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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-21
THE MARK rs.
PIITsBpRo. Jan ls.

Pl1TsBCRo, Jan, le'
wHEAT-No. l red, slls2c; No. z red,
8O19lc; spring wheat, e948Oc.
CORN-No. 2 yellow ear, 26@27c; No, :
shelled, 25a251Ec; high mixed sheiled, 24@
24l6c.
OATS-No white, 24Ia92494c; No 2 dc
2312316c; extra No, white, 2lM122c; light
mixed, 2l0l22c
HAY-No. ! timothy, sl2.OO9l2.25; No. 2
SlO,6@ll 90. packing, $7O0@7.5O; No. feed
ing prairi', ss.25GS76; wagon hay, S4G0d
1000 for Ii notify.
POULTltY-Large live chickens, 85Qs5c rei
pair; live chickens, small, 35di5o; dressed
9allc per pound live ducks, 6i475c per pair.
dressed, l4dl5c per pound; live turkeys "a
100 per pound; dressed, l39ic; live geese
81 coal 25 per pair.
Pheasants, $4.5O96,0c Per dozen
quail, Sl.lb@l25 per doZeni rabbits, lbQ2UC
per pair; squirrels, lGtlbc; wild turkeys
$50. prairie hens, S6.6O67.0G pei dozen
whole deer, l29l3c per pound saddles
10000.
BUTTER-Elgin prints, 23ci do, creamery
2l@22c Ohio fancy creamery, ls1l9o, fancy
country roll, li1l6oi low grade and cooking
61l0c.
CHEESE-Fancy New York full cream
llA1llhc; new Ohios, fun cream, late make
86Q934c; new Wisconsin Swiss, In tubs, ll40
l2c limburger, new, l04llc; Ohio, Swiss II
tubs, ll1so; Swiss, In square blocks, l061lllac
EGGS-Stricuy fresh Pennsylvania and
Ohio, in cases, l59loci southern A9l6c
storage, ll0i3c. -
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-21
PITTsprRo, Jan is

CATTLE-Supply fair; 90 cars on sale
market slow and loc 10 l5c lower We quote
prices! Prime. S4 6bd4s5; good, SA,Z51i So
tidy, S4.0Ja.4.lbi good butchers, S3 7U@3 ec
fair, sa.2613b0; feeders, S3,6O1400; bulls
itags and cows S2,0UG3.oG; bologna cows
S60O4l6,UOi fresh cows ard springers, $1,000
1000.
HoGs-Receipts fair; about 40 doubledeck
loads on sale; market fairly active We
quote prices Prime light and best medium
weights, s3e6937O; common TO fair. s5.e,Q
$685. heavy, s3.40d5.55; roughs, S2.25aS,l TO-
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Supply fair; 22 cars
on sale; market about steady on sheep, loo
lower on lambs. We quotes Prime, s. s5a4 a.
good, sS65d875; fair, S3.20dS,6oi common
S24013.00; culls, Sl.0O92,0J Lambs-Choice
S49U95l0; common TO good, S97b9I76; yea
calves, se,b0470Oi heavy and thin calves, s. q
@AC0.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-21

The Indianapolis monetary conference
has not received general approval. On
the contrary, it has been somewhat
criticized and ridiculed. The New York
Tribune, for instance, calls it ga bankers
agitation" and speaks of 1t as ga faint
penumbra Of the worse beaten admins.
tration OF American history" This is a
singular reference when every man in
the convention was supporter of Nc
Kinley.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-21
CINCINNATI, Jan, IS.


HOGS-Market strong at S2ib9350. Re
ceipts, 300 head; shipments, 1900 head,
CATTLE-Market strong and higher az
92,50G460. Receipts, l,S00 headi shipments.
none.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Market steady at
S2251376. Receipts, 800 head shipments,
none, Lambs Market steady al S5,60@6,26,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-21

NEW YoRK, Jan Is
wHEAT-Spot market weakeri No, hard,
b6lEo.
CoRN-spot market duh and easy; No. 2,
2S2lc
OATS-Spot market easyi No. 2, 22I4c,
CATTLE-Market for steers slow; gener
ally steady; bulls easier Native steers, 4,bl@
b.l0; stags and oxen, $2.l0QLi60i bulls, 2,s50
$40; dry cows, Sl,65d3,0O.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market for sheer
quiet; lambs closed trife weak. Sheep.
81 76@4.20; lambs, $40 0t5,60
HoGS-Narket easier At $3.o0n4,0o.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-21

