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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23

upon the manner of a mans life than
upon the drugs which he swallows;
and it is the doctors misfortune that
the exigencies of his calling often
make it impossible for him to practice
the hygienic doctrines which he
breaches. Obsta principiis is one
sound maxim on which it is specially
hard for him to act. He cannot afford
to lay up and nurse himself for trivial
ailments, but must often be out at
tending to his patients in spite of a
general feeling of malaise. His nights
knows that seven hours sleep is the
ideal. He may have to take his meals
irregularly, though he is we'll aware
of the virtue of regular habits, or to
rush out to an urgent case in the mid
die of his dinner, though he is always
warning his patients that that way
lies indigestion. Moreover-if he is a
general pTaCtitioneT-those long holi-
days which he is fond of proclaiming
to be essential are very seldom for
him. All these disadvantages count
for more in the long ran than his ac-
quaintance with the quickest means
Of relieving a headacI-$ or soothing a
catarrh; and the sum of the whole
matter seems to be that the doctor
who made his own health his chief
concern, would have to retire from
practice in order to attend to it
American Medicine.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23
A Curious Catch.

|" One day." said an old fisherman,
'I was out fishing under the trees, on
the banks of Lake Kessawanganga-
nokoechee, and had been rather un-
successful, having landed only a few
small fry.
II was about making up my mind
to pack up my traps and start for
camp, when | felt a strong pull on
the line that nearly took me off my
feet. Here's a good one, thought I,
and l played out the line and reeled
in for half an hour or more till finally
could see the beauty through the
clear, limpid water a few feet away.
Then | lifted the pole with>excite-
ment over my catch. But l was rath-
er too strenuous. He rose in the
air, but somehow the line parted
about a foot from the hook and the
momentum carried the fish high
among the branches.
Just at that moment he gave a
gasp, and when his jaws came to-
gether they gripped a small branch
like a wise and there he hung by his
teeth 25 feet above me, suspended in
the air and glistening in the sunlight.
What a beauty, l declared, and de-
termined he should still be mine, so
l began climbing the tree and work
ed my way out on the branch, inch
by inch.
when about to reach out to grasp
the prize / heard a sudden fiutter of
wings and an enormous hawk darted
down, seized the prey and was off In
an instant.-. To say that ] was disap-
pointed would be putting it mildly,
but there was nothing to do but des-
cend to the ground and did so with
sad heart and saw my prize disap-
pearing in the distance.
Il went slowly toward the camp dis.
couraged over the days work. My
partner Sam, who was getting the din
ner ready, said he had a surprise for
me, and when the time came he
brought on about the finest specimen
of trout that l had ever seen, ex-
cepting mine, of course.
HE asked me how / liked his fish
and | told him l was charmed with
it, Then he said, I hooked that fel-
low in rather a curious way. ] was
sitting there on the rock, smoking
my cigar, when a big hawk few over
my head, and, grabbing my gun,
brought him down and what do you
think? You will never believe it, but
that hawk had. wound around his leg,
piece of fish line and on the end
was the speckled beauty you have
just eaten, fresh out Of the water
and without scratch oa him. ."-Bos-
ton Journal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23
THE DRUMMER's HAZARDS.
Some of the Chances Against Which
He Is Insured.

There is an insurance company
which does business with commercial
travellers In its literature appears
a list of the risks on which the COM
pany paid.
"A commercial traveller as a usual
thing is a very lucky individual, but
they do meet with accidents and they
cannot stop them," says the an
nOuncement
Then are appended the following:
Divorced wife requested him to
call. He did, and as a result had
acid thrown in his face, causing
severe burns. Disabled twenty-six
weeks, $3.50.
While putting on new shirt pricked
and scratched by pin. Infected
wound. Disabled three weeks, $75.
Acting as peacemaker in a quar-
rel, was assaulted. Disabled one
week, four days, $39.2S.
Sealing envelope, corner struck
him in the eye. Disabled one week,
six days, $46.42.
4Ndll lhbO his WlIt' WIZ vas Iull
ing roast chicken, burned foot with
gravy. Disabled two weeks, $50.
While asleep dreamed he was being
attacked, struck wall, fractured bone
in hand. Disabled six weeks, $3.50.
Extracting pin from mouth of mon
key, monkey bit him. Disabled one
week, $3.50.
Getting out of bed fell against
sidebOard, fractured rib. Disabled
four weeks, five days, $11785.
At masquerade ball attempted to
take off mask, ran finger into eye.
Disabled three weeks, SIS.
Shaking hands with muscular
friend. Disabled one week, three
days, $25.71.
Wife rubbing head with alcohol
dropped some in eye. Disabled one
week, $25.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23
STATE AND VICINITY

