Massillon Item (Newspaper) - September 9, 1897, Massillon, Ohio THE CITY ITEM every by The Item Publishing Co Advance fee 25 root i 0 One year oo Address THE ITEM Ohio Entered at the as second class matter ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1897 THE YELLOW FEVER SCARE There is very little occasion for fear of the spread of the dread disease of yellow fever which has made ita ap in the state of Louisiana Modern medical skill has so fur proved its mastery over these great epidemics that we no longer stand in awe of the intelligence that smallpox cr yellow fever have approached our shores Smallpox and typhoid fever have lost their fears largely through the power of modern medical science to cope with them and yellow fever and cholera the rery intelligence of either having reached our shores was the cause a few years ago of thousands of people feeing frightened to death have now relatively small horror for the average people because we wash our bodies freely with pure water the bread of industry cultivate a clear conscience and put our trust in Providence and the family physician The result is that cholera fever and such dis eases that feed on and fright are from our shores ANNIHILATION OF SPACE The mere thought of annihilation is something dreadful to contemplate but the hate with which space is being brought to nothing is little less than marvelous A test has just been made of the system of tele graphy in which over aline from Lon don via York to Aberdeen and return to London a distance of over eleven hundred miles including more than eighty miles of underground cable messages were sent at the rate of words a minute and this speed was only limited by the particular dynamo Other have been whb equally favorable results This is a very rapid age and you have a great care you will get swal lowed up in the mad whirl THERE is a class of reformers who honestly believe they are drifting with the tide They see the concentration of the trusts the di scontent of the masses and they have an idea that they can recline on their oars and drive into the cooperative common wealth or something better logic is They tell us that we are rushing forward at such an accelerated speed that this old world will be compelled GO adopt cooperation 9 some other remedy and that the of the trusts is the first step Bjt is this proposition true There is not a shoal there is not a rock but has been marked down on the mariners chart Erery mile of the journey between competition and co operation has been ma le at some stage of the worlds history by some nadon but the breakers were never so dan gerous the rapids were never so swift as those The ated of our nineteenth century craft makes the transition perilous in deed and wise heads and brave hearts are needed The man who on the tiller and says What is to be will be is a fatalist and the world is full of fatalists who are a curse to their time and to their race A man may be as wise as Socrates he may have the philosophy of a Bacon and the versait fcy of a DeQuincy but if he believes we can shoot the rapids and gain the co commonwealth or any other port with our eyes closed and without effort you may class him as a learned V Cayton in Toledo Union WITH the decline of nihilism in Rus sia has come an uprising of labor All the factory towns are having trouble now with striking workmen and the authorities are cope with the difficulty It is forbidden by law in Russia to form traces unions but even Russian despotism cannot go ex tent of making a man work when he is not so inclined The place of the walk is taken bj the labor dis and the oppressed workmen follow these men with singular faith and fidelity Sixty of the preachers have been imprisoned and arc to be to Siberia for recommend ing a general strike to the workmen to Paul who the of illustrious houte The princ j is fiftyfour years old and beet married twice bef jre both of hie wives being dead WALTER AN hat j ust returned from Europe and says that he will sail with an expedition Norway in June next to make another trial to reach the North Mr Wellman is a journalist and for several years was editor of the Canton Repository His prepress wiJl be watched with in terest by his Stark county friend WHY should a merchant advertise in and a paper that is disliked by the consumers aad the circulation of which is day in pref to a paper that is supported by the aud the circulation of which is gaining every day THE humorous man of the Pittsburg Times says Even at 65 cents the miners will be than one dollar and a half it the Bryan brand o A BOSTON woman who has just been admitted to the btr says I could not defend a clien when I knew that the other was right and I was FOREIGN TITBITS Charles Darwins statue in bronze has been set up in his native town Shrews bury Gift enterprises by Paris newspapers hove been stopped by the courts as in of the governments lot tery monopoly Walthers from The was the took at the recent eisteddfod at Pontypool Prof Victor Meyer of Heidelberg the physiological chemist whose death was announced recently is said to have committed suicide by taking prussic acid on account of domestic troubles Prince Maximilian of Saxony who two years ago became a Catholic priest and took charge of a parish in London is about to go to to pass the examination for the degree of doctor cf divinity At the Saxon court it is asserted that he wishes to enter the