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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-02-01
MAKES rOOR SOIL.

i formed from its uiSintegration,
is agri"@,turally poor. and the
II growing upon il is in marked
to that uu the adjoining schist
rs: Scrub oak. pitch pine, cedar,
lars, etc, with Il peculiar and
4.
ch, however. IL il :ncral>: some
lal ones were wealth producers
lcrabl" value. such rs chrome,
D., coruuiUm, iroN ores. feldSpar,
tale. etc. The first named was
,luable product. Woods chrome
Southwestern Chester county,
n first opened about sixty years
only mine Of tn" kind in the
nd ii some times yielded five
tons of ore per month. and sold
'ty-iivr to fifty dollars per ton.
were quite n number of other
chrome in Chester and l.ancaS-
ties and i'll Cecil county. Md.
is also sand chrome. gathered by
out the ScdimrntHry bottom
contiguous streams.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-02-01
)ERGRoUND
WEALTH..
IN BORDER OF CECIL COUNTY.
Carter. Of Chatham, Pa, Tells
aes In the Serpentine Barrens,
He Has Made Many Trips.

visit to 4 part of the Serpcntine
lg on the borders of Lancaster
i counties, recalled the many
made owe" this territory fifty
o. in search of minerals and
overs. This visit also revealed
" developments in the way of
nat are interesting to scientists,
soon be Of National Importance.
dge. cropping out at Consho-
near Philadelphia, and running
II State to The SuSquehanna. APP
d disappears ut various points,
$ quite barrow and at other
it'll u with of two or three
t Away with about the same
isticS. III" Scrpentine rock is II
| of Silicn and magncsia. green
dor, and when pur" is II hand
en-, susceptible Of a high polish,
ms Il fine hnilding stone.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-02-01
ON THE BORDER.

However, it is proper to say that most
of the Il inrrals are found, not in the solid
serpcut',r rock so much us where it
joins ans minglcs with III" chloride states
on the north side of it, and on the horn
hendc, yrnitc and gmciss on the south
side. The serpcntine rock seems to
stand a; a wall between these two strata.
On the south side is an area of red
soil, with Il peculiar honcy-comb rock.
and this soil is peculiarly suited to fruit
gtrwin% Not only are the trees and
vine healthy and vigorous, but the yield
is abundant. and the fruit very finely
co.ored. This territory will some day be
sought after rs fruit growers.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
MANY POISONED BY
AN UNKNOWN RASCAL
Arse nic Placed In Bread--Fam'
lily Trouble May bo
Cause.

Bedford, Ind, Aug. rs. = The fam
lilies of William Collier and Mrs. Mike
Taft are in dangerous condition
from poisoning and little Mary Collier
is not expected to live Saturday
these families did baking and all who
ate bread and cake were taken sud
denly i'll and the doctors who attended
found that arsenic in great quantities
was in the bread and also in the lard
from which it was made.
Investigation showed that many
other people had purchased lard from
the same can and no sickness had re-
suited. It is said that Mr.. and Mrs.
Collier had been having trouble for
several days and the indications are
that arrests will be made. Indignat on
is high and If arrests are made the
result may he serious. Mrs. Mary Col
lier, Mrs. Kate Taft, Tennie Cook,
Jesse Cook, Will, Cecil, May and Jen-
ME Taft, George r. Pennington, Robert
Cloverdale, Edgar Stotts and Mabel
Brown are all dangerously sick.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
A CONSUMING THIRST.

A consuming thirst and the attempt
to satisfy 1t at nearby saloon caus-
ed a westbound through passenger to
lose his train at the Ft. Wayne sta.
ton Friday morning More than that
1t carried off the thirsty passengers
hat and his belongings, which caused
him to say several unprintable things
when he realized that he will prob
ably be called upon for satisfactory
explanation Of why he was missing
from the construction gang bound for
California, of which he is The fore
man.
There were thirty-ive in the party,
composed of locomotive boiler maxi
ers, sent by the Baldwin Locomotive
works at Philadelphia to California
for service In the western shops OF
the Atchison, Topeka e. Santa Fe
railway The foreman and one of his
companions dropped off for drink
at the Canton station and the train
started before they had finished their
potations. Both made a desperate
dash when they saw the train pulling
out and the companion swung on to
the step Of the last day coach but the
foreman could reach only the vesti-
buled Pullmans of which the doors
were locked. He. gave up the attempt
in despair and stood for few mo-
ments watching the train as 1t disap-
peared around the curve at the Ault-
man works.
Then he explained the situation to
the crowd that had witnessed the
scene and started for the saloon ia
Anish his drink, remarking as he went
II don't give - for the train
but I hate like - to lose my hat"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, re-
quires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarh Cure is taken Internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the consti-
tuition and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have SO
much faith in its curative powers
that they offer one hundred dollars
for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send
for list Of testimonials.
Address f. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo,
Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls family Pills are the best.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
BETTING BY SYSTEM.

