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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26

THE plug hat is virtually a sort of a
social guarantee for the preservation of
peace and order. He who puts one on
has given a hostage to the community
for his good behavior. The wearer of a
plug hat must move with a certain Sc
d~ateness and propriety. He cannot run,
nor jump, nor romp, nor get into a fight,
except at the peril of his headgear. Ali
the hidden influences of the beaver tend
toward respectability.-New Orleans
Republican.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26

A COMFORTING conclusion is that which
leads us always to choose the best. Mr..
Andrew Ulmer, Button, Ind, says: I
have thoroughly tested st. Jacobs Oil,
and find for rheumatism and neuralgia it
hasno equal.-EUansvitte Daily Courier
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
Frugal Fare.

The Puritan farmers were remarkably
frugal in their diet. They had pease-
porridge for breakfast; bread, cheese
and beer Or cider forluncheon ; a"boiled
dish," or "black BROTH" or salt fish, or
boiled pork, or baked beans for dinner /;
hasty pudding and milk for supper, and
a constant succession of fruit or berry
pies at every meal when the housewife
had time to make them in addition to
her other cooking, her dairy, washing,
mending, carding, spinning, weaving
and knitting. Swedish turnips were the
staple vegetables. The bread was gen.
orally made of corn, barley or rye meal
and, if the diet was rather f~arinaceous
than animal, there was less demand for
medicine, and a larger, longer growth
of men and women than in these de-
generate days of luxury and progress. "
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
lilies! Big Lies?''

Not so fast my friend; for if you would see
the strong, healthy, blooming men, women and
children that have been raised from beds of
sickness, suffering and almost death. by the
the use of Hop Bitters, you would say ssTruth,
glorious TRUTH See 'Truths," in another
column.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26

The production of butter and cheese
in this country is said to be four times
greater in value than the total yield of
our gold and silver mines.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26

FROM observing the effects of petroleum upon
the heads of operatives at the wells come the
great discovery CAROLINE, . deodorized extract
new hair on bald heads. It never fails.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26

ONLY the genuine axle grease has the name
of Frazer on every package, and wears longer
than any other.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26

VIRTUE has many preachers but few
martyrs. /.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26

A STROKE of lightning generally spares
thu rod and spoils the house.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26

q. L. Hastings, ~ cornhiI; Philadelphia, Lsary 4 Co.
Co.: Cleveland, Ingham, Clarke & Co. Chicago, Alden B Chad
lam, ourtss & WEIGH; St. Louis, Logan D. Cameron; Atlanta
arnson; Richmond, Randolph 4 English; Pittsburg, James Rob
o.; Minneapolis, 8. u. Williams.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31
Imports Of American Cotton Seed Oil
into France and Italy

Communications to the State Depart
ment from Consul Gould, at Marseilles,
France, Consul Hooker, at Rome, Italy,
and Consul Crosby, at Florence, Italy,
show the rapid increase in the importa-
ton of cotton seed to these countries
from the United States, and the conse-
quent development of a new branch of
industry in this country. Consul Gould,
writing from Marseilles, says: THE
imports of cotton seed oil are growing
more and more extensive at the port of
Marseilles. Until the year 1860 the i'm
portations of cotton seed oil were very
small and entirely provided by English
crushing factories. The fact cannot be
concealed that the great favor granted to
American seed oils, when properly pu-
rifed, arises from the fact that they
are entirely tasteless, and can be
mixed with other eatable oils
without offering any chance for detec-
ton other than that they CONCEAL at a
higher temperature than the pure olive
oil. This inconvenience has been re-
NEEDED, in a measure, and samples of
American oil have been received that,
owing to certain processes, keep their
purity and fuidity at temperature as
low as five degrees below zero Cent?
grade. The following figures will give
an idea of the advance made by the
trade in the years 1879 and 1880:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31

