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CoLuAuUs, O., Fe!+ A.-'rt1e stato Pr'hIbt.
tioa Convention met here sottaY md adopted
platform fayus,ug the prohibition Ut the liquor
t.1llc; against thu employment fa the public
scrytcu pf persoHa WHO sell liquor " are autlIct.
ed to the habit nf lrluktng liquor; dctnuullnx
fenals sutIraye and compulsory education; "a
vortat, tho usc ut the Btalc u Textbook iu ltse
publts ssl'ooss, and the oosefYauco of thu Cur.s-
tiun SAuhath.
The following tekot was nominated: Fur
GoverHar, II. 4. ThoA{wuu, ot WesteEytlta;
Lieutenant uoYefMor, 0eoge X. Jenkins, u
.etlersoni 6tate-'rrcasurer, Atza Aldernaa, ot
sysa s;ssS ssp1es s q :n!ssrs " Gax st
0f Knox; Clerk Vi tic Supreme court, Geor::s
Dodl, ol Greene; Member Of the Boasd OF pub-
lie Wurka, Apaos Miller, Of Logan.
TihpxS's voI!s9 MA,1l,axs.
nALr,AoaE, Fci, t8.-fartics hers have no
trouble II Identifying tue lea.tcr Of the ba!ti-
.ion of Oytober last, meu.!oael tu Hollana's
testimony eolecrninE thu Detnocrstsc frauds
thcn pcrletsatcd In thu latter city. He u well
known e hsvo bern Harry, MCCOY, Chairman
nlittrc, and Que Of ths leal!ug Democrats ot tie
State. Hs lctt here carly in Oetoter, ln ctsarEo
vt large Kally Ut experienced ba!lot-l@'1 stut-
fess aud rcpeateES, wheul h. dls4lta EstwGcl
alter they had done thstr wuIk. Mccoy WIS On
tue slate for Collector Ut Custolna or Naval W.
aces at thlz port, la at,a event Ut rlden becoul-
Ing President.
SOUTHERN pxN0cKAr III HAYES CAuthkf.
W4*.txgtan n ta,ea to t1nsIanasl Gu4sits.
TAu Republicans are busily engaged Il, Cabl-
net making, apl Tie lat.4t suggestion Is thas
trrslleut laycs might, wlth all pFop1'etJ, tu
wn.al. be viii take bis seat. lnylte su'le >o,tIl-
cln Uc,uoerat 10 seat III Lis cubiuet. The
na,uea of baYasd, Ut uclawarr, aud Iiu4acoek, u
Texas, are named in this cuuueetiuu. BayuE1
ftkf1x
DrnusIat, the ealm toulias MS aa4 re.;ecs u
his party, and Would be regarded by the ftepu!s
ltaI,a ~ i safe, eouscryAttsc ttztes.uau. Aan-
cork - Delloetatk lteps<.4b is troiu TsIa4.
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been complied with. lie Insisted that
the EVIDENCE or T41L1
rested In this certificate, Aha hut 1T the QUO
which had tho GuYcFnoe's signature. Tho at-
scnce Vt certified ltat4 Nas through ths default
oi tts 1uyess,nF aud Secretary ot state, aud nut
of taess ut!lcera to furliah thu list was lcscs-
ttUu VI uutY, aud sugl 3eScrklons OF ltuty always
Ind al, ublcct. Thu ea.tlicata conta,ael more.
Il contained ~ Rostt,4et Ut tho y1&cs cist fur
Presidential Eocturs - on fie ln tue ollls q
Chadwick, Secretary VI 8tate. that l!e MAS tltc
custodian u thu, seal OF th" stasc,
aud TINT incloscd xns trae e!,py
of the abstr4et. and haa affixed tas
great ssal y copy. Besides thls there wcEe thy
Watts was received and eecepted; tho acs hasl
BEEN done openly un.lcr ~ uncertain idea that
hs might hare Leen disqualified.
WA1IS blp us DUTY
for he would not put III perl one Of the Totes OF
tue Slate q Oregon: Tie yotea had beea east,
tuttou, net Of t7v:, aul laws of Otcgon, those
minutes were plcnary Gvltlenea vi tlc validity
Of thu vt Of tllese Electors. Thezetotr, unless
yon hold TINT thu Goysrnor's certificate mud tts
Z = sall;cteat to supptss. The Etec.ora! col-
der. lhe aet OF Congress, without
looking at the certificates whct, they put lu, to
tifsats, and tl.as con.alps nothing that coatra-
dlcts thu other, sna nQthIug TINT b. ltself c4n
stand On it, inpsettoa ii aa adequate tsansas-
tlon.
Ms. E1asta then called sttsntlon to the word
that It did not comply will the act of Congress
in that ha undertook to taSart tie word
before tho word "eleettoan to cover himself
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WtP19f1 70 EIN[1HNIi19 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
WAsAlxaTuA, ID. e., Feb. 3l.-Soushernefs
say. iu view of the disuuectou u their lIetnbess
.alil thclr refusal to llultv ou auy tlltuscrlng
movements, that probably II 1iideu alatl nut
rlltMx he might haTe more fricnIs f1uu the
South, now that the real pluch has eoule. They
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
Hon, Re,, HfusIooks.

