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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-12-10
Woman's Chance ot
Marrying

At different points of her age. wo-
mans chance Of marrying Is found TO
be approximately in the following
ratio:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-12-10
sPORT TABLoIps

Bill Bannon is certainly the daddy
OF them all He is the big chief, little
papoose and .wlgwam all together.
After he holds council OF war with
the other members OF his team, then
look out.
Bannon easily has II on any of the
present goaltenders In the league.
The old man in front of the Can
ton cage works easy, keeps his eye
on the ball. winning many games
by sensational stops.
During the polo game at the Coli
seum with Canton at New Castle last
Wednesday night when the fight was
the thickest, Refered Moran step
ped onto the floor in a neat, witty
speech presented a beautiful brler
pipe with gold trimmings to Second
Rush George Cunningham, The
smoke piece which is dandy, was
from an admlring friend, but no
name accompanied the pipe so
George did not know where It came
from. The little albright rusher was
greately surprised to find that the pipe
was for him and was more surprised
when he found that no name accom-
panied the gift so he could person.
ally thank the donor While no one
appears to know the identity of the
donor there is strong suspicion that
Jake Butler, goal keeper Of the
Coliseum. knows all about It. Jake
o. a great admirer of Cunningham.
Paddy Moran, ex-player and inter-
state Polo league referee. had visions
Monday OF returning to "his own" In
the early days Of the Interstate Paddy
was captain and manager of the Akron
team His job and prestige were
about to return Paddy believed when
he read n telegram at the Colonial ho-
TEL says Youngstown exchange.
The dispatch read: what are your
terms to manage team In the Ohio |
State league? Wire or write" The |
Telegram was signed "P. ]. Connolly. |
Piv, o."
Paddy had never heard of Piv, but |
concluded that II that wasn't the name |
of the town II must be Piuua. And i'm
mediately he began to run over with |
Soy. He conflded his offer to the per-
petrators Of the telegram. Pm going |
down to Ply to manage polo team"
said Paddy.
Maybe It's n fake" some one sug-
gested after Paddy had bubbled for a
time.
Fake nothing" said the astute Mo-
ran. "They might fool you by writing
or telephonlng, but they cant monkey
with the telegraph company"
Two hours later, after exhausting
every atlas, postal and hotel guide,
Paddy concluded that Ply wasn't on
The map.
Pitcher Jack PfeIster OF the Chi
eago Cubs Is a great advocate Of
The Pfeister baby
has hud the collie for the last few
days. and Jack figures that he has
walked farther than Weston trying
10 soothe the youngstsr.
James J. Corbctt picks Tommy
Burns to defeat Jack Johnson. the
tolored heavyweight. should they
meet upon Burns' return from Eng
and. The eolored man mas been
ooking for a fight for some time,
,ut has been unable to get scrap
With any of the big fellows
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-12-10
Hockey Team oru.nlrsd.

The Keystone hockey team has or
sanized for the season and would like
10 play any lS-year-old team in the
CITY. For games call up Judy Lyons,
stark phone A8e1.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-12-10

New York. Dss s.-.z<adisoa square
0ardsn's ilftssnth &nanal six DAY b.
oycis team raos was started At one
solook this (xfondey) mosntnG -
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-12-10

James J. Corbctt picks Tommy
Burns TO defeat Jack Johnson, the
solored heavyweight. should they
meet upon Burns return from Eng
land. The eolored man mas been
looking for a fight for some time.
but has been unable to get scrap
with any of the big fellows
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-12-10

Pitcher Jack Pfeistcr OF the Chi
eago Cubs Is great advocate OF
pedestrianlsm. The Pfeister baby
has hnd the collie for the last few
days. and Jack figures that he has
walked farther than Weston trying
% soothe the youngster.
The independent., 1907-04-18

Unlike Nebraskans, Iowans disagree
in their estimates of the work of their
late legislature. This is partly due to an
earlier disagreement IS to what the
legislature ought to do, another point
of difference from Nebraska. 1t is
partly due, moreover, to the fact that
the legislature did not make the clean
sweep made by the Nebraska laWmak-
ers. The Iowans enacted an anti-pass
law that seems to satisfy everybody
but the opponents of any anti-pass law.
AS much cannot be said for the direct
primary law A statewide direct pri-
mary is provided, but as in Illinois 1t
is arranged to throw the nominations
into 81 convention whenever no candi-
date receives above a given per cent
age Of the total vote. This leaves a
fine opening for political manipulation.
1t will often be possible where there
is no candidate with large lead to
bring out enough local candidates to
throw the choice into convention.
The independent., 1907-04-18

