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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-12-26
HElLERs sEcOND-sIGHT TRICK.

That feature of his performance consisting of
the description by a blindfoded woman on the
stage OF articles touched by him in the audience
was not rev with him, but he carried 1t to a
greater degree Of mysidcation than any of his
predecessors The late Mr.. Anderson and his
daughter used to do it cleverly, and many Others
have used 1t with more or less success. The wild.
est explanatory theories have been gravely ad.
vanced, but 1t is altogether likely that the cele-
brated French juEgler Robert Hnudin, by whom
the feat was performed, gave in his autobiography
the correct solution. Houdin said that by com.
plex system ofnew meanings for letters syllables
and words he was able to tell his confederate on
the stage what the articles we're while using Ian.
guage that to the audience contained no hidden
intelligence. That is to say, Language within
language was so constructed that the question,
what is this? p might mean, This is a gold ring
with one stone." It is easily conceivable that
man of .Hellers quick intelligence could, in a
dozen years or more Of constant practice, elabo.
rate such syst m to a wonderful extent, and de
wise variatiOns-like the touching of few pre-
viously arranged articles withoutsayiDg anything
that would nIislead casual observer One
point seemed to prove that he used Houdins
method. He would never permit anybody but
himself to put the questions to the bEndfOlded
woman.-NetV York Sun
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A STORY OF RALsroN.

W. C, Ralston, well remembered by many as the
President Of the Bank Of California, when it
busted" is not dead, as reported but alive and
snugly situated on little islaud In the south Of
Europe. That drowning scene was well enacted,
the corOner's inquest and funeral was well. ma.
tured delusion, and would have come OFF two
days sooner II they could have agreed upon the
price of the subject Ia corpse), which 30 resem.
bled the banker as to deceive those so systematic
ally whom 1t was intended to deceive. Some NAV
naturally inquire how we know thisY or course
we would not swear to 1t, but our information
comes from source which is reliable. prom
inent physician in San Francisco was the sole
keeper OF this great secret up TO last Christmas,
when he became jubilant over the receipt of q
heavy sum Of money, and divulRed the secret to
friend whom. he afterward assisted with some
OF the money he received, and that man is now a
highly respected citizen Of this city, Call this a
sensation or big hoax we call II cold fact. II
true WdQd WGlId wv ~ StdtesmGH
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Narietu.
A hat without a nap-A wide wake.

Al hat without a nap-A wide awake.
An English swallow-"'Alf and 'alE"
Epitaph for a spring lamb-Peas to It's remains.
Byron swan the HellespOnt for ayer, as It
were II was only his whim.
Horse'pistOls haven't any legs, but they can
kick like fun with their breeohes.
tramp going into farmyard was seized from
behind by two bull dogs, They were both claim.
ants for contested seat.
Excuse these sIeers," said a sad.eyed stock
droVer to an elderly lady after his infuriated cat
tie had tossed two Of her offspring into the mud.
well" said an old bachelor when he found
ba'ketiul OF baby on his front steps, some men
are born babies, some achieve babies, and some
have babies thrust upon them"
We lay II down as the result OF long and painful
experience that uDcles aud watches are generally
associated together but we cannot understand
how 1t is that he who has an uncle seldom has a
watch
It's beautiful to behold at a wedding the sor.
row stricken air with which the parent gives the
bride away" when you know to certainty that
it's he very thing he has been trying TO accom-.
plish for the past ten years.
Washington letter says that the Bureau OF
Printing! and Engraving is about to get out plates
for 5000 and 1000 greenbacks. A sensible no.
ton that This idea of carrying an unwieldly
wad Of small bills, in your vest pockets on salary
day is getting to be nuisanceI
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HE KNEW HIS BIZ.

gentleman who was yesterday having his
ooots o'ackened at the postoffae was suddenly
lett In an unfinished state by the boy, who ran
across the street and held brief conversation
with lad of his own sge.
"Tbsts no way to leave job said the gentle
man, as the boy returned.
"spect not, but I've got morn buteG to look.
after"
"Who was that boyH'
"That boy2 Why he's got chattel mortgage
on this ere new brush, and I run across there to
ask him how was his health. L don't propose to
be sot dowu on wound up in bankruptcy, Just
because can't be sweet to Billy and stave him of
TIL wear the brlstles clear off the brush"-Ds-
trOa Free Press
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q" FEDDERS.~,

