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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-06
Lightning Rods.

Durlng The summer, when thunder
storms arc most common, special attention
should be paid, particularly in exposed
SITUATIONS III the country places to the con-
dltlon OF the lightning rods The main
stem OF copper lightning conductor should
never be less than one fourteenth of an inch
diameter; this dimension is not sufficient
Tor building more than eight feet high
Galvanized iron may be used instead of
copper, but then the diameter should be
at least, double that Of copper rod. A
galvanized iron rope conductor should never
DC less than eight-tenths of an inch Yn di-
ameter, galvanized iron strip should DO
four inches wide and one eighth of an inch
thick. a lightning-rod must be continuous
and nnbroken from end to end. A rod
need not bo attached TO building by
insulated fastcnngs; metal clamps may be
safely employed, provided the rod be OF
good conducting capacity and otherwise
efficient. Above, the rod must terminate
in metal points, well projected into the air;
there should be several of these points and
oil perfectly sharp. The bottom of the
conductor must be carried down into the
moist earth and bo connected with it by a
surface contact of large extent. All large
masses OF metal in a building should be
mctalically connected with the lightning
rod, except when they are liable to be oc-
cupled by people during thunder storm
An iron balcony, for instance. In such
cases 1t is better not to have the iron con.
nccted with the conductor, for there Is some
risk OF persons standing on the balcony
furnishing path for the lightning to tho
rod. The rod ought to be tested every
year to make sure that the continuity Is
perfect, and tue ground connection satisfac.
tOrV
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-06
III II Coal Mine,

All about Scranton, Pennsylvania, arc
scattered coal-brcakcrs, immense structures
as high as church stccplcs. Each coal
mine has its breaker. There are two modes
OF reaching the coal; one, by means of o
perpendicular descent, called shaft, reach
ing sometimes, through different coal strata
to depth of 300 feet or more; the other,
by means of slope, which by gradual and
easy grade reaches to the coal vein, The
| slope is supplied with means for raising
the coal cars filled with ...black diamond,
from the lowest vein to the machinery for
crushing il, i'll onc-half minute or less. At
| slope, the coal cars arc drawn UP the in
clined plane. Thousands of men are
daily toiling in these mines, away down,
under the streets and fields and swaps,
small tin lamps worn upon their their CAPS.
give the flickcring light by which thoy sec
to pick and and brake the coal and load it
into the cars. 1t is first blasted like a solid
rock, and then broken with pick-axe and
slcdges for loading. The coal stratum is
between two strata of thick rock, usually
about five feet apart, so that the workmcn
cannot stand erect. Thick pillars of coal
arc left at proper intervals by mining en-
ginccrs to keep the roof from falling, and
streets are regularly laid out. These streets,
If continuous, would enable one to 20 by
these subtcrrancan passages from Wilkes
barre to Scranton and from Scranton to
Carbondalc The laden cars are drawn by
mules over railroad track 70 the mouth Of
the mine to be lifted by immense engines
to the crushcr. There arc regular stables
in the mines for the mules where they are
kept sometimes until they are worn out and
old. The mining of coal is very danger
ons, and men arc often killed by blasting
and by the falling of tho roof. A. beauti-
full sight 1t is, to see group of miners re-
turning home after dusk, or carly in the
morning with their burning lamps on their
heads. But one accident has ever been
known to happen to visitors, so careful arc
those who have charge of the works.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-06
AGE.
All tho strong spells of passion slowly break

All tho strong spells Of passion slowly break
ing,
It's chains undone
troubled sleep that dreams 10 peaceful wax
ing,
A haven won.
A fire burnt out to the last dead ember,
Left black and cold
A flosy August unto still September
Yielding her gold.
A dawn serene, the windy midnight over,
The darkness past,
Now, with no clouds or mists the day to oover,
Tho day at last.
Thou hast thy prayod-for peace o soul, and
quiet
From nose and strife.
Now yearn for ever for tho noise and riot
That made thy life.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-06

There is only one graduate of Yale
College among the tw twenty-five candi-
dates for this years degree Of Is. d. IN
the Yale divinity school.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-06

---sonoma county, CAL, made 800, 700
allons Of vino in 1870,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03
Mr.. rILnEN,s HEA1TH.

