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Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-15

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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27
Encourage Savings Banks and Build
ing Associations.

Goldwin Smith, always an entertaining
and an unusually instructive writer, and
an English professor who has been much
in this country, being lectulcr at Cor
nell university, takes up in the North
American Review some of the dangerous
problems which he thinks menace the re-
public of which he holds very hopeful
views. This paragraph is from his dis
cussion of the labor problem:
There Is the danger from foreign immi-
CATION, the reality of which every labor
conspiracy and every riot shows, the
violence on these occasions being mainly
foreign. But steam and electricity have
made the world one. America shares,
with other industrial countries, the dis
turbances and dangers arising from the
perennial and now intensified conflict
between labor and capital Yet she is on
the whole less threatened than England.
Her mechanics are, as rule, better in
structed than the English mechanics,
and therefore less open to delusiOn. The
American area, also, is too vast for all en-
bracing organizations, as the history of
the Knights of Labor shows A militia
Is a. bad instrument Of repression. It is a
not go off at all. The socialistic move
ment against property, which is assum-
ing formidable dimensions in Europe,
has not failed to extend itself to the
United States But American socialism
is mainly imported Property, or the
hope of property, is as yet more widely
diffused here than in old countries. STILL
there Is in America party, and probably
growing party, of socialistic confisca-
tiOn. The income tax Is hailed by that
party as the earnest of n more extensive
application of political force TO the spolia-
ton of the few by the many, which is now
the demagogue's grand lure. No serious
plan for the reorganization Of society on
socialistic principles has been propaunded.
With such dangers threatening, what Is
the sheet anchor that will enable us to
ride out any socialisic storm of the kind
has will overturn eventually all, the
monarchies Of the Ola World? Not an
untrameled ballot as is usually set out,
so much as the acquisition Of property,
particularly realty, by the masses.
Turn socialist into property -owner,
In a republic like this, and he is cured
of his socialism. Thus we should view
with great satisfaction the development
Of savings societies of all kinds, savings
banks with their enormous deposits, larger
than the public debt building associa-
tions the growth of wages and the gen
eral acquisition OF property by the masses.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27
Aprimernn Silver.

England Germany, France and Russia,
the four greatest nations on earth, with
population of 2l9 millions have $40 mil
lions in silver coin. The United States
alone have 625 millions of silver coin.
Where is it,
sos millions lie piled up in the immense
vaults under the treasury building at
Washington. All the government can
keep in circulation is SO millions While
we have ~ I'm silver for each man, wO-
man and child in this country but 20
cents of it will circulate. The other $3.50
will remain in the big vaults at Wash
ington.
What nations resort to free coinage of
silverY
Not the big nations, noted as being at
the head of the procession in the matter
of civilization, but such as China, Japan,
Mexico, India and some little South
American republics. A Chinese dol
lar or a Mexican dollar is worth
about so cents and wages ,are no
higher in consequence. An American
silver dollar, Though it has less silver
in it than the one coined by Mexico,
passes at par in Mexico, because the
United States maintains her silver at par
by keeping the coinage within the limits
of safety.
Why then are the populists clamoring
for free coinageY
For the same reason that the.old green
hackers, who were going to nominate
Pendleton for president wanted more
greenbacks turned off the presses. When
ever times get hard a singular delusion
seisez upon many people, namely, that the
panacea for financial disaster is more
money. Tom Hood came pretty near hit
ting the nail on the head when he wrote:
Gold gold gold gold
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27
Women who Play Poker,

A bright little Boston woman who
has settled here said to me the other
day:
81 have played my last game Of poker.
ITO me it is more fascinating than
eating, drinking, sleeping or dancing.
1t has developed the gambling spirit in
me to such an extent that am getting
frightened. +"
II think you are very WISE" said.
"Oh, well, it isn't altogether that" !"
she continued "I'm going to be honest
about it, It's too expensive an enjoy
ment for me.
People say: oh it's about an even
thing in the long run. Keep little
book. Put your losses on one side and
your gains on the other, and at the end
of the year you'll find that they pretty
we'll balance.
We'll, tried that, and it makes me
sick every time look at it.
What amazes me is to see the hold
on the community that this game Of
poker has secured.
Il called on some new acquaintances
the other day, and they-a sweet, white
haired old mother and her two gentle
daughters-talked so beautifully of art
and science and theosophy and theology
that felt abashed as thoughts
Heavens, what would these simple
people say if they knew / played cards
for money!
Presently the younger daughter ask
ed me
Do you play pokerr'
II thought that she had heard of my
shortcomings, and began to make an
awkward explanation.
"But she laughed and said:
oh, we playl just little vicente
game. Mother is quite taken with it,
aren't you, mother?'
1.-THE old lady said that she was.
$50, like All Sin, we had small
game, with the usual result.
II lost 81 cents, all Of which the
mother won
"She didn't look as II she knew the
difference between Hoboken straight
and Judge Duffy, but she did. "
told the fair Bostonese that her Ian.
guage was unintelligible to me.
"Oh, pshawp' she rejoined. "But to
watch that sanity looking old woman
'anteing' and raising and standing pat
well, couldn't have been more sur
prised if had seen DR.. ParIhurst pos
ng as living picture Polly Pry in
New York Recorder.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27
Investigation of County Offices.

