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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07
MIR. A. t. Stewart and His Clerks.

I had an interesting chat with one of
Stewards clerks, regarding the business
habits of his wonderful employer. He
tells me that the cold Man," as they
style him, is in New York every day at
9 o'clock O. M, stays an hour or so, rides
to the wholesale store, and drops into the
retail establishment again at 4:30, re-
manning until 6. He has most wonder
full memory, and while he never forgets
mistake, he is prompt to recognize and
reward those who take an interest in his
business and attend to it with the care
and vim that he considers it demands.
My informant says that Stewards is the
best retail house to work for, both as re-
CARDS pay and Advancement. He quoted
numerous instances in which men had
risen by attention to business, most
notably the present superintendent of
the largest retail establishment In the
world. Mr.. Stewart prizes the services
of this former parcel boy SO highly, that,
in addition to the splendid salary he pays
him, he has given him the title deeds OF
a house in New York valued at $50, 600.
Mr. Stewart does everything on a grand
scale, as BELTS his reputation. When
the clerks were sent from his New York
store to the Saratoga one, they had a
palace car and sleeping car for their ex-
elusive accommodation. They all lodge
in one of Stewards cottages, take their
meals at hotel, and Mr.. Stewart foots
| the bill. He has also on several occa-
sions sent carriages on Sunday afternoons
TO take them ont riding.--Battinlore
| ff0zeike
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07
A Noble Roman Matron.

To the best of our recollection, he was
an Arkansas clergyman who had been
accused of trailing his "true inward
ness" in the company of the wrong
woman. Under these painful circum-
stances, his wife was frequently com
pared to "noble Roman matron;" but
she didn't seem to mind il, and firmly
declared her belief in her husbands in
nocence. When the day of trial arrived
she sat in court beside him, and moved
the jury to tears by arranging 50-cent
bouquet in the buttonhole of his coat.
The case was at last opened, and the
witnesses for the prosecution called.
There were thirty or forty of them; but
before half a dozen had testified, q
mighty change came over the face of the
wife, and, getting right up and address
ing her remarks to the Bench, she said:
"See here, Judge, am satisfied if you
are. Don't mind me; can stand it.
reckon it's into me, Judge, to get even.
Just hold on to him till called for, and,
if any woman wants him, he's her'n, and
no questions asked" Then, turning to
her husband and snatching the floral to-
ken from his buttonhole, she bitterly
exclaimed: Remember, from this
time forward, my homes den of ragin'
lions, and you amt no Daniel. ."-ED-
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07
gether in what was once the upper stories

gether in what was once the upper stories
of their buildings, where they doubtless
sought safety. In one or two cases,
husband and wife were found clasped in
each others arms, where death caught
them, and together they were hurled
into eternity, almost without moments
warning. The search continued, bodies
being found buried in the sand, some
entirely nude, and so bruised and
mangled, by being thrust against build
ings, that they could not be recognized.
Providing rudely constructed coffins-
the only ones that could be obtained
these remains were hastily buried. Up
to Monday night ninety dead bodies had
been recovered, some of them at a dis
tance of four miles from the town, where
they had been carried by the flood.
During the scenes of terror and confu-
sion numbers of villainous Mexicans
pursued the fearful work of robbing the
dead, and not satisfied with stripping the
bodies of loose valuables, actually chop
ped off their fingers to obtain the ring
upon them. This abominable work
was pursued for some time, until,
the citizens discovering it, they rose
en- masse, and would have destroyed the
ghouls had the latter not fled the town.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07
The SlnYY Times.

