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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-06-10
HOW 1 d HER.

! wooed my love with sweet gifts from the candied
store,
When | had eight. she seven, summer seen;
Until her paling cheek declined all ofrings more,
And | did fear my suit had fatal been.
wooed my love with apples from nv garden tree,
When she eleven, twelve. years had passed,
Until my little Eve did check my courtesy,
Anu fearful vowed that she had taen her last.
When fifteen she, | sixteen, winters knew;
Until m, Laura ba c my ardent Muse be still.
And IRON her tunetul Petiarch bashtul flew.
l WOO d my love with trinkcts Of the goGsn ith's art,
Until my credit failed the rronptines OF my heart,
Ana all my money, not my love, was done.
wooed my love in polished periods Of prose,
when five and four and-twe q ty years we reached;
Until she fixed her eyes upon her beating toes,
And asked me where | had learned 10 preach.
wooed MY love with wealth and carriag e land pairs,
When FIVE ,cais more had aged us lovers both;
She wanted rank and station, and, assuming airs
OF Clara We're de We're, to we'd was 10th.
wooed my love with titles, orders, wounds, and fame
When halfa centur, had DER us rolled;
When now she called bright honor hut an empty name
As, devotee, her beads she hourly told.
And now ! won my love with memory $ regret,
For | have touched the Psalnist s utmost score;
And her no thoughts of earth nor of the future fret,
For she is de al these twenty years or more.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-06-10
How an Arab Lady Perfumes.

IN the floor of the tent or hut, as it
may chance to be, a small hole is exca-
waited sufficiently large to contain a com
mon champagne bottle; n fire of char
coal or of simply glowing embers is made
within the hole, into which the woman
about to be scented throws a handful Of
drugs. She. then takes off the cloth
or ''tope' which forms her dress and
crouches naked over the fumes, while
she arranges her robe to fall over her as
a mantle from her neck to the ground
like q tent. She now begins to perspire
freely i'll the het-air bath, and the pores
of the skin being thus oI,cucdand moist,
the volatile oil from the smoke OF the
burning perfumes is. Immediately ali
sorbed. BY the time that the fire has
expired the scenting processis completed
and both her person and her robe are re-
dodent with incense, with which they
are so thoroughly imprsgnated that /
have frequently smelt a party Of women
strongly at full a hundred yards distance
when the wind has been blowing from
their direction William Baker.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-06-10
The Lime Kiln Club.

"Walkln' GU. dis mawin' to behole de
bewtiful in natur'," began the president
as he rose, "my mind recollected dat l
had been axed to splain de true secret of
happiness. In de fust place, when am a
man happyl Is it when he's got lots o
money-when he has fixed his enemy
when he has a good homel An how
many grades of happiness kin you count
upl An what am happiness when you
cum to bile it DOWN.
During the silence that followed. his
last query Samuel Shinn made an effort
to cross his legs and Knocked the water
pail bottom side up, filling the brogans
of Giveadam Jones and Whitelaw Skin
ner full of ice-cold liquid.
Happiness, as an ole black man like
me defines it," continued Brother Gard
ner, 'am not sto' cloze. a fat Wallet, a
| big house an ice-cream cherry night afore
you 90 to bed. When l looked about
me for a wife | didn't look for anything
gaudy. | knew | must marry q black
woman or none at all. l knew she'd be
away off on her Greek an Latin an so
when | got my old woman l wal not a
bit dis'pinted. She am as good as | am
an what more can | ask When | war
free to start ont / reasoned dat / mus
lob round al dis and dat, kase l had no
trade. never counted on havia' more
dan a cord of wood an five bushels of
'taters ahead, an | nebber hab had. |
knew I'd have to live in a small house,
own a cheap dog, live an dress plainly
an keep dis black skin to de grave, an
it has all happened just as | 'spected. l
am happy kaso l haven't 'spected too
much. am happy kase | doan' tigger
OH what / haven't goo. | am happy
kase | reason dat de weather can't allus
be far, money can't allus be plenty,
good health can't allus last, an yer bes'
fri'nds, can't allus be counted on. If
dar' am any secret of happiness | believe
it am dis, an we will now begin de regu-
lar business of de occashun."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-06-10
April 1st in Rome.

