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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
THINKS AFFLICTION
A Sign OF Gods Wrath.

Urbana, o., Aug. 49, Mrs. Kate
Rapp, wife of prominent farmer: has
been adjudged insane. She suffered. a
cerebral hemorrhage upon her return
from church Sunday, which was su-
perinduced by her mental affiiction
She believes that her affliction is
an expression of the wrath of God
who seeks to punish her for not obey
ing his call to go into mission work.
1t required the strength Of six at
tendants to carry her into the insane
hospital at Columbus.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
ALI, WE'RE SAVED.

For years suffered with untold
misery from Bronchitis" writes J. r.
Johnston. of Broughton, Ca, that Of
ten l was unable to work. Then
whhen everything else failed, was
wholly cured by DR.. Kings New Dis
coxery for consumption. My wife
suffered intensely from Asthma. till
It cured her, and all our experience
goes TO show It Is the best Group med.
icine In the world" A tlial will con-
vince you It's unrivaled for Throat
and Lung diseases. Guaranteed bot.
ties Soc. and $1.00. Trial bottles frea
at Durbin q Wright company's
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
A HEAVY CORPSE.

Toledo, o., Aug. 13. George
Sweeney, aged 81, the largest man In
northwestern Ohio, died yesterday
morning in an ambulance on the way
to the hospital. Sweeney weighed a
trife over 500 pounds, and 1t requir-
ed twelve men to remove the corpse
from the ambulance to the undertake
er's room. A coffin is being especial
ly built for his remains.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
BRAKEMAN KILLED.

: East Liverpool. Aug. ID. G. Cox,
aged 30 years. a brakeman on the G
& p, was struck by passenger train
No. 3OS, at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning
opposite the steel plant in Wellsville
and Instantly killed.
He had been on duty for a number
OF hours and overcome by fatigue he
sat down on the track and fell asleep
Cox was married and had three chill.
dren. His home was in Cleveland.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
WILL BUILD PIANOS.

Coshocton, o., Aug. ia party OF
Coshocton capitalists hace organized
company for the manufacture of pianos
and organs. The plan has boon under
consideration for several weeks. and
has now reached point where the
project can be pushed with vigor.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
A NECESSARY PREcAUTIoN.

Don't neglect cold 1t is worse
than unpleasant. 1t is dangerous.
BY using One Minute Cough Cure you
can cure 1t at once. Allays infiamma-
tion, clears the head. soothcs and
strengthens the mucous membkAEse.
Cures coughs. Group. throat and lung
troubles. Absolutely safe. Acts Inn
mediately. Children like 1t. Fishers
drug store, Shanatelt's drug store MIL
ler's drug store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
BIG OATS CROP.

Van Vert. o., Aug. 12. = VIE. Poe,
young farmer near this city, last
week, threshed SIG bushels of oats
from six acres, an average of sc bush
els per acre. This is believed to be
the biggest yield in the county and
as the farmers of Van Vert are not
to be outdone by those Of any other
county it is doubtful If the state can
show a better average for that num-
ber of acres.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
SHOWERS OF THE QUEER" !"

GAINESVILLE, Aug. 1.-TWO United
States secret service men are here
investigating khe large amount of spu-
rious silver coin that is put into cir
culation at this point The govern
ment detectives believe the queer" is
manufactured elsewhere and brought
here and elsewhere 10 be put into cir
culation.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
MANUFACTURER DEAD.

Akron, o., Aug. Thames II. Den
ham, for thirty-fve years superintcr-
dent Of the Taplin, RE & Co. fouL dries,
died at his home here, aged 65 years.
The shops will close and the several
hundred employees of Taplin, Rice &
Co. will attend the funeral in a boy
Tuesday afternoon.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
WILL STUMP OHIO.

