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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02
SHARP ENGLISH CRITICISM.
Boston Advertiser.


Once or twice a month the London
Saturday Reuiew devotes a page to
American literature. = In this brief
essay the critic mentions thirty or forty
of the more prominent books of the
month, and sometimes gives as much as
line and azhalf. of contemptuous dis
praise to work which has cost the
author five or ten years conscientious
labor. We havelong suspected that the
critic of the Saturday Review did not
go through the form of reading the
various volumes which he dismisses so
supercilously; we now have positive
proof that this is the fact. In the Reuieao
for March 80 we find the following
brief notice:
"Angelo, a poem by Mr.. Stuart
Sterne, and the Queen of Sheba, Mr.. T.
B. Aldrich, are not, we think, worse
than the average of contemporary
poetry"
Of course it is too much to expect the
noble Briton to read the books he con-
demns, but for his own sake he ought to
open them. There are two reasons why
he ought to do that. In the first place
the full title of volume is not always
given on the back; and, secondly, if he
were to glance at the letter-press he
might discover, if he were particularly
clever critic, whether it is prose or verse
which displeases his haughtiness. Mr..
Aldrich's The Queen of Sheba is, as
everybody in America knows, a charm
ing novel in prose, and not a poem.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02
A PUBLIC DISASTER.
NAV Yort Grsnhic


1t is seriously to be regretted that the
press of the country seems inclined to
treat SO dippantly the alleged fall of the
Right Reverend Samuel A. McCoskrey,
the honored Bishop of the Episcopal
diocese of Michigan. Letters to young
lady are published which unfortunately
leave no doubt of his impurity, and
imply his criminality. Confronted with
them by his faithful priests he resigned
his bishopric, came to New York, and
has agreed to spend the remainder of his
days in the seclusion of the European
continent. Such disgrace is not to be
spoken lightly of and treated as if it were
a good joke. For the unsayory reyela-
tion not only affects the Church, but all
society. 1t makes every home in the
land less safe. 1t is not to be rejoiced
over by any means, but mourned over as
if some city had been burned or some
great crop stricken with blight. Bishop
McCoskrey was an honored man, the
center of large circle of admiring
friends who loved and revered him. He
is seventy-four years old, is graduate
of West Point, and for half century
he was one of the staunchest pillars of
the Christian Church. In treating of
the fall of such man, levity is akin to
blasphemy. ALI thoughtful men will
stand appalled, and dumb in the pres
ence of the great catastrophe, like Mil
ton contemplating the plunge of Luci-
fer. And those social ghouls that call
themselves newspapers, and regard tnis
shocking disaster to the country OILY as
it serves to make an unclean sensatio,
and feed prurient appet;i ioe-it h
almost a pity that there "a NO law II
suppress them, and punissn them as mer y
are punished for vii. FULLY spreadira !.
contagion.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02
EXTRAvAGANcE AT FUNERALS.


The Methodist ministers of Washing
ton have been considering extravaganza
at funerals, and have made the following
recommendations to their members !:
" That wearing of mourning apparel be
restricted to those sustaining the nearest
relationship to the dead, and that the
use of Grape and other insignia of mourn
ing at the funeral be dispensed with.
That in the choice of a burial casket or
coffin and it's adornments, in the use of
flowers in the form of wreaths, crosses,
anchors, and bouquets, conscientious
economy and commendable simplicity
be exercised. That hacks be provided
only for the officiating clergymen, pail
bearers, and the family, and that at the
close of the funeral services in the
church OF house, the bereaved be al
lowed to bury their dead in the privacy
of grief. That in the securing Of these
much needed reforms on the one hand,
persons of wealth, and all burying so-
cieties and orders that have accumulated
funds, set an example Of. economy and
simplicity; and on the other hand, those
who can not afford these needless ex-
penses, exercise manly independence
in following the dictates of their own
judgment and conscience. That all Sab
bath funerals, especially those which by
bands of music and snowy parade at
tract a crowd, and thus interfere with
the sanctity of the day, be avoided and
discontinued" These suggestions are
worthy of general adoption.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02
r1AGIARI.sM AT YALE.
Hartford Courant.l