We were talking to mission school on Darius
throwing Daniel In the lions den. We made a.
Clear as we could the fact that Daniel had better
time that night than the King slept more sWeetlYy
and al because he had quiet conscience.
DARIUS couldn't sleep, could heH"
BY unanimous consent, "No. sir"
"And why couldn't Darius sleepH"
Because he was bad"
Having thus developed the conscious point, we
launched our final question with a good deal Of
confidence.
"Well now, dear children, what Is 1t makes the
bed softY'
Quick as fash from a four year old came the
reply, "Fedders" That closed the ethical discus
siOn
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SUPPER Is READY.

supper is now ready in the smoking Carl
shouted the brakeman, and young man from
Hartford, who was on his way to San Francisco,
got up and went forward to see what the brake.
man meant. He went into the smoking car and
found party Of Bavsrian enigrants eDoking two
Rinds of cheese and three denominations of sau.
sages on the stov& He came out very pale and
gave the brakeman so cents to stand on the plat
form aud burn matches under his nose. WAS IL
very bad Y an old gentleman asked him, when
he returned To the coach "5ir," said the young
man OF Hartford, you'll never smell anything
like 1t urtil you have been dead about six
monthsI"-H -Hat0keyc.
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LIVING FROM AN ACRE OF
GROUND.

On the Cooper lane, about mile or so north OF
stockton, California, there lives an industrious
Italian on an even acre of ground lying in trlan-
gular shape between the road and the railroad at
the crossing point. BE has wife and FIVE chill
dren, whom he supports in comfort from the pro-
duct of his garden. The little farm is planted in
trees, vines and vegetables, and is thoroughly
welly TILED Occasionally he plants an early
crop on the railroadriGht OF way adjoining which
remains undisturbed until the plough of the firs,
protectors comes along. But this Instance ia
good illustration Of "a little farm well tuled"-
Stockton Independent
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A VERY NATURAL INFERENCE.

A lady was the mother OF bright little boy
about three years old. The whooping cough pre-
vailed In the neighbOrnood, and the mother be-
came very much alarmed lest her boy should
take 1t. one night, after the little fellow had
been put 10 bed and to sleep a j4ckass was driven
past the house, and when just opposite net up his
he.haw, he.haw, be-haw. With shrek the little
fellow was outOf his bed screaming al the top OF
his voice, THE whOoping cough IL coming,
mamma; the whOoping cough is coming" He
didn't Catch 1t that time.-CiR Commercidl
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GRAINS OF GOLD.


CiVility is always safe, but pride creates enc.
mics
Better break thy word than do worse in keep
ing 1t.
The perfectly cOntented man is also perfectly
useless.
Try to see yourself through the eyes of those
around you.
The longest and darkest of all nights is the
night Of despair,
The ideal saint of the young moralist is cut
from sappy timber
Never write when in anger: your writings NAV
condemn you.
When rich rogues are merry, honest folks NAV
go into mourning.
He who loses his temper in an argument loses
the argument also.
The character that needs law to mend Il is
hardly worth the tinkering.
Moderation is the silken string running through
the pearl chain Of virtues.
He who has dollars for his subjects, ig, unfortu.
nately, the king of most men,.
Weshould esteem virtues, though in a foe; and
abhor vice, though in friend.
Advice is like snow the softer 1t falls the long
er it dwells upon and the deeper it sinks into the
mind
No man was ever cast down with the injuries
of fortune, unless he had before been deceived BY
her iavors.
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WHERE WIT WON.

whats the woman charged WITH" asked the
Court.
She's dead beat and vagraut, your Honor =
said the officer who arrested her.
Then the woman spoke up and said "IF can
prove that I'm all right will your Honor let me
goH'
"of course" said the Court.
"Then said the prisoner, "here's the family
Bible, by which you'll see I'm Molly Wright"
Saw my leg off" shouted the officer, who saw
the point If she hasn't bent the Court, too"
And the Court rubbed his nose with his fora
hpger and gently murmured: Discharge the
prisoner Mobile Register
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A,gal.
S-~~~s~o~~~o-~-~~~~~~~~~~~
LeqaL Notice.

ohm Roth, formerly Of Stark county Ohio but
Jose place OF residence Is now unknown, In hereby
llned that Mahea Roth did on the fourteenth
BY day OF December. 1873, file her petition In the
Ice Of the Clerk OF the Court of Common Pleas,
|hin and for the county OfStark and State OF Ohio
hing forth that said John Roth and the said Ma
|R Roth were married on the 18th day Of Septem-
h 1873. that said John Roth was Tor more than four
lrs last past wilfuly absent from the'Said Mahea
|th, and praying that she may be divorced nom
4 John Roth. and that said petition will stand for
lrlng on the lst day OF February. 1879, or az soon
reafter As the same can be heard by said Court.
MAHELA ROTH,
lee. 10, ls7s.-lw BY MEYER & PIERo, her Atty5.
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THE FINEST AND MOsr NATURAL.