H. Italy, where the custom OF making
April fools is preserved with a tenacity
greater, it is said, than elsewhere in the
world, an extraordinary practical Joke
at the expense of the Pope and the new
Roman paper, the Aurora, has been per-
petrated. just as the paper vas about
to go to press IA note, apparently official,
was received containing a request that
the James of certain prelateAand nan-
clos, enclosed, be inserted WIN the names
of the offices to which they had been
transferred, promoted or appointed. The
note and document were written on otfi-
cial paper and appeared to be signed and
sealed in the usual way. When the
newspaper was read at tie Vatican there
was, of course, great astonishment. The
Pope sent for the editor and was about
to admonish him severely when the doc
ument with it's seals and signature was
produced. His Holiness then ordered
an examination to be made by experts,
that the author of the forgery might, if
possible, be detected. What made the
publication particularly offensive to the
Pope was the use of the names which
were among the last that he would use
himself if he were making the changes
named.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-06-10
Bottling Sunshine.

You are generally ahead Of US in the
matter of inventions, so | presume the
luminous paint " has reached you. If
not, you have a surprise in store. 1t is
really a wonderful invention. When
exposed to the light, it absorbs a sufi-
cient amount to remain a hght-giving
object for several hours after. The face
of a clock painted with it would remain
luminous throughout the night, and
would Of course renew itself the next
day. A life buoy painted with it would
be visible on the surface of the sea in
the darkest night. A small plate, the
size of your hand, in a dark room, gives
sufficient light to distinguish faces OF to
see the hands of q clock. This is bot.
Ting up sunlight with . vengeance
London Cor. Hour.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-06-10

their ears with more and more distinct
ness, and they realized with each mo-
ment that they must stand and await
the destiny which was so near, the fate
which seemed to hover over them.
Long and lean was the hound which
sprang from the sheltering bushes and
leaped straight toward the pair who
faced him as calmly. A bullet from the
white mans rifle laid him low; but ere
the echoes of the gun had died away in
the distance, two stalwart Indian run
ners broke cover, tomahawk in hand.
The struggle was short and decisive.
Lotus Flowers gun brought one down,
as the bullet of the other whizzed harm
lessly overhead. An instant later the
Ratchet of the hunter sank deed within
his brain. Then the two turned to
flee.
Too late! The sharp report of a rifle
broke the stiffness, and with a low cry
the Indian maiden sank forward into
the sheltering arms reached out toward
her. He strained her to his heart he
kissed the dimming eyes and quivering
lips of her he had loved SC well-loved
even tn her destruction.
"Lotus Flower goes. The Great Man
itou calls her."
She was dead a moment after.
Tenderly Ned Merlin laid her down.
Then he lifted his face, stern and saw
age.
Tiger Slayer's hand had sped the fatal
bullet, and Tiger Slayer was close upon
the pale face, for, Ratchet in hand. lite
an avenging spirit, Ned Merlin rushed
to meet the murderer. His eyes cleaned
like Goals his hand opened and shut
upon his Ratchet with a twitching no.
ton that BODIED i'll to whomsoever stood
before it.
'The pale face dog shall die!'
The venomous words Kissed from be-
tween Tiger Slayer's teeth. But only
for an instant did he speak thus boast
ingly. There was a clash of steel a
quick stroke back and forth a dull
taud pom the ground a form bound
ing away amid a shower of bullets, as
the air ~resounded with a chorus of
savage yells, while upon the ground
lay the body of Tiger Slayer, cold in
death.
For an instant the moon came forth
and shone upon the dead forms lying i'll
the forest glade the calm, sweet-faced
girl, with her serene countenance up
turned toward the cloudy sky ; and the
same light fell upon the faces of three
Utah braves who had rushed so madly
upon death. Tiger SLAYER lad met his
DOOM, and through the darkened woods
his enemy was fleeing, free from all pur-
suit.
From that day forward Ned Berlin
was the Utah's Nemesis. BY night or
by day he was upon their track. The
report of his rifle, mingled with the
death cry of an Indian brave, again
and again told the sad story of a maiden
slain by the Implying hands of her peo-
pie, and the vengeance Of her ~pale-faced
lover on his foes.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-06-10

