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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
Lincoln,s Homely Phrases.

In his letter declining an invitation
to attend the Illinois Republican Con-
vention, in 1863, Lincoln made use of
two or three striking figures. Review
ing the military events Of the past year,
which had been favorable to the cause
of the Union, he said: @The Father of
waters again goes unvexed to the sea"
And, referring to the fact that South
ern Unionists and ~ex-slaves had done
something to help on the good work,
he said: @0n the spot, their part of
the history is dotted down in black and
white" There was something in the
phrase adotted down in black and
white" which nightly tickled the pop
ular fancy. At the time, however, crit
icism was provoked by this odd figure
employed by the President: @Nor
must Uncle Sans web-feet be forgot
ten. At all the watery margins they
have been present, not only on the deep
sea, the broad bay, the rapid river, but
also up the narrow, muddy bayous, and
wherever the ground was a little damp,
they have been and made their tracks,
Lincoln was amused by the discussion
in the newspapers to which the use OF
the phrase "Uncle Sans web-feet'
gave rise. He explained that the re.
markable feats performed by the gun.
boats, in making their way through
sloughs and bayous, heretofore consid'
cred unnavigable, reminded him OF the
stealthy passage of waterfowl. The
pleasantly concerning ight-draught
steamers going where "the ground is 9
little damp is familiar to everybody.
It will be a long time before our PEG.
pie will forget Lincoln's homely simile
of 9elder-squirts charged with rose,
WATER as applied to the conservative
programme for prosecuting the war
This wal used in a letter to Cuthbert
Bullitt, of New Orleans, in which lette,
he also said that the conservatives were
like complaining passengers on a ship
"The mutineers must go untouched, les
one Of these sacred passengers should
receive IN additional wound" His i'm,
%agination was powerfully stimulated by
any reference to the history of the re
public. His address at Gettysburg, nov
n of the great historical speeches O
the world, suggests, rather than ex
presses, a crowd of images. To Lin,
coins mind, apparently, American his
tory was filled with noble and pathetic
figures. In some of the loftier flight
of his ~eloquence may be found traces o
a strong poetic fancy-an Imagination
fred by love of country, and inspired
by the contemplation of the stirring
events that have marked its history
No more striking example of this car
be found anywhere than in the memo
rable words which closed his first inau
gural address:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
A PhenonlinaI Murder.

A telegram from GAINESVILLE, Wis, re-
lates this horrible deed: zone of the
most brutal murders ever committed in
this State occurred on the farm of Alex
ander White, in the town of Porter,
Rock County, at7 o'clock this morning.
Mr.. White left the farm early in the
morning to make some purchases, and
while gone his little fve-year-old son
was missed from the house, together
with George Darlington, a German farm
hand. Search wa instituted, and the
body of little Sandy was discovered
lying under a manger, in the sheep barn,
his throat cut from ear to ear, and his
head nearly severed from his body. He
wal entirely disembowled, his arms tied
behind him, his feet bound, and, from
the situation, it was evident the muir
derer had first hung him, and finding
death by that means too slow, had cut
him down and finished him with a
knife. Darlington had fed on a horse
taken from the farm, and had been seen
several miles away, making for his
home at Fort Atkinson. No cause fol
the deed can be imagined. he will be
captured, as sharp pursuit. is being made
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
USafnl Bees.

There are few persons who have any.
idea of the immense agricultural and
horticultural service rendered by bees,
but a calculation just made by Rev. NJ.
Sauppe, a great bee master, of Zucken-
dorf, Saxony, goes far to prove the
utility and Importance of bee culture.
His calculation is that, out of each of
the II, 900 hives to be met with in Sax
ony, 10000 bees fly per day-equal to
10000, 000-each bee four times, equal
to 6S0,000,000 of flights, or in 100 days
equal to $4,000, COO, 000. Each bee
before flying homewards visits fifty
flowers, therefore the whole assemblage
has visited no less than 3,400,000,000,000
of flowers. If out of ten only one
flower has become f~ertilized, 100000
100000 of fertilized flowers would be
the result. Surprising the value of the
fertilization of 5000 flowers to be only
a German pfennig (one-tenth of a
penny, the united bees of Saxony have
earned per annum the sum of 6S,000,000
pfennigs = $4,000 marks, or about
$4,000. Thus each hive is calculated
to do a national service to the value of
$40 per annum, and this they do while
paying more than the expenses of their
keeping by the honey they gather.
Upon these figures NJ. Sauppe recon-
mends that more bees should be reared
and kept in SaNeny, but his eccom-
mendation will do for this country as
well.-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
The Barber in China.

