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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
A Cannibal in ireland.

An Enniskillen Greland) correspon-
dent of New York paper says A hor-
rible scene of cannibalism was enacted
in Tralee few days ago. The princi-
pal actor in it was a pig-jobber who had
long been completely absorbed IN the
qualification of animal desires and pas
sions. This two-footed brute came
home drunk to his poor old mother, who
has passed the allotted I" three-score
years and ten, !" and the old creature re-
monstrated with him. A row ensued, in
which the mother was knocked down on
the floor, and by sheer force one of her
legs was broken in two places. This not
satisfying him, he commenced to eat the
flesh off her arm. A watchman named
Mara, who was passing at the time, was
attracted by the woman's screams to the
house, and on Mara forcing open the
door he saw him actually eating the flesh,
as if he had taste for it. The watch
man not being able to rescue the poor
creature from his savage gluttony, he
went off for another watchman, and, on
their returning to the house, he was at
the same inhuman feast, and his face
and breast were all smeared with blood.
Word was sent to the police, and the
night-patrol, on coming to the house,
secured him. The GOODNESS of the ruff
fan was extraordinary, for he had the
audacity to prefer a charge of assault
against Mara for attempting to make
him desist when he first entered and
saw the horrible repast he was indulg-
ing in. The poor woman was conveyed
to the County Infirmary and placed under
the care of DIR. Lawlor, where, on ex-
animation, her body was found to be
| frightfully lacerated the bone of one
arm up to the elbow was quite bare OF
flesh, and the sinews of the other were
quite exposed. It is thought she car
hardly survive the treatment OF her crue
taken, and the prisoner, who had beer
| in the Bridewell, was transferred to the
county-iail for trial at the Assizes.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
Discovery of Buried Cities in Africa.

Recent discoveries in the South Afri
can Republic Transvaal have led to the
supposition that at one time the east
coast of South Africa was inhabited
by race of men who were in the en-
joyment of great wealth and far ad-
vanced in the arts of civilized and refined
people.
The ruins of one of these ancient
cities. situated on farm near Bloemhof,
on the banks of the Vaal, are to be thor
oughly explored, and the results of ex-
cavations already made are such as to
excite deep interest among archaeolo-
gists. In another buried city, which is
being explored by Herr Mauch, the
ruins cover an area of two square miles.
The walls of the city were thirty feet
high and eighteen feet thick, built OF
blocks of hewn stone, laid in cement,
which is hard and durable as the stone
itself. Within the walls iron pots have
been found, and vases with ornamental
handles. It is supposed that the inhab-
itants of these cities in their day utilized
the rich mineral resources of Transvaal,
as there are numerous mines within the
limits of the republic which were eyi-
IDENTIFY worked in former ages, but have
been long abandoned.
A Mr.. Guzman, who is promoting the
organization of company for the con-
struction of a railroad from Pretoria to
Delagoa Bay, says that near the Linn
popo river he found one hundred and
sixty pits which had been worked for
minerals. He recently exhibited at the
diamond fields specimens of ores taken
from these pits which were very rich,
and included copper, tin, silver, bis
muth, cobalt, nickel, and quicksilver:
A1luvial and quartz gold has been found
in different places in Transyaal but re-
ports differ as to the richness of the
deposits.
The stories in relation to the buried
cities seem to be fully authenticated,
but boast made by the inhabitants of
Sofeir,. a port lying parallel with the
largest of them, that they have docu-
ments which proved the ruined town in
their neighborhood to be Ophir, and
identify it with the Queen of Sheba, !"
remains to be substantiated by the pro-
duetion of the documents.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
The Bachelor.

Where is there more pitable object
on earth than a man who has no amiable
woman interested in his welfare? How
dismal does his disconsolate room ap-
pear when he comes home at night
weary and hungry, and sees barren
table and lonely pillow, which looks
like the white urn of every earthly en-
joyment See the old bachelor in the
dark afternoon of life, when histheart is
sinking in its sunderance Not a soi-
tary memory CLEANS over his opening
grave No weeping wife to bend like a
comforting angel over his dying pillow,
and wipe the death damp from his
brow No fond daughter to draw his
chilly hand into the soft pressure OF
hers, and warm his icy blood with re-
viving fires of availing affection No
manly boy to link his breaking name
with the golden chain of honorable
society, and bind his history in the vast
volumes of the world he is leaving for.
ever He has eaten, and drank, and
died, and earth is glad she's got rid OF
him, for he had little else to do than to
cram his soul into the circumference OF
sixpence and no human being save
his washerwoman will breathe sigh al
his funeral.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
Lying in State.

