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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-19
TARIFF ON
PHILIPPINE GOODS

(News-Democrat Leased Wire Servfce:t,
Washington, Dec. II. - The house
ways and means committee today au-
thorized favorable report on the bin
reducing the tariff on goods imported
to this country from the Philippines
to rs per cent. of the Dingley rates.
They now pay rs per cent. 1t was
decided to pass the bill today il pos
sibie.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-19
England Anxious to Avoid Strife.

17Repying
Bafour land
believed said
British
arbitration of the claims of Germany
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-19
REPORT FROM THE REFORM
SCHOOL.

]. G. Gluck, Superintendent, Prunty-
town, w. Va, writes: after trying
all. other advertised cough medicines
we have decided to use Foley's Honey
and Tar exclusively in the West Vir-
ginia Reform School. find 1t the
most, effective and absolutely harm
less" For sale by Roth & Hug.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-19
HIS THIRD TRIAL

(News-Demccrat Leased Wire Service
Frankfort, KY, Dec. IL. - Jim How.
prd, convicted and sentenced to be
hanged for alleged conspiracy in the
assassination of the late Governor
Coebel, was granted a new trial today.
This will be his third trial for the
crime.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-19
FoILs A DEADLY ATTACK.

rolLD n bEADLr Al IACh.
my wife was so Ill that good ply
sicians were unable to help her."
writes M. M. Austin. of Winchester
Ind, "but was completely cured
by New Life Pills" They
work wonders in stomach and liver
troubles. Cure constipation. sick
headache. 25c at the Durbin &
Wright Co.'s drug store. =,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-19
Venezuela is Praying For Arbitration.

Venezuela Dec 17There sincere hope
will
his
freely that arbitration would be welcomed
looked bring this about
arbitration
readily achieved Bowen permitted Washington
hnccadnr
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-19
MARRIAGE PERMITs.

Peter Hnderbaum. rs, and Marie
Friewald, 21. Canton.
Christopher Columbus Underwood.
20. and Estelle Hill. 20.
Alton vandergrift. 20. and Belle
Wallace. ~. AJiance-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-19
Belgium Sends in BeIated Claim.

Brussels, 1.-THE that sending diplomatic
officially confirmed
100000 The principal creditor
founded Brussels capitalists.
The evening times., 1902-06-17
HAMLET ON THE DANISH WEST
INDIAN ISLANDS.

TO sell or not TO SELL that is the
question.
Whether il is better that We keep our
islands
And keep on losing on them every year
Or sell to Uncle Sam and take his
millions.
For which we. though not poor. still
may find use.
II is a grave and serious question-aye
Its contemplation has quite changed
mems minds
The valiant chief. Sir EstruD. and a
score
Of other statesmen just as wise as he
Have formerly been strenuous advo-
Gates
OF saIe-but low, behold; what change
Of Eind
Have thsse wise statesmen lately IN
dcIgoIe!
They win not sell now. not for twenty
millions.
No. not for any price they now will
Although they formerly we're very will
Quite anxious even. to effect a sale.
What change Of mind is this? What sud
den thought
Has lately now possessed these good
mems so-ls?
Have they CT late become more pat-i-
Why. Ro-they always were good patri-
ots.
Some say they are but moved by q
spirit
Of mere contraTines5 and opposition
To those IN power now Can this be
tTue2
Can patriots be moved by such vile
thoughtsZ
Bat howsoever this may be- they have
Now by their votes at present blocked
the sale.
The good cid members now go home and
sleep.
Sam keeps his money. we our islands
keep-st least for the present.
x, in the New York Sun
The evening times., 1902-06-17
THE CLfRICAL COLLEGE PRESIDENT

It has been observed that of late
the college president has ceased to be
chosen from the ranks of elergymea-
One need Only to glance over the his
tory of any of our large colleges to
see how largely men who became their
presidents in earlier years were pro-
vided wish the letters I'D. D." after
their names. Does the passing of the
clerical president mean degeneracy in
moral ijeals7
Surely not, when one considers the
difference in the circumstances Of the
college of today and the college of
yesterday. The change is due simply
to the fact that while the college of
our fathers trained men for the life
Of the scholar, today the student Is
trained for the life Of the world. The
opportunities of the graduate are
wider, and the life of the scholar him
self Is broader than it used to be.
When intellectual life began IN this
country, and, In fact. up to twenty
Ave years ago. the intellectual man
was almost a caste by himself. Latin,
Greek, and mathematics, with ancient
history and philosophy, were given
high places in the curriculum, because
knowledge Of these things, especially
of the dead languages, was a sort of
password into the society Of cultured
men. The dead languages are our
heritage from the centuries IN which
learned men of all countries made
them the familiar means of inter
coursc. In the multitude of dialects
with which the Europe Of the Middle
Ages was filed, there was no other
way. Letters were written, books of
travel, science, history, and theology
published, in Latin, because all edu-
Gated men understood that language.
The tradition of this cult remained
until about the middle of the nine
The evening times., 1902-06-17
SIXTH SENSE DISCOVERED.

