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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-20
A BACKWARD LOOK :: s, es.9z Z g.tesss. sss;een

4 S THE, YEAR rolls round to its
"A close and we look back over the
months that are gone one thing shines
out upon our track in bold relief. Be-
lieve what we may, accept what we will
this stands with the endurance OF
stone, life is a struggle. 1t is written
clear upon every achievement, it lends
color to every act worth the doing. For
every step upward, for every advance
we have had to fight. 1t Is the law
OF growth and eventually, it is the con.
dition of existence itself.
In the complexity of life 1t seems as
though there were those who were ex.
ceptions but 1t Is at the expense OF
the best In man that such apparent
exceptions stand and the exception is
only apparent.
There are those who tell us man was
made for happiness, there are teach
ers who insist man was designed for
heaven, there are self-called instructors
who assert man was appointed to drag
through life as a preparation for i'm
mortality. Ignoring the facts of every
day, forgetting the hard experience oil
lifo, overlooking the lessons CT toll they
teII,us OF reward that win come here
after. They poiAt = ~ hypotheticsl
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-20
No Rest for the
Poor Railroad Man

n ABROAD MEN, whose holidays
N are notoriously few and far be-
tween, will have small chance to
spend the coming Christmas in idle
ness. The rush Of work, always great
er just preceding and during the hol-
iday week will be- even heavier than
usual this year, according to the pre-
diction of railroad officials in Canton.
While the passenger traffic of the
railroads is always increased during
the holiday season and especially ON
christmas day, the freight men in the
yards and freight houses and on local
trains are usually given lay-off. In
quiry ut the Wheeling Offices elicted the
Information that only few of th9
employes might not work on Christ
mas day. While local freights will be
annulled, their crews will be sent out
with trains. The same conditions
prevail on the Pennsylvania road, as
truiflc at Pittsburg is so congested that
every available means must be used
to relieve the blockade.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-20

L..
AYHAT SHALL YOUNG TREE
w DRAGGED IN ITS PRIME FROM THE FRAGRANT WOOD
DRAGGED FROM ITS DWELLING WIDE
AND NOW IN A NARROW CHAMBER sToop7
WHAT SHALL WE GIVE IN THE PLACE OF ALL
THE MANY THINGS THAT IT KNEW wELL--s,
THE SUN, THE BUDS THRUsHs cALL7
LISTEN, OH, PEOPLE, AND WILL TEtL:-----
LIGHT ITS BRANCHES WITH MIRTH AND JOY,
-.. CROWD 1T WITH LAUGHTER LIMB TO LIMB.
BESIDE TIE SMILE OF A HAPPY BOY .-F e,s
(f THE sUNNiEsT SUMMER DAY ,f
HANG IT HEAVY WITH PEACE AND LOVE-
KISSES AND WELCOME AND CAROLS GAY,
TILL FROM BASE TO FEATHERY CREST ABOVE
1T OFFERS THE FRUITS OF THE WoNpRous DAY.
NOW, Is A THRusHs NOTE CLEAR,
AS SWEET TENDER AND GLoRFIEp
As THE VOICE OF THE CHILDREN, NEAR
SINGING THE PRAISES OF cHRsTMAsTiDE7
All, GALLANT PINE WE MAY TRY IN VAIN
TO GIVE you BACK TO YOUR HAUNTs, IT'S TRUE
pUT VALLEY OR HILLTOP, PEAK OR PLAIN
NEVER A TREE so BLEsT AS YOU!
EnNNrN cAuyN
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-20
The In.rurance Man, the
Enemy Of the Christmas Tree

The abolition Of the Christmas tree,
hung with fimsy and easily ignited
draperies ready to burst into flame
at the touch Of a lighted taper. is a
feature that is being advocated by q
number of insurance companies which
find in this Joy of the children a fruit
full source of doubled losses during the
holiday season. III
The matter has been agitated for
some time and has recently been active
ly taken up by insurance underwriters
who are now meditating upon some
means of stopping the losses from
Christmas tree fires. No active meas.
ures have yet been taken, though there
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-20

seems to be a sentiment in favor of
increasing rates during the holiday sea-
son and it is likely that this may he
done.
Canton insurance men who were in
terviewed say the question has not been
cosidered by them. but admit that the
Christmas tree, especially when illu
mined in stores and show windows, is
undoubtedly rasponsi BILE for largely
increased losses that must be borne by
the insurance companies. Hence the
time may soon coano when the historic
emblem of the seasons Joy and hap.
piness may be put aside for some less
appropriate, though less destructive
token Of the Christmas celebration.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-20

ment of the First M. f. church.
AS the guard cannot be relaxed, the
men will march to the, church in reliefs,
beginning at II o'clock Christmas
morning, the last relief reaching the
church shortly after o'clock.
The menu prepared by the church
ladies will be an elaborate one. The
dinners Uncle Sam serves to the boys
are not noted for the delicacies pro-
vided, though there is an abundance
of good, substantial food. 1t is not
Christmas fare, however, and the boys
intend giving the ladies three rousing
cheers and tiger at the close of the
dinner.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-20
Guard at the PreSident's Tomb
Will Be Fed in McKinley's Church

