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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-12-31

1t has come at, in the course of an
examination of he county books Of
Bergen County, \ j., since 1875, that,
under the head of "expenses," the
board of nine freeolders have consum-
ed, in four years,172 gallons "apple-
jack" and 1850 tgars, which they have
charged off as SUPPLIES for the poor.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-12-31

The man who wouldn't be found
out should stay at home.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
Proverbial Sayings.

What unmitigated instances the max
ers of proverbs must have been to those
who knew them intimately. Take for
example the unnatural monster who
propagated the saying that "Children
should be seen and not heard !" Did he
want them born dumb? Imagine what
an interesting individual the author of
"Soft words butter no parsnips, must
have been. What kind of words would
he have had, and why could he not have
left the parsnips to the cook And then,
too, how contradictory proverbs are.
One aggravating authority asserts that
GA rolling stone gathers no moss /;
would he have us sit still like Jumps on
q log till we become moss grown and
unfit even for the fire? What is the
use of proverbs anyway? ALI sorts of
uncomfortable people quote them to us
sooner do we think we have succeeded in
mastering the deep meaning that under
lies them, than our breath is taken away
by some other uncomfortable person
asserting the deep truth of another
directly opposite. Such, for example,
as we recover from the mastery of the
'srolling stone," as ga setting hen never
gets fat" How is this or should it be
the hen that rolled and the stone that
sat So after all we may come back to
our first position, that the makers of
proverbs are unmitigated instances.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
A Story of SpeculatiOH.

According to the story in the New York
Times, Mr.. Jay Gould had narrow
escape from utter ruin about three years
ago, and was so hard pressed by Keene
and several other operators and CO.
operators in Union Pacific, that his
courage vanished and he became limp as
q rag. Keene summoned him to con-
ference to which he meekly went ; told
him he must drop out of Wall street en-
tirely and go to Europe for his health
to which he assented-under penalty of
being SO eternally smashed that he
wouldn't have money enough to pay his
fare to Hoboken. He went out of the
room, says Wall-street narrator of the
incident, Gas though he had been
spanked" Just outside he met Russell
Sage-another big operator who, al
though quite willing to make Gould
stand and deliver, did not find it for his
interests to drive him from the street. !"
On hearing his story, Sage walked in"
and found Keene and his fellow con-
spirators together.
"Just let me serve notice on you fell
lows" said Sage, waving his long arms
about, "just let me serve notice on you
that I'm dead against this plot, and
dash, dash, dash, I'm going to stand
right up to the rack and fight you. I
don't give a continental about this man
Gould for himself, but dash, dash, dash,
I amt going to let you shove him down
this way. He owes me one million OF
dollars, and he can have three more to-
night if he wants it. I am on the make
Just as much as any of you, and had
just as quick pocket Gould's money as
anybody else's; but I'll be dash dashed
if am going to see him throttled in
this way. Union Pacific can't afford it
I can't afford it, and" here he shot out
of the room, and at 10 o'clock next
morning Gould was in possession ot
Sage's check for So, 100000.
Those who have lost faith in the
proverb that there is honor even among
-speculators, will be pleased to have il
revived by this narrative.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
A Kiss on the Sly.

There is to be found much refresh
ment in well -proportioned kiss. This
much everybody acknowledges, though
only frank few have the courage to ac-
knowledge it openly. AS it is a curious
fact, yet unexplained by the philoso-
pliers, that the slyer the kiss is the more
is in it of refreshment.
A kiss that is paid as forfeit before a
whole room full of people is prosaic, not
to BAY embarrassing. The girl laughs,
which spoils the romance, and the fellow,
ten to one. blushes-neither of them
thinking much of it, and they are both
apt pretty soon to forget all about it.
But let the same fellow kiss the same
girl when nobody is looking, and the situ-
alton is as different as possible. That
sort of kiss, fred off in hurry behind
the door or in a conservatory, is like an
electric shock, and is as sweet as cream.
The taste of it sort of holds on and con-
stantly suggests the propriety-or inn
propriety, as the case may be-of trying
It again. And the laughing and blush
ing are exactly reversed. The fellow
laughs without spelling the romance 9
bit, and the girl bushes Ike pink
carnation.
1t is queer that the very same thing
should, under such slightly al cred cir
cumstances, be SO =ntirely different, mol
is it any the less queer because the diff
ference has existed from the earlies' agt
of the world. Philadelphia Tines.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
WHOLE. NUMBER 765.
LAZINE8S.

