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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

A writerin the North American Review
says that one city in Kansas has issued
a circular declaring that the town is un-
able to pay its Indebtedness, and the
valuation is decreasing at so rapid rate
that it will be necessary to have con-
cession from those who hold the bonds
of the town or to move out and start
another city near by the site of the old
one. A county in Kansas has, issued
notice to its creditors, saying that the
land is assessed for more than it is worth,
and that the people will not pay taxes
on it, so that the only way out of the
predicameut is for the bondholders to
consent that the debts shall be reduced
and put at point that can be reached
by the people. Kansas really seems to
be bleeding under gold standard, etc.
And still we must have higher taxation
to get relief. They call it protection"
when in fact it is robbery.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

The Republican senatorial canvass in
Pennsylvania is bitingly bitter and
malitiously mean. The bribery of legis-
lators has been pretty well established
as to both sides. But the evangelical
part is worse and more foul than the
other, being secret campaign of SLAM
der, all in the interest of Brother
Wanamaker. His competitor Mr.. Penrose,
has had arrested on charges Of criminal
libel two reverend gentlemen. One of
them, located in Pennsylvania for
evangelical work" sent OIL to West
Virginia for brother evangelist, who
was paid for going about the State and
spreading with the assumed sanctity of
his profession charges against Mr., PEN
rose that were hardly ht subjects for
public debate.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

from the plane of humanity and from hu-
man sympathies They prefer to regard
him as only a man, but the very best, the
noblest the grandest of his race. All
oreeds, all schools, all PHILOSOPHERS honor
him to the fullest. Even the Jews, who
are charged with putting him to death
and hating his memory, sincerely respect
him, though they do not allow the super
natural claims made for him. 1t was only
one of their scots, the Pharisees, who clam
ored for his execution. The body of the
chosen people hold themselves guiltless Of
his blood. The educated Brahmanists,
Buddhists, Mohammedans, Shintoists,
Parsees, place Jesus in the front rank of
mortals The savagest iconoclast, the rank
est infldel, always speaks of him with ad-
miration. OF God there is no end of opn-
ions; of Jesus, morally, humanity, there is
but one.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
LEGAL NOTICE,

Cbarl"s 5cholder, Chattanooga, Tenn. !;
Ralph S"nolder, Avondale, Tenn; Louis
Soholder, residence unknown; Edward
Scholder, residence unknown: Andrew
Hahn, residence unknown; Washington
Hahn, residence unknown; Jonathan
Sell, residence unknown; John Sell,
Goshen, Ind Jane Ebright, Elkhart,
Ind. Alfred Braokenbusb, Chicago, Ill. ;
Charles Brackenbush Chicago, Ill. ;
Edward Brackenbush, Jersey City, Nj. {;
Charlotte Mothershead, Chicago, Ill. o tito
Braoken bush, residence unknown; the
unknown heirs Of Christian Graft, the
unknown heirs Of Samuel Coulter the
unknown heirs of Jacob Hahn; are hereby
notified that Isaac Trump, Sarah A Gibbs,
Lydia Smith, Lavina Barnett, George W.
Trump and Eli ID. Yoder have, as plain
tiffs, filed their petition In the Court Of
Common Pleas, Of Stark comfy, Ohio,
against the above named defendants and
others in said petition, alleging that the
said plaintiff, Eli ID. Yoder, Is the owner
Of, and In the actual possession of all that
part Of the following described premises
lying east Of ths center of Warner avenue (;
and that the other above-named plain
titffs are Jointly the owners Of. and In
the actual possession Of all that part Of
said premises lying west OF the center
of said Warner avenue, said premises
being part Of the northeast quarter Of
section 10, township 10, and range 8 In
Stark county, Ohio. Beginning for the
same at point in the south line Of East
Tusoarawas street 57X feet west Of
Warner avenue In said city, thence south
19A degrees, west 213 4-10 feet; thence
south 32 degrees, west 12 feet; thence
south 14K degrees, west l40 feet to the
south line Of said quarter; thence east
on said quarter line 50', feet to the CEN
ter Of Warner avenue, there being thence
still east on said quarter line three (8)
chains and 27 links to the west line of lot
No. 1896 in said city of Canton Qot No.
80 In Hartford Addition to said city,
thence north IL degrees, west on the said
west line of said lot TO the south line Of
said East Tusoarawas street; thence
north 68H degrees, west on the south
line of said East Tuscarawas street, 2
chains and 43 links to the center Of
Warner avenue thence still on the south
line of said street west 571 feet to the
place of beginning.
And alleging further that the above
named defendants claim some estate
or interest In said premises adverse to the
respective titles of plaintiffs.
The object and prayer of said petition
Is that the title of plaintiffs to said
premi es be quieted as against the ad,
verse olai,ns Of the defendants, and to
have the interest or estate In and to said
premises claimed by defendants ad.
jugdged null and void.
Ali Of the defendants are hereby re.
quired to answer ON or before the 30th
day of January, 1897, or Judgment will
be taken against them accordingly.
THE PLAINTIFFS
ABOVE NAMED.
BY Meyer g. Piero,
dol Their Attorneys.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
LEGAL NOTICE.

