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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
Poor Poland.

A Polish periodical gives interesting
statistics connected with the -merciless
repression of the instruction of 1863-64
by the Cars l~ieutenants. From these
data, which appear 10 have been COM
piled very carefully and dispassionately,
1t appears that within the space of two
wears SO, 434 Poles were condemned to
perpetual expatriation, were transported
to Siberia or to other outlying provinces
of the Russian Empire. Above 10, 600
more contrived to effect their escape to
foreign countries, but the greater num-
Der Of. these suffered the loss of their en-
tire property, confiscated by the State,
and have abandoned all hope of. ever re-
turning to their native land. Three hum
dred and sixty patriots were hanged IN
cold blood by their captors. Pecuniafy
mulets to the ~araountof 1000, 900 roubles
werelevied upon the 'Nistula provinces,
and Zoo estates were sequestrated, the
majority of them being subsequently con
ferred by the Gar upon Russian noble
men fortunate enough tomerit his special
favor. Public libraries were either de-
stroyed by Muravieff's orders, or de-
prived Of the more valuable portions Of
their contents, which were conveyed out
of the country, and distributed among
the State libraries In ST. Petersburg,
Moscow. Kief and other great Russian
cities. The ontrages committed upor
d~efenseless woman and ecclesiastlcs art
also tabulated In these returns, and con
stitute one of the most revolving records
of modern history.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
Unnecessary Falsehoods.

Surely, clerks in some stores tell many
unnecessary falsehoods, in their anxiety
to advance their employers interests.
Misrepresentations drop constantly from
their ips. "This is all silk, lad y" as
serts a saleswoman who exhibits a black
cotton lace scarf, and "eyery thread
linen" is the description which the
housekeeper receives of towelsi into whose
composition not q thread of linen enters.
The fbs told In second-class dry-goods
stores are SO enormous that they argue a
love of lying on the part of the statesmen,
and utter idiocy on the part of the buy
ers. Why should any one desire to make
the statement that all the goods in his
establishment are sold at cost price, or
expect customers to believe that he en-
tered into trade from purely philan-
thropic motives? A fair profit is the
right of one who sells. It is the motive
of his selling. "Upon my word I am
giving this away" imposes upon some
body. Why it is SO often uttered is q
mighty mystery and must remain
Then, too, if one desires a certain style
of collar, of scarf, of shoe, quite in the
mode, and well known to be SO, and in
uuires for the article at store VIII re
they do not happen to keep it, the mega
tive to the question, "Have you so and
sop is always followed by the remark,
Nobody wears them now; they are en-
tirely out of fashion, comment both
insulting and false. Do such ibs "paY,'
in any sense of the term?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
Habits Of the Beaver.


1 am well acquainted with the habits
OF the Northern beaver. Several years
agol bought up several hundred acres
OF mining lands near the south shore OF
Lake superior, IN Ontonagon county,
Mich. IN Carp river, a small stream
that crossed q part OF my lands, the
beavers had built several dams, ana
formed extensive ponds, In which they
built their houses or lodges, as the lndl-
ans call them. These lodges are bu1ltn
water several feet IN depth, n the en-
trance Is several feet under water, but
the floor of the lodge is built at least
two feet above high-water mark. The
floor is built solid from the bottom OF
the pond, except the entrance.
Although the beaver Is warmly clad
with long, fine fur, he is very sensitive
to the cold n rarely, II ever, leaves
the pond or lodge during the cold wealth
er. He lays In his winter supply OF
food, which mainly consists of the bark
OF a certain species OF poplar. He cuts
down small trees and cuts them INTO
short pieces OF one foot, r a little over,
IN length, and takes them INTO the pond,
and fastens n end OF these pieces Sc
curely IN the mud at n bottom OF the
pond These pieces OF wood are dragged
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
4 Colorea Convention.