Capuchin order aston ished the distinguished guests invited to the opening of the new by driving to the rail road station in the Black He had been unable to find a cab and had used the only official conveyance that was ready Abd and Brockwell professional cricketers of the Surrey have broken the record for a partnership by scoring 379 runs in a recent match with Hampshire Abel the first man in made 73 runs before he was out to 202 the latters full score being 225 English parties have multiplied since Mr Gladstone took tip home rule His former followers are now divided into liberal unionists Har Parnellites and Some one in the Times calls him the Grand Old Party Splitter INDIVIDUALITIES CHARGE LILY the famous actress and beauty who secured a di vorce from her husband in California Jt is said in a new life of Victoria that she expects a letter every day from each of her children and grandchildren These are the queens favorite reading The Italian actress Eleonora Duse cannot positively give the of her place of birth for she first saw the light iu a railway carriage between Padua and Venice J Pierpont Morgan puts into the contribution plate every morn ing and has given to the New York hospital His tions are said to reach a year Gen Joe Wheeler of Alabama said to be the liveliest man in the house of representatives is about the last of the oldtime southern leaders When some one made a remark to that effect to Mr Heed lately the speaker drawled Wheeler never stays in one place long enough for the Almighty to put His linger on who is regarded as the probable heir is the owner of something that is exceedingly rare among head of red hair Should he succeed lo the throne now occupied by his brother it is said he will be obliged to dye his sandy locks jet black He is described as a genial welleducated and thoroughly progres sive man and an excellent performer on the piano The king of Servia is credited with having no respect for any woman One day he was losing at a Paris gambling saloon he turned roughly upon a lady who was standing behind his chair and said I wish you would go away You nake me lose I never have bad luck you are Pardon she retorted I there when you ran away from the Bulgarians nor when you lost your THE DEIGNING STYLES Cotton crepe draperies in Persian patterns splashed with gold and satin waists sol Tt rimmed Piece velvet frr bias sashes with short ends held by a buckle Pompadour hai rolls mid shell combs under I lie same silk in in and brilliant Silk lie i I ri milling or nii n Small I k i S I etc Shaded gilt and 1 I ii SO YOU Miss Paul i round to find out how many you said good Mrs Manly the plump matronly ministers wife and she smiled reassuringly at Miss Ruths grim lace Why Mrs Manly I dont know any more about children than a eat does about Sunday was her dry answer Never mind that Miss Ruthie you could learn And this is just the place for a poor tired hungry little child You have a big empty house a great cool shady yard plenty of fresh fruit a big garden chickens ducks everything u child loves You might take three or And they would chase the ducks worry the chickens pull the flowers waste the fruit spill the milk and rack et and upset all over the house i would us soon go to the asylum and be done with it Mrs Inasmuch have done it unto one of the least of these ye have done it unto murmured Mrs Manly softly Mrs Manly rose to go with a dis appointed air Then you will not take even Miss Ruth Not even one Mrs returned the grim spinster Well I am sorry but you are the best of Id like to oblige you Mrs Manly But what to do with a young one I wouldnt know Im sure I couldnt do Then I will it Of course if you change your tween now and the time come you can let the committee know There is always All right But at all likely I shall change my said Miss Ruth grim as ever Miss Ruth had plenty of means and not a soul to fill ex herself her stout maid Betty and the colored boy who gen eral factotum She went into the kitchen and the first thing Betty had to say was that the neighbors on both aides were going to take one or two children for a month from the relief committee and Betty thought it was so nice to have the dar lins running around to keep a body from getting lonesome Then worst of all in the afternoon Betty required ascertain muslin bag for straining jelly and it could not be found strange to say in that method ical household Miss Ruth had to go up to the garret for a piece out of which to make another bag And so she chanced to open a certain trunk in the garret by the side of which she sat down and sighed For there preserved in camphor and lavender through so many years were the garments belonging to the being Miss Ruth had most loved on earth the little sister who died when she was only ten years old and was buried down there in the old graveyard under the trees It seemed as if while she sat on the floor in the garret she could see Tillys blue eyes into her face hear Tillys tender voice saying Sis ter remember the time wrhen we played together and do it for my Miss Ruthie got her muslin shut the trunk and marched downstairs to the kitchen said she do you think we ought to take one of those chil dren Law yes Miss Ruth Why dont ye said Betty her plain face light ing But children are nuisances Yes Miss Ruth but theyre kind o after Well make your jelly Betty Mind and dont let it Next Kuth walked de into the office of the ladies