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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24

SENATE-The bill for the construction Of apub..
lie building at Fort Wayne, passed ....s0n motion OF
ME- Mt. LSEan the Eight Hour 81 Sal , .ss taken sna up r I;s
on the table---.The House Joint resolution paying
annual employees one months ezra pay, was 90
amended, on motion of Mr.. Blaine, as TO include
Senate employees. Mr.. Bailey then moved to in
clude all military, naval and civil employees Of the
Government. wishing, as he admitted, to XII me
resolution, which was thereupon tabled. ,.... The veto
message Of the President was not considered. Sev-
eral Intellectual efforts, however, were made to bring
PRECEDENT reported that they had done 80, and that
he had nothing to communicate to Congress. Inc
Senate then, at 1880, went into Executive session,
and at noon the doors were re-opened and the Sen-
ate very quietly adjourned. This ends the present
session.
HousF.Aon motion Of Mr.. Atkins, the Senate BILL
~priations was made the special order for the second
Monday in December......Mr. Carlisle. Chairman OF
bribery in the contested election case Of Donnelly
VS.. Washburne, submitted a report and asked that
it. together with the minority report. be printed
wait upou the President and inform him If he had no
communication to make TO the House they were
ready 70 adjourn, reported the Prssident had no
erection Of q public building at jackson, Miss,
passed. Then came the hnal chance for recognition,
wildly waving his bill. Nearly all was pressing a
public building bill, which led Mr.. Cox to remark
that Peoria had its frieDds and Rochester its friends,
but where was the friend OF the Treasury. The
centurion an noise made 1t impossible TO hear what
the members we've taying, though several were talk
ing st the top Of their voices. A motion was made
at 1880 to take a recess until II As, but no quorum
voted, and a call Of the House was ordered. In tie
midst Of the call noon arrived, and the Speaker,
commanding order said, "The hour fixed by reso-
luton for the final adjournment of the two Houses
has arrived. and now, with an expression OF good
will toward every member and delegate on the floor,
and with a hope for their safe return TO their homes,
I declare this House, in its second session of the
Forty-sixth Congress. adjourned without delay.
Applause.l A general Misunderstanding and leave
taking followed, and soon the hall was left to the
employees.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24
Betting on a Sure Thing.

A. tough-looking citizen walked into
one of the Justices courts yesterday
morning very much intoxicated, and re-
quested that he be allowed to swear off
drinking forever. His Honor o~bigingly
put him through the solemn motions,
and the convert, with a confused rumble
of well-meant but profanely-expressed
resolutions, stumbled out of the court
room.
"Bet he don't keep it an hour" said
one of the grinning lawyers.
"Bet he sticks it out a week anyhow"
observed the court with confidence.
"Nonsense," cried everybody.
"Whatn you bet ?" asked the Judge.
"Twenty to ten ]" exclaimed an eager
attorney, producing the money.
"Done |" cried his Honor, and the
stakes were turned over to a Chronicle
reporter.
"Constable," said the court quietly,
ego out and bring that nan back"
In a few minutes the reformed man
was dragged in, and the Judge assembled
his dais, raped for order, and looked
severe.
enlarged with being drunk" said the
court. whats your plea?"
"Guess I'm full, admitted the prison.
er, with an idiotic smile.
"Ten days in the county jail Con
stable, lock up your prisoner. Mr.. Re
porter, hand this court that wealth.
Courts adjourned. - rgi'aio (Neu..
Chronicle,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24
Tho Markafa-