This is an age Of discovery. Millions
of men and women have lived and died
in the honest belief that they had but
five senses. They rad s:x-and did not
know it An eminent French doctor has
just discovered an additional sense
which enables man to be aware OF OBJ
stacIes neither seen, heard. touched.
Eor snelt, says the Paris Messenger. "
Dr. laval. the discoverer. calls this
new faculty the sense CT obstacles" ."
and says that it acts by the perception
of certain warm and indefinite vfbra-
tions, and re locates its seat in the
forehead. Il is as well TO know this
Many OF our ancestors frequently ran
their heads against brick walls. and it
is supposed that it was owing to their
hot-headedness. But there. Who knows ?
Perhaps our forefathe-s were so hot
headed that they did not perceive the
vibrations until they felt the shock.
Then they felt both-the vibrations and
the obstacle. The discovery of DR.. ia
val, although not very startling, is in
tsresting. as Il shows that the door for
discovery is still open and that man
does not yet know himself.
The evening times., 1902-06-17
TIE BIRD ON THE HAT

The question Of the bird
Audubon Society wholesale iln
State and Federal legislation
and
This sa in the right direction and about
inss-Eiu cease
In the insisence Of fashion
be
no they
viii
is
bird
The evening times., 1902-06-17
BEAUTY IN THE VEGETABLES

Amusement has been afforded recently
by a real OF. pretended recommendation
of vegetables for millinery adornnent.
attributed to a vegetable society. Doubt
less the prosaic associations of these
with cookery will bar them from such
use But it is none the less true that
beauty of form and color abounds in
the products of the kitchen garden, and
the subject has been wholly neglected
perhaps because, as in other things, it
is so continually presented to the eye
tnat it Is overlooked by writer's It has
not been wholly slighted by the paint
e-s; some Of the most elaborate groups
in still life pictures have been made
up of vegetables; and kitchen gardens,
toe. have been the subjects OF paintings,
even field Of cabbages, especially by
Teutonic artists. It is in the street that
the beauty of vegeta bles is especially
forced on attention. o. course. the vege-
tables and fruits bring their eolors with
them from the country. But it is along
the barren street that the beauty is
presented to US How many Of the
passers-by have eyes to see it and feast
upon it daily? But the Italian at least.
who often presides over 1t. must enjoy
a poiychromatic delight, for his wife
chooses blazing hues in personal adorn-
ment
But the vegetables. OF all artistic tints
and forms. The potato seems 20 be
the only exception; ii is & pig. alike
il form, color and dirt But, if It were
we'll cleaned its buff or red and its
argus eyes might count for something
Take the potatoes relative, however. the
tomato. When net crimson or yellow. it
is pure and iEtense carnelian. and per-
haps its warm tints gave It the old name
love apple" TIE red cabbage is royal
purple; IT is used by chemists to get 4
fine vegetable color.
The egg plant IS purple even to black
ness, profoundly rich in hue. The blood
beet is so deep a purplish--ed that il
may even remind one Of Keats words.
Deep dyed as with the blood of kings. :"
The carrot is pure salmon red. and adds
The evening times., 1902-06-17
THE ATMOSPHERE.

