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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-02-18
AN LNGENIOES SWLNDLE

|, A gentleman in the wholesale domestic
cloth business was telling me the other
day of a sharp trick played upon his
house by some Of their customers. He
He says that they will sell to jobbers sew
eral pieces of cloth marked on the tag as
measuring so many yards, and that, if the
goods run short, which is not often the
case, they make good the deficiency.
They were very much surprised, as well
as annoyed, by the complaints of one
customer in particular, who said that the
merchants to whom he sold the cloth
found that it did not measure as marked.
The house with which my friend is con-
uected sells direct from its own mills, and
its clerks are all men of integrity. Mis-
takes in measurement might occasionally
happen, but their frequency was very
puzzling, to say the least. These COM
plants mind you, come from the mer-
chants to whom the jobber sold the goods
and not from the jObber himself. The
thing went on for some time, when sud-
denly it occurred to one Of the firm to
compare the figures marked on the tags
with those in their books. This was i'm
mediately done, and the result showed
that the jobber had been putting on sim
liar tags, marked, two, three and four
yards more than the goods measured, and
were originally marked, The jobbers
was contrite, and they did not expose
him, but you may be sure that hereafter
they will sell to him "as is, to borrow a
term from the merchants vocabulary.
The man who has been carrying on this
swindle stands good odor among his
brother merchants, and they would be
very much surprised if they knew what
a fit subject their friend is for the States
Prison. This is only one of the tricks by
which men make fortunes and hold their
own against honest merchants.-N. Y.
Letter.
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THE PENALTY OF MARRYING An
New York Grapbic London Letter.

new 1Ork GThpnlC LONDON LetJer,
The Duchess of Cambridge is very i'll,
and her death is expected. This is the
mother of the Duke of Cambridge, who
is fifty-fve years old, and who, although
married and the father of several chill
dren, is not permitted to speak ofhis wife
nor his child to the Queen. He married
beneath him." that is, he married an act
ress, and violated the royal code in so
doing. The Duchess is the aunt of the
Queen, and she is the last survivor of the
family children by birth or marriage) of
George III. She is in her seventy-eighth
year, and was married not less than Sc
years ago to a by no means youthful hus-
band, The then Duke of Cambridge and
several of his brothers took wives about
the same time, consequence of the death
of Princess Charlotte, and in the hope
that each of them might prove father to-
England's future sovereign. In that hope
the Duke Of Clarence was disappointed,
but as both the Duke of Kent and the
Duke of Cumberland were senior to the
Duke of Cambridge the marriage of the
last named Prince was of no advantage
80 far as the special object in view was
concerned He had three, children
son, the present Duke, Commander-in-
Chief Of the Army. and two daughters
one the wife of the Hereditary Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg-S g-Strelitz, the other
married to the Duke of Teck. .r..s-a.
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No Person can take these BiterS according to di.
rectiOns, and remain long unwell, provided their
bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond point OF
repair. .....
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Headache Pain in the
Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest Di22i-
ness Sour EruCtatiOns of the Stomach, Bad Taste
in the Mouth Bilious Attacks, Palpitation Of the
Heart Inflammation Of the Lungs Pain in the re-
gion of the Kidneys, and hundred other painful
symptoms are the offspring Of Dyspepsia, One
bottle will prove better guarantee of its merits
than lengthy advertisement.
For Female Complaints in young or old, married
or single, at the dawn of womanhood or the turn
of lie, these Tonic BitterS display so decided an
influence that improvement is soon perceptbe.
FOR infdmmdtDry and chronic Rheumatism and
Gout. Bilious Remittentand Intermittent FeverS
Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Blad-
der, these Bitters have no equal, Such Diseases
are caused by Vitiated Blood.
Yhey are gentle PurgGiire Cs 1c@V 0s q Tonic pos
sesSiEg the merit Of acting rs powerful agent in
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of tho Liver
and Viseeral 0rgons, and in Bilious Diseases
For Skin Diseases, EruptiOns, letter, Salt Rheum,
BlOtChes, Spots, Pimples Pustules, Boils Carbun-
cles Ring Worms, SCald Heads Sore Eyes, Erysip.
elias Itch, ScurfS DisColorations of the Skin; HUI
NOR and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name
and nature, are literally dug up and carried out
of the system in short time by the use Of these
Bittes. .,...
Groietm Thousands, proclaim VINEGAR BITTERs
the most wonderful lnyigorantthat ever sustained
the sinking system.
r. II. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agts., san Francisco, Cdl, and
cor, Of Washington and charlton SIS, NJ Y,
SOLD BYALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
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room. | had one once who was the
greenest youth / ever saw in my life.
The guides have oil-boxes on the cross
head, with wicks in them like lamp
wicks, and these feed the oil to the
guides, so that the latter are always kept
fabricated One day noticed that the
guides were getting dry, and said to the
oiler Run up and pull the wicks out a
little; they don't feed He wentup and
a little while after | saw they were dryer
than ever. Did youpullthe wicks outT
| says to the young man. yayI. n.,
"Yes, sir he says. I pulled 'em all
out and threw them overboardp =
' ~ must take turn around now and
see how things are going" sat artu-
gineer, and he left another min charge
while he went above, and | sought my
state room and turned I'M itHI pity
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-02-18

