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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
A Silver Annirersarr.

Yesterday afternoon. the 18th inst,
the Mason & Hamlin Organ Company
celebrated by a dinner at Young's Hotel
the twenty-ifth anniversary of the com
mencement of their business, which by
its own merits has grown to large pro-
portions. At the start the capacity of
their works was two or three melodeons
per week, the bestof which sold for about
one hundred dollars each; their present
capacity is over two hundred cabinet
organs per week, and they are most of
the time behind orders, while their best
productions now command five hundred
dollars each, and in exceptional cases
several times this amount. In number
ing their instruments they have reached
104, 200, having actually made and sold
learly that number. Organs of their
make have obtained an extraordinary
reputation all over the world, and are
sold in every civilized country where
the tariff is not SO high as to be prohib-
itory. Musicians recognize in them a
distinguishing excellence in quality of
tone, the result, in large measure per-
haps, of peculiar skill in voicing reeds, an
art which originated with this company.
But in every respect it has always been
a principle with them to make in each
detail the best instruments possible and
to sell them as low as possible. The
skillful carrying out of this policy has
resulted in this great success.-Boston
Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
Revolving sacrifice.

A revolving and fanatical murder Of q
little girl by her father occurred recently at
Pocasset, a village in the town of Sandwich,
on Cape Cod. The man is a Second Ad-
%ventist, and has been attending revival
meetings. A week before the crime, he
claimed to have received wonderful
revelations, and had not eaten or slept
since. He said the Lord directed him to
sacrince his little daughter, and declared
she would rise again in three days. He sent
word to neighb ors that he would make the
revelations known, and offer an orthodox
sacrifice. A number of Second Adventists
assembled at his house, but the child had
been killed. The little one was transixed
with aknife, and her blood poured out upon
a table, %improvised as an altar. Freeman
drove every one from the house, and locked
and barred the doors and windows, and
having firearms threatened death to any one
who interfered. Alone with the dead child,
he went through horrible incantations,
which, he said, in three days would result
in the " resurrection of my beloved child
The county officers came from Barnstable
and arrested the man and his wife, and they
we're placed in Barnstable Jail. A CORES
pondent adds: Fireman is perfectly
cool, and says he is not insane, and that the
Lord will justify him. His wife approves
of the killing. All the Adventists defend
Freeman, and intended to c%lnceal the muir
der. The driver of the team which tool
Freeman TO the cars says he was singin,
funny songs all the way. Freeman made
speech to the passengers on his way to jail
rebearsing how he did the crime and assert
ing that the Lord would justify him."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

A great fire occurred in the City of Oren-
burg, on the Ural River. Russia, destroying
the principal part. The loss is enormous.
More than half of the population are desii-
tute of food and shelter. A dispatch from
the Governor of Orenburg to the Minister
of the Interior says:
A violent storm assisted in spreading the
flames Monday and Monday night. The
best quarters of the town are in ashes
Among the buildings destroyed are two
churches, Artillery Barrack, Town Hall,
Engineers headquarters, auction mart,
telegraph station, Seminary for Teachers,
Custom.house, Central Office and District
Military Courthouse. Public funds, and
the greater part of official archives were
saved. The loss to the inhabitants
is Three charred b dies
have been found in the ruins. Persons sui.
feriug from burns and other injuries are
being tended in a barracks outside the
town, and in the summer gymnasium. The
Governor of Samara has been telegraphed
for a supply of bread. Measures have been
taken in ~neighboring villages to relieve the
distress of sufferers. The number, however
is so great it is feared local resources viii
fall far short of what is required"
The Governor appeals to the Minister fol
' speedy pecuniary assistance. No riots Oh
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
HE co,orea Exodu..