Ex-senator Spooner has been a men,
ber and ought to know. He says: 1T
is my conviction that there is not in
the world a legislative body more loyal
to the public interest. more laborious
and painstaking in conserving it or
with higher purpose and better practi-
cal ability to legislate wisely and in
the interest of the whole country than
the senate of the United States
Archibald K. Colquhoun has not been
senator, he is not even an American,
and therefore might De considered a
disinterested judge. In his exhaustive
study Of Greater America" published
three years ago he says: 'The senate,
from the point Of view Of ability, is a
body of which any country might be
proud; but it is as plutOcratic, as much
representative of class interests in its
own way as the British house of lords
is aristocratic and conservative in an
other. Indeed there are signs of far
greater sympathy with the masses
about the latter body
The independent., 1907-04-18

Commercial concerns doing a large
mail order business, such as publish
ers, are making known their desire for
a substitute for stamps as letter cur
r,ncy. Despite the fact that the gov
ernment tries to discourage the use
Of stamps as legal tender, itself refus-
ing to redeem them, the volume Of
mail transactions carried en- with
stamps as currency is far from small.
A Boston publisher tells of receiving
in one month this year $4,47063 in
stamps He could not use them all,
and had to sell the rest to brokers
at discount Taking into account the
damaged stamps received his money
loss was $3.50. This statement was
made in petition to congress for
fractional currency to answer the pur-
pose for which stamps are now used
as money. To bring back the old
"shinplaster" would reduce the post
Office money order business, and also,
which would be a still greater evil to
at least one member of congress, would
reduce the express company revenues
from money order business.
The independent., 1907-04-18

Some months ago Europe laughed it.
self sick over the exploits of German
hobo who, in borrowed military uni
from, took possession of town, ar
rested the mayor and played the gen.
eral high jinks which German rever-
ence for the uniform made possible.
The event was fifty embalmed in
comic opera. This feat would not be
possible in the United States, but
cities all over the country have been
captured in a manner not less ridicul-
Gus. Pseudo financiers taking ad-
vantage of general reverence for the
trappings of finance, have time with
out number been allowed to dictate 10
mayors and aldermen in the name of
high finance matters pertaining to
public service enterprises. In the case
Of the Nebraska City gas company the
president, secretary and treasurer
turns out to be cashless and well
high clothesless adventurer, while in
nocent bond holders claim the sack.
Unfortunately the American extrav-
aganza does not lend itself well to
comic opera treatment. The results are
anything but funny
The independent., 1907-04-18

/. now appears that nineteen women
were elected to the Finnish diet, about
one-sixth Of the total number. This
was the first election in which
the women voted on equal terms with
men, and they seem to have employed
their right to the full. In fact So per
cent Of the total vote was cast by
women. 1t was a common sight Tor
men and their wives to vote together
No boom in the divorce business is
reported by reason Of family friction
arising from the dual political govern
ment in the homes. Nine of the nine
teen women elected are socialists,
somewhat higher proportion than the
total number of socialists bears to the
entire membership.
The independent., 1907-04-18

When Mr. Bryan and Senator Bev-
eridge get around to it they might de-
bate the invasion of state rights in
volved in national automobile regu-
lation. The beginning of propa-
ganda for federal control Of interstate
automobile travel indicates that this
will be an issue in congress next VIM
ter. A bill has already been miro
duced to that effect The states have
varying speed regulations, and most
of them require the registration Of
automobiles. This imposes nard-
ship, or at least an inconvenience ON
automobile tourists of which frequent
complaint is heard.
The independent., 1907-04-18

The federal grand jury at Pueblo
recently brought in number Of !ndict-
ments against men engaged In fraudu-
lent mining enterprises, and the move
meets with an encouraging amount OF
support all over Colorado The amount
of money wasted on worthless min
ing stock every year Is known 10 be
fabulous, and every dollar lost In this
way amounts to an obstacle 10 the
success OF iegiiimn'e mining enterprises
that need capital for development. The
outcome OF this agitation will probably
be the enactment II laws In all of the
mininr states making the sale Of
worthless stocks matter OF consider
able difficulty. III the money now In
vested In fraudulent stocks could be put
into legitimate mining development the
wealth of the Rocky Mountain states
would be increased TO fabulous
amount. These commemorative have
probably leaned by this time that hon
esty ls more profitable In the end Than
the other thing. even In the sale of
mining stoeka
The independent., 1907-04-18