r. d. Wheaton and John @. Darst, late part
ners as X. ID. Wheaton & Co, both residing in
Chicago, Illinois, are hereby notified that the
Canton Bridge Co, corporation, has filed a
petition in the court of common pleas, Stark
County, Ohio, against them, praying for judg-
ment against them for $4SS. on and interest
from July 3lst, 1893, being for the balance due
on an account for bridges sold them.
A writ of attachment and garnishee process
was issued in said action aud served upon the
Massillon Bridge Co., corporation, and was
levied upon the stock of said Jno. @. Darst in
said corporation the same being certificates No.
2, No. 8, No. 10, No. IL, No. ~, No. 13 and
No IA, being 10 shares of 500 90 per share.
Said parties are required to answer on or be-
fore the 30th day OF January, 1897, or judg-
ment will be taken accordingly and said stock
sold to satisfy the same and costs.
(l0-Lw) THE CANTON BRIDGE co.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
Teachers Examinations

The Board of Examiners of Stark county will
meet at Canton for the exaTination of applicants
for Teachers Certificates on the FIRST Satur-
day of each of the following months
September and December, 1896.
January. February, March. April, May and
June, 1897 also, on the THIRD Saturday of
March and on the FOURTH Saturday Of August,
1897.
Examination of pupils under the Boxwell Law,
at Canton, on the THIRD Saturday of April and
on the THIRD Saturday of May, 1897.
All examinations begin promptly at 8:15 A M.
All work must be done with pen and ink.
Examinations will be held in the Central High
School building.
JOHN ELLIS, Pres.
Massllon, o.,
JOHN M. SARVER,
Canton, o.,
j. A. SYLER. CLERK,
New Berlin, o.,
EXAMINERS.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
Relief In Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder
diseases relieved In six hours by the "New
Great South American Kidney Cure. I"
This new remedy is a great suprirse on
account of it's exceeding promptness In re-
lieving pain In the bladder, kidneys, back
and every part of the urinary passages
in male or female. 1t relieves retention
of water and pain In passing 1t almost
Immediately. II you want quick relief
and cure this is your remedy, Sold by
Durbin, Wright 81 Co., druggists, Can
ton. Ohio
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
Can't Go Home For Christmas.

No drearier mortal can be imagined than
the man who cannot go home from college
for Christmas. He hangs around the de-
serted buildings with most forlorn air, or
hovers over his study fire, If he has a study
fire, in vain attempt to get warmth. Or
perhaps he takes different tack and
thinks to find Christmas cheer in a lark all
by himself. Alas! the spirit of Christmas
Is essentially communistic; to be thorough
ly enjoyed, it must be shared. No theater
can appease the loneliness of the solitary
one, and the only solace he finds is in sleep,
where he can forget that he is a man who
cannot go home for Christmas
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

holidays, especially TO children, whose fes
tival it is often called. Hardly an Ameri-
can any more than German child but has
delightful associations with Dec 25, the
very poorest in this country receiving pres
ents from their parents and every oppor-
tunity and encouragement for joyousness.
Unfortunate indeed is the child who has
not remembrances of a happy Christmas.
We all feel that childhood can never return,
and that it is our duty to contribute what
ever we can to make it bright and pleasant.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

in behalf Of mortals survive to a great
degree, with new interpretations, to the
present time, and exercise no little influ-
ence. We think paganism was extinct
ages since, and so it was in form; but its
animus continually crops out in our creeds,
our opinions, our modes of thought, in all
our conduct We are as men much the
same now that we were in Egypt, Judea,
Greece and Rome. The kernel of human
nature is ever the same.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
THE GREAT HUXLEY.
What Huxley the Great English Scien
tist Considered the Best Start
i'm Life.

