The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-08-20

agitated in Ohio. Mr.. Colt, of Colum-
bus, has collection Of books returned
from Stark county that might be avail
able. In this connection it may be
added that 1t was not the fault of some
county officials that the books were
not retained in this county.
Mr. Groot has talked again. He says
he will be faithful to the end and
thanks the Almighty that he is not
like other men. He also declares
that he has done many things in his
time, but he Is thankful that he has
never deserted his principles. Which
reminds one of the old colored brother
in the prayer and experience meeting,
who said: "Bredderin and sstern, ]
been a mighty mean niger. had a
heap er ups ard downs especially
downs-since l jined de church. !
stoled chickens and water million,
cussed, / got drunk, shot craps,
slashed udder coons wild my razer, an
done sight of things, but thank
de lawd, breddern and sistern, have
never lost my religion"
Akron has made another record. The
police stopped Prohibition meeting
till the cold water advocate conducting
1t could get permit. Anything sug-
gestivc of aqua pura, in Akron, is con-
sidered menace to the liberties Of
the people 1t is said they even use
been for q chaser.
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The Toledo Bee is going after the
gas company in that city, in lively
fashion, and pointedlY asks whether
the people want So cent gas or the
95 cent kind, from the same meter.
The Bee has succeeded in getting the
people of that city to put their think
ing caps on.
The death of Editor McCabe, of the
Coshocton Standard, removes from
earth one of Ohio's foremost journal
lists. For many years he conducted a
newspaper whose editorial opinions
were widely quoted In the last years
Of his life he was an invalid, but he
left an indelible impression in the
sanctum Of the Standard, and among
the Democrats of the state, with whom
his afiiliation was most pleasant.
From the way the administration
wire pullers are framing it up for 1904
Teddy will have to run on a Groot
ticket.
A Jefferson mans house was recently
ransacked during the family's absence,
and among the missing articles are two
cakes of tar soap. This leads the Sher-
lock Holmes of the Ashtabula Beacon
Record to the incontrovertible conclu-
sion that the house was not robbed by
hobos.
} Pietro Cuneo, who has just sailed for
Turin, Italy, as consul from the United
States, once turned a grind-organ and
handled monkey, earning his first
money in this country in that man
ner. The monkey route to fame and
fortune is a hazardous one. Some
young fellows get the theory twisted
and think the way to success is to
make monkeys of themselves.
The proposition of the Amalgamated
men to give employment to non-union
men who went out of the mills when
the Amalgamated went out, or who
were thrown out because there were
not enough men left to keep the plant
going, will meet with favor. It will
e go a long way toward Strengthening
t the union among non-union workmen.
Shaffer evidetly believes that one good
t way to reach a man is through his
stomach and his capacity to earn
something to put in it.
e There Is no use of going to the trou
; BILE of stuffing up the cracks in the
: windows, plugging the key hole with
I paper and then turning on the gas
8 and slowly suffocating, nor is 1t sen
sible any longer, to drink carbolie
g acid and burn your insides out ant
j die with face contorted and lips swol
y len by contract with the deadly drug
You might just as well be present
: able corpse. Any man contemplating
a suicide will find the most effective
a way is to hold his breath until Secre
O tary of State Laylin and Attorney
0 General Sheets, of Standard OIL fame
i drive the trusts out of Ohio.