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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
The Condensed Trousers.

An editor in Chicago had ordered
pair of new trowsers from the tailor. On
trying them on they proved to be two or
three inches too long. 1t being late on
Saturday night, the tailor's shop was
closed, and the editor took the trowsers
to his wife and asked her to cut them off
and hem them over. The good lady,
whose cucumbers or melons had perhaps
disagreed with her, brusquely refused.
The same result followed an application
to his wife's sister and the eldest daugh-
ter But before bedtime the wife relent-
ing, took the pants and cutting off six
inches from the legs, hemmed them
nicely and restored them to the closet.
Half an hour later the daughter, taken
with compunctien for her unfilial con-
duct, took the trowsers, and cutting off
six inches from the legs, hemmed and
replaced them. Finally the sister-in-
law felt the pangs of conscience, and
she. too, performed an additional surgi-
cal operation on the garment. When
the editor appeared at the breakfast,
Sunday, the family thought a highland
chieftain had arrived, for the trowsers
reached only to the middle of his thigh.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
to surrender bis property

promised to surrender his property in
case of any trouble. Under these cir
cumstances the loan increased, till it reached
over two millions of dollars. The manner in
which this business was transacted was thus:
Nugent would give drafts on friends in New
York which would be credited him as cash, and
Baldwin would use the banks money to take
up the drafts when due. The books were
SO falsified as to show the accounts to be
correct. Finally, however, the losses
were placed in account with the Mechanics-
Bank, New York, agent of the Newark Bank
so that while it appeared the Newark Bank
had claims for $4,000 against the
New York Bank, in truth the Newark Bank
owes the New York bank 100000. This diff
ference is almost wholly due to the irregular
transactions with Nugent. He said he had
speculated very little, and lost nothing in that
way. District Attorney Keasly says: Nugent
can be held liable for his part of the transac-
ton under Section 5000 United States Revised
Statutes" "When Baldwin was before u.s.
said Director, she appeared to be anxious to
make clean breast of the matter. He said he
fully realized the grave nature of the offense,
and admitted he ought to be dealt with in the
severest manner the law would allow. There
is no excuse for my misdeeds,' he said, sand
now see what ought to have seen years ago.
stand before you tonight a perjurer, aforger,
falsifer and q criminal Il think, gentle
men, he said, in conclusion, that you ought
to sead for the officers and put me under
arrest for misappropriating your money
and money belonging to other persons.
1t is your duty to send me to jail, and only
ask the privilege Of going home to inform my
wife and family of my misdeeds.- They know
nothing about this affair. I never expect to
go to the bank again, but instead I expect to
go to the jail, and from there to State prison,
where shall have to end my days. If had
not been too much of coward would not
have been here to tell you this story tonight
should have shot myself. Since have
chosen to live, ] must suffer-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
Not an Exceptional Case.

Jenkins came to New York from
suburban city, and, going to a frst-rate
restaurant, had a broiled porterhoues
beefsteak which was cooked by we'll
paid man who had fine fire. He paid
rs cents for it, and went away satisfied
and happy, saying that after all it is
nonsense for woman to think that she
cannot cook beefsteak in the right
style. Then he got out of the train at
his station that evening he thought he
would have another fine, tender, juicy
and rich beefsteak, and, as he was used
to doing the marketing, he went into
the butcher store, bought a thin piece
of beef from the round for 90 cents, wei
home to find his wife at the washtub,
and, throwing the round steak on the
table, said: 81 want you to cook that
fn the New York style, or else it is time
ior me to starve to death. ."-New York
Herald,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
One of Those sMash,, Letters.

When Horace Weston, the colored
banjo player of the Plantation troupe,
was travelling in Europe with the Jarrett
& Palmer Uncle Tom Combination, he
received large mail daily. One day he
was showing his letters to Mr.. Jarrett,
who was reading them to him, as he had
never learned to read. Suddenly Mr..
Jarrett was overcome with emotion.
"Where did you get that letter ?" he
asked, holding out one with the royal
insignia printed on the corner, and
signed by court official.
"Dat one9 Why, I've carried dat in
my pocket week"
"Why, you IDIOT" shouted Jarrett,
"that is a command to appear before
the Queen, and is worth $40, 200 to he
company for an advertisement"
els dat SOP" replied Weston, 81
thought it was one of dem mash letters. u
-NeaU York Sun,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
Creatures OF Circumstance.