sThe first State Convention of colored men
ever held in Illinois, met at the State House, in
Springfield, pursuant to a call recently issued,
with one hundred andtwenty-six delegates pres
emit from different parts of the State. John G.
Jones, Of Chicago, was temporary Chairman,
and N. A. Field, temporary Secretary. : The
Chairman appointed committees on Credentials,
Addresses, Permanent Organization, Resolu-
tions and Rules. Addresses we're then made by
Rev. Henry Brown, and Rev. N. J. McCracken,
Of Springfield, Jesse Mcclure Of Jacksonville,
and Rev. 8. Hutchinson, of Nation, who dep
recated reports published that it was s Demo-
cratic Convention, urged all the colored men to
support the Republican party, to which they
could look for that recognition which they de
sired. Governor Cullom, Secretary of State
Harlow, and others were present and addressed
the Convention.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
A Russian Traxedy.

A ~Constantinople dispatch says: General
Skobelef's mother left here on the 18th inst. in
. carriage for Tchirpan (not Teluspan) with
money and medical supplies for the hospital
there. She was attacked when half way on the
road by armed men Madame Skobeleff was
killed, and a servant and steward dangerously
wounded. Considerable money was stolen.
Gendarmerie were sent out in pursuit of the
murderers. A later telegram reports that a
Russian Captain named Mussoff, who com
mitted the crime, has been captured. When
arrested he shot himself with a revolver, and is
not expected to recover. The steward and a
~coachman have since died. Madame Skobeleff
had been here some time organizing schools
and hospitals.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
-A-.th.r Hort,ble Ac.ia...

AAOI86 AGr4L8UIs EaE
The caisson leading to the entrance Of the
Hudson River Tunnel, constructing at Six
tenth street, Jersey City, caved in, carrying
with itan immense quantity Of earth. The Hud-
son River Tunnel Company, through Engineers
Speilman and Brush, make the following off,
cial report Of the disaster: Twenty-eight men
were in the tunnel at the time, Of whom eight
escaped through the air lock, and twenty were
killed. The accident occurred at the connec-
ton Of the iron plates with the brick wall OF
the working shaft, which, during the changing
of shafts, was probably not watched by the
men as closely as it should have been, and
compressed air was allowed to escape. This
compressed air is relied upon to assist in sup
porting strong timber bracing, and the escape
Of air has always been prevented by stopping
any leaks with waste silt. As the roof
fell the plates closed the door of the air
lock into the tunnel, and the water rising rapid
~ cut of the escape of twenty men, who were
killed. The building of this connecting cham
Der, though a difficult piece of work, pro-
crossed until now. The roof was allin position
and securely bolted. The connection of iron
plates with the shaft was being made at the
time Of the accident. Work will be prosecuted
night and day with all the men that can be adj
vantageously employed until the bodies are re-
covered, which will probably take about three
days. The following statement is made by one
who escaped: After the eight men had escaped,
one man in trying to pass through the door
leading from the air lock into the temporary
chamber Of the tunnel was jammed in the door
way, and despite the efforts of those ahead he
could not be brought out. As the door closed
upon him and held him fast, Peter Woodland,
assistant superintendent, told the men to try
and get out, and when the ninth man was fas-
tened in the doorway he called out to those who
had escaped telling them to hurry and try and
get assistance to help the rest and him.
self who were left behind. He re-
fused to hear, saying he would stay and
max, every effort to get the rest out, and if it
were not possible, then those escaping must try
to get the rest and himself out alive. The
workmen resided in the vicinity of the tunnel,
and q very large and excited crowd of persons
soon c~ongregated. The following is a list OF
the casualties: Peter Woodland, Assistant
Superintendent; Frank Allston, foreman;
Thomas Burns, foreman; A. dickson, Peter
Fisher, Patrick Kimin, Charles Nelson, VII.
liam +. Bogiey, Andrew Jacobson, Bryan
Sheridan, Charles Svensson, o. Anderson,
Frank Bark, Hoboken, Mat McCarty, Patricl
Frederick, Otto Bessielen, John Jensen, Pat
rick Collins, Mike Broderick. In addition t.
these, three men, whose names are not known
are missing, and the officials say they mus
have perished-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
The

