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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22

THE strange death of Professor F. W,
Walker, of Brooklyn, the other day, from
in overdose offuid extract Of conium,
he hemlock whereby Socrates died, il
exciting great interest in medical circles.
ltis a drug very seldom used, and the ac-
count which the Professor dictated to his
wife of his symptoms,while under its in
Auence, will be OF marked benefit to sci
ence because so comparatively little is
known Gifts workings. The resemblance
'etween the manEer of his death and
that of Socrates and Phocion, particu-
arly the fbrmeris rendered all the more
striking from the fact that the great
Greek drank the poison and spoke to hi
disciples up to theNlas' moment, and that
the dead electrician described the passing
symptoms of disappointing end to his
.WileAt the only known leases on record
in which t"e victims conversed aboul
themselves until death closed their lips.
In this connection, the following passage
relating to the death of Socrates, taken
from Mahaffy's Social Life in Greete,'
is of interest: 70 Hal ts I.r
I, "The condemned, on the day of execu'
tion, was freed from his chains and al.
lowed to have his family and friends
present in his cell, as they had already
been during the nights Of his imprison-
ment When the hour of death ap-
preached the jailor came in, and left the
cup of poison with the victim, giving
him directions how to take it, and merely
adding that it must be done by certain
hour. He then retired and left the prls-
uner in his last moments to the care OF
his friends. Theysat about him as LIE
gradually sbbed away, and closed bis
ey0s in peace tis ,ae %, a,al .'a.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22
.9NN1EAN Nf5Ttsa5A4H0

There are men in this VICINITY that
wear ,blie Rhfmy oSefcoaIs. : Walwent
down t0 tlie wood ImTketVhe pther day
to buy alohd or Aobd' \AAmohg all the
grangers there, our heart went out to-
ward one vita q atattered, soiled blue
army ovtrcoat. We gazed athiswealher-
beaten face, and thought, 'It is to such
as these that the nation owes lis life
That strong arm may have upheld the
flag at Gettysburg, or y ball from its
trusty rifle may have pnhorsed a rebel
commander, and turned the tide Of bat
he in the cory Wilderness" AS we bar
rained for his load of wood and saw his
eve kindle with the old flame, we did
not hesitate to- Trade with this herot We
thought il was more Blessed toNgiye Il
dollar to soldier for aload of scraggy
wood than to dwell in the tents OF the
wicked. and as, he drove up, the street
with the wood, we followed lin with
much the feeling ofa private following a
victorious general, Wien the wood was
unloaded we said to him: w. T..',
"Comrade, tell r Us what department
you served y6lFtGoiptry during the late
unholy rebellion ="
The old flame came again to his eye,
and as he stood upon the h9d jend Of
the wago, and with his,whip ttckled the
off mules. ear and said: .,A,,,,,,,4,
( HRebellidupl Went to Canada before
the first dHlrA Il TRADED ~ Uottleioi
whiskey orthisovercoat with aveteran
who. lost both arms, dNGlang, Beecher
Get up, LizW
And the Hero left as sitting on the
ragged edge of that four dollar water elm
wood signing. But he Was out OF reach
Of those box.toed shoes.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22
WOOD COUNTY!

There has been considerable furry
about Wood county. The fact in regard
to the ,csse are briefly these. A few years
ago there Oas enacted . law by the Leg
islature OuthorizihSthe people of Wood
county to vote for or against the removal
of the county seat from Perrysburgh to
Bowling Green. The removal project
carried. With this result the Perrys-
burgh folks were not satisfied, and ever
since they besought the Legislature to
pass a law giving to the people Of Wood
county smother vote on the question. AT
the adjourned session of the late LegiSla.
ture 4 law to that effect was passed, and
Hon. james s. Gordon charged that the
passage of the bill had been secured
through fraud and bribery, and approved
the appointment of committee to inves-
tigate the charge. For nearly three
weeks after the appointment he did not
move in the investigation; but when it
became apparent that the Legislature in
tended to adjourn about the 29h OfMarch
he began to manifest disposition to do
something The investigation did not
show that anybody had been bonghtor
bribed. According. to his testimony
judge Haag and Mr.. Cooley, a Republi-
can member from Cuyahoga, had given
him to understand that he could get
81, 600 if he would vote for the bill allow
ing the people of Wood county to change
their county seat. Judge Haag and Mr.
Cooley testified that they done noSuc.!
thing. Itappeared that NJ. Cooley told
Mr.. Richards, the Republican member
from Jefferson conhty, that if he would
make a speech in favor of the billhe
could'g get 500, but Mr. Richards neither
spoke nor voted, in. favor of The bill. Il
also appeared. from Mt Conkrighl's testi
.mony that'Mr. Wllkerhad told. him tha
they could get 500 10y voting fOr,thebill
but Mr.. Walker denied that there was any
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22
RAILROADS..
Chicago and North Western
RAILWAY.
SAN FRANCISCO,