Americans are the most inventive
race on the globe, and it seems singular
that n % plan for making flies stay in bed
until the entire household is up has yet
boon patented.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-06-10

The athlete who expects to win in a
hurdle race, like the slumberer whose
breast is the repository Of many secrets,
should never talk in his leap.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-06-10

Sunday is getting to be a day of ar
rest in this country.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-22
u East TuScarawas Street, Canton, Ohio,
TO PREVENT PAPER INFLATIol

TO PREVENT PAPER INITIATION.
General Warner, member of Congress
from this State, has introduced a bill to
prevent paper initiation. It recites that
on Jan. l, 1880, the volume of paper mon
sy in the United States was $780, 1000;
that it is constantly being increased by
the addition of national bank notes,
while metallic mon ey is limited by legal
restrictions in the carriage of inferior
precious metal; that the increase In the
volume of paper money operates to dis.
place and prevent the circulation of coin,
and that the law authorizing private cor
porations to put their own paper into
circulation is opposed to the public inter.
ests and sound principles, and enaCts af-
ter the passage Of this act, the issue of
additional national bank notes, designed
to circulate as currency, shall cease; the
mints shall be open to the public for the
free coinage of gold and silver and
standard COINS on the same terms. Gold
and silver coin and bullion certificates
are to be issued to be receivable for all
dues to the Government. All coin and
bullion, for which certificates are out
standing, shall be retained in the Treas
ury for the redemption of the same; pro.
Vided that the coin certificates returned
into the Treasury in payment Of duties
to the Government shall be reissued, and
bullion certificates 30 returned shall be
cancelled, and the bullion for which
they were issued shall be converted into
coin.
Mr.. Warner also introduced aresolu.
tion calling on John Sherman to report
when and under what conditions the q.
S. Treasury became member of the
New York Clearing House, and whether
or not said Clearing House accepts Treas
ury certificates payable in silver coin in
settlement Of balances, or whether the
settlement of balances in standard silver
dollars or certificates is prohibited by
the rules of said Clearing House.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-22

PERHAPS the authorities will,aid Mr.
George Fess'er to his liberty, il he will
make clear breast of that Stark county
difficulty. If he does as threatened
there must be other hearts that will soon
ache.-Cleve Leader.
Well, we know Of no Democrat who
will object to Mr.. Fessler making any
revelation that will in any way tend to
clear up the matter. If he can reveal
anything that will lessen or relieve his
responsibility, and will explain what be-
came Of the money, the loss of which
caused a deficit of about $4,000, let il
come out at once. II this money wal
lost by loaning, let the men be known
if by squandering and throwing away
out with it. In fact, the public woulC
like to know all.
Gen, Gibson has been appointed to Of
fee by Gov. Foster. Gibson was de
faulter to the amount of over 100000
and there never was clean breast made
of what became of the States money
Would it not be we'll to call upon thiI
Republican leader to make cleaI
breast" nowP 1t Is not too late, and i
would be good example to others.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-22


L1EuT.Gov. HICKENLooPER gave his
size and general capacity, to fraction
of dot, at the inaugural ball last Mon.
day evening. On being called on by
way of compliment, together with some
other prominent gentlemen present, for
"few remarks" disregarding entirely
the spirit Of the time and the occasion,
he responded in partisan harangue, in
which, among other things, he devoutly
expressed the belief and hope, "that the
next President would be Republican" !"
Such q performance, generally, would
deserve pretty severe criticism. But, it
must be borne in mind that the capacity
ofsome men is 30 limited, that whatever
they do must be viewed with charity;
and frequently what would be insxcusa
BILE in men Of average ability, must be
overlooked In them. Net0drE a Advocdte..
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-22