Died, at Louisville, January 18th, 1897,
Mrs. Felecie Lamielle, wife of Niholas
Lamielle, aged SO years, 10 months and b
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-21

New YORK. Jan Is.
weakeTi No. ] hard,
The herald., 1897-08-09
HOW TO AVOID A DEFICIT

The Herald prints this morning a
communication from Mr.. Charles Cassat
Davis of the school board showing
prospective deficit for the coming year
that may run anywhere from sS5, 900 to
$4,000 in round numbers, with the GER
tainty that if the present estimates and
arrangements are allowed to stand it
will reach the figure first named.
This is a very regrettable state Of
affairs, but the situation must be faced
and dealt with as it exists. The board
of education must act and act quickly.
The Herald would suggest, first, that
all plans or arrangements for repairs
where the work has not actually begur
be Cancelled at once. This will save a
few thousand dollars but it will not suf-
flee. The only thing left to do, apps-
rently, will be to shorten the school year
by cutting off one month. This, besides
saving a large sum, would afford the
opportunity to institute a reeded reform
in the arrangement of our school year.
Let it be shortened at the beginning e
rather than al the end. September, in
Southern California, is a much more try
ing month than June, and II would be a
benefit,ir many ways to have the school
year begin somewhere about the 1st Of
The herald., 1897-08-09
ANTI-ANANIAs COMMITTEES

1t is an old saying that the devil is
always busiest in vacation time, just as
on the same principle, under the name
of Satan, he finds mischief still for idle
hands to do. The opportunities of vaca-
tion time this year have been vastly in
creased by the excellent fishing that has
prevailed at the various seaside resorts
adjacent to this city. Such tremendous
stories have been told of the big catches
that the sad result has been the forma-
tion of prevaricating organizations, of
which the Ananias club at Catalina is
bold and insolent example.
1t is unnecessary to explain that the
effect of the rivalry of untruth has been
very bad. So great indeed has the evil
become that it has become a grave
menace to the public morals. If, for in
stance, Long Beach summer fisherman
tells how he captured 496 barracuda and
yellowtail in half an hour with a single
hook and line, his rivals at Redondo
think it their bounden duty to come to
the front with a story excelling it by
several more fish and several fewer
minutes.
Then when Catalina man declares
that he was only prevented from land
ing slxty-foot whale with sardine line
by the breaking of the line, someone else
The herald., 1897-08-09
LUCKY REDLANDS

Redlands is heartily congra tulated
upon the fact that it will soon have a
600 library building. 1t will be built
by Albert K Smiley as memorial
building, and the work will be begun
at once
Mr.. Smiley could erect no better me-
mortal than library building 1t means
that Redlands will have an institution
that will be the pride of the city for gen.
erations to come, and one that will every
day exercises beneficent effect upon itS
intellectual and social life.
Twenty-Five or thirty years ago a mem
ber of the Fairbanks family of scale
builders presented his home town of
st. Johnsburg, Vermont with library
building. art gallery and library, at an
expense of more than $780, 900. The libra
ry started with something like $4,000
volumes. In the art gallery were few
well selected pictures, led by the orig
nal Bierstadt, "Domes of the Yosemite :"
The town was already possessed of a
good academy, also a protege, so to
speak, of a Fairbanks, and the library
supplied the one thing wanting. 1t has
given the town a most enviable reputa-
ton, and has been a power for good
that cannot well be estimated. 1t is now
supplemented with fine museum of
natural history. People go there from
all over the country because of the ad-
vantages and good surroundings, to live
and to educate their children.
A fine, adequate library building filled
with good books, is one of the very best
institutions that any city, be it large
or small, can possess. Los Angeles has
a good library, but it has no library
building. The city cannot we'll afford to
build at the present time, and it looks as
If it would be without an adequate struc-
ture for some time unless some of its
wealthy citizens come to the rescue If
some one would only set a good ex-
ample, it might induce others to help.
Who will give $4,000, provided the ad :
ditional sum OF 100000 is raised?
The herald., 1897-08-09

thinks it necessary to relate how he
killed mountain goat with horns meas
uring six feet from tip to tip.
All this has a demoralizing effect, es-
pecially upon the young, and The Herald
is pleased to be able to announce that
the good and truthful people who never
go fishing because it makes them seasick
to do SO, are preparing to organize anti
Ananias vigilance committees in every
seaside resort in Southern California. 1t
may be concluded after due considera-
ton. that the season is too far advanced
to organize this year, but the project will
not be forgotten. Those who are in the
habit of transgressing and corrupting
the public morals in the manner indi-
Gated will have to look sharp next
The herald., 1897-08-09
AN EXODUS OF PREACHERS

