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wife, St. Louis; Mr.. and lIrs. freeman, Toledo;
J. Foster, L. Merideth. Chicago.
J. II. C. Gross aud family, OF Chicago. ara
stopping with o. H. Tyler, p1lyate boarding.
house.
Many brought with them their horses, car
riages, and drivers; and tho place seems to bo
taking on the AIRS Of its namesake- There ere
now, and have been since the 18th Of June,
from ], 200 TO 500 STRANGERS
eating, drinking and sleeping in this little town
OF Waukesha and it. is not strange that old
settlers, farmers, when they drive into town aud
behold the new sights, wonder what it all means,
and look about for old landmarks
Capt. James E. White, Superintendent Rail
way Mail Service. Fourth Division, embracing
eleven States and the Territories, is the guess,
for O few days, of Postmaster Enos. The Cap
tain is worn out in the sarvlco, and is here to
rustcate and 1ecuperate- He seems delighted
with The waser and drives, and, though here but
White ia quite Young man, scarcely 80 years
old, selt-made, and holds most important posi-
ton. He served four years in the late War With
distinction and loaor.
FOR AuuszMEsrs
they have hops st the Bruce House every Thurs
day evening, and at the Fountain Spring
House every Saturday evening. The music on
these occasions is OF the first order, being fur
ulshed At the former by Sever1na L Williams
Band. ut the latter BY Prof. George Bach'a
,orcLestra,-all Of Milwaukee. The occasions
are quite enioyab1e, and the e1pense compara~
lively trihing. The churches have their weekly
Bociables IN tho par!ots of their church build
lngs, TO which all are cordially invited, and
many find 1t pleasant to attend and make the
acquaintance Of the villagers. and help them
dispose Of their ice-crcam and cake, while, for
variety, they hare the Padge. Comedy Company,
from Hooley's Theatre. Chicago, holding nightly
entertainments in Robnsoc's Hall.
To those who feel the need OF 3 change Of mir,
the use of the best waters in the world, delight
ful drives, good lakes abounding in fab, and
good hotel and private accommodations, 1 say,
como to Waakesha, aud it Will do you good.
z
, 1874-08-16

"A letter from Germany says: "T11e death
OF Fritz lsenter cannot be said to leave void in
German literature, for he had long been 4 Eradi-
tian rather tAau TACT His literary productive
y was something like that OF Dumas pere. Like
10 many other men Of genius here, he was reYo-
!ut1onary in his YOUTH and in 1896 Was ehut no
IN pru5slan fortress u spite OF :he protests OF
Aecklenburs, which claimed the right to punish
him AZ her subject. He was finally net free, but
with an incurable disease which he had contract
ed IN prlaon. He worked lis way slowly into
popularity. His first works fell flat on tho pub
Lie, and it was 3 long time before he he could get
even modes: price for his ro1nances. Better
days finally came. At the height Of his popu-
larity publishers from all parts OF the country
beslegea him with Offers; and many Of his latez
novels were written to fulfill orders at fabuloua
prices It il curious circumstance that while
many educated Germans knew absolutely moth
ing OF his ''piatt ueutsch" sketches. tLay who
did Like h1m liked him with passion resembling
idolatry. Bat suspect thoRe singular books
we're mnch more talked ahrnt Than raad."
, 1874-08-16