Apropos of Napoleon's body lying in
state an English ,antiquary writes
&c In the year 1888 the body of Ed
ward ". was exposed, bare from the
waist up, to show that had not died by
foul means, in the Palace at Westmin-
ster, and was visited by the Mayor of
London and many other persons. The
RGdE OF Henry I'D VII Hat Lay neen in STATE za
beth; but wax effgies in armor repre-
sented James L and Oliver Cromwell,
and we doubt whether the body of any
English sovereign has been exposed
since the death of Charles IL"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
IRIS. APPLEBEE,S WEDDING.

At breakfast, one morning, Mrs. APP
plebee seemed low-spirited, and without
4 Sick ?'st asked Mr. Applebee, SEN
; te9tieuslyi between1 hinges swallows of
!" Not sick, scarf, for I've had warn
ing, and we are going to have trouble,
as sure as my name is Mehitabel Apple
bee. dreamed of my. picking dande-,
lions and =daisess last might, and eating
cherries, and this is the dead of winter.
You know the old saying, & Dream of
= fruit or flowers out of season, you are
sure of trouble without reason Then
toward morning I dreamed of my eye
teeth dropping out. When I was dress
ing, I looked out into the kitchen to see
If you put ON the teakettle, and I saw
you laid out ON the able as plain as =
ever saw anything in my life" &s1A
t.NonsenseI 7 interrupted her husband,
whose digestion, evidently, was better
than that of his spouse. never saw
any sensein signs or dreams, and think
you'd better put in and; eat a hearty
breakfast, any way, for if I'm going to
be laid out in earnest, a full stomach
is best to take trouble on" ~ :,
&c Now, Sam, you oughter be ashamed,
making light of solemn things. I'm
afraid something Will happen to you
right of, and I do wish we had been
more particular about going to meeting.
say, Sam, did you ever wish we had
staid on the old place, and worked and
saved, as the old folks did ?"
"No; Californy is the only place IN
the whole world where folks can live
easy, and 1 only wish I had come years
before, when gold was plentier we
wouldn't nave any care now but I've
got something ahead, and if your dream
comes true you won't be bad off for a
widder, and viii stand good chance to
marry some other man that wants q
home and don't like to work for it. -
=, Mr.. Applebee laughed heartily as he
went out, and laughed several times dur.
ing the day, when he recounted the
whole, with various embellishments; but
when there came, just at dark, low
rumbling sound, then faint tre1nor o,
the earth, followed by. an earthquake
and in few minutes after by another
he began to think there was danger o
sema's dream" coming true, and be
thought himself of his long neglected
prayers. -
- =. s-z 50
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
L THINK you OUGHT 10 BE THANK
Full. ~
BY w. NJ. CARLETON.

BY W. n. CARLETON.
What re We doin' a-wife a-kneen a-here at M bed
Is it a-you that is dyin' or is it anne f--a-say7
La An when ye can't talk to me- there's time an
plenty to pray!
Hang it, can't ye quit weepn. an do as ask ye to
think you onght to be thankful you've ever had
should think you could do your cryin' when other
An, S when my groa1s is ended, there's time an
plenty to bawil Ef.1ff
Yis,rday af'rnoon the lawyer made M will
Yes'rday af'rnoon he made my prop'rty hy7
Dollars to this un an that ln, and nevera penny
to L!
Thousan' dollars apiece unto M chil'ren three,
An none of them a-near me, but hun'rds omiles
think they ought to be thankful-(they ne'r done
But was aiays gen'rous, clean up t. M dyin' day.
Thousan dollars to Mary, my hanson cousin does
AM i've hunr'd dollars f'r You in case the cOndi-
ton suits, -
For no other MANS goin' to wear my Sunday
boots.
Fifteen hun'r'd dollars t'buy monument high
An I think you ought to be thankful that this
Sos ye needn't feel humbed, though folks is stand
when you go out each evenin' to weepat your hus-
bans grave.
An out o. your generous portion hope you'll
little spare, 49, .
An give me decent buria1-one that's worthy of
want no one-horse funeral, but one t III make 'sm
For maybe the Lord n fix it SO I can be there to
An, now goodbye, good wifei soon II be movin'
An, spose you wont't be tryin:to live very long.
For life is not but burden when them we love are
An imaybe may want you to wait on me up
above.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27