EVERAL weeks ago the ladies of
- the Epworth league of the late
presidents church conceived the idea
of serving a Christmas dinner to the
forty-seven soldiers who are guarding
the Mckinley tomb. Subscriptions
were promptly forthcoming, and the
invitation was extended to the men of
Company G, through Captain BiddIe.
1t was promptly accepted, and the Al
boys in blue will be at their Christmas
turkey next Wednesday in the base.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-20

Convincing proof of the efficacy of
OF Ely's Cream Balm, the greatest of
catarrh remedies, is certainly cheap.
A generous trial size costs 10 cts. Full
size SO cts. Sold by druggists every
where or mailed by Ely Bros, Sc War;
rem Street, New York.
is1S5 MIL Street, Lexington. Ky.
Messrs. Ely s.:--After giving
your Cream Balm q trial can truly
say ! feel very, much benefited by Its
use and shall continue to Use 1t By
purchasing from our druggist hero.
Nra. w. b. Daniel.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-20

e INCE Thanksgiving day there have
- been comparatively few weddings
In Stark county. All are waiting for
Christmas. 1t is the most popular
time Of the year in which to get mar
ried. The parties begin getting licenses
week or more in advance at the pro-
bate office so as to be ready for the
eyentful time, which is usually Christ.
mas eve or Christmas day. Usually
there are a good many marriages all
through the holiday week, some wait
ing until the advent of the new year
before entering the married relation.
An examination of the records shows
that during the last two years the
number of Christmas weddings has in.
creased in Stark county. For the
week preceding Christmas and the hol-
iday week in 1896 there were As IL
censes issued by the probate judge. The
next year there were 46. The year 1898
recorded Go for the same period. The
year following that there were ten less,
or 55. Last year the number came
hack to 65.
And the indications this year are
that all records will be broken.
There Is reason for 1t. Not in
years have the young men of Canton
and vicinity worked so steadily, nor
made such good wages. Matrimony
always follows in the
PROSPERITY wake of prosperity, and
unusually prosperous
AND times always result in
bigincrcase In weddings
MATRIMONY. Homes are founded in
the years when indus
trial prospects are bright and employ
ment plentiful and wages high.
In Canton alone there are quite
number Of lovers who contemplate the
consunnation of their courting days at
the yuletiGc. Among them are a num-
ber OF society leaders whose nuptials
will be celebrated with pomp and cere-
mcny. The greater. number of we'd
dings, however, viii be more modest,
less pretentious. but rome the less hap.
py.
Alliance and Massillon will have
their full quota of Christmas weddings
some of which will be brilliant social
events, If all reports are to be credited
Love lorn swains from both those ci-
ties, and, indeed from almost every
town and township in the county, are
quietly slipping into Canton for the
purpose of securing necessary papers
that will entitle them to get married.
Some go boldly into the prJbate
judges Office and secure their permit
with businesslike indifference.
Others are spotted by tho court house
lounger as soon as they come in sight. |
They have sort of II am it" look on
their faces and walk along as though |
they were on the way to receive some
condign punishment.
Perhaps they have been reading the
divorce reports in the News-Democrat |
and arc not sure what their fate will
be- When they reach the Office of the
probate judge, they ask in a whisper,
Us this the place where you get IL
cense?" When told that 1t is, they
get through the agony somehow, buy an
illuminated license, and go out as
though they thought the eyes Of the
whole world were upon them.
But the most refreshing sight in the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-20

state Of being somewhere beyond the
bounds of life where men shall have
no trouble, toll or worry. a9
1t is a pretty willy -the-wisp dangled
before men Turing them to scorn the
dusky gold at hand for the false glitter
Of its tinsel. The dream has its power
over us because we grow tired of the
fight and the perpetual longing for
change gets the better of our good
sense. 1t is subtle temptation to miss
the best of life by fixing our eyes upon
this golden colored mirage that ever
spreads its enchantment just beyond
1t bases its argument upon false prem
ises and then transcends reason to ar
rive at its conclusions. It's basis In
this, that trouble and toll and worry
are evils to be avoided. that man was
made for happiness and that these are
the attendant accidents of its pursuit.
Never in this universe was doctrine
taught more tempting and more In
sidious. It appeals to our weakness
and not to our strength. II enervates
and 1t deceives. h
: "a
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-20
An indication Of Nervous Trouble

