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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-20
Mr.. HAYES vetoed the Defciency

Mr.. HAYES vetoed the Deficiency
bill on the ground of what he calls
'the dangerous practice offaeking
upon appropriation bills riders and
yet Mr.. HAYES himself voted fof a
"rider'', on an Arny bin expressly
designed to coerceA ANDREW JOHNSON,
in 1857! Such is Republican con-
s~istencv and honestyi
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-20

Fires and cyclones are getting in
their work early this season
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-20

z. STOCK SON

WILL WORK AT MASONRY
w this Spring and Summer at a
low price-wil warrant their work to
give good satisfaction. All orders ad-
dressed to them at West Alexandria,
Preble CO., o., will be promptly attend
ed to. Ifeb5-6m
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-20

.bsisrimon ed yidiasoq YAM TzAae
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-20
10000 Yds. Dress Goods!
BROWN &BLEAcHED MUSLIN

Prints, Shirtihgs, Tckings, Denims,
Cottonnades and Jeans, in the bsst
Fmakesi Silks, Velvets, Shawls. Table
Linens, Napkins, Towels, Crashes.
Cassirn eres, Reppeilants, Flannels,
Blankets Papersand Glazed Cambria.
Hepey-cpmb Saeking, Turkish Towef-
Ing, Bed Spreads, Dress Linens, Grass
Cloth, Lawns, Cashmeres, Aipacas.
Brilliateens, Poplins, B~rocatells, Num-,
my cloth,i Empress Cloth, and
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

FIVE SuNDAYs.-We are credibly
informed that there will be five Sun.
days in February of next year, and
the same veracious writer to whom
We are indebted for this fact supple.
ments his statement With the remark
able prophecy that not until 1920
will another February be able to
boast such plethora of first days.
There is something remarkable in
the fact that this surplusage of Sum
day should occur in a leap year; it
really looks as though there were
management in this thing. But be
that 30 or not, if the unmarried
young lady with yearnings after ma
trimony does not take advantage OF
the coming bissextile February with
its culinary opportunities for martial
engagement. she is not the unmar-
red young lady with matrimonial
yearnings We take her for.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09
Two Ways OF Puttlng 1t.

The Sultan awoke~vih sti1ed scream:
Ills nerves werc shocked by fearful dream.
An omen Of terrible import and doubt
His teeth in one moment all fell out.
His wisemcn assembled at break of day,
And stood by the ta.onc In solemn array.
And when the terrible dream was tod.
Each felt shudder, his blood ran cold.
And.sn stood silent, in fear and In dread.
hdering what was, best to be said,
n,length an old soothsayer, wrinkled and gray,
cri J., Pardon, my lord what have to say;
''Tis an omen of sorrow sent from on high:
Thou shalt see all thy kindred die.
Wroth was the Sultan; he gnashed his teeth,
And his very words seemed to hiss aud scethe,
As he ordered the wseman bound with chains,
And gave bin hundred stripes for his pains.
The wiseman shook as the snltan's eye
Swept round to see who next would try;
Bat one Of them. stepping before the throne,
Exclaimed. In loud and Joyous tone: ~
Exult, O head Of q happy statci -
Rejoice, . heir ofa glorious fate!
"For THE 10 the favor thou shalt win,
o, Sultan--t0 ou live oil thy kin!''
fiesssd was the Sultan, and called slave,
Ind hundred crowns to the wiseman gave.
s1s sAsoe.t.s - seas IN s.sS., AZ .si.As
"wsli can the suleI8 reward and blame:
Ddnt both Of the wisemen foretell the came 2"
Quoth the crafty old vizier shaking his head,
so much may depend on the way things said!'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09
The Last Words Of the Dying.