Among the twaddle and nonsense pub.
lished daily of Mr., Tilden, is the condi'
ton Of his health, which is represented
as bad. From the statements generally
made, one might suppose he was totter-
ing on the verge Of the grave. The fol-
lowing, from the Cincinnati Commercial
of the ooh ult, represents, we presume,
the tru state of Mr.. Tilden's health.
The information is not obtained from a
political source, and hence may be all
the more reliable. Read it:
A gentleman just from New York,
where be saw all the great railroad men,
and transacted business with them, as
sures us that Samuel J. Tilden is in bet
ter health than Hugh j. Jewett. The
truth is that Tilden has been recently
getting fat, and is alert and saucy, with
mischief in his eye. He always had 9
peculiar voice, and is more peculiar now
than it was some years ago, and yet his
conversation can be distinctly heard from
one room to another. His left hand
shakes a little, but there is nothing alar.
ming III that. Both hands of Bill Allen
were shaky for a quarter of a century,
and he was not supposed to be wanting
in physical power. Tilden has organic
ed a road between New York city and
Lake Erie that is likely to prove a rival Of
the Central. This lie the result of Mr..
Tilden's invalid leisure for the last six
months. Most men would be proud Of
it as the result of several years labor.
Our Democratic railroad informant says
Tilden is able to 60 through the r cket
ola Presidential campaign, and admins
ter the Government four years with a
high hand and outstretched arm. The
fact that Tilden is fat and Jewett feeble,
is the one that strikes US most seriously!
The truth seems to be that if Tilden was
not a Presidential candidate, his state Of
health would not excite much remark.
Gin. Com Nag 10Th.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

ORIGINALLY, Protection" did not
mean extortion and monopoly. A mod
crate t. riff for revenue, that would not
interfere with the general industries of
the country, was deemed ample, Now,
the spirit Of grasping avarice prevails,
and the Republican tariff is only a nea-
sure to crafty the monopoly cormorants
and rob honest industry and business.
The unsettled condition of business is
largely attributable to the one sided, rob-
bling tariff. The New York Herald thinks
it probable that enlightened protection
lists would now favor a sliding scale Of
duties, to decrease at fixed proportions
during a series of years, 80 as to enable
both manufacturers and merchants to
proceed on an assured basis. The Herald
is also of opinion that "the tariff has
long ceased to be what it is the habit of
conventions to call it, a Measure for rev
enue, with incidental protection, and has
become a measure of protection, with
incidental revenue"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03
GRANT GEMS.

Here are specimens of Grant gems
floating in Republican papers. They are
worth reading and preserving: In his
letter to Gen, Harry White of Pennsyl-
vania, May ooh, 1875, President Grant
said
II am not now, no. have l ever been,
a candidate for a denomination. | would
not accept a nomination if it were ten.
dered, unless it should come under cir.
Cumstances making it an imperative
duty-Circumstances not likely to arise"
A Republican paper well asks: Why
is he running now? Where does the
imperative duty come in? What cir
cumstanCes have arisen? Where are the
millions of Republicans who are weep.
ing for a return of Grant?
Zach. Chandler, writing Sept. 29d, 70,
said 81 am under the impression that
Grants chances are better than those of
any person; 6ut, unless he is nominated
Without q contest he will be out of the
contest, and there will be a trial of
strength between the friends and sup
porters of a few stalwart radicals" Why
lie Grant in the field? 1t is erhaps ad-
mittd by this time there is a contest.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press says a good
deal in the following: God Almighty
and the American people are mightier
than Conkling, Cameron and Logan.
The Senatorial Trinity has forced the
Republican party to the verge of an ugly
abyss. Their blind and obstinate AFRO
gauce may not recoil before the tremen.
dous ruin of the leap to which they are
urging it, bat the Republican party will
never take that fearful, irremediable dis.
astrous plunge. Grant will not be nomi-
mated at Chicago"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

SENATOR BLAIR, in behalf of the Repub.
lican minority of the Wallace committee
that investigated suffrage in Rhode Is
land, makes a minority report defending
the property qualification against foreign
born citizens. In the opinion of the mi
nority, those affected by the restrictions
are not instructed sufficiently in the
nature and working of free institutions
to fit them for self government" They
oppose Congressional interference with
Rhode Island in this matter. Senators
Teller and Kirkwood, while expressing
their concurrence with it's general reas-
oning and conclusions, add 1--WE cannot
refrain from expressing the opinion that
it is more in accordance with the spirit
of Republican institutions that there
should be no restriction Of the right of
suffrage in the way of property qualif.
cation"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03
PENITEN rIARY DoINGs.


