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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-02-15

FOR SALE--Just came in from the
country, q pair of brood mares, safe in
foal TO a percheron horse; weight
about 2600 pounds. $50 w. Third ST.,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-02-15

NoTICE-Don't fail to attend L. M.
Snyder's public sale Of I've stock and
farm implements on the Cornell farm,
Louisville road, stop No. IL, Stark
Electric. Feb. 10. J. s. Myers, auc-
tioneer. 14-d3s
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-02-15

OLYMPIA RINK-Continuous music
Thursday night, two bands; ladies
night Friday night. Saturday after
noon for school children; skates for
Zoe. Rink open Monday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday nights. 1913
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-02-15

WANTED-1 want an experienced
restaurant cook; one that understands
the business. Don't apply If you are
only 'guesser." Address Restaurant
care Morning News. 1913
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-16

commodations for the thousands on tAs
waiting list. VISIT to . Porto Ricsa
schoolroom is an inspiring sight Hun
dreds Of dark skinned. beady eyed
little urchins sing My Country. 'ris Of
Thee in the best English at their
command and raise slender, dark hands
In salute to the flag.
An amusing incident in regard, to the
fluent use OF the new tongue is quoted
by writer telling of her experiences
when she first arrived in the Philip
pine islands. There was a native
woman of very stately form and
equally fine character who. sent a
tribute OF her love and admiration for
her American teacher in the shape og
a delicate small cabbage, a rarity there.
In return the woman was sent a pot
of Jam. Her gratitude was great. as
evinced by the following letter.
Entire of the billet ackna for the
sweet jelly in jam. but.I sentar which
you not may know to bottom: well him
no had sold the one cabbage for paw:
that was seen condition only how Won
not is OF here good learning also soos
products and how my inspector and Mr..
well deserves all my attention and
gratefulness-''
Every one knows OF the work that
is being carried on IN Alaska The
brightness OF the Indian pupils. the
rapidity with which they .assimilate
strange and new conditions and the
subsequent records of many scions OF
this vanishing race have been heraldec
over the world. The Carlisle school II
famous. Sometimes tribal instinct
proves stronger than The acquired love
of civilization and the Indian reverts
to the osanise. and ways of his fore
fathers: but the sign and seal OF edu-
cation is never quite lost and in num-
beriess cases it has proved q stepping
stone to desired improvement along
many lines.
IN England when lad is punished
it is called "birching" In America he
is whipped; Ia France fioSges.; = Geo.
many disciplined. III these methods
are in use by the general of the second
campaign. when necessity demands
their adoption. according to the locality
and nationality OF the colony where
his work Is done England has many
colonies = india, Africa. Australia
France has directed the steps Of her
colonazers toward Africa. In all these
countries the education OF the native
Is going on: under different conditions
and by dfffe eat methods; perhaps with
Limitations under starting conditions
but the area of rudimentary education
Is gradually extending till even In the
supposedly inaccessible districts fh~
youthful African. Asiatfc or Ff1inirr
idea Is being taught to shoot ana shooS
high
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-16
H ATINSi HeoCkEY
II. -MNDANMC

R=t of this last there is little need
The Filipino child is usually of a
docile and tractabfe disposition eager
to study and looking with favor upon
hand work If he may at the end be-
hold useful or beautiful results. For
the work of the schools is not con-
fined to common school branches; man :,
ual training and praEtical Industrial
work are Included. one american
teacher viewing an exhibit of Filipino
childish skill and taste. taken aback
by the array of basket work. hats, tex
tiles. mats, drawings and carvings. ex-
clalmed: why. that's what our
schools at home are working toward."::
The insular government maintains
three special schools in Manila-the
Philippine normal. Philippine nautical
and the school OF arts and trades. The
first named has GOO pupils and is de-
voting its. work to the training of
~
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-16

