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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
A SERMON FROM THE PENITEN
TlARY.

This Is q message from one behind
the bars of a prison to those outside,
In an editorial printed in THE Mirror,
paper published by the inmates OF
the Minnesota penitentiary, the editor
rays:
ut Is the concensus of opinion Of the
men who in many instances have
served three or four terms that from n
strictly business standpoint there IS
absolutely nothing In being dishonest
Speaking especially Of forgery
crime said 10 be on the increase among
young men-this prison writer says:
THE man who gets II into his head
that he can be successful at showing
checks Is running up against the hard.
est proposition he can tackle
This Is no Hark.frOm.the.tOmbs
donefuLsound sort of whining. II is
a plain statement Of fact based on ex.
perience. But briefly the sermon OF
this man, whose prison stripes are
badges OF bitter experiment in wrong.
doing, Is this:
Dishonesty does not pay. Don't think
you are smarter thar justice. Honesty
IS good business. OF course, all this
has been said by the preachers and the
mOralists over and over again, world
without end But they talked theory.
Here Is n man sitting In the somber
shadow OF prison walls who talks eX.
perienoe-his experience and the ex'
perience of his fellows.
They thought dishonesty would pay.
They fancied others might be caught, |
not they. They believed the way to
get on in the world was by the way OF
cute yillainy. Experience is a dear
school. The Mirror man says in some
cases II took three or four terms In the
penitentiary for some OF these men to
learn the lesson. But II was learned |
Their dishonesty failed.
Because, II is true as Emerson says,
"Crime and punishment grow on the
same stem"
A man may escape the outstretchol
hand OF Justice for a time. But Mem.
esis will catch up with him. Call IL
retribution, or what you will, a certain
something dogs the footsteps OF the
wrong-doer and will never let go Nhe
trail. Slowly, II may be, but surely, II
finally oyertakes.
In that essay on Compensation"
Emerson shows how
You must pay the price for every.
thing you get in this world. You can't
get something for nothing. The law
of all things says: Render your equiv
alcnt! You cannot do wrong without
suffering wrong.
That is where so many lose out in
their calculations. They try to do the
impossible--to separate a wrong from
its penalty. Wrong and penalty are
slamose twins. For thousands Of years
men have tried TO divorce the two and
failed. II simply cannot be done.
And the pity OF It is that men must
be shut up in prison that they may
ealrn this simple lesson, lesson they
once learned at their mothers knees.
Learn the lesson and stay outside
the walls. The people inside have
tried and tried again, and failed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
Canton People Buried.

Millersburg, o.. Oct. 6.-Thc re-
mains of Joseph Sharp were brought
here ON Friday from Canton for in
termont, also the remains of Mrs.
Matilda Maxwell from same place ar
rived on Saturday and were buried
at Berlin. Mr. Sharp was county COM
missioner for two terms OF this coun-
ty and was brother OF G. w. Sharp.
an attorney OF Millerrburg.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
STATE BANK CASES.

Prosecutor Upham stated Saturday
that the further trial OF ex-oflicials
Of the Canton state bank charged
with It's failure in May, 1905. would
be taken up at Lisbon, possibly dur
ing the month Of November next. No
definite arrangements have however
yet been made
II IVES also learned from the pros
cutor that the next Official to be tried
wonld be eX-Vice President Davis.
Up TO date ex-Cashier Bachtel has
been tried on three different indict-
ments, the first trial resulting in a
conviction and the remaining two ac-
quittals as against tho charges con-
tanned in the indictments. The ver-
diet In the case wherein Bachte, was
convicted was later set aside by
Judge Hole who presided at the trial.
His reason for so doing. II is claim
ed, was the misconduct of the pros
ecuting attorney who the court said
was too Jealous and Because OF his
zeal oyerstepped the bounds of pro-
priety.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
It is estimated thst the number o

II is estimated that the number of
American tourists In Europe this sum-
mer has been 100000 who have spent
on the average $40 each making a
total of Sl0.000,000. II Americans are
not popular abroad they ought to be,
The curfew has become an institu.
tlon In so many American towns that
there should be the more interest. In
the fact that ancient Crownland Alb.
hey, In the fens of Lincolnshire, Eng.
land. has revived the curfew after a
lapse OF 80 years.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
Remarkable Progress Of Local Opt,