The first rude shock 10 the prevailing
ideas concerning the atmosphere was
given in I774, when Priestley discovered
in it the very active element oxygen,
says 'Lippincott's.' Two years later he
added to this the passive element of
nitrogen. and the two main constituents
Of the invisible air became captives Of
science To these new elements the old
ideas clung for a time. Oxygen was
named by its dfscoverer dephIogisticated
air It lacked phlogiston, the fancied
fire element. and sought it with eager
appetite in whatever it touched Nitro
gen was called phIogisticated air It was
believed to be saturated with Dhlogiston
and therefore fatal to fame. While
oxygen combined briskly with almost
all the elements. nitrogen refused to
combine at all except under great provo
cation. Though intimately mingled in
the atmosphere, these elements were
as unlike in character as two substances
well could be.
No long time passed before a third
substance was found in the atmosphere.
this time not a chemical element, but
the compound gas, carbonlc acid. While
not great in quantity, it proved TO be
indispensable in quality. since all the
world Of living things is dependent upon
it for existence. Inimical as it is, when
in large quantity, to animal life, without
it there could be no life at all, and the
Garth would be a dead and barren ex-
Panse. For the plant world gains from
this gas its foundation element of car
bon, and is thus enabled to lay up those
stores of food upon which the animal
world depends.
One thing may be said about the new
atmosphere That of aid was supposed
to be not over sixty miles high. It's
ratio OF decrease Of density seemed TO
prove this The atmosphere is now be-
lieved TO be fully 500 miles high. This
belief is based upon a study of the fall
Of meteorites. These free wanderers
Of space plunge into the upper air at so
great a speed that their friction, even
with the extremely rare gas at that high
altitude, soon heats them to incandes-
cence, and they fame into light They
have been observed to flash out in this
way at a height of over 100 miles. At
this elevation the air aust be so ex-
ceedingIy rare as to render it certain
that friction with several hundred miles
or it would be needed to heat a meteor
to the incandescent point. From this it
IS estimated that the upper limit of the
cannot be less than 500 miles
above the surface 1t may be much
ere The air may extend upward as
ia as the force OF gravity is capable Of
overcoming its centrifugal force, which
steadily increases with height. How
high that is no one can tell.
The evening times., 1902-06-17

To point TO the hurry and stress Of
modern town life as the cause of half
the ills to which flesh today is heir has
become almost a commonplace in aeti-
illogical diagnosis. The old-fashioned
complaints might almost excite medi-
cal mans pity. so much do they seem to
be crowded out by those Sctive, wide
spread young fellows, neuri-is.. neuras-
thenia and q whole young family OF
nervous illnesses, the offspring Of the
strained existence Of today
A chain is as strong as its weakest
link, and today it appears that the nerv-
Gus system IS the weak link Of the or
ganism- The weakness is not natural.
It is acquired because the strain upon
this link is so often almost constant and
out Of proportion 10 the wearing power
Of the material. Whether as genera
tions advance individual nervous sys-
tens viii more easily bear the Iabors
asked from them or not. at any rate.
it may fairly be assumed that in the
early days OF any lew style Of life the
generations born under a old regime
have the worst Of it. Their children
cope more easily with the new neces-
sites. They are earlier confronted with
them and new arrangements which per
picked and worried their parents be-
come habits easily borne and. therefore,
not to be reckoned among the trying
elements OF existence
Thus we may imagine future genera
=
telephones and sleeping sweetly though
sirships Bhizz among countless electric
wires over their heads and a perpetual
night traffic Of motor cars hurtIes past
their bedroom windows. As yet. it must
BE- sorrowfuIly confessed, our nervous
systems are not so cauous- Some Of US
still start at the telephone ring and find
the Irregularities Of the instrument q
source CT irritation and worry. Many Of
US are actually nervous at the sudden
appearance Of motor car around the
wrong side Of a London street corner
The result OF countless rapetitions OF
these trials, small though they may be
singly, IS not to be lightly estimated.
Fortunately. the very causes Of nerve
exhaustion, so fa= as improved rapidity
Of locomotion may be counted one o.
them, provide one important counter
acting feature Of town life It the pres
ent day We are alluding q the facility
with which those whose week days are
spent In city toll may spend the seventh
in breathing the fresh air and behold
ing the innocent joys Of the rustic. To
the hardworking LondoneF the value of
the weekend properly used is hard to
overestimate. From the eager broker
ard worried business man to the stiied
Ee2mstress and telling artisan there are
few who cannot find further or nearer
@rom the metropolis some fresh and
The evening times., 1902-06-17
HURRY THAT CAUSES ILLS

