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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
Periodical Rests.

The necessity of adopting some ar
rangement for periodical rest would
render the division of time into short
periods of unvarying length desirable.
And as herdsmen and laborers were
early engaged by the lunar month, and
afterward by its subdivision, the quarter
month, it is very probable that the be-
ginning of each month would first be
chosen as a suitable time for a rest,
while later, one day in each week would
be taken as a rest day. This would not
be by any means inconsistent with the
belief that from very early times q re-
ligious significance was given to the
monthly and weekly resting days. Al
most every observance of times and
seasons and days had its first origin,
most probably, in agricultural and pas
toral customs. 1t was only after a long
period had elapsed that arrangements,
originally adopted as convenient, be-
came so sanctioned by long habit that a
religious meaning was attached to them.
Assuredly, whatever opinion may be
formed about the Sabbath rect, only one
can be formed about the new-moon
rest. That certainly had its origin in
the lunar motions and their relation to
the convenience and habits of outdoor
workers. 1t seems altogether s
able, apart from the evidence a prioTi
and a posteriori in favor of the con-
clusion, to adopt a similar explanation
of the weekly rest, constantly associ-
ated, as we find it, with the rest at the
time of thenew moon. This explanation
implies that the week would almost GER
tainly be adopted as a measure of time
by every nation which paid any atten-
ton to the subject of time-measurement.
Now, we know that no trace of the week
exists among the records of some ma
tions, while in others the week was at
least only a subordinate time-measure.
Among the earlier Egyptians the month
was divided into periods of ten days
each, and hitherto no direct evidence
was found to show that a seventh-day
period was used by them. The Chinese
divided the month similarly. Among
the Babylonians the month was divided
into periods of five days-six such
periods 10 each month-and also into
weeks of seven days. The same double
arrangement was adopted by the He
brews.-R. Il. Proctor, IN Contempt
rnqy ReUieW.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
Bill Arm ON Dogs.

I knew that Harris had got hold OF
some sheep meat somewhere, for he had
another violent paragraph against dogs
the next morning. I can always tell
when he has had muttonfor dinner. 1t
seems to affect his head, though I never
did consider him mutton-headed. He
is too dogmatic for that. Old Bows is
dead, my loving and trusting friend, the
defender of my children, the protector
of my household in the dark and silent
watches of the. night. For thirteen
years he has been fond and faithful, and
now we feel like one of the family is
dead. Bows was the best judge of
human nature lever saw. He knew an
honest man and a gentleman by in
stinct. He never frightened a women
OF a child-he never went tearing down
the front walk after anybody, but the
very looks of him would mighty nigh
skeer a niger to death. When they
had come to our house they begun to
boiler "hello" a quarter of a mile of.
Bows loved to skeer 'em, he did. He
had character and emotions. Having
no tail to wag (for he was not curtailed)
he did the best hat he could and
wagged whereit oughtto be. Bows was
a dark brindle. He was a dog of an
cestors. His fathers name was Shy
lock, and his grandfathers name was
Sheriff. They were all honorable dogs.
I never knew him to run up and down
a nabor's palings after the dog on the
other side. He WA above it-but he
never lodged a responsibility. He has
come in violent personal contact with
other dogs a thousand times, more OF
less, and was never the bottom dog in
the fight. And, then, what an honest
voice he had. His bark was not on the
@, but was a deep, short basso pro-
fundo. We have buried him on the
brow of -the hill where he used to sill
and watch for tramps and stragglers
Slowly and sadly we laid him down
Talk about your sheep-I wouldn't have
given him for a whole flock. Sheepare
to eat and wear, but Bows was a friend
It's like comparing appetite with emo
tion-the animal with the spiritual
But I am done now. Let Harris pres
on his dog law. I've got nothin agi1
sheep-in fact, I like 'em. Ever sine,
Mary had q little lamb I've though
kindly of sheep, and I am perfectl.
willin' to q law that will exterminate al
houns and suck-egg pups and yale
dogs, and benchleg fees. They are
reflection on Bowses memory.-Atlant,
Constitution.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
Explosion OF "a Coal OIL Tank.