MI. Hill is now ffty-three years of age,
is a Georgian by birth, and a man of
fine personal presence, being above. the
average height, 1.-THE and sinewy, with
out any appearance of leanness. He has
a square face, large, steady CHANGING,
blue gray eyes, a thin-lipped, irm-set
mouth, the upper lip Clearly shaver al
ways, with a full, clipped beard. His
hair is rather bristling and slightly
wavy. standing up and back from his
forehead, and is, together with his whis-
kers. OF a yellowish brown color, with a
small bald spot on the crown. Ee pos
sesses an exceedingly pleasant, almost
musical voice, and is graceful and easy
in gesticulation. The most characters.
tic point connected with his personal
hearing is the peculiar manner in which
he habitually carries his head, which he
does by dropping his chin almost upon
the breast and looking up and out from
under his eyebrows. This he does alike
in walking and sitting, but in speaking
he throws his head up and square. Mr.
Hill is one of the most scholarly men il
Congress, and is a great lover of book
and home,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
.DoMn In the Moufh.,,

Where there is a continual dropping down
into the back of the mouth, with irritation
and Inflammation Of the nasal cavities and
throat, with hawking, splitting, and a sense
of ~fullness about the head, be not deceived
or fancy it a simple cold. You are afflicted
with that scourge of this climate, Catarrh,
the forerunner of Consumption. In its early
stages a few bottles of DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy will effect an entire cure. When
confirmed, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery should be used in connection with
the Remedy. These standard medicines
have been before the public many years
and their use has been attended with the
most gratifying success. A full discussion
of Catarrh and its rational treatment is con
tanned in "The Peoples Common Sens,
Medical Adviser" a book of over nine hun
dred pages, illustrated with two hundred
and eighty-two ~engravings, bound in cloti
and gilt, price, post paid, $l.50. Address
Publishing Department, Worlds Dispensary
Buffalo, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
Anecdotes of DIR. Durntn.

Rev. R. Brandriff, in the Western Chris
tian ADVOCATE, has a very readable paper
on DIR. J. P. Durbin, the eloquent Meth
odist orator lately deceased, from which
we make an extract:
In 1921 Mr.. Durbin was stationed in
Hamilton, Ohio, and 1 was travelling the
adjoining Circuit of Oxford. He would
frequently preach for me at my appoint
ments. On one occasion he was preach
ing, I think it was at a quarterly-meeting
his subject was "The excellency of the
Holy Scriptures" He became greatly
animated and his congregation equally so.
Just at this point he threw his Bible into
the midst of them, saying, "Take the
precious Bible, with all its promises !"
The result was like a flash of electricity.
Near the close of the year there was a
camp-meeting inthe Deem neighborhood
on the Oxford Circuit. The preachers
present were Moses Crume, Samuel Cox,
of the Philadelphia Conference, and his
brother David, who lived in the neigh
borhood (Samuel Cox afterwards lived
and died at GAINESVILLE, Ohio), Nehemiah
B. Griffith, James G. Taylor, and per-
haps others. 1t came Durbin's turn to
preach. 1 have forgot his text. He
stood behind a pretty high breastboard
on which was the Bible and hymn-book.
He made n of his happiest efforts, and
in his flights Of eloquence had his con-
gregation in the heavenly world in close
companionship with the angels. He had
on a calico morning-gown, which was
the fashion in that day; his face was
rosy and shone with a heavenly radi.
ance, and in form he looked angelic
when suddenly he exclaimed, ooh, that
1 had wings like a dove, then would
1 fly away and be at rest" And with
these words he sprang astride the breast
board and futtered, extending his arms
upward, and like an eagle with his eyes
fixed upon the sun, he attempted tt
soar upward; his extended morning
gown was enough to suggest the wings o.
the seraphim. Itproduced a tremendou'
effect upon the congregation. Even
Moses Crume, who was the embodiment
of gravity, and who seemed to be farthest
removed from emotional impulses, clap
ped his hands and gave glory to God
Some of the preachers leaped and gave
glory to God in loud voices, while il
front of the stand, and throughout the
congregation, a great shout of victory
went up. The writer was the only
preacher in the stand who seemed to b.
self-possessed, and he was wondering i
indeed our young Elijah were about to bt
translated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
Household HeIps.

