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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-03
Romance Of a Prelate's Life.
New York. Graphic. !

The death of the distinguished Catho-
lie Archbishop of Baltimore recalls to
the memory of some of those who re-
member him in his youth the romance
of his early life. When he decided to
leave the Episcopal ministry, for which
he had been trained, and study for the.
priesthood, he made sacrifices that few
men are called upon to endure.
He gave up at once, not only his
social position. but the great fortune
which his uncle, Mr.. James Roosevelt,
after whom he was named, intended to
bequeath him, and, worst of all to some
hearts, he renounced the woman whom
he loved.
One of the most famous bellies that
New England ever produced was Miss
Julia Beers, daughter of Judge Beers,
of Litchfeld, Conn. During the first
thirty years of this century the law
school of Litchfeld was considered the
most distinguished institution of the
kind in the country. 1t drew to this
bleak New England village the young
men of the best families throughout the
country, and one of the most honored
teachers was Judge Beers.
His daughter was beautiful blonde
of the rarest type, with waving hair of
pale gold, large blue eyes, and figure
remarkable for its tall, slender grace.
Added to these natural gifts she pos
sessed also fine voice, Of remarkable
power and compass, which she con-
stantly improved by training, while her
fine natural powers of mind were cul-
tiyated by every advantage of educa-
ton, so that at twenty-five she was q
woman of rare and remarkable fascina'
| ton.
| At this time, during a summer pleas
ure trip, she met the young Episcopa
clergyman, and the two became engaged
The Rev. Mr.. Bayley was, at this period
a strikingly handsome mar, possessing
qualities Of heart and mind surest
endear him to those with whom he wa
brought Ia contact. They were, indeed
a remarkable man and woman who me
in that long past summer, and she, VIII
had been Indifferent to perhaps hun
dred adorers listened with pleasure II
the addresses of man who felt tina
until now he had never met a fttipl
mate.
But powerful as love might be in al
organization like his, the honesty of re
ligious conviction was still dearer to tn
heart of the young clergyman, and afte
his transference TO Hagerstown, Mary
land, where he met the present Cardina
McCloskey, Mr.. Bayley resolved to be
come Catholic priest. This decisio
was a death blow to Miss Beers. Sh
herself, persuaded by her love, embrace
: the faith Of the church of Rome, ant
for while, took refuge in conyen
This departure of one of society o
naments to the gloom of cloister pr.
/. duced great sensation among the fasl
ionable circles of that day, and whel
!, after brief period, she, under circur
: stances of peculiar romance, fed fro
: the convent and returned to Ner friend
all sorts of speculation were set afoa
: For few years she led life IS retir
o ment at her home in; Litchfield, al
s then fell victim to consumption, an
$ perhaps, to broken heart.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-03

THERE'S plenty of ivory yet on our
round ball. Africa is the land of ivory
"temples," or idol Enclosures, where the
c6mmonest utensils for domestic use are
made of ivory. The people do not seem
to comprehend why people should take
the trouble to pay for it when IL is so
plentiful in each village.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-03
EVERY DAY sPICERIEs.

YoNKERs Gazette: Praying is q very,
on-kneesy thing to some people.
BosToN paper calls a man whose
mothers death brings him s50, 900 lucky.
pgY1 snr, puI. B,J1e,;n. Arc Ran-
49, IL, .,,nrs J I;ahla M - J;,,+hao,v otber
.asss 'sa"s,,aS La.' .',1S 49, S..''-- -
n, f,,rv 1,s,.v;cE. nov;oator,s
moot donoarons strait il Whisky
s.ra;abt slus
''.S r..J. T.r,. : ha,ar
nEw oAA oo.s"'e, .se's 20. 80 : - Sa ~
west-Lnead waJ r. I as we'll =
NV nn,r.wS p;eo,,,ns. s;lence ia
-. tIm 49, 1900 ..esJan T IT, v ovster ;s con-
U. t;nnaI,v aiTs ,,stt;ng s into bro;,s and stews
Dr., 1 5rT nr,. r. B,uet;n. Ifa begoar
stors : Won Ia on On Ghr;stmas u day tell him eH You
are cent-nickel-less, and he will 90 away.
CoMurpcnAI. B,,1lstin. We hear a
great deal about the cigar strikers in
New York. but It is pretty hard to strike
a good cigar in Boston.
New YORK Comic Advertiser:: The
compositor who set up 9 SIC, 900" to read
"$1 ,00P might have prevented his mis-
take .y little fourth ought.
TICKLE the public and make i gh grinhi -,
Rnt teach he nnblicyo;li % never grow rich
But live like beqeer and die in ditch
--BeEordvid
a,,ar eoaIs oporoo,,,o with on intense do
o'cA ioSae o,SA sosS y. - 80 -
sire to be tall, II Is Wnen ne nnus Hill
self on the outside of crowd at q dog
H0ht
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-03