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES family. s44o@4 rs;
fancy, s50o96 90; PatentS6 2597 Is; spring IS %
Sour, IL eSa4 Is. GEAHs.~WheatHchoiee red sold
at 81 "A and No. 2 amber at 81 0S@i 10. Corn No. 2
shelled 3914c. Rye.-No. 2 is held In elevator at
barley No. 2 is quoted al 81; extra No. 8 ATS
No. 8 extra spring sold at 7s@75c. Hay-good to
prime timothy SIS 5 GA so per ton. Mess pork,
$40 IS; Lard prime kettle, SIC. Cot
''4 NEW YoRSk. il7asa State and West
ssa, g s. &c. ssea Is Is: oG soos so s s6 sSsd % STsss %s sns st ass
a 50@7 o.; common to good white wheat Western
extra, O. co. good to choice Ohio extra
tamily, = sS@s q; GsAi n; y sssz5 S7 red,
No. 2 Western and State s2@s6c. barley, common
Western, ssc. Corn-Ungra9ed, 4s@5lszc.; No.
a aEnise' % .t.a%a S S1gSl@ Sott 0at.Ts.s4 market Esfdt i.
frm; middling uplands, 12c.; middling Orleans,
BALTIMORE lour-western superfne, s. so
fy, IS 25@5 IS. Wheat-N No. : Western winter red,
81 24A. Corn - Western mixed 5o14@5 &c.
natsIMhite Western, ! S41c. mixed Western, $50
Observation-Disclosures extra FAM
", % s"sI n s s ri Is and s choice to tansy, ~ IS a'S @s 60:
mixed Western, On track, 6195ihs,i stsamer on
i white, Gc. lard. Western kettle. re '''
LOUISVILLE.-Flour-E1tra, s. 25Ss rs; extra
family, S. 1904 %; No. !, 81 1906 %; fancy, 20 UQ
@6 IS. Grain-Wheat, red and amber, sits. Corn
No. 2 white 42Hc.; mixed; 4Oc: ~oats-white,
$3.50; mixed, 35e. Rye-No p ssc; Hay
at l1@sl1 so. Lardzchoice prime steam &c.
choice In kegs, sk@s5sc. Cotton, 111c.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is steady: No.
2 red 81 Os@1 90. Corn-Is quiet at 35H@3eLc
ats-Are weak at 29933c.
TOC MARKETS.
CINCINNATI.-Beef Cattle-Common, 1.75a2. Csc
fair to medium, 2.25@S.4nc.; good to choice butcher
grades, 8. 6594.4Oc. fair to good shippers, 4.0Oa4.7 5c
GOOD to choice cows, 3.65@4.O0c. common 10 rood
stockers, 2,5o9s SOC: Hogs-cemmon, s.25@a.S Soc.
grades, 3.so@4.25c. and selected butchers qualities
4.25@4.35c; Sheep-Common tofair, 3.50@4.5Oc, anc
good to choice, 3. 75@4.50c-
NEW YORK.-Beef Cattle-Prime steers GA
10c.; Texas sides, IA@sc. Sheep and Lambs-MaT
ket fair at 4@5.30c. per Id. for sheep, and 5.750
&C. for spring lambs. Hogs-dressed, 81 50@4 10.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Bee Cattle-Best steer
at S494 80 per 100 lbs. Sales made Of fair tn poot
s 5O@s Is; common, s. 25@S IS per 100 lbs. HOS
Sales made of Workers. at s. s0@4 20 Per 100 f6s.
Philadelphis hog, s4.4o@A5o. Sheep and lamb
sailing At $S 0o0I 20 Per 100 lbs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24
Brave Women,

The extraordinary courage OF the Al
bantam women has been displayed over
and over again in the. history of the
country but one of the most celebrated
instances was that recorded of the branch
of the Albanian people represented by
the Suhotes, when they were besieged
by Ali Pasha in 1872. The Suliotes
formed a semi-independent confederacy,
comprising sixty-six villages, In the
districts Of Margariti, Paramythia and
Janina. Up to the time of Ali Pa
sha they prided themselves on the
regularity of the payments of their
dues to the Porte. But the in
trigues of the cunning old Vel, who
wanted to get the whole of the spnhilik
of Suli into his greedy hands, SOC
reused the people into rebellion, and
they commenced their glorious and
heightened war against the fa~r-greater
resources of the renowned Pasha. The
latter, by means of the duplicity of
which he was such a consummate mas
ter, had intrapped Tzavella, one of the
Suliote heads Of houses, into his power,
and then laid siege to the town of Suli.
He endeayored by brides to induce
Tzavella to turn traitor. Cunning here
met his match; the crafty Suliote pre-
tended compliance, and even left his
own son, Foto, In Ali Pasha's hands as a
hostage He returned to Sui under
pretense of betraying the town, but no
sooner had he arrived than he sent a
letter of defiance to the Pasha. Ali
then assailed the town, and it was here
that the heroism of the Albanian women
became SO conspicuous. Mosko, the
wife of Tzavella, and mother of Foto,
showed prodigies of valor during the
siege. She broke open some cartridge
boxes with a Ratchet, and then loaded
them on the other women, and, rushing
into the trenches, distributed them
among the Suliotes. Ali threatened to
roast alive her son Foto /; butshe replied
she was young, and could have other
children, and that she would eat a bit of
the roasted flesh of her sou rather than
betray her country.-Blackwood's Nag
azine,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24
Brain Pressure In Schools.

