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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22

bells might be heard Tor long distance,
1t was necessary that they be hung at u
high elevation. Hence bell towers were
constructed, and every high tower in the
Christian world owes its erection to the
bishop of Nola and his bell.
At first the towers were merely an en-
largemcnt of the lantern already described
This was subsequently heightened and fire.
quently finished with u conical roof To
extend this roof to tapering spire was an
easy transition, and thus the church steG-
pie originated its belfry being known
among architects as the lantern TO this
day.
So runs the story Of Paulinus and his
godly work and the first Easter bell
Though it rests largely on oral tradition
there is much strong presumptive evidence
TO support it, The name of his city, Nola
for example, is the name given TO a small
bell attached to the neck of a dog, the foot
of bird or the housings of horse. The
word Campana is the Italian and Spanish
name for bell the Italian, as we have
Seen designating u bell tower as a cam
panile, both words being clearly derived
from the same locality.
Many episodes, commonly accepted as
historical facts, rest upon no better author
ity than that which proclaims Bishop
Paulinus the discovCrcr of the church bell
In these days Of research and close investi-
CATION it is more than likely that evi.
dcncc such as will place his fame upon an
unassailable foundation will be unearthcd
In the near future. II. W. POTTER
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22
A FIvE-YEAR.oLD HEIRESS.
Fortune of $246,O64 Held in Trust for
Her by James III. Channon.

Fortune of S246,O64 Held I'm Trust for
Her by James II. Chnnnon.
Miss Mabel Arey, five years old, who
lives with Mr.. and Mrs. James II. Chan.
non at No. 1927 Deming court, Chicago,
will come into an inheritance of $780,
064 when she is of age. This amount is
now held by Mr.. Channon in trust as
guardian. Little Miss Arey receives
this as the estate of her father, who died
several years ago in Philadelphia. A
few months ago Mrs. Arey passed away
at the Deming court residence and left
the orphan the Inheritance.
Mr.. Arey was prominent business
man of Philadelphia, where he lived for
many years and amassed fortune,
which, on his death, occurring shortly
after the birth of his daughter, went
to his wife, with the provision that at
her death it should go absolutely to
Miss Mabel. The settlement of the es.
tate was made in Philadelphia, where
the amount of the Inheritance was
awarded to Mr.. Channon as a guardian,
to be held for her until she attains her
majority.
There is really nothing to be said for
publication about this" Mr.. Channon
said. mabel is with US, as she has
been since the death of her mother re-
Gently. She is young-only five years
old-and of course does not yet appre-
ciate the fortune that has fallen to her.
The amount stated in the Philadelphia
dispatches is about right.
"At his death Mr.. Arey simply left
his property to his wife and directed
that at her death it should go to his
daughter, and that is what it is to do.
There were no complications whatever
in the settling of the estate, and no
court proceedings other than the regu-
lar formal ones"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22

nearer or farther from the equinox.
In the prayer book Of the English church
the following is given as a rule to find
Easter: EASTER day is always the first
Sunday after the full moon which happens
upon or next after the 21st day of March,
and If the full moon happen upon Sun
day Easter day is the Sunday after, ,"
About the year A. ID. 1853 controversy
arose as to the date of Easter which divided
all Christendom. This difference arose
originally between the churches of Asia
Minor and the then so called churches OF
the west the former insisting on keeping
Easter the same day as the Jews kept
their Passover. Toward the end Of the
century the discussion became so violent
that Victor, the bishop of Rome issued
an apostolic canon decreeing that 'if any
bishop, priest or deacon celebrated the
holy feast of Easter before the vernal
equinox, as the Jews do, let him be de
posed"
In the fourth century matters had gone
to such a length that the Emperor Con
stantine thought it his duty TO allay the
controversy. SO he got an ecclesiastical
canon passed that Easter should be OBJ,
served on one and the same day, but the
controversy continued until A, ID. 664,
when Oswy, king Of Northumbria deter,
mined to take the matter in hand and called
a conference, at which he himself presided
| Colman, bishop Of Lindisfarne, represented
the British church, while Agilbert, bishop
of Dorchester, headed the Romish party.
After much discussion the king finally de
cided the question in favor of the present
existing method of keeping Easter, and
! from that day to this the date of Easter
has depended upon the moons changes
| All the movable feasts and fasts of the
| year depend upon Easter. The nine Sun,
days before and the eight after depend upon
! it, and form, as il were, sort of body
! guard to tbs queen of religious festivals.
What They Said Wouldn't Read Well.
"Jim Scorcher has just returned from
bicycle ride around the world. He il
going to write a book about it. "
"What is he going to call it!'
"People have run up against. -
Odds and Ends
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22
CHARLES Z. TRIPLER.

