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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-25
AN ITALIAN MURDERER.

The AsSiz court at Perugia, in Italy, has iISt
condemned to death man named Thomas Lon.
gari, who had not only murdered his brother but
eaten him. The two brothers, Thomas and Sc.
bastian Lougsri, had been on bad terms for long
time, and on Good Friday last Thomas waited for
his brother as he returned from Mass, and
coming up behind him in a sequestered spot,
knocked him down with blow from an axe and
then chopped his head off, Having done this he
belabored the body with his knife, took out the
heart, lungs and other organs, and placed them
upon one side with the head, while he cut up the
rest Of the body in small pieces and concealed 1t
in rsvine Taking the head and viscera home
with him, he pulled out the teeth and the eyes
from the head, while the intestines he fried and
gave to his wife and children to eat The other
pieces Of the body were found soon Rfterward,
and the crime was traced home TO- him. When
his house was searched his wife CUES ed what
terrible meal she had eaten, and her husband
frankly told the police that 1t was so, and deClar.
cd that he would do the same thing over again II
he had the chance.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-25
CURIOUS FACTS.

If pail of water be placed within six
inches of either side of the stem of a
pumpkin or vegetable marrow, it will in
the course of the night approach it, and
will be found in the morning with one
end OF the leaves on the water. If a
prop be placed within six inches of
young Convolvulus, or scarlet rrnner, it
will find it, although the prop may be
shifted daily. If, after this has twined
some distance up the prop, it be unwound
and twined in an opposite direction, it
will return to its original position, or die
in the attempt; yet, Notwithstanding,
if two of the plants grow near each
other and have no stake around which
they can entwine, one Of them will alter
the direction of the spiral, and they will
twine around each other.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-25
UartetY.
PEOPLE AND THINGS.
on City Derrick.

i -
Which is the most ancient of trees2 The elder.
Isn't our national anthem written In A.merry.
key2
Never shake hands with green HOLSTERS. Letting
! go bothers them.
Did the man who "shot at random" hit it2
Happiness iS star, enjoyment skyrOcket
81. Louis coniesses to having six men lying in
jail for numbering women.
A Florida merchant ships shells to Chicago for
road paving.
Senator David Davis wouldn't climb tree to
| avoid Texas steer.
Before marriage, affection and perfection; after,
reflection and detection.
Never step on dogs tail unless the other end
Of the dog is mile away.
Judge Hilton must come down with the dust
before he can get Stewards.
Senator Bruce intends 10 live in Kansas after
the expiration Of his Senatorial term.
1t has wonderful power on bowels, liver and
kidneysl Whal7 Kidney Wort, try 1t.
The n an afraid Of tramps has tied up his dogs
and put up notice, "Laborer wanted"
Queen victorias visits from England to Scot.
land are estimated to eosL $4,000 apiece.
Eve never wanted hired girl because Adam
never loated around the corner grocery nor at the
village tavern.
A tombstone with single cucumber carved
upon 1t, is Oftentimes more expressive than one
with 10000 lines OF obituary poetry.
The exeeuHoner gets man down to a dot when
he puts period to his isexistence.
A live turkey would seem to be less noisy than
dead one, for one makes only din, the other
dinner.
Live business men advertise in newspapers
dead ones on the graveyard tombstones.
Ifyou don't want to shove off this mortal coil
In hurry, avoid playing with pack Of mules.
A boy said 10 his mother recently: Mamma, 1
should think If l was made Of dust should get
muddy when drink"
A Keokuk boy has named hisdog Rome, so that
by simply twisting his tail he can make Rome
howl.
Women can never play ball satisfactorily until
they are permitted TO use their aprons to catch
them.
"GirlS," shrieks an exchange loudly. "Girls
don't marry man to save him" Well, II they
don't marry man who will they msryi
When you are down.hearted- and the world
looks black to you, you ought to be hospitable
enough to entertain hope of better days.
AS rule those men who growl lOudest about
Women's extravaganza, are the very men who are
the fondest Of wOman's waist,
A wag who had lent minister a horse that ran
away and threw the clergyman claimed credit for
spreading the gospel.
Speaking Of Senator Bayard's boom, the Chicago
Tribune chidingly remarks that little States like
DelsWare should be seen and not heard.
1t is singular fact that a man who is second in
command at home always wants to rule the
whole creation when he gets outside Of his yard
gate.
When negro minstrel end man gets Off pun
less than fourteen years old 1t is described by the
dramatic critic as crisp joke. Fourteen years
is the limit
% Eggs are now hatched by electricity. OF finven-
tion necessity is the mother, and OF the hen elec.
tricity is assister.
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DIVORCE.

