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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23
Mounted Infantry Officers.
[Pall Mall Gazette ]

The necessity of mounting all Cap
tains of infantry companies, if the
officers are to perform their duties
efficiently, is being again dwelt upon
by the French military press. In the
French army, as in nearly all other
Continental forces, company on war
footing, numbers two hundred and
fifty men, and it is urged that
it is simply impossible for the Cap
tain, however active he may be,
to properly superintend its working if
he has to move about on foot. Extended
in skirmishing order, formation which
has now become its normal fighting
order, or employed as an advance or
rear guard, company of two hundred
and fifty men covers a long stretch
of ground, and can, it is argued,
only be adequately controlled by a
mounted officer. After a march, again,
the captain of a company ought to
look after the comfort of his men,
visit them in their bivouacs, satisfy
himself that they have received their
proper rations, and see that all camp
duties are properly performed. But if
he is fatigued by long march on foot
he will be but too likely to perform his
work in a perfunctory manner; and
consequently his company will suffer.
Moreover, now that short-service sys-
TEN prevails in nearly every European
army, the captain of company will
generally be one of the oldest, if not the
oldest man in it, and therefore notso well
able to endure fatigue as the younger
men under his command. For all these
reasons it is generally recognized as
necessary that the captain should be a
mounted officer. In the German army
he is provided with horse, and in
time of war even with two. In Austria
and Italy the mounting of all captains
has only been temporarily postponed
from considerations of expense, and il
France captain, when on line Of
march or during maneuvers in the
field, may ride if he chooses to provide
himself with a horse at his own cost
but unfortunately the small pay re
ceived by them does not allow many o.
the French officers to avail themselve.
of this permission.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23
Some New Stimulants.


Much has been said lately about the
invigorating properties of the coca
leaf and the remarkable effect it pro-
duces in enabling men to sustain long
continued exertion without loss ofpower
and during abstinence from ordinary
food. The sudden notoriety into which
this drug has sprung has caused the rival
claims of similar agents to be brought for
ward. In Mexico two beverages known
as pulque" and "mezcal," !" the products
of the same plant-the agave, or Ameri-
can aloe-are largely used in various
diseases, and especially in cases where
there is loss of vital energy, either
through fatigue or sickness. The former
liquid is less potent than the latter, and
is largely consumed, its immediate effects
being similar to those of alcoholic stim-
ulants. Taken in excess, it causes
drunkenness, but in moderation it will
restore the sickly to health. The "mez-
cal," is less exciting, but more power
full, tonic. Its flavor is said to be ex-
quisite. Taken in small doses it sharpens
the appetite, aids digestion, and gener-
ally gives tone to the constitution.
CuCIl, db ltdsG, dIO IlO VII IucS VI tllOSc
Mexican products as described by ma
tive gentleman, who has forwarded sam
Piles of the stuff to be examined by the
medical faculty in Paris. The other rival
to the "coca" comes from Australia, and
is the product of plant of the order
solandcee. 1t is known by the name
of "pitury," and is much patronized by
the natives of Central Australia. Baron
Ferdinand Won Muller, who has been
long trying to find the origin of a stimu-
liant which he knew to be used by the
inhabitants to invigorate them during
their long foot journeys through the
deserts, states that he has at last proved
it to be the product of species of the
Duboisia, which thrives in many parts
of Australia. The leaves have burning,
acrid taste, and are carried in little bags
and occasionally chewed, just as the
cocoa" leaves are used by the natives
of South America. 1t is quite possible
that in the simple medicines of the un.
tutored blacks of the antipodes we may
find q new and important product
yielding valuable results in the hands Of
the skilled physician.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23
How COOley's Boy Improved the Fight
ing Qualities of His Liver
COlOred Dog.

