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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-13
Curious Story Concerning Amad


European letters give the following
curious explanation of the sudden abdi-
cation of King Amadeus
When his youngest son was born at
Madrid, few weeks ago, the young
Queen was in great distress of mind, and
in very alarming physical pain, and in
her agony she made VOW she would beg
her husband on her knees to resign the
throne of Spain and to hasten back to
Italy. Her husband was present when
she made this VOW, and he uttered no re-
monstrance against it. There is no doubt
that he has been growing more and more
weary of Spain for several months, and
the anguish of his young wife strength
ened his desire to get rid of his thank
less task. He and his wife had never
been able to win over to their side the
proud mobiles of Spain. The King made
last effort to do this on the occasion of
the christening of the newborn child. He
asked the Duchess Serrano to present
the Royal infant at the baptismal cere-
mony. She refused with scorn, and the
baby would have probably had to suffer
being presented" by lady of low rank,
had not the widow of Marshal Prim, her
self q Duchess, consented to leave her
mourning retirement and perform the
function. There was terrible scene In
the palace that day, and it was then that
the King finally yielded to the prayers
and tears of his wife, and made to her
the promise of abdication which he full
filed on the 11th
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MARK TWAIN,s ACCOUNT OF "JIM
SMILEY.1

rAs Related By Simon Wheeler, Esq, Of Angels
Camp, Calaueras County, Cal, being asked for
Information Concerning OertainRev. LeOpidds "
Spsith.l
There was fellow here once by the
name of Jim Smiley, in the winter of '49
t-or may be it was the summer of So
don't recollect exactly; somehow,
though, what makes me think it was one
or the other Is because I remember the
big flume wasn't finished when he first
came to the camp; but, anyway, he was
the curiousest man about always betting
on anything that turned up you ever see,
If he could get anybody to bet on the
other side; and if he couldn't he'd
change sides. Any way that suited the
other man would suit him-any way,
Just SOS he'd got bet, he was satisfied.
But still he was lucky, uncommon
lucky; he almost always came out win
ner. He was always ready and waiting
for q chance; there couldn't be no soH-
tary thing mentioned but that feller'd
offer to bet en- it, and take any side you
please, as I was just telling you. If
there was a horse race you'd find him
flush or you'd find him busted at the
end of it; if there was a dog fight he'd
bet on it; If there was cat fight, he'd
bet on it; If there was a chicken fight,
he'd bet on it /; why, if there was two
birds sitting ON fence, he'd bet you
which one would fly first; or if there was
q camp meeting, he would be there reg
lar, to bet on Parson Walker, which he
judged to be the best exhorter about
here5and SO he was too-and a good
man. IF he even saw a straddle-bug
start to go anywhere, he would bet you
how long it would take him TO get wher-
ever he was going to, and if you tool
him up he would follow that straddle.
bug to Mexico but what he found where
about he was ON the road. Lots of the
boys here has seen that Smiley, and car
tell you all about him. Why, it never
made no difference to him-he would
bet on anything-the dangdest feller
Parson Walkers wife laid very sicl
once, for a while, and it seemed as i
they warn't a going to save her. Blu
one morning he came in, and Smile,
asked how she was, and he said she wa
considerably better-thank the Lord TO
his infinite mercy-and coming on s.
smart that, with the blessing of Prov
dence, she'd get well yet /; and Smiley
before he thought, says, "Wen, II
risk two and half that she don't, any
way"
This yer Smiley had mare-the boy
called her the fifteen minute nag, bu
that was only in fun, You know, becaus
of course she was faster than that-an
he used to win money on that horse fc
all she was so slow, and always had th
asthma, or the distemper, or the col
sumption, or something of that kint
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Scottish hospitality sixty Years Ago.