since Keely of motor fame. Mr.. Tripler
blandly asserts that he can produce pow
er from the ordinary atmosphere. He
has mechanism which he asserts will
liquefy air and which, when once start
ed, will feed itself and 60 on forever.
He dispenses with coal and all other
kinds of fuel and uses simply air.
Liquefied air has been made in many
laboratories, but it has always been a
most expensive process. Mr.. Tripler,
however, says that he can make liquefied
air by the bucketful at practically no
cost whatever. All scientists admit that
once you get lquefied air the process Of
extracting power out of it Is easy. 1t is
liquid Of strange properties. It must
be manufactured at temperature OF
400 degrees below zero, F., and it boils
gfees below. When it vaporizes, it ex-
pands, like steam, and this is where the
power comes from
When water is used, it must be brought
up to $50 degrees above zero by means
of fuel combustion. With liquefed air
llO 10 lOl ull
is required to turn it into vapor is to
allow it to pass into a chamber whose
temperature is higher than 80 degrees
below zero. Such a temperature, of
course, costs nothing to secure. A pail
of liquefed air exposed to the ordinary
atmosphere Of room would boil furi-
ously away and disappear in moment.
The most remarkable feature Of Mr.,
Tripler's claim is that his liquefied air
in changing to vapor absorbs the heat in
the surrounding air so rapidly that it in
turn is liquefied and flows into the res
ervoir, which in this manner is con-
stantly replenished. Mr.. Tripler has SET
up one of his machines at the works Of
the American Air company in New
York and promises to give public ex'
! hibition soon.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22
SAYS CHINESE FOUND X RAYS.
Mrs. Amelia Weed HolbroOk Dis
counts Modern Discoveries.

Mrs. Amelia Weed HOlbrOOk Dis
counts Modern Discoveries.
Mrs. Amelia Weed Holbrook, in lee
turing at the Academy of Sciences in
Lincoln park, Chicago, told marveling
audience that the X ray, the new wom-
an and a few other so-called modern
discoveries are really not modern at all.
81 want to show you" she said, "the
Oldest woman's rights document, in the
form of an address presented to the
king of Poland. There are a number
of articles, one of which was intended
to bring tardy engagements to close.
Another allowed married women for
ten years after marriage to have prac-
tically their own way. AS to the y
rays, there is evidence that they were
known to the Chinese centuries ago.
Perfect sets of false teeth made of shell
have been found on the Santa Bar
bara islands. There is evidence to prove
that the earth's rotundity was known
by learned men many ages before Co
lumbus. All honor to Thomas A. Edi-
son. But the same method of transmit
ting words he has brought to perfection
was in use ages ago in India"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22
Tho Shirt Waist Collar.

1t would be interesting to trace many
of the so called caprices of fashion to
their real source Many, as is well
known, are of historic origin and re-
ceived their inspiration in the whim of
some royal or other distinguished per.
sonage. The introduction of the sepa-
rate collar shirt waist, which has and is
enjoying great vogue, was, it is said,
due in the first place to the laziness of
cutter in one Of the fashionable tailor
shops where ladies' waists are made.
He suggested and advocated the style to
save work, it was discreetly talked up
by the head saleswomen, who received
the customers, and the thing was done
we'll done, too, most women will testify.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22
THE EASTER BELLS.
WHEN THEY FIRST BEGAN TO RING
THEIR INSPIRING MESSAGE.

