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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-06-19

SEc. 1. The Executive Department shall
consist Of Governor, Lieutenant-9o
ernor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treas
urer and Attorney-G General, who shall
be chosen by the electors Of the State, at
the place Of voting for members of the
General Assembly, and at the time pre-
ncrihad hrr Inr.r ---.-.- n ..--
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-06-19

A few more grass cattle; are offered
again this week, and if they are fair rep
resentatives of what viii follow, the offer
ings of the season will be in an. unusually
fine condition. We never saw better gras-
sers &t* .+
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27
Sad Sights After an Earthquake.

Many touching, as well as awful,
scenes and situations are sure to be dis
covered in the ruins of a great earth
quake. Last year such disaster over
threw the town of Qua, in Venezuela.
In one of the ill-fated houses two little
boys had fallen asleep at their play.
One lay upon sofa, and the other had
crept beneath it.
The earthquake literally turned the
room upside down, the sofa heing over
turned by the falling wall the child be-
meath was thrown out and killed by the
descending rafters, while the boy who
had been sleeping upon it fell beneath
the lounge, and being thus protected,
actually remained in this position unin-
jured for the greater part of two days.
He had been numbered with the many
dead in that house of sorrow, and was
only found when the mourning survivors
were searching for his remains to inter
them,-alive, but insensible, and en-
tirely unable to give any account of what
had befalien him.
In another part of the town lady was
found, when the ruins of her house were
cleared away, upon her knees, with her
children surrounding her in the same
attitude,-all dead! The bodies were
unnjured, SO that it is probable that
they were sufocated by the dust of the
falling walls.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27
The Zulus.

The following is the New York Her.
AIDS account of the Zulus, who have re-
Gently made themselves SO interesting:
This is not the first appearance of the
Zulus as warriors. They are branch
of the Caffre race, and are said to have
come from the north and to have con-
quered their present territory about the
beginning of the century. Under a
chief named Chaka, they overran the
country as far as the southern border of
Natal. Chaka was succeeded by his
half brother, Dingan, and the latter by
Panda, full brother of Chaka. Under
these chiefs the Zulus (or Zooloos)
had regular military organization,
their forces being divided into bands of
one thousand men each, and each band
or regiment being distinguished by diff
ferent colored shields. It is anthorita-
lively stated that in 1910 they could put
forty thousand warriors in the field.
Their progress was finally checked by
that thrifty Dutch-Atrican race called
the Beers; but the Zulus have grown in
strength, and the organization and
traditions of Chaka have been main
tanned. Of all the Caffre tribes the
Zulus have been the most troublesome
to the British in the prosecution of their
schemes of conquest in South Africa.
Since acquiring the Transvaal Republic,
the Zulus have manifested renewed
hatred to the British. Believing truly
that Kafirland, north of the Natal, was
to be made seaboard for the new terri
tory and that the native inhabitants
were to be reduced to complete sub
lection, Cetywayo, inheriting all the
courage and energy of his great prede-
cessors, declared war, and the campaign,
which had been prosecuted for nearly a
year, reached a stage on January 27,
when it can not longer be treated as q
small affair.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27
Civilization in Africa,

NJ. de Lesseps, delivered lecture at
the Sorbonne, France, lately, on the
progress of civilization in Africa. He
stated that until the beginning of the
present century the interior of that con-
tinent was unknown to Europeans. He
then recapitulated the efforts which have
been made to explore it, and pointed
out that the real movement for that pur-
pose came from Egypt. The armies of
that country had ascended the Nile to
its source, and Gordon Pasha, formerly
a colonel in the English army, had sue
ceeded in putting an end to the slave
trade. France and Italy, on the west,
he said, were following the example of
Egypt. or were about to do so, and the
Portuguese were continuing their ex-
plorations of the sixteenth century, and
had just voted forty millions for the es-
tablishment of colonies. Finally, he
remarked, on the eastern side, the theater
of the greatest geographical dicoveries
of the century, made by Livingstone
Burton, Speke, Grant, Cameron and
others, the English were preparing ex-
tensive enterprises of colonization, and
the construction of a railway to the
great lakes from Zanzibar had been de-
cided o..
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27
Hungry and Cold.
New York Sun. ]