What Is the matter with our preach
ers, or rather what is the matter with
our congregations? DR.. Thomson has
foresworn the largest Protestant con-
gregation in California;; DR.. Chichester
is convinced that he has a divine call
to Chicago; day or two ago it was
reported that Rabbi Solomon would
forsake the handsome tabernacle on
Ninth street, and now comes the an
nouncement that DR.. Mclean has de-
termined to bid goodby to the Simpson
flock
OF course, just at this season of the
year, congregations are numerically a
little discouraging. Those rapid flyers"
to Santa Monica are so enticing, and it
is really an open question whether a
swim in the ocean and a bask in the
sun are not more conducive to spiritual
as we'll as material health than sitting
in a stuffy building listening to an elo-
quent homily. But the trouble must lie
deeper than this. A wise pastor will
expect a natural falling off in his flock
during the hot months, and if he is very
wise-as some of them are-he will tenn
porarily close the church doors.
Why have some Of our best preachers
grown dissatisfied with the conditions
here? The climate is Incompatible; the
culture is supposed to be rare, and An
gelenos as rule are considered both re-
spectacle and religious
1t would seem, nevertheless, that it
must be a lack of sympathy-insuffi-
cient support, spiritual and financial
that induces such good pastors to turn
their backs upon their flocks.
On the other hand, are there too many
churches? There are those who believe
there cannot be too many, but some of
the local incumbents must by this time
think otherwise.
That there is something wrong seems
proved by the remarkable upheaval of
pulpits. 1t certainly is not the climate
that directly injuries the preachers, but
it may possibly be the climate that so
effects the people that they imagine
and perhaps truly--that the best church
of all is to be found in the glorious open
air
The herald., 1897-08-09
MONDAY, AUGUST o, 1897.
WILL THEY CLAIM CREDIT FOR
IT?

To an extent there may be fulfill
ment of the prediction of the Republican
managers made in the late presidential
campaign that the election of their can
didate to the presidency would be fol-
lowed by prosperity. They claimed that
the policy that would be inaugurated
would produce that result, and the peo-
pie were made to believe it. Should there
be relief from the depression in business
that has prevailed for several years
throughout the country, those who pre-
dicted prosperity will undoubtedly claim
that their party should have credit for it.
1t has been a practice in our politics
of long continuance for the party in
possession of the government to assert,
if prosperity happens to prevail from
any cause, that it is result Of the Pc
culiar fitness and virtue of those who
represent it in the public offices, and of
the wisdom of its policies. On the other
hand, if there be depression and hard
times, the party in power is held re-
sponsible by the opposition. These po-
litica1 methods have been so uniformly
and continuously employed that large
class of the people really believes that
the government has such power that it
can bring on prosperity at any time
and under whatever circumstances, and
IL adversely comes upon the country
it is through the fault OF the govern
ment.
Something can be done to promote or
retard change from dull to good
times, through legislation and ad-
ministration. Economic conditions are
influenced by laws on the subjects of
finance, industry and commerce, and
they have material effect in business
affairs. There may be prosperity, how
ever, in spite of bad legislation and ad-
ministration, and adoption of the wisest
policies and ablest management may not
avert adversely When conditions gen.
orally are of the normal character, the
action of the government is most felt.
If, under such circumstances, correct
economical principles are recognized
and applied, reasonable prosperity will
be as permanent as their continuance;
but If they are disregarded and make
shifts are resorted to for the purpose of
meeting the emergencies arising from
unusual conditions, and relief is af-
forded, 1t will be but temporary, and
relapse will sooner or later be inev-
table.
Should prosperity come in large or
small measure it will not necessarily b.
q result of anything that the govern
ment has done. There are ups and
downs in all human affairs. It is in
accord with natural law that over-action
is followed by reaction, and vice versa,
and the changes are quite periodical.
They are as manifest in business af-
fairs as in the seasons and in atmos-
pheric conditions. Prosperity and ad.
versity follow each other with consid-
erable regularity, and there is more than
one cause for the alterations.
Nature performs considerable part
The herald., 1897-08-09