Cuyahoga Falls-Policeman David
Jones was brutally assaulted by two
men, One has been arrested and
other is neing sought
Akron--Council will be asked for
park at Thornton, Bowery and
Rhodes streets
Napoleon-H. Johnson, SO, killed
under T. & |. switch engine.
Youngstown. H. Holmes. 20, well
known travelling salesman of Orrville,
died.
Steubenville-G. Smith, "a, shot and
killed by Ben Sunday, whom he
threatened to attack.
Hma-Operations in crude petrol
cum districts during week past show
little gain or loss.
Findlay-Body of T. NJ. Harvey,
81 prominent churchman, buried at
0tterbein church, near Mt. Victory.
Findlay-Prof. Ladd, KentOn, has
accepted superintendency of Forest
schools at a salary of $1,000 year.
Marion-R. S. Stephens robbed of
SS2 he had left hidden under wagon
seat while he went into the union
station.
Cleveland-Franz Yokivitch caught
in shafting at American Car Co. has
arm torn off and half bones broken.
Will die.
Wooster--A stallion valued at $4,000
and owned by James Sidle of Blach-
leyville, was killed by lightning
which came into the stable.
Lima-A cooperative electric rail-
road is to be built from Celina to
Bluffton, Ind. Farmers are given
stock for right Of way.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rose and
six of family i'll from ptomaine poi
son. Two may die.
Acknowledged miraculous cures
at Lupton's camp meeting cause re-
ligiOus frenzy.
Wheeling, w. Va.-Charles Cooke
sentenced tc life for murder of Chas.
Bennett, of New KensingtOn.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23
NEEDED A CHANGE.

Mr.. Pennywise sighed as he took a
seat in the 'squire's office, the Ioafng
place of several gentlemen of the
"leisureist" profession.
Seem t. be ailin' some?" suggested
the 'sCiire between puffs.
"Oh, I've got to move again, l
spOse," replied Mr.. Pennywise, the
neighborhood amt what it ought to
be; the lack of accommodations in
that there neighborhoOd where were
living is just wearing me clean out"
Brother Benner said 'um,' which
encouraged Mr.. P. to proceed further
you see," said he, when we first
moved up there, the JOnses lived right
next door, and Mrs. Jones she used the
incest coffee l ever got hold of, and we
always did our coffee borrowing there;
but they moved away and now we
can't borrow any coffee that's any
good at all, this side of Guggins'
three blocks down the street. OF
course we can get the loan of soap to
Jenkins, across the street, but they
got kinda crusty fore we had been
there six or seven times; we can get
it at Browns, over on Baggs street,
though; them Browns are the right
sort. But when it comes to butter,
why you'd hardly believe it, we
couldn't borrow a bit of butter in that
there neighborhood until Sam Briggs
family moved in, and then they got to
using oleo. and We just can't eat oleo
though, of course. we DO use it now
and then rather than run up to Widow
Moser's, four blocks away. We bor-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23
A Safety Envelope.

A new envelope made in Paris is
proof against the thief or the meddler
who opens a letter to extract or to
read its contents and then reseals it
so cleverly as to hide any sign of it
having been tampered with.
The new envelope is really two
envelopes. Each is of thin paper, one
pronounced blue, the other lighter
in color and different in texture. Each
has a gummed flap.
The letter is first placed in the blue
envelope, which is slightly smaller
than the other. Instead of sealing
this it is placed in the outer envelope
and the inner flap brought outside
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23

rowed two chickens of her when we
was entertaining them there delegates
but she's gone and sold all her
chickens now. Speaking of enter
tanning, you wouldn't think it, but we
had to run all over six blocks fore we
could set 'em a decent table. Clear
over to Judge Henry's for knives and
forks, and to that new family VINO
lives in the old Hardin place for a
tableCloth; we did manage to get some
extra chairs from the preacher, but l
had to chase for napkins; | got 'em at
last, but my wife says she wouldn't
never pat such napkins on the table it
they were ours.
That Mrs Hanks sticks up for such
a good church member; she actually
refused to lend us her front room lace
curtains that time when the general
came to visit US. l tell you there's no
accommodation about some people.
And her sister, Mrs. King, is the same
kind We wanted her piano for a
couple of days when my wifes sister
was here-shes a great player-and
Andy Smith had promised to lend us
his dray to haul it over, but she
kicked simply because she said it was
needed for her daughter to practice on.
We've got to get into neighbor-
hood that's got some kind of friendly
feelings. And as soon as l can borrow
the money to pay months rent I'm
going, too. It'll serve 'em all right;
don't you think so?"
They all thought so.-Toledo Blade.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23
why Doctors are Short Lived.

