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The daily gazette., 1880-12-07
a MODERN BLUEBEARD.
HE browns HIS WIVES IN A cAIRENE
WE'LL,


WELL.
Cairo has been plunged Into profound
CONSERVATION by the discovery of an ap-
palling crime-or rather, series of crimes
-perpetrated by a religious recluse
Sheikh Hamuda Eerda, hitherto enjoy
ing high reputation for sanctity, and
even popularly credited with supernat-
ural powers of extraordinary efficacious-
ness in the way of curing female pat ents
by holy spells, impaired to him by the
Prophet. Women were wont to make
pilgrimsges from all parts of Lower
Egypt to the house of this supposed
saint, In order to solicit his intercession
with Allah in their behalf. About three
weeks ago the wife of an Egyptian Off
Ger betook herself to the Sheikh's resi-
dence for this purpose. When, however,
several hours had elapsed without any
thing having been heard or seen of her
since she entered Hamuda's doors, her
husband applied to the Cairo police for
assistance to discover her Whereabouts,
and rigid search was forthwith insti-
tuted in the holy mans domicle. To
the horror of the unfortunate officer
his wife's body was found, with several
other female corpse, thrust. into huge
cstern standing in the Sheikh's garden.
The cistern, in fact, was brimfull of muir
dered women. damuda Berda, arrest
cd on the spot and conveyed to prison,
subsequently, confessed to the Cadi that
it had been his practice for some time
past, whenever consulted by a female
possessed of rich Jewels or other port
able property of value, to invite his Wis
itor to take turn with him In the gar
den, where he would proceed to strangle
her, despoil her remains and fling them
into his cistern. Egyptian justice has
probably made an example Of this saint
! parsonage by hanging him up in front
of his own house door.
The daily gazette., 1880-12-07

There are 10000 students in at
tendance at the Catholic colleges in
the United States.
At the close of the war there
were two Congregational churches
in the South there are now seventy
three.
Twelve students in the Baptist
theological seminary in Burmah are
anxious to become missionaries
among their heathen countrymsn.
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The daily gazette., 1880-12-07

Princess Louise, wife of the Cover
nor General Of Canada, has made up
with her mamma, Queen Victoria,and
has paid her visit. This restores
the friendly relations broken by the
last visit of the Princess to England,
which was against the wishes of the
Queen.
The daily gazette., 1880-12-07

IT is thrown out in view of the re-
moval of General Schofield from the
Superintendency of West Point in the
uear future, that Geueral o. Howard
will be appointed in his stead. He
has been summoned to Washington
and is now thore to consalt with the
President.
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EDUCATIONAL.
DANCHNGi

DASoINsi
REOPENING OF A. y. WEBSTER'S Sc
LECT DANCING ACADEMY.
Thursday Evening, September 9th,
AT THE
MASONIC TEMPLE, Wilmington, Del.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Misses and Mas
tiers wishing TO become proficient In all
the dances of the day, and to learn the
new and more fashionable ones, will hnd
1t TO their advantage to begin with the
opening of the season.
EVENING CLASSES.
Commencing Thursday, September 9th.
Gentlemen'G class Monday and Thursday
evenings from 8 to 10 o'clock.
AFTERNOON CLASSES.
Commencing on Saturday, october ID,
Ladies' aud Misses and Masters class
Thursdays from to o, and Saturdays.
from 200 to 400. Private lessons given
at any hour to suit convenience.
GLIDE AND RACQUET wALTZES TAUGHT
IN A FEW LESSONS.
Special arrangements for Schools and
Seminaries, and Ior private classes OF
ladies or gentlemen, can be made by ap-
plying at the Academy. at Robelin d
Bros, No. 7l0 Market street, or by mail to
A. S. WEBSTER,
epl4 Masonic Nemp1e.
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q Tickets, 49, 55 Tickets, Sl00
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and 800 Broadway. New York. nov1.
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TO Pr Y SbClA ~ 8
AND
CONSUMERS OF
COD LIVER OIL.

knowing from experience the dlssatls-
taction so often attending the dispensing
OF many of the emulsions in the market l
would call your attention to some of the
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dnest Norwegian and the most scrupu-
lous care is exercised in the choice of all
material and in every detail of its manu-
faGture. BY careful manipulation this
emulsion is made with the smallest pos
sible amount of gum, and by the very mi
mute division of the oil globules is render
ed very fluid and perfectly palatable.-
Each tablespoonful costaiDs so per cent.
of Z II and B grains of Hypophosphite OF
Lime. Samples will be gladly furnished
10 a.. Physicians who may desire them.--
Pun L In pint bottles, price 81. Manu-
factured and sold wholesale and retail by
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DRUGGIST.
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
A CannibaI Witch in India.