TRuE.-Nothing procures love like hui
mility; nothing hate like pride. The
proud man walks among daggers pointed
against him; whereas the humble and
the affable have the people for their
guard in danger, To be humble to our
superiors is duty; to our interiors, gen
erosity; and these, Notwithstanding their
lowliness, carry such powerful sway as
to command mems hearts.
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Auehg.
rs IT GOMEZ
BY MISS FRANCES BROWN,


Is Il come? they said on the banks OF the Nile
Who looked for the worlds long;promiseu uaS'
And saw but the strife 0fEgypts toll
With the deserts sand and the grahlVe grey
From the pyramid, templeSand treasured dead
Wevainiy ask fpr wisdoms PLAN LII,
They tell Of the slaye and the yranEs dresu-
Yet there was hope when the day Degah'
The Chaldee came with his starry lore,
That builtup Babylon's crown and creed;
And bricks were stamped on the Tigris shore
With signs which our sages scarce can read,
4
From Ninuss Temple and Nimrods Tower
Tha r,iia az ne old East's Empire spread,
Unreasoning faith and unquestioned power
But still is II come? the Watcher said.
The light of the Persian's worshipPed flame,
Ger ancient bondage its splendor threw;
And bnce on the West sunrise came,
When Greece to her freedoms trustWas true.
With dreams to the utmost ages dear,
With human gods and with God ike men,
No mqryel the iaT.off day seemed near
To eyes that looked through her. laurels then,
The Romans conquered and reYelled, too,
Till honor, and faith, and power were gone,
And deeper old Europes darkness grew VI
AB wave AIIeT WhY6l lne Ioth OdIlS Oh'
The gown was learning the sword.was law,
The people served in the oXen's stead,
But ever some gleam the Watcher saw
And eyermore, Is ii GOMEZ they said,
Poet and Seer that question caught
Above the din of liies tears and trets;
It marched with letters-it toiled with thought
Through schools and creeds which the earth for
gets
And statesmen trife, and priests deceive,
And traders barter our world away;
Yeti to that golden promise cleave, .,
And STILL at times, Is 1t come? they say.
The days of the nation bear no trace
Ofall the sunshine so far ioretold
The cannon speaks in the teachers place
The age is weary with work and gold
J. .l
And high hopes wither and memories wane-
On hearths and altars the fires are dead;
But that brave faith hath not lived in yaln'
And this is all that our Watcher said.
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All trains daily, Sundays excepted.)
ga Baggage checked to all principal points.
g.. W. l.. HOLDEN,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
W. w. CARD, Superintendent.

No. makes close connections at Elyria with L
n R'y, for the west. At Grafton with c c G
4 Ry, for Columbus, indianapolis and interme-
dlate points, AT hatsillon, PIT W & C R'y, for
the west. At Dover, M Il c Ry, for Cambridge
Marietta aud all points on the Ohio River At
grichsyille, with P c Il StL R'y, for Coshocton,
GAINESVILLE, Lancaster, ETC.
No. makes close connection at Russell with
q G w R'y, for Burbank, Ashland, Mansfield, etc,
At Cleveland, with express trains for all Eastern
cities.
No. makes close connection at Grafton, with C
&C Ry, for Gala, Shelby and CreStline. At
Russell, with express train on A 4 w R'y. for
Wadsworth, Akron and intermediate points At
massillon, with west bound train on Ft w & G
Ry. Al Uriehsville, with p c 4 st l. Ry, for Steu-
benville, Cadiz Junction. Pittsburgh, etc
No. makes direct connections at Grafton, with
express train for Delaware Columbus, Indianapo-
lis, st. Louis and all intermediate points Also at
Cleveland, for all Eastern cities. At Elyris, with
L q M Ry for Toledo Detroit, Chicago, and
all points west
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-02-18