A coal oil tank, with a capacity of %, 1000
barrels, exploded at Parker, Pa, and for a time
threatened great damage to the town. Five
men were seriously injured.
LATER--The explosion of the first tank was
caused by lightning striking it. The terrible
heat from it caused the explosion of four others,
and the destruction of SO 900 barrels of oil be-
sides considerable property near the tanks. The
fire ragged for three days, the ontire side of the
hill upon which the tanks were located and the
ravine below appearing in ono vast sheet of
seething flames. The town just opposite on the
other bank of the river sustained considerable
damage from the terrific explosion and for the
three days of the burning, the heat was so in
tense that it has been almost impossible for the
residents to Withstand exposure to its glare.
The damage is estimated at $3.50, 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
pITH AND POINT.

A LADY uptown, joking about her
nose, said: 3I had nothing to do with
shaping it. 1t was a birthday present"
THE injurious effects Of aforty-rod
whisky we presume is attributable to
the fact that forty rods make one rude.
THE end man of a negro-minstrel
company calls himself the Napoleon OF
the troupe because he Is the bony part.
A SMART uptown boy lately informed
his grandfather that he didn't like to
hear him ioke-@it's bad-in-age," he ex-
planned.
A CALIFORNIA politician says that the
path of rectitude has been travelled so
little in that State. of late years, that it
has all run to grass.
aMY son." said an old lady, show
must Jonah have felt when the whale
swallowed him?" "Down in the mouth"
was the young hopefuI's reply.
"WoMAN is a delusion, madame" ex-
claimed a crusty old bachelor to a witty
young lady. "And man is always hug
cling some delusion or other" was the
quick retort.
A NATURALIST claims to have discov-.
cred that crows, while in focks, have
regularly organized courts, in which
they sit around and try offenders-a
sort of crow bar.
JEANErTE-@Ma, are you going to
give me another piece of pie?" Ma
aWhat do you want to know for?"
Jeanette-@Because if you amt, l want
to eat this piece slowly"
A TIMID Bostonian has married o lady
whose weight verges closely on 200
pounds. my dear" said he to her,
ashall I help you over the fence?a
aNo," says she to him, "help the fence
A LITTLE Waterloo Sunday-school
miss was asked by her teacher, what
must people do in order to go to heav-
emf" aDie, I suppose replied the
little one. The teacher did not ques-
ton her any further.
THE ~gift-chromo business lags, and
it is now possible to purchase a pound
of tea in some localities without being
obliged to invest $4.874 for a frame to
encircle the artistic production sc
smilingly handed you by the dealer.
A CORRESPONDENT of the st. Louis
Globe, Democrat tells this story: "AI
Irishman, upon his arriyalin the United
States, noting the great number OF mil
itary titles, exclaimed, What a divil O.
a battle has been fought near here
where all the privates were kilt
THE pretty girl that all men seek il
oorh;roton Of roro and preciOul
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
whipping and the Whoouiug.Cough.

A new use of the rod, one which Sol
onion never dreamed of, is said to be
common in Austria. Some old-fashioned
people complain that the rod has fallen
Into neglect, and that the reins of au-
thority have passed from the parents to
the children. For such grumblers Aus
tria is a good place to emigrate to, for
whipping is the regime even for whoop-
ing-cough.
Physicians pronounced this uncom-
Portable disease to be chiefly of nervous
origin and under the control of the will.
They maintain, therefore, that punish
ment is the best medicine, for a good
whipping rouses the child to a vigorous
exercise of will, which suppresses the
cough.
It is certainly a curious theory, but
held with tenacity by the Austrian
physicians. They may be popular
among children 10 their W country,
but they would be in danger of falling
victims to mob law here. Children
claim pity and petting when passing
through this disease, and the thought
of a whipping instead would lead to re-
volts in the nursery. The Austrian
remedy may be scientific, but it is moi
likely to gain favor on this side of the
water.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
Increa.c OF American Commerce.