To KEEP MUSLIN FROM TAKING FIRE
Add an ounce of alum to the last
water used in rinsing children's dresses
and they will be rendered almost unin-
flammable, taking fire very slowly, if at
all, and not burning with a fame.
Mothers who live in houses where open
fires are kept will do well to remember
this.
GERMAN "WMD-B AGs."-To five
ounces of butter add one-quarter pint OF
water, and boil; add gradually, while
on the fire, six ounces of -four, three
eggs, and one spoonful of sugar; stil
very briskly for ten minutes, then take
this paste and put by ~spoonfuls in but
tered tins, sprinkle with powdered
sugar, bake fifteen minutes, and serve.
EsCALLoPED 0YsTERs.-Two quarts
solid oysters, one dozen soft crackers
pounded very fine, one cup oyster juice
piece of butter, n cup fine sherr.
wine, pepper, salt, mace. In a deep disl
in which the oysters are to be servet
place alternate layers of cracker-crumb
and oysters, beginning with the crack
ers; season each layer of oysters witt
mace, salt, and pepper. When the dis
is full, put a lump of butter on top G
the cracker. crumbs, then pour the oyste
juice, and then the wine over the crumbs
Bake thirty minutes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
Changes u. The Senate.

In the course of an impressive eulogy
on Senator Caperton of West Virginia,
who died lastsummer, Senator Edmunds
referred recently to the fact that al
though the Senate is the most enduring
branch of the government in its person.
atty, except the judiciary, it has now
only three members who held their seat
during the administration of President
Lincoln, and only eleven who partici-
pated in the impeachment trial of Andy
johnson in 1868. The three senators
whose terms of service date back to the
time of President Lincoln are Mr.. An
thony, who took his seat in 1859 /; MI.
Sherman, whose first term began in 1861,
and Mr.. Howe, whose membership also
dates back to 1861. Mr.. Cameron was in
the Senate as long ago as 1S45, but he
resigned in 1861 to take the Office of
Secretary of War, and did not return to
his seat until 1867. Mr.. Hamlin, al
though not a senator during MI. Lin
coins administration, presided over the
body in virtue ofhis Office as Vice Pres
ident of the United States.
BE more prompt to 60 to a friend In
advarsify than in nrosDoritv -Tb;Jo
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
Merican

City of Mexico, Dec. 9, via Havana.-The
Igles.as Government is established at Quere-
taro. The States of Guanajuato, Queretaro,
Aguas, Calientes, Zacatecas, Durango, San
Luis Potosi, J~alisco, Colima, Sonora, Sinoloa,
and Tabasco recognize Iglesias. The States
of Mexico, Hidalgo, Puebla, Vera Cruz and
Oaxaca are occupied by Diaz's troops.
Igleslas has about 1900 good troops, while
Diaz has $4,000 of every grade, but he is
well provided with artillery, in which
Iglesias is deficient.
On the 9th inst, 5000 troops, with twenty
field howitzers and ten rife c%annons, left
Mexico for Queretaro. 1glesias has about
1000 troops in Queretaro, with six pieces of
artillery. This force is sufficient to garrison
the place, which is strong and easily defend
ed. All parties are anxious to be recog-
nized by the United States. General Diaz
was to leave on the 10th for the army, ana
confer his authority of Acting President
upon the celebrated Indian Chief Mendes.
General Mejia has been banished from the
country by Diaz. Everybody is anxiously
awaiting the next turn of affairs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