A medical contemporary, says the
Practitioner, recently drew attention
to the fact that doctors are a short
lived class Of the community. Lay
men we're nat lrally surprised. Their
view presumably is that he days OF
doctors should be longer, in the land
than those Of other people because
they know better than their patients
what to take" when they feel indis-
posed or are In the way Of infection
Longevity, however. ae9ends far more
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23
Mean Joke.

The Artist-"That poet played
mean joke on me yesterday. He said
he had sold a poem and if 1 would
walk up to his den he would open a
small bottle"
The Actor-"And did he keep his
word?"
The Artist-"Yes, climbed up five
stories to his den and he opened a
small bottle of ink"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23
and gummed down on to the larger

and gummed down on to the larger
envelope.
The outer flap is still unsealed, 1t
and reaches down to a good sized
star shaped opening which shows
through to the inner envelope, SO
that when the outer flap is sealed it
sticks not only to the outer envelope
but also through this opening to the
inner one. The letter is thus prac-
tically locked and double locked.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23

Columbus-Judge G. Harmon, Tole-
do, elected president Catholic Fedora
tion of Ohio, eighth annual conven-
ton; M. A. Tanning, Cleveland, treas
urer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23

MEDIUM-Mrs. Foley, the spiritual
medium and clairvoyant will be locat-
ed at PA North Walnut st. for few
days only Consult her on all per
sonal and business affairi, Hours
from a. m to p. m. 1929
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

QUICK shoe repairing-Men's sew
ed soles only SOC. We use only the
best oak leather and guarantee all
work. Shoe & Leather Repair Works,
121 e. Eighth ST. 1929
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23

FOR sALE-Good fresh cow, 2215
10. Tusc. st. 1926
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-23

EVERYBODY can borrow money on
household goods, watches. etc, on very
small easy weekly or monthly pay,
ments. Collateral Loan Bank, Bel
500; Stark A-e6s. No. e0s w. Tuaca.
Fayas street
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

Che must not hinder them. They had mncl
to do. Her part was self-eRacenent- In
the darkehing passageway she heard
Laird shouting orders above. heard him
command the native women to tumble BE-
low" and the sailors to seal the ways
after them, heard the deep sea language
and-''barometer" Constable
There were running feet, bells
below. cries from the native women, quick
oaths from the sailors The ship rose and
settled like feather in breeze.
She was incapable Of swift action
Macready lifted her into the cabin and
slammed the door, rushed to the ports and
screwed them tight with lightning fingers,
led her to a chair and locked it In its
socket
That's the Deere" he said breathless
ly. "Shud 10 much a. shpark from fne
mountain raise 70 much AZ 4 bloosh upon
your cheek, sure I'd nivsr be able t face
Mr. Constable again, but 90 on sthokin
foriyer an iver."
Its very good of you,' she answered
duly. 81.
She sat very still, not daring to relax
the rigid tec=ion Of her face, her hands
or her brain, lest the scream of madness
break forth. From out the shoreward
darkness Numbered vibrations which rem
dered soundless all that had passed be
fore. Comets flashed by the port holes
The ship shuddered and fell to her star
board side.
Eight bells bad just sounded when the
great thunder rocked over the gray-biack
harbor, and the moltep vitals Of the mon
ster, wrapped In black cloud, filed the
heavens, gathered themselves, and plunged
down upon the city and the sea- As Tor
the de Stael, eight miles from shore and
twelve miles from the crateFA. she seemed
to have fallen from a habitable planet
into the ire mist of an unfinished world
She heeled over like biscuit tin, dipping
her bridge and gunwales. She was del
uged by blasts of steam and molten stone.
Her anchor chain gave way, and, burn
ing in half-dozen places, she was sucked
in-shore.
ITO be continued.)
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Financial Poetry,

