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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-07-26
Suicide at Newark.

Newark, July 21.-The body of a
well dressed man was found on the
creek bank here today. On the body
was handkerchief marked ~" The
man had money. He had committed
suicide by shooting himself with pis,
tol.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-07-26
Stimmel Electrocuted.

Columbus, o., July 22.-Charles
Stimmel was successfully electrocuted
in the state penitentiary at 1902 this
morning for the murder of Joseph
Slide at Dayton, o.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-07-26
Injured In Riot.

Wellsville, July 21.-Alfred Smith
was seriously injured and Edward
Geisse cut in riot caused by railroad
detectives trying to arrest Smith while
picking coal along the tracks today.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-07-26
lnflrmarY Hullllna Burned.

Cadiz, July 21.-The main building
of the county infirmary was burned
today, causing loss of $65.000. Tho
building was comparatively new, The
fire was caused by defective fiue.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-07-26
Mayor Jones' Estate.

Toledo. July 2l.--iiayor Jones es-
tate is estimated by his son at sS46,-
900.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-07-26
The Mayor 10 Obstinate.

Toledo. July 21,-Mayor Finch comes
out fiatfooted on the street car ordi-
nances and says he won't be han.
died"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05

y nonuIar nreacher IL ever there was one
He not content TO preach in the puiiuiiis
as he found it, An intrinsically beautiful ex-
ample of the perpendicular gothic, it had been
hideously metamorphosed into Georgian
changeling" by means of ugly wooden galleries
and a sham apse. When, after an 1ncredlple Ell
fort he had succeeded in restoring and beaut1fy-
Ing the ediice it would not contain the crowds
that came to hear him. Stained glass memorials
filled the windows. and the inscriptions in verse
were contributed by Tennyson, Browning
Lowell Whittier. Lewis Morris. Sir Edwin Ar
mold Bulwer I.ytton and Oliver Wendell Holmes
At St Margaret's he preached his sermons on
Eternal Hope" expressing his disbelief in the
doctrine of everlasting damnation III Is dIncuil
to-day to understand the storm of criticism tha1
this statement of his conviction In the INFINITE
mercy of God aroused at the time His son
claims that his views were misunderstood as
well by the workingman who exclaimed: Its
all right-Farrar says there's no ELL, as by
writers in the ecclesiastical press, for whose
distortions there less excuse" The broad
OF his views made him tolerant of
those of others. He was great friend of Hux-
ley and of Darwin, and when the latter died
he acted as one of his pallbearers and preached
the funeral sermon in Westminster Abbey,
where through his efforts the great scientist was
buried.
In 1895 Farrar was nominated by Lord Rose
berry to the Deanery of Canterbury. and imme-
diately set to work with his wonted enthusiasm
to restore the cathedral which had fallen into
a sad state Of decay. In three years he sue
ceeded in raising $4,000, which with care was
made sufficient to carry out the greater part of
his designs. Unfortunately injury to his
spine, resulting from a fail, produced progress
sive muscular atrophy and put end to his
active labors. He died March % 1903
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05

worthy of a public funeral, a grave in Poets
Corner and statue in Westminster Abbey
To-day the inclusion of his poems in the Golden
ment. He is admitted to a glorious company,
but though he is in it he is. obviously not of it,
He takes rank in this series not AS an indis-
pensable classic. but simply as 4 poet whom We
are glad to have, for purposes of reference, in
this convenient form. Has Campbell readers
enough to make a more imposing edition OF him
necessary? 1t is doubtful
Mr.. Lewis Campbell remarks in his introduc-
ton that he once heard Browning speak of the
poet as "a great man." He himself regards
Campbell as something less than great" but
he adds. The has elements of greatness" and he
proceeds to point them out The poet who needs
to be defended is lost We told that Camp
bells work has in it "the ring of absolute sin
cerity. that there is heart in it," that "a
native generosity breathes in every line" He
is praised for his learning, for beine, IAN excel
lent critic especially of his own work." and The
external matters that dampened his inspiration
are duly pointed out But nothing that Mr.
Lewis Campbell has to say can do away with
the central fact that his hero wanted from frs,
to last the true celestial fire. A flcile wrist
and not only deft In metricaI practice but with
occasionally, an artless feeling for melodous
effect. Campbell remains. nevertheless. a man
world will go reading ''Ye Mariners of Eng
land. "Hohenlinden." Battle of the Baltic
and Lord Uuns Daughter: it will dip fror,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05
Gbe Astp!a}orrk gribaraah
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.
SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1904.