Western Railway for
SAN FRANCISCO,
Sacramento. Ogden, salt Lake City, Cheyenne
| Denver, Omaha, Lincoln Council bluils, ianktun
| Sioux CITY, Dubuque, WinUna, ~. Paul Duln h.
| Marquette, lloughiUn Hancock, Green Bay, o h.
l;o,h, Fond du Lac, Madison, and Milwaukee,
II yOu want TO go 10 Milwaukee, Oshkosh st.
| Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Fort Garry WnOna
| Warren GNlena, Dubuque, Sioux CITY, NnnktOn,
Council Bluffs Omaha, Lincoln Denver, Salt Lake
| sacramento, san FlalCiSCO, or hundred other
| northern or north western, western points, this
| great line Is The one you should take, The track
Is Of the best Steel mil and all the appointments
are first class inerey respect It's trains are made
| mp of elegant new Pullman Palace Drawing.roOm
and sleeping coaches, luxurious, well lighted aud
| well vcnti q ed day coaches, and pleasant lOuug
| ing and smoking cars. The cars are all equipped
| with the celebrated Miller safety Platform and
patent Buffers and Couplings, Westinghouse Safe
| ~ Air Brakes and eXery other appliance that has
been devised for the safety OF passenger trains,
| All trains are run by Telegraph, In word, this
GREAT LINE has tie best aud smnothest track,
and the most elegant and comfortable equipment
utUuy ruad In the West, and has no competitor IN
the country
On the arrival orthe trains from the East or South
the lramS Of the Chicago and North Western Rail
way leave CHICAGO rs follows:
FOR LOimca BlaBs, 0mlhq, and California, Two
through trains daily, with Pullman Palace Draw
ug.room and Sleeping cars through 10 Council
Bluns
FOrH. Prm and Minneapolis Two through trains
daily with Pullman Palace cars attached ON buIlt
trains.
For Grtcn Bay and Lake Superior Two trains
daily, with Pullman Palace cars attached and run
ming through To Marquette,
F0r Mitcdakte -Four through trains daily. Pull
man cars on night trains ....
for IIROna and points in Minnesota, One
through train daily.
For D1,buque via Freeport, Two through trains
| daily with Pullman cars on night train,
FOR Dubuque and La Crosse, via Clinton, Two
through trains daily, with Pullman Cars on night
| train.
I0r SiOur city and YdRktOR, Two trains daily.
| Pullman cars To Missouri Valley Junction.
Far Lake Genera, Four trains daily.
For Rockford, S,eriiHg, Ku0sha, JdnGrWe, and
other points, you Cun have from two 10 ten truils
| daily
PULLMAN PALACE CARS.
These celebrated cars are run on all night traRs
| N all the lines Of this road, They NrG run be
| Wepn-
Chicago and Omaha Chicago and Cedar Rap
IDS. Chicago and Dubuque, via Clifton Chicng
aud Frecpurt Chicago and Marquette Chicago
and Milwaukee. Chicago and IT. Paul
| This is the only line running these cars bCtweel
| 'hlCugO amidst. Paul or Chicago and Milwaukee
At Omaha our Seeuers connect with the over.
| and SIerperS on the Union Pacific Railroad lOl
| all points west Of tie Missouri river
| All Ticket Agcuts Sell tickets by this route.
W. H. 81 ENNEl !, Gen'l pussengerA \ ent.
MARyIN luGHlTT, General superintendent
lebj- VI
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22

0LD PRoB. is mad as a March hare; and
the lion has just broken loose, AT wv"
o'clock on Tuesday morning we hao
thunder and lightning and at rom
snow storm, Spring isnot yet here, and
we may expect cold snaps until after the
ice goes out Of the lakes.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22
yraas seia6 n.hsHI1 aatsnnE2 &naes4s gYta ss4s7sE

earnestness IN the matter, The inyes'l =,
CATION failed to show that any money had
passed into any members pocket. pher
seems to have been considerable zoos"
tdk In regard 10 the question whicl,
wonld naturally tfeate thelsnspicio thpl
eyerythiDg S@ notion thelsqpre. 4 .I,f
nwonld be 4 Blessing TO the Stale iftne
lobby system could he torn up rootand
branch. = Wuyme County Democrat.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22