1t is doubtful II there are a half
dozen states I'm the union which would
adopt prohibition amendments out
right. But when prohibition is pro.
posed as local option, it avoids the OBJ
lection that 1t interferes with personal
liberties and home rule and gains won
derfully in strength.
In this manner the whole state OF
Georgia has just gone dry. louisiana
is seyen-eighths dry. Alabama ex.
poets shortly TO adopt similar prohibi.
tion laws. In Texas 90 counties are al
ready dry. In Kentucky 81 counties
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08

city Of Canton. The plaintiff says II
was afterwards learned that the lot
in question had been conveyed by his
father during his life time and was
therefore no part OF his estate. The
plaintiff now wants the defendants to
refund to him 500 the amount claim
ed TO have been paid for their inter-
est in the lot referred to. Shields &
Pomerene, attorneys.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08

There 10 no wood that really serves,
in the manufacture of lead pencils. in
place o. the soft cedar which Is so rap
tlls disappearing and German scien.
tists S!.h characteristic ingenuity and
apdaclty arc now making substitute
out Of potatoes.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
AGED Woman is Dead.

Millersburg, o., Oct. 6.-Mrs. Lena
Albertson, aged so years. died Friday
night. She was the widow OF the
late James Albertson. veteran OF
the Mexican and war OF the Rebel
lion. She was the mother of City
Marshal j. e. Albertson.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08

A beautiful Celtic cross, 20 feet
high. has been erected at Rangihoua,
Bay OF Islands. where 90 years ago
Samuel Marsden the Apostle of New
Zealand" landed to hold the first Chris
tian service In that section.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08

PUMPKINs-Anyone having pump
ldns can dispose of them at a good
price by addressing the Canton Can
ming Co, Phone Bell 1454, or Stark
C-75s Prices will be furnished ON ap-
plication. We win accept carload lots
from parties having too far to haul by
wagon. This is worth investigating.
Phone or write. 5-d3-w3
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08

According to the official statistics
furnished by Consul General w. r.,
Gracey of Tsingtau. there are now
S4.469 Japanese subjects in Manchuria.
OF these about one-third are in the
leased Liaotunk district.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
Candidates should have their cards
printed at the News job room. u
EIy's Cream Balm has been tried aad

not found wanting in thousands OF
homes all over the country. II has won
a place In the family medicine closet
among the reliable houshoid remedies,
where II Is kept at hand for use in
treating cold IN the head Just as soon
as some member OF the household be-
gins the preliminary sneezine or SNUFF
fling. II gives immediate relief and a
day or two's treatsneut will put q stop
80 a cold which might, n not checked,
caso of cat&xrh.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08

Some OF the best suss. beet Isisers
In California have been women one
woman in Nevada raises pampas
plnmos FOR a support while some lad.
les Of Pasadena. Cal. make sp>cielt,
Of preparing ostrich feathers for The
market.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
STEAMER ARROW

To sanduskydally, except sunday, at 3;J
y. M. Leaves Putin-Bay 6:30 n. M, calling
direction.
Summer schedule In effect about June 20
two double trips daily.
Leave sandusky 1000 a. m, 4;D D. M; ar
rive 1910 a. M, $50 u. IN.
Leave Seileys Island 100 O. M, $40 p. m.,
arrive b:lo a. M, B:l0 p. IN.
MIDDLE BASS.
Commencing June nth Steamer Arrow
Will run 10 Cleveland every Tuesday Leav-
Ing sandusky at 1870 u. IN. Returning leave
Cleveland 45O p. IN.
Fare so Cts. Round Trip.
sundays boat TO Putin Bay $3.50 p. m.
c. M. FALL, Mgr,
sandusky, o.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08

Mrs. Charles shively, aged SO years,
died Sunday morning at Deerfeld. af-
ter a short illness due to acute
Bright's disease. She had been spend
ing the summer in Alliance going To
Deerfeld. the family home last We'd
nesday. The deceased was former
ly Miss Lucy A. Knowles. Her hus-
band died several years ago.
The following children survive:
Mrs j, b. Wilcox, Mrs. Erv West
over. Mrs. Emerson Canfeld. all Of
Alliance, and John Shively, of Deer
field. The funeral services will be
held Tuesday. meeting at the house at
IL a. m. and at the Deerfield M. E.
church at 1880 o'clock.
Mrs. Shively was one OF the pio-
neer residents Of Deerfeld
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
Barn weeuil al Work.

