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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-27
THE NEW OoRONERs' ANNEXED DISTRICT.

No Jurisdiction In the Twcnty-thArd ana
Twenty-fourth Wards.
few days ago Mr.. John T. Toal, Secretary to
the Board Of Coroners, addressed a communication
TO E. Delaneld Smith, Corporation Counsel,
in which he requested his opinion as to the right
of the Coroners to hold inquests in the Twenty
third and Twenty-iOurth wards; or In other
words, north OF Harlem Bridge. In the absence OF
MT smith, who Is seriously ILL., Mr.. George A. An
drews, Assistant Counsel To the Corporation, wrote
chosen for duty in New York proper, and that Cor
oner Miller, who was elected Tor that portion OF
Westminster county recently annexed to the city,
Is legally entitled to mold over for the term for
which ne was elected aud to discharge the duties
pertaining thereto
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-27
TIE COLLEGE REGATTA.
A Young Saratogian Christian Pleads
with ssUncO' Guido Amherst.

SARATOGA, Jan. 20, 1874
In reply to letter from Amherst College the
President OF the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton OF this village has written letter stating that
the regatta OF last fall was conducted without pool
selling, and giving IT. as his opinion that, while
private betting cannot be prevented, poor SEEMING
Will not be countenanced at the COuege regatta.
He says, furthermore, that John Morrssey mas no
Rowing AssOciation and mas no disposition to In
terfere with or engage IN the College Repatta~
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-27

The report concluded with a description OF how
the work could he done, the difficulties to be met
with In certain localities In the city, the price OF
the Improvement and an estimate OF the time 1t
would take.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-27

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERAJD:-
Tread with deep interest in the HERALD OF sun
day (25th) the partial account from your reporter
at Mount Airy, N. G. He observes that "the ieehng
OF regret was markedly observable in the tones
and manner in which every one, even the negroes,
spoke oil the dead twins. For twenty-seven years
they had been residents OF the county, were famil
lar and intimate with nearly every citizen of 1t,
we're universally beloved and respected, and,
owing to their well known hospitality and liberal
spirit, their loss is just now as universally re-
GREETED"
Your correspondent is very correct, and there
are thousands OF families In various parts OF the
United states and in Europe who hold the twins
equally dear in their memories, and VINO nave been
shocked at reading the grossly libellous and lying
articles which have been published in some OF our
papers since their death. The twins were by. no
means "half idiotic," "uncOuLh" and ''DrutaP' In
tnelr habits or natures as has been said by some
OF tbese-(well. l wOa't say what / think they
are)-but they were naturally gentle. amabie and
kind; they had tempers, ana when some thought
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

The Red Sea would reach from Wash
ington to Colorado, and is three dmes as
wide as Lake Ontario,
Madagascar is as large as Nsw Hamp-
SHIRE, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecti-
cut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Ier-
sey, Virginia, and North Carolina all put
together.
Palestine is one fourth the size of New
York. b. eHo 81
Hindostan is more than one hundred
times as large as Palestine. .a
Great Britain is tWo-thirds the size OF
Japan, one twelfth the size of .Hindostan,
ons-tWentieth Of China, and one twenty
fifth of the United States
Greece is about the size of the State OF
Vermont.
The English Channel is nearly as large
as Lake Superior
Lake Huron is as large as the Sea ol
Azoph.
The Caspian Sea would stretch from New
York to St Augustine, and is as wide as
from New York 10 Rochester.
The following bodies Of water are nearly
equal IN size: German Ocean, Black Sea
Yellow Sea; Hudson's Bay Is rather larger
the Baltic, Adriatic, Persian Gulf, anc
| Ggean Sea about half as large, and some
what larger than Lake Superior.
The Mediterranean, If placed across
North America, would make sea naviga
tion from San Diego to Baltimore.
The Gulf Of Mexico is about ten time
the size of Lake Superior, and about a
large as the Sea Of Kamschatka, Bay o
Bengal, China Sea, Okhotsk Sea or JapsI
Sea. Lake Ontario would 60 into eithe
OF them more than fifty times.
Great Britain and ireland is about a
large as New Mexico, but not as large a
Iowa and Nebraska. They are-less thai
the States Of New York. Pennsylvania an
| Qhlo.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02
AN UHr1PEo7sD-Aw4sD-Fhs follow