in producing one or the other condition.
and man makes an important contribu-
ton. In prosperity men are apt to be-
come thoughtless. and confidence in the
continuance of the happy conditions
tends to render them reckless and pro-
fligate. Adversely, it has often been said,
makes men wiser We have been pass
ing through period in which it would
seem that the pendulum has swung to
the extreme limit of depression, and in
obedience to the law of mutation it is
about time for 1t to begin to swing in
the other direction, The people will
help In bringing about change for the
better by applying the wisdom they
have gained. If the hoped for prosperity
shall come, 1t will be due to the law
of change and to the efforts Of the peo-
pie, and not to anything the govern
ment has done. Legislation that does
not recognize the interests Of all classes
will sooner or later disturb business and
help to bring on adversely. Should pros
perity come, as it may under the cir
cumstances. 1t would be wise to study
the causes which have produced it. Con-
gress has legislated upon single branch
Of economics and has left all others un-
touched. The party in power relies upon
a single measure to bring prosperity, a
measure in regard to which there are
wide theoretical differences. Logic is
against it. and If experiment shall prove
1t to be efficacious, 1t cannot be on any
other principle than that there are some
things which are practically true but
theoretically false
To say the Republican party is in
power and there is prosperity, and that
therefore 1t has produced it, would be
drawing conclusion from very meager
premises; it would be disregarding influ-
ences more potential than anything the
government can do. 1t would be leaving
out Of consideration every extrinsic
cause.
The herald., 1897-08-09
Meditations of Little Teddie

wisht at was bigger, so when I go out
to play
With older boys they wouldn't try to order
me away
An men they wouldn't always make me set
up on the fence,
When they are playin' circus, an be the
audy-ence.
I'd like to git into the ring, an play I was
the clown,
Or else the bareback rider, who goes Jump
in up an down,
Or I'd like to be ingmaster-wouldn't that
be jist immense.
But ev'ry time they make me play at I'm
the audy-ence.
When I git bigger. some day I'm agoin' to
have a ring
An be the lofty tumbler, an clown, an
ev'rything.
An then the littler boys'll have to set UP
on the fence
An clap their hands when perform-an'
be the audy-ence.
-Cleveland Leader.
The herald., 1897-08-09
Change Of Heart

Sweet Girl hope you will call again,
Mr.. Coolhead.
Mr.. Coolheadl (new admirer)-Thank
you, I should be delighted to call very
soon again, if were sure of finding yau
at home.
"Oh, I'm nearly always at home; but
let me sect won't do for you to call
Tuesday evening, for that is the night of
the home mission meeting; and Wednes-
cay night the Emperors daughters
meet; and Thursday the Blue Ribbons
have most important session. and Fri
day is the monthly meeting of the Dor
cas- club; and Saturday the Browning
club-really, I hardly know what day to
set; butt
Undo you expect to belong to those
societies always?"
ooh, yes indeed; I'm life member of
them ALL"
"Er-I should like to call again soon,
but this is our busy season, and 1 shall
be confined very closely to the office for
several months. Good evening. New
York Weekly.
The herald., 1897-08-09
Utilizing Heat of Sun

A French scientist calculates that in
an average day the sun will pour on two
and a half acres of ground heat which
might be turned into energy equal to
the muscle power of 4163 horses.
Mr.. Mouchot believed that this heat
might be utilized and made to do the
work now done by steam and electricity.
He found that by condensing the heat
playing on less than a yard and half
of ground he could boil two pints Of
water By arresting sunshine and con-
densing it small steam engines have
been operated successfully in Paris, but
nothing has yet been done to realize
practically the great hopes of revolution
izing civilization by using directly the
enormous power which comes to us daily
from the sun. This power is calculated
at that Of 216,OOOOOO 900 horses, and
thousandth part Of one per cent of it
would run all the factories the world will
ever need.-New York World.
The herald., 1897-08-09
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Representative Howard of Alabama
wears silk hat and 50-cent alpaca
coat
Congressman George S. White Of North
Carolina, the only negro member OF the
house of representatives, is not a full
blooded African. He is said to have both
Irish and Indian blood in his ancestry.
Booker T. Washington finds that many
of his own race are prejudiced against him
on account of the fact that he is the hrst
colored man since the war to win the uni
versal respect of the white people of the
south.
"In the matter of whisky" says the
Knoxville Sentinel. "there were said to be
few better judges than the late Senator
Harris of Tennessee. He liked his toddy
and he did not care who knew it. His per-
feet nerve. even in the face OF death, is
probably best shown by an incident which
occurred only short time before he lost
consciousness His pulse was growing
feeble and he heard the doctor whisper to
the nurse that whisky must be injected at
once. Then get it from that bottle on the
left hand corner of the mantel,' murmured
the dying man: it's twenty years old!"
The herald., 1897-08-09
MR.. GAMBLE GAMBLED