The WONDERS OF q E2cn'1 Egg
The following interesting observations on the
changes that occur from hour to hour during
the incubation OF the hens egg are from Stur1n'a
Reflections:
Tho hen has scarcely sat on her eggs twelve hours
before some ne2ments Of IN head and body Of fhe
chicken appear The heart lay Ee to beat at the
end Of the second day. it has at that time eouewhat
the form Of horseshoe but no blood yet appears At
the end Of two days two Ella Of blood to bs dis
t,ngnished the pulsatou Of shich is visible OF
these is the left yen:ricle- and the other the
root Of the great artery. At the fitch hour
one auricIe Of the heart appears, resembling
= moose folded down upon it, eH the beating Of the
the vcntrice. At the end Of seventy houra tho wnga
are datingujshabe and :he head two bubbles arc
for the brain, for the bill, and two for the
fore and hind part Of the h al. Toward the end Of
nearer the hear: than b fore Thu lser appears
toward the fifth day. At the End Of soven hours more
the lungs and the stomach lecoule visible and four
hours afterwards, the intestaes, and lons and the
hour two ven1icles risbleand two drops Of blood
instead Of the single which saen before The
seventh day, the brain begins to haTe somo consist
eucr. At the ono hundred and ninet tenth hour Of
the breast. In four hours more, tbs breast
bone In six houra after this thu, f3hs appear.
forming from the back and the bill Is ~ visible,
well AZ The gal-tIadder The bill becot1 ea green It
the end Of two hundred and th1tysi1 ho and il
tbs chicken pe taken ont Of It's covering, It evidently
moves iaeH At the two hundred and aj1ty-fouEth
hour rhe eyes appear 1t the two hundred md eighty
eighth the ribs perfect. A: the three hu ndred and
thirty the spleen draws near tie sto. zach, and
the lungs the chest. At the end OF three hEndrcd
and 6t:y-fve hours the bill frequently Of ens and
shuts: and At the end Of the eighteenth day. tho first
CRY Of thu chicken il hc.rd II :fsctw7-d more
ssi, :t and grows continually, I'll ., length il Is
bled 70 Sat itself free from it, confinement.
, 1874-08-16
Amusementx in London a Century
Ago,

,,;asr,,nn,.- h,r;ro .rrirsd a c.,t,-v ,,o
onen.a;r nlacsa of amnsement mt forth theiI
artr.ctiocs- MANY readers viii ha snrnrieeu "a
|h,t 81 He1ena ea-Gartlena over BerarnontIsev
wny eTsted hnndred yearg aco: yinitors wero
tainted slth music. dra-works. etc. Marybouo
Gardsns sdycrt1sed Comic Cantata by. Dr.,
Aruold On the subject OF Don Quixote: tho
nrica ~ admission wass three and si.peuce.
described in tia yentable lsugusge of tho
e1b,b,tor: "Slepor Tore will exhibit
TIA Foreo of Vulcan under Mount Ftpa.
the Cave Of the CycIops, and tho Flowing of tho
Lava. Which he viii perform with his splendid
museum. in which it was exhibited before tho
Conrt Of FRANCE last yoar, 1T the marriage OF
His KoyaI Hlghness the Count D'Artois. Tho
a1ijitions add to This representstion consist pruci-
pally OF battle between Mars and his A.
.endant Warriors against Vulcan and his Cy-
cIons vulcan. stin1n1ated by iealousv. exorts
lin ntrnont efforts. and. after furious contest.
oyertales h,r antaro,,,st in the eruntiou of tho
mouuta1o.a Generally speaking. the eutertaiu-
mert a. Marybone GafdepB begins with IN opon-
mence At f.31 aho1t Two honrn enrlier than our
nresent custom At snch places. lone Of tho
most elegant tea-rooms IN the three Kingdoms
IL now open for tho reception OF ladies' and gem
tlcueu. known by the nalae OF Nue-end ASSEM-
bly, Rooms; and also pleasing garden ID pre-
pArng for the ladies' to walk III. aud also bowl
ing-ssecn for the diversion OF gentlemen. N
B.-Wedding and all other. public dluners
dressed on the shortest notice.. masked ball
at tho Pantheon must have been very sDlenuld
and costly affair; for even admission from lo till
for fow days after"ard ITO view the decor:t-
t1ouB," and hear some music, was
charged i've shillings- At tho Devil
Tavern, Fleet street, IN entertainment WAS
given in the great room, g for the benefit OF
several distressed famlios;" )" and surprising
one it was. ."siear Roman will sing aud pay
in d large pair OF spectaeles and FRENCH bob
VII
terent attitudes, and particularly with lls foot,
accompanied by the s1eur Coranso on tue man
aohne:" The Italian ope'a at the hing's Inc
atre closed when tha hot weather arrived (not
our present cuBtoni) DEuEy Lane and CoSens
Garden were also smut up; anu the nt.Io
| Theatre IN the AaVmatket, WITH foote
y tie principal actor, VAS amost LIE only one
y where ''seryants to Keep places were re-
opc. 4 to be at the house by . oclocS. cor
ques.e> >tot one Of tbe d3.ly papers pnth IN
responde. ot one Miss Dawson. ainger ut
decided pun "uar Eing1ns gaVe ms Inf11sito
Salier's We1s. ~'tol5 transceuded the idea
, 1874-08-16