Washington, Aug. 13.-Secretary of
the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw will take
the stump in Ohio this fall in the Inn
terest of THE Republican ticket. He
will make a short tour Of the state in
response to invitations from Senator
Hanna and the state executive COM
mittee.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
HORSE HAD REVENGE

Findlay, o., Aug. 13. Herbert
Moore, farmer, prodded horse with
pitchfork while threshing. The an
imal promptly kicked. knocking the
fork handle into Moore's mouth, re-
moving six Of his teeth and cutting
him badly.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15

"I had diabetes in its worst FORM"
writes Marion Lee, of Dunreath. Ind.
81 tried eight physicians without re-
lief. Only three bottles of Foley's
Kidney Cure made me a we'll man.
Sold by Roth and Hug.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
FOIJND IN A CREEK

Akron, o., Aug 13. Mrs. John
Forest, of West Richfeld, was found
yesterday morning at II o'clock dead
lying face downward in little creek,
a mile and half from her home in
IL inches Of water. She left the house
about midnight anl was found by a
party of searchers.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15

Many persons In this community are
suffering from kidney complaint who
could avoid fatal results by using
Foley's Kidney Cure. Sold by Roth
and Hug.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
JUST LOOK AT HER.

Whence came that sprightly step
faultless skin, rich, rosy complexion
smiling face. She looks good, feels
good. Here's her secret. She Maes
DR.. Kings New Lite Pills. Result =
all organs active, digestion good, nc
headaches. no chance for "blues., ;,
Try them yourself. Only 25c at Dur
bin & Wright company's.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
WELSHMEN'S RALLY.

Youngstown. Aug. 10. = The Welsh
pioneer reunion of the Western Re-
serve will be held at Ferncliffe Park,
Thursday. II will be attended by
Welshmen of the Reserve and of
Western Pennsylvania Five thous-
and people are expected.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
NEyIN FOR CONGRESS.

Kenton. o., Aug. 13. = w. r. Nevin
Of Bellefontaine. was nominated for
congress yesterday by the Democrats
of the Eighth Ohio district.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15

roley's Kidney Cure will cure all
diseases arising from dIsordered kid
neys or bladder. Sold by Roth and
Hug.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15

FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE
Will cure Bright's disease.
Will cure Diabetes: ..
Will cure Stone in Bladder.
Will cure Kidney and Bladder Diseas,
es. Sold by Roth and Hug.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
SALEM GROCERS COMING.
(Stan Specially

Salem. Aug. 13.-The Salem groceGs
have decided to hold their picnic at
Meyers lake, August 27.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-15
Pittsburg Catholic College of
the Holy Ghost.

For day students and boarders. The ac-
commodation for boarders Is excellent.
-Four departments OF studies, preparatory
academic, college, &C m mercial with a busi-
ness and shorthand course. A special
class for backward students. Rooms for
senior students.
Very Rev. NJ. A. Hehir, g, 8. Sp., Presi.
dent, Pittsburg, Pa. july II 5tFri
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06
THAT LITTLE CHAP OF NINE.

I know I'm jest an ordinary easy-goin cuss,
Bout like the common run of men, no better
and no wuss,
I can't lay claim to anything as fur as looks may
go,
An when it comes to Farming, why, 1 don't stand
any show;
But thar must be somethin' more in me than
other folks can see,
Cause I've got little chap at home that thinks
heap of me.
I've had my ups an downs in life, as all folks
have, guess,
An, take it all in all, 1 couldn't brag on much
success;
But it braces up feller an it tickles him to
know
There's some one that takes stock in him. no
matter how things go;
An when get the worst of it, I'm proud as
To know that little chap of mine still thinks
heap of me.
To feel his little hand in mine so cingin' an so
warm,
To know he thinks I'm strong enough to keep
him safe from harm;
To see his lovin' faith in all that LkinsaV.or dov
That's why try to be the man he fancies me to
be,
Jest cause that little chap of mine, he thinks
heap of me.
wouldn't disappoint his trust for anything on
Or let him see how little jest naturally am
worth
An after allit easy up the better road to climb,
With little hand to help you on an guide you
all the time;
An reckon I'm better man than what used
to be,
Since I've got little chap at home that thinks
heap of me.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06
CHANGED her NAME.

