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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-05-24
COST PER CAPITA.


amounts to forty million dollars. Now
if special tax were levied upon all the
taxable property of Stark county to
build this bridge, this would be the
rate $0.0000S75.
This rate would cost every man and
woman in Stark county S0.0S75 upon
every 100000 of taxable property. This
is certainly very outrageous tax to
levy upon man, is it not? Take the
man upon the tax duplicate at $4,000. 90,
he would have to pay S0.4375. The man
whose property has been returned at
$40, 100000 would have to pay $0S75.
Think of those figures! And don't
forget that in consideration of the
100000 man plying eight cents, the
$5OOO.OO man paying forty cents, and
the $4,000 man paying eighty cents, the
railway company agrees to pay $50 900
in grading the public highway from
Canton to Uniontown, and bring thou-
sands of dollars worth of business from
the north end of Stark county to Can
ton, which now goes to Akron.
| want the people of Stark county to
understand the situation Just as 1t Is.
| am In favor of the Improvement, AMI
no reasonable man can give one single
good reason why II should not be made.
am satisfied that II the matter Is once
thoroughly understood. there will be
such demand for the Improvement
that no one will oppose II.
]. b. SUMMER.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-05-24
In the house. II ought to have q place
I'm every ZONE.

"The longer use it the better like
it. ] would not give your book, "The
Ills of Lifo" away for any price If I
could not get another"
Nervousness is duo to bloodlcssness
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

tonight and l fear I've done you an
ill one. l got this message for you al
Brookfield. and wouldn't deliver II
then because-because-
For fear I'd funk" said Jack He
took the paper mechanically. He
didn't start, as the superintendent ex-
pected, but folded it and put it in his
Pocket.
Il saw the boy hand you the mes
sage" said the engineer, 'and you read
1t and looked at me. That told me the
story. l knew then my poor old moth
er was dead, because she had been
very i'll and my sister had agreed tc
tell me how she was just before we
started. l knew the worst had hap
pencd when you did not give the mes
sage to me-" And Jack sat down on
the step of the tender and buried his
face in his arms.
The superintendent reverentially
took off his hat and looked across at
the network of tracks and moving
switch engines. He appreciated his
subordinate's devotion to duty because
he himself had risen through efforts
of a kindred nature.-The Criterion.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24
A Truck Farmers Paradise.

How great are the possibilities or
Hawaii as fruit and vegetable grow
ing country will be understood when
it becomes known that four crops
of potatoes have been produced in sue
cession on the same piece of land
within 12 months. Radishes become
edible 10 days after sowing. Straw
berries are of the finest flavor
Cabbage grows all the year and it
apparently makes no difference wheth-
er it is planted in the spring. summer,
autumn or winter. Parsley once
sown grows forever, apparently. Lima
beans continue to grow and bear for
over a year, and they have to be
gathered every week after starting to
bear. Cucumbers bear the entire year
and so do tomatoes, which, with
proper attention, bear for years.
Raspberries bear for six months.
Pineapples come into bearing when
the plants are four months old and
bear in abundance for years. Lettuce
can be planted at any time and it de-
velops quickly The same is true OF
celery.-Fruit Trade and Produce Rec
ord.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24
German ARMY and Drink.

The Christian Commonwealth Uondon.
England). in an editorial note entitled
"The Drink and Crime" thus comments
on some statistics published in the kreuz
Zeitung regarding army prisons in Ger
many:
This is not the only country where the
drink produces crime. We are sometimes
told that the drink habit of the Germans
is quite harmless; that the beverage they
use does not lead TO evil consequences;
that it is only in those countries where
distilled liquors are chiefly used that the
habit becomes vicious. But facts do not
support this contention. In an article IN
the Kreuz Zeitung, warmly advocating
temperance and the disuse of alcohol in
the army and navy, the writer brings for
ward remarkable statistics in support of
his plea. In 100 army prisons throughout
Germany forty-siX per cent. of all the
murderers committed their crime while
under the influence of drink Sixtythree
per cent of the cases of manslaughter,
seventy-four per cent. of serious injury to
the person, and seventy seven per cent. OF
criminal immortality are due to the same
cause. In the navy, out of 1871 punishable
cases during the last six years, seventy
five per cent of the most serious cases
have been due to drunkenness. Evidently
the drink is the same old evil, whether in
Germany, England, or any other country
Everywhere it leaves devastation in it's
pathway."
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

