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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08
Shall We Bolt Our Foodi

II there is any point IN physiology
upon which authorities have generally
agreed, it is that fast eating is unfavora-
BILE to digestion. The food must be
thoroughly chewed, they tell us, in order
to mix it thoroughly with the saliva, the
first of the fluids essential to its assimila-
ton, and. to prepare it for being acted
upon in the stomach by the gastric juice,
the second of those fluids. The more
perfectly it is subdivided, the greater sur.
face it exposes to the action of the gastric
juice, and the more rapidly it viii, there
fore, be dissolved and reduced to proper
condition for the next stage Of the diges-
tive process Every school boy has
learned this IN his textbook of physiol-
ogy, and it seems SO reasonable on the
face of it that we need not wonder at Its
having been universally accepted as
hygienic axiom. safIs .tsi.-
But as we have before said In the
Journal, there is no scientific proposition
SO axiomatic or self-evident that it may
mot be disputed nowadays. Dirt has
been defended by learned Dutchmen, and
even foul air has its champions. The
arguments in favor Of drinking ditch
water and breathing vitiated atmos-
phere are, however, less plausible than
those bywhichl fast eating has recently
been advocated as being ttiore,, consistent
with the tfIe philosophy Of digestion
than more deliberate feeding The
thorough mastcation which the latter IN
wolves is declared to be not only unneces-
sary, but positively injurious, interfering
with the work done In the stomach! m
stead; of promoting it, Dr.. William Willla
Browning, who made some experiments
with dogs, IN order to satisfy himself on
this point, says:
sT" Hethe meat, before being fed to the
dog, was reduced to hash or cut into fine
pieces, the digestion was at best but
| impeffect, conslderabie pof1on OF the
undlgested OF 1tnperfectly dlgested meat
being found In the excreta. II under the
same conditions, meat was fed to the dog
IN large pieces, it was bolted at ga 'gulp,
with the result that little, if any, passed
through undigested; compared with the
result from the chopped meats it could be
called a perfect digestion for. the coarse
form as compared with decidedly I'M
perfect digestion for the fine form. So
far as simple experiment goes, this must
be pretty conclusive for the dog.
He reasons, and logically enough, that
the same ought to be true OF human
digestion:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08
Made a Bad Job of 1t.

A little anecdote a2oropos of self-made
men: It used always be boast of
Henry Clews, the banker, that he was a
specimen of this class One day he no
dced that Mr.. Traverse-the Wall street
wit whose stammering squibs of speech
have won a worldwide celebrity-was
eyeing his bald head with critical ex-
preston of countenance. 'FWell, what's
the matter, Traverse?" asked Clews,
rather impatiently. "H-H-Henry," re-
sponded the other, 'd-d-didn't you s-s-
say you were s-s-self-made MANI"
eyes, certainly; I made myself" "Then
w-w-why in the d-d-devil, when you were
ab-b-bout it, didn't you p-p-put little
more h-h-hair on the top of your head?"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08
Printing Paper.

