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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-02-10
THE CITY FATHERS

i
Grind Out he Usual Grts-7he Water Works
Trustees Want 5000 to Purchase NeV Iron Pipes
The Women Petition for The amendment Of hc
Sunday Ordnance
Monday evening, February Z, 1881.
| City Council met Monday evening pursuant 10
adjournment. All members present
Minutes Of last meeting read and adopted.
PETITIONS.
The Water Works Trustees asked for the appro.
priation OF Sl50 900 to be used In the purchase Of
new iron water pipes to replace those of sheet
iron and cement, which are liable to burst at al
most any time. Referred to Committee on Ways
and Means.
Hose Co. No. asked atthey be supplied with
two additional rubber coats. Referred 20 Com.
mittee on Fire Department with power to act.
Miss Emma Goodwill, in behalfof the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, submitted the fol.
lowing petltion
To Re Honorable Cty Council Of Canton.
HONORABLE sIRs-We, the undersigned, citi.
zens Of Canton, o., do most earnestly petition
your honorable body 20 amend the ordinance
requiring the closing Of places wherein intOxi-
eating liquors are sold in the city Of Canton on
Sunday, 80 that the penalty for the violation Of
said ordinance may be q fine OF not less than one
dollar or more than $50 for each Offense, or shall
be imprisoned in the public jail Of the county
for not less than Ave (5) nor more than thirty (SO
days. or shall be both hne aud imprisonment at
the discretion Of the court. For which we shall
ever pray.
The petition contains some 254 names princi.
pally Of women. Referred to Judiciary Commit
tee.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
Committee on Gas recommended that the ordi.
nance fixing the price Of gas be so amended as
to take effect March 1st, instead Of April lst.
Adopted.
READING OF ORDINANCES.
The ordinance fixing the price Of gas was read
the first time.
MIRnEII ANRnua puarNFsa
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Eura1 4rus.

A Shakespeare Club is aOurishins in Canton.
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MIsOELLANROUB BUsINEss,

The ordinance fixing the price of gas was read
the first time.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-11-02
WinnePsRiSNett.

Your readers have been instructed as
to the etymology Of the word, according
to Webster, by our learned Professor
whose wisdom and veracity need not be
questioned at this time, but doubtless
some are wishing to know where this
lake of "Winsome Waters' is to be
found. 1t is give information to such
that we write Winnemissett, on Lake
Wlnnemissitt is a suburban viii
lage to DeLand, just three miles
east in direct line, and six miles from
the St.Johns River. We number at
present about twenty families, fifteen
OF whom own lake fronts. Our lake is
between one and two miles long and
about three fourths of mile wide.
We have grocery and dry goods store,
with an enterprising store keeper,
school house now being built; dentist,
physician, two hotel proprietors, two
merchants, carpenters, school teachers,
clerks, one medical and one theologi-
cal student and one farmer. We need
blacksmith and wheelwright and more
farmers and practical gardeners to de-
velop the resources of our fertile soil.
We already have.several fine specimens
of vegetables showing what can be done
with judicious management; also sew
eral bearing groves IN the vicinity. AS
a community We are scarcely year old,
all of us being new corners with the ex-
ception of two families. We represent
Maine, Massachusetts, New YORK; Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota. Kentucky, scot>
land and England. If any of your read
ers wish to know more about us they
can address with three cent stamp.)
DIR. G. j. B. Jackson,
Lake Winnemissett,
DeLand, Volusia Co :, Fla.
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Oyster Shell Lime and Fertilizers.
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GOuldss FERTILIZER.