Samuel Campbell, whose place Of residence is un-
known, will take notice that Catherine Il Campbell,
of Stark county, Ohio, did the 9th day of August
A. D. 1879 file her petition in the Court OF Common
Pleas within and for the county Of Stark in said State
OF Ohio, against the said Samuel Campbell, setting
the state of Ohio for more than year last past and
is now bon fde resident of said State that on or
about the 29th day Of July 1875 she was married to
one Samuel Campbell, whom she prays may be made
defendant to the said petition and lived with him
as faithful and ooedent wife until on or about the
bell did willuly abandon said plaintiff without good
cause, and has since wholly refused and failed to
provide for the support Of said plaintiff.
Therefore she prays that she may be divorced from
said Samuel Campbell and for such other relief as
may be Just and equitable.
Aud said Samuel Campbell is notified that he is
required to appear and answer said petition on or be
fore the 18th day of October, A. D. 1870
CATHARINE E. CAMPBELL,
aug28lw BY PETER CHANCE q SON her Atty's.
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LENGTH OF THE DAYS.

At London, England, and Bremen, Prussia, the
longest day has sixteen and half hoHrs,
AT Stockholm, in Sweden, the longest day has
eighteen and a half hours.
At Hamburg, in Germany, and Dantzlc. in Prus'
sa the longest day has nineteen hours, and the
shortest, FIVE hours.
At Corneo, in Finland, the longest day has
twenty.one, and half, and the shortest, two and
O half.
At Wardhuy, in Norway, the day lasts from the
2lst of May to the 22d Of July, without Interrupt
ton; and at sptzbergen the longest day is three
months and half.
At New York, the longest day, June 10th, has
fourteen hours and fifty six minutes; at Montreal
fifteen and half hours.
But the longest day Of ALL though one never
seen by civilized person, is that at the two Pole
where the day lasts for six months, and ia sue
cseded by night equally as long.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-25
BALKY HORSES,

A correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune
gives the following as a cure for refrac-
tory horses: my method with balky
horses-and think it equally good in
case of kicking or backing horses in har-
ness or running away-has proved very
successful with my team, requires but a
moment in it's execution, and is not, I
think, in the least inhumane. take a
strong string (three.pl broom twine is
the best, long enough to reach from the
horses neck to the carriage, fasten one
end around the horses neck in a hard
knot, 80 the loop will not slip, bring the
throat latch through the loop to prevent
the string from working back on the
neck. When the horse balks do not
strike at or about him, bat sit quietly in
your seat and pull on the string until
you choke him. If the horse is very
stubborn you may have tn choke him se-
verely, but he will be willing to pull be-
fore he is Choked down. Two or three
chokings will render him afraid to balk.
| tried this on my team last fall, and
have had no trouble with them since.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-25
A SIMPLE PROTECTIVE AGAINST
EPIDEMICS.

Those who are at all afraid Of epidemic diseases
may feel Comforted on hearing that one Of the
best protective measures they can resort to very
simple one-the use Of soap and water An emil
nent physician says;
ut is worth while for common people to learn
that 900 ypuS germs will thrive in the circum-
ference of pin head or visible globule. 1t Is
worth while for them to note that these germs
may be desSicated and be borne, like thistle seeds
everywhere, and like demonicle possessions, may
jump noiselesSly down any throat Butthere are
certain things spores cannot stand, according to
the latest ascertained results Of science. A water
temperature Of 100 degrees boils them to DEATH
and soap chemically poisonS them. Here sanitary
and microscopic science come together. Spores
thrive In low ground and under low conditions OF
life. For redemption, fly to hot water and soap
ye who live in danger Of malaral poisoning. Hot
water is sanitary, Soap is more sanitary, Fight
typus, smallpox, yellow fexerand ague with soap.
Soap is board of health.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-25

