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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20

For many years farmers have feltthe need
of some improvements IN the old and labori.
GUS t~wo.handled cross-cut saw, for saving
up bodies of trees into any length desired
for sawlogs, slaves, rails, stove.wood, etc.
This long.needed Improvement has at last
been inYenssd II " w. Giles, OF Cincin-
natl, o., who. by the way, is n OF the
greatest of American inventors. We see
from our exchanges that the editor of the Ohio
Farmer, also the editor Of the A.. 2. Review, OF Ctn-
cinnati, called on Mr.. Giles personally to see the mar.
yelous saw machine. They both pronounced 1t .
ma chine Of great merit, The curiosity Of these
crate the machine, but they both tried 1t themselves
on a large log, and they report that one man op-
erates 1t with ease, and saws much more rapidly
than two men could with the ordinary cross.cut
saw, The secret of running this machine SO easily
is explained by the fact that the weight Of the OPP
moved or carried about by one man. and has all the
| points Of durability and practical utility, wanted in
such an implement. A very large demand for these
machines is already established, and all who SEE
them are delighted with their superior labor-saving
principles, Many people are constantly ealing On
their friends in the country. Our attention wai
| called to one man in Colora do. who wrote to samuel
Cary, Of Cincinnati (aDd, by the way, one OF the
most distinguished statesmen OF Ohio), asking MN
to call and sec Mr.. Giles and his saw-machine, and
write what he thought of it. Mr.. Cary promptly
| machine, and concluded to buy two OF them him
self. Mr.. Giles is said to be very. wealthy, Delne
q real estate owner of over 100000, and his con
fdence in the great merits Of his invention Is shown
from the fact that he guarantees every machine u
give satisfaction.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
Paul Roy,on,s Trip.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com.
mereidl gives an account of Paul Boyton's
trip on the Ohio River from Ironton to Gin
cinnati. Captain Boyton left Ironton on
Sunday morning at six o'clock. At Green
upsburg he was met by the steamer Lloyd
with a delegation of citizens, who hospita-
bly, invited him to breakfast with them.
which the Captain felt compelled to decline,
and continued his way. At nine o'clock
q. m. he hailed the steamer Bostona, about
fifteen miles above Portsmouth. At ten
o'clock he spoke the Emma Graham. At
the same hour the Captain was struck by q
very heavy wind, which made the river rise
in white.capped waves, which covered him
completely, and occasioned him 10 little
trouble and annoyance. he arrived at
Portsmouth at noon, where ten thousand
people were on the bank awaiting his ap-
proach. Having had nc breakfast, the Cap
tain, still remaining in the water, sent a
request TO the hotel for a lunch, and, after
some delay, received a reply that if he de.
sired anything to eat, he must himself come
for it. Politely thanking them for their gen.
erous hospitality, hepushed of, hungry as
he was. A boat followed him, and one OF
its passengers brought him a few slices of
the outside Of ioaves of bread, which the
Captain soon transferred to the inside OF his
stomach. He kept on his way, fighting
very hard against the terrible wind and the
dangerous whits-caps, making necessarily
very slow time, and reaching Buena Vista
alter five hours of e1hausting battle with
the elements.
The Captain by this time experienced a
sensation Of emptiness, again stopped and
sent for food, but the messenger never re-
turned. Understanding the true inward.
ness of his own situation, he pulled of and
fought on to V~anceburg, where he was vel.
coined by a large crowd, and a bountiful
meal was served to him while remaining in
the water alongside of a steamer. He
reached Rome at eight o'clock, Concord al
ten, Manchester at eleven.
At twelve he exchanged salutes with the
Fleetwood, six miles above Maysville, and
arrived at Maysville at twenty minutes
after one Monday morning, after having
been in the water twenty and a half hours
eating but one meal in th1rty-three hours,
and running in that time eighty-two miles
the most exhausting trip, on account o.
the wind, he has yet made, being submerged
by the wave during almost the entire dis
lance.
Quite a crowd was on the bank to wit
ness his arrival. Captain Boyton los
twelve pounds since leaving Pi'tsburg. Hi
muscles are swollen and sore, and his hand'
and limbs bear witness to his ~fatiguins
labors. His face is much sunburnt. He is
nevertheless, a ine-loeking man, with {
clear, steady, blue eye, and a frame which
gives evidence of endurance. Every feature
indicates courage and resolution.
Over one hundred and fifty thousand peo
pie, tits computed, were on the wharves ant
crowdingt the bridges at Cincinnati, to gree
the swimmer, and Modjeska presented hin
an American dag. He rested for two day
in the city.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20

