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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28
Family Spending Money.

Mr.. Walter Besant says in his novel
Beyond the Dreams Of ACGrice that if
the love of money is the root of evil, the
want of money is an evil in itself, and
among the many troubles of life, "the
biggest trouble of ALL" He says he does
not speak of plentiful money, but need
full money. Harper'S BozGr'S comment,
evidently made from the woman's stand
point, is as follows:
There come to mind the many needs which
money alone can relieve, and which vary as
much as do the individuals who lack the
wheTewithal to satisfy them To be sheltered,
clothed, and fed are such obvious necessities
that needful money is sometimes defined as
that which sufiices for these most pressing
claims, all beyond the imperative material
comfort being grimly classed as luxuries, OF
things with which one might dispense. There
is accordingly great deal of peace in fixed
income; although it may be small and
barely sufficient, yet the certainty which ii af
fOrds takesaway half the worry and diminishes
the trouble. Invention is stimulated, and be-
comes fertile in devices which make money
worth far more than its face value; and there
is even hOmely pleasure in the contriving
and combining which produce such astOnish
ing results, while the coveted article for which
one must save and bide ones time is apt to
enjoy very particular sort of esteem when il
does come into possession. These cOmpensa-
tiOns of modest fortune are unknown joys tC
the very wealthy, whose purses are adequate
to every expenditure, and who consequently
clnnOt have the little eXCitements of dreaming
and planning, nor the recompenses of self
denial.
All of which is the gospel Of truth
The Bazaar should have gone on and said
what it evidently had in mind, that 8
great many men, probably the majority
refuse to treat their wives with the dig
nifty and decency that allows the female
member of the firm to have the pocket
money, Ito say nothing of a fixed in
Gomez that will conduce little to wifely
self respect and independence. O
course fixed income worthy the name
is not very often possible, but it is alway
possible for the husband to set off to thu
wife as much money for her personal ex
penses, as he requires for his, and giv'
it to her absolutely to spend as sh,
! thinks best. The absence of this unself
ishness on the part of the head of tn,
house, very frequently thoroughly EN-
bitters domestic existence, and for sucl
miserable results, as Harriet Beeche
Stowe says in that excellent book, Littl
FOG s, ''very good, very religious peopl
will sometimes waste and throw ava,
by double handfulls the very thing fo
which houses are built and coal burne
and all the paraphernalia of home es
tablished-their hdDDineSS."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

THERE is a movement on foot whereby
New York proposes to honor herself by
honoring with a statue the memory of
Fennimore Cooper, a writer pronounce
by Thackery to be greater novelist than
Walter Scott. However, that may be,
all genuine Americans should have great
pride in the originality and verility of
Cooper's genius. While he was pug
nacious and, as he came to imagine that
his countrymen declined to give him the
credit to which he was entitled, grew
embittered in his later years. There is no
question now, among those competent to
Judge, that he easily ranks with Haw-
thorne and Scott, while, in the estimation
of many, he outranks both of them. The
great charm in his work is pronounced
individuality, the remarkable truthful
ness of his portrayal of the race of hunt
ers and Indians, now rapidly passing
away, the vivacity of his style, and the
absorbing interest developed by his mar
ratives. He was not so successful in his
sea tales, although we think his Red
Rover among the best of that class.
Scotts statue in Edinburgh is one of the
sights of England. Cooper's fine figure
will make an inspiring subject for real
artist.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28
Fred Douglass, Lineage.

