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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22
THE FATHERS OF THE REPUBLIC

The January Century under the head
of Topics" unmasks another popular
delusi0n, hoary with age, only TO reveal
the smiling features of hopeful youth.
No fallacy, says the writer, is more
firmly fixed in the public mind than
that which represents the establishment
of our government as the work of old
men. The delusion Is simbtbed in
childhood, and Is unconsciously cult
waited by the text books used in school.
The "fathers of the Republic" are de
picted in all the histories with wigs,
queues and other accessories of dress
that apparently betoSen age, and the
pupil naturally concludes that they
must have been old when the nation
was born.
In point of fact, they were an un-
commonly young set of men. George
Washington, senior in aye as well as
In authority and influence, was but AZ
when the Revolution broke out, and 81
when he became first President; Thos
Jefferson, only 33 when he wrote the
Declaration of Independence; Alexan-
der Hamilton, but 81 when he became
Secretary of the Treasury; James Mad.
ison, only % when he was made mem
ber of a Virginia committee of safety,
and 80 when he was Hamilton's great
collaboration in the production of that
political classic, "The Federalist."
Nor we're the leaders in the great en-
terprise exceptional in this matter Of
age. Forty names were signed to the
Constitution of the United States on
the 18th of September, 1887. Leaving
out of account four whose birthdays
are not given by the books of reference,
only five of the remaining thirty six
had reached the age Of go; twenty of
the number were less than 10 years old
and twelve were under 40, among the
latter being one (Hamilton) of 30,
another of 20, third of 2S, ana fourth
who lacked some months of q when
the convention met. The average age
of all the members did not quite reach
45 years. The most important com
mittee to which the instrument was re-
ferred for final revision consisted of
five members, four of whom were be-
tween 30 ane 36 years of age, the fifth
and least prominent being 60,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22
THE RURAL DISTRICTS HEARD
FROM.

The rural element In politics Is COM
ing to the front and there Is reason for
it. Time was when politics could COM
mand the best legal talent embued with
pure state craft, and men of high ambi-
tions found their best outlet in the
arena of craftsmanship.
That time is past and 1t is the excep-
tlon, not the rule, when q successful
LAWYER allows himself to be diverted
from from his chosen profession by the
glamour of politics. Lawyers of keen
intellect and comprehensive grasp are
wanted by the great corporations that
have sprung up, and in the Immense
field of litigation opened, made possible
by the diversified interests of complex
civilization.
AS a result, the law in politics has
been more and more represented by the
paid agents of the money power, or the
shyster class, who meeting with no
success In the law, have taken to poll
tics as an easy and convenient way to
get their bread and butter and pose as
giided statesmen.
A few years since farmer repre-.
sentative in state legislature was a
curiosity, and the time is not far dis.
tant. either. The business man, per
Sc, was scarsely less rare.
Now all this is changed and the
sturdy sons of toll have asserted them.
selves ahd put their broad shoulders to
the wheel to boost the old state coach
out of the mire.
The other day the professional legis.
lators of the great agricultural state of
Kansas expressed surprise when their
Farmers Alliance colleagues presented
themselves, their appearance indicating
high order of intelligence and ninety
per cent of them wearing turn down
collars and black cravats. In the tenn
porary organization, controlled By the
Alliance, the lawyer element in the
chair was missing but the presiding
officer relieved his embarrassment by
the remark, ave are from the rural
districts, gentlemen, and will make a
few mistakes at first, but we will come
out all right by and by"
In one staunch Republican county
in Kansas Just heard from the farmers,
tired of Misrepresentation by their
county papers, banded together to the
number of two hundred and fifty to
start a Farmers Alliance paper, that
rural interests might have show.
This is what Senator ingalls, would
call a peaceful revolution" though
better term would be peaceful refor-
nation.
The great rural population of the
United States have left their interests
too long in the hands of the legal agents
of trusts, monopolies and combines,
and are simply taking the places in pc.
litical affairs which their fathers filled
before them and from which they were
deposed by the sleek, suave, iDsinuat-
ing orators who perambulated the
country, praising the bone and sinew
of the land only to betray it In caucus
and committee room to the insatiate
usury takers and the greedy monopo
lists.
The rural classes are slow, but sure,
aud their pertinacity in the cause of
political reform has compelled respect,
in quarters where jeers and sneers were
once the rule.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