A NEGRO in South Carolina, who was
complaining of the hard times, declared
thew were the hardest ever known.
aWhy," said he. "I works all day and
steals all night, and yet Pm blest # ! kin
make an honest living
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-03

AT the church fairs where rafting is
not permitted, ingenious devices for
disposing of articles Z" in chances" are
carried on,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-03

KALAMAZOO, Mich, is pluming itself
on the prospect of possessing a female
LAWYER.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-03

A LIAR is liar until he praises you;
then, of course, he tells the truth.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-03

A CONTEMPORARY says: Among the
greatest auxiliaries to the development
Of country, a chief agency is an an
nual fair. Nothing contributes more to
the social and physical strength of the
community than the annual rivalry in.
vited by these periods. The exhibits of
the products of the soil, of livestock,
and of articles of manufacture, are cal
culated to encourage investments in Ia
Dor and genius. The success of one
man in any particular branch of in
dustry is sure to impel another man to
greater exertion, and society becomes
the beneficiary. Experience, which is
by far tile best teacher, has shown that
in sections of the country where fairs
have been held for any length of time,
ere farms.are more productive, the farm
this more prosperous, the breeds of stock
finer, mechanics more active, and every
branch of industry and art in better
condition than in the sections where
such annual meetings are not held.
Tag L.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-03
A River that Does Not Give Up Its
:. Dead.

The Colorado River is noted for
swirls," SO called. They occur every.
where, but only at high stages of water.
"A bubble rises from the bottom and
breaks with slight sound on the sur
face. The water at the point begins
rotary motion, SO small that an inverted
tea-cup might cover it. Larger and
larger grows the circle, till surface of
forty feet in diameter is in motion,
spinning round a funnel-shaped hole in
the center, two or three feet across at
the top, and coming to a point in the
depths below, Often large tree float
ing down the stream is caught, and its
foremost end thrust up in the air twenty
or thirty feet, while the other passes
underneath-the exposed end to be
slowly drawn down again, and to disap-
pear. Three soldiers, deserters from
Camp Mohave, passing through the ra-
vine ina-stkiH, Immediately below the
fork, suffered their craft to run into a
swirl. One of the crew, at the first in
timation of danger, threw himself over
board beyond the charmed circle, and
as he swan away he turned his head
and saw the boat spin round until one
end being drawn into the vortex and
the other upheaved in the air, it slowly
sank as it revolved into the turbid bosom
of the river, its human freight to be
seen no more; for the Colorado River
does not give up the dead-no corpse'
lodge upon its shores.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-03

WHAT is slosh Z It'ssnow matter.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-04-20

CuRIOslTIEs OF SUICIDE. recent
curiosity Of suicidS was the attempt Of a
bride to drown herself in Detroit, She
and her husband were on II honeymoon
Journey. In the railroad station he pet
ted little child, and cpnvsrsed with its
mother; whereat the young wife became
absurdly jealous, went to the river, and
tried to jump in. A less sudden suicidal
resolve was made by Henry Stevens OF
Sknwhegsd, Me, who long ago said that
hs would never live to be more than sew
enty years old, because he regarded that
u: the proper limit set by the Bible. SO
on hi. seventeen birthday he drowned
himself In Adrian, Michigan, asix:een-
year old girl went from a social enter
tanr ent where she had been one of the
Rayesl Of the party, and laughingly, in
.he presence OF her escort, ate An orange
in which she bad put strychnns. Her
brother, on hearing Of her death, shot
hlmself through the head. Mrs. Snyder,
in Keno-ha, Wis, instead Of jumping in
to a we'll, carefully lJ%ered herself by a
rope into the water. and was drowned.
The cause of Deacon Phillips suicide in
Clinton, H., was the sale by the Sheriff
OF his property. He had always been
honored and prosperous, and could not
bearadyersty. Nor could Arthur Noyes,
who poisoned himself in St. Louis, al
though he had not been honored in his
property As a book-keeper for an in
surAnce company he had been paid for
PERJURY. and when the money was gone
he found himself possessed of character
so bad that hs could not get employment.
A more touching excuse for wishing to
die was giysn by vsgabond boy " New
Orleans, who had lost both legs in rail
ron disaster, and had become convinced
TINT "this world sin't no place for Grip
Pies"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-04-20
Weaverville, April 20, 1878,