The present persecution of the Rus
sian Jews. against which the Governor
of Kharkoff has just issued q stringent
edict. only adds one more to the long
list of fruitless attacks upon the indomi-
table race chronicled in Russian history.
During the ten years rule Of Bogdan
Khmelnitski, the first Cossack 'Het-
man, no fewer than $50, 900 Jews per-
ished in Poland and the Ukraine alone.
Fifty years later Peter the Great Danish
ed them from his realm with the two
edged sarcasm that should he let them
remain the Russians would cheat them
out of all they had; but
they were soon readmitted by his sue
cessors. At the present moment, re-
marks the New York inns they form
nearly one eighth of the population OF
Poland, while in the Caucasus alone
there are q, 500 well-to-do Jews, who
are fast absorbing the whole trade of the
province. 1t is a singular practical
satire upon civilized" Russia that the
most ferocious of her Central Asian
enemies, Nasrullah Khan, of Bokhara,
always exempted the Jews from an OPP
preston which spared no one else, mere
ly obliging them to wear a yellow girdle
and high black cap, in order to distin-
guish them from the Mussulmans.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31
YEARS.

The customs statistics in France only
take account of the last port of ship
ment. and it may be assumed that a large
proportion of the oil quoted as imported
from England is American oil shipped
from the United States to Marseilles via
England traushipped to some English
port. Vice Consul General Hooker, at
Rome, SAYS: "The Italian Chamber of
Deputies have just approved bill in
creasing the duty on cotton seed oil,
pure or mixed with other oils, from 6 to
20 lire per quintal The same act also
fixes tax of IA lire per quintal on cot
ton seed oil made in Italy. The bill has
been referred to the Senate for conf1rma-
ton. AS showing the growing i'm
portance of the American trade
in cotton seed oil with Italy,
l may add that according to Italian
statistics, the imports of cotton seed from
the United States amounted in 1880 to
213, 754 quintals." Consul Crosby. at
Florence, advises the department as fol
lows: During the past three or four
years immense quantities of cotton seed,
both in the crude state and as cotton oil,
have been imported from the United
States into Italy, and Italian merchants
have mixed this with the pure olive oil
and reshipped it to the United States
and also to England as pure olive oil,
realizing therefor enormous profits. So
great has been this adulteratlon that
within the past year this nefarious
operation has reacted upon these
Italian merchants by many English and
American buyers declining to make
further purchases, and. although last
year the oil crop was not large one in
Italy, there is on hand now at different
shipping ports large quantities of So
called pure olive oiP awaiting pur-
chasers. so serious has become this
system of adulteration among the Italian
oil merchants, along the Mediterranean
coast especially, and in Tuscany, that a
Deputy in the Italian Parliament has
already introduced bill levyinga heavy
duty upon American cotton seed and oil
IA lire per quintal for the manufactured
OLD, besides the 6 lire already placed
upon it.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31
Mahone's paths are not pleasant ones

Mahone's paths are not pleasant ones
at present. The Republicans have used
him and thrown him aside He served
their purpose in the capture of the Sen
ate committees, but they were unable to
serve his purpose of capturing the pa
tronage of the Senate. He can be of
little or no service to them in the imme-
diate future, and they have accordingly
repudiated him. He will receive no
more of the Federal patronage in Vir-
ginia, and the Republicans of that State
are not to assist his attempt to capture
the control of the Virginia Legislature.
Mr.. Malone has doubtless learned the
lesson that when one makes a dishonest
and corrupt bargain, he must insist upon
advance payment.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31
Secretary Blaine Bulldozing the
HidnInnf.a