WHEN rogues fall out then just men
get their dues. This is now the Cleve-
land Leader rakes ingalls, over the Goals
for his rattling speech yesterday for
free coinage of silver:
Nero fiddled while Rome burned"
shouts Senator ingalls,, in his plea for
free silver coinage, and then he appar.
emily ,endeavors to make Americans
believe that wealth and power are dis
playing something of the same brutal
Indifference in similar crisis in this
country. The trouble is that Ingalls,
fears that some sockless statesman of
the Alliance will fiddle while he burns
as candidate for Senator. Nobody
would ever suspect, merely from read.
ing his lurid harangue in favor of free
silver coinage, that the orator was him,
self one of the wealthiest men in all
Kansas, and had never denied the pub
lie accusation of loaning money to the
poor farmers, whose votes he now seeks
so frantically, aC IS per cent year.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22
COMMON SIGHT IN LONDON.

"The Man About Town." of the New
York Star, writing of recent dinner
at DelmOnico's, tells story to illus
trate the difference between the social
customs of England and America.
| was struck, he says, by the dress of
an English lady who had evidently not
been long in this country and who,
with her husband, was being enter
tanned by a prominent New Yorker
Evidently Misunderstanding the New
York customs OF attire when dining at
a restaurant, she appeared in low
necked dress and without any head
covering. AS all the ladies in the
large dining room were in high gowns
and without exception wore bonnets,
the young English woman was decid-
edly conspicuous. The fact that she
was quite pretty and that her shoulders
were well calculated to grace decol-
lete gown did not tend to decrease the
amount of attention she attracted.
But she did not seem to mind this, and
whether with truly British indifference
to the social manners and customs of
foreigners or not, enjoyed her dinner
and the conversation which attended it
with perfect Inconsistencies and good
nature,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22
EupepBy,

This is what you ought to have, in
fact, you must have have it, to fully en-
joy life. Thousands are searching for
it daily, and mourning because they
find it not. Thousands upon thousands
of dollars are spent annually by our
people in the hope that they may attain
this boon. And yet it may be had by
all. We guarantee that Electric Bitters
if used according to directions and the
use persisted in, will bring you good
digestion and oust the demon dyspepsia
and install instead eupepsy. We rec
ommend Electric Bitters for dyspepsia
and all diseases of liver, stomach and
kidneys. Sold at SOC. and 81 per bottle
by Durbin, Wright & Co., druggists.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

The Senate after fourteen hours
session yesterday shelved the Sherman
solution of the financial question and
passed the Stewart amendment for free
coinage of silver by vote of AZ yeas to
30 nays. The Republicans who voted
for the Stewart amendment were
Allen, of Washington, Cameron, of
Pennsylvania, ingalls, and Plumb, of
Kansas, Jones and Stewart, of Nevada,
Mcconnell and Shoup, of Idaho, Man
derson and Paddock, of Nebraska,
Mitchell, of Oregon, Power and San
ders, of Montana, Stanford, of CalifOr-
mia, and Teller and Wolcott, of Colo
radO
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

INGALLS, will spend the week at To
peka, Kansas, to capture the Senatorial
plum, if he can capture enough Far
mer's Alliance men to do so. The Re
publican managers have an album con-
tanning the names and history of the
Alliance Representatives together with
their antecedents and connections, and
are bringing every possible influence
and pressure to bear upon the more
friendly of them, to induce them to
sustain the Republican party in this
emergency.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

The Albany Argus now announces
that "some of the Lansingburgh and
Troy collar companies propose TO re-
duce wages 10 per cent" AS the Nc
Kinley tariff increased the tax on COL
lars by over 80 per cent "to protect
labor" labor will want to know how it
is protected. That has never yet been
satisfactorily explained.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

SUPERINTENDENT BURNS, of the
Canton schools, was one of the Ohio
teachers who attended the Minneapolis
convention last summer, after which
he made trip of 1900 miles into British
Columbia to visit the famous Selkirk
glaciers. He has embodied his expert
ence in a graphic paper which he read
Lefore the Historic Society the other
night. America is great country and
a glacier three miles wide and nine
long is in keeping with its stnpendous
mountains, mighty rivers, fabulous
waterfalls and other great natural
wonders.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

A MOVEMENT is on foot to facilitate
the transmission of mail between the
United States and Germany. Herr
Locks. director of the Post and Tele-
graph Department of the German En-
pire is the author of the plan. Clerks
will be employed to sort the mail en-
route, to avoid delay on arrival. United
States has consented and the approval
of Germany will doubtless follow. 1t
is reported the plan will go into effect
A Dril |
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22
Is Consumption Incurable P

Read the following: Mr.. G. II. Nor
ris, Newark, Ark, says: "Was down
with abscess of lungs, and friends and
pronounced me an incurable
consumptiye. Began taking DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, am
now on my third bottle and able to
oversee the work on my farm. 1t is the
finest medicine ever made"
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, o., says
"Had it not been for DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption l would
have died of Lung Troubles. Was
given up by doctors Am now in best
of health" Try it. Sample bottles
free at Durbrin, Wright g. Co.'S. drug
store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22
Blinded by Grandfather's Hat.
IN. Y. Star.)