MeSsrs. Gould 4: Co.,
GENTLEMEN:-I used bne half ton of
your fertilizer, in connection with the
same amount of Baker & Bro, New
York. ana Bradley. of Boston. last Feb
ruary, using the same quantity of each
on alternate rows throughout my grove.
find yours gave as good results as the
others, which are much higher priced
fertilizers-costing $50.50 per ton for
B. & Bro. and $3.50 for Bradley, de-
livered here. consider yours equal to
either of tho others, and great saving
to the growers. Very Respectfully.
T. j. TUCKER.
Wilcor, Orange Co.. Fla. Sept. -.
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Holder g. ImeSon,
Contractors 3 Builders,
DeLAND, FLORIDA.
Plans 81 specifications Furnished.
l0llYcl70
Homestead Advertisements.
HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
Land Office a.
Gainesville, Fla, Oct 81. 1881.

Gainesville, Fla, Oct. 81, 1881. {
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice { T
his intention to make final proof in sur
port of his claim, and that said PROOF will
Circuit Court, at Enterprise. Fla. on
Saturday, December 3rd, 1881, viz: John
p. DltsOn, of Orange CIts, Fla. for the
W of section 23, township II, range
SO, e. He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence npon.
and cultivation of, SAID land. viz: j. +.
Alien and ID. l.. Wlckun. of DeLand: and
VIM. Landcy and John G. Dyer of Orange
City,
IL. A. BARNES.
ISL lo5 Register.
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Deserving articles are always Appre.
ciated.


The exceptional cleanliness of Parker's
Hair Balsam makes it popular. Gray
hairs are impossible with it's occasional
use.
Mr.. ". NJ. George and family. who
were burnt out in Michigan, have arrived
here, purchased land f:om Or. Lancas.
ter and become citizens.
Mr.. Walter t. Adams, Of Westboro.
Mass, wtites-"Ror Years 1 suffered The
horrors Of dyspepsia and indigestion.
They seemed to woal1en every organ of
life, and completely shattered my
nervous system. at night when lay
down felt l could not live till morning.
Heartburn panied me most terribly. I
tried Browns Iron Bitters; it suited my
case precisely, and now roy stomach d.
gests any kind Of food, and my sallow
complexion and other symptoms of ill
health are all gone, and at ight enjoy
most refreshing, dreamless slumber.'
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-11-02

OF all remedies for the cure of ner-
vous and painful diseases. Electricity is
the most wonderful and successful. 1t
is now applied through the medium of
q metal bristle Brush. The Brush has
a complete battery in the back and is so
simple that child can operate it easily
and safely. A cut is in our advertising
columns, which is faithful representa-
tive of the Brush. Most marvellous
cures are reported.
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A Card.

To all who are suffering from the err.
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weakness. early decay, loss of manhood.
etc. 1 will send you recipe that will
cure you free of charge. This great
remedy was discovered by missionary
in South America. Send o self.ad-
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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-20
Richmond, Va, Wednesday, April 90.

WE have already announced that we
have secured as Regular Contributors to
the Central Presbyterian number of the
most eminent names in the Church. We
expect to publish in every issue of the
paper contributions from these writer's.
Since the list of names recently given in
our paper, we have added to the same, and
therefore publish below the following
complete list as it stands at present:
Rev HI. G. ALEXANDER, D. D., Union
Theological Seminary.
Rev. S. E. Arson, Rome, Ga.
REV w. E. BoGGs, D. D., Atlanta, Ga.
REV WILLIAM Brown, D. D., Freder-
icksburg, Va.
Rev. R. L. DABNEY. D. D., Union The
illogical Seminary.
REV. M. D. HoGE, D. D., Richmond,
Va.
Rev. r. w. HOOPER, D. D., Selma, Ala
REV. 7. A. HoYT, D. D., Nashville,
Tenn.
REV. w. U. MURKLAND, D. D., Balti-
more, Md.
Rev. H. R. RAYMOND, D. D., Marion,
Ala.
Rev. 7. D. W1THERspooN, D. D., Pc
tersburg Va.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-20

