The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-11-12
COSBY WASHINGTON.
PLAN FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF
THE DISTRICT MILITIA.
Literature and Draw Poker Walk Hand In
Hand-soIenoe and tho Age Of Fishes.
The Fort Meyer Court. MartlaL
Eastorly Washington.

ment has renewed It's recommen lntons that
the various militia companies Of this dis
trict shall be organized into ono command,
and the members Of the various companies,
are, as usual solidly opposed TO any such
organization, There arc eight district
militia organizations here. They recognize
no one as boing In command OF them OK
cept the officers which thoy themselves
elect Tney are organized under tho gon.
eral incorporation act, the same as tho
street car, insurance, gas or any other prl-
vato corporations -Four OF them are white
and the others colored The difficulty In
combining these commands lies In the
fact that the white and colored play soldiers
will not work together Tho colored
soldiers are az much opposed 10 n comblna-
tion as are the white organizations Outside
Of this some Of tho white companies object
10 being thrown into the same command
with some OF the other whte companies, boz
cause some Of the members allow ''short
hairan 10 become members. The silk stock
ing OF kid glove class Of soldiers do not mix
we'll with the 'short hairsn and never have,
They are bitterly opposed 10 going into any
arrangement by which they shall bo thrown
together, II matters not what the war do
partment desires or recommends, The milf
tia officers OF this district have been without
any hoad or front for many years. Col Amos
Webster for a long time claimed 10 DO
tho adjutant general and In supreme
command Of the district militia. For five
or ak years all his orders were recognized,
but about the time OF tho Garfield fair tho
soldier boys laughed at him aud bis COM
mands, and since then have done Just IN
thoy pleased, Gen Peter H. Bacon claims
10 be the ranking ofllcor In the district
militia on the strength OF a commission ho
holds from the war department issued thirty
years ago, Ho always regarded Col, Web.
stor, who was c ,mmisaioncd during the Boss
Shepherd regime, ns an intruder. The difil-
Guilty In Gen Racon'a claim Ia that whllo
thoro IL no doubt but that ho In properly
commissioned he has not got single militia
man undor him, and has not since
tho commencement OF tho lato war
Tho colorod companies arc fighting among
themselves, Ono OF them Ia very "upish,n
and docs not allow any black man 10 become
q member, restricting It's membership TO
lightcolored mulattoca After passing
the oolorcd companies has private war on
hand, and Ia anxioualy engaged In an effort
10 have ita commanding oillcor put In tho
ponitontiary for swindling aud kicking up
generally, In Wow OF all OF these troubles
tho district militia will probably not DO ro-
organized Evon II II was roorganlsOd thoro
Ia no particular need for II, for II military
aid Ia wanted by tho police authorities In
tho suppression OF any disorder tho United
States marine barranha hero can always bo
drawn upon. There arc also ono or two
companies Of regulars on duty at tho ar
sonal
II Is not generally known that thoro Ia
hardly any limit 10 the ago OF n fish, Pro.
fossor Baird, Of the United States ilah COM
mission, IL the authority OF your oorro.
epondcnt for the statement that thoro Ia
authentic evidence 10 show that carp have
attained an nge Of 200 years Professor
Baird also says that thcrc Ia n tradition that
within ilfty years pike was living In Russia
whose age dated back 10 tho ilftoOnth con.
tury. "Thorc is nothing" no says, "to pro
vent fish from living almost indefinitely,
as II has no period OF maturity, but grows
with each year Of lifc,n There are gold fish
In this city that have belonged TO ono family
for over lry years Thoy do not appear 10
bc much larger than whom they wcro
originally placed In tho aquarium, and
aro every bit ~ llvoly as thoy wore
whom young, There are no many fish
stories IN circulation that tho ordinary
reader has almost made up his mind that
fish aud truth do not go we'll together,
Probably some persons will doubt what is
said by Professor Baird about the ago fish
can attain, II they do, thoy are simply
doubling tho best known authority on fish,
The Russian minister says that In tho royal
nqunriums In St Petersburg, thoro oro fish
to-day that havo boon known by tho records
10 have boon In thom liO yoara Some OF
thcm oro, hc says, tlvo timos M largo M they
woro when llrst captured, whilo others have
not grown m inch In longth. An attacho OF
tho Chinos, legation corroborates this state.
mont lilo says thoro are sacred fsh kept In
some OF tho palaces In China that aro ovon
oldor than any OF those In Russia.
Thoro are moro literary clubs In this than
IN any other city In tho United Statoa In
tho past year they have boon organized at an
average rate Of two In each wook, Tho only
thing necessary 10 organize literary club
IL 10 SOLICIT certain lot OF officers illo ar.
tlclos OF incorporation and pay tho recorder
OF deeds loo OF o. Tho articles OF inoor.
poration do not indicate what particular
literary matter the club Intends 10 pursue
10 IN tho uamein oil onsoa--a plain modest
literary club. Some OF tho parents have
been cougratuating themselves on tho won
dorful Improvement OF tho young mon OF
Che city, and arc beginning 10 fool that
Washington could got fall now and thon
oven with Boston In literary wrestling
match. II has transpirod that those literary
clubs have generally had their rooms In the
rear OF or In garret over some barroom
This wns 10 be commended, for II showed
that the membership were Willing, In thoir
pursuit OF the literary, TO take any quarters
whore they could moro successfully carry on
their literary work, Some developments
In tho police court In the past week have
Mortified the believers In the literary, II
was shown that the only thing done IN these
clubs was 10 discuss the intrioncies OF the
American postme known as poker, The
membership believed that " organising q
private club the police could not interfere
In any way with the discussions aud per.
formnnces Of the club They had been told
that private poker or any other Kind OF pri'
yato card playing was not n violation OF tho
law hut The police treated II os simply an
evasion, and selecting club raided 10 The
janitor and some Of the officers OF the club
were arrested. The police court Judge dis.
missed The case against them for the reason,
he said, that hc was opposed TO Furnishing
two or three persons for the crimes OF the
entire club. The officers then secured n list
OF the members Of the club aud have OBJ
tained werronts for The arrest of them all.
The case win come up for k'ial next week.
Tho regular gamblers are supposed 10 be be
hind this raid They found that this club
idea injured their receipts, and they deter
miued by the aid OF the police force 10 break
II up. n
There will be 4 congressional investiga-
don into the affairs OF Fort Meyer, tho sup
posed training school Of Tho Signal corps