The great English scientist Huxley,
said the best start in life is sound
stomach. Weak stomsohs fail to digest
food properly, because they lack the
proper quantity of digestive acids Qactic
and hydrOchloric) and peptogenic pro-
ducts; the most sensible remedy in all
cases of indigestion, is to take after each
meal, one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets, because they supply in pleas
ant, harmless form all the elements that
weak stomaohs lack.
The regular use of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets ill cure every form Of stomach
trouble except cancer of the stomach.
They increase flesh, insure pure blood,
strong nerves, a bright eye and clear
complexion, beause all these result only
from wholesome food we'll diRested.
Nearly all druggists sell Stuart Dyspep-
sla Tablets at 90 cents, full-sized pack
age.
Send for Free book on Stomach
Troubles, to Stuart Co., Marshall. Mich.
(2l-93-26-w)
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
Death of Miss Mary Hontz.

Miss Mary Houtz, aged 30 years, died
Monday morning. She was found at 6
O'Clock dead in bed and the cause of death
was heart trouble. She resided with Mr..
Emanuel Bechtel on the Georgetown
road, about three miles east of Canton,
and was quite we'll knewu, being a mem
ber of the family of several children bear
ing that name. Funeral arrangements
are not yet made.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

The men who ask for high tariff duties
on lumber only want to be enriched at
the public expense. Under he enorm-
GUS duties in years gone by great for.
tunes were made with ease and rapidity.
Is it not time our forest reserves were
being considered and cared for? High
protective duties induce their destruc-
ton. 1t is said high duties on lumber
are benefit to the workingmen, let 1t
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

To cure all old sores, to heal an indo.
lent ulcer, or to speedily cure piles, you
need simply apply DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve according to directions. Its magic
like action will surprise you. Sold by F.
z Shanai'elt q Co., O. N. Nye, Fishers
drug store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
Saturday, January End 1897,

at one o'clock p. m, upon the premises the fol
lowing described real estate situated in the town
ship of Plain, in the county of Stark and State of
Ohio, and described as follows: Being part of
the southwest quarter of section six, township IL,
range s, and bounded as follows: Beginning ut a
stone in the township line 10, 43l 100 chains north
Of the southwest corner of said section; thence
running north with the township line l6 70% 100
chains TO post; thence east one ID chain TO a
post; thence south, IA degrees east 10, 2S19 100
chains TO post; thence SOUTH parallel with the
township line 46 links TO a stone thence south,
81 degrees west g. 2O-i00 chains to a stone 10 the
place of beginning, containing and 22-lOO acres
of land, more or less.
Said property is appraised at s 00,00.
Terms OF Snle--Cash on day of sale
VIM. WAGNER, Administrator,
with the will annexed, df Mary Schlott, deed.
j. p, FAwoETT. Plaintiffs Atty. d3hw
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

The old lady was right when she said
the child might die if they waited for the
doctor. She saved the little ones life
with few doses of One Minute Cough
Cure. She had used it for Group before.
Sold by It. p. Shanafelt 4 Co, q. N.
Nye, Fishers Drug Store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
LEG AL NoTIOE.

