education. But, said he. II find that
there are at least 10000 people in this
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02
Mile. Jane Delorme, of

toilet table."-Mlle. Jane Delorme, of
New York City.
Gan women praise Pe-ru-na after one
trial. 1t is safe to say that no woman
ever took one bottle of Pe-ru-na who
did not become life long advocate of
this remarkable remedy. Never was a
medicine devised of so much value to
women. A book, "Winter Catarrh,"
sent free by DR.. Hartman, mbus, O.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02

In what respect would Ripper" bill 4
give Canton better and more econom-
ical legislation?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-02

Mile. j Jane
Delornne,
the fam
Gus chant
euse from
the Folies
Berg re,
L q T 1 s,
says: "Pe-
ru-na for
ever, say 1.
" L have
tried many
so-called s
cure S for
V q r o u s
catarrh al
affections, ,
but none
afforded d
the i'm
nnense re-
lief t h q t
Il -ru- N q
N a. &. / n
deed it has
effected a
cure. Ire
gard it as
the mos t
ess sen tial
article on
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-11-09
Hanger. wilkinson.

The Charlottesville Progress of las
week contains the marriage of Mr.. o.
V. Hanger, a son of the late Capt. II.
Il. Hanger, of Churchville, to Miss
Sallie G. Wilkinson.
ION Monday night the homo Of Judge
G. J. Campbell was the scene of beau
tiful marriage, the contracting parties
being o. Victor Hanger aud Miss Sal
lie G. Wilkinson. Promptly at 1880
o'clock the bridal party entered the
parlor to the strains of Mendelssohn g
wedding march, which was gracefully
rendered by Mrs. L. B. Davies. They
were preceded by the maid Of honor
and best man, Miss Sadie Alcock and
DR.. w. M. Dryden. The bride was
becomingly attired in handsome suit
of old gold silk with lace and pearls,
and carried q bunch of chrysanthe-
NUNS. The groom is popular young
business man of Amherst, but is at
present of the firm of Hanger & Rohrer,
Charlottesville, Va The bride is a
young woman of rare beauty and &C.
complishments, combining as she does,
exceedingly attractive and charming
manners with an abundant endow-
ment of the highest and noblest quail
ties of mind and heart. The ceremony
was impressively performed by their
pastor, Rev. j. L. Wiley, and was
witnessed by quite large crowd. +"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-11-09
Peck--T uIler.

The Philadelphia Ledger, of Nov
LIST. contains the following marriage
notice Of Mr.. Horace 8. Peck, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry D. Peck, of neal
city, to Miss Gertrude NJ. fuller, Of
Overlook, Pa:
The wedding of Miss Gertrude M.
Tuller, daughter, of DR.. and Mrs.
Charles Tuller, of Overlook, and Mr..
Horace 8. Peck, of Providence, R. l.,
took place yesterdy in the Memorial
Church of st. Paul, Overlook. The
rector, the Rev. Cyrus Townsend
Brady, assisted by the Robert B. Park
er, of Providence, performed the cere-
mony. Miss Margaret A. Neall, of
Chestnut Hill, was maid of honor, and
the bridesmaids were Miss Emma B.
Park and Miss Maud K. Harbert, of
Overlook, Miss Bertha G. Day, of
Germantown, and Miss Helen NealI,
of Chestnut Hill.
Mr.. Louis T. Peck, of Providence,
brother of the groom, was best man.
and the ushers were Mr.. Henry w.
Greenough, of Providence; Mr.. Pier
Dannals, of Pittsburg; Mr.. Reginald
A. Ames, Of Baltimore; Mr.. John w.
Drake, of Boston; Mr.. Warren P.
Laird and Mr.. Horace q. Fretz, of
Philadelphia. The bride was given
away by her father.
After the ceremony reception to
the wedding party was held at the
residence of the bride on WOodbine
avenue, and later Mr.. and Mrs. Peck
departed on a journey. They will re
side at Psoyidenes, where Mr.. Peck is
a member of the banking firm of E. J.
Knight q Co.
During the Spanish war the groom
was lieutenant of the First Rhode
Island Regiment. and he is now pay
master in the National Guard of Rhode
Island.
Last night the hospitable home of
Mr.. and Mrs. H.. d. Peck was filled
with friends to meet the newly mar
ried couple.