"THE SPIRITUAL QUALITY of church, I"
says the Philadelphia Presbyterian, "is
the measure of its excellence and power"
1t applies this to the Presbyterian
Church, and remarks that if there is no
force of this kind in her she must be
wholly without force. There is nothing
In her doctrines or forms which will
atone for the absence of this quality.
She has no snowy hierarchy, no robed
priests, no monastic orders, no active SIS
terhoods, no spectacular displays, no
gorgeous ritual. Her theology is posi-
tive, her Christian standard is severe.
She cannot win by philosophic treat
ment of the themes of the gospel.
Her history is not one to be ashamed
of, but she may not rest on that. She
has had great men in her ministry
learned men, eloquent men, and men full
OF wise counsel in her eldership, and her
schemes of benevolence are well arranged
and efficiently managed.
But all these things will not give sue
cess, or make her influence upon the
masses OF men around her deep and per-
manent. Her real life must be a spiri-
tual life. Her active force must be a
spiritual force. Perhaps it may be the
will of God to strip her of every other
form OF influence or attraction, that she
may thus become more perfect instru-
ment for real work in his hands. If so,
this church should welcome the neces-
sity laid upon her to be spiritual-in-
teensely and abidingly spiritual. 1t nay
thin out her congregations, and many of
those who love an easy gospel or
snowy service may fly from her, but she
will grow all the stronger as she becomes
more compact. And if only her reduced
membership are found more faithful to
Christ, and filled more completely with
His life, men and women will still be
won to Christ, and the real work of
Christian church be more truly and
fully accomplished"
Words fifty spoken. The Presbyterian
Church during the next decade is not 60
ing to increase in numbers like more
fashionable churches. But it may ex-
coed them in momentum without having
as large an army
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-20

MIR. BRADLAUGH being a member of
parliament has to take an oath. But his
doctrine is that there is no God. His
oath, therefore, is regarded by him as
mere affirmation. But what is the value
of an affirmation from man who does
not believe in God? What guarantee is
there that the affirmation shall be true?
What obligation is there on Mr. Brad
laugh to speak the truth, if there is no
God? What obligation exists to perform
any duty, if there is no God? Without
God, there can be no moral law. There
can be no law without a tribunal to take
notice of the violation of the law.
And thus it is that brawlers like In
gersoll, Bradlaugh, Spencer, Haeckel,
PROSTATE the whole fabric of society.
They leave man without any accounta-
bility for his actions-save to his neigh
bors, who may hang him if he molests
them; but if he can evade them, he owes
no allegiance anywhere else, and may
perform his own wild will.
Now we ask those young men who are
fascinated with modern materialism-Cau
such philosophy be true?
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-20

The GIRLS OF DEHRA Doom is the sub.
ject of an interesting letter in the N. Y.
Observer from DR.. Prime. The Doom is
a valley between the Ganges and the
Jumna rivers, at the foot of the Himalaya
Mountains, in which stands the city of
Dehra. Some twenty years ago the Rev
David Heron and Rev. Mr.. Woodside
founded here seminary for the education
of the daughters of the native members OF
the Christian churches in India. The
funds were obtained from Christian wo-
men in Dehra, and from Christian women
in America and England. Instruction
is given here in the highest branches.
The cost of board and tuition is only $50
a year.
An English gentleman visiting the
place was so much pleased with what he
saw, that he sent from Bombay $25 to be
expended in confectionery for the girls.
They voted, however, to send the money
to famine region. The gentleman, hear
ing Of this, sent another $25.
The converted heather are teaching us
at home
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-20

A CORRECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE Cor.
REcTED.-The Christian, Observer of last
week says:
The. Central Presbyterian will please note a
little correction. We did not say that there is
not work enough in the Publication Office to &C.
cupy the full time of man; but we asked
whether the amount of work such as cannot be
done by a clerk is not so reduced that it can be
managed Gas the Education work is managed)
without taking the entire time of a minister
But the Secretary of Publication has
no clerk, and to employ one would not
effect any retrenchment in Church ex-
penses-and retrenchment was the reason
assigned by the Observer for suggesting
that the Secretary of Publication might
employ a part of his time in pastoral
work.
Now take the Observers scheme for
Reducing Church Expenses: First, cut
off several hundred dollars from the sal
airy of the Secretary, by requiring him to
edit the Earnest Worker and Children S
Friend for nothing; then let him devote
a part of his time to pastoral work for a
support; and then employ clerk to en-
able him to do this. We see in all this
confusion and ineficiency, but no re-
trenchment
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-20