In those days Scotland would have
been a rich field for Father Mathews
labors. Habits of drunkenness were
common alike to rich and poor They
were associated with good-fellowship,
and were tenderly dealt with, even by
the church. The orgies of Osbaldistone
Hall, graphically described in Rob Roy,
found their counterpart in many a
Scottish manor. The old bacchanalian
rhyme,
" He who goes to bed, goes to bed sober,
Falls as the leav es do, and dies in October;
Lives long joi1y life and dies an honest fellow
was quoted half in earnest, as apology
for the excesses which wealthy and re-
spectacle hosts, under the guise of hos
pitality, literally forced upon their
guests, when the cloth was drawn and
the ladies had abandoned the dinner
table to their riotous lords and masters.
have heard my father, more than
once, relate what happened on such an
occasion, when he was one of the actors.
He had been dining with party of
eight or ten gentlemen and few ladies,
at the luxurious country-seat of friend
who had shown him much kindness.
When the ladies withdrew, the host,
having caused the butler to set out on
the table two bottles of port, sherry and
claret, locked the door, put the key in
his pocket, and said to his guests,
no shirking tonight Not man leaves
this room till these bottlesare emptied.
No remark was made in reply, and the
wine passed round. My father drank
three glasses, the utmost to which I have
ever know him to go, though he ha-
bitually took a glass or. two of sherry
after dinner. At the fourth round he
passed the bottle without filling. His
host demonstrated at first in jest, then
in an angry tone, when the resusant per
sisted. Thereupon my father, approach
ing front window which opened on the
lawn, only few feet below it, threw up
the sash and leaped out, followed by
three or four other guests.
This enraged- their host. AS the fugi-
tives looked back they saw him upset the
dinner table with a violent kick, smash
ing bottles and glasses, declaring with
an oath that, if they didn't choose to
drink that wine, nobody else should.
The deserters joined the ladies In the
drawing g-room, but the host did not re-
appear and my father, as leading con-
spirator, lost and never regained his
friendship. Robert Dale OsOere, in at
| LG7ltic
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Suicides in France.

DR.. Decaisne, in the France, gives
the following official list of the means
employed by 71,207 individuals who
committed suicide in France during the
twenty-five years from 1886 to 1857 :
Strangulation, "a, 536 firearms, 10, 1877;
suffocation by charcoal fumes, 5,5S7 5S7
buildings, ETC., 2,841 various other
means, 454; total, 1,207. The pre-
sumed motives of these II, POT suicides
were exceedingly numerous. The more
frequent causes were-miserv, financial
difficulties, domestic troubles, the desire
to put an end to physical sufferings, and
mental alienation.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-13
Court Plaster.

To make court plaster, soak isinglass
in little warm water for twenty-four
hours then evaporate nearly all of the
water by gentle heat, dissolve the res
idue in a little proof spirits of wine,
and strain the whole through piece of
open linen. The strained mass should
be stiff jelly when cooled. Now, ex-
tend piece of silk on wooden frame
and fit it tight with tacks and wooden
thread. Melt the jelly and apply it to
the silk thinly and evenly with hair
brush. A second coating is applied
when the first is dried. When the whole
is dry, cover the surface with two or
three coatings of balsam of Peru, ap-
piled in the same way. Plaster thus
made is very pliable, and never breaks.
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s.. EATON OHIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 1873.

of quail shot-filled him pretty near up
to his chin-and set him on the floor.
Smiley he went to the swamp, and slop-
ped around in the mud for long time,
and finally he ketched frog and fetched
him in, and give him to this feller, and
says:
"Now, if you're ready, set him along
side of Dan1, with his fore paws just
even with DanI, and I'll give the word.
jumpi' and him and the feller touched
frog hoped of, but Dan1 give heaye
and hysted up his shoulders-so-likea a
Frenchman-but it wasn't no use-he
couldn't bulge; he was planted as solid
as an anvil, and he couldn't no more
stir than If he was anchored out. Smiley
was good deal surprised, and he was
Disguised, too, but he didn't have no
idea what the matter was, of course.
The feller took the money and started
away /; and when he was going out at the
door, he sorter jerked his thumb over
his shoulders way, at Dan1 and
says again, very deliberate, Well, I
don't see no p'ints about that frog that's
any better'n any other frog"
Smiley stood, scratching his head and
looking down on Dan1 a long time, and
db 1tSb nO odJo, uO WOASAOA WAkess AA
the nation that frog throwed off for. I
wonder if there amt something the mat
ter with him, pears to look mighty
bagey, somehow" And he ketched
DanT by the nap of the neck and lifted
him up and says: "Why, blame my
cats, if he don't weigh five pounds, % and
turned him upside down and belched
out a double-handful of shot. And
then he see how it was, and he was the
maddest man. He set the frog down
and took after the feller, but he never
ketched him. And -
Here Simon Wheeler heard his name
called from the front yard, and got up
to see what was wanted. And turning
when he moved away, he said, "Just set
where you are, stranger, and rest easy
am going to be gone second
But the stranger did not think that
the continuation of the history of the
enterprising vagabond, Jim Smiley,
would be likely to afford much informa-
ton concerning the Rev. Leonidas w.
Smith, and so I started away.
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Miscellaneous.