SELF TORTUREs.-It is difficult to re-
sIize that there exists in our enlightened
Republican land Il people 50 harbarous,
SO saturated and stepped in superstition
and ignorance as those Spanish residents
time to time give us such startling nc
counts, and whose queer little villages
dot the whole length If Cuchares valley.
Here, during the prnitenia season, i.
enacted the real tragedy, and not merely
theatrical Representations Of the Cruel
txion with all its attendant horrors. The
details OF these tanatIca ceremonies are
sickening. The poor wrttches last until
they are scarcely able to stand, lash their
naked bodies until they resemble raw
beef, and then, having prolonged this
torture for weeks, upon the last great day
" Holy Friday" they take upon their
backs heavy wuoden crosses, and, if their
strength holds out, stumble along, blind
folded, to " the summit of nn Arduous
hill" Some b,l exhausted from the
long season of fasting and torture and the
loss of blood before the height is reached.
There the meaning penitpnts are bound
To the upright crosses, the strong cord
hurYing themselves into the mAngl"d
fe-h. They are left hanging there until
Ii f., ~ Manu- - /.
said, perish under the torture. and are
sec,etly buried. Mrs. Helen Hunt, resi-
dent III Colorado Springs, aud well known
through The Atlantic, say, "In the
SnrIng ot 1876 tour of these peniteut,,
young men. died from the effects of the
turlures. One of them, running for three
daVs under the cactus scuurge, ay all
Easter night naked upon the threshold OF
n church En~ter morning he was found
there dead " A corresnondent has lately
written the Phil. Press full account OF
their huriib. usage. and customs The
Laramie NcHtiHcf, the Lns Vegas mat,
aud many other Western papers corrob
urHtc the account But let Il. not be d,-
turbrd let Us continue to spend and be
spent IN building up fine churches to -it
in ourselves nj home, and in sending
missionaries to the ute most outpo>ts OF
Africa IA pabuium with which 10 iatlen
the poor caunbals. Those New MeM
cans are too near home to he interesting
Wrelched relic, oil mod dleva Spain, they
are section of the siAtrenth century ia
the Old World transported uto the New,
whore they have gone ON sinking, under
our indifference, further and further iutu
"A -qualid, ignorant mud degraded state, ms
the centurir pass by. They are nothing
to us we would get no thanks for inter
ference-and, OF all things, thanks il
such laudahle reward to strive for
While these bnrbaruus customs have dis
appeared from slow old Spain, they stll
live in our own progressive country
LOUiSUiiie Courier JOUl nal.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-04-20

DR.. Casper, Of Berlin, Prussia, mas cal
culated that in that country the age OF 10
was attained by ~ clergyman IN 100 by
20 lawyers by 28 artists by II profess
sors and q physicians. DR.. Madon, in
England, in comparing the average Of
celebrated men Of different CLASSES, found
that naturali.ts lived IS years philoso-
pliers, sculptors, and painters, 10 law
years, 90 physicians, 6s clergymen CT.
The following table shows the average
duration Of lite in several professions,
businesses and occupations, derived from
series OF extended observations made
by persons who interest themselves in this
.ort OF statistics:
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-04-20