Ms. Pigg, a very charming and
vivacious widow, called recently on
legal friend of hers, a widower, 10
consult him on matter of interest to
her.
'You know, sir" she said to him,
"that when the late Mr.. Pigg died he
left me all his fortune, much 10 my
satisfaction, of course, but he handi-
capped it with the name of Pigg,
which l must say / don't like"
"Well," ventured the lawyer, Il
presume handsome woman isn't es-
pecially complimented by being left
a Pigg." -
"I should say not," she laughed.
"Now, what I came to see you about
was whether or not must execute
what you call deed poll to get it
changed"
"Um-er," he hesitated, as If wres-
tling with a great legal problem,
"um-er-yes, but an easier way is
to apply to a parson, and I'll pay all
the expenses myself"
1t was sudden, but a widow is
never caught mapping, and she ap-
pointed that evening for another con
sultation.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06
THE FARMER AND HIS FUEL.

OOulC VI luC 4uCotlOuS UCdll luS vi
the coal or fuel difficulty are worth
considering. One of these letter:
suggests that the time has come wher
farmers must go back to the old p1ar
Of raising their own fuel. 1 agree
with the suggestion, and believe thai
every large farm should devote part
of its area to forest growing. The
vast increase of oil wells will proba-
bly, solve the fuel difficulty for loco.
motives and steam vessels; but this
cannot be the solution for the common
farmer. A good deal of the depres.
sion of farming for the last twenty
five or thirty years has been due to
the increased outgoes. That is, the
farmer has fallen into the habit OF
buying a much larger part of his
supplies. Intensive farming, on a
dozen or twenty acres, can also supply
quite large share of necessary fuel.
Make the best of the coal problem.
We are sure that the supply will not
keep with the demand for more than
thirty or forty years. We may, how
ever, be quite wrong in Our estimate
of the use of oil. The output of pc
troleum for the whole world for 1000
was $4,000, 900 barrels. But in
1901, as a result of the Texas oil
fields, the output increased to 72o,-
900, 900 in this country; more than
five times the total output of the
world during 1900. There are now
goo wells in Texas alone, with capa-
city of yielding 100, 900 barrels day.
We have always, however, to count
on the possible exhaustion of these
extraordinary supplies. The devel-
opment of electricity as a heating
force for Our homes has not reached
that point which enables us to esti-
mate with any certainty what it can
do for us.
At any rate, the farmer should be
independent of such social revolutions
as that which is now upon us. The
product of ten acres of woodland,
properly managed, will supply fuel
for a good-sized farmhouse a
good deal over. But we must under
stand there is no better economy than
cutting and selling our trees. Cut
the mature and the waste; but keep
the young trees growing. I have
found on my place that for thirty
years the decay and the trimming
have supplied me with wood for six
or seven months of the year-after
burning large quantities of brush.
Look after your leakage, farmers
Organize, not to be stingy, but to be
independent. We must not be at the
mercy of miners and corporations-ii
we can help it. The sharp contrast
between the farming of the latter half
of the nineteenth century and that oi
the earlier half was that, while the
people who titled the land from 1906
to 1860 sought comfort and plenty, the
object from 1860 to 1890 was money
A slow revolution is taking place
for the better. Another letter says,
"You speak of the trolley system as
likely to supply heat and light for oul
houses and barns. I am inclined tc
be as optimistic as you are-but the
day is good ways off when this dream
will yet be realized" Perhaps; but
things move fast nowadays. If Edi
som storage battery is what he claim:
for it, we are on the road to an evolu
ton that will make this dream, a:
you call it, working reality.-Nea
Val tt jb1/1,p
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06
his FEE IN NIcKELs.

