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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-04-04
CONTRAST BETWEEN POPE Plus TX AND
LEO XIII.
GLondon Times.1

Friends and enemies alike combine to
invest the new Pope's character with all
the attributes of greatness. Even those
uncompromising partisans of the Church
who accept its visible head, whoever he
be, as an embodiment of the Divine es-
sence of its Invisible Founder, and who
seemed at loss for words to do justice
to the faultless nature of the late lnfalll-
BILE, draw contrast between the de-
parted and the living High Priest, sadly
to the disparagement of the former and
nothing seems to delight them more
than to count the instances in which
Pope Pecci, in his unguarded moments,
warns his subordinates who presume to
have any other will than his own by that
almost stereotyped phrase, 80 non son
Pho Mono" Plus TX, they tell us,
dotted on the world, on its crowds, on
the din of its applause; he hated soli-
tude and self-concentration; he was
ready to die of esn,a at the end of few
weeks of country residence, could not
bear to commune with himself alone for
one moment, never read book in the
thirty-two years of his Pontifcate, lis
tened eagerly to all gossip and scandal,
and, thanks to his marvellous memory,
recalled whatever he had been told by
the worthless and evil men who sur
rounded him to the charge and detri-
ment of their betters. Leo XIII, on
the contrary, is silent, solitary spirit,
addicted to study and meditation, a
hater Of vain twaddle, contemner of
personalities, fond. of grave CONVERSE
tion, looking at everything from an ele-
waited point of view, seldom laughing,
sparing in words, reading and writing
almost necessarily. A distinguished
author, no mean poet, frst-rate Latin
scholar, he, soon after his election, and
upon his first release from the absorbing
care of his new situation shut himself
up, and is celebrating and writing with
his own hand the encyclic which he is
to address to the Catholic world, and
which is for the Pope what for newly
enthroned sovereign would be his
crown speech. Those endless encyclics
and allocutions by which Pope Mastai
wearied rather than edited his contem-
poraries, were composed by Monsignor
Fioramonti, and in later times by Mon
signors Nocella and Mercurelli, upon
somes meager notes jotted down by the
Pope in the Italian tongue. Not unfre-
quently he merely gave out his theme
verbally and in general terms, leaving
his scribe to fill it up with his own -four
ishes, or to take some hints from the as
tute and worldly-wise Cardinal An
tonelli. Leo XIII allows no man to
body forth his conceits or to develop his
views. He sits at his table for hours
and writes down every word with his
own hand. When at work he brooks no
disturbance; his preference is for coun-
try solitude; he walks alone with hasty
steps in his garden, busy with the lofty
thoughts which are to leave mark on
his Pontifcate.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-04-04

particular fund the same belongs. 1t shall
be the duty of such Treasurer, in his
monthly report, to state where such money
is thus kept. Section A. That any City
Auditor or City Treasurer violating the pro
visions of this act, shall be liable to be re.
for the removal of ocffiers in the Municipal
Code; and being SO removed, shall be in.
eligible to again fill such Office. Adjourned
until Tuesday afternoon.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-04-04
MalaprOpOs Hymns.

An American newspaper says: The
enthusiastic choir-master who adopted
Hold the Fort as professional hymn,
has been dismissed by the minister, who
considered it personal when their choir
burst forth:
See the mighty host advancing,
Satan leading on!
A similar objection might have been
raised to the Maine County Commission
ers quoting Watts lines:
Ye sinners round, come view the ground
Where you will shortly lie,
when inviting certain lawyers to inspect
the new courthouse; although they had
less reason to complain than Lord Ken
yon and Justice Rookie, who, while on
circuit, came one Sunday to little vii
lage Just as the good folks were going to
church; an example the two judges fol-
lowed. Anxious to show his apprecia-
ton of the unexpected honor, the parish
clerk searched for suitable psalm to
sing before the service; and at the
proper time gave out the first two ver-
ses of the ffty-eighth psalm, and the
congregation sang:
Speak, o ye judges of the earth,
If just your sentence be;
Or must not innocence appeal
To heaven from your decree.
Your wicked hearts and judgments are
Alike by malice swayed;
Your gripping hands, by mighty bribes,
To violence betrayed.
Here the congregation awoke to the
meaning of what they were singing, and
left the clerk and the children to offend
the ears of the legal dignitaries with:
To virtue, strangers from the womb,
Their infant steps went wrong;
They prattled slander, and in lies
Employed their hsping tongue.
No serpent of parched Afric's breed
Does ranker poison bear;
The drowsy adder will as soon
Unlock his sullen ear.
The performance unlocked the tongues
of the astonished judges at any rate
and the church wardens had some diff
Guilty in convincing them that the ap
parent insult arose out of the stupidity
of the well-meaning clerk.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-04-04
EATON, OHIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 4. 1878.