An unusual album was presented to
Willis Clark, brother Of Lewis Gaylord
Clark, poet, on one occasion, with
a request for some rhymes"
Mr. Clark was at the house OF a
farmer, and the mans daughter had
turned an old account book into an
autograph album In which were in
scribed the names of her various
friends and relatives below appropriate
sentiments.
Mr.. Clark saw his opportunity, and
after turning over the leaves for mo-
ment or two ne took a pen and wrote
the following verse:
.. d.
This worlds a scene as dark as
StyI,
Where hope Is scarce worth 6
Our joys are born 50 feetlng
hence
That they are dear at ID
And yet to stay here many are
willing,
Although they may not have
London Graphic.
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"Wildcat mining stocks are not alto
gether useless-or worthless, either y
said a New York broker who handles
cheap mining stocks the other day as
he hung up the telephone receiver.
Here's a man who just offered me $50
for enough mining stocks to have a
face value of $4,000. He wasn't par
ttcular what stocks he got If they only
had paper value of $4,000. 1 closed
the deal and shall make money on it,
too. What did he want with such
stocks? Well, l haven't the slightest
doubt but that he is getting ready to
go into the bankruptcy court and wants
to show his creditors where his money
has been dropped. We often get such
requests and are usually able to I'LL
them"
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The Prayer of Cyrus Brown.

THE proper way for man to pray"
Said Deacon Samuel Reyes,
And the only proper attitude
Is down upon his knees"
mo, should say the way to pray"
Said the Rev. DR.. Wise,
SIS standing straight, with outstretched
arms,
And rapt and upturned eyes,"
"Oh, no! no, no. said Elder Slow,
"Such posture is too proud;
A man should pray with eyes fast CLOSED
And head contritely bowed"
at seems to me his hands should be
Austerely clasped in front,
With both thumbs pointing toward the
ground"
Said the Rev. DR.. Blunt.
Last year l fell in Hodgkin's well
Head first" said Cyrus Brown,
with both my heels a-stickin' up,
My head a-pintin' down.
AN prayed a prayer right then and
there
Best prayer l ever said,
The prayingest prayer l ever prayed.
A-standing on my head
Chronicle.
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CHAPTER KY.

The launch gained the inner harbor,
and the white ships at anchor were seen
vague phantoms in the yapor-F'rench
steamers, Italian barques, and the small
er West Indian craft-all with their work
to do and their way to win. Constable
heard one officer shout to another, in
quiring if Saint Pierre was in the usual
place. or had switched sites with Hades
The day was clearing rapidly, however,
and before the launch reached shore the
haze was so lifted that Pelee could be
seen, floating a pennant Of black out to
sea. In the city a large frame ware
house was ablaze. The tinder-dry struc-
ture was being destroyed with almost ex-
plosive speed.
"Wait for me here" Constable said to
the sailor, as the launch scraped the
Sugar Landing.
A blistering heat rushed down from the
expiring building to the edge of the land.
Crowds watched the destruction. Many
of the people were In holiday attire. This
was the Day of Ascension, and Saint
Pierre would shortly pray and praise at
the cathedral. Even now the bells were
calling, and there was low laughter from
a group of maidens. Was it not good to
live, since the sun shone again and the
mountain did not answer the sainted
bells? 1t was true that Pelee poured
forth black streamer with lightning in
its folds; true that the people trod upon
the hot gray dust of the volcanoes waste;
that the heat was such as no man had
ever felt before and many sat in misery
upon the ground; true, indeed that voices
of hysteria came from the novels, and the
breath of uncovered death from the by
ways-but the gala spirit was not dead.
The bells were calling; the mountain
was still; bright dresses were abroad
for the torrid children of France must
laugh.
Constable fell in with the procession
on the way to the cathedral. Reaching
there, he climbed to huge block of stone
in the square, and hurled broadcast the
germ of fight. Many had seen him be-
fore, when his face was haggard. He
was smiling now. There was color in his
skin, fire in his eyes, ring in his voice.
Fear was not in him.
A carriage was not procurable, so he
waltad toward the Morne d'Orange. 1t
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