To Speaker Cannon's suggestion that
the canal will be finished ii we nave
to cut the cable Congressman TaWney
adds criticism of the engineering ex-
perts for representing the canal pro-
ject as an almost impossible engineer
ing feat. 1t is now claimed that pretty
nearly every engineering problem III
the Panama canal has been worked out
somewhere in the United States; for
example there are dams in the united
States sustaining as heavy a body OF
water as the Gatun dam is expected to
hold and there are locks in the Ten
nessee river not greatly inferior to
those required to raise ships from the
sea level to the summit behind the
Goblin dam. Poultney Bigelow remains
about the only "knocker" the canal has
left. The deluge of reports seems IN
fact almost too rosy to be true.
The independent., 1907-04-18

For ten weeks there have been re-
ports almost daily from the Blnger
Hermann trial at Washington. The
evidence described has been OF SO wide
a scope as to obscure the charges on
which the ex-congressman, ex-land
commissioner, ex-officeholder of various
sorts for forty years, is being tried.
Hermann's specific offense was the
destruction of thirty-five letter press
books of the records of the general
land office at Washington. IT has been
the effort of the prosecution to prove
that this was done in the effort 10
cover up his relations with the Oregon
land grafters, hence the great amounE
of light on the subject of land graft
that has come out i'm the course of the
trial. In case of his acquittal In tne
present trial Hermann will have TO
face four more indictments basco on
alleged conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment in land cases.
The independent., 1907-04-18

Governor Sheldon has braced weak
link in the late legislature by vetoing
the $4,000 wolf bounty appropria-
ton. No reason why this appropri-
alton should be made has ever been
sustained The nominal argument has
been that it aims at the reduction OF
the coyotes, but proof has been sin
gularly lacking that wolf bountles
have any such effect. 1t is indeed Sc
riously questioned whether the opposite
is not true. Probably the real reason
for such appropriations is desire to
have the western counties feel that
they are getting their share Of the
public funds. 1t is laudable practice
to distribute public benefits equitably,
But if the coyote districts have $4,000
coming there ought to be some other
way to spend the money than throw
ing ii away.
The independent., 1907-04-18
Ar'R1L IS, 1907

Ders of the Lancaster county delega-
ton declared that they would not COM
plain if the knife were applied to all
institutions and all localities. But the
discrimination was made, and now
Governor Sheldon is obliged to equalize
matters by vetoing items affecting the
Kearney, Peru, Grand Island, Beatrice
and Omaha institutions. Lancaster
county does not suffer now because
the appropriations had already been
reduced by the senate to the lowest
point that could be reached without
entailing serious loss.
The independent., 1907-04-18

Professor Seligman of the department
Of economics In Columbia university
would eliminate women from the teach
ing STATS of all schools except In the
primary grades, on the ground that
atie deplorable tendency toward fenit-
nizatlon ~ becoming more nronnuncep
I'm our public schools" This declara.
tion has caused an undue amount OF
fiuttering among the women teacnefs
of the metropolis and elsewhere FOR
the present the professors remarks are
purely academic. A public that II
grooming over the expense ot an m
adequately supported school system
viii moi soon appropriate the money
needed for the general Introduction ot
The nascuilne element. The ladies are
safo for another generation AT least
The independent., 1907-04-18

Please explain the vaiue or
ahekel2
An official OF the United States
mine once answered this question as
follows
The shekel was originally a weight.
The first form IN which money was
used by the Jews. and by all other
nations of which we have any knowi-
edge. was the pieces without nny
regular shape or any marks or de-
vices upon them. Precious metals
passed by weight Thus IL is said OF
The independent., 1907-04-18
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] wish you would send or publish
Bayard Taylor's poem. "The Song of
the Camp"
"Give us a song" the soldiers cried.
The outer trenches guarding,
When the heated guns of the camps
Grew weary of bombarding.
The dark Redan in silent scoff,
Lay grim and threatening under;
And the tawny mound Of the Malakoff
No longer belched its thunder.
I'VE storm the forts tomorrow;
Sing while we may, another day
viii bring enough of sorrow
They lay along the battery's side
Below the smoking cannon.
Brave hearts, from Severn and from
Clyde
And from the banks Of shannon.
They sang of love, and not Of fame;
Forgot was Britains glory;
Each heart recalled different name,
But all sang "Annie Laurie"
Voice after voice caught up the song
Unti; its tender passion
Rose like an anthem, rich and strong
Their battle-eve confession.
Dear girl, her name he dared not speak,
But as the song grew louder,
Something upon the soldiers cheek
Washed off the stains Of power.
Beyond the darkening ocean burned
The bloody sunsets cmbers,
While Crimean valleys learned !.
How English love remembers
And once again a fire OF he'll
Rained on the Russian quarters,
With scream of shot and burst of shell,
And believing Of the mortars.
And Irish Nora's eyes are dim,
For a singer, dumb and CORY;
And English Mary mourns for him
Who sang Of Annie Laurie.
Sleep, soldiers. Still in honored rest
Your truth and honor wearing;
The bravest are the tenderest-
The loving arc the daring.
The independent., 1907-04-18