Is; winter family, new, 81 esa4 80; fancy, SsS@
SIS So a pr IS; sape a1sse 81 3 s5 Sgfsd Is. - rye yss so sn; i = 8
"a 70. GRAIN.-Wheat-No. 2 red sold at s6@
sse and No; ? amber at s49s5e Corn:-No. ?
s5e @s1. oafs.~No 2mixed are selling at s1@sac
. Barley Fall-prime to choice 75@s5c. and choice at
s pef TONI hay Meg port to slyg EHl@ Sls e. an0thh LARD s1 ptias
INV Rsw ' YoRik. ezisgSigvss State and W Vfsss:
State, 81 25@4s,; good to choice Western and State,
S5 70@70ti common to good white wheat Western
s ssniIy. g. sct g. GO Co. sGDS " saSios 9niS e1 1sS.
No.S Western and State s2gs6e. Barley, common
2 white, western, 4s@ .SZe. oats-s4@S71ac. Lard.
prime steam, 7.15@725c. Cotton-The market is
dull; middling uplands. II ls-i6c. middling Orleans,
BALTIMORE Flour.wes.ern s%uperhne, 81 rs
@3 so; Western extra, So 1894 50; Western fam
~, g ooss 70: /, Wheat sItsr No. ? Western . sintsT ssd,
oats-Hhite western, ss@4,e:; mixed Eesiefn.
sske. Pennsylvania, sa@a71e. food to
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES extra fam
ny, medium, s. IS; ard choice to fancy. s. rs
@6 g. Rye four 81 % Grain-Wheat,
on track, 4sc. Oats-No. 2 white, 42k@4Sc. {;
No Go ! TH5sfi tis. Fagd; Tsstesn : se sssa 5 z: ss;r,
family, 50 75@4 Is: A No. !, 81 75@5 Is iancy, Sc %
@625. Grain-Wheat, red and amber, soc. Corn
No. 2 white 42H@43c. mixed. 3s%c. Oats-white,
so@Slc.i mixed. 2s@soe. Rye-No, 2, re; Hay
common to choice, S10@16 per ton. Pork, is stead9
at s1S 81. LardLehoice prime steam 7Ac;
choice in kegs, s4@S54c. Cotton, 11Zc.
Observation-Disclosures is steady; No.
2 red 81 o2@1 O8. NJ. 2 red, new, o4@94Ic. Corn
Is quiet Mt 35h@36Rc. Oats-Are firm at 27@3Gc.
STOCK MARKETS.
UNCINNATL.-Beef ~Cattle-Common /. 75@2. 25c.
fair to medium, rs @3.4ic.; good to choice butcher
grades, SO A c.; fair togood shippers, i.OUa4. csc.
good to choice cows, 3.659I. &C.; common 10 good
stockers, soc. Hogs-Common, 3.65@4. 15c.
fair to good light, 4.3594.6 c.. fair to good packing
grades, "a GAS c. and selected butchers qualities,
As "a. soc; Sheep-Common to fair, 2.25as poe, and
good to choice, 3.5094 soc.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Bet Shipping Cattle,
at 81 7595 per 100 lbs. Fair 10 good to good butcher
cattle 81 00@4 so; common, So 0t@3 IS per 100 lbs.
Hogs-Sales made of Workers st 81 55(a4 IS per
100 lbs, Philadelphia hogs, s4.7594.s5. Sheep and
lambs-Sales were made at 393.75c. per 100 lbs.
ST. LOUIS, Mn-Beef Cattle-Medium' to prime
grass fed Texans, % 5 as 20 per 100 lbs; and In
dams 81 COOS so Far TO choice native shippins
heifers, Sc 5o9s Is: Sheep and Iambs-tair e
fancy muttops, So 0o9s 90. Hogs Yonkers and
Baltimores, So $500 70; mixed packing rades,
q ss04 20; sslect heavy Esdss. q SO04so
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
Exp.l.,on of1...,,.