THE Pulvermacher Electric Belt is recon.
mended to general use for the following
reasons: First, of course, for its wonderful
properties for the cure of all diseases of the
kidneys, stomach, liver, and blood; Second,
for its extreme simplicity, and the fact OF
its being applied outside precludes all
possibility of any injury being done to the
patient, as an external remedy is universally
acknowledged to be safe. Another advRn'
tage of the Belt is the facility with which
the progress of the disease and cure can be
watched, and if the Belt be not quite in the
r ght place, it can be very easily readjusted
so as to cover the parts affected.
The great principle of this cure is system
of mild. continuous, and prolonged currents
of electricity, a method which, though lonl
known to the medical fraternity as an eff
fective remedy, could not be used on account
of the inability of any one to perfect ar
arrangement for its application. This diff
Guilty has, however, been overcome by the
invention of the Pulvermacher Electric
Belt, and Its perfection has been. hailed
with delight, not only by the sufferers who
have regained health, enjoyment, and a new
lease of life through its beneicent qualities
but by the medical profession, who very
frequently prescribe its use to their pa
tients.-Ihe Baltimore American, Dec. 81
1878.
For further particulars regarding thes,
noted curative appliances, address the Pull
vermacher Galvanic Co., Cincinnati, Ohio
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
Haunted House at Newburg.

A story about a haunted house near
Newburg, n. Y, has been going the
rounds of the papers. 1t seems Sarah
Maria Williams, wife of Noah Williams,
was not of an angelic temper while here
upon earth, whatever she may be since
she left it. She promised Noah that if
she went away (that is, died) before he
did, she would come back and make it
cheerful for him in his lonely widower.
hood. Well, she did go before him, and
since her demise tales of horrible sights
and sounds at Noah's home have gone
abroad. There were wailings and
thumpings that froze Naah's blood. He
was in a weak condition and rapidly
sank, and in a few days followed Sarah
Maria over the border. But the noises
continued, and the house was left ten.
antless. The heirs of the deceased had
no courage to occupy the premises.
Finally one of them moved into the
house, but he only stayed one night.
The noises drove him away. But the
secret is out. 1t seems that some wise
and painstaking individual had shut a
dog and two cats in the attic at the
time of Sarah Maria's departure. These
interesting quadrupeds naturally
wanted to get out. They were hungry,
but the cats could not eat the dog, and
the dog was unable to eat the cats, SC
there was a prolonged struggling and
wailing-su, h wailiDg as cats alone can
originate. When the cats and dog were
too feeble to wall and fight, the noise:
ceased, but the cessation was of no avail
for the poor, ignorant and superstition
Noah had "pegged out" with a very
sorry opinion of Sarah Maria in the flu
ture life.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20

THE old people look with no partial
eye upon the pedestrian mania. Many
of them have said that it is a piece Of
foolishness not heard of in their day.
Unfortunately a bit of the New England
Daily ReuieaD, of Hartford, published in
1888, turns up with the following item
among its contents: "a pedestrian Of
New York, Mr.. Jay Haskett, proposes
to walk two thousand miles in seventy
days, living on bread and water, and
carrying a knapsack weighing twelve
pounds. Bets to a large amount have
been made on the result of this under
taking. He will start from New York
proceeding to the principal cities in the
New England States. He will after
ward visit Philadelphia, and finally re
turn to New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
zulus Defeated.