Who would expect to see Figaro
tabooed in any land pretending to be
civilized? Nevertheless, the Chinese
barber has still to achieve equality and
fraternity. He carries about suspended
from a bamboo on his shoulder the
utensils indispensable to his art. In
front hangs a wooden cylinder, shining
with red lacquer and metal ornaments,
with feet to. stand on, and a copper
basin at top; inside is a store of water.
Behind him swings a wooden tripod,
also bright red, the prismatic space
between its legs being occupied by
drawers containing razors, brushes,
combs and SO on. If he meet a client in
the street, down go the triangular stool
and the cylindrical washstand, and the
customers toilet is forthwith completed
in the open air, as coolly as if they were
in the most private of dressing rooms.
But in spite of his remarkable skill and
his universal utilty-for no Chinaman
can dress his own head-the Chinese
barber is looked down upon and classed
with the inferior portion of the popula-
ton. Like actors and sampaneers, how
ever great may be his merit, he can
never fill any public employment. Even
his children suffer the same exclusion,
down to the third generation.-AU the
Year Round.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
Deadwood,s a.. 900. 600 Fire.

A special from Deadwood, D. T., says:
A fire broke out in the Star bakery, on
Sherman street, at 2:20 A. NJ and fol
lowing that thoroughfare, swept every
thing before it on Lee, Main, Gold,
Wall, Patton and William streets, and
several residences ON Centennial avenue.
Famed by q light breeze, and nothing
to contend with except a very inefficient
fire department, everything was at the
mercy of the flames. Less than half a
score of the pronounced fre-proof ware
houses withstood the severe test. The
buildings being mostly of wood and
poorly constructed, they burned like so
much chat. The lire spread with such
rapidity, that any attempt at saving
anything weuld have been useless.
All along its course terrific explo.
sions OF gunpowder, petroleum,
liquor, ETC.. were of frequent occur
renee. Buildings were blown into atoms.
The hook and ladder apparatus and hose
carriage were the first things to burn,
leaving nothing but a few feet of
worthless hose with which to battle
against the devouring elements. The
new WaIeT-WOIKS were lrleu 1Or UQe
first time yesterday, and this morning
we're put to their full capacity with
little success in subduing the flames on
account of scarcity of water. The hill
sides were almost a solid sheet OF fame,
and water from tine Boulder Ditch could
not be had, otherwise considerable prop
erty would have probably been saved,
as the ditch ran almost directly over the
worst spot. The widest excitement pre-
vailed on account of the fearful force of
the flames, and the people thought
Of little besides saving their own lives,
hundreds escaping with only their night
clothes. Every team within miles O.
the city was called into service to help
save what could be got out.
There are probably about two thou
sand people homeless and many desti
tute. About a hundred aud twenty-five
buildings, besides fifty or sixty dwell
irg-houses, were destroyed, and while it
is utterly impossible TO get any definite
figures regarding the loss. well posted
men place it from one and ahalf to two
millions. The fire is still burning, but
ali its material is exhausted, and there
is no danger of it spreading, unless
there should be an unfavorable change
in the wind.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
For Love--Murder and suicide.

A horrible tragedy has just occurred
near Bucyrus, Ohio, the result of the
nnrequitted love of a young man named
George Schwab. Schwab was au in
temperate man, aud failed to receive
the respect of society to which he
aspired. Hshad repeatedly ~endeavored
to pay his addresses to a young lady OF
seventeen named Mary Long who as
repeatedly refused his company. In
the absence of other members of the
family, who expected to return home
late in the evening, he went to the
house, shot and instantly killed the
girl, and then the gun failing to dis
charge itself into his own miserable car
cass, he went out and hung himself to a
tree.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
s2on.noa Fire.