From EoSt071 Ittfr.
The return Of James Russell Lowell reminds
me Of an incident which occurred at his house in
Cambridge before his last trip abroad and which
A Britou Of distinction uas dining with bin, and
as soon rs the FIST course WIS disposed OF,
Lowell had his guests glass filled With sherry.
Observing that he did not touch it, the poet in
quired: ''Don't you drink Niue -
81 don't like sherry" blunt1y replied the En-
glisEman.
The host, b1ushlng for his guest, ordered the
servant to bring bottle Ut champagne. That
was as much neglected 81 the sherry, and the en-
tertalner remarked: You will find the cham
pagne quite good. l think"
Don't care for champagne" WAS again re-
turned like bullet from gun.
Lowell, necessarily embarrassed BY such point
blank ruleness, caused bottle of claret to be
set beside John Bulls plate. with the remark:
I" suppose you do not object to 80 mild wine
Rs claret."
.tDour like claret horrid stuff" WAS shot
of from the mouth Of his guest.
Br this time the hosts face was almost as red
as the Bordeaux, as we'll it might have been at
such barnarism Of manners. But he quietly
said "Wc have some very fair ale in the cellar.
Perhaps. you would like somo OF that, It you re-
fuse wine 2"
''A1e, eh2 Bcastly drink! Wouldn't touch it,
for the world, you know"
II am very sorrv have offered you nothing
you can drink Will you be kind enough to name
some kind OF wine that you would liko?"
Never drink anything. Think custom horrid.
Strictly temperate"
Lowell looked relieved, but kept SILENT He
probably thought: ''Why the devil didn't yor
Bay as much in the first place, and save me all
this annoyance?"
, 1874-08-16

--1lr. Edmund Yates has become editor Of
new weekly London paper, the World.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-09-03
pUygEAT POINTS.

If q bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush, it is no less true that thorn in
the bush is worth two in the hand.
Let us remember that neither religion,
sects or virtue are touched by the scan
dal and infrmities involved in the
Brooklyn exposition.
When the curious or impertinent
would pick the lock of the heart, put
the key of reserve in the inside.
The minister had the right idea who
said, II have been far more useful since
the Lord revealed TO me that l never
was to be great man."
A mans word may be as good as his
bond, but his bond may be as bad as his
word.
He who can ut all times sacrifice
pleasure to duty, approaches sublimity.
tits a pity that those who taught us to
talk, did not also teach us when to hold
our tongue.
As charity covers, so modesty pre-
vents, a multitude of sins.
Working and thinking should go to-
gether, the thinker working, and the
worker thinking.
A modern proverb; The man who
does not hang out his shingle and adver-
tise, dies and leaves no sign.
1t is said to be a poor rule that will
not work both ways. The proverb says
"silence gives assent" A distinguished
aeronaut says assent brings silence"
The first law of gravity is said to be
never to laugh at your own jokes.
Death is as necessary to our constitu.
ton as sleep. We shall be refreshed in
the morning 1.
a A sarcastic exchange calls Beecher 4
finished orator"
Children make mud pies. Those of O
larger growth make mud reservoirs,
A "heavenly smile" often drives 9
man to-destruction. .. ..5I
Nothing, it has been said, is rarer thar
to discover asolitary lie.
Raining like pistol bullets on an cleo
tion day, is Kentucky phrase.
Here's an apothegm not without point
if hereto did utter 1t: "Piety without
morality is not godliness, but gish." m {
An old maid is not without bower. A
writer observes that he has known one
such to turn q steamboat excursion into
an occasion Of gloom. ....
A great many careful husbands keeT
their shot-guns loaded now in anticipa
ton of pastoral visits.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-09-03
REALITIES OF MANHOOD.