"I suppose you had always great
fancy for surgery?" people often used to
say to Sir Benjamin Brodie, the great
English surgeon of the day. The truth
was that he had no more taste for it
than fop for pole-cat. He went into
the business because there was nothing
else for him to do. It is not at all prob
able that the elder Bennett ever had any
youthful aspirations in the direction of
Journalism, or that A. T. Stewart ever
thought of becoming O merchant. Ste
phenson was not an inventor because he
willed to be one; nor Edison an cleo
trician because that was the dream Of
his boyhood. These men followed the
bent Of their own genius, and for them
it was along ne line of least resistance.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
Extraordinary impeachment of Speech.

Mr.. Edwin Cowles, editor of the Cleve-
land Leader, in consequence of charges
of q low character which were publicly
made against him as the cause Of an i'm
pediment in his speech, published state
ment under his own name as to the
nature of his aff1iction, and to say the
least, it is strangely remarkable. He
says: .
"The cause of my impediment of
speech is most extraordinary one, and
I am informed that there is not a similar
case on record. The peculiarity of my
deafness is akin to that of color blindness.
There are certain sounds 7 never hear.
can not, nor did I ever, hear the hiss
ing sound of the human voice portion
of the consonant sounds I never hear
consequently, not hearing any of these
sounds when was a child, never made
them in my articulation, and never be-
came aware of the existence of those
sounds till I arrived at the age of man.
hood, and then I discovered their exist
tence and was taught to make them in
NV articulation. It having become
second nature for me when I discovered
the existence of those sounds, to speak
without making them, and withal not
hearing them when do make them, it
can be seen why labor in my articula-
ton. In listening to conversation am
governed by the sense of the remarks,
and by the motion of the lips in order to
understand what is said. never in my
life heard the music of the birds, and I
had always supposed that it was poeti-
cal fiction till grew up to maturity, and
ascertained that it was reality. You
may fill this room with canary birds and
all may sing at once, and not note
would 1 hear, but would hear their
wings futter; the upper notes of a violin,
piano or other musical instruments ]
never hear, although would hear all
notes below the seventh octave. can
hear the street car, but never hear the
car bells. I have walked by the side of 6
policeman and have seen him blow his
whistle which could be heard half mile
away, and yet would not hear the least
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
The Household Recipe.

In the information column of some Of
our exchanges, the startling assertion
that watermelon may be vanished and
will keep till Christmas, is still going
around. essS3
The watermelon is our favcrite fruit
and we thought last fall that We would
vanish one and surprise our friends with
it Christmas. The surprise was all right
but the melon wasn't good for much.
After the turkey and cranberry sauce
had been demolished, we remarked as We
sharpened the carving knife on our boot
-lee,-tAat we would nowLdeal ont .the
fruit.
When we showed the glittering blade
through the vanished shell of the water
melon, about quart of melon juice in
bad state of preservation squirted around
the festive board and stopped the How OF
conversation.
Yes, you can varnish watermelon and
keep it till next fall, but when You hold
the autopsy you want to have nobody
around but the coroner and the en-
balmer. g - 81 Laa ifE
When we threw that melon over into
| the alley we remember that it went to
pieces like an old seed cucumber thrown
against the side of barn.
You can't always bet on these recipes
that you read in the papers. We re-
member once of reading that certain
preparation would keep eggs for year
and they would taste better when You
peeled them than when they were first
picked.
We tried it.
They seemed filed with malaria when
we opened them and they popped like q
champagne cork. } -
The family had to move outon ranch
till the affair had blown over. And while
we were gone, the coroner broke into the
house to see who had been killed and
locked up there in order to conceal the
crime.
Some of these editors who compile
recipes for housekeepers don't know a
blanc mango from paletot.
araq.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
LATER NEWS.