ought to be no incumbrance of wraps
after the start is made. The action of
the body will supply sufficient vital heat
before half mile is traversed. A light
sun parasol can be carried in the hand,
as Miss Won Hillern carried her riding
whip, and it would be useful in case the
sun came out too strong.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-04-04
THE VOICE OF THE PRESS.

THIS department of our paper is intended to give
the comments of the most intelligent journals,
American and European, upon all questions OF pub
lie interest. The editor of this journal does not
indorse the sentiments expressed in every partcu-
lar but presents the topics quoted as worthy Of gen.
eral attention.]
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-04-04

A LIGHT HOUSE at sea-a slim audi
ence trying to understand what the in
competent actors are driving at.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-04-04

THE short skirt for ladies' dresses will
not be fashionable in the West. Why
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-04-04

THEY have a justice at Oshkosh who
is little particular. He has the follow
ing notice posted conspicuously in his
Office: "Any lousy lawyer who insults
this Court will be kicked into the
street."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
a Runaway Arrested.

About a year ago a white man
II tins county, named Marion
Hurley, attempted 20 commit a
rape upon a daughter of Will
liam Lassater, Esq, and ran
away. Nothing was heard ofhim
until a few weeks ago, when our
Sheriff received a letter from
the Sheriff of Spittsylvan:a coun-
ty, Virginia, asking if a man,
named Joseph Thomas, had COM
mltted anv crime here, an0 es-
capped? From the description
given, Sheriff Taylor at once
knew it was Hurley, and wrote
the former Sheriff to watch him:
An Indictment was sent before
the grand jury last month, and
a true bill found. The neces-
sary requisition papers were OBJ
tain at Raleigh for his arrest,
and last week, D.. w. Riddle, one
Of Sheriff Taylor's efficient dep
uties, at once went to Virginia,
found his man, and brought him
here on the 10Th inst, and lodg-
ed him III Jail. The day before
Mr.. Riddles arrival in Virginia,
a letter was received at the post
office addressed to Joseph Thorn
as, which the Sheriff took and
opened, and very fortunately,
for it was written from Lockville,
in this county, dated October
the 10th, and stated that Mr..
Riddle had started after him,
&c. Hurley is a married man,
and yet was on the eve of marry
ing again, when he was arrested.
-CHathaA Record.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
OCToBER24, 1878.
miscellaneous.
Ore Kncb Works..

These works, says the Land
mark" give employment to many
in Ashe and surrounding counties,
and enables them to handle money
that they could not obtain other
wise. 1t also creates a home mar
ket for all Of the products OF the
farm at remunerstive prices. This
Company is a Baltimore Corpora
ton, under the immediate super
vision of James K. CT yton, Esq,
who is unquestionably a gentleman
OF the best business qualifications
we have ever met, and seems to
know i ntuitively what is being
done and what Is left undone by a
glance over the works. He is GER
tainly the fright man in the right
place" His corps of assistants are
each exactly fitted for the posts
they occupy. The Chief Clerk, +.
III. Fairfax, is competent business
man and with the assistance OF Dir.
n. w. Whiting, have charge of the
complicated books of the concern,
which they manage like clock
work.
The mines produce about 1000
tons of copper ore monthly OF which
amount 1000 IONS of the richest ore
Is sheltered and refined into cop
per, making about 200, 600 pounds
Of ingot copper, which is sold in
New York, commanding the high
est market rates. The vein is I'M
usually large and productive being
from IL to 16 feet wide, of solid
ore, and appears to be ine1hausti-
BILE. The Smeltering works consist
Of ten blast furnaces and one refn-
ing furnace, which requires 12O, 600
bushels of coal and 800 cords of
wood per month to supply them.
The company has built quite a
town around their works, consist
ing of neat dwelling houses, store,
warehouses, church, school-house,
shops. ETC., and employ from 325
to $50 men Immediately on the
works, and from 200 to 400 in cut
ting wood and burning coal and
other outside work. About $780,
600 has been expended upon the
permanent improvements at the
mines and about $500, 600 is kept
engaged in carrying GU the bust
ness. What profit are made We
we're not enabled to learn, as this
is kept a secret. but it is supposed
that $3.50, 600 would be a fair esti-
mate. Messrs. S. S. s. Jas. f.
Clayton of Baltimore are supposed
to be the largest owners, their in
terest being estimated at one-third
Of the property.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
The CO.. Operative Store