The Government of France proposes to en-
force the anti,Jesuit DEGREES peremptorily, and
has ordered Projects to enforce the expulsion
OF all members of the Order from France. If
this command is carried out, private houses
where Jesuit Fathers aranow staying will be
broken into and the clergymen taken by fore e
to the frontier. But, curiously enough, there
is nothingto prevent them from at once return
ing, even on the same trains, and in the same
car with the officers who took them to the
frontier, and the process of their nominated
expulsion may be continued Gd intiniturn.
There is no law by which a man can be pre-
vented from living in France simply because he
is Q member Of the Society of Jesuits. He may
be forbidden to reside in a house belonging to
that Order, but otherwise he has the right Of
living in France. And if he is expelled he can
come back again without incrrring any penalty.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
Veeeline Is Sold Dy all Druggists.
ms MEpICINAL PRoPE,

tt . e0-A MONTH, Agent. W.nted.
pocO pie free. JAY BRONSON, Detroit, Mich.
cEE n week m your own town. Terms and IS outnt
Soo free. Address H. HALLErT 4 CO.. Portland. Maine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
irGAa Ira

The unlucky prisoner In the immense
held ice during the imposing, unbroken
loneliness of the long Arctic night, when
the wind is calm, can hear the cracke
OF the snow under the stealthy tread of
the polar bear at an astonishing distance,
and hear what a man, speaking loud,
says at ], 600 metres distance. It can,
therefore, be well understood how the
sound Of ice-pressures must travel to
his ear from enormous distances.
Sometimes" the author writes, "the
noise of the ice movements was scarcely
to be heard-a mere murmur-and came
to u ears as does the play Of the waves
on q steep coast from the far distance.
Sometimes it hummed and roared closer
to us, as if a whole column of heavily
laden wagons were being drawn over the
uneven ice surface" In the sound was
combined all manner of noises caused
by cracking, grinding, falling of blocks,
crushing and many other phenomena OF
ice life. at is astonishing how far and
how clearly every noise is conducted in
the ice. The noise at the very margin
of the field on which we were seemed to
occur Immediately at u feet. IF we
placed.our ears to the ice, the sound was
heard SO loudly that we might have ex-
pected the ice too pen under our feet the
next moment. The whole dry ice-cov-
ering was q vast sounding-board.
Whenever, as I lay down to sleep, I
placed my ear against the dry, wooden
ships side, I heard a humming and buzz
z1ng which wal nothing else but the
sum of all the noises which occurred in
the ice at a great distance from the
ship"
The surface Of an expanse of young
saltwater ice ON which no snow has yet
fallen is soft, so that the footstep is i'm
pressed upon It's white covering as ID
melting snow. This is TO be observed
even at q temperature Of 40 deg. @.
The unfrozen fluid is not water, but q
concentrated solution of salt thrown out
by the freezing of the ice beneath.
When summer begins the thawine
that occurs is very local and unequal.
Any dark body, such as q heap of ashes,
or the dropping of bears, eats its way
into the snow, absorbing the rays Of
heat which are reflected off again by
the general white surface. The bear.
droppings eat their way into the snow,
and then into the ice, and the conica
hole thus formed fills itself with water
It may at last eat its way right through
the ice where not very thick. Thus are
formed the greater part OF those holes
In drift-ice which are usually ascribec
to seals. The author never saw a SEAL
hole in winter. 1i
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
Edo.