To the boy, the world beyond his inn
mediate surroundings is only picture.
He does not know how real are the sor-
rows, the passions, the ambitions of men.
It's absorbing interests, its heroes and its
martyrs, are heard of by him without un-
derstanding, or with Indifference. His
sport, his lessons, his home life, are alone
real. But there will come change. The
ordinary slow growth into manhood, with
It's business.or professional Pursuits, and
widening relations, or startling events,
such as the death of parent, OF some
intellectual or mental appeal, striking out
the latent soul, will make vividmd earn
est what Vss| indistinct and unipteIeetI
ing. .4sNAAS AZ - IN JAZZ Sits'
Like stereoscope picture before it is
put in the stereoscOpe, the life Of man has
no reality or body; but when the boy
awskens, IS with the.picture within the
instyument, no with, him, a sOlidity and
naturalness will be acquired by the ex-
ternRl world, and he will feel that he is
henceforth, TO live and move among these
grander and grayer forms, Many Mir
lakes will he commit hlae estimates viii
he form Of proportion and respective, the
earnestness Of his new conceptions will
hurry him into extravaganees and gem
GUS errors; but if there is truth In his ma
ture, and nobleness in his spirit, just
views viii be formed, and the day in
which It is given him to work will find
him not unmindful of the responsibility
which arises from knowledge of the
coming night. f"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-09-03
We lSTnD zoe INTELLIGENCE.

When a naturalist studies ants he is
not content with describing the thorax,
the abdomen, the jaws, and the legs He
shows also how they construct their ant
hill, and to what use its chambers are
destined; its galleries where so many
and such divers things are stored; he
shows, further, how they raise their lar
vac and their young ones; how they hold
in captivity the plant-lice destined to
furnish an aliment which they secrete,
as do the cows and sheep which we keep
in our stables.
When naturalist gives the history of
bees, he does not limit himself to de-
scription Oftheir body and wings; he is
careful to show how they build their
hives, gather and knead the wax to con-
struct the comb in which they deposit
honey, the first sweet known to man. He
calls the attention of the reader or listen
er to that unique female, always alone in
each hive: he shows the respectand care
that all the bee-workers have for this fe-
male, who is at once their queen and
their mother. In other words, the nat
uralist studies the instincts of the ants
anu lilb Dtta.
When he attempts the history of man,
shall he put aside that which in himrep-
resents these instincts Evidently not.
Consequently he must not stop with the
body. He must consider the intelligence
whichlis in US, and which, up toa certain
point, we have Uncommon with animals ;
he must show that it is this element of
our being which recognizes the outer
world, which judges, which aspires. His
work will be very imperfect if he neg
lects this something of which the nature
escapes us, but of which the power is
such that through it man has not only
yanquished all animals, whatever their
delences, their size, ortheir strength, but
he has overcome and made to work, as
his servants, even the immutable forces
of the inanimate world, achieving all dis
tances, thanks to the railroad Outstrip-
ping time, thanks to the telegraph and
even annihilating pain, thanks to chloro-
forml-A, de QaatryfdgeS in Popular Sci
ence Monthly Jor, September, { I If
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-09-03
THE FIRST HgPUBLICAN PLATs
u 4 FORM. ~