Only last summer a theorist watched
for several successive nights the rou-
lette game at Saratoga and conceived
a system.
"The bank saves itself by its limit, :"
he said. ."If could persuade the pro-
prietor to take off the limit I'd beat
that game"
Seeking the proprietor he preferred
hss request
Got SYSTEM" ased the proprietor
with smile.
"a winning system" was the reply.
"All right, then; III take the limit
off for you."
Now, this great system consisted OF
playing red or black. no numbers. and
doubling every loss and repeating the
winning bet. Thus. if he chose red to
play he bet one dollar. Losing he bet
two; losing this he bet four II the
red then came up he would win four
dollars, being one ahead and repeating
|his four dollar bet If red followed he
would he five dollars ahead. This sue
cessive turn up Of the color he bet
on he had calculated, based ON his OBJ
servations, would occur fifty times in
hundred and make his winnings, for
he would change his color every time
he went back to his initial bet. On
the night of his experiment he chose
red to begin on and black won. More
than that black turned up seventeen
consecutive mines. On his tenth play
he weakened. for two things broke on
his mind: First. that IL he did win
that bet his profit would be only dol
lar; and that II the rum continued he
would need the capital of bank TO
play. lie was out as it was $1,023.
Fortunately for him he was a man of
wealth.
If he had continued to double to the
seventeenth bet he would have been
$131,071 out. On Rhe eighteenth turn
rcd came up and his bet necessarily
would have been $1S1.071. when his net
winning would have benn o single dol
lar. The next turn was black. So
out of nineteen turns eighteen were
black. His system had gone to pieces
on the first application. Yet after he
stopped the run of color was about as
he had counted on for an hour. at
has cost me $1.023 to realize that there
is nothing but caprice att the bottom
OF chance" was his comment.-Brook-
lyn Eagle.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
For Congress to Act in
Coal Strike
WOULD Be NEEDED
Action Of Federated Union Will
Receive Consideration -
Miners and Operators
Still Determined.

(News-Democrat Leased Wire Service }
Washington, Aug. 25.--If the Central
Federation Union of New York; repre-.
senting 100000 workingmen meets and
carries out its program of adopted res
oiutions asking President Roosevelt to
call congress together in special ses-
sion to take action to end the coal strike
there is no doubt that this request will
receive repectful consideration. But
that it will result in the assembling of
congress before its December term is no t
believed here.
Congress could only aevise the term
ination of the strike. 1t could no
order it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
Together in Fatal Acct
dent Sunday.
BIG LIST OF INJURED
Among the Many Exeursionists
Bound to and From Ocean
view-- Dis
obeyed Orders.

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 25.-In a head-on
collision between two cars on the Bay
Shore Terminal line late Sunday af-
ternooon three people were killed and
many others badly injured. The deaG
are: W. s. Yandell, motorman; c. B.
Golden, motorman; Linwood Fentress,
aged ten.
The seriously injured are: w. X.
Waller, r. j. Davis, George Stephen
son, j. p. Stephenson, Joseph
White, conductor; M. V. Ahern, Ben
jamin Rowson, Miss Lillian Land,
John Taylor, colored; Maria Fentress,
colored; - Corliss, nephew of Ma
jor Waller, badly injured internally;
Mrs. Victor Parks, skull fractured;
Louis Parks, internal injuries, expect
ed to die.
The accident occurred 400 yards be-
yond Futas siding, about three and
one-half miles from Norfolk. One
car was coming from Ocean View and
the other going to the View. The or
ders. were that the shorebound car
should wait at the siding for the
other. Motorman w. S. Yandell fail
ed to obey the orders and the crash
came 400 yards beyond the siding.
Both Golden and young Fentress
were caught under the platform of
the shorebound, which piled up on
the other, and were killed outright.
Colden's head was almost torn from
his body and both legs were cut off.
Both cars were full of Sunday ex-
cursionists and few escaped uninjured.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
In Memory Of President
Mckinley.
FRIENDS
Will be Asked to Secure II TO
be Placed In Some Museum
-.Foilows Martyrs
Career.

