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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-18

IN the third act. wherein WAS ,nc ,,..
max of the play. the air without had
become heavy laden and a fierce
storm came on. a Wild wind howled
the lightning blazed. the thunder
crashed. This commotion of the eln-
ments seemed to inspire the star with
genius. While the other actors and tl4e
audience were trembling he g!idet,
about the stage as if stimulated by re
freshing drafts of sparkling wine. His
wit. his sarcasm. all those speeches th;.
were thrown in to give effectiveness
and charm to his part. fairly scintiil;ls
ed. Once several of the audience. tho
with remarkably acute eyesi@l1
thought they saw a myriad of fain
sparks encircling the actor. which the
attributed to the electrical condition
the atmosphere
Suddenly there came a remarkahl
change During 4 momentary lull i
the storm when the star was address
ing the man Of the noble part with
merclesS satire that was making Ii,
cringe in spite of himself. lowering l.
voice and pausing to render the Ia
word effective, there came the fu.l
sound of a distant bell. Whether it 4
noted the celebration of a mass. a to!l.
ing for the dead. whatever it was the
actor seemed TRANSFORMED From tEe
bold. devil may care creature whose re-
splendent acts and words were throw
ing the good into shadow he became in
a twinkling Il whipped spaniel. There
were three strokes of the bell. indicat-
ing that it signaled the elevation OF the
host. At the first the actor c.in"cd at
the second drew back Il step toward !;
wing close beside him and at the third
passed behind it. During the whole Of
the retreat he was still the trembling
dog. with its tail between it's legs. COW
ering before the raised whip of its
master
Something had gone wrong, but no
body knew what it was. The stage
manager had the presence Of mind to
ring down the curtain. Later he came
before the audience to announce that
the star had suffered a physical col
lapse and the play would not go on.
Behind the scenes all was c0mmOtiOn.
Some one turned out the lights, though
in the investigation that followed 10
enc would admit having done so. The
stage manager directed a call boy to go
for a doctor, then hurried to the wing
behind which the star had retreated
When he reached the spot it was dark
as Erebus. He called and receiving no
response CROPPED about, expecting 20
find the a':tor Oh the floor Then tie
lights We're turned on. but the stricken
man was not there.
For months there was incessant dis
pute as to who the strange playwright
md actor was. Some said he was an
escaped lunatic who fancied himself
the devil. Others declared that the
whole affair had been overrated, those
present having been worked upon BIZ
the storm. a few who even in thes,
enlightened times believe in the Per
sonality of Satan maintained that the
man was really the devil.
F. A. Mitchell.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
DowIe's Pilgrimage.

While New York is preparing for the
advent Of the Dowieites, and the pub
lie is awaiting with some curiosity
the result of movement so unusual
the general impression appears to pre-
vail that no matter how sincere the
self-constituted reformers may be
their pilgrimage has too many ele-
ments of what will be construed as
freakishness about it to make any
serious or lasting impression on the
sinful metropolis.
The history of nearly all movements
of this kind is written in failure, and
while Leader Dowie is a strong, mag
netic man with genius for organiza-
tion. well-developed commercial in
stinct, and will doubtless attract many
new followers, the idea of his exercis-
ing or attaining any widespread infiu-
ence in New York seems quite improb-
able.
The residents Of Gotham are pecul-
lar unto themselves. Each individual
has faculty for attending strictly
to his or her own business, being cos
mopolitan enough to receive with
much coldness an invasion of this
character, even as a spectacular dis,
play Therefore the conviction is un.
avoidable that, like the Coxeyites OF
the Salvation Army Rough Riders, the
hosts OF Zion" have started on whai
will prove barren quest and a dis
appointing failure. - Pittsburg Dis
! patch.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT.

Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller has
always shown marked tenderness
for children, and when he visits city
is usually the guest of some institu-
ton devoted to their interests. A
clergyman Of the Presbyterian faith
was once showing the justice and his
party about an orphan asylum when
the children assembled and gave All
entertainment for them.
The justice responded in a speech
which was markd by applause. A pol
itician who accompanied him spoke
in laudatory terms of the address, but
added:
Say, Judge, ! was much pleased
with what you said, and know you'll
do them good, but I'm darned puzzled
about one thing, and the more / come
to this place the more puzzled / am.
Ten years ago, when first came here,
them little fellows were just the hight
they are now. Why, in heavens name
don't they grow?"
The Justices reply was not record
ed.-Washington Star.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
DiCcharSing Men.

There may not be anything startling
In the situation, but the fact that the
railroads all over the country are lay
ing off men by the hundreds and thou
sands makes one stop and think what
the result may be. One road in New
York state dropped 1900 in a day, and
the Lake Shore company at Cleveland
Thursday gave notice to 200 men that
their services would be no longer need
ed. At Cleveland the reduction in
force is probably due to the closing of
navigation. In the east the problem
is not so easy of solution.
The discharge Of these men means
of f.-course some hardship unless they
can find other employment through
the winter 1t may mean even more.
High tide may have been reached in
the industrial boom that the country
has been enjoying The fact is, that
some of. the shops in Canton are re-
ducing their force, the Pump works
alone laying off 10 men recently,
There is lesson in this to men who
are employed. 1t brings to mind the
necessity for economy and saving, so
that when the change comes there may
be something in store for rainy day.
1t is to be hoped that there is no re-
action coming. There is no evidence
of overproduction, such as there was
before the reverses in the business
world in former years. Then the store
Houses We're filled with unsold manu-
featuring stock that lay there for
years. Now it taxes the capacity of
the shops to meet the demand. This
,is a favorable symptom that rather
'offsets the other unfavorable news
from the railroad centers.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
(Carrollton Chronicle.)

The two candidates for state sena-
tor were in Carrollton last week and
the Democratic candidate monopc-
iized all the attention here as he did
at the Minerva fair. Mr.. Pollock, re-
publican candidate, rode here OH a
railroad pass. Mr. DeWeese, his Dem
ocratic opponent, paid his fare and is
under obligations to nobody. The
Republican candidate, Pollock. is a
back number The people are on to
him. The wonder is, Why did lie
come to Carroll county? At the Re-
publican primaries he was repudiat-
ed by his own county, repudiated by
his own township, repudiated by his
own precinct, repudiated in the four
townships where he was born and
reared. His record has been so bad in
the legislature that he run best in that
part of Stark county where he was
least known, and he secured the vote
of Carroll county delegates in conven-
tion by a deal-the inside facts of
which are not known.
Mr.. Pollock poses as a coal miner
but the truth is he never worked n
day. He is professional and mines
coal by proxy Why did the coal
mining vote at North Lawrence ari
Canal Fulton go against him? Mi
ners always stand by their friends
and brothers. In the legislature he
voted invariably on the side where
they were distributing perquisites and
pork. The people have had enough of
that kind of young men in the legis.
lature
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20

Color Line In Europe.

Can it be that Europe is beginning
to draw the color line? Whatever dis-
advantages the American negro may
have labored under at home, he has
hitherto had no reason to complain OF
his treatment abroad. Signs of a
change have been noted of late. Only
week or two ago an American negro
was refused accommodation at Lon
don public house, and on taking his
grievance into court was told in effect
that 1t was too band, but couldn't be
helped. Now a similar complaint
comes from Berlin. The victims
are at loss to understand the
reason, but they assert that they have
given no cause for what would appear
to be species of persecution solely on
account of color.--Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
youngstown Vindicator.) }

The trapping of Senator Hanna into
defense of the ship subsidy scheme
to get a hand on the cash of the
national treasury for the benefit of the
shipping and ship building trusts has
been a severe shock to the nervous
systems Of some of the politicians
who have been moved to importunc
the senator to revise his argument IN
behalf of the subsidy or shelve the
subject altogether, and it would seem
from his latest speeches during las.
week that he concluded to revise rathc.
than back down on the subsidy after
having taken so bold stand and de-
claring that If he returned to the sen
ate he will work for the passage of
subsidy bill.
In his early speeches declaring his
satisfaction with his record on ship
subsidy and his determination to spend
his time as senator paid for by the
people in working for the passage
Of measure to put $3.50, 1000, 900 of the
peoples money into the hands of ship
owners.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
No More Patent Lesthers.

