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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21
GOVERNMENT eY rpleRAM.

"Epigrams have been most useful to
me in many ways. They make men
think" Thus the Cleveland chief of
police, who begins the daily publica-
ton of an epigram in the police paper
of that city with this example; Good
advice is usually distasteful to those
who need it most"
There are several extraneous aids
70 efficiency in office. His Excel
lency the Governor" in the Gilbert
opera tried practical jokes on his sub
ordinates-compelled the guards to do
ballet dances instead of drills and
organized butter slides for the unsus-
pecting syndic Devery used epigrams,
and coined them himself. II the
Cleveland chief will find room for his
dnfading sentiment, "A policeman has
got right TO have some sense" there
will be no need of publishing other
official proverbs. Gen. Bingham uses
birthstone and mythology.
Whether nine gods of war or Jew
els five words long" are to be pre-
ferred in the inculcation of official
discipline is a matter very much at
issue just now.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21
WILL HAVE A CHANGE.

Editor News;-I notice that the AL
lance Leader says the Grant dele
gates to the Republican congressional
convention does not contain the names
of representative Canton men" In
asmuch as the Leader is controlled by
Kennedy men, perhaps the Grant list
does not look good to them. Forgive
these inexperienced fellows for once,
and perhaps that hereafter the Grant
forces will leave the selection of their
delegates to some of Congressman
Kennedy's partisan postmasters-Col.
Edwin Morgan, of Alliance, and
George Clark, of Canton, for instance.
GRANT REPUBLICAN.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21
DIFFICULTIES OF AMBASSADOR

Only persons who are well endowed
with this worlds goods can stand the
strain placed upon their resources by
serving their country at the great
capitals of Europe, says the Pittsburg
Gazette. The beggardly salary
of an Ambassador is hardly sufficient
to pay his house rent, and the large
sums which he is forced to spend in
performing the social duties placed
on him in one of the puntilious seats
of government abroad make heavy
inroads on his private resources. There
are rich Senators in Congress, but all
the Senators are not rich and don't
have to be. On the other hand, It Is
impossible or a poor man to hold GER
tain of the great diplomatic places,
The consequence is that promotion Is
only possible to very limited ex-
tent, and men of special talents but
without fortunes are prevented from
making the most of their gifts because
they have not the big opportunities.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21
SIGNIFICANT SOUNDS.

Hear that thunder in the distance?
Hear that basso, diapason?
Raucous noises DER in Lisbon?
Also where the potters clay mould?
In Alliance don't remark it?
Nor in Berlin, that for Grant is?
Hear it not in Canton, his, too?
Know you not the meaning of it?
What the cause is nor the author?
Can it be you're dense as doughnut,
That delightful cake at Christmas,
When the world is more fraternal
And they charge US double prices
For the gewgaws bought for presents? /?
Hear the noise like tramp of army
Over here in Stark called Molly?
Nor in county of Mahoning,
Home of sachem and kiskinkee,
Where for years there's been no poker
And the wheel was never fixed yet?
In Columbiana neither?
BY Red Jacket, noble chieftain
Who would joy to cut our heart out,
You are deafer than the chairman
When the other fellows fixed i'm.
That there uproar racket, revel,
Wild admixture of all noises,
Is the voice of Jim exporting
All the braves to gather round i'm;
To indulge in O-be-joyful;
To array themselves in pigments
Vying with the prismic rainbow,
Which the Lord set in His heavens
When He'd drowned most creation;
To put feathers in their topknots;
Breach-clouts where breach-clouts e'er
should be;
And to come o'er here next Tuesday
With their lungs of leather with them
To engage in yelling louder
Than the roasted do in Tophet;
And to see the Chieftain Julian,
Famed for making bows and arrows,
Tomahawks and things of metal;
And besides that and far better,
For his kegs of firewater
For good Injuns, and for wampum.
The "Olier'' in Youngstown Vindi.
catnr
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN.
A Statesman Who Is a Study in Con-
tradietions.

