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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-06
Shot From a Catapult.

Our fellow-citizen, Bill Jones-so
called-was one among the large crowd
that attended the circus in Griffin,
Georgia, says the Sun of that city.
The feature that attracted Mr.. Jones
attention more than anything else, was
the wonderful catapult-the flying ma
chine-and the daring Lu Lu. The
catapult is a wonderful machine, and is
so constructed, that by the agency of a
q large number of rubber cords, it will
throw a man a great ways in the air,
giving him several evolutions before
alighting. This trick excited the imita-
tiveness of Mr.. Jones, and he told
Johnny Doe and Dick Roe in conf
dence that he could fix up a machine
that would fling him as far as the cata-
pult did Lu Lu, and a small wage was
put up to stimulate Jones in the under
taking.
Now, be it known, Mr.. Jones is the
man who has been run over by q freight
train, anda2:40 trotter in full tilt knocked
him within an acre of the further bank
of the dark river, and the hard side of q
brick on another occasion come neal
taking the half of his head off, yet,
being unbafled, he built a catapult of
his own devising. The machine was
easily constructed, being made of two
good-sized hickory saplings, bent down
and u off about fifteen feet from the
earth. Across these plank was fastened,
upon which the would-be Lu Lu was to
lay himself. At about the distance he
imagined he would fall a large lot of
loose hay was placed, 80 as to make the
descent easy. Everything being placed
in circus-like order Johnny Doe and
Dick Roe and the boys in the neighbor-
hood were notified to be on hand.
The catapult was sprung by means of
a windlass and a rope. "Now," said
Jones, putting himself in a position
that would have excited the envy of
Lu Lu, the original, "when I say
ready, cut the cord and turn it loose"
Everything was arranged and the COM
mand given. Dick clipped the cord and
Jones went up as if he had been shot
from a 200-pound gun, and Johnny Doe
says he went up as high az the weather
cock on the courthouse steeple. He
passed forty feet beyond the hay pile,
andfelli in close proximity to big stump.
The only injury received by MI. Jones
was five broken ribs, nose dislocated,
knocked breathless, and one arm a lit
tie out of socket. His physicians say
he will recover.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-06
Why are Ministers Funnyi

A man was arrested In New York for
laughing OF o meeting of the "Salvation
Army" and when brought before the
Judge and asked why he laughed he said
at the close of the services a man said,
ga collection will now be taken up.
Trade dollars will be accepted" The
Judge decided that the remark was made
to create laughter, and acquitted the
prisoner. This incident may be food for
thought on the part of certain ministers
who are in the habit of making "cun-
ming" remarks in the pulpit. What do
they do it for? Dc they want people to
laugh, or do they want them to come as
near laughing as possible, and not laugh.
Every attendant at churches can remem-
Der remarks made by ministers that were
evidently intended to touch the risibles,
and yet if the audience laughed, the
minister would be offended. Beecher
often makes remarks that cause a broad
smile all over the house. Suppose a
hundred people In the audience could
not stop ut a smile, but that they should
laugh so rs to shake the roof, wouldn't
Beecher be the one to blame? We have
heard Methodist ministers in Wisconsin,
who is now President of a college, say
funnier things in the pulpit than we ever
wrote-which isn't saying much for the
fun Of his remarks-and it was all we
could do to keep from brushing into a
laugh. If we had laughed as hard as we
did next day, in conversation with the
same minister, when he said things not
half as funny, he would very likely have
instructed his sexton to fire the red
headed man out of the church. What
did he say the funny things for, in the
solemn church? Certainly it was not to
make his hearers cry. We have heard
an eminent preacher, formerly of this
city, say things in the pulpit that were
as full of humor and sarcasm as words
could be, and yet his face was as mourn
full as the tune, clark from the Tombs
q Doleful Sound" Let him say the
same things in camp, while the boys
were sittings around a trout dinner, and
the woods would ring with laughter.
Now, what was he driving at? Did he
want his hearers to laugh, or did he
want them to smile and look around at
friends in other pews AZ much as to say,
"WeI, he's a trump" There ought to
be an understanding about this thing.
If preachers want us to laugh, when they
say q funny thing, let them say so. We
do not suppose the minister who started
his prayer, 80 Lord, we come before
thee under the auspices of the Rock
County Agricultural Society" wanted
anybody to laugh, though he might just
as well have added, Admission twenty.
five cents. Children half price" Guess
the next time we go to church and q
minister says something funny we will
laugh, and get arrested.-PecE's Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-06