Philip Snyder, whose residence Is unknown, is
notified that Barbra Snyder did on the third day
Of September, 1896 file her petition in the Office Of
the Clerk Of Court OF Common Pleas, within and
ing the said Philip Snyder wi h willful ab ,ence
for moro than three years last past, and asking
that she may be divorced from the said Philip
nnydsI, a and 70 f9r reasonable % ainony which peti;
said Court
Dated this 10th day of December. A. d. 1896.
BARBRA SNYDER.
dl7Ew BY X. A. PIKE. her Atty.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

Although Christmas Is
now universally regarded as
the anniversary Of the birth
OF Jesus Christ, although
during the fourth century a
rigorous examination was
made by the theologians of
the east and west as to the
exact time of his nativity
and Dec. 25 finally agreed
upon, it seems almost GER
tain that that is not the day.
AS that Is the acme of the
rainy season in Judea, 1t Is
not in the least likely that
shepherds would then be
yyatchino thpir flocks nm tha
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
Death of Mrs, Delta Huet,

Mrs. Delta Huett died Saturday night
at her home, No 11s Buckeye Street, Of
heart failure. The death was very
sudden and is great shock to her many
friends. The remains will be taken to
Robsrtsville over the g. @. SIS. aat 7:O5
Wednesday morning, The Funeral
services will be held at Liberty church,
near Robertsville, on Wednesday morning
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

worship survived in Europe until 80 or 60
years ago. The inhabitants of some of the
villages on the Moselle were long In the
habit on st. Johns eve of carrying big
wheel wrapped in straw to the top Of q
hill, firing the straw and rolling 1t down.
II it reached the river still ablaze, they re-
garded it as n good omen, evidence of u
fine vintage. The greenery with which we
still ornament our homes and churches at
this season and the gifts we hang on
Christmas trees are probably relics of the
symbols with which our rude ancestors ex-
pressed their faith in the power of the re-
turning sun TO clothe the earth with green
ness and TO produce new crops of fruit.
And the frumenty (made of hulled wheat,
boiled in milk and seasoned), still eaten in
parts Of Great Britain, and in some of our
southern states, at Christmas time, would
seem to be tradition of the offerings paid
to Hulda or Bertha, the embodiment of
fertility in the Teutonic mythology, to
whom the Germans looked for fresh sup
plies of grain.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

plains at night, when, as Is recorded, they
saw the star Of Bethlehem rise in the east
to guide them to the sacred manger. Some
Of the earlier churches celebrated the di.
vine event in January, some in May, 9th
ers in June, and any one of those periods
would have been more probable than is
December.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

Inasmuch as Christmas,
whether the date he correct
or incorrect, stands for the
birth Of Jesus, everybody
must revere the day, because
everybody reyeres him. A
great many men who do
not at all believe in his di-
vinity believe In his tran
scendent goodness, his love
Of humanity, his spirit Of
self sacrifice. They do not
think that his being the
Son of God would add to
his merit, but would rather
detract from 1t, because his
GOlShin yOul1 ramOva him
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

Many of the beliefs and
dsages of the ancient Ger
mans as we'll as Of the an
cient Romans concerning
the Christmas period, be-
tween Dec. 25 and Jan. 6,
in which those peoples
thought they could trace the
interference of their deities
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
CHRISTMASANA.
JUNlUS HENRI BROWNIES PHiLo-
SOPHIE REFLECTIONS.

A Day That Is Not Only Revcred by All
Creedsmen, but by Rationalists and Even
by Infidels-o Originally Pagan Festival,
Now Universal Holiday.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

year. Then nature began the renewal Of
her active powers and the gods, who were
originally but the celestial personifcations
Of those, were supposed to revive their care
Of and interest in man. Consequently
those peoples marked the period with fes-
tivities and celebrations of many sorts.
And when Christianity arose the old heath
en- spirit was transferred to evangelical
agencies and reproduced in evangelical
rites.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

ing newly incarnatcd, so that life is but a
series Of births and deaths through ages.
Plato deflnitiyely believed and taught this,
and many philosophers before and since,
maintaining that with each rebirth the
soul, which is indestruotible, advances
and ameliorates.
JuNIUs HENRI BROWNE.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