KENTUCKY farms average l63 acres
each. ,s,1 t5E $50 a4
1 TIE Jesuit Order at present is said to
number 1851. sfE -s
Grx Kup.rR1cx ia in the bay busi-
,,oSs in NV Jersey 10
po,rupov will retire 70 fbe seclusion of
, on 600 60 fa,no W. =
IELEGRAPH operators are caueo
49,
HE Kansas House OF Representatives
employs female pages.
TIE Oueen of Sheba's palace is the
latest archaeological discovery an
nounced.
Ro,rp has tventv-three English
s,,eaIino, scnlntorsa sixteen of whom are
Americans.
w,rr, oil o,,r ,,exvsnaners in the limited
s+a+es c.. nc a. ha,,. o,,iY one newsnaner tn
Sso.e' o".a...~ osa ;nbae;tonta
H,r.x, hoe b,,t one mandatory ont.
s;de Of c;oar-n,akino Even her tinware
$50 . ;v,,,o,.4eS ~ f-o,,, E5oland
. w. -
al a., so aa1,;na,s honTs 81 San Franc;sco
;s ro,,o-tsd Of 40 174 OAK
- -ef'' 'ou a..'#' .-D w. -
JOHN Q. BREoKINRIpGE has the long
Of oIv nv, nan south of the border fine,
=,
ScHILLERs 8 Pron1s on al MS WORKS
were not as great as those MARX IVAN
received from ms Innocents ABROAD.
THERE are nearly two thousand chill
dren In New York under fifteen years
of age employed In making paper col
lars. H7-
.HENRy wARn BEEoHER saws that a
poor man with plenty of g cheek will
get along better than MODEST man with
$50, 900.
Ions n E.ro,y of Asbtabula. O. ia
now hunting on the plains. and claims
to have killed during the past year 2, 900
buffaloes. ia
Al I,o,usvu1H naner has felt called
unon to correct an error of the types. 1T
saws: "For one of the worst Of men,
read one of the wisest.''
FRANCE has 200. GIL SQUARE miles, in
Guiding Corsica; therefore a large State
might be taken from Texas ana leave
the remainder as large as France.
1T Is an esGaoIsheo IacS snlohe rsii- .n-
at least fifty elopements in the county
through which il runs the first wear.
oo.oh
CURTIss never goes 10 aarPerS esIao-
llshment, out writes MS &c ealeorlals Wner- .9
ever ne e may roam t ne l;.S carsles thn saat sne
= asy e1a Oa"n IL iti' i-''' "i''- ''-o o
ooo IL =. .,
NplANA mas o,yo4 ,ee - fee - u e1Gn .
Hon 600. are b,,t - than ore e,nra;sed ~ m f. for
$500, ~, ~ onIu J' e10 ooo o06 or one-tentb Of
tha;, H.; ~ raoI Oi-J - Sno'
'''oii io'i
A RECENT calculation relative to the
principal European languages shows that
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Billiards.

A recent English work on billiards
gives some interesting particulars con-
nected with the game. 1t was only in
1887 that slate tables were substituted
for wood and marble, and only in 1885
that india-rubber cushions took the
place of flock and list. Again, it was
not until 1907 that leathern tips were in
vented for cues, which rendered side
strokes possible. About 1918 the side
stroke was discovered by one BARLEY,
the proprietor of billiard rooms at Bath,
En- gland. Barley had marker named
Carr, to whom he confded his secret,
and Carr, when pressed to reveal it,
produced boxes of what he called
1t twisting chalk, :" to the use of which
he attributed his powers, and which he
sold at seventy-five cents each.
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LOVE ME LITTLE, LOVE ME LONG
torfqinaHy printed in 1S6e.]

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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-13

representatives were plentiful enough
during last autumn, inspecting locali-
ties and testing mines. Large quanti-
ties of phosphate, averaging from 80 to
80 per cent of pure mineral, are often
met with, and some thousands of tons
were shipped last year and the year be-
fore, to England, Scotland and Ger
many"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-13
Phosphate of Lime.