I've nothing to do /; in a hammock swing,
And my thoughts they think-think Of anything.
fill up my pipe, and then think
OF the waste I've made of paper and ink;
Verses and prose of no earthly use
The scribbling mania's my only excuse
OF the number of times have been in love;
OF exactly how often I've lost glove;
OF the people I've met and the people I've missed
OF how many girls in my life nave kissed;
OF how many more couldn't get;
OF how many times I've been in debt.
And then to light my pipe pause,
And think of things with smoking for cause.
think of what pve done and seen;
OF the man would be and the man have been;
OF an aimless man sinking into life's shade.
think of all have studied and read,
And think of blind man, a cripple in bed;
think of an idle and purposeless youth,
And think, "Haye found out the meaning of
truth ?'
How oft 1 was angry, ill-humored and swore;
OF how many pebbles are washed on the shore;
OF how many actions I've done that good;
OF how many herrings you'll find in a wood;
OF things that bore me of things that hate;
vi an afternoon dance which breaks up at eight;
OF how many times have wasted my cash.
And spent lots of money nothing but trash;
OF how many times 1 have wished you were here
Of how many wishes I've wished in year.
was smoking pipe, unless mistake;
How long have slept and when did 1 wake?
London Society.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
The Jeannette Crew.

James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the
New York Herald, who fitted out the crew and
essel Jeanette for the Polar expedition, sends
the following dispatch to Secretary Frelinghuy-
sen from Paris Everything possible is being
done by the Russian Government to secure the
safety and speedy return of Capt. DeLong and
his men. If you or the Secretary of the Navy
have any suggestions, shall do my utmost to
act upon them. intend to send special cor
respondent to meet the party on its way here,
and as it will be some days before
he starts, perhaps you or the secre-
tary of the Navy might wish to take
advantages Of the opportunity to send dis
patches, or forward messages from the relatives
and friends of the party. My correspondent
at st. Petersburg telegraphs me that the dis
tance by wagon to the point where the crew
now are is 1000 miles, requiring for single
traveller provided with pdpier de fauelr, at
least month. I also learn from st. Peters,
burg that the Emperor has personally given
orders that all necessary clothing, provisions,
money, and transportation shall be put at the
service of the Jeanette party, which gives full
| assurance that everything possible will be done
for their aid and comfort"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
LATER NEWS,

TIE eruption of Mount vesuyius has as
sumed larger proportions.
The President Ct Venezuela has asked au-
thority to organize an army Of %, 600 men to
epress threatened revolution.
In revolution in Hayti, before it was
auelled, $50 men were killed on both sides, the
Government house sacked and other houses
burned.
A WAR in the Courts is imminent between
Jay Gould and the Pullman Company, growing
out of preparations to substitute Wagner
sleepers for Pullmans on Gould's Western
roads.
A sANTo DOMINGO dispatch says that the
news that United States war steamer will sur
vey Samana Bay caused such excitement that
the authorities prepared two war schooners,
the Thunder and Capatillo, to watch the Amer
ican man-of-war?
JAMES GORDON BENNETT dispatches the State
Department at Washington that, though the
Russian authorities have sent out two expedi-
tions to rescue the shipwrecked crew of the
Jeanette, there will probably be no furtherr
news from the crew themselves in less than
three months.
THE cost of mail transportation for the year
ended June 80, 1881, was SIS, ,923, 800. The
cost of Star service for 1881 was Sc, 957, ,355, a
decrease of 4.97 per cent. in cost compared
with the amount expended during 1880. The
appropriation for the year ending June 80,
1882 is $4,000 900, being SS42, CAT, or 1885 per
cent, in excess of the cost of this service for
1881. 1t is thought that the estimate for Star
service be safely placed at 81, ,25o, 900, de-
crease Of 1850, 900 from the appropriation for
1882, and $242, GAS more than the rate Of e1-
penditures June 80, 1881. In this estimate pro-
vision is made for new service that may be
petitioned for, and established after due inves-
tigation, looking to the requirements of the
sections interested and postal facilities now
furnished. Had no orders been made reducing
the Star service there would have been needed
at therate Of past increase, about Co. O00 900 for
1882.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
The Jeanette Heard From.

