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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

A NOVELTY in shipbuilding, intro
duced by the Canadian Pacific railway,
is the placing on Lakes Huron and Su.
periOr of four Clyde-built steel propel-
lers, which are run daily to connect dis
Joined parts of the road. The first of
these Scottish vessels-which are all
270 feet long and 3S feet beam was
built in four months, and sent over to
Montreal. There she was cut in two
and the pieces tOwed through the St.
Lawrence canals, Lake Ontario, the We'll
land Canal and Lake Erie to Buffalo,
where the sundered fragments were re-
united. A similar plan was successful
ly adopted with the other three steam
ara
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05
JOHN @. GERwIG's REPLY no wrAX
PAYER"
PARIs, Noyember 2Sth. ISs3

PARIS. November 2Sth, 1888.
Ed. DEMOCRAT:-My attention was
called to communication in your is
sue of November oath, signed ''faxpay-
er," which is OutrageOusly unjust, ma
licious and false, and stated with all
that assurance, which is character istic
of the species, to which the author of
the article above referred to, undOubted-
~ belongs. that many of your. readers
may be led to believe that the Board of
County Commissioners cOnniVed at a
wholesale robbery of the county treas
ury. Therefore, In justice to the COM
missiOneTs, | ask you to give me an Op-
pOrtunity to be heard by your readers,
in reply thereto: First let me say for
Taxpayers" information, (fOT it is ap-
parent to all who are acquainted with
the facts that he is sadly in need of in
fOrmatiOn) that, no Commissioner of
Stark county has been able to pay his
necessary expenses, maintain his fami-
ly honestly, and keep out of debt. with
the compensation ne receives for his
services as such Commissioner, and
therefore each and every one of them
from the first to the last have found il
very convenient to have as an "ajunet"
(as Taxpayer" pleases to call it) some
other source of income. And further,
the fact that Mr.. NJ llhOf has an interest
in stone quarry way down" "at Dun
dee" does not account for the "numer-
Gus costly stone bridges" land culverts
TO be seen throughout ''the county,
where they are not needed" because
there are no such bridges or culverts
where they are not needed. And the
stone bridges and culverts that are to be
seen where they are needed, are neither
costly nor are they all "made OUT "Of
Dundee stOne." Moreover, whoever says
that there is no use" for any one to
attempt to get a" contract for building
culYertS, or" "abutments, unless the
party uses his" Dundee stone" lies,
1t is fact that stone were brought
from 'MillhOfs quarry at Dundee" to
build abutments for two bridges near
MapletOn in OsnabuTg township. But
II is not fact that the roads over which
they were hauled ia wagons, were very
bad. Neither were superior stone to be
had eheaply within two miles of said
bridges. Nor were the contractors who
built those abutments put to great ex-
pense in bringing their stone from Dun
dee to Canton and from Canton to
MapletOn station, even if the stones
were shipped over one and the same
railway from Dundee to MapletOn sta
tiOn. Neither could they obtain ''eheaper
stone ''in the vicinity" for the only
stone in the vicinity that were not
utterly worthless for the purpose in
tended were controlled by man who re-
fused to let any one who came in com
petition with himself III bidding for
county work, have stone at any price.
Who Taxpayer" is do not know. He
certainly Is not wolf in sleeps cloth
ing although he covers himself with
an assumed name. But any child that
Is at ali yersed In fable lore" knows
" hat he is by his voice.
JOHN c. GERwIG,
County Commissioner.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

THE cOlOred brother seems to thrive
on soldier fare. The United States Sur
geon Generals report says that the four
cOlOred regiments in our army were the
healthiest, and had the least percentage
Of sickness and of deaths from disease.
OF the whites 3S in each 1000 on the
average were constantly under treat
ment in the hospitals; Of the blacks only
80 in each 900. Six colored men died
from disease to seven whites. But this
is reversed in the case of wounds, for
five cOlOred soldiers died, on an aver
age, to every three whites.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05
THE ELEPHANT SEAL.