What is the average number of chill
dren to a family in the United states!
How does this compare with other
countries?
In the United States the average is
three. In other countries: Persia %,
Canada 9, Ecuador 81 Madagascar 7.S,
Russia. Finland T. Italy, Servia, Hun
gary, Central and South America (Col-
ombia. Panama, Salvador. Guatemala,
Honduras, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Para
quay, Peru 6.S and 6.7, England, Tur-
key, Bulgaria, Greece, China, India,
AbySsinia, Mexico 8, Uruguay 5.6, Ru-
mania, Holland, Sweden, Ireland,
Hayti and Brazil 5, Germany, Spain.
Scotland, Cuba and the Argentine Re-
public 4.6, Denmark, Austria 4, Nor
way, Japan and Corea 3.5, and France
The independent., 1907-04-18

Explain what is meant by the block
system on railways.
A system of working railway traffic,
according 10 which the line Is divided
into sections OF mile or more. with
n signal and tclegraphic connection al
the end OF each section; the principle
of tho system being that no train ls
allowed TO leave any section till the
next succeeding section isl entirely
clear. so that between two successive
trains there IN preserved not merely
definite interval of space The system
thus defined ia called absolute" In
the so-cailcd 'permissive" system, a
second train IL allowed TO enter a
section that IN not clear with orders
20 proceed cautiously.
The independent., 1907-04-18

Who was the author of the short
poem beginning, God give us men?'
Please print the poem.
j. G.. Holland. The poem:
God, give us men! A time like this de-
mands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faitn,
and ready hands;
Men whom the lust of office Goes not
kill;
Men whom the spoiIs of Office cannot
buy; :,
Men who possess opinions and VIII
Men who have honor.-men who VIII
not lie;
Men VINO can stand before dema-
gogue,
And damn his treacherous batteries
without winking!
Tall men, sun-crcwned who live above
the fog
In public duty, and in private think
ing;
For~while the rabble. with their thumb
worn. creeds,
Their large professions and their little
deeds
Mingle in selfish strife, 10! Freedom
weep.
Wrong rules the land, and waiting JUS
tice sleeps!
The independent., 1907-04-18

What is the effect on the teeth or
tobacco chewing?
People do not agree on this point.
Anything that exercises the teeth
tends in that respect to be good for
them, and SO the tobacco chewer may
have an advantage over the nom
tobacco chewer, though not over the
gum chewer. On the other hand 1t is
claimed that tobacco Injuries the
gums, sometimes causing them to
shrink
The independent., 1907-04-18

What Is the cause of plums putting
up to large size and then drying up on
the tr~,?
The cause is a fungus disease vari-
ously known as plum pockets or plum
bladders. The botanical name is ex-
oascus pruni. II Is treated by spray
ing and destroying affected fruits.
The independent., 1907-04-18

Does a majority of the German peo-
pie control the government of Ger
many, or at least the German reich-
stag? If not, why?
At the recent elections the majority
members in the reichstag was elected
by 1862, 900 votes, while the minority
members represent 5,S95,OOO, a majority
of 933, 200. This happens because the
cities, which are the strength OF the
minority parties, have fewer represen-
tatives in proportion to population
than the country districts controlled by
the majority parties The same situa-
ton prevails in some American states,
notably Rhode Island, which is con-
trolled by rotten boroughs, districts OF
small population in which a majority
of the votes can be bought or other
wise controlled 1t sometimes happens,
too, that the president Of the United
States does not receive as many votes
as his nearest competitor. This was
the case with Presidents Hayes and
Harrison.
The independent., 1907-04-18

What Is the national DEBT of the
United States and of the other great
powers?
The United States bureau OF statis-
tics gives the debts of twenty three
The independent., 1907-04-18

Without considering the debatable
question of the superiority of men
teachers, the women cannot be replaced
without an economic revolution.
The independent., 1907-04-18