News has been received from the steamer
Jeanette, which left San Francisco on an
Arctic exploring expedition, and had not been
heard from since 1879. The wife Of Lieuten-
ant De Long. in command, received letter
from him dated August 20, Of that year. In
formation by way of Siberia is that on June 29,
1881, the Jeanette was surrounded and
crushed by ice, the crew abandoning her and
starting of in three boats. This was at point
about five hundred miles from the mouth OF
the River Lena, on the northeastern coast Of
Siberia. The boats became separated in a
wind and fog. On September IL, one boat ar
rived safely at the mouth Of the river another,
in charge of Lieutenant De Long subsequently
came in, the men being in terrible condition
of suffering. The third boat had not been
heard from at late accounts. The survivors
are destitute and have telegraphed for aid.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
THE JEANETTE.

Direct News from the Survivors, In East
ern siberin-Hnrdships or their Voyage.
The following dispatch by cable to the New
York Herald was received from Irkutsk, via
London, December "a:
"The. Jeanette was crushed by ice in lati-
tude To IT north, Longitude 1879 east. The
boats and sleds made good our retreat to fifty
miles northwest Of the Lena River, where the
three boats were separated in gale. The whale
boat, in charge Of Chief Engineer Melville,
entered the east mouth Of the Lena River Sep
tember II. 1t was stopped by ice in
the river. We found o native village,
and as soon as. the river closed
put myself in communication with the
Oommandant at Boloenga. On October 20
heard that the first cutter, containing Lieut.
De Long, DR.. Amber, and twelve others, had
landed st the north mouth Of the Lena. The
Commandant at Boloenga sent instant relief
to the whale boat party, who are well. Ninde-
man and Norat arrived at Boloenga October 29
for relief for the first cutter, all of whom are
IN o sad condition, and:in danger of starvation
and all badly frozen. The Commandant at
Boloenga has sent native scouts to look for
them and give vigorous and constant search
for them until they are found. The second
cutter has not yet been heard from. Tele-
graph money for instant use to Hkutsk on
Jakutsk.
1.-THE List OF people in the boats is as fol-
lows: First cutter-Lieutenant DeLong, DIR.
Amber, Jerome ]. Collins, William Hindeman,
Louis Noras, Hans Erickson, Henry Knack,
Adolph Bressler, Carl Gortz, Walter Lee, Neils
Ivorson, George Boyd, Aexia, All Lorn.
"Whaleboat-Engineer Melville Lieutenant
Danenhauer, Jack Cole, James Bartlett, Ray.
mcnd Newcomb, Herbert Leach, George
Laudentach, Henry Wilson, Manson, Aniquin
Long.
"Second cutter-Lieutenant Chipp, Captain
Dunbar, Alfred Sweetman, Henry Waxen, Pete
johnson, Edward Star, Shawell, Albert Kaihne
"The first cutter and the whaleboat ar
safe"
A Herald special from Paris says:
"Our st. Petersburg correspondent tele
graphs THE Governor General of Eastern
eiberia, who happens to be at present in st
Petersburg, having received information of tn,
arrival Of the shipwrecked crew of the Jean
nette in the region under his command, immedi
ately proceeded to Gatchina and saw the En-
peror, who personally ordered that all supplie
that were necessary for food, clothing, money
and transportation, should be placed at thei
disposal.'h
Mr.. George F. Williams, of the editoria
star of the Herald, informs the correspondent
of the Western Associated Press that Jerom
J. Collins, chief of the Herald STAG with th
Jeanette expedition, is safe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29

Mrs. TRunYRURAn has been in the
city with her daughter to arrange for
the vocal instruction of the young lady.
She has not yet engaged teacher, aud
is now in terrible state of perplexity.
"The first professor said, she explained
to Mr.. T. on her return, "that Almira
sings too much with her borax. If she
keeps on she will get digestion on the
lungs. He said he ought to try the
abominable breathing and practice SOL
fudgery. Then the next teacher told
me that she ought to sing more with her
diagram and not smother her voice in the
sarcophagus. Then the next he poked
looking glass down her throat and said
that the phalanx was too small and the
typhoid bone and the polyglotis were in
q bad way, and I never knew that
Almira had so many things down her
throat, and I'm afraid to let her sing
any more for fear it'll kill the poor
girl" And that was the end of "voice
building" in the Trulyrural family
Musical Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
MLookn That Way.