A pale, emaciated man, coatless and
thinly clad, was taken before Police
Justice Kiibreth in the Essex Market
Court a few days ago. An officer ac-
cused him of throwing cobblestone
through one of the green lamps in front
of the Eldridge-street Police Station.
"John Petersen is my name," the
prisoner said, as he slowly raised his
eyes from the floor and answered the
Magistrates inquiry.
And you threw the stone pur-
posely?"
81 didw
"Why did you do itr'
The pallor of the mans face gave place
to a faint flush as he told, in broken
tones, the following story: g. was
cold-so cold that my body was all of a
tremble; and hungry, yes! famished
for I hadn't had meal since the day
before, when I pawned my coat to get
it. / am in the last stages of consump.
ton, and I lost my place as clerk in a
drugstore on that account. After
wandering about several days went to
the station and begged them to take me
in. They refused. They are already
crowded, they said. 1 was growing
weaker and weaker from exposure and
hunger. 1 fingered about the police
station until my legs would hardly sup.
port my body. was thinking how
could get arrested. That was the only
way 1 could imagine of getting bed
and something to eat. I found stone
in the street. I gathered all my strength
and threw it throught the lamp"
Justice Kilbreth sent Petersen to the
Commissioners of Charities instead o1
sentencing him to the Island as 8
convict.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27
A Mexican's Quarrel with an ASS.

Walking the other day past the foun-
tain at the head of the Gale Centrale,
the favorite resort of the few beasts and
many water carriers of the city, says
a Vera Cruz correspondent of the New
York Evening Post, 1 caught sight of a
characteristic contest. An "aquador !"
had Just filled and placed upon the
pack-saddle of his diminutive donkey
the four small kegs by means of which
water is distributed through the city,
and turned to start upon his rounds.
Not so with the donkey. Planting his
small feet upon the pavement, he pulled
obstinately in one direction, while his
painting master tugged with equal
pertinacity in the other. With feet
firmly braced together, and their forms
bent at an angle of forty degrees, the
two formed perfect letter V. "Ahl
brigand, with the form of an ass and
the soul of a coyote" shrieked tie
aquador;;" ais that the way you treat
the kind master who feeds you 4?
Caspita' you wish your mistress and her
five little ones to starve, do your beast
with the instinct of zupitote! All
Bonito, by the memory of your mother,
come along! Where is there such q
good ass in all Vera Cruz as you? May
God help me, senor," appealing to q
bystander, "you see what hard lot il
minel Cdramba! then stay where you
arep' And dropping the rein he com.
placently seated himself on the foun
tain's edge, drawing consolation for his
defeat in wreaths of smoke from paper
cigar.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27
Bric-a.Brac.

1t is curious that in the most manly
period of England's history men wore
corsets and laced in the waist. Sir Wal
ter Raleigh, most courteous and most
learned of men, had a waist of remark
able smallness, produced, it is said, by
tight laeing, and in our own day Bull
wer the novelist is said to have worn
corsets.
The follies of philosophy have been
the squaring the circle, the perpetual
motion, the inextinguishable lamp, at
traction and repulsion, the philosophers
stone, the universal solvent, the elixir
of life, the influence of the stars, and
the raising of spirits. These several
subjects have, in the last fifty genera
tions, absorbed the lives of at least ten
thousand men in each, amid the venera-
tion or fear of the vulgar of all ranks.
A Cincinnati paper gives horrible
statistics for the year 1873. According
to this list there were 1,26S murders in
this country. Seventy persons were
killed in January, Is in February, "a
in March, 129 in April, 81 in May, 110
in June, 129 in July, 153 in August, 134
in September, 10S in October, 1O6 in
November, and 100 in December.
The succession of royal poets, or poets
laureate, from the time Of the Father
of English Poetry" has been as follows,
with the dates of their accession to Office
Geofrey Chaucer, A. d. 1873; Henry
Scogan, 140O; John Kay, 1851; Andrew
Barnard, 1884; John SHELTON, 1910; Ed.
mund Spenser, 1890; Samuel Daniel
1899; Ben Jonson, 1916; Sir W. Dave
nnant, Kt;, 1888; John ldno. Dryden, 1870;
1898; Nicholas Rowe, 1714; Lawrence
Eusden, 1719; Colley Cibber, 1880
William Whitehead, 1853; Thoma.
Warton, 1880; Henry J. Pye, 1880
Robert Southey, 1873; William Words
worth, 1913; Alfred Tennyson, 1850.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27
Natural Bridges.