Once more the question OF the American
book in England has been brought up for dis
cussion this time in the columns of the Lon
don DAILY Chronicle" In an article recently
published in that journal it was stated that the
demand in England for literature coming from
our side of the Atlantic is steadily on the in
crease Whereupon Mr.. Edgar Jepson writes
to announce that for his part he has been
watching the vigorous development of Amer
lean fiction, land reading much of it with no
less pleasure and assuredly more profit than l
derive from the most widely read novels of my
countrymen and cOuntrywomen writing to-day"
Continuing with the expression OF the beller
that the Americans are leaving the English be-
hind in "the genuine Interpretation of life and
character" he has this TO say about our lit
erary conditions:
The American novelist is far less trammelled
than the English. He is not so fettered by the
convention of dead novelists, the convention or
the woolly English gentleman. the woolly Eng
lish nobleman, who must be roughly q black
guard or 4 prig, the Woolly English lady, young
or old, the wooly English genius, male or re-
male, the wOolly English sailor, soldier and so
on The American novelist is not only allowed
but encouraged to write about live people. ana
very naturally produces live books
This ought to be pleasing 10 our national van
fly, but cannot help pointing out TO MIR.
JepSon that the good book is written only by
the competent author, who does not know
whether "conve ntion' is being forced upon him
or not, and that the competent English author
goes on writing good books TO this day in bliss
full Inconsistencies of woody" things. The
competent author is nowhere allowed" or ZEN
couraged" to write. He WITHSTAND lets it so
at that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05
TON CAMPBELL.
His Entrance Into the Golden
Treasury Series.

POEMS OF THOMAS CAMPBELL Selected and
Arranged by Lewis Campbell (The Golden
Treasury Series) l6mo. PIP. XII. 25l The Mac
milan Company.
To be remembered in the antholOgies or IN this
that series is not necessarily TO achieve the
highest distinction. 1t may that you are
remembered practically nowhere else. Take. for
example. the case of Tom Campbell. as Scott
loved to call him. Not sixty years ago" says
his present editor. his countrynen thought him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05
DEAN F1RR4R.
Il life of the Famous Preacher by
HIS Son.

LIFE OF DEAN FARRAR. by r. A Farrar.
Svo PIP. Sol. r. y. Croweu & Co
We hardly expect to find perfectly i'm partial
view Of any one. much less of a man who was
the object of much criticism as Dean Farrar.
in a biography written by a Yet Mr., Regi-
maid Farrar has. in fact. in the volume which
he has lovingly prepared. succeeded in giving a
very we'll balanced account of the notable
teacher preacher and author who was his father.
Recognizing the biographical disability under
which he labored, MIR. Farrar called upon a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05
TO LAURA.
BY PHILIP ROsSITER.

BY PHILIP ROssITER-
Ay me, that love should Natures work accuse
Where cruel Laura still her beauty views;
River, or cloudy jet. or crystal bright,
Are all but servants of herself, delight
Yet her deformed thoughts, she cannot see'
And that's the cause she is so stern to me-
Nirtue and duty no favor gain:
A grief o DEATH to live and love in VAN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05

time to time into THE Pleasures Of Hope. But
it will never cherish Campbell as it cherishas
the masters of song.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05

The old times that are gone forever! These
are what Miss Jekyu a dweIler In the rural
loneliness of the English county Of Surrey.
soreIy laments in this volume She looks yearn-
ingly back to the days when people went lei
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05
OLD TIMES.
English Rural Life and Household
Possessions.