1t is said that the pettiness of the
Harrison family is shown in the refusal
to invite to receptions at the White
House those newspaper correspondent Is
at the Capital who have gentured to
criticise the present Administration
We are not surprised at this exhibition
of conceit and bad manners on the part
of the President. 1t probably never
occurs to him that it is only the office
that he holds and not himself in person
that is of consequence in the matter.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

THE weather prophet who predicted
that we would have no more cold win
ters, because we had two warm ones in
succession, is now relegated to the same
place as the social seer, who thought
the world was coming to an end because
of the advent of a two headed calf, and
a baby with hoofs and horns.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

THAT fearless exponent of Republi-
can doctrine, the st. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat, seconds the nomination Of Major
Mckinley for Governor of Ohio in the
following terse but vigorous English:
1t is to be hoped that Ohio will elect
him to that office If he is to remain in
politics. That is to say, there is pro-
nounced desire that he shall be placed
where he cannot do any more fooling
with the tariff.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

INGALLS, sole hope of reelection to
the United States Senate has been to
create a dissension in the ranks of the
Farmers Alliance, which has ninety
votes in the Legislature, seven more
than is necessary to choice on a joint
ballot. Alliance aspirants are numer-
GUS, but to offset dissension in their
ranks on any question, the Alliance
have pledged themselves to stand by
the majority, as expressed In caucus.
This seems to dispose of ingalls,.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22
Bucklen's Arnica SaIve.

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Childrens Cornes, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required, 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Price 25 cents per box. For sale
by Durbin Wright & Co.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22
Antiquity of Pens,
[From the Jeweler and Matchmaker

lFrom the Jeweier and Matchmaker
The diamond pointed pen, although
usually classed among modern inven-
tions seems to have been known so far
back as the very dawn of history. The
prophet jeremiah uses the expression,
"Written with pen of iron with the
point of a diamond. ."-(See Jer. xviii, ~
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

NOTHING succeeds like success
With Canton's business men showing
their pluck and courage in making a
permanent fact OF our great watch In
dustry, every man and woman should
brace up and make good use of their
boarded funds.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

CANTON teachers to the number of
three score and ten meet each week to
study Shakespeare and read English
classics. Canton Is dead In earnest
and does more serious work than any
city we know OF.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

1T took France five years to prepare
for her grand Centennial, with so much
money pouring in that she did not
know what to do with it. Unity aud
work is what is wanting for the Chi
cago show, If capital is TO furnish the
backing.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

THE Toledo Bee issued a Carriers
Address and New Year Calendar which
is a model of the printers art. The
beautiful verses are from the facile
pen of Emily G. Tompkins of the Wom-
ans Department.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

BE content with dried apple pie
and hOminy substitute for potatoes for
a season. When the budding March
winds blow, McKinleyisrn goes out and
bu0yant Farmer Spring comes In.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

OUR Columbus correspondent gives
some inside facts concerning the pres
ent status of the big Harvester Trust.
He states some facts to show that it is
not dead but only foxing-for the bene-
lit of the farmers,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

Popularity called the king of medicines
Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t conquers scrof-
ula, salt rheum and all other blood dis
eases. IL
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

SPEAKER REED seems to have lost
his grip and makes no new demands
for 0aVels this session.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22
Sick Headache

Loose's red clover pills cure sick Head
ache Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Constipa-
ton, % cents per box, 8 boxes or 81. For
sale ny all druggists.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

A CORRESPONDENT writes that our
little Napoleon spends his time locked
up in a committee room, where he is
as hard to reach as the CZar of Russia.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22

She was smart and she was pretty, and her elders
thought her witty, and she tripped the light
fantastic like a fay.
She could read both French and Latin, and was
sweet In print or satin, and twould make your
bosom heaye to hear her play,
But in single life she tarried, and she never,
married, and she'll doubtless be a maiden till
she dies,
For she bade proud defiance to the culinary
science, and she never knew the mystery of
pies
Huntington Free Press.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22
$500 Reward !!