The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun says: "In diplomatic cir
cles the action of Secretary Of State
Blaine in making a formal protest
against the decision of Count Lewen-
haupt, the umpire of the Spanish-Ameri-
can Claims Commission in the Buzzi
case, is considered of very momentous
import, and as involving possible results
of great consequence. Mr.. Blaine, in
his protest, clearly intimates that unless
the umpire reverses his decision in this
case, no more cases of contested citizen
ship shall be submitted to the COM
mission. 1t is not believed that
there is the slightest probability
that the umpire will reverse his
decision in this case; indeed, it is said
Mr.. Blaine knew that for various reasons
the decision could not be reversed. The
belief is that this protest of Mr.. Blaine
is the initial movement OF plan which
he has determined upon to break up the
commission. The result of the d1srup-
ton of the commission would be to re-
mand all the claims of American citi-
zens against Spain to the care and juris
diction of the Department of State.
Then Mr.. Blaine would have the oppor
tunity to open up correspondence with
the Spanish Government, which, it may
be assured, he would conduct in a
lively and vigorous style. The theory in
diplomatic circles is that Mr.. Blaine
wants to get hold of some issue or point
of contest which may serve to make his
administration of the State Department
remarkable in the annals of the republic,
and his opportunity may be found in
bulldoZing Spain and bringing that
government down on its knees to the
United States. This idea is also enter
tanned in large degree by the friends of
Mr.. Blaine and the admirers of his ag-
gressive temperament For more than a
generation past there has been quite
a strong popular sentiment in the
United States that the State Department,
in conducting negotiations with Spain
growing out of the differences between
the two countries, has dealt with that
government too gingerly, and change
of policy in this respect, Mr.. Blaine
may calculate, would meet with popular
approval. This may be so, but it is said
by jurists and diplomats that the posi-
ton assumed by Mr.. Blaine in the Buzzi
case is untenable in both national and
international law. This being the case
he could not expect any enduring re-
nown to accrue from bullying a weak
government like Spain, although it
would undoubtedly be satisfaction for
him to bully something"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31

CAR TRUCK CHANNEL IRoN.-The
Treasury Department at Washington has
reversed its ruling of last October in re-
lation to the duty on car truck channel
iron. This iron is imported in the form
of rolled plates, feet long, 104 inches
wide, with fanges on each side. The
question was raised some months ago as
to whether these plates should be sub
jected to duty of 80 per cent.
as manufactures of iron," or a spe-
cifc duty of It cents pound as mate
rial to be used in manufactures. Last
October the department ruled that the
completed plate was manufacture" "
and consequently was subject to an ad
valorem duty. AT the present price of
iron in Scotland the duty on these plates
is about $21 ton. The Pennsylvania
iron manufacturers, however, were not
satisfied with this ruling, and Assistant
Secretary French gave them another
hearing, which resulted in a reversal of
the decision of last October, and instruc-
tons have been sent to the various GUS
tom houses to levy duty of tic. a
pound, which increases the duty on ton
TO $33 60.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31

The announcement that General Grant
is on his way home from Mexico, and
also the report that the Mexicans had
Just heard of the story that he desired
aud intended to become Dictator of that
country, has given rise to various specu-
lation and surmises The Richmond
Dispatch desires to know what has
started General Grant home so much
sooner than he was expected to start
lis he, asks the Dispatch, coming to
electioneer for Conkling, or to take
Conkling's place? Or have the Mexi-
cans made their lovely capital too hot for
him 4? General Grant is still power in
the Republican party. Yet he is so un-
popular and there is about him such an
odor of corruption, and stealing, and
favoritism, and upholding of scalawags
and carpet-baggers, and bayonet rule,
and other crimes against liberty, that
Mr.. Conkling will drive off all the Demo
Gratis who might otherwise stand by him
if he (Mr. Conkling puts Grant forward
as his champion"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31
At the recent meeting held in Bosto

At the recent meeting held in Boston
to discuss the project of holding a worlds
fair there, Mr. John w. Gambler favored
it, saying: 81 believe in the force of one
single suggestion that has been made
that the whole country, that the world,
is interested in Boston, very much inter
ested in Boston; and while the citizens
of the United States and the world went
with great interest to celebrate the Cen
tennial in Philadelphia, they will be
glad to come here beneath the shadow
of Bunker Hill where the first great
battles of the Revolution were fought.
Moreover there is not a man that has
travelled from Boston to the far West
who has not found out that the children
of New England never forget their own
birthplace or the home of their father
and mother, or that Of their grandfath-
ers and grandmothers. l believe that if
we propose to have Worlds Fair in the
city Of Boston we will find hearty re.
Spouse from all over the United States,
and that no more popular place for it
than the city of Boston can be selected. +"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31