ignorant and determined effort is
being made by the bureau of educa-
tion to reach them The present aim
is to give every. boy and girl at least
three years In an elementary school.
These primary schools are the ones
which nearly all the population at
tend. They are bamboo and. nipa
structures with. windows of mother Of
pearl and oyster shell. intermediate.
secondary and special training schools
will be maintained as soon as called
for. and the need for university will
also be met in time, but the main work
In the islands viii be in. elementary
schools for many years to come
The daily program of a Filipino
school is unusual and qnarlsedly inter-
esting. At half past 10 every morn
ing class OF q visayan boys
and girls is seen studying reading.
writing. history. geography. arithmetic
and composition. Another class such
as no school house ever held before
may be viewed later. This is made up
OF children from the villages of nom
e'iiristian Iiiipinos.. These children
are Ne ritos. Igorr9tes. Bagobas and
Moros. Practically ali education is
concerned with the children Of the
twelve Christian tribes which form
seven -eighths or the population. while
the number of ehilarens available for
school purposes numbers a million and
a half
In Porto Rico the American system
Of schools followed Immediately after
the Americas occupancy in 1898 There
is now In opera ton a system of rural,
graded. ;iigh and special schools which
compares favorab;y with any state =.
tho union, thouslf much Of the work
is in Eeleiaeatary stages. sAtsthc close
or 1905 there weFe 10000 pupi,s at
teading the public schools and all but
1000 were in the primary grades. 1t
Is estihated-th only sone IN six could
read or write. but under the new sys-
TEN progress Is anna zing The schools
are taught by native teachers who
have received their ediication at an
insular normal school. There are $50
American teachers who visit the na-
tive teachers twice week to give In
struction in. English and, despite the
fact that. there are now LOO schools
An active soperation. including four high
schoolss there is woeful Lack Of ac-
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-16

Filipino teachers. The normal schoci
teaches botany and physics by the
laboratory method and has three wen
equipped laboratories In constant uscs
The nautical school is developed
from one founded by tho Spanish be-
fore American occuparoy. Allssthc in :
structors but one are Americans and;
as In all the schools, instruction is in
English. The need for a common an Z
guage is very great. as the difTereqts
sections of thet islands are unable stos
communicate except by the aid OF aps
interpreter. The people are eager to
learn the language, and on the. occa-
sion Of an afternoon class being
started. the nrst enrolment showed q
list Of 80: but when II was discovered
that English could not be learned I'm
a day or even week the num-
Der Of students dwIndled to 50. ss
The vast majority are intensely
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-16

M FIFTH book and roa ha comes
w The ;s. e:s. :s:,s n. E.
ties are as many and as hard
fought as those of military
campaign. but they call for a different
order Of tactics Not fought in the
open. but between four walls. his SOL
diers are words. his weapon the rod.
Enemies swarm over his territory
Ignorance Incidence. sIothfuiness and
custom All these must be met In
single combat, but the battle is on in
earnest and, one by one the foes of
progress are slowly retreating before
the steady advance OF this firm, keen
eyed general of the second campaign
It seems to be fxed policy Of Amer
lean colonization that the school mas
ter shall accompany the flag. When
our soldiers entered Porto Rico ard
the Philippines they did so-wfth rifle
In one hand and text book In the
other In both cases the work of
education was begun before civil gov
ernment was established These eff
forts In the cause Of rudimentary. civ
uizstion have been surprisingly sue
cessful. especially in the islands of
the philippines. When a teacher is
sent to the islands eertfhcated .or
dipIomaed as a competent instructor. in
his own lire he Is not apt to conflne
his work solely TO the class room. All
CLASSES of. natives benefit by his pres
ence .veritable. live American ds
TO the lazy ease loving Filipinos like
a too active volcano in tLeir midst.
he is perpetually suggesting new
plans. improvements. ideas. he is the
big stick which prods conservatism:
the rake of the muck heap. All. classes
OF natives come under the sway Of
his Iimitless energy and decision.
Characteristic OF him, too. is the man
ueF In wbien lie socs about his edaca-
tionaI tas HIS first step usually con-
sists fa instructing the youthful Eli
psnos how to wash their faces; his
second In explaining the mysteries OF
United States clothing In detail and
Insisting on and assisting In it's per-
naneni and continued use on all oc-s
casions This accomplished he turns
his attention to tnsttli.ng into the Fill
pinie mind eense OF relative values
In q primitive form. the necessity of
law Of meum and tuum and fne
sense Of the swiftness and efficacy Of
the rod
-
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
By On inland
WQtEr ROUTE.