Adams, one Of the conviCts who re-
Gently escaped but was recaptured, has
been set to work in a foundry, where his
lame arm and physical condition pre-
vent him doing a full days work. On
Saturday he was put through the "hum-
ming bird" seven times as a punishment
leaving him utterly Frustrated.
A Republican guard named Drake,
from Brown county, who has been in
the prison under both Republican and
Democratic administrations, was told
be was still to remain, was surprised by
a visit from Deputy Dean Saturday nor,
ming, who introduced him to a successor.
Mr.. Drake promptly said he could take
no orders from the Deputy, and during
the day found occasion to interview
Warden Thomas, who upheld him in
the matter, and told him to keep his
place until further notice. This certain
ly does not look as if the Deputy and
the Warden we're working together like
clock work" as one of our contemporar.
les put it.--Plaia Dealers Columbus Cor.
MnU 3l8t.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

AT a late occasion in New York city,
among the gentlemen called on to re-
spond was Hon, Fernando Wood. The
toast was-'InternationaI Contests, and
Mr.. Wood said
The great International contest be-
tween ourselves and other nations of the
world is to be fought out through the
agencies of trade, by the superiority of
our productions. an enlargement of our
capacity to produce, by the enlargement
of our facilities to make production prof.
table. A breaking down of those re
strictive barriers which were born of
war, and which have been continued
after war had ceased, and which now
exist only through a blind adhesion to
error, fostered by special interests and
prompted by selfish influences
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

WHAT A GRANT PAPER SAYS OF Broth.
Err BLAINE The profu seness with which
Mr.. Blaine's canvassers are lavishing
money in all parts of the Union is excit.
ing general remark Mr.. Sherman's
agents in the South are reported as being
a, discouraged as they we're sstonished
at the large amounts of money spent in
the South in Mr.. Blaine's interest. Said
a Sherman agent In Louisiana: "Where
l spent one dollar thsy spent a humid.
red" We do not understand that it is
charged that Mr.. Blaine is using the
money c%orruptly, or in other than a lie.
gitimate manner; nor would we credit
such a charge unless co~rroborated by the
facts, but it is evident the Blaine can.
vass is being pushed with a vigor and
prodigality only possible with a very lib.
eral bank account to draw upon. Bur.
hngtOn HaWkeye.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03
The Chicago Tribune of the 18th ult

The Chicago Tribune of the 18th ult.,
publishes an interview between ex.Gov.
Dennison OF Ohio, and Col. Fred.
Grant, the son of his father. The
young man, we should judge, is a snob,
and just fool enough to talk. We ex'
tract;
Ex>Gov. Dennison-You will support
the nominee of the Chicago conven
ton?
Col. Grant-That depends upon who
is nominated. We might support some
of them, but Blaine know we wouldn't.
He had no business to come into this
state and make the fight he did.
When ex>Gov. Dennison said Sher-
man would not accept the Vice Presi
dental nomination, Col. Grant remark.
ed, Then he'll get nothing"
There was some further talk, but it
was mainly a repetition Of the above.
Col. Grant further said my father will
be nominated, and he will be elected.
There is no doubt about that. The OPP
position to him to-day is not so great as
it was in 1872"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

If these figures are true as to national
taxation and expenditure, it makes out a
pretty strong case for some such a man
as Tilden at the head of affairs:
The amount of money raised by taxa
ton annually and appropriated by Con.
gress, exceeds the amount raised by all
the states and cities counties and towns
in all the states. If the federal govern
ment was supported by direct taxation,
it would require a twenty-five mill tax
annually upon every item of taxable
property in the United States to keep it
running, This, added to all other taxa.
ton in cities, for instance, would make
a rate of between five and six per cent
in most cities, egualing entire ConfisCa-
ton every fifteen or twenty years. Was
the general government supported by
poll.tax, and conducted as ~extravagant
as under the present system of indirect
taxation, it would require a tax of TWEEN
ty'eight dollars annually upon every
voter. Startling facts"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03
- pusINEss MEN AND ADVERTISERS.