The principal ingredients of this paper
are straw, rags and wood A mill of this
kind affords ready market for all the
straw produced in the country for miles
around The straw is piled up in great
stacks near the mill ready for use. The
rags come from all parts of this country
and Europe. The wood is brought in
the pulp from firms who make business
of reducing wood to a fine pulp. Regard
ing the processes which these materials
undergo while converted into paper:
In the first place the straw is cut up
fine and passed through q tanning mill,
which separates it from all the grain and
particles of .dust It is then put into
huge rotary boilers running under eighty
pounds of steam pressure, where it IS
boiled and cleansed in a strong solution
of caustic alkali, after which it isempted
into watts and thrown up into washing en-
gines filed with, water; there the alkah
is extracted, aud chlorine is added for
the purpose of whitening it. After re-
manning here until the pulp is thoroughly
washed, it is emptied into large watts,
where it is, left to bleach twenty-four
hours. The pulp in this stage is; as
white as snow, and is one mass of fine,
silky fiber. B, -. IL -
The rags are first carefully assorted,
and everything not composed Of cotton or
linen is discarded. They are then cut
up and busted by machinery, after which
they are boiled and cleansed with solus
ton of lime in other rotary boilers.
Afterward they pass through the same
process as the straw until they, too, are
reduced to a beautiful, white fbrous
pulp. Equal quantities of rag and straw
pulp are mixed together with lesser
quantity of wood pulp. To this is added
small portion of alkGn, or white clay,
which is used to fill up the pores of the
paper, and give it smoother surface.
The whole is then put into beating en-
gine, where it remains until the different
ingredients are thoroughly united. This
operation usually takes about three
hours. -..
Here also the blue coloring is added
blue white being considered the best
shade for the paper. From the beating
engine the pulp is pumped up into an
other engine, where it passes through
the last stage of refining, and is dropped
in q liquid form into an immense tub.
It is now ready to be put into form.
There are two kinds of machines for this
work, the Fourdriner and the cylinder.
The Fourdriner, the fastest invention, is
the most perfect machine now in use.
The fibrous liquid is then poured from
| the tub through strainer into the ma
chine, where it is caught on an endless
sieve of very fine wire, which filters Out
the water and retains the fibre. This
sieve continually vibrates as it moves
along thus thoroughly uniting the fibre,
and when it reaches the section box, al
the water is drawn from the pulp. This
sheet is carried over numerous drying
cylinders, heated by steam; then ovel
the cylinder rolls, where it receives its
final gloss and finish; and is finally
wound on spools, weighed, wrapped
aarked and stored. ready for shipment.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08
Prehistoric Tomhs.

Prof. Prosdocismi, of the Este
(France) Museum, who discovered a
prehistoric cemetery on the slope of the
hills overlooking that town, has un-
earthed in the same vicinity eighty-two
tombs, forty-four of them violated, ap-
parently during the Roman m period: the
and bronzes. The urns are Of three
periods, some colored black, with linear
ornamentation others adorned with
circles and wayy lines others with al
ternate bands of red and black. The
bronze ornaments are also very interest
ing, and a bronze chest bears three de-
signs, comprising in all seventeen warri-
ors and priest, several animals (horses,
oxen, stays, birds, and dog), several
plants, and a kind of chariot with man
seated in it. The professor considers
these the finest prehistoric remains in
Italy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08
A French view Of America.


The Kosmos of most Frenchmen lies
between Belgium and the Pyrenees, the
Mediterranean and the English Channel.
When they attempted to describe any
thing beyond their own confines they
are very apt to blunder consummately.
They seldom get anything right off the T
own soil. Of this country they nearly al
ways chronicle marvellous things indeed,
however serious they may be- they very
rarely fail to be comical In dealing with
America. The helatestunconscious humor-
ist is Jules Saussa, who has published a
romance-=in o double sense-enHnea
the ''Societe des Moilchafds, " the action
being laid in France, Italy, Zululand and
the United States. He pays d delicate
compliment to this city BY calling it the
rendezvous of all the scoundrels in Eu-
rope. One of his most striking person
ages is Mrs. Pitt, aged eighty, remark
able for two fangs, like boar's, and an
Unsuitable appetite for what he calls le
todd, composed of much whisky, little
water, lemon and sugnr. She keeps a
fashionable boarding school in Louisiana,
and drinks so freely every evening that
she is carried to her room by muscular
servant, especially employed for the pur-
pose She is very fond of q certain Ma
jon, Dick, also deyotee of .te todd, who
addressed her 'tifl, true American fash
ion, as ttOld Mule" and 'sAncient Ro-
mantle Brain" He constantly uses the
favoritet oath Of the country, "God me
damn; and when heris saparticularly af-
fectonate to Mrs. Dick sits down by her
and puts his feet in her lap. A woman
here is always addressed, if married, as
Mistress and, If single, as "Miss, I
while a man is addressed as Master
and ''My Gentleman" A lady should,
in writing to one of the other sex call
him Honorable Sir, /" or Respected
Gentleman and sign5hersen ssYour de-
voted Suitorss or Your truly respectful |
est Saussa introduces us to two. very
pretty Ohio girls, ,Jmifer and Betsey,
one of whom habitually rides Wild horses
through her native town bare headed,
and athe other, donning trousers and
high boots, goes forth to hunt rattle
snakes. Most Americans carry, we are
informed, bowie-knife In their boots,
and the rich Southerners are always ac-
companied by two negroes to fan them
Notwithstanding the custom of going
armed, the average American is not me-
cessarily very fierce, and there are ma
tiyes who, SO far as known, have never
killed a single man. Different habits
characterize different States. In Mime
sofa, for example, young ladies of posi-
tion enter cornfelds during the season to
gather red corn, and after wedding
ceremony has been performed, all the
invited guests set to peeling apples, the
object being to see who can peel the
most in given time.a Inseyeral sof the
States west of the Mississippi, which is
10000 miles long, and empties into Gulf
Mexico, ladies of the best society spend
weeks at a time.in the Rocky Mountains,
hunting grizzly bears and wear necklaces
OF their claws as trophies Of their PROV
ess. Every American will recognize this
faithful de1ineation of national scenes and
manners, and will wonder how French
man could hayesbeen so very accurate
N Y. Times. ~Sl
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08
How Knights Are Made.