Washington, Aug. 25.-Lewis s..
Hayden, Of this city, has completed
. unique and valuable memorial Of
William Mckinley. The work is a
collection of views, portraits, badges
and illustrations of the life and career
Of the late president. All are neatly
mounted on paper of uniform size and
texture. The collection Of this ma
terial has required not only time and
labor, but much skill and discrimina-
ton.
The collection is arranged, according
to the explanation made by Mr.. Hay
den, as follows:
William McKinley's early and do
mestic life, with portraits and scenes
of his family connections.
Portraits of Mckinley, a very large
collection taken at various dates, hav-
ing no duplicates.
Incidents connected with the st.
Louis convention of 1896, the inaugu-
ration of 1897 the Philadelphia con-
vention Of 1900 and the Inauguration
of 1901.
Portraits, etc, Of the members of
President McKinley's cabinet and of
personal friends, many with original
autographs.
Miscellaneous incidents in McKin-
ley's career.
Views and incidents of his various
trips through the country, illustrat-
ing the attention paid to him at va
| rious stopping places.
Memorials, messages of sympathy,
ETC., from all over the world, fully
illustrated with portraits.
Pictures and incidents of President
McKinley's life in the white house.
! The collection numbers 1000 pieces
and the whole, when neatly bound,
will make about ten volumes. 1t is
practically life of Mckinley, and a
history Of contemporaneous facts in
pictures that would be impossible of
duplication.
1t Is suggested that so valuable and
unusual memorial as this should be
in the possession, of some library on
museum, where the public would have
an opportunity to view it. The atten.
ton of some of Me- aMcKinley's in,
fuential Ohio friends doubtless will
be called to the matter with this end
In view. .r ."s
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
Auditor Reed Has Ap-
portioned the Funds
.CANT0N'S:: BIG SHARE
Total Taxes Collected for Halt
Year In STARK County 10
$456,5o5 :. How
Civids

Auditor Reed and his force have
been working for some time on the
August settlement and apportton-
ment of the June collection of taxes
for Stark county. The work was
completed Monday morning and al
ready the different townships and
corporations are drawing their funds.
The total half-year's collection in
the county was $456,5s5.03. OF this
amount s59.941.3O goes to the state;
$35. .147.25 to the county fund; poor
fund, $2,067.49; children's home, &c.
20247; bridge fund, $33,08O02; build
ing, $4,134.87; elections fund, 81, 346,-
SO; soldiers relief, $5,379.49; auditor
and treasurer's salary, $5,70216; taxes
refunded, $547.74; workhouse fund,
81, 1892 Agricultural society, $500;
state and county road fund, $685.
II; township tax, $7,069.32; township
and special school districts, school
funds, s127,201.26; special township
taxes, $4.973.76 city village, $12i-
1908; dog tax, $247.12.
OF the amount apportioned to cit
les and villages, which includes cor
poration. special, Dow and cigarette
taxes, Canton gets sS6,593.47; Massil-
lon. $33,S6e3 80; Alliance, $l7,20S.50.
OF the school funds Canton gets
$56, ,481a4; Massillon, $19.03127; ALL
ance, $I5,G5S.66.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
MORE TWINS ARRIVE
q. n. Roberts, nous Mor-
mon 10 the Happy
Father.

Salt Lake City, Uteh, Aug. 25.-
Celia Dibble Roberts, one Of the
plural wives of B. H. Roberts. who
was. expelled from congress because
of his polygamous relations, has con-
tributed another pair of twins to the
crop that made Utah famous. Mrs.
Roberts gave birth to twin girls a
short time before the election of her
husband to congress, four years ago,
and the Roberts twins were heard of
from one end of the country to the
other. Now Mrs. Roberts has given
birth to twin boys, two healthy in
fants, who will not be advertised SO
extensively as their more fortunate or
unfortunate sisters.
The twin boys made their appear
ance at Centerville some days ago,
but as their arrival was not an
nounced through megaphones or the
press, 1t was not until Sunday that
the news became public. Mr.. Roberts
declines to discuss the new arrivals
for publication, although he is known
to be exceedingly proud of them. as
they are fine youngsters and give
every promise of growing to robust
manhood.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
Of Mu n IcIpai Code
Causes Anxiety.
wilhelm MUNPLEDGEO
Stark's Senator Says He Will
Oppose appointment Of
eoards-Such WouIdFos-
tor Machine Politics.
(From a stan Correspondents