The trade of France with the United States
lhowsadscrcazO of impnrtations into the United
States of nearly 10, 500 900 under the preced-
ing year, while the domestic exports from the
United States to France have increased more
than $40, 200, 900 in the same time. The i'm
portations from the United States during the
year 1877, amounted to $37s, $4,000, being an
amount equal to moro than one-haf the OK
portations of the United States to all countries,
and an increase of nearly S11 900 900 on the pre-
ceding year, while the expectations from Great
Britain to the United States during the year
1877 amounted 500, Ga, 900, being only ST.
100000 less than during the year 1876.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
MOE. or r,miIy Brotl.

Owing to the sprasue-Conkling difficulty,
the following telegram from Providence, R. l.,
dated the 14th, relating to Sprague and his
wife, will be read with some interest: CAN
ether phase in the Narragansett Pier affair was
developed to-day by the unexpected return to
Mrs. VIM. Sprague to Canonchet. With the
approval of the Trustees of the sprague estate,
she determined to go back'to the scene of last
Fridays disturbance. The result, according
to a dispatch from Narragansett Pier received
tonight, was a stormy interview with her hus-
band in which he claimed the right to keep the
;hildren. From this it appears that q
permanent separation is mutually agreed upon"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
Foreign Po1,tlcal Troubles.

A dispatch from Constantinople says that
there are now in Thessaly, Epirus, and
Macedoni ninety thousand Turkish troops, OK
elusive of artillery and cavalry. These, to-
gether with the forces at ,Adrianople and Con-
stantinople and in Albania, make an army OF
one hundred and sixty thousand men in
European Turkey, more than would be re-
quircd to deal with Greece in the event of war,
but the probable consequences of a rupture are
not to be estimated by the number of troops.
Information from Macedonia shows that a Bull
garian rising may be easily produced there,
which would cause a dangerous movement in
Roumelia and Bulgaria.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
Building in St. John, n. B.

The amount of building that has been
done in st. John, N. B., since the great
fire there is shown in an elaborate ar.
ticle in the Globe. of that city. The
two years give q total of Alb brick and
stone buildings at a cost of $,023,0OO,
and $50 wooden buildings, at q cost of
1891 1902. Besides, there have been built
in the city, outside the burnt districts,
in 1S7s-'79, buildings valued at $780,
600, and in 1877-'7S buildings at $685.
600. The estimated total value of the
buildings erected in the city during the
two years would, therefore, be $780,
600
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
A Little Mob tn ireland.

The disturbances at Lurgan, Ireland, last
Friday was between Home Rule procession
and the police, who charged on the mod with
fixed bayonets. Many of the police were
wounded by stones. The violence of the crowd
was SO great that the police fred upon them
and killed one and wounded two. The mob
subsequently, wrecked Lord Lurgan's lodges
and the house of a Protestant.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
wise Legislator.

He is successful because he has the manly
courage to rise above all personal motives or
interests and cast his vote and influence on the
side of measures which will contribute to the
well being of his fellow-men. The good Of the
many, even though it proves injurious to the
interests of the few, is the maxim Of the wise
legislator. But certain men will never admit
the wisdom of this doctrine, any more than
some selfish private practitioners will admit
the superlative value of DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative
their practice. Of course, no man in his right
sences will pay q physician $500 for a consul
tation, a bottle of bitters, a few powders, and a
prescription, when one bottle of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and a bottle of his
Pleasant Purgative Pellets, both costing but
SIPS, will accomplish the same result, viz.
cleanse the liver and blood, regulate and tone
the stomach, and impart a healthful action to
the bowels and kidneys.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
The Negro Exodu..

Our Minister to Hayti, John NJ. Langston,
in discussing the subject of the negro exodus,
objects to their wholesale focking to the West.
He is of the opinion that they are incapable of
taking care of themselves after they get there.
They need moro ambition, and in the South
where they have been raised, better understand
agriculture than they will in a climate and soil
both foreign to them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21