HE woman who is always falling 10
pieces came to the station a little late.
and had to make rush for the train. An
reached her seat her hat fell Of; she got
it on, but it toppled to one side, and a.
she tried to straighten up, her hair came
tumbling down. She lost her ticket
twice before the conductor reached her.
and would have lost it again had he not
taken it from her. She reached up to
put a bundle in the rack above her head
and burst the collar button off her duster.
and stuck her fingers on four pins in her
dress before she could find, one she dar-
ed take out to repair the damage. Then
just as she thought she had got comfort.
ably settled, her little hand valise. pack.
ed to bursting with things enough to
load a Saratoga trunk to the muzzle, ex-
ploded, and she nearly worked herself
into fragments getting it together again.
Then by the time she got the Valise shut
up, her hat tumbled of again, and by
the time she got the hat Strengthened
back to its place, her hair tumbled down
again, and as soon as she got her hair
twisted up, and harpooned in with
couple of hairpins; the valise went of,
and when she got off at New Prague she
tucked the gasping @lise under her arm
and tried to corral her toppling hat and
wandering hair with one hand, and as
she went futtering and struggling into
the depot, one couldn't help thinking
that it would be safer and more conve.
nient to run her in sections and flag her
against everything l have seen this
woman on several other trains, and she
has never been able to keep herself to.
gether She keeps you in state of ag-
onizing suspense, for you never know
where she is going to give way next
Burlington HdWkege.
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LeqQL Notice.

Peter Veserat who lives in the State of Missouri,
will take notice that Joseph Yoder and Christian
YOdeT executors OF Barbara Yoder deceased, did on
November 3d. 1873, file their petition In the Court of
Common Pleas within and for Stark county, Ohio,
against said Peter Yes rat setting forth that they
are the duly qualified executors of SAID Barbara
Yoder deceased that the notes herein ater described
were executed by said Peter Veserat to Joseph Yo-
der husband off said Barbara YOder that said Joseph
Yoder, dying about 1870, bequeathed said notes to
said Barbara YOder, then in full life that said plain
ts are the owners of and entitled to collect said
notes, as such executors.
That said notes are described as follows One dated
February O. 1867, for S50O0 due day after date,
with interest," endorsed interest paid in 1869 one dat
ed February 1858 for $4,000 due in one year. with
interest, endorsed, the interest paid In 1885, and one
dated April %, 1868 due In one day after date, for
$4,000 with interest," endorsed, the interest paid In
1869. All OF said notes being payable to Joseph
Yoder or order. and signed by said Peter Veserat.
That there Is due on said notes S300O with interest
on 5000 from February Q, 1869 interest 500 0C
from February 1, 1885, and interest on $4,000 from
April 49, 1862 for which, with COSTS and all proper
relief they pray judgment.
said action and levied certain lands of said Peter
Veserat, and notice Of garnishment has been serv
ed on Celestn Veserat, executor Of Frances Vesera
said Peter Veserat is notified that he Is required IA
appear and answer said petition on or before Novem
''i o. '''' BARBARA YoDER's EXECUTORS,
BY Lynch, Day & Lynch, their Attorneys.
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Be Il Resolved By The General Assembly of the State
Of Ohio (three-fi of all the members elected to
each house C0ncurring therein), That PROPOSE
ton TO amend the Constitution of the State OF
Ohio be submitted to the electors Of the State, on
the second Tuesday Of October, A. D. 1879 as fol.
lows, to-wit:-Th3t sections and of article a,
entitled Judicial" be amended so as 10 be and
read as follows:
sEcTIoN 8. The State shall be divided into nine
common pleas districts, of which the county of
Hamilton shall constitute one, which districts
shall be of compact territory, bounded by COUNTY
lines and said districts, other than said county Of
Hamilton, shall, without division Of counties be
further divided into subdivisions, in each of
which, and in said county of Hamilton, there
shall be elected by the electors thereof respec i've.
ly, at least one judge OF the court of common
pleas for the district and residing therein Courts
OF common pleas shall be held by one or more Of
these judges In every county Of the district as Of
ten as may be provided by law, and more than
one court or sitting thereof may be held at the
same time in each district.
SEC. 5. Ia each district there shall be elected,
by the electors at large OF such district one judge
OF the district court, by whom the district courts
In such district shall be held and he shall receive
such compensation as may be provided by law.
District courts shall be held in each county at
least once every year. The General Assembly
may increase the number Of district court judges
TO three, In any district or districts and may pro-
vide for having judge pro tempore, to hold any
court whenever necessary by reason OF the fair
uI6i DISQUALIFICATION, uOs6uC6i OF blCkuebb OI duy
Judge, and the amount of pay allowed judne
pro tempore may be deducted from the salary Of
any judge whose default causes the necessity OF
having the pro tempore Judge The times of
holding common pleas and district courts shall be
hxed by law. but the General Assembly may
authorize the judges Of said courts respectively,
to fix the times Of the holding of said courts
At said election the voters desiring TO vote in
favor OF this amendment, shall have placed upon
their ballots the words, Judicial constitutional
amendment, Yes;" and the voters who do not
favor the adoption Of said amendment, may have
placed upon their ballots the words, Judicial
constitutional amendment, Mo-" and If majon.
ty OF all the votes cast at said election be in favor
Of said amendment, then said sections three and
Ave herein specified shall be and constitute the
sections so numbered in the said judicial article
Of the Constitution Of the State Of Ohio: and said
original sections three and five shall be repealed.
JAMES e. NEAL
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
,JABEZ W. FITCH,
President Of the Senate.
Adnntpd A nril IN 1870
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-25