TIM DEMOCRAT has tho Idr0sit efTcutae'W ~"
papsr IN the county, and tUith 10 very moderate roos
advsrttHhr0, u Worthy The nOtic0of all business Wo" V"'
SralIv and other advertisers particularly
Ysayly advertisers dlIoiDed pS p7tvHe0S OF o'"'V"p
lhssr Advertisements quarterly. o.,,
Do,bh oohman advertisements Is per cent dddH'onat.
an transient advertisements n't"t Do aeo0p'po"e"
Ovth ths cash,
IN odvryti,solsyts discontinued before he expiration
A. tha ND,s contracted Jor, wiu b charged short rates
without any exception"
No ,psetgl privilege will Do OrGqted to advertisers as
r,oard, DoNtion on location Of advertisements.
Ad,vytissnn,lts 10 inStTe insertion must be hd'1dsr N
by Wednesday, noon.
Rots o. AdvertisinO NE~Githed on application
B,sinsss cards one dollar per line per yeU NO card
inSsyted for less than three dollars PER year
Business Notices N ITEM Columns, Of IN page IN
Isrtsd tr Ten cents per IinS each tnSi on, u inserted
IN reading matter, ttUerty cenS per Inc.
articles for he BENEFIT Of priUd,c and personal Dust
Hsss interests will be admitted to me reading columns Or
THE DEMOCRAT, u Uno6sctionuble, at The rate Of tWeH-
cents per line,
address all communications TO
THE DEMOCRAT,
OuntOn, Ohio.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

A BUST of the poet Tom Moore was
unveiled last week, Friday, in Central
Park, New York. Justice Shea present.
ed the bust to the city and Mayor Coop
er received it with ,uitable remarks, re.
ferring appropriately to the sweet melo.
dy and genius of the poet. He wrote OF
his native land.
Remember thee, yes, while there's life in this heart,
1t shall never forget thee, all lorn as thou art;
More dear in thy sorrow, thy gloo1n and thy showers,
Than the rest Of the world In their sunniest hours.
Vert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and
free,
First flower Of the earth, and first gem Of the sea,
I might hail the with prouder, with happier brow,
But, oh, could 1 love thee more dearly than nowP
No, thy chains as they rankle. thy blood as 1t runs,
But make thee More painfully dear to thy sons;
Whose hearts like the young Of the desert birds nest
Drink love in each life drop that flows from thy
breast
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

PETITIONS representing So 600. 900 cap.
ital, invested in cotton manufactures in
the New England states, have been pre-
scented to Congress for the passage of the
Eaton tariff bill. Eaton is a New Eng
land Connecticut Democrat of the let.
est kind, but he is the author of a tariff
bill that not only the manufacturers of
New England, but the iron men of Onio
and Pennsylvania are clamoring for, and
urging its passage. Our young Napol'
con" is now preparing to mount the tariff
horse. He is already out on wool. In
his letter he expresses great alarm that
the Democratic majority will reduce the
tariff on some woollen fabrics. He takes
care not to state what. 1t is only a howl.
Mr.. Mckinley does not state that while
wool, when imported, only pays 80 per
cent, woollen fabrics pay from go to 100.
The farmers get 80, and no more, but our
manufacturers get double Or treble as
much. Why this discrimination Will
the Major explain? The Republican
tariff has always run in this way. Far
mers should remember this, and when
Mckinley & Co., come round to draw
the wool over their eyes, 80 as to get
them to vote the radical ticket, just de-
mand an explanation.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

We are losing the balance Of trade.
The Bureau of Statistics at Washington
reports the excess of imports over ex-
ports in April, 1880, was So. S5O,64S, while
in the corresponding month last year the
exports over imports was $l2,2O5, 761. In
the ten months ending April 80. the ex-
cess of exports has run down from $24l-
900. 900 in 1873 70 to $l55, 100000 in 1879
and 1880. These figures should serve as
admonitions.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03
THE STARK COUNTY DEMOCRAT
&c CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