The Toronto Globe says "Among
other minerals, this most valuable ma
nure occurs in Canada in immense de-
posits. All through the townships of
Burgess and Crosby, as well as con-
siderable portion of the counties OF
Leeds, Lanark, and Frontenau, are
the mineral. Near Brockville there
have been established sulphuric acid
works, and considerable quantities of
acid have been manufactured. Some
English companies have lately had their
attention turned to utilizing the phos-
phate mines, and capitalists or their
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-13
THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Ny book is out Of date nowi
YouH find it very slow;
For the people in 1t lived, sir,
Thirty years agol
Thirty long, long years, and now
Their faces all are strange;
For faces change like hearts, you know,
And time works many q change.
That one7 Well, that's myself-yes;
You'd never think 1t, now;
But then, you know, twas taken, sir,
Thirty years ago!
hadn't any wrinkles then,
MY hair was brown, not gray,
Ny cheeks were soft, they're parchment now,
And I'm growing bald, they say.
And this7 All dear, how pretty, too,
That little tinted face
It's faded like the rest, though,
And sadly out Of place.
Dear what girl that was, sir!
Such eyes and such q nose,
Married, and went to India, then.
She's dead now, suppose.
This fellow, such noodle, too,
hopeless kind of spooney;
He emigrated on q chance,
And made q mint Of money.
And this one on the other page,
Oh, such handsome fellow!
He took fever at the Cape,
And died, they say, quite yellowi
Myi what handsome man he wasl
Such eyes, with such long lashes,
Such glorious, glossy whiskers, too.
Such hair, and such mustachesl
The woman in the velvet gown
An authoress, you know, 3
Bhe wrote " The Bloody Secret" and q
"The Murderer's Last Blow" ~
These two, happy couple then,
bridegroom and bride.
It was the fashion then, you see,
To be taken side by side.
They had little quarrel, sir,
Thirty years ago
She was little fast, they say,
And he little slow.
Some say he was the cause of 1t,
That fellow all IN gray;
It never cleared up, you know,
But heard she ran away.
That one, sir, with the curly hair,
She was q charming creature;
Such splendid eyes you never saw,
No fault in any feature.
And this one, on the other side
Dear how the colors fadei
She, too, was then beauty, sir,
Shes hytng-an old maid.
And that one with the laughing eyes,
And tresses black rs Jet,
How well I can remember her
She WAS sad coquettei
How has the cold world dealt with her:
Where has her life been set;
And have thoselaughing eyes Of hers
With many tears been wetf
: Who knows7 never saw her since.
And life Is always 80;
But the photograph was like her then,
Thirty years ago
And this one with the sunny hair,
And eyes divinely bluei
It is the dearest in the book,
The sweetest and most true.
It isn't face to draw, you see,
Or to carve In marble cold,
But . living face to blush beneath
halo Of warm gold
It isn't face to rave about,
To cut one's throat, and yet
It's the kind of face that having seen,
It's hard, sir, to forget.
She's vanished Ike the others, now,
The way that al things goi
But would have given my life for hers,
Thirty years ago
IT'S only shadow picture, too,
OF an innocent young face,
With nothing to commend It
But the gentle, giriish grace.
But an the passionate longing,
As see her smiling 30,
Stfli swells within me, as Of old,
Thirty years ago!
NY book is out of date now,
You'll ind It old and strangei
For fashions fade like faces, sir;
And time works many change'
Dublin University Magazine.
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Historical Parallel to Monte Cristo.

The London Times publishes an ex-
traordinary story of an escape of SIX
Communists from the Fortress of Port
Louis, between Brest and La Rochelle.
The writer says that he and five compan-
ions discovered a way from their dor
mitery to a celler under it, and deter
mined to make road from the cellar to
the sea- They sunk shaft in the earth
thirteen feet deep, and excavated tun-
mel forty-six feet deep, till they reached
the wall of the rampant. All this had
been done with nails torn out of the
woodwork, but when the rampant wall
| was reached the nails were useless. II
is constructed of enormous blocks OF
granite, joined by Roman cement, and
is sixteen feet thick. The prisoners.
however, tore a bar out of window,
and by indiscribable labor excavated 6
hole through which they could creep out
on the rocks, whence they escaped tc
England. The Times. heads the story
can Historical Parallel to Monte Girls
to-"
BERLIN is magnificent capital, bu
there is chance of future trouble, anc
/ demand for remedial legislation in tht
fact that not less than 125, 900 of it
s33, 600 inhabitants receive public relic
to the amount of 1000, 900 thalers, o
800, 900 annually. Sixty three thousan.
people live in cellars, while 169, 900 ar
crowded in Is, 800 wretched, and gener
ally freless, rooms. There, as every
where else, this overcrowding has oc
casioned great depravity among tn
poorer classes.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-13