The Pomona Grange at Pop
lar Tent last week completed
their arrangement for establish
ing a cooperative mercantile
house inthis town, at early day.
This enterprise is not intended
to antagonize the mercantile in
terest of this town, nor is it
thought that it will, but that
rather it will be instrumental in
drawing more people, and hence
more trade here, than therefore.
1t is a well established fact that
all prosperous concerns, that are
established in town and cities,
draw the people from the coun-
try to them. We have seen it
sxemplifed in this town. For
q long time Allison's, aad Phifer,
and Yorke's, and subsequently
L Cannon's store, were our lead
ing emporiums of trade. After
they had had a monopoly ofthe
custom tor years, Odel, Curtis &
Co., entered the arena. We all
know the impetus this enter
prising firm gave to the trade of
Concord, it more than doubted
it in two years. Since Mont
gomery & Dowd, Hoover & Lore,
and Cannon, Wadsworth & Co.,
have started their establishments
and to day their additions to the
business houses in Concord has
has increased the trade, drawn
by them to Concord, to five times
what it was twelve years ago.
Thus it will be with this Coop
ertive Store, lift is started, and
run successfully. 1t will also
add immensely to the trade and
prosperity of Concord, and Ca
barrus and the adjoining coun-
ties.-RegiSter.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24

ty, which they have equally di-
vided by consent. They are now
getting old, and having no chill
dren, but cherishing q great rev.
erence, kind feeling and respect
for their former masters they
have both made conveyances,
whereby each of them conveys,
at their deaths, their property to
the children of the deaths, their
respective former owners. Their
conveyances have been duly
written and recorded, and their
example remains to show the
public that Notwithstanding the
efforts of carpet-baggers and
peace disturbers that endeavor-
ed to imbitter the colored peo-
against their former owners,
many of them still regard their
former owners-as they are,
among their nearest and dear
est Murfceesbor En-
guirer~
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
Death of a Prominent and
Well Known Physician.

DR.. Philip A. Aylett, a dis
tinguished ply s;cian of New
York, but we'll known in this
city and State, where he had
many intimate friends and ad-
mired, died in that city on the
Sd of october, in the fifty-sev-
enth year of his age. We think
Dr. Aylett was a native Of Selma,
Ala, but he has relatives In Vir-
ginia, where he married. He has
been connected with the Univer-
sity Of New York for over twen-
ty-tive years, as an instructor
and was a great favorite with,
students from North Carolina
and other Southern States. Dur
ing about the same period, or for
the space Of quarter of a CEN
fury, he was troubled with an in
trinity of the eyes: which rem
dered him entirely blind, though
it did not in the least, to all ap-
pearances, interfere with the dis
charge of his duties. In fact,
we have heard some wonderful
stories in regard to the remark
able intuition displayed by him
in finding places be had once
visited, without the aid of a
guide. DR.. Aylett is represented
to have been a hard student, a
very learned man, and a pious
christian gentlemen. He leaves
a wife and a grown son, who is,
or has been. reading law at the
University of Nirginia.-Star.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24

NORFOLK, Oct. 15.-The mystic
rious and shocking murder of
Sames }. Caddy, a prominent citi-
zen of Chowan county, n. c., has
thrown that or ordinarily quiet
section of country into considerable
excitement. While returning from
from Edenton on Sunday night Mr..
Caddy was waylaid on the highway
and torn from his horse and killed.
the body was found early yesterday
morning by his wife near her house,
boldly exposed on the road and
horribly mutilated. The murder
took place about seven miles from
Edenton. There is no clue to the
perpetrators Tramps are suspec-
ted, and robbery is supposed 20
have been the motive.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
Remedy for Diphtheria.