Columbus, o., Aug. rs. - Senator
George W. Wilhelm, of Stark county,
came to town Sunday. He declared to
your correspondent that he had no
, special information concerning the
municipal code that is not possessed
by others. The fact is the senator has
not been taken into the confidence OF
the code builders.
"If had my way. there would not
be single board appointed I'M any
city in the state, either by the governor
In home rule and l would have the
people elect every board that ia re-
Quired for the proper government Of a
city. ! am not In favor Of machine
building as an accompaniment to this
question. Party machines will doubt
less get something Of a foothold in
every city under any code but the aim
should be to make such machines diff
ficult instead Of easy of establish
ment."
"You have not been instructed by
any of your constituents" was asked?
mo-. there has been no instruction
Thus far the people who have taken
the most interest in the proposed
code have been those who have axes
to grind. The people will wake uI
when the matter gets fairly before the
legislature"
At the outset Senator Wilhelm is
feeling quite independent. He owes
Governor Nash nothing and says the
governor owes him nothing. He does
not desire this to be construed that he
Is opposing the governor. He says he
will endorse what he thinks is a good
thing, no matter from what source II
may emanate.
1t is no secret that the adminlstra-
ton forces are not feeNng SO confiden,
about the senate as about the house
1t is not lost sight Of that the senate
has been organized by the Forakerites
while the house organization leans tc
the Hanna side. which is the Nash
side, as the forces lined up this after.
neon.
Tom Johnson's Cleveland delega-
tion came i'm Sunday night.
WILLIAMSON.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
YELLOWSTONE WONDERS

People returning from the west fire.
quently have some wonderful stories
to relate of how they caught trout in
the Yellowstone Park, and, without
changing their seat, lifted the fish out
of the stream of cold water over into a
boiling spring, and cooked it without
removing it from the hook. These
stories are all very well in their way,
but when told in the manner above
outlined, one can safely put them
down as yarns without the slightest
foundation in fact. TO catch a fish in
into a spring of boiling water is one
of the many curious things that are
possible OILY in Yellowstone Park, but,
should tive person so doing attempt
spring, the head, would pull off the
thoroughly boiled and perfectly soft
body, and he would thus lose the fish.
The most wonderful phenomenon Of
this sort in the Yellowstone Park Is
one that has thus far escaped thoss
who are fond of telling big fish yarns,
mainly for the reason that the locality
lies outside the beaten track of travel
and visitors, and can only be reached
after considerable difficulty. At the
point in question, a stream OF clear,
cold water flows through the park, re-
ceiving in It's course the scalding hot
waters of one of the numerous boiling
springs of that region. This boiling
water as 1t reaches the cold stream
flows, for a considerable distance,
along one bank, before the waers
finally mingle and become one in tenn
perature.
into this spring of boiling water,
Einsects, bugs, toads, grasshoppers and
the like are continually dropping, and
thus losing kheir lives, and all such
insects are. as a matter of course,
swept into the cold water stream. Now
in the cold water Of this stream a
number of hungry trout are continuI-
ally skirmishing along the edge Of the
hot water, taking good care not to
venture too close, for the purpose of
swapping up and devouring the insects
brought down by the hot water, and
which happen to float over into the
cold water. or near enough the border
for the trout to pick them up, so that
1t is possible for fisherman, sitting on
the bank to catch trout with hook
and line, draw him two feet from
where he took the hook. ana boil him
good and done. all in the same stream,
and without ever lifting the fish from
the water. The above fisherman
would, of course have to have a SCOOP
net TO remove the boiled trout from
the water, for otherwise the head
would pull off, leaving the body in
the water. But barring this. it is with
in the bounds OF truth for one to say
that Yellowstone is the only Place on
earth where it is possible to catch and
cook a fish in the same stream.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
nANNA'S EFFORTS ARE !.
EXHAUSTED, He SAYS.
Senator's Atte m pts 20 Settle
Coal Strike Come Cav
NauQht.