There is probably no statesman in
our history who has played so i'm
portant part as Mr.. Chamberlain
and at the same time has changed his
opinions so often and so widely with
out being exposed to the charge ct
mere vulgar self-seeking. Mr.. Glaa-
stone, it is true, began his political
life as the "rlsing hope of the stern
and unbending Tories" and concluded
1t is the most honored mouthpiece of
democracy. But his development was
much lower than Mr.. Chamberlain's
and coincided with a parallel develop
ment in the conditions of political
warfare. II would be difficult to find
an analogy to that diametTieal change
in political outlook, illustrated by the
appendix OF quotations which Mr..
Macintosh calls "A Study in Contra
,dictions," without seeking among that
lower order of politicians of whom a
great cynic observed that their only
firm political principal was to draw
$4,000 year. But this is probably
the only charge which has never been
seriously brought against Mr.. Cham
berlain. When the kaleidoscope
changes in his views have been as
cribed to egotism. it is on a higher
plane that the accusation is brought
Mr.. Macintosh puts it in the form
of very happy quotation from Mat
thew Arnold:
o Sohrab, an unquiet heart is
thine!
Canst thou not rest among the Tartar
chiefs
And share the battles common
chance with ns
Who love thee, but must press for
ever first,
In single fight incurring single risk?
Others might find the explanation
In the fact that Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN pos
sesses one of those strenuous and ur-
gent souls whose motto is always Hcc
age. and who concentrate ali tbeiI
energy on the task in hand atFthe
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21
E,eoban, po~er.

How many men would be needed to
pull weight hauled by an elephant?
Fifty. The answer is the result of re-
cent Investigations made to determine
the respective pulling power of horses,
men, and elephants Two horses,
weighing 1,6O0 pounds each, together
pulled 1850 pounds, or $50 pounds
more than their combined weight. One
elephant, weighing 10000 pounds,
pulled $3.50. pounds, or $3.50 pounds
less than his weight. Fifty men, ag-
gregating about $500 pounds in
weight, pulled $3.50 pounds, or just as
much as the single elephant. But like
the horses, they pulled more than
their own weight. One hundred men
pulled 1900 pounds. Exchange.
Now tnat this country has a new
board of naturalization, why not nat
uralize the American millionaires
who insist on spending every summer
abroad instead OF seeing America
first" ?-Denver Republican.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21
How Tears Arc Formed.

All emotions, however slight, either
decrease or increase the circulation
of the blood. Those emotions that
bring tears cause the blood vessels
around the eyes to expand, thus flood
ing the lacrimal or tear glands with
blood. The tear-glands always secrete
little to keep the eyes cool and
moist, and carry on specks OF dust
through the nasal passages, but the
extra supply of blood increases this
secretion TO such AN extent that II
cannot go OF in the usual way. SO
overfiows.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21
w ELL SAID.

The following is from the Person
al and Political columns of the
Washington Post of the 18th inst. and
It contains some solid truths that
ought to be well pondered over by
the self-constituted leaders of the par
ty in Canton, especially, who play into
the hands of the old Clark Republi-
can machine whenever they want a
little appointment of some kind from
@ Republican state official:
THE Democrats in Stark county,
the home of the late President Nc
Kinley, need leaders badly if they
ever expect to overturn the Repub-
lican ring that has control of things
in that county" said ]. ]. Whittacre,
of Canton, at the New Willard, last
night. "and if there is one county
In Ohio that needs reformation it is
old Stark. At our Erimaries last
Saturday we cast less than 1000 votes
and found some trouble in getting
men to accept the nomination for
places on the ticket. There was lit
tie Bryan sentiment manifested. al
though think the Democrats of Ohio
believe Bryan should be the candi-
date of the party in 1908. AS matter
Of fact, President Roosevelt has Bry-
anized the country in advocating gov
ernmental control of public utilities
and all that sort of thing. He has
done it because he thought it was
popular. Bryan believes in that pol
icy because he thinks it is right.
There are many Democrats in Ohio
who refused to support Bryan in the
two previous campaigns who would
willingly vote for him now. because
the money question is settled They
believe he. is honest. and they know
he is intelligent"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21
FLYING KITES UNDER WATER.
Object to Warn Ships When Ap-
, preaching Dangerous Places.