To do something toward remedying
brain pressure In schools, the London
Spectator says that it should be deter
mined beforehand what amount Of time
may be fairly expected to be required for
lessons to be prepared at home-say an
hour q day for those under thirteen, and
an hour and o half az two hours for those
above that age; and parents should be
asked to inform the teachers If the time.
thus fixed Is exceeded, in order that
the task, If needful, may be reduced In.
amount. Astill more important consid-
Grafton is the character of the task pre-
scribed. IF it consist of new work, and
be preparatory to the lesson of the next
day, it may present problems which puz-
zle and distress q slow-thoughted child;
especially if he has access to no intelli-
gent help at home. But If, as a rule,
home exercises are supplementary to
those of the school hours, and have for
their main purpose to illustrate, deepen
and fix what has already been explained,
they are not open to the same objection.
The main part of the intellectual diff
Guilty should be solved at school with the
help of the teacher; the solitary work Of
the home student should consist Of the
easier task of recapitulating and method
izing what is alrerdy understood
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24
Admiration.

Every man of sense and refinement
admires a woman as a woman; but when
she steps out of this character, q thou
sand things hat in their appropriate
sphere would be admired become dis
gushing and offensive. The appropriate
character of a woman demands the deli
cacy of appearance and manners, refine.
ment of sentiment, g%entleness of speech,
modesty in feeling and action, a shrink
ing from notoriety and public gaze,
aversion to all that is coarse and rude,
and an instructive adherence of all that
tends to indelicacy and impurity, either
in principle or action. These are the
traits which are admired and. sought for
in a woman.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24
An Irish Romance.

In these days, when everything is
driven by steam and stopped by air.
brakes, and ever the ticking of our
hearts is regulated by a golden key, like
most excellent clockwork, there is
very little room for ga romance
in real life." In q certain
county in Ireland, however, not quite a
hundred miles from Meath, there dwells
a family of nine beautiful maidens, who
are wont to amuse themselves by assum-
ing the apron and mob-cap of "neat-
handed Phillis," and make themselves
all sorts of pastry in the garden. Not
very long ago the cry and 'orn of the
'untsman was heard without, and one OF
the aforesaid nine, with her sleeves
tucked up and her bare arms beloured.
rushed to the garden gate, which, open
ing on a lane, shut behind her Just as a
smart young Prince, attached to an i'm
perial suite, attired in buckskin and
pink, came trotting up.
(which way has the fox gone? L did
not know such pretty wild flowers grew
in the hedges about here BEFORE" said
young NARROW. "And what may your
name be ?" She bit her lip, blushed,
and fairly bolted, but when the others
came up he was a little surprised and
abashed on learning that the heroine
was no other than a granddaughter to
the most noble Marquis who first In
formed our most gracious Malestyof hel
uncle's death.-London World.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24
Pistol Pncfhce.

At a picnic near Griffin, Tenn, Bob Hobbs,
a policeman, approached a lemonade stand,
over which Phil. Morris was presiding for the
the ladies. young farmer n a desperate
sort of a man named Tom Sullivan stood near.
Hobbs had arrested Sullivan one time for dis
orderly conduct while in town, and upon seeing
him approach, began cursing him. Sullivan's
sisters requested Hobbs not to hurt their
brother, as he had been drinking. After fur
Their talk Sullivan finally exclaimed he would go
home and get a shotgun and shoot Hobbs and
Morris when they went home. As the above
named gentlemen approached the residence of
q Mr.. Freeman in a buggy, they saw Sullivan
leave q crowd of ladies and gentlemen with a
shotgun in his hand, and approach them.
When within twenty feet he raised the gun to
fire. Hobbs threw up both feet and received
the full charge in his hips and groins. Sullivan
then turned and walked leisurely away. Nor
ris pulled out a revolver, and, pointing at Sulli-
van, emptied five chambers. He then drew
another weapon and emptied three chambers of
that, all without effect. Hobbs Wounds are
fatal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24

life and property almost beyond estimate was
destroyed by its forces. In Ohio and Indiana
particularly were the results disastrous. The
storm passed over the latter State in q south
easterly direction, unroofng property-leveling
much of it to the ground-and almost totally
destroying the growing crops. In Ohio the
storm spent most of its force in the Miami
Valley, and in the vicinity of Cincinnati the
destruction to property is without parallel. Al
most every building in its track was either
leveled to the ground or unroofed. Streams
overiowed and swept fences, buildings, and
crops down their currents. Whole forests were
laid to the ground, the telegraph disabled, and
railroad travel impeded yland slides and wash
outs. Throughout the State of Indiana q num-
Der of persons were killed and perhaps not less
than one hundred, all told, were more or less
injured by falling houses and flying debris.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24
A Sapphire That Weighs a Pound.