The last words Of the dying are eagerly
sought after. and enchnined in memory'o
bosom, by loved ones. The hero standing
upon the field Of battle. amid the boominG
Of cannon and the rattle Of musketry. -
stricken down. and. dying. be uttered SONS
sentiment, which tells the living he fcughk
bravely and died loving his eeuntzy. His
words thus uttered are chantsd in hiG
praise. pass immediately into histssy.
and are preserved to Be handed down fsO
ysneration to gsnsratioa.
The mother bending over The couch =
ass dying child. eagerly listens for IL Ass
words. A the hearts pulsatiens gsov
feeble. The rsspintioAs become more lahas-
ious. shs Gilsntly listsna Nov tAs pa1o
Hps azs parted. and shs draws Asass. snH0
ksr sar comes n contact vith - 80
arsash. vhsa shs easehss tAs ~ faino
umnu a the dying one Oh. hov -
treasures in hsr pure hsast tAaG - ''0osb
bye." thss iass tets. q goiag - Asas 0r
TAs hushAad. throagA vsazy days -
sigAt.. has hssa watching - ths hsaias -
h darling vita. szAil nsv. ~ - -
as.t spproaeh0 vAss - sbsn - vaeoao
beyond ths river q AuAA. UnAgs - rs~
tsns win hs Hos isavs -. snA vAy A.
- b waiting s,a kstsning is tAs -
whisper. A sAs spsaka - vssas 80
~ rs-scho throaeh IL chamber Il ~
soul, and remain thss thrsusAess thsa
IL futuxN.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

A New Story OF LlNcoLN.-At the
Peace Conference, which occurred
in February, 1865, at Fortress Mon.
roe, President Lincoln and Secretary
Seward were on one side and Alex
ander Stephens, John A. Cambell
and r. M. T. Hunter on the other.
Tie attenuation of Mr.. Stephens had
long been a matter Of such general
notoriety that it is not offensive to
speak of it. 1t seems that Mr.. Lin
coin had never seen MIR. Stephens
before. At that time kind of cloth
was worn by Southern gentlem en-
nearly Of the shade of the comm on
corn husk, and Mr.. Stephens great
coat was made of that material. But
Mr.. Stephens who had always been
a frsil man, wore many other gar
r,,nts beneath to protect him against
t.. raw winds OF Hampton Roads;
and Mr.. Lincoln watched with much
interest the process OF shedding un-
til the man was finally reached. At
last Mr.. Stephens stood forth in his
physical entity, ready for business.
Mr.. Lincoln, giving Governor Sew
ward one Of his most comical looks,
and pointing to the discarded coats,
said: Z" Well, never saw so much
shuck for 90 little q nubb,n in all
my life"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

TI1z>lc1zTIEs--Ths GePSblscans
are Jass n0w q" weepIlsg. w1slias and
ynaslI:n- ihsir teeth IN . terrible
manner because. A. they say some Of
their members q the Legislature sn
Name were counted OF; ON mere
,echniealities. They seem, however,
TO have entirely overlooked, or for
gotten the fact that their Christian
like canvassers in New York succeed
ell not long ago in counting in their
candidate for Lieutenant Governor
by majority of SS votes, oy simply
throwing out several hundred ballots
for no other reason than that the
name of the Democratic candidate
was printed Clarkson NJ. Potter"
instead of Clarkson n. Potter. I"
II the " technicalities" of which they
complain in the Pine Tree State are
more bare-faced and groundless
than the above, we will be willing
to admit that they have abundant
reason to growl. Unless they can
show this to be the case, however,
we think they had better bag their
heads for shame.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09
INTELLECT IN ANIMALs.-One eve

INTELLECT IN ANIMALS. eve
ming soon after my arrival in East
ern Asam, and while the FIVE ele-
plants we're, as usual, being fed op.
posite the bungalow, I observed q
young and lately-caught one step up
to bamboo-stake fence and quietly
pull one of the stakes up. Placing
it under foot, it broke a piece of
with its trunk, and after lifting it to
its mouth threw it away. 1t re-
peated this twice or thrice, and then
draw another stake aud began again.
Seeing that the bamboo was dry,
asked the reason of this, and was
told to wait and see what it would
do. At last it seemed to get a piec 9
that suited, and holding it in the
trunk firmly, and stepping the lef.
foreleg well forward, passed the
piece of bamboo under the armpit,
so to speak, and began to scratch
with some force. Ny surprise
reached its climax whom I saw a
large elephant leech fall on the
ground, quite six inches long and as
thick as ones finger, and which,
from its position, could not be easily
detached without this scraper, or
scratch, which was deliberately made
by the elephant. subsequently
|. found that it was common occur
Pence. LeeUh-scrapers are used by
every elephant daily.-Mature.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