Millersburg, o.. Oct. 6.-Barn weevil
is reported working on wheat in gran
airy In some parts of county and there
is some alarm manifest on part OF
farmers.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
ACTION FOR INSURANCE MONEY.

ACTION FOR INSURANCE MONEY.
Ernest f. Baldwin instituted an ac-
tion In common pleas court Saturday
against the Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance company OF Hartford.
Conn, George f. Miller and Faber
b. Miller praying for a judgment
against the defendants for the sum
OF $1,000 with interest from the Sth
day Of August. 1907. and asking the
court 20 adjudge the amount to be
the sole property Of the plalntiff as
the sole surviving child OF George
r. Baldwin. deceased.
The petition recites that during the
year 1865 the defendant insurance
company insured the life OF George
f Baldwin for tho sum OF $1,000 In
favor OF his wife. Mary e. Baldwin,
and agreed to pay the sum upon the
death OF the insured II is claimed
the policy provided that In the event
of the death of the wife before the
husband the money was TO be paid to
the children. II is alleged the wife
died before the husband and the COM
pany have paid to the plaintiff as
one Of the children one-half OF the
amount and the action is brought to
compel the payment to the plaintiff
OF the, amount due Faber b. Miller,
the son Of the daughter OF the de-
ceased George Il. Balwin. Shields &
Pomerene. attorneys.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
LATE ALLIANCE NEWS

Alliance, o., Oct. 6.-.The FIRE depart
ment was called to the old Strong 4
Lower warehouse now owned by EN-
cry Osborn and located at the inter-
section OF the @. e. p. and l., e. A.
G. w. railroads, at,4:20 o'clock Sunday
evening, A fire originating In the
middle room downstairs and fiom an
unknown cause. was blazing merrily
when the fremen arrived. The flames
were soon extinguished, the loss be-
ing small.
This the third fire at the building
within year and a half.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08

Fire Chief W. S. Aungst left Sun
day for Washington, D. c., to attend
the International Fire Chiefs con-
ventlon. The new combination chem
ical engine and hose cart for use o.
the local department is TO be on ex-
hibition 1t was built in ST. Louis.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03

azines and weeklies try at long ais-
tance to preserve CONTINUITY " ,hny
considerably permit the latter to pay
tbn ' news bills, coatenting themselves
with the privileges Of fungi existence
first among which is a sense of self
compiacencv impaired by meditating
on the gloiies of the old monthly and
quarterly reviews. .. a., &c
In this period anyone with a file OF u
dailies, a scrapbook and dictionary Oh
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03

paper English" These magazines and
wecklies spring up much in the fash
ion of ragwced after the harvest is
gathered. yet claim to be the choicest
production Of the soil md the crown.
ing triumph of the sunshine and the
rain. Upon the daily press rests the
great task of collecting the news of
the day, weighing its comparative val
ucs and giving it in presentable fash
ion. This business costs m enormous
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, MORNING, 1907.

constantly enlarged and improved all
through the week In live literature
the daily press not only leads but pays
the bills and it makes the combinations
By which the news of the world Is mo-
mentarily flashed to all communities,
But it has also adopted a broader field
in literature and art than it formerly
attempted to occupy and has made such
progress that it is FAR in advance IN
public attractiveness
At the same time many Of the mag
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03

dates can start magazines q,
to them profusely, but the rse @es
this mechanical operation an's. NUM-
persons thus occupied to ian io
upon the daily press and Gs G'.s
English - is n laughable dsryys M
If the daily press should e su0
magazines would have to s,os %
they would be deprived Of ~ =
facts they browse upon win. Z
ing any of the expenses of S"ll tS"!lll
tion.-St. Louis Globe. Deroo.ansn
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03

the immediate demands OF political and
social comment and discussion and here
in is the responsibility of the quick
decision that goes true to the mark in
situations that to the unframed mind
would seem to be hopeless tangle OF
conflicting circumstances.
The Sunday editions of the chief
dailies preserve and expand the best
characteristics Of the magazine of high
standing, and their art features are
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03

amount Of money in the aggregate and
must be carricd on through an army Of
correspondents and other news repre-
scntatives A talent for organizing
these forces IS necessary. also. Mechan-
ical departments on the largest scale
must be provided for instantaneous nc.
ton.
The injunction to edo it now is a
matter of course in n daily newspaper
Office The rule is self executing and
as imperative as the circuit of the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
PARASITES OF THE PRESS