wa point between the great manufac-
turing Northern States and the pro-
ductive. but undeveloped Southern
ones. Washington will be in direct
communication with this great inter-
costal canal that will enable the South
ern coast TO get an inexpensive traffic
route to the Great Lakes. which will
mean Chicago and Canada.
This Beaufort-Norfolk canal will put
a needed check upon the railroads.
which now control the few coastwise
lines OF steamers plying between the
North and South that are rot domin-
ated by the Morse Steamship trust. II
accordingly happens that all water
transportation is in the hands OF the
railroads or Of Communities of in
terest." with which they should be in
constant and sharp competition. And
there are only three lines trading be-
tween the North and South. at that.
Representative John II. Small. OF
North Carolina, to whose unceasing
efforts since the inception OF the idea
seven years ago, the present encour-
aging status Of the canal is a tribute,
said concerning the great canal:
The Washington times., 1907-06-23

annual cost OF operation by the Gov
eminent viii be only $4,000.
While every section viii receive
rnuch benefit from this improved
waterway, It will be North Carolina
that viii be particularly blessed
even as she is now handicapped. North
Carolina IS practically land-locked
from the ocean-as 81 u were an IN
land state-there being only two navi-
gable outlets 20 the ocean, neither OF
which is accessible 10 a large section.
This waterway viii have rs north
ern outlet through the Lake Erie
canal. a State canal that viii give ac-
cess 10 the great lakes, Chicago. and
practically the whole water front OF
Canada On the Gulf coast a similar
canal IS being projected by the Coy
eminent, S60).oo0 having been appro-
pristed for the fntercostsl canal that
will sweep along the inland waters on
the coast Of Texas and Louisiana for
$50 miles So this VIII make the Beau
fort Isle-Norfolk canal an integral
link IN the Montreal 20 Mexico
series OF canals that will soon parallel
three-qua-ters Of the coast line Of the
United States.
Thus an immense chain OF water
ways has been slowly formed IN this
country. but they have been 50 d.
verse and localized IN character as 20
receive very little public notice. While
IN few cases has there been that sys-
tematic building that the Chinese prsc-
ticed thousands OF years ago-each 10
cality Eelhshly building for its own
immediate needs-stiu a great net Of
canelized waterways has been estab-
Hshed with only q few gaps 70 be
hlled In
transportation needs al the present
time have resolved themselves into
two great classes-the very fast and
the very slow freight. and on the
average railroad each hampers the
other
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
Traffic Relief.

1t is widely recognized that any real
and permanent relief Of the transpor-
tation problem Will have to come
through canalized waterways. rather
than through the railroads themselves
The limit to freight speed has been
reached. the four-tracking OF lines Is ex-
pensive, and in some cases, imprac-
ticable. 1t has been proven that rail-
road slow freight. because of the con-
gestion OF traffic. spends half OF the
time sidetracked and usually does not
average more than sixty-Gve miles a
day.
This condition has subjected the rail-
roads TO such harsh and sometimes
unfair criticism, that while they do
not welcome the canalized waterway
with open arms. at least there is No
desperate lobby to thwart II. This
water traffic will take the bulky
freight-for which the railroad receives
its lowest freight rate.
The commercial organizations Of
Baltimore, Norfolk, OF all the cities
The Washington times., 1907-06-23

French woman, who laid no claim to
being genius. did the one thing she
knew how 10 do. and did it Just as
well as she could. so we'll that people
came from hundreds of miles to eat
at that plain table In her old-fashioned
dining room. If she had been a genius
she might also have died famous. but
| dare say there are more people who
were really and truly grieved 10 hear
Of Madame Begue's death than would
have been were she a conceited genius
Doing the best one can, even if II is
out TO serve the best breakfast in the
country is better, after all. than being
a conceited genius.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23

tric current suddenly went of and the
whole street railway of the town was
stopped for twenty minutes Officials
ran TO the power house and found there
was dismissed wireman lying uncon-
scious. BY way of revenge he had cut
two cables, and in doing so he had
received a shock that Frustrated him
Burglars who broke into a provision
store in an English town ana failed
to find money set about to ruin as
much Of the stock as possible. Getting
hold OF ali the mustard they ,oIld
find, they mixed it 70 the usual degree
of consistency with the aid OF rum,
sherry, gin, and other liquors. After
covering the shop floor with u t.lck
layer of this, they scattered over II
scores Of pounds of tea. coffee. and
cocoa, tobacco. rice, and sugar. with
. case OF carefully broken eggs.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
Water Versus Rails.