We do not look for sudden revival of
business any longer. If our diagnosis
Of the case is correct, there can be no
sudden cure. We of this generation
will hardly live to see the country genu-
inely prosperous. Great masses of prop
erty are to be abandoned. The capital
stock of multitudes of corporations will
be sunk, and their property will pass
into the hands of bondholders and cred
itors, at such price that they may pos
sibly be made remuneratively useful.
Hundreds of millions of invested funds
will practically cease to exist. The
things in which these funds have been
invested cannot be used, and they might
Just as well have been thrown into the
fire. Thus the means of living have
been enormously reduced among capi-
talists, and more men need work to do
than used to need it. With this fact on
one side, we find set over against it the
other fact that, of the multitude who had
adjusted their industry to the conditions
of war, only part are needed under the
conditions of peace. Tens, twenties,
fifties are to be counted out of the mills,
the factories. the shops, and sent either
into idleness or into some other field OF
industry. In other words, our national
industry is to be readjusted.
The cities and centers which have
grown SO rapidly will naturally cease to
grow. The larger cities will grow, per-
haps, as Loudon grows, by their attrac-
ton for men of wealth, but men of enter
prise will not crowd into places where
there is no work or reward for them.
The boys will stand by their fathers
farms better than they have done, and
hundreds of thousands of men and women
who have left the farm and the farm
house must return to them. 1t is pleas
ant to reflect that living can be won
from the ground, and that agriculture
holds certain cure for all our troubles.
Mr.. Greeley's old advice, eco West,
young man" was based upon philoso-
ply whose soundness the people of this
time cannot question. The tendency in
his time was TO overdo business, and
that tendency went on. to the distressing
results OF which NIL of us are the wit.
nesses and the victims
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07

A SONG OF THE EARLY AUTUMN.

When in late summer the streams run yellow,
Burst the bridges and spread into bays;
When berries are black and peaches are mellow,
And hills are hidden by rainy haze.
When the golden rod is golden still,
But the heart Of the sunhower is browner
sadder;
When the corn is In stacks the slope Of the HILL
And over the path slides the striped adder.
When butterflies nutter from clover to thicket,
Or wave their wings on the dropping leaf.
When the breeze comes shrill with the call of the
cricket
Grashopper's rasp, and rustic of sheaf.
When high in the field the fern leaves wrinkle,
And brown is the grass where the mowers have
mown,
When low in the meadow the cow-bells tinkle,
And brooklets crinkle Ger stock and stone.
When heavy and hollow the robins whistle,
And thick lies the shade in the heat Of noon:
When the air is white with the down o. the thistle,
And the skyis red with the harvest moon.
Oh, then, be chary, young Robert and Mary;
Let no time sip-not a moment wait
If the fiddle would play it must stop its tuning,
And they who would marry must be done with
their incoming;
Mind well the cattle, let the churn go rattle,
And pile the wood by the barn-yard gate
-Scrib1ler for October.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07


1t is pitiful to see men and women
lying idle. 1t is pitiful sso see them in
great masses thrown out of employment.
We wish they could be made to under
stand how hopeless the situation is for
at least half of them-how necessary it
is that they should be seeking employ
ment in agricultural pursuits, in lives of
industry adapted to the present circum-
stances of the country-in anything and
any place except that which is proved to
be insufficient for their needs. This
change must come, and the quicker it
comes the better for them and the better
for the country. The American people
are not lacking in shrewdness, patience,
adaptiveness, and industry, and the good
time will come, though it is likely to be
long delayed.-Dr. j. q. Holland, in
Scribner for October.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07

1t is intimated that in the coming trial
of the Beecher- -Moulton libel suit, Mor,l-
ton will call Mrs. Tilton as witness in
his def, nse, as the obstacles that him
.dered her in the last trial from testifying
do not apply in this case.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07

Hon. E. G. Ross, formerly United
States Senator from Kansas, has been
promoted. For year or more he has
been foreman of the Lawrence Journal.
The other day he was elevated to the
position of assistant editor of that sheet.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07
A Dangerous Counterfeit.

A Washington dispatch says: "The
Secret Service authorities have informa-
ton that company of Italians have
gone West with large amount of the
counterfeit $40 bills of the First Ma
tional Bank of Philadelphia. These
counterfeits are exceedingly dangerous.
One of them was recently received at
the Treasury cash room, and exchanged
by the experts for small money. The
counterfeit is probably the most dan
gerous extant. 1t is perfect on its face,
but has few defects on the back"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07
FRESH TOPICS.

The cars of the lightning mail train
between New York and the West are
painted white as snow, and when in
rapid motion look like a flying snow
bank.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07

THE Chief of Police of Portland can't
take joke. His house was robbed a
few nights ago by the thief whom he was
trailing around. and he felt so cut up
oyer tile circumstance that he resigned.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07
Political.