A Capetown dispatch says that Col. Pear.
on was attacked at Ekwe by a large force of
Zulus. The latter was defeated with an
enormous loss, and pursued to E~ntawedi, one
of the Zulu military kraals. Col. Wood re-
ports that he has captured a large number
of cattle. The health Of his troops is good.
The attitude of the native tribes in Trans.
vaal is disquieting, and it is feared the
chiefs nave formed a league against the
British.
A correspondent at Capetown says Col.
Pearson, after repulsing the Zulu attack,
burned Entamedi. A dispatch from Kill
berly reports that the Zulus have burned
eight kraals belonging to the friendly CAT.
fres, near Doornberg, and killed the inhab-
itants. AL fears of a successful invasion Of
Natal have disappeared. The agitation in
Transvaal for independence diminishes as
the attitude of the tribes becomes more
threatening. 1t is reported Chief Zeco.
eoeni is preparing to attack Seydenburg, in
Eastern Transvaal.
Another dispatch says that a large pro
portion of Zulus are temporarily disbanded
for the harvest. Pretoria is being fortified
against threatened attack by the Chiel
Zecocoeni.
The Cape argus publishes the following
from its correspondent in the field: "The
Zulus now desire peace on terms consistent
with tribal Independence"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20

spondent passed In q relief boat four hun.
dred persons who had taken refuge In q
church. The boat was unable to afford
them any help. There were hardly any
servieeable boats available. In a school,
house one Thousand five hundred people
had taken refuge, and were without food.
Large number of boats, which were pro-
ceeding to aid the submerged city, had been
stopped by the storm, which had cut on
communication by river.
A late dispatch from Szegedin says that
a fearful storm was still raging. The vast
lakes around the remains of the town were
! tossing like the sea. The inhabitants who
had not yet been taken away crowded in
the citadel aud upper stories Of a few
houses, and in railway wagons. These peo'
pie were fairly provided with provisions,
but thousands encamped on the dykes, and
with those 1t was impossible to communi.
cate. Four hundred corpses were recovered
in the village of Szeoged in one day.
Another dispatch from Szegedin says that
the River Naros was rising rapidly, and
| threatened New S~zegedin. Numerous vii
lagos in the vicinity were crowded with
refugees. Anarchy and confusion reigned
in the surrounding country, because of in
sufficient number of troops. Several
! i~ncendiaries have been summarily executed
The dispatch from Pesth says a north
westerly storm drove the waves across the
dykes protecting Crongrad, which contains
sixteen thousand inhabitants, and the towr
was partially inundated. The people are
actively repairing damages, and may
perhaps escape, as the storm has ceased
Szentes, a town Of twenty-six thousand
inhabitants, is engaged in a similar strug
gle with the waters.
The authorities of Szentes, Vassarhelg
and Crongrad, which own contain al
aggregate population of eighty thousand
te~legraphed to Pesth for aid, the dykes
protecting them from the waters being
threatened. Sickness has broken out amoni
the refugees encamped on the dykes q
Szaoediu-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
rerr,ble calan,ltx In uunearr.

The entertainments of the river Thesis
gave way from the force of the food, and
the town of Szegedin was submerged. A
telegram says: "The food with terrific
roar is rushing from two sides over Szegedin.
The horrors Of the situation battle all
description. The town is in fact
destroyed. Two-thirds is now SUBJ
merged, including the citadel, Post.
Office, and telegraph Office. Whole rows of
houses are falling. The orphanage and
synagogue are destroyed. All the inmates
Of the former were buried in the ruins. Two
manufactures are on fire. The inhabitants
are flying to New Szegedin and the more
elevated parts of the town. The munich.
pality Of Pesth is making every effort to
send assistance to Szegedin. Two relief
trains have started. Accommodations for
fugitives have been provided in the Ear.
racks and public buildings of Pesth." The
London Hdnddrd's Pesth dispatch says a
hundred square miles in the neighborhood
of Szegedin are flooded. The crops in the
district are lost. The government sent
forty thousand forms for the relief of the
inhabitants. The radicals in the Diet
violently attacked the government for
negleeting TO take precautions to prevent
the calamity.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
A p,.e... that wreck, ~, system.