1
The flying of kites was for many
years regarded as childish sport, but
| those toys, as men, were wont to re-
gard them, have become in the pres
ent day most valuable aids to science.
| But the strangest of all kites yet
invented is one constructed by tho
famous Swedish engineer, Sjostrand.
| This kite is not to be flown in the
air. 80
i 1t is to. fly beneath the waters of the
lsea
| This novel kite is made of light
canvas adjusted to light but strong
metal frame, and In shape is not dis
similar to the aerial kite except that
it is made in two sections, the lower
and smaller one depending from the
upper, with which it is connected by
a sort of coupling.
| The object sought by Mr.. Sjostrand
was to provide ships with an ever
iready automatical guard or watch that
would give instant alarm if the VS.
sci enters shoal waters and is APP
preaching a spot where the depth is
not sufficient for safety.
| The under water kite is fastened to
Ia thin wire cable attached to winch
| on deck.
| When the kite is thrown overheard
TT sinks in consequence of the OBJ
lique pressure brought to bear upon
lit by the water, just as the land kite
Is raised and maintained aloft by the
pressure of the air.
With the winch the kite Is lowered
| or raised at will, and forming a por-
ton of this winch is scale and reg
lister that tells the depth in fathoms
or metres at which It is floating
| The curve of the cable to which
| the kite is attached never varies what
ever the speed of the vessel or the
condition of the weather, so that the
kite always remains at the exact
depth fixed by the winch.
| The purpose of the water kite is
to float beneath or beside the ship at
a depth that is sufficient to ensure
safety
| If, at any time, day or night, the
lower section of the kite strikes bot
tom, the signal pencil" as it is
called, instantly releases the coup
ling with which it is secured to the
upper section and an alarm bell is
sounded on the deck of the endan-
gered vessel. s-,t
Precautions can at once be taken
to secure its safety
The kite meanwhile is drawn up,
readjusted and thrown overheard to
maintain it's faithful watch
During recent experiments with
this submarine kite it was noticed
that the vessel was followed by whole
schools of fish, who seemed fascnat-
ed by the queer, new inhabitant of the
ocean. The fish disappeared when
the vessel came to anchor and the
submerged kite lost its motion.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21
KINGS MlsroRTuNEs.
Strange Meeting Of Francis Joseph
anda Seer in Tyrol Mountains

anda Seer in Tyrol Mountains
The condition of affairs in Austria
Hungary invests with great signifi-
canoe very remarkable incident In
the life of Emperor Francis Joserh.
which occurred shortly before bis
marriage in 1854, the details of which
have never been made public.
The young emperor, who was an IN
trepid mountaineer, had beer spend
ing a few days in the Tyrol with MS
brother the Archduke Maximilian, af-
terward emperor or Mexico, in pursuit
of their favorite sport of channels
hunting. Returning late one evening,
after an unsuccessful days shooting,
they were proceeding along danger
Gus path on the face of precipice
when they were startled by the sud
den apparition of a wild and haggard
looking man, who sprang forward to
meet them and raising his hand called
upon them in the name of heaven to
stop-as he had a message which they
alone might hear.
The narrow path woHld hardly per-
NIT two persons to pass, and the man
who resolutely barred the way had all
the appearance of being an escaped
lunatic. Deeming 1t prudent to humor
him the emperor stopped and told him
to deliver his message. To his amaze
ment the seemingly ignorant peasant
proved in a few hurried words that he
was a man of education and fully
aware of certain state secrets which
the emperor supposed were known to
him and his ministers alone. Pass
ing rapidly from the present to the
future, the seer in hurried words fore
told long series of tragic disasters
which would befall the young sover-
eign and then pushing past him,
rushed swiftly down the steep path
and disappeared.
Anxious to learn by what means
the man had discovered the cabinet
secrets, of which he evidently had
full knowledge, the emperor immedi-
ately retraced his steps in order to
meet some members of the hunting
party who were following him. On
reaching them he learned that no one
had even seen the mysterious
stranger. AS the path was oyerhung
by an insurmountable wall of rock on
one side, it was naturally supposed
that the unfortunate man had fallen
into the abyss which bounded it upon
the other, but a most rigorous search
failed to discover the least trace oe
his remains. The mystery remained
unsolyed, and the Emperor, who was
deeply impressed by the incident, re-
fused for years to inform any one of
the nature of the revelations made to
him.
Soon after the tragic death of the
empress, however, he alluded to the
incident of half century before III
the course of conversation with
member Of his family, who related the
dramatic episode to the writer With
deep emotion he affirmed that now all
but one of the disasters. foretold by
that mysterious seer had actually hap
pened-the murder of his consort, the
tragic deaths of his only son and of
his brother, the Emperor of McKee,,
and the long series of political mis-
fortunes that had befallen his coun-
try. The only prediction that re-
mained unfullled as yet was that he
was destined to be the last emperor
or Austria
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21