How SON. WAS MADE.-Prof. Agassiz
saws that all the materials on which agr1-
cultural progress depends are decom-
posed rocks, not so much those that up-
derlie the soil, but those on the surface,
and ground to powder by the rasping OF
the glaciers. Ice all over the continent
is the agency that has ground out more
soil than all other agencies put together.
The penetration of the water into. the
rocks, frosts and baking sums have done
something, but the glaciers more. In
former age the whole United States was
covered with ice several Thousand feet
thick and this ice moving from north
to south by the attractions of the trop-
ical warmth or pressing weight of the
snow and ice behind, ground the rocks
over which it passed into the paste
which we call soil These masses of ice
can be tracked as game is tracked by
the hunter He has made study of
them in this country as far south as
Alabama, but has observed the same
phenomenon in Europe, particularly in
Italy, where, among the Alps, glaciers
are now in progress. The stones and
rocks ground and polished by the gla-
ciers can easily be distinguished from
those scratched by running water. The
angular boulders found in meadows and
the terraces of rivers not reached by
water can be accounted for only in this
way.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27

THE DIFFERENoE.-Al learned clergy
man in Maine was accosted in the follow
ing manner by an illiterate preacher who
despised education
sfSir, you have been to college sup
pose ?'
eyes, sir" was the reply.
sI am thankful" replied the former,
+" that the Lord has opened my mouth
without any learning"
GA similar event, replied the latter,
took place in Balaam's time, but such
things are of rare occurrence in the
present day."
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
Charcoal FOR Turkex.

A California paper highly recommends
charcoal for fattening turkeys, pulver
lied and mixed with potatoes and corn
meal, as well as fed to them in small
Jumps. 1t mentions two lots of turkeys
this mixture and the other not, where
there was an average gain in weight of
the first one pound and half each. We
do not like the practice. of mixing the
pulyerized charcoal with other food of
turkeys, compelling them to eat it or go
without food, but we have no doubt of
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27

BIG GRAIN TRANsACTIoN.-The San
Francisco Commercial Bulletin reports
the following as the largest single bona
fde transaction in grain ever made IN
California, if not in the United States.
The wheat was all in the city warehouse,
was of uniform, good shipping quality,
and was theproperty of Scholle Brothers,
having been purchased by them in lots
during the fall, at low prices. The sale
consisted of 1900 tons, valued at
$50, 1000.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
Lemons.

All do not know that lemons sprinkled
with loaf-sugar almost completely allay
feverish thirst. They are invaluable in
the sick-room Invaids affected with
feverishness can safely consume two or
three lemons a day. A lemon or two
thus taken at 'stea-t time" is recommend
ed as an entire substitute for the ordi-
nary supper of summer, and will often
induce a comfortable sleep through the
night, and give a good appetite for
breakfast. $500
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
Lace.

Lace may be restored to it's original
whiteness by first ironing it slightly,
linen bag, which is placed for twenty
four hours in pure olive oil. Afterwards
the bag is boiled in solution of soap
and water for fifteen minutes, then well
rinsed in lukewarm water, and finally
dipped in water containing slight pro-
portion of starch. The lace is then taken
from the bag, and stretched on pins to
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27

To Prevent the Smoking of a Lamp.
Soak the wick in strong vinegar, and
dry well before you use it; it will then
burn both sweet and pleasant, and give
much satisfaction for the triding trouble
of preparing. 'ito..lE tt
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27

A, BOY eight years old, at Lowell,
Mass, spelled 1000 words without
miss, and he put 100 to the committee
and they missed Is.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27

Vo1TA1RE said of Mademoiselle de
Iivey: "She was so beautiful that l
raised my long, thin body, and stood be-
fore her like point of admiration.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27

the excellent effects of supplying turkeys
with charcoal broken into small bits, es-
pecially when fattening for market.
They will naturally eat all they require.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
Humorous.

