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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
The Hottest Spot on Earth.

One of the hottest regions on the
earth is along the Persian gulf, where
little or no rain falls. At Bahrin the
arid shore has no fresh water, yet a
comparatively numerous population
contriye to live there, thanks to the
copious springs which break forth from
the bottom of the sea. The fresh water
is got by diving. The diver, sitting IN
his boat, winds a great goatskin bag
around his arm, the hand grasping its
mouth; then takes in his right hand g
heavy stone, to which is attached a
strong line, and, thus equipped, he
plunges in and quickly reaches the bot
tom. Instantly opening the bag over
the strong jet Of fresh water, he springs
up the ascending current, at the same
time closing the bag, and is helped
aboard. The stone is then hauled up,
and the diver, after taking breath,
plunges again. The source of the CO.
pious submarine springs Is thought to
be in the green hills of Osman, scme
500 or GOO miles distant.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
A ROYAL Fabric.

Velvet was originally an Asiatic pro-
duction, introduced into Rome at the
time of the Emperors. It seems that
the ancient Greeks were not acquainted
with it. In the middle ages some man.
ufactories of velvet were established at
Constantinople, and in some other
towns of the Eastern empire. At a
later time the fabrication of yelvets
prospered at Venice, at Genoa, and at
other towns in Italy, before they were
known in France. Two Genoese inn
ported this branch of industry into
Lyons, where they established a manu-
factory under the auspices of Francis
l., in 1886. Velvet, by the richness OF
its texture, at once took the priority on
the continent of all tissues. It became
the chief material of the costumes OF
the middle classes, the ornament oil
ceremonials, and was employed to sci
off sumptuous apartments.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
A Horses Revenge.

&The society for the protection of
animals against the cruelty of human
animals is not remarkable forits activity
in this country writes the Paris cor
respondent of q London paper. "The
police appear to think it no business of
theirs when carriers or coachmen brut-
ally maltreat their horses in the streets,
or when boys amuse themselves by
torturing dogs and cats or whatever
other creatures have the i'll luck to fall
into their hands. The horse would
appear to be aware of the s~upineness of
their supposed protectors, for they have
taken the matter into their own hands,
or rather into their own teeth and feet.
A carter, by hard fogging at his three
horses, got them to drag sixteen tons
of coal to the foot of the steep hill
which leads to the Boulevard Bessieres;
but his powers of stimulation utterly
failed to induce them to proceed any
further thick steam rose up from
their painting sides and nostrils.
@Budgel" said the iend; and straight
way the carter began to lash and swear.
A crowd gathered around the ferocious
beast, who abandoned the lash and be-
gan to bang his stick about their heads
and to kick them with hob-nailed boots
in the sides. The leader of the team
took upon himself to protest against
this extreme measure. He turned
around, seized the carriers arm with his
teeth, tossed him to the ground and
trampled him with his hoofs; then
seized him again with his teeth and
tossed him about. The crowd and the
police, which had looked approvinglyo on
while he tortured the horses, interfered
for the protection of the human monster
who wa with great difficulty torn bleed
ing and mangled from the just equine
rnsantmenf.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22

dates can be arrived at now, will occur
some time in the early parto of February.
The event is to be, celebrated by what
might be termed a general excursion"
of Southern merchants to Cincinnati,
where they will be b~anqueted at Music
Hall in princely style. Sixteen tables
will extend the full width of the Main
Hall, and twelve small ones viii be
| placed on the stage. The banquet will
be in courses, and will consist of all the
d~elicacies of the season, followed by
choice wines, and all the features usual
to occasions of this kind. The
banquet will be the largest eve
given on American soil. Plates
will be laid for 2,416 persons. At
the tables on the stage will be the pre-
siding officer, toast master, and those
who are to respond to the toasts. At
the main tables there will be assigned
two members of the Local Committee
to see that the guests have proper at
tentions. Colored walters will serve the
supper, one being assigned to each eight
persons. During the progress of the
banquet and between the toasts, there
will be music by the great organ and by
the Thomas Orchestra. The gallery
overlooking Main Hall will be thrown
open TO spectators, including ladies.
About $50, 900 has been subscribed for
the purpose, which is amply sufficient
to guarantee success.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
The 8 I'm Maine.