-Four drinks" said the cheerful
young lawyer, whose shingle has
been out only since January, relates
the Chicago Int, Ocean, Twill be 40
cents. So there goes eight of 'em."
Nov, if any of you three want
car fare money in exchange for bills
I'm in the money changing business
and | need the bills, SO step up. In
cidentally, may remark that the
meanest corporation in business in
this city is certain railway company,
and I've just been up against it."
The cheerful young lawyer pro-
duced handful of nickels from a
bulging pocket, rendered eight to the
waiter, with two over for good meas
ure, and slapped more pockets which
"You see," he explained, "Bill
Smith, who's my dads head clerk,
was cooling off his Panama by hold
ing it out of the car window when
going across the bridge the other day
and pole broke his arm. In due
time he sent for me and put me up
against the company.
"Of course, they hadn't any busi-
ness to have pole in the way of
gentleman's arm, and equally, of
course, Bill Smith hadn't any right
to presume that he could ride with
his arms ontside the car. The COM
pany only contracts to carry its pas
sengers with all of 'em inside.
SO it being very nice legal point
which might get to a sympathetic
jury and might not, when the COM
pany offered Bill 500 worth of salts
faction 1 advised him to take it, aud
he did. Then went up to collect
the money.
THE company's claim department
was at the far end of the line, of
course. That's to make it hard for
claimants to get at.
IT expected that and I don't say
anything about the ten cents and the
valuable time I spent in getting out
there to collect Bill Smiths hundred
aud coming back. But l do object to
that company's way of doing busi-
ness in other respects.
"When 1 got there the man iu
charge of the claim payments coolly
offered me a check for $I5o and asked
me for $50 change. 1 explained
1 wouldn't be in the business
ried $50 in loose change arg
me habitually. Then he g
said he'd fix me up and
wait, and he disappeared.
"When he came back he
$85 in very greasy small bills anda
in nickels. I think he'd been out to&
the corner and held up the cars till he
got enough.
Anyway, he turned the bundle
over to me, gave me newspaper to
wrap it in, and left me to cuss. When
got to Bill Smith S he took the paper
money and left me the SIS in nickels
for my share"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06
"But do you expect me to kill
,or ~ oe1~ad +Ia xx,;Jox

"But do you expect me to kill
herr" asked the widow.
mo, ma'am, I don't. 1 expect
you to marry me and let me boss that
COW and make decent critter of her.
That's what I'm here for-to ask you
if you'll have me"
But, Mr.. Watkins, this-this is
she stammered as she sat down.
eyes, it's sudden, but if I give
that COW one more night l sha' t
have as much as a carrot left. I'll
jog into town and tell the lawyers to
stop all these suits, and I'll drop in
as I come back for your answer"
When Uncle Jim reached home at
shutdown his sister met him with
looks of anxiety, and asked
"You--you haven't murdered the
widow, Jim?"
tNavv,D lie replied.
''But thought-thought-"
''I've been up there putting poke
on that internal COW so she can't
jump any more, and being as l was
about it, I put a poke on the widow
at the same time, and we're going to
be married next month !"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06
Now-N0T THEN.

Cheer me with smiles of approval and gladness
Say all the kind words there are to be said
Whisper of love and of hope and of pity;
Comfort me now, don't wait till I'm dead.
Bring to me flowers to brighten my pathway,
Dearest reminders of days that have fled
Now, while my eyes are longing to see them,
Comfort me now, don't wait till I'm dead
Don't wait till I'm dead to express your repen-
tance,
Don't wait till the earth is piled high DER nv
head,
Now is the time crave your affection,
Comfort me now, don't wait till I'm dead.
Little one cares when asleep in the coffin
For the bitterest tears that mortal may shed
what might have been'' then is too late for re-
viewing,
Comfort me now. don't wait till I'm dead.
- Clara Titus Rolf
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06
A CHARGE OF INDUSTRY.

The cost of financing the great in
dustrial organizations which Mr.. ]. P.
Morgan made a speciality is simply
stupendous. His Underwriting syn
dicate" has just received third So
called dividend" of $40, 900, 900 for
its services in bringing the Steel Trust
into being. The amount for which
the underwriters stood responsible
was 5000, 600, 900, on which they
have already received IS per cent.
The amount of actual cash advanced
by the Morgan syndicate to carry the
deal through was S25, 5000 This
has been returned to them, with 100
per cent. bonus. Under the syndi-
cate agreement there is more coming
in the shape of "dividends," in addi-
ton to the $50, 900, 900 already re-
ceived.
For all this the public has to pay.
1t is charge upon the industry of the
people. The enormous profits of the
coterie of underwriters are represent
ed in the watering" of the stock of
the combined corporations, which in
the case of the Steel Trust amounted
to about two parts of water" to one
part of value. The public is made to
pay this bonus in the shape of prices
for the products of the trust. Mr..
Morgan's party of Underwriters
gets its $50, 900, 900 for nothing out
of this extortion.
The wastefulness of this system is
apparent. In fact, the development
of the trust system on the lines es-
tablished by Mr. Morgan looks to the
profit first of the "promoters"-ir
vulgar parlance, "the gang"-and
lets the public look out for itself as il
may.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06