! A TALK WITH AN ENGINEER,
WORK OF THE MEN WHO SEND US
ALONG OUR IRA VELS.
WATCHING THE MONSTERS WITH IRON
LUNGS AND STEEL ARMS-WHERE THE
RESPONSIBILITY LIES -CHARACT
LSTICS OF FIREl[EN AND COAL
r,. PASSERS-LNTERES
ING INCIDENTS. f..,... fI

| leaned over the half door of the en-
CINE room of steamer lately, looking in
at the puppet-like movements Of the lift
ing rods as they alternately rose and
dropped again obedient to the long toes
that operated them. First one would
arise, and second or SO after its fellow
on the other side followed suit; then they
dropped into place again and the other
pair took up the burthen and carried it
on, and between all rose the sharp rasp1
ing ye-au-gh ya ye-au-gh va! or
the steam exhausting from the cylinder
into the condenser. While admiring the
nicely and noiselessness with which the
vast machine moved, a voice at my elbow
made me start with its unexpectedness.
"Won't you walk in?" inquired the
engineer.
Seeing no good reason why 1 should
not, walked in and we sat down on a
long leather-covered seat that ran across
the end of the room. In this position
the whole front of the machine was di-
rectly in sight, and l sat without speak
ing. had an idea, how obtained know
not, that engineers, as class, was surly
fellows, and that the way to curry favor
with them was to be sententious and
rather surly yourself "Like likes likes"
argued; quite enormously, however, as
events proved. l didn't wish to abuse
the hospitality of my host by being too
talkative on short acquaintance, so l sat
still.
"You're newspaper man, are you not,
sir?" said the engineer.
Every slightly" replied.
II thought so. I saw you once on
new steamer was taking out, and knew
you as soon as sawyou leaning over the
door. We like newspaper men,"
"How SOP" l asked. For what rea-
SOM"
"Well, they're always kind O. civil to
the trade in the paper, and generally do
the square Vnlng py Us III reports' SO we
try to return 1T when we get chance;
only sometimes they they make awful
mistakes in reporting"
s"l A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE
"Not long ago young man asked me
for some particulars about the machine,
and when saw them in the paper the
next day, withlmy name attached as fur
nishing the information, you better be-
lieve | was mad. | never heard the last
of it from the boys, How about that
cylinder, Bob, that's thirty-sixl feet long
and twenty-six feet diameter p That's
the way | used itoiget III for telling the
young man inches where he made lit
feet. Slight difference you better be-
lieve. You wouldn't do such thing as
that, ,Isirl You know something about an
engine yourself, don't you2"
"Well, I walked past foundry once
where they are built" l replied; "but
tell me something about, your life, 1and
your occupation; not vefylhard, is it p?
81 have seen worse places than this en-
gine-room on a cold night like this.
suppose when you once let on the steam
you are at liberty then for the time, and
can read and smoke just as you like, and
when you get to port you can 90 ashore
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position with relation to the pin in the
arm he changed the motion of the bar
up or down, and so the wheels moved
without stopping. In another moment a
harsh iangling bell, like an old-fashioned
door-bell, struck; the hooks fell with q
clNng on the arm before mentioned, and
the machine became self-acting again,
with all its respiratory organs in full
uinOr
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STATIONS.