Il am not unreascnaby opposed TO
railroads. but know that to bring the
South TO its highest development We
need traffic competition. To bring
about this blessed condition, the
railroads should not control water
borne traffic. which should be as free
on an inland waterway as 1t is on the
ocean"
Senator F. NJ Simmons has been
very active in the Senate in support
OF his project Senator Lee S. over
man and his colleagues In the House
from North Carolina-together with
Senators and Representatives from
Maryland TO Florida, have co-operated
vigorously Victory has at last
crowned efforts that began in 1900.
To call this project a canal Is some
what a misnomer. With a total length
OF 2O4 miles between Norfolk and Beau
mont. there Will be necessary TO con-
struct only four miles OF new canal.
between Adams and Love creeks. The
rest Of its length will represent the
dredging Of natural inland waterways
to a depth Of ten feet. The Govern
ment survey OF 1905 was for a depth
Of ten and twelve feet respectively.
The board of United States engineers
recommended a twelve-foot depth
throughout, but to the great dIsap-
pointment of canal enthusiasts. pro-
vision by Congress was only made for
a depth Of ten feet. Based not only
on present, but on prospective traffic
which will be drawn from the Gulf
and South Atlantic sea-going barges
that wish 20 escape Cape Hatteras-
a twelve-foot depth, II granted. would
have allowed uninterrupted traffic 10
crafts with drafts Of ten feet.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
Queer 61ethods Used BY People to Get Reuenqe

~ HE large amount Of entertain
ment which Alfred Schmipf,
L fourteen-yesr-old German boy.
obtained in his efforts TO get
even with an elderly man of Berlin,
named Bitten. calls attention 10 queer
methods Of revenge which have been
revealed in the news recently
Asa starter, the Schuips boy bought
a rubber stamp with the signature
DIR. Lang" upon it, and appended the
name to large number of open post
cards full of gross insults to Herr
Bitten. Soon after Bitten was sum-
moned by the district court TO answer
an action instituted by DIR. Lang to
recover a debt OF fourteen shillings.
but when he appeared on the appoint
ed day the plaintiff was not there
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
By CAROLYN PRESCOTT.

9 u HEY say that all geniuses are
conceited; that modesty. one
of the greatest OF the virtues.
a is lameatably absent in the
breasts OF the great men and women
who have achieved prominence.
Gluck, Meyerbeer. Handel. Beetho-
ven-nearly all the musicians-were
conceited, if not to say egotistical.
Nearly every writer. actor, lecturer.
and public man. we are told, carries
about with him an exaggerated opin-
ion of his own Importance.
How refreshing. then. 1t is to see
some one who is perfectly content to
be a violet by the messy brink
on with the work that life points out.
without exclaiming of their greatness
TO TO the whole world
Down in New Orleans not long ago
died Madame Begue. seventy-tive
years old, who until six months be
fore her death had been a cook. Just
a plain. ordinary cook-no, not or
binary either; but a cook.
just a square from the statue Of
Jackson in the quaint old picturesque
part OF New Orleans stands a plain
two-story dwelling. which was Ma
dame Begue's horne for the seventy
FIVE years she lived upon this earth.
on a corner near her home stand
groups of Indians, who sell curios.
and who for a copper penny will d.
rect visitors tc Madame Begue's es-
Enlistment
Here. with the chimes OF the old
Cathedral of ST. Louis Ginning In their
ears night and morning. Madame
Begue and her husband kept a cook
chop for forty years or more. and for
The Washington times., 1907-06-23

one says. Oh. perhaps not. II was the
breakfast and Madame Begue that
formed the attraction. In the old Wis
itors register some Of the best known
names in the United States. the own
ers OF which, during their stay in New
Orleans, sought Madame Begue's table,
are contained
Every noted actor, lecturer, traveller.
politician. that has thrilled the coun-
try for forty years past has. at one
time or another, had breakfast there
If he could
Madame Begue has gone. and with
her has faded the memory OF those
breakfasts. This plain. modest little
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
Not Genius, But Fulfilled Her Mission