It sounds queerly to tell OF a poodle
driving off q bear, but q lady writer re-
lates such q story in the Rural NetD
Twenty years ago when DIR. g. and his
pretty young wife decided to take Horace
Greeley's advice and 'tGo West" the
question arose, tfWhat shall we do with
Fido?"
Fido was the family pet-a snow
white dog six inches high-but with a
spirit as brave as that of any mastif in
the land.
'sTake him, of course" said Lottie.
How can we live without Fido?"
ttBut, my dear, that is absurd Take
a dog a Thousand miles?"
However, the deed was done.
One night, two years afterwards, the
family were seated in the cottage talking
hopefully of the bright prospects before
them, and longingly of the friends they
had left behind, when Fdo c~amerunning
to the door barking violently. Then he
ran back to the temporary stables, where
the fine horses were kept which the doc
tor had brought all the way from the
old Empire State.
"Fido has started another Badger, ]
guess" said the doctor, resuming the
conversation. But this did not answer.
Back and forth from the stables to the
cottage the little sprite ran, almost fran
tic with excitement, and barking furi
ously.
At length the family went out with
lanterns, to try to quiet the faithful dog
more than from fear of any danger.
They found n side of the stable torn
off and horse loose.
Something was moving away across the
field, and little Fido was in hot pursuit.
sIt is q bear" said the doctor, exam
ming the track.
The animal was killed the next day, 6
huge fellow, who vas disappointed IL
his hoped-for meal off the horses by the
spiteful little vixen.
Fido was a hero after this, and always
wagged his tail proudly and looked up
knowingly when any me told the story
of Fido and the bear.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
LAW Of the Case.

No man who builds up to his line has
the legal right to open a window upon
his neighbor's land. The main reason
for refusing such a privilege is that after
twenty years enjoyment it becomes a
vested right, SO that the owner of the
land upon which the windows open gan
not build it up, and thus by his own
walls close up the windows. An owner
of a lot up town allowed his neighbors
on each side to open side windows to
their houses upon it, supposing that
they could only enjoy it until he wished
to build. After twenty-one years he
found, that he. could not build SO as to
close the windows, nor could he sell the
lot for anything like the value it should
have represented.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
rhe zn,n,.n Outr.r.,

There is no longer any doubt that the vessel
which recently fired on wpAmerican schooners
in Cuban waters belonged to the Spanish navy.
Information to that effect has been already re-
eeived from Minister Fairchild, whose dispatch
on the subject was read at the Cabinet meeting
afew days ago. The Spanish authorities tao
lily admit the firing was done by a Spanish
naval vessel, and while d~isavowing the act,
they indicate that they will attempt to justify
it on the grounds that it is competent for
Spanish vessels to fire upon a suspicious vessel,
whether carrying the American or other colors,
within two marine leagues of the Cuban shores.
The matter is not yet settled.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
Rexolanr Rc.t.l,h.

Eas
Intelligence several days ago from Pennsyi-
vania stated that afourteen-year-old girlnamed
Salome Burkett, living near ~shanksyille, in
Someryille County, had been abducted by show
men connected with Boyd & Peters circus. In
consequences. O.. Peters, one of the proprietors.
A. D. Davis. d. Marks and Clark Wise, attaches,
were arrested. It appears after they found
that her father was after her at Ligonier they
took her across the mountains, and she found
her way to Somerset in a most deplorable CON-
dition. At several places persons saw her
wandering along the road scattering sand, OF
going through fields. She at last fell into kind
hands, who took her to Somerset and sent hen
home. The girl recognized each one of the
four as the parties, or among them, who she
saw with the show, and who violated her per
son. In court she testified that she was at the
show at Shanksyile ON Tuesday, the 18th inst.
at two o'clock. When the show was over she
started to go home. Some Snowman met her
by the church and asked her to go back to the
show. She told him she didn't wantto go back.
He took hold her and dragged her back. When
hes show was over she started to go home with
the Scurry family. At the door she was met By
half a dozen shownen, who dragged her back
and all violated her person. They then put hei
in the ticket wagon and took her to Jennel
Crossroads, and on tbew way one of them staid
In the wagon with her and violated her person
Then she tried to set away from them, but wa:
prevented by the showmen- Five of the show
men took her to the woods and violated hea
person. After this she has no recollection Of
anything that happened; did not know that sh'
was at Ligonier, or how she got there; did no
know how aha got hack To sSomerset- As Hh,
gave in her testimony Of her treatment by th'
showmen tears could be seen coming down tn
cheeks Of persons present. The case will b,
ferreted out to the bottom, and Boyd & Peters
show viii likely be o thing Of the past.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29