In recent volume Sir Stephen Lake
man gives the following account of his
knighting:
HAfter q few words had passed, a
cushion was brought and laid before me,
and then another, on which there was
a heagy-looking sword. Some one be-
hind me whispered that was to kneel
AN operation by no means agreeable to
a man before company. This [ some
what awkwardly did, and SO remained,
with my face bent toward her Males
ty's feet, expecting every moment to
feel the weight of the sword on my
shoulder to indicate that the ceremony
had begun, but nothing came. There
was a. dead silence. So L looked up
and saw the Queen holding up the
sword and directing an inquiring glance
at some one behind my back. Who
ever that person was he was long
time In answering. 1t was the Earl of
Aberdeen. It was evident to me that
her Majesty could not hold the sword
over my head much longer. l asked
what was wanted. Your Christian
name,' her Majesty said. Stephen, I
replied; and down came the sword, miss
ing the shoulder and striking the cush-
ion. The ceremony, however. was COM
plete without that, for her Majesty i'm
mediately said: Arise. Sir Stephen,
and held out her hand to kiss. I did
kiss it, and felt in doing SO that she
had not many in her wide realm who
would serve her more devotedly than l
if necessity required it.
"The cushions were removed, the
Queen graciously smiled to all around,
and left, the room, and we retired to-
gether through the long corridor before
mentioned. I was standing near the
entrance to the castle door while the
Earl of Clarendon was lighting cigar,
when the Duke of Newcastle rejoined
us and said, ALLOW me to congratulate
you as Sir Stephen Lakeman, and as to
having your head still on. I thought
at one time her Majesty was going to
cut it off,"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08
Habit and Little Things.

We are too much in the habit of de-
spising little things, but some of the
worlds greatest discoveries were the re-
suit of studying little things. In the
cathedral at Pisa, Galileo discovered
that a pendulum would mark the time ;
Sir William Brown, by watching spi-
der, formed the idea of the first suspen-
sion bridge; Franklin, by the aid of q
silk kite, invented the lightning con-
ductor; Vests first brush was fur
nished by cats tail and so with the
invention of the steam engine and Fara-
days experiments with an old bottle.
Little things are like flakes OF snow
harmless enough in single hakes-but
what is more powerful than an ava
lanche, carrying away villages IN Its
course of devastation.-J B. Cough.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08

A. RUsr, residing on Grand Prairie,
Texas, while returning from Dallas, was
attacked on Mountain Creek bridge by a
Mexican lion. His life was saved by
bis dog, which engaged the lion. The
dog was terribly lacerated. The neigh
borhood demand action of the County
commissioners in ridding the county Of
the beast. This is the third person at
tackled by it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08

That monstrous bird of ancient Ara
bian. mythology, the roe, was large
enough to carry off a man on his back.
Hence the expression, +" Out on a fowl. 4"
The bat is much smaller bird, but the
same expression is often used in connec-
ton with it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08