One of the most interesting passages
in MI. Bells "JuDgle Life in India " is
that which treats of certain witches, or
enchanters. The English have passed a
law ~forbidding the killing of persons of
this profession, on pain of death to the
executioner. Nevertheless. a number
of cattle having disappeared in a certain
village, it was opined that they had
been destroyed by the black art, and in
carnations were resorted to for the dis
covery of the offender. The lot fell upon
an elderly female, who, on being charged
with the crime, calmly and unhesitat-
ingly confessed that she had devoured
the animals in question. The owner of
the latter, however, generously consented
to forgive her; here the matter should
have ended.
But shortly afterwsrd the son of this
same merciful parsonage died, and the
witch proved to have had stomach for
him likewise, though she was conscien.
tious enough to add that she had been
assisted at the feast by two other ladies,
whose names she mentioned. The.lattel
made no bones about admitting thei1
completely, and the injured father and
cattle owner then informed them that he
should really be compelled to cut of
their heads-an action which he accord
ingly performed, the ladies offering nc
e~xpostulation or resistance whatever.
This phase of the episode having beer
thus finished, to the apparent satisfac
ton of all concerned, the avenger placed
himself in the hands of the English au
thorities, who, as in duty bound, re
lieved him of his existence.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Relics of the Past,

The Washington correspondent of the
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser writes:
Mr.. James stephenson, of the Smith
sonian Institute, has just returned from
Arizona and New. Mexico, where he
spent the summer in digging among the
ruins of the Cliff Dwellers," who lived
in that country six hundred years ago.
Mr.. Stephenson brings three carloads of
scientific e~uriosities in the shape Of pot
terry, agricultural implements, house
hold and mechanical utensils, which he
found among the ruins, where they have
been buried for five or six centuries
He says it was no trouble to find these
relics, IS he dug up tons after tons of
them, but the difficulty was to select the
most valuable. This people were hall
| civilized, and lived in caves excavated
in the clay cliffs. S~tephensons says
there must have been a very dense
population at one time, for the cliffs
were full of those curious dwellings fol
miles at a stretch. The race has almost
become extinct, and its characteristics
have become obliterated by contact an6
association with the Indians, who are
supposed to have massacred them o.
driven them from the country. Tina
they were a peaceful people is shown BY
the fact that few implements of wal ar
found. The Archaeological of the Smith
sonian-a curious old German-wil
take charge of the collection and Civ
US q theory.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
The Dark Side of Oficial Cerkship.

The minor oficeholder is only a mi
nor oficeholder under any and all cir
cumstances. Hardly once in a genera
ton is a department clerk raised to the
dignity of a chief. The very fact that
ne has held small places operates against
him. Ii Re possesses political influence
he does not add to it but forfeits it when
he a subordinate position. He
becomes the underling Of somebody, and
it is not a liberty to entertain opinions
of his own. He finds it easy to earn his
money, but in nine ca-es out of ten he
finds It still easier to spend it. The
Gle ks who save anything are almost as
rare as those who overwork themselves.
But the real trial comes when n party
is swept out of power and the other
comes in. EVENT. the subordinate off e
holder were willing to change his politics,
to meet the changed condition of affairs,
he does not usually get the chance. His
place is wanted by a hundred patriots of
the victorious side, andhe receives a rude
notice to quit. 1t then slowly dawns
on his mind that he has not made much
advance during his term of oficeholdiDg.
He comes out just where he went in
| no richer, no more industrious, and mol
quite 60 we'll prepared to resume his
place in the ranks and fight the battle
of life. He comes to have a distaste fol
work-for that kind of work at leasr
which requires Linn to be at his pos
early in the morning and remain late in
the evening. He hangs around, doins
nothing, but still hoping that som
crumbs of patronage will again fall Il
his share, and waiting in vain.
The moral is brief: If a man can fine
honest work to do on his own account b,
would better do it, and not trust to TIT
chance of securing a public place
Oficeholding is the most uncertain
trade in the world.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
When a Mans a Coward.
TVirginia (Nev.) Chronicle.J