THERE is young Irishman employed
by large firm not farm eIeaand this is
the way he addressed two letters: To
Messrs. .--& Co., Omaha Nebraska
andtd tAf7- Portland 0lReganT dscivili-
xafioH a hihtfe? w no dHUU
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22

Yesterday, inthe Common Pleas Court,
Judge Hume reudetedO two decisions
wiith have an (ihpprtbrit bearing On
BniIding Associations, 1.-THE two we're
those of the West. Hamilton Loan and
Building Association against John Uhl-
meE and thelsaWe agSihst Jacob Meier
The decision given was upon demurrer
10 the deienddntsRhs%er. The petitions
were in the usual lorm on a foreclosure
ofmortgages,given to secure the payment
ofdues, interest and fines of hose taking
advanced loans. In these cases said pay
mehts were by the conditions in the
mortgage to continue until the Associa
ion shall run out-May I, 1876. The
lefendats answer That they have paid II
dues and Interest In the aggregate more
lhan The sum received from the Associa-
ton, and ask for a judgment for the over
plus, and also that said mortgage be can
celed. To thisythe Association inter
u sed demurrer, stating as ground
JlldJ Sulu dllSWCI ulu iiOJ blolS ldNlo pulll'
cient to constitute a defense, whereupon
judge Hume h9IdIs~Es-a
/. That said oyerplus could not be re.
covered back by detendants, having been
paid voluntarily and knowingly.
2, That although defendants have ac-
ted unwisely inbparirg such large pre-
MUM in order lo,ge advanced loans, yet
Il Court of EqQityNwiIl not interfe 10
set asioe the AGREEMENT in the mortgage
without just cause. Nocause being sci
up in this answer and no defense relied
on except that Of part payment, the law
which expressFy-NutTiorizes the coIlec'
lions of these premiums not having been
declared unconstitutional, the Association
will be entitled to. Collect said premium
He decided tlreaaHswer therefore bad
aud sustainedythe demurrer thereto
t Cincinnati EqQairsr,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22

RA More than half century ago,
DR.. H. d. Sellers, a celebrated
physician Of Pittsburgh, discovered and
uAg used in his practice the popular remedy
W ~ known throughout the country Us sell
lers Imperial Cough Syrup. This is no quack rem;
edy, Itwas born of wisdom. Nurtured by science
and thousands are living witnesses of its wonder
full curative powers. II is pleasant to take, and
ure to cure coughs, colds, groups, bronchial aiee-
tons tickling in the throat and oil diseases of 3
kindred nature. r. L. Sellers & Co., Pittsburgh,
Pa, are also prOprietors of JOhnsOn's Rheumatic
Compound; the gr>at internal remedy for rheu-
matism neuralgia, headache, &c You can have
a doctor always in the house by keeping Sellen'
Family Medicines on hand Their Liver Pills ars
the oldest and best in the market and every bot
tie of their Vermifuge is warranted.
For sale by druggists and country dealers.
nOvl274-m3
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22
UNDERTAKING

T WISH TO inform the citizens Of Canton and VI.
| cinity that have started the above business
at No. l26 South Market street where I will 10
IT ady at all times to attend promptly to all,cala
| may receive. HearSe alwaysin in readiness Hav-
ing had twenty years experience in The under
taking business, trust will receive fair share
of patronage. English and German spoken.
ELIAS REEMSNYDER
126 South Market street, Canton, o.
mar475-m3 I.. Nl.'I
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22
PATEWTS.

T 00K AT OUR TERMS. 4 NC, FEES UNLESS
IL successful. No fees In advance. No charge
for preliminary search to ascertain paentabjliIy.
NqRUG cent ], &c. Address, Connolly sBrns. IL Nc
i1she' PiiSbuTgh, Pa; Connolly Bros, Washing
marlS75-m3.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22

~ The. bss to the treasury Or Ottawa
soahty by the failure Of the Toledo City
Bank will be about 5000.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22
All trains daily, Sundays eXcepted)
Ca Baggage checked to all principal points.
w. l.. HOLDEN,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,