The disgrace of dying rich is possi-
bly, not so much feared as the discom-
fort of dying poor. We have heard it
so asserted by persons of wealth whose
actual practice of giving left room for
no doubt of their sincerity And the
same belief is held by the thousands
who, equipped with all the honors OF
fiawless poverty. are yet sparing no
pains to provide a moneyed and dis.
graceful end for themselves. But
there does seem to be agreement
among these that the way to get most
satisfaction out of dying rich is to
know that your money is going where
you would really like to have it go.
1t is admitted to produce genuine an.
guish to be forced to give your saw
ings to some institution which you
care little about in order to keep it
from relatives for whom you care less,
observes Puck.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24
The Drunkard's Limit.

DR. Charles l.. Dana, of New York, pro-
fessor of nervous diseases, Cornell Univer-
sty Medical College, and visiting physi-
clan to Bellevue Hospital, New York City,
has Just written a remarkable article on
'Inebriety-a Study of Its Causes, Drra-
ton and Management His conclusions
are chiefly based upon Investigations at
Bellevue Hospital.
One of DR.. Dana's significant statements
is in regard to the number of times that
drunkard can get drunk without succumb
ing to insanity or death DR.. Dana puts
the extreme limit at 1000 and says that
only few are able to reach the 100 mark.
In his article which is contributed to the
Medical Record DR.. Dana says:
The cases that are brought into the
wards at Bellevue include all phases and
degrees of alcoholism. personally studied
$50 cases in 1891. and somewhat larger
number in 1892. 1893 and 1895. | found the
acute effects of hard drinking to be dis
tributed about as follows: Simple intox-
ication, sixty per cent: delirium tremens
ending in recovery, thirtysiX per cent;
delirium tremens with complications end
ing in death, four per cent.
Regarding the divisions by classes of
persons subject to inebriety DR.. Dana says:
"It is not the day laborers, but the me
chanics, artisans and small tradesmen that
furnish the greatest proportion OF cases.
Drivers, walters, painters and liquor deal
ers supply very considerable quota. 1t Is
the indoor workman, however, who Is
oftenest the victim
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

Jules Verne, now long past his seven>
tieth year, has begun his ninety ninth
story. Since he commenced writing
some of his most marvellous tales have
been proved to be only prophecies. For
instance, we have submarine boats al
most as wonderful as Captain Nemo's
craft, and the journey around the
world has been accomplished in much
less time than that required by the
mythical Fogg If M. Verne wishes to
write novel of adventure so improb-
able that science will not catch up
with it for long time to come, he will
have to tax his powers of ingenuity to
the utmost; provided that at the same
time as in his earlier stories, he sur
rounds it with the specious atmosphere
that imparts one of the chief charms
TO his narratives.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

According to writer in Ever.
Eody's Magazine the family of the
average American lives on scale and
a daily diet which would be regarded
in Europe as lavish. such a one as can
be afforded there only by the rich.
His table is spread with abundance,
not only with articles of domestic
production, but of imported food
stuffs. For example, his family con.
sumes annually 1850 pounds of wheat
-four, and 600 pounds of oat and corn
meal, 750 pounds of meat, or about
two pounds per day; $50 pounds of
potatoes, 100 pounds of butter, and
300 pounds of sugar He is the great
est coffee drinker on earth, one pound
a week being required for his fam
ily's consumption. or tea, however
he uses little, five pounds per year
sufficing for his needs. His table costs
him SIG per month. He eats three
meals per day, taking his dinner at
noon. He retires between nine and
ten at night, and rises at six in the
morning.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

The statistics collected during 1899
showing ths damage done by light
ming have been published by the
weather bureau. The number of build
ings damaged or destroyed by light
ming in 1899 was 5527. In addition to
these 729 buildings caught fire as a
result of the proximity to other struc-
lures that were fired by lightning. The
approximate loss in 1924 cases was
not reported. owing undoubtedly to
the fact that the loss was small A
conservative estimate of the total loss
by lightning during the year would be
$500 1000 The great majority of build
ings struck by lightning were not pro-
vided with lightning rods. The same
conditions prevailed in the preceding
year.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24
Tho Crusade in Brief.