The rule that the son inherits the abil-
ity of the mother, and the daughter of the
father, seems to have an exception in the
case of Frederick Douglass, whose
mother was a negro and father white
man. Such conclusion is no more
than probability, however, as the color
of the skin is not sure indication in
America of the grade of mind within.
This is notably true of the Indian race,
which boasts long line of able repre-
sentatives, for instance Red Jacket, Te-
cumseh, Black Hawk, and in our day,
Grass, Joseph and Sitting Bull. Females
of this race have never had any chance to
develop leadership, although they have
probably possessed as much natural
ability as the males. With the new race
there are fewer examples of men of dis
tinction. Nearly all of those who have
arisen to positions of prominence have
been of mixed negro and white blood
like Douglass and Bruce, the only negro
who ever occupied seat in the United
States senate. In these days the hall
and quarter breeds, in the north at least
seem more plentiful than those of pure
blood, and from this evil perhaps good
may come to the race as whole.
One of the great lessons of Douglass
career is that "honor and fame from nc
conditionrise, and that personal char
acter is the most valuable possession g
man can have. From the day when he
ran off from Baltimore to New England
Douglass kept his reputation tor honor
able dealing with all men above suspic
ion. He did not even rest content unit
he had obtained his manumission as 6
slave, although he was under no physi
cal obligation to pursue such course
When he married second wife who was
white-a former clerk-he lost cast witt
his own people, but his high character
soon won back their unqualified esteem
lie was honored as few white men were
attracted attention wherever he went
always threw his influence for the righ
as he saw it, brought to the support o
his views oratorical ability, wit anC
sound discretion of high order, anC
died illustrating anew, the everlasting
truth that it profits man nothing t.
gain the whole world and lose his owl
| co1l
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

DR.. Metcalfe is no empiric. He belongs
to the old school fraternity ofphysicians.
His contributions to medical literature
are published in one of the straight-laced
organs that fghtfOr the ethical code, and
are, therefore, entitled to the recognition
and confidence of the medical fraternity
lie does not make his garden at sight of
one swallow. lie only offers his own ex-
perience in evidence and concludes:
"Does the marked and prompt relief af-
forded in the cases referred to justify the
hope that the treatment for asthma by
manipulation may be in the right direc-
ton, and may eventually lead to better
results than have been hitherto reached2"
DIR. Metcalfe lays no claim to superior
knowledge in what must be looked upon
as more or less of a departure in the old
school; he is simply a learner, as is indi.
Gated by his concluding interrogation.
What he says, therefore, is so much more
worthy of careful investigation.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

Professor Charles s. Sargent, of Har-
ward University, has suggested the pres
ervation of the forests by means of mill
tary control. In order to make such a
guard possible he proposes the establish
ment, at the United States Military
Academy at West Point, of Chair of
Forestry. OF course this military guard
would be applicable only to the public
lands of the Federal government; but
that it might be most efficient in this re-
spect is evidenced by the good service in
exactly similar work in the Yellowstone
National Park. The forest service, more
over, has proved agreeable to officers and
men, and through general adoption
would strengthen the army discipline
and familiarize the soldiers with the de-
tails of country over which they may
yet be obliged to campaign.
civilian corps of thoroughly trained
foresters is, however, the true need of
the United States. Even if military
patrol such as that suggested should be
secured the problem would remain un.
solved. The government owns in all
scarcely 10 per cent of the forest area
and even this is situated in the far west,
remote from the bulk of the population.
Professor Fernow's advocacy before the
house agricultural committee of the bill
for the creation of college Of forestry
is heartily to be commended. The
establishment of such an institution
would be the most practical immediate
step to be taken.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28
Feminine Federal Government.