eS Ia con per day at home. Samples worth o fss.
80 " 1EU Address srrsscz 3 Co.. Portland, Maine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
n. E.rtb.u.he A. ,r.n,,..

Dispatches from Madrid say the earthquake
shocks in the Island of Luzon lasted from the
18th to the Goth inst, the first and last being
the most violent. The cathedral and barracks
at Manila have fallen and the troops are en-
camped outside the city. Eleven natives were
killed and sixty-one injured, but no Europeans
were hurt. The inhabitants Of Manila have
fed to the fields. The earth has opened in
several places and jets of boiling water and
showers of ashes are elected Some public
buildings at Logura and Rabacan have been de-
molished. An the volcanoes Of Luzon are in
full activity.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
turkey Preparing for war.

News from Constantinople says that extern
sive preparations are making in case of a war
with Greece. Troops, artillery and ammuni-
ton are being sent to Salonica, volo and
.Prevesa- Orders have been telegraphed to the
province that recruits shall be collected and for
warded to the several depots with all available
speed. The Albanians have been encouraged to
prepare for resistance, and are supplied with
arms and ammunition The Albanian League
has resolved to employ 150,0O 0 piastres of its
revenue for the fertilization of Metsoya, Los, 00O
piastres for the fertilization of Preyesa, and
80, 900 piastres for the fertilization of Aria.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
rerr1ble pouae.tic Trar,an.

Solomon Easterly, q well-to-do farmer living
three and a half miles from Lyons, Wayne
County, N. Y, midway between Rochester and
Syracuse, on the New York Central Railroad,
returned home and found his mother-inlaw.
Mrs. Geer, q woman of sixty, with his wife.
Mrs. Geer had made life a burden to Easterly
for the last twelve years. He ordered her out
Of the house, but she refused to go, and he
fred three pistol shots at her, all missing.
Then securing an ak and going up to Mrs.
Geer, he buried it into her head, killing her
instantly. Then he attacked his wife, follow
ing her out into the yard, whittier she fed.
There he struck her down, and then, jumping
into a wagon standing ready, drove away at a
rapid rate. In q short time the village wal
aroused and search for E~asterly was begun, but
he was never again seen alive. His body wai
found in the Canadaigua outlet, where he had
drowned himself. His wife's wounds wsrs
fatal, and she died in less than an hour.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
Anotner Di.a.te..

A terrible disaster Is reported to have oc-
CURED on Detroit River, on the morning of the
2Sd inst, about a mile above Crosse Isle, by
which fifteen lives were lost by a collision be-
tween the propeller Garland and the steam
yacht Mamie. The Mamie had on board Father
Blyenburg of the Trinity Catholic Church, of
Detroit, and his altar boys, sixteen in number.
Father Blyenburg and four of the boys were
saved. Twelve boys and two women and the
engineer were lost The Mamis was cut in two
amidships.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29

fHE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY, eurss Lsueorr.
noa, Cor Whitesl Painful Menstruxtion. Q1ceration. Ovn-
Dan DID, ASssnt MsnstSsassaS.: Al disef z 6cra
toryseEs e peEiedical nd Essqlssins pau SEQ byan
fur 500, sent b ms1 hee Of posteRe, securely se.ed.
4 fT5aI TIE CRAY ME1tCLNE C9a.
,Hsals:as Assassss Hs%s ss9t lss.