Every function is ~deranged, every nerve
unstrung, every muscle and fiber weakened
by fever and ague. It is, in fact, a disease
which, if unchecked, eventually wrecks the
system. In all its types. in every phase, i
ium, convulsions, often attend it, and cause
sswifs dissolution. But when combated
with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters its feot.
hold in the system is dislodged, and every
vestige of it eradicated. That benign anti
febrile specific and preventive OF the
dreaded seourge is recognized not only
within our own boundaries, but in tropic
lands far beyond them, where intermittents
and remittents are fearfully prevalent, to
Re a sure antidote to the malarial poison
and a reliable means of overcoming disor-
ders of the stomach, liver, and bowels, of
which a vitiated torrid atmosphere and
brackish miasma-tainted water are ex-
tremely provocative. All emigrants and
travellers should be supplied with il.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
DsHits TalmaEe ON rrlal

The Brooklyn Presbytery has decided to
try DR.. Talmage on the following charges,
presented by the committee appointed at a
previous session: Deceit and falsehood in
statements regarding his withdrawal from
the editorship Of the Christian ut Work. In
stating that sittings in the Tabernacle were
free. In accusing j. W. Hathaway of dis
honest practices, and then denying 1t. OF
falsehood in collecting subscriptions for the
payment Of the church debt. OF deceit in a
difficulty concerning the organist of the
Tabernacle, and of stating that he was to be
arraigued for heterodoxy, when he knew
that such was not the case.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20

A Galveston Ne.cS special from Bryan:
Alex. Cavitt and W. Armstrong quarreled
about corn. The former shot the latter
three times, killing him, and then escaped.
Galveston NearS Clarksville special: The
old feud Of the billiard VS.. the Jones and
Murphy factions eliminated on the even.
ing Of March 10. Two billiards and two
friends met Henry Jones and friends near
Joues's Bridge, both parties fully armed,
Firing began at short range with ~shotguns
and pistols. Jones was instantly killed.
and billiard fatally wounded. Officers are
in pursuit of the Others.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
The Man Who Would Not Be acardinal

According to the London Tines, the
Pope expressed a desire to make DR..
Newman a Cardinal, but the splendid
gift was respectfully declined. Not
many men would do what John Henry
Newman is reported to have done, but
John Henry Newman is q very rare man
in many respects. Born in London in
1901; he was educated at Ealing School,
and afterward at Trinity College, Ok
ford, where he graduated in 1920, and
was elected Fellow,of Oriel College. In
1925 he was Vice-Principal of st.
Adams Hall, under Dr. after.
ward Archbishop = Whately; and
in 1926 was made Tutor of his
college, which place he held until
1881. In 1928 he was appointed Rector
of st Mary's, Oxford, with the outly-
ing chaplaincy of Littlemere. In 1912
he gave up his rectorship partially, and
! established an ascetic community on the
medieval model of Littlemore. He
joined DR.. Pussy in what he called "the
High Church movement" and in 1916
was received into the Roman Catholic
Church and placed at the head of the
Oratory of st. Philip Neri, at Birming.
ham. In 1854 he was appointed Rector
of the newly founded Catholic Univer
sity in Dublin, but resigned the post il
1858 and established a school for the
sons of Catholic gentry at Edgbaston
near Birmingham. Since then he hal
devoted himself almost exclusively tt
teaching, preaching and authorship.
In DR.. Newman piety and learning arr
happily blended with that sweet courtesy
which multiplies friends and disarmI
enemies. Indeed, we doubt whether HI
ever had all enemy. Even his bitteres
theological opponents always speak o
him viii that gentle kindness and ten
der respect which nothing but low
could prompt. Such a man need not b.
a Cardinal. He is good and grea
enough without the sacred purple.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
A Missouri Murder Trial.

MRS. Sprouse was on the witness stand
in the preliminary examination of Bill
Young for the murder of the Spencer fam.
lily at Luray, Missouri. During the exam.
nation, the detective, who is managing the
case, sat near her, with his hand upon a
cooked revolver. He said he was bound to
protect the witness. It was also reported
that the woman had twj revolvers on her
person, and the attorney for the defense
wanted her searched. But the Court re-
fused to order the search.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
chicago Communal. Arminr.

The pol ce authorities of Chicago say they
have reliable information that the Com.
munists n day lately received and dis.
tributed seven thousand rounds of amuuni.
ton among their different organizations,
and that a few days after one hundred stand
of arms were received, and six thousand
rounds more of ammunition contracted for.
What these warlike preparations mean ia
only surmised. No immediate danger is
feared. 1t is understood the Communists
were preparing for a big celebration on the
22d inst, the anniversary Of the uprising Of
the Commune of Paris in 1871, which also
happens to be the birthday of Emperor
William.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
Attempted WIG Murder and suicide.