When caverns in which the streams
disappear are of small extent, and open
at both extremities, they form natural
bridges. These are frequently met with
now in localities where no waters exist.
Asremarkable curiosity of this kind oc-
ours in the Valley of Icononzo, or Pandi,
in Mexico. 1t spans ehasm 326 feet
deep, at whose bottom winds small
torrent, the Rio de la Summa Paz, in
closed in an almost inaccessible chan
mel. The principal bridge measures 43
feet in length by 80 feet in width, and is
81 feet thick. Sixty-fve feet below this
first bridge is found a second, consisting
of three blocks, which support them
selves without any adventitious aid;
the central is perforated with hole,
through which the bottom of the abyss
is visible. The Bridge of Arc, over the
River Ardeche, is a natural arch SO feet
in height and 1876 feet in span. The
Bridge of Veja, near Verona, is 125 feet
high. The magnificent Rock Bridge of
Virginia United States) spans an abyss
which separates two mountains-an
abyss of 225 feet, in the deep obscurity
of which whiten and seethe the restless
waters of Cedar Creek. This marvellous
arch is nearly 100 feet in length and Al
thick; it is natural curiosity, which
no spectator can survey without feelings
of admiration. In the Lebanon, tor.
rent emptying into the Beirut River
passes under a natural arch of 215 feet
in height, locally known as the Ain-el
Liban. A similar bridge is thrown over
the Litany, the ancient Leontes, near
Tisr Kuracne, where the river has tun-
neled through a rock upward of 80 feet
thick. The road from Wady ell Teim to
Nihah is carried across this wonderful
arch. The arch over the Dog River,
near the Niban Ell Liban, is followed out
in the solid rock. 1t is 80 feet thick;
its span, 157 feet, and the height on the
lower side nearly 200 feet.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27

oughly tired and disgusted with public
life. He has that manner to perfection.
He has the reputation of doing more
reading than any member of Congress,
and it may be that he prefers to stock
his mind rather than to unloose his
tongue. Next to Ben. Butler and Proctor
Knott, Cox is ranked as the lawyer of
the House. He lives at the Hamilton
House, and occupies nice and comfort
able, but not handsome rooms. He
works late at night, but rises early in
the morning. His library contains
choice books, and he spends his spare
time amidst books of law, literature and
science. 1t seems that he prefers
money, luxury and leisure to public
notoriety or political eminence.
FINLEY, THE INVESTIGATOR,
Is the man to do the talking; he is at it
all the time, at midnight and at noon !;
when the sun lights the east with its
warm and invigorating glow, and when
it sinks in the west, leaving the earth in
mellow gloom and darkness, he is
always on hand, and is ever ready to
tell what he knows and to do what he
can. He is not to be laughed into
silence, or to be snubbed into retire.
ment. Eternal vigilance may be the
price of liberty to Republic, but ever
lasting diligence is the price Of success
to Finley. He wants two things, and
for these two he is always struggling;
first, he wants the success of the Demo
cratic party, and secondly, the personal
emolument for himself. No, I have
stated that wrong-itshould be arranged
rice versa. Finley seems to be looked
upon by his colleagues, however, as one
of the prime factors of the party, one
of those men who are always ready to
clean the cannon and bring the tinder
box. The chief purpose at present with
Finley is to investigate something or
somebody, either Grant or Hayes, Eli
Perkins or Dom Piatt, and also to econ
omize the expenditures of-well, any
thing, just so that in economizing, the
salary of a Congressman is spared. In
that particular he can see no fruitful
result, for he says brains must be paid,
and that well. Finley's home life is
not extravagapt. He has pleasant
quarters, but lives frugally and not
handsomely He is kind to his friends,
good and clever to his colleagues, but
bitter and unrelenting to his Republican
rivals.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27

Noone has been able to analyze or de-
monstrate the essential action of per-
fume. Gas can be weighed but not per-
fume. The smallest known creatures
the very monades of life-can be caught
by a microscope lens and made to deliver
up the secrets of their organization, but
what it is that emanates from the pouch
of musk deer that Elisa wide space for
years with its penetrating odor-an odor
that an illimitable number ofextraneous
substances can carry on without dimin-
ishing its size and weight-and what it
is that the warm summer brings to us
from the flowers, no man has yet been
able to determine. So fine, so subtle, so
imponderable, it has eluded both our
delicate weights and measures and our
strongest senses
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27

LITTLE Nellie was looking at "Woolf's
Wild Animals" when Mr.. Jorkins
called and she appealed to that gentle
man to explain one of the pictures.
"That is wild boar" said he, and
the little lady looked al it thoughtfully
and replied:
at don't look like you, does it Mr..
Jorkins?"
~ hope not responded the guest.
"WhyP
Because" said the artless infant,
mamma said when your card was
sent up, There is that old bore Jorkins
again.
And it was full minute before NAM
mas frozen lips thawed sufficiently to
inform the nurse it was Nellie's bed
time.-Beston Commercial Bulletin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27
Cadayer Poison.