Canteloupos-Sweet Mountain, $500
02.15 crate; indiana, eQ@s5c.
Observation-Disclosures as@s5c.
Vegetables
; Potatoes--New Jersey, $215@2.25;
sweet, s3.75@4.OO; early pse, 75c per
bu.
Sweet potatoes--$350@3.75.
onions--Ohio, 90c@s1,00 per bu;
Southern, $125@2.0O per bag; Span
ish, $1.20@I30 por crate.
.Celery-A25@30 per doz lunches.
Tamatoes--Chio, 20@25c per " bu.
basket.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21

The name of DR. r. G. Williams, OF
Alliance, has been frequently men,
toned as suitable candidate for
state central committman from the
Eighteenth district and it. is probable
that his name will be presented at
the committee meeting in Columbus
toforrow. DR.. Williams was a form
er member of the Ohio Legislature and
is well known throughout the state.
Bernard Bell, the hustling young may
or of Massillon, is also a candidate
for committeeman from this district
Either would make acceptable mem
bers as they are clean-cut and honor
able men, and il entrusted with cam
paign funds they would be honestly
expended for the use of the legitimate
expense of the campaign, as has been
the rule since Dan Kirby represented
the district as committeeman.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21

The Democratic state convention
at Columbus this week promises to be
largely attended, and it goes without
saying that there will be lively ses-
their teeth and transact the business
before them as they think it ought
to be done. No boss appears in the
convention hall with a ready-made
program for them to endorse, as has
for years been the plan in Cox-Dick
conventions.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21
Bread Baking superstitions.

There are some curious supersri-
tions about baking bread In the
course of religious seasons. Most OF
them are found in France, the great
est bread-eating country on the globe.
For instance, in upper Brittany
bread baked on Good Friday, it is
declared, become black. In Charante
it is held that he who eats of bread
baked on All Souls DAY will become
diseased. The flames will burst ont
of the oven in ones face if bread is
baked on the feast of st. Nicholas
say the good people at Aube, so it is
not done. In Burgundy the people
believe that If bread is baked in the
course of Rogation week all bread
baked during the remainder of the
year will turn moldy The iuhab,-
tants of the Black Mountains believe
the same thing. The Sicilians refuse
to bake on Good Friday, because they
fear that in some manner they will
burn the Saviour.
The beliefs which other Europeans
used to have in early times demon.
strate how illogical is all this super
stition, These used to think that
bread baked on Good Friday would
not grow moldy, and the hot-cross
bun was included in this belief. Some
one has shrewdly suggested that tho
spice preserved them.
A piece of bread baked on this holy
day, perhaps because of its holy char
acter. was supposed to have mlracu-
lous powers IL preserved. The house
containing 1t would not catch fire.
1t was used for preventing whooping
cough. and If fed to cattle i'll of cer-
tain diseases would cure them. The
natural deduction from all this is
that in one country bread baked ON
a certain day will work III and that
baked ON another on the same dav
will work good. which means that
bread baked on that day is about tho
same as bread baked on any other.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21

Some of the Stark county delegates
to the coming Democratic convention
report that they have received let
ters from John G. Harmony of the
famous McLean-$7000 fund-county
campaign asking for the position OF
state committeeman. This, however,
may be the work of a practical Joker.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21

moment. They needs must love the
highest when they see H." but they
are constitutionally governed by such
an optical law that they can see moth
ing higher than the thing on whiGh
their eys are fixed for the time being.
London Spectator.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21

Tomorrow's the day that theren
be trouble and turmoil in Youngs-
town. There will be more OF the
same on Wednesday and the good
Lord only knows what will happen
Thursday if the police don't get busy
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21

Will the Republican congressional
convention. which. meets at Youngs-
town tomorrow, have the nerve to
endorse Dick and Foraker in the face
of the spanking which has been ad-
ministered to these two bosses in
Cleveland and Cincinnati?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21

And now il is United States Senator
Cullom who has deserted the stand
patters" and yels Justify for tariff
revision.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21

So many people are now yegetarlans
or faddists, nibble nuts. or munich a
eaulifower, that hostesses are driven
TO their wits ends to invent new
and tasty little dishes and forced to
employ French cooks who can serve
up eggs and yeeetabIss, mscaroni ana
cheese in a hundred different ways.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21
DAILY MORNING NEWS.