Cooley's boy has liver-colored dog
which he has upon several occasions made
the subject of very interesting and in
structive experiments. Originally the
dogs tail curled up over its back; but
Cooley's boy was prejudiced in favor of
tail that hung down behind, so after
amputating the dogs tail with hatchet,
he spent whole morning trying to graft
a skate-strap on the stump. 1t was not
courageous dog. 1t would bark all
night when nobody was about, but if
tramp came near the house in daytime
the dog would put the skate-strap be-
tween his legs and go in and lie down be-
hind the stove. Cooley's view was that
he would prefer fighting dog, and one
day he read in paper that timid dog
could be made brave by filling his meat
with gunpowder and red pepper. Ac-
cordingly he put about quarter of a
pound of pepper and little powder in
some meat, rolled it up in kind of ball,
and tossed it to the dog. The dog swal-
lowed it as quick as flash.
For few moments the animal seemed
contented. But presently he gave little
start, and then paused and looked around
to observe if anything had happened.
Then he gave another jump andbegan to
assume a very solemn appearance. All
of sudden he uttered sharp howl and
began to circulate around the garden.
He went faster and faster, and Cooley is
willing to swear to at least four hundred
revolutions minute. Over the goose
berry bushes, through the asparagus bed,
across the fences, among the bean-poles
he flew with fury, swapping at Cooley
as he passed him, soaring the chickens
and setting them to cackling, ndsmash-
ing the vegetables into ruin. The
louder Cooley called him to stop the
faster he went, and at last Cooley got his
gun and tried to shoot him. He shot
fifteen times and blew holes into
the smoke-house door, killed four chick
ems and put ia half pound of quail shot into
his Durham cow; but the dog still re-
volved and went so fast that he looked
like single streak of dog reaching all
the way around the garden.
At last the animal ran against the
pump, and being switched off his course,
he dashed through the kitchen-door,
knocked down the stovepipe, whirled
into the dining-room, across the table,
smashing two dollars worth of crockery,
burst through the open door into the
parlor, and brought up against the mir
ror, which he shivered to atoms. Then
he fellon the Brussels carpet, had spasms
around on the floor for an hour or two,
and finally expired with his hind legs in
the CRATE and his head on forty-dollar
rug which was covered with beef and red
pepper They buried him at the roots of
the Isabella grapevine, and Cooley'sboy,
after recovering from the thrashing that
his father gave him with fence paling,
finally came to the conclusion that as
matter of practical fact red pepper will
not make dog anxious for war.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23
Canadian Sports.
IScribner's Magazine ]

The English element in Canada has
lost none of its wonted fondness for the
sports of food and field; finding fuller
vent in the free scope of our woods and
waters, and the wildness and abundance
of our game. There is indeed "new
world open to the lover of gun and rod
from the old lands across the sea, who
here finds himself the luxurious monarch
of all he can bag from sunrise to sunset,
with no other let or hinderance than
those which the CORY pot-hunters compel.
Does he come in quest of the wary
moose and running caribou, the quail
thief of the corn-feld, the mud-loving
snipe, the stupid pheasant, the pine
loving grouse, the cosmopolitan plover,
the strategic partridge, the saucy wood
duck, the shy black duck; does he court
the bear, wolf, beaver, marten, mink or
the otter, or does he WOO the salmon, the
trout, ct hoe genus omne-here he may
find everywhere food for his sportsman's
fancy. If his spirit waxeth hot to chase
the fox, | can commend him to the
courtesy of the Montreal Fox Hunt, who
will give him fences to leap harder than
any English hedge, and fox to run down,
cunning as an Indian. From find to
finish he will have all his nerve and
daring can do, with the clear blue
Canadian skies above, and the hard, dry
ground below. None of your fogs and
swamps, wet to the skin, and mud to the
eyes, horses, hunters, hounds, all color,
and wild splutter of slop when the
carcass, head, pads and brush excepted,
is thrown to the yelping, frothy dogs.
Or doth his fancy turn to thoughts of
football, catching, rowing, cricket, golf,
here he will find .acclimatized and
natural as life, the recreation, good, bad
and abominable, high and low, costly
and cheap, princly and plebeian. of al
most every country on the face of the
earth. Some of the worst immigrants
have brought us their best divisions.
The footprints of the earliest known
Indian races are left in their peculiar
games; the very Mennonites, the last ar
rivals, have fixed the imprint of their
pastimes among the settlers of the far
West.
Canadian sports, however, have char
acter of their own. They smack more
of the ungoverned and ungovernable
than the games of the Old World, and
seem to resent the impost of regulations.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23
The German Military Service.