1t is said that the natives of Australia
and New Zealand are familiar which the
deadly properties of putrid animal mat
ter, and that many of their poisoned ar
rows and spears are simply smeared with
the liquids from a putrefying corpse.
According to Tahin the Narringeris, who
inhabit the Lower Murray District of
Australia, frequently procure the death
of an enemy by this poison. The in
strument employed is called niejeri. It
is sort of spear, whose tip consists of
a sharp-pointed piece of human bone
six or eight inches in length. This is
poisoned by plunging it into the flesh of
partially decomposed human body,
and tying about it a bunch of hair or
feathers saturated with the fat of the de-
composing body. 1t is easy 10 under
stand how the slightest prick from such
an envenomed point might prove some
times, if not uniformly, surely and
speedily fatal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27

His Excellency General Nazare- Aga,
the Persian Ambassador at Paris-where
he is greatly liked and -respected-is
majestic in stature and aristocratic in
appearance. He has a sallow COM
plexion, small brown beard, eyes beam
ing with expression, and gravity modi-
fed by an attractive politeness. He
has a harmonious voice, and is reported
to be communicative. He speaks the
most pure and perfect French, English
and Russian. Many an elocutionist, ii
is said, might give polish to his accom-
plishments by observing Nazare-Aga.
His conversation is finely turned and
full of ornament.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27

The peculiar sensation which melts
into a mans soul and meanders down
his spine when a black-eyed beauty
whispers something particularly soft in
his ear, is only equaled by the feeling
which thrills in him when, in purchas-
ing ham, he lays down S. bill and
receives $8.35 in change.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27

CHAs. F. BARRY, who committed sui
eide in New Orleans, left the following
note to the Coroher's jury: " Gentle
men, you can bring in your verdict
without trouble or delay. l have taken
my own life by taking morphine and
laudanum. I tried hard to make liv-
ing, but utterly failed No person had
compassion on my old age or would give
me employment. I was reduced to
utter destitution. There is not cent to
bury me-"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27

Dom PEDRO, of Brazil, has given
toward the Washington Monument a
stone weighing nearly eight tons, to
perpetuate the memory of the illus
trious father of the American Republic,
for whom he cherishes the warmest
admiration"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27

ARGUMENT in company is generally
the worst sort of conversation, and in
books the worst reading.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-27


Sits to the front of the Speaker on the
Republican side, by the main aisle, and
between Monroe and Jones. 1t is in
what is called the Ohio Row, for here in
line We find Monroe, Cox, Jones, Gar
field, Keifer and Gardner. Cox is one
of the most industrious and attentive
men in the House. We might say that
his chair never gets cold while the
House is in session, for he is always on
hand. He does an immense amount of
work at his desk; he is always busy
in writing letters, mailing documents
and examining bills. He seems to be
very fond of his near neighbor, Monroe,
and the two do great deal of talking
and laughing together. 1t is a univer-
sal query, why it is that Cox keeps so
quiet, when it is known that he is one
of the ablest lawyers and one of the
most acute thinkers in Congress; but it
seems to strike one, Judging from his
appearance and action, that he is thor.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-06-05
FEE PAClPIC sLoPF.

Everything connected with the State OF
CAliso-nia. irom the period Of the Mexican
War, whioh transferred the golden sEads Of
the Pacific coast to the United States, down
TO the present, has been Of Ell Araeter to
surprise II not stArtls the outside world.
PerhapA the most sensational fact In the his-
tory OF the go-ahead, impulaiVe people Of
that State, is that during the past six yearb
there have been four hundred and ninety
four suicides 10 the City OF San Fraacisco
alone, aud the suIcidAl mania has steadily
increased from year to year. a large NUM-
Der OF these have been the result OF hnaaciAl
ruin, aud shis ruin has been the result Of the
widest lpeculstions Ia stocks mostly mlning
stocks, San Francisco has 10 ihis respect
become almost a. famous as has Chicago IN
her RTain gambling.
But there Is . marked difference in the
temperament OF the people OF these two
cities When San Franciscan goes 70 the
dogs and realizes that he bas dragged down
friends 70 ruin and brought disaster o busi-
ness associates who have trusted In him, be
goes permanently ont Of business with the
aid OF pistol or poison OF some other sure
remedial agent for the care ol ltfes Ills, while
the Chlcagoan In the same predioamenl
makes IN Asslgnment 10 brother-in-iaw,
claps his thumb 70 his pess whsn he meets o
creditor, settles MS obligations for ave cents
on the dollar, discards bis old mistress, who
was too much In hia secrets, secures young-
or one from the rural districts, and resumes
business jnst around the corner. No suicides
In Chicago Amongsl business highhyera OF
Almoat none, but the Ban Francisco people oi
the same kidney don't seem 70 know any
thing about mundane resumption, bat trAns-
fer their Affairs at onoe 70 The celestial clear.
Inghouse. They take whal q known ~ hG
'tPacihc slope
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-06-05
Coin In tha Traasury.