The President has made the following ap-
pointments Charles Darling of Minnesota,
Agent Of tho Indians for the Fort Bershnld
Agency Dakota Territory Alex, G. Irving, of
Illinois, Agent for tho Iadisas Of the Navajo
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07

A LADY correspondent, who assumes
to know how boys ought to be trained,
writes to an exchange as follows Oh,
mothersl hunt out the soft, tender, genial
side of your boys nature" Mothers often
do-with an old shoe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07

MISTRESS MOUSE.
Mistress Mouse
Built house
In mamma's best bonnet;
all the cats
We're catching rats,
And didn't light upon it.
AT last they found it,
And around it
Sat watching for the sinner;
When, strange to say,
She got away,
And SO they lost their dinner.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1875-01-26

siA Nen could not investigate or try
case as well as twelve. If there is
one let some one make it known
something more important than a mere
question OF dollars and cents is involved in
the administration of justice, and, while
economy should be studied in the affairs of
the government, the Sentinel is of opinion
that no reform in Jurisprudence can be mt
forward purely on the merits of it's cheap
ness. The reduction of the number of
Jurors from twelve to six, however, seems
20 De well grounded in reason, and perhaps
the strongest opposition it will encounter
Will arise from the old fashioned prejudice of
Inc people in favor of that heritage from
liberty loving ancestry-the trial by
twelve good men and true" 1t might be
well to retain the old number for the grand
jury and in certain capital criminal cases.
giving the system OF smaller iuries chance
for trial in csuses of less importance.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1875-01-26

control co OF All the state prisons and their man
sgemenLi more bills liquor license: Mr.
oiatSr ouered resolution asking the COMMITTEES
on eiectlons 10 report their action on the Baxter.
Senrles case, which was adopted; Mr. Boone
presented the amend d'rents to the state consti-
suuon proposed last session for action: re-
.erreo 70 judiciary COMMITTEES; Senate bin 10, on
ssssls s,nln ms.ennusing, ordered printed; several
Diils were read the second time
advorass osssIihe bill amending the tax delinqnent
advertisement law was reported nom the
committee room with favorable Indorss ment
ano ordered engrossed; IL provides that but IS
cents per description shall be paid for puhlica-
uon, and that realty shall not be advertised FOR
sale II the owner has suficient personal pron.
essy 70 meet the liability; the Senate joint
10 investigate the affairs OF the sonr1
err prison was adopted a tenn pest OF ftemneranca
petitlons,one praying tnat drunkenness Be m ada
q crime and that the Baxter bill be susfained
Dill Increasing the Jurisdiction Of the instice:
oL tne peace In civil and criminal cases Senate
toint resolution 10 memorabilia congress In be-
naiI OF the surviving soldiers OF the NSxican
war,Was adopted ; the resolution to mem(<aiisza
Consress In the interest of tbe IMPROVEMENT of
tne Onio river, was also ad pied: q bin proytd
ing lt iora state board of hesith was passed TO a
second reading after discussion; the sct
adm.endatory am OF the act Incorporating the In
~, ana insurance Company was taken mn read
the third time. and passed - ~
The Indiana State sentinel., 1875-01-26

&C, such a scheme as tends to the centrsli-
xation Of power and win therefore be apt
to provoke grave discussion on abstract
principles apart from its practical workings.
1t brings up the old question as TO whether
the revolutionary fathers were right in re-
quiring the people to speak through
organized political communities on
sundry important matters, or whether
they should act directly in all
public issues. At present each state casts
her electoral vote solid for whatsoever candi-
date receives the most votes in the state, and
in case the choice of theexecutive should de-
volve upon the House of Representatives the
congressman ofevery state sCe not supposed
to act as individuals, but they are grouped
together, as representing tkeir several states,
and each groupcssts but ssingle vote. Thus
smsjority of states is, in such contingency.
required for an election. Senator Morton's
substitute for this system has tine
merit of Being sample In its terms
and can be put into operation
with great case and readiness. In the eyes
OF the SeEtinel its great defect Is that 1t is
based almost exclusively on the idea that
nothing h worthy of consideration in our
government except the mere power Of num-
bers. The bill provides fo- the choice OF
president and vice-president by the
direct vote Of the people. To secure
this object each state is to be divided
into districts equal in number to the repre-
sentstives OF the state in congress. The
districts are to be equal in population and
are to be composed of contiguous territory.
In electing a president, each district casts
one presidential vote, and that vote is cast
for the candidate receiving the highest num-
Der Of individual votes in the district.
In addition to these presidential votes,
given by districts each state casts two presi-
Dental votes, to be given to the candidate
| receiving the highest number of the in
dividusl votes cast in the state. The
candidate receiving the highest number
of the presidential votes cast is de-
olsred elected. The plurality system
is adopted throughout, and this is
certainly grave defect in q law regulating
such an important matter as the choice of
the chief magistrate of the nation. 1t
is probable that the author of the
contemplated amendment designed to
throw the task of erecting the new
districts and managing the elections into
the hands of congress, and the privilege of
gerrymandering the whole United States
would have been terrible temptation to the
party In power. That inducement to carry
out the scheme exists no longer.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1875-01-26