Mrs GARFIELD, with her three children,
have left the Mentor home, and gone to reside
in Cleveland.
MASSEY HILL. colored, was taken from Jail at
Manchester, Tennessee, for attempting to rape
a little girl and hanged by mol.
The "Big Missouri" of Cincinnati, large
tenement house infested with rats, vermin and
a low order Of humanity, has been burned.
CHARLES II. PHILIPS, one of the editors of
the Kokomo Qnd.) Tribune, widely quoted
paper, died on the 9Th inst. of consumption.
ROME correspondent says "the Pope has
expressed himrelf strongly in condemnation of
the proceedings of the Irish Land League"
COLONEL WAsToN d. SMITH, Clerk of the
puited States Circuit Court for Nebraska, was
Ehot at his office door by an unknown assassin.
Bon WILLIAMS, negro, was lynched in
Grecnville County, South Carolina, for an out
rage upon q nine-year old girl. He confessed
his guilt.
A. K. SooTT, Ex-Governor of South Carolina,
on trial at Napoleon, Ohio, for the murder of
Warren G. Drury, on Christmas last, was ac-
quilted.
MERCHANT Just arrived from Spanish Hon
duras says 5000 lives were lost by the recent
floods there, and the loss of live stock, damage
to the fruit interest and railroads is estimated
at s20, ,0OO, 900.
EAGLE BLOCK, Hoboken, was entirely de-
stroyed by fire, entailing loss Of half mil
lion dollars. The flames could have been
quenched and the property saved, but the fire
company, made up of volunteer men, refused
to respond to the alarm.
In THE Lower House of tho Washington
Territory Legislature the bill giving the--right
of suffrage to women passed, thirteen to
eleven A similar bill was defeated in the
| Upper House on the 26th ult., by a vote OF
seven to fifteen, but it will come up in another
shape, and it is believed will pass.
A. STEIN, worthless character at Iowa City
Ia, took poison, went to the honse of hii
mother-in-law, cut his wife's throat, chopped
| up his mother-in-law, and then died from the
/ effects OF the poison. His wife died, but the
mother-in-law, it is thought, will recover. Hi
strength to finish her did not hold out. Hi
wife had left him because of his failure Il
| provide for her. ~
THE Government Examiner of the Newarl
Mechanics Bank, has finished his preliminar.
labors. The actual deficiency by this statemen
is 50, Ali, ,O0O.45 which is to be made up b
assessment on the stockholders, and the losse
by depositors. The Examiner estimates, afte
making allowance for all probable losses, tina
the depositors will receive from so to GO pc
cent, and the stockholders will lose an amonn
equal to their stock additional.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
An Ingenious Rascal.

The theater OF Ofen (Buda-feStn) WIS
the scene of his debut, though this was
made in a loge, not on the stage. 1t ap-
peal that certain Hungarian countess,
well known for her riches and beauty
(the same spirited lady who seconded
her brother in dneD graced with her
presence the performance at the Are5a,
or summer theater On one of her fam
fingers my lady wore two splendid dia--
mond rings, exactly like each other;
During an entr' acte there presented
himself in her box big fellow in gorge
GUS livery-six feet of the finest fiunkey
imaginable. Quoth he, in finest Hunga-
rian "My mistress, Princess P, has
sent to your ladyship, to ask the loan OF
one of your rings for five minutes. Her
highness has observed them from her
box opposite and is very anxious to have
one made after the pattern" Without
an instant's hesitation the countess
handed ring to "Jeames," who bowed
with respectful dignity and retired. The
performance over, the two great ladies
met on the staircase, and the countess
begged her friend to keep the ring at her
convenience. "What ring, my dear p
Denouenaent! Tableau The "pow-
| dered menial r' was no fiunky at all
but thief, and the ring was gone. The
police were informed Of the impudent
trick. Justice seemed to have over
taken the culprit in very few strides,
for next morning the countess, while
still en- robe-de-chana6re, received let
ter informing her that the thief had been
caught and the ring found on his per-
son. comfy" added the note, 6 the
man stoutly denies the charge and de-
clares the ring to be his own. To clear
up all doubt pray come at once to the
police station, or send the duplicate ring
by bearer" To draw the second ring
from the finger and intrust it joyfully
to the messenger-a fine fellow in full
police uniform, together with hand
some tip" for the glorious news, wa
the work of a moment. Only when my
lady an hour later betook herself radiant
to the police-station to recover her jew
els, slight mistake came to light
"Wel, my rings? 1 could not come t.
myself the instant I got your letter.
"'What letter, madam ?" Denouenaent
Tableau No. 2! The thief had got then
both.-Lo1adon Globe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
Fears Of Death.