Trans Nos. l, ., 3 and II on main line run daily.
Palace Sleeping Coaches on trains No. 3 and
l2 between Cincinnati and New York daily.
Connections at Mansfield with Pitsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railroad; at Ravenna with
Cleveland and Pittsburg ROilroad at Meadyille,
Union and Cory for Oil Regions at Corning for
Rochester and points on the New York Central;
and at Binghampton forAlbany, Springfield, Wor-
Cester, ROstOn and New England,
Connections at Cleveland for Toledo, Chicago
Milwaukee, Omaha, and ali points in the North.
west.
lose connections at Cincinnati with trains for
the South and West,
No "stop-over" allowed upon local tickets. Lo.
cal passengers must purChaSe tickets to their first
stopping place, and then Iepurchase from that
point to destination.
Palace Sleeping Coaches on train No. 3 to Louis
vile daily, and on train Nos y from Louisville to
New York daily, Sundays excepted,
w. B. SHATTUC,
Gen. Passenger and Ticket agent, iRcinaaR, 0.
p. ID. COOPER,
Gen. Superintendent, Cierdand o. noyl6-tf
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FOR RENT.

A DESIRABLE DwELLING-Seven rooms and
n kitchen, good cellar, Cistern and gas; on West
Tuscarawas street. Rent low to good tenant,
For particulars apply by letter TO- 7, Q. Box SS9,
Canton. Ohio. [feb475-w3
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-02-18
THE FIREMEN.

"The fremen and coal passers make q
heap of trouble, too, at times They're
hard set, and get queer notions in their
heads. You better believe they amt
particular about their mess, nor nothing |
Men that never knew anything but
corned beef and cabbage, and poor at
that, turn up their ses at what they get
here, which is the most oft just the same
as cabin passengers pay dollar head
for without grumbling. One day last
week procession of them came down
the gangway, headed by one of the water
tenders, with kid in his hand full of
cold meat. They were all mad and ready
to fight.
"'Luk at that, sur says the water ten
der, and see is it fit for decent man to
eat
"'What's the matter with it,? said l.
"fSure, it's that rotten it's all soft, says
the water tender, and wewon't be hum
bugged with rotten mate '1"l1. ., '
81 looked at it and laughed till the tears
ran down my cheeks, Get outtofhere,
you fool l says to the man; don't you
know tenderloin of beef when you see it ?
That's off the Captains Joint you'll get
bull beefneXt time p OA'"
"Fhey went away grumbling and say
ing they wanted mate that wouldn't 'let
their teeth thru every bite they gev it ?
"There are times, too, when it's touch
and 60 with man Rifle, and he haste
think quick, and think right to save it.
| was on a tug once as second engineer,
and went outside to look over the guard
with long nose copper oiler IN my
hand. The bulwarks were low, and Just
as / leaned over to take a look aft she
gave roll and pitched me over. Before
| got into the water thought my only
chance is to catch that fender hanging
over the side, tor it was dark as a pt cket.
So grabbed for it and struck it, and it
struck hard, you bet, too, for we were
going ten miles an hour It was all l
could do to hold on, and after that it was
a minute or SO before l could think what
to do next / never would have got out
of that if it hadn't been for her stern set
tling in sea that threw me upon the
guard, so l could hold on and tumble in
board. 1t was the narrowest sqeak
ever had in my life. When | got my
breath | got up and walked into the en-
gine room, and the first engineer said to
me with his mouth wide open.
"'Where the hell have you been% he
says. 4
"tOverboard,' says I.
"'Did you lose the canP he says.
"'No, sir, says |; here it is. l held
on to it all the time
"'Well, I'm damnedp he says, and
that's all.
A LIVELY oILER.
Sometimes we have young men out
of the shop, learning their trade, who
are anxious to get an engineers berth,
and are willing to take any place and be-
gin. They have to go as oilers, which is.
as you can see, the lowest in the engine
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RAILROADS.
Atlantic & ct. Wes ern
RAILROAD.
EASTWARD.

Time Table Adopted November 10, 1874.
EASTWARD.
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Isit eome? they said on the banks Of the Nile
Who looked for the worlds long:promised uay
And saw but the strife ofEgypts toll
With the deserts sand and the granite grey
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-02-18

NLEVELAND AND PITTSBURGH RAILWAY
" Condensed IEme Ldrd-NOO Is, 1874
Daily, except Sunday
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A LIVELY oILER,

Sometimes we have young men out
of the shop, learning tht ir trade, who
are anxious to get an engineers berth,
and are willing to take any place and be-
gin. They have to go as oilers, which is.
as you can see, the lowest in the engine
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-02-18