N.|
An old s6baoriber has furnished US,
says the Kenion, RepltDlitan copy OF
the first Republican platfoFnin OhiO:-
ONO .REPUHLldAh h PLAreoRM, ADorTzD AT
~ CoLuanpB JuLY13, 1855. E
/. Resolved, fbatthe People who con.
stitute the suDteme power of the United
States, should guard with Jealous care the
rights Of thaBeYefal States az independ-
ent governm6hts. No encroachment up
ON their Legislative or judicial preroga-
tives shoul Y be perynitted from any
quarter. W. 81.
2. Resolved, That Che B ebple ofthe State
of Ohio, ,mindlil the Blessings conferred
upon them ID the Ordinance of Freedom
whose anniversity our convention this
day, commentaries, have established for
their political guidance the. following
s1o We will resist the spread'bf Slavery
under whatever shape or color it may be
attempted.
! 2 To this end 8e viii labor assidu6us-
ly to render inopefatiye and void that
portion Of the Kansas and Nebraska bill
which abolishes Freedom in the territory
withdrawn from the influence ofSlayery
by the Missouri Compromise of 1920; and
we viii oppose, by every lawful and Con-
stitutjOnal means, the existence ofSlayery
in any National territory, and the further
increase ofSlaSe territory or Slave States
in the Republican Confederacy. n,
3. ResOlrsd, That a proper rretrenchment
in all public expenditures, o thorough
economical administration of our State
Government; Just and equal basis Of
taxation and single districts for the elec-
ton Of members Of the Legislature, are
reforms called for by a wise State policy
and justly demanded by the people.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-09-03
THE MOST NORTHERLY TOWN IN
THE WORLD.

A correspondent of the Alta California
in a letter from Norway, thus refers
to the most northerly town in the world
Next we visited Hammerfest, the most
northerly town in the world. II has q
population Of 2,067. There are many
Laplanders and Finlanders in the town
The principal business is in cod-liver oil
and fish, and the odor from the oil makes
1t very disagreeable.
Reindeer and goats abound here, while
there are but six horses in the town.
/ don't know whether it is because of the
fish diet or of the long winter nights,
but any 'disconsolate childless couple
had better come and spend a season
here. The sun sets here on November
Is, and does not rise again until January
20. Children 90 TO school with lanterns
for about six weeks. In thesummer the
sun does not set from the LIST of June till
tim 22d Of July. There is no chance
for hotel keepers to make any money on
candles as they do in Germany and
France. | had my photograph taken by
the midnight sun. You get demoralized
here. Mrs. X. has already. She sits up
to ! and 2 o'clock knitting socks, waiting
for night to come. .u.t. y
On the 9th of June the Laplanders
brought many children into town to
have them baptized or confirmed. 4
The weather is horrible. The thermom-
eter stands from four to five Reaumur.
There is one hotel here, and its manage
ment might be easily improved, although
the landlady is kind and obliging. We
have fish and reindeer for breakfast,
reindeer and fish for dinner, and for
supper some more fish and reindeer
This jumping off place is in latitude 70
40 ll.3 This is cut on o granite pillar,
surmounted by bronze globe, with pro-
jecting axis, indicating the plane Of the
celestial pole; and on two sides of the
pillar are inscriptions, in Latin and Nor
wegian, that this is an important station
though not terminal; that ii is on the
north cape Of the great European arc Of
the meridian, the southern termination
being on the meridian. II was under
taken by the sovefeigns of Norway
Sweden and Russia in 1916 81. On the
same spot, or nearly 30, General Sabina
made an important series Of pendulum
experiments IN 1923. Fughepaes was
one Of the chain Of stations extending
nearly from the equator b the pole, al
which pendulum observaliongwere made
for obtaining the variations Of gravity
On the earth's Surface.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-09-03
GYPSY DIVORCES-"BLO HAS
TO BE SHED'-A SINGULAR GER
EMONY. ST.. NJ. ..A

