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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-02

Two Bluehill youngsters started life
last Monday, Feb. 20, and consequently
will not have many birthdays even il
they grow to be very old. One Is a
daughter born to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
P. Merrill; the other son born to Mr.
and Mrs. Charles II. Dodge.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-02

and will order any size desired. Come
in and look at them. We know they
will please you.
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COMING EVENTS.

Tbursday, March II, at Hancock hall
Annual concert by st. Joseph's Cat boiie
society. Supper served at 6 O'Clock in
Odd Fellows hall.
Monday, April A, Hancock ha.l-Annuat
minstrel show, bail and supper of the
City Hose Co.
Tuesday. March s, at Congregational
vestry-Cobweb pariv by the March COM
mittee. Admission 25c
Wednesday, March at Manning ball
Sociab'e nv Esoteric lodge, F. and A. M.
Music by Monsghan's orchestra.
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LAKEWOOD.

Ivory Frazier and Zelman Garland spent
few days last week In Bangor and
Brewer.
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Powder which promotes digestion.
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baking by the best people everywhere.
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

There is a 6-yearold West Phla.
delphian who already gives evidence
OF possessing the necessary qualifca.
tions to place him at the head of some
great trust For some weeks past he
has been troubled with toothache, and
his mother has coaxed. threatened,
and hired him to go and have the
tooth extracted, but the small boy
could not get his courage to the nee.
essary point.
Finally one nor ming, when mamma
had been making bids. like the crowd
at an auction. "One dollar, one and
one-half," and at last had reached
three" the small boy broke in with:
Say, mamma, would you give me
five dollars?
The mother hesltated moment, and
then said Yes" Anything to have
1t over.
"Pll do 1t them" said the small boy.
So away they went in a hurry before
he could repent of his bargain. Ar
rived at the dentists, the operation
was so painless and so soon over that
the small boy didn't realize that the
tooth was out until they told him.
On the way home. his mother said:
Now, Harold, don't you think that
was very little thing for mamma to
give you five dollars forT'
"Yes, mamma, do" said the young
financier. But, I'll tell you what!
Wen call it SAFE and you give me
the s. and I'll give you back the %
cents some time when / have another
tooth pulled. d."-Philadelp Press.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
Fire Set by SUMS RaYs on ela IS

A correspondent, commenting on a
paragraph recently published in the
San Francisco Chronicle reporting the
burning of a haystack near Montan.
ban, France, through the focusing of
the suns rays by an empty glass beer
bottle left on the spot by some pic
nickers, says: 1T might interest you
to know that such a thing as that is
very common in some countries. /
spent some years in North Queens
land in the 'Never-never land and in
the summer time we were careful not
to leave any glass lying around after
breaking camp, as destructive bush
fires were often so caused" There is
no doubt that many of the forest and
possibly some of the grain-held fires
which spontaneously break out In this
state every summer are started by a
similar cause.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
MAYOR ClRLILE
OF SALEM, URGES SALOON
KEEPERS TO REFRAIN FROM
TREATING ON CHRISTMAS.

Mayor Al Carlisle of Salem, has pub
lished the following notice:
To the Liquor Dealers of Salem:
AS it has been customary in the past
for all saloonkeepers to hand out free
drinks upon Christmas day, am clear
ly of the opinion that such indiscrim-
mate gifts work much harm to many
of the irresponsible recipients and en-
tails large expense upon the men in
the business. | therefore request that
this custom be abated and ask coop
Grafton of all concerned in eliminating
the unnecessary evil.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

Judge w. w. Hole, who sat in the
Whelan divorce case, takes all his
notes in shorthand and those who
have seen his characters say that they
Ire perfect. This enables him tc
lake more voluminous notes than the
lverage jurist. This suggests the
thought that within the next quarter
Of a. century all the children will
be taught shorthand in the primary
schools and that Canton might as well
begin it as soon as possible. This is
IN age when time-saving is the great
lad and shorthand saves time. When
1t becomes universal it will not be
necessary to transcribe notes, as every.
body will be able to read them. How
over, in order to do this the characters
would have to be comparatively per-
feet.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
Celery and Rheumatism.

Ho, all ye rheumatics! Celery
never was finer than that which you
find in the market just now. Chop up
the stalks in pieces an inch and half
in length, boil them in water until soft
then drink the water. Or stew them
in milk and butter, thicken with a
little -four aad eat warm with toast or
potatoes. Rheumatism is impossible,
1t is said, If the Vegetable be cooked and
freely eaten. Besides, there is no
greater delit acy than stewed celery
The value of the plant lies in the apiol
or parsley-camphor, 1T contains This
dilates the blood vessels and has few
equals as diaphoretic and dflretic
Anything that produces a profuse per-
spiration is good for the rheumatic
patient. All the world knows that
celery is the best absorbent a drink
ing man can take, and its action on the
kidneys and viscera is most health
ful.-New York Press.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
DEVIL woRsHIPERs
Renounce Kindred Who Are Forced
To Serve the Sultan.