OLD WEST SURREY. Some Notes and Memories
BY Gertrude Jekyll. Illustrated $40, pp ~
IOngmanS, Green & Co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05

A contributor to the Academy" remarks that
It has often struck him curious that lltera-
ture has had so little TO say of the greatest fact
of life-death," and by literature he means
poetry and fiction ut is the scenic effect OF
DEATH" he says, cor its tragedy, or its mere
sorrow, or its horror for the spectator. that nov
elists treat; but what Of the dying man or
woman what does death mean TO him or hery'
This inquirer is not satisfied with the answer
that mot knowing what death is or means no
man can write Of st" That answer is conclu-
sye enough, but may remark that il the
death scenes in modern poetry and fiction rarely
have much significance, it is because the mod
crn writer is not only ignorant but in nine
cases out of ten is incapable of rising to a really
high plane Of thought and feeling. The one mo-
ment in which he almost invariably fails to ring
true is the moment in which he seeks to in
terprct a sublime note. Authorship is nova
days too sclf-conscious. 1t has travelled far
from the spirit OF Millions noble lines:
What in is dark
Illumine, what is low raise and support.
to the height of this great argument
Perhaps it is just as well that the poet and
the novelist have little TO say about death
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05

The fact made clear by the autobiography
bf Herbert Spencer, that he "might have filed
Il bookcase with masterpieces which he had
rcfrained from reading" has inspired Mr.. Clar
cnce Rock with an idea. 1t would be charming
he thinks if we were all to make confession
III this matter Of classical reading, Downing up
TO that neglect of certain immortal books Of
which thousands are doubtless guilty. Mr.
ROOk, with the desire for confession stirring
in his breast brought up the idea to a woman
friend of his whom he describes as famous as
a maker of poetry and as fine critic Of litera-
ture and art" She admitted that it would be
Il relief to blurt out the truth. But" she
added, we must all do it together. There are
things | could not tell alone" Mr. Rock and
his friend finally agreed to make one confes-
sion each. She said that she had never read
don QGiXote"; he had never read "Pil-
f;rim's Progress" They got no further. They
needed company. This is doubtless what IS
needed by most men and women if they are to
tell the truth about What they have left I'M
done in their reading. We believe that gen
cral confession this point would be anus
ing-tO those who decline to confess. But ig-
norance of the classics among those who are
supposed to be well read is exaggerated 1t
is old charge. 1t will probably be revived
again and again in amending years to come.
But the reading Of the classics is also, rs il
man who is really capable Of approaching
Cervantes or Bunyan or Dante generally man
ages to make their acquaintance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28
A Shower
Is Cooling
and Cleansing.

most delightful part of
the bath is a good shower"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28
A MIGHTY GOOD STORY.
The Only Trouble ia That It Hasn't
Been Finished.

This occurred on the annual excursion of
the Board of Trade last Saturday. The
colonel set out to tell story to group
on the forward deck of the steamer
There was a lady down in Alexandria
who bought dog when she was up In New
York and took It to the hotel. Just as
soon as she got 1t to her room"
At this point IN the narrative the whistle
blew for the boat to land and the colonel
allowed he would conclude the story on the
grounds Some time later the same group
happened to meet near the buffet and the
colonel took up the thread of the story
well. as I was saying. the lady took
the dog up te-her room and Just then her
husband came in and said he would not
have the dog around So she remonstrat-
ed" td6 SO
Here the dinner bell rang and the
coloneIs auditors all trooped of to the
shad bake They said he could finish the
story after dinner. So. when the cigars
were lighted after lainner and the same
group were sitting around the lagoon, the
colonel proceeded again.
$50 the husband ripped and stormed
around and allowed he wouldn't have that
dog in his room and the lady commenced
to cry and things we're looking squally
At this stags colored show was started
in the pavilion and the coloners audience
left him again. The party did not get to-
gether until on the street car. after the
boat landed on, the return trip. They said
the colonel ought t8 conclude that story
and he went at it again
linen the lady said that IL the husband
did not let her have the dog that the hus-
band should not go to lodge meetings when
they got home. and things were getting in
teresting for the husband, when--
INST then the conductor cried Transfer
for the avenue" and half OF the coloners
audience got or. whereupon he said he
would tell the end of that story on next
years excursion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28
LABOR IN LIBERIA.
The Lot Of the Workingman is Hard
One