The finest purest. and best Ravors for cakes
puddlngs, pastry, DC, ae Dr. PrtceUspecial Fl&v.
oring Extracts In this age of aduteratioD, Il Il
gra flying 10 ind to stick BY the old path OF
honesty, and consumers ow1 It 70 themAslVaa 4
patroniaO luch sGora
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-12-26

Unsettled by the New York courts that DR..
Mary Walker may promenade Broadway without
being arrested for breeches Of decorum. Aud
now she pants for revenge on the fellow who ar.
rested her last week.
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ANOTHER MYSTERY EXPLAINED.

"The appearance and growth Of the oyster in
certain places are sometimes unaccountahle," /"
says an exchange. That explains the look of as.
tonishmeht on the face OF the man who ands a
couple Of bivalves floating in church fair stew.
NetU Hdven Register.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-12-26
he Farm Contains las Acres

hcres OF 1t In timber. and all the remainder in q
Try high state Of cultivation; frstclass buildings
d every other convenience and advantage necIosa-
Ito good health and successful farming. 1t Is haN-
l 10 market, being located IL miles southwest
tntOn, o., overlooking the city A stream Of fresh
ter runs through the farm sufficient for any guam
ty Of stock making 1t also an excellent stock farm
For price and terms inquire on the premises.
Day2}tf THE HEIRS.
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An Indian has Just died on one of the western
reservations at the advanced age Orwell, he
couldn't just say how old be was, butremelnbered
distinctly when Ole Bull began his farewell tour.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-12-26

Fashion demands that gloves shall be still
longer, the buttons being too numerous to men.
tion. By and BY we shall have gloves and StOck.
inEa Ill In one piScs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-12-26
SHERIFF SALE.
JeaersOu Hoover VS. Iohn H. Hoover ct al.

Jefferson Hoover vs. John H. Hoover ct al.
y virtue Of an order to sell Issued from the
frt OF common pleas, OF Stark county, Ohio and to
directed, VIII offer for sale at public Outcry on
premises In Nlmishillen township, on
IatOrddy, The 2Sth day of December. 1878,
! following described real estate situate in said
nty to,wit; The east half OF the southwest quar-
OF section four (4) In township nineteen u9l range
en (I). cUntAiuing eighty acres, more or less Free
he dover estate Of Dolly Hoover, widow OF John
Hoover deceased therein.
ppralsed nc t576O.
Pc TO commence At II o'clock. a. N. Terms,
third cash. and the balance In two equal annual
mentB, with interest ir0m day Of sale secured By
ftgage on the premises
ov2s-ew J.P. RAUCH. Sheriff.
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the 2SA day Of December 1878,
Attachment Notice.

Before Il r Speak
er. J 2 ofSngar Creek
township, Stark Coo.
, A D 1873, said Justice
In the abOve action
and six dollars, and
l4Acop puxsER.
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STANLEY IN AFRICA,

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CURIOUS FACT.

Every man Is miserable sinner in church, but
out Of church It is unsafe to say mnch about It,
except to small man. StiutCdter Lamberman.
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FscOb Buxser, Plaintiff, !
VS.,
nry Hlselman, Defendant
n the 9th day OF November
ed an order Of attahhmenl
the sum OF one hundred
emily dollara the probable 90
le@-dw sI7s5
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lASSILLON Coal

Fry 1t & you will use no other !
Coal delivered to any part Of the city At SK cents
bushel. Cash on delivery
Seave orders at COol's Drug Store. II II. Trump's
1eet, or at this Office.
low II DID. sPoTTs.
Ota. Capacity Of Asylum esllma,ed at 600,
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Farm For Sale.

rhe widow and heirs Of John Rank, deceased offer
Aprlvate sale the Farm and appurtenances thereun-
-belOngng and lately owned BY him.
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Wooster, June q, 1873


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J.G TRAyTAAN,
SignedI
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40 Acre Farm For Sale.

