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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Human Progress.

It is said thst there is certain fixed
amount of cruely in every society, and
that the only difference is the form In
which it is expressed. Where people,
for example, who are kind to animals,
are frequently unkind, or at least not
sympathetic, with those of their own
kind. The venerable Henry Bergh, of
New York, is charged with being willing
to sacrifice the health and comfort Of his
own species to that of the quadrupeds he
champions. The philanthropist that
devotes his time to alleviating the wrongs
of mankind is often accused of neglecting
his family and allowing them to suffer,
while the cold, selfish, cross, grasping,
hard moneymaking man of the world,
is at home an affectionate husband and a
tender father. Whether this be true or
not, it is in a degree confirmed by the
apparent advance in humanity already
made at Yale College. There have
been years in the history of that instiu-
ton when "hazing" was practiced.
But that has been abandoned of late.
Instead of that Mr.. VIM. M. Evarts' son
has introduced badger hunting-he hay-
ing procured badger for that purpose
and rat-killing. He has a terrier
which is "death on rats" and the other
day having procured grateful of the ami
mails from New York, he left them loose
in the college yard. His dog killed
twenty-seven rats in six minutes, and the
members of the sophomore class aban-
doned their recitations to witness the
slaughter.
Now this is an advance on "hazing y
and shows progress.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
! The Australian Farmers Pest.

= Although the farmers of America have
their troubles from drouth, rain, cut
worms, grasshoppers and chinch-bugs,
YET they are exempt from some of the
torments which harass the Australian
agriculturist. The rabbits deyour much
Of his crops and his grass but his worst
foe is the kangaroo, which mulGplies
with wonderful fecundity and devours
every green thing. It costs the farmers
$500 mile in fencing to keep their sheep
and cattle runs from these animals. A
small run requires fifty miles of this
fencing and large one three or four
times that amount. Even when the
fencing is mp it is hard to keep the
beasts out. They run along by the side
of it until they find q weak spot and
push through. Once inside, they will
do an incafculable amount of damage,
cleaning whole acres of everything on
the land. The rapid increase of the ami
NAL is attributed to the killing of the
dingo, or native dog, which the settlers
are obliged to poison because it kills
sheep as well as kangaroos. Kangaroo
hunting, therefore, is business rather
than a sport, and the slaughter is terri
BILE, often resulting in the destruction OF
1900 kangaroos per week. But still
another enemy is the parrot. The par
rot of Australia has quit vegetable
diet and taken to meat. They are de-
stroying the sheep in enormous guam
titles, and when the farmer is not shoot
ing kangaroos he is killing parrots.
Where he gets time to do any farming is
q mystery.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
The Blue Sky.

Professor Brucke has constructed an
artificial blue sky by dropping spiritu-
GUS solution of rosin into water until the
liquid becomes turbid and milky. When
q blackboard is placed behind the glass
containing this turbid solution, and the
light is allowed to fall upon the liquid
obliquely from above, it assumes the
aspect of a clear blue sky. Professor
Helmholtz very unpoetically, and almost
irreyerently, speaks of blue sky as
simply an eye with turbid humors.
Professor Tyndall has followed up this
interesting branch of investigation by
showing that an artificial blue sky can
also be produced by throwing strong
beam of electric light upon certain kinds
or gas contained in long glass tubes.
The effect he conceives to be in some
measure dependent upon decomposition
of the gas through the agency of the
light One portion of the9 gas is sud-
denly precipitated in the form of a deli
cate cloud, capable Of catching and
turning back the blue vibrations In
some notifications of the experiments
the attenuated yapor makes its first ap.
pearance inan exquisitely delicate form.
The light reflected from these artifcially.
constructed blue clouds is always polar.
lied where it is thrown off at an angle 81
900 from the course by which it has
fallen upon the rejecting particles. The
most perfect polarization always occurs
in the direction that is perpendicular tc
the path of the illuminating beam. The
effect gradually grows weaker, and ulti-
mately fades away, as this perpendicu.
larity is departed from. The polariza-
ton of the sky is most distinctly deyel-
oped in one particular track of the vault,
and fades gradually away as the neigh.
boring regions are brought successfully
under examination.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
The Oyster.