package of material that was recognised as hay-
ing been taken from Stewards coffin. Hilton
spurned the proposition and the matter dropped
for the time being. Later, a firm of attorneys
in waIl-street, Evarts, Southmayd q
choate, was approached in a similar
manner by the body snatchers. They
laid the correspondence before Mrss
Stewart, who, Influenced by Judge Hilton, re-
piled in his language, that the sum of $25,e0O
and no more would be paid for the body, but q
larger amount for the arrest Of tho thieves.
The matter dropped again, and seeing the case
was a hopeless one, Judge Hilton has caused
the following to be inserted in the Herald OF
that city d" Canada--Counse desires to commu-
~nicate." 1t is presumed that Hilton will now
pay the amount demanded. 1t appears that
every effort to obtain a cleu to the robbers is
bafled- possibly by too much money. After
the body-snatchers had sent the attorney Jone,
800, they sent him $3.50 more. They seem to
be prepared to buy of detectives. Evidently,
$25O,OOO is a high premium for crime.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21

with a modern miracle in the restoration to per-
feet health, of a woman for ten years afflicted
with a serious spinal affection. The woman, it
is said, believing in the efficacy of prayer,
prayed increasingly during one night, until
4 O'Clock in the morning, when she arose from
her bed a sound, well woman. The Cincinnati
Commercial correspondent vouches for the YER
acity of this statement. The woman name
is Mrs. H. Clay Cooley.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
Fremont temple burned.

Fremont Temple, one of Boston's most noted
halls. was destroyed by fire on the 14th inst.
This building, it will be remembered, was the
headquarters of the New England Baptists. In
it were the rooms of tho Baptist Missionary
Union, the New England departments of the
Home Missionary Society, bookstores, news
paper Offices, etc. Loss, about$ IOO, 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21

ONE of the charges against a Seneca
Falls IN. " minister is that he hired a
livery horse and wagon, was gone two
days, snapped horses six different times,
and came back to the stable with the
same horse he took out, having made
500 by the operation. Such rare bust
ness capacity should have a wider field
than the pulpit.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
latter Day saints Getting Mad.

The following telegram from Ogden, Utah,
sheds a little light on the status of things in
Mormon circles The conviction and imprison-
ment of Reynolds for polygamy ; the murder of
Standing, the Mormon preacher, in Georgia;
the imprisonment of George Q. Cannon, dele
gate to Congress, and the other executors of
Brigham Young's estate, for contempt, have
caused a bitter feeling, and the Ners, the lead
ing Church paper, has lately contained threat
cning articles, and i~nfammatory speeches have
been made.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
The clover AMORTIZATION.

The investigation now in progress regarding
Jsy Cooke and his bond operations is exciting
some attention. The gist of the charge against
Cooke is that he paid the contractors, soldiers
ard other creditors of the Government, in seven-
.hirties, thus obtaining subscriptions to the
Government loan to the amount of as much rs
$17, OOO, 900 in a day. The Glover story is that
Cooke made very heavy blackmail off each crc-
ditor as well as his commission as Subscription
Agent for the Government.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
scriou. Railroad collision.

A railroad collision on the Philadelphia and
Atlantic City Railroad occurred on the 14th by
which FIVE lives were lost. II c~olliding
trains were a freight and an excursion train,
the latter having on board over three hundred
persons. The brakesmen and conductor, who
did good work at the brakes, lost their own
lives, but succeeded in checking the train
sufficient SO that the great majority of those
aboard were uninjured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
The New. At WASHINGTON.

A Washington telegram says: There is
universal SORROW here at the announcement of
the death of Nellie Grant-Sartoris, who was ad-
mired in Washington society from her girlhood
to her marriage, and who left a great many
warm friends. She sometimes shocked the
staid old families by her frankness and utter
disregard of forms, but she was much loved and
popular. Her death was sudden, and private
dispatches say she only lived about sixty hours
after the birth of her child.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
mr snrarue,. Yer.ion.

Mrs. sprague, the " woman in the case" of
the sprague-Conkling difficulty, has finally
consented to talk, and says that the trouble
between her husband and Conkling did not or
iginate in consequence of Conkling's attentions
to her, but is the result of a quarrel begun two
years ago between her husband and Senator
Conkling about a bill for pasturage of horses at
Washington.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
Murdered Ind. rIofher-In.Lar.