Daily delivered by carrier. &c per weeB
Daily delivered by mail, s16e per
year In advance. or S1.75 payable
end OF year.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21
Sues for $4,000.

John II. Steffen has sued the Can
ton-Akron railroad for $4,000 dam
ages as the result of an accident In
Canton February 10. 1900.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21
MARKET REPORT
Buying Prices.


Onions-10c per one-fourth peck.
oranges-3O@40c per doz.
Potatoes-20c PIX.
Spinach-8c per 10.
Apples-20c per PIX.
Bananas-15@20c per doz.
Butter-22-25c per 10; creamery.
28c
Cabbage-5@7c per head.
Carrots lunches for SC
Musk melons, 8@10c.
Watermelons-25@35c.
Chickens, live, 12@14c.
Chickens, dressed. 16@1Sc.
Eggs-22c
Lard, 13c per ID.
Rhubarb, Sc fb: for sc.
Tomatoes-10c per "A PIX.
Onions, 3 bunenec fu- SC.
Radishes, lunches for Sc
Cucumbers-3 for sc.
Blackberries-10c.
Huckleberries-l6c per qt.
Canton Gram Markets.
Dealers pay following prices:
Corrected daily by the Smith Grain
co.,
Corn in ear, 80c per bushel
Wheat-69c.
Oats, 40c per Du
Hay, baled, $1000@12.00 per ton.
Straw, baled, $500 per ton.
Straw, 60c per cwt.
Bran, $21. 90 per ton.
Peerless corn and oats, chopped, $25.
Middlings, $21.0O@25.O0 per ton.
Cyper's chicken feed, SITS per cwt
Cyper's chick feed, $2.75 per cwt
Retail Meat Prlces.
Beef-Rib roast 12Gt4c; chuck 10
@12c; boiling, 6@10c; round steak,
12@14c; porterhouse steak, 1Sc; ten
derloin steak, zoe; Hamburg steak,
16c per pound
Veal-Steak, 22c; loin chops, 18c;
rib chops. 16c; shoulder chops, lac;
stew, S@12c.
Fork-FTesh, steak, 16c; chops,
15c: smoked ham. sliced, zoe; ba-
con, 16@22c: boiled ham, Soc: dried
sausage, lac; fresh sausage, 13c.
Lambs-Steak, 22c; loin chops, zoe.
rib chops, 1Sc; shoulder chops. 16c;
stew. 6@10c.
Wholesale Meat PrIceA
Pork loins-12Rc.
Regular hams. 15c.
Smoked ham, l4hc.
Bacon-14h @16c.
Beef, loins, 10@12c.
Dressed beef, 7@7%e
Dressed veal. 10kc.
Dressed hogs, o1agsc
Beef, hind, 10Q11c.
Pork loins, 13c.
Veal, lie.
Lard 10kc.
Dairy and Farmyard.
Cleveland, Aug. 1S.-Butter-Cream
cry, extras, 231a @24c; prints, 24A q
25c; firsts, 2O@21c; seconds, 17@1Sc;
fancy dairy, 18@19c; renovated, 1914
@21c; packing, 15@16c.
Cheese--Frull creams. York State
12@12Kc; Ohio 11k@12c; limburger
11@12c; Swiss old, 16@18c; new,
14@15c; brick cheese, 13@14c.
Eggs Strictly fresh Ohio and West
ern Arm at 1917 @20c.
Poultry-Alive, fowls, 12@121sci
broilers, IAN @15c; ducks, old, 101s q
lie; young, 12@12he.
Fruits.
Apples-No. 1. $2.e093,O0; sweet
$1.00 hamper; Ohio, 26c PIX.
Limes-80d90 90c per box.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21

pletedq The United States supplies
us with some hint of the answer.
There the two races are at each.
others throat. e..
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-21

The black diamond is so hard that
Il cannot be polished.