A popularity of the German military
service is the large amount of theoret-
ical instruction (which is given, not
only to the officers, but also to the nom
commissioned officers and men OF the
army. The Rerue Militdire de Etrdnger
gives an outline of the course of studies,
which is as follows: General instruction
is given in the school, which is held in
the evening on five days in each week,
by officers of the regiment or garrison,
and sometimes by civilian professors.
Non-commissioned officers are required
to have a good knowledge of arithmetic,
including the addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division of fractions,
and to be conversant with the weights
and measures lately adoptedin Germany.
They must be able to write an essay In
clear and concise style on given sub
iect, the handwriting to be flowing and
legible. They must also be able to
write good letter, expressing their
wants or their wishes in plain and in
telligible manner, and they must have
general knowledge both Of history and
geography. The soldiers must be ac-
guainted with the first four rules of
arithmetic, and be able to write clear
report of any occurrence. Theoretical
instruction is also given four times a
week, namely, twice by officers and
twice by non-commissioned officers, on
matters connected with garrison and
field duties, and ON military art gener-
ally. Instruction relating to the arms
they carry is also given to the men once
a week by the master armorer OF the
regiment, and in the mounted branches
of the service the veterinary surgeon
holds class once week.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23
The Mad Stone.

The Louisville Comier-JomnaI says:
Mr.. Harry R. Phillips, who resides on
Third Street, between Breckenridge and
Kentucky, brought to this Office few
days ago mad stone weighing about
three ounces, which he said had been
preserved by his family for nearly fifty
years. The mad stone bears a little re-
semblance to the honeycomb, except that
it is coneshaped, the cells at the base
having thick walls, but gradually merg-
ing into more solid substance as they
approach the apex. The stone has a
broad, smooth surface at the base, and
within the little cells there is a delicate
fibrous substance resembling the pith of
some vegetable product. Mr.. Phillips
said the stone was once used by an aunt
of his who was bitten by rabid dog.
The stone was first dipped in milk and
then applied to the wound. 1t stuck to
the part like leech until all the virus
was absorbed, and then dropped. 1t was
then placed in vessel containing hot
water, and quickly dark greenish sub
stance arose from it and spread over the
surface, this being the test that the
wound was filled with virus of the mad
dog. The lady recovered from the
wound without a symptom of hydro
nhOhia
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23
"And I've always thought SO much

"And Pve always thought so much
of having mamma with me-"
"Better leave off thinking about it.
then," said Milford, lighting cigar and
leaning back in chair, the better to
enjoy it.
"1 suppose 1 can have as many ser
wants as | please nowT hazarded Mrs.
Milford, wisely steering the conversa-
tional barque away from the shoals of
dispute.
fTwenty, if you like, my DEAR" re-
piled Merton.
"And housekeeper like Mrs. Mil
lersf'
"Not housekeeper," said Mr.. Mil
ford, shaking his head. No fine ladies
for me, disguised as dependents. As
many servants as are necessary, but no
one to domineer over them-a proxyf for
yourself"
al will have a housekeeper," said
Lucy, excitedly.
No, you will not, my dear-not in
my house"
cam to havenothing at all to sayw
said Lucy.
40, yes; but there's no use in being
unreasonable"
"And can we have cottage at
Brighton?'
"Why do you say Brighton?' gravely
questioned Merton. "To my mind,
Puss, Brighton is nothing more than a
hot-bed of folly and frippery. At
Hastings, now?
al don't care for Hastings" said
Lucy, moodily; " the air never rdid agree
with me-"
Lucy burst into tears.
go, Merton, don'tspeak so to me-"
Mr.. Milford got up and strobe out of
the room.
Merton, Merton!" cried the wife,
"where are you going|
"To. the billiard-room at the corner"
said Milford, hotly. =" 1 can find friends
enough there, dare say, to give me the
sympathy my wife seems inclined to
withhold"
Lucy cried bitterly. In all the bright
years of their married life they never
had had any serious differences until
now. Was it possible that riches were
destined to bring them only a need of
misery, instead of the expected harvest
of happiness? Next came a feeling of
bitterness and resentment. She would
how Merton that she was not to be
reated like child.
He came home late, but Mrs. Milford
feigned to be asleep. She did not come
down to breakfast the next morning,
making an excuse of a slight headache,
the remains of last nights tears, and
Milford ate and drank alone.
HumphI' commented he, swallow
ing his coffee in succession of dyspep-
tic-breeding gulps. "A pretty sort of
life. this"
For three days Lucy cried and Merton
sulked. At the end of that time he
came home with curious expression on
his face.
"Puss," said he.
Lucy looked up, her pensive face
Frightening at the old caressing epithet.
Give Just had a second telegram.
Uncle Jesse is dead"
Poor old man." said Lucy, soberly.
" Do you know, Merton, 1 begin to doubt
whether Uncle Jesse's money will do us
any good" , ;, ,,.,.,
Because, you see, the old gentleman
rallied at the last, and made new will
in favor of the Refuge for Old Men,"
"And there is nothing left for us?"
"Not penny"
az am glad of it" said Lucy.
And don't know that | am sorry"
said Milford, half-laughing. Because,
if the reverse of the old adage holds
true, and love flies out of the window
when riches come in at the door, say
let's draw the bolt against riches"
And Lucy's fearful kiss sealed his
words.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23