story is found in recent English papers:
THE Bishop of Litchfeld hath a taste
for walking, and on one occasion, some
time ago, he walked from a church in the
Black Country to the railway station where
he was TO take the train for home. On
the way he happened to observe a gronp
Of men sitting together on the ground, and
INN ediately resolved to say word ia
season 10 them, afser the fashion of the
Caliph Haroun or the average district
tract distributor. Well. my good men,
said his lordship, ineognito, what are you
doing?' The response of one Of the men
was not calculated TO please and encour-
age the amiable prelate. We bin a loyln.'
he said. 'LyinRf said the hOrrlfed Bish-
op; what do you meanP why, yer zee,
was the explanation, 'one on us fun ket-
tie, and We bin tryin' who can tell the
biggest lie to have it, 'ShockingP said tue
Bishop, and straightway improving the
occasion, he proceeded to impress upon
the sinners the enormity Of lying BE in
formed them that he had been taught that
one Of the greatest sins was to tell he.
and, in fact, so strongly had this been
urged upon him that never in the whole
course Of his life had he told lie. Would
that he might relate how those wicked
men were moved and charmed by the re-
cital of such saintliness Alasl no so0nsr
had the Bishop made this announcement
than there was gleeful shout, 'Gie tn
governor tn Kettle; gle th' governor tb'
kettlsi''
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02
Iournal,.t,O rndspsna.nos

Politics are growing more and more cor
rupt, and, but for the increasing vigilance
and independence Of the newspaper press,
the outlook for the country would be far
from encouraging. Rut even the worst
evils usually work their own cure in the
long run. Just as the politicians of both
parties seem to have reached the lowest
depths of venality and recklessness, and
the people, grown almost hopelessly indIf-
ferent, seemed to have resigned everything
TO their self appointed masters, the news
papers began rebelling against the tyranny
of party and asserting their right aud duty
to criticise freely obnoxious men or meas
ures. 1t is this growing fearlessness and
candor of former slavish organs which
promise TO purify our politics and rectify
the innumeTable abuses which have taken
root in localities where either party has
long been in updistur6ed possession oi
power. Nor Is this decline OF corrupt ser
Witty confined to the great city dsilies, the
smallest part of whose support comes from
party organizations, but the country week
lies are fast rising to higher appreciation
of ths duties and proprietles of Journalism
Philadelphia IresS.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

The plastic tine takes eVer-changihg forms,
The age is past when one compelling mind
Could sway the armies of mankind,
And lead their dumb obedient sTarms
To conquest of ideal lands.
The mighty captains of the
Sleep in their storied tombs nor rule again
Heroes OF sword, or word, or pen
With power to loose and bind.
But in broader, freer space
The circle of the world expands,
And, breaking immemorial bands,
The conscious peoples rush apace -,
In the new order thus to be, a..
NoPriestly power supreme to blight or bless
The Tenth-oqr Modern Muse-the PrassI
Hers not In her own thinking 10 be great,
But rather to keep free
The channels of the peoples thought
And be the voice of conscience, of the State
Letting gauge whereby the State may see
How in their seething eaverns pa!pitste
The pent volcanic forces of its fate.
But not the less her service shall be franght
With active use and blessing and confer
sacred ONCE on her minister.
His, where the springs of public virtue run,
To watch, and keep their current pure and
With hand alert, to scourge the wrong
And give the good deed to the sun;
The saving word, the larger creed,
To speak and. in the speaking, speed;
To preach with pen OF hre
Mems "poIitlcs" and Co.'s justice shall be Qne !
And % this fallen world redeem
To nights of its old meaning from the mlrs.
Not his the prophets dream,
Or spell of power the nations to inspire
But watcher OF the seasons, to proclaim
What signs portsntous of the future dame,
And in the orient of the worlds desire
What newborn stars arise.
Or, like some workman, he who plies
The chisel with swift patient hands,
And shapes the plan greater hath designed
The rugged marble fronts him, and, behind,
The invisible Master stands,
To whom alone
The secret of the block is known:
The time is long. the watchers eyes wax blind
And weary is the worker, toiling du NIB,
But, at the last before him there is grown
figure Of the fairer age to comet 7 = ~
The image or the Masters mind,
Girt with Bsautys perfect zone,
Looms living from the stone
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02
Ancient Prosperity of 11arAlsho.a.