Uncle Sans letter-carriers are a hard
working set of men, and are liable to
contract rheumatism because of the con-
slant exposure to which they Ire SUBJ
jected. Calling at the postoffice the
reporter had ~apleasant conversation with
Mr.. J.. h. Mattern, one of the most pop
ular and clever letter-carriers in Indian
apolis. MI. Mattern said that, while in
the army during the civil war, he sprained
one of his ankles, which was always worse
in the spring during the period of the
rapid changes in the weather, he
did not find much relief from the
several remedies he applied. But two
years ago he hit upon st. Jacobs Oil,
and experienced wonderful relief from
its use. Several applications of the
Great German Remedy relieved him ell
tirely. The reporter talked with others
among the letter-carriers and found that
the Great German Remedy wa popular
In the postoffice. They use it for sore
feet, rheumatism, etc., and praise it
highly.-Indianapols (Ind.) NeUs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-06
POPULAR SCIENCE.

THE gastric juice of dogs is always
strongly acid.
ARTIFICIAL vanilla can be made from
the sap of the pine tree.
GRADUATED sugar is adulterated with
ultramarine, sulphate of tin and alum.
RUB1Es are nothing but crystallized
alumina, with a little coloring matter.
THE temperature at which dry rot Of
timber proceeds most rapidly is 800 F.
CH1oRoFoRM, chloral hydrate and alb
sinthe seem to exert 9 similar wide range
of action.
In POINT of nitrogen, one gallon Of
milk equals one pound Of lean meat.
FIBRE from the leaves of the pineap-
pie plant resembles jute, and may, it is
thought, be utilized in manufactures.
ZINC has been found in the human
liver, in the liver and muscles OF the OK,
in egg, wheats barley and corn.
TIE rate. at which aqueous vapor is
given off by plants is more than n and
q quarter ounces per square loot OF leaf
surface every twelve hours.
TIE retina of the frog, after being re-
moved from the eyeball and bleared in
the sunlight, will, if placed in the dark,
first turn yellow, then buff, and lastly
rose-red.
PETROLEUM has been used as fuel on
board steamers. One tank of oil, situat-
ed ut the remote end of the ship, would
hold fuel sufficient for q double trip.
The hell-bender of our Western rivers
the largest American salamaDder-
breathes entirely by means of its skin,
which, to expose more surface, is greatly
expanded, lying in ugly folds.
The milky sap of many plants contains
c~aoutchouc, suspended in the form OF
minute transparent globules, these being
frequently as small as 10000 to $780,
900 of an inch in diameter.
THOUGH oxygen is heavier than nitro.
gen, and therefore ought to fall to q
lower level than that gas in the atmos
phere, no difference has ever been found
to exist in the relative proportions of the
two.
WHEN the stomach of the sea cucum'
Der becomes troublesome, from indiges.
ton or other causes, it elects it through
its mouth along with its other internal
organs, and quietly awaits the growth o.
a new set.
THE waste liquor of gas works com
bined with the slaty shales found among
the coal, yields alum, used in the manu-
facture of paper and preparation O
leather copperas, or green %vitriol, uset
in dyeing. tanning and the manufacture
of ink and Prussian blue, and sulphuri'
acid.
The following test is given by tn
French Academy for distinguishing.fals
gems from diamonds. If the point of
needle or small hole in a card, whel
seen through the stone, appears double
the stone is not q diamond. All color
less gems, with the exception of tn
diamond, cause double re~fraction.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-06
Tha FLOATING homes Of BANGKOK.