Most merchants will sell anything
if there be profit in it. Not so one
of our leading manufacturers of shoes
For philanthropic reasons only and to
his considerable loss, he has recently
taken patent leather shoes off his list
Patent leather is practically air
proof" he says in defense. 1T pre-
vents the foot from breathing and is
the direct cause of untold misery.
shall no longer be particeps GRIM
inis in the production Of corns and
those awful enlargements over the
metatarsopha-langeal joint of the
great toe, known commonly as bun
ions, or inflammation Of the bursa. -
New York Press VI
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
Army Economy

The army maneuvers which have
been conducted by the general govern
ment with state militia may appear tc
be expensive at first glance, when it
is realized that even the jaunt that the
Eighth Ohio took down into Kentucky
cost many thousand dollars, yet wher
looked at from another standpoint, the
expense is small compared with the
benefits.
Prior to the Spanish American war
there was some criticism because the
American seamen were burning UP
powder and wasting shells at from $500
to $1,000 shot The Spanish were
not so foolish. They were saving their
ammunition until actual hostilities be-
gan.
The result is well known. When
the. lighting time. arrived, the Spanish
shRlls- were wasted while those fired
by American gunners were landed
where they did most harm to the
enemy. The previous practice saved
lives and ships. There is wide diff
ference between the drilling given by
the regular army officers and that Of
the state eneampment. The soldiers
are not worked any harder, not SO
hard, perhaps, but they are given the
very work they would have to endure
IN Case Of actual hostilities.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20

Chairman George Clark, who is the
whole thing in the Republican party
this fall, is making many mysterious
piIgrimages over the county. He car
Ties suspiciously big satchel, loaded
with campaign material The exact
contents have never been divulged to
. Democrat, but there seems to be a
halo of Joy around the head of the
Republican rustler after he has seen
George. ~
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
The American Hen.

Permit us to indulge in a few cheers
for the American hen. AS student of
the census figures has shown, the poul-
try and eggs produced and consumed
in the United States last year were
worth more than all the silver and
gold mined during the year. The egg
and poultry product exceeds in value
the wheat crop of twentyreight of the
most productive states of the union.
Let us honor the hen. She is an i'm
portant member of American indus
trial society.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
A Steal From the People.

Hanna reiterates his determination
TO press the passage OF the ship SUBJ
sidy steal II he secures reelection to
the senate. The bill gives to the big
ship combine $1S0,00O,0O0 during its
existence, and is one of the most un-
blrshing grabs ever fathered by any
official in this country. The advocacy
of such measure should be suffi-
cient cause for the defeat of Hanna,
even If there should be no other reason
for his retirement.-Tiffi Advertiser.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
An Accomplishment.

The declaration is made on reliable
authority that Miss Gladys Vanderbilt
is competent cook. She ought to be.
Cooking is great accomplishment.
Humping the ivories may delight the
listener for time, but for supplying
downright satisfaction three times a
day and insuring the steady coming
OF ba!my sleep every night, the art
of cooking is in class all by itself -
Memphis Scimiter.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
help He has unique way of doing
political stunts that is distinctively
his own, and his way is catchy.

There is whisper over about Mas
sillon that they are trying to get Pol
lock to express himself on the canal
question. Robert is too willy to get on
the wrong side OF that when there is
danger of a ducking at the hands of
his neighbors, no matter how he stands
upon the electric lighting question.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
Women are Kind

A policeman is quoted in a New
York letter as saying: I'm the past
five years l have had as many as so
persons stop me on the street and ask
me to take action against some man
who was whipping a horse or com
pelling it to haul too heavy load.
What proportion of these do you sup
pose were women? Every one of
them. Fifty women have taken pity
on the dumb brutes and not one man"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
Young Girls Smoke.