Almost the first vOyageTs who sailed
into the then unknown seas surround
ing the south pole took back to EnrOpe
stories about gigantic seal, much lar
ger than the elephant, and like that ami
NAL, furnished with a trunk. But the
people had begun to doubt the stories of
travellers, and consequently not much
reliance was placed on these various ac-
counts.
When the real Robinson Crusoe, whose
name was Alexander Selkirk, was
found on his island he also told about
the giant seal, and gave such minute
particulars concerning it that its exis.
tance was no longer doubted. Still it
was not until century later, when the
report OF Captain Cooks voyage was pub
Lshed, that any real interest was reused
In the sea elephant, or elephant seal.
This report said that the oil and skin
furnished by the animal were very Valu-
able, and that statement was hint
enough for one or two enterprising mer-
chants. without more ado, they fitted
out a few whaling ships, and sent them
to the south seas to procure the oil and
skins of the helpless creatures.
Among these ships the trimmest and
swiftPst was the MARY Ann"
How many elephant seals were slaugh-
tered by the crew of the 'Mary Ann" is
not known; but IL is recorded that,
within twenty-five years of the time of
her visit to Georgia Island, there were
killed on that island alone over one
million two hundred Thousand animals.
or about one thousand every day during
the season. How many millions were
killed altogether can never be known,
but it Is certain that the killing did not
cease until the elephant seal was al
most eXterminated. 1t will interest
you to know that two young elephant
seals are now to be seen in the ZOOlO-
gical Gardens of Philadelphia.
The young sea elephant is as big as a
small man when it is born, and in eight
days it will grow four feet longer and
and one hundred pounds heavier. That
Is pretty quick growth; but, to reach q
circumference of eighteen feet and a
length of thirty feet in three years, it
has need to grow quickly.
PenrOse. IN his account of the ele-
phant seal, says that his sailors used to
mount upon the backs Of the animals as
they were In the water and race with
each other, making the animals swim by
squirting them with their knives. This
story is not precisely doubted, but it is
not believed, either. The elephant-seal
always comes ashore, if possible, when
about to die, which seems somewhat
odd, when the water is the element in
which ii Is most at home. There it is
surprisingly swift and agile, and in
deed, it is so comfortable that il sleeps
on the rocking waves as quietly as on
shore From "The Largest Pet in the
World" by John r. Coryell, in ST.
NICHOLAS.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05
REPUBLICAN ionrnals shnnId ern

REPUBLICAN journals should explain
the cause of the great stagnation in
business under their glorious rule of
protection" They admit the shutting
down of mines, furnaces and factories,
and the inability of ali kinds of business
to make ends meet. They also announce
frequent and large failures, showing
rather an alarming state of things.
Never were goods so low in price; never
were manufacturers and dealers so anx-
iOus to sell. The outlook is that labor
in mshy Departmental is to brave a hard
winter, as provisions generally keep
pretty we'll up in price. Yet-are they
not protected?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

JAMES G. BLAINE has been worrying
over the disposal the General Govern
ment should make of its S100,0OOOOO of
annual surplus revenue, and comes for
ward with the proposition that the sur
plus be distributed pro rata among the
states. Mr.. Blaine cannot get up a
Presidential boom on this idea, and it is
not patentable. 1t is too ridiculous, for
the annoyance arising from too much
money may be easily Obviated by simply
tightening the burdens of taxation that
every consumer is obliged to pay. The
Democratic party is pledged to do some
thing in this direction.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

scarcely denies Utter's statement that
he 'in widest excitement" denounced
his father, claiming If he did he was not
sanel Hear him:
Never in any sane moment did L speak
word dIsappr0Ving my fathers course.
If at any time in moments of frenzy, or
under the psychological influence of G.
W. Brown, a "fellOw prisoner" | spoke
the slanderOus words reported by him
and published by Mr.. Utter, II appeal
from Philip drunk to Philip sober.
1t is about time we were calling things
by their right names; and ceasing to eX-
tenuate murder and to make heroes of
cold blOOded assassins. Remember, John
Brown was hung for murder and firing
on the old flag"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05
Brace Up.

There is serious meaning in this ex-
preston. That wearied step, languid
eye, and general feeling of lassitude
come from sickness" Be assured, a
serious, and perhaps fatal disease is
close in its wake. The system wants
cleansing OF impurities; the sluggish
blood needs to be sent in swift and clear
currents through the veins. DR.. Ken
nedy's "Favorite Remedy" will do this;
it will give vigOr to the body, brightness
to the eye, glow to the contenance.
apd elasticity to the step. One Dollar a
bottle. Every Druggist has it. DR.. David
Kennedy, proprietor, Rondout, NY
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

GOVERNOR Butler was heartily ap-
plauded wherever and whenever he
made his appearance at New York GEN.
tennial few days ago. Indeed he at
tracted more attention and received
more cheers than the President or any
of the other Governors. This may have
been due to the fact that he has been
longer in public life and is better known;
but he is better known because he is a
man Of ideas, and whatever he says is
worth listening to.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

JOHN BROWNS soul goes marching on.
And his son, Kansas labOrer, is going
for the preacher in Chicago, who has
been trying to throw more dirt on old
John lying in his grave, by letters in
several papers. The DEMOCRAT, we no
tIee, delights in this kind of dirt throw.
ing, as we'll as trying to deceive the peo-
pie about the carcass of ''refOrm" Demo
eracy.-RepOsitOry.
The Cleveland Leader INDUCES in
the dirt throwing" for we copied from
the Leader the Chicago preachers arti-
Gle. Cannot these Republican papers
"teli the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth?
John Brown, Jr., in his reply, does not
deny q single statement of the. Rev.
Utter, Of Chicago. He, Of course, sets
mp the plea of justification. even justi-
flying the murderous raid Of his father
st Harper's Ferry for which the old
wretch was hung. Indeed. Brown, Jr.,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