Republican paper says the Republican part!
'aims to give effect to the spirit and letter of th
Declaration of Independence" We suppose 1
forgets the leading grievances urged agains
George III. in the Declaration, that
He has effected to render the military indepen
dent OF, and superiorto, civil power
He has erected multitude OF new offices, Ia
harrass our people aud eat out their substance;
He has refused his assent to laws the most nee.
essary and wholesome for the public good.
No doubt such journals possess the irIepressible
cheek to adopt the Declaration or the Sermon on
the Mount as Its platform, but still It would con
tinue, as 1t has been for ten years past the grand
est illustration Of official perhdy and political
corruption the world has ever seen.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-25
NAPOLEON's WEALTH.

The first Napoleon endowed all his family
splendidly, as the master of Europe might have
been expected to do. The records Of St, Helena
show that sum variously estimated at from S2O,.
100000 to 100000 900 in money was at the com.
msnd Of the exiled Emperor In Amsterdam,
Frankfort aud London, Notwithstanding the
stories current for years as to the pecuniary EN-.
barrassments Of Napoleon III. before he became
ruler Of France 1t is absolutely certain that at the
death OF his father, the ex King Of Holland, at
Leghorn, in 1846 he inherited very handsome
property.-StOi8s Times
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s Be u Resolved bv he General Assemble ortAs
cs0te of ohio (three-ffths Of all the member
elected each House ooncurring thereinl,
Ihnt propositions TO amend the Constitution
81 the state Of Ohio, be submitted to the cleo
Sn, Srs Oh tne state, on the second Tuesday Of
section two of Article two Section one OF
Article three and section four Of Article ten,
Seso amended as to cad as follows:
ARTICLE II.
SECTION Q. Senators and Representatives
hhall be elected bennlally by the electors in
p Sne respeG I've counties or districts, az time
prescribed by law; their terms Of office shall
comm nee on the Tuesday next after the first
monday OF January thereafter and continue
SWo years.
ARTICLE III.
Sec |. The Executive I>epartment shall
consist OF Governor, Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of state Auditor Treasurer and
Attorney General, who shall be chosen by the
electors Of the -tate, at the place of voting for
members of the General Assembly, and at q
time prescribed by law.
ARTICLE X.
SEC. 4. Township officer shall be elected
on the first Monday of prll by the qualified
electors OF their respective townships, In such
manner and for such terms n exceeding
tnree years, as may be provided by law.
FORM OF BALLOT
At said election the voters IN favor of the
adoption of the amendment to Section two,
Article two hall have placed upon their ball
lots the words, Amendment to Section two,
Article two, Of Constitution, Yes;" and those
who do not favor the adoption of said amends
ment shall have placed upon their ballots the
words, amendment TO Section two, Article
two, OF Constitution, No." those who favor
the adoption of Section one, Article three,
shall have placed upon their ballots the
words, Amendment TO Section one, Article
three, Of Constitution, Yes !" and those who
do not favor the adoption Of said amendment
shall have placed upon, their ballots the
words, Amendment to Section one, Article
three, OF constitution, No." and those who
favor the adoption Of Section four, Article ten,
shall have placed upon their ballots the words,
Amendment TO Section four, Article ten, OF
Constitution, Yes;" and those who do not
favor the adoption Of said amendment shall
have placed upon their ballots the words,
amendment to Section four, Article ten, OF
Constitution, No."
JAMES Il NEAL,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
JABEZ W. FITCH,
President of the Sonata
paRsed April L. 1870
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THE MAN o. AIRLIE.