WENDELL Phillips said the other ev.
ening in prelude to his lecture at Troy;
ut seems to me that the landed aristoC.
racy of Great Britain is doomed it con-
tends with the vast and limitless produc.
ton of the prairie, and finds it impossl-
BILE to maintain it's supremacy against
that stern competition. I believe that it
is written, as in letters of light, that the
landed aristocracy will, within the CEN
tury, come to an end. Once again Eng
lands adversity is Ireland's opportunity,
and the same spirit of competition is
putting an end to the unjust and unequal
and ruinous system of land tenure in
Ireland"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-22

GRANT likes stable" men about him
in horse sense. The Philadelphia
Times says Of his temperance before
the public, and especially of his Phila-
delphia send off: "The same elements
are wining and dining around his board
to-day that gathered about him when he
was in Office. He still holds the same
elements of power. 1t was noticeable
here that the worst men who feasted un.
der his administration were here in a
quiet way. To be sure, they did not ap-
pear in the public gaze, yet they were
continually around him, and were the
very ones he chose TO be with as com.
panions, and for this well known reason
the real and genuine sentiment of the
people here has turned against him. All
the noisy politicians and sdroit speCula-
tors under his administration complete.
ly surrounded him while in our pres.
enCe. Men at Grants time of life sci.
dom change their tastes and desires,
though they will sometimes assume a
virtue that does not belong to them, to
accomplish purpose"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-22
Very respectfully,
GEORGE FEssLER,

TIE Cincinnati Enquirer finds fault
with the State Committee postponing
the Democratic State convention till af.
ter the National convention. Judging
by the past the policy is correct, and will
improve our chances in Ohio. The
twaddle of the Enquirer about the De-
mocracy Of Ohio being Thompsonized is
the merest stuff, and that paper should
be ashamed to utter 1t. Each district
will, by convention, choose itU two dele.
gates, and the four State delegates may
be chosen by the State Central Commit.
tee, which is composed of one member
from each Congressional district, who
may be instructed by the District con.
vention. What sense is there in finding
fault with this arrangement
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-22

The bill which Senator Thurman
pushed through Congress, compelling
the Pacific Railroad Company to fulfill
its contracts with the Government, will
bring 100000 900 into the United States
Treasury. The law has been sustained
by the Supreme Court. Millions will
now be spent to secure its repeal, and
with change in the political complex
ion Of Congress, there would be little
doubt of the success of the effort. Our
noble Senator looms up in comparison
with his successor. The people of Ohio
will one day appreciate the full meaning
of the boast of Jay Gould and his ring,
that they defeated Senator Thurman.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-22
OuR LIREL SUIT.

We notice in the printed calendar OF
the United States Circuit Court, the case
OF R. G. Dun & Co., vs. A. q VIM. Nc
Gregor. This Is the suit for libel brought
against us Of the DEMOCRAT, for some
thing said in our columns about the
plaintiffs.
We do not know what Messrs. Dun q
Co., intend 10 do in the case. We GER
tainly have no fight with them, and
never had and we think that upon ma
ture consideration they will let the mat
ter rest where it is, without bringing the
case to trial. They by this time must
have learned that we had no intention
to iniure them; that the offensive words
grew out of heated newspaper cOntro'
versy with another party and if in the
hasty preparation Of a newspaper article,
we stepped little outside of the strict
line of the fight, it was with no maliCi-
GUS design against them.
"Now that the smoke of battle has
cleared away" 20 use the language of a
prominent public man Of this State, we
can see that our remarks were needless
ly pointed, and doubtless very aggravat-
ing; and as we are always willing and
ready to make the anende for anything
we said that is unjust to another, we
trust Messrs. Dun & Co., will consider
the article in the light Of the cirCumstan'
ces under which it was published. Ger
tainly we would not want to iDjure them
or anyone else.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-22