Why should men ever be afraid to die
but that they regard the spirit as sec
ondary to that which is but its mere
appendage and conveniency, its symbol,
its word, its means of visibility? If the
soul lose this poor mansion of hers by
the sudden confagration of disease, or
by the slow decay of age, is she there
fore houseless and shelterless If she
cast away this soiled and battered gar
ment, is she therefore naked? A child
looks forward to new suit and dons it
joyeully; we cling to our rags and foul
ness. We should welcome death as one
who brings us tidings of the finding OF
long lost titles to a large family estate,
and set out gladly to take possession,
though, it may be. not without a nat
ural tear for the humber home we are
leaving. Death always means us a
kindness, though he has often q gruff
way of offering it. = James Russell
TOaDeH
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
Confederate Bonds.

The run on Confederate bonds is evidently
without substantial foundation, and when it
becomes known that they are of no prospective
value, the holders will be left in sad plight.
The bonds few weeks ago sold at $3.50 per
q. eco, but zee by the dispatches that in
some portions of the country they are selling
at $40 and s11 per $1,000. This can not nor
will not last long. On this subject the Pail
Mall Gazette, excellent authority, says
"There is no truth whatever in the statement
that there is large amount of money in the
Bank of England deposited to the credit of the
Confedera e Government and available for the
payment of Confederate bonds. We believe it
does not hold a single penny, and doubt
whether there is any such money in any bank
in this country. The whole story is gross
fabrication, and the fitting product of specu-
lation that has no substantial foundations"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10

WHAT is that which has three feet but
no legs, is all body but no limbs, has no
toes on the feet, no head, moves a great
deal but never uses its feet for that pur-
pose, has one foot at each end and one
in the center of the body? This is
queer creature in some respects, and is
very popular among the ladies and some
gentlemen. It never walks out, but
goes with one foot where the head might
be, dragging the other foot behind.
These feet have nails, but no toes no
heels and no bones in the feet. Answer
"A yardstick.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
naldHIn,. Defnlca,Ion..

A further investigation into tho affairs of
the Mechanics National Bank, of Newark, N.
j., the telegraph says, shows the losses Of the
bank to be 80, 600, 900. 1t appears that Bald
win, the defaulting cashier, was the financial
manager of g. Nugent & Co., to whom he
charges the banks failure. Baldwin had tie
power of attorney to fill up and sign notes and
checks for Nugent & Co. for eight years past,
and twas an easy matter for him to fill such
notes and place them among the banks papers
instead of depositing the receipts of the firm
to their credit. Nugent says he is satisfied that
his firm is not indebted to the bank for more
than $500, 900 or 1920 600.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
The Sun worshipped From a Volcano.

WIlU0 ILLS 1TOlu luOuub IIlJi, tuO
highest mountain in Japan. 1t is an
immense volcano, nearly $4,000 feet
high, and famous resort for pilgrims.
am told that during the season when it
can be ascended, which is in July and
August, the number of pilgrims visiting
it average about five hundred per day.
The ascent is very steep and difficult,
yet it can be made in day. There are
numerous stations or resting places on
the way up-little stone huts covered
with boards and heavily laden with
stones to keep them from being swept
away by the high winds. The scene
from the summit at sunrise is indescriba-
bly, grand and it is an object with the
pilgrims to be there at that time and
worship the rising sun. This morning
hundreds of them were gathered in its
crest, with clasped hands, and chanting
their prayers with loud voice, their
voices sounding far off through the clear
air.-Jdpan Letter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
minne.ota,s Deb.

The Minnesota House of Representatives
has passed the Senate bill for an adjustment of
the old bonded debt by vote of II to 20. The
only important amendment is one providing
that tho rate of interest of the new bonds shall
be not above per cent. instead of per cent.
absolutely. This will permit the Governor in
his discretion to issue bonds at lower rate if
he finds they can be placed on the market. As
soon as the Senate concurs in this anne, ,:dment
the bill goes to the Governor for his signature
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
Campbell WIN Rcpre.ent Utah.