The oyster is avery fortunate creature,
If it be fortunate to be much mentioned
in history. People who have swallowed
an enormous number Of, oysters figure in
anecdote, and are considered to have
done something gmeritorious. The Roman
who first fofmed oyster beds, which he
did at Baie, is known to have been
named Sergious Orata, who had the hap
piress to live to the time of Augustus,
and who is known to have made great
deal of money by the exercise of his in
genuity. To-day it is mentioned in the
encyclopedias that Apicus, contempo-
rary of Trajan, was the first who taught
the world how to pickle oysters. His
fame rests upon that fact. There was
another ApicIls distinguished for his love
of Holsters; there was another who set
up school of cooks; but the oyster
picking Apicus has distinct fame, and
survives freshly in classical dictionaries.
When George 1. came to England from
Hanover the royal cooks could not please
the royal palate in the matter of oysters
until it was discovered that his Majesty
liked them stale, as he had always been
in the habit OF eating them. When MIR.
Thackeray first came to Boston certain
of his admirers asked him to supper.
There were, among other delicacies, gi-
gantic oysters. The novelist could not
comprehend that he was to swallow one
of these in an undivided state, but, being
shown the way and having accomplished
the feat, he observed that he felt "as d
he had swallowed baby"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Neighborliness of Juries.

Sometimes neighborly feeling may be
carried to mistaken extent. Lord
Campbell, in his "Lives of the Chan
cellors," relates an amusing incident
in Lord Eldon's early career which gives
an example of this. Lord Eldon, then
Mr.. Scott, was engaged for the first
time in q trial at his native town of New
castle. He himself had small hope of
his clients success, but the jury ynani-
mously found in his favor. The mys-
terry was explained by the foreman, who
BUSTED up after the trial to congratu-
late the young advocate on his success,
adding:
"Of course, Lawyer Scott, you were
sure of my vote.
A similar misapprehension of their
duties is related of jury at York some
years later. Lord Eldon, who was trying
q case, found that juror was missing
from his place, whereon one of the
others rose with the remark:
1t is no consequence, my lord; the
trial can go on. He is friend of mine,
and has left his verdict with me"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Only the General Manager.

At station on one of the railroads
leading out of Detroit the train had ar
rived and departed, the other day, when
the station agent, who had been in the
place about three weeks, and was looking
for call every hour to come to Detroit
and take charge of the line, was ap-
preached by quick, well-dressed man,
smoking cigar, who asked
Keep you pretty busy here 2"
Yum, was the jerky reply.
Business on the increase ~
"Yum," again.
"Do you run this station 2" asked the
quiet man, after a turn on the platform.
"Nobody else runs r. gfowled the
agent. "Haye you got patent car
coupler ?'
"Oh, no."
"I was going to tell You to go to
thunder with it if yonhad. Want spscial
freight rates, Isuppese,2, 8 !. .:ssI,sS =. .
s.No, SIR
"I don't give any passes.n
&" don't want any,"
| &c Waiting for the next train ~
t z" Not particularly" l
"Want to charter CARP"
"No.n
The agent left him on the platform,
and entered his office and busted himself
! for half an hour, when the quiet man
looked in on him and asked Il:
whats the salary of a. position like
this ?''
"That's my business, was the prompt
reply. f
What's the income from this sta
ton ?" eiss
'tAsk the baggageman." (.
"Your name is isn't it?'
"Suppose it is ?"
"Oh, nothing much-only I'm the
General Manager of the line, and I'd
like to exchange cards with your
Detroit Free Press. s
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
HUMoRs OF THE DAY.