From the pyramid templeSand treasured dead,
Wevainiy ask for wisdom'splani u,
They tell Of the slaye and the tyrants dread
Yet there was hope when the day began
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The light of the Persians worshipFed flame,
Der ancient bondage its splendor threw;
And bnce on the West sunrise came,
When Greece TO her freedoms trust was true.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-02-18
RIVER DIVISION.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

On and after Nov 25, 1874 trains will arrive at
and depart from stations named below, as follows:
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The Chaldee came with his starry lore,
That builtup Babylon's crown and creed
And bricks were stamped on the Tigris shore
1 With signs which our s9ges scarce cSn feau'
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-02
Hawthorne On the Saxon,

A London critic says that Julian
Hawthorne's Saxon Studies, in the last
number of the Contemporary Review
are marvellous pieces Of writing, filed
with his peculiar humor, and sometimes
displaying CLEANS of insight that posi-.
lively startle." He thus attacks the
custom of listening to fine music in g.
beer garden: "The Saxon's sentiment
talism is vitiated by his moral and phys
ical in-healtb. He is continually doing
things false in harmony, and incompre.
hensible, rs all discord is. Who but
he can sit through a symphony of
Beethoven's, app1auding it's majestic
movements with the hand which has
just carried to his lips a mug of beer,
and anon returns thlther with q slice of
sausage? It seems as if no length of
practice could marry this gross, ever
lasting feeding, to any profound ap-
probation of music. He frowns down
the laughter of a child, the whispering
OF q pair of lovers, as disturbing the
performance but the clatter of kni,
and fork, the ehamping of iaws-ofEends
him not. He seems to recognize the
noble beauty of the theme ; he mods and
rolls his eyes at the sublimer strains.
Does he comprehend them? He re-.
minds me of the Jews, who, indeed.
possess the Bible written, moreover,
in their native Hebrew; who peruse
it daily, and can repeat much of it by
heart and who yet have never read so
much as a single line of the word of
God" His final Judgment is that the
Saxon has a strong resemblance to the
goose, ,"that pig Of the bird race" and
he accuses him of a "cold, profound
selishpess. which forms the foundation
and framework of the national and in
.ividual character, in every walk Of
life, -the wretched chill of which must
ultimately annul the warmth of the
most fervent German eulogist; provided
ne be bold enough to bring his theo-
retical enthusiasm to the decisive test
a few years personal intercourse and
conversation with the people"
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S~piritualism Materially Explained.

Mr.. Francis Gerry Fairfield, the au
thor of "Ten Years Among Mediums
has a theory that the so-called spiritual
phenomena are caused by a diseased
condition OF the nervous system. He
states his position, in brief, as follows
First, that there is no pathological diff
ference between the frances of mediums.
the induced frances of mesmerism. and
the frances incident to epileptic and
cataleptic attacks; second, that spirit
seeing, as illustrated in the cases of
Judge Edmunds, A. J. Davis, Mrs.
Woodruff, and mediums of that class.
Is o ~well-marked symptom of a single
type OF nervous and cerebral lesion !;
third, that this lesion develops as one
OF its opponents a peculiar sensory and
motor aura Tor atmosphere), which, en-
ter1ng into intimate molecular relations
and contact with surrounding objects
within a circle of greater or less peri
phery, eVentuates in the phenomena of
clalrvoyanee in cephalic, and of table
tipping, rappings and the like in vital
temperaments. Fourth, that this aura
is of nervous origin, and CONSEQUENT
0ESA mO4OOAA&h O4CbUED6uC6 Oh Gu6
nerve-centres, developed by nervous
disorder. That as such it is more or
less subject to the volition of the me-
dunn. Fifth, that in it's motor aspect.
this nervous atmosphere is correlated
with light and susceptible of transform.
alton into luminous clouds, into Spec
trail apparitions and other objective
phenomena. Sixth, that in it's sensorv
aspects it enters into intimate relations
with nervous organism surrounding it,
is impressed with their thoughts and
transmits what they know or remember
to the brain of the medium. Seventh,
that both groups are morbid nervous
phenomena, having their cause in ner-
vous lesion, and their physiological
basis in reflex excitability of the nerve
centres. Eighth, that, therefore. there
% no occasion to refer them to the
operations of an hypothetical psychic
'oree, nor to the intervention OF de-
parted spirits. Mr.. Fairfield sets forth
formidable array Of verified facts in
of the different phases of his