PRESIDENT ARTHUR is getting much
praise from Republican papers and real
ly it looks as if he might be the Repub-
lican nominee for President next year.
At present he is Guiteau's man, owing
his elevation to the assassin. Blaine
seems to have killed himself by his late
letter, on distributing the surplus reve-
nue. in the United States Treasury
among the states. The Democratic rem
edy is to let up taxing the people so
haaViIv
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

ONE of our contemporaries thinks that
Democracy can only succeed with Han
cock, and others are quite sure that Til
den alone can save the party. No man
is necessary to the party; the cause is
stronger than any man. If it is not 80,
the jig is up. So long as any man from
any state is necessary to national DEM
Ocratic success, no national Democratic
success will be scored. All this talk
about men is mere discussion of fitness
for filling a place which Democracy
must be strong enough to fill with any
possible nominee before it will ever be
filled with Democrat. What is needed
just now more than anything else is to
bottle up few blOckheads in order to
put stop to all discussion as to who
can win and turn the attention to who
ought to win, and what kind of men
are needed to fill the place.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

Our old friend Louis Il. Pike, Esquire;
of Toledo, has given notice of contest to
George r. Haynes who was declared
elected Common Pleas Judge by 16 votes
of majority, the vote being declared,
Pike 19,446, and Haynes 19,462. 1t seems
that errors have been discovered that
clearly elect Mr.. Pike, and the case will
go to the State Senate. In one instance
in Sandusky county, SO votes were
counted for Haynes twice.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

J.V. LAwLER, editor of the Carroll
Chronicle (Of Carroll Coz is a candidate
for the chief clerkship Of the Ohio Sem
ate. Lawler is the very man we want
to see elected. There is not a more Wig
orOus, sprightly and never falling DEM
oeratie journal in the state, nor one
published under more unfaVorable sur
rOundings, than the Carroll Chronicle.
Mr.. Lawler is one of the kind of Demo-
Gratis who deserve recognition in this
time of the party's triumph. Mansfield
Shield and Banner.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

THE papers are intimating that the
tale of a Kentucky Colonel wanting
to shoot Arthur was Onlya set-up-jOb, to
make capital so as to help him into
greater favor with the Republicans and
secure his nomination for President.
Arthur's New York hummer boys are up
to snuff
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

.EX-CoNGREssMAN LeedOm had a ma
jority of the Ohio delegation for him
being Sergeant at arms, and hence John
G. Thompson withdrew. If any one i'm
agines they have destroyed and buried
John g., they may live to see their great
mistake. Thompson has solid and
strong points of Democratic character
that are not so easy to be blotted out.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05
Better than s1o.oooi

II spent over $4,000 in % years." said
Major II. W. Hines, of Boston, Mass, ''in
being doctor for epilepsy. l employed
the best physicians in New Orleans, st.
Louis, N. York. Phila., Boston, London
and Paris, but all to no purpose. Samari-
tan NarYine has cured me entirely. S1.5O.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

THE number of steel ships launched
during the first six months of this year
in Great Britain shows an increase of
81, representing 1854 tons, as compared
with the first six months of last year.
Steel is fast supereeding iron as a ship
building material. 1t is at once strOn-
ger, lighter and more buOyant.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

MORE than 100000 voters have been
absent from the polls in New York since
the election of 1880, Speaking of this
the New York Sun says they are going
to vote next year for the party whose
record this year gives the most prom
ise for the future"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

AT the solicitation of several Senators
j. V. Lawler, of the Carroll Chronicle,
has entered the race for chief clerk of
the Senate, instead of engrossing clerk.
Mr.. Lawler's popularity aud fitness for
the place make him formidable candi-
date. His selection would be very graf
flying to the DemOcracy.-Delpho
EIarald
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05
Yhe Dernncrat.
A. NIcGREGOR, Editor.

Now that the speakership and SER
geant at arms questions are settled at
Washington, Columbus Ohio Legisla-
ture will be in order.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, the poet,
now minister to England, wrote at the
time of the Mexican war:
"Ez fer call 1t murd err
There yeOu hev It plain and nat;
And needn't go furder,
Than my testymsnt fer that"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

WNo woman really practices econo-
my unless she uses the Diamond Dyes.
Many dollars can be saved every year.
Ask the druggist.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05
A ThOrOugh Trealment Will Care

Unequaled for COLD IN THE HEAD. HEADACHE
AND DEAFNESS, or any kind of mucous memDranal
irritation Send for circular Bg mall prepaid soc
package-stamps received SOLD by all Wholesale and
retail druggists. ........
dso6.gy ELY BRorHEBS, Oweso N Y.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05

OmceW Mand4P from
Tax
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md he sure rpay he prpp
feih hia o Junon fr y Ire % proc o %
paid O
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05
TAKES FOR 1883.
, NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS OF STARK COUNTY.