More plagiarism. The second prize
man at the Yale junior exhibition last
week had pretty good piece. 1t was
made up of two of the Townsend prize
orations of the class of 1869. They are
on file in print in the college library.
The original author of half of this
junior prize essay was in the audience.
He looked up the old papers and the Sec
ond prize man lost his glory. The ex-
PLANTATION on which he escapes punish
ment is that in his manuscript the stolen
parts are in quotations. Probably he
gesticulated quotations marks when he
reached that part of his speech. His
case is like that Of a predecessor, who
spoke over again the Hon. Henry G.
Deming's graduating Grafton, when Mr..
Deming was in the audience. The
delicate compliment to Mr.. Deming be-
came known, and the young man re.
ceived the severe condemnation which
still gathers around the memory of his
act, though he himself is said to have got
rid of any association with the affair
and is doing very we'll in the ministry
And these are not the only two cases
They are inevitable. A member of the
class of 1870 passed off as original, il
the Yale Literary Magazine, paper
upon Tact and Talent that was a direc
transfer from Webster's spelling book
Some people have natural taste for do
ing things the crooked way.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02
A Youth With Head Measuring Al
most Yard.


The name of the dwarf is Levi Burd-
sail Hopkins. His father is with him
and attends to the taking in of the quar-
ters of those who come to see his son.
The boy lies upon short bed, in room
otherwise vacant. He is indeed mon
strosity. Probably no person with 30
large head has ever lived to attain
this persons age, the size being thirty
three inches-nearly yard. His body
is very sp.all and seems to have entirely
shrunk away. He has but one limb
that he uses and that is the left arm.
The others lie as hfeless as so many
sticks. They are insensible to pain of
any kind, and never suffer from cold or
heat. The developement Of the head
seems 10 be entirely in the upper region,
which gives it the appearance of a pear.
The chin and cheeks are about the aver
age size, as are also the eyes, ears, and
nose. The swelling" begins just
above these organs and extends gradu-
ually to the top of his head, which is
weh-nigh fat. The skin seems to have
been drawn up by the action, and hence
has kept the. eyes in quite peculiar
shape. He sees straight when he, lying
i'll bed, looks at those standing at the
head of it.
You say he is twenty-three years
DID," said reporter to the boys father
"When was he born and whereT'
He was born in Worth County, No.
in 1856"
"Was his head of unusual size wher
he was born T'
"No, but it soon began to grow and
continued to do so until the child wa
fifteen months of age. While it wa
growing there were great seams in hi
head and he cried a great deal. Now h
does not appear to suffer-"
"What are his habits?"
They are very few and exceedingl.
simple. He has never been able to turn
himself in bed since he was born. Ever.
want has to be supplied, and he require
the most watchful care. He seems t.
live only in his head and stomach. III
is almost incapable of sensation outsid
of his own natural wants. He eats ant
drinks with good appetite and sleep
about as regularly as other people. Hi
health has always been good, with one o
two exception, when he had chills."
Is he intelligent"
"Ob, quite SO. He talks and sings, a
you can very easily demonstrate b.
speaking to him."
The suggestion was adopted and tn
conversation was then carried on be
tween the reporter and the dwarf. II
speaks with some difficulty, and abou
as intelligently as the ordinary bach
woods boy. He is more like chill
than a man, yet lacks the vivacit
of child. He enjoys the society {
children to a great extent, and ha
adopted many of the customs of children
He has destroyed all his teeth by eatin
candy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02
Scientific and Industrial.