The First Church BELL Ever Made How
1t Revoiutionizcd Church Architecture
and implanted n New Ceremonial In
the Rites of the Church.
There is nothing more expressive of
Easter Joy than Faster bells. Even more
than the chaste and modest beauty of the
lily, OF of vernal flowers masscd around
altar and ChanCel, do their thrilling, exult-
ant tones typify the gladstone spirit of
Christinnity's chief festival, proulalming
the glorious tidngs of Christ triumphant
over death, the inspiring message of eternal
life foreyornure. A benson, psalm of
thanksgiving, an anthem of victory peals
forth from Easter bells in every cline, cir
cling the earth from pole TO pole and softly
fluttcring hcavenward TO the great white
throne.
When and where did the first bells ring
out at Eastertide? What manner of folk
were the first worshipCrs who listened
with rapt attention to their commanding
and clamorous call2 Was 1t in Palestine
or Egypt or Greece or the farther western
countriesY Many times have thoughtful
Christians asked themselves this same
question, and great is the number who
would be glad to know the answer. To
learn IL we must take look backward
over nearly 16 centuries, before the great
schism of 720, when the Christian church
was one and undivided.
About the year 431, when Naples was a
settlement of Roman villas in the luxu-
Piant plains of Campania, there lived in
Nola, considerable city Of that province,
one Paulinus, now a duly canonized saint
of the Roman church He was not only
bishop of Nola, but also the abbot of
aourishing community of monks, monastiC
life even at that carly date having OBJ
tained q firm foothold in the primitive
church. And he was u bishop of consider
able note, whose name and fame have been
handed down to us both by history and
tradition.
Besides that, be was church builder.
In Nola, the seat Of his bishopriC, he erect
ed "a basiliCa, or church modelled after
the style of the Roman courts of Justice,
many of these structures having been
handed over by Constantine to the early
Christians as places Of public worship.
Paulinus dedicated his basilica to St. Felix,
in celebration of whose virtues he annually
composed an ode, calling him his patron,
his father, his lord.
Now, it happened that in the monastery
ruled by Paulinus small hand bells were
rung to notify the flock TO betakc them
selves from the refectory or the dormitory,
as the case might be, to their lectures and
prayers, this usage of the bell being de
rived from the ancient Romans, who were
summoned to their public baths by these
little tintinnabulators, and they were used
in their public professions as well. OBJ
serving their great convenience and noting
further the great carrying power of their
tones, Bishop Paulinus conceived tho idea
of utilizing this effective instrument Of
sound to notify the monks and the neigh
boring worshipers at the shrine Of st. Felix
of the times for holding the church sery
ices.
1t seemed to him more appropriate as
well as u more orderly call to prayer than
many of the rude methods then in vogue
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22

Mrs. A. Inveen, residing at 720 Henry
St., Alton, H., suffered with sciatiC
rheumatism for over eight months
She doctored for it nearly the whole OF
this time, using various remedies re-
commended by friends, and was treat
ed by physicians, but received no re
lief She then used one and a hall
bottles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm
which effected complete cure This
is published at her request. as shf
wants others similarly afflicted tl
know what cured her. The % and 6C
cent sizes for sale by O, N. Nye, Cor.
Barnett House; Schlabach's Drug
Store, 225 NJ Market; Il. l.. Janson,
200 Tuscarawas St.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22
GEORGE ". CAnLE.