A NEw Tract MovEMESr.-Mr.
Beecher announces in the Christian
Union that he and some of his friends
have decided to 60 into the business
Of tract-publishing and distributing.
They are led to this, he observes, by
noticing that, while the cid style of
religious tract-such as are published
by the American Tract aud other re.
ligious-publication societies-have
pretty much gone out of use, on ac-
count of being behind the times, the
infdels have taken up the business
are circulating the writings of Inger-
soil and other skeptics in a cheap
form by the thousand with a zeal
worthy of better cause: "The
Church was the first to set the ex.
ample of using tracts; but now that
the world, the flesh and the devil
have taken up the instruments which
the Church invented, the latter has
shown an inclination to discontinue
their use. The Church has been
put off with stale tracts. Tracts
written in 1880 are not adapted to
the wants of 1880. Literature which
has musty smell has no chance
of readers"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

A young woman at Smyrna, N. Y,
had a dream. many years ago, oi
eight men standing in a row before
her, with outstretched hands. She
interpreted this to mean that she
would have eight husbands. Hel
seventh husband died lately. and,
although she is now eighty-four,
she is confident that the dream will
bs fulfilled.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

TIE Chrisfan life tells . story Of
q Hindoo who had but Q limited
knowledge of the English language,
and who described an English off,
cer-an inveterats swearer--whom
he occasionally came across. as very
religious man, as he always had the
the name Of God on his lips.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON TERRITORY FRIDAY JANUARY o ISo

IzE NHrTgEEA CEos>- -- ts Nscs0r1a
C-uss ) Havel All usll.-arv deeora-
tsen IElstlta;ed dGTIa- lie CrI5ezn
war, asd l. conferred for vaior ONLY.
Ite Institution Oi the u-v decoration
wss announced IN the London Go
stsss, the Official organ Of the Eng
iish Government, February s, 1856;
aud m every case the reason why it Is
bestowed j. chronicled in tLs Cxss1e.
AZ well as the fact of It's bestowal.
Some of these brief records stir ones
blood, as instance the following
Joseph Trewvas, seaman, "cut the
hswsers of the floating bridge in the
Straits Of Genitchi under n heavy
fire of musketry on. which occasion
be was wounded" during the battle
Of Inkermann Sergeant Major Henry,
OF The artillery, defended the guns
Of his battery until Re had received
twelve bayonet wounds" during the
siege of Sebastopo! riAe-pit was
occupied by two Russians who On
noyed the English troops by their
fire, whereupon " Private McGregor
q the Rifles, crossed the open space
under fire and taking cover under a
rock, dislodsed them and occupied
the pit" Coming down to our own
times, the Cross was conferred only
TIE other day upon the gallant fell
lows who held for q whole night the
hospital building at Rorke's Drift
against the overwhelming force of
1ulus. The Cross was first bestowed
the Summer of 1875, when it was
ven by the Queen in person to
rty-one Crimean veterans. The
oss itself is q very simple affair.
Altese, made OF gun-metal, with
royal crest in the center and on a
oil beneath the legend, "For
4 lor." s..,ss,.. WI. a tn 4
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

Mas. Martha Warrington was a
plump, pretty, springy little woman
in her youth, bat settled down into
Q plain, domestic wife, who looked
sharply after the servants. She was
far from an educated woman and
though she kept her own accounts,
was Q very poor speller.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

The Democrats gained a Congress
man at the last election in New York
Waldo Hutchins was chosen to fill
the vacancy caused by the death Of
Alexander Smith, Republican.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