hr. Dsrnell's bill, authorizing the county
commissioners to purchase all necessary
books and stationery for tho use of county
officers, passed the House Friday by a
vote that must have been gratifying to its
champion and friends, who had pressed its
passage from the day of it's introduction.
As whole, the bill may be
regarded as q worthy measure, though it
does not go Ear enough. The Sentinel
would suggest sn amendment or two for the
consideration of the Senate when it comes
up before that body for It's action.
The provision for publication of
notice for competitive BIDS should
be more specific. Then, the provision max
ing 1t a misdemeanor for county commits
sioners to make money out ofthe county by
charging more than the article costs, would
seem superfiuous, unless it should
be so amended as to cover the cases of'pe--
sons selling stationery, or their agents who
make it their business to travel over the
state and engage IN eorrupting county
officers. No other transaction with
county officers Is SO fruitful of corruption as
is the present system of furnishing counties
with books and stationery. The Sentinel
trusts that some senator will have some
such amendments prepared when the bill is
introduced :nto that body.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1875-01-26

course, be idle to urge the debt. dam
ger and cruelty consequent upon war.
On the whole it may be said that th 4
warnings of General Grant are by no me- lns
bold or strong enough, II he has the sill <htes.
notion that foreign war threatens As. The
whole policy ofthe nation has been ,tc act rs II
the call to arms were never agar 10 resound
through the land. The people are
easy careless, over Confident, and
the richest cities of the country,
some of which would be of absolutely
vital Importance in csse OF invasion, are left
almost deienseless. IL would be an easy
task for an eneIny's feet to destroy New
York, Boston or Baltimore. Such bold self
reliance may be we'll enough so long as the
nation procoeds on its way with the idea that
it will quarrel with none of its neighbors,
and that none of its neighbors will want to
quarrel with it, but If the chief magis-
trate really sees reason to urge con-
gre@s to prepare for war as if the United
States were set down in the heart of
Europe amid armed rivals, then
his words are worthy of serious attention.
1t is time to repudiate him, or elsa, trusting
in his good sense, prepare for the fight. which
he seems inclined to bring about. Spain is
very weak nation, but she has some very
strong ships, and these words of the mes
sage are very true ones: "The constant ap-
peais for legislation on the armament of
'fortifications' ought no longer to be dis
'regsrdedif congress desires in peace to pre-
pare important material, without which
future wars must inevitably lead to dis
aster.o
The Indiana State sentinel., 1875-01-26