Thaddeus Baber, a ST. Louis plumber, after
quarreling with his mother-in-law about some
trivial thing, went out, procured q revolver,
and returning, shot her through the head, in
stantly killing her. He then turned and shot
his wife, who was feeling i'll and was lying
upon the bed, whose wound is probably mortal.
lie was Immediately arrested. He expresses q
regret at having shot his wife, but rather g%lories
in having shot the cold woman" He says
that he shot his wife unintcntionally, and
she, who has been conveyed to the hospital, is
too ~reticent to talk about the matter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
$780, 900 for A. +. stewart. Rod,.

Until recently the public have been under
the impression that the body of A. 7. Stewart
had been recovered, at the cost of $50, 900, as
has been published. At all events, whether
the public put any credence in the report or no,
Mrs. Stewart herself did. Present develop
ments, however, indicate that such has not
been the case. On a Monday in January last
an attorney in New York received a letter con-
taining 500 as a retainer from a person sign
ing themselves "Romaine with a view to
opening negotiations with Judge Hilton, and a
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21

A MAN having fallen into a slough,
his friend called loudly to another man
for assistance. The latter, who was
pusily engaged in cutting a bog, and
wishing to procrastinate, inquired
2How deep is the gentleman in?" aUp
TO his ankles" was the answer. "Then
there is plenty of time," said the other.
"No, there's not" reioined the first, "for
he's in head first"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21

Official returns from ninety-one counties give
blackburn & majority of 39,s94. Tho counties
yet to hear from gave McCrary $3.50. Black
burns majority in the State will reach $4,000.
Kentucky has polled at least 225,OO votes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
sur,. stun an ALLEGED nurderes.

The relatives ofthe late Mrs. Best, murdered,
at Newcomerstown, Ohio, have determined to
have Mrs. John Stull rearrested. 1t will be
remembered that the grand jury last April
refused to find a bill against her, although it is
said she confessed the murder. 1t is stated
that new clews have been found that will
materially change public sentiment.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21

No time should be lost in resorting to a suit
able remedy. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is
the most reliable and widely-esteeTcd medi-
cine of its class. 1t removes the causes Of
constipation, or of undue relaxation of the in
t~estines, which are usually indigestion or a
misdirection of the bile. When it acts as a
cathartic, it does not grippe and violently evacu-
ate, but produces gradual and natural effects,
very unlike those of q drastic purgative and
its power of assisting digestion nulifes those
irritating conditions of the mucous membrane
of the stomach and intestinal canal which pro-
duce first diarrhea, and eventually dysentery.
The medicine is, moreover, m agreeable one,
and eminently pure and wholesome. Appetite
and tranquil nightly slumber are both pro-
NOTED by it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
NotorIou. Hor.e rhIcve..

Two notorious horse thieves, giving their
names as sWoods, and representing themselves
to be brothers, were captured near Jefferson
vile, Ind, last Saturday. Their. wholesale
stealing covers q greater portion of Southern
Indiana.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21

CHICAGO must soon mourn the loss
of three representative preachers. Uni
tarianism must part with Collyer, Epis-
copacy with DIR. Harris, and Presbyte-
rianism must surrender DR.. Patton
each man being a leader in his denomi-
nation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
verdict i'm the Hough-Hoel Case

Owing to the prominence of the murdered
man, Capt. Hoel, who was murdered at the
hands of DR.. Hough, at Wilmington, o. several
months ago, the fact that the coroner has just
rendered a verdict at this late day will be
somewhat surprising. TIL verdict is in keep
ing with the facts already published.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
Acrn.. me continent.

~Potter-another wheelbarrow man--who has
been ~trundling a wheeibarrow across the con-
tinent from San Francisco, has arrived at St.
Louis, where he remains for a few days to re-
cuperate, when he will start out again for New
York, via Pittsburg.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21

France having refused to authorize the ex-
Khedive, Ismail Pasha, to reside in Algiers,
the powers have intimated to the Porte that
they did notobject to his living in Constantine
pie. The Sultan, however, is opposed to hav-
ing Ismail in his capital.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
A new Disease Amonr Hor,e,.

A disease of a very peculiar nature has re-
Gently broken out among the horses at Shelby
vile, Ind, and many cases have proved fatal.
As soon as they are taken sick their bodies be-
come stiff the joints will no longer bend the
muscles give way and they fall. Some men
have had as many as five of their horses
attacked. So far, the disease has bafied all
fraafment.