forty years past the country's most ia
nous men and women have break
tasted at intervals at Madame Beeue's
wonderful place. Just breakfast that
is all; for the old woman knew how
TO do but one thing, but this she did
well. She could cook Il good break
fast-a breakfast that once tasted,
would never be forgotten: a break
fast that had power 10 call men and
women back from foreign lands
breakfast that was an ounce Of poem
and comforter
The dining room and kitchen ad-
Joined, and always standing upon the
threshold to bid one welcome stood
Madame Begue. plainly dressed in
black alpaca frock, her lace collar
fastened with an old-fashioned gold
"breastpin." her black hair plainly
parted and braided in a neat coil on
the top of her head. a quaint pair Of
earrings to match the 'fbreastpin."
And this is a picture of Madame
Begue.
Her table was not laid with a gilt
tering array OF silver and cut glass;
there were no softly-shaded lights and
satiny textured napkins and table
cloths. and nveried walters and water
boys. Madame Begue and her husband
waited upon the table themselves. and
the room was just large enough TO
hold thirty persons. And If one wanted
to eat breakfast at Madame Begues.
ere had to engage a meal two weeks
in advance.
The quaint windows were filled with
Anu-erc and ~
chintz. The old-fashioned round table
was covered with snow white linen.
Heavy delft plates and horn-handled
knives and forks, a queer old castor
and plated spoons went to make up
the table Punishment.
Nothing very attractive in this"
The Washington times., 1907-06-23

Three days later an ambulance drew
up and four stalwart men entered
Herr BIitzen's apartments and placed
him by main force in the ambulance.
for conveyance to the nearest lunatic
asylum. whence. of course. he was
liberated when the doctors discovered
him to be perfectly sane. Elegant
carriages afterward drove UP TO take
Herr and Frau Bitten for drives. The
boy afterward sent band of music
TO play before the house at 1 o'clock
in the morning. The climax was
reached when hearse, drawn by
six horses and followed by eight
mourning coaches. appeared before
Blitzen's house. They had been order
ed by "Dr7 Lang" for Herr Blitzen's
funeral
At Cardiff, Wales, recently, tie eicc-
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
TenfOId Economy.

The cheapest method OF transporta-
ton IS, OF course. by water. with tug
towed. barges. Figures furnished By
the Bureau OF Commerce and Labor
show that the cost OF moving one ton
per mile is = a mill by water: By rail.
this movement costs fully L a cent
Therefore. the water route is ten
times cheaper-and this is no small
consideration in the case Of bulky
goods. such as timber. iron. and coal
This canal rate applies 20 the St
Mays canal and may be extra low
because OF the heavy business done
but II IS conceded that the water rate
is never less than five times as cheap.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
FACTS ABOUT THE NEW CANAL

Preliminary Government appropriation-$500,0 1000
Present status of the works. section under way.
Between-Beaufort Inlet n. c. and Norfolk Distance,
205 miles.
Type Of excavation-Dredged or canazed waterway.
Depth of water-Ten feet continuous
Dfhcultes-Only four miles of solid excavation.
Benefts-Millions yearly in freight and insurance
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
The Right Hand and Left Leg

NR oST people would think that
1" as man is, with very few ex-
ceptions, right handed. he
would be at the same time
right-legged. But this is not the case.
Almost every right-handed man uses
his left leg more than his right.
For instance. most people find It
much more natural to 90 round cir
cles to the right than to the left. That
is because they start with the left leg.
Being stronger. it is more readily
brought into action. and II is on this
account that bodies OF soldiery always
start to march with the left foot Al
most all courses for foot races are
made out for running TO the right.
and dancers will indorse the state
ment that the majority OF movements
The Washington times., 1907-06-23

are far more easily executed IN this
direction
The left foot is the one that is
placed In the stirrup for mounting a
horse. and IN jumping II is from the
left foot that the athlste takes OF -
Thus II will be seen that as 4 GEN
eral rule right-handed people are left
legged
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
Benefit to Capital.

The project is not without its di-
ct bearing on Washington and the
commercial possibilities of the District
of Columbia. for the mouth of the
waterway is Norfolk, the natural mid
The Washington times., 1907-06-23

and towns in the two Carolinas. and OF
Jacksonville. Fla. are all taxing an
active interest In this Government
project. for Il Will mean great indus
trial strides 20 all OF them. There is
considerable disappointment. however.
over the fact that only a depth OF ten
feet was provided for-Major Thomas
W. Symonds. OF the United States en-
cheering corps. and head II the com
mission that reported on the enlarge
ment and relocation OF the great Erie
canal. being OF the belief thai twelve
foot depth was the minimum FOR eco
nomical operation.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
Length Of Route.

This waterway project has been d.
vided into three divisions:
Norfolk and Albemarls sound. S. $40
miles.
Albemarle and Pamlico sounds. s6 80
miles.
Adams. Core creek 10 Beaufort inlet
Sc miles.
The last OF these divisions is now
under way. Il is estimated that the