We learn from st. Louis that the Colored
Peoples National Board of Immigration,
of which Rev. Moses Dickson is President,
has received'information that several thou.
sand negroes are now at different places
along the banks of the Mississippi below
Memphis, either ready to start North as
soon as transportation can be procured. or
are preparing tc leave their homes for st.
Louis and beyond. One party of nearly
one hundred are now at Lakeport Landing,
Chicot County, Arkansas, almost destitute.
1t is said that steamers refused to take
them on board, and that the whites in the
vicinity refuses to sell them provisions.
he committee at ST. Louis will make
arrangements for their removal. Abouttwc
hundred refugees hayebeen sent West since
aturday, April 26. 1t is understood Jay
Gould has offered free transportatio fc
them West of Kansas City, and they viii
probably go right on to Lawrence, Kansas
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
F IMPORTATION.

---"--
To CLEAN painted walls. use oxgall
fluid.
To KEEP hinges from creaking, rub
them with soap.
To KEEP milk sweet, put in a spoonful
Of grated horse-radish.
RANCID butter may be sweetened by
being washed in lime water.
To PREVENT MOLD ON BLACK INK
Gloves in black ink will prevent mold
from collecting on it.
GREASY SILK RIBBoN.-Rub magnesia
or French chalk on greasy silk ribbon,
hold near fire, and brush off grease.
To CLEAN BLACK LAcE.-Squeeze
softly and often in skinned milk; when
it seems clean, put it in clean skinned
milk, squeeze again, lay it on sheets OF
stiff paper, draw out scallops and edges
with finger, cover with stiff paper and o
heavy weight.
CHLoRoFoRM is very useful in remov-
ing great stains from light silk and pop
lin. French chalk is also very good
To clean black Cashmere, wash in hoi
suds with a little borax in the water
rinse in blueing water-very blue-and
iron while damp. It will look equal te
new.
ALL the starch in potatoes is found
very near the surface; the heart con
tains but little nutriment, Ignorance
of this fact may form a plausible ex
cuse for those who cut off thick parings
but none to those who know better
Circulate the injunction, pare thir
the potato skin"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

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Pacific Railway Act, SO as to take some Of
the lands granted 1t, and vest them In The
Southern Pacific Railway Company,
and providing for q Junction OF the
roads at FL Paso. Referred. The reso-
luton OF the Committee on Privileges
and Eiectlons to investigate the
clam OF Mr.. Spohord 70 Mr..
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
Death Of Another ChImpanzee.

The remaining one of the pair Of
chimpanzees brought to this country a
year or SO ago from the south coast OF
Africa, and which have been the prop
erty of the Geological Society of Phila-
delphia, died several days since at the
Geological Garden. It will be remem-
bered that several weeks since the fe-
male chimpanzee, after a long illness,
died. At the time of the death of its
mate the male animal showed signs OF
great grief and depression, and has not
been apparently strong and well since
then. About three weeks since itycon-
tracted a cold, which grew gradually
worse, resulting in its death from the
same cause as the female. The chin
panzee was taken to the university,
where a post norton will probably be
made.-PhiladelphiG Ledger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
African E..,or.,,on.

Gerhard Roblfs is at the head of an
expedition for the exploration of Africa
which has been organized by the African
Society of Germany. The society has
appropriated 81, 500 for the expenses of the
exploration, to which the German Govern.
ment has added $25, 900. Rohlfs, who at last
account was atSSokua, will take a number
of handsome presents from the Emperor Of
Germany to the Sultan of Wadai. The
party expects to be gone about FIVE years
and the principal object of the expedition il
to explore the great bend which the Congo.
Livingstone River makes north of the
equator. Rohlfs has travelled a great deal
in Africa, and is admirably qualified to
direct the expedition.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
Chanpes In the Moon.