GEN. hAuFFMAN has just presented to
the Geological Garden of Moscow hair
less horse of Central Asia. The animal
belongs to the hybrid species and is con-
sidered great rarity; it is well formed,
but its skin is red and without the slight
est trace of hair, and in cold Moscow it
has to be covered with blankets.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08

The boy didn't want to go to the beach
when he heard of the shingle there. He
had enough of that at home,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08

Business cards of five lines or less. So per annur.
Local notices 10 cents per line each Insertion.
Simple announcements OF marriages and deaths,
nd church and benevolent society notices inserted
rec. Amy additions to obituary notices viii bs
charged Eve cents per line.
Fayors must be banded in early as Tuesday
morning to insure insertion the same week.
Communications upon subjects of general or local
interest eve collected . +s-- -. = -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08

MENT.
Governor Pease, of Texas, a provis-
ional Governor, took exception to this
order; declared that Hancock had power
to punish offenders, either by military
commissions or civil tribunals, as he
should deem best; that the people were
still in rebellion, and regarded the re-
construction legislation Of Congress as
unconstitutional, and the emancipation
of their slaves and their own disfrancllise-
ment as an insult and an oppression. He
demanded that General Hancock should
set aside local tribunals and enforce PEN
alties by military commission.
But the soldier replied to the civilian
Immediately and directly.
He pointed out the option given him
by the Reconstruction act, to govern by
the local civil tribunals, if in his iudg-
ment he thought best. The act, there
fore, recognized those local civil tribu-
nails as legal authorities for the purpose
specified.
Connecticut western news., 1880-01-28
The Dukes Escape.

The story of the escape of the late Duke of Gramont from France after the disastrous collapse at Sedan is full of romance. The Duke, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, naturally heard of the Emperor's surrender a day before the news was published in Paris. He saw at once that flight was necessary, as the wrath of the mob was sure to be turned against the Ministry, which was responr sible for the war. He accordingly went to his bankers to provide himself with money and various securities, but was informed that the partner who had charge of his affairs was in the country, whither the Duke pursued him., The partner was found engaged in burying his property in his garden, but returned to Paris and delivered up to the Duo de Gramont the papers and money which were required. On the next day thebad news was published, aud the Minister fled. He sent off g servant in his carr riage openly and escaped himself by 2 pTlVheo NVOIs AAo NAnoD PUA0eASN s~S carriage, but of course found no one in it that they wanted. and the Duke got safely to Calais. On his arrival there, however, new cause for alarm arose, It was necessary for him to produce his passport before he could leave the coun- try, and it was evident that in this way his identity would be discovered, and he himself, as seemed only too probable, would be arrested and sent back to Paris never to quit it again. The risk, how ever, had to be encountered, and he showed his passport to the proper officer and was, much to his relief, suffered to go on board the English steamer without remark. He at once went to the cabin and, the better to escape notice, pre- tended to be very ill. In few min utes, however, he felt an ominous taI on the shoulder and looked around ex'
 pecting to find himself prisoner. Hs
 saw only the passport officer, who said
 to him "When you were in office yor
 gave my son an appointment. In return
 for that have to-day let you pass ant
 thereby in all probability saved you
 lfe." The officer went his way and th l Duke got safely to Dover.
Connecticut western news., 1880-01-28
Who Rule the Nation

The Senate of the United States con- sists of seventy-six members, and of this 59 are practicing lawyers. Of the 293 members of the House of Repre- sentatlves 219 are lawyers. The Presi- dent and Vice. President of the United States are lawyers, and nearly all the government departments are headed and directed by the same profession. In the Senate there is only one physician, and in the House there are but six. There are among the Senators eight business men or merchants, one doctor, one edi- tor, two planters, two farmers, one banker, one mine owner and operator, and one of no profession or business.
 Besides the 219 lawyers in the House, there a1e 25 merchants, bankers, 8 capitalists, 2 inventors, 5 manufacturers, 2 teachers, 12 farmers, physicians, 1 architect and builder, editors, 2 min isters, l stone-cutter, l insurance agent, 2 millers, and 3 owners and operators of transportation lines. The oldest mem- Der of the House is MT. Wait, of Con- necticut, who is 69 years of age, and the youngest member is MT. Frost, of St. Louis, who is 2s years of age. Fernando Wood has been longer member of the House than any of his associates, and next in point of long service in Judge
 Kelly, of Pennsylvania. MT. Stephens
 of Geogia, is generally spoken of a'
 being older than any other member O
 the present House, but Mir. Wait hal
 about one year the advantage of him ii that respect,
Connecticut western news., 1880-01-28
Shooting Logs.
morning.