In addition to the bill introduced into the
legislature, providing for the commence
ment and prosecution of criminal actions
by information, another has been brought
forward providing for the reduction of the
nunlber of grand and petit jurors from
twelve 10 six. The former measure is revo-
lutionary in its character and fraught
with many dangerous possibilities in the
way Of fraud. injustice and prosecution
for personal malice; the latter does not
strike at the existence of the jury sys-
tenn, but seeks more economical and con-
venient application of it. A correspondent
writing in favor OF the measure reducing
the number of jurors, makes the following
interesting statement: "The grand Jury sits
on an average for five weeks in every county
in the state at a cost of slSe per week, or
$500 per year to each, county, and there
being ninety-two counties in the state the
total cost is sS2SOO. The petit Jury will
: average to each county in the state twelve
weeks per year at a cost of $50
per week, or S2,160 per year to
each county, or Sl9s, ,720, to which
add So, ,soo-the cost of grand juries. and
we have total of S2sl, ,520-as the expense
of Jurors under the present system, while
II the iuries are reduced to six, one half
of that amount, to wit: Si40, $50
would be saved. Let US see how it
would affect this (Marion) county. The
grand jury sits ten days each month, or 40
days per year, at cost of thirty dollars
per day, or $500 per year. The
Criminal Court has a petit jury for fifty
weeks, the Civil Court for thirty weeks,
and the Superior Court for forty weeks in
each year, making a total of 1901
weeks per year, at cost OF $3.50 per
week, makinga a total of 81. 900, to which
add s., ,6O0-the cost of the grand jury-and
we have total OF s25.aoO tbst is paid by
thiseounty annually to jnries. Ifjuries are
jssduced to six jurymen, ,one-hali of that sum,
VIZ: $4,000, would be saved per year. In
the above calculations ne estimate has
been Gnade of what would be saved in mile
age, on account OF extra sessions, or the re-
iuced expense of boarding iuries. and i'm
other ways, which would be no inco nsider-
BILE sum. We have never yet heard ad- !
Vsnced one single good reason why S
The Indiana State sentinel., 1875-01-26

FIVE members out of the eleven who CON-
admission Of Cannon, the delegate from
Utah, to congress. Thus he Is sexcluded by q
single vote. The objection to the .distin-
guished elder is that he has four
wives, and the laws of the United
States regard bigsmy a crime, and
provide for its Punishment. The advocates
sf Cannon probably argue that. as he is
merely carrying out the practice of his re-
Hrious faith ia indulging In plurality OF
wives, he shoasd suffer noproscription on
account of his polygsmy. They regard
hIs sxclusioz as persecution for con-
silence sake. Certs;nly this .ques-
ton q to what attitude the gov
ernment should sssnme to Mormonism is
an intricst, one, and the only excuse for
the csrelessaess with which the people re-
gard it lies h the hope that Dformeclisn,
If let alone, Viii perish out OF the land
in shert szae. 1t is argued by
many that the government need
only shut its eyes on the evil and wait for
its extinction by estursl causes. The tide
OF emigration that his set In will soon, it is
said, sweep away the Atter-day saints before
IL, and it will be possible to form new
state from Uush, in which polyg2my
will be forbidden as it is throughout
the rest of the country. Butt is the power
and prominence of SEsrmoniss1 that make it
difieult for the government to 'gnere it. 1t
iscontinuslly Is thrasting itself Toward, as in
the case of Cannon, and It often
seems impossible to avoid either tramp
ling it under loot OF openly sckuowl-
edging It's rights. It does not, like thai for
more foul and villainons form of SIM, the
Oneida community, seek safetyin obscGrity.
The truth of the matter Is that the course OF
the government toward Mormonism has
been illogical and nsconsistent, kut,
as in human affairs true practical wisdeI is
often hidden under apparent inconsistency
our rulers may have acted for the best.
There Is one point, however, in which Moo
monism is vulnerable, and ant .wkich it IL
the duty of congress to strike The sect ix
mainly recrnited by the importation.
of emigrznts from Europe. whe come
here, not as free agents, bat, as
it were, boslnd ever to masters. They
come In like droves of cattle, see nothing
of the land O( whick they are 20 beeo ne
but ane carried off at railroad speed
to the heart OF MormOnism. Such Eaigra-
tion has some Of the features of that netori-
Gus icoolie trafie going on on the Pacific
coast which President Gran denounced so
In his last annual message.
The country oughE to receive with open
all emigrSnts who come
hither - free agents, led by a spirit
of enterprise, but it shouid see to il
chat no class is introduced likedumb cattle
20 subserve the avarice or amlitkon ofothers
isolated from the knowledge ,sf the rights
and privileges OF American ireemen.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1875-01-26

Senator Morton has promised to- bring
forward. at the earliest opportunity. his
measure for amending the constitutions by
changing the present provisions for the eisc-
ton of president and vice-president. Nh.
Morton's plan is not, by any means new
to the country, as IL was
made the subjecs Of considerable
discussion when first suggested. 1t may be
described as one of those measures, so
common within late yeals, that are designed
to set aside the agency OF the states in the
management of national affairs. 1t is, In