FITz JOHN PoRTER's CAsE.-The House
Committee on Military Affairs Friday
took action on the case of General Fitz
John Porter. The Democratic members
all voted to recommend the passage of a
bill based upon the measure introduced
by Representative Bragg, but containing
several important features Of an amend
ment adopted on his motion. The Re.
publican members voted for substitute
prepared by Representative McC Cook, pro-
viding simply for Gen. Porter's restora.
ton to his former rank in the army with
out back pay or other pecuniarY award,
and not agreeing with the assertion OF
the majority bill, that injustice was done
at thetime Of his dismissal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-22

WE assure the Carroll Free Press We
think Gen. Garfield is man of ability
and representative man of the party
not troubled with "compunctious visit.
ings." We always regretted his connec.
ton with the Credit Mobilier swindle
and bribery, and his $4,000 fee in help.
ing on the De Gollyer fraud. The rec.
ord shows his vote to reduce the duty
on iron, and he has said he ''looks for
ward to ultimate free trade" All these
and more, only qualify him for leader
of the Republican party. The old tory
doctrine, that "the king can do nc
wrong" is a rule of this Republican
party. Their leaders never do anything
wrong; whatever they do is right, and
done in the fear of the Lord.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-22

CONGRESSMAN Voorhees,, of the Fifth
New Jersey district, has been in a peck
of trouble since he failed. They have
indicted him for fraud and forgery and
the like, and to-day the Republicans Of
his district got together and demanded
his resignation. Some Of them opposed
asking for it at first, on the ground that
his successor was sure to be Democrat
and thus the State delegation would be.
come Democratic, whereas it is now Re.
publican. Moreover, if the election
for President should go into the House,
the result might be changed. But in
the end there was little opposition to de.
manding his resignation, and a commit.
tee was appointed to ask him for it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-22
COVER THE HILLS TO THE IN
EIRMARY.O

COVER THE HILLS TO THE IN
PRIMARY"
Judge Heldenbrand and Jim Clark
were in a hurry to reach the In6rmary
on Monday, Jan. 5th, in order to control
Director Putman's vote on physician to
the Infrmary. They knew it depended
on that vote to elect DR.. Scott, and they
knew Mr.. Putnam had freely pledged
himself to continue DR.. Conklin. In
fact Mr.. Putnam had told Sup't Cromar
he would support DR.. Conklin. And il
is due to DR.. Conklin to say, that the In.
irmary inmates all wanted him con-
tinued.
We have no doubt that Mr.. Putnam
felt mean that he had to obey the radi'
clal eaders of Canton, and eat his own
words. Mr.. Barber found that Mr.. Put
man was not subservient to his party
commands, and hence the leaders were
called upon to help, by letter and in per
son. 1t only shows how the radical lea
ders draw the lines and compel obedi
ence to their commands. Democrats are
not thus docile and subservient. NJ
doubt Mr.. Putnam felt mean at thus sub
mitting to such contemplate diCtation
Is the Republican party composed o.
two classes, the rulers and the ruled
Masters and serfs2 And must the latter
obey, right or wrongP 1t would really
seem 80 in Stark county.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-22

ONCE upon time there was a young
gentleman who acted as United States
Clerk in this district. He was guilty Of
wrong tricks in the Court, but happily
his country forgave him. ON, Eng.
"His country forgave him" because he
is Republican, and labors with the
party of great moral ideas"
Kennedy of Pittsburgh, the $4,000
defaulter there, has got away safely and
Kennedy Of Warren, ex.Auditor ofTrum.
bull Co., got away with thirty or forty
thousand dollars also, and may also gel
away. Lucky fellows, these nice men
who belong to the great Republican
party.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-22
A $4,000 DEFAULTER IN PITTS
BURGH,

There is Kennedy in Pittsburgh, be-.
sides the one in Trumbull county. Both
are Republicans-not one of them a
wicked Democrat. The Pittsburgh Poss
says:
In the nature Of things, the lively re.
ports about ex-Prothonotary Kennedy
must be incorrect. He was not wicked
Democrat, and last fall he wrote and cir.
Culated such beautiful and touching
address, exposing the unnumbered evils
that would blight the country if the old
Court House Ring should be Quoted.
The doc" was truly good. Then,'if he
had eCcentricities, his righteous political
zeal more than compensated for them.
Give him chance.