The Truckee (Cal.) Rexu6ltcan tells us how they shoot logs out West as fol lows "A chute is laid from the river's brink up the steep mountain to the rail- road and while we are telling it the monster logs are rushing, laundering, flying, leaping down the declivity. They come with tlle speed of 0 thunderbolt, and somewhat of it's roar. A track of fire and smoke follows them-fre struck by their friction with the chute logs. They descend the 1,70O feet of the chute in fourteen seconds. In doing so they drop 700 feet perpendicularly. They strike the deep water of the pond with a report that can be heard mile distant.
 Logs fired from cannon could scarce ly have greater velocity than they have at the foot of the chute. Their average velocity is over 100 feet in second throughout the entire distance, and at the instant they leap from the mouth their speed must be fully 200 feet per second. A sugar pine log sometimes weighs ten tons. What missile. How the water is dashed into the air. Like a grand plume of diamonds and rain- bows, the feathery spray is hurled into the air to the height of 100 feet. It forms the grandest fountain ever be- held. How the waters of the pond foam, and seethe, and lash against the shore.
 One log having spent its force by a mad plunge into the deep waters has foated so as to be at right angles with the path of the descending monster. The mouth of the chute is perhaps fif- teen feet above the surface of the water. A huge log hurled from the chute cleaves the air and aIights on the floating log. You know how bullet glances, but can you imagine saw-log glancingP The end strikes with heavy shook but glides quickly past for short distance, then g crash like a reverberation of artillery, the falling log springs 156 feet vertically into the air and with @ curve like g rocket falls into the pond seventy yards from the log 1t struck. |
Connecticut western news., 1880-01-28
A Railroad Presidents Boyhood.

Ool. Tom Scott is the son of a once noted landlord, who kept 6 tavern on the old Limestone pike, running from Pittsburg to Philadelphia. Before the day of railroads this line carried all the goods sent from Philadelphia to the West, and hundreds of six-horse wagons of the large Pennsylvania kind might have been seen travelling upon it. These wagons, immense affairs, carrying from fifty to eighty hundred pounds, made only about twenty miles per day, stop ping at night at taverns built along the road. One of the most popular of these houses was, as the sign read, Tom Scott's Tavern" situated on the pike, 8 short distance from the little village of London, in Franklin county, Pa. It was good-sized building, and, like all such buildings, boasted an immense barroom, in which, after an evenings carouse, the teamsters, unrolling their beds-they all in those days carried their beds with them-Iay down to sleep on the floor. Often around this house have been seen hundred wagons, and more than that number of teamsters were often accommodated within. The good-nature of the host who was known probably from his wildness-as "Devil Tom Scott," and the quality of his 90. commodations, made the hotel one oi the chief points along the line.
 Here it was that Tom Scott, the rail. road president. was born, and it was here that he received his earliest train
 ing. Like all boys of that region, ht
 probably went to school in the winter } and worked in the summer.
Connecticut western news., 1880-01-28
What He Would Do.

The late Senator Chandler had no special regard for the " newspaper man |" who happened to rufie his temper, and he had a way of expressing himself that was more nervous than elegant. One of these gentlemen had made himself so obnoxious to the Senator that he deemed it duty to do something gory to him, and with that intent started for "News- paper Row." Entering the office of one of the New York correspondents, he said:
 "Where s-p Is he around hereP''
 "No, sir {; his place is down town"
 "Well, when you see him you may tell him I am looking for him; and when I find him I'm going to run thii umbrella into him, and open ft." Ani he stalked out in hot pursuit,