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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-05-28

THE N. Y. World in answering the
swash of the renegade Chicago Times in
reference to the attitude of the Democratic
party during the war and since says;
With respect TO slavery the Democratic
party, from first to last, has simply de-
Tended the Constitution, performing on
large scale (it the simile pleases our latter
day abolitionist) the part of those ministers
Of law who require justice to pursue crime
through lawful courses, TO the end taat
order may not, by resort to lawless cour-
ses. be overwhelmed IN anarchy aEd
bloodshed; and it would be precisely as
lust and candid to say that court arrays
itself against a prosecution because it in
sists on the observance Of the forms Of law
as 70 say that the Democratic party denied
the equal rights OF man and upheld the
barbsrous institution Of slavery because lt
contsnded that the institution should be
dealt with IL obedience to the Constitution,
and not in defiance of il. In free gov
ernment law is indeed the sheet anchor
Of public peace and safety The interests
of law outweigh the interests Of any pax
ticular reform of law, for these depend on
that without which they must perish like
blossoms severed from the stem. Reform
is hygiene; but law is life. This pregnant
truth the Democratic party has adequately
realized Ever progressive, 1t has ever
stood on the ramparts OF law, demanding
that reform. like an honest man, should
come in at the gate of the citadel of our
liberties, and not like thief or q robbeI
break in through the walls. 1t has thus
reconciled progress with stability, therein
solving the master problem OF statesman
ship. In short, the Democratic party IL
and always has been a conservative party
in the one best and noblest sense of tbs
word. And this is its offence, in the esti'
nation Of fanatics with too impatient 6
sense of principle, and Of demAgogues
J without any.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-05-28
statistics Of Intsmperance.

The testimony of competent judges Is
decided in the opinion that the use of az
dent spirits is hurtful to health and long
life, and the old fashioned calculations Of
Nelson, in his ''Yital Statistics" are con-
hrmed by the researches of the General
Life Office, According to these estimates
the probability of death among drinkers,
between tWenty-one and forty years, is ten
times as much as among the whole popu-
lation; between iorty-one and sixty years,
four times as much; and among habitual
tipplers over sixty years Of age, twice as
much as among the people at large. In
England, l950-59, more than 5000 cases
were reported Of men who had literally
drunk themselves to death. Nelson has
given Us his investigation of 6, Ill tipplefs;
that out of l 900, 5s.4 die annually, while
out Of 900 inhabitants of the same age
only nineteen die. Thus the mortality
among drinkers is three times as great az
in the community at large. He has car
ried out his calculations into all ages and
shown how this chrome self-murder mar
velously dimInishes the expectation of life
The highest point as to numbers is found
in the years lS51-60, which report 192
men and A women intemperate out o.
10000, in England and Wales, and which
reckon the diminution in the rate Of ex.
peetation of lite accordingly, The last
statement is most startling, and shows 3
falling off IN the probable term of life fol
EACH tan years, from twenty to sixty anC
upward, of respectively 2S, %, II, 10 anC
five years, with fractions, amounting tC
the fearful per eentage, respectively, Of 80
So, 40, 81 and 63 per cent. of probsblI
life, as compared with the population
Surely strong drink Is slow FIRE, and in
temperance is voluntary madness ant
chronic suicide-Dr. Samuel Osgood, Il
HdTpSr's Magazine for Nay.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-05-28
SaaInr Withont EHaa

At the recent meeting of the Yenango
county (Pa) medical society of Oil City,
Dr. Glebnen reported case which had
been reported to the Mercer county medi-
cal society by DR.. D. Lacosset, of a girl
years Of age, apparently Of good health, in
which there was ptosis, or falling of the
upper eyelids, so as to completely close
both eyes, and in which the eyesight, TO all
appearances, was defective to such an ex
tent, as to necessarily cause blindness; yet
the little patient was able to see well with
the eyes closed, 10 distinguish colors, to
read from book, and to distinguish objects
from distance. and this she was able tC
do even when her eyes were closed snd
heavily bandaged, so that to all reasona.
ble appearances the light was excluded
The Pittsburgh Gazette says that the re-
port of this case elected quite good dea
OF interest by members of the society, anC
were it not for the high standing Of tn
medical gentleman making the report
would have been dlscredited. No expla
nation of the phenomenon was offered
The patient has been IN this condition som
four months.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-05-28
Logan on Grant.