Do you develop your strength, lin
crease your reasoning power, your will
power, your power Of initiative? Do
you not only elevate yourself and hold
yourself up, but also have strength to
help others7 Are you litter? Or
do you, like the senseless lobster, re-
main high and dry on the sand or
among the rocks, waiting for someone
to carry you to the sea, or for the sea
to come to you, when by your own
native energy you should boldly plunge
In and ride the waves triumphantly?
Do you, In considering every undertake
ing. look hesitatingly to the right or
left for some advice, some support,
some prop to lean on? 1t has been
said that for every self-made man there
are ten self-ruined ones. 1t Is a safe
guess that nine of the ten are leaners.
The ranks of mediocrity-of the half
successful-are crowded with people of
fine natural abilities who never rise
above inferior stations because they
never act independently. They are
afraid to take the initiative in anything
to depend upon their own judgment
and resourceS-and so let opportunity
after opportunity pass them by. They
make fine plans, but leave them to be
carried out by others; and then their
only consolation is in saying: II
thought of it first" Half a hundred
claim to have been the first to invent
the railway airbrake. Only one had
the nerve to demonstrate its practl-
cability. Thousands talked about an
Atlantic cable, until one came forward
and laid it. He lost big fortune by
failing at first, but made a bigger ono
by succeeding at last. In every walk
pie who are disappointed that they do
not get on better and who wax eloquent
over the injustice that confines them
to inferior grades, while others with
no more natural ability are constantly
advanced over their heads. Analyze
these people and you find their real
trouble lies in their lack of independ-
ent action. They dare not make the
slightest move without help or advice
from some outside source. They lack
confidence In themselves They do not
trust their own powers. They have
never learned to stand squarely on
their own feet, think their own
thoughts and make their own decisions.
The price that must be paid for this
shifting Of responsibility is a heavy
tarily abdicate the throne of personal
Ity, resign the priceless privilege con-
ferred upon every human being In this
civilized land-the right to think and
speak and decide and act for himself.
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F1o's PHOTOGRAPHS.

Her Boy Friends Were Always
Giving Her Their Pictures.
Don't you think Kent Hampton's
last photograph is splendid oner' Flo
Davol asked, carelessly.
A swift color flashed across Rachel
Hills face. She tried to make her
voice Indifferent, but the hurt would
show a little.
"T haven't seen It," she replied
Haven't seen it?' Flo echoed. How
queer, when you are such friends
have it somewhere here
She began hunting through the pho
tographs crowding her desk. They
were nearly all photographs OF boys or
young men, and Kent's was clearly In
sight, as Rachel; with flash OF con-
tempt, saw at once, although 1t was
several minutes before Flo apparently
discovered it. Then she handed 1t TO
Rachel. Her whole elaborate, over
dressed little figure betrayed her de
light II her pretty triumph.
at certainly is queer that he didn't
give you one," she repeated, but the
boys are always giving things to me.
Really, l don't know what to do with
half of them !"
AS Rachel walked home through the
September afternoon her eyes were full
of bitterness Why was 1t, she wonder
ed, that girls like Flo got so much more
than their share of good times and
things? She would not have cared
about the others, but Kent Hampton,
who had been her playmate ever since
she could remember, and was going
away to college in two days. Oh, Flo
could have had anything else If she
only had not spoiled that dear ole
friendship.
That evening Kent came over with
his chum-who was also RacheIs
cousin-Tom Calverly. Usually the
three had the happiest Of evenings, but
this time something was plainly wrong.
The boys kept up their nonsense, but
1t did not "go" as usual. Finally Ton
remarked of something:
ITS dead easy-as easy as one OF
Flo DavoTs Photographed, Kent?''
Rache! grew red, then pale. u
should think you'd be ashamed - she
cried, facing them Indignantly.
The boys stared at each other in per-
plexity.
ITO joke over a girl when you give
her your picture she stammered. ut
its contemplate
Kent's lips frightened, but Tom whis
tied softly.
Look here, Ray" he asked, don't
you know, honest?"
Know what?" Rachel inquired.
"The way she gets those pictures
She gets them by asking-that's how.
She asks so that fellow can't refuse
unless he's brute. l guess l have
half a dozen of hers somewhere round.
Kent. here, is such Sir Galahad he
burns them-says it's not fair TO have
them lying round, even If the girl did
force them on YOU
"Oh!" Rahel cried, softly.
But up in her room that night she
looked out with happy eyes into the
dark. 1t was so good to keep ones
friends on the old high terms-ft was
so good 10 keep ones self-respect =
Youths Companion.
Not So Useless, Either.
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