The climax of the New Womans re-
volt against the tyrant Man has at last
been reached. Denied even finger in
the suffrage pie, she has cooked up a
brand-new Federal Government for her
self and will proceed to rule her own sex
elbow to elbow with her masculine COM
peers. The report of the executive COM
mittee of the Woman's National Coun-
Gil can be no otherwise interpreted. The
eight million women of the eighty great
societies who form the constituency of
the National Council propose to organ
ize themselves into senate and house
of representatives, a presidency and cabi-
net and federal government patterned
exactly upon the lines Of the United
States, and not cut bias.
The sterner half of the Union may soon
expect to hear their wives, mothers, sisters
apd sweethearts excitedly discussing the
next presidential election (of which it is
needless to add that man will "not be in
it'') and learnedly debating the national
feminine issues of "Protective Skirts OF
Free Bloomers," or Husband fol
Revenue Only" He will hear with sub,
dued superciliousness of the new Del
sartean cabinet, OF the secratary of dress
reform, the secretary of shopping affairs
the secretary of the household, of con
gressional committees upon ways and
means of domestics and upon importa
ton Of foreign servant girls, and of the
bureau of typewriting.
Seriously, however, says the Phila
delphia Record, there can be no doubt in
enlightened minds that such nationa
federation as contemplated would exer
a wonderful influence upon the womer
of the land. This moral legislation by
an ideal government Of their own sex
would directly affect one-half of the cul
tured classes of American womanhood
Moral suasion is more potent, too, thar
mere legislative enactment, and thi
movement may ultimately result il
many astonishing reforms, such as cru
sades alone could have hitherto pro
duced. The effect would by no mean
be confined to the world of femininity
Woman has played and Is today enact
ing conspicuous role in the philan
thropic, economic, social and intellectua
spheres, and her power is hourly gainin
new potency in all the affairs of men.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28
Revival of the Whipping Post.

Wife beating has become so common
in New York state, that severe measures
are being considered to suppress it. In.
congruous as it may seem, the Human
society of the metropolis has recommen-
ded the whipping post for the wife -beater
and the child beater. The various police
justices are also in favor of re-establish-
ing the whipping post One of the justi-
ces is on record with the following com
ment;
The wife-beating mania is becoming so
fixed among certain class of people that
it should be checked now and forever. |
have sent fifteen wife-beating husbands
to the island in two days, and some OF
them laughingly informed me that the
rest would do them good. In the majority
of cases they thought nothing of the wife
they we're leaving behind, and were rath-
er glad of the change, as it would not de-
volve upon them to provide for the family.
They didn't care what became of their
families as long as they were existing
without working.
A reading of what this police justice
says, is convincing argument that impris-
onment is punishment that does not fit
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28
Reaping the Republican whirlwind

Certain republican journals continue
to cry calamity" and to blame the
democratic party with all the ills of the
past several months. True there has
been business depression, but the dem
ocratic party was in no wise responsible
for it. The seeds of the panic were
sown during the Harrison administra-
ton and bore fruit during the first year
of Mr.. Cleveland's term. The republi-
can party is responsible if any party is,
and the attempt to shift the
responsibility is only political
trick. To deceive the voters
the Republican press and managers laid
great stress on the high tariff laws. The
Mckinley high tariff laws were in full
force when the panic came on and con-
tinued in full force all the time the panic
continued. fthe democratic party had
established free trade laws the first day
of Mr.. Cleveland's term and could have
put them into operation at once, then
there might have been some ground for
blaming the business depression on the
democratic party; but the democratic
party and the people lived and operated
under republican laws all during the
panic.
The tariff laws of the United States,
however, needed changing the high pro.
lection wall was big protection and aid
to the capitalists, but high protection
was not able to keep up wages or keep
shops running. The democratic party
was committed to rearrange the tariff
laws in the interest of the masses and the
changes, while not as fully in accord
with the Chicago platform as many would
have desired, were, nevertheless, in the
right direction and will innure to the
benefit of the people. The democratic
party stands as the champion of the
masses on the tariff question and time
will fully demonstrate this position.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

A BERLIN cable says large orders for
the new United States bonds were sent
to London from Berlin and Frankfort.
The closing OF the list two hours after the
opening excluded most of the German
applicants. Strong dissatisfaction is felt
on the German boerses because more of
the bonds were not procured here. 1t
would have been a great political stroke
if the English end of the loan had been
negotiated in Berlin rather than in Lo n
don. 1t would have made the loan much
more popular in this country, particu.
larly among the large German element
of the population, as it would have been
snapped up in Berlin at 3 per cent as
quickly as in London.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

the crime, and that the only punishment
that will bring wife and child-beaters to
their senses, is the inhiction Of like pun
ishment. Give a wifebeater the same
sort of dose as he gives his family,
only little more severe, and the prac-
tice will soon have fewer followers, The
whipping post is an extreme measure,
but we think wife-beaters deSerCe severe
treatment. The movement to change
the penal code in New York so as to
permit the whipping.post is very likely
to succeed and other states may well
olloM suit.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28
An American College of Forestry.