Please give me the names of cities
that get their water supply from snow
on the mountains, or that have the best
pure, soft water.
Nearly all OF the larger cities are
supplied with soft water from rivers.
as st. Louis and Kansas City, from
lakes, as Chicago or Cleveland, or from
drainage of a watershed as New York.
Los Angeles gets it's water from snow
topped mountains. In all cases the wa
ter is filtered or settled to make 1t
pure.
The independent., 1907-04-18

How does the cost of living compare
with a year ago?
Slightly less, according to the index
numbers. The following is Dun's Ia
BILE:
New-York tribune., 1907-08-31

September Is so Is 80 1887 IL 545 10 ~


ss95S@berlsso Ss3sSs5 1850 1887 1ssS 4seS 1sss 11sa
METALs-TIN-A further declue occurred in the Eng
The local market vas also weak and spot closing
$685. 25c COPPER was weak in botii markets spot IN
and f75 los respectively. Locally prices
s an ds Ias f49tra as
9Sh at Snssnes g fGa m M fRa as 1 m
ket at fl los but declined five points in the New York
English market with standard foundry quoted at 55s I'd
Cleveland at Sos It'd Locally no change
foundr5 Northern 81 aeas22 90 No foundTy North
was inactive and without price changes, STANDARD
foundry grades are quoted as follows: September
tober, November and December. s2l so asked -.,
sqw oh g[es o aga Orleans
tTGusa Sermon l9gi'c ean da1r o5 effs s744s
1sa14c fair i5ai7c good is426c
prime. 2oq23c: fancy. 2ia2sc -.
light offerings and good export inquiry Sales 900 bbs
septeber 545 Ks: 6o9 October & 500 agd 90 Ben nS
PsTolez steady recent prices We We quote ,'i5 Pc
dePha, s4oc; bulk; 495c refined cases New & 19Ts RS
10 45c bulk &c: Phlade pha 10 4Oc bulk CSC water
white cases New York 1890; PHILADELPHIA 13 Soc
pri SUMMER yellow 9hfIs August 5Ss5se
14e sum oi6I nnl Asast .7@5iZe good of summer vel
low. 4aa5I',c prime white. 5sc prime winter yellow
5sc LINsEED oII1-American seed. city raw 4$a+lG
PROVISIONS-After opening higher PROVISIONS eaSs1
grain and Investment buying of lard and ribs Chi
caso receipts 5000 hogs; estimated for SATURDAY. lS
steady quot&s: Mess s17 751s1s -: family. sle short
clear $40 1887 20. BEEF quiet quoted: Mess 80 90
qslo family Sls 53gs14; racket $IIgsI 90 extra 1o,s In.
s26 50qs27 90 DRESSED HOGS steady: quoted: Ba-
S716ae CIT r. MEATsP4cflea 6ellies QUIET qudsd
smoking 1aal3Ac 10 70 1A.c: II 70 lie; IA Io 10i5c
steady city; staSe country e1Ss,s LARD @ nm
steady: quoted: ss.c Refined lard stea5y: quoted
me quiet: quoted: Olso. Sac City lard steaTine.
RICE-The market rice steady locally and firm
the South with moderate business Quotations follow
eB5c: good ordinary 5GoAc; prime. 6l3q54ci choice
5gJ1Ec; Pal1a, 5gs 96sc: Ran
sTJGAREThe sus ar market Will be closed until next
were unchanged. The following list prices, sub
feet a rebate Of 10 points and discount Of per
Eagle tablets zoe; loaf and crushed 5I0c mould
\. 35c; cubes 25c; xxx powdered, 515c: Eagle.
h-to bags powdered and Eago cor seoti9ners sTanu-
dered ? lOc; Eagle and extra hne granulated
I0c. cartons OF fine granuated. 520c 2lo bags
ION bags do, G.15c; 25 and 30 II bags do 5.05c
Eagle dne standard granulated and diamond \.
SC; confectionery A and No I. $500: Nos and ?.
-5- No s 450c: No 0. 4.45c: No 10. 4S5c; No II.
SOC. No II. 4 2Jc; No l3 400; Nos IA IS and l6.
quiet and unchanged, with August and September at
o. IiAd. Locally the market steady and un
50 342c and noasses sugar. 50 test at B. o3c.
Willett Cray Total stock OF Europe and America
dates The decrease Of stock is 52 81 tons
against a decrease OF 33O.476 tons last week. Total
stocks end afoats together show visible supply Of
s27 29s against . les $50 tons last year.
deer o BAL 27I tons