DR.. J. c. kirkman writes to the
Chatham Record as follows:
Il have treated a large number
Of cases of diphtheria after the fol-
lowing plan, and have lost but few
cases. | make the following pre-
scription, varied according to age,
etc.:
To one pint of water add two
hundred and forty grains chlorate
of potash finely ~pulverized, fifty
grains hyposulphite Of Sodium and
four drains sweet spirits of laven-
der. Mix, teaspoonful every two
or three hours; also use as a gargle
every hour or two: To two ounces
water add thirty grains sulphate of
cinchornidla. Sixty drops tincture
iron-teaspoonful to be taken be-
tween the above mixture. Brandy
should be given freely from the
commencement, it being a disease
of low vital action. | use no local
applications whatever. | have
treated the following varieties:
Simple, croupous, Lucrative and
malignant.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
The Yadkin SURVEY.

\ parts Of gentlemen belonging
to the United state Survey Ser
vice, Messrs. ). ". Evans. VI. n.
PAschall, Fled. {. Fisher. Ed. +.
Iaggart and : Barr. passed through
town last Saturday, on their way
10 Wilkesboro, from which point
the viii commence the survey o
the adkIn river 10 the bridge be-
low Salisbury, j distance oi about
$50 miles, after the completion OF
which they Will proceed t. the Dan
river, commencing AZ Danbury
IN Stokes county, and survey that
70 Clarksyille, Va. aboutl5O miles.
and then 10 the Stanton river.
commencing at Roanoke Station on
the IL. y ID. K. r., and 90 To Brook
Neal, Campbell county, Va, max
ing a survey Of about 80 miles.
This work is done in accordance
with an act of Congress passed at
the last session TO determine the
navigablllty Of these rivers from
the points named, and for which an
appropriation was made. Ii is to
be hoped that the reports may be
favorable, as 1t will open up a sec
ton of country that has long been
deprived OF adequate transporta-
tIon.-1merfcQn.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
History Of North Carolina

We are glad TO know that since
our much esteemed contributor,
Maj. John w. Moore, commenc-
ed publishing his very interes-
ting Sketches, Of Hartford
county,, they have become 50
popular as TO induce the author
to write a history of the State.
lhls new Hi tory Of North Car
DINA will be published at an
early day, and will reflect credit
upon our State. Mai. Moore is
indeed an excellent and accu-
rate writer; SO much 20 in fact,
that while We have seen repea-
ted complimentary notices of his
sketches, We have yet to see one
that was uncomplimentary or in
which his accuracy was ques
toned. This work will be pub
llohed by subscription. 1t will
contain 500 pages, and will be
sold when bound in one non vol
umn, at S4, and when bound in
two valumns of 400 pages each,
at s.. Let everyone interest
themselves in this good work.
MurtrecSbOrO Engurer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
Improvements on the Whining
ton & Weldon Railroad at Hal
flax, N. @.

improvements on the Whining
ton & Weldon Railroad at Hal
flax, N. @.
Yesterday We mentioned the i'm
provements being made by the Will
mington & Weldon r. Il. Co., at
Magnolia, and to-day, through the
courtesy of Capt. John Barry, who
kindly furnished us the informa-
ton, and under whose immediate
supervision the work has been COM
pleted, we are enabled to tell u
readers of an important change for
the better which has been made by
the railroad company at Halifax.
During the past season an entirely
new track of two miles in length
has been made and a stone ~culvert,
$50 feet long, has been put in and
the grade of the road.. cut down ten
feet. BY this latter improvement
freight engines are enabled to move
without difficulty nearly double
the amount of tonnage they could
before the change in the grade. The
culvert is one of the largest in the
State, and is built in the most
thorough and substantial manner!
Halifax is one of the thriving towns
of Eastern North Carolina, and
Halifax county, of which it is the
county seat, is one of the best and
largest cotton producing counties
in the State, and this improvement,
made by the railroad company, will
greatly facilitate the shipment and
transportation of that prominent
staple.-RecieW.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
ChufaS.