= Says an Associated Press dispatch
from Augusta: 1t having been an
nounced that James d. Lamson, Presi.
dent of the Senate, would this morning
assume the duties of Governor, Gen.
Chamberlain states that he shall posi-
lively refuse to recognize his claims to
that position, and furthermore, will
recognize no one as Governor who shall
be chosen by the Legislature as at pre-
sent constituted.
On the assembling of the Senate this
morning, President Lamson sent a letter
announcing that he had assumed the
duties of Governor. Senator Ellis, of
Waldo, was chosen President pro fem.
The Committee on Gubernatorial Votes
reported the whole number of vote 1885,
807; necessary for choice, 69, 400. Daniel
F. Davis had 68, 40; Joseph L. Smith,
47,649; Alonzo Garcelon, q, 844; Bion
Bradbury, 1853; Daniel =. David, 200;
remainder scattering. The Gonstit ution
candidates are Daniel T. Davis, Joseph
L. Smith, Alonzo Garcelon, and Bion
Bradbury.
On a proposition to hold q joint con-
vention for the purpose of qualifying
the acting Governor. Mr.. Locke, of Cum
berland, made q. long speech, In which
he reviewed the action of the Gov
ernor and Council, and took up the cases
and counted out memberson the grounds
upon which they were counted out. Mr..
Locke claimed that certificates issued
by the Governor and Council to those
not chosen were not legal, aud the acts
passed by such a body would not be
recognized by courts or obeyed by the
people.
A joint convention WAS termed
and inc the presence of Secretary
of State5and several members of the
Council, John D. Lamson took the
oath and was proclaimed acting Gov
ernor of the State. But sixty members
were present in the House, and it ad.
journed without transacting any bust.
ness.
Chamberlain refuses to recognize
Lamson, and when in the evening, the
Republicans were capturing the State
House, Lamson appealed to Chamber
lain to stop them from entering, but
Chamberlain refused. The Republican,
entered and held their places through
the night, sleeping on their benches.
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
rhe DI.fre.. I'm Irelana.

The situation in the distressed dis
tricts in Ireland are becoming extremely
critical. A Cork correspondent says
that in n day sixty ab1e-bodied men
with their families were admitted to the
Killarney Work House. Lord Randolph
Churchill, son of the Duke of MARI
borough, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
writes to the Times contradicting Par
Reinstatement that Queen Victoria gave
nothing to relieve the distress of 1847 in
Ireland. He says her Majesty sub
scribed 92, 900, Prince Albert e. 00
and the members of the royal family
$500. As soon as the present fund Of
the Duchess of Marlborough was opened
the Queen was the first to contribute
G500.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
The Maine M

The news from Maine is voluminous,
and, wemay say, in a measure contra
dictory. The Fusionists in joint session
have elected their Governor Joseph L.
smith and inaugurated him. An execu-
tive council has also been chosen. The
Supreme Court, in the evening of
the same day, rendered a decision in
favor of the Republicans. This has had
the effect to depress the Fusionists to
some degree, and q few of them have
announced their intention to yield.
Gov. Smith has issued an order revok-
ing General C~hamberlain's commission
as commander of the militia and requir-
ing all commanders of militia to report
to the Adjutant General.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
rhe RepubIican. I'm MAINE.

The Republican Legislature of Maine
assembled Saturday afternoon, and
elected Daniel F. Davis, Governor, and
an Executive Council of six members.
Late in the evening Governor Davis
took the oath and delivered the inaug-
ural address. Early in the day General
Chamberlain senta reply to the Fusion
Governor, declining to recognize his au-
thority, and refusing to surrender the
command of the militia. After Coy
ernor Davis Inauguration, an order was
issued retaining Chamberlain as Com
mander of Militia, and the latter Of
ficially recognized Davis as Governor,
and SO the matter rested Saturday night.
There were no signs of disturbance.
Both Governors have keys to the Elk
ecutive Chambers, and Davis took DOS
session after his inaugural.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
starved to Death.