THERE are to be Japanese Consuls in
Italy. 1t is stated that three illustrious
personages belonging to the Empire OF
Silk" are already en- route for their posts
there, one of whom is to be Consul
General at Rome, another Consul at
Genoa, and another at Naples.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-13
FARM AND GARDEN.


A correspondent of the New York
Times writes: AS look back at my
first lessons in the care of cattle, I can
see that the poor dumb brute has better
care than in years past. The stabling
was not thought of. They must be con-
tent with the outside of the barn and the
soft side of snow-bank. And when we
wished to feed them straw we must
starve them to it. They must not even
have taste of other food Except a lit
tie corn in the ear) for fear they would
not eat straw. But. I soon learned that
that was not the proper way they liked
variety of food as well as man. For
instance, you take man, confine him to
one kind of food, say meat or bread,
and see how long he will relish it he
will soon be SO Disguised with it that he
cannot bear the sight of it. 1 think it
is somewhat SO with the dumb beasts.
You give them nothing but straw every
day, they become sick and tired of it !;
they eat with no relish, and it is SO with
corn-stalks, or even hay, and we all
know they prefer this above all other
winter food, and you confine them to
this for some time, and then give them a
feed of good straw, and they Will go at
it with an avidity that will astonish you.
It is like man who has been kept on
and you place piece of corn bread, or
some other plain food before him, and
he will take it in preference. From ex-
perimenting have arrived at this con-
clusion-to feed straw and feed it profit
ably you must feed it mostly in cold
weather, and but once per day, and let
the other foddering be hay or corn
stalks, as I believe in feeding but twice
per day. I do not believe in feeding
corn-stalks in extreme cold weather, for
they are dry and brittle, and they waste
them, while in milder weather they are
not as hard and brittle, and they eat
them with greater relish and there is
less waste; therefore, I would advise
feeding hay once per day in extreme
cold weather. When you are feeding
straw, it is a very good plan
when you do not salt your cattle other
wise-to make weak brine and sprinkle
your straw with it. You must not
think, because it is cold weather, that
your stock don't need salt; if you do,
! the poor dumb brutes will suffer for the
want of it, and you4will be the loser in
the end. t
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Training a Heller.

A writer in the RurdJ Home says !:
Cows usually become addicted to kick
ing when heifers, from being MIXED by
abusive mixers. I have never seen an
old COW become a kicker unless abused.
Instead of cows being averse to being
milked when giving large quantity, I
have found it to be the reverse. When
pasturage is good, and COWS come home
at night with udders distended with
milk, they seem grateful to have it re-
moved. Milking heifer for the first
time requires patience, for they will
almost invariably kick. In such a case
put broad strap around her body, just
in front of the udder, and buckle it up
moderately tight, and as soon as she
gets quiet (for she may kick around a
little at first) take your pail, sit down
and go to milking, for she is as helpless
as a kitten. Do not attempt to use a
rope instead of a strap, for it will not
answer. This is much better method
than tying the legs, ETC., as it does not
hurt the animal in the least. A few ap-
plications of the strap, with plenty of
patience and kindness, Will cure the
most obstinate case.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-13

If the date of the Empress birth, 1926,
be substituted for that of the Emperor,
the result is precisely the same. And
again, if the date of the Emperor's birth,
1903, be taken with the dates of the at
tempt at Strasbourg, 1886, the descent
on Boulogne, 1910, and the dethrone-
ment, 1870, the product sixty-four is
still obtained.
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Mysterious Mathematics.

One of the Paris journals has just
made curious discovery. The Emperor
was "a years of age at time of his death.
He was born in 1908; the coup d'etat
took place in 1851 he was proclaimed
Emperor in 1852, and was dethroned in
1870. Calculated as follows, these fig
ures give his exact age:
1908 - IT
1851 - Is
1852 - 16
1870 - 16
Ga
added vertically, the same "a @ result is OBJ
tained thus.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-13

BARNEY WILLIAMS has spent 5000, 900
for pictures in England.