The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-05-23
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The New York World observes that Senator
Conkli meets the true report OF his opinions
with silent contempt,
VIII duSt explodeH ask the Cleveland Herald.
BloggS swears 1t makes him explode every time he
shakes carpets.
Captain Adam Badeau's name is TO be dropped
from the retired list in the Army Register against
his earnest appeals,
A prospective local election In Petersburg, Va
increased the MOhet Register tax from s5l3 I'm
March to Slil8 in April
John Ericsson says that there is some concealed
factor In the phonograph nptyet Explained, which
accounts lor It's wonderful action.
The horse which the sultan presented to Gan.
eral Grant is dappe grey, and superb in form
The sultan, at his own expense, sent the morse TO
Marseilles.
When Mr.. Moody praised fine farm at New
haven the other day T. r. Trow wbridge jr., Offered
10 buy II for him II he would settle there, but the
offer was not taken up.
Dr. Haley, In advocating spelling REFORM SAYS
that 800 70 duplicated clhsOnaut, appear ia every
copy Of the London Times, exactly OF e.half of
which are totally useless.
As a result of his observation Of the transit Of
Mercury, DR., Peters reiterates his disbelief that
there Is such planet us Vulcan and says that the
present transit shows no perturbnlions of Mercury
that could be inscribed TO the influence of an in,
ner planet. He thinks however. that Mercury is
surrounded by an atmosphere, as faint vibration
was discernibe on the circumference OF the spot,
similar to that on the suns limb.
"Hotnm," a Dane has been exhibiting In Eng.
land marvellous feat, Of strength He throws
about balls weighing lhrty two, thirty six and
fifty four pounds, and holds, with arms oulstretch
ed on either side horse pulling at each side. He
stretches himself along ladder on his face, his
eet against one OF the rupgs and his hauos hold
lug on TO another. Rou ID his wrists are bands
fastened to the ladder to assist his grip Over his
shoulders and arou d his waist Is well,padded
harness, TO which two good sized horses are at
lached by traces aud a hook and strap. These
hOrses strive their utmost to move him, but In
vain He leii his native country boy before the
mast aud has wandered over a gresler part of
the world. He gets salary of from 500 to 5000
week
The Cincinnati Saturday Night thinks that the
paucity OF jokes IN England Is explained by the
fact that it t. kes twenty smiling TO make pun.
Why is 1! that person, after reading the medi
cal advertisements IN paper involuntary glAnces
at the column Of deaths ?-Ptck
A Norristown fisherman caught twenty.seven
trout some of them he says weighing over two
pounds piece He would have caught more, but
he IL not very good liar-NorrtStotOn Herald.
young lady correspondent (poetic) desires to
know II we have seen anything sweeter than "a
Chaplet A lone" Certainly, we have seen a chap
let girl kiss him which was ever so much
sweeter.-Com Bulletin.
"Do you think, William" said Mrs. Brown to
her husband the other night, that the telephone
will ever be as generally used as the telt tgraph?
why, yes, replied Brown, the time is coming
when II will be as common TO telephone us 1t
seems to be now to teli-a tb."
"Maria" observed Mr.. Holcomb as he was put.
ling on his clothes, 'theIe amt no patch on them
oreeches yet" : can't ix 1t now no way, Pm
TOO busy" ""ell, give me the PATCH then, and
will carry 1t around with me. don't wantpeo.
pie to think cau'l afford the cloth"
The New York Sun calculates that the number
Oi drinks solo Ill that city is not less than ZOO,
OUO,OOO year, which, under the Mohetlaw, would
yield revenue of the government Of Sl2 QUO QUO a
year. The sun begs the Legislature to empower
the city to collect revenue by the bell. punch
method.
Georgia paper tells of a most unfortunate
man Ill that Stale who has accidentally Killed five
men since the war Que was slain oy an ak, that
slipped from his hand, the second was drowned
by the upSetting of boat which he was man
aging; the third was shot through the head, mis-,
taking him for turkey the fourth he killed by
a tree that he was tellmg ana the fifth he killed
at a log rolling. The sixth mau ought to be spry
with his weapons.
Mr.. Beecher's brother James, a clergyman in
the hills Of Ulster county, N. Y, preached at Ply.
mouth Church recently He said by tile way of
introduction: Il preach at home in small school
house in the wilderness. We have a small cabi-
net organ, which play myself, because we nave
no other Organist. am also sexton and usher. |
pay simple tunes TO the glory of God, aud the
rough backwoods people JOIN In singing the
hymns. don't know anything about He'll but
know great deal about Heaven"