Evidence of change may be discov-
cred which can be explained. The
moon is exposed to the action of heat
other than that which pervaded her own
frame at the time of her first formation.
The suns heat is poured upon themoon
during the long lunar day of more than
a fortnight, while, during the long
lunar night, q cold prevails which must
far exceed that of our bitterest Arctic
winters. We know from the heat
measurements made by the present Lord
Rosse, that any part of the moons u r
face at lunar midday is fnlly 500 deg.
Fahrenheit hotter than the same part
two weeks later at lunar midnight. The
alternate expansions and contractions
resulting from these changes of
temperature cannot but produce
changes, however slowly, in the contour
of the moons surface. Prof. Newcomb,
indeed, considers that all such changes
must long since have been completed.
But I cannot see how they can be COM
pleted so long as the moons surface is
uneven, and at present there are re-
| gions where that surface is altogether
rugged. Mighty peaks and walls exist
which must one day be thrown down, SO
unstable is their form deep ravines can
be seen which must n day be the
scene of tremendous land-slips, so steep
and precipitous are their sides. Changes
such as these may still occur on SO vast
a scale that telescopes may hope from
time to time to recognize them. But
changes such is these are not volcanic:
they attest no lunar vitality. They are
antecedently so unlikely, that when any
change is clearly recognized in the
moons surface, nothing but the most
convincing evidence could be accepted
as demonstrating that the change was
Of volcanic origin and not due to the
continued expansion and contraction O.
the lunar crust.-Proctor, in BelgraUia
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
rhe se,rn orrerror N Ru..,..

A late dispatch from st. Petersburg says
the police are openly srresting people by
patches at all hours of the day. Hitherto
arrests were made at night. On the slightest
suspicion against any person, his whole
family are arrested and domiciliary visits
are paid to all their a~cquaintances, these
leading to farther spprehensions ON the
most frivolous grounds. Eighty.three fur
nished lodging keepers are in prison for
not reporting within twenty-four hours the
latest arrivals. Jakovleff, Government
official, living in the Winter Palace, and his
son, an officer in the guards, are among the
persons in custody. Baron Bistrom, Deputy
C~ommandant of the st. Petersburg garrison,
sld General Gildensiaub, commandant Of
the Moscow garrison, has been superseded
for insufficient enthusiasm towards thu new
order Of things. There are few pedestrians
or carriages in the streets, but an endless
line OF porters are seated OF stools at every
door with stout sticks. Covered prison
vans frequently pass with a police Officer
mounted beside the driver, and Gen era
Gourkc drives round in an open drosky
escorted by Cossacks cracking their whips
The inhabitants are not sccomplices o
Nihilists, but apathetic spectators,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
stimulate the slugeI.h KIdney..

In addition to IFS tonic and cathartic prop
critics, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters exercises
q beneficial influence upon the Kidneys and
bladder, when they are inactive, by stimula-
ting them to renewed exertion, thus reopen
ing, as 1t were, a sluice for the escape OF inn
purities whose regular channel of exit is the
organs Of urination. Among these are GER
tain abnormal and infammatory elements,
productive Of frreparable injury to the sys.
tenn il not entirely expelled. The kidneys
and bladder themselves are also benefited by
this stimulus, as their inactivity is usually
a preliminary to their disease and dis.
organization. They also experience in com
mon with other portions of the system, the
potent inv'gorative effec's of the Bitters,
which furthermore c~orrects disorder-d con.
ditions of the st smach bowels and liver.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
Kentucky state Convention.

The Democratic State Convention met
lately at Louisville, and unanimously mem.
mated DIR. LukeP. Blackburn for Governor,
and j. E. Cantrell for Lieutenant Governor.
B. w. Hardin was no minated for Attorney
General. A resolution was adopted declar.
ing the belief of the Convention that
"Samuel J Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks
we've duly elected as President and Vice
President OF the United States in Novem-
Der, 1876, and should have been inaugurated
as such, and that the manner by which they
we're cheated out OF said Offices was a fraud
kupon the people," The Convention de,
Tmanded of the party " that they should be
indicated, and cali upon the American
people to come forward to their support at
the next Presidential election, and, If re-
elected in accordance with the forms of the
Constitution, to see that they are duly in
augurated into Office without ths interior.
ence of an Electoral Commission"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
Chinese Slavery.