W, W. CARD, Superintendent.
No makes close connections at Elyria with I,
$ Il NJ s Ry, for the west. Alteration with O
u | R'y, for Columbus, Indianapolis a. d inlerme-
diate points, At MassillOn, p TT W, u R'y tuR
The west. At Dover, M C R'y, for Cambridge,
Marietta aud all points on the Ohio River. At
IrChsvile, with p c Il st l. R'y, for CJshOcton,
GAINESVILLE, Lancaster etc.
No 2 makes close connection at Russell, with A
4 G W R'y, for Burbank, Ashland. Mansfield, etc.
At Cleveland, with express trains for all Eastern
cities.
No 8 makes close connection at Grafton, with o
CC& R'y, for Gala, Shelby and Crestine. At
Russell with express train on A Il q W Ry, for
WadswOrth, Akron and intermediate points. Al
mas illOn, with west bound train on p TT & o
R'y At Unchsyille, with P G Il st l. R'y, for Steu-
benville, Cadiz Junction, Pittsburgh, etc
No. 4 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 Elyria with
l. s& NJ sRy, for Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, and
all points west.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22
WESTWARD.
STATIONS

liqlus Nos =, and T. ON main line run daily.
Palace Sleeping Coaches on trains No. p 3 and
u, between Cincinnati and New York daily
Connections ut Mansfield with ritt,bulg Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railroad, at RavcInu with
Cleveland and Piusburg Railroad; at Mr0dyille
Union and Cory for OH Regions, at Corning or
Rochester and points on the New York Central
and at Blnghaupton lorAlhany, Springfield NOr.
cCscr Boston Gld New England,
Connections ut Cleveland for Toledo. Chican1
Milwaukee, Omaha, and al points in the North,
west
Close connections at Cincinnati with trains iOg
The South and West,
No "stop-oYer' allowed upon local tickets 10
aal passengers must purchase tickets to their first
topping place, and then rcpurchase from thai
point to destination.
Palace sleeping Coaches on train No 8 to Louis
Vile daily, and on train Nos II from Louisville 10
New York daily, sundays excepted.
W. b. SHATTUC,
Gen, Passenger and Ticket Agent, c iacaRGii, O.
p. d. COOPER,
Gen. Superintendent, Cleveland, 0. novlG-h
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22
PONDS.
". EXTRACT.

CAIARRHg .,Lus LNliHrl.t tobI y u Specific
for this dls,usv, II can hardly be eAGriled.
even In old and obstinate eases, The felei
j. ~ nrr NJ lllet uuone one who has tried il
will be without Il.
fPENH HiNDS idND FdCE-POnd's Extract
should be IN every Family this rough wealth
or, II removes tie soreness, aud rOughness
and sOltcns and heals the skin promptly,
RHEi M ISM- During severe and changrnbe
weather no one subject to Rheumatic pains
should bC one dny without PunS's Extract
.' which always relieves 900 ..
SORE l. LL'NGS, CONS U.UPIION COUGHS, COLDS
This cold weather tries the lungs sorely
.# Have Ponds Extract ON hand always. II re-
lieves the piin and cure, The disease
CHlLBLA ms wiIi be promptly relieved and NJ.
D.. tlmOtey cured by bathing the afflicted part
d" Ponds Extract
FROSTED LINES Ponds Extract invariably
relieves the Iain and finally cures.
SORE THROAT QUfNSY, INFLAHED TONSILS
I..Y, and AIR PASSA GES are promptly cured by
~ " the l,eol runds Extract II never iails,
PONDS ENTRIC7--Pamphe history and uses
with e0ch bottle. and mailed free on nppli'
oation, to your druggist, or to 9s Maiden
.,.. Lane MY, ..... ....i i.... ..,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-22

FORT WAYNE AND CHICAGO
L RAILWAY.
Condensed Tine Ldrd-NOU. Is, 1874.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-20
The Elcphnnt /" Empress.o

Speaking of the recent death OF the
monstrous elephant, the Empress, at the
Geological Garden in Fairmount Park, a
Philadelphia paper says; 1.-THE Empress,
Il will be remembered created quite q
sensation here couple of months ago by
Iettlinr her body down to the earth and
giving every indication Of serious illness
From this position she was raised, but her
gait was tottering, and occasionally when
walking for exercise her knees would
double up and she would be seized with
an inclination to lie down. The huge
beast improved, however, and IL was
thought that she would recover altogether
from her indisposition. The sequel shows
that her frame was shattered, and that the
illness referred to was the herald OF a
speedy death. The Empress was pur.
chased by the society on the last day OF
December, 1874, being taken from the
winter quarters of O'Brien's menagerie at
Frankford, to which she previously be-
longed. She was an aged animal, that had
experienced checkered career in the
service of many masters, and had pressed
her broad foot on almost every soil. eShe
was the admired of the menagerie for her
great size, and more particularly for her
wonderful instinct, having frequently con-
Quoted herself in a manner which would
be well worth the study of her peers. The
deceased elephant was always Of gentle
disposition, and never showed any of those
dangerous eccentricities which have been
incident to others of her species. She was
one of Barnums finest show animals, and
when his large menagerie in New York
was burned she caught her companion
dog, Carlo, in her trunk and carried him
safely from the flames, evidencing through
out the fearful scene almost human intel
ligence and presence of mind as well as
the highest type of animal sagacity. She
was an invaluable feature of the garden,
and her loss will be great in this respect"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-20
A Hard Job in Railroad Building.