Somebody in England has patented
machine for telling timber.
Oxychloride of zinc is being much
used as partial substitute for gold in
the filling of teeth.
Salicylic acid, the new remedy for
rheumatism, does not injure the teeth,
even in the strongest solution.
Some London doctor has been listening
to the chest sounds of patient thirty
yards away by means of the telephone.
One part of boracic acid added to 500
pa rts of milk will keep it sweet for fifty
hours at temperature of eighty de-
grees.
A case of the transmission of scarlet
fever infections by means of letter to
distant town is reported in an English
journal.
Glycerine is said to be one of the best
lubricants for machinery, especially
when exposed to the air and changes Of
temperature.
Oil of eucalyptus is said to be an e1-
cellent local an@sthetic A drop placed
on cotton or wool and inserted in the
cavity will relieve toothache.
The statistics of certain large insane
asylums, in Germany show that the wo-
men patients discharged cured, who
marry subsequently, are less liable TO
relapses than those who remain single.
An account was lately given in Nature
of the difficulty met with in Australia
in getting bees to work after few years.
A correspondent calls attention to the
fact that similar difficulty occurred in
California, where it has been obviated
by systematic abstraction of the honey
as the bees collected it.
The following is highly recommended
as homemade court plaster. One ounce
of French isinglass, one pint of warm
water, stir till it dissolves, add ten cents
worth of tincture of arnica, lay piece
of white or black silk on. board and
paint it over with the mixture.
The Boston Journal of Chemistry
thinks the time is coming when eur
houses will be heated by steam from a
central station, as they are now lighted
by gas made ats distance. This has
been actually tried with entire success
in Lockport, New York. Three miles of
pipe, covered with non-conducting ma
terial, laid under ground, radiate from
a central boiler house. Fifty houses in
that city have been comfortably warmed
all winter by steam thus distributed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02
SHALL sABERs BE MUSTERED OUT?
New York Graphic

1t begins to look as if sword and bay
onet were to be mustered out of service
and regarded as no longer dangerous.
They have been for centuries almost
ideal weapons; they have given visible
picturesqueness to armies and lent elo-
quence to the orator and poet. Now
they are themselves the object of an at
tack which seems likely to cause their
withdrawal from "the field of poised
battle" 1t has long been suspected
that the bayonet was a very harmless
sort of braggart; and now the sword
must answer to the same Indictment.
The medical staff of Germany, in Is
report of casualties in the wa. with
France, chronicles $3.50 silied and
wounded, and of these Only 21S were
killed or wounded by the saber or bay
onet-and only six of these were killed
Of the cavalry only 1873 were killed OF
| wounded by the saber, out of a total
loss of 2,2S6. The cavalry numbered
10000, and they swept fercely over
France for six months, most of the time
in raids in the rear of the enemy, and in
all that time they suffered only six
| deaths from the saber. 1t is not likely
| that they inflicted more. That is to
say, 10000 cavalry in both armies
swung their terrible sabers for half 8
year when the armies were close together
all the while, and they killed in the ag-
gregate twelve men.
The record of our war of the rebellion
is equally discouraging for the sword
swingers. Out of 253,142 wounds re
corded on the Union side during the
four years contest, there were only SOC
inflicted by either saber, sword or bay
onet, and of these only ffty-two WERE
fatal. in the Franco German war les
than one in 800 of the wounded suffered
from saber or bayonet; and in our OWL
war there was only about one in 279.
These facts have inspired Genera
Benet, Chief of the United States Ord
nance Bureau, to write letter to the
Secretary of War suggesting that it il
time to Danish such useless weapons
from the army. In my mind" ht
writes, there exists not doubt thai
the days of the saber and bayonet are
numbered, and that the only question tt
be decided is, whether the time is no
already at hand when they should b
discarded" General Sherman concurs
stating that it is probably time tina
! their use, or, rather, their disuse, wer'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02
IT seems to have just been discovered

IT seems to have Just been discovered
why an elderly maiden lady is not the
right kind of lady to put in charge Of
postofice. The postofice department.
has recently been compelled to seek the
resignation of postmaster of small
town on the West Penn Railroad, Penn
sylvania, because the postmaster, who is
an elderly maiden lady, has felt it her
duty to open letters addressed to the
young ladies and gentlemen of the neigh
borhood, to find news which she couldn't
get in the local papers. Hereafter she
will have to look through keyholes or
something of that sort, in order to get
any happiness out of this dreary and
exacting world.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02

AN English writer argues that "to
rest is death" Then those pictures Of
the internal regions, with Satan and his
cloven-footed imps stirring up the in
habitants with seven-pronged pitchforks,
are not taken on the spotI And the
artists must all be wrong, for there can't
be much rest for man hereafter if he is
destined to, be prodded and stirred up
with red-hot pitchfork. Hardly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02

CIVILIZATION in America may be
pushing right ahead of any other nation
on the globe, but when a newspaper
stops the press to announce the result
of game of baseball between the Clod-
hoppers and the Bowlegs," mans faith
in its onward progress is subjected to a
terrible wrench.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02
TWO FAIR DEcEIyERs.
rH.rpsr's weskly.l