Renounce kindred VINO Are Forced
To Serve the Sultan.
Worshipers of Baal and of the
Devil are still found in one of the
Turkish provinces, writes an army Of
flcer who lived among them. The
Yezidees, or devil worshipers. are an
extraordinary people; and, although
forced by the laws of conscription to
serve in the Ottoman army, the seiz-
ure of one or more of their young men
by Turkish recruiting party is such
distressing spectacle that once wit
messed, it can never be forgotten.
( Walls and wells of despair are rails
ed. Men, women and girls kiss the re-
cruit's eyes, checks, mouth and hands.
Throwing themselves on the ground,
they even embrace his legs and feet.
The conscript appears quite dazed
with sorrow, He folds in his arms
and caresses over and over again his
weeping kindred whom he will never
see again. He kisses the walls and
the hearth of the cabin in which he
was born, but which he is about to
quit forever, and vets them with his
tears; but when, accompanied by his
Turkish captors, he leaves the village,
the lamentations of the villagers
cease.
Then. and as though nothing had
happened, the latter go about their
ordinary occupations. Never again is
the conscript's name mentioned; and
on Joining his regiment, the young
Yezidee becomes Mussulman. His
kindred, believing him accursed, af-
feet to forget him; and were he to
approach the village from which he
has been forcibly dragged away. every
Yezldee, even his dearest friends. his
father, mother, brothers, sisters and
sweetheart, would drive him from
their presence with curses, and pelt
him with stones.-New York Mail.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
THE LOBSTER AND THE eA1LI
This Time the King Of Birds Met His
Match

mdtCn.
As an excuse for dragging a lobstel
story in can at least claim that much
OF the contention between the Frent h
and the English over the French shore
difficulty in Newfoundland hinges upon
the point as to whether or not lob
ster is a fish, since the French fish.
errnen claim the right to build lobster
factories on the treaty coast in virtue
of the clause of the treaty authorizing
them to erect buildings for drying
their fish.
The fisherman in this case was one
OF the white headed eagles popularity
known in Newfoundland as a grip. The
story is told by Col Haggard, with
whom | visited Newfoundland few
years ago in search of salmon. John
Stroud, one of our guides, and l." says
the colonel, were sitting on the rocks
by the seashore watching the grip
soaring around in circles, when sud.
denly we saw him dash down into a
pool Of water close by us on the
beach and reappear holding an enor-
nous lobster in his talons. He was
an old lobster, with huge claw white
with barnacles; but the eagle had him
clutched firmly around the back, and
at first we could see the huge claw
hanging helplessly down, the barna.
cles shining white in the sunlight.
Only for second, though. The rip.
pies on the recently disturbed pool
had not yet died away, the large drops
OF water had not ceased to fall upon
its surface from the soaring eagles
feathers and the captive lobster alike,
when the latter suddenly awoke to the
seriousness of the situation, and to
think with that apparently helpless
creature was to act, for he was q lob.
ster of action. Up came the great
white barnacled claw and seized the
eagle round the neck. The grip had
got the grip now with a vengeance.
There was furious fluttering and
beating of his wings, a melancholy
squawk issued from his choking throat
and then, tumbling and rolling head
over heels in the air in a confused
mass, down came eagle and lobster
again splash back into the pool. We
rushed forward. thinking that we could
perhaps in some way secure both com.
batants, as the splashing of the con.
filct continued in the shallow water.
But we had hardly time to pick up a
rock apiece TO heave at the eagle, be-
fore the lobster, feeling himself at
home apail let 90 his hold Now
with his neck all torn and devoid of
feathers, away flew the bedraggled
eagle to neighboring cliff, while, still
brandishing his enormous claw in de
fance, the lobster remained smiling
at the bottom of the pool But the
grip will doubtless tell you, II you
meet him, that the lobster fishing in
Newfoundland is very poor at present,
and that he is going to give it up, as
the game is hardly worth the candle"
Forest and Stream.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
MYSTERIOUS POWER
Possessed BY Girl, Who Can Make
Objects Move Around House.