A special dispatch from Carroll, Car
roll county, Iowa, reports a disastrous
coniagration resulting in a loss of $780,
600. The greater portion of the BUSH
ness center of the town is wiped out.
The fire originated in Henry chapmau' S
saloon, on Fourth street, and in two
hours it had done all the mischief. The
Masonic and Odd Fellows Hall, the
Presbyterian Church and oyer forty
business houses were burned out. In
surance about $35, distributed in
North American, of Philadelphia
Traders, of Chicago; Home, of New
York; Phoenix, Springfield Fire and
Marine; Amazon, of Cincinnati; Fire
Association, of Philadelphia; State, of
Des Moines: Phoenix, of Hartford, and
German, of Freeport, Ill.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
the Advance i'm wheat.
From the St. Louis GIobe-pemocrat.

hACSAhA
Wheat has advanced 10 cents. per
bushel within three weeks, and there
are not lacking those who believe it
will go still higher in the near future;
but it would hardly be advisable for
any body to risk a great deal of money
on such a possibility. The rise has been
80 sudden and great that the reaction
may set in at any time, though there isno
great likelihood that bottom prices will
be reached again this year. The advance
at Chicago and Milwaukee, the two great
spring-wheat markets OF the West, has
had the effect of checking shipments ma
uerially, while receipts must increase in
consequence of the general desire on the
part Of farmers to sell at 81 per bushel.
Winter wheat has gone up steadily with
spring, and the receipts at St. Louis to
date are much larger than for the same
time in any previous year. If the ad-
vance holds through the year it will put
at least $780, G0, 900 into the pockets of
farmers more than they ~ould have re,
ceived at the price of last month.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02

and honor that it shall be returned to you in
sixty days. For this loan he has no security
70 offer except myself-whom he has in keeping.
He must have this sum immediately, or within
a week. So long as I think you intend to pay
this sum just SO long shall I be kindly dealt
with. But at the hrst Indication
At this point the girl stopped writing
and begged to be released, promising to
raise the required sum and bring it to
him. On her swearing to never disclose
what had happened, she was released,
and told the story. Schuyler was ar
rested and confessed mis- crime. On his
person was found a letter to the father
of the girl, stating in substance that he
had his son Willie, who is six years old,
in custody, and would release him on
payment of $1,000, and if not forth
coming, the child would be drowned.
Schuyler was held to bail in $4,000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
G~rasshopper Cruel.

In Sierra and Martis valleys the In
dian huts can be seen, and in and
around them are c~ongregated the war
riors and squaws of the tribe, their sis
tiers, cousins and their aunts, all intent
upon the accomplishment of the grand
result. AS usual, the squaws do the
work while their noble lords loll upon
the green swards, smoke their pipes
and dreamily and lazily gaze upon the
countless myriads of buzzing hoppers
that fill the air and devour the vegeta-
ton. The squaws, carrying cone-shaped
baskets of great capacity, scoop the grass
hoppers with a fan-shaped implement
into their baskets, and when loaded carry
the wiggling mass of insects to camp,
and then prepare them for food. The
grasshoppers, killed and subsequently
dried, are mixed with mashed pine nuts
OF cracked wheat and made into a kind
of -four, which is afterward made into
a bread, most delicious to the palate of
the Wasboe. White visitors at the
camp are always invited, in accordance
with Indian hospitality, to partake of
the compound, and great is the aston
ishment of poor Lo at the disgust ex-
pressed by the white man for this kind
of food. To the limited mind of the
Indian it is ipcomprehensible that any
one should reject food which, in his
vernacuEar, is defined as being " muchee
good."-Truckee (Nev.) Republican.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
Accident to n schooner at Chicago.

The Tug y. W. Parker, while towing
the schooner S. A. Wood to Evanston,
burst her boiler off Lincoln Park. The
following were killed: Robert Lesley,
captain; John Callaghan. engineer;
Peter Rogers, fireman, and William
Burton, cook. The only man on the
tug who survived was William Mcclure,
deckhand, and he WAS badly injured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
An ATTEMPTED Abduction,

From Buffalo comes the news that
Charles E. Schuyler, of Little Falls, a
telegraph operator, called on the daugh-
ter of one of their prominent citizens at
her school. Schuyler represented to
the girl that lie was in the employ'of
her father, vino had been injured by the
fall of a building, and desired to see
her. She accompanied Schuyler to the
place where he said her father was lying,
and as the two entered the room,
he locked the door and told the girl she
was his prisoner until money had been
paid him. He then forced her to copy
the following part of a letter to her
father, which he had written:
DEAR PAPA: I ask you to give this man
$500, for unless he raises that sum within a
week he is ruined. He pledges you his word
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
ON Their Synx tn Cahnl.