A headache is simply an indication
that some part Of the body is deranged,
usually the stomach or nervous system.
Clinic Headache Waters cure by reliev-
11g those conditions. Never, fail. Try
them and be copyiuced. 10 cents at
III dr11ggivts. They are 1bsolutely
Horrlloee, Dep't ncoopt ; Nabgtitnts,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-20
BY CHARLES r. HAZEN.
(Written for the News Democrat

arrive at their own conclusions with a
contrariness that is at once the plague
of the clergy and the amazement of
the student. The mighty reasoning of
life's hard fare is more profound and
more impressive than all the books
and sermons ever made.
Toll and trouble are not accidents
any more than they are necessarily
evils; they are oftenest life's highest
blessings though they come clothed in
homely garb. They are the materials
of our growth with which we fashion
our lives.
Man was never made for happiness;
he was made to fight! The battle is
the thing and 1t lasts from the time
we struggle to sit up in our mothers
lap until we struggle for last breath
on the threshold Of death. It's a run
ming fight, sometimes it's only skir-
mish, sometimes only feint. and some
times it's a rafting engagement, but
always the fight goes on.
In the fight will man always find the
Joy of life. the real satisfaction of hav-
| ing lived. When he wins hard
fought battle, when he gains . hard
essned point, heis happy = - never Y
New-York tribune., 1901-10-26
MINOR LEAGUES PREPARED
TEN YEAR AGREEMENT SIGNED-SMALL
CLUBS READY FOR FIGHT WITH
BIG BASEBALL ORGANIZATIONS.

For more than seven hours yesterday the dele
gates the National Association OF professional
Baseball Leagues at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
wrestled with their new national agreement When
they adjourned last night everything had been
fixed 10 the satisfaction Of all the interests con-
cerned in the new movement. and the association
was firmly ceInented together by ten year agree
ment. In a nutshell. the minor baseball leagues o.
the United States and Canada have banded thern-
selves together in a prospective tight against the
major organizations.
Section by section the new national agreement
taken up in yesterdays session and, with only
few changes. the agreement as adopted IN mi
oago in September was ratified. The first clash
came in the section regarding the salary limit ques
tion and after much discussion on the old llinlt II
was increased 500 in each class. Under the new
order Glass A clubs may maintain monthly salary
list of 5000: Class B. $500; Class = slV'o' anu
Class d. $500 a violation of the rule will subject
the offending club 10 the withdrawal Of all protec-
ton under the agreement
The original penalty clause relating TO contract
jumping was amended that any player uhder
reservation TO any club who contracts with OF
plays with any other club without the written con-
sent OF the president of the club he is under
reservation 10 shall be disqualified from playing
with any club which is party TO the national
agreement Another section provides that Class A
contract jumpers shall be hned Sl,oe'; Class B,
nnes shall be paid by the players.
That the new organization intends 10 ne lhueI3
IN the passage rule relating 10 spring practice
games. None of the teams in the new orGanlzalon
League clubs exhibition games il there are any
players on the major League teams tnat are IN IN
eligible under the new ASSOCIATION agteeile.s. III ~
all cases games between the association teams i
and National or American League teams muSt oe
played under the minor league rules OF the nome
team. ,,.
tee, consisting OF Messrs Hickey Farrell SeAtoE Mon
Murnane. O'Rourke and Chadwick, was appointed
New-York tribune., 1901-10-26
coLUMBIA's CONDITION.

Columbia's football team. confident OF a credit
able showing, meets Yales eleven at New-Haveu
to-day Eli rules hot favcrite at odds of TO
that she will win. and TO l that Columbia will
not score. Despite these heavy odds Columbia be-
lieves that her eleven can return from Yale to-
night with the satisfaction of having done we'll
Columbta's weak spot is still left end and that
will probably be the object point of YaIe's attack
Sanford. the coach. however, hopes that the
strength of Kindgen at tackle and Morley at quar-
terback will considerably aid Jackson in checking
the rushes around his end.
Whether Berrien will be able play for the Blue
and White or not is point that will not be de-
cided till this morning. Morley will be back in the
game, and that makes ii sure that there will be
good punting The probable lineup for to-day is:
Left end, Jackson left tackle, kindgen left guard
Lancon; centre. Shaw; right guard. Nicoll and Nc
Lellan; right tackle Bruce; right end Van Hoeven-
berg; quarterback, Morley; left halfback Weekes;
right halfback Smith fullback, Deuel. and Berrten
The Columbia delegation OF four hundred students
will start for New-Haven this morning on a special
train.
running baCkkicks.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-26
RECORDS BROKEN AT WORTH.