Some happenings, which stem i'm
possible to explain in rational way,
took place last week at the home of
w. H. Chitty, in this city.
Among the members of his house
hold is a little girl who apparently
possesses a power more wonderful than
that of Lula Hurst or Anna Abbott
in their palmiest days. This is Sal
lie Moore, 1S years old, niece of
Mrs. Chitty, who is boarding with
the family and attending school in the
city.
The first strange manifestations
were noticed a few nights ago, when
a thimble and other small objects fell
to the floor after a fight. across the
room. Since then many strange hap
penings have taken place, various OBJ
jects being thrown across the room or
falling apparently from the ceiling,
impelled by some unseen force.
Mr.. Chitty states that while he
was standing in one of the rooms of
his home large pearl button, which,
with others. was lying in a small
glass dish on the bureau, flew across
the room and struck the door on the
opposite side of the room 1t was
soon followed by another button. In
a few moments a pencil, which was
lying on the mantel-piece, was thrown
against the door.
A shoe belonging to one of the chill
dren left it's place at the side of the
room and fell at his feet, and stock
ing in the other shoe was thrown
across the room.
Large numbers of persons have
been attracted to the home by the oc
currenoes, hundreds going to witness
the manifestations.
1t Is said that those who have in
vestigated the matter are satisfied
that the Moore girl is endowed with
some mysterious power. Her mother
is said to- have been medium.
1t is noticed, however, that these
strange things happen when the little
girl is not present, and this feature
IL puzzling the public as much as the
occurrences themselves - Valdosta
(Ga) Cor New York Herald.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
RUSSIAN AMMUNITION
THREE MILLION ROUNDS HAVE
BEEN SEIZED RY THE
i CHINESE.

PelSing, Dec. 24.-Uondon Times.)-
The Chinese yesterday seized three
million rounds of Russian rife ammu-
nition near Feng Tai, in the vicinity
of Peking. The ammunition was con-
signed to a Russian firm at Tien Tsin
and was evidently destined for Port
Arthur. evils
The shipment was concealed among
bales of wood brought on the backs of
camels from Kalgan, the caravan being
in charge of the agent of a German
firm
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

A number of friends met at the
home of Peter Mohn in honor of his
Both birthday. Music and enjoyments
Of all kinds were INDUCED in. Cards
was the chief diversion of the evening
In which William Huberty won the
mems first prize and Johnnie Shaffer
the BOBBY prize. The ladies' first
prize was won by Miss Marion
Hierdlick and the consolation prize
by Miss Hitty Sullivan.
Tt )se present were Mr. and Mrs
John Billie, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Shaffer
Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham Schleimer, Mr.
and Mrs William Huberty, Misses
Margaret and Hltte Sullivan, Marion
and Bertha Hierdlick, Minnie Shaffer
and Pearl Mohn, Bertha Mohn, Mr.
Gust Dierling, John Shata, John Shat
Ter, Fred Cunningham. Luncheon was
served by the hostess.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
scot.s Eirst Bite Of Ice Cream.

On his first visit TO London a Scotch
youth entered refreshment parlor.
and, noting a woman eating an ice,
said to the waiter: "Hi. man, gle me
yin o. thae" Being supplied. he took
spoonful and made a wry face. I'm
dootin' It's bit frostbltten, mister" !"
said he. "oh, no, sir" remarked the
waiter. tits an Ice" Gosh, do they eat
Ice in London asked the wondering
youth. Man, we slide an skate ONT
In Aberdeen!"-Excbange.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
New StyIe,

"See here!" calculated the angry
customer Don't you advertise no
sawedges on collars?"
yes" replied the-laundryman sweet
ly, I'VE do"
We'll, what in thunder do you call
this? That collar has an edge like a
rasp."
"Oh, that's the new Elizabethan
style"
"Elizabethan style? What do you
mean?"
"Why, ruff on the neck. In those
days they wore ruff
But the customer had already be-
come delirious.-Judge.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
Suqae stion.

In the December issue of Sugges,
ton, magazine for the new Psychol-
ogy for thinkers Chicago, $1.00 per
year, the editor. DR.. Herbert A,
Parkyn, claims to demonstrate that
the cures made by Christian Science
heaters can be duplicated by any one
who Is versed in the rudiments of sug-
gestive therapeutics, and that the
Christian Science doctrines are un-
scientific and illogical. Other articles
relate to psychic research, nature
cure, rational hygiene, will power. ad-
vanced thought, personal magnetism,
auto.suggestien for health and ha!
ness, and allied subjects.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

man whose name appears in the con-
gressional directory. "A pilot may
think he knows the river on the down
trip, but when he comes up the next
week he has to learn shoals and snags
and set of current all over again. l
met man not long ago whom hadn't
seen for years. knew him slightly,
and / had met his wife once or twice.
He invited me to dine with him. and
went. My memory Of faces is not
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

good, but / thought the wife looked
younger than l recalled her. After
dinner said to the man:
Your wife positively looks ten
years younger than she did when |
last saw her.
"She is he said.
Il took it for idle fattery, but It
wasn't. It was a fact. The man had
been divorced and remarked since I
had seen him Washington Post.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
The Ripht Road.