MI. F. A. Archibald, of Rocky
River township, planted , acres of
chufas in June, in the following
manner: He thoroughly plowed
the soil in the spring, and in April
he opened his drills p feet apart,
and dropped a single seed in a place,
one foot apart, in the drill. Owing
to inferior seed he failed to get a
stand till the third planting, which
was about the 9TH Of June. The
chufas are now ready for gathering
by the ~fattening hogs. Before turn
ing in his hogs Mr.. Archibald NOW
ed the grass tops, and cured it for
hay, which yielded a valuable crop
of hearty forage, which is eaten
with great relish by cattle and
horses. The yield, and according
to an accurate calculation that Mr..
Archibald has made, to the acre, is
Isl bushels; which, with the crop
of hay that is yielded from the
grass, makes it, as a stock feeding
crop, the most valuable that a far
mel can raise, and strongly COM
mends its culture to our agricultu-
raj friends. Mr.. Archibald has 60
head of large hogs on this p acres,
and expects to fatten them upon
the chufas. Concord Register.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
Charged With Double Murder

Some time in the summer of
1877 one Ned Lyon, colored, died
very suddenly in Durham, and was
buried. Latterly, suspicious have
become rife that he died by poison,
administered to him by a woman
now in Orange county Jail com
plicated in some way with the
murder of Nancy Blackwell, COL,
near Durham in August of last
year; and during the session Of the
board Of commissioners last week,
application was made to it for in
vestigation. and an order prayed
for the investigation of the coro-
ner. DR.. Wilson, the coroner,
went down to Durham on Wednes-
day last. exhumed the body of tie
deceased, and placed the contents
Of the stomach in charge of Prof.
Redd of the University for analy-
sis.
The investigation by DR.. Wilson
and the jury demonstrated beyond
the shadow of a doubt the admin
istration of poison by the wife,
Beck Lyon; administered, too. at
different times, at last with fatal
result. She will therefore he
chargeab,e with two MURDERS
Hi11sb0r0 Recorder.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
The Columbus Murder Case.

From a private letter, receiv-
ed in this city yesterday, we learn
that the brother and brother-in-
law Of the late j.. Randle arriv.
ed at Whiteville on Tuesday. 1t
was their intention, when they
started to come to this city, but
they have concluded that the Wis
it here will not be necessary.
The letter in question states that
George Littleton confesses that
be killed j. P. Randle, but de-
cles that he committed the act
in self-defence. This declaration
would have carried more weight
if Littleton had not stripped his
victim, worn his clothing, con-
cealed the remains where he
thought they would not be dis
covered, and been found in this
city several days afterwards with
a number ofthe murdered mans
private letters, articles of cloth
ing with his name upon them,
&C., in his possession.
However, there is still a great
deal Of mystery connected
with the case, the unravell-
ing of which might change the
aspect of things to some extent.
Star.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24

A REMARKABLE MAN.-Daniel
Coble, who resides in the Eastern
part OF Randolph county, is 90
years old, is hale and hearty and
retains in a wonderful degree the
use OF his mental and physical ia
culties. He reads English and
German fuently; has an excellent
memory; is a bachelor. but has
adopted and raised thirteen chill
dren. His parents came to this
county from Bethlehem, Pa. His
great-grand-father was a brother of
King George the ii. Of England.
He has lived through the admins
ton of all the Presidents from
Washington to Hayes.
Sun.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24

Barbara Hittle is the heroine now.
She has raised herself at once to a
level with Grace Darling and Flor
ence Nightingale. She lives near
Racine, Wisconsin, and the good
people of that place have known
for a long time that she was a wo-
man of pluck. Some tramps came
to her house and begged for bread
a day or so ago. She generously
spread the cloth and feasted them.
When they had finished, every
thing about the place suited them
so well that they concluded to "hold
the fort" But the little woman
determined to defend it. SO she
seized a club and knocked down
one of the villains scnseless. she
belaboured the other fellow SO
sound that he cried for mercy.
When the little woman got tired
pounding she let him up and he
fed wildly from the place. She
then took the senseless tramp and
resuscitated him by dipping his
feverish forehead in a solution OF
dish-water and potatoes. He did
not witt to thank her for it but fol
lowed his frantic companion, who
was swiftly fleeing cover the hills
and far away"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
Former Slave and Master.

There lives in sMurfreesboro'
Startling Joyner and Kitty, his
wife. In ante-war times, uncle
Startling belonged to Samuel
Joyner, Esq, of our county, and
aunt Kitty belonged to James
Ill. Lassiter, Esq, now of Hen
derson. Since their freedom,
uncle Startling and aunt Kitty
have econmized and have accu-
mulated what is to the majority
of colored people, a small fortune
eirproperty, consisting of land,
a town lot and personal proper