Ancient Prosperity OF 1Garhlshoad.
+ In 1740 the town had $50 vessels en-
gagged in fishing, and at least a third as
many more IN carrying fish TO Bilboa and
other Spanish ports. The town became
second in population and wealth 10 Bos-
ton, and when the days Of trial came. its
port OF entry and its freesL benefaetor.
The Revolution, the French and English
wars, and the war Of 1879, with the en-
barge that preceded it, put an electual
stop TO this astonishing prosperity. To-
day only few of the men who were a part
ofit remain. When you find one Of them
you find treasure. He has his castles
in Spain, and he Will talk about them BY
the hour as he sits summing himself and
warming his than blood on the wharves,
which, now, almost deserted, ne remem-
bered when they b1stlsd with activity.
lie IS nearly ninety years old. He saw
Lafayette ana Washington when thew
came to town. He saw General Glover m
has coffin. be has talked with Eldridee
Gerry's freedman Cato, his slave before
the Revolution, He was a privateersman
In the war of 1872, and one of the fvs
hundred men Of AIarblehsad who were in
Dartmoor prison at the end Of that war.
he has lively recollection of thai April
day wen the prisoners were fired upon
he has seen the armies OF Napoleon and
Wellington on the Peninsula, and he is
not so old but that his eyes Will sparkle
when he tells you of the bssuty and the
tenderness of tine girls Of Spain and Por-
tugol: An egg is not 80 fail Of meat as he
Is full of tales Of storm and wreck and
merciful deliverance. But his name is noa
legion, and the places that have known
him will soon know him no more. Pos
tot 7laagrGglG portsts.-John w. Chad
wlck,in Harper's Magazine for JI,ly,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

ELECTIONS in England ale not models
of fairness and decorum, ana indeed are
great deal worse than our own; but then
the injustice done at the polls is often re-
dressed on petition Thirteen members Of
the present House Of Commons have al
ready been unseated for mslpractices at
the last general election--one for bribery,
one for corruption, one for intimidation,
and five fer ''treatlng''-and there are 9th.
srs to hear from. That is the way they do
things under monsrchical desPotism. In
our free and glorious country a gentleman
gets into Congress by false certificates or
returns Of imaginary majorities is likely to
stay there as long az he can keep on good
terms with the party in power. Or # his
case is altogether too.hagrRnt he IS sent
home gently at the end of the session, with
a large allowance for pay, mileage, and
expenses.-M Y Tribune.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02
9SoGtteaGY
Political.

General James Shields Is spoken of as
candidate for United States Senator from
Missouri. &@ F
The Boston Post sees light ahead in the
shape of Democratic victory in Massa
ehusetts this year. .----.
There is no State in the Union where
the Democracy display more vitality and
determination than in Missouri. -
The Louisiana Democratic State Central
Committee met July list for the purpose
Of organizing for the campaign.
Even the Washington AatiOnal Re
publican is forced to admit that "the For
ty-third Congress is not made of the night
sort of stuff"
East Tennessee is aroused. The noun
tains are on fire The Unionism which the
power ofthe Confederacy could not crook
or bend is ready to break, to give in, to go
to war before the approaches Of the Civil
| Rights bill. = The Civil Rights
bill is the straw under which the camel
sinks into the desert.-LOuisviHs Courier
I Journal ss sl~ ~r,#. .slrEE sr.+E'
| The Republican mind in Wisconsin and
| elsewhere is scandahzed and Mortified by
| the appointment OF a "rebel sympathizer
to the Chief Justiceship of that common
wealth. How about Governor Moses, o.
South Carolina, who hauled down the col.
ors on Fort SUMTER And how about the
Administration bosom friend, Mr.. Mos.
by, of Virginia?-Sp1ingtield Republican
1t is ahumiliating and disgusting fac
that the appointment of Republican ed
itor to any Federal office always bring
out a series of long leaders, the spirit o
which is contained in these words. If il
taking in the whole field the present Ex.
ecutive seems to be the choice of the party
for a third nomination, we shall not shrinl
from the path Of duty thus pointed out.
An old Iowa farmer said the other day
These financial questions are puzzle {.
US all. ] don't believe there are thops
and men in he State excepting those lib
orally educated:C) who understand them
: And it is Just so with the tanff. All W
farmers know is that we we're never befor
80 troubled to live, and we can't find on
who or what to vote for to help our
selves"
The Republican county and other con
: Yentions throughout the West have bee
very poorly attended this year, and Re
publican journals refer to this fact IN
very gloomy spirit.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02
A Coed WoEd for Psadlston.