went through the iron bridge a quarter of a
mile east Of Ashtabula Station, where the
road crosses Ashtabula creek. The train
included eleven cars and was drawn by
two engines. A binding snow was
falling, driven before q furious gale, and
made it impossible to see more than a short
distance. OF the eleven cars six were
coaches and ~drawing-room cars, all of which
went down a plunge OF seventy-fve feet,
and were burned. There were one hun.
ared and sixty-ive passengers on the
train, of whom one-ifth, or between
| thirty and forty were killed outright
A special train, with the officers of the.
road and all the physicians hat could be
hastily summoned, and appliances for the
care of the wounded, left Cleveland at Q
D. m. The conductor of the train was in q
baggage car, and is safe. The driver of one
of the engines, Folsom by name, had a leg
broken. No cause for the accident cen be
ascertained.
Foreign Items
A dispatch from Singapore, dated Dec
%, says Marajah Pela and six others impli
Gated in the murder of Birch, the British
Resident in the Malacca settlements, SOM
months ago, have been sentenced to b,
hanged.
According to a.. dispatch from London
Particulars are known of various casualtie
during the recent gale on the north coast o
Scotland and the Orkney Islands, principal,
to small vessels from the ..Scandinavial
Baltic ports, involving the loss of twent
lives. Besides these, a Norwegian bri
was wrecked at Burray Island, and all hand
lost. A quantity of wrecked stuff is RI
ported in Pentland, Perth, including tw
unknown steamers, bottom upward.
; The Western and Brazilian Telegram
Company furnishes the following: TIL
steamer Goethe has been wrecked on Labs
' Island, off Maldonade, Uruguay. TIL
! dispatch from Monteyideo, to the Reute
Telegram Company, says all the Goethe
passengers and crew were saved. A dispatc
received here that the HambuI
steamer Franconia has grounded at Collma
ON the Elb, and is in a very bad position j
, the ice. Assistance has been sent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
COLUMBIA penny C0urant: A famil,

COLUMBIA (Penn.) Courant: A family
in Columbia are the happy possessors OF
a beautiful flying squirrel, very tame
and tractable. Some of the children
were attacked with diphtheria recently,
and in accordance with his custom the
squirrel sometimes crawled into. bed
with them, oftentimes nesting up against
their faces and Threats. After a while
the squirrel was seized with all the
symptoms of the disease, and growing
worse, apparently went through all
stages of the complaint in just the same
manner as the children. While ill il
was found necessary to feed him on soft
food, in all respects similar to a hum ar
being suffering from diphtheria.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
CERTAIN prominent members of IL

CERTAIN prominent members of the
present House of Representatives from
the South are thus sketched by a con-
temporary: Ben Hill, tall, bent, somber-
looking. Faulkner, of Virginia, with the
jaw of a %rhinoceros, and an immense
mouth clinched together as if he could
bite the world in two-alarge man, with
the reddish hair. skin, and eyes SO in
digenous to the Virginian. Randolph
Tucker, relative of John Randolph, of
Roanoke, tall, strong, well-built, AFRO
CANT of face and mien, strutting up and
down the middle aisle straight and proud
as a turkey-cock. Lucius @. G. Lamar,
who does not look as if he held blood
enough to give him the vertigo, yet it
has threatened his life once or twice
within a year. He is rather above
medium height and size, has a good
head, and a thoughtful, care-worn coun-
tenance. His hair is black, just tinged
with gray, straight and long, clinging to
his neck; his skin is sallow, his nose
straight and refined, his eyes deep-set
and melancholy-his whole expression
melancholy and intellectual.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

In Orange County lately the old hus.
band was taken sick, and was believed
near his end. The old spouse came to
his bedside, and, after carefully examin.
ing his condition, exclaimed: "Wy,
daddy, your feet are cold, and your
hands are cold, and your nose is cold"
"Wa'al, let UNI be coldF" IVY, daddy,
wot's to BEGUN of me if you die ?' 81
dunno, and don't careI Wat I want to
know is, watts to becum of me?"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
HaefM Information.