Boats r the universal means of o n
veyance and communication, n q
boat thus becomes q necessary adjunct
Of every persons household; to its dex-
trous use every child is trained men,
women and children are equally accus-
toned. Perhaps the most common form
Is q stout skif about twenty-five feet
long, turning up very shapely and high
behind, like a Venetian gondola. 1t Is
broad in the beam, and two thirds of its
length is housed over, leaving a little
fat deck in front, and q still smaller one
behind. Behind stands the husband and
SOULS /; in front stands the wife, rowing
and using q boat-hook to help their way
through the crowds. The front of the
boat is used for business, passengers or
cargo. The rear third is given up to
family and domestic furniture.
For, incredible as it may seem, We
o see that each boat is the home OF o
family, father, mother, girls, and boys /;
who are born there, live there, and die
there. In the day time the children and
the furniture are crowded into a space
not over four feet square ; at night they
can spread out over greater surface. L
looked into these homes with attention,
and never could enough wonder or ad-
mire how closely all was packed, without
seeming to iostle or painfully crowd. Also
that the children lived 20 happily and
contentedly in a space no greater than a
large-sized Saratoga trunkl It is prob
ably a fact that there are many ten-year-
old children in Bangkok River who have
never walked over twentyfeet in q straight
line, in short, who have never been on
/ lo~l D,k 49,, rrhoo fhau rnpno IN nrnY-
unity to boats whose little inmates they
know, they would-beys- and girls from
five to twelve-jump out of their boat
house. and dive and swim away to visit
and gambol around together ; now free
in the water, now hanging to the boats
side, or sitting astride of the scull oar.
And q friend tells me that he has seer
them in their visits take with them the
baby, to whose shoulders the mother has
prudently attached a hollow gourd OF
other light float to insure its safety.
In a minor excursion up q side canal
found myself al the city residence of the
Prime Minister--whose name I have MOI
now time to write out in full. ] ran my
boat all around through his pleasure
grounds, and wondered whether thu
worthy old gentleman considered that h
was living on lanu OF IN the ciVer. IL
one part of his aquatic elysium 1 say
magnificent specimens of the victorii
regia, whose leaves, round like aplatter
were over two yards in diameter. Thei
rim was sharply turned up in a ledge al
inch high, and on the raft thus forme'
were settled, quite at home like, afamil.
of frogs. They, too, seemed to fall il
with the humors of the oouRtry.-Chron
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-06
BerthOld Auerbaeh, the Hebrew Nov.
oI{of

clISt.
Berthold Auerbach was the best
known to English and American read
ers of all the contemporary German nov
elists, and in many ways he was the
foremost of them all. He was a He
brew and a disciple of Spinoza, who
was the subject of his first novel, pub
lished when he was twenty-five, and
whose works he translated, and the
abundance of philosophical reflection is
at once the strength and the weakness
of his most important works. Son the
Heights" for example, is laden with
its philosophy, but it was mainly its
philosophy that gave its Importance in
Germany. This p~hilosophic tendency
is never altogether absent, but it is
wholly subdued to the poetic feeling
and artistic refinement in his shorter
stories, as notably the "Black Forest
Village Stories" that really laid the
foundation of his literary fame. Auer-
bach wa born in the Black Forest, at
Nordstetten, in 1872, and his descrip-
tions of village life are among the most
tender and sympathetic and at the same
time most firmly polished works of their
class that have been produced in our
day in any branch of German art.
These, as well as some of his later tales
of the same character, have been trans
lated, and the American reader is also
familiar with "Little Barefoot" "Edel.
weiss" and the "Villa on the Rhine
His political writings, and especially
the popular almanac, "Deutcher Volks
Kalendar," which he has published Al
Berlin for the past twenty years OF
more, were for home consumption only,
and his dramas have been scarcely sue
cessful even in Germany, but as a poet
ical genre painter he ranked among the
foremost artists of the day, and his
tales have been translated into every
European language. He never lost hil
feeling for his own race, and it is sale
that his death was fastened by his grie!
at the "Judenhetz. "-PhiladeiphiG
Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-06
Narrov Escane from Iceberrs.

While our ships were lying quietly at
the foot of this immense and wonderful
creation of ice, It happened that the
bergs Immediately to the seward of us
commenced whirling along in all direc-
tions, acted upon either by different sets
of the tide caused by a quiet avalanche
at some short distance away, or else bya
vast bodily pressurd outward from the
glacier itself. However that may be,
our danger was imminent. The wind
was blowing strongly, so we double
reefed the topsails, cast of, and made
sail. The only passage of egress was
between two gigantic bergs that lowered
loftily above our mastheads. These
| were fast closing together ; we had to
run the gauntlet, and not one moment
too O in fact, ten seconds later and I
believe we should all have persisted, and
| the ship have been smashed into pieces.
| It was q sight to be once seen and ever
remembered. Sir James Ross, standing
near the men at the helm, directing by
| the motion of his hand, perfectly self
possessed, more handsome and noble
looking in his then cool and command
ing attitude than ever, every eye fixed
upon him, or painfully watching the
| the closing distance between the majestic
arbiters of q fearful doom. Our very
breath was held as each and all seemed
to await the inevitable fiat of the angel
of destruction. Moments became hours
as the vessels length forged through.
Crash, crash! not q word, not a move.
ment. The lofty giants had closed on
our quarters, throwed one of our boats
inboard on the deck, crushing her and
her davits ; the ship, checked, staggered
for one moment: the noise of her rush
ing through the water reverbefS<M up
the sides of the bergs, when, just as we
expected to be overborne and flung into
eternity, our noble vessel, that seemed
to share in the exquisite tension of the
moment, slipped through clear of the
splendid masses, that, losing all theil
terror, now commanded our admiration,
with full liberty of breathing action re.
sumed. Life was before us again. The
very ship was endeared to her crew from
that moment? Did she not seem almost
to share our Joy and relief when, as i
were, passing through deaths icy grip
she 30 nobly plunged again into cleal
water? But q fresh scene had arisen be
fore our eyes. Countless icebergs O
enormous magnitude had gathered round
in all directions, obliging US again t.
yield obedience to their sway, unable tx
thread our way to the open sea. Mos
fortunately the mysterious connection IL
the water had ceased, and these colossa
monuments of arctic solitude had becom,
motionless. We looked up to their sum
mits with a mixed feeling of wonder AND
awe, and, gazing among the tortuou
passages formed by the accidental va
riety of their positions, were fully Inn
pressed with the certainty that no sucl
mighty display of marvellous panoram'
would ever again confront our astonishet
senses.-Connadnder Cheyne.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-06
PRoFEssoR THuRsroN has made e,