In reply to resolution OF Inquiry from ths
United States Senate, Secretary Sherman
says that "there hss been redeemed, in coln
slnce January !, 1873, OF legAl-tender nosea an
amount Of $4.183,ol3. AS 70 the amount Of
coin authorized 10 be retained 10 the TEeasu-
~ for the purpose OF maintaining resump-
tfon Of specie payments, have TO state that,
under the provisions Of the resumption act
authOgizing the Secretary OF the Treasury In
order 10 prepare and provide for the redeInp.
ton Of United States notes to use any sur-
plus reysuue in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and 10 issue certain bonds Of
the United States, the coin reserve Of the
Treasury has been increased TO Sl38, 600 900,
that being about 40 per cent. OF the notes
Outstanding tn be redeemed, and believed TO
be the smallest reserve upon the resumption
could be prudeptly commenced and success-
fully. maIntalnsd-as fully set forth 10 my
last annual report. This reserve arose from
the sale Of $s6, 500, 900 bonds and from sur
plus revenues as authorized by law; and It
must, under existing law, be maintained
unimpaired for the purpose for which IL waS
oreAtod,b
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-06-05
CHURCHES

NJ 4 Church. ruscumDia 3rd Sunday, Morn
Ing and evening, aud usually on SAt'y eve'g
j. NJ. HARDY, pastor.
NJ. r. Church ~. Pleasant, at 1 O'clock
tr. m. on the Rad and 4ih Sundays. Rev.
EXT wIsILs, pastor
NJ. f. Church iberia. 2nd Sunday, morning
Aud svsRlny, N. y. BoYsE, pastor.
N. Y. Church. FlAiwOOds Srhool house, And
SAbb4h, ii q. M, aud TuaeumbIa Saturday
bevp, btfre Z. BpRINdEK Pa'tor.
CHRISTIAN Church Tuicuuhln s'h It'rd''
day, morning and evening, w. Il. DpEsEY.
pastor.
SPRING GARDEN, 4:h LOrd's day, w. +.
FiDdley. pastor.
SALEM Church, on 4sh L 'rd'I day, II O'Clock
= IN. Sam'l butcher, pa,tof.
BAPTIST--For the year commencing Sept.
1917. The time OF moe,ing ~ each church In
this Association is ruled by Saturday.
UNION Church--MeesG 4Eh Saturday In each
month. J. NJ Hibhs mod.
BIG RICH WOODS Churcb-meeh Srd
Saturday In each month, S. q. hutks, mod,
Thos. Merchant, Clerk
LITTLE RICIIWO0DS Chuvch-neets nd
SAry In each month. J. NJ. Htbb', mod.
PLEASANT, POINT ChuFeh--moets Lei
Saturday Ed. John Smith, mod.
WET GLAZE. Ohureh--msetS lat Saturday,
J. N, Hilbbs, pod,
NEW gALRM Caurch>-heets 9th Saturday
Ed. Duncan, mod.
SABBATH School, at NJ. Pleasant,
o'clock p. m. every Sunday. p. II. Austin
Bupt.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-06-05
A Han and Woman Condsmnsd q die.

smith and Covert ID. Bennett, on trial for
the last two weeks in Jersey City for the
murder oi Mrs. Smith's husband, Policeman
Smith, On tha morning OF August ], wer0
CONVICTED yesterday AfterernOon Of murder
10 the first degree. The announcement crea :
ted intense excitement throughout Jegsoy
City. THIS makes three eAAyicticns within
two days In this vicinity tor murder iq the
first degree, aud Apnot fall 70 be whole
come lesson.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-06-05
I. d. Robinson,
ATTORNEY 2 AT Law
TuscumblA, Mo.

fofioo 81 preseni:in the Court House.1
Probate busIpess, Collections, Partitioning
Lands and Quieiipg Titles q Speciality.
Have been Clerk OF the County and Circuit
Courts for IL yeArs, am familiar with the
Records, have the only ABSTRACT OF
TITLRS In the county. Charges reasonable.