ne and half mile south of Osnaburgh, all in
ID state Of cultivation, except acres OF timber
NJ; having on II good bank barn. dwelling house
b rooms partly new, with cellar and basement
Jhen: also Out-kitchpn, never failing spring OF sOtt
rr, milk house, and other Outebuildings Also an
,|ellent bearing orchard
,he above will be disposed OF on easy payments, or
ahanged for small Canton city property, iavOra-
located as part pay,
ls0 100 acres Of choice land in Linn county, Iowa,
'hPs north OF Cedar Rapids, ~ or miles from
Burlington & Minnesota Railroad, will also be
In same way, In whole or In part,
lquire Of the owner,
,bv5 gm IMPERTUS MARTIN,
The sun., 1878-12-22

losses. Tho Duke d'Uzes, familarlv known
as Manuel" seems to have died from too
much smoking. which is said to have produced
n combination Of paralysis and peritontis. Ho
was only 38 years old. and was credited with
being direct descendant OF Pons B0stet ono
OF the heroes OF tho Crusadcs.
Another departed member OF fashionable
society is the old Count Potocki, one Of the most
eccentric mon OF his age. o. late yoars he has
been lunatic but there was timo when his
name was quito famous. His first wife was tho
Countess Dephine PotocNa, tho celebrated
friend OF Chopin. At tho request OF the great
composer sho sang ono Of his favorito hymns
while he was dying. N. l.. T.
The sun., 1878-12-22
The Case Of Elias Carpenter.

"Only think Of my trying to be good
and useful citizen for eighty years, and then
TO be thrust into lunatic asylum by my
wifol" This was the bitter cry wrung from
the heart OF old ELIAS CARPENTER OF Roch-
ester as ho fell upon his brothers neck, n
week ago yesterday morning, In the Monroe
County madhouse
Yes, only think OF i'll Here Is an aged
Quaker, who, by the labor and self-denial OF
many years, has got together property
valued at 100000. In an unlucky hour, to
please his old wife, he takes n young corn
salvc pcddlcr into his home In little
time he finds that his wife Is estrangcd
from him. and that he Is prisoner in his
own house His private papers and his safe
kcy are taken from him. Room nftcr room
is locked against him. Even his clothes are
taken away. and he is forced to stay in his
bedroom for days at n time. Finally the
man gets the better OF the Quaker; his pa
tiencc gives out, and he reproachos, perhaps
threatens, his jailcrs. This outburst IL
what they have been waiting for. A Roch-
ester doctor is called in. lie writes to the
Chief OF Police that ELIAS CARPENTER is
out OF his head and violent, and two dotcc-
tivcs hurry the old man TO the madhouse,
where his brother finds him.
ELIAS CARPENTER, true To his Quaker
training, harbors no purposes OF revenge
against his prosecutors. Having recovered
his liberty and the control Of his property,
he is ready to let the matter drop. 1t is an
nounccd that he has decided not to carry II
into the courts.
But the community cannot afford to let II
drop. The shutting up OF sane man in a
madhouse is altogether too serious an affair
to be dismissed lightly. II that can be
done with impunity in one mans case to.
day, it may bc done In any other mans
| case tomorrow.
81 He has no business to be here at all, ht
is perfectly sane" said DR.. LORD, the Super.
intendent of the asylum, TO ELIAS CARPEN'
TERs brother. Then why did DR.. LORD take
in and keep this perfectly sane man whC
had no business there? Why did he not al
least notify the proper county officials o
the fact that such a man had been brought
there Explanations are needed on tn,
part Of DR.. LoRD.
| We take 1t for granted that the detective:
who took Mr.. CARPENTER to the madhous,
were armed with some sort Of written au
thority. That is another point TO bc inycs
tigatcd. As to the doctor who told TN,
Chief Of Police that Mr.. CARPENTER was
violent lunatic, we commend his conduct {,
the attention Of his professional brethren
the physicians Of Rochester
Let the daylight be let in upon every par
OF this remarkable case. II the facts are a
reported 1t is a case for making salutar.
examples.
The sun., 1878-12-22
The regular circulation Of THE Sun for hc
,retk ending Dec q, 1873, tcds:
Hayard Taylor's Successor.