PROFESSOR THURsToN has made e1-
periments on the strength of SO differ
emit alloys, in the laboratory of Stevens
Institute of Technology, in New York.
The quantity of copper in the alloys
varied from 10 to 80 per cent, and that
of zinc between 10 per cent. and 40 per
cent. An alloy containing 55 per cent.
copper, 43 per cent. tin and 2 per cent.
zinc, showed the greatest stregth; it
wal of q nice color, hard, capable of
being polished, and could be forged if
carefully heated. For purposes in which
great resistance, as well as strength, are
required, an alloy containing less tin is
better adapted, the proportion being SIS
per cent. copper, 44.5 per cent. zinc,
and 0.5 per cent. tin. Agood result was
also obtained with an alloy the compo-
sition of which was given a few years
ago by Mr.. J. A. Tobin, which is little
known. The proportions are: Copper,
5S.2 per cent; zinc, 39.5 per cent. tin,
% per cent. This alloy can be bent
when cold or warm, and is very good for
screws and nuts, and can be forged at a
low, red heat.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-06
Harrisburg (Pa.) independently
They We're Not DisannOinted.

Many people, especially those Of a
credulous nature, seemed doomed to x
perience many and bitter disappoint-
ments. The clouds lower and the
tempest roar, especially to defeat some
pet plan or object of theirs /; or the sun
shines too hotly or the winds blow too
harshly, Just to interfere with their
anticipated pleasure. Friends desert
them and prove false when friendship is
most needed, and business vanishes,
leaving nothing but loss. In fact, what
ever they touch turns to ashes. Disap-
pointment seems to meet them at every
step unless it be that sickness is abroad,
and then they are sure of something.
If it be rheumatism or other painful all
ment that seizes them, some friend or
other mentions st. Jacobs Oil, using
which they cannot experience disap-
pointment, for the Great German
Remedy will cure all maladies of a pain
full nature. The following experience
bears upon this point:
Mr.. E. L. Russ, living on the corner
of Broad and Cowden streets, says his
business keeps him on his feet q great
deal. Sometimes his feet get so sore and
inflamed that he endures great agony.
He has found much comfort and relief,
however. from the Great German
Remedy. Previous to using st. Jacobs
Oil he never found anything to give him
relief save perfect rest. The Oil relieves
and enables him to work all the time.
He praises it highly.
Miss Mary @. Bruner, residing at AL
Market street, is subject to neuralgia.
Sometime ago while suffering great pain
from an attack she was induced, happily,
to use st. Jacobs Oil, and it relieved her
Immediately. She has tried many
remedies, but gives the Oil the praise
over all others, and says she can recon-
mend it as the greatest healer of pain
she has ever seen.
Mrs. Amos b. Ripper, No. 123 South
Third street, uses the st. JacobssOll
with the happiest effect when attacked
with rheumatism, with which disease
she Is to some extent, a chronic sufferer.
Her son and daughter have also en-
ployed the Great German Remedy in
rheumatism, and the whole family are
loud in the praise of the the great cura-
tive powers of the remedy.
Mr.. d. Bensinger, with Mr.. VIM.
Cruikshanks, jeweler,. No. 4 Market
square, q y he regards st. Jacobs Oil
as a wonderful cure for rheumatism. He
woke up one morning and found one of his
feet very much swollen and paining him
sharply. He put on his shoes, but found
he could not bear it loon he had to
take his stocking off, and very 7soon the
pain was SO great he could not walk.
He began to apply the st. Jacobs Oil,
one bottle of which was sufficient to give
him entire relief. He says he never saw
any remedy act SO quickly and happily
in subduing pain. OF this nature is the
testimony coming from all parts of the
country.
Whoever uses the Great German
Remedy once, keeps it convenient there
after as a household panacea. st
Jacobs Oil differs from all other articles
claiming the same power, in that it does
keep its promises.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-06
n MARKETS.,