relief committee Ill take one she said sternly All right Miss Haskins put down one for Miss said the lady in charge Ask her if she wishes a boy or said Miss Haskins as she wrote the name A replied Miss Ruth promptly Lord knows what Ill do with her though I dont The ladies exchanged glances which were not lost on Miss Ruth Be at the depot Tuesday morning next week to receive your said Very Miss Ruth turned round and walked out They think Ill eat the child she muttered to herself But I wont On Tuesday morning the people who had promised to take children were at the depot So were a great many others prompted by curiosity and when the train came in Wellsville had never seen such a crowd Names were called and places as signed as fast as the efficient committee of ladies could do it Miss Ruth came at last And Miss Ruth marched up to the platform to receive her charge A little thing of eight with yellow curls and blue eyes and a white face dressed in a blue calico dress wearing a hat which had evidently been the property of some young lady was assigned to Miss Ruth with ticket No 44 Come on said Miss Ruth leading the way to her carriage She had driven herself to the depot simply because she would not be seen in thevillage with the child following her Not vet at least in she loosening the j ponys straps The little one was inside directly Oh what a pretty carriage she said the soft cushions Is it yours and she smiled np into Miss Ruths face Yes Whats your name child My goodness Tilly what Miss Ruth gave a start Is your uia in I no ina uor uo Who tare of you then I live with Aunt She is poor isnt she Shes got three children of her own They wanted to but too big Aunt Lou washes for Humph No wonder you look half starved Is that all the dress youve got Xom Ive got a pink dress that a lady gave me in this bundle Aunt Lou said it wouldnt do but its real pretty 1 Undo your bundle and let me Tilly unrolled the paper and showed the remains of a childs pink tarlatan party dress Humph You that to dress dolls with said Miss with a sniff of disdain This is the she said stopping the carriage Jump down child She couldnt say Tilly she would after awhile said Miss walking into the big clean kitchen with her visitor heres the child Get her a bowl of bread and Law Miss Kuth Did yon really take one And Bettys hands went up in surprise I did Do you like milk child I dont said the shyly Dont know Didnt you ever drink milk No maam Ive seen it never tasted it Aunt Lou couldnt to buy Betty be quick Leave the cream on Come here Tilly and see if you like pure country bread and Tilly proved that she did by eating the last in the bowl Miss Ruth would have offered her more but she did not want to make the child sick the first thing Are you tired she asked when the bread and milk was finished Oh no Then here is a sunbonnet you may go out in the yard and play Do you like to play on the grabs I guess 1 would like it said Tilly sweetly 1 never tried Good Lord Is there no grass in New York asked Miss Faith Lots of it in the parks But the police dont low you to step on Well you can step on it here Go out now and just whatever youre a mind to Miss Ruth gave Tilly a little bedroom next to her own and undressed her with her own hands Wheres your gown child she 1 haint got no replied Tilly What do you sleep in This was a thin underwaist which with a small petticoat completed the childs underwear Well Miss Kuth didnt know what to do Ill get you some The next day Ruth said Betty that child has absolutely no clothes Ill get her some and you must help me make Taint much use for such a little while is it asked Betty Shes got to be decent while sha said Miss Ruth resolutely So they bent to work And the next Sunday when Miss Ruth little charge to Sunday school in a blue Mother Hubbard and big white hat and new shoes people said Miss Paul must have visitors else who is the pretty child hi her pew And they never knew it for the little waif who came out on the relief train last Tuesday Tilly had been there two weeks when one night there was a thunder storm and Miss Ruth was awakened by a call at her bedside Aunt Ruthie Aunt Ruthie She had taught Tilly to call her that and the childs voice roused her Well is it she asked Im afraid ofi the thunder Aunt May I come in your The little figure crept in and cuddled up close to Miss Ruth the small arms round her and she felt the warm breath on her cheek And somehow Miss Ruth remembered Bettys words Children is kind o after and felt a strange sensation of warmth at her lonely heart After awhile the month was up and the notified those who chil dren to have them at the depot ready to return to the city Mrs Manly and Miss Haskins called On Miss Ruth Am I obliged to let her go asked Miss Ruth Unless you keep her at your own expense Our charge ends Well I want to keep How long Miss Paul Always grown into my old heart and I cant let her go You know where she came from See her folks in New York theres nobody but an overworked aunt anyhow and let em know Ill adopt her and leave her all Im Is that really your wish Miss Ruth asked Mrs Manly Yes it is I want her for We can get her for you no doubt Yon will be rewarded for your kind ness Miss Tilly is her own said Kuth And so the child stayed to be the light of the home which was no longer lonely and to make happier and better Miss Ruths advancing days And ns to Betty she never grew tired of singing Tillys