The cigarette habit has become so
alarming in Lisbon that Prosecutor
Brookes has been called upon to en-
force the law against selling them.
There are entirely toe. many Of them
used in Wellsville and to their eter-
nal shame be it said that many of cur
young girls are known to indulge IN
the pernicious habit.-Wellsville Tn
ion.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20

Abe Agler isn't on the Republican
committee this year, but for ali that he
is called on for a lot of hard work.
Clerk Wise has another term to win,
and he is not kicking on having a
willy and astute deputy in the Office.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20

Meyer, the Democratic candidate for
recorder, is due to receive lot of
votes over in Alliance without turning
his hand. Some people over there will
vote for him who do not know him.
1t is not that they love Meyer more,
but Captain King less. The captain
has been mixed up in good many
fights over there, and the yellow dogs
are barking upon his trail. There was
a time, they claim, that King was zone
o. de gang" himself, and was as sore
MS any of them over the fact that other
sections of the county gathered in all
the fat Offices. But since things are
coming Caps way he is very loyal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
More Than Beans.

Anything that has been said about
the ability of the Boston gang to play
ball is called off," meekly remarks
the Pittsburg Times. "It is apparent
that the Boston baseball players know
good bit more than BEANS" ACIDS
the Gazette.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20

If there should be few more breaks
in steel and iron prices the public
could buy more of the output of the
mills.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20

Tom johnson seems to be the whole
thing In this campaign. So far as
heaF9 from the state Democratic COM
mitfae. u NOT doing much in the way of
arranging meetings. and so far as that
u >oHcerned, Tom Is not asking any
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
Not q TODD Reader

The Republican candidate for gov
ernor in Ohio reads his speeches. He
must have put his private secretary
at work before election. They gener-
ally start to writing after getting on
the payroll of the state.-Pittsburg
Post.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
The Ohio Tendency.

The judgment Of the umpire that
the Eighth Ohio lost largely In the
number of killed in one of the re-
cent offensive movements in the MIN
ic warfare in Kentucky is fresh evi-
dence OF the disposition of Ohio men
to rush the firing line. Probably the
boys thought that there were sons
good consular appointments and treas
ury soft, Snaps In the possession. Of the
enemy Pittsburg Gazttte. IN
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20

Oil has taken jump in price. Re-
publicans are too modest to claim the
credit of it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20

Quite number of subscribers 20 the
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Regarding their subscription, and The
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
A Half Dozen S~
Big Stores in One ~
The Miller Compan.

a COMBINATION of stores-Hardware and Housefurnish
"A ngs-exending from East 1uscarawas through to Sew
enth seetoccupying floor space of $500 square feet
nearly three times that of any other retail establishment
in all Stark County.
What of it? What does it meanl Much-to you and
to
For proof shop around and then come here Make COM
parsons Such test best and will certainly open your
eyes to the and better ways of The Miller Companys
store and ability give you the very fullest dollars
worth. .t..,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
Fall Carpetc s.4 -.
Are Particularly Attractive

much depends the oohe scheme of furnishing
made marred by Here you find the choicest of
~ pet many the best
in this prices
comparison and have be grades
sensible shopper will buy.
Administers sell at 81 .25 sl.35 a yard.
The long wearing Body Brussels at 81 25 yard
Our best Velves s00 to S1.l0 yard.
The best l.wool Ingrains-50c to 65c yard.
rugs-from the Fibre q 50 to the finest
nd Wtons-$50.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-20
STARK CO. DEMOCRAT
tse tIssued Tuesday and Friday.)

ESTABLISHED ................ 1889
- STARK COUNTY DEMOCRAT.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-11-12
He Took II Hard.