Fancy IS 5o@5 90;
~Wheat~NoS: 2 winter red, 81 50; choice, 81 50,
and No. 8 do. 81 2s. Corn-No. 8 white, .77AS
z zsgs:; q. No. ea 2 ZELDA 7Sg4s ss1Ss on t No; 2 6 6assds sas 5
fall, 81 %. Hay.Prims TIMOTHY, 81 ooels 90.
steam, ie.soc. ssEpps-f4mothy, 81 5 50 peG
bush. TalioT, 6. Whisky, 81 Is: EsglT AND IN
brl. Strawberries, s. oo@4 so per crate. Pota-
toes From store, Early Rose, 81 3o@1 IS; bur-
Cucumber b sS' 75 @e ssi PS 90 per d 10 0% Tom at per Sai.
muda, 81 90 per peck crate.
NEW Cotton, 1214gl27Se; Flour
,ohiO extra family, s. logs 90: Wfheat :
& 4osi1 4o5& fe1 new; and 81 t1Hss ~ for old:
white Western, 5s@62c. Mess pork, ST. 62H@
IL IS. Lard-Prime steam, 11.2oa11.25c.
CHICAGO.-Flour-Fair to choice winter wheats,
No. : Chicago Spring, 81 s5g1 $50. GornENo. 2
4a554e,' Bsfisy.@No;; 2 spring, g os@l 55; Fia1;;
Prime steam, 1o.s714c. Whisky, 81 IS.
LoUIsvILLE.-Fl0ur- Choice fancy, Sc $50
7 Is; A No. l, s5 s5G6 IS; extra family, SIS 259
No. 2 white, 79@s9c. Oats-No. 2 mixed, ACC.
Mess pork, SIS 50. Lard-choice kettle-rendered,
1870.
NEW Observation-Disclosures, IS 75a
25. Corn-Mixed, Sc; choice yellow, s5c., and
choice white, 81 O5. Oats-Prime to choice, CSC.
Hay-Prime timothy, $27 0o@2S 90. Mess pork,
SIS 57%. Lard, 11as911Nc.
BAETIMORE.-Flour - Family, Sc 12L@7 25.
Wheat-No. 2 winter red, 81 35. Corn-Western
mixed, 76h977c. Oats-White Western, 55@57c.
Rye-Good to prime, CSC. @s1 90. Mess pork, s17 rs
@1s so. Lard, 12c.
TOLEDO.-Wheat No. 2 red Wabash, 81 81.
Corn High-miIed, 71Nc.; No. 2 mixed, zoe.
Clover Seed-No. 2, 81 go per bush.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Steady at 81 SOFA
1 81. Corn, 6SH@69c. Oats, 4s95Oc.
LIVE STOCK.
CINCINNATI CATTLE - The market rules
steady and quotations are as follows: Common,
81 5O93 rs; good to choice butcher grades, IS ESQ
6 25; fair to good shippers, IS 50a6 40; good to
choice COWS and heifers, IS 00G6 90; fair oxen,
So OO94 so; good to choice, a 1896 90; stockers,
So 7594 so. HoGs-Selected butchers and heavy
shippers, 81 1917 so; fair to good packing grades,
Sc 66@7 10; fair to good light, S. 60a7 90; some Of
less weight and lower quality, IS 2O96 30; still
fed, Sc 5O97 90; common, IS 5o@S 10; culls, 81 so
to fair, 81 Dogs 90; good to choice, IS 25@6 %.
ST. LOUIS.-Hogs-Light good Workers., Sc $50
6 So; common to good Baltimores, IS 55@6 60;
fancy, Sc 7O@7 Is. Cattle-Fair to choice cows
and heifers, IS OO96 90; shipping steers, 81 75@
6 %.
EAST LIBERTY, &C Best grades,
Sc 25g6 70; fair to good, IS 75a6 25. HOgs-PhiL
a~dlpRias, 81 25@7 IS; Workers, Sc 60@6 so.
NEW ~YORK.-Dressed beef, sL@10Lc. Hogs,
Sc 25g7 25. handspring, IS Dogs 0c per head.
Dressed mutton, sh@lOc. per ID.