staid old town, but unless you know
Northampton with its dignitied, social
reserve and its aristocracy of family and
letters, you can hardly appreciate what
novelty this innovation really is.
Home culture clubs have been formed
by the dozen. Their aim is to spread
education and refinement over the whole
community so thickly that even the
humblest may be tinged with 1t. The
Smith college students are enthusiastic
disciples, and they are forming classes
to teach everything from Greek to mil
linery. The devotee aims first to i'm
prove the intellectual, moral and social
atmosphere Of his own home and to
wipe out all class distinctions. This the
home culturists hope to accomplish by
bringing together all sorts and condi-
tions of people. Domestic servants stand
ON an equal footing with master and
mistress in these home culture clubs,
and the cook and the coachman are en-
couraged to read Emerson and Ibsen,
| When the cook leaves the kitchen and
enters the club, she becomes Miss Nc
Carty, and she may even dance in the
same set with "the missus." Mr. Ca
ble's secretary, Miss MofFat, is among
the enthusiasts, and she speaks Of the
new movement as follows:
1.-THE home culture clubs are for any
one anywhere who is willing to give VI
one evening a week or one hour a weel
to self improvement or TO the brighten
ing or refinement of his own or Of some
one elses home. Above all, they are fol
busy people and for people too tired a
the end of a hard day in office, study o.
kitchen to take up any burdensom'
course Of study"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22
ro ACT IN VARIETY rHEArER.
Vaudeville Claims Another Prize In
IN N z

huurtOe
The vaudeville claims another fish in
its net, but il has not quite landed him
yet. The report was that Maurice Bar
rymore was soon TO appear in Augustus
Thomas one-act play, "a Man of the
World" at theater which is devoted
to continuous variety performances
MIR. barrymore said that it was not set
tied yet, but it was only a question OF
terms, and he thought it likely that the
question would be settled satisfactorily.
If it were proposed that he should do
variety act, or anything of that sort,
be should not think of IL, but the play
in which he would appear, if he ap-
peared at all, was one that he had acted
many times at the Madison Square and
other theaters, and he saw no difference
In acting in it in a leading Broadway
house and in the theater proposed.
A good many actors in the more OF
less legitimate drama and singers in
opera, grand and comic, have taken ex.
actly Mr.. Barrymore's view of the case
within the last year or two. The con.
tinuous performances are said to pay
extremely well for actors of note, and
they have prospered, on the whole, bet
ter than a good many of the plays and
operas in the last two or three seasons,
Here, for instance, are the names of a
few of the actors and singers who have
lately appeared on the stages of variety
theaters: Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew,
Miss Johnstone Bennett, S. Miller Kent,
Frederick Paulding, Nine. Mathilde
Cottrelly, Signor Perugini, Miss Marie
Dressler, Richard Golden, Miss Lily
Post, Italo Campanini, Charles Dickson,
Miss Marie Halton. And these are not
all. The list is rather an interesting
one, in some respects.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22
TO DELvE INTO MANS HISTORY.
Morris X. Jessup, of New York, 10
Send Big Expedition Abroad.

Morris *. Jcssup, OF New YORK, 10
Send Big Expedition Abroad.
Morris X. Jessup, president Of the
American museum of natural history,
will equip and send out the largest
expedition in the line of anthropology
and ethnology ever supported solely by
an individual.
America, Asia and Africa are to be
visited and the information CLEANED of
man in his earliest stages, together
with specimens collected, will be turned
over to the museum of natural history.
The expenses Of the expedition, which
it is estimated will be about 100000,
will be betrayed by Mr.. Jessup him
self.
Prof. f. w. Putnam, who was in
charge Of the anthropological division
of the worlds fair, will head the ex'
pedition, assisted by DR.. Ross. They
will have q competent corps of assist
ants, and expect to occupy six or seven
years in their researches.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22

vens has followed variety Of pursuits
during his long career, having been
among other things practicing physi-
clan and a phrenologist, but it was not
until he was almost threescore and ten
that he decided to become a lawyer.
Three years ago he entered the Kansas
university, and since then he has been
a regular attendant at the lectures. He
expects to graduate this spring and be-
gin at once the practice Of his profession.
DIR. Stevens was educated at Oberlin
college, where he received the degree Of
bachelor OF arts Later he was gradu-
ated iroIa medical anliege in Ohio
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22
The Peabody Fund.