The trial of a Chinaman for assault
and battery in the Police Court of San
Francisco has brought out a strange
story of a Chinese girls unhappy expe-
%riences. She said that her parents in
China sold her to "a gray-haired lady
for $40 when she was 10 years of age,
She was resold to a Chinese doctor in
San Francisco named Lila Pc Tai. This
doctor had several wives, one of whom
sold her to a Chinaman for $40. Her
market price gradually increased to
$160, and by the time that she was 20
years old she had changed hands a dozen
times. Recently she heard that she was
to be sold to a Chinaman living in the
interior of the State, and it was in con-
sequence of her refusal to go that the
assault was committed and the disturb
ance created that brought the case be.
fore the public.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
suicide BY : srlni.,~r.

News has been received of the suicide of
Rev. r. R. Gabbert, q Baptist minister, at
Pellville, Daviess County, Kentucky. He
was found hanging in his stable dead. He
had left a note with his son, addressed to
his congregation, rendering his resignation,
giving "iil-healtk" as the cause. On his
way to the stable he placed another letter
in the crack Of a stump where it was found.
Itgave his reason for the act, saying, :" l
am a hypocrite, a deceiver, and the people
have lost confidence in me.n He was highly
esteemed, and, It is supposed his mind was
dsranged by recent illness.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
.rme noz, crematea.Alire.

George Rhodes, SON Of Captain Rhodes,
aud William Lailance, two boys from SYRIA.
cuse, Ohio, aged respectively seventeen and
fourteen, were burned to death about one
O'Clock in the morning recently, in the
Diminished of the New Haven Coal Com
pany, near that place. They had been out
fishing, and it is supposed they went there
and kindled a fire to sleep by until morn
ing. Their bodies were found at the foot Of
the stack-pile, with both arms, legs and
heads burned of. The shed contained a lot
of oakum and ropes, which quickly ignited
and all were consumed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

Congressman Rush Clark, OF Iowa, died
suddenly at his rooms on the afternoon of
April rs, after an illness Of only a few
hours Mr.. Clark was In good health the
day before, and on Saturday occupied his
usual seat in the Houseeof Representatives.
He was taken sick at three o'clock in the
morning with an attack Of meningitis, and
although prompt medical aid was sum
moned, he continued TO suffer extremely,
and died after only twelve hours illness.
The news Of his death was generally eircu.
lated, and was received with a universal ex-
preston of sincere sorrow.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
Ohio and INDIANA Crops.

The Cincinnati Gosette presents to readers
its detailed reports of the growing crops in
Ohio and Indiana. The showing is a very
favorable one. The acreage of wheat is
from ten to twenty per cent. greater than
last year, and the crop was in better
condi ion at this time of the year. In some
localities dry weather has had an Injurious
effect, but the trouble is not general, and is
not likely to be serious. In all spring crops
the season was backward, but there is moth.
ing for encouragement in the situation.
Oats are looking well everywhere. The
prospects for fruit seem 10 be generally
good, with the exception of peaches. APP
pies and pears give fine promise almost
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
Den,h from on vine roI,ou.

After two years Of intense suffering, a
man has died, on Staten Island, from care.
lessly handling oak vines. The poison
from the vine had so i~mpregnsted his sys-
sem that he was a mass of sores, and death
came TO him as a release from his most
pitiful agony. The New York Express says:
The time will soon come when families will
be going into the country for the summer
vacation, and the fate of the poor fellow
should impress upon parents the necessity
OF warning their children from touching this
poisonous vine, which, unfortunately, is
very common in all sections of the country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

Receipts from internal revenue for the
ten months Of thspresent fiscal year, ending
April 80, were $50. 02s.S sS. Last year, for
the same period, they were $S9,5S5 S54, .
decrease Of So, 6OO.47 During April the
receipts fell of $i,22S,0S4 or more than
double the decrease for the entire ten
months. Since the LIST the sale of stamps
have very largely increased, and there is
every prospect that the receipts of the
next two months will put a large balance to
the credit Of the present year, as compared
with that ofthe preceding, notwithstanding
the reduction of the tax. ,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
E.,amh.a ,v,,.r.l