The health of the liquor business may
depend on your depending on the liquor
for your health.
DR.. Dana of New York, finds that the
number and proportion of woman inc
briates are increasing.
Alcohol causes the strength of grip to
increase just after the drink has been
swallowed, but this is followed by rapid
decline.
How many of your friends and acqualnt-
Perhaps they are waiting for your to as
sist them to way to be cured OF their
appetites.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24
Age In Inebriety.

Concerning the interesting topic of age
in inebriety, DR., Dana says:
"The average duration for men of the
drinking habit in serious cases lnvesti-
gated was about fifteen years-the maxi
mum being over forty years. Among pc
riodical inebriates the average duration
was nineteen years. In general it may be
concluded that hard drinking can rarely
be carried on for more than twenty years.
at about the age of forty"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

The uses Of electricity for rendering
homes more homcful, and relieving
The burden of daily housework, have
multiplied with astonishing rapidity OF
tate. The devices now available for
an establishment with a moderate in.
come include hand lamps, ornamented
candles, with miniature electric lights
at their tip, lamp attachments to the
caces of clocks, and even small lamps
Tor decorative purposes. In to houses
can be carried power from an econom-
&c plant for doing the larger part OF
nousework, such as running fiat-irons,
coffee-mills, sewing-machines, and ice.
cream freezers. The same current
may be used for boiling water and do
ing most of the ordinary cooking. New
mansions are being fitted with tele.
phones in place of the speaking-tubes.
and to correct buildings as well as
town Offices. Where a water-mill or
a windmill cannot be used to supply
power, the dynamo Is run, in many
Eases. by gasoline engine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

The passion for pie cannot be float.
ed or abated by the jeers and gibes
of satirists and fun makers opines the
New York Tribune New York City is
almost as Unsuitable as New England
in it's craving for this savory delight
of the palate. Companies which pro-
duce and distribute pies in vast guam
titles and Of every imaginable kind
are now fiourishing on an extensive
scale. The wagons of these companies
are among the neatest and most taste
full of the business vehicles seen in
cur streets. Fancies in food may
change to some extent, but the sale of
pies among the masses shows no fall
ing off.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

Rear Admiral Melville's idea of set.
ting casks afioat to determine wheth
north pole is a hopeful one. The
casks are merely to be filled with
shavings, and there will be no need
of organizing expeditions to rescue
them when they get lost.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

Even lumber appears to be subject
to contagion; at least experienced lum'
bermen say that in the process OF sea-
soning wood should be occasionally
replied and decayed or defective pieces
removed, lest they infect the others.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

The Philadelphia Times remarks
that if England is buying American
elevators and Spain is purchasing Yam
kee cars. we are countenancing royal
institutions to the extent at least o1
establishing heralds' colleges over
here.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

1t is announced from Faris that tie
clever chemists of the Pasteur insti-
tute have succeeded in producing fooc
stuffs from absolutely inorganic mat
ter, and if the report be true the time
may come when a man can live on
rocks if the wheat supply fails.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

An old dining table at which Prince
Charlie dined when he marched into
England was exposed at a sale of
household furniture at Moffat, DUN.
friesshire, recently and was knocked
down at 80 shillings.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24
To offset the shortage in potatoes
the peach crop kindly omitted lts
usual failure this year.