General Bakers brigade of infantry,
on their way to Cabul from Kohat, it il
probable, will make an. attack on Kushi
on their route. General Sir Frederick
Roberts force of three brigades, six
thousand five hundred men In all, are
supplied with transportation and are
ready to move on Cabul by Iogar
Valley,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
Massachusetts Prohibiaontst..

At the Prohibitory state convention
held at Boston, the following ticket was
nominated: Fol Governor, Rev. Daniel
G. Eddy Lieutenant Governor. Timothy
Kearl; Secretary of State, Charles Almy;
Treasurer, David N. Skillings; Auditor,
Jonathan a. Orme; Attorney General,
Samuel NJ. Fairfield. A resolution was
passed inviting the cooperation of
women in the work of the party, and in
voking her use of the ballot.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02

EL1zABETHTowN, KY, has lost a sin
gular character in The death of old
Uncle Sol Smith, known for fifty years
as Grasshopper-kick-me" Sol Old
Sol got the soubriquet of @Grasshopper-
kick-me" by his constant S of the ex-
preston as a mild substitute for more
profane language, such as blast my
buttons" etc. He was a well known
character, and years ago was publicly
whipped for petty larceny, and demand
ed an appeal after bearing the punish
ment without sign of pain.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
sherman ON Grant.

A telegram from Chicago says: Cen
eral Sherman says that he has been in
regular correspondence with the Gen
eral during his entire trip around the
world. When asked if he thought
Grant would accept the nomination for
President, he said he was positive
Grant would not, unless he saw the Re
publican party divided on candidates
and in danger of defeat, while his &C
ceptance would insure unity and the
success of the party. He did not think
Grant raves a third term, nor in the
least desired it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
Carrying The Mails.

The Postage Department at Washing
ton is preparing proposals for carrying
the mails in Ohio, Indiana, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Mississippi, Kentucky, and
Tennessee, which will be published in
November, and the opening will be in
February next. The mail service,
under these proposals, will DO about,
double as on all routes where the
service now is weekly it will be semi
weekly, all semi-weekly service will be
increased to tri-weekly, and all country
towns and court houses will have daily
service,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
The Playful Indians.

Fort Worth, Texas, special says: "In-
telligence from Hillsboro, gives particu-
lars of a fight between Indians and a
party of young sportsmen from Dallas
and Fort Worth the Thursday previous,
in which even whites were killed. De-
tails are meager, but the information is
reliable, coming from W. Carnes, one of
the companions of the killed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
AMONG the tourists who returnedfr fro

AMONG The tourists who returned TON
Europe this week, are DR.. E. B. Foote,
of the Health Monthly, and Mr.. Dana, Of
the San. Attaches of his establishment
state that DR.. Foote has combined bust
ness and pleasure by attending to pub
fishing interests abroad, his Home
Talk" Medical Common Sense" and
other works being translated and repub-
lished at Berlin and elsewhere. = Neac
York Local Reporter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
Checked I'm Their Advance

By the speedy action Of Hostetter's Bitters,
dyspepsia, nervous indisposition, constipation
and bilious complaints cease to harass the in
valid. That they will instantly give ground is
not pretended, but no medical fact is more GER
tain, or vouched by more competent testimony,
than that these msladies, and others to which it
is adapted, entirely succumb to the influence Of
the medicine, if it be given a fair trial. Their
total, if not instant rout, is certain to ensue.
Losses of strength are repaired, and failure Of
and assimilation is aided by its action, a gain
in flesh will follow. Ladies in delicate health,
aged persons and convalescents, derive bodily
and mental solace from its use, and experiences
none of the Iepugnance which ordinary tonics
frequently inspire. ~Theemphhatic recommend
alton of physicians confirms the verdict in its
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
G,oomv Acconnt. rrou C,.hm.,,

A dispatch from Calcutta says the
reports from Cashmere are still very
gloomy. 4 CHASTITY story has been GO
ing the rounds of the papers that two
boatloads of famine stricken people
were taken out into the lake and
drowned.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
wealthy Farmer Murdered.