Eyes, I've got a horrid cold, said
Mrs. Jenkinson. " I've dosed and dosed
and I don't get one biz better. Pom
my word I believe I've taken no less
than thirty y-nine articles, and begin to
feel like an Episcopalian.p
THEY were discussing religious ques-
tions. Said Brown, 81 tell you that if
the other animals do not exist after
death, neither does man. There is no
difference between man and beast. If
anybody could convince me of that it
would be You, Brown, replied Deacon
Jones, demurely.
tSHE's dear, good girl, said st.
| Chicago fair one "I assure you,
father, she is all soul.n :.Yes, y replied
his stern parent, the old prejuduce
against the Garden City embittering
his words :; 4" / saw her footprints in
the sand by the lakeside. You are right;
she is all sole.
| A BIBuLous parson was introduced to
lady who had been represented to MIN
her by saying understand madam,
that you paint p She started, blushed
/ deeply, and, recovering herself after q
l
of tone and style as she could command !:
swell, if do paint, I don't make any
mistake and put it on my nose."
A GOOD old lady, speaking in prayer
meeting and giving expression to the JOY
and confidence she felt, said: g feel as
if was ready, this minute, to fall into
the arms of Beelzebub." ssAbraham
You mean Abraham !" hastily corrected
II q 1rof oil hr-o-
ham, then" was the response Z" it don't
make any difference. They're both good
men" M - sSsafii ei IL
"No, MY daughter, gsaid New Haven
matron, "I cannot consent to your longer
keeping company with young Jaykins.
He had the insurance TO call me a dow
ageress, right to my face, the other
evening. Why, ma, that isn't anything
bad at all. 8 It is lucky for the
young man that it is not. Had
he assumed to insulate me / would have
4 pitched him over the banipgsters." /" "Oh,
dear, ma, wish you wouldn't mix met
aphors SO, and both women rushed for
the dictionary to substantiate their Ian
guage.
"FM SHAVING myself most of the
time now,n said the young man proudly,
as he adjusted his head to the back
of the chair. The barber gazed thought
fully at the cash in the lefs cheek, noted
the irregular Maltese cross in. the chin,
observed the finely executed outline
map of the Hell Gate excavations on
the left side, hovered over the piece Of
ear that was held in place with cour
plaster, and pityingly scanned the priz'
collection of pimples and blotches which
4 ornamented the neck. /" Yes, i notice
you afe," he said musingly, as he softl,
|. strapped his razor. a
OK MONDAY of last Eedk Fogg handle,
letter to the Office boy, telling him t
I. drop it into the mail. This was early i
the morning. In passing the boy
desk in the afternoon FoG& saw til
letter. say, johnny, ssaid he, ssan
time this week viii do for that letter, 20
know" Next day Fogg saw the lette
still lying on the boys desk. Fierce b
broke forth. He wanted to know wha
in the substantive that adjective lette
was doing there. Why in the substan
! tive it hadn't been mailed? i'fI didn'
know yoa was in hurry about it, /" sal,
the boy, ayeu told me any time thi
week would do. "
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Through n Trestle.

As train No. 2 on the Clarksburg and West
ern railroad was leaving olarksburg, W. Va,
for Weston, on the 10th, and was entering the
trestle at Waldon's, the passenger car pulled
off the track, and before the train could be
stopped the passenger coach, together with the
gondola and one horse car, were precipitated
over the trestle. The passenger car inverted it
self and struck on top, mashing and almost
wrecking the car. There were twenty passen-
gers aboard, fifteen Of whom were more or less
injured. A handsome young man named
Carey, from New York, and man named
Goldsborough, a Baltimore drummer, died
from their injuries. Miss Louisa White, of
Freeman's Creek and one or two others, are
mentioned as probably fatally hurt.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Terror. OF the Army Worm.

IOlncIhhAu enquirer, June III =
Messrs. D.B. Owens, Perry Jefferson and G.
w.Gray, passengers by the early morning train
ON the Kentucky Central Railroad, report the
country near Marshal Station, Mason County,
KY, as swarming with the army worms. They
are travelling in a southerly direction, about
one mile in twenty-four hours, and desvasta-
ton and ruin mark their progress The farm
ers for miles around have gathered en- n,dsse,
md are fighting them with fire, water and
every thing else the inventive genius of man
can suggest to stop their further progress, but
SO IA, without success, and at the time of the
trains arrival at Marshall they had gathered on
the track to the depth of seven or eight inches,
and completely blockaded the train for several
hours. s
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Tho Death Penalty.

City Marshal at Tamaroa, Illinois, the 9th of
last August, by plunging knife into his breast
while the latter was attempting his arrest, was
hanged at Pinckneyville on the 18th. Milton
Yarberry, of the gang of "Billy the Kid, was
hanged at Albuquerque, N. NJ, for the murder
of Charles Campbell, whom he shot in the
back without provocatien. Campell was the
sixth man whom Yarberry had killed during his
notorious career. He was aged forty years,
and died with the same bravado that character
lied his desperate life.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Mateoric Stones.