THE London World tells this story
from the memoirs of Laferriere: ga
young attache of the embassy, who now
occupies prominent position in diplo-
macy, was invited by Count Demidoff.
When taking coffee he heinadvertently took
piece of sugar with his fingers when a
footman presented tray. The shocked
Count, by what he considered "a want of
Sienseqnce madea sign to the servant to
throw the basin out of the window. The
attache, although he took the lesson as an
affront, would not allow himself to ap-
pear disconnected. He drank his coffee
Slowly, and then, looking at the Count,
carelessly dropped through the window
the spoon, cup and saucer, saying, did
not know that such was the custom
here"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23
Kellogg.

Parties bearing the above name will
be interested to learn that work is now
in preparation giving the genealogy of
the family in this country from the mid
die of the seventeenth century to the
present time. All interested will confer
favor by communicating with the pub
Usher, Rufus B. Kellogg, Green Bay,
Wisconsin, who will send, to any, circu-
lars with the outline of information de,
sired. Persons of other names, with
Kellogg ancestry, are particularly re.
quested to write.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23
Fashionable Emulation.

Lady Speaking with difficulty
"What have you made it round the
waist, Mrs. PriceT'
Dressmaker = Twenty-Five inches,
ma'am. You couldn't breathe with les" "
Lady" What's Lady Lemina Jenes's
waist?'
Dressmaker-"N Nineteen and half
Just now, ma'am. But her Ladyship is
head shorter than you are, and she's
got ever SO much thinner since her i'll
ness last summerp
Lady-"Then make it nineteen. Mrs.
Price, and Pn engage to get into it."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23
WHY Is A..

d" Willie, here's aconundruml Why's a."
Then as she stammered and paused to think,
He cried, Shoot it off Whoop 'er up, 'Lizai
Bet y I'll guess it quicker'n wink"
" Wait Impatiencei Give me minute"
She pleaded then said, "What crime is tar-n'
And stuck once more "There's good Joke in itn'
She added, while he " How slow you are"
Again she began, Z" What crime does sailor,
In a soldiers quarters taken sick,
Resemble Now, then, you noisy railer!
Just guess it! Give us the answer quick!
He guessed three weeks and didn't get NIGH it;
Ate fish to strengthen his phosphoric brain;
Set all his ingenious friends TO try it;
Then got shampooned, and went at it again.
At last he gave up, and she told the answer:
"a sailor took sick in such place, Will,
Is like an attempt to murder man, sir!
You see he's salt within tent took ILL!
shrek like the whoop Of Sioux he uttered,
Then fell in a swoon They poulticed his head;
In q week they saw that his pulse still huttered;
In n month they bolstered him up in bed.
The doctor sought Eliza TO tell her,
Your William is crazy; observe that grin;
His mind still wanders; you'll kill that feller
IF you ever conundrum to him aginp
--Netr York Grdphic.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23
A Gorilla in the Royal Aquarium.