George Peabody's gift Of 50, 500, ,O0C
for London workingmen's houses has
increased to 5000, 900 in the "a years
since his death. Last year the trustees
of the fund provided II, 367 rooms, be.
sides bathrooms, lavatories and laun.
dries; 1884 persons occupied them.
The death rate of infauts in the build.
ings is per cent below the average fol
London.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22
HOME CULTURE.

Novelist George w. Cable Introduces n
Kind That Levels Social Ranks.
George W. Gable, the author, seems
to be smashing tradition in the old New
England village of Northampton, Mass.
where he has transplanted himself. He
has left the old creole days far behind
and is taking lively interest in the
present tense of the heart of Yankee
dom.
Mr.. Gable has inaugurated home
culture movement which has apparently
taken his adopted home by storm. 1t is
a modified communism which the cele-
brated author has introduced into the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22
A NEW WIZARD.

Charles f. Tripler Says He Can Produce
Power From the Ordinary Atmosphere.
The latest individual to come forward
with a scheme for revolutionizing me-
,hanics is Mr.. Charles L. Tripler of
New York. His claims are more won
derful, if possible, and harder to believe
than those of any of his predecessors
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22

The great Hungarian novelist, Mau-
rus Jollai, tells in his novel, "The Green
Book" how the Russian people in 1924
laid the many disasters that befell the
land, including n great inundation Of
ST. Petersburg by the Neva, to the fact
that Russia had refused to help Greece
against the Turks.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22

n THE history
Of the Christian
church there has
never been any
difference Of opin-
p ion as TO why
Easter is Obscrv-
ed, but there has
D been a good deal
Of controversy rs
10 when IL should
be kept. This was
perhaps because
Easter Is one of
the movable feasts
and not fixed to
one particular day
like Christmas.
Easter day moves
backward or for
ward according as
the full moon next
after the Vernal
equin OK falls
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22
Electric Rattrap.

An electric wire with bit of cheese
on the end is the latest rattrap. The
rat or mouse stands upon a small metal
plate as he takes the bait and so his
body becomes the medium for complet
ing the electric circuit, He is electro
cuted before he has done more thu
smell the ohssae.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22

Unconditional Surrender is the only
terms those famous little pills known as
DeWitbs Little Early Risers will make
with constipation, sick headache and
stomach troubles. +. p. Shanaielt 4
Oe. %. NJ. Nye, Fishers Drug Store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22

1t should be made matter of public
knowledge that DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve will tpeedily cure piles of the
longest standing. 1t Is the household
favotite for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises
and sores OF all kinds. Y. r. Sblna-
felt A o.. q. N. Nye, kisher's drug STORE,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22
Love.

"Treddlo's an awful fool, amt he?'
"He's in love, you know"
"What has that to do with his being
a fool?"
"Don't you know the definition of
love? Two souls with but single
thought, etc. "
"Well?"
"That allows freddie just half a
thought, you see. New York Sun.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22

In the royal family it is always the
queen who first kisses the wife after
her marriage, not tho newly made hus-
hand
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22

The little town of Nazareth, in Pales-
tine, has no fewer than three hospitals,
7 coAvents and ~ schools under Euro
pean supervision.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22
AN AGED STUDENT.
Martin Van Buren, Stevens Studying Law
at the Age of Seventy one.

Among the law students in the state
university of Kansas, at Lawrence, is a
man II years old, with a snowy white
beard. He is DR.. Martin Van Buren
Stevens, and he is a character. Or. Ste
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22

m WEI TU will examine, treat
Uk. WEIkU and prescribe for and
supply with medi-
cines all persons applying for treatment.
If you will read the references below, you
viii see what DR.. Welch's reputation has
been where he came from, and he comes
70 90 rInr, ,,rn m tinn 10 hI1ill m tho nnr,nn
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-22

with
he believes in regard
TO INTERESTS:
DR. W. Wecf for the past eight and whieI
him
him the leading Physicians Of Harrison or adjoining counties
qualifications without
the will make mistake in calling on the doctor at his
ton al forming his acquaintance. Respectfully
TAYLOR, Merchant dPosma
by efrsste by
questions answered patients applying