The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-02-03
CURRENT TOPICS.

ideal on which Victor Hugo plants him
self in his candidacy for the French SEN
ate from Paris. The old poet never used
words with more eloquence and true
craftsmanship. America will appreciate
the delicacy of the compliment, and we
trust that we scarcely yet deserve it.
THE burning of the training ship War
spite, so soon after the burning of the
Goliath and the sinking of the Vanguard,
naturally makes the English people in
quire whether their navy has not more
to fear from home mismanagement than
from any foreign foe. If they keep on
sinking and burning a little longer they
will have no navy left to worry about,
and will he compelled to get somebody
besides Britannia to rule the wave."
THE primary cause of the physical de-
terieration of the people of the United
States lies in the fact that they do not
live upon oatmeal and crushed wheat,
but persist in running their stOmachs
with eggs, butter, sugar, meat, fish and
other poisonous articles. Such is the
opinion of an American lady who has
been medically educated abroad" and
who cannot, therefore, be mistaken.
ADvIeEs from London state that the |
product of the quicksilver mines of the
world for the year 1875 were as follows:
Almaden mine, of Spain, $4,000 TASKS
New Almaden and others, of California,
10000; Idria. of Hungary, 5000; Pala-
tine, of Germany, 1000, other German
mines, 1,4O0. By the contract of the.
London Rothschilds with the Spanish
Government, having thirty years to run,
the Rothschilds control all the Spanish |
mines, and through them the European
market. San Francisco advices report
that China purchased 100000 of the
California productofquicksiIver for 1875,
and New York City 81, 100000.
CALIFORNIA is suddenly waking up to
the fact that she is in danger, the i'm
mediate occasion between the naturali- |
zation of a resident Chinaman, the
avowed intention of two or three more to
follow his example, and the danger that
seventy thousand or so will do likewise
within five years. The average Cali
fornian does not contemplate with
equanimity the possible election of
Governor in 1882 or thereabout, by the
Mongolian votes, with strongly SYM
pathetic Legislature to back him; and
when we remember the sort of treatment
to which this class of immigrants have
for the most part been subjected, the al
legged nervousness does not seem wholly
unreasonable.
ONE of the loveliest isla nds of the East
has Just suffered tremendous misfor-
tune. An enormous landslip of earth
and rocks occurred near st. Denis, in the
Island of Reunion, over an extent of two
kilometers, which buried no fewer than
sixty persons under a mass of ruin fifty
meters in depth, and Of course destroying
everything within its range. This land
slip, which recalls the dreadful catastro-
phe of Goldau, in Switzerland, so touch
ingly described years ago by an American
author, Mr.. John Neal, of Portland,
proceeded from the high mountains of
the district of Salazie, about five kilome-
ters from the hot springs which exist
there, and which have undoubtedly
volcanic origin.
Young man, go to India! 1t is the
custom there for parents to pay men to
marry their daughters. In Calcutta, re-
Gently, rich Hindoo paid man who
came from family of considerable dis
tinction the sum of three hundred thou
sand dollars to marry his daughter. The
fellow married the girl, mere child
in years, and pocketed the money.
Within two years he had gambled away
all his money and was in debt besides.
In this strait he sent the girl to her pa
rents home, demanding one hundred
thousand dollars more as condition of
living with her longer. The condition
was Indignantly rejected, and the dis
carded wife now remains at her parental
home. 1t is a stigma upon a Hindoo
family if the daughters are not married
before arriving at the age of thirteen.
Mr.. HURLBUT's bill to provide cheap
transportation between the Atlantic and
Ohio Valley provides for the appointment
of five Commissioners, who are to be the
operators of the line, and who are to SUBJ
scribe for all the stock, in trust for the
United States. and holding such power
forever, and to manage, with two Direct
ors of their own selection, the entire bust
ness of the corporation, thus making it,
strictly speaking, a Government road.
The stock certificates are to be used for
construction expenses, and are to be re-
ceived in payment of freight after the
completion of the road, which is to be
done in six years. The Government is
to receive an only mortgage on the road
and fixtures, except rolling stock, and i;
to guarantee hve per cent. On 81, QUO pei
mile on forty-six-year construction
bonds These bonds are not to be issued
until double the amount to be guaran
teed has been actually expended on eact
section. The corporation is also tc
mortgage to the Government, as Trustee
its rolling stock at $4,000 per mile, anc
issue thirty four-year equipment bond
at five per cent, No bonds are to be soil
at less than ninety-fve per cent; $500
per mile is to be obtained on five pc
cent. interest bearing stock, payable il
sixteen years, which stock is to be re
ceived in payment of freight at the rat
ofnot less than $36, $50, 900 per annun
The equipment at the outset is to consis
of S75 locomotives and II 500 carS IN,