TRANSIT OF MEKcURY.-A transit of
Mercury will occur on the 9th Of May,
which IL anticipated with much interest
in the Astronomical word. 1t will be
visible all over the United States, and
will occupy about seven hours aud Il half
in it, pass. Tunsits OF Mercury are
much more frequent than those OF Venus,
the aVeIsEe intervals being lass than
ten years. Thus the conf. ( transit will be
followed by others in 1851 and 1891, while
after the transit of Venus IN 1882 none
will occur iii 2OO4. No previous transit
ut Mercury has aroused the sttentl"n
OF observers like the one whose advent Is
80 soon Anticipated, for it is hoped tnat 1t,
obsel vatiOn will hep in the solution II
several important problems, especially IN
determining the orbit OF MaIcury, in
throwing more light Oh the question OF Nh
intra MercuIial planet, and N furnishing
data lOr renewed estimates of the sun ;
distance. Astronomers are already max
lliB pltIla = IONS lol tuo OhSti '"''"" W.
the phenomenon. Two French scienlists
are now Oh theIr-wsv to the Westto be IN
readiness for it, advent. They are sent
out uhicIa ily One them ls NJ. Charles
Andre, Director OF the Observatory in tho
University OF Lyons, aud the other Is NJ.
Angot, Professor OF Physics Mt the LyCse
Fontanes III Paris. The place of their
destination l. Ogden, Utah. aud the 10
cuily mas been selected tor two rea'ons.
1t i, on an elevated ground, nearly on
the "div ide' OF the continent, very tav-
orably situated for dtyuess Of climate
and purity OF atmosphere, and the center
ol the transit viii take place nearly AT
local noon. MeicuIy is too small To be
seen by the naked eye IN il, a,sage across
the -un, but un~cIunttc ebselyer-, who
have access to 20 d lsle,c"pes, viii have
no difficulty IN detecting the presence OF
the slow moving black spot on the face
OF the great uminay, while they are
willing 10 leave the d ticult aud delicate
observations aud calculations Lo practiced
eve, aud mathematical 6ralns.-IfOu
dence JOtuHat.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-04-20

1t means" replied the jeweler, that
woman (th;nk of the elegant Mrs.
PetteTkin being called woman) bought
these stones Of me four months ago on
credit, giving her name as Mrs. Petterkin,
and that have been trying ever since
to get my money, and haven't been
able to do it. | have the goods now,
and shall keep them till | know
something about them. That's what it
meSns.N
Mr.. Petterkin retired dumbfounded
and in bad order A telegram brought
Mrs. PetterKin back in a few hours,
and explanations were in order. She
denied first, and then confessed, and
then turned upon poor Petterkin. Ii he
hadn't been 50 teartully Singy and
mean about housekeeping expenses, she
would have had it all paid up long ago,
and nothing would have ever come OF
it. But how was woman to keep in
decent society on any such money as
he had grudgingIy allowed her, and
how was n badly to appear as a lady
unless she had everything she had got,
and great deal more.
The upshoto OF it was that the wrstched
Petterkln was forced to acknowledge
that he had done everything that he
ought not to have done, and he apologized
aGectly. He was closed up tho next
day, and is compromising with his
creditors at 20 cents on the dollar. But
rs the house and other real property is
ia the name of Mrs. p, he does not
mourn H. one without hope, and has
not vet gone SO far rs TO advocate the
Silver bill. Mrs. Petterkin remembers
her hard battle with sorrow, and, while
she never acknowledges that she was
m the wrong, has firmly resolved never
To 60 in debt again, and if she does, to
do it with the full knowledge and
concurrence Of her lawful husband.
And 50 there is II fair amount of
peace in the Petterkin family after all.
May the lesson of this transaction sink
deep into the hearts Of our readers !
NeW York Mat.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-04-20

ENvT.-The very moment man
at hand to tell how poor, how obscure,
how "no account he used to be, aud
express wonder and astoni,hment that he
should ever have amounted TO any
thing" The tuct that he has amounted
to something, that he has proved himself
II success, seems to make some of his nc
bed in manner, and that by so much rs
he has risen above them in position or
influence, by SO much they are dwar!ed.
Men who have CROPPED blindly To find
lifting place for the exercise of their tai
ents, find it, and with it come naturally
appreciation, money, influence, prosperi
ty. Can their good fortune cause any
thing but rejoicing in n msgnanimous and
noble mind ? There are very few men Of
note before the public who have not
fought their way up through poverty, Oh
security, disaster and countless oppostIons
of adverse circumstances. In fact, al
most everybody that is anybpdy" " has
had to fight for his crown, and when he
gets it, shouldn$ everybody rejoice with
| him =? Doubtless there's many rough
diamond ,hut il never polished or set,
but lies buried in mountain gulches Gov
cred with mud many mute, inglorious
Miton sleeps in quiet country church
yards 5ut the world is flashing with
light from diamonds that are set, ringing
with melody from Millions that are not
mute. Ona thirg is certain /; the man
or woman who is occupied in picking to
pieces the crown lawfully won 10y u sue
cessful neighbor is not likely everto wear
one for the time thus spent is worse than
wasted, and the disposition that can find
/ pleasure in employment SO ignonimous
and degrnding, can never find those aspi-
ratlons, lnhors aud tolls congeniNl which
! bring deserved reputation and honor and
I success.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-04-20
-