Inpg kCtsth
yearuH
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05
GAFARR 81

uay cleansing the nasal passages of catarrhal virus,
causing healthy secretiOns IL alays inflammation,
protects the membTanal Innings Of the head Om addi
Onal colds completely heals the aud restores the
sense OF taste and smell Beneficial results realized
by few applications.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-05
DRUGGISTS.

p Ii. BARR
Successor to q. J. Geiger.)
DRUGHIST AND PHARMACISr-CantO @. Where
may be found large and well selected stock OF I'm.
ported and Indigenous Drugs staple and rare Chemi-
Gals (foreign and dOmestiC,) Medical Preparations,
Trusses supporters, etc. Combs. Brushes and Per-
umery in endless variety. Special attention TO the
filling OF Physicians Prescriptions.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-16

Inc land is highly manured in autumn.
well narrowed several times and got into
the best possible condition. The Grain Is
sown in the fall in seed beds, very thickly,
on the highest and best location, where ii is
notilkely to be winter killed, or Injured by
any casualty such as evertlowing or drown
ing pt,or smothering under the snow. T..
La the spring. the main fields are again
dressed up and marked out in drills the
proper distance. When the wheat has
grown sufficiently to be moved, it is thinned
out oy being taken'up, separated from the
shlck stools. and planted In the drills with a
tool called dibble, which makes hole the
proper depth, into which the wheat roots
are inserted, pressing the earth tight against
tflem with the foot. This work Is usually
lhtrusted to half-grown boys and girls, a
man sorting out the wheat plants in order
shat those of the same size may be placed
together, that the field may grow even and
regular. -lE &If 500 m a4EElTgs
When the plants have commenced grow.
nag, the soil is thoroughly and CONSTANTLY
stirred, either by means of hand or horse
power Every weed and all foreign plants
are destroyed, and nothing but what is
wanted. the article itself is allowed to grow.
There are very seldom any extensive fail
ufes OF crops thus carefully and scientific
ally grown. The yield is quantity never
Imagined or heard of in this country. and
the crop always and surely pays the culti-
vator. s .nf 4.
At is asserted that such pains would not
pay to apply to crops in.this country. But
do we not go to the opposite extreme Has
itever been tried here 1t certainly would
pay satisfactorily if applied to choice varie-
ties in small quantities. about to be used for
seed. 1t is certainly better to till one acre
and get crop now raised on four acres,
tnan to try the four and only raise half
crop, which is now SO often the case here
Milling World. Il z.=14s. .e..E.4-#
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-16
HOW TO RAISE GOOD CROPS.


II has often been asserted by advanced
agriculturists that if wheat, either spring or
Winter,is sown in drills, far enough apart
to admit of using horse-he between the
rows, both to keep down weeds and loosen
and aerate the soil the yield might be in
creased to a marvellous extent more than if
now is in this country.
N proof of this. a retst,,,t b~erying and
intelligent traveller in B.l.ium gives the
mode OF cultu'e there and The Weld. which
sometimes with very favorable weather for
harvest, reaches as high as l60 bushels Der
acre. This is one OF the most fertile. pros
pc Gus, and most populous countries in the
world, supporting 4817l persons to the
square mile, against 1892 in the United
States and 1852 in Germ my. Winter
wheat is staple crop there on their high
priced small tarn- pf only an acre or two.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-16

inciene food tram the soil; butwhere these
favorable conditions do not exist the n,ant
VIII die. So it is not always good policy to
sow shrnnken wheat. Iam.of the onihion
that to do so ID never good policy. For If
the grain is plump the plant will make d n
the more vigorous growth at the start, an
'~portant object to. be gained and of more
value than the difference in price between
good and shrunken wheat. .do4~eE
aal lhe common practices is to sow at least a
oushel and half of seed per acre. In
onshel OF wheat there about 100000 grains.
or something, over l, 100000 in bushel and
nall Does not this suggest that this is
too thick seeding. 1t must be remembered
that wheat tilers. Where this process is
NOT lmpeded or contracted by barrenness of
soll or crowding of plants, one plant will
produce twenty culens. Then ZOO. 600
plants should produce 10000. 600 culens or
2o'oo0,OOO heads. But the heaviest wheat
contains less Than 100000 heads per acre.
Making all due allowance for detective seed
ana unfavorahe circumstances. this plainly
demonstrates that we sow too much seed
and over-crowd the plant. One bushel of
seed per acre is enough.