WE will pay the above reward for any case OF
Liver Complaint Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, lndi-
geston Constl patton or Costveness we cannot cure
with Vests Vegetable Liver Pllls when the direc-
tlons are strictly complied with They are purely
Vegetable and never fail TO give satlsfActlon Sn-
gar Coated, Large boxes, containing 30 Pills, 20
cents Beware OF counterfeitS and limitations. The
genuine manufactured only by THE JOHN q. WEST
COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL. For sale by Durbln,
Wright a Co., Canton, D. A-W-Faw
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-04-24
EDITH NEWS

Our people are generally IN good health
except few who are suffering from
neuralgia or rheumatism
We have lost one of our old citizens in
the death of Mr.. Isaac McIntuiff, who
died on April 9th, at the age of "A years,
10 months and 10 days.
Our people will be late in planting
corn and great many of the hands here
are going to the bark Feelings. The pres
ent warm spell should cause the bark to
slip we'll In u few days.
Our people are very much back with
their spring work on account of the long
wet weather through tho winter and early
spring. The early seeding Of wheat looks
well, but the late seeding is very much
behind like our ioads. 1t looks as though
our road commissioner was dead and the
oyerseer and the men who ought to work
the roads were sick or dead and no one to
bury them out of sight. This eud of the
Fort needs live, energetic man at the
head Of the transportation department
who would have the roads cut cut and
drained so that they would not wash out
with every rain. 1t Is not long until the
election and then the people should put
none in office but live men who will bury
the dead ones and thus get them out of
the way. We need good road. and a
bridge across the river, all of which we
could haye If our people had any enter
prise and energy about them. UNO.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-04-24

funeral Of said deceased in body an
wear the usual badge of mourning 10
thirty DAYS
Resolcea. That this meeting adjourn t.
meet again on Saturday evening, Apri
%, 1891. at o'clock, in the court house
RcSolced, That we do now adjourn.
+. D. NEWMAN, Chairman.
}. N. BAUsERMAN, Secretary.
On Tuesday the members of the Bal
and body Of Masons from the Lodge
here, took the 1911 a. m. train for New
Market TO attend the funeral services. Up
on arriving here they found the people
of The town profoundly saddencd and
oppressed with sense Of their great loss,
and by 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the
hour set for the funeral, a very large con
course of people had gathered to pay
their last respects to the remains of one
whom they had so much loved IN life
Among them was a body of Knight
Templar from the Harrisonburg Lodge, OF
which Judge Calvert had been a most
worthy member, and from the Lodge
in Luray. These with the other masons
took charge OF the funeral, and the large
body Of sorrowing people pro 'eeded to
Emmanuel Lutheran church where re-
lig'ols services were held, after which the
body was taken TO the cemetery and laid
to rest with the beautiful and impressive
ceremonies OF the masonic fraternity.-
Judge CalvCrCs death was caused Ivy
cerebral hemouhage, and lie lived but Il
few hours after the attack, most of that
time profoundly unconscious. lie was a
son Of th3 late Hon. John s. Calvert,
who was for many years the Treasurer OF
Virginia. lie was close and ardent
student and at the age of q years COM
menced the practice cf law after having
taken a fall course at the University of
Virginia, and the law school Of Judge
BrockenLorOuoh at Lexington. His
ability was widely recognized and he
was a frequent contributor to the law
journals. He filed the position of county
Judge of this county for twelve years
with signal iility, and won the
respect and regard of all by his clear and
firm conduct in that important position.
He was also the author of a number of
laws enacted by the Legislature of this
State in recent years. Judge Calvert
was an able and brilliant newspaper
writer, and in connection with Rev. d. s.
Henkel conducted the Shenandoah J'aley
newspaper with marked success for some
years. Ii 1858 lie was married to Miss
Annie NJ, daughter of the late Jacob
Cliuedinst, of New Market, and lie leaves
4 widow AM six children to mourn the
loss Of ohe who had ever been the most
tender and affectionate husband and faith
err. He was member of the Lutheran
church and the people of Woodstock will
long remember his brilliant and eloquent
defense of the christian religion in his
lecture on infdclity III the Reformed
church, of this place, a few years ago
Ills age was 81 years, , months and 16
days Gone in the very prime of his use
ful life, the entire people of our comfy
bow in sadness under this severe allie
ton.