NNSf-J ASA
"It's astonishin'," remarked the old
forty-niner this morning as he nodded
over his glass to our reporter, cts
astonishin' what a coward a man is at
home-a regular crawlin' sneak, by Jove!
I've travelled a good bit and held up my
end in most O the camps on the coast
sence '49. I've got three bullets inside
O. me. I've shot an been shot at, an
never heard nobody say 1 hadn't as
good grit as most fellers that's goin'.
But at home Pm a kyote. Afore I'd let
the old woman know that her hot
biscuits wasn't AL when it's like stiff
amalgam, I'd fill myself as full as a re-
tort. Pve done it lots O. times. Most
O my teeth Is gone from tuggin' on
beefsteaks that the old woman had fried.
Dye think 1 roar out and cuss when ]
90 over a chair in the dark? No, sir.
While Pm rubin my shins an keepin'
back the tears Pm likewise sweating
fur fear the old woman has been woke
| by the upset. 1t didn't use to be so,'
sighed the poor fellow, thoughtfully
rubbing his shining scalp. "When we wal
| first hitched I thought / was the super
| intendent, but after a year or two o.
argyin' the pint / settled down to shown
the car at low wages. I kin lick any
man O. my age an SIZE" cried the ole
gentleman, banging the saloon tabl'
with his wrinkled fist: "Ill shoot
knife, stand up or rough and tumble
for coin, but when I hang my hat OIL
the peg in the hall, an take off m.
muddy boots, an hear the old woman
ask if. that's me, 1 tell you the starcl
comes right out O me-"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
A Free Ride.

Somebody says that all remarkable
stories that are told for truth are
founded in New Jersey. The following
little incident however, did perhaps moi,
occur for the first time in Jersey. An
exchange from that State says: One
evening last week a partially intoxicated
woman boarded Conductor Graham's
train at Homestead Station. She was
"fat and forty, mot fair, and was chock
ullofexurberance. When the conductor
approached to collect her ticket the
woman turned upon him what she un-
doubtedly intended as a most bewitching
smile, aud exclaimed, loud enough to be
heard throughout the car: !"It's a ticket
ye want, is it? Sure an'ye can just take a
kiss and call itsquarel" at the same time
presenting an upturned face for the
| proffered kiss. Conductor Graham is
as everybody knows, an extremely mod
| est man, and the righteousness of the
situation, coupled with the laughter o.
the passengers, took him completely
aback. To coverhis confusion he passed
on to another Car upon his errand o.
ticket gathering, and before he returned
the woman had left the train at Ridge
| field
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
California's Orange Crops.
[san Francisco Bulletin.l

= A citizen who owns an orange orchard
in Los Angeles County, says that the
CROP this year will not be as large as last
year-that is, there will not be as many
oranges in number, but they will aver
age much larger than last year. The
crop a year ago brought, on the trees, an
average of 81 a thousand. 1t is said
that the crop has already been sold to
Sar Francisco dealers. Last year most
Of the orange crop of San B~ernadian
went to Arizona, and it is probable
that the greater partof it will take that
destination this year. Arizona opens a
new market for the fruit growers of
Southern California. The mining devel-
opmepts of that territory are increasing
the population. There are no orchards
in bearing in that country. The pio-
neer miner is always hungry for fruit,
and these people made a better market
for orange last year they could not be
found elsewhere. There are an i'm
mense number of orange trees which
have come into bearing in Southern Cal
ifornia within the last three year. The
new trees of course bear a light crop,
but these greatly augment the aggregate.
Twenty-Five dollars a thousand make
| these crops a very desirable one wher
| each tree will average a thousand oran-
ges, and a great many trees will go 6
long way above that number.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
CONGRESSIONAL.

HousE-Mr. Price, (Rep. of Ia spoke at
length on the bill relating to bank reserves.
He declared himself opposed to any tinkering
with the currency, either as to the quantity or
quality Of the paper which was circulating.
He was also opposed to taking away
the legal tender quality of the greenback. This
bill requires that one-half of the reserves in
national banks be kept in gold and silver
coins of the United States mfr. Horr (Rep.
of Mich. of the Committee on Manufactures,
made q speech of great severity on the manner
in which his committee has been continuously
slighted by other committees whose duty it has
been to appeal to the Committee on Manufac-
lures for information, instead of running all
over the country in ~fruitless search, and then
induce the passage of appropriation bills that
facts did not warrant. His committee, he said,
had been created in 1S19-the most important of
all committees-yetnever was anything referred
it to under any circumstances.
HoUsE.-The following bills were introduced
and referred: Repeating the law restricting the
sale of tobacco relating to the Interoceanic
Canal to repeal the duty on salt; for the dis
tribution of the unappropriated moneys of the
Geneva award proposing a constitutional
amendment in regard 10 the election of Presi-
dent and Vice President, providing for their
election by a majority OF the votes of the
people and for the abolition of the Electoral
College; creating j. B. Eads and his
associates a body corporate under the
lame of the Interoceanic Transit Company, and
{" authorizing it to acquire such right of way
as it may need, providing that the work OF
construction shall be commenced within two
years and completed within seven years from
the passage of this act, and that if said work
be so commenced and completed no grants shall
be granted by the United States to any othel
company or corporations within fifty years. II
authorizes the President to detail two ship:
of war to assist Capt. Eads in making such
full and complete surveys as may appear
necessary, and ~appropriates 5000 600 to be i'm.
mediately available to defray the costs Incl
dent to such Isurveys.....A resolution wal
passed rendering the use Of the House to Par
nell for his addressmtm.A bill was passed ep'
prepriatiRg $40 poe for the construction Of
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
ConI mIne ExpIo.,on m Ene,.ua.