Senator Logan. of Illinois, is Republi-
can politician, and during the war was one
Of Grants right hand men, he now talks
out as follows:
"Grant is now assured Of his third term,
and have no doubt he will be continued
in ofEce for the next thirty or forty years,
If he 90 desires. He has secured the sup
port of the eighteen hundred National
Banks of the country, and the population
Of the nation is little over forty millions,
what can such q b andful Of people expect
to do against the combined money inter-
ests p The brilliant Senator, warming
with his subject, continued: Eyes, it is a
hell Of message; it is a most wonderful
document; more id nonsense was prob
ably nGVer condensed into the same space.
Why, this man Grant don't know even
how to de sum in simple addition. He
adds up forty-four and forty-six and calls
it hundred" At another point in his
remarks in reply to question regarding
the probable policy the inflstionlsts would
adopt in the emergency, Mr.. Logan said
be would not speak for his associates, but
that personally he was for war 1t had
been his fate to oppose every administra
ton since he had been member of Congress
and he was ready for break with the
present one
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-05-28
The Arrested Crusaders OF Pitts
~rf burKh.

Various comments are made in the press
IN regard to the arrest of the crusading
ladies of Pittsburgh. The New York
Herald remarks as follows.
The saviors of society have ever been
met with scorn, obloquy and persecution
In nothing does history repeat itself with
such persistency as in this hatred and IL
will to those who would save men IN their
evil passions. Even this free and enllght-
ened Republic and boasted nineteenth
century are no sale guards for the enthu-
| siast in the cause of humanity. The tenn
perance ladies have discovered this un-
| pleasant fact to their chagrin: They pray
ed and paraded until IN their eageruess tC
| do GOOD they made themselves in the eye
Of some "a nuisance and an obstruc
tion." Then that unpoetic creature, thu
polloemen, who is no respecter OF hlgl
morality, no weigAer OF elevated motive
took the ladies by the chignon and march
ed them to the nearest police station
Forty victims of this legal prosecution
were pounoed upon In Pittsburgh, Pa
and before the fair CT usaders could retur
, to their cain freEides" they were obhge
10 give bail. This is indeed sad end
: the crusade. The temperance ladies hav
out themselves in the place Of the victim
; of King Alcohol, and will be able to CIV
: an account of the disorderly cells at tn
next meeting of the crusaders. In spit
a of this little contYetemps the ladies prom
!, lse. by the down of their cheeks, to carr
: on the war to tbs bitter end, and haYe T
e doubt that they will do it if 1t should CO.
! them their chignons.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-05-28
sonnd nootrina from Kan.as.


The Kansas DeulOeratpublished at indie
pence, gives its readers this good state
ment of the case as seen by Democrats in
that region
So long as our currency continues ire
deemable, there is a powerful temptation
for the debtor class to depreciate the our
rency by imitation in order to give their
creditors less value. This is just the de-
mand the inaationists now make. Pow
erful interests in the South and West urge
il, and most of the great railroadsare heavy
debtors, their influence is on the same side.
The national banks also stand IN the way
of sound currency, and twill be seen
that tho temptation TO plunge deeper IT.
to the abyss of paper money isyery strong.
/ In truth, every interest of the masses IS
| ieopardiZed BY this demand; it threatens
to wreck our good faith as a people, and
impels Us on in a direction where lies
widespread ruin, bankruptcy as a people,
and an amount of suffering and an amount
of suffering and hardship almost incon-
ceiVable. Our dangers may all be traced
to their source in several fatal errors OF
the past:
l. The attempt to dispense with the ne
cessity Of raising money by taxation at
the commencement of the war, by making
paper promises legal tender. BY this
means the government wholly dispensed
with money proper; discarded it. and sub
stituted for Il the credit of the nation.
2. The vesting in Congress power to
control the currency at will. This is an
absolute power over the business OF the
whole peoples power which no govern
ment ought to possess or can safely ex
ercise.
8 The creation of vast mOneyed mo
nepoly strong enough to control Congress
It remains 10 be seen whether we car
avoid the consequences of those errors anC
reach sound currency by normal meas
ures, or whether we shall embark on al
endless sea of paper to land in final repudls
tion, and natloral and individual bank
ruptcy.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-05-28