A question that bid fair to be diff
cult one for decision by the French
American Claims Commission has been
disposed of by the withdrawal of the
claims for property destroyed during
Maximilian's wars in Mexico. The
treaty was so worded that claims for loss
of property of Americans upon French
territory, possessions or dependencies
were to be heard. 1t was commended by
the French Government that Mexico
under the late empire was not French
dependency, and was never intended to
be. 1t was conceded that probably
French troops did destroy some property
of American citizens in Mexico, but they
did it under the government there, and
as soon as they heard they were not un-
der the direction of France, and the lat
ter country was not responsible, Secre-
tary Blaine took the matter under con-
sideration, and it was made a matter of
diplomatic correspondence, which re-
suited in the withdrawal of the claims,
as above stated, upon the ground that
they were not eligible under the treaty.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31

According to the New York Tribune
Grants name has been dropped from the
present Conkling- Garfield controversy
by a sort of general consent. His best
friends, says the Tribune. seemed most
anxious to have his contribution to the
discussion forgotten as quickly as posi-
bic. Many of the journals most friendly
tn him charitably refrained from publish
ing his letter to Senator Jones, and care
fully abstained from all comment upon
it. His entree, to say the least, was not
well timed. If Jones had been the
friend he ought to be he would have
pocketed the letter and sent word to
Grant that it was received just in time
to be too late.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31
The Fight at Albany.

Our dispatches throw very little light
on the condition of affairs in Albany,
and leave US as much as ever in doubt
as to the probable course of events. There
may be deadlock and there may be a
surprise, but the strong probability is
that my Lord Roscoe will not be re-
turned to the Senate, certainly not
with such an Endorsement as will, in the
slightest degree, strengthen his position
in his conflict with the administration.
As between Garfield, Blaine and Conk-
ling, personally, we are utterly indiffer-
ent as to the result. But regarding the
conflict as between the existing Radical
administration and Conkling, the cham
pion of the third term and Grantism. we
heartily desire the triumph of the
former.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31

A MIXED CAsE.-It is just possible,
says a Washington dispatch, that the
arrest of MIR. Carmichael, of Virginia,
for writing down General Malone on a
postal card may lead to unpleasant con-
sequences to some other persons. AS
already suggested by Mr.. Carmichaers
counsel and by others. it is extremely
doubtful whether the language used by
him comes within the inhibition of the
law. But there seems to be little if any
doubt amongst the highest legal authori-
ties that Bell, the official in the city post
office here, who first read and then de-
tanned the postal card, exceeded his au-
thority and is liable to prosecution and
punishment therefor This matter will
be thoroughly examined into, and if the
law is found to justify it, proceedings
will be taken. 1t is asserted that it has
become too much the habit of the post
Office officials to inspect postal cards
simply to crafty their curiosity. Many
persons are in the habit of writing about
private matters on postal cards under
the belief that they were safe from pry-
ing eyes, as the law certainly contem.
plated they should be.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31

The rush of Cinnamon to America in
the next few weeks will be unprece-
dented. Most of the new corners will be
imported to work on the railroads.
There are three agencies already in
China, collecting the Mongolians for i'm
portation. The Canadian Pacific will
need 5000 men; one of the Mexican
roads 1000, while 5000 will be brought
to work on the sugar plantations in the
Hawaii islands. The first lots for the
former road are already beginning to
arrive in Oregon at the rate of 200 or
300 a week.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31
The authorities at Honolulu acknowl-