News from London reports that an explosion
has occurred in Lycett Colliery, near New Cas-
tie. The scene of the explosion is ut Newcas-
tle-Under-Tyne. The disaster occurred at 8
o'clock in the morning. There is little hope for
any person in the pit at the time of the calamity.
Search is delayed by damage to the shaft. The
explosion is attributed to the gaseous nature of
the coal seam. Latest accounts fix the num-
Der of persons in the pit at seventy-seven. It
is believed not more than six of the rescued
can possibly recover. Twenty-Five corpses
have already been brought up and the majority
are disfgured beyond recognition. The few
rescued are reported dying rapidly. The scene
at the pit is heartrending.
One of the oorpses has lost part of the head.
Others were burned to cinders, while some ap-
pear to have been killed by the conclusion.
Gangs of volunteers are descending frequently.
Part of the Lycett Colliery, where the ex-
p~losion occurred, is known as Fair Lady Pit,
and is the same in which six men were killed
last autumn. The coal belongs to the Ban
bury, or Fury seam, in which all of the great
Stafordshire explosions have occurred.
Latest accounts say that five more bodies
have been recovered, and twenty others have
been found in the pit. The fire raging in ths
pit since the disaster hiaders the efforts of ex.
plorers, and %precludes all hope of more victims
being rescued alive. The latest report placer
the total humber of deaths at seventy. Another
| explosion is feared.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Fuel Giving out In Ireland.

A special ca5legram from Dublin says In
addition to the suferings caused by an INSULT
cheney Of food, the irish peasantry now find a
fuel famine staring them in the face. The
heavy and continuous rains of the past sum-
mer made peat-cutting an impossibility, and
as this sort of fuel is the main dependence of
the vast majority of the country people it can
easily be seen to what wretched straits they
are reduced. Reports of terrible suffering
from want OF fuel are daily coming in, from the
mountainous and sea-coast districts. Espe-
cially is the fuel famine felt in the counties OF
Sligo, Galway, and Westmeath, and in the
towns of CastIebar, Drogheda, Nenagh, Castle
Ballina, Kilkenny, Roscommon and Roscrea,
and unless some radical measures of relief ore
speedily put into operation the consequences
will be terrible.
A report, lacking confirmation however, has
reached here Of a collision between the peas
antry and the Constabulary at Bantry Bay
but no particulars are given.
In a small village in Mayo yesterday a Lane
League orator assembled a meeting in from
of the chapel door, and, while haranguing tn
people, was ordered of by the priest. He re
fused to go, and though the priest endeavoreC
to disperse the crowd (mostly his own parish
ionerslgyhis efforts proved futile, and the meet
ing continued amid great excitement
An important meeting of the Home Rul
members of Parliament was held here to-day
at which the disastrous condition of affairs il
Ireland was earnestly discussed, and measure
of relief considered. Resolutions wer
adopted strongly condemning the delay {
the Government in instituting proper meas
ures for the relief of the distressed, and urgin
that home affairs should receive considerable
in preference to any foreign measures
policy. Another meeting win be held tc
morrow, at which the state of the country wi
be again discussed. Meetings for the sam
purpose have also been called at several oths
points, whore agitation is deemed necessar,
Meantime Government agents are preparin
for the relief of the people, both financially an
industriaIly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
B~oucicauIt,s Regret,

1t is thus that Dion Boucicault shines
by his own words in the role of an un-
selfish person. "By the way, To- /
have time to reflect how foolishly 1 have
wasted the last fourteen years! AS
thus: When the public, in 1861, re-
cognized The Colleen Bawn and my per-
Torrance of Myles-na-C oppaleen; when
they repeated their adhesion in 1864 on
the production of Arrah-na-P ogue, why
did [ go away from that mine of POP
ularity and fortune to write Rip Van
Winkle for Mr.. Jefferson, Flying Scud
for MIR. Belmore, The Long Strike, litter
Dark, Hunted Down, Hon. She Leves
Him, Formosa, Led Astray, and a string
of pieces of little advantage to me? if
/ had been more selfish and had written
three or four pieces like The Shaughrdur
to put myself forward it would have
served a better purpose every way. But
the dramatist was too strong in me,
NV vocation from the first has been to
write for others and to feel pride in
their advancement through my means,
So for many years it gratified me to
write parts for myself second to those
played by Mrs. Boucicault in the same
pieces, taking infinitely more pleasure
in her success than in my own. Thii
was natural enough, but it was not Sc
when I gave that prominence to stran
gers and served as a pedestal when
might have posed as a statue"