AN old lady describes genius as :" a
man what knows more'n he can find out,
and spills vittels on his Clothes"
MICE harm the cheese, but girls charm
the he's. The same is true of their re-
spective eating of cheese and cheating OF
he's. .ss.l-
WHEN young lady dreams of a coffin,
it betokens that she should instantly dis
continue tight stays, and always go
warmly clad in wet weather.
UPON the marriage of Mrs. Wheat, of
Virginia, the editor hopes that her path
may be fowery, and that she may never
be thrashed by her husband.
AN exchange tantalizes its readers with
this alacrity sc Have you heard of the
man who got shot ?" ssGot shot? No;
how did he get shot p" He bought
them"
"You are coward !'' said a low cock
ney to a poor countryman who had re-
fused to fight. "No, bean't, said the
countryman. CT have nothing to do
with COWS, L am shepherd.
MISS MARY SMITH, while enjoying
sleigh ride in Milwaukee, claims to have
been shot at while dashing down one of
the principal thoroughfares. No bullet
marks could be discovered on the sleigh,
but lynx-eyed policeman found that the
explosion of her rubber hustle had
caused the alarm
Now that Amadeus is safely out of
Spain, he must feel pretty much as the
preacher did who sc took upa collection"
one Sunday, und found, when his hat
was returned, that there wasn't cent
| in it. SCI thank my God, said he, turn
! ing the hat upside down and tapping the
crown of it with his hand, "that / have
got my hat back from this congregation. "
A MAN whom DR.. Chalmers engaged
to manage O disorderly Sunday school
kept his eyes open during praying, and
when one boy thrust q pin into another
he marched up the aisle, still praying,
and cuffed that boys ears, and went back
again, still praying. After that he was
master of the situation, for the boys
Thought that a man who could watch
and pray like that could not be put
down.
sc GIRLS, F" said worthy old lady to her
granddaughters, sswhen ever fellow
pops the question don't blush and stare
| at your foot. just throw your arms
around his neck, look him full in the
face, and commence talking about the
furniture. Young fellows are mighty
nervous sometimes. I lost several good
chances before I caught your fond. dear
grandfather, by putting on airs, but
learnt how to do it after while.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27

A BACHELOR sea captain, who was re-
marking the other day that he wanted a
good chief officer, was promptly informed
by lady present that she had no OBJ
lection. to being his first mate. He took
the hint and the lady.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
A painted savage, with rapid stride,

painted savage, with rapid stride, -
Places himself by captiyes side; t--~ g
"A mement toys with her beautiful hair,
Then raises his hatchet high in air. -
But the threatening weapon never fell.
Something stays their horrible rairth. - q
What thunder is that which shakes the earth
s,TiB thunder the redskins know fun WELL. = .
Full weTl they know they have cause to dread
The headlong charge of our cavalry.
See what a change IN their revelryI
Scalps and captives needed not,
Piunder and pillage are all forgot e !
Now let the hends escape who can, fs =
We're down upon them horse and man.
We follow them far DER the grassy plain,
We hunt them down amid the trees; ssss
Ah, devils, vel may you come to your knees.
Te shall never slay women and children again
But hark, the buglei What doesit sa77
Methinks the notes were the Recall. = <
Never less promptly did we obey.
Why should we hold our hand to slay?
The captain spoke and shaIned us All.-z -
hsTengeance b Mine, viii repay
Twas He that brought here to-night
In time to sare-the fight is won, -
syengeanco Is Bis, let INN requitei =
81 Our work Is done." r. -
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
THE RESCUE.