Last week we noted the sweeping char
actcr of the investigation, inaugurated by
taxpayers, into the county offices down in
the republican county of Guernsey. The
committee, after devoting about three
newspaper columns to each office, and
finding overcharges of more or less serious
nature in all Of them, is now down to the
school examiners. As the law here is very
plain and the duties very simple in this
Off ce one would suppose the committee
would at last find barren soil Not so,
however, as the following extract from
their report will show
The total number of applicants in this
county in 1894 was 542; there were IS
examinations, and six different places of
m Getting. In Huron county there were
525 applicants, and there were also Is ex-
aminations held, and six different places
of meeting. The amount paid the exam
liners, according to the report, was S45l; +;
while in this county with the same num-
Der of examinations and but II more APP
plicants, the examiners received for their
services S742 So or 1921. so more than in
Huron county. This does not include
SS9 10 for travelling expenses. In Lorain
county there were $50 applicants, Is meet
ings, held in three different places. The
amount reported as received by the exam
liners for their services is sl56, being
$3.50. 80 less than in this county. And in
Delaware county there were 4O3 appli-
cants; IS meetings, held in two different
places. The compensation of the examin-
ers was s45s, or s2S4. 80, less than in this
county.
There is nothing to be said in pallia-
tion of overcharges such as these. If q
man does not want an office at the COM
pensation prescribed by law, he owes it
to himself as well as to the community
to refuse it. In this matter Of the COM
pensation of school examiners, however,
it might have been well had the law
taken some account of the work the eX-
amincr does at home in the examination
Of the papers submitted.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27

One wing of that branch of the human
race which delights not only in managing
its own affairs but in managing the
affairs Of other people as well, namely the
rational dress enthusiasts, assembled in
great force in London the other night at
the invitation Of the Health and Artis-
tic Dress Association According to the
New York Suns account 1t was chiefly
remarkable for the manner In which
grown-up men and women made fools of
themselves All the women wore knick-
erbockers, and most Of the men disported
themselves in knee breeohes, silk stock
ings, and colored garters few adding
scarlet dress coats. Some eccentric
females wore sandals instead Of boots, the
latter it seems being hygienically ac-
cursed and of course abhorred. The corset
was conspicuously absent The speeches
were defiant, but a vein of melancholy
ran though all of them. 1t was admitted
that the great movement made little pro-
gress owing TO the tyranny of fashion.
Women continued to wear oOrsets despite
the denionstrable fact that the average
size of the female waist has been reduced
by II two lnches and men would not dis
card susptn1ers although that unhealthy
oontriyanoe made them stoop. This, So
called tyranny OF fashion Is simply the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27
A CHOICE COLLECTION.

THE crocodile's egg is about the size
of that of a goose.
THE lapidary who cut the famous
diamond Rose of Belgium is now worth
$3.50, 900.
THE only wooden shoe factory In
Iowa is at Pella, the Hollander's COM
munity, in Marion county.
THREE firm friends In Linton, Ind,
are Geld B. Close, an editor, feet Z
inches tall, weight, 1874; City Marshal
Lewis, feet 10, weight, 315, and James
jackson, feet tall, weight, SO.
A TRAPPIsT monk, member of q
noble Piedmontese family, has run
away from the convent of the Ire Fon-
tame at Rome, taking q large sum Of
money belonging to the community
with him. ,'
INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, has a citizen
who, years ago, received bullet wound
similar to that which proved fatal to
President Garfield, and has never since
been without pain except when stand
ing up.
DIR. CHARLES MoSTEzUMA, full
blooded Apache, says the only way to
civilize the Indians is to place them in
direct contact with the whites and COM
pei them to earn their living by the
sweat of their own brows.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27