The London Telegraph says that Ber-
lin has just learned to its establishment
and qualification, from a report of the
Polytechnic Society's latest meeting,
that within its walls reposes a treasure
of almost fabulous value, the very exist
ence Of which had been hitherto unsus-
pected. A member of the above-named
society is the enviable owner of the
largest sapphire in the world-a stone
weighing nearly fifteen ounces Pure
sapphires of good color hold 30 high a
rank in the gem market that, we're this
gigantic jewel of the first water, it would
be worth no less a sum than s3, 200, 600.
1t is, however, not absolutely free from
impurities, a fact which materially d.
minishes its practical value, but enor-
nous bids for it, made at different times
by German Princes and wealthy min
eralogists, have been invariably rejected
by its proprietor, who has-oonstituted it
an heirloom, and confded it, in deposit,
to the custody of the state Judicial au-
thorities. A sapphire weighing nearly a
pound may fairly claim to rank as among
the wonders Of the world, 1t would be
interesting to learn how SO extraordi-
nary a gem came into the possession OF
the Prussian savant who exhibited it to
the wonder-stricken gaze of his fellow
Polytechnicians the other evening.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24
why Uncle PHI Broke the sabbath.

There are q great many people, in their
religion, that remind meof sUncle Phil
a pious old darby Of the old times in
Texas.
Well, Phil was q fervent Christian,
with a great gift of prayer. He attend
ed all the Saturday night prayer-meet-
ings on the neighboring plantations, and
could pray louder and longer than any
of the brethren. But Phil had one weak
ness, he dearly loved money, and, differ
emit from the negro generally, loved to
hoard it.
Near by us lived q man who, not troub-
led by any scruples, would pay Phil a
dollar to work in his fields on Sunday.
One Sunday night Phil came home after
dark. I~accosted him with:
where have you been, Ph1?"
"Oh, jest knocking about, massa."
'eYou have been working for Miller"
.fWen, you see, massa, the old fellow
is in weeds, and he Jest showed me a sill
yer dollar and I jest couldn't stand it"
CANT you afraid the devil will get
you for breaking the Sabbath?"
Phil scratched his head q minute and
said: .56t.
81 guess the Lordn 'scuse me, massa. -
mo. He says remember the Sab
bath day and keep it holy"
Phil went off looking pretty sober,
and it was not long before I heard his
voice in fArvent prayer back of the barn,
SO I thought I would slip down near
enough to hear.
"Oh, Lordl" Iheard him say, 'I have
this day ripped and feared, cussed and
sweared at them confounded oxen of Mil
ler's and jest broke the Sabbath day.
Oh, Lord, please forgive me please for
give me, for You knows Use nothing but
q miserable heather anyhow. If You'll
| Jest forgive me this time I'll never do il
again as long as I live, 'cepten he gives
me So. 80 a day"
At this point I was obliged to beat q
hasty retreat, but I am thinking that
poor Phil isn't the only $3.50 Christian
in this world,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24
Texas.

Though we talk of Texas being an
/" empire" about the vast territory en-
bracing 374, 1876 square miles about; its
1000, 600 of acres, we do not in all this
get SO clear and definite an idea of its
extent as we shall if we take a thin
piece of paper, with a map of the United
States before us, lay the paper over the
State of Texas, mark out its bounda-
ries, trim the paper down to the bound
airy lines, and then put n end, say on
Chicago, and swing the other end of the
paper out to the vicinity of Boston /; or,
with one end of the paper on Chicago,
swing the other down to New Orleans
or still further, holding one end On at
Chicago, swing the other out to Denver,
noting carefully how much territory,
how many States it covers completely at
each move, and we begin to get by this
process some correct idea of how much
land there is in 1900, 900 of acres
american Journal of Education,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24
Cur;ous Antinath;as-