LITTLE ERED-"I don't see why
they can't raise watermelons without
seeds"
Mamma-"Why, dear, it is impos-
sible to raise such things without
seeds"
Little Fred-"Well, I know some
thing I can raise without them"
Mamma-"Why, what is it ?"
Little Fred-"An umbrella"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06

HE WAS watching his neighbor's S
troublesome boy climb tree, and he
had look of painful anxiety on his
countenance.
care you afraid the lad will fall -
he was asked.
"No," he replied ''I'm afraid he
won't"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06

He" Suppose Our marriage isn't
a success ?" She-"Well, we can di-
vide the presents"
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Lors OF men who never accomplish
anything take it out in Dragging
about their ancestors.
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HooK-"I told her / loved her
from the bottom of my heart. /"
-"What did she say to that =
Hook-"She wanted to know II
there wasn't any room at the top.
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"WELL," asked the anxious young
husband, "is it boy?"
eyes, Henry" replied the new
grandmother, zone Of them is"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06

A WOMAN S idea of economy some
times costs her husbanda lot of money.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06

THE TROUBLE with the man who
knows it all is that he can't prove it.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06

IT TAKES great deal of strength
sometimes to hold ones tongue.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT AT TEN YEARS OF
AGE

Admiral David G. Farragut tells
the story how he laid the foundation
of his splendid career, as follows
"Would you like to know how | was
enabled to serve my country? 1t
was all owing to a resolution form
ed when l was ten years of age. My
father was sent down to New Orleans
with the little navy we then had, to
look after the treason of Burr. I ac-
companied him as cabin boy. l had
some qualities that thought made
man of me. I could swear like an
old salt, could drink as stiff a glass of
grog as if l had doubled Cape Horn,
and could smoke like locomotive.
l was great at cards, and fond of
gambling in every shape. At the
close of the dinner, one day, my faith
er turned everybody out of the cabin,
locked the door, and said to me:
David, what do yon mean to be?'
A" L mean to follow the sea-
Follow the sea Yes, be a poor,
miserable, drunken sailor before the
mast, kicked and cuffed about the
world, and die in some fever hospital
in foreign cline
No, 1 said, I'll tread the quar-
ter deck, and command, as you do
"'No, David no boy ever trod
the quarterback with such principles
as you have, and such habits as you
exhibit. You'll have to change your
whole course of life, if you ever be-
come man !
"My father left me and went on
deck. was stunned by the rebuke,
and overwhelmed with modification.
"A poor, miserable, drunken sailor
before the mast, kicked and cuffed
about the world, and to die in some
fever hospital 7 That's my fate, is
| it? I'll change my life, and change
it at once. "I will never utter an
other oath 1 will never drink anoth-
er drop of Intoxicating liquor; l will
never gamble And as God is my
witness, 1 have kept those three VOWS
to this hour" Congress ordered a
twenty-thousand dollar monument to
the boy who was a hero at ten, and
greater than Alexander the Great,
who, when he had conquered all
known worlds, wept because there
were no others to conquer-who con-
quered everything but himself, and
died at thirty-three.
O
OLD BEAU-"B Bobby, do you think
your sister would marry me if ask
ed her."
Bobby-"You bet she would. I
heard her tell ma the other day that
she'd rather marry an old fool than
become an old maid
CUsroMER-''I think you should
begin to charge me half price, Shears
there's so little to cut now"
Shears-"Other way on, sir, l
fancy. We ought to charge double.
Look at the trouble we have to
find it -
HooK-'rI told her / loved her
from the bottom of my heart.
Nye-"What did she say to that =,
Hook-"She wanted to know II
there wasn't any room at the top.
LoTS OF men who never accomplish
anything take it out in Dragging
about their ancestors.
IT TAKES great deal of strength
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06

CUsroMER-''I think you should
begin to charge me alfprice, Shears;
there's so little to cut now"
Shears-"Other way on, sir, l
fancy. We ought to charge double.
Look at the trouble we have to
find il p
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-06

OLD BEAU Bobby, do you think
YOUR sister would marry me if ask
ed her?
Bobby-"You bet she would. I
heard her tell ma the other day that
she'd rather marry an old fool than
become an old maid.