The meteorites in the British Museum
are arranged thus: 1, aerolites, which are
rocky masses composed principally of
silicates with isolated particles of nick.
eIiferons iron and troilite nterspersed
2, aerosiderites or siderites, masses of
native iron containing phosphides of
nickel and iron, troilite and occasionally
carbon siderolites, which partake of the
character of both aeroites and siderites,
being porous or spongy masses OF nick
eliferous iron with silicates in the cavi-
tles.> OF these three classes the
first is the commonest, the number of
specimens possessed by the museum be-
iIsg 211, the largest of which weighs 134
pounds. OF siderites there are la spec
linens in the collection, the largest
weighing over three anda half tons and
of sideroGtes there are twelve specimens,
the weight of the largest being nearly
sixteen pounds. In 1864, Paolo Maria
Terzago, an italian physicist, surmised
that .aerolites might be of selenic origin.
Olbers, In 1875, without any knowledge
of this conjecture. investigated the
amount of the initial tangential force
thatwould be requisite 10 bring to the
earth masses projected from the moon.
Laplace, Blot, Brandes aud Poisson also
took up the problem. kO1bers, Brandes
and Chladni decided against the view of
selenic origin; but Laplace. seems to
have inclined somewhat to that hypoth-
esis. 1t was then believed that active
volcanoes existed in the moon but that
idea has been abandoned and the lunar
aerolites with it. At the present time
number of eminent men who have stud
led the subject of meteorites, think that
they must have been elected from volca-
noes on some celestial body, probably
the earth at remote period of its phys
ical history, This may be the true the
ory, but facts are wanted to confirm it,
and until those are discovered it is not
safe to pass Judgment. ISasteys.
SLIGHTLY dead: We de undersigned
bein' coroner's jury to set on de body
of Sambo, now dead and gone afore, hat
been sittin' on de said niger aforesaid
and find dat de same did on de IA day O
Jinerwary come to death by fallin' from
de bridge ober de riber and broken his
neck whar we find he was subsequntl,
drowned and afterwards washed to d.
riber whar we supposed he was froze t'
death.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Forest Fires.

News from Wisconsin states that forest fires
are raging fercely in Clark County, and that
the largest pine forest in the State has been
totally destroyed. A dispatch says "The
scene is one that cannot be described. Wild
animals and birds are flying in all directions,
the flames shoot up hundreds of feet in the
air; gases formed from vast quantities of resin
burned, gather and explode with awful effect in
mid-air. A large number of farms and cattle
have been destroyed. All sorts Of rumors pre-
vail concerning loss of human life, but SO far
fatalities are few and the names of the unfor-
tunates have not been learned. Losses to
owners Of timber will be enormous.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
De.,ruc,,,e FIRE :. ,ron,re.i.

A terrible fire occurred in Clendenning's
Block, Victoria Square, Montreal, the past
week. IT originated in Miller, Son q Co.'S
book building and stationery store, and ex-
tended to the following premises, all of which
are now gutted Greenshield, Son & Co., dry
goods; Mcintyre & French, dry goods Glen
denning, stoves. Losses-Miller's, S150, 900;
Greenshield's, $3.50, 900; Mcintyre, $400, 900;
Clendenning building and stock, $500 In
sured in all the leading English and Canadian
offices for three-fourths of its value.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22

weeden, an Eastern celebrity, and Maloney,
Wheeling amateur, fought prize fight at
Smiths Ferry, Pennsylvania, a few days ago.
Forty-one rounds were fought. Maloney was
getting the worst of the battle, and Weeden
seeing that lot of ruffians, who had their
money up on Maloney, would not permit him
to be whipped, and had already melted riot,
offered to call it draw, saying he did not care
to kill Maloney (who would not yield), nor did
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Conference of the Power.

1t is semi-offcially stated that all the Powers
have agreed to the request for an immediate
acceptance of a conference on the Egyptian
question but Turkey. Failing her assent, tho
Conference will meet elsewhere than at Con-
stantinople, without Turkeys participation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22

Near Carboudale, Pa; = man named Hark-
ness, engaged in sklding logs down the noun
tain side to the river below, lost his hold with
his cant hook and went down the precipice with
terrific speed, followed by a large log, dis
tance of $50 feet. Fortunately he struck the
water between two logs sank, came to the sur
face and was rescued without serious injury.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Cowardiy Lynchcrn.