Oh, there abou yon heather hill
Where footfa' comes but rarely.
There is a house they point out still,
Where dwelt the man o'Airlle.
He wore coat O'hOdden gray,
His hand was hard WI labor,
But still he had namely way
o'standln' by his neighbor.
His burly laugh made men rejoice,
His words the neighbOrs guided;
The little balrnies loved his voice,
And in his smile confded:
The words to-day that left his lip
Became deed tomorrow,
Haut, man, the friendship Of his grip
Would lift the heart o'sorrOw.
He wa ma loud, he was ma proud,
He lacked in larnin salrly,
And yet ye'd pick HIM frae crowd,
The honest man o. Airlle.
His wealth 1t was ma in his land,
1t was ma In the city;
A mint Ohonor was his hand,
His heart mint o'pity.
He's dead and game, this prince o'Fife,
Mute Is his hurly laughter
But ah the music Of his life .
. That bides with us lang after,
His memory lives, the man may die,
That fingers bright and lovin'.
Just like star lost frae the sky,
Whose ray survives his ruin.
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THE SPEED OF CARRIER PIGEONS.

The speed OF carrier pigeons appears to depend
as much on the Clearuess Of their sight as on the
strength of their wings. In an experiment recent.
ly made with some Berlin pigeons, on a clear day
distance Of over 800 miles, from Cologne to Ber
lin. was accomplished in FIVE hours and a half or
al the rate Of nearly sixty miles an hour; while
the most expeditions Of group let loose the next
dsy-a day not Of the same kind-took twelve
hours to reach Berlin. Hence It would appear
that in the latter case good deal Of the pigeons
time was taken up in exploring the country for
landmarks, as was some Of Mr.. Forbes in his ride
from Ulundi with the news Of Lord Chelmsfordg
victory It tis not instinct but sight, by which the
carrier pigeon guides ita Hight-LOndOn Spectator.
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KEEPING OUT OF THE WAY.

Itwas amusing to see John W. Forney, on his
recent visit to Washington, dodging around corn.
ers and darting into stores to avoid meeting Mrs
Hayes. The story has reached that lady's ears as
to how, when the President was in Philadelphia
Col, Forney abducted him and took him to the
Union League Club, where they imbibed cham
payne together. The Col. has, Of course, never
met Mrs. Hayes since.-LOutsvilIe Courier. Journal
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ABRAHAM,s JEWEL.

There is rabbinical story which tells the value
In which pearls were held in the early ages, only
one objectin nature being thought fit to be placed
above them: ION approaching Egypt Abraham
locked Sarah In chest that none might behold
her dangerous beauty. But when he was come to
the place Of paying customs the collector saidl
Pay you the custom; and he said, I will pay you
the custom They said to him, Thou earliest
clothing, and he said, 4 will pay for clothing
Then they said to him, Thou earliest gold and
he answered them, L will pay for my gold. And
they further said to him. Surely, thou bes-est the
finest silk he replied 1 will pay custom for the
finest silk Then said they, Surely. it must be
pearls that thou taketh with thee; and he only
answered, I will pay for pearls Seeing hat
they could name nothing Of value for which the
patriarch was not willing to pay custom they
said, 1T cannot be-but open thou the box and
let us see what is Within So they opened the
box, and the whole land of Egypt wasnlumined
by the lustre Of sarahs beauty-far exceeding
even that of pearls.'"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-25

THE soldier vote in Ohio this year is
worth thousands of votes to Ewing and
Rice. Put this vote with the Greenback
vote, and our noble candidates will be
elected triumphantly. This is the ra-
tional view, destitute of gas and bluff
Let Democrats remember, aud be at the
polls and vote.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-25

Prof. Tyndall thus concluded an address to the
students OF the London University:
Take care ofyour health. Imagine Hercules
as an oarsman in a rotten boat what can he do
there but by the very force OF his stroke expedite
the ruin of his craft. Take care Of the tmbers Of
your boat"