GYPSY DIVORCES BLOOD HAS
TO BE SHED"-A SINGULAR GER
EM0NY lH. v. ..A ..s
A camp of ofgypsies is near Washington,
and Republican reporter has visited it
and talked with Gitana, gypsy maiden.
We quote:
"We suppose you are human beings,
and have to get diyorCed"
Sometimes but it's dreadful thing
with us to get divorced. 1t causes grief
and mourning, and blood has to beshed."
well, pray tell us how you get divorc-
ed2"
81 know l am talking too much, and
Gitana trembled as she spoke, but half
dozen bright silver quarters thrown into
her lap seemed to give her assurance. II
know | am talking too much, but I'll tell
you. II is this way. When man and
his wife are to be separated it is done by
the sacrifice Of q horse.
One is picked out which is entirely
sound and free from bruise or even
scratch, and he is led out to the spot
where the divorce is to take place, and
exactly at IL o'clock The men cast lots
for the one who shall kill the horse, and
for this occasion-he is the priest. The
priest takes long pole-in his hand and
walks around the horse several times
and in loud voice praises hisgood quail
ties and names all the persons who have
owned it. Wv, rs',-.-...,-.
The horse is then led into the tent.o
the woman who into bediyorced. If he
kicks round and jumps abO1tsthe woman
has been very badf II he keeps quiet she
has not beens 30 bad. The priest then
takesa large knife. and stabs the horse
to the heart, and when it isstFetchedeut Is
on sthe,ground the husband takes his
placeon one side Of it aRdstbe wife on
the other. They -ipin hands across the
horse, and repeat some sentences in'the
gypsy language They theRsWalk three
times round the horse in opposite direc-
| tiOns. s.
The last time, when at the head ofthe
horse, they face each other and speak,
and do the same things at the tail. They
again shake hands and separate, one GO
ing north and the other south. She neY-
er marries again, and has to wear a
mourning veil and big shoes sn-her feet.
The heart of the horse is then taken out,
roasted, sprinkled with brandy and eaten
by the husband and his friends. The
horse Is then buried on the spot. The
husband can marry again.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-09-03

sTHE Galveston Rtlos says Of Texas sill
yer: j'We have already referredto recent
discoveries Of richlsilyer mines in some
half dozen counties Of Texas, with d rea-
sonable presumption that the rich ore
wiI'efe ldnS be )found in many iothef
counties besides Gillespie, Mason, Llaho,
San Saba, Menard, &c. It has been sta
ted that the ore Is foundt yield 81, ,OtO
to the ton, and that, too, within 100miles
ofthe State capital This statement may
need some confirmation, but We belieye
there is 20 doubt but'that the northwes-
tern rcOuntiesof Texas contain rich silver
mines, some of which, in San Saba, were
worked proftably more than scentury
ago. rrfl1N
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-09-03
AlOetg.
From Chambers's Journal.
IN EXILE

me sea at the erags base brightens.
And shlvers in waves Of gold;
And overhead, in its vastness,
The fathOmless blue is rolled.
There comes no wind from the water,
There shines no sail on the main,
And not a clOudlet 10 shadow
The earth with its tleecy grain.
Oh give in return for this glory,
so passionate, warm and still,
The mist of Highland valley
The breeze from Scottish hill.
Day after day glldes slowly,
Ever and ever the same;
Seas OF intensest splendor,
Airs which are hat as fame.
Birds of imperial plumage,
Palms straight as columns Of fire,
nutter and glitter around me;
But not so my souls desire.
/ long for the song of the laYefock,
THIS cataracts leap and flash, .t
The sweep of the red deers antlers,
The CLEAN Of the mountain ash.
emily when nights quiescent,
And peOpled with alien stars,
Cid faces come TO the easement,
And peep through the yine-leayed bars.
No WOrdsl But guess their iancies--
Their dreamings are also mine
OF the land of the cloud and heather,
The region Of Aud Lang Syne.
Again we are treading che mountains
Below US broadens the meath.s
And billOWs of light keep rolling
Down leagues Of empurpled heath.
speed swift through the glowing tropics,
Stout ship, which shall bear me home;
Oh pass as a GOd-sent arruW,
Through tempest, darkness and foam;
Bear up through the silent girdle
That circles the flying earth,
Fill there shall blaze on thy compass
The lOde-star over the north, II
That the winds Of the hills may greet Us,
That our footsteps again may be
ln the land of our hearts traditions,
And close to the storied sea.