The American forestry problem is one
Of the most important, even if one Of the
n ost prosaic, public questions before the
people of the United States today. The
forests of this country are more valuable
than its silver, gold and copper mines.
The value of one billion dollars has been
set by an exchange, upon the timber
land of the Union. Over one-half--very
nearly three.quarters, in fact-of this
great domain has already been exhaust
ed; and unless the people shall be edu-
Gated within the next twenty years to
use the timber properly, the land will be
practically denuded of forests. The great
forest fires of the past have emphasize
the necessity of fire wardens; yet the
greatest danger to our wood lands, after
all, is not the havoc Of the Aames, but
the destruction Of timber in such man
ner that its reproduction is also prevent
ed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

The remarkably cold and protracted
winter, now drawing to close
we are glad to say-has not
only broken all records south of
the Ohio river, and exceeded in New
York in severity the celebrated blizzard
winter of 1888, when Roscoe Conklin lost
his life trying to wade through the snow
drifts on Broadway, but has made a great
record for severity in Europe. In Eng
land it has hovered around zero--or
twenty to thirty degrees below frost, as
they put it-and as the country has no
other heating apparatus than open
fire places even the wealthy
have found it very difficult to keep ap-
proximately comfortable, while many of
the poor have frozen to death. In con-
tinental Europe and Asia the cold has also
been widespread, severe and very pro-
tracted, precisely as it has been in this
country, and the suffering, owing to the
absence of any heating appliances worthy
the name, has been very distressing,
even to read about. The little porcelain
hand stoves that are carried about in
France, with some charcoal inside, and
the straw burning ovens in China, that
are one minute hot and the next cold
after few more experiences like this,
will probably give away to something
half way adequate to the heating stove
line.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

THE great Catholic mass meeting last
week in New York to promote temper
ance turned out, owing to the develop
ments of the meeting, to be one of the
religious sensations of the winter. 1t
was presided over by the Rev. A. p.
Doyle, young member OF the Paulist
Fathers who, during the past year, has
achieved great deal of newspaper noto-
riety on account of the eloquence and
ability he has displayed on the platform,
particularly in Temperance work. In
his opening address he said "the Cath
olic clergy to man are against the
opening of the saloons on Sunday and
the Catholic clergy have the Catholic
people at their back. Nicar-General
Mooney read from the decree Of the
Third Plenary Council of Baltimore:
Sunday laws will not be relaxed, bat even
more rgidly enforced. Greed for gain is at
the bottom of any movement which has for its
object the opening of the saloon on Sunday
The clamor for larger liberty is raised by those
who would be financially benefited by it-by
those who would turn Sunday into day of
dissipation that would be humanity's cdrse,"
Father Mooney announced this decree
as the Catholic platform on the liquor
question. This activity in new quar-
ter, coupled with the recent decision of
the Apostolic Delegate in support of the
Bishop of Columbus, in the latter's at
tempt to weed keepers of saloons out OF
positions of influence in Catholic socie.
ties, shows Enthusiastically the trend OF
the Catholic church on the liquor ques-
/ tinp
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