praises or of doing something for the pleasure of her pet or favorite Mis Tuth softened and sweetened greatly The Abbott forgot to her sour old hut every day to go over to Miss Pauls and play u ith Tilly because Miss Paul always had something nice to give Journal Linen doilies and table pouters stamped the work commenced and a package of to continue the Goods Economist WORK Of THE I a palace by a troubled sea ot spotless white and tur rets tall Great the towers of mine own strength I did not dream my palace fair could fall But at the open gate an angel knelt And sorrow that I knew not of bewailed Come I cried rejoice in my 1 was the reply that thou hast When months had come and trone 1 saw the walls Of my poor palace blackened by the flame Its mighty towers in ruins at my feet My head was bowed in sorrow and in shame And at its shattered gate 1 kneit and wept My angel friend now stooped a palm to press Upon my brow She bade me look above she cried in this thy first Dispatch Vet The house is strangely still I go from room to room and hear no sound No busy foot intent on household task No clinch of needle in its tireless round And yet here lies the work but yesterday 9he planned to make so perfect and com plete And here a page half written with the pen Beside a scrap of verse most strangely sweet These autumn leaves she gathered yes And massed their mottled beauty in vase With feathery grasses and cool fragrant ferns These asters lay beside her glowing face A ribbon here a dainty kerchief Her very presence speaks from all around And yet I cannot see her graceful form I call her name but cannot hear a sound Morrison in Housekeeper In tlic Amateur I stand behind a painted tree And watch my longhaired lover flee From fearful ills that threaten him He is so handsome such a lord By all the gazing girls adored For his sake pretty eyes are dim But he thinks not of all these things But of me waiting in the wings And now behind the footlights bright I stand amid the dazzling light The people all applaud and shout A painted face bends over mine And calls me love with raptures fine But let not my own dear one doubt That tis to him my whole heart To him whos waiting in the wings And now together hand in hand A robber and a queen we stand And gaze into each others eyes Though hes an outlaw bold and bad And Im a queen dethroned and sad He has no curses I no sighs This is the joy the evening Together waiting in the wings t Evans in Century When Candys ione Ef gone the shadders creep An picture her the way she When she was here I jes cant keep From feelin mighty weak an skeered Fer fear she mightnt fin her way To this ol cabin neath the pine An all the weary clay Steal into dese bracK ahms o mine Bf gone de sit An seem to mope de hul day long Dey jes set den hahts to twit Deh sweet an lovin song De chickens don act as dey should Dehs suthin lackin shos you bon An eben possum don taste good Ner hoecake when my gone When Cindy back home again De banjo strings begin to twitch fer her voice an den My fingers seem to sort o itch To press hen to my haht an see De luv in hen bright eyes My own my honey still she be An rests in dese brack ahms o mine Farrell Greene in Chicago Inter Ocean A Summer Shower The wind that has besn playing with the tasseled heads of grain Now sounds a sudden warning moan that tells of coming rain And all the running creeping folk ana all the folk that fly Are filled with consternation as they hear the warning sigh And into holes and crevices in frantic haste and fear They run and hop and fly and disappear squirrels to their nests have gone the bees gone from their food And safe beneath a rhubarb leaf a hen has clucked her brood The butterflies have left the air the crickets left the grass When like a breath the raindrops fall and like a breath they pass And then the golden sun returns and drives the mist away And all the creeping flying folk come back to work or play H Sweet in N Y Independent XI Slit The forests voice is hushed to musics On mountain tops gleam shafts of pearly light The seas great heart sobs soft on long gray beaches Deep shades creep farther up the pine crowned height Faint sounds a slumbrous song among the roses A crooning lullaby on summers breast A breeze sighs softly through the wood land cloisters A wild bird twitters on its fledgelings nest Strange incense burns in lilies Dim silver stars keep watch from purple lowers A radiant moon with rare enchantment And night flings jewels to the drowsy flowers Foster Snider in ladies World Touch A living coal And with its glow It touched another coal when o The dark form into radiance grew And light and cheer beamed forth anew A loving heart And with its love Jt touched another heart which strove With adverse waves on troubled sea When oars were plying heavily And lo through rifted clouds Hope smiled And Love the weariness beguiled That living coal bo mine to slow Dint loving heart be mine to show While earth lias sorrowing hearts that wait The opening of Redemptions sate K Rrown in Chicago Advance A to with pride In bis faultlessly fine array To act ln trUd know what to say PKI lie the young bride Many happy returns the day 1n Homo Jour nal Ask for the Ml when LABEL making a purchase By doing so you will prove yourself a true UNIONIST and friend of Organized Labor The label should be in your COAT HAT PANTS SHOES and on your PAPER BEERKE G TOBACCO and PRINTING i