The dispatches state that better feeling is
prevailing in Ireland. Stenson, formerly editor
of the Boyle Herald was arrested at Sligo under
the coercion act Mclaughlin, a member of
the Land League, was arrested under the coer-
cion act, but escaped during the night from
Knock Police Barracks. DR.. Kenny, who for
merly attended the imprisoned suspects, and
was himself imprisoned, has received 1000
from his sympathizers. While number Of
men were repairing the Protestant Church at
Aghaballogue, Cork, wrecked few months
ago, they were attacked and fed. They took
refuge in house, which their assailants
wrecked. However, as the dispatches say there
is an improved feeling springing up, we suppose
the daily recurrence of such incidents as these
are considered mere trifles.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
The Mound of Mourning.

According to q Welsh legend there is
o mound which is called the Mound of
Mourning; and OH the mound there is a
cairn or heap OF rocks, and in the cairn
there is serpent, and on the tail OF. the
serpent there is stone, and the virtue
of the stone is such that whosoever holds
1t in one hand can have in the other as
much gold as he wishes but first he
must fight with the serpent. To touch
the magic stone many unfortunates have
met their doom even while the yellow
gold filled their itching palm. Some
died, some lost an eye, some, terrified
by the monster, became insane or re-
turned to their homes, only to die be-
cause their sleep was disturbed by evil
dreams.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
The London r,me. ON the euIt.au Case.

The London Times is severe in its denuncia-
ton of the manner in which Guiteau's trial is
being conducted. 1t says: "Nothing in Grim
inal procedure ever equalled the la1ity of his
trial. What should have been grave investi-
CATION has become o sort of entertainment.
Although q murderer and cheat, Guiteau has
produced the most farcical trial ever heard of.
Now that he has attained notoriety as q crimi-
nal, he is bent on showing his Importance. The
la1ity Of the proceedings is neither mended by
the conduct of the prosecution, nor by discre-
ton on the part OF the presiding Judge"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29

SIaNos LoR1b, of Milan, has offered
20, 900 francs to the municipal authorities
for the purpose of maintaining a NOR
tuary and post paortem room wherein
the bodies of all persons dying of un-
explained causes shall undergo rigid
examination before being cremated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
Keeping ZIP with the Times.

McHugh, young man who is on trial at Gin
cinnati for deliberately stabbing his wife to
death on the public street, was asked on the wit
ness stand why he had treated her SO cruelty,
and replied that he did it 'to be up with the
times" For such characters there can be nc
punishment too prompt or severe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
Fatal Thoughtlessness.

At Mount Union, small village in Hunting
ton County, Penn, miner named John A.
Ingram placed in the kitchen stove q can Of
dynamite to thaw the ice of of it. The
dynamite ignited and simultaneously there was
terrific explosion, blowing the house to atoms
and scattering human flesh in every direction.
Ingram, his wife and four children were in the
kitchen when the accident occurred, and the
children were blown to shreds and both parents
so horribly mutilated that they died in short
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29

lhe particulars of horrible explosion in Orrell
Pit, belonging to the Abraham Mining Com
pany, near Bolton, England. One hundred and
fifty miners were Imprisoned in the lower mine,
but were subsequently rescued, with but slight
injuries. These in the upper seam were suf-
located or instantly killed, numbering forty
persons in all.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
Peru Almo.t Di.ipteerated.

The latest reports from Lima represent the
whole interior of the country as broken up
into local factions or political parties. Montero
has not reached Lima, but continues to e1er-
else unlimited authority on his own account in
Cajamarca. In the south various encounters
have taken place between political factions. in
which the Pierolists we're generally yanquished.
In the meantime the Chiiians can do nothing to
secure peace, and are apparently bent upon
complete conquest Of the country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
An Indi. Rubber m...