The suit brought by Campbell to annul Can
non's pretended certificate of naturalization
has been decided at Salt Lake, Utah. by Chief
Justice Hunter. The Judge held that on the
statements of the complainant and the admis-
sion of defendant the certificate of Cannon
WAS void on its face. The pretended naturali-
cation was nutility. Thus tho court in which
Cannon pretends to have been naturalized
twenty-five years ago decides that he is an
alien, and therefore that Governor Murray was
right in refusing to certify that he had been
duly elected to Congress-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
A Landlord. Charges.

The landlord of the Mt. Vernon Hotel, Balti-
more, who entertained Won Steuben and party,
has put in his bill to the City Reception Com
mittee asking for the modest sum Of 81, $50. II
he had wanted to be mean about it he would
have made it even $4,000; but he wasn't that
kind of landlord, and besides, the former
figures did not look nearly 30 large, il they
were nearly as much. The Committee won't
pay it, and on that account more than anything
else, the landlord is feeling bad.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10

The finest boat on the Upper Mississippi,
War Eagle, was carried by swift current
against span of the Keokuk and Hamilton
Bri lge, at Keokuk, and badly crushed. The
span in the bridge was demolished, entailing q
loss of $3.50, 900 to the bridge. The boat was
heavily loaded with passengers, all of whom,
the account says, made good their escape by
getting onto that portion of the bridge left
standing as the boat swung around.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
There is Money In stealing.

Cashier Baldwin, confessor to the robbery of
90, 600, 900 from the Mechanics National Bank,
Newark, New Jersey, is released on S25, 200, Civ
ing him as q free man, 80, ,575, 900 the advan-
take. A. D. wheelock, who embezzled $50, 900
from J. G. Walcott & Co., New York, is out ON
5000; profits to Mr.. Wheelock, $4,000. We
do not see why there is not more stealing done
than there is. The courts, by their action, offer
eyery announcement
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10

The prinaa donna, Adelina Patti, who is now
in America, says she is just delighted with this
country, and as she expects to quit the stage in
two years, she couldn't resist the temptation to
pay us another professional visit. She will re-
main until next May, and in the meantime
will expect to accumulate considerable of our
loose change
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
Largest Landowner on the Con tInen.

.
Col. Dan Murphy, of Halleck's Sta
ton, Elko county, came to California in
1874, and may be said to have made
the country pay him well for his time.
He is now probably the largest private
landowner on this continent. He has
1000, 900 acres of land in one body in
Mexico, 60, 900 in Nevada, and %, 900 in
California. His Mexican grant he bought
four years ago for $500, 900, or 8 cents
an acre. It is sixty miles long, and
covers beautiful country of hill and
valley, pine timber and meadow land.
It comes within welve miles of the city
of Durango, which is to be station on
the Mexican Central. Mr.. Murphy
raises wheat on his California land, and
cattle on that in Nevada. He got 55, 600
sacks last year, and ships 5000 head of
cattle year right along.-Ronee (Neu.)
Hn1oyfo
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
A WonderfuI Gold Mine.

Judge Thomas NJ. Bowen, of Del Norte, Col
orado, has struck it the richest of all, having
discovered gold bearing mineral region in
the Summit District of Colorado that assays
$4,000 in gold per ton. The product of the
mine from fifteen stamp mill averages about
S100, 900 per month. Bowen has been offered
$4,000 by Eastern capitalists for half in
terest in the mine, but refuses to sell.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
shot ror Paving III. Rent.

tenant farmer named Doherty, Dublin
dispatch says, was shot while entering his
house, at Carrigan, Galway, for paying his
rent. He had been "Boycotted" for some
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
Blaiae'. Letter not to Ee Answered.

Lord Granville, the British Foreign Secre-
tary, has drawn up no reply to Secretary
Blaine's letter relative to the Panama Canal
and the Monroe Doctrine. There has been an
exchange of views between Granville and the
French Minister of Foreign Affairs. but il is
stated on good authority that no joint reply
is likely to be made.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
Electric Motor. on railways.

The elevated railroad in New York, so far as
propelling power is concerned, is to be COM
pletely revolutionized. siemens, the German
inventor of an electric motor has held a con-
ference with Jay Gould, Russell Sage and Cy-
rus W. Fields, and as a result he has been in
vited to SO change tho construction that the
motor may be placed in service at an early day.
It is estimated that this change in propelling