Boone Rose, living near Scottsburg,
Indiana, a wealth farmer, was murdered
while drunk. E. B. Lewis, who was
hast seen in Roses company-an escaped
criminal from Jef1hrson-has disap-
peared, and a ~coronial investigation
strongly points the finger of suspicion
towards him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
rr,ed to Quit Drinhtnr.

O. F. Atwater, of e6 Woodlawn Az
enue, Indianapolis, addicted to drink,
resolved to quit the habit or die. I'm
able to carry out the resolution, he arose
and sat on the edge of the bed, and
while his wife was in an adjoining room,
shot himself through the brain, produc-
ing instant death.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
withdrawn,

A Cairo dispatch says Gen. Gordon
Pasha has had a parley with the Gen
eral commanding the Abyssinians, which
has resulted in the withdrawal of the
Abyssinian troops from the Egyptian
frontier. Gen. Gordon has gone to see
the King of Abyssinia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02

News comes from South Carolina, Ct
the attempted assassination of Post
master Nix. jr., at Blackville, by ano-
torious rufian named Williams, while
the fermer was searching for a letter
for him. The authorities refused to
make any arrest.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
:yniIDeHyer,

Chillicothe, Ohio, has a new Jail
which cost the county $4,000. The
prisoners eleven in number-sawed off
the bars at the bottonfof an iron door,
where they met the Deputy Sheriff.
knocked him down and escaped. A
majority of them were recaptured the
same day of the occurrence.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
Kentucky Horse Thieye.' Crime.

Near F~lemingsburg, KY, a number of
horse thieves were discovered in the
barn Of James Dunn. The thieves fed
with their horses, and while in pursuit
and the subsequent capture OF the
horses, Britton Dunn, a brother, was
shot and killed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02

Archibald Johnston, manager of the
Pinafere Company, recently playing at
the Geological Garden, at Cincinnati, is
preparing to bring a damage suit
against Oliver Ditson & Co., of Boston,
in the sum of 500, 900 for " appropriate
ing and copy-rightingn the song " Baby
Nine" of which he is the author.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
death Rate Amone ConytCt..

Out of two hundred and twenty con-
victs hired out to the Greenwood and
Augusta railroad in South Carolina, by
the penitentiary of that state, nearly
one hundred have died. The directors
of the institution propose to investigate
the matter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
these DeIibcrate FelIov,.

A st. Louis dispatch says: Two ne.
groes, Washy Arnold and Pryor Ward.
locked aims and deliberately walked
into the Missouri river at St. Joseph
on the 2Sd inst, and were swept away
by the current and drowned.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
Wages 10 be Advanced.

On and after October l, the wages of
workmen at Fall River are to be ad-
vaDced 10 per cent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
Had Hard Iuck.

A Vermont farmer says: IL saw in q
paper that d Western farmer planted
flax with potatoes, and it kept the bugs
off. Now ! want to swap bugs and fax
with that man, for I planted fax with
potatoes, and the flax came up first, and
the bugs roasted Oh it waiting for the
potatoes to come, and they we're thicker
on them than on any others I had
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
KENNEDY HiIIinr.

A dispatch from Ashland, Kentucky,
says that two men living at Hoods
Creek, near that place, named O'Leary
and Mayberry, quarreled and fought,
Mayberry cutting O'Leary's throat kill.
ing him instantly. Mayberry surren-
dered himself.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02
me Jury DI.aereed.

In the trial of DR.. Kimball and
Madame Goodrich, of Boston, for the
horrible-murdesr of Jennie P. Clark,
whose body was found in a trunk, the
jury failed to agree, and were dis
charged. 1t is said that eleven were
for conviction.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02

The details of a horrible domestic
tragedy comes from the interior of
Wisconsin. A husband killed his. wife
and babe while they were asleep, and
then shot himself. No cause has been
assigned for the deed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-02

<The mystic chords of memory,
stretching from every battlefield and
patriot grave to every living heart and
hearthstone, all over this broad land,
will yet swell the chorus of the Union,
when again touched, as surely they will
be, by the better angels of our nature"
-~Sc9.ihrer