Mr.. MCCALL writes to the N. Y. Oh
server that some time ago an influential
local committee in the four contiguous
towns of Lille, Roubaix Tourcoing, and
Croix, near the Belgian frontier with a
population Of 100000, have undertaken
to provide four mission halls, one for each
town, in connection with the work Of
evangelisation conducted by the Mccall
mission in Paris. The committee have
applied to Mr.. Mccall for an agent, whose
salary shall be paid by the Mccall mis-
sion, the committee undertaking to meet
all other expenses. The mission rooms
at Roubaix and at Croix have been al.
ready opened. Mr.. Mccall says "Those
who had come to Roubaix from Croix
(two miles Distant, sang the new hymns,
many of them translated from the collec-
ton of Messrs. Moody and Sankey, along
the road as they returned home, and the
neighbors opened their windows to listen
to these unaccustomed sounds.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-20

The LEGISLATURE of Ohio have passed
new Sabbath law, which prohibits the
sale of spirituous liquors on the Sabbath,
and prohibits all theatrical and similar
exhibitions on the Sabbath. 1t also pro-
hibits the sale Of liquor in connection
with such exhibitions on any day of the
week.
The Indiana legislature have submitted
to the people Prohibition Amendment
to the Constitution.
1t is denied that the Prohibition law
passed recently by the legislature Of
Kansas forbids the use of wine in the
communion.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-20

The aggrandisement of himself is not
the business of the Christian, nor is he
warranted in nursing the idea that he is
very important person.
Paul did great work-played a great
part-in the history of the world. But
we do not imagine Paul as contemplate
ing himself and seeking to build up his
reputation as man of talent or as a
power in society. The very moment we
should detect anything of this sort in
Paul, we lose interest in him, and cease
to admire. 1t is his Inconsistencies, and
the apparent absence of all thought about
self, that presents him to us in such a
beautiful light.
And it is just here that the hardest
lesson is to be learned; to live for the
general good, and not for self. What is
mans chief end? says the Shorter Cate
chism. 1t is not to make fortune for
himself. 1t is not to make reputation
for himself. 1t is not by life even OF
virtue to elicit the admiration and APP
plause of mankind. 1t is to work in the
vlneyard-to contribute what each one
can to the glory of the Creator-to the
working of the general plan-to the real
isation of the Divine ideal. Each indi-
vidual has just his place in the complex
whole, and his function in life is to make
the machinery work right just at that
point. The whole machine is represented
by the Cosmos-in part by Humanity and
the human unit does not exist to attract
attention to himself He is mere bolt or
wedge or piston-rod or driving wheel, and
all he has to do is to keep in his place and
do his part of the work with regularity
and precision.
If he does this, approval, regard, love
will follow-but they will follow Just in
proportion as he does not work for that
reward.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-20