Joseph Smith, employed on the construction
of the East River Bridge, on the Brooklyn
side, while working at the height of sixty-ive
feet, was thrown ont horizontally by the
breaking of a beam, q distance of thirty-fv
feet, and then fell to the street, distant sixty
five feet. When picked up he remarked, "Oh,
amt dead yet I'm hard to kill" Strange
as it may appear, upon examination it was
found that not bone in his body was broken,
although he was terribly bruised up.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
Domestic Tragedy.

VIM. Alexander, an old man living at East
brook, Pa, becoming enraged at his family,
shot his son in the head and then shot twice at
his wife, one ball passing through her arm. As
he was about to shoot the third time having
the revolver pointed at her head, the son sent
charge of shot into the old mans head, from
where he lay on the floor, killing him. The
son, who, it appears, is not dead, and mother
are in Jail.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29

The intelligence comes from Constantinople
that the Island Of Chios, where, recently there
have been SO many disastrous earthquakes, is
gradually sinking into the Egean Sea, and it
is thought the island will shortly entirely dis
appear. Hot springs are appearing everywhere
throughout the island.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
A Crapk,s sIurderous work.

At Newark, New Jersey, James Graves, aged
sixty years, deliberately SHOT and killed Eddie
soden, aged thirteen years, on thepublic street.
When arrested and taken to the station house,
Graves said he guessed the boy wouldn't bother
him again, and wanted to plead guilty OF MUIR
der in the second degree.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29

During the contest for Trusteeship in the
German Lutheran Church at Dearborn, Michi-
gan. one of the contestants was taken bodily
and thrown from the building, the deacons and
pastor acting as the propelling power. The
elected person had the whole lot arrested and
brought before Magistrate, where they we're
found guilty and find.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
A PhiIo.ophical Counties.

A London cablegram says the Countess Of
Crawford and Balcarres has announced that
she has determined not to offer a reward for
the restoration of the body Of her husband, the
Earl, in order not to create precedent and
encourage repetition of such outrages. She
has requested her son to pursue the same
course
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
Anotber MAN GONE wrong.

Another financial fraud is just revealed in
Newark, N. J. Frederick A. Palmer, Auditor
of the city accounts, surrendered himself, and
was imprisoned on his own confession that ne
has embezzled about S125, 900 Of the city funds
in the past three years, and lost it In Wall
street speculations. He asserts that no one is
implicated with him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
-Berious Charge.

The charge published coming from GEN.
eraI Joseph E. johnson that JEFF. Davis carried
away with him something over two million
dollars in specie at the time OF the evacuation
of Ricamopd seems to hs:ee created considers
BILE di iscussion. Johrson now comes out in a
card derying all responsibility for the state
ment- At the same time an ex-Confederate
ofdc er at Indianapolis substantiates the asser-
flor,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
Lo, the Poor Indian

Supplies for the Indians are, through the
fault Of contractors, frozen up in the rivers of
the Northwest, and will not reach their destina-
ton before spring. There will be great suffer-
ing in consequence. Agencies are making loud
calls for vaccine matter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29

William Sindram, the printer who, in New
York, deliberately shot his landlady, Mrs.
Catharine Creves, because she asked him to
pay his board, has been sentenced to hang on
the 10th Of February, 1882. Sindram is one Of
those heartless wretches who not only acknowl
edges his brutal crime, but has the brazenness
to exult over his fendishness and boast of the
long suffering give months) through which his
victim passed before relieved by death.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
Trea.ury Department CLERKS.

A number Of clerks, male and female, in the
Treasury Department at Washington have been
dismissed. One of them asked the cause of
the dismissal and was told "We want your
places for Others" The dismissed clerks all
appeared upon the appointment-book credited
to States and Territories from which they did
not come but all are residents Of Washington.
The "record and Influence" of each clerk
undergoes examination, and those deficient in
either particular must 60.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
suryiyor. OF the Bath city.

Seventeen of the twenty-seven OF the crew
of the steamship Bath City were picked up by
bark and have arrived in Liverpool. The
steamer sprung a leak and sunk on New
Foundland. The crew embarked in two boats,
one of which capsized and four were drowned.
The Captain and five men subsequently died OF
cold. The survivors were exposed three days
and niphta