Maryland court of appeals, man famed
beyond the limits of his state for his
powers of oratory, his integrity, legal
knowledge and keen intellect.
Born in Frederick, Md, the town of
Barbara Frietchie, Mrs. Mclean first
saw the light of day in the states most
celebrated house, Prospect Hall, the
home Of her grandfather, the late Judge
William Pinkney Maulsby. 1t is man.
sion built by the famous Dulaney family
in old colonial times. Mrs Mclean was
born in the haunted room, in which ira
dition chronicles the walling up of q
young girl because Of a romantic love
affair.
Mrs. Mclean is characterized by
broadly liberal tenets in all directions,
is an earnest worker in church and pub
lie affairs The founding Of a chair Of
American history at Barnard college by
the New York city chapter Of the Rev
olutionary society, under Mrs. Nc
Lean s regency, has set an example in
practical patriotism for all like societies
to pattern after. The other chapters of
the Revolutionary association, located in
every state and territory in the Union,
have experienced an awakening in con-
templating the weighty step taken by
their sister chapter; step which illus
trates its own aims and principles and
those of the parent association, the Ma
tional Society of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution.
Such historical advantages are needed
all over the land, and that the opportu-
nifty for such knowledge should first be
made possible in New York, and by the
feminine descendants Of Revolutionary
patriots, in the sister institution Of old
Kings college, makes the event more
happy and fitting one than it could have
been without such associations. The
work is being sustained at present by an
amount raised annually, while the en-
dowment fund is being accumulated for
the future permanent historical profess
orship.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27
The Set of the wind in Kentucky.


The free silvrr gale that was blowing
in Kentucky before the recent advent of
Secretary Carlisle speedily died down
after his first speeches into very gentle
zephyr Since his second appearance in
the state with an unusually strong and
lucid argument against the unlimited
coinage of cheap silver dollars the wind
has set from new quarter and we are
now informed from Louisville that there
are enough delegates already chosen to
the coming state democratic convention
to insure the defeat of any free silver
resolutions. This is equivalent to say
ing that that good judge of horse flesh
and Kentucky whisky, Senator Joe
Blackburn, who recently lost his voice
shouting for free silver, will be elected
to stay at home. As statesman he is
about on par with Stewart, of Nevada,
Sibley, of Pennsylvania Jerry Simpson
and Pfeher, of Kansas, Altgelt, of Hi.
nois, and young Thurman, Of Ohio.
Carlise's act in going bravely into
Kentucky when it was unpopular to
defend the policy of limited coinage
of silver, and there successfully stemming
the free silver tide was one of the most
meritorious acts recently witnessed in
the political world. The good results
that have already followed his able
presentation of the unanswerable argu-
ment for an honest currency stamps him
as a statesman worthy of the name.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27
Rnsiness Continnes to Improve.

The very reliable Financial Chronicle
computes the gross earnings of 1872 rail
roads for May at $50, 391, 1872, an increase
of So, 1851, 4O4 as compared with the same
month last year, and for the five months
ending May 81, 131 railroads report gross
earnings at $3.50, 900, 197 an increase Of
a, ,Os6, 522 as compared with the cores
ponding period of last year.
That is as good a sign of the advancing
tide of prosperity as we have seen. An
other excellent indication was the action
of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co., and
the Sloss companies, the two largest
Southern producers of iron, Saturday
evening, advancing pig iron another
fifteen cents a ton, which makes total
advance since April of Sl.75 a ton. As
iron Is considered about the best business
barometer of the country this advance is
full of meaning.
The history Of prices shows that they
are affected with sort of tidal move
ment After a very severe reaction the
tide is now rising. The markets simply
reflect the growing prosperity and the
general tendency of an advance shows
how widespread that prosperity is.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27

The young German emperor is voted
hot-headed and impt in nearly every
quarter on this side and to about the same
extent on the other. But he manages
nevertheless to say great many goo d
things in speeches, very frequently hit
ting the nail neatly on the head as whC n
he addressed the French ambassador at
Kiel with the remark:
81 am happy to go with you to open
the canal in the pesenco of the French
squadron, which deserves so much ad-
miration. hope the Inauguration will
not be the last we shall perform together
for the cause of peace and the honor of
civilization :"
This clever speech was followed up by
an equally clever action-a call on the
French admiral. With all his faults
and his love of militay prowess, the en-
peror Is undoubtedly sincerely in favor
of preserving the peace of Europe.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27
THE STAGE.