missions and of the communicants-will con-
duce to the progress of the work.
The exchange of these Christian cour-
tesies between the king of one of the
Mid-Pacifc Islands and an organised ma
tive Christian church in Japan would
have appeared very strange fifty years
ago. They sound strange now, and yet
the king of Hawaii might be met by pre-
cisely similar manifestations of Christian
feeling in China, India, Persia, Syria,
Siam, or South Africa
The whole thing shows the progress of
European thought in the remotest parts
of the world. There is first the news
paper, which reports the scene; secondly,
the king is met at the railway station"
then there Isl handsome Christian church,
with its native congregation and its ma
tive church officers; then there is the
speech making; then there is the contri-
button from the converted cannibals of
Hawaii in aid of the native converts in
Japan; and then the fact is brought out
that Christian converts in China and
" friends in Japan" have erected Chi
nese church in Honolulu Costing $1O,-
O00) and finally the Rev Mr.. Masatsuna
gracefully alludes to the fact that they
had heard in Japan "of the great success
which has attended the preaching of the
gospel" in Hawaii, and mentions that
they have more than 70 churches, and
1000 Christian believers in Japan
All this is beautiful and yet there are
cultured men in Europe and America
the foremost names of the day-who are
trying to break down this influence which
the Christian Church is beginning to
exert in the great empires and states of
Asia and among the savages of Africa
Cte' bonOP What do they propose? Are
they going to Honolulu or Yokohama CIR
Cape Palmas to give of their substance to
the people, and to teach them better
way? Have they any balm to offer them
Nothing: nothing better than Lucretius
and Sextus offered to the Pagan world
eighteen hundred years ago. DO we not
kno,0 that the Christian religion will
change the face of India and China, and
bring them into the family of European
nations? and more specifically, that if
that religion is Thoroughly carried out
among the masses of the people, society
far superior to any in Europe or America
will be developed?
Suppose, on the other hai d, we go out
and teach those people that there is no
God, and that Jesus Christ was an i'm
poster or dreamer, and that there is no
such thing as Regeneration, and no evi
dence of Hereafter-suppose our phil
osophers go out and explain that to them
what then? "By their fruits We shall
know them"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-20

AS will be seen from the notice pub
llshed elsewhere the anniversary of Union
Theological Seminary will be held on the
Sd prox. The Rev. DIR. Murkland, of
Baltimore, will address the Society of
Inquiry on the evening of that day, and
on the 4th the Rev. F. H. Johnston, of
North Carolina, will address the gradu-
ates. The certificates to the seniors will
be given by the Rev. DR.. J. Henry Smith
OF North Carolina, President of the Board
of Directors.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-20
FRANCE is about to rectify her Alge-
rian frontier by the absorption of Tunis.
"A GENEROUS G1rr.-The

"A GENEROUS GIFT.-The associate
Reformed Presbyterian of South Carolina, says
The Philadelphia Business Committee of the
Second General Council of the Presbyterian
Alliance, have recently made present to the
library Of Our Theological Seminary and 10 each
Of the Theological students a copy Of the book
which contains an account of the proceedings
of the Council, and the papers which were
read.
This is an elegantly gotten up book of
ll54 pages, and contains large amount Of
valuable information. The price is $500 per
copy. II would be an acquisition to any min
ister's library"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-20

The Rev. DR.. B. M. PALMER, of New
Orleans, has been called to the First Pres
byterian church of Columbia, S. c., as
mentioned in our news columns last week.
One of the resolutions passed at the con-
gregational meeting making this call
urges upon the Board of Directors of the
Columbia Theological Seminary the ex-
pediency of inviting DR.. Palmer to fill
one Of the chairs in that institution now
vacant, in connection with his pastorate
of the church.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-20

Ex-GovERNoR MORGAN of New York,
who, last year, gave 100000 towards a
fund for erecting Library Building for
New York Union Theological Seminary
has just given the same sum towards pur-
chasing the new site, fronting on Park
avenue, between 69th and 10th streets.
Have we no one in the South who will
give one-tenth as much toward our Co
lumbia or Union Seminary?
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-20
THE MISSIONARY SPIRIT Up-Ne

The MISSIONARY SPIRIT UP.-Near-
ly all of class of fifteen graduating recently in
the Theological Seminary of Xenia Ohio United
Presbyterian volunteered their services as for
eign Missionaries, but for lack of funds only two
Of them can be sent.
Mr.. r: f. Lackey is appointed to 90 to
Egypt Mr.. E. S. Lyle and wife, to india.
They, will soon go. What spectacle say three
fourths Of a graduating class going out to q
foreign held provided there had been funds to
support them.-Associate Reformed Presbyterian.