A CoLoRED DEMosTHEEEs. - Tho
Virginia State Senate has a l'emosthenes,
a full blooded negro, named Stevens,
representing SUSSEX county. The other
day he made speech which caused the
dscendants OF the first families to open
their eyes in sstonishment, and .it "speli
bound" to use Southern phrase. Lead
ing Democrats and Republicans declare
II the best speech ofthe season. Stevens
was born slave, and is now but 30 years
o. age, has graduated at q colared insliiG-
ton in Richmond and a Philadelphia
college.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-04-20
TRINITY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY:
COURT TERMS:

District COurt-Second Monday IN APRIL
August and December
County COurt-First Monday in anu
Ary March, May, July, September and NO
vember.
Probate COurt-(Same rs County Court
Board of Supervis0rs-First Monday
February, May August and November.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-04-20
NUMBER Is.

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they kept in the front room.
Grandmother Muller OF Brooklyn, who
il now lO6 years old, gives the the follow
ing account of herself; "Father 'insd
the rebels, as they called 'em then. 1
men hers when peace was declared,
though. | was about II years old whom
mother took me over to New York to sea
Gen'l Washington and his army come
into the city. 1t was about November
somewhere, in 1883. The G1n'l aud the
army came down from Harlem, l re-
memb Der he rode a splendid horse, and
General Knox was with him. | threw
bouquet in front OF his horse and he
smiled. The troops were awful ragged,
some of 'em, and my father WAS one OF
EN-
In every one VI these instances the Sc
cret OF longevity has been the same. Tbs
laws OF nature place no particular limitto
human life, but it they are ignored the
mental and material part OF the law
breaker must suffer for it. As the hu-
msn machine comes from God It is per-
feet in all its parts, and with proper
warmth, food, air, light, drink, eSeiciss
and sleep person might live on almost
indefinitely, or ut least to ripe old age.
Death is rather the result of ndiseretions
aud Ignorance on mans part than of the
| dispensatlons OF Providence. In all cases
gwen above the parties harbared their
/ health we'll They lived as man WAS des-
/ tined to live, md partook not of the for
bldden fruit that was daily tho food Of
the short lived persons about them. They
| have carefully discarded whatever would
! ipjure them, and have found sufficient en-
J joyment in the good things that nature
/ docs not revolt against. Then again
! there is another thing that tends to inhu-
ence the years Of n persons existence,
and that is the occupation in which the
individual is engaged. Certainly An en-
ploye in ~ white lend mNnutactory cannot,
ceteTiS pUTibNS, expect to live as long as
the man whose days are spent in the
fields, drinking in great draughts Of pure
and invigoraling atmosphere, nor must
the assiduous boy student hope to attain
the same robust maturity that falls to the
lot Of tho street gamin. From the fol-
lowing statistical figures the truth ofthis
assertion will eadily be ascertained
OF sSs clergymen whose ages were OBJ
tanned 80 died at GIT years, l23 at 65,
303 at 60 55 and 372 at 64,47.
Ofphysicians, lSl average GOES years
and Of this number ~ lived 3d. SO years
and l5i reached Ga "a.
David Bennet, n physician of Rowly,
Mass, died in 1910, aged l02 years, Q
months and three days. Edward Angus
tus Holyole died in Salem in 1920, at tho
aga Of 100 years, 7 months ; and Ilsze-
kiah Moran OF Ward, who died in 1909,
and John Crocker Of Richmond who
died in 1878, lived beyond tho age Of 100
! years.
Oelawyers, reports afford le,s material
to Judge of their longevity. The ages OF
81 are given, whose average age was 49,
~ years Of 50 others, 5.47 years. From
this, it would appear that they do not
1.-Two 80 long as cergymen and physicians;
though the nubmer Of observations is too
small to found correct opinion upon.
A table in Chambers journal gives
the following us tho average duration OF
life amonga large ndmber OF profession
al men in that country
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-04-20

Two years ago "a drOver started rom
California with 1900 sheep. lie has
just rived in Texas having driven the
flock all the WAY, assitsd by two well
trained dogs. The ,beep have increased
in numhet-, aud frequent stops for past
urnge have kept them in gind conditI'n'
They ara intended for slaughter in the
Eastern market.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-04-20
DR.. J. F. GRADY.

DENTAL AND MEDICAL GRADUATE,
a.S@a Has returned 10 Weavervlle and re-
fHsTfS suinsd the practice o DESTINt \:
Special attention paid to the treatment OF
Sensitive Teeth.
DFFICE:-ln the Thsater Building Up
stairs. o'-t'
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-04-20
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