Mrs. Tumy, of Cincinnati, who has
been laboring under the hallucination
that she had no stomach, and therefore
refused to eat anything, has at last been
relieved of her sufferings by death, her
fast covering a period Of four weeks and
one day. During that time she ate
nothing but a spoonful of egg broth and
tool. one sup of water. She was a
woman weighing $50 pounds when she
began her fast, and at the time of her
death, was nothing but a mere skeleton,
weighing but 30 pounds. Her last words,
family spoken. were " bread, bread.
bread" and, "God has forgotten me-"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
A CelluIoid ExpIosion.

A celluloid explosion in New York a
few days ago resulted in much damage
to life and property. An investigation
into the cause of the accident, "gave a
verdict that the explosion was the
result from natural causes, due
to agencies within the control of
man, and the condition of things, which
made such disastrous results, probably
was to a great extent preventable, but
in this case found beyond human
power, because Of the over-confdence of
experts of the company in misunder-
standing the safety of the combination
of materials, the properties of which
had not passed beyond the dangerous
shoals of experiment. The jury
can not regard such management
as otherwise than extremely imprudent,
and demands a radical change. The
mutilated forms of the victims point
sternly to the personal responsibility of
the management hat permitted such
experiments in a room filed with work
men, and with such imperfect means of
escape" The seventh victim of this
terrible disaster has just died.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
ont ON the Lake.

It is reported from Little Traverse,
Mich, that five persuasive men, a
woman (wife of one of the mem and
two children-started from Beaver Is
land in a sailboat for Little Traverse.
The boat, getting between to floating
masses of ice, was badly crushed. The
occupants were forced to embark on the
ice. The party became separated, one
man reaching the village of Cross Lake,
badly frozen and nearly famished. The
rest of the PARTY, the man and wife and
two children, have not yet been heard
from.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
What Greeley and Carey Thought OF
Each Other.

Horace Greeley and Henry @. Carey
were our great writer's on political
economy in. their day, and were both
ardent champions of protection. Their
views of each other as political econo-
mists is a painful illustration of the
infrmities of greatness. Greeley wrote
of Carey: He Is a man of marked
ability and learning. In many respects
he has hardly an intellectual superior
in the country; but when he touches
political economy he stultifes himself,
showing considerable ingenuity, but
not a particle of common sense"
Carey's opinion of Greeley was summed
up as follows: Greeley is an excellent
leader writer; he understands public
sentiment as well as any man know;
but he makes fearful mistakes the mo-
ment he approaches political economy.
I admire him as a journalist, but as a
political economist he is beneath con-
tempt. Indeed, it is not too strong to
say that on the subject of political
economy he is simply an idiot, and
always will be."-Phlladelpkia Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
Edison,s Liehf.

Mr.. Edison now acknowledges tina
his light is something of a failure,
but points out the weak point, which he
says he car overcome. He says that
the place at which the platinum wire
enters the lamp, from the great heat,
cracks the glass and air is admitted.
This, he says, he can remedy, after which
all difficulties will be overcome. Until
the glass becomes cracked the lamp ap-
pears to be a success.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
A Sudden

An Oil Citizen of an enthusiastic ma
ture became convinced of the error of
his ways and determined to reform.
He joined the church, but found it ex-
tremely difficult to give up all his bad
habits. Among other things he had
been an inveterate swearer, and his
tongue would persist in slipping quite
frequently. One Sunday he went to
church, and, being sleepy, began nod
ding. Finally, he got his a n in
front of him, and, resting his head on
the handle, went to the land of Nod.
He was sleeping aweetly and serenely,
when some sinful cuss kicked the cant
out and the newly-converted Christians
head came down on the back of the
seat in front of him like q pile
driver, causing him to calculate with
unnecessary emphasis: @Great Godl .
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22

that the Court of Appeals this morning
rendered decision reversing and re-
manding the Abe Rothschild State
murder case. The volunteer State coun-
sci, working without pay, win doubtless
retire, leaving the District Attorney
alone. Few witnesses remaining, de-
PENDANT viii doubtless get. a change Of
venue. Rothschild stands a fair chance
of ultimate acquittal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
Wi.consin,. Finanee..