Charles Herbeck and wife lived ten miles
west of Lincoln, III. They had been sep
arated about ten days, Herbeck boarding in
Lincoln. A few mornings ago he hired q
~liveryman to take him out home. He had
been there but a few minutes when he shot
his wife while she was engaged in ironing,
the ball passing entirely through her body.
She lay that night in q critical condition,
and was not expected to live until morning.
he secreted himself in the hay-mow, taking
q rope with him, and when he saw his
Pursuers coming toward the barn, he shot
himself through the head, dying almost
instantly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20

THERE have been several cases o
cholera at Munich, and all the COWS have
disappeared. The same thing happened
during the cholera visitations Of 1880
and 1851, and a similar phenomenon was
noticed at Mauritius, where the martins
left during the prevalence of cholera.
The birds felt the infection in the air.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
PesIessriamtxm.

In the international six days pedestrian
teur, at Gilmore Garden, New York City,
Rowell, the En~glishman, took the belt,
making an even FIVE hundred miles-Ennis,
Of Chicago, scored four hundred and
seventy-fve miles. aud Hartman, the long,
thin Yankee, got down to four hundred and
fifty By the skin of his teeth, and thus saw.
ing the share of gate money--eight thousand
dollars. OLeary pegged out on his two
hundred and sixteenth mile in q perfect
state of collapse, expressing the opinion
that his walking days were over.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20

EXPERIENCE HAS CoNcLUsIvELY SHOWN
that for %cutaneous eruptions, open sores,
leprous exfoliaiions, aud rheumatic com.
plants, HENRY's CARBoLIC SALyE is more
eff than any ointment, lotion, OF
embrocation that has ever been devised.
Physicians admit this, and the popular yer.
dictum, and assigns this salve the foremost
place among remedies of It's class. Sold
by all Druggists,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20

ONE "walkist" went crazy on the
track in New York, and fired seven shots
from a revolver at a frightened crowd
and another is on her death-bed as the
consequence of over-exertion. 1t looks
as though the undertakers would ulti-
mately profit by the mania.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20

truth crushed to earth will rise
again." Strange coincidence. It's JUS
the same with a corn. After it has beer
crushed to earth it generally rises higt
enough for a man to hold it with both
hsnds while he waltzes round on the
other foot.-DerrtcE.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20

BIsMARcK's big dog killed the pet
dog of a railway man the other day,
and to replace it Bismarck sent the
mans children a hand organ. The man
was we'll satisfied with the killing of the
dog, but now he swears he'll shoot Bis.
marck on sight Derrick.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
skull Chopped Open.

Alittle son Of CALVIN Gipsoe, at Colfax,
Ind., had his skull split open while cutting
wood by a little brother who was also
chopping wood.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
The Horror. Of sxsgedin.

The Lord Mayor of London, at the request
of the Austrian ambassador, has opened a
subscription for the relief Of szegedin. A
correspondent at szegedin telegraphed that
thousands of people are starving. A CORE
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
HENS Of the WsfE.


Peter Klein, who committed an outrage
on Mrs. Caroline Truesdell at Newport KY,
was taken from the Jail by an Infatuated
mob, on Sunday, and hanged.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20
OLIVER DITS0N & CO., Boston,
mess Broaasss' III. "a Chestnut St. Fiih.

COMMON PRAIkEi C8ORAL PRAIsEl
The above names belong to two singing books Of
more than average beauty. compiled By Rev. y.
antiy for the singing Of all parts Of the Episcopal
service; but in sosdoing, as 1t contains about "
ESQ readings of the Psalms. arranged for chanting
II ia o valuable book for choirs in general: t75 cts.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20

PROBABLY the first instance of an In
dian seeking a divorce is reported in
Bangor, Me-, where q red man wants
to be separated from his squaw.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-20

Arrival OF the Remains of Bnyard Taylor
The remains OF Bayard Taylor arrived al
New York on the steamer Gelert, and, after
public ceremonies in that city, were con
veyed to Philadelphia for interment.