What do young men talk about When
they sit at the open windows smoking on
summer eveningsf Do you suppose It
of love2 Indeed, l suspect 1t is OF
money; or, If not Of money, then at
least of something that either makes
money or spends 1t.
Cleve Sullivan has been spending his
for four years In Europe, and ne has just
been telling his friend John Selden how
he spent it. John has spent his in New
York-he is inclined to think just as
proftably. Both stories conclude IN the
same way.
Ihaye not thousand dollars left,
John"
Nor |, Cleve.
l thought your cousin died TWO
years ago; surely. you have not spent
all the old gentleman.s money already r.
l only got $zO,VoO; l owed nan
of it."
Only Szo'oool mnat qua ne 90
with 1t
Gave it to his wife. He married q
beauty about a year a1ser you went
away, died IN few months aIteTward,
and left her his whole fortune. l nad
no claim on him. He educated SaU stS m me, ;,
gave me profession, and $20,O0O. That
was very well: he was only my mothers
COUSIN.
And the wldow-wherel is sneT
Living at MS country-seat -. naye =.
never seen her. one was one Oh tne OF.
Maurs OF maryland. WI
Good family, ana an Deasues. a., why
don't you marry the wldoW
Why, L never thought OF sucn a
thing" -,
=" You can't think OF any tning oetser.
Write her little note at once; say tnat
you and Will soon De IN her nelgnpor-
hood, and that gratitude 70 your cousin,
and all that KIND OF thlng-tnen peg
leave to call and pay respects, etc, etc.
Jonn oemulleo goou usai " Me .he
plan, but Cieve was masVerIul, ana !ne
note was wrltten, Oleye nlmseI putting
1t 10 the post-omce. NJ
Ihat was on M9naay ION ng11i ria un t5 mea,
nesoay morning Inc wiuoM Siale Ioulu
II Win oozen otners upon hsr p[eaA,
last table. Sne was q DANNY, nlgn-pred
httle lady, with
Et Ina. a abomse L,.n SSsr0r
Lips ike fragrant posy,"
and withal kind, hospitable temper,
we'll inclined to be happy in the happi-
ness of others.
But this letter could not be answered
with the usual polite formula. She was
quite aware that John Selden had re-
garded himself for many years as his
cousins heir, and that her marriage with
the late Thomas Glare had seriously al
tered his prospects. Women easily see
through the best-laid plans of men, and
this plan was transparent enough to the
shrewd little widow. John would
scarcely have liked the half-contemptu-
GUS shrug and smile which terminated
her private thoughts on the matter.
Clementine, if you could spare a
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02
THE VOICE OF THE PRESS.

TTHIs 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 particu-
lar but presents the topics quoted worthy Of gen.
eral attention.1
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02

How to sing a song according to
Lablache: "Shut your nose, keep
down your tongue, and sound your
consonants."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02

MANY banks are paying out gold, and
it is in circulation. $50 we are in
formed.)
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02
WHOLE NUMBER 574.

discontinued; and Phil. Sheridan, the
model cavalryman, says: "The cavalry
man wants, first, good horse, good
Springfield rife; then good revolving
pistol and knife" Evidently the days
of saber and bayonet are numbered.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-02

THE cucumber graceth the festal board
Enshrouded in condiments rare,
And the epicre gleefully ru5beth his paunch
At the sight Of the treasure there.
The doctor smileth sad-like smile
And giveth crocodile grcan,
And the marble man goeth out the while
And polisheth up q stone.
The undertaken mournfully asks,
What will his measure bef"
And the sexton marketh spot I" reserved"
All under the willow tree.
IT'S hard the times and tbs scarce the cash
And 80 with q zestful Joy
We welcome watt to the ftful fruit
That giveth the folk employ.
-&. Louis Journal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-08-03
OFFICIAL. O
To the Qualified Electors OF the
State Of Louisiana.