Labor conditions in Liberia are painted in
dark colors by Consul General Lyon at
Monrovia, In report to the State Depart
ment, and are not likely to give much en-
enlargement to tho proposed movement
Of colored men In the United States toward
that country. The consul general saws that
ships which trade along the coast OF Liberia
employ native men as stevedores at an
average pay of $3.50 a month. which nav
low as 1t Is, is more than is paid BY the
planters 1or labor In the farming region.
As consequences, the farms are now sui
fering from lack of labor, the effect of
which, the consul general says. is disas-
trous Everywhere coffee farms, once
hourishing. are now abandoned. The
fee have seriously affected the prosnerfty
of the Liberian farmer.
1T will be seen from this plain state
ment, says Consul General Lyon, that
Foreign labor can never compete with ma
tive labor. The disadvantages of climatic
conditions and the simplicity of native hab
Its, which lessen his needs as COMPARED to
civilized man. render competition inpossi-
bic. The west coast OF Africa Is said In
be hostile to beasts of burden. and esneciaI.
ly to the horse. The absence of that anirpaI
from the seacoast would indicate the trufh
OF this statement, though the OK and the
morse thrive In the interior. and the camel
and the elephant breathe their native air
anywhere in Africa. Strange, neither fhe
OK. the camel, nor the elephant has been
domesticated to serve the purpose of man
In the republic. This neglect is perha ns
due to two causes-ignorance Of the
methods of domestication of these animals
on the part OF the civilized population and
economy on the part of the trader az n
Is cheaper to keep man than a horse.
The aborigines are the beasts of burden
They do precisely what the horse and the
mule-in fact. the locomotive-does in the
United States. Generally the native man
Is as strong as an OK. His muscles are we'll
developed on massive frame and stalwart
form; he travels hundreds of miles in the
Interior with heavy sacks of merchandise
either on his head or across his shoulders
with only cotter on his head to modify
the weight of the load. He conveys mas
sengers to and from the interior In a ham-
mock suspended from a horizontal piece Of
timber. the ends of which rest on his bare
shoulders. In this way, for days weeks
and months. he travels across mountains
and rocky plains fording deep creeks and
swimming dangerous rivers He tills the
soil. fells the forests, digs the bitches
bridges the rivers, waits at the table. and
does the laundering and cooking and in
fact. everything that man or bea
would be expected to do In the way of toll
For these services he is compensated az
follows AS a carrier for the Interior he re-
ceiyes "A cents per day as wages and from
to ~ cents for subsistence: as a La borer
on the farm he receives from 81 so to 81 "a
per month and his rations, which consist
of one quart of rice and one pound of
stockfish per day; as a laborer his wages
never exceed $3.50 per month and his ra-
lions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28
A Free Travel Scheme.

Inc transatlantic steamship people are
going to see to 1t, hereafter. that fewer
folks are taken across the sea. one way or
the other. accidentally" They say that
this accidental" business is being over
worked quite a lot by persons of an eco
nomical turn of mind. No less than eight
individuals, men and women, have already
been taken to Europe accidentally on
steamships thus early In the season, and
when these instances began to happen In
clusters the steamship people woke up and
began to look into the thing One young
woman, who went aboard steamer here
TO see her chum, school teacher, off for
England. was accidentally carried over
there herself. That is to say. she forgot
to heed the s.An ashore signal and when
the steamer cast OFF and swung into the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28
A. Scientific Diagnosis.

From Pnck.
College senior.-.so you think Tom win
proposer'
College junior.-''Yes; last night his pulse
was 70-temperature 80; this afternoon his.
pulse was 90-temperature LOO; think the
crisis will occur BY tonight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28

Mother-''Wh8t seems to be the trouble ~
Mrs. Neuwed-"I-I always heard Charles
was fond of the turf. but l simply can't
make Kim touch d lawn mower New
York. Sun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28
Then and Now.