It has just been discovered that
epilepsy is caused by microbe. We
shall soon hear of the microbe of love-
and the microbes of hunger and thirst
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

One of the chief uses of those South
/. 4 merican republics is to make new
histories. Biographies and maps nee
essary every year or two.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

A train robbery in Minnesota and
the hold-up of a stage coach in the Ad-
ironaacks, both having occurred on the
same day, constitute gentle reminders
of the fact that the road agents are
still with us and gaining a precarious
living from their nefarious business.
The wonder is not that such things
happen, but that they are not of more
frequent occurrence in a country des-
titute of an efficient rural police. The
comparative infrequency of road rob-
berries under the circumstances testi-
fies to the law abiding character of
the American people.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

New Zealand has decided that it
to enter the Australian common
wealth. The question was reported
upon adversely by an investigating
commission, and the report was af-
terward confirmed by the New Zealand
parliament. The proposal will hardly
be revived again for several years.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

At a recent meeting of German
spinners at Leipsic a table was sub
mitted, which showed that the worlds
consumption OF cotton was now about
100000 bales annually. The United
States stands at the head of the list.
being credited with a consumption of
100000 bales Great Britain comes
second, with 100000 bales.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

The last clause of will which was
filed for probate in Washington, d.
c., the other day significantly says:
"The net sum of $1S6000 left by this
will is the financial result of a long
life of industry and economy, and if
used for good and useful purposes by
those to whom it is now given is
enough. And if not so used is too
much"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

The touching" interest of the Itai-
ian people in the affairs of their king
was strikingly manifested on the oc-
casion of the birth of his daughter.
Within two days after that event King
Victor received 10000 congratulatory
kilograms and 10000 requests for
money.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

The announcement is made that In
diana will put about 24,O0O,O00 cans of
French peas" on the market this
year. Now let Europe have another
Shiyer,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

Speed is becoming more and more
the supreme consideration in the
construction of war ships. Ships of
the navy, it seems, must not only be
able to fight, but it seems must also
be able to run away upon occasion,
and to steam great distances without
stopping to take on coal, states the
Baltimore Sun.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The Saxons, whose original settle
ment is determined by the little king
dom of Saxony, derived their name
from the seaX, or short, crooked knife
with which they armed themselves.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

The value of street railway fran.
chises in a big and growing city is
exemplified in the offer which the
Chicago City railway has made to the
municipality in consideration of 20
years extension of it's franchises. 1t
offers to pave the streets it occupies
from curb to curb at cost Of s10,-
600 in return for the privilege it asks.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

The discoveries of systems of WIRE
Tess telegraphy are becoming too nu-
r erous to mention.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

The word rival at first meant
brook, then was applied to the per.
sons who lived on opposite sides and
quarrelled about the water, and still
later it was understood as applying
to contestants for any desired object.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

In the village of Hirzbach, near AS
bach. Germany, there is peculiar gar
den gate. In the year 1920 Ludwig
Marenbach, farmer, planted at the
entrance of his garden two beech
trees. which he united in one arch.
Over this arch the cultivator made sew
erai more small arches with all kinds
of figures with some small branches.
Today the whole in it's blooming
green dress seems like a living trium-
phal arch. The many years it has
existed makes it look more like
work of nature than the work of hui
man hand.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

One of the most curious perquisites
in connection with King Edwards
coronation is the right of one of the
peers to claim the bed and bedding
used by the Heir-Apparent on the
night preceding the coronation! In
olden times this was a perquisite of
considerable value, as the bedding"
usually consisted of richly embroidered
coverlids of velvet or silk. with price
less hangings of cloth of silver and
gold. Nowadays it is. of course, of
less value. excepting from the point
of view of the quaintness of the privi-
lege.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

When the King of England goes
a-traveling he does not jump an ord
nary train and take any vacant seat
he can find. Instead of that he has
his own business car, which has the
right of way over almost any railroad
in Europe. This car which is just be.
ing finished. has been under spasmod
ic construction for over two years
1t is said to run very smoothly, and,
as soon as the necessary trial trips
have been held, it will be turned over
to His Majesty.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