ope1 spct where they may replace the
evil atmosphere Of the Office or the fac
tory. Without trains, electric tram
ways and motor cars such a wholesome
change of scenery and surroundings
would be scarcely possible in the limited
time available.
We do not wish to underrate for a no
ment the value Of parks and open spaces
the "citys lungs" For many these
afford the only possibility Of Sunday
in at any rate comparatively fresh air.
Those large numbers. though, who hab-
ituaIly find the Sabbath's rest IN a days
wholesome exercise at some little dis
tance from their work-a-day center may
spare moment from the usual con
demnatory attitude toward the hustle.
rush and cIatter of up-to-date Iocomo-
tion to bless the means which enable
them so proftably to enjoy the day
The Lancet.
The evening times., 1902-06-17

tecnth century, and n:en Of "t5o pro
fessions" partly fulfilled the ideal Of
a society of educated men. The tusi-
ness of the world could be carried on
without edrcation. and did net ap-
peal 10 the man of intellectual re-
source The only practical affairs IN
which he could comfortably engage
were those Of the county gentleman;
and society was mainly composed Of
lawyers, physicians, elergysnen, and
TIE owners of estates. Men n trade
had no leisure fer learning. ard as Cor
the mechanical arts, they were ogt of
the question, while artists occupied
IN impecmlious Bohemia Of their
own.
Nowadays all life has changed in
this respect and the college nan finds
many walks IN life attractive to him,
not only because they are profitable,
but because IN them he can use his
brains and his culture. Hence the
university demands for It's head the
man who IS not mercy a scholar IN
the old aeceptatioa of the term, but
the man who knows the world from
all points Of view, particularly fhe
point of view Of the student of az
fairs. Men like Eliot, Hadley, and
Jordan are taking the places held by
md by men ike Patton,
McCcsh, and Hopkins. A man ear
not be a great theologian and be a
man of affairs. The human brain Is
not big enough to accommodate two
such diverse branches of learning, un-
less the owner is a genius, and ge-
muses. do not happen often enough
to furnish forth all our colleges with
presidents and professors Hence The
college is choosing IFS leaders from
the men of affairs and not from the
and in that course hes
wisdom.
The evening times., 1902-06-17
Crown Jewels in Danger.

1t is interesting to recall that It is
Just over 2sI years since Col. Thomas
Blood made his notorious attempt TO
carry off the crown jewels from the
Tower, says London Sketch" The
story is too well known to need telling
with much detail. Blood visited the
Tower IN the guise Of a clergyman and
became intimate with the aged eustodi-
an. and. under the pretense Of arrang-
Ing match between the Iatter's daugh-
ter and his nephew, he introduced the
would-be bridegroom and two friends
into the Tower in the early morning OF
May g, 1911 All were armed, and, af-
ter stunning the custodian, they as
nearly as possible escaped by St Kath-
crimes Gate. where horses were await
ing them. but. fortunately, were cap
tured by Captain Beckman in the very
nick OF time. Blood. however. was par
doned by the King and received into
great favor. Indeed, the indulgence
showed him is said to have become a
public scandal.
The crown SO nearly stolen by Blood
is net the one to be worn By his majes-
ty. for in 1888. a new crown was made
for Queen Victoria's coronation. In the
front Of this and in the center Of four
Maltese crosses Of diamonds is the ia
nous ruby given to the Black Prince by
the King Of CASTLE in 1887. and worn by
Henry in his helmet at AgInccurt.
Besides the Maltese crosses there arc
four feur-de-lis. each composed Of
eighty diamonds with a fine ruby in the
center The precious stones in the
crown are one large and fifteen smaller
rubies. one large and sixteen smaller
sapphires, 227 pearls and nearly 1900
briiliants- rose diamonds, and others.
The evening times., 1902-06-17

church Of any town that they may visit
Last season 10000 postal cards were
sent cut to the clergy affiliated with
the society, informing them Of tho
presence in the cities in which they
lived CT actor members Of the alliance.
This work is to be continued, and is
ore Of the most difficult problems OF
the practical workings OF the scheme
The last Sunday in April has been set
aside as q day for the holding OF spe-
cial services in honor Of the society.
This was done for the first time in
April of this year. and il many churches
Of various dencmina items there were
sermons delivered on the object OF the
society and a collection taken for its
benefit
Many Of the most conspicuous mem
bers CT the theatrical profession are in
te-ested IN the success of the assccia-
tion- Joseph jefferson is one Of these
and has frequently spoken IN its favor
in various cities. Stuart Robson is one
Of its supporters. and Frederick
Warde has in several churches spoken
in its behalf
Last winter several services we're
held in the theaters CT this city and
Brooklyn Noted cIergymen addressed
these congregations, and this special
service has proved 10 be one Of the most
interesting features of the work o. the
alliance. The objects Of the society
are wholly spiritual and do not look to
any change in the material condition Of
the actor. The abolition Of Sunday. per
icrmances in the cities in which they
exist is the only one Of these objects
which has any practical character. But
the members OF the society and its
promoters are not concerned primarily
with the material welfare of the prefes-
sion. Beyond the establishment OF rooms
IN which the actresses nay be brought
into contact with some of the other
wcnen members. there are no social
features Of the organization. It's object
is to make the actors feel that they are
welcome in the churches. and that their
profession is not In any way opposed
to their enjoyment of the privileges Of
churchmanship.
The evening times., 1902-06-17
THE ACTORS CHURCH ALLIANCE