Chicago. Oct 25.-Old Lennep, at 40 to l. ran the
best race of her Worth this afternoon ana
forced Federal 10 lower the track record Tor
mile to bear her the distance being reeled off III
1:3S 4-5 one-ifth of second better than the marx
set by Haviland in the EnglewOod handicap yeSter-
day. The race was the chief feature OF to-day
rather ordinary card. Another record for tne
Worth track fell il the third race, nve turionS
dash for two-year-ods. when Gal.antrie beat Nellie
Waddell half length in 1:Ol, NTH or secono
better than the mark for the track. Greetings, at
80 TO l. the lasT Summaries:
First furongs)-Domadge lOl tHarshoerser
l.. Prairie Dog. 10l (Hicks). Z TO l. second
Lady Idris, 90 tNiitchelD. 10 to l. third Time
Second and one-eighth milest-C B: lamp
bell l0i (Gormey II 70 3 won Free Pass 100 u!onll
nc 20 to l. second FL Ghor 10 (faiceD o 10 l. taird
Time f:5i- = -.
Third (hve furongsD-CiaanTie, 1l5 Coburn) 70
won; Nellie Wadden 40 CBIake). 70 second Julia
Junkin ll5 fCiOrmleyb II /. third. Time, l;Ol
Fourth mileD-FedeTal. 1O9 tCoburn1 70 10
won; Lennep, 81 tGormley). 40 second; Oontas 100
tBlakel. TO l. third. Time 1895.
Fifth CsN furongsI-Fted Hook 100 Coburn), to
won: Inspector Shea 1O5 tRobertsonI. 10 J. second
Tom Wallace 10 CIegerson). $50 to I, third Time
1:l4Ss -.
Sixth tseven furlongs)-Greetngs lol tiiicksl 80
10 ]. Eva Rice 90 (Domnlck). 10 J. second
Byelyn Byrd 1o1 CormIey), to l. third Time 1277s
New-York tribune., 1901-10-26
COLUMBIA-YALE GAME TO-DAY
GAME EXPECTED TO FURNISH THE BLUE
A REAL TEST OF STRENGTH

New-Haven Conn, Oct. 25.-Yale and Columbia
will play on Yale Field afternoon. This
will be the first visit of the Columbia team to
Hale's home field. The game is expected to furnish
Yale real test of strength. The Columbia team
will come tomorrow morning. Tickets selling
at more than the usual price, and big attendance
is expected.
The Yale practice to-day speedy and longer
than usual The varsity scored once in each half
and the scrubs scored once on tumble on the line
Hinkle. halfback. making dash nearly the whole
length OF the gridron. Goss was not out but
Hogan played harder than he has since the An
napolls game Holt relieved by Johnson
Gosss place was filled by Hamlin. Weymouth
was tried at hurdltng the line Vanderpoe
The varsitys defence tested repeatedly by
having the scrubs try variety of tactics,
clpally maSc plays of a revolving plan. There was
plenty OF speed in the work. but the defence was
not wholly what the cOachers hoped for. There is
not much confidence that a huke mishap NAV
not give the New-York team a chance TO score at
least one touchdown
New-York tribune., 1901-10-26
~AUTo" RUNS AWAY WITH WOMAN
SHE Is SERIOUSLY INJURED - VEHICLE
STARTS AS OWNER GETS OUT TO
EXAMINE MACHINERY.

Paterson, Oct % (SpeciaD.-While Miss Henrietta
REID a nurse was riding to-day in an automool.e
with William A. Arnold whose wife she was attend
ing something happened to the machinery that
caused Mr. Arnold 10 shut of the power. As he
Jumped from the vehicle investigate, his coattaii
caught the power lever. starting the automobile al
full speed
1t was Miss Reid's first ride in an automobile
and she knew nothing about the workings OF II.
she caught a lever but il was the steering lever.
AS the carriage darted along other vehicles gave II
a clear field Several persons shouted 10 MISS held
10 catch the power lever, but she was too much
frightened understand.
Al rhe end of the street she in there is
brick mill Into this the vehicle dashed MISS Reld
was hurled against the building and zen uncoh-
srous ard was badly and bruised. she was re-
moved 10 St Joseph's Hospital Her condition Is
serious but physicians say she Will recover. Ihe
automobile was wrecked.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-26
HENRY W4TPERSON AROUSED.
cRITIcIsEs PRESIDENTS DINNER TO BOOK
ER 7. WASHINGTON.
LEY TELEGRAPH TO IRE rRIauNE. J