NATURAL flowers can be chemically
preserved by dipping them in hot melted
paraffine.
TOMATO leaves placed about thetrunks
and branches of trees, or a strong in
fusion of tomato leaves in water, will dis
pei curculios and other insects from
trees and plants.
EIGsHELLs form one of the best clari-
fiers for cider and wine. One pint of
~pulverized eggshells will clarity one bar
rel of cider or wine in from t%wenty-four
to f~orty-eight hours, according to the
c~learness of the weather.
THE following is said to be a sure pre-
ventive against falling out of the hair:
Glycerin and tincture capsicum, each
two ounces, oil of bergamot, one drachm
mix and perfume to suit. This is to be
the only dressing for the hair. Wash
the head occasionally with soft water
and fine soap.
CHLoRoFoRM vapor has been lately
found to act with great activity in e1.
tinguishing the flame of the vapor o.
petroleum. Combustible gases, mixed
with chloroform vapor, are found to i'm
~mediately lose their explosive properties
and even their combustibility. The sue
cessful result of these Investigations ha!
suggested various practical application
of the method, and among the othe.
uses, it is thought that it might be ad
vantageously employed, upon a larg'
scale, for extinguishing fires in petroleum
stores and on shipboard.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

THERE is, probably, no way in which we
can benefit our readers more than by recon.
mending to them for general use Johnsor's
Anodyrle LinimenG. 1t is adapted to almost
all the purposes of a Family Medicine; and
as a specific for coughs, colds, whooping-
cough, soreness of the chest, lame stomach,
rheumatism, splitting of blood, and all lung
difficulties. 1t has no equal that ever we
saw OR heard of.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

THERE can be no mistake about 1t,
"Matchless" plug tobacco takes the lead.
Old fine cut chewers say it gives better salts
faction and is cheaper than fine cut. You
can not be imposed upon, as each plug has
the words "Matchless P. T. Co." on a
wooden tag. Try it once and you will al.
WAYS chewit Manufactured by the Pioneer
Tobacco Company, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

DURANG's RHEUMATIC REMEDY will most
positively cure any case of rheumatism,
govt, neuralgia, or lumbago on the face of
the earth, no matter OF how long standing.
1t is taken internally, the only way the dis.
ease can be reached, and cures quickly and
permanently. Price, One Dollar a bottle.
For.sale by wholesale and retail druggists
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

sulphite of lime, which can be pro-
cured at any large drug store. This
should be added at the rate of one ounce
to four gallons of cider. 1t is best to
first dissolve it in a quartz or two of cider,
and then pour it in.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

AT our request Cragin & Co., Philadel-
phia, Pa, have promised to send any of
our readers gratis ION receipt of 15c. to
pay postage) a sample of Dobbins' Elec-
trio Soap to try. Send at n
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

CHAPPKD hands, face, pimples, ringworm,
saltrheum and other cutaneous affections
cured, and rough skin made soft and smooth,
by using Juniper Tar Soap. Be careful to
get only that made by Caswell, Hazard & Co.,
New York, as there are many limitations
made with common tar, all of which are
unrth1eaa-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
me Florida Recount.


Tallahassee, Dec. 27.-Attorney.Ge General
Cooke made a canvass of the vote this
morning, after the other members of the
board refused to canvass. This gives Drew
497, and Tilden "a majority. This canvass
he fled in the Clerks office, in obedience
to the order of the Court. Sub
sequently the other members of the Board
agreed to ~recanvass, and the full Board met
at four o'clock this afternoon. They have
Just concluded their canvass, and have
given Drew a majority OF 1875, and the
Hayes Electors 206. Cooke files a protest.
The Court reassembles tomorrow.
Tallahassee, Dec. 28.-The return of the
majority of the Canvassing Board in answer
to the writ of the Supreme Court, was filed
at about two p. m. to-day. Itgives the same
figures that were te~legraphed last night.
The Board arrives at this result by throwing
out Clay County entirely, and adopting the
county Judges return in Baker County.
The Supreme Court did not meet to-day.
Two of the Justices reside in Jacksonville,
and EI.Attorney General Williams and
General Wallace went to see Justice
Westcott this afternoon, to get him to
request the attendance of the absent JUS
tees. They will most probably consent
and the Court will be held in a day or two,
to act on the return of the Board.
Attorneyi1eneral Cooke fled his protest
to-day against the action of the majority Of
the Board in regard to Clay and Butler
counties. Everything indicates a speedy SO
luton of the difficulties here. The Cour
will either accept the present return, or re
quire the two counties to be r~ecanvassed
which will only require a few moments.