The Chicago Great Western offers
superior service and lowest rates to
any one. contemplating a trip to st
Paul, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Kan
sas City, or Omaha, For further In.
formation apply to w. d. Jones, T. p
A., 91S Park Bldg, Pittsburg, Pa.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

A Springfield man sent so cents
back to a street car company because
be had cheated it out of several fares
There are not many consciences of
that calibre.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

And now they say that the Rus
slams paid the fishermen. to say that
lhey had seen Japanese warships on
The occasion when the Baltic fleet fired
upon the fishing boats.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
Another Kind Of Stand Patter.

An Atlantic Highlands man has been
trying TO save bluff there from the
encroachments Of the sea. He has
found out what the wild waves are
saying-they are calling his bluff
Baltimore American.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

These are hard times for dishonest
bankers. The big thieves are break.
ing into jail in some sections and
Dthers are under indictment. Com
pulsory honesty is better than none at
LII, and perhaps some of the other
fellows will go little cautiously about
Lppropriating funds.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

About all the fighting is being done
about Port Arthur. The other armies
seem to have gone into winter quar-
teTs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

The Japs are sending a lot more
battleships out after the Russian Bal
tic squadron, but they cannot find the
enemy.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

Artemus Wards humor is still ap-
plicable to Mormonism. He said that
while their religion was singular, their
wives were plural.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

The street railway employees claim
that they have no quarrel with the
new management. That is the part of
wisdom.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

The detectives are still trying to
locate Mrs. Chadwick's jewels and
money. So far they have failed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

James r. Garfield, commissioner of
corporations, says he has remedy for
trusts. He ought to get it patented.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

DR.. Chadwick had better remain up
on the high seas. Just as soon as he
lands he is to be arrested.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
DAILY NEws-DEMocRAT.

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Daily delivered by mail, $160 per
year in advance, or $1.75 payable a
end of year.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

Miss Annie Bear of North Lawrence
has returned to her home after stay
Of one week with Mrs. w. ID. Schmeltz-
Dr., of 416 East Tuscarawas street
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

Congress has quit until after the
holidays.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

Cleveland is planning hospital that
Is to cost two million and half.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
She Really Was Younger.

Society these days is exactly like
the Mississippi river" says an elderly
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

THE NEws-DEMocRAT PUB. CO.,
Canton, Ohio.
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-05-12

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-05-12
Judge Horace E. Deemer.

When Gov. Frank ID. Jackson in
1894 appointed to the vacancy on the
supreme bench District Judge Deemer,
he either builded wiser than he knew,
made lucky hit, or purposely select
ed very good man for the place.
Doubtless the young governor did a
good thing knowingly, with his eyes
wide open, for they had been students
together in the state university and he
knew his man, 1t Is seldom, indeed,
that any governor makes so excellent
an appointment. The state ut the next
election confirmed the choice by elect
ing Judge Deemer for the regular
term of six years, the last of which he
is serving as chief justice. His term
expires Jan. 1905, but there Is only
one thought in regard to filling the
place, and that is that Judge Deemer
will be his own successor, At present
he seems to be likely to DO renomi-
nation by reclamation. He is but IS
years of age-in the prime OF life
and during his service OF seven years
has given abundant evidence that he
possesses just such high qualities as
brought distinction to Judges Dillon,
Wright, Beck, Rothrock and their
associates in our highest court. Aside
from the law, Judge Deemer Is man
of wide and varied culture, as has
been abundantly shown in his lectures
and addresses Webster City Freeman
Tribune
The Republican but reflects the opin-
ion OF Boone county when IL endorses
the words of the Freeman Tribune.
Judge Deemer is known personally to
most of the lawyers of the county and
Is held in highest esteem. His SER
vices on the bench have been so emil
nently satisfactory that IL is not likely
that he will have opposition in So
curing another nomination. -- Boone
Republican.
We are glad to add our tribute to
those going the rounds Of the press
concerning Judge Deemer. Audubon
county has been friendly to him since
when he was first candidate for dis
trict Judge in this district. Our people
have watched his development us a
iurist and are glad that by superior
mental endowment and moral integrity
no is proving his eminent fitness for
the position on the supreme bench.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-05-12

Bob King, a famous Des Moines
gambler, announces that he has quit
gambling, all for the sake of his fine
little boy eleven years old, whom he
desires shall grow up to be an honor
able citizen. This sounds we'll. Mr..
King incidentally couples with this
statement another, that he will
hereafter devote his attention to the
liquor business. Our views of the
different occupations and callings
among men vary great deal and
largely depend on the kind of glasses
We look through. The idea of bringing
boy up in the liquor business to save
him from dishonor, is not generally
supposed to be the Iowa idea of the
matter any way.