-Hark how his horses hoofs ring out
On the river-bottonn, loud and clear. -
H;. zones IoT bas hs sqeso ssss Sn uters shout
His gray-hue1 serape is fallen behind. -
Nearer and nearer -r.fsfs
~ se nc 70 ilcsE notice yes the aSes SeTd not seem
Above where tits bread; =.
But straight down the shelving bank into the strea
f.e.ot ae ufgss l his sssed @ Ike man in dream
So Breast fs seats s 6e %sSss as1hdsP
He is here. ss'.--f ~
Poor mustang. painting and trembling and faint
Not another rod tonight shall ye slir-
The dusky rider springs to ground
And looks with questioning glance around.
What hand SO quick to save as yours
Ls eo",a1els esq T5e eunI Captain s cried
- God willing, Tfi do our besf.'i
Hark to the buele's roundelayI
Boot and saddle Up-and awayl tiff
spur III your horses n S Hanks iTu run sore,
Ride for the sake of human lives
Ride as ye would were your sisters and wives
SoHs.ing Cow & under der their % soalpng ping kniyes. g
more welcome. Ssys5s 6 q or sEass &c border
~ Never more promptly did. we ebey. .gy-y,--- 3
Supper halt finished was left on the ground;
Each 1,I5I man 1 sPrang to his horses side
Rescued Rescued Mount and ridei
Death to the redskins far and wide
An saddled, all bridled, all fit for hight"
The evening sun has sunk fun soon, Ia, iisi
oper es Sssh LETT snd
- as2+ As e'er foretold ',sf'aeE.
To other foemen c
Danger and death,-in majesty
Silently climbs the eastern sky
The moon behind, the stars shining DER us,
Shadows and darkness around;
But we only know straight before us 49,
osod To thin think e Of II the terrible fate
Awaiting that home if we come too late.
To think twenty miles and two hours hence
May make such fearful difference
That twenty miles draw not rein,
But after that ye shall rest again.
GaIloping, ga1loping, gaIloping on,
Four times thirty hoofs one. -,~
Hu'p'ns e on mat q Hfsssra n ss1ribs Pars fsse.
9uicEiy the horses ana moments a.
-'7.->s-s Stranger, are we almost theref"
"Ten miles further on, pho said,
Then bowed his headin muttered prayer.
Ten miles morel VIII they never pass?
We brush the dew from the buffalo-grass, -
We're in the Badlands
6tiH the horses and moments fy,-
stranger, do near the place 2"
s. Inc mexican MODS IN mute reply;
Then Then suddenly, I'd de, with CHASTITY face.
Anal What means that lurid glow7
sps surely the ne. sun 9dr set @ long 1!y ago
Tis house in flames, FIVE miles ahead!"
God grant that rarely on human sight
There dawn such scene saw that nightl
Such horrible pictures no brush could produce,
Such terrible story pen could tel, =
AS If in an instant had been let loose
A thousand fends of hell.
A bit of timber, patch of green,
A house in winding sheet of flame,
Smoke and hre and chastity glare,
The shrieks Of poor wretch tortured there,
The cries of women bemoaning their fate,
The yells OF The devils incarnate, s-r- ~ Z
Playing their DEVILS game.
This is the story filling the air.
This the terrible scene. -.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27

What re We don a-wife a-kneelin' a-here at M bed
Is it a-you that is dyin' or is it anne ?.-a-sayf
Let We alone my SOUL an wait on M body instead
An, when ye can't talk to me, there's time an
plenty to pray!
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27

THERE are 1O,OoO male Chinese in San
Francisco, and it is estimated that they
occupy less than 700 dwellings, and
stores
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-08-14
Mexican Dishes.

First of all, and best of all, was the
chocolate brought to us soon after we
landed by a barefooted Mexican boy, with
''pan de huevas" (iiteraly, "egg bread, ~
sweet, light cake The chocolate is
thick yet light, with a head of delicious
brown foam, which melts in the mouth
as you drink it. Then, at the mid day
meal, were the inevitable "frijoles,"
small black bean, which forms the chief
food of the lower orders throughout
Mexico, and without which, under one
form or another, no meal is considered
perfect. With them appeared the other
standing dish, "tortillas," very thin cakes
made of mazie. They are made by boil
ing the mazie, and then rubbing it into
very fine paste on lava stand called
"metate." When the paste is perfectly
smooth, piece is taken in the two hands,
and patted and slapped till it is as thin
as balf-a- crown, the size of break fast
plate, and about as tough as an ordinary
sheepskin. 1t is then baked for mo
ment on eriddle and served hot, but
quite limp. 1t is used as spoon and
fork to eat the frijole thus you tear off
corner, and divide it in two, doubling
up one half as a receptacle for the beans,
which you push in with the other bit, and
eat spoon and altogether. A common
joke takes rise from this, 'that the Mexi.
cans are so proud and so rich that they
never use the same spoon twice" In
Mexico the day begins early, with light
meal about a. M, called "desayuno,"
when you take cup of chocolate and
pan dulce." Then about u comes
"almuerzo," (brcakfast,) a heavy meal,
with several courses of meat. And about
5 p ID. is ola comda," (diuner,) lengthy
proceeding, with endless courses of meat,
which are all served alone, excepting the
'puchero," boiled beef, with a mixture
OF every imaginable vegetable in the same
dish ; and dinner ends with small cups of
excellent cafe noir.-G Good Words.