The authorities at Honolulu acknowl-
edge themselves beaten by the small
pox, neither the quarantine regulations
nor vaccination seeming to furnish a
barrier against its progress. Up to the
middle of this month there had been 655
cases, of which 231, or about 30 per
cent, had resulted fatally. The San
Francisco papers, which publish fire.
quent reports of the progress of the
disease, attribute its spread and virulence
to the practice of concealment on the
part of the natives and Chinese, who
will not report case to the authorities
until the patient is about to die on their
hands, and subsequently make it appear
that the physicians of the Board Of
Health are responsible for his death.
The public schools and all places of
amusement are closed, but the churches
are kept open in spite of the fact that
they have been the means of spreading
the contagion.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31
The Campaign in Virginia Cold
C0mfort far Senator Malone

The New York Times says editorially:
Senator Malone is reported to be very
confident of complete success in the APP
preaching canvass for State officers and
a Legislature, and that his present col
league, Mr.. Johnston, who has been a
thorn in his side, will be replaced by one
in sympathy with him. For this work
he counts on substantially united
Republican support But in this he may
be disappointed, as there is a strong
movement in favor of straight Repub-
lican ticket. The nomination of such
ticket would certainly be more promis.
ing for the permanent success of the Re-
publican party in the South than any
temporary advantage to be got from
bargain with Regulators, and 1t is to be
hoped that the sentiment of the party in
Virginia is healthy enough to secure it. ;"
A Washington dispatch to the New
York Sun says: "Wednesday, on his
return from New York, Secretary Blaine
was informed that the Malone leaders
have become greatly disheartened at his
advice to the Republicans of Virginia.
That advice was against any Republican
coalition with the Malone party. Mr..
Blaine favors the nomination of General
Wickham by the Republicans on an
honest debt-paying ticket, and insists
that if there is to be any coalition it is
only fair for the thirty thousand Malone
men to join the eighty thousand
Republicans. There was confer
ence of the Malone leaders
at the Arlington Hotel Thursday
night, at which the situation was very
thoroughly canvassed. 1t was admitted
that unless the President kept his prom
Uses to Malone there was absolutely no
hope for the success of the Readjuster
ticket. In fact the feeling was that the
vote for straightout Readjuster ticket
would be so small as to make an end of
all of Mahone's pretensions hereafter.
Feeble hopes were expressed that the
Presldent-wo help the party out, as
Malone had been led to believe he would
do. Mr.. Blaine, however, is of opinion
that with General Wickham at the head
of the Republican ticket and with the
aid of the administration, the Republi.
cans have fair chance of winning in
square fight"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31

Nearly every member of the Cabinet
finds plenty of work in his department
The Postmaster General has the star
route frauds to investigate, and the Sec
rotary of the Treasury Pitney's recently
discovered populations. The Secretary
of the Navy has, the New York Sun de-
clares, Just as arduous a task ahead of
him as the others, the department being
full of rings that need his attention. The
Sun wants him to begin at once, and
gives the names of some officials that
should be investigated and ousted. At
this rate it is not probable that the Cabi-
net will be able to attend to any other
business than the unearthing of frauds
and rings.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31

THE NEW YORK DAILY PRESS. The
values of the New York dailies are esti-
mated at large figures. The Herald is
rated at 100000; the Times $780,
900; the Journal Of Commerce 81 900, 600;
the Tribune and the World $500, 900 each.
The amount of capital the dailies repre-
sent is about $1,000, 600. Thirty or forty
years ago their value was estimated at
from SO, 900 to $25, 900. It takes about
81 100000 year to pay the expenses of
the leading papers. The white paper on
which they are printed costs very near
the subscription price. The profit is the
value of the advertising over the other
expenses, which are enormous.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31

The grain trade of Odessa, Russia, one
of the greatest grain ports Of the world,
is almest wholly in the hands of the
Jews. 1t is probable that the Odessa Is
raelites will be compelled, in conse-
quence of the anti-Jewish agitation in
Russia, to leave that country. They will
emigrate mainly to the United States,
where their co-religionists have met with
such kind treatment and have been so
uniformly successful in business The
st. Louis Globe Democrat learns that a
large colony of them will settle in that
town, which they believe will soon be-
come great grain centre.