IL its Washington's birthday article,
the New York Sun says Of the first pres.
dent of the republic; ole grows upon
his country and the world with the pro-
cession of the generations, as he is seen
the more distinctly and truly. He is the
noblest national hero seen in any coun-
try of the earth since the creation of
man. The revival in these days of what
we may call Washingtonism is most
pleasant to contemplate. 1t means the
strengthening of the republic, the renew
al of its pristine spirit, the publication of
politics, and the animation of patriotism.
The name of Washington is synonymous
with all that il desirable and glorious in
American life."
And yet we have little doubt that had
Charles A, Dana been contemporary OF
Washington, and editing a New York
Sun along about 1893, he would have given
the president the same kind Of hot shot
he has given every president in his turn
from Andrew Johnson to Grover Cleve'
land. We make no accusations, but
simply say that the contemporary would
probably fail to discover the hero. In
1898 the majority in congress was against
Washington, his cabinet was threatened
with disruption, and there was a malig'
nant cabal bounding him at every turn,
charging him with desire to perpetuate
his power, which was not quieted until
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

IN his address at the Lincoln banquet
in Cincinnati, General Asa w. Jones, in
the most extravagant language, de-
nounced the brutal hypocrisy and cruel
deceit" by which the democratic party
gained control of national affairs. This
is truly refreshing, says the Toledo Bee,
coming as it does from party capable
of committing the crime of rs, by tramp
ling upon the will of the people as ey-
pressed at the ballot-box-a political
crime before which all others sink into
insignifcance.
Yes, Mr.. Jones seems to forget all
about the crime of the century, but then
republicans generally are prone to forget
ali about '76 when oratiug on "crimes. u
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

he published his noble farewell address,
Jefferson in letter he wrote to Madison
at this period, says of Washington; Gle
is also extremely affected by the attacks
made and kept up on him in the public
newspapers" Although Jefferson re-
tired from the secretaryship of state in
this cabinet, yet many years after he
wrote of Washington: ellis integrity
was most pure, his justice the most in
flexible / have ever known; no motives
of interest or consanguinity, of friend
ship or hatred being able to bias his de.
cision. lie was indeed in every sense OF
the word, wise, good, great man.
Which is not very far removed from the
modern estimate.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

IT is surmised that the New York leg
islature evidently contains some mem
bers who are in sympathy with wife
beaters. The fact that the whipping.
post bill for that class of brutality was
amended all out of its original meaning
gives color to the surmise. If the women
of today will but take to dumb bells and
Indian clubs, and treat the cOwardly
wife beater to forcible surprise, the
practice would soon languish and die.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

HELEN GOULD seems to be different
from the rest of her family. She cares
nothing for racing, or small dinners, or
frivolitry, or-titled counts. Her sole aim
and desire is to help the poor and un.
fortunate. On recent occasion she
treated 400 waits to ice-cream, cake and
sandwiches, and the JOY she brought to
that ragged crowd was worth more to
her than the smiles of "McAllister' :
400" for whole month.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28
JOURNALISM IN LONDON
A METHODIST LADY.
PHILADELPHIA Record.

A good old Methodist lady who became very
Word, calculated, "Gloryp She was admon-
ished to keep quiet by two of the brethren,
and nodded assent, but soon becoming forget
ful, responded, ''Halleluja" The brethren
again called her attention to the annoyance,
and told her that if she did not keep quiet they
mon proceeded, and the old lady, becoming
very happy and forgetful of her surroundings,
shouted out, "Glory to GOdp This was too
much for the brethren and they tried to lead
her out but she refused to walk, so they car.
ried her. On her way she said: II am hon
ored above my Master, for, while he was car
ried by an ass, am carried by twO"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

CANTON feels honored in the honors
visited upon our townswoman, Mrs.
Sherwood, last week at Washington.
The brightest platform speakers of the
sex were in attendance (especiallyin the
temperance section) of the National
Council of Women, and the prominent
position in such galaxy accorded Mrs.
Sherwood indicates to what levels her
national reputation has risen.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

SECRETARY CARLISLE has the grip. If it
leaves him as rapidly as the gold surplus
did he will not be of duty great while.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-28

THE greatest howl against the income
tax comes from men who will not have
to pay ceLt of the tax.