The members Of the Stark County
Democratic Central Committee are re-
uuested to meet in Canton, in adjourned
meeting, on Thursday, June 10th, at one
o'clock p. M, in the surveyors room in
the Court House. 1t is hoped a full at
tendance will be had, as important ques-
tions will be submitted, one of which
will be the time and mode of nominal
ing a county ticket to be supported at
the October election.
The following named gentlemen COM
pose the committee
Limaville, ], R, Taylor; Alliance, Hugh
Bleake y; Washington, Amos Byers
Paris, James slentz; Minerva, Jacob
schmachtenberger Sandy, John K.
Bowers; Mapleton, John Dagger Osna'
burgh, J.. D. Miller Nimishillen, Frank
Balmat; Marlboro, Frank N. Bryan
Lake, S. S, Gaib Plain, Lewis Essig
Canton Hp., David B 1chtel; Canton-lst
ward, A. McGregor 81 ward, Wm. Dam
nemiller; 81 ward, W. A. Lynch; 4rh
ward, A. 0. Slentz Pike, Thomas D.
Hout; Bethlehem, John Leow; Rich
Vile, W. A. Rohn Perry, L G, Cole
Massillon-lst ward, Otto Young; I'd
W. ]. Amos Sd ward, Pat. Mellon 4 n
ward, Herman Schaidnagle Jackson, j.
J.. Sny der; Lawrence, Henry Breeze ;
Tuscarawas, Charles A. Krider; Sugar
creek, M. Shetlar,
Friends of the cause are invited to be
present where they can make it convent
ent.
VIM. A. LYNCH, Chm.
L. {. Cole, SeC'y.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

SENATOR THURMAN made a short reply
to Senator Teller on the question of
frauds in elections and quite to the
point, He said Fortunately for the
Senator from Colorado, there was no rule
compelling a Senator's remarks to be
germane to the pending bill. Not a sem
tence of his remarks has been to the
point. He had not shown that the bill
weakened the law in any respect. But
he had started the campaign by launt.
ing the bloody shirt, ard digging up his
old report on Southern ~outrages."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03
VI Chicago. Monday evening, there

AT Chicago, Monday evening, there
were Grant and anti, Grant meetings,
The speakers at the Grant meeting were
Senators Conkling, Logan and Carpen-
ter, Stewart L. Woodford, Leonard SWEET,
Emory storrs, Rob't 7. Lincoln and Ste
phen A. Douglas. At the anti, Grant
meeting the speakers were Bob Inger'
soil, Gov. Davis of Maine, Fred. Hassau'
rex of Cincinnati, Wayne McVeigh, Gen.
Gibson of Ohio, Louis Parker and 9TH
ers. The Blaine men made bitter and
warlike speeches, but the Grant speak
ers were moderate, and spoke calmly.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

Mr.. Shields, as President of the Can.
ton City Council, dispatches business.
On Monday evening the Council adj
journed a few minutes before 9 o'clock,
having been in session about an hour,
instead of two or three hours as oftenS
times previously. The secret of it is,
the business proceeds in order, and the
members, we are confident, like it all
the better. Useless, unnecessary talk,
with a terrible consumption of time, is
avoided.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

We have seen no satisfactory explana.
ton why a large majority of the Metho.
dist clergy want Grant for President, Do
these representatives of the Gospel Of
Peace want a man of blood? They ia
vor Third Term;-Do they want a
'%'strong government ?" At Cincinnati,
out of III ~clergymen who expressed
themselves, 65 were for Grant. Wecan.
not understand such Christianity.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

In his brief speech in the Democratic
state convention, Hon. John M~cSweeney
struck the right note when he said that
The Democracy must present a solid
and united front in the coming struggle,
and after the nominations are made
there must be no skulkers or suIkers in
the ranks. In the revised Democratic
lexicon for 1880 there must be no such
word as fail
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

&C. c. & S. RA1LwAY.--The Office of
the Cleveland, Canton, Coshocton and
Straitsville railway company is now 10.
Gated at room u, cassidy Block, in Can.
ton. We understand this noble enter.
prise will Don be put under contract.
Mr.. H. D. Dennis is Secretary. The route
will probably pass through Navarro.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

The Goss.Ryan fstic encounter, for
$4,000 a side, cam off near Collier sta.
ton on the Panhandle road, nine miles
east of Steubenville, on Tuesday morn
lug. Eighty-seven ROUNDS were fought,
when Goss failed to come to time, and
Ryan was declared the winner. Both
men were somewhat cut about the face,
but both were able to walk to their car.
riapna-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03

In Democratic National conventions it
takes two thirds to nominate. The Re-
publicans nominate by a bare majority.
The third termers may seize a nomina-
ton by a majority, when they could not
OBTAIN two-thirds of the convention. It
would be impossible for Grant to get two
thirds at Chicago.