James McHahn, section hand under E. L.
Downs, working thirty miles below Las Vegas,
Kan, being considered half-witted fellow,
was msrcilessly tantalized and ridiculed by his
companions. He threatened, unless the above
ceased, to kill somebody, and eventually did
shoot John Groves, the leader, killing him in
stantly. The section men thereupon seized
McHahn, and taking him to the station, hoisted
him on cross-beam, with q rope about his
neck, and let him drop twelve feet. The Coro-
ner's Jury exouerated all narties.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Utah Commisaioners.

The Cabinet agreed upon the members Of
the Utah Commissioners. The persons selected
are Alexander Ramsey, of Minnesota ex-Sen-
ator Paddock, Of Nebraska !; g. F. Godfrey,
Of lows Ambrose B. Carleton, of Indiana,
and James R. Pettigrew, of Arkansas. This
leaves out in the cold Miss Phoebe Cousins, Of
st. Louis and Miss Lockwood, Of Washington.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22

ese idennity bill, but in such shape that the
House will probably not concur in the amend
ments added. As the bill now reads the Pres
ident is simply directed to pay to Japan $685.
600 ont Of his own pocket 1t does not appro-
pirate dollar for that purpose from the
Treasury.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Lynehed for o.tra<ea.

George Beckett, negro who attempted to
outrage seven-year-old white girl in Monroe
County, Miss, was pursued by citizens with
shotguns and bloodhounds. He was overtaken
at Tombigbee River, where he refused to sur
render and defed his pursuers. They opened
fire on him, wounding him seriously, and then
took him to jail. At night q mob broke into
the Jail and he was taken out and hanged. At
Rock Hill 8. O., . negro boy aged seventeen
was hanged by . mob for outraging white
girl named Miss Mcdowell.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
rhe WAY the money Goe..

DR.. Montreville NJ. Hedges, dental surgeon
and sporting man of New York, has been
arrested at the instance of Francis p. Weed, of
Newburgh, on the charge Of cheating the latter
ont Of $50, 600 at game Of poker.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
a Colorado LynchInr.

Thomas Wall and Trinidad Charlie were
taken from Jail at Rice, Colorado, by mob,
and hanged to a small cabin opposite the jail.
They were guilty of murder.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22

In Clark County, Kentucky,a cabin in which
were ten negro men and one woman, on Two
Mile Greek, was swept away by the high water
on the 14th inst, drowning all the inmates.
The men were laborers on the Kentucky Central
Railroad and came from Virginia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
A Bran New Baby.

The Empress Of Russia has been safely de-
livered of daughter, and the Gear is supposed
to be temporarily happy. The youngsters
name is Olga. Public buildings in st. Peters
burg are decked with flags in honor Of the
event,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22

Ex-Commissioner Trescott has been before
the House Committe on Foreign Affairs. He
disclaimed all intimacy with Shipherd. He
said the object Of his mission was to make
peace, if possible, among the belligerent States
of Chill, Peru and Boliyia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22

A woman, her. two children and three chill
dren Of neighbor's were drowned by high
water while attempting to ford sugar-Creek, in
Linn County, Kansas.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
The rartn Commission.

The Cabinet completed the list Of Tariff
Commissioners by the selection of William q.
Mcmahon, Of New York, and Alexander R.
Boteler, of West Virginia. The Commission
was reorganized by the election of John L.
Hayes, Of Massachusetts,, as Chairman.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
The Figures Grow.

Still later details Of the Sunday riot in Alex
andria says that $50 persons were killed, and
that four hundred persons are now under ar
rest for participating in the riot. The Governor
and Military Commandant admit that they
have no control over the situation and that
the soldiers obey only their colonels. Private
advices at London from Cairo state that all
Europeans have left there, including the star
Of the Eastern, Gable Company
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22

"A train on the L., N. A. and @. Railroad
jumped the track and rolled down an emil a1k-
ment, near Bedford, Indiana, iniuring more or
less all of the forty passengers aboard, and
killing engineer John CarmonY.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Maine Republicans.

The Republicans of Maine, in State Conven-
tion, nominated Colonel Robbie for Governor on
the first ballot by majority of 80. Thomas
B. Reed, Nelson Dingley, Chas. A. Boutelle and
Seth D. Milliken were nominated for Congress,
Eugene Hale presided as chairman.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22

The well-known bareback rider, Bob Stick
ney, son-in-law of Old John Robinson, the
Snowman, is reported to have been killed, near
Denver, Colorado.