The slaughter of the innocents goes
bravely on in corporation. circles. This
time 1t is stockholder in the Edison
Illuminating company that is feeling the
pressure. He goes innocently into a
court of the state of New York and prays
that the directors working in collusion
with a money syndicate, shall not be
permitted to freeze" him out. Mr..
Gamble Is the "tenderfoot" in. this case.
He had invested, his $500 in the stock of
-million-dolar corporation and ex-
pected to roll i'm opulence. Other small
investors made the same mistake So
it turned out that in the variegated shoal
of stockholders there were few whales
and also few enterpisng sharks.
These larger denizens of the financial
sea are always on the alert and have
never been known to turn aside from a
feast of tender sardines. They were on
the alert in this case and soon succeede ID
in piling up a debt Of four millions CT
dollars. And now the corpora tion is
about to suffer foreclosure and Mr..
CANDLES stock will be worth perhaps
minus five cents on the dollar.
But after Mr.. Gamble and all his un-
sophisticated associates shall have thus
exchanged their coin for valuable ex-
perience and departed then the corpora
tion will reorganize and begin to pay
dividends at anywhere from twelve to
twenty per cent upon the capital in
vested. This is about the case as Mr.
Gamble views it through the eyes of his
attorney. and this the wrong he seeks 10
prevent. But the hope is vain. 1t is the
same old story-differing only in the
more artistic modern method of apply
Of assessing stock to pay for the cost of
extraordinary improvements at extraor-
dinary figures was clumsy when COM
pared with this new reorganization"
method.
The whole Gamble family should
know at this late date that million
dollar corporation is a law unto itself
and that all such corporations have
taken on the habit of gazing at the
courts and legislatures with an "eye in
fine frenzy rolling and instructing
them to attend to their own business,
if they can locate it, and to leave en-
terprising corporations severely alone.
They should, further, know that
this curt admonition is gerer-
ally accepted as final and con-
elusive whether the question in hand
refers to the building of war vessels, or
the construction of harbors or the pay
ment of taxes or other debts, or the reg
ulation of freights. and fares. Gamble
had better dismiss his action and strip
off and hand over his foolish hide"
after the manner of Kiplings fool, and
then sit down ond try to enjoy his we'll
earned experience. We have been doing
just this thing, with variation, in Cali
fornia for quarter Of a century, and our
Uncle Coils will verify our statement
in this respect.
The herald., 1897-08-09
WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL

1t is one OF the crowning glories of
balmy summertime in Southern Califor-
MIA generally, and particularly in the
case of Los Angeles, that several sea-
side resorts of the best class are within
easy reach. And when we say of the
best class we do not mean Newport Or
Long Branch, but of the class best adapt
ed to the needs of all the people.
Those who wish to keep up "the dizzy
whirl," spend lots of money and avoid
rest, may indulge their desires But
those who are looking for rest and quiet,
for a place for family recreation, and
where only a moderate expenditure is
required, are accommodated as readily
as their more wealthy neighbors.
1t is a pleasing fact that those who
can afford any cation at all, may in
this favored country spend it at the sea-
side with very little more expense at
tached than there would be in staying
at home. Then, too. those who prefer to
spend an occasional day at the seaside
with their families, or by themselves,
can do it without any additional absence
from their business, and at very small
cost
Truly the blessings of life in South
ern California are manifold.
The herald., 1897-08-09

October rather than four weeks earlier,
as at present. There is no reason why
we should have our schools begin Sep
tember / simply because that is the rule
in eastern cities. Then the next year,
when 1t may be desired to have the
school year Of normal length, the schools
may be kept open until the 1st Of July.
In any event, the deficiency problem
must be settled at once. The plans OF
teachers. pupils and parents may be dis
arranged by any change that is made,
and the longest notice possible should be
given.
The herald., 1897-08-09
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Not Due to the Tariff

Why shouldn't wheat go up? The
crop in England this year is from 10o,-
900 to 120,000,OOO bushels smaller than
that of 1896, and as the reserves of wheat
on hand at the present time are lower
than they were at this season in the past
eight or ten years. the wheat Is likely to
be very strong. AS the United States
has from 100000 to 100000 bushels
more than in 1896 nothing in the world
can stop that wave of prosperity from
coming right along.-Oakland Tribune.