ANXIOUS Paternal: You are
burning your candle at both ends. !"
Bright Boy: I" Well, I get twice as
much light, don'tI"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

WHEN you threaten to break every
bone in . mans body, remember
that there are more than two hum
dred of them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

Col. GRANVILLE O. HALLER has
been formally assigned to the colon
elcy of the 23d Infantry, made va
cant by the death of Gen. JEFF. G.
Davis, and ordered to report for duty
with his regiment in the Depart
ment of the Missouri.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

IT is discovered that young mems
heads are primarily intended to keep
their neck-tiss from slipping Of.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

FELICIA was gliding down street
with derby hat on. and carrying
her hands in the pockets Of her long
ulster, when a small boy ran up and
said: essay, Miss! if yer had a cigar
now, you'd be all right, wouldn't
yer?"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

The Legion Of Honor, . new tenn
perancs organization. has been insh-
tuted at GoldeEdAle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

GENERAL Butler maintains three
elegant mansions-one at Lowell
one at Bay View, and one at Wash
ington.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

The late Senator Chandler used to
show the stubs OF checks and the
items of bills indicating that he had
spent about $37 900. out OF his own
pocket in the Presidential election
of 1876. The old fellow meant to
stub round in the public crib till
those stubs are all cancelled.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09
Travel by Rail.

In bis recently-publishsd Notes
on Railroad Accidents, Mr. Charles
Francis Adams, Jr, shows that the
percentage OF loss of life aud % per
sonal injuries on railroads IN exceed
ingly small, when compared with the
amount of travel, and that the risks
of railroad travel are much less than
they are popuiarly supposed to be.
He cites statistics to prove that it is
actually safer for q man or his fam
lily to travel by rail than to stay at
home, thus coiroborating the saying
attributed to John Bright, that the
safest place in which a man could
put himself was inside o tirst-class
railroad carriage Of train in full
motion. During the eight years
from 1870 to 1878 the whole number
of l. 'ost in operating the entire
failroad system of Massachusetts was
l,165, or an average of LAG O year,
while in Boston the recorded deaths
from accidental causes during the
ten years from 1868 to 1878 was q
$40, or an annual average of 259.
These results show that in the city of
Boston alon5 The yearly number of
deaths caused by accidents was 80
per cent. greater than the number
reported ON all the railroads of the
State. This comparison is not Pc
culiar to Massachusetts, but may be
taken as approximately accurate for
other places. Indeo1 I, statistics were
published yearsago in France show
ing that people were less safe at
home than while travelling on the
railroads. Another fact which will
s"'ve to reassure the ti1oid is. that
OF the whole numbs II persons -.
cidentall1 klIsd u shiorsd on r.iI
roAda. haxss Vi y ! ~ = y Y & .i G
passengers. Many Of those who
lose their lives or are personally in
jnred, are constantly exposed to risk
by virtue of their employment, and
whose familiarity with danger leads
them to be careless, and even fool
hardy oftentimes. But, as Mr..
Adams shows. the greatest and most
regular cause ofsleath and injury in
the operation of railroads b the reck-
less habit of walking on the track,
which is common with too many peo-
pie, and especially with those who
are more or less drunk. More than
one. third OF all the railroad casual
ties reported in Massachusetts are
classified under the general head of
to trespassers, that is, ac-
cidents to men, women, and child
rem, especially to the latter, illegally
lying, walking or playing on the
tracks, or riding on the cars. Mr..
Adams says that the best remedy
for this dangerous practice is the sys-
tenn of broken-stone ballast, cover
ing the entire surface of the road
bed. This has been adopted by the
Pennsylvania Rail- DAD with the most
satisfactory results, though the com.
pany had other objects in view than
the discomforture of pedestrians.
The sharp and uneven edges of the
broken stone form surface which
the most inveterate railroad tramp
will shun. The adoption of this
system by other corporations would
not only give their lines the best
road bed yet devised, but would be a
means OF materially decreasing the
per centage Of accidental deaths and
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