Anyone desiring to obtain any idea of
the stupendous accomplishments of rail-
road engineering should spend few days
in Tehachape Pass, investigating the
operations of the Southern Pacific Rail
road Company. About twenty miles of
the road is a succession of cuts, fills and
tunnels. Within this distance there are
thirteen tunnels ranging from 1, 100 feet to
few yards in length. For the greater
portion of the way the road-bed is cut
through solid granite. The elevation is
so great from the present terminus of the
road at Caliente TO Tehachape Valley that
the first mile and half out of Caliente is
attained by laying down eight miles of
track. Higher up In the pass the road
runs through tunnel, encircles the hill,
and passes a few feet above the tunnel.
After completely encircling the hill and
going half round again, the track doubles
on itself like closely-pursued hare, and
after running several miles in the oppo-
site direction strikes up the canon. This
circling and doubling is for grade. Once
the track crosses the pass, and this in
wolves the building of long and very
high bridge. We doubt if more difficult
and expensive piece of engineering was
encountered in the building of the Central
Pacific over the Sierras than that with
which the Southern Pacific is now strug-
Cling in Tehachape Pass. Another tre-
mendous piece of work is the San Fer.
nando tunnel, which, when completed,
will be over a mile and half in length,
and in places over 1000 feet beneath the
surface. Yet the company will accom-.
plish this great work and run cars through
from San Francisco to Los Angeles by the
1st Of next July. All the force that can
be used is kept at work ON the San Fer.
nando tunnel. In the Tehachape Pass
5000 men are employed, and the force is
being increased at the rate of 1000 China
men per week.-Los angeles (CaL) Herald
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-20
The Koran.

We are told by all Arabs that the Koran
is the most perfect poetry in the Arabic
language; and yet, when we come to read
it as translated into English, we find it
dull and tedious. 1t is difficult thingfo
a European to read through the whole
Koran in a translation. He soon realizes
it to be very different from what he mag
ined it. Very possibly he dreamed of find
ing therein long and luscious descriptions
of the so-called Mohammedan Paradise"
that he should read about houris and the
tree Of life, the beast Al-Borak, rivers of
wine, and all those visions of the different
heavens usually attributed to the prophet
He finds not word of all this. Instead,
there is boundless devotional enthusiasm,
all the vocabulary of praise to God long
moral lectures, Old Testament stories in
different form, a familiar reference to all
the Jewish patrarchs, prophets and Kings;
an equally constant reference to the facts
of the Gospels, but in somewhat differ
ent dress; and, finally, fierce denuncia-
tions, in strain of the most awful soem-
nifty, of the infidels who will not believe
in the truths of God. or doctrine he finds
no subtlety. MOhammed proclaims but
one fact and Teiterates it for all time. AS
the Koran opens with ALFatihat "The
Preface" so it naturally closes with the
simple and sublime Declaration" a
chapter of itself The words of those
chapters are texts for all the rest of the
book. 1t enlarges, dilates, amplfies, illus
trates, reiterates the one grand declaration,
La IHahd IL Allah''-" No God but God"
All the rest is written only 10 give that
weight The fact that Mohammed is the
prophet of God is mere incident, like the
"Thus saith the Lord" of the Hebrew
prophets. 1t is to show whence came the
message. That message is the one thing
of importance to man, and it is of the
simplest: "No God but God" When that
message is believed the morality of the
Koran follows with equal simplicity.
Prayer and charity are the whole duty OF
man. Not prayer as an importunate beg
ging for favors, but prayer which is only
praise and anxiety TO be kept in the faith
Of God; not ostentatious alms-givlng, mis-
called charity, but charity as complete
and genuine as that described in the Corin-
thians. Such as we find AlFatihat we
find the whole book-Ihs Gald1y for Au-
aust