The Democrats Of Ohio are seriously
inclined to put Pendleton on the track
once more for President. There has been
a great deal said for and against Mr.. Pen
dleton in recent years, hut We believe be
would prove a tough customer TO run
against in nominating Convention. He
has always retained 4 strong personal
popularity, and it would puzzle his worst
enemy to cay trashful word against his
private character. He was badly szindled
in the Hsmmany Convention of 1865
50 Lo'ds Globe, Reps6kcn
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

BEN. FRANKLIN's salary as Postmaster
General was s., 600 per year His sscre-
tary and treasurer each neceiVed $40 per
year CressWell gets IS, $50 per year, and
his clerks proportionate increase. Meas
uring Cresswell by Franklin We pay in the
eight of him to make psssable Franklin.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

UsDER the new postal arrangement o.
Congress, which takes effect on The first Of
January, the postage on weekly neWspa-
pers, outside of the counties in which
they are published, will amount 10 about
eight cenis- The former rate Was twenty
cents per annum. Under the new system
the publisher will be compelled to pay the
postage in advance
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

We'll may the bard forego his song,
The seer from mOuntain-top descend:
The Man OF News-to him the times belong,
And to his mastery bend,
The modern epic to its unguessed end
Grows under his pTOsaic pen.
What shall escape his sweeping ken?
The hamlet's gossip, the great towns uproar,
And all the loud report Of men,
The light tick of his dropping type re.sounds
again
IFis to explore
And fash the torch in darkest hooks OF earth.
Through the great groaning lazar-house OF life,
Or dens of sWetering death he goes,
And their black secret shows.
The ceaseless, armed tramp OF human woes,
Fantastic Mosques Of crime, the strife
And virtues sad decay,
Council of friends and plot of foes,
With all that courts or shuns the day
These must his merelless lens expose,
His portrait of the time display.
His, open.sPread ald bare.
Full in the public light and air
The good and i'll alike TO lay;
That. haply, in the days broad eye.
The social rose may flourish fair,
The deadly nightshade die.
A wizard he, his sheet a magic glass
Wherein the mirrored world doth shine,
And all its diverse energies
In hurrying through approach and PASS,
Appear and disappear.
Weaving web of texture fine
From verge to verge of farthest alien skies;
Till far and foreign are brought near,
And myriad threads Of destiny intertwine.
And ever to the ear,
From the same wizard coneave rise,
In gusts .npblown from every shore and cline
The muititudtnous voices, blent yet clear
OF the vast surging earth, the din
OF traffic, the low sough of sighs,
The laughter and the cries
OF many peoples, and the roar of time,
And 10 7! Humanity, dismembered, Marred
OF visage, comes, looks wondering in
And sees, despite the stain Of sin,
And features battle-searred,
And cruel woes endured benesth the sun,
Her face still bears the mold of the divine.
Her mighty many-natloned heart is ONE!
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

al All not one who has disgraeed beau
ty of sentiment by deformity Of conduct,
or the maxims of freeman by the actions
of a slave, but, by the grace of God, I
have kept my life unsullied. Millions
defense Of the people Of England,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

For ever moro our earth is eiamorous grown
And full OF tongues. Her ancient silenees
Are broken in their places and o'erthroHn.
The Past sleeps mute amid its mysteries,
But on its awful sepulcher of stone
The iron hammer of the Present rings-
Goneis the stiffness that with brooding wings
Folded the midnight of the early world.
Flown, too-foreVer flown
The hush of history's charmed dawn,
With the first flag Of morning just unfurled,
When clear and strong
Some single bird of-S0Rg,
High in the heaven of his own thought with
drawn,
Poured all his soul 10 melody % y
And woke the tongueiess earth to vocal ecstasy!
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02
POETRY
THE PRESS.