The London Standard says: To-day,
in the new lecture room of the Royal
Aquarium the gorilla just arrived from
the Imperial Aquarium at Berlin will
commence series of seances, which will
probably prove as interesting to the
purely scientific as to the sightseeing
world of London. MIR. Pongo-for
the prefix emphasizes the nickname of
our visitor brings with him a reputa-
ton from the German capital, where, we
are told, he has been visited by men,
bers of the Imperial family and by thous
ands of the general public. The present
specimen of the gorilla stated to be the
only living one, with the exception of
one in Wombwelrs Menagerie many
years ago, that has been seen in Europe
was brought from Africa by DIR.
Frankenstein, of the German West
African Expedition, and for the last
year and half has been an object of
great interest and curiosity in the Ber-
lin Aquarium. The gorilla, which has
an air of juvenile antiquity about it, is
three and one half years old, stands three
feet high, has grown three and one half
inches during the last year, and increased
eleven pounds in weig ght in the same pc
riod. 1t is coal black, the face human in
expression; the form pudgy, with long
arms and legs, capable of rapidly assist
ing locomotion. 1t is docile, amusing
and performing animal; it turns on a
trapeze, and climbs rope, but it is also
largely exercised in watching the gam
bols of a young chimpanzee Zone and
one-half years old) and the German dog
Flock, fast friend of 'Pongo, and on
terms of the most perfect equality with
him. The gastronomic capacities of the
gorillaare most comprehensive. Whereas
in its natural state it would live on ba-
nanas, pineapples and birds eggs, one of
its first meals at the Aquarium was
rumpsteak and potatoes-the guest dip
ping the food in the salt to obtain the re-
quisite zest. Wine and beer are also
taken with relish, and the little cour-
tesies of passing the glass are observed
by the gorilla and chimpanzee, with an
occasional tiff on the drink fair princi-
pie. Under the pressure of much in
terviewing,' Mr.. Pongo preserves an
equable temper. 1t is said, however, that
in about year and half's time, when
he sheds his teeth, he will have to be ap-
preached more automatically"
ST. LOUIS claims a lawyer who took
$1,000 fee when he might have had
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23
The 8. '.Great Question of the Day."

The late Miss Mary Carpenter, says
Mr.. Conway, once remarked in a pri-
vate company that it was pity so few
were agitating " the great question of
the day." whereupon one present said
he thought so, too; but what was the
great question of the day? Then each
person present gave his or her view one
said it was Romanism, another educa-
tion, others woman suffrage, game laws,
disestablishment; no two agreed what
the "great question" was, and Miss
Carpenter completed the diversity by
quietly remarking that she thought
everybody felt that it was-the Convict
System! Mr.. Conway adds: "The in
cident recurred to my mind when 1
passed straight from the Presbyterian
Council to a garden party near Boxmoor
given by John Evans, on the occasion of
his election as President of the An
thropological Institute, to his scientific
friends. l found there men who sever
ally regarded the great event of the
day to be new find of flint instru-
ments in Denmark, Darwin's new essay,
TyndalPs wrestle with Bastian, and Wo-
mems Medical Degrees; but there were
smiles when l assured them that the
Presbyterians were devising ways and
means of trampling out scientific skepti-
cism, and that the great question of the
day was Science versus Moses"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23

REMEMBER that all questions have
two sides; one is the right side, the other
the wrong side; one is the side of Justice,
the other injustice. If you take the
right side, the just side, ultimately men,
however much they may oppose you and
revile you, will come to your support.
Earth, with all its powers, will work
with you and for you, and heaven is
pledged to conduct you to complete sue
cess. If you take the other side, there
is no power in earth or heaven that can
lead you through successfully, because it
is appointed in the counsels of heaven
that justice and truth alone can prevail.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23

NEAR DEADwoop.

NEAR DEAD WOOD.
DEAR JENNY:
We reached here this morning,
Tom Baker, Ned Leonard and /;
So you see that, in spite of your warning,
The end Of our journey is nigh.
The redskins-'tis scarce worth a mention,
Don't worry about ME, pray
Have shown US no little attention
Confound them!-along on our way.
"Poor Ned'sgot ball in the shoulder
Another one Just grazed my side
But pshavi ere we're half a day older
Well be at the end Of our ride.
"Ws've camped here for breakfast. Tom
splitting
Some kindling wood, off in the pines,
And astride dead cedar I'm sitting
To hastily pen you these lines.
"A courier from Deadwood-we met him
Just now with mail for the States,
(Ah, Jenny, I'll never forget him)--
For this most obligingly waits.
{. =" He says, too, the miners are earning
Ten dollars day, every man.
Halloal here comes Tom---he's returning
And running as fast as he can.
It's nothing guess; he is only
At one Of his practical -" Bangi
And sharp through that solitude lonely,
The crack Of Sioux rifle shots rang.
And as the dire volley came blended
With echo from cannon and pass,
The letterIo Jenny was ended
It's writer lay dead on the grass.