Among the various proofs of the
relics brought to London from Toul-
ouse being the relics of ST. Edmund
is the fact that when the shrine at
Bury was defaced in A. d., 1889. no
mention was made of anything hav-
ing been then disc vered inside it.
Another important piece of evidence
is that upon verification of the rel
les at Toulouse in A. ID. 1644. no bones
were missing save the radius of the
forearm. which was the identical relic
alone mentioned in later records of
Bury Abbey.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-24

A phenomenon attended an earth.
quake that visited little town in
Mexico recently. Having wrecked
several houses in the town the tremor
passed on to lake in the neighbor-
hood, the waters of which it put into
violent agitation. The agitation
ceased after few minutes. and then
the water gradually disappeared, leav-
ing the bottom of the lake exposed,
when it was seen that the earthquake
had opened a fissure in the bottom,
and thus drained it.
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-04-02
GREAT REDUCTION
N ASSESSMENTS
Amounts to Over HaH q
Million
WILL AVO|O arbitration
And as a Result The Income to
the City Will Be Almost
the Same.

The board of city assessors has oom
pleted the work and q study of tn,
new figures is interesting.
The reduction in the taxable val
ues Of the city amounts to six hund.
red and forty thousand dollars, and at
the present rate this would reduce the
income about eight thousand dollars,
but 1t Is thought that the equitable
valuation of property will cause less
arbitration, and in this event the
amount to be collected will be about
the same.
Last year there was arbitration of
all kinds, from the little small home
owner to the landlord, aud after this
work was was finished the asssssme Mt
was out down to about the same to:al
as the present figures.
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-04-02
Smart Scholars.

The following Is a list Of honor roll
pupils OF our Schools:
Edna Ferguson, Edith Ferguson, jamie
Symons, Edna LevisOn, Beulah Ellen
wood, Leonide Courier, Carl Baumgart-
ner, Anita Courier, Gussie Dixen, ss- =
die Ferguson, Emma Lee, Lena Sat-
therwaite, Maggie Davis, Lena Cole =.
man, Mary Spears, Fannie Mason, Ka-
tie Franklin, Fritz Goette, Louis
Hoodenpyle, Gren Henderson, Glare
O'Connor, Stella Henbz, May Soriven,
frankie Brock, Matte Hilchar, Matte
Ferguson, Walter Nathan, Malcolm
Fleming, Dean Verdery, Sam Brown,
Olaf Tolnas, Louise Baker, Laura
Baker.
Mozelle Traylor, May Satterthwaite o,
Elizabeth Pennimen, Ruth Norris,
May Joe Lott, Fannie May Jones, Es-
ther Clark, Earle Moore, Guy Hacket,
Roy Carroll, Norbert O'Brien, Irma
Simpson, Rebeoca Davis, Lillian Fain,
DOME burden, Eta Extrowitch, Nei.
lie Greenlee, Emma Cornell, Ber:ram
Kaufman, James Osborne, Wilson
Spear, Colon Bylsma.
Other names will be published later,
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-04-02
AT THE GRAND TONIGHT.
Walker Whiteside and Company Here
This Evening.

For several years Mr.. Walker
Whiteside has devoted himself almost
entiTely to the production Of Shakes
pearean and ether classic plays &.
His several New York City engage
ments were given over to the magnif.
cent scenic productions Of the bard's
great tragedies. The "Hamlet" pro-
duotiOn. it will ee recalled, was q
splendid one, gorgeous and complete
in every detail. Last season Mr.
Whiteside made notable presentation
of Stanley Weymsn's MAN in Black"
and this season he will be seen in wha,
is said to be one OF the strongest 70.
msntio plays written. The title of this
new play is Heart and Sword" a
translation from the German. The
play Is neither tragic nor bombastio In
tone. It's pure love story, modern
in Treatment and containing much
comedy of the higher order. The com
pany in support of Mr.. Whiteside il
said to be an excellent one, including
Miss Leila Wolfstan.
Mr.. Whitesids's engagement ton ght
will be one OF the events of the season,