From the Inland Printer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28


.'They all made room for him. and he
picked up the groom's immaculate hand
in his grimy paw and took shrewd look
at the style of the handcuh. Then he dug
into one of his rear trousers pockets and
brought something out There were lot of
people standing in the aisle, watching Inn,
but none of them has yet seen the thing
that that bullet-head brought out of his
pocket He kept 1t In the palm of his hand.
Holding 1t that way. he applied 1t to the
groom's handcun There was pleasing lit
tie click and the handcuff fell apart.
Now FIR tn little lady, said the bullet
head. and again with the expert application
OF that invisible thing that he held in the
palm of his hand the little click followed,
and the young woman found herself freed.
we all cheered the bullet-head. We didn't
care a bit about his antecedents, although
1t was perfectly palpable to all of US that
he hadn't gained his handcuff experience
and wasn't carrying around tools to unlock
sem for his health. We just cheered him
because we liked him, and because he was
the right man in the right place. The
paratory to escorting his bride to the par
lor car; 49, ..,,,~ 80.
the groom to the bullet-he2d, peeling a yell
low twenty from his roll.
".Not on your zincograph, PAL said the
bullet-head with grin. as he turned to
shamble back to the smoker. No use
t'rowin' none o. that stuff away. now that
you're spliced. Anyhow. I'm on velvet :
and he pulled out of his back coat pocket
rubber-banded bundle of the ochre-hued
papers as big as a boys size hat and gave
US fash at 1T. Then he slouched back to
the smoker, and we didn't see him any
more But, wherever he goes. he'll carry
with him the warmest regards of that
trainload of passengers, and I. for one,
hope that the next time he's handcuffed
himself he'll have that mysterious little
implement along with him and handy for
use."s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28

Stagg-"Did you see that idiotic woman
kiss that dog of her's?'
SweIlington--''Yes. Do you wonder that
some dogs go madg'-Kennebec Journal
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-21
MEDICINAL.

The best disinfectant Of all Is sunlight.
II destroys by its very brightness all sorts
of germs and at the same time helps the
growth of plants and animal life. Doubt
less all have noticed that mould grows
during the night and in dark, damp cellars
Bright sunlight quickly destroys germs.
mould or other organisms. That is why II
Is best to let the sunlight into your houses
for its purifying influence.
At the Invalids' Hotel and Surgieai lnsti-
tute. Buffalo. n. Y, DR.. Pierce, chief con-
sulting surgeon, started experiments, some
three wears ago. with the Finsen light in
conjunction with the Xray in the treat
ment of diseases. He got excellent results
therefrom, and was among the FIRST to adapt
this remarkable cure TO many cases which
il was formerly supposed must OF necessity
be treated by the knife.
Not only is DR.. r. V. Pierce notable for
his surgical achievements at his hospital in
Buffalo bu! nearly third Of century ago
he discovered certain roots and HERDS
which were natures remedies, and sue
ceeded in putting them up in a form that
would be easily procured and ready TO use.
This he called DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. II maintains the patients nu-
triton by enabling him to eat retain, digest
and assimilate nutritious food. II over
comes gastric irritability and symptoms OF
indigestion, and in this way fever, night
sweats. headaches, ETC., are done away with.
II fortifes the body against the germs Of
consumption, grip and malari,. 1t builds
up the tissues and puts on healthy flesh.
Those desiring to know something about
the body in health and disease, also medi-
cine and surgery, without technicalities,
should read the Common Sense Medical
Adviser, which can be had for 81 cents in
one-cent stamps for the cloth.bound book.
Address Dr.. r V Pierce Buffalo, N. ".
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-21
Killed Father,s Murderer.

Additional reports of the tragedy in
Tatnall county, Ca, Saturday, in which
A. ]. Edwards was killed and Coy
Edwards beaten by the negro, Davis,
say that the wife and mother Of the two
men notified Eugene Edwards of the
occurrence when he returned from a
hunting trip. He started in pursuit OF
the negro, catching him just the as he
got alongside man named Wray, who
was driving a wagon. Edwards fired,
the load striking the negro, who re-
turned the FIRE. The negro lodged be-
hind the horses heads and Edwards be-
hind the tail Of the wagon. With Kray
ducking between them, they fred as they
caught sight of each other. Edwards
was wounded in the face by a splinter
knocked from the wagon body by one Of
Davis bullets, but the boy kept firing
and rsloading, using birdshot. Not un-
til the third load struck the negro did he
reel and stagger to the road fence, where
upon the boy ran TO him and emptied
both barrels of his gun into his body.
Then be jumped upon the negro'S body
and stamped out any life that remained
A great crowd gathered and wanted te
burn the body Of the negro and lynch
bis family. Counsel of cousins OF the Ed
wards family prevented this, however,
though the crowd was particularly IN
censed because it was said that Davis
was from Bulloch county, where be had
belonged to an alleged "Before Day"
club that was said to have brought about
the murder of the Hodges family and the
burning of their home.