passed, on the question Of fines and penal
ties. but through some influence or other
he knew not what, the bill had been put
to sleep in the Senate, and slept there to-
day. AisimIlar bill had again passed the
House, and had gone to the same siumber
as its predecessor.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, asked his
colleague to state that he Butler had
been the first to introduce bill at this
session to prevent custom officers from re-
ceiving any part of the fines, penalties and
forfeitures.
Mr.. Dzwes-I believe that Is true; but
that bill was to take away from officials
their share OF these moieties, and to leave
it to informers. The informer to have one
half of the whole. He is bad enough
when he volunteer without compensation
from a motive Of malice or otherwise, to
inform against his neighbor, but when he
does it for half the fruit of his cursed en-
ployment, the door of decent society ought
to be, and will be shut against him. The
other may be tolerated among men. lie
NAV be regarded with pity and compass
sion; but the foul, putrid, putrescent in
former, who goes about the earth assured
of one half Of which he can make by his
information, should find no harbor, or
| countenance or society among men.
The evil doer does not stop with the
Jaynses or Sanborns, or with men Of that
class. 1t spreads like contagious disease
to every official who comes in contact with
it. Every such oficIal becomes uneasy IN
his calling, and unwilling TO toll as he has
/ done, he turns his back upon an honest
and honorable position the moment be
finds he can fill his Golfers under thiH
system. - .--,.
Mr.. E. H. Roberts called attention to
the fact that it was Republican admins
tration which first of all brought this
thing first to light, and which first pro-
posed to strike down this abuse.
Mr.. Wood protested that HIS colleague
was the first to introduce partisan coasid,
siderations into the bill, ard that he hsc
taken advantage of the closing minutes o.
the debate to do so.
Mr.. Niblack-And it waK very un'
necessary performance to say the least o
it
Mr.. Woodland a very discourteoui
one. .#
The House then proceeded to vote OF
Ar. Dawes amendment to strike out thu
third section Of the bill, and to add to TIT
sixth section.
The amendment was agreed to-91 t
| 93-apd the bill Re thus amended passed
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-05-28
THE HA11PsHTRE oALAaEITY.
Further Details OF the Great CalAm-
1ty.
From the New York Tribune's Correspondent
THE LOCALITY.


Mill River. the scene of the disaster, i
q stream of about the width Of the Ne
ponset. 1t rises in the town Of Williams
burgh, and runs southeasterly until
empties in the Connecticut, Just below
Northampton. On its banks are situated
the manufacturing villages of Williams
burg, Skinnersville, Hsydenville, Leeds,
Florence, and Bay State Mills. The first
three are in the town of Williamsburg,
and the last three in Northampton. The
river, in the summer, being subject to Sc
we're dreug hts, the volume OF water ls Kept
uniform by two great reseryolrs-one at
Goshen and the other at WllllamsbuTgh.
The valley of the river Is peculiar IN its
formation, being narrow. aud not over ak
hundred feet wide at any place. At Skin
nersville and Leeds it is extremely mar
row. The river is liable to sudden fresh
cts, and, owing to its narrow valley, rises
to great height.
The Williamsburg reservoir has always
been considered unsafe, and in times Of
flood serious apprehensions have been felt
by the dWellers IN the valley. A young
gentleman in Haydenville told the writer
that two years ago, at the time OF heavy
rain, his father would permit none of the
family to 60 to bed, but kept them up with
lights burning all night, so great was his
apprehension concerning the reservoir.
| The reservoir IS in the village Of Williams
| burg. The two branches Of the river
meet, the west brach, coming from Go
shen, and the east branch from the Will
| hamsburg reservoir, 1t had an area Of
| 104 ceres, and it was made by damming
/ up valley between two mountains. The
| dam was about four hundred feet long on
top, and was sixty-fve feet wide at the
| bottom, slopiDg gradually to the top. 1t
consisted of an embankment Of ordinary
gravel; in the center of which rose wall
of masonry OF ordinary rubble-stone laid
IN waterproof cement. This wall was four
| feet wide at the base. and tapered wedge.
like almost to point at the top, At the
bottom and through the center Of the dam
extended fifteen inch pipe about htty
feet long. The waste water ran out Of the
reservoir at the top through sluice way
on the right, CLOSE TO which was the gate
keepers house.
The great defect seems 10 have been IN
the wall of masonry at the dam also II
its width and material The wall it now
appears, was laid on the solid rock bed on
tie west side, but on the east the iounda-
ton was several feet hihher, and appear
ed to be laid on nothing but the natural
gravel 1t was here that the water wa
first seen leaking through the bottom
Here was the fatal error Of the construc-
tors. Though the dam has generally beer
considered unsafe, the County Commis
sioners viewed the work when completed
six or siven years ago. and pronounced i
safe The wall was then, however, con
cealed from view so that its faults
of construction could not have been no
ticed,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-05-28

A WRITER in the Columbus Dispatch
gives lengthy sketch of the history Of
the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical
College. The nub of it, however, is con-
tanned IN the fact that the land scrip.
amounting to $4,000 acres, was disposed
of at such low figures as TO bring an en-
doWment fund of little over S340, 900,
whereas it might have been readily sold
to realize nearly double that amount. The
scrip fell into the hands Of speculators.
who made good thing out of it. New
York managed better. She realized one
dollar per acre Immediately on her l 200, :
900 acres of scrip. and retained such an
interest in it that it has created for hel
new college an endowment of about five
dollars per acre. The only consolation
that Ohio has is that she Jared about a
well as most of her sister States.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-05-28