Louisville, KY, Oct. 25-In long editorial in
The Courier-Journal'' tomorrow Henry Waiter
son will discuss The Dark Problem replying 10
comment and opinions which his recent observa-
tions have provoked. Discussing the Roosevelt din
ner he will say:
If he had wanted in way TO distinguish
Booker Washington he had better waited for a
cials would have diversified the scene. II Is in 60
ing Of his way to call man OF color, albeit a
college president into his counsels proclaim this
college president influence in the disposition Of
appointments 10 office and then TO take him by the
hand and lead him into the bosom Of his family.
startling departure from established usage
Not only Mr.. watterson contends. has President
Roosevelt wronged Washington. but he has
wronged himself, and he adds:
1t Is difficult 10 divine any adequate motive for
so rude and radical a draft upon the customs OF
the time and the precOnceptions and predictions
of an overwhelming majority of his white fellow
citizens, both North and South. In any event, he
has done grieTous wrong to the black people OF
the South and all their real friends
Mr. watterson says afford TO make
an experiment in the White House still less pro
ject'' with the Presidency, and this Is precisely
what President Roosevelt has done. Mr.. Waiter
son insists that the color line is drawn in Europe
and at the North. He adds:
There IS no drawing room IN any one OF the great
cities Of the North. from Boston 10 Mllwaukee,
from Philadelphia St. Paul, where black man.
no matter how worthy, would not be considered out
OF place and be kept arms length by mixed
company OF ladies and gentlemen.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-26
@ygRgIs @SP0RIs
DpOR1sr1fN'
PROGRAMME OF SPORTS TO-DAY.

RACING -westchester Racing Association Morris Park
p m.
FooTBALL.-Harvard We Carlisle Indians Cambridge;
Yale rs Columbia New Haven; Princeton vs. Laray-
erte. Princeton: Pennsylvania Chicago, Chicago:
Cornell Oberln. Ithaca. United states Naxal
Academy Pennsylvania State College Ahnat,ls >
siry Rutgers. NeW-Brunswick: United states Mill
tsry Academy Williams West Point; D1ckeTs0n vs.
cuse. ST Paul Brooklyn High School, BTSokyn:
Newark High School Pngry. Elizabeth; Newark
Academy Montclar Military ACADEMY. M9ntoiaar: No ti
Montclsr High School Stevens institute Iioo2Ken'
Bueknell L@hgh Lehgh; Vermont vs. "es-
leyan. Wesleyan
DRIVING Brooklyn Pleasure Driving Association Speed
way parade
CHESS-Columbia Young Mems Christian Association.
Brooklyn.
HUNTING-Myopia Hunt Club. Chester. 1:So p m;
Orange County Hunt Club. Chester l;SO p m
TRAP SEOOTING-Final contest at targets for Chats-
worth Cup. ChatswOrth. y. J.
THLETICS-Noyice trials. University Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia a. m.
GOLF-MontcIalr. club championship. irst match play
round; Fox Hills qualifying round Tor staten Isian1
championship: COlon.a Cotton Exchange handlCal'
seni-inals: Englewood championship. first match
play round. hestCEester COLI. club chdHlplohslll
round. Jersey City club championship Anal
and team match with Princeton. lnniS Arden mixed
foursonle team match with Hlandale FIushlnS team
handicap: Oakland Presidents Cup and team match
with Richmond County Apawamis. PRESIDENTS cup
Classes A. and c: Newark Athletic. club champion
ship; Crescent Athletic. Presidents Cup contest;
handicap; st. Andrews. team match with Yale: Fair
held Peats Cup contest Dutcness County, club han
dicap: Marine and Field. club handicap; Yountakah
club handicap: Hillside club handicap for and
women; Philadelphia womens championship Merton
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. handicap. Maurice DaIy's 5
Academy.
TROTTING-At Memphis
New-York tribune., 1901-10-26
THE PRINCETOS-LAFAYETTE GAME.

Princeton, n j. Oct. o (SpeciaD.-The last prac-
tce of the football players preparatory the game
with the Lafayette eleven tomorrow held
this afternoon and although about the usual time
was spent the work was of a lighter order than
usual The coaches gave the team drill in running
through the signals This done with view
70 getting the players up thoroughly the sig
mails. heretofore they have frequently become
confused and fumbles have resulted After this
practice short half played with the scrub
team. but no attempt made to score. The half
characterized by puntng and running back
the kicks All the players are in prime condition
and the team should be prepared to put up an ex-
Many alumni and visitors are already in town