The union Of church and stage. which
has been the ambition OF so many en-
thusiastic members Of the theatrical
profession, as well as of the church
never came so rear fulhllment as it
has come in the society known as the
Actors Church Alliance, which has now
been in existence for two years. The
organization is chiefly the creation of
Walter E. Bentley. an Episcopal oler-
gynan CT this city. who has worked for
it fer sev,z~el years with extreme zeal,
says the New York Sun 1t is re-
freshing in these days to observe such
single hearted devotion to a cause as
Mr. Bentley has exhibited in mis- efforts
to make his society a success and OBJ
tain for the theatrical body, of which
he was once q member, the comfort
that nc believes an alliance with the
church and the enjoyment Of its spir-
stual noinistrations viii bring TO it. Mr.
Bentley has inspired many Of his fellow
workers with some of his own ardor,
and TO that may be attributed the prog
ress Of the new society. Bishop Potter
is its president, and among its most
active members are many Episcopal
clergymen. But that body docs not ex-
clUsively control the religious end OF
the association, as ministers of other
bodies, although not so numerous. are
also members Of the executive body.
The alliance now has 1850 members.
Not all Of these are actors. and at least
one-third are the chaplains in the 400
cities in which the association is rep
resented. Boston and Philadelphia al
ready having fourishing chapters os
the alliance. and one is soon to be es-
tabIished in Providence. It Is expected
that they VIII ultimately be formed in
all the large cities of the country
The chanIains OF the alliance are cx-
pected 70 visit, so far as possible, aIl
the actor members that come to tie
city in which they are situated. In
addition to inviting them TO their
churches, they arc expected to show
them any Christian courtesy that a pa
rishioner may expect from a clergy
man The object Of the alliance is 10
make the actors feel at home in the
The evening times., 1902-06-17
The Fahrenheit ThermometeT

Sir Samuel Wilks. writing to ''KnoyI-
edge" gives the history of Fahrenheit 5
thermometer. which IS generally usesl
in this country Il was really invented
by Sir Isaac Newton. and the stEruag
point Of his scale was the heat OF the
human body NewtoH's paper is 20 be
found in the Philosophical Transac-
tons for the year 17O1 He describes
his instrument as glass tube flied
with linseed oil. and TO it he attached
a scale to measure the degree of heat OF
the liquid into which he plunged it. His
lowest point was that of freezing, as
bis highest was that of boiling water.
He chose for the starting point on his
scale the heat OF the human body, and
this he called by the round number
twelve. the duodecimal system being
then IN use; that is. he divided the
space between the freezing point and
the temperature of the body into
twelve parts. He further stated that
the boiling point would be about thirty
as it was nearly three times that Of the
human body.
A few years afterward. when Fahren-
heit was working at the subject of heat,
he took Newtons' instruments for his
experiments, but. finding the scale not
minute enough, ne divided each degree
into two parts, and so made it measure
"a instead Of y. He also did more, for,
finding he could obtain lower temDera-
lures than freezing. and notably that of
ice and salt mixed together. he took this
for his starting point It was from this
point he began 20 count q degrees up to
body heat This made. by his measure
ments, s the point for freezing. The
boiling point he made IS. It then be-
came zero, freezing 8, body heat "a, and
boiling water SO. This was really the
same as Newton's. only the scale started
lower and the numbers were doubled.
Later or, fndiag that he could measure
increments Of heat more minutoly. Fab
renheit divided each degree into four
parts It will now be seen that if the
numbers Just mentioned are multiplied
by four We have the thermometer which
is now in use