8 OFFICE CF SECRETARY OF STATE, J
STATE Or LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, July II, 1878. }
In pursuance Of article al of
the constitution Of this State. pub
lication is hereby given tc the vo-
ters Of this State Of the proposed
amendments to the constitution of
this State agreed to by two-thirds
efthe members elected to cachhouse
Of tie General A Assembly, at It's ses-
sion Of 1878, and which are re-
qpired to be published, three
months before the next general
election for Representatives to the
General Assembly, in at least one
newspaper in every parish Of this
State, in which a newspaper shall
be published. Said amendments
appear more fully in acts Nos. 73
and "A Of the regular session of
the General Assembly Of 1878,
and in act No. Il of the extra ses-
sion Of the General Assembly of
1878, which are officially publish
ed for the information of the vo-
tiers, and which will be submitted
to the people at the next general
election, to be held on the fifth day
Of November, (nexD 1878, in such
a manner and form that the peo-
pie may vote for or against each
amendment, separately, and if a
majority of the votes at said elec-
ton shall approve and ratify all
or either Of said amendments, the
same shall become a part of the
constitution.
WILL. A. STRONG.
Secretary Of State.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-08-03
NOTICE..
UNITED STATES CONSOLIDATED J
LAND OFFICE,
Now 0rlaopc

UNITED STATES CONSOLIDATED
LAND OFFICE,
New Orleans.
Complaints having been entered
at this Office by Octave Toups, of
the parish Of Vermilion, Louisiana,
against Mrs. II. A. J. Spears of
the same parish and State, for
abandoning her Homestead Entry,
No. 1916, dated April 18th 1878,
upon the Southeast quarter of Sec
ton IS, Z. IL. SR 4 east, South
western District, Louisiana, in the
parish of Vermilion, with view
to the cancellation Of said Entry.
The said parties are hereby sum-
moned to appear personally, or
by attorney, at the Office of. the
Clerk of the 10th Judicial District
Court, for the parish Of Vermilion,
Louisiana, on Monday, I'd day Of
September 1878, to furnish testi-
mony in said alleged abandon
ment. The said parties are also
notified that Monday, 9th day Of
September 1878, at 10 o'clock A.
NJ, has been fixed for the trial of
said contest, at this Office, at which
time and place said parties can at
tend in person or by attorney.
w. NJ. BuRwELL, Register.
GEO. BALDEY Receiver.
Aug. Sd 1878
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-08-03
NO, 6.

as may be established by law, each
with appropriate faculties !; proui-
dcd, that the law and medical de-
partments already organized shall
continue in the city Of New Or
leans, and the academical and
other departments may be located
elsewhere in the State. aug3 rs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-08-03
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
ACT NO. 73, r. S. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE,
Secretary Of State.


That the seat of government
Shall be established at the city Of
Baton Rouge or at the city Of
New Orleans, as the majority Of
the voters Of the State may deter
mine at the next ensuing election;
those voting to locate the State
capital at Baton Rouge shall in
dorse on their tickets. For State
Capital, Baton Rouge those vo-
ting to locate the capital at New
Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, For State Capital, New
Orleans"
(strlke ont article one hundred
and tbirty.one.)
ACT NO. IA, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER TWO.
representatives shall he chosen
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, every two
years, and the election shall be
completed in one day. The Gene
raj Assembly shall meet on the
hrst Monday in January, 1879,
and elennaliy thereafter, on the
nrst s. Monday in January, unless a
o'herent day be appointed by law,
ana their sessions shall he held at
the seat of government.
ls1rlke out article seyeutceu.l
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-08-03
Official Directory.


District Judge. ,,,
hh NS1E 1hooh'N'
District Attorney.
.. - oiiA"'oi''
Clerk OF D'slr'cl o"'' y
LASTIE bRooSSA'o.
Representative.
ADRIEN NoNEz'
Parish Judge.
w lillian kibEh.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-08-03
VIM. MOUToN.
E. /. ADDISON.
ARCHIE Young.
A. LACOUR.

NOTICE.-A oplicants for certifi-
Gates of qualification as school
teachers are hereby notified that
the Committee appointed by the
parish School Board for the ex-
animation of teachers, will meet at
the Courthouse, on Saturday, the
l7th. of August next.
r. Sagrera, }. n. Williams.
Secty. Presdt.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-08-03
DR.. w. w. Van PEL1',

Medfcln Tlectiqne.
0fre sas services aux habiianis de Ia
Daroisse Vermillon. ii traite CONNIE spe-
ciaiite tones les niaiadies des Tonnes,
,rlles que, Ia leuehorree. aenrs-blant hes,
1T, sun bureau est u Abbeyille.