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. Ex-senator
Hanna for the first time announced
Sunday that all efforts to end the
Pennsylvania coal strike had been
abandoned. He also said that the fight
would now be long and desperate
one between operator and miner.
Senator Hanna arrived here from
Niagara Falls late in the afterncoo
He was accompanied by his daughter
Miss Ruth, and her friend, Miss
Phelps, Of Cleveland.
Il have exhausted Ey Efforts" he
said. II have done all in my power
and can do no more. will make nc
further attempt, for 1t would be use
less"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
STOLE LIVE RATTLESNAKE

STOlIE LIVE hAIILESNAhE.
When William Pierce, the man who
swiped live rattlesnake, was ar
raigned in the recorders court he shud
dered when asked why he had taken
the snake from a Snowman. "It
makes my flesh crawl when l think
about that snake" he replied. 81
was drunk, Judge, and did not know
what ] was about. There amt a man
in this world more afraid of snakes
than l am, and If I had been sober
wouldn't have touched the varmint
for 100000"
you didn't know. then" said Re-
eorder Broyles, whether you had n
sure-enough snake or not when you
picked up that rattlesnake last
night?"
II don't remember anything about
it," was the reply, "and when a po-
liceman told me this morning, that l
had that snake in my shirt bosom l
came near having fit"
The Snowman from whom the snake
was taken stated that the reptile had
no fangs and was therefore perfectly
harmless. saw this man fooling with
the den of snakes" said the Snowman,
"and / asked him to leave the snakes
alone. When my back was turned he
slipped one under his shirt and went
out with It," The snake was worth
about five dollars. and was over 4
feet long. The recorder fined Pierce
S10.75 for getting drunk and swipiIg
the snake. He couldn't pay the fine
and was sent to the city chain gang
for 21 days.--Atlanta Journal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
REV. WALTER SHRTvER.
(Staff Speeial.)

Columbiana, o., Aug. 25.-Mrs.
Ellen Shriver has returned from Las
Vegas, New Mexico, whittier she had
been called by the death of her son,
the Rev. Walter Shriver. It has
been decided to bring the remains
here for burial. The funeral party,
consisting Of the young widow and
her sister, Miss Fenneman, OF Hamil-
ton, O.. left Las Vegas with the body
Monday morning. 3G
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. 25.-Today,
the beginning of the sixteenth week OF
the strike, shows that both sides are de.
termined to fight to the end. Presi-
dent Mitchell seemed cheerful this
morning and apparently took no stock
in the report that the men were weak
sning and are willing to return if ade,
quate protection is given them.
Inquiry from various localities in this
district reveals that every thing is quie..
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
PIERP'S HOME COMING.

my country us 10 tnee,
Fair land God made for me,
To thee cling;
Land where ! hold full sway.
Land where I'm boss today,
Land where I've grabbed away
Most everything.
"Let music swell the breeze,
I'M back from DER the seas.
Prepared for biz;
I'll take affairs in hand,
Right at the same old stand
I'm feeling bully, and
IN make things whiz.
Land of the noble free
Who get their rights from mo
To skimp along.
I own thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods, thy tempted hills.
And every bird that fills
The air with song.
"Iiow sweet to look once more
Upon my native shore.
How good to sing
The proud song Of the free.
To see them run from me,
How glad | am to be
- Their gracious king"
Chicago Record Herald.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
LEGAL NOTICE.
ClEvElhN D, o.

STATE OF ONO, [ o.
STARK COUNTY, So
CoUR. OF CoMMoN rLrAs
Sarah L. blackburn,
VS..
David Blackburn, DNorce'
Defendant.
David Blackburn, whose place OF residence
Is unknown, win take inotics that on the
18th day of August, 1902 Sarah l.. blackburn
filed her petition in the cour, of com mon
pleas, stark county. Ohio, being cause No.
1875, praying divorce from said David
Blackburn, on the ground OF w!lliu, absence
Tor more than three 90 years, and that said
cause viii be for hearing on and after octo-
ber LIST, 1902.
SARAH f. BLACKBURN.
j. A. RICE, Plaintiffs Atty.
Aug. 2, Sep. 2, o, lg, %, 30.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
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