A man who dies in Office Is not buried be-
fore candidates to succeed him rise up in
numbers resembling the swarms Of Egyp-
tian locusts.
Mr.. BAYARD TAYLoR's death Is announced
and ALMOST simultaneously is published a
list OF statesmen who are talked Of to sue
coed hir!.
The first named Is Mr.. ELIHU b. WASH
BURNE. Mr.. WAsHBURNE served the Ger
mans during the Franco-Prussian war, with
out offending the French. feat showing
him TO be n perfect acrobat in statocraft
and diplomacy; and he is now recommended
for the German mission because he would
be SO cordially welcomed to Berlin.
Mr.. WAsHBURNE's friends will hardly care
10 see him buried up under a foreign mis-
sion lie Is to-day the most ayailablc-tho
strongqst-- candidate for President 1t is pos
siblc for the Republicans to bring outflow
ering up. like SAUL; only the near-sghted
managers don't see him.
Mr.. GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS is the next
named. We apprchend Mr.. CoNKLrNG will
hardly consent to lose Mr.. CURTIS from the
State Of New York. He now leads the van
Of the vanquished at all Mr.. CoNKLING' S
triumphs, and graccs and adorns the am
bilious Senator's victories
There Is one name we are surprised not to
see mentioned II is that of Mr.. WHITELAw
REID, who was associated with Mr. TAYLOR
In the same newspaper. He is an ardent ad
mirer OF Mr. EvARTs and one OF his devoted
friends. We know Of nothing for which Mr.
REID is better fitted than the mission tC
Germany.
The sun., 1878-12-22
Republican BIundering.

The Republicans Of the Senate and OF the
House, respectively, committed two serious
blundcrs on Monday, which put them on the
defensive, and will be very difficult to eX-
plain away satisfactorily. II Mr.. BLAINE's
resolutions are honest in seeking a remedy
for an alleged evil as they profess to do,
then the investigation which no proposes
should bo the broadest. fullest fairest,
and most open that could be framed. II,
under this disguise, repetition OF the old
campaigning stun is intended, with which
tho countr" has been surfoited and dis
gustcd, he will find that the day for making
political or personal capital in that way has
passed by, and cannot be roylSSl.
The resolutions charge, substantially, that
the right OF suffrage Of a certain class OF
citizens WAS abridged or denied in two OF
more States at tho recent elections. by
means Of violence or threats or hostile
demonstrations OF armed men or other or
ganizatlOns." No proof OF any kind is fur
nished in support Of these charges. which
are admitted 10 rest on common rumor; but
Mr.. BLAINE alleges his ability TO make then
good through committee, and he declares
The sun., 1878-12-22

After introducing the subject in set
speech. which he read sonorousy TO the Senate
from little book. Mr.. BLAINE ought at least
manfully to have taken the laborlng oar Of tho
Committee which was called into existence by
his resolutions and upon his charges. To
shrink from the Chairmanship by n declination
in advance. after setting the ball in notion
does not leave on tho public mind good impress
sion Of Mr.. BLAINEs sincerity in this demon
straton. He claims TO have received over two
hundred letters setting forth great grievances.
and he assumed that intimidation. violence, and
other outrages had been pcrpetrated in South
ern States. Therefore he. of all others. was
the man to lead the inquiry and to point out the
way Of investigation. But he has found II con-
vcnient TO get a substitute in this crusade. as he
did in the last war.
The sun., 1878-12-22

Tho passage Of Il bill now before the Span
ish Cortes would disfranchiso moro than one
half Of the Spanards who now vote, Tho pro-
posed change is to be effected by making q
property qualification necessary for voters.
CASTELAR, denounced tho scheme. but tho
Cortos was significantly indifferent TO his pow
erful and passionate appeal. The Premier,
CANoyAs DEL CASTILLO. Is believed To have u
majority OF the Cortes on his side, and with the
passage of this measure will disappear almost
the last Of the reforms brought about boy the
revolution Of 1863.
The sun., 1878-12-22

An ingenious substitute for illuminated
tower clocks is due to Reinigcr of Stuttgart the
device being. rs described. no more or less than
tho use Of magic lantern. sometimes cm-
ploycd for street advertising in this country.
A small lantern is so arranged as TO throw
the picture OF common watch or chro-
nometor upon suitable white screen, The
movements Of tho hands are as distinct as
those Of Il real clock with transparent face
and strong light behind it; while it has the
advantage over many OF these. that tho axis
to which tho hands arc attached does not
throw shadow, often mistaken for ono OF tho
hands themselves. The plan at least saves the
expense Of a costly tower clock with Illuminated
face.