By law promulgated on the l7th(29th)
Of April. the Cars birthday, impris-
onment for debt is abolished in Russia.
The one thing" says Jean Paul
which maiden most easily forgets Is
how she looks-hence mirrors were inven-
ted"
A burglar who was found under mans
bed in Philadelphia, excused himself on
the ground that he was looking for his
dog.
If there is one time more than another
when woman should be entirely alone,
1t is when fall line Of clothes come down
in the mud.
Capital may be produced by industry,
and accumulated by economy; but jugglers
only will propose TO create it by legerde-
main tricks with paper promises. ."-Thom-
as Jefferson.
Milwaukee thought she had a case
wherein young girl died of a broken
heart, but it turned out that her cor
set strings were too tight and one stroke
of a jack knife revived her.
"And SO we go, said member of
Boston school committee; "our great men
are fast departing-frst Greeley, then
Chase, and now Sumner-and l don't feel
very well myself"
The Conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South have allowed at appeal
from Rev. DR.. Huston of Baltimore, who
was expelled from the Boston Confer
enee for the alleged seduction Of young
girl.
You may talk yourself into bronchial
affection, but you can't convince Yer
mont woman that there won't be a death
in the family if she dreams Of seeing hen
walking picket fence.
"The whirligg of time brings around its
revenges," as was illustrated in the case
Of coal HEAVIER in Clarion, Penn, who
lost one of his arms by the cars fsI
months ago, and has just fallen heir to
$4,000
King William 3 idea Of preserving the
peace Of Europe With 100000 soldiers, is
like that of the Chairman Of Western
meeting, who declared he would have
order If he whipped every man in the
house.
Farewell, Mary-you have driven me
to the grave" wrote John Larch, Of Ala
bama. four years ago, and left the note on
the river bank. lie was arrested the 9TH
er day in Cincinnati, living with another
woman.
He said it was too cold to get up. and
she said 1t wasn't her place to Kindle hres
and she wouldn't. and they both lay ahed
thirty odd hours in Portland, Ne. She
pretty hungry by that time, thought bet
ter off
An editor OF Cincinnati paper offers to.
bet five hundred dollars that no fashiona-
BILE lady ever goes to bed without FIRST
looking in her glass. and rival is willing
to risk the same sum that no CINCINNATI
editor goes to bed without first drinking
out of his
; Alta Brooklyn wedding, among the pres
} ents ostentatioHsly displayed was one
} hundred dollar bill, present from tbs
! doting father TO the darling daughter
! After the guests had departed, the old
/ man coolly rolled up the bill, put it in
t his vest pocket, and that was the end o.
/ it.
John Adams wrote 10 Jefferson" Many
: hundred years must roll away before We
shall be corrupted. Our pure, vlrtuous
public-spirited federative Republic vii
last forever, govern the globe, and intro
o duce the perfection Of man" Their
!. were few speeks that John did not fore
4 see.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-05-28

IS a single year 70 disuueries and l75
breveTies and more than ten thousand
saloons have drawn 100000 in cash
from the productive industries. The sa-
loon Impoverished; it levies black mail on
society it Weakens the average good; 1t
teaches disregard Of law; it is an enemy ol
every organized government. Its miseT-
iesl Merciful God Has not the record-
ing angel shed more tears over the records
of its devastation, its sinless victims aud
broken hearts than over all Heavens rec
ord Of man. Universal and organized as
is this anomalous incorporation OF most o.
The evils of the age, it il weak IN the uni
form laWlessness in which it exists, IN iti
disregard Of moral right and all human
statutes. 1t exists by liberation aud
because the Justice of man and God has
rot hurled its avenging th1nderbolts.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-05-28

Gov. McEEERY, of Louisiana, stated
lately in private conversation in New York,
az his belief, that Senator Thurman, Of
Ohio, is the most eligible candidate for
the Democratic Presidential nomination IN
I776. It may be too early as yet to spec
ulate on this matter, but certain it Is that
the name of Senator Thurman is held IN
great favor by the Democracy of the coun-
try. No public man in the nation has q
better reputation for official integrity
and there Is none whose private character
is freer from every talnt Of suspicion. Hli
name is legion in the State OF Ohio, and II
every section Of the country, where Pollt'
ical passion gives way to honest conviction
the Senator from Ohio is regarded among
the ablest and purest statesmen OF the day
l-Laneoster (Pa.) E'ltelLige,acer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-05-28
binding white Children to Negrossl

We learn from Mr.. Mills, the enthusi-
astic friend of the orphan, that his contact
with these unfortunates has developed the
horrid fact that many white children In
this State have either been bound ont to
negroes or are serving them in g menial
capacity. He thinks that in Charlotte
alone, thirty or forty instances Of this
kind may be found. One case of peculiar
horror he discovered there, that of white
woman, the widow of a Confederate sol
dier, employed as a cook in negro family
and her daughter, child Of ten years
acting as scullion. Mr.. Mills obtained
possession of the latter and took her tc
Oxford, but SO ragged was her condition
that until he was aided by benevolent
Jew with a supply Of clothing, she was un
At to be placed on the cars.-HiLlsboro ~
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