Two girls can laugh more at moth
ing than five men can at something
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

A GIRLS notices: In Summer,
scream; inlWinter, ! stir.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

IT is rather amusing to see the
wry faces our Republican friends
are making over the little dose of
their own medicine that the Govern
or of Maine has given them. They
don't seem to like Returning Board
pills worth cent, and they gag aw-
fully at having to swallow them.
Perhaps q few more doses, rigidly
administered, would make them so
sick that they would be willing to cry
"quits" and act more honestly here.
after.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09

We have just received "Under
the Lilac Tree, q beautiful Ballad,
composed by A. E. Wimmerstedt,
'slIs~sathes', ,ot- ths posssas@- saaass,
song Dare I Tell.a II it cannot
be obtained Of your music dealer, it
will be sent postpaid on receipt of
the price, 40 cts, by the publisher,
A. M. Benham, CAT Market st., San
Francisco.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09
M'ashin9tun tanGara
= ..-rKD EyEzT sAEUEDAT EoExIxs ET
JOHN MILLER MU RPHY,

.o.7oz tho PROPRIETOR
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-27
Gil FcunA lu Allegheny County.

Advices from Allegheny County, in
this State, are to the effect that oil in
paying quantities is being developed near
WellsviIle, in that county, about forty
miles to the northeast of what is known
as the Bradford District, in Pennsylva-
MIA. On Monday, it is said, an undoubt-
ed forty-barrel we'll was struck at a point
less than three miles from Wellsville. 1t
is near the Triangle Well, which has
been flowing moderately for two or three
months, and about six miles from the
Pennsylvania line. The event causes
great excitement ip that locality. as the
fact is now placed beyond doubt that the
Bradford belt, as it is called, extends in.
definitely in a northeasterly direction
into this State. 1t is further stated that
preparations are being made for putting
down considerable number of wells at
points from one to two miles a part be-
tween Wellsville and Eldred, in Nc.
Kean County, Pa, over distance oi
some thirty miles. The region be
tween Olean and Wellsville is now in I
fair way of being developed into first
class oil territory.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-27
A Queer AequaInt ance .

An amusing incident took place at the
Care du Nord, Brussels, the other day
when the Empress of Austria passed
through on her way to Vienna. The
grand dignitaries of court, country and
town were assembled to pay homage te
Her Majesty, when suddenly lady
advanced, extending her hand to the
Empress, who pressed it wamly, saying
ait is you, Eliza! thank you fol
coming to meet me-" and turning to hel
son, she added: "Rodolphe, this is Eliza
my hunting and riding companion. Yor
must go to the circus tonight and SCI
Eliza"
No sooner had her Majesty left thar
one of the Kings officers was sent to an
nounce to the circus that a gala repre-
sentation was to take place, and thu
royal family went in great ceremony tt
applaud Eliza the friend Of the Empires
of Austria.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-27
The stupidity Of Servants.

! Ihave in my houshold, writes 3 cor
respondent OF the London Times, an
under-nurse, who, upon the family's
leaving town for short holiday, was
enjoined to see that the birds in the
nursery (canaries) were we'll supplied
with sand. When we came back we
found them all starved to death. She
had given them sand, but, alas. no seed
This was girl from the country, who,
one would think, would have known
what birds fed upon; otherwise one does
not except much intelligence from Area
dia. When our last importation Gan
under-housemaid) "turned on the gas"
in the upper apartments, as she was d.
rected to do, but omitted to light it, /
thought it very excusable; she had not
been accustomed to it. On the other
hand, when her mistress told her to "look
to the fire" Of a certain room, contend
we had right to expect that that fire
should be kept in. It was not 50. how
ever, and when the lady inquired: "Why
did you not look to it, as | told your
the girl replied: "Well, I did, mum; the
door was open, and l looked at the fire
every time l passed." She appeared to
attach some sort of igneous power to the
human eye.