Now the commission is partisan, and
as 1t has been conducted certainly insults
the intelligence, virtue and honor of the
best citizens of the country In official
suspicious and persistent attacks.
1t invites the abandonment Of honorable
industrial pursuits and creates a passion
for the ignoble work of offloa getting,
1t makes competition for office greater
than competition for the higher and more
honorable fields of labor. 1t gives the
oonceits of theorists such control in
public affairs as to induce the president
TO surrender his own right of judgment
and his duty to the people to men who
neither orea nor sustain governments
Does their particular phraseology Of
acrimony make governments or secure
reformsP Are all the people who differ
with them ''spoilsmep, robbers and
knavesp In the name of reform in the
OWL service, the peoples control of their
own affairs would be transferred to these
irresponsible agenoies-the commission
and its abettors.
The commission, created by this law
under the name of investigation, invades
the offices and interferes with the duties
and Responsibilities of the beads of exscu-
tive departments and offices, and as
sumes to dictate to them what their
action shall be In the conduct of official
affairs, although it may bs In accord with
their own judgment and responsibility,
and not violative Of any law, but In
striot conformity with law and duty.
Whence comes this spirit of reform,
dictation and denunoiationp It comes
from men who are sort of political
aristocraoy, with theories without any
attached responsibilities, who seek to
usurp the powers Of governments, and
one Of their principles 10 TO ask congress
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

Christmas is scarcely
thought of now by the null
titude as other than a day
of recreation and pleasure,
From the earliest times it
was devoted to merrymak-
ing, with which its religious
observation was never al
lowed to interfere. 1t is the
first and most joyous of all
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

The time of fixing the re.
ligious festival was not
chosen, however, without
ample cause. Like most Of
the Christian holidays, It is
primarily due to pagan pre-
oedent. Nearly all the pa
gan peoples considered the
winter solstice, Dec. 81, as
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
C. IL. JEFFERSON,
of Alliance, Ohio, Recommends
wrigbps Celery Capsules.

of Alliance, Ohio, Recommends
WriRbps Celery Capsules.
Alliance O., Mos 27, 1896.
To The Wright4 Medical Co., Columbus,
Ohio;
uenCs- ALve purchased box Of
Wright's Celery Capsules from A. s. Cas-
saday, druggist, and used them for Nerv-
GUS Trouble, Indigestion and Stomach
Trouble, ana believe 1t to be the best
medicine for nervous trouble that 1 have
taken for year, ] have taken about
two hundred dollars worth Of medicine,
and believe the Capsules are the best I
have Heart Trouble, the doctor said l
could not get well; but am greatly re-
lieveu by the use of the CAPSULES.
Yours very truly,
O. II. Elberson
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

Some rationalists hold
that all life ends with death;
others that it continues in
definitely, though without
consciousness, so that it is
equivalent to extinction.
The larger part of the world
believes that man dies num-
hnrlnsa tinlns. nnch time be.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

Wrishts Celery Ies. regulates the
liver and kidneys. cures constipation
and sick headache. Csc at all druggists.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

The ancient Germans held
their great Yule feast mt the
winter solstice (Yule is still
a synonym Of Christmas)
to solemnize the return of
the fiery sun wheel-the sun
is styled in the Edda the
shining wheel-as a part Of
their nature worship. This
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

Christmas Is really blessed in what 10
means and brings, whatever their oiroum-
stances, TO the world Of children.

oOS~ Dec 25 naturally sug-
,eg8B&Ss4A Rests, being accepted as the
Hj$%aSa 81 anniversary Of the birth Of
Shs$8.TsS Jesus the idea OF resurrec-
ss#E@ tion, about which the theo-
$gltS logic no less than the nom
theologic differ so widely.
There is probably no other subject about
which thoughtful, cultured people more
radically disagree. The vulgar notion that
they who reject the orthodox doctrine are
materialists, atheists, persons destitute of
all faith, is an egregious error. Atheist is
literally far more a word than thing.
What it is supposed to represent can scarce
ly be found in the flesh, freely as the term
Is used by the orthodox toward those hold
ing adverse views. Rationalists refuse to
accept authority or dogma and wholly re-
nounce supernaturalism. They have, how
ever, discrepant views of the same topics
often, but always eschew what they call
superstition. Death they consider natural
as life as not substantially varying there
from, as bringing neither reward nor pun
ishment specifically, but merely fulfill
ment of the cosmic relations.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
Administrators A Sale of
Real Estate.

Iu pursuance of an order of the Probate Court,
of Stark county, Ohio will offer for sale. at pub
lie auction, on