The Wisconsin Legislature assembled
on the 10th. The following figures are
taken from the Governors message: The
receipts during the year were $1,812,-
682; expenditures, 81, 627, 146; aggre-
gate Indebtedness of the State, $2,252,-
057; indebtedness of counties, cities,
towns, etc. in the State amount to $10,-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
An Honest DefauIter.

J. b. Rhorer, cashier of the Savings
Bank, louisville, is a defaHlter to the
amount of $67, 900. The officers of the
bank, satisfied that funds were short, were
examining the books, and when they
said, CHOW, Mr.. Rhorer, we will ex-
anime your books" Rhorer took up a
piece of paper and wrote: Deficit
$67, 000,n and handed it to them. He
then walked to the Jail and gave him
self up. He is a man seventy years old
and has for a long time been cashier of
the bank.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22

A London dispatch says that the COM
mander of the Fifth Prussian Corps
t~elegraphs from Possn that the reported
quarrel between Russian and German
armyofieers at Kalish, Poland, never
occurred, and that the entire story is a
pure fabrication. The Hamburger Cor.
respondent lnewspaper) is responsible
for the publications
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22

Chas. Smith, for arson, was lynched
by q mob near Walton, KY, while on
his way from Rising Sun, Ind, to Bur-
hngton, KY, in the custody of officers.
had acknowledged his crime and had
written home for $500 bail. He was a
native of Virginia and an escaped CON
vict of the Frankfort P~enitentiary. -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22

Negro immigrants from Texas con-
tinue to arrive in great number in La
bette County, Kansas, on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railroads, by teams
across the Indian Territory. The winter
is mild there, but house-room is not to,
be had for them. Some are living in
tents and wagons in the woods. Some
deaths have taken place, and some suf-
fering from poverty.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22

SPAIN has 90 Dukes, s66 Marquises,
632 Counts, 90 discounts, SO Barons.
The whole number of persons bearing
the titles of Duke, Marquis, Earl, Wis
count, Baron and Lord in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
is somewhere about 900, but of these
only some 400 have seats in the House
of Lords. Most of the rest bear mere
ly courtesy titles.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22

Says a Quebec telegram: The Mayor
has the following from the Lord Mayor
of London: Distress in Ireland is in
creasing. You are urgently requested
to send relief" The following, is from
the Lord Mayor of Dublin: distress
increasing. Aid urgently requested
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22

-"No, THANK you; I never waltz; ma
says if any of the young men want to
hug me they must do it on the sly; she
won't have them mussing my dress up,
and leaving finger marks on my white
waist, so long as she does the washing
and has to support me-"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
wen. Now.

Says a special from Frankfort, KY:
"The Senate fixed the pay of grand and
petit jurors at s$1.25 and $l.50, respec-
lively; and reduced the tax on playing
cards from twenty-five cents to ten cents
per PACKAGE
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22

A LONG time ago, in Mason county
KY, an old topper agreed to fight a fero-
cious RAM, the prize being a quart of
whisky. The whole village collected to
see the fight. Both man and ram
charged at the same time, but the man
quickly righted, and, planting his foot
upon the hfeless carcass Of his foe, de-
manded and drank the whisky. just
at the moment of collision the man had
dropped his head, and the nose, of the
ram coming in contact with the ele-
waited shoulders, the animals neck was
hrnEon 80 - u -. u -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
Horrible Abuse of a child.

A special gives the details of the hor-
rible treatment of John McGregor, an
orphan boy only seven years old, in the
southwestern part of Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa, by a man named Gillett.
During Christmas week the boy was
compelled to watch cattle in cornields
without sufficient clothing, and became
80 badly frozen that he could not stand
up. He has been taken to Clear Lake
for treatment, and when his boots were
taken eff by the physicians his toes and
part of the left foot came off, and part
of the toes from the right foot. Both feet
will have to be amputated.
His body was frozen in a shocking
manner, as also his face, ears and fingers.
His back is covered with welts where
he was beaten with a strap and buckle,
the tongue of the buckle piercing the
flesh. he was SO starved hat he stole
the food given the dog, which, being
discovered, he was beaten nearly to
death, and his own excrement crammed
into his mouth, and he made to swallow
it. Gillet and his wife were arrested
and are in Jail. An action for civil
damages has been brought, as Giilet is
worth property.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22