Several miners entombed in the mine at
Sugar Notch, near Wilkesbarre, Pa, were
released after four Gays imprisonment.
The men sustained life by the meat of a
mule, which a boy sent to give them
warning had fortunately taken with him,
and a stream running through the mine
gave them needful water. Reliefs of la
borers have been constantly at work, night
and day, and finally these succeeded in
making achannel through a ffty-foot block
ct coal. The men suffered little from con-
fnement, and they and their rescuers were
loudly cheered as they reached the surface
of the mine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
The Cultivation OF Roses.
Roses are her cheeks,
And n rose hor Inns

The best way for ladies to cultivate this
rare species OF r, ses is by studying and
practicing the rules of hygiene, as taught in
the Peoples Common Sense Medical AID
wiser, only $3.50. Address the author, r
v. Pierce, NJ. D., Grand Invalids, Hotel
Buffalo, N. Y. If suffering from those paiDfn
weaknesses incident to the female organism
use DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription :,
never failing remedy for these complaints
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
Fabrics lmpermeable to Water.

The Industrie und GeWerbe Blatt
says that NJ. Won Mailman, of Paris,
has recently taken out a patent for a
new process of rendering any woven
fabric impermeable to water without
affecting its color or impeding the free
passage of the air. The process con-
sists in immersing the cloth in a bath
composed of water, acetate of alumina.
and Iceland moss. The latter article is
first boiled in the water and the acetate
of alumina afterward added. The fabric
is allowed to remain in the solution two
OF three hours and then taken out and
dried.-ScientJic american.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08
Ae,us Of the Nseh.


The bill introduced BY Senator Wallace
to authorize the paymens Of certain claims
jtIarrears of pay and bounty and referred
to the Military Committee, provides " that
widows and minors, heirs Of deceased Union
Soldiers, who have been defrauded OF
bounty and pay due them by Law by means
of forgeries perpetrated by their attorneys,
shall, when such forgeries have been the
result of no fault or negligence on the part
of the claimants, be paid amounts equitably
due them"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

every where. In some localities cherries
and other small fruits were badly injured
by the winter, but the average is nearly as
good as usual. Peaches are apparently a
failure.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

excesses occurred during the coniagration.
A large number OF Government officials
were among the injured. The Minister Of
the Interior sent ten thousand roubles to
the sufferers.
A Berlin correspondent attributes the
0renburg IRE to political discomfort, and
points out that offenders are frequently ban.
ished to Orenburg.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

A WIDOW, intending to succeed her
husband in the management of a hotel,
advertised that the hotel will be kept
by the widow of the former landlord.
Nj. Brown, who died last summer on .
naw and imnrnyad nlan"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

In the Prince of Wales country
house, in Norfolk, is weighing machine,
upon which his guests at dinner or tea
are requested to stand and be weighed.
In a book, close by the guests record
their names and weight, and the COS
tune worn at the time. The Prince
likes whist and the Princess likes howl
ing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

The great wall around China, which
is being torn down, the French wits say,
Is being erected in the United States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

The Mendelssohn Piano Co., No. 81, East
18th Street, N. Y, sell Pianos at Factory
Prices. Write for a catalogue.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

The police of New York are being
vaccinated. But what's the use of it;
they never catch anything.-Chicogc
Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

For OoUGHs, COLDS, AMI THROAT DIS
ORDERS, use "Brown's Bronchial Troches,"
having PROVED their efficacy by a ties. of many
years, % cents q box.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

THE average size of the farms in this
country is one hundred and ffty-three
acres.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

ENGLISH, not German, is spoken in
the home of the Crown Prince of Ger
many.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

MASON & HAMLIN Cabinet Orsans are
certainly the best of this class ofinstrumsnts
in the world, and at the prices at which they
are sold, which are only a little higher than
those of very poor organs, they are also
cheapest.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

A FIXED fact-One that gets into a
woman's head.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-08

DEATHS on the Atlantic steamers have
been unusually numerous of late.