White Salmon, Wash Nov. 8, l903.-
Editor Glacier: We see from your last
weeks paper the White Salmon critic,
or California tramp, took the pill of
truth We gave him down hard, as it
caused him to vQnlit up lot of corrup.
tion-coyotes, squirrels, "a forked tailed
animal of some kind, and even an old
shack of school house, aud in his
straining to get them up he pulled the
wart off the back of his neck that he
used to button his shirt collar on.
When he tackles an old moss.b back, "A
peaceable citizen, who has been help.
ing to build up this country for twenty
years, he must expect to have hard
pill to take once in awhile. But we
sincerely hope he will live through il
and Ge better man, if not wiser one,
In The future. W. o. Cox.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-11-12
ed TO The DalIes.

Ell ~ TIC DdllSS'
John Dark and Bruce Locke left fol
the mines two weeks ago. They ex-
peet to stay six months aud do quite o
J hit of tunneling this winter.
J. R. Rankin is a guest of Amos Tn.
derwood's this week.
BY the School Children.
Maggie and Bennie Cline have re.
turned to school, after an absence of a
week on account of sickness.
The logging camp has moved to the
Big White Salmon above the Falls.
Miss Elizabeth Kellendonk came in
contact with poison oak, and now she
goes around with "too much cheek"
Benjamin Beals spent Sunday with
his boys, returning to Stevenson Mon
day.
Miss Selma Finley gave very pleas
ant birthday party, last Sunday, to her
friends.
Fred Bueche returned to Portland
after short stay with his sister, Mrs
Fred Luthy.
Miss Lena Kellendonk came home
Sunday on visit and returned Monday.
viii Underwood arrived last Friday
from Etna, Wash, where he has been
working. He expects to return in few
days.
Major Hendrick visited at Robert
Cline's, last Monday,
Ed Lyons is confined to his bed suffer.
ing from rhematism.
Mr.. Frost passed through Underwood
on trip to Trout Lake, this week.
Joe Sullivan was seen in Underwood
Saturday.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-11-12

Trout Lake visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Blue
last week.
Charles Moore has been confined to
his bed for several days.
w. L. Miller, of Goldendale, began
teaching the advanced grades of the
Trout Lake public school on the 10th.
G. H. Pearson bought eight head OF
cattle from T. Evans.
Mrs. T. Evans of Trout Lake and her
little son and daughter went to The
Dalles last week They will spend sew.
eral days there visiting relatives.
H. Boze exhibited at the Chapman
Bros. store a rutabaga .turnip raised on
his ranch weighing 1914 pounds.
The Trout Lake postofice is about to
change hands The new postmaster
will be Charles Moore.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-11-12
Notes From Underwood.

VIII Underwood came home last
week from the lower country to spend
a few days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Underwood. He will return
to his work the latter part of the week
Fred Luthy expects to go to Port
land, Wednesday, on business trip.
Miss Kate Kellendonk and Miss Elma
Luthy made the pOstmistress a pleasant
visit Tuesday.
There is TO be dance Tuesday night
in honor of Will Underwood.
Mrs. Joe Tomas of Warm Springs
has been visiting with her husbands
aunt, Mrs. Ann Underwood. for a week
A. Y. Marsh aud family of The Dalles
spent week at NJ. ThOrut0n's, return.
ing home Saturday. They brought
q their wagon and team and had pleas
ant time while here. Mr.. Marsh went
to Trout Lake, then to Portland, and
on his return, Saturday, his family me.
him at the landing and they all return
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-11-12

Mr.. and Mrs. r. +. HARRISON and
daughter Mary visited at S. II, Harbi-
sons of Albany, Or, last week, and
from there went to Elmira, Cal, to Wis.,
it another brother and family.
Miss Mary Hunt goes to Lyle, Wash,
to teach a term of school near there.
Mrs. Marcellus of Hood River was a
guest at the home OF L. f Clark over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Goodrich and
Mrs. A. NJ, Yocum from Government
Camp are visiting at Mr. Rhoades' Mrs
Yocum is daughter Of Mrs. Rhoades.
daughter was born last Wednesday
to Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Jarvis. All are
doing we'll.
Miss Gleason has gone to teach term
of school near Vancouver, Wash.
Mrs. Shonquest has returned from
trip to British Columbia.