[The striking and suggestive poem printed be-
l ow was read at the Annual Convention Of the
New York State Editorial Association, held lately,
at Lockport by Mr.. David Gray, the Editor OF
The Buffalo C0sTicr.l
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02
WHLr a mortalitY there has Been amt

WHAT mortality there has been among
Presidential candidates to be surel The
veto message killed Morton and Butler,
beside burying out of sight the noisome
remains cf Logan. The memorandum TO
Senator Jones disposed of Blame The
President seems in fact to have pretty
much harvested this years crop. There
is nobody left for him to care for save Sem
ator Conkling. Perhaps the memorandum
means q third term Perhaps it only
means desire to secure specie payments,
in order that the two terms, which are to
end the Presidents civil career, may have
between, them something that in history
will outrank South Carolina, Louisiana,
Arkansas, Credit MobilIer, Sanborn, Dis
tTiet of Columbia, and the rest. Perhaps
it only means Jones. At any rate, il fur
nisheE an exceedingly interesting and in
structive study TO all politicians-nnt
omltting the late Presidential candidates.
N Y Tribune.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

1t is a tropic blossoming time of Speech,
Summer when the bloom Of words is rife
On every growth of life,
And, to its faI thest branches reach,
Foliage of print is woven and wrought
About the tlce of thought.
The rapid foot of action presses
Through tangled literary wildernesses.
So thick, in sooth, the lash papYrus grows,
Our later Nilus hardly flows.
No subtle chance or darkling hint
But leaps to leaf and flower of print
The very secret soul Of things.
That erst in brOoding dusk lay hid
Within its waiting chrysalid,
Now matches instant paper wings
And futters forth to consciousness,
The hlithe and swift EnhemerOn OF the Press
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

In his letter to the reunion of Abo-
litionists in Chicago, Illinois, Whittier
wrote:
"For myself, bow my head in silent
thanksgiving, profoundly grateful that 1
have been permitted to outlive the great
wrong, and TO see the flag of my country
Aoat everywhere over freemen. The end
has been reaehsd-not, as We hoped
through the peaceful ways of argument
appeal, and constitutional legislation, but
through the Red Sea Of Revolution. At
an awful cost the evil has been extirpated
and we still feel the consequences Of the
terrible struggle. As Abolitionlsts, We
have never hated the people of the South
and it is now our duty and privilege to
convince them Of this by generous and
magnaRimous dealing. Let all revenge
malice and evil speaking pass away, and
evil speaking pass away, and let it not be
our fault if We are not henceforth a
united people in feeling as we'll as in
name"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

READ no book OF which you would not
6ke God TO say. "show it me-"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02
JEWELLERS.

DEUBLE & BROTHER,
naaIar. in watches. Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware,
kc east aide Of Public Square, Canton, OHIO.
R5nairinEdone on short notice.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

How shall the poet sing. or bard be heard,
To-day, beside the Babel stream of time
Tides OF the worlds wide tumnlt drown his
rhyme
The Changing air is stirred 70
With wings of rumor; in his ear
The liRhtning's myriad clicking voices pour
The ce useless babble of the artiealate sphere;
While round him, DER and DER,
With wash of wave from farfhest cline TO cline,
The human ocean audible beats its shores
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

n---------~----.-. IuncaraWns
"A street, east OF eIbbs Brothers' PioW shsp-
at DEIOoR1T once. June q i-s,-1
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]. A. MEYER

i)eaaarfn In Anaeriean and Foreign Watches, Clocks,
GilVeFEaro ana Fancy Goods-Northwest corner
cf PI,hiio Square Canton, Ohio. Repairing neat
-, expsditiously and satisfactorily DONE
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02
SOCIETY DIRECTORY, sc.
BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES,

HNrAU Notices Inder this heading pub
Hshed FREE OF GHARGE@Oa
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JOSEPH CRAIG

DwzsaG s1Eaxos, No. Q, Cassidy Block. Canton, o.
EAk "a operations performed in the most ap-
proved aka satisfactory manner. sePtls 7Stf
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

HILDJSHE-B -BUND. = Division No.
Il 225 meets every second Fridsy at R. Ply
SIS. R. PkYSI, Secretary.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02

CAFE-AIA KERS' UNION.-Meets on
- every second Saturday, at R Prysis. H.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02
DIR. J. H. sIDDALL,
nsutist-nartsr's Bleek. Canton. Ohio.

A. j. DOUDS,
surgeon DentIst-ohice up, stairs, in residence
on Market street, west side, three doors sonth
OF Public Square, Canton, Ohio. All operations
connected With The profession promptly attend
ed to. "eSN
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-02
CHURCHES

DATRONS OF HUSBANDRY, PLAIN
III GRANGE No. 2.--Dieets at McDowelPs Hall,
hrst and third Saturday Of each month. HENRY
MCDOWELL, See'y.