AT the Odeon theater in Paris six
hundred manuscript plays are received
and read every year.
THE Austrian emperor created a sem
sation in Vienna the other evening by
appearing at theater. 1t was the first
time he had been seen in playhouse
since the tragic death of his son.
PRINCE NICHOLAS of Montenegro has
written drama in verse called prince
Arbanet," which will be performed
soon at Cettinje, his capital, and is to
be translated into Russian. The prince
had previously brought ont another
drama called "The Tsaritsa of the
Balkans"
"LA PRINcEssE LoINTAINE," four
act play in verse by NJ Rostaud, is the
latest novelty produced by Sarah Bern
hardt at the Paris Renaissance theater.
1t is founded on the story of the trouba-
dour, Geffroy Rudel, who fell in love
with the princess of Tripoli from the
fame of her beauty, and died on COM
ing into her presence.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27

The view taken by the Stark county
democrats in the late convention that no
free silver resolutions should be passed
and that the whole question be handed
over to the state convention is the one
adoted In several counties aleady heard
from. 1t Is the most sensible view that
can be taken of the question. National
finances can, of course, be dealt with at
county conventions. But the good results
of such course are hard to discern
while the evil of it is very perceptible.
it is not subject to quarrel over but to
reason about and honestly differ on where
views cannot be made to coincide. From
this on our prediction is that with the
advancing tide of prosperity the demand
for cheap money will fall off to point
where it will not be much of factor at
least In local politics.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27
Some Good Things About This
COuutry.

It has been discovered through late
publications of the census of 1870 that
this country spends annually on her
schools g. 40 per inhabitant. Great
Britain comes next with an expenditure
of little more than half as much.
France spends but so cents, Germany 90
cents, Austria 30 cents and Italy 20 cents.
In 1860 the average yearly wage of an
American operative amounted to s2S9'
In 1890 It amounted TO $3.50.
This Is the richest country in the world,
exceeding that of Great Britain 80 per
cent. Our Agricultural wealth has so
greatly increased that the English statis-
tican, Mulhall writing in the North
American Review, says "if the United
States has no urban population or indus
tries whatever the advance of agricultural
interests would be enough to claim the
admiration of mankind, for it has no par
allel in history" At another point he
says: "If we take a survey of mankind
in ancient and modern times as regards
the physical mechanical and intellectual
force Of nations, we find nothing to COM
pare with the United States in this pres
ent year of 1895"
This testimony from our principal rival
John Bull, in the person of his most
eminent statistican, is like fresh air from
the mountain top after one has listened
to the chorus of rant raised the past year
by the socialists, anarchists, populists and
owners of silver mines to the effect that
we are fast going to the dogs. There is
no question where we would be If they
were in the saddle for few administra-
tions But as things are every patriotic
American will have renewed pride in our
national motto-E Pluribus Unum.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27
WOMEN'S FANClES.

THE princess of Wales is a lover and
collector of fine and rare laces and has
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
worth locked up in her cabinets
SARAH GRAND married at sixteen and
for some time lived with her husband
in China. Since then she has travelled
much in Japan with no escort but her
maid.
MRS. NELLIE GRANT-SARToRIs ad-
heres to the fashion of hair-dressing
which prevailed when she was young
girl-the style which banged the hair
across the forehead as men did in
Florence in Raphael's time.
MRS. MULLER, an English woman,
speared wild boar at "a "pig stick" at
Tangier the other day. She is an excel
lent horse-woman, but her achievement
with an eighteen-foot spear has
created great excitement and admira-
tion in Morocco
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27

Gov. Morton, of New York, has signed
bills which annex to New YorkSScity a
considerable part of West Chester county,
including the towns of West Chester,
Olinville, Williams Bridge, Wakefield,
part of Pelham, City Island, Throggs
Neck, Bronxdale Baychester, Barlow and
Ft. Schuyler. BY this annexation the city
gains control of the entire park system
and adds many miles of deep water 'front.'
age. The addition to the city debt
through the annexation of so much terri
tory is comparatively small, but 500, 600,
while it adds twenty millions to the tax
duplicate. This is not bad bargain for
the metropolis which is now prepared TO
spread its teeming population over virgin
territory which, but generation ago was
considered permanent farm land. III c
world moves and the metropolis continues
near the head of the procession.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27

Before adjourning the Illinois legisla-
ture passed law which will enable any
county in the state to adopt the Forrens
system of land registration. For this
measure the Chicago Real Estate exchange
made a fight which extended over several
years. The principle underlying the new
law is that the ownership of land should
be as easily determined as the ownership
of stocks. All that relates to the title
of any piece OF property is kept in single
place, and the record can be ascertainod
at glance even by an inexpert person.
BY the Ohio system the record of title must
be traced through perhaps dozens of
volumes by n competent lawyer, and the
price of incompetence or carelessness is
very frequently the loss of the property