Carlotta A. Patti brought suit for
libel against the st. Louis Post Dispatch
for saying she got drunk. The said
journal set about producing a mass OF
testimony to prove its assertion. Patti
has Withdrawn the suit.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
aaneraI anrneId.-

Afermal count of the votes of both
Houses of the Ohio Legislature resulted
in the election of General Jas. A.. Gar
field United States Senator, Senator
Thurman's successor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
The Exodus Continue

One hundred more colored emigrants
are said to be on their way to Indiana
from Goldsboro, N. g. A dispatch says
that several hundred more are to follow.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
s-cientl.t. MAY Dlnsr

About the pathology of rheumatism, its origin
and whether it be hereditary, but ~irrefragable
testimony proves that when a tendency to it
develops itself, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is
a reliable means of subduing that tendency.
Some of the prescribed remedies for the disease
are decidedly objectionable from the danger
attending their use, others are utterly insf-
f@ectual, the best, the safest check is the Bitters.
This very obstinate malady, the more efectu-
ally to overcome it, should be grapplsd With at
the outset. Every one knows what terrible,
what c~easeless pain it can infiot. Why then,
should this atrocious, often fatal complaint be
allowed to gain Roadway through indifference
to its earliest symptoms, when . rate, long
tested and strongly recommended medicine pre-
sents itself. In addition TO suggesting this Q
means of relief it seems not inappropriate tc
caution the rheumatic against exposure.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
For Wife Murder.

John Dyer, who has been on trial at
Albion, Ind, for the murder of his wife
on the 9Th of January. 1873, has been
sentenced to the pe~nitentiary for life.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22

Says a Chicago dispatch: varlan Kea-
papack. q Bohemian, in the County Jail
for wife beating, hung himself this
morning with a strap attached to the
water pipe in his cell.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
Heavy Floods.

The Island of st. Kits has been
visited by heavy floods with terrible
damage to life and property. 1t is
estimated that not less than two hun
dred people persisted.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
Two Governnmenfs.

Maine has two Governments-two
Legislatures and two Governors. The
Republican Legislature adjourned on
the 18th to await the action of the Su-
preme Court in the matter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
The ohio women

The Toledo Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton is appealing to the Ohio Legislature
for educational suffrage. They desire
to present themselves in a delegation to
argue the matter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22

At Franklin, La, Sidney Cole went
to J. B. Woford's house and told him
he had come to kill him. The latter
got a gun and killed Cole. He gave
himself up and was e~xonerated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22

DR.. ANARCHISTS UTERINE ~cATHoLIcoN will posi-
lively cure Female Weakness, such rs Falling Of the
the Uterus, Incidental Hemorrhage or Flooding. Painful
Suppressed and Irregular Menstruation, DC. An old and
reliable remedy. Send postal card for q pamphlet, with
treatment, cures and certificates from physicians and
patients, to owART 4 BALLARD, Uric1, New York.
Sold by all Druggists-sl.5O per bottle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
Her Hushand,s CLOCK.

She laid her pretty hand upon her
husbands shoulder. @Henry, love,
there's something the matter with the
clock; will you see to it," So he took
off his coat, removed the face and fin.
gers, examined the interior parts with
a large magnifying-glass, blew into them
with the bellows, oiledthem thoroughly,
and did all that mortal ingenuity could
devise. But it was of no avail, and so,
despairing, at a late hour of the night,
he went to bed and slept the sleep Of
the righteous. Next morning at break
fast quoth she: @Harry, dear, I know
what was the matter with the clock"
sWeu?n at only wanted winding"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22
The Great Blood Purifier.
Dr.. w. Ross Writes.

Scre1tsIa, Lfres Complaint, Dyspeps
sia, determinations, Weakness.
81. R. STEVENS, BosToN:
haveb been practicing medicinef for rs years,
and as a remedy for ScrQfiIa, Lfver Com
plainL Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Weakness
and all diseases OF the blood, I have never
found its equal. / have sold VEaETINE for
seven years, and have never had one bottle
returned. l would heartily recommend it to
those in need of a blood purifier.
DIR. w. ROSS, Druggist
Sept. IL, 1878. Wilton, Iowa