Being, through an affection, very much
confined to my house, I take delight in
being surrounded by domestic pets, and
have been much amused by what I
thought the whims and affections of
my acquaintance. Some start and r
Ill at ease while my mastif (who is a
gentle as o lamb) lies under my table;
some tell me they have an aversion to
my parrot-its sometimes startling APP
ropos answers to words that curiously
fit In the conversation terrify them,
and they think it "uncanny;" others
and these are many-really cannot sit
in the room unless my cat (who is a
great pet) is removed. This all seemed
80 mysterious to me that I searched an
old work on the Affections and I'm
aginations of the Mind" for q solu-
ton, and was rewarded by the follow
ing extract, which / send, thinking it
may be interesting to your readers.
Nh. Chevraux, a celebrated French
writer, observes How exceeding
whimsical some a~ntipathies appear |
have known people to faint on smell
ing the delicious fragrance of a rose,
and yet experience a pleasure in smell
ing q jonquil or a hyacinth. A GER
tain Governor of one of the frontier
towns could not bear the sight of fish
spawn, and a lady whom I knew went
into commissions on seeing a crawfish.
Erasmus, who was a native of Rotter-
dam, had SO great an aversion to fish
that he could not even smell it without
being in a fever. If we may credit
Ambrose Pare, a man of some celeb
rity, he says he could never sit
at q table where cells were served up
without fainting. Joseph Scaliger never
drank milk, Garden could not bear eggs,
Julius Caesar Scaliger had an antipathy
to crosses Uladistas Jagelon, a Polish
King, hated apples /; and when Du Ches-
ne, secretary to Francis L, smelt them,
! they occasioned his nose to bleed. Hen
ry III. could not remain In a room where
I there was a cat the same aversion was
/ observed in Marshal Shomberg, Gov
ernor of Languedoc. The Emperor, Fer
dinand introduced a gentleman to the
Cardinal de Lorraine at Inspruek, whose
fear of cats was SO powerful that when
he heard them new at q distance blood
|sspurted from his nose. M. de Laucre
says that he knew a gentleman whose
fear of the hedgehog was excessive, and
who believed that hat animal had act
ually been preying on his entrails fo1
more than two years. He also relates
another story, equally singular, of a gen.
leman whose bravery none disputed, but
who was SO nervous when a mouse ap-
peared that he could not take out his
sword to destroy it. Mr.. Vaughneim,
the Kings huntsman in Hanover, tainted
when he saw a roasted pig. The philos,
opher Chrysippas hated bows 80 much
that when he was saluted he fell down.
There are persons who cannot tolerate
the sight of spiders, and there are those
who eat them for amusement. A friend
of mine, a gentleman brave as the best,
tainted when vaccinated. q few months
ago. He could not account for it, he
said, as of course there was no pain,
neither did he feel any repugnance."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24
Thi. sound. Like War.

correspondent writing from st. Petersburg
says: Reports have been received here that the
Chinese have crossed the frontier in large force,
and that hostilities have already commenced.
General Kaufman denies the correctness of
these statements, and does not apprehend any
extensive hostile demonstration before next
fall. Several additional battalions are ready to
proceed to the Kuldia frontier Immediately.
The Government has telegraphed to its agents
IN Pekin for information in regard to the num-
Der Of Americans and Englishmen who have
taken service with the Chinese armies and naval
forces. Major Gordon's embryo Chinese con-
tingent, composed of English officers, have
rendered their services to the Chinese Govern
ment, which, however, hesitates to accept them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24
Some Curious Facts About Memory.

some CURIOUS EacIS ABOUT memory
M. Delaunay has made a communica-
ton to the Societe de Biologie respect
ing memory as studied under the various
biological conditions. The inferior
races of mankind, such as negroes, the
Chinese, etc., have more memory than
those of a higher type of civilization.
Primitive races which were unacquaint-
ed with the art of; writing had a wonder
full memory, and were for ages in the
habit of handing down from n gener-
alton to another hymns as voluminous
as the Bible. Prompters and professors
of defamation know that ONE have
more memory than men. French women
will learn a foreign language quicker
than their husbands. Youths have more
memory than adults. 1t is well deyel-
oped in children, attains its maximum
about the 14th or 18th year, and then
decreases. Feeble individuals of a lynn
phatic temperament have more memory
than the strong. Students who obtain
the prize for memory and recitation
chiefly belong to the former class.
Partisan students have also less memory
than those who come from the prov
inces. At the Ecole Normale and other
schools the pupils who have the best
memory are not the most intelligent.
The memory is more developed among
the peasantry than among citizens, and
among the clergy than among the laity.
The memory remains intact In dis
eases of the left side of the brain, and Is
much affected in those of the right, from
which it may be inferred that the right
side is more the seat of this faculty than
the left. From a physiological point of
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-24
HerribIe

A terrible accident occurred near Republic,
No., the past week. Owing to the scarcity of
harvest hands the wife of John =. Summer was
irving the reaper in the wheat field, when by
some means she was thrown from her seat to
the ground in front of the sickle, which man
yled her most horribly. Her right arm was cut
on below the elbow, her LEFT arm nearly sew
cred above the elbow, and the left side of her
breast horribly cut Her injuries were so seri-
Gus that, despite the attendance of a surgeon,
Heath ensued on the following night. Mr.. John
L. Sumner was at work in another part of the
field, and nawar of he nature of the acct
dent, after considerable difficulty captured
the team. He did not suspect the disastrous
consequences of the runaway until he saw the
blood on the sickle. Mrs. Summer leaves five
children, one a small infant.