Certain Periodicals That Affect to De-
spise Newspaper English.
1t is amusing in these days Of in
Vulnerable magazines and tramp week
lies to note n patronizing air in such
periodicals toward the daily press, with
lofty comment at times about news
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
The Greatest of All
NAPKIN SALES

The values in this sale are the yerr
climax Of all our Bargain Giyinp"it,s ~
sale OF all years for low prices. The
wise wise buyer VIII stock up literally in This
Hundreds OF dozens Of Eicnrnh N-n,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-15
DECENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Credit for introducing a sensible in
novation in the matter of caring for
Jurors drawn for service in what prom
ises to be a long trial of a case must
be given to Sheriff "Shad" Hodgin of
Idaho, who will have charge of the
men finally selected to sit in the Hay
wood trial at Boise. At the opening
Of the case Sheriff Hodgin paid a
bonus to family occupying a neat,
we'll furnished cottage just across the
street from the court house and in
duced them to turn their home over to
the county authorities for the accom-
mediation of the jurors. The house
is equipped with modern improve
ments and every provision will be
made for the comfort of the Jurors.
The almost inhuman treatment Of
jurors in criminal cases is an abuse
that has too long been tolerated, II not
encouraged, by court officials through
out the country. In the Thaw trial,
for example, the jurors were impris-
oned for weeks, most of the time in
cramped rooms, stripped of all facili-
ties for every day comforts, and gem
orally treated with the precautions OBJ
served in caring for desperate crimi-
nails. Similar treatment has been ac-
corded Jurors In other famous crimi-
nal cases, the courts apparently cling
ing to the antiQuated idea that YER
diets may be more quickly reached by
Jurors If they are subjected to actual
.hardships during their deliberations.
The juror is as much an officer of
the court as the Judge or the sheriff
and is entitled to as decent treatment.
The example set by Sheriff Hodgin in
this respect is worthy of emulation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-15
poLreAMY AND STATES RIeBTs.

Senator Burrows of Michigan wants
another amendment to the cOnstitu-
ton Of the United States, and his ar
gument in favor of 1t contains some
Illuminating citations showing the in
ability of the federal government to
control purely domestic affairs within
the states. The subject is timely as
It throws some light on the terms Of
the enabling act for the admission of
the new state Of Oklahoma providing
for absolute prohibition in that por-
ton of the state now comprised In the
Indian Territory. just as the enabling
act for the admission OF Utah placed
a perpetual ban upon polygamy.
In a magazine article Senator Bur-
rows reviews the Smoot case testimony
and asserts that abundant proof was
offered that thousands of Mormons,
2S per cent OF the total male member
ship Of the church, have plural wives
and persist in polygamous practices,
although the plural marriages In late
years have been performed in secret.
The senator insists that while the evil
denes Is abundant and conclusive. the
federal government has no power TO
punish them and the state authorities,
dominated by the Mormon church, APP
parently cOndone the offenses, II they
do not encourage them. He, there
fore. recommends the adoption of an
amendment TO the constitution read
ing; Neither polygamy nor polyga-
nous cohabitation shall exist within
the United States OF any place subject
to their jurisdiction"
President Roosevelt, in hts message
to the last congress, recommended a
constitutional amendment giving con
gress power 10 regulate and control the
entire subject OF marriage and divorce
and laid special emphasis upon the ne
cessity of giving congress power TO deal
with polygamy. instead OF leaving II to
the different states. Senator Burrows
promises that an amendment TO the
constitution. such as suggested. will
be proposed at the next congress and
pressed to- a conclusion" II is re-
markedly easy to propose amendments
to the constitution. Bills to that end
IRE offeree at every session OF congress,
but no amendments have been adopted
for forty-tvo years. and the machinery
Tor putting them through Is eumber-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-15
REMINDING THE FLAMES.

KEN ANDLiNU I'M HLdmEo'
If there, was any one piece of legis-
lation enacted by our lawmakers last
winter on which the people of Ne
braska were united without respect to
party Affiliations it was the anti-pass
law. The whole machinery by which
the railroads had made themselves a
dominating factor in our politics was
built up on the free pass system and
fabricated and maintained by the dis
tribution of free transportation.
When brought to a showdown the
railroad representatives gave it out
that their companies we're not only in
sympathy with the anti-pass move
ment, but had already on their own
initiative abrogated the free pass sys-
TEN, and that they would welcome leg
islation that would make it impossible
for any of them to suffer relapse be-
cause Of outside pressure or political
temptation. In the light of all this
the people of Nebraska had a right to
expect the railroads operating in this
state to obey with alacrity all the pro-
visions of the anti-pass law and the
failure of the railroads to do SO must
surely be disappointing even to their
friends.
Confronted with such a situation,
the State Railway commission is to be
commended for promptly asserting its
authority to require from the railroads
full reports of all transportation issued
for use in Nebraska for less than the
regular published cash fares exacted
from the general public, or under So
called special contract by which an at
tempt has been made to justify evasion
of the law. The people of Nebraska
will not be satisfied until the whole
free pass system is wiped out, root and
branch, and IL the law already enacted,
supplemented by the authority vested
in the State Railway commission
should prove inadequate to accomplish
the object, they will insist on addi-
tional and more stringent legislation
at the first opportunity.
The railroad managers who have
been deprecating hostile" legislation
ought to know enough to know that
they cannot regain popular confidence
except by manifesting a reasonable
disposition to conform to the reform
legislation already enacted. Any diff
ferent course is sure to rekindle the
flames burning low.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-15

some and not in very good working
order.
Aside from the merits of Senator
Burrows proposal, the fact that he
makes It must reassure those states
men. particularly from the South,
who have been fearful lest the trend
toward Capitalization would rob the
states of all their functions. Mr.. Bur
rows makes It plain that, despite pro-
visions in the enabling acts Of diff
ferent states, the states have absolute
control, once admitted to the union,
over domestic affairs so long as their
state enactments do not contravene
the federal constitution. The very
difficulty OF securing amendments to
the federal constitution is the surest
guaranty that no scheme of centrali-
cation can deprive the states of their
just and legitimate rights as defined
in the original frame of government
for the republic.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-15

John L. suIlivan's idea OF q mollycod-
die is man who weighs less than 200
pounds
Americans who enlist in their country's
service are not the only ones who desert
From four British wsrships anchored at
jamestown there have been 100 deser-
lions.
Vermont has fourteen living ex-gover-
nors. ranging in asa from 81 years down
20 half a century. The list Is headed by
Frederick Hclbrook of Brattleboro. the war
governor.
Peary states that he will be forced to
remain al home and deliver another series
Of lectures, provided the necessary 10000
is not forthcoming. II that doesn't fetch
it, nothing I'm the world will!
The second Mrs. Corey starts in her new
career with $4,000 worth OF bridal clothes
S75OOOO dot from her husband and a castle
for she honeymoon in Europe, The Flo
adora seXtotters are beaten TO a finish.
Diamonds worth nearly 5000 were stolen
from the apartments OF an actress living
in New York hotel The manager OF
the hotel says he Is puzzled by the theft
What puzzles other people Is that the
actress won't let her name get into print
Hon. Thomas Bent the Premier OF Vie
toria, Is visiting London. In Australia
he is known as the singing premier" in
consequence OF hts habit OF singing
comic songs In the middle of his political
speeches Il comes about in this way
While speaking a phrase strikes a chord
OF memory which recalls some half-for-
gotten melody, and then the premier breaks
forth into song.
Ellison Warren, son OF John W. Warren
the New Mexico cattle king. is working
as a bell-bOy in a Los Angeles hotel and
studying bookkeeping in a night school.
Warren Pere has a 5OO.OOO-aero ranch at
Engle, n NJ, but the young